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Who’s in the news There is good news today in The Indiana Gazette about these area people: Kelsey Grech and Patrick Fuller, Leslie Bartlebaugh, Linda Emery, Bob and Audrey Vargo.

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Inside REBUTTAL: The attorney general’s office fired back Tuesday at a lawsuit brought by the man Gov. Tom Wolf removed last month as executive director of the state Office of Open Records, saying he served at the governor’s pleasure./Page 3 DECREASING THE CACHE: The United States is about to begin destroying its largest remaining stockpile of chemicalladen artillery shells./Page 5 DEADLY COLLISION: A commuter train slammed into a sport utility vehicle on the tracks at a suburban New York crossing and burst into flames, killing seven people and seriously injuring nearly a dozen in the railroad’s deadliest crash, authorities said./Page 7 SECTION CHAMPS: Indiana Area Senior High School clinched the WPIAL Section 3-AAA championship Tuesday with a 60-29 victory over Greensburg Salem./Page 11 BOOK DUE OUT: Pulitzer Prizewinning author Harper Lee will publish a follow-up to her 1960 classic “To Kill a Mockingbird” in July./Page 18

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Coming up THURSDAY: Wow your sweetie on Valentine’s Day with a roasted rack of lamb for two./Food

Deaths Obituaries on Page 4 ANDERSON, Marian E. “Babe” Blough, 100, Indiana CUNNINGHAM, Ruth Viola (McCoy), 81, Homer City PELES, Florence M. “Floie” (Lokey), 86, Glen Campbell Late death REICHARD, Wilmer Jr., 84, Indiana

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KAREN McMILLEN, director of right of way with Sunoco Logistics, spoke with Blairsville landowner Ron Dillon during a meeting Monday at the Chestnut Ridge Resort in Burrell Township for landowners who will be affected by the proposed pipeline project.

Sunoco gives landowners update on pipeline plans By CHAUNCEY ROSS

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BURRELL TOWNSHIP — More than 60 area residents met with Sunoco Logistics Partners representatives Monday at an open house display of the plans for a $2.5 billion pipeline construction project. Sunoco proposes to lay most of the pipeline within the right-ofway of a smaller pipeline built about 80 years ago. The new, larger pipe is intended to carry natural gas from western Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, where production has increased in the Marcellus shale area, and pump it to a major Sunoco processing and distribution center in the Delaware Valley. The transmission line will be called Mariner East 2. It will gen-

erally follow the Route 22 corridor through Burrell, West Wheatfield and East Wheatfield townships in southern Indiana County, but preliminary plans show it being diverted from the most congested section of Route 22 between the Blairsville area and Pennview Mountain. Sunoco will negotiate with owners of about 120 properties in the proposed path of the pipeline in those areas, said spokesman Jeffrey Shields. A preliminary map of the approximate route of the pipeline shows it crossing the western edge of Indiana County north of Route 22, through the areas of Industrial Park Road, High Rise Drive and Country Lane. The pipe would tunnel under the “Mile Hill” section of Route 119, then cross under Route 22 near the

Snyder Lane intersection, and join the path of the existing pipeline south of the highway stretching east to Cambria County. Company officials emphasized that the map is not final. “Landowners attending the open house, as they often do, wanted to make sure that we will treat them fairly, both in terms of compensation and pipeline routing,” Shields said. “They wanted to know that their land will be restored as much as possible to its previous condition, and that we take every measure to make the pipeline safe.” Sunoco representatives at the open house, held at Chestnut Ridge Conference Center, included specialists in design, right-ofway acquisition, construction, Continued on Page 10

AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan executed two al-Qaida prisoners before dawn today, just hours after an online video purported to show Islamic State group militants burning a captured Jordanian pilot to death in a cage. The gruesome death of 26-year-old Lt. Muath Al-Kaseasbeh, captured while participating in airstrikes by a U.S.-led coalition targeting the militants, sparked outrage across the Middle East and anti-Islamic State protests in Jordan. King Abdullah II, a staunch Western ally, rushed back to Jordan, cutting short a Washington trip to try to persuade his people to support an even tougher line against the militants. Rallying such backing is pivotal for Jordan’s continued role in the coalition. Public opinion in Jordan has been ambiguous — growing demands for revenge against the militants have been mixed with misgivings about Jordan’s role in a bombing campaign widely seen as serving Western interests. The extremists, meanwhile, appeared to be goading Jordan. In Raqaa, the Islamic State group’s de facto capital, the militants gleefully played al-Kaseasbeh’s slaying on outdoor projectors, with some chanting “God is great,” according to militant video posted online today that conformed to Associated Press reporting of the event. In the 20-minute video, the pilot displayed signs of having been beaten, including a black eye. Toward the end of the clip, he is shown wearing an orange jumpsuit. He stands in an outdoor cage as a masked militant ignites a line of fuel leading to it. Continued on Page 10

Greenawalt named to fill vacancy on council INDIANA BOROUGH

By RANDY WELLS

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Tony Greenawalt, an Indiana resident since 1971, was sworn in Tuesday evening to fill a vacancy on Indiana Borough council that only occurred Monday. Greenawalt assumed the Fourth Ward council seat of Julie Adcock, whose resignation was effective Monday because she is moving to a new residence out-

side the borough. Greenawalt’s appointment to council is only for the remainder of 2015, but he said after Tuesday’s council meeting that he intends to be a candidate in this year’s elections for his own term. All three Fourth Ward council seats — two four-year seats and a seat for the remaining two

years of Adcock’s term — are up for election in 2015. Adcock had been a councilwoman since October 2011 when she was appointed to fill a vacancy. Greenawalt’s name was recommended to council Tuesday evening by the two other Fourth Ward representatives, Ross Bricklemyer and John Hartman, and his appointment passed with only Councilman Gerald

Clark seeks 4th term as auditor Helen Clark, of Indiana, an Indiana County auditor, will seek a Republican nomination this spring for a fourth four-year term. Clark previously served as chairwoman of the threemember auditor team, a distinction made possible by garnering the most votes countywide in an election for auditor. Clark once described the auditors as the “watchdogs” of the county’s financial transactions, adding they especially pay attention to offices where cash changes hands. In announcing her candidacy, Clark said she offers the public a track record of 12 years of consistent administrative, organizational and supervisory excellence. She said she can continue to provide Indiana County citizens with an efficient, service-oriented and responsive office to advance the interests of the county. She said she brings to the office a solid foundation of administrative experience and has demonstrated a devotion to public service to enhance the functions of the office. In the past, Clark has served as administrator of the T.H. Murray estate, AudioTone Hearing Aids. Look For Our Circular Inside Today’s Gazette.

HELEN CLARK ... R-Indiana managing properties in Clearfield and Cameron counties. She worked with Downtown Indiana’s capital campaign and has served as the business group’s executive director. She has served on the boards of directors of the Greater Indiana Endowment, New Growth Arts Festival, the Indiana Healthcare Corporation, the Red Cross, Welcome to Indiana, Citizens’ Ambulance Service and the Indiana County Humane Society and has Save The Date ... Indiana’s Cookin’ Is Coming April 14!

been a supporter of Four Footed Friends. Additionally, she has served as president of both the Indiana Arts Council and the Indiana Hospital Auxiliary. In 2002, she was chosen as Rotary’s Civic Leader of the Year. Clark has been active in the Republican Party since her freshman year at Bucknell University, where she earned a degree in business administration. She has held positions with the Internal Revenue Service in Cleveland and the accounting firm of Ernst and Young in Pittsburgh. She has also served as treasurer of the First Baptist Church of Glen Campbell for 20 years. In the 1990s, Clark attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania and received her master’s degree in education. Graduating with honors, she was elected to Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi and Kappa Delta Pi honor societies. Advocating responsible government, Clark said she pledges to continue the same dedication that she has demonstrated throughout her tenure as county auditor. Permit Renewal, Mortgage Foreclosure Notices In Today’s Classifieds

Smith dissenting. Smith said he would have preferred that Fourth Ward residents would have been made aware of the opening and some time provided for other interested residents to also apply for the appointment. In other action, council rejected a proposal that council try to persuade the Indiana Area School District directors to revert Continued on Page 10

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JAMES ROBERTSON, 56, of Detroit, says he typically walks 21 miles to get to and from work. But hundreds of people have contributed tens of thousands of dollars to help him with transportation. See story on Page 7.

New in vitro technique raises ethical concerns By STEPHEN CASTLE

New York Times News Service

LONDON — Despite warnings that a new ethical threshold was being crossed, British lawmakers on Tuesday voted to allow the in vitro creation of babies using the DNA of three people, a procedure that could prevent

the inheritance of genetic diseases. The move would make Britain the first country to authorize an in vitro fertilization technique that involves altering a human egg or embryo before transferring it to the womb. The issue provoked fierce Continued on Page 10

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Almanac Statistics for Indiana County Jimmy Stewart Airport through Tuesday High/low 25°/5° Normal high/low 37°/17° Record high 57° (1991) Record low -19° (1955) Snowfall Tuesday Trace Month to date (normal) 2.0” (1.5”) Season to date (normal) 34.0” (27.8”)

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The December seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for Indiana County dropped 0.2 percent to 4.7 percent, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. Over the year, the county’s jobless rate went down 1.4 percent. The December seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for Pennsylvania fell 0.3 percent to 4.8 percent, while the national rate declined 0.2 percent to 5.6 percent. Indiana County tied with three counties for the 25thlowest unemployment rate among Pennsylvania’s 67

counties in December. Unemployment rates of adjacent counties were 4.6 percent in Jefferson, 5.3 percent in Clearfield, 5.7 percent in Cambria, 4.8 percent in Westmoreland and 5.7 percent in Armstrong. Jobless rates across Pennsylvania in December ranged from 3.8 percent in Centre County to 6.9 percent in Cameron County. In December, Indiana County’s seasonally adjusted labor force dropped 200 to 46,500. The number of employed residents fell 100 to 44,300, and the number of unemployed residents declined 100 to 2,200.

Kindergarten registration scheduled DAYTON — Kindergarten registration will be held from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 16 at Dayton Elementary School, 175 E. Grant Ave., Dayton. Parents/guardians must register at the school. You do not need to bring your child to registration; however, you must register at the elementary school your residence designates as your attendance area. Admission to kindergarten will be limited to children reaching 5 years of age on or before Aug. 31. Parents/guardians are asked to bring the following information to registration: • An original copy of the child’s birth certificate • The child’s current immunization records • Proof of residency (driver’s license, utility bill, lease agreement) with current name and address. Please also be able to provide an accurate description of the home location, municipality, road names and landmarks for the purpose of planning transportation routes • Custody papers (if applicable). The Armstrong School District placed four kindergarten registration docu-

ments online at www.asd.k12.pa.us under the Parents/Students tab and on the Kindergarten Registration link. This is optional for any parents who may want to print and fill out the documents before coming to kindergarten registration, which is recommended. If more parents use this option, wait time on registration day could be reduced. The four forms are: • Student health history • Home language survey • Kindergarten registration • Busing request form The forms can be printed and submitted on registration day. Parents who use the online option are still required to attend their child’s registration day and bring the proper credentials. Parents will be asked to complete a few additional forms (i.e., student emergency card) on the day of registration. Parents are also asked to schedule a kindergarten screening appointment for April 27. Morning and afternoon appointments will be available. For more information, call the Dayton Elementary School office at (814) 257-8816.

Children’s screenings set The Lifesteps’ Child Check team will be conducting free screenings for all children from birth to 5 years of age on Thursday, Feb. 19, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at 1455 Church St. A Child Check visit takes approximately 30 minutes to complete with the results discussed immediately with the parents. The screening looks at the child’s development in the areas of playing,

talking, seeing, hearing, moving and thinking. Parents are urged to have their children screened so that any developmental problems can be caught at the earliest stage. Appointments are recommended. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call Lifesteps at (724) 283-1010, ext. 318, or (800) 225-2010.

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ACCIDENT BELL TOWNSHIP, CLEARFIELD COUNTY State police in Indiana said Larry A. Leamer, 32, of Indiana, was not injured when his car slid off the road along Route 219 on Friday at 4:24 p.m. Police said Leamer’s vehicle struck the south berm of the road and struck a guardrail with its right front bumper. His vehicle then traveled across both lanes and struck the other guardrail

POLICE LOG INDIANA

Underage drinking Indiana University of Pennsylvania campus police have cited IUP student Patrick D. Lafferty, 19, of Gibsonia, with underage drinking. Police said they found Lafferty intoxicated and unconscious in his shower in Delaney Hall on Jan. 23 at 2:35 a.m. Police said they discovered him because water was leaking into the suite below.

Sign destroyed IUP campus police said a community assistant in Putt Hall reported that a sign was torn down and destroyed in the building’s third floor on Monday at 2:02 p.m.

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LOTTERY HARRISBURG (AP) — These Pennsylvania lotteries were drawn Tuesday: Cash 5: 02-11-24-30-42 Mega Millions: 11-22-2558-69 Mega Ball: 13 Megaplier: 5 Pick 2 (day): 8-7 Pick 2 (night): 9-0 Pick 3 (day): 3-2-0 Pick 3 (night): 4-2-8 Pick 4 (day): 0-0-5-1 Pick 4 (night): 3-4-2-3 Pick 5 (day): 1-7-6-4-6 Pick 5 (night): 2-0-1-4-1 Treasure Hunt: 04-16-2526-29

Powerball jackpot hits $317M DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It’s been a while, but there’s a giant Powerball jackpot that’s expected to have a prize of $317 million by tonight’s drawing. The total is a return to form for Powerball, which has been known along with Mega Millions for its record-breaking jackpots in recent years. But there’s been something of a drought, with nearly a year passing since the Powerball total climbed above $300 million. Lottery officials say there’s no particular reason for the lull.

Harassment Nicole L. Schmitt, 27, of Blairsville, was charged by state police with harassment on Jan. 14 in the 400 block of First Street in Ernest. Police said Schmitt repeatedly texted the victim, an unnamed 42-year-old man, over the course of three or four days after being told to stop contacting the victim.

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Drug charges Misty M. Verbonitz, 32, of Altoona, was charged by state police with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia and two summary driving violations on Jan. 14. Police said they stopped Verbonitz after she was observed traveling 90 mph in a 55 mph zone along Route 22 near Clay Pike Road.

CORRECTION Center Township resident Heather Rankin said Monday she agreed with first issuing a warning to violators of the township burning ordinance,

then filing a citation imposing a fine at the magisterial district court for a repeat violation. Incorrect information was published Tuesday.

CORRECTION POLICY The Gazette corrects factual errors as soon as they are brought to our attention. If

you see an error or omission, call Eric Ebeling, executive editor, at extension 269.

Watershed association to meet The Blacklick Creek Watershed Association will hold its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m. at the Indiana County Small Business Incubator (formerly

Robertshaw Building) in the Nossen Conference Room. Check www.blacklick creekwatershed.org for directions. The public is invited.

HOSPITAL NOTES INDIANA Feb. 3, 2015 Admissions Teena Sue Frazzini, Indiana; Edward Lee Salsgiver, Glen Campbell; Ronda Shields, Indiana; James L. Shovestull, Indiana; Arebah Pearl Sullinger, Northern Cambria Discharges Larry William Akins, Clymer; Merle Franklin Sexton Jr., Indiana

Teddy “Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive.” Edith Wharton, American author (1862-1937)

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Wolf urging boards to ban gifts HARRISBURG (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf is urging more than two dozen independent state commissions, authorities and other agencies to ban gifts to their employees. The governor’s office says letters to each of the agencies are going out Tuesday. The Democrat signed an executive order on his first day in office barring the acceptance of gifts to all employees of the executive branch. Like the pre-existing code, it has an exception for gifts given by friends or relatives. Since then, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission have both adopted similar bans. Wolf says other independent agencies should follow suit.

Inmate found hanged in jail WASHINGTON (AP) — A coroner was investigating after an inmate was found hanged in his cell at a county jail in southwestern Pennsylvania. Washington County

Coroner Tim Warco didn’t immediately release the inmate’s name, because his family had yet to be notified. Guard at the Washington County Correctional Facility last spoke with the inmate about 5:30 p.m. Monday, then found him hanging unresponsive about two hours later. Guards and medical personnel tried to resuscitate the inmate but could not. An autopsy was scheduled Tuesday.

Carbon monoxide suspected in death MONROEVILLE (AP) — Police believe a 90-year-old man died accidentally after leaving his car running in the attached garage of his home in the Pittsburgh suburbs. Family members tell Monroeville police the man lived alone. They found him inside another part of his home about 6:15 p.m. Monday. The Allegheny County medical examiner planned an autopsy on the body of Neil Miele on Tuesday. But officials suspect he died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Police believe he forgot to turn off his car after driving home.

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AG claims firing of employee was legal By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press

HARRISBURG — The attorney general’s office fired back Tuesday at a lawsuit brought by the man Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf removed last month as executive director of the state Office of Open Records, saying he served at the governor’s pleasure. The lawyers filed several documents responding to the lawsuit by Erik Arneson and the Senate Republican caucus that challenges Arneson’s firing from the agency that hears appeals under the state Right-to-Know Law. Arneson’s appointment was among Republican Gov. Tom Corbett’s final acts in office. Wolf moved to cancel it shortly after being sworn in Jan. 20. The open-records director does not require Senate confirmation. “Gov. Wolf acted within his constitutional authority

when he removed Aral leadership to conneson from his job,� tinue to meet the the lawyers wrote. public’s needs as it al“Petitioners have ways has until this failed to establish court is able to decide that they are entitled the merits of the disto any relief.� pute finally,� the atWolf has said the torney general’s office appointment lacked wrote. They also said transparency, while the Senate RepubliArneson has said cans lack the required ERIK Wolf’s action endanlegal standing to parARNESON gered the independticipate in the lawence of an office that has to suit, and they filed a motion rule on access disputes in- asking to have the caucus revolving vast areas of state moved from the case. governments under the govLegislators, they wrote, ernor’s purview. “generally do not have standThe lawyers, who represent ing to make claims where Wolf and the Department of their vote has been duly Community and Economic counted, but the legislator Development, argued there for some reason claims that was no basis for a judge to re- the effectiveness of the legisinstate Arneson and called lation on which he (voted) an injunction in the matter has been impaired.� “wholly inappropriate.� Senate Republican spokes“The public interest clearly woman Jenn Kocher said in would be best served in this response Tuesday that the court allowing the OOR caucus “will argue before the under its current profession- court that we have every

84 Lumber owner renovating home for widow PERRYOPOLIS (AP) — The owner of 84 Lumber Co. is buying and renovating a home for the widow and 16-monthold son of a western Pennsylvania police officer killed in a crash in December. Maggie Hardy Magerko said she felt moved to buy the home because the widow, Dawn Champion, and her husband, Richard, were military veterans before he died Dec. 14 while an officer in Perryopolis. Champion was just 35 when he began

driving after a suspected speeder and collided with another vehicle that turned left in front of him. That driver died of his injuries 12 days later. After seeing accounts of Champion’s “service to our country and community, I felt it was very appropriate to do what I could do to ensure that Dawn and her son have a safe and secure home in which to live and relieve her of the burden of having to be concerned with a mortgage and repair and remodeling costs,� Magerko said.

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were “clean.� Those charged also used stolen ID information to obtain drivers’ licenses and Social Security cards, phone numbers and phony email addresses which they used to open the bank accounts and file the tax returns. Banks and credit unions in Pennsylvania, Colorado, Hawaii, Michigan, New Jersey, Washington state and the District of Columbia, were used, among others, the indictment said. The fraudulent tax refunds were then deposited into phony bank accounts, spent, deposited into the conspirators’ real bank accounts or sent to Nigeria, according to the indictment. Online court records show a grand jury in Erie first indicted four people under seal in March, including the two key defendants who face the most charges, Doherty Kushimo, 53, of Providence, R.I., and Abiodun Bakre, 50, of Ozone Park, N.Y. The feds have worked the case since, obtaining three sealed superseding grand jury indictments, before the last one dated Jan. 13. Authorities were rounding up the suspects Tuesday and it wasn’t immediately clear how many were in custody. Court records show Kushimo was still free when the indictment was returned but Bakre was already in a federal lockup near Youngstown, Ohio, on another unspecified charge. Bakre’s attorney, Toni Messina, of New York City, declined comment Tuesday. Kushimo’s federal public defender did not immediately return a call for comment.

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OBITUARIES Marian Anderson Marian E. “Babe” Blough Anderson, 100, passed away Monday, Feb. 2, 2015. She was born in 1914 to Charles and Sara Jane (Sipe) Mull in Somerset County. Marian was a member of Hill Top Baptist Church and a former member of Dilltown Baptist Church. She also attended Black Lick Community Methodist Church. She was a retired postmaster from the Dilltown Post Office. She was also an active member of the Indiana County Aging Services, where she served on the governing board for 20 years, including several terms as president. She was the president and leader of the Armagh Senior Citizens for many years. Marian was a strong advocate for senior citizens, not only locally but throughout Pennsylvania as well. She enjoyed sewing, embroidery, cooking, baking and spending time with her family and friends. She is survived by two daughters: Sara Coughenour and husband Richard, of Hampton Va.; Alice Jane Boring and husband Samuel, of New Florence; five grandchildren: Rick Coughenour and wife Lisa; Sue (Coughenour) Martinez and husband Mike;

Brian Boring and wife Patti; Anita Coughenour; Crystal (Boring) Ellis and husband Jim; nine great-grandchildren: Niki, Justin, Christopher, Blakely, Brandon, Rachel, Logan, Mandi and Cameron; and many special friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Shirley Ann Blough; her first husband of 50 years, Carl A. Blough, in 1984; her second husband, Leonard G. Anderson, in 2012; a grandson, Albert Lynn Boring; three brothers, Lloyd, Park and Frank Mull; and a sister, Mary Jane Koontz. Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Bowser-Minich Funeral Home, Indiana, where a funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Johnstown. A special thank you is extended to the staff of St. Andrew’s, The Village House. Memorial donations may be made to the Indiana County VNA/Hospice, 850 Hospital Road, Suite 3000, Indiana, PA 15701, or to St. Andrew’s Village/Friends of the Village House, 1155 Indian Springs Road, Indiana, PA 15701. www.bowserminich.com

Robert Bella Robert J. Bella, 69, of Coal Run, died Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, at Scenery Hill Manor, Indiana. Visitation will be held from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday at James F. Ferguson Funeral Home Inc., Blairsville, where his funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday with the Rev. Herb

Phar officiating. VFW Post #5821 and American Legion Post #0407 will conduct military services Friday morning in the funeral home. Interment will be in Oakland Cemetery, Indiana. www.jamesfergusonfuneral home.com

Ruth Cunningham Ruth Viola (McCoy) Cunningham, 81, of Homer City, died Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, at Indiana Regional Medical Center surrounded by her family and friends. She was born March 13, 1933, in Homer City, the daughter of the late Jay and Virginia (Carson) McCoy. Ruth was a member of the Homer City United Methodist Church. She was an Avon sales representative, a past member of the Eastern Star and very active with the Boy and Girl Scouts. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, William C. Cunningham; children: Beth Anderson, Roy Cunningham and Janet (Eric) Arone, all of Homer City; seven grandchildren; and seven greatgrandchildren. She is also survived by her brother Harold McCoy, of Indiana,

and many nieces and nephews. She was very dedicated and loved her children and her grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her five sisters: Madeline (Pat) Orr, Marjorie Love, Janet McCoy, Mary Weiss and Roberta (Bobbi) McCully; and her two brothers, Herbert and Lyndale McCoy. A private visitation will be held from 11 a.m. until a private funeral service at 1 p.m. Thursday at the C. Frederick Bowser Funeral Home, Homer City. Interment will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Florence Peles Florence M. “Floie” (Lokey) Peles, 86, of Glen Campbell, died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. The daughter of George and Mary (Semisack) Lokey, she was born on Aug. 6, 1928, in Spangler. Floie was a member of S.S. Peter & Paul Byzantine Catholic Church in Punxsutawney. She married her husband, Nestor V. Peles, on July 16, 1949. Floie experienced great joy in going to automobile races and watching NASCAR. One of the greatest delights in Floie’s life was the enjoyment she derived from watching the races of her husband, Nestor, her son, Steve, and her grandson Mark over the years. She liked crocheting, baking and cooking, as well as flower gardening. Some of Floie’s other interests were shopping and watching football. Floie is survived by her husband of almost 66 years, Nestor V. Peles, of Glen Campbell; her three children: Deborah Rend and husband Nicholas, of Indiana; Linda Kohut and huband George, of Egg Harbor Township, N.J.; and Steve Peles and wife Beth, of Glen Campbell; her nine grandchildren: Jennifer Rauss; Nicholas M. Rend; Mark Rend and wife Lisa;

Matthew Rend; Lisa Griesbach and husband Joe; Michael Kohut; Stacie Peles; Stephanie Peles; and Brittany Borlie and husband Joey; and her five great-grandchildren: Lillian Rauss, Mitchell and Max Rend and Kameron and Kay Kohut. Floie is also survived by her two siblings, Jim Lokey, of Commodore; and Pauline Jackson, of Beaver Falls. She was preceded in death by her parents; her two sisters, Helen and Mary Eleanor; and her seven brothers: John, Francis, Steve, Joe, Ed, George and Michael. Family and friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Rairigh Funeral Home Ltd. in Hillsdale, where an 11 a.m. funeral service will be held Friday with Father Simeon Sibenick officiating. Interment will follow at the Peles Cemetery in Glen Campbell.

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SALTSBURG — A tentative date has been set for a trial to determine ownership of a piece of property in Saltsburg Borough that serves as a trail access point. Ronald Rea and Saltsburg Borough will appear in court on May 11 to settle a dispute over who owns the property — an access point of the West Penn Trail near Saltsburg. Rea closed the entrance to the trail in 2013 with tape, covered trail signs and moved a camper trailer onto the property. In March, Indiana County judge Thomas Bianco ordered that the access point on the trail be opened to the public again while the dispute is settled. The dispute stems from the distribution of land that was once railroad property.

SALTSBURG BOROUGH The Conemaugh Valley Conservancy has a legal easement with the borough to use the land as an access point, according to Jack Maguire, a trail engineer. The trail is a link in the Pittsburgh-to-Harrisburg Main Line Canal Greenway, stretching 17 miles along the Conemaugh River. At its Monday meeting, Saltsburg Borough council: • Accepted the resignation of Angela Rocco Simpson from the Parks and Recreation Board. The borough is seeking applicants to fill the vacancy. • Reported that the borough is accepting applications for a part-time, temporary parking enforcement officer.

Armstrong treasurer to run for re-election Amanda Slagle-Hiles has announced she will run for re-election as Armstrong County treasurer. Hiles, who was sworn into office Jan. 3, 2012, has taken many ideas of her predecessor, Sonie Mervis, and expanded on them. Dog license sales have been available to purchase online for many years, but the current system allows for people to search the dog licenses of lost dogs as well. In addition, reminder notices are completed for dog owners to verify their information and used as an application. This successful process began in 2013. Dog license sales have increased and the database of dog owners has been updated, according to Hiles. Lost dogs can also be returned to their owners by searching the license number via the website. Hiles is a 1997 graduate from Karns City High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from IUP in August 2000. Upon completion of her education, she worked for a year in public sector as an accountant before joining county government. She started working for the county in the Agency on Aging department as a fiscal officer.

In September 2006, she transferred to the controller’s office as the accountant/auditor. She was also appointed first deputy controller. “I have worked hard the last three years learning my new position and serving the public,” Hiles said in a press release. “It has been a joy and I hope to continue to serve for another term. The people are what make this job so worthwhile.” Hiles, a Republican, says that she will focus on the importance of having government accounting experience, and the office must work across party lines with all other elected officials to ensure sound financial stewardship on behalf of the taxpayers. She looks forward to serving as treasurer and assisting the public. Hiles, a lifelong resident of the area, lives in West Kittanning with her husband, David, and sons, Matthew, 15, and Joshua, 12. She is a member of St. Mary Our Lady of Guadalupe in Kittanning, the NRA and the West Hills Elementary PTO, and is involved in the West Hills boys’ basketball program. She also serves on the Community Action Board.

Vietnam buries cats smuggled for restaurants HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese authorities have buried thousands of cats, many apparently still alive, after they were caught being

smuggled from China for restaurants. A police officer said today that the cats were culled in accordance with the law be-

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DEVIN KUNDLA, left, recently donated a police vest for Homer City K-9 officer Thor. With Thor is his handler, Sgt. Tony Jellison, of the Homer City Police Department.

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HOMER CITY — The dog in Homer City’s K-9 unit will be a little safer now, following the donation of a police vest made by an Indiana man. Devin Kundla, of Indiana, donated a Body Armour bulletproof and stabproof vest for the unit’s dog, Thor, at Homer City Borough council’s meeting on Tuesday. Kundla, is a director of the Indiana County Humane Society, who purchased the vest personally and donated it on behalf of the society. Kundla purchased a similar vest in April for Bak, the Indiana County Sheriff Department’s German shepherd K-9 officer. For the K-9 unit on Tuesday, borough council members approved the purchase of a laptop and special software that will allow Thor’s handler, Sgt. Tony Jellison, to track the use of the dog. Jellison said the software, K9 Pro, tracks training, deployments, call-outs and any

other scenarios that would use the unit. “You input tracking information … a laptop will be with me in the cruiser and whenever the dog is deployed I can track it at the time of the incident.” Police Chief Louis Sacco reminded Homer City residents at the meeting that an ordinance is in place in the borough that requires the removal of snow and ice on sidewalks within 24 hours of snowfall. “We realize it’s tough with this weather, but we’re asking people to maintain (their sidewalks) as best as they can,” Sacco said. “People walking — if they end up slipping and falling, it’s the liability of the homeowner.” In addition, Sacco reminded residents that there is no parking from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. on Main Street as well as West Elm and Wiley streets and Ridge Avenue.

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PUEBLO, Colo. — The United States is about to begin destroying its largest remaining stockpile of chemical-laden artillery shells, marking a milestone in the global campaign to eradicate a debilitating weapon that still creeps into modern wars. The Pueblo Chemical Depot in southern Colorado plans to start neutralizing 2,600 tons of aging mustard agent in March as the U.S. moves toward complying with a 1997 treaty banning all chemical weapons. “The start of Pueblo is an enormous step forward to a world free of chemical weapons,� said Paul Walker, who has tracked chemical warfare for more than 20 years, first as a U.S. House of Representatives staffer and currently with Green Cross International, which advocates on issues of security, poverty and the environment. The work starts less than a year after chlorine gas killed 13 people in Syria in April 2014. International inspectors concluded last month that the gas had been used as

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STEVE BIRD, project manager, demonstrated the use of an explosive destruction system at the Pueblo Chemical Depot near Pueblo, Colo. a weapon. Before the chlorine attack, 1,400 people were killed in a 2013 nerve gas attack in Syria, the U.S. said. Pueblo has about 780,000 shells containing mustard agent, which can maim or kill, blistering skin, scarring eyes and inflaming airways. Mustard agent is a thick liquid, not a gas as commonly believed. It’s colorless and almost odorless but got its name because impurities made early versions smell like mustard. After nightmarish gas attacks in World War I, a 1925 treaty barred the use of chemical weapons, and the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention set a 2012 deadline to eradicate them. Four

nations that acknowledged having chemical weapons have missed the deadline: the U.S., Russia, Libya and Iraq. The cost of safely destroying the weapons, and concerns about public health and the environment, have slowed the process, experts say. Violence in Iraq also has been an obstacle. Libya expects to finish in 2016 and Russia in 2020, according to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, which oversees the Chemical Weapons Convention. Iraq’s completion date is unknown. The U.S. amassed 30,600 tons of chemical weapons, both mustard agent and deadly nerve agent, much of it during the Cold War. The

Army described them as a deterrent, and the U.S. never used them in war. Nearly 90 percent of the U.S. stockpile has been eliminated at depots in Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Maryland, Oregon, Utah and Johnson Atoll in the Pacific, mostly by incineration. Coloradans worried, however, about mercury vapor from incineration, said Irene Kornelly, a member of the Pueblo Citizens Advisory Commission, a liaison group established by Congress. The opposition in Colorado and in Kentucky, where chemical weapons are stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond, prompted Congress to order alternatives.

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ROME — Pope Francis has formally ratified the martyrdom of the Salvadoran Archbishop Ă“scar Romero, who was shot to death at the altar as he was saying Mass in 1980 in an act of “hatred for the faith,â€? the Vatican said Tuesday. The step opens the way for Romero to be beatified — a process that had been blocked under Francis’ predecessors, Vatican analysts say, because of the archbishop’s leftist political stances. The archbishop, a man of the poor who often denounced social disparities, violence and repression in his own country and throughout Latin America, remains beloved among Roman Catholics in the region, and Francis, the first Latin American pope, has been outspoken in his appreciation of the archbishop. At the beginning of the civil war in El Salvador, Romero angered the country’s rightwing military government by calling on soldiers to disobey orders to murder political opponents. He also wrote a letter to President Jimmy Carter, pleading with him to cut off U.S. military aid to El Salvador. The archbishop was killed by a right-wing death squad. According to a 1993 United Nations commission, the murder was planned by former members of the security forces who had ties to Roberto D’Aubuisson, the former army major who founded the Nationalist Republican Alliance party. The party ruled El Salvador from 1989 until 2009. The Vatican began considering Romero for beatification in 1997, but his cause made little progress during the papacies of John Paul II and Benedict XVI because of his perceived association with liberation theology, Vatican watchers said. That movement called for the

OSCAR ARNULFO ROMERO ... killed in 1980 church to work for the social and economic liberation of the poor; some conservatives in the church rejected it as akin to communism. Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family and the chief advocate for Romero’s cause, acknowledged by telephone Tuesday that Romero had been viewed by many over the years as a “bishop of the revolutionary left, of the Marxist culture.� But “meticulous research erased all doubts and prejudices that many had within the church and in El Salvador,� Paglia said, and “it was clear to us that killing a priest on the altar is a message for the whole church, a political message against a religious man.� Romero’s message stemmed directly from the Bible, he said, and “today Romero is an enormous help to Francis’ vision of the church: Their voices sound like one, a poor church for the poor.� In El Salvador, Monsignor Ricardo Urioste, who was Romero’s top aide, welcomed the pope’s action. “He was accused of so many things — of being a Marxist, a guerrilla, a subversive,� the monsignor said Tuesday of the archbishop, “but now, the church has recognized who he really was.� Francis unblocked Romero’s cause in 2013, immediately after he succeeded

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It cost $1.37 billion, but Standard & Poor’s has finally appeared to close the darkest chapter in its 150year history as a rating agency. Yet that payout announced on Tuesday, which will settle an array of government lawsuits that accused S&P of inflating the ratings of subprime mortgage investments, does not represent closure for the ratings business. An uncertain future still lies ahead for S&P as well as for its main rivals, Moody’s and Fitch. In the wake of the financial crisis, when rating agencies were blamed for feeding a subprime mortgage frenzy, Congress used the Dodd-Frank Act to adopt a battery of changes for the rating industry. S&P, Moody’s and Fitch announced their own cultural overhauls and struck a competitive tone about whose ratings were the strictest. Eventually, however, that spirit of reform began to collide with the realities of Wall Street. Despite upstart ventures challenging a ratings oligopoly, S&P, Moody’s and Fitch still dominate the market. Huge pension funds still consider ratings to be a cornerstone of the financial

Benedict. In a general hearing in January, Francis quoted one of Romero’s last speeches, saying: “Giving life doesn’t only mean to be killed. Giving life, having the martyr’s spirit, means giving while doing our duty, in silence, in prayer, while we honestly fulfill our duty.� Other Christian denominations have already honored Romero. Lutherans celebrate him as a saint on the anniversary of his death, March 24, and Anglicans consider him a martyr.

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The long-run cop-out

n Monday, President still living through the afterBarack Obama called math of a once-in-three-genfor a significant increase erations financial crisis. in spending, reversing the America seems, finally, to be harsh cuts of the past few recovering — but Bowlesyears. He won’t get all he’s Simpsonism had its greatest asking for, but it’s a move in influence precisely when the the right direction. And it U.S. economy was still mired also marks a welcome shift in in a deep slump. Europe has the discourse. Maybe Wash- hardly recovered at all, and ington is starting to get over there’s overwhelming eviits narrow-minded, irrespon- dence that austerity policies sible obsession with long- are the main reason for that run problems and will finally ongoing disaster. So why the take on the hard issue of urge to change the subject to short-run gratification in- structural reform? The anstead. swer, I’d suggest, is intellecOK, I’m being flip to get tual laziness and lack of your attention. I moral courage. am, however, quite About laziness: serious. It’s often Many people know said that the probwhat John Maylem with policynard Keynes said makers is that about the long run, they’re too focused but far fewer are on the next elecaware of the contion, that they look text. Here’s what he for short-term fixes really said: “But while ignoring the this long run is a long run. But the misleading guide story of economic to current affairs. policy and disIn the long run we course these past are all dead. Econfive years has been omists set themexactly the opposelves too easy, too site. useless a task if in Think about it: tempestuous seaPaul Krugman Faced with mass sons they can only writes a unemployment tell us that when column for The and the enormous New York Times. the storm is long waste it entails, for past the ocean is years the Beltway flat again.” elite devoted almost all their Quite. All too often, or so it energy not to promoting reseems to me, people who incovery, but to Bowles-Simpsist that questions of austerisonism — to devising “grand ty and stimulus are unimporbargains” that would address tant are actually trying to the supposedly urgent probavoid hard thinking about lem of how we’ll pay for Sothe nature of the economic cial Security and Medicare a disaster that has overtaken couple of decades from now. so much of the world. And this bizarre long-terAnd they’re also trying to mism isn’t just an American avoid taking a stand that will phenomenon. Try to talk expose them to attack. Disabout the damage wrought cussions of short-run fiscal by European austerity poli- and monetary policy are pocies, and you’re all too likely litically charged. Oppose to encounter lectures to the austerity and support moneeffect that what we really tary expansion and you’ll be need to discuss is long-term lambasted by the right; do structural reform. Try to dis- the reverse and you’ll be critcuss Japan’s effort to break icized and maybe ridiculed out of its decades-long defla- by the left. I understand why tionary trap, and you’re sure it’s tempting to dismiss the to encounter claims that whole debate and declare monetary and fiscal policy that the really important isare sideshows, and that sues involve the long run. deregulation and other But while people who say structural changes are what’s that kind of thing like to pose important. as brave and responsible, Am I saying that the long they’re actually ducking the run doesn’t matter? Of course hard stuff — which is to say, not, although some forms of being craven and irresponsilong-termism don’t make ble. sense even on their own Which brings me back to terms. Think about the no- the president’s new budget. tion that “entitlement reIt goes without saying that form” is an urgent priority. Obama’s fiscal proposals, like It’s true that many projec- everything he does, will be tions suggest that our major attacked by Republicans. social insurance programs He’s also, however, sure to will face financial difficulties face criticism from self-proin the future (although the claimed centrists accusing dramatic slowing of increas- him of irresponsibly abanes in health costs makes even doning the fight against that proposition uncertain). long-term budget deficits. If so, at some point we may So it’s important to underneed to cut benefits. But why, stand who’s really irresponsiexactly, is it crucial that we ble here. In today’s economic deal with the threat of future and political environment, benefits cuts by locking in long-termism is a cop-out, a plans to cut future benefits? dodge, a way to avoid stickAnyway, even where the ing your neck out. And it’s relong-term issues are real, it’s freshing to see signs that truly strange that they have Obama is willing to break so often taken center stage in with the long-termers and recent years. We are, after all, focus on the here and now.

PAUL KRUGMAN

Ignorance about vaccines persists

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ust when you think we finally live in an age of enlightenment, especially in the advancement of science, someone comes along to remind us that actually we are only a short distance from 1885 — the date most associated with the birth of modern medicine. The someone in this instance was my youngest son, who lives in California and seems to have taken it upon himself to live up to that state’s billing as the home of organic foods, Buddha moms who regard canned baby food as poison, and a breeding ground for goofy ideas. He had called more than a month ago to inform me that the latest crisis in his life was the refusal of a pediatrician to further treat my then 11month-old grandson. Perhaps you can guess why, given the chain of events that have followed that conversation. If you speculated that it was over some disagreement about inoculation, you would be absolutely correct. The pediatrician said that she could not afford to endanger her other patients by treating a child whose parents refused to accept the reality of vaccination. After a long moment of stunned silence on hearing the news, my only retort was a simple “Are you nuts?” Trying to control my feel-

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ings before they turned the first-hand knowledge of incident into an apoplectic what can happen. I had seizure, I calmly tried to ex- every childhood disease — plain that failing to accept measles, whooping cough, that childhood diseases can chickenpox, and mumps. turn quite ugly was insanity My kid sister even somehow and that he needed to cure contracted diphtheria as a himself now. tot, forcing us all to be quarHis reply was that these antined. diseases, measles and so Like tens of millions of forth and even polio, had youngsters of that time, we been pretty lived in terror of inmuch eradicated fantile paralysis as and that there our parents severeshould be more ly restricted our concern about summer activities the potential to narrow the posside effects of sibility and prayed vaccination. it would work. “Why do you The other day as think they are no the news came of longer a probthe measles outlem?” says I, break in his state, struggling not to one that quickly stammer and spread to neighborslobber in disbeing states, I relief. “And how ceived another call long do you from him on anoththink that will be er subject and cathe case, if every- Dan Thomasson sually asked is former vice one thinks like whether he still inpresident of you do?” I alsisted on a position ways had conof obstinate ignoScripps Howard sidered him rance (not exactly Newspapers. quite intelligent in those words). He His column is ... well, at least said the child, who distributed until on a visit I had just passed his by McClatchytook him to a first birthday, Tribune News grocery store would be inoculatand he proceed- Service. ed. ed to nick me for “Fine,” I replied more than $300 worth of ex- and left it at that, although otic organic foods. I’m not certain there isn’t a Having come along before lingering belief that there is there was protection against a correlation between vaca catastrophic occurrence of cine and autism or some anything but smallpox, I had other thoroughly discredit-

DAN THOMASSON

ed theory. Do some children react badly to the process? Of course, but very, very few and measured against the number who benefit, the risk is infinitesimal and outweighed overwhelmingly by the benefits. Where, one has to wonder, do these notions originate. It is one thing, it seems to me, to adopt eating and learning beliefs that are out of the mainstream, but quite another to endanger children and those around them with a stubborn refusal to accept the beneficial evidence. That simply is that vaccines have been one of the greatest achievements of modern medicine, saving only the good Lord knows how many lives and how much misery. Had they been available to me and my siblings, it would have relieved our parents of stress, both physical and economical. The strain on my mother of nursing my sister and of protecting the rest of us from a highly contagious and deadly disease that a vaccine has now eliminated was enormous. My father returned from a business trip to find himself shut out of the house during the quarantine period, leaving it all up to her. The measles threat is once again a reminder that enlightenment is relative, even in an educated society. thomassondan@aol.com

The faith factor (2016 edition)

e are one year away the power of those prayers.” from the Iowa cauThis sounds a little like the cuses and already cheers one hears at high several Republican presi- school football games: dential candidates are trying “We’ve got spirit, how about to secure an advantage by you?” talking about their faith. In modern election cycles Before anthere has been a nouncing his presumption non-candidacy among conservalast Friday, Mitt tive Christians that Romney had indiif a politician goes cated if he ran for to church, can a third time he inquote Scripture tended to be and mentions the more “open” name of Jesus, he is about his Mormore qualified to mon faith. Mike become president Huckabee, former than, say, a circumgovernor of spect Episcopalian, Arkansas, regularor even an agnostic ly invokes his or atheist. The Baptist faith. And thinking is if “one now Republican of our own” gets Gov. Scott Walker elected president, of Wisconsin, a his divinely inCal Thomas self-described spired policies will writes a evangelical Chris- column trickle down to tian, is testifying your adolescent distributed by to his faith. There daughter, who will Tribune Media will be others. stop sleeping with Appearing at Services. her boyfriend. the Iowa Freedom If only. Summit in Des Moines, Recent history has proved Walker spoke about the suc- the fallacy of that belief. The cessful battle he waged moral quality of America did against his state’s public not improve during the two unions over their attempt to terms of Ronald Reagan, expand bargaining rights. who rarely attended church, He told the audience, “You or the one term of Jimmy prayed for us. We could feel Carter, who did. The moral

CAL THOMAS

compass did not point in a different direction during the two terms of George W. Bush, who said in a 2000 presidential debate that his favorite “philosopher” was Jesus. The greatest warning against trusting politicians to improve a nation’s virtue comes from King David. When he had all the power his theocracy could offer him in ancient Israel, he wrote, “Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save.”(Psalm 146:3 NIV). A more direct paraphrase is found in the Living Bible: “Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there.”

JESUS OF NAZARETH said, “My kingdom is not of this world” (John 18:36). Just as a nonbeliever has difficulty convincing an evangelical Christian to accept liberal beliefs about abortion, same-sex marriage and a host of other social issues, neither should Christians expect those who have a different theological perspective to accept their views absent a spiritual transformation. It then becomes a power game, Christians being just

one more “interest group” to be placated with a few breadcrumbs tossed at them by politicians seeking their votes.

WHAT DOES true faith look like? The apostle James wrote to believers: “Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.” (James 1:27, New Living Translation) Unfortunately, politicians can’t raise money on that agenda and the likelihood of one getting elected on such a platform in our day is nil. But by embracing “true religion,” one ultimately affects the social order in ways that the political system is incapable of doing. This is not to say people shouldn’t pray for those in authority, including those for whom they did not vote, because Scripture commands believers to do so. It is to say conservative Christians who salivate when politicians speak their “language” should heed King David’s warning and the statement about the two kingdoms. Email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribpub.com.

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Elsewhere Wednesday, February 4, 2015 — Page 7

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Staples buys Office Depot NEW YORK (AP) — The rapidly changing tools of the work place and the way we shop has led to another major consolidation in the retail office supply business as Staples announced the $6 billion acquisition of rival Office Depot. The cash-and-stock deal comes a little more than a year after Office Depot combined with OfficeMax. Businesses and consumers have shifted rapidly to online shopping at the same time that printers and the use of other traditional office supplies have diminished. That shift coincided with a recession that substantially altered the way companies spend money. The new company is expected to have annual sales of approximately $39 billion. Office Depot Inc. shareholders will receive $7.25 in cash and 0.2188 of a share in Staples Inc. at closing. The transaction values Office Depot at $11 per share. The companies put the deal’s equity value at $6.3 billion.

Lawmakers back ban of microbeads INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A bill banning tiny plastic particles that are often included in soaps and cosmetic products has been approved by the Indiana House. House members voted 97-0 Tuesday to prohibit the bits of plastic known as microbeads, which are often too small to see with the naked eye. Scientists blame the particles for about 20 percent of the plastic pollution in the Great Lakes. The bill would gradually phase out the sale and production of cosmetics containing microbeads starting in 2017. New York and Illinois already have bans in place. Bill sponsor Rep. Patrick Bauer of South Bend says large manufacturers have already started substituting microbeads with natural substances such as ground-up fruit pits, oatmeal and sea salt. The bill now goes to the full Senate for consideration.

NTSB links selfies to crash DENVER (AP) — Federal investigators say selfies were a likely factor in a small plane crash near Denver last year that killed two. The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that it appears likely the pilot was disoriented and lost control of the airplane. Recordings from a GoPro camera found in the wreckage show the pilot and passenger repeatedly taking photographs of themselves with their cellphones during previous flights that day, although there was no video of the deadly flight. The crash killed pilot Amritpal Singh, 29, and his passenger shortly after they took off May 31 from Front Range Airport in Adams County.

News from the nation, world

Train slams into SUV, killing seven By KILEY ARMSTRONG Associated Press

VALHALLA, N.Y. — A crowded commuter train slammed into a sport utility vehicle on the tracks at a suburban New York crossing and burst into flames, killing seven people and seriously injuring nearly a dozen in the railroad’s deadliest crash, authorities said. The collision involving a Metro-North Railroad train and a Jeep Cherokee Tuesday evening in Valhalla, about 20 miles north of New York City, sent hundreds of passengers scrambling to get to safety. Authorities said the impact was so forceful the electrified third rail came up and pierced the train. Killed were the SUV’s driver and six people aboard the train, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, making this crash the railroad’s most deadly. Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino said the front part of the train was “completely charred and burned.” “I am amazed anyone got off that train alive. ... It must have been pure panic, with the flames, the third rail and

the smoke,” he said. Astorino said 12 people were injured, 10 of them seriously. Authorities said the SUV’s driver had gotten out of her vehicle momentarily after the crossing’s safety gates came down around her. She then got back in and was trying to drive forward when she was hit, they said. “You have seven people who started out today to go about their business and aren’t going to be making it home tonight,” Cuomo said Tuesday at the crash site. The northbound MetroNorth Railroad train left Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan around 5:45 p.m. and struck the SUV about 45 minutes later. It was unclear how fast the train was going, but the maximum would be 60 mph, a railroad official said. The train shoved the SUV about 10 train car lengths. Smoke poured out of the scorched front rail car, its windows blackened. “This is a truly ugly and brutal site,” Cuomo said. Witnesses said they saw the flames shooting from where the crash occurred, in a

SETH WENIG/Associated Press

PARAMEDICS worked at the scene of an accident involving a commuter train and an SUV Tuesday in Valhalla, N.Y. car was evacuated about 10 minutes later using ladders to get people out. The other rail passengers were moved to the rear of the train so they could get off. Buses picked them up and took them to other stations. All railroad grade crossings have gate arms that are designed to lift automatically if they strike something like a car on the way down, railroad safety consultant Grady Cothen said. The arms are

made of wood and are designed to be easily broken if a car trapped between them moves forward or backward, he said. Officials didn’t comment on whether the gates were working properly. The National Transportation Safety Board said a team was being sent to investigate. Formed in 1983, MetroNorth is the nation’s secondbusiest railroad, after the Long Island Rail Road.

Money pours in for man who walks 21 miles for work By The Associated Press DETROIT — Hundreds of people have contributed tens of thousands of dollars to help a Detroit man who says he typically walks 21 miles to get to and from work. The Detroit Free Press reported that James Robertson rides buses part of the way to and from his factory job in suburban Rochester Hills, but because they don’t cover the whole route, he ends up walking about 8 miles before his shift starts at 2 p.m. and 13 more when it’s over at 10. Lately, he’s been getting occasional rides from a banker who passed him walking every day and finally asked what he was doing. After the newspaper wrote about the 56-yearold’s situation over the weekend, multiple people started crowdfunding efforts to help him buy a car and pay for insurance. Some have offered to drive him for free and others have offered to buy or give him cars. Robertson began making the daily trek to the factory where he molds parts after his car stopped working 10 years ago and bus service was cut back. He’s had perfect attendance for more than 12 years. “I set our attendance standard by this man,” said Todd Wilson, plant manager at Schain Mold & Engineering. “I say, if this man

“IF THIS man can get here, walking all those miles through snow and rain, well I’ll tell you, I have people in Pontiac 10 minutes away and they say they can’t get here — bull!”

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Todd Wilson, plant manager

can get here, walking all those miles through snow and rain, well I’ll tell you, I have people in Pontiac 10 minutes away and they say they can’t get here — bull!” Evan Leedy, a 19-year-old student at Wayne State University, read the story and started a GoFundMe site with the goal of raising $5,000. As of this morning, he had raised more than $272,000. Robertson said he was flattered by the attention and amazed strangers would step in to help. Asked about a federal program newly available through Detroit’s bus system that might pick him up at home and drop him off at his job, Robertson said, “I’d rather they spent that money on a 24-hour bus system, not on some little bus for me. “This city needs buses going 24/7. You can tell the city council and mayor I said that.”

Monopoly games to have real cash PARIS (AP) — You can pass go, get out of jail free and collect real money. The French version of Monopoly is celebrating its 80th year by slipping cash into 80 boxes of the game. One box will have the full complement in real money — 20,580 euros ($23,600) — as well as the Monopoly money needed to actually play the game, one of the most popular in France. Another 79 boxes will have smaller amounts, according to Hasbro. The Paris version lets players buy the Champs Élysées, four railroad stations and other famous avenues of the French capital.

wooded area near a cemetery. Ryan Cottrell, assistant director at a nearby rock climbing gym, said he had been looking out a window because of an earlier, unrelated car accident and saw the train hit the car, pushing it along. “The flames erupted pretty quickly,” he said. Passengers described a bump and said they smelled gasoline from the vehicle. Around 650 passengers likely were aboard the train, including Justin Kaback, commuting home to Danbury, Connecticut. “I was trapped. You know there was people in front of me and behind me, and I was trapped in the middle of a car and it was getting very hot,” he told ABC News. “All the air was turned off so there was no circulation so it was definitely scary especially when people are walking by on the outside and they said, ‘The train’s on fire. There’s a fire.’” Passenger Stacey Eisner, who was at the rear of the train, told NBC News that she felt the train “jerk” and then a conductor walked through the train explaining what had happened. She said her train

RYAN GARZA/Detroit Free Press

JAMES ROBERTSON, 56, of Detroit, made his way home after working his shift at Schain Mold & Engineering in Rochester Hills.

THE IMAGE above, taken from video provided by TVBS, shows the plane clipping an elevated roadway just before it careened into a river today in Taipei, Taiwan. AT RIGHT, emergency personnel tried to extract passengers from the downed plane.

WALLY SANTANA/Associated Press

Airliner with 58 aboard crashes into river in Taiwan By RALPH JENNINGS Associated Press

TAIPEI, Taiwan — A Taiwanese flight carrying 58 people banked sharply onto its side, clipped a highway bridge and careened into a shallow river today shortly after taking off from Taipei, killing at least 23 people and leaving 20 missing, officials said. Fifteen people were rescued with injuries. More than half of the passengers aboard TransAsia Airways Flight GE235 were from China and the death toll was expected to rise as rescue crews cleared the mostly submerged fuselage in the Keelung River. Teams in rubber rafts clustered around the wreckage, several dozen yards from the shore. Dramatic video clips apparently taken from cars were posted online and aired by broadcasters, showing the ATR 72 propjet as it pivoted onto its side while zooming toward a traffic bridge over the river. In one of them, the plane rapidly fills the frame as

its now-vertical wing scrapes over the road, hitting a vehicle before heading into the river. Speculation cited in local media said the pilot may have turned sharply to follow the line of the river to avoid crashing into a high-rise residential area nearby, but Taiwan’s aviation authority said it had no evidence of that. Taiwanese broadcasters repeatedly played a recording of the plane’s final contact with the control tower in which the pilot called out “Mayday” three times. The recording offered no direct clues as to why the plane was in distress. It was the airline’s second French-Italian-built ATR 72 to crash in the past year. Today’s flight had taken off at 11:53 a.m. from Taipei’s downtown Sungshan Airport en route to the outlying Taiwanese-controlled Kinmen islands. The pilot issued the mayday call shortly after takeoff, Taiwanese civil aviation authorities said. TransAsia director Peter Chen said contact with the plane was lost four minutes after takeoff. He said weather

conditions were suitable for flying and the cause of the accident was unknown. “Actually this aircraft in the accident was the newest model. It hadn’t been used for even a year,” he told a news conference. Thirty-one passengers were from China, Taiwan’s tourism bureau said. Kinmen’s airport is a common link between Taipei and China’s Fujian province. Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration said 23 people were confirmed dead, 15 were rescued with injuries and 20 were still missing. Wu Jun-hong, a Taipei Fire Department official who was coordinating the rescue, said the missing people were either still in the fuselage or had been pulled down the river. “At the moment, things don’t look too optimistic,” Wu told reporters at the scene. “Those in the front of the plane are likely to have lost their lives.” Rescuers could be seen pulling luggage from an open plane door to clear the fuselage.

Family

Page 8 — Wednesday, February 4, 2015

EVERYDAY CHEAPSKATE DEAR MARY: May I ask your advice? I have a credit-card balance of $4,500 at 18 percent interest. My FICO score is 700. I am determined to pay this off in the coming 12 months. Would it be wise for me to transfer this to a new CHASE Slate credit card that offers zero percent interest with no fees for 15 months? Or should I keep what I have, bite the bullet and just pay it off over the next Email year? — questions or Mary Beth tips to DEAR mary@every MARY BETH: daycheap First, let’s skate.com or look at the Everyday numbers. If Cheapskate, you keep P.O. Box 2135, what you Paramount, have and CA 90723. pay off the $4,500 at 18 percent interest over 12 months, you will make 12 payments of $412.56 each, for a total of about $4,950, of which $450 will be interest. If you transfer this $4,500 balance to a zero percent card, you will make 12 payments of $375 each, saving you that $450 in interest. That’s a no-brainer. If it were only a matter of dollars and cents, it would be better to go with the no-interest option and keep $450 in your pocket. But there are other things to consider. You have to think about where this balance came from in the first place. You paid for stuff with credit because you didn’t have enough money. For whatever reason, you saw a revolving balance on a credit card as a viable option. Apparently things got out of control. You did not have the financial maturity to make wise decisions and you ended up with a big pile of high-interest credit card debt. The biggest risk you face in transferring that balance to a new zero percent account is that you’ll slip back to your old ways. You’ll see the old account that you’ve paid down to zero as your “rainy day” fallback. You’ll tell yourself you will never use it, never allow a balance to build up on it — never, ever again. But you will leave the account open to have just in case of emergency. I know this because I know myself. Been there, done that. Statistics tell us that within two years, you will run it right back up to the max. Stuff will happen; you’ll have emergencies. You’ll be invited to go on a cruise or experience something you’ve always dreamed of. That card with its big available credit limit will call your name — in such soft, sweet tones. Another risk is that something will happen in the next 12 months that you’ll see as preventing you from making those big payments ($375 or $413, depending on which way you go). Should something go sideways, this credit-card balance will be the easiest place to make adjustments. You’ll be constantly aware that you have the option to pay only the small minimum monthly payment rather than keeping to your plan to pay the big payment each month. If you go for the balance transfer option — Chase will be delighted for you to do that, by the way, and even happier if you cannot quite get the total balance paid down to zero within the 15 months of grace — they’ll just default you into the big interest rate (probably 22.99 percent), and it will apply retroactively to the first day that you took the transfer. You’ll end up paying a lot more than $450 in interest in the long run. Read the fine print! All this to say, it is not an easy choice. If you were totally certain you would pay $375 per month come hell or high water, that would be the way to go. The initial hit you might get on your credit score for opening the new account and closing the old one would clear itself as you reduced your debt over the year. But if it were going to be easy to do it, wouldn’t you already be making at least $375 payments each month on that account?

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GROUNDHOG DAY BREAKFAST

ENGAGEMENT Glenn and Bridget Fuller, of Armagh, and John and Michelle Grech, of Reynoldsville, have announced the engagement of their children, Patrick Glenn Fuller and Kelsey Lynn Grech. The bride-to-be is a 2013 graduate of Brockway High School and is employed by DuBois Regional Medical Center. The future groom is a 2010 graduate of United High School and a 2013 graduate of Penn State University, DuBois. He is employed by Summit Iron Works in Indiana. They reside in Punxsutawney.

MARY HUNT

KELSEY GRECH and PATRICK FULLER A wedding date has not been chosen yet.

COMING EVENTS TOM PEEL/Gazette

ST. ANDREW’S Village, White Township, held its fifth annual Groundhog Day Breakfast on Monday. St. Andrew’s groundhog, Indy-Andy, greeted Bob and Audrey Vargo as they enjoyed their pancake breakfast. Proceeds from the event will support the campaign for the gardens at St. Andrew’s Village.

Company to sell iconic hospital blankets to public By VIKKI ORTIZ HEALY Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO — After stories about its pink-and-bluestriped hospital receiving blanket went viral on social media last fall, the Mundelein, Ill.-based company that supplies the covers to hospitals around the world plans to open up sales to the general public in March. “It’s kind of taken on this life of its own,” said Tim Abate, president of textiles division for Medline Industries, where longtime employees have been tickled by the recent attention lavished on its Kuddle Up blanket, from heartfelt Facebook posts to its own Twitter hashtag for nostalgic parents, #kuddleup. The company plans to release its product on Ama zon.com and is still finalizing details on cost and package size, said Vivika Panagiotakakos, spokeswoman for Medline. Since the 1950s, Medline has sold the 100 percent cotton receiving blankets in bulk to hospitals, where nurses use them to wrap newborn infants or line baby beds. Although it is offered in 13 styles, the pink and blue stripe design is by far its most popular, with 1.5 million sold annually at an average of $2.50 per blanket, Panagiotakakos said. In Mundelein, the 30 team managers responsible for overseeing textile sales, including the blankets, have for years taken quiet pride when images of celebrity babies in the blankets ap-

CHICKEN BUFFET: A Pennsylvania Deutsch chicken buffet will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Penn Run Christian Outreach Center, 75 Grace Church Road, Penn Run. The menu features chicken gravy with chunks of chicken, waffles, biscuits, noodles, mashed potatoes, a vegetable, two prepared salads, scalloped pineapple, desserts and drinks. The cost is $8 for adults and $6 for children ages 3 to 11. For more information, call (724) 463-0420. STEAK DINNER: The Helping Hands of the Robinson Evangelical United Methodist Church will hold a Swiss steak dinner from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday in the church fellowship hall, 332 Mary St., Robinson. The cost is $8 for adults, $3 for children ages 5 to 12 and free for ages 4 and under. Takeouts will be available. VALENTINE’S DINNER: The Dayton United Methodist fundraising team’s annual Valentine’s Day dinner will be held at 6 p.m. Feb. 14 in the Christian Life Center of the Dayton United Methodist Church, 105 E. Church Ave., Dayton. Seating is by reservation only, and the cost is $13 per person. The meal choice is Swiss steak or chicken breast. Jimmy Swogger and Friends will provide entertainment. There will also be door prizes. For reservations, contact Peggy Blose at (814) 257-8102 or Charlotte Clowser at (814) 257-8731 by Feb. 8. DINNER: The Hope Shrove Tuesday Pancake and Sausage Dinner will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Feb. 17 at Hope Lutheran Church, 35 Ridge Ave., Homer City. Tickets are $5 for adults, $2.50 for children ages 6 to 12 and free for ages 5 and under. Tickets are available at the door or from the church office. Proceeds support Lutheran scholarships. For more information, call (724) 479-9431.

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A NURSE demonstrated Friday how fresh baby blankets await newborns at Adventist Hinsdale Hospital. peared in magazines and online. Recently, Bill and Hillary Clinton cooed over their first grandchild wrapped in one. Commercials for “American Sniper” also pan a quick view of a baby wrapped in the striped blanket. But when a columnist from Quartz, a global business news website, posted a piece in October tracing the blanket’s origins to the suburban Chicago business, the story went viral, prompting loving messages to Medline employees from around the world. “We were certainly happy to see the very positive reaction that we’ve made,” said Abate, who joked that technically, the blankets are hospital property. It’s a tradition that Becky Barnes, an OB nurse at

suburban Advocate Hinsdale Hospital, has witnessed personally and professionally. Sixteen years ago, when her son, Kyle, was born, she brought him home in a Kuddle Up blanket. The blanket ultimately became his favorite cover until he was almost preschool-age. When Barnes finally broke her son of his habit, she tucked the blanket into his baby mementos. She saved Kuddle Up blankets used by her next two children years later. Then in 2007, when she began working as a labor and delivery nurse, Barnes said she was amused to see parents continuing the practice. “They’ll just kind of fold it up and put it in their bag. A lot of them do like to take it,” Barnes said. “It’s kind of vintage.”

TEEN VOLUNTEERING Teens, did you know volunteer service can transfer to work experience and looks great on your college application? Volunteering is fun because you get to decide to work in a field that interests you. Interested in environmental work? • Evergreen Conservancy can use your help with water monitoring and other environmental projects. Minimum age: 16. Contact (724) 471-6020 or (724) 463-8138. Thinking about becoming a veterinarian? • Indiana County Humane Society could use your assistance. Volunteers are needed to clean kennels, walk dogs and raise funds. Minimum age: 18. Contact Lisa Wier at (724) 465-7387. • Four Footed Friends is looking for general office workers, animal care volunteers and dog walkers. Minimum age: 18, younger with parental supervision. Call (724) 349-1144. Do museums interest you? • Historical and Genealogical Society of Indiana County has positions available for library volunteers. Minimum age: 12. Call (724) 463-9600. Is the education field your passion? There are several places to get experience. • Aging Services Inc. is looking for volunteers to help seniors with crafts, trips, computer training and special events. Minimum age: 18. Contact Jim McQuown at (724) 349-4500. • Torrance State Hospital is asking volunteers to help their residents with tutoring, the library and special events. Minimum age: 16. Contact Donnalee Fleming at (724) 4594464. • Indiana Free Library is looking for teens

to shelve books from 3-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Minimum age: 16. Contact John Swanson at (724) 465-8841. Thinking your field is medical or social work? • Communities at Indian Haven has openings for teens to assist residents with activities, bring appropriate pets to visit, share craft ideas/skills, and join its adopt-agrandparent program. Minimum age: 13. Call (724) 465-3900. • American Red Cross is looking for volunteers to help with blood drives and CPR/FA instruction. Minimum age: 16, younger with parental supervision. (18 for instructors). Contact (724) 465-5678. • VNA Family Hospice can use help in providing respite care for patients and families, doing errands for families, reading and other activities for patients. Minimum age: 16 Contact Mary Edith Cicola at (724) 4638711. Busy with school and extracurricular activities? You can still volunteer. Special event volunteers are needed for: • Indiana County Community Action Program Inc. (Care and Share Day, food collection days.) Call (724) 465-2657. • Indiana County Humane Society (fundraising). Contact Lisa Wier at (724) 465-7387. • Four Footed Friends. Call (724) 3491144. • Torrance State Hospital (Run for Mental Health, patient/family picnic, auction in October). Contact Donnalee Fleming at (724) 4594464.

If you see these people today, be sure to wish them a happy birthday: • Leslie Bartlebaugh, Homer City • Larry “Boomer” Bloom, Cherry Tree • Morgan Cunningham, Indiana • Linda Emery, Rural Valley • Georgieann Johnson, Indiana • Donovan Mimis, Marion Center • Paulette Parsley, Homer City • Kelly M. Pisarcik, Homer City • Cody Schrecengost, Coal Run • Blane Treese, Marion Center The Gazette would like to wish you a “Happy Birthday!” To have a name added to the list, call (724) 465-5555, ext. 265. If you leave a message, be sure to spell out the first and last name of the person celebrating their special day and remember to tell us the day and the town where they live. Messages left with incomplete information will not be run on the list.

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TODAY IN HISTORY By The Associated Press

Today is Wednesday, Feb. 4, the 35th day of 2015. There are 330 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 4, 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a wartime conference at Yalta. On this date: In 1783, Britain’s King George III proclaimed a formal cessation of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War. In 1789, electors chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States. In 1861, delegates from six Southern states that had recently seceded from the Union met in Montgomery, Ala., to form the Confederate States of America. In 1919, Congress established the U.S. Navy Distinguished Service Medal and the Navy Cross. In 1932, New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt opened the Winter Olympic Games at Lake Placid. In 1941, the United Service Organizations (USO) came into existence. In 1962, a rare conjunction of the sun, the moon, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn occurred. In 1974, newspaper heiress

Patricia Hearst, 19, was kidnapped in Berkeley, Calif., by the radical Symbionese Liberation Army. In 1983, pop singer-musician Karen Carpenter died in Downey, Calif., at age 32. In 1987, pianist Liberace died at his Palm Springs, Calif., home at age 67. In 1997, a civil jury in Santa Monica, Calif., found O.J. Simpson liable for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. In 2004, the Massachusetts high court declared that gay couples were entitled to nothing less than marriage, and that Vermont-style civil unions would not suffice. The social networking website Facebook had its beginnings as Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg launched “Thefacebook.� Ten years ago: Gunmen kidnapped Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena in Baghdad. (Sgrena was freed a month later; however, an Italian agent who’d secured her release was killed by U.S. gunfire at a checkpoint.) Actor and civil rights activist Ossie Davis died in Miami Beach, Fla., at age 87. Five years ago: Republican Scott Brown took over the seat of the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy as he was sworn in by Vice

President Joe Biden at a Capitol Hill ceremony. The first National Tea Party Convention opened in Nashville. Today’s Birthdays: Actor William Phipps is 93. Former Argentine President Isabel Peron is 84. Actor Gary Conway is 79. Movie director George A. Romero is 75. Actor John Schuck is 75. Rock musician John Steel (The Animals) is 74. Singer Florence LaRue (The Fifth Dimension) is 73. Former Vice President Dan Quayle is 68. Rock singer Alice Cooper is 67. Actor Michael Beck is 66. Actress Lisa Eichhorn is 63. Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor is 56. Actress Pamelyn Ferdin is 56. Rock musician Henry Bogdan is 54. Country singer Clint Black is 53. Rock musician Noodles (The Offspring) is 52. Country musician Dave Buchanan (Yankee Grey) is 49. Actress Gabrielle Anwar is 45. Actor Rob Corddry is 44. Singer David Garza is 44. Actor Michael Goorjian is 44. TV personality Nicolle Wallace (TV: “The View�) is 43. Olympic gold medal boxer Oscar De La Hoya is 42. Rock musician Rick Burch (Jimmy Eat World) is 40. Singer Natalie Imbruglia is 40. Rapper Cam’ron is 39. Rock singer Gavin DeGraw is 38. Olympic gold medal gymnast-turnedsinger Carly Patterson is 27.

Separated husband feels ambushed by stealth photo DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have been separated for a year. I have been seeing another woman in a city nearby, and my wife is aware of it. I took my lady friend out for dinner recently while visiting her in her town. A couple from home who know my wife and me were also eating at this restaurant. I greeted Dear Abby is them as we written by walked by Abigail Van their table. Buren, also The next known as day, my Jeanne wife apPhillips, and proached was founded me and by her mother, showed me Pauline a picture of Phillips. me and my date that had been taken by this couple without my knowledge. I was furious about the invasion of privacy. My wife claims I am just angry because I got “caught.� If I were worried about getting caught, I wouldn’t have been in a public restaurant in a city frequented by people who know me. What are your thoughts on people who secretly take photos like this? Do they really think they are doing their civic duty? — VIOLATED IN IOWA DEAR VIOLATED: You have

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a right to your privacy. If you and your wife have been separated for a year, then with whom you socialize is your own business. The same applies to your wife. I fail to see what kind of “civic duty� this couple was performing by taking a picture of you and your date. Frankly, I think it was in poor taste and served no good purpose. DEAR ABBY: I’m 30 and have felt pretty happy with my life. I enjoy my job, my social life, staying fit and extensive stays abroad. I thought I was going along OK, even though there is still room for improvement. My biggest (or most obvious) shortcoming, however, is that I’m not attractive in any way, and guys have never been attracted to me, so any chance at a future with someone is not an option. I thought I was learning to accept it, but it’s harder than I thought — especially because of reactions from other people. Now that I’m older, people look at me with pity or treat me strangely. I don’t know

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Knight under evaluation after pleading not guilty

COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — Former rap mogul Marion “Suge� Knight is under evaluation after being hospitalized moments after he entered a not guilty plea to murder and other felony charges on Tuesday. Los Angeles sheriff’s officials said late Tuesday that they had no additional details on the condition of the Death Row Records founder, who complained of chest pains after entering the plea in a Compton courtroom. MARION His attorney did not re‘SUGE’ KNIGHT turn phone messages Tuesday seeking an update on his condition. Knight pleaded not guilty to murder, attempted murder and two hit-and-run charges five days after he struck two men with his pickup after an argument. In addition to concerns about his health, Knight will face a hearing on Monday to determine whether he can be released on bail or must remain in custody while the murder case is pending. Knight, 49, faces life in prison if convicted. Knight is charged with killing Terry Carter, 55, and attempting to kill Cle “Bone� Sloan, 51, in a burger stand parking lot after an argument occurred at a separate site for the filming of “Straight Outta Compton,� a movie about the rise of the rap group N.W.A. David Kenner said his client is remorseful about Carter’s death but that does not mean he’s guilty of the crimes.

“He feels bad that somebody that he knew is deceased,� Kenner said. “It’s not his fault.� Kenner and Knight’s previous attorney have said their client was fleeing a vicious attack when he ran over the men, but authorities contend he intentionally hit them. Michael R. Shapiro, an attorney who represents Sloan, said his client has a mangled left foot and some neurological issues and is recovering from his injuries under heavy security. Knight was at the center of one of the most notorious rap conflicts of the 1990s, pitting Tupac Shakur against Biggie Smalls in an East Coast-West Coast rivalry. Knight was sent to prison for nearly five years for badly beating a rival with Shakur at a Las Vegas hotel, just hours before Shakur was fatally shot while riding in Knight’s car in 1996. In the current case, Knight struck two men with his pickup in a Compton parking lot. The collision killed his friend Carter, a founder and owner of Heavyweight Records who was viewed as a community father figure who tried to mentor young men, said Doug Young, a friend and hip-hop music promoter. Sloan is an actor and film consultant. Authorities said Knight visited the set for “Straight Outta Compton� and argued with Sloan, who was working at the location. Sheriff’s deputies providing security asked Knight to leave. A short time later, the argument resumed in a parking lot a few miles away where Knight and Sloan exchanged punches through a window of the pickup before the two men were run down, authorities said.

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Lohan files suit against Fox News NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Lindsay Lohan and her mother have filed a lawsuit accusing Fox News, TV host Sean Hannity and guest commentator Michelle Fields of defamation for claiming the actress and her mother did cocaine together. Court papers filed Monday say the claim was made during a discussion of celebrity overdoses on Hannity’s show on Feb. 4, 2014, two days after actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died of a heroin overdose. The suit says Fields stated as a “matter a fact� that Dina Lohan was doing cocaine with her daughter. The suit says the Lohans want the segment taken off Hannity’s website. They’re also seeking unspecified damages. Fox News says it removed the clip from its archives and issued an on-air apology last year. The network says it will defend itself and was surprised the Lohans are now demanding compensation.

how to handle the constant questioning about whether I have found someone yet. It is not going to happen. Is there something wrong with me? I’m starting to feel like a total loser and complete failure. — LOSER IN LOVE DEAR LOSER IN LOVE: If you are asked whether you have “found someone yet,� tell the person the truth, that Chris Pine hasn’t found you yet. There are worse things than singlehood. You have so many positive things going for you in your life, it’s time you recognized it. The person who deserves pity isn’t someone who is single; it’s someone who is trapped in a marriage to a husband she doesn’t love or who treats her badly. Your problem isn’t that you are a “loser�; it’s that you have low self-esteem. You could benefit from talking to a counselor about this, because everyone has something to offer, including you, and for others to appreciate your finer qualities, you need to stop being so hard on yourself.

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Robbery suspect waives hearing By The Indiana Gazette The second of four suspects charged with stealing money and drugs in a home invasion robbery in early December in Indiana has given up his right to a hearing and opted to face trial in the county court. Alvin Hancock Jr., 22, of Farrell, Mercer County, waived his right to a hearing Monday in Homer City District Court. He is charged with conspiracy to robbery and conspiracy to theft. Suspect Dominique Green, 23, of Sharon, waived his right to a hearing on Dec. 15, and awaits adjudication on charges of robbery, theft, recklessly endangering another person, possession of a firearm without a permit, simple assault and two counts of conspiracy. Hearings for two other suspects have been rescheduled for March 23. Marcus Harden, 23, of Sharon, Mercer County, also is charged with conspiracy, and Torrance Hawkins Jr. 23, of Youngstown, Ohio, is accused of robbery, theft, recklessly endangering another person, possession of a firearm without a permit, simple assault and two counts of conspiracy. Borough police arrested the suspects early Dec. 2, not long after Zaccehaeus Harrington and Tyler Lockett reported that two armed strangers entered their house at 653 Locust St.

while they were sleeping and demanded money and valuables. Harrington and Lockett told police that Harden and Hancock were their houseguests at the time. One of the robbers fired a shot into the floor during the robbery, and the pair fled with $1,000 cash, a jar full of change, about one-half pound of marijuana, a PlayStation 4 game set with two games, and a black and red duffle bag, according to charging documents. No one was reported to be injured during the robbery. Police searched the neighborhood and found Green and Hawkins, along with the stolen property, in a vehicle registered to Hancock’s mother, parked in a lot behind the house. According to police, Harrington said Harden and Hancock had unexpectedly showed up at their house, and that both had been responding to phone calls and text messages before and after the incident. Online court records show all the suspects were held at the Indiana County Jail following their arrests. Green and Hancock were released on unsecured bond in mid-December, while Harden and Hawkins remain in jail with bond set at $75,000. Green was formally arraigned Jan. 27 in Indiana County Court and is scheduled to appear for a criminal call hearing March 6.

Greenawalt appointed Continued from Page 1 the district’s two elementary schools in the borough to their previous grade configurations. Councilman Richard Thorell, chairman of the Community Development Committee, introduced a resolution stating that neighborhood schools have long been a vital part of Indiana’s residential neighborhoods and that being able to walk to school has been a benefit for many children and families living in Indiana. The resolution concluded by stating that Indiana council “respectfully urges the school board … to return our schools to full elementary programs at the earliest possible date.” Speaking in opposition to the resolution, council President Nancy Jones said the school directors, like borough council members, are elected officials trying to do their best. “I personally think it’s bad business for us,” as council members, to tell the school directors how to do what they were elected to do, Jones said. The resolution died on a 6-4 vote. And a rather routine annual agreement between the Indiana Fire Association, Indiana council and the White Township supervisors ran into opposition and was tabled. The yearly agreement stipulates what the IFA will do for the borough and township and what the two municipalities will do for the fire department — including how much finan-

cial aid and in-kind services the municipalities will give the fire department. But Councilwoman Katherine Hood said the IFA has not given council a year-end statistical report of firefighting activities for either of the past two years. She made a motion to table the agreement until a yearly summary is received showing what the fire department did with the tax dollars contributed by the borough. Her motion passed on a 7-3 vote. In other business, Hartman said he expects the next phase of downtown Indiana’s streetscape enhancements will soon be going out for bidding, and construction is likely to start this summer, even though a search continues for the final $134,000 needed to pay for the improvements. Council last spring agreed to accept a $3.25 million state grant for construction costs on Segment C. Segment C — the Philadelphia Street corridor between Sixth and Ninth streets — was last renovated in the late 1980s. Beginning this summer it will get the same upgrades the earlier segments received: new sidewalks, crosswalks and pedestrian access ramps that meet ADA standards; storm drainage improvements including curbs, gutters and catch basins; utility repairs; new streetlights; street resurfacing with new striping and traffic signs; and new landscaping and furnishings including new trees.

Commissioners approve loan refinancing plan By RANDY WELLS

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The Indiana County commissioners Tuesday approved the second of four planned loan refinancing steps that ultimately will save the county an estimated $60,000 to $80,000 a year and about $2 million over the life of the loans. Approved Tuesday was a $9.9 million tax-exempt bank loan to refinance an earlier loan taken to help build the new Indiana County Jail. The previous loan had an interest rate of 2.5 percent, and Mark Lundquist, of Financing Ideas Inc., the county’s financial adviser, told the commissioners the new loan will have an interest rate of 1.9 percent for the

first three years, but the rate could later climb to a maximum of 2.8 percent. The refinancing package approved Tuesday will save the county about $450,000, Lundquist said. The county is refinancing eight of 10 general obligation loans totaling about $50 million. The refinancing will reduce the payments on the loans and shorten the terms. The process is spread out over phases for federal tax law purposes. He said the number of area banks participating in the four refinancing phases has grown to seven. They are S&T Bank, First Commonwealth Bank, Indiana First Bank, Marion Center Bank, First Summit Bank, NexTier Bank and CNB Bank.

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Sunoco gives landowners update Continued from Page 1 safety and operation of the pipeline. Shields said Sunoco expects to have the pipeline in service by the end of 2016. The company plans to build the line next year, after spending 2015 making arrangements with affected landowners. “These meetings are for just that purpose, so that people can tell us their concerns and we can answer their questions and incorpo-

rate their issues into our plans, if possible,” Shields said. “These have been our neighbors for a long time and we will always do our best to work with them. Regarding safety, we have a whole division of people devoted to safety and we go over the multiple layers of safeguards that keep our pipelines safe.” The existing pipeline has a capacity of 70,000 barrels of gas products a day and the new line will have an initial capacity of 275,000 barrels a

day of natural gas liquids, according to a company statement. Combined with improvements to the original pipe, called Marine East 1, Sunoco expects to spend $3 billion. “As part of this investment, the Mariner East projects will also allow for additional propane to be available to consumers in local markets during high demand periods, such as last winter, via distribution terminals at points along the line,” according to

a Sunoco news release. Shields said the project would be completed with a combination of supplies brought in from other areas and purchased locally. Manpower on the project would include Sunoco workers, general contractors and subcontractors hired in areas along the path of the project. The company has not provided estimates of the direct economic impact, in purchasing and hiring, for the Indiana County area.

Jordan avenges killing of pilot Continued from Page 1 The video of his purported killing was released on militant websites and bore the logo of the extremist group’s al-Furqan media service. The clip featured the slick production and graphics used in previous Islamic State group videos. It could not immediately be confirmed independently by the AP. A wave of condemnation washed across the Middle East today, signaling that the Islamic State group militants might have overplayed their hand by putting their brutality toward a fellow Muslim on display. Some said this could trigger a backlash among Sunni Muslims in the region, the main reservoir of potential supporters. At the same time, Jordan faces increasing internal and external threats from the militants. Jordan borders areas of Islamic State group’s selfdeclared caliphate. There also have been signs of greater support for the group’s militant ideas among Jordan’s young and poor. Following the pilot’s death, Jordan launched what it said would be a tough campaign against the Islamic State group. In a first response, Jordan executed Sajida alRishawi and Ziad al-Karbouly, two Iraqis linked to al-

Qaida, government spokesman Mohammed al-Momani said. Another official said they were executed by hanging. Authorities said the pair would be buried later in Jordan. Al-Rishawi had been sentenced to death after her 2005 role in a triple hotel bombing that killed 60 people in Amman orchestrated by al-Qaida in Iraq, the predecessor of the Islamic State group. Al-Karbouly was sent to death row in 2008 for plotting terror attacks on Jordanians in Iraq. Islamic State group militants purportedly had demanded Jordan release alRishawi in exchange for the pilot. Over the past week, Jordan had offered to trade her, but froze any swap after failing to receive any proof that the pilot was still alive. The Jordanian military said, without elaborating, that the pilot was killed Jan. 3, suggesting officials knew any attempt to trade would be in vain. Al-Kaseasbeh had fallen into the hands of the militants when his F-16 crashed near Raqqa. He was the first airman participating in the U.S.-led bombing raids against militant positions in Syria and Iraq to be captured. The pilot’s father, Safi

Yousef al-Kaseasbeh, urged his government to “take revenge for Muath and to take revenge for the country, even before Muath.” Late Tuesday, dozens of people chanting against Islamic State marched toward the royal palace. Waving a Jordanian flag, they chanted, “Damn you, Daesh!” — using the Arabic acronym of the group — and “We will avenge, we will avenge our son’s blood.” Al-Kaseasbeh was from a tribal area in southern Jordan’s Karak district. The tribes are considered a mainstay of support for the monarchy, but the pilot’s capture strained that relationship. During the weeks of uncertainty about the pilot, relatives criticized the government’s handling of the crisis and Jordan’s participation in the anti-Islamic State group alliance. However, the tone has changed since the announcement of his death, with family members and other Jordanians speaking out against the militants. “There is no religion accepts such act,” Amman resident Hassan Abu Ali said. “Islam is a religion of tolerance. (The Islamic State group) have nothing to do with Islam. This is criminal act.”

Across the Middle East, religious and political leaders offered angry denunciations and called for blood as some on television wept when talking about the pilot. The head of Sunni Islam’s most respected seat of learning, Egypt’s Al-Azhar, described the militants as enemies of God and the Prophet Muhammad, saying they deserved the Quran-prescribed punishment of death, crucifixion or the chopping off of their arms. “Islam prohibits the taking of an innocent life,” Ahmed al-Tayeb, Al-Azhar’s grand sheik, said in a statement, adding that by burning the pilot to death, the militants violated Islam’s prohibition on the mutilation of bodies, even during wartime. The Islamic State group has released a series of gruesome videos showing the beheading of captives, including two American journalists, an American aid worker and two British aid workers. Tuesday’s was the first to show a captive being burned alive. The latest video was released three days after another video showed the purported beheading of a Japanese journalist, Kenji Goto. A second Japanese hostage was apparently killed earlier last month.

New in vitro technique raises ethical concerns Continued from Page 1 debate, with some opponents likening the procedure to genetic modification and arguing that it would open the way to the creation of socalled designer babies. Lawmakers in the House of Commons voted 382-128 in favor of the move, which still requires final approval from the House of Lords, the unelected upper chamber of Parliament. The House of Lords rarely rejects the decisions of elected colleagues. The vote came after a number of objections were raised, including the fact that other nations, including the United States, have not taken such a step. Describing the move as “bold” but “considered and informed,” the health minister, Jane Ellison, argued in favor of legalizing the procedure, which is designed to help women with mitochondrial diseases. Defects in the mitochondria — energy-producing structures outside a cell’s nucleus — can result in a range of complications, including muscular dystrophy and heart, kidney and liver failure. An opponent of the change, Edward Leigh, a

Conservative lawmaker and former minister, said before the vote that it represented a “monumental decision.” “If we believe that, sadly, given the nature of the human condition, there are these appalling diseases, where do we stop?” he asked, adding that there should be full clinical trials to determine the procedure’s safety and effectiveness. “We will be the first state to authorize this in the world,” Leigh added. “We will be in a unique position, and we should ask ourselves why no other state — not the European Union, not the U.S., yet — thinks this process is absolutely safe.” If it wins final approval, as seems likely, the technique is expected to be used only sparingly, and in the cases of women who have faulty mitochondria. The resulting embryo would have nucleus DNA from the child’s parents but mitochondrial DNA from a donor. Scientists say that the child would inherit the characteristics of the parent, other than the mitochondrial defect, rather than the donor. They also say that the procedure is different from the one used to genetically mod-

ify foods, in which individual genes are usually selected to be transferred from one organism into another. Tuesday’s vote was welcomed by Robert Meadowcroft, chief executive of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, who described it in a statement as a “milestone in giving women an invaluable choice, the choice to become a mother without fear of passing on a lifetime under the shadow of mitochondrial disease to their child.” “There are currently no means to treat devastating mitochondrial diseases, which can cause muscle wastage, loss of vision, stroke-like episodes and a premature death,” the statement added. “Preventing inheritance, where possible, remains our only option, and that is why we have invested in and wholly support this pioneering technique.” Some groups opposed to the procedure, including Human Genetics Alert, had likened it to genetic modification. “Although food crops, bacteria and animals have been genetically engineered for the last 20 years, there has been a worldwide consensus, embodied in legislation in

more than 60 countries, that we should not attempt to do the same with human beings,” the group said on its website. “This is because crossing this line would lead inevitably to a future of ‘designer babies’ and a new consumer-driven eugenics,” the group said. The Catholic Church in England and Wales said in a statement that it seemed “extraordinary that a license should be sought for a radical new technique affecting future generations without first conducting a clinical trial.” Bishop John Sherrington said in the statement, “There are also serious ethical objections to this procedure which involves the destruction of human embryos as part of the process. The human embryo is a new human life, and it should be respected and protected from the moment of conception.” The Church of England argued that there should be “more time for consultation and research,” while adding that the church did not want to prevent people “from benefiting from a major advance in genetics and assisted reproduction.”

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Sports HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ BASKETBALL: Indiana 60, Greensburg Salem 29

Full Steam Ahead

By TONY COCCAGNA

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The IUP-California basketball rivalry has lost some of its luster in recent years. IUP has established itself as one of the top teams in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference the past six seasons, while California has fallen in with the middle of the pack. Those facts, however, make tonight’s IUP-Cal game at the KCAC no less important for either team. IUP (18-3, 12-3 PSAC West) needs a victory to stay on Gannon’s heels and just ahead of Mercyhurst in CALIFORNIA the race for the PSAC West title, vs. IUP and California Today (12-9, 8-8) Women: 5:30 p.m. needs a win to Men: 7:30 p.m. solidify its position in the sixth and final playoff slot. IUP won the first meeting this season with relative ease, 69-45, at California on Jan. 10. Therein exists a problem for IUP coach Lombardi — that romp as well as Saturday’s upcoming home game with Gannon. “As a coach,” Lombardi said, “you depend on your senior leadership, and part of championship DNA is being able to stay in the moment and not look at the big picture or look ahead to anything. People already want to talk to me about the postseason and things like that. We’re trying to live in the moment and enjoy the moment and trying to win every day, and the emphasis is almost like practice is as important as game day. The only thing we address at the given time is the day at hand. Continued on Page 15

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IUP’S TEVIN HANNER defended Seton Hill’s David Windsor during Saturday’s game.

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INDIANA’S RILEY STAPLETON threw down a slam dunk during Tuesday night’s section game against Greensburg Salem. Stapleton finished with a game-high 21 points.

IHS wins section title outright with rout By ELI NELLIS

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Years and years of work are coming to a head for the Indiana High School boys’ basketball team. The most talented group of players the school has seen in a long time has been building toward this year’s playoffs. The Indians celebrated the contributions of the leaders of this group, reaching another goal Tuesday on their long list by clinching the WPIAL Section 3-AAA championship outright with a 6029 victory over Greensburg Salem on Senior Night at Fifth Street Gymnasium. “We’ve been playing together since we were in third grade,” senior guard/forward Riley Stapleton said. “Everything we’ve worked for has come to this season and is going up to the playoffs here. Let’s hope we can get on a roll.” “We’ve been together every step of the way,” Indiana third-year coach Greg Lezanic said. “It’s sort of like the father bird kicking the babies out of the nest. They’re great young men; they’re ready for life. They’re not only ready for the rest of the basketball season, but they’re ready to make a difference in the world. That’s what I’m most proud of.” Indiana (17-2, 12-0 section) won its second section championship in a row.

Last season it finished in a three-way tie with Mars and Knoch atop Section 1AAA. “Not sharing it with anybody, it’s a good feeling,” Lezanic said. It’s still only part of what Indiana is trying to accomplish — it has had its sights set on a WPIAL championship for a long time. “This is just one of our goals that helps us out, but we have a long way to go until we get to our biggest goal, which is getting to the Petersen Events Center,” senior guard Blake Shields said. “This was huge,” Stapleton said. “We went undefeated at home this season; that was a goal. Undefeated in the section is still a goal we have to accomplish, but we just can’t wait for playoffs. We can’t wait to prove to people what we can do.” Stapleton couldn’t wait Tuesday night, either, scoring the team’s first 10 points, including all seven in the first quarter, to get the Indians off the ground. He finished with a game-high 21 points. Continued on Page 15

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INDIANA COACH Greg Lezanic celebrated with his team while cutting down the net after Tuesday’s win.

HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: United 36, Indiana 31

Indians, Lions gear up for postseason in tough match By DUSTIN FILLOY

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It’s the time of the year to make the refinements in practice that pay dividends in the postseason, but injuries, ailments and inclement weather have made mat time scarce for the Indiana and United wrestling teams. So even though their hopes of making runs in the team playoffs have already been dashed, the Indians and Lions still had plenty of motivation to use Tuesday’s nonconference match as a dress rehearsal for the upcoming individual postseason.

Coming off a seven-day practice layoff, United matched Indiana’s three pins, took advantage of two early forfeits and delivered the last blow to earn a 36-31 win at Indiana High School. “It was good coming up here. We haven’t been on the mat in a week, and it showed out there,” United coach Tim Riskus said. “They get hungry if they don’t wrestle for a while so it’s good to feed them, but I hate feeding them without practice first.” Caleb Bracken (145), Brent Mack (160), Anthony Michaels (182) and Tyler Oliver (220) each won by pin for the Lions.

With his team trailing 31-30, Michaels pinned Indiana’s Kevin Froggatt in just 1:02 in the night’s final match to seal the win for the Lions. Brian Waryck (152) and Travis Berry (170) each won by fall for the Indians. Ben Turner (132) won via major decision, and Jeremy Adamson (126) won by decision. The Lions not only had to overcome a lack of sharpness, they also had to make do without starters Warren Lowther (132 pounds, 9-7), Grant Ingalls (182, 11-8) and Andrew Deitman (285, 17-2). Continued on Page 16

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UNITED’S ANTHONY MICHAELS, top, pinned Indiana’s Kevin Froggatt in just over a minute during the dual match’s final bout of the night at 182 pounds.

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Hendrick turns to Elliott to signal a generational shift

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One of our guys has a hunch about Sam Hornish.

What ‘sleeper’ are you keeping an eye on entering 2015? GODSPEAK: Clint Bowyer hasn’t won a race in two seasons. His last headline was the fiasco at Richmond in 2013. Ready or not, here he goes. Kasey Kahne also goes to the Championship round. KEN’S CALL: I have a sneaky suspicion Sam Hornish’s second go-round (this time with the Petty team) will be better than his first. How about a ‘sleeper’ for the 2016 Hall of Fame class? GODSPEAK: Richard Childress and Rick Hendrick are nominated every year. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Childress go in for his many years of service. KEN’S CALL: I would say Robert Yates, who was a champion owner, but only after a Hallworthy career as an engine builder. We’re entering third and final year of the original DanicaGoDaddy deal. Will there be a Year 4? GODSPEAK: No. This is it. GoDaddy is gone in Year 4. But Danica will be around. KEN’S CALL: Unless she’s sniffing the front pack consistently by summer, Year 4 will feature GoDaddy on the quarterpanels, at most.

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Chase Elliott will have all he needs to succeed beginning in 2016, including knowledge of how to find Victory Lane and how to behave once there. By GODWIN KELLY

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The news out of Charlotte, North Carolina, was like two shotgun blasts being fired in the air in the middle of the NASCAR Sprint Car Series garage. The first shot was Jeff Gordon’s announcement he would be retiring as a race driver at the end of this season. The second discharge came just a few days later when car owner Rick Hendrick said young Chase Elliott, Bill Elliott’s son, would take the wheel of Gordon’s No. 24 Chevrolet. In the big picture, this is all part of a major sea change in the Cup Series driving ranks as older drivers are replaced by youngsters. “Yeah, this is certainly something that I’ve been thinking about for years,” said Gordon, who burst onto the Cup Series in 1993. “Rick and I have talked about (it) for a number of years. You’re always trying to, when you get to this point in your career and you’ve done as much as we’ve done as a team, figure out when that right time to step away is. “I always said I wanted to step away on my own terms if possible, and I want to be competitive out there, and I hoped that I could do that all the way through my final year.” The word “retire” is relative in Gordon’s case. He won’t be driving a Cup car on a full-time basis.

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Chase doesn’t talk like his daddy, but he has his heavy right foot. He left open the possibility of running a limited schedule or racing in other forms of motorsports. With 92 Cup wins, four NASCAR championships and four other topthree points finishes, there is little else the 43-year-old father of two has to prove at this level of racing. “This is the right time,” he said. “I think it really became clear about halfway through last season that it was definitely going to be. Rick kept talking me into going longer. And I kept saying, ‘No, I think this is the year.’ ” Hendrick didn’t have to look far to find a replacement driver. Chase Elliott, 19, became the youngest driver to capture the Xfinity (then Nationwide) Series championship last year. Oh yeah, and he drives for JR Motorsports, which is co-owned

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by Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kelley Earnhardt and Hendrick. Hendrick Motorsports supplies the Xfinity Series team with the highest degree of racing technology. Chase Elliott will slide into Gordon’s No. 24 Chevrolet SS team, which will be led by crew chief Alan Gustafson, who has earned 19 wins, 18 pole positions, 98 top-five finishes and 165 top-10s at the elite Cup level. Chase Elliott has been racing since he was in diapers. Bill Elliott came up the ranks in a family owned car and won the 1988 Cup championship. Now, the NASCAR Hall of Fame driver has turned the racing reins to his son. “Chase brings the kind of intangibles that make him the total package as a driver,” Hendrick said. “Not only is he a special talent inside the race car, but there’s a natural combination of competitiveness, work ethic and smarts that you rarely see. “Chase’s personality and demeanor make him popular with fans, teammates and sponsors. He’s a great fit for our organization on many levels, and we feel he and Alan will be a successful combination. There’s a lot to be excited about.” This is the start of the fourth generation of driver changes since the 1980s when Petty, Pearson, Allison and Yarborough were replaced by Earnhardt Sr., Labonte, Gant and Elliott. That group was replaced by Gordon, Kenseth, Earnhardt Jr. and Stewart, who are all in their 40s and are in the twilight of their careers.

Should I put some early money on Ryan Blaney for the Daytona 500? A quick search turned up a Vegas website that had Blaney listed at 40-to-1 for the Daytona 500. Frankly, given the fickle nature of restrictor- plate racin’, there aren’t many drivers who aren’t worth at least a few bucks at 40-1 odds. But Blaney might have extra incentive. Roger Penske, who’s helping fund the Wood Brothers’ part-time No. 21 car and Blaney this year, suggested last week a win at Daytona and the playoff berth that likely would come with it might make him consider keeping Blaney and the No. 21 around on a weekly basis. So inspiration is worth a few horsepower at Daytona? It never fails. Actually, the motor and chassis couldn’t care less about Roger Penske’s thoughts. But you can rest assured that Blaney, if given any room at all to make a late-race move, won’t settle for a top five or top 10. Certain carrots make for faster drivers. “Desperation” is one, but in this case, so is full-time work. Wait a minute ... you already can get odds on the Daytona 500? Sure you can (Danica is 60-1 at VegasInsider.com, by the way), and you also can get odds on the Feb. 14 Sprint Unlimited (smaller field, so Danica is 40-1) and the overall season championship (Danica: 500-1). 500-1? Surely Danica is worth a shot at 500-1, right? No doubt. But then again, so is Ricky Stenhouse at 300-1. The unpredictability of the new Chase format eventually will lead to a surprising champ, and maybe soon. Just because Kevin Harvick was last season’s best driver and also the eventual champion doesn’t mean it’ll happen again. As the Royals and Giants could tell you, just get to the playoffs, even as wild cards, and anything is possible.

Ken Willis has been covering NASCAR for The Daytona Beach News-Journal for 27 years. Reach him at ken. willis@news-jrnl.com

2015 Sprint Cup Schedule FEB. 14: Daytona International Speedway (Sprint Unlimited), FOX, MRN, SiriusXM FEB. 15: Daytona International Speedway (Daytona 500 Qualifying), FOX, MRN, SiriusXM FEB. 19: Daytona International Speedway (Duel), FOX Sports 1, MRN, SiriusXM FEB. 22: Daytona 500, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM MARCH 1: Atlanta Motor Speedway, FOX, PRN, SiriusXM MARCH 8: Las Vegas Motor Speedway, FOX, PRN, SiriusXM MARCH 15: Phoenix International Raceway, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM MARCH 22: Auto Club Speedway, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM MARCH 29: Martinsville Speedway, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM APRIL 11: Texas Motor Speedway, FOX, PRN, SiriusXM APRIL 19: Bristol Motor Speedway, FOX, PRN, SiriusXM APRIL 25: Richmond International Raceway, FOX Sports 1, MRN, SiriusXM MAY 3: Talladega Superspeedway, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM

MAY 9: Kansas Speedway, FOX Sports 1, MRN, SiriusXM MAY 16: Charlotte Motor Speedway (NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race), FOX Sports 1, MRN, SiriusXM MAY 24: Charlotte Motor Speedway, FOX, PRN, SiriusXM MAY 31: Dover International Speedway, FOX Sports 1, MRN, SiriusXM JUNE 7: Pocono Raceway, FOX Sports 1, MRN, SiriusXM JUNE 14: Michigan International Speedway, FOX Sports 1, MRN, SiriusXM JUNE 28: Sonoma Raceway, FOX Sports 1, PRN, SiriusXM JULY 5: Daytona International Speedway, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM JULY 11: Kentucky Speedway, NBCSN, PRN, SiriusXM JULY 19: New Hampshire Motor Speedway, NBCSN, PRN, SiriusXM JULY 26: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, NBCSN, IMS, SiriusXM AUG. 2: Pocono Raceway, NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM AUG. 9: Watkins Glen International, NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM

AUG. 16: Michigan International Speedway, NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM AUG. 22: Bristol Motor Speedway, NBCSN, PRN, SiriusXM SEPT. 6: Darlington Raceway, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM SEPT. 12: Richmond International Raceway, NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM SEPT. 20: Chicagoland Speedway, NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM SEPT. 27: New Hampshire Motor Speedway, NBCSN, PRN, SiriusXM OCT. 4: Dover International Speedway, NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM OCT. 10: Charlotte Motor Speedway, NBC, PRN, SiriusXM OCT. 18: Kansas Speedway, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM OCT. 25: Talladega Superspeedway, NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM NOV. 1: Martinsville Speedway, NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM NOV. 8: Texas Motor Speedway, NBC, PRN, SiriusXM NOV. 15: Phoenix International Raceway, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NOV. 22: Homestead-Miami Speedway, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM

NASCAR NEWS & NOTES PEARSON RECOVERING

championships (1966, 1968-69) in four attempts. He retired in 1989 and NASCAR Hall of Fame driver David was inducted into the NASCAR Hall Pearson is recovering after he suffered of Fame in 2011. a mild stroke Dec. 9, according to USA Today. A statement provided by Pearson’s family said the stroke afDale Earnhardt Jr. has a few more fected his left side, but the 80-year-old years of driving in him before he is 80 to 85 percent back to normal thinks about retirement, like his teamas a result of therapy. The family said mate Jeff Gordon is doing at the end “we expect a full recovery soon.” of 2015. Earnhardt, 40, is three years Nicknamed the “Silver Fox” for his younger than Gordon. Both drive for sly, quick moves on the track and his car owner Rick Hendrick. prematurely graying hair, Pearson “Jeff made his decision based on is considered by some to be the factors in his life, whether it be his greatest NASCAR driver of all time. health or his kids,” Earnhardt said He is second on the all-time wins list during the NASCAR Media Tour last with 105 victories, and he won three week. “I don’t have any back (pain) is-

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sues, and I don’t have any kids on the way. I don’t have any factors.” Earnhardt said he had the most fun in racing in 2014 he’s had since he raced Late Models. “Last year, I felt like a kid. I had the same feeling I had when I would drive down to Myrtle Beach with my Late Model,” he said. “We were just on top of the world having so much fun. That freedom came back in the last couple years to just enjoy it and just release the pressure. So that’s made me really think I can do this a lot longer.”

SABATES PREDICTION The team is called Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, and the

minority owner was feeling confident about the team’s Cup Series chances going into the season. During the Media Tour, Sabates guaranteed both team drivers, Kyle Larson in the No. 42 Chevy and Jamie McMurray in the No. 1 Chevy, will make the Chase this year. Larson and McMurray were part of the team that captured the Rolex 24 At Daytona sports-car race Jan. 25. “I’ve never guaranteed anybody anything in all the years I’ve been in racing,” Sabates said. “But I’ll guarantee you that both of these guys will be in the Chase.”

week they have no plans to change the four-car team rule put in place several years ago by the sanctioning body. Race-team owners are limited to four Cup Series entries, and NASCAR said that is healthy for the sport. Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR executive vice president and chief racing development officer, said the four-car rule has proved beneficial for the sport. “It’s allowed some of the new owners to come in, the Furniture Rows of the world, the Michael Waltrip Racings of the world, Harry Scott,” O’Donnell told NBC Sports. “Everyone doesn’t come into the sport immediately and NASCAR officials told the media last become a champion. It takes time.”

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INDIANA 60, GREENSBURG SALEM 29

Aliquippa 63, Quaker Valley 46 Allderdice 74, Perry 45 Apollo-Ridge 51, South Allegheny 32 Avonworth 57, Sacred Heart 52 Baldwin 66, Moon 52 Beaver Falls 69, New Castle 58 Bedford 55, Richland 46 Belle Vernon 61, Laurel Highlands 59 Bellwood-Antis 60, Mount Union 49 Bethel Park 77, Canon-McMillan 65 Bishop Canevin 54, Burgettstown 53 Blackhawk 60, Beaver Area 59 Blairsville 66, Marion Center 51 Brashear 77, Westinghouse 49 Brockway 43, Kane Area 38 Brownsville 64, Bethlehem Center 53 California 70, Waynesburg Central 47 Carrick 69, Pittsburgh Obama 67 Central Catholic 61, Butler 49 Central 69, Philipsburg-Osceola 43 Central Valley 53, Ambridge 45 Charleroi 71, Bentworth 29 Chartiers-Houston 50, Brentwood 32 Clarion-Limestone 89, Venango 60 Clearfield 63, Bald Eagle Area 49 Cochranton 71, Maplewood 33 Cornell 63, Eden Christian 53 DuBois 61, Bradford 55, 3OT Eisenhower 62, Cambridge Springs 56 Elk County Catholic 60, Brookville 36 Ellwood City 59, Hopewell 50 Elwood City Riverside 62, Shenango 57 Erie Central 50, Erie Cathedral Prep 45 Erie First Christian 84, Youngsville 45 Fairview 71, Titusville 41 Farrell 90, Commodore Perry 33 Fox Chapel 51, Franklin Regional 45 Franklin 70, George Jr. Republic 59 Frazier 68, Carmichaels 48 Freeport 63, Deer Lakes 45 Geibel Catholic 69, Avella 44 General McLane 79, Fort Leboeuf 54 Girard 45, Corry 26 Glendale 55, Juniata Valley 52 Greensburg C.C. 74, East Allegheny 49 Hampton 80, Valley 67 Harbor Creek 66, Warren 49 Hempfield 59, Norwin 44 Highlands 65, Burrell 49 Homer-Center 74, United 28 Huntingdon 56, Penns Valley 48 Indiana 60, Greensburg Salem 29 Jeannette 60, Clairton 39 Jefferson-Morgan 49, West Greene 33 Kennedy Catholic 91, Visionquest 64 Kittanning 42, Mount Pleasant 41 Latrobe 64, Kiski Area 57 Laurel 64, Mohawk 33 Ligonier Valley 68, Northern Cambria 37 Lincoln Park 77, Neshannock 60 Mars 73, Knoch 52 McKeesport 86, Penn Hills 67 Meadville 62, Grove City 44 Mercyhurst Prep 64, Northwestern 62 Monessen 89, Mapletown 24 Montour 48, Trinity 42 Moshannon Valley 52, Williamsburg 50 Mount Lebanon 58, Chartiers Valley 55 New Brighton 70, Summit Academy 66 North Allegheny 83, Seneca Valley 50 Northern Bedford 68, Fannett-Metal 63 North Catholic 85, Aquinas Academy 55 Northgate 46, South Side 40 Penn-Trafford 65, Albert Gallatin 30 Pine-Richland 48, North Hills 44 Plum 47, Gateway 38 Portage 57, Harmony 37 Punxsutawney 57, St. Marys 54, 2OT Purchase Line 41, Penns Manor 35 Ridgway 42, Coudersport 38 Riverview 57, St. Joseph 49 Rocky Grove 72, Jamestown 30 Saegertown 63, Union City 45 Seneca 62, Iroquois 59 Serra Catholic 44, Trinity Christian 32 Seton-LaSalle 74, Fort Cherry 36 Sewickley Academy 60, Rochester 46 Shady Side Academy 78, Wilkinsburg 48 Sharon 61, Hickory 50 Sheffield 52, Curwensville 43 Slippery Rock 64, Conneaut Area 59 Smethport 71, Austin 33 Somerset 76, Penn Cambria 47 South Fayette 63, McGuffey 21 South Park 68, Keystone Oaks 38 Southern Fulton 65, S.Huntingdon 25 Southmoreland 61, Derry 45 State College 60, Central Dauphin East 55 Sto-Rox 80, Freedom 37 Thomas Jefferson 65, Elizabeth Forward 51 Tussey Mountain 58, McConnellsburg 51 Tyrone 57, Bellefonte 41 Union Area 60, Western Beaver 53 Uniontown 74, Steel Valley 65 Upper St. Clair 45, Peters Township 43 Vincentian Academy 70, Leechburg 40 Washington 68, Carlynton 28 West Branch 73, Claysburg-Kimmel 38 West Middlesex 77, Reynolds 42 West Mifflin 68, Ringgold 58 West Shamokin 58, Yough 43 Wilmington 44, Greenville 43 Woodland Hills 71, Shaler 66

GIRLS Allderdice 51, Perry 18 Bald Eagle Area 40, West Branch 23 Bradford 53, Dubois 43 Brockway 51, Kane Area 32 Central Cambria 53, Cambria Heights 35 Conemaugh Valley 43, Berlin 34 Curwensville 63, Sheffield 36 Ellis School 47, Clairton 32 Everett 54, Forbes Road 28 Farrell 68, Jamestown 19 Fox Chapel 66, Franklin Regional 47 Geibel Catholic 46, Avella 28 Girard 69, Corry 23 Harbor Creek 52, Seneca 31 Highlands 45, Ford City 35 Imani Christian 56, Jeannette 30 Jefferson-Morgan 54, West Greene 23 Kennedy Catholic 58, Commodore Perry 35 Ligonier Valley 56, Homer-Center 55 Mars 65, Knoch 28 McConnellsburg 41, Chestnut Ridge 37 Mercer 37, Wilmington 36 Meyersdale 58, Ferndale 19 Mohawk 65, New Brighton 25 Mount Pleasant 68, Yough 20 Neshannock 58, Shenango 31 North Allegheny 57, Seneca Valley 31 Northern Bedford 67, Fannett-Metal 54 Norwin 80, Hempfield 61 Oil City 54, Erie Strong Vincent 31 Penn Hills 56, McKeesport 44 Pine-Richland 56, Beaver Area 41 Pittsburgh Obama 73, Carrick 23 Plum 46, Gateway 22 Portage 65, Salisbury-Elk Lick 33 Punxsutawney 61, St. Marys 29 Ridgway 41, Johnsonburg 28 Slippery Rock 65, Meadville 38 South Side 28, Sto-Rox 27 Southern Fulton 41, S.Huntingdon 37 Turkeyfoot Valley 53, Conemaugh Twp. 44 Venango 54, Clarion-Limestone 25 Villa Maria Academy 48, Sacred Heart 45 Warren 42, Erie McDowell 41, OT Westinghouse 59, Brashear 50 Windber 52, Shade 42 Youngsville 49, Union City 44

HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING UNITED 36, INDIANA 31 106 — C.Walls (U) won by forfeit 113 — N.Walls (U) won by forfeit 120 — No match 126 — Adamson (I) dec. L.Walls, 8-6 132 — Turner (I) maj. dec. Walker, 12-1 138 — No match 145 — Bracken (U) pinned Cook, 3:30 152 — Waryck (I) pinned Betts, :55 160 — Mack (U) pinned Harkleroad, 1:25 170 — Berry (I) pinned Young, :59 182 — Michaels (U) pinned Froggatt, 1:02 195 — Orr (I) won by forfeit 220 — Oliver (U) pinned Smith, :9 285 — Palmer (I) won by forfeit

Greensburg Salem — 29 Hughes 6 4-4 18, Forkey 0 0-0 0, Ferrari 1 0-0 2, Key 1 0-0 2, Alwine 2 3-6 7, Cunningham 0 0-0 0, Sabers 0 0-0 0, Cook 0 0-0 0, Totals 10 7-10 29 Indiana — 60 Gatti 1 2-2 4, McConnell 2 0-0 4, Shields 4 4-4 13, R.Stapleton 8 3-6 21, Jack 1 1-1 3, D.Stapleton 4 0-0 8, Jabir 0 0-0 0, Hoff 0 0-0 0, Benhart 1 0-0 2, Stever 0 0-0 0, Zilinskas 2 1-1 5, Carter 0 0-0 0, Hudzicki 0 0-0 0, Totals 23 11-14 60 Greensburg Salem 7 2 8 12 — 29 Indiana 7 18 23 12 — 60 3-point field goals: Hughes 2, R.Stapleton 2, Shields. JV score: Indiana, 54-34.

HOMER-CENTER 74, UNITED 28

Homer-Center — 74 Capitosti 3 0-0 7, Ireland 5 0-0 11, Wolford 8 3-3 19, Arone 8 2-3 22, Moore 1 0-0 2, Black 2 0-0 4, Bruner 2 0-0 4, Schloder 2 0-0 5, Totals 31 5-6 74 United — 28 Beacker 0 2-2 2, Walsh 0 1-4 1, Dill 6 2-5 14, Fabrizio 3 0-2 6, Mack 1 0-0 3, Naugle 0 2-2 2, Totals 10 7-15 28 Homer-Center 23 33 9 9 — 74 United 12 6 8 2 — 28 3-point field goals: Arone 4, Schloder, Ireland, Capitosti, Mack, Naugle.

LIGONIER VALLEY 68, NORTHERN CAMBRIA 37

Ligonier Valley — 68 J.Jones 2 3-4 7, J.Hugo 4 4-4 14, Mattis 1 0-0 2, Smith 3 3-8 9, Jester 1 1-3 3, Hepner 2 0-0 6, Daugherty 6 1-3 14, Lundquist 1 0-0 2, Stewart 2 0-0 5, N.Hugo 1 0-0 2, H.Jones 1 2-2 4, Totals 24 14-24 68 Northern Cambria — 37 Bearer 4 1-2 9, Olish 1 1-2 4, Serafin 5 00 10, Strollo 1 0-0 3, Mason 1 0-0 3, Phillips 3 0-2 6, Mays 1 0-0 2, Totals 16 2-6 37 Ligonier Valley 14 20 10 24 — 68 Northern Cambria 13 7 8 9 — 37 3-point field goals: J.Hugo, Hepner 2, Daugherty, Stewart, Olish.

PURCHASE LINE 41, PENNS MANOR 35

Penns Manor — 35 Remaley 2 0-0 4, Mumau 2 0-0 5, Lieb 4 00 8, Horwat 1 2-2 4, Trinkley 1 0-2 3, Grimaldi 2 7-11 12, Totals 12 9-15 35 Purchase Line — 41 Learn 3 1-2 10, E.Faught 6 7-10 19, Deyarmin 0 1-2 1, Sanchez 1 0-0 3, Z.Faught 1 2-2 4, Campbell 2 0-0 4, Totals 13 11-16 41 Penns Manor 10 3 11 11 — 35 Purchase Line 12 12 6 11 — 41 3-point field goals: Learn 3, Sanchez, Mumau, Trinkley. JV score: Penns Manor, 39-29.

BLAIRSVILLE 66, MARION CENTER 51

Blairsville — 66 Livingston 5 1-3 11, Shirley 1 0-0 3, Rydbom 0 2-2 2, Williams 9 2-5 20, Henderson 2 1-4 5, Jackson 1 0-0 2, Parkhurst 10 1-2 21, Direnzio 1 0-0 2, Tonkin 0 0-2 0, Totals 29 7-18 66 Marion Center — 51 Stiteler 4 7-14 15, Fairman 1 0-0 2, Irvin 2 6-8 10, Alabran 0 1-5 1, Orr 4 1-1 10, Kinter 3 0-0 8, Tyger 0 0-2 0, LaBryer 1 0-0 2, Gaston 1 0-0 3, Totals 16 15-30 51 Blairsville 17 16 18 15 — 66 Marion Center 12 9 11 19 — 51 3-point field goals: Shirley, Parkhurst 3, Orr, Kinter 2, Gaston. JV score: Blairsville, 37-31.

WEST SHAMOKIN 58, YOUGH 43

Yough — 43 Matvya 3 3-4 11, Beers 3 0-1 6, Pore 0 34 3, Koser 2 0-0 6, Bowman 3 1-2 7, O’Bradovich 4 0-0 8, Huss 1 0-0 2, Totals 16 7-11 43 West Shamokin — 58 Stover 1 0-0 3, Dean 3 0-0 6, Crise 2 0-0 4, Hough 5 2-2 12, Przybysz 6 0-0 13, Horner 6 4-6 17, Vicini 0 3-4 3, Totals 23 9-12 58 Yough 11 10 8 14 — 43 West Shamokin 17 12 12 17 — 58 3-point field goals: Matvya 2, Koser 2, Stover, Przybysz, Horner. JV score: West Shamokin, 39-33.

APOLLO-RIDGE 51, SOUTH ALLEGHENY 32

South Allegheny — 32 Iggles 1 0-0 2, Johnson 5 1-4 11, Papson 0 0-0 0, Doval 4 0-0 4 12, Perkins 1 0-0 3, Bertone 0 0-0 0, Galley 1 0-0 2, Mitchell 1 02 2, Totals 13 1-6 32 Apollo-Ridge — 51 Tipton 4 4-6 12, L.Wingard 0 0-0 0, Brown 3 3-4 12, Orkwis 0 0-0 0, Fitzroy 1 0-0 2, Stankus 5 1-1 11, Smith 5 0-0 12, D.Wingard 0 0-0 0, Percic 0 0-0 0, Sowers 0 0-0 0, Galloway 1 0-0 2, Flickinger 0 0-0 0, Totals 19 8-11 51 South Allegheny 7 8 10 7 — 32 Apollo-Ridge 16 9 19 7 — 51 3-point field goals: Brown 3, Smith 2, Doval 4, Perkins.

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Bobcats, Wildcats cruise to victories By The Indiana Gazette Blairsville used an 18-2 advantage spanning the second and third quarters to jump in front of host Marion Center en route to a 66-51 victory in a Heritage Conference boys’ basketball game Tuesday. “We played pretty even with them in the second half,” Marion Center assistant coach Nathan Johns said, “but that 18-2 run made the margin too wide for us to catch up.” Blairsville’s Alex Parkhurst led all scorers with 21 points. He sparked the 18-2 run with nine points in the second quarter and scored eight points in the fourth quarter. Troy Williams added 20 points for the Bobcats, and Cameron Livingston chipped in 11. Hunter Stiteler powered the Stingers with 15 points, and Craig Irvin and Blake Orr added 10 apiece. Blairsville (14-3, 10-1 conference) plays host to Penns Manor this evening, and Marion Center (7-12, 6-7) travels to Penns Manor on Thursday. HOMER-CENTER 74, UNITED 28: Visiting Homer-Center scored 56 points in the first half and more than tripled up winless United in field goal production to roll to a win in a Heritage Conference game. Homer-Center’s Alex Arone scored 11 of his game-high 22 points in the second quarter, and Ben Wolford added 14 of his 19 as the Wildcats poured in 33 points in the period to take a 38-point halftime lead, 56-18. “They weren’t missing much,” United coach Tyler Stokes said. “Arone wasn’t missing from the outside, and we weren’t putting a body on Wolford so he was just cleaning up the glass.” John Ireland scored 11 points for the Wildcats. Matt Dill led United with 14 points. Homer-Center (16-2, 11-1) plays host to Saltsburg on Thursday, and United (0-17, 0-12) travels to Ligonier Valley on Thursday. PURCHASE LINE 41, PENNS MANOR 35: Host Purchase Line built an 11-point halftime lead and then made

The last nine seconds of the game made all the difference as Ligonier Valley upset short-handed Homer-Center, 56-55, in a Heritage Conference girls’ basketball game Tuesday at the HomerDome. Ligonier Valley made a layup with nine seconds remaining to take the lead and then watched two HomerCenter free throws rattle off the rim. Homer-Center was missing four varsity players. “I have two girls out with broken ankles, one with a knee injury and another who was sick tonight,” said Homer-Center coach Tom Lasher. “We no longer have the depth that we had at the beginning of the season.” Four Ligonier Valley players scored in double figures, and Homer-Center shot just 8for-15 from the free throw line. “I think we are still a very competitive team and we’ll still win some ball games,” said Lasher. “But shooting a little bit over 50 percent from the foul line is not going to get it done.” Lexie Petrof and Olivia Miller each turned in double-doubles for the Rams. Petrof scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Miller scored 12 points, raked in 20 rebounds, handed out five assists and came up with six steals. Madison McLaughlin scored 12 points and Kacie Flickinger added 10. Alexis Leysock led the Wildcats with 16 points and 10 re-

SALTSBURG 48, UNITED 39

United — 39 Mack 3 0-2 8, Bloom 1 1-4 3, Miller 0 1-2 1, Arblaster 1 0-0 2, Hixson 3 0-0 7, Rensko 2 1-2 5, Surike 6 0-0 13, Totals 16 3-10 39 Saltsburg — 48 Peace 6 3-9 15, Edmundson 1 3-8 5, Satler 0 4-4 4, Okopal 5 6-11 18, Richards 2 0-0 4, Hall 1 0-0 2, Totals 15 16-32 48 United 20 3 6 10 — 39 Saltsburg 7 16 13 12 — 48 3-point field goals: Mack 2, Hixson, Surike, Okopal 2. JV result: United won.

LIGONIER VALLEY 56, HOMER-CENTER 55

Ligonier Valley — 56 Miller 5 2-4 12, Flickinger 5 0-0 10, McLaughlin 6 0-0 12, Bloom 4 0-0 8, Petrof 5 3-6 14, Totals 25 5-10 56 Homer-Center — 55 Worcester 4 1-3 9, Newhouse 3 3-4 9, Leysock 6 4-6 16, Buggey 5 0-2 13, Valyo 1 0-0 2, Smyers 3 0-0 6, Totals 19 8-15 55 Ligonier Valley 17 10 17 12 — 56 Homer-Center 23 7 9 16 — 55 3-point field goals: Petrof, Buggey 3.

WEST SHAMOKIN 58, YOUGH 43: West Shamokin outscored visiting Yough in each quarter and clinched a playoff spot with a convincing win in a WPIAL Section 3AAA game.

APOLLO-RIDGE 51, SOUTH ALLEGHENY 32: Four players reached double figures as Apollo-Ridge defeated South Allegheny in a WPIAL Section 2-AA game. Tre Tipton, Duane Brown and Alex Smith each scored 12 points apiece and Maurice Stankus added 11 for the Vikings, who jumped out to a 25-15 lead by halftime and allowed 10 or fewer points in each of the four quarters. Apollo-Ridge (14-5, 8-2) plays host to Greensburg Central Catholic this evening. BIBLE BAPTIST 52, CALVARY BAPTIST 46: Calvary Baptist poured in 26 points in the fourth quarter, but it wasn’t enough to overcome Bible Baptist in a non-conference game. “We just started practicing the press, and we decided to use it in the second half since we were down by so many points,” said Calvary Baptist coach Mark Plants. “We were able to force a lot of turnovers and convert them into layups.” Calvary Baptist sixth man Isaiah Sharp scored 11 of his game-high 23 points in the fourth quarter, and Joel Knupp scored nine of his 17 as the Patriots tried to mount a comeback. “I told the boys that we will use the press the rest of the year now that I got to see it in action,” said Plants. Calvary Baptist (4-4) plays host to Clearfield Alliance on Monday.

bounds, and Julia Buggey chipped in 13 points. Both teams play this evening. Homer-Center (124, 9-2) travels to United, and Ligonier Valley (8-9, 5-6) visits Northern Cambria. SALTSBURG 48, UNITED 39: Saltsburg used bursts in the second and third quarters to come from behind and defeat United in a Heritage Conference game. Trailing by 13 points after the first quarter, the Trojans had to find a way to mount a comeback. “They had some great shooters that we couldn’t stop in the first quarter,” said Saltsburg coach Janelle Reed. “We switched up our defense in the second quarter, and that made the difference.” Abbie Okopal fueled a 16-3 run in the second quarter by scoring 10 of her game-high 18 points. Abby Peace sparked the Trojans’ 13-6 run in the third quarter by scoring nine of her 15 points. Kylee Surike led the Lions with 13 points. United (6-11, 3-8) plays host to Homer-Center this evening, and Saltsburg (10-7, 7-4) welcomes Marion Center on Thursday. SHADY SIDE ACADEMY 52, APOLLO-RIDGE 34: ApolloRidge managed just 13 field goals and fell to Shady Side Academy in a WPIAL Section 2-AA game. The Vikings were held to fewer than 10 points in all but the third quarter. Julia DeMeno paced the Vikings with 10 points, and Brianna Fairman added

AROUND THE AREA By The Indiana Gazette

Homer-Center scores victory ARMAGH — Homer-Center topped United, 24-19, in a ninth-grade boys’ basketball game Tuesday. Logan Williams led the Wildcats with nine points, Eric Shirley chipped in seven, and Caleb Learn added four. Collin Moore led United with 11 points, and Luke Means scored six. Homer-Center won the seventh- and eight-grade game, 34-8. Jacob Zeiler led the Wildcats with 10 points, Jaden Evanick scored eight, and Jayke Saiani added six. Josh Hamilton paced United with five points.

Marion Center swimmers place SOMERSET — Four Marion Center swimmers placed in the Somerset Eagle Invitational on Saturday. Brittany Gaston took third place in the 200 freestyle and teamed up with Kimberli Donaldson, Morgan Knox and Robin Schultz to take second place in the 400 freestyle relay. The girls’ team swam to a fifth-place finish, and the boys’ team finished seventh. Marion Center welcomes Richland on Thursday.

IHS rifle team drops match Indiana fell to Plum, 79242x to 782-35x, in a WPIAL Section 3 rifle match Tuesday. Dakota Gunsallus fired a 100-7x to lead Indiana. Hunter Edmiston shot a 1006x. Indiana (1-10, 0-7) travels to Penn-Trafford today.

Marion Center sets registration MARION CENTER — Registration for Marion Center Youth Legion and Seniors Legion baseball will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the park building next to the baseball field. The registration fee is $50. Players from Marion Center, Penns Manor and Purchase Line are eligible to play Senior Legion. For information, contact Don Stitt at (724) 254-2175 or Joe Bunyak at (724) 357-8232.

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Calvary Baptist — 46 Sharp 11 0-3 23, Ye 2 0-0 4, Meckley 1 02 2, Knupp 8 0-0 17, Covato 0 0-0 0, Totals 22 0-5 46 Bible Baptist — 52 R.Bumosky 5 2-2 15, Pasquilino 5 0-0 10, Louvre 5 1-2 11, Cheng 5 1-2 11, J.Bumosky 1 0-0 3, Totals 21 4-6 52 Calvary Baptist 6 6 8 26 — 46 Bible Baptist 16 17 8 11 — 52 3-point field goals: R.Bumosky 3, Louvre 2, J.Bumosky, Sharp, Knupp.

Shady Side — 52 Harchelroad 2 1-2 5, Natoli 3 0-0 6, Hacke 5 3-6 15, Benec 7 2-3 18, Vencick 0 0-0 0, Frohlich 2 0-0 4, Pish 2 0-0 4, McInerney 0 00 0, Budd 0 0-0 0, Fisher 0 0-0 0, Staley 0 00 0, Monroe 0 0-0 0, Worell 0 0-0 0, Totals 21 6-11 52 Apollo-Ridge — 34 Broman 1 1-4 3, DeMeno 4 2-2 10, Fairman 4 0-1 8, Bonelli 2 1-2 5, Laird 0 0-0 0, A.Martin 0 1-2 1, R.Martin 0 0-0 0, Vensel 0 0-0 0, Galinao 0 0-0 0, Murray 0 0-0 0, DeSimone 0 0-0 0, Ost 2 3-6 7, Ruzbacki 0 00 0, Totals 13 8-17 34 Shady Side 17 7 11 17 — 52 Apollo-Ridge 6 8 14 6 — 34 3-point field goals: Hacke 2, Benec 2.

LIGONIER VALLEY 68, NORTHERN CAMBRIA 37: Ligonier Valley’s Justin Hugo and Jackson Daugherty scored 14 points apiece, and the Rams used big runs in the second and fourth quarters to whip host Northern Cambria in a Heritage Conference game. Ligonier Valley hit three 3point field goals in the second quarter and poured in 20 points to take a 14-point halftime lead, 34-20. The Rams outscored Northern Cambria 34-17 in the second half, including 24-9 in the fourth. Scott Serafin scored 10 points to pace the Colts. Ligonier Valley (9-7, 8-3) plays host to Purchase Line this evening, and Northern Cambria (2-13, 1-10) plays host to Purchase Line on Thursday.

The Wolves started the game on an 11-5 run and held an eight-point halftime lead, 29-21. West Shamokin led by no fewer than eight points the rest of the way. “We got out to a good start and just kept adding to it,” West Shamokin coach Mike Nagy said. “This was a big win. We clinched at least the fourth playoff spot with this one.” West Shamokin’s Zac Horner posted game highs of 17 points and five assists. Scott Przybysz scored 13 points, Jake Hough had 12 points, six rebounds and five steals, and Adam Crise dished out four assists. West Shamokin (12-7, 7-6) travels to Kittanning on Friday.

Ligonier pulls out win By The Indiana Gazette

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enough free throws down the stretch to hold off Penns Manor in a Heritage Conference game. The Comets chipped away at an 11-point halftime deficit and managed to trim the Red Dragons’ lead to three points, 38-35, with 40 seconds left in the fourth quarter. But Purchase Line’s Zach Faught drew a foul 10 seconds later and drilled two free throws to stretch the Red Dragons’ lead to five points, 40-35. Penns Manor was held scoreless the rest of the way. Purchase Line hit 11 of 16 free throws, including 3 of 6 in the fourth. “That was definitely one of those gut-it-out wins. We committed 29 turnovers but we dealt with the adversity and gutted out a win,” Purchase Line coach Steve Woodrow said. Eric Faught scored a gamehigh 19 points for the Red Dragons. Dan Learn added 10 points. Gavin Grimaldi scored 12 points to lead Penns Manor. Both teams play this evening. Penns Manor (6-11, 6-6) travels to Blairsville, and Purchase Line (6-10, 4-7) visits Ligonier Valley.

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BIBLE BAPTIST 52, CALVARY BAPTIST 46

SHADY SIDE ACADEMY 52, APOLLO-RIDGE 34

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Scoreboard SCHEDULE High school basketball games listed at 6 and 6:30 p.m. are junior varsity start times, with varsity to follow; all other times are varsity start times.

TODAY BASKETBALL COLLEGE MEN

California at IUP, 7:30 p.m. Penn State at Maryland, 8:30 p.m.

COLLEGE WOMEN

California at IUP, 5:30 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS

Penns Manor at Blairsville, 6:30 p.m. Purchase Line at Ligonier Valley, 7:30 p.m. Indiana at Southmoreland, 7:30 p.m. Varsity Only Greensburg C.C. at Apollo-Ridge, 7:30 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS

Claysburg-Kimmel at Harmony, 6 p.m. Ligonier Valley at No. Cambria, 7:15 p.m. Blairsville at Marion Center, 7:30 p.m. Homer-Center at United, 7:30 p.m. Penns Manor at Purchase Line, 7:30 p.m. Varsity only Indiana at Southmoreland, 6 p.m. Greensburg C.C. at Apollo-Ridge, 6 p.m.

RIFLE

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS AND GIRLS

Indiana at Penn-Trafford, 3:30 p.m.

WRESTLING

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS

Ligonier Valley at Shaler, 6 p.m. Shade at Blairsville, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY BASKETBALL

COLLEGE WOMEN

Pitt at NC State, 7 p.m. Maryland at Penn State, 7 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS

Saltsburg at Homer-Center, 7:30 p.m. Marion Center at Penns Manor, 7:30 p.m. United at Ligonier Valley, 7:30 p.m. Varsity Only Purchase Line at No. Cambria, 7:15 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS

Apollo-Ridge at West Shamokin, 6 p.m. Northern Cambria at Blairsville, 7:15 p.m. Indiana at Derry, 7:30 p.m. Punxsutawney at DuBois, 7:30 p.m.

RIFLE

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS AND GIRLS

Northern Cambria at Chestnut Ridge, 3 p.m. Indiana at Butler, 3:30 p.m.

SWIMMING AND DIVING

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS AND GIRLS

Derry at Valley, 4 p.m.

WRESTLING

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS

West Shamokin at Carrick, 6:30 p.m. Punxsutawney at Marion Center, 7 p.m. North Star at United, 7 p.m.

ON AIR Subject to change

TODAY

BASKETBALL 5:30 p.m. — College women: California at IUP, WQMU-FM 92.5 6:30 p.m. — College: Temple at South Florida, ESPN News 7 p.m. — College: Georgia Tech at Duke, ESPN2 7 p.m. — College: East Carolina at UConn, ESPNU 7 p.m. — College: Marquette at Villanova, FS1 7:30 p.m. — College men: California at IUP, WQMU-FM 92.5 7:30 p.m. — High school girls: Blairsville at Marion Center, WLCY-FM 106.3 8 p.m. — NBA: Bulls at Rockets, ESPN 8:30 p.m. — College: TCU at Baylor, ESPN News 9 p.m. — College: Washington at Oregon, ESPN2 9 p.m. — College: Kansas State at Texas Tech, ESPNU 9 p.m. — College: Creighton at Xavier, FS1 10:30 p.m. — NBA: Mavericks at Warriors, ESPN HOCKEY 8 p.m. — NHL: Penguins at Oilers, Root 8 p.m. — NHL: Bruins at Rangers, NBC Sports SOCCER 2:30 p.m. — FA Cup, round 4, Liverpool at Bolton, FS1 WINTER SPORTS 1 p.m. — Skiing: World Alpine Championships, men’s Super G, NBC Sports

THURSDAY BASKETBALL 6:30 p.m. — College: Richmond at La Salle, NBC Sports 7 p.m. — College: Iowa at Michigan, ESPN 7 p.m. — College: Auburn at LSU, ESPN2 7 p.m. — College: Tulsa at Houston, ESPN News 7 p.m. — College: Mount St. Mary’s at Bryant, ESPNU 7:30 p.m. — High school boys: Saltsburg at Homer-Center, WCCS-AM 1160 8 p.m. — NBA: Clippers at Cavaliers, TNT 9 p.m. — College: Cincinnati at SMU, ESPN 9 p.m. — College: UCLA at Stanford, ESPN2 9 p.m. — College: Belmont at E. Kentucky, ESPNU 10:30 p.m. — College: Suns at Trail Blazers, TNT 11 p.m. — College: Gonzaga at Santa Clara, ESPNU 11 p.m. — College: Southern Cal at California, FS1 GOLF Midnight — PGA European: Malaysian Open, first round, part 1 (same-day tape), Golf 2 a.m. — PGA European: Malaysian Open, first round, part 2, Golf 11:30 a.m. — LPGA: Bahamas Classic, first round, Golf 3 p.m. — PGA: Farmers Insurance Open, first round, Golf HOCKEY 9 p.m. — NHL: Red Wings at Avalanche, NBC Sports

BOXING FIGHT SCHEDULE Friday At Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Biloxi, Miss. (ESPN2), Abie Han vs. Sergio Mora, 12, for Taylor’s IBF middleweight title. Feb. 13 At the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn. (ESPN2), Boxcino Quarterfinals-Junior Middleweights: Cleotis Pendarvis vs. Ricardo Pinnell; Stanyslav Skorokhod vs. Michael Moore; Brandon Adams vs. Alex Perez; Vito Gasparyan vs. Simeon Hardy. Feb. 20 At Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y. (ESPN2), Boxcino Quarterfinals-Heavyweights: Donovan Dennis vs. Steve Vukosa; Razvan Cojano vs. Ed Fountain; Andrey Fedosov vs. Nate Heaven; Mario Heredia vs. Lenroy Thomas. Feb. 21 At Monte Carlo, Monaco (HBO), Gennady Golovkin vs. Martin Murray, 12, for Golovkin’s WBA Super World-WBC WorldIBO middleweight tiles; Hekkie Budler vs. Jesus Silvestre, 12, for Budler’s WBA-IBO minimumweight titles; Lee Haskins vs. Omar Lamiri, 12, for the vacant EBU bantamweight title; Hughie Fury vs. Andriy Rudenko, 10, heavyweights. At O2 World Arena, Berlin, Arthur Abraham vs. Paul Smith, 12, for Abraham’s WBO super middleweight title; David Price vs. Irineu Beato Costa Junior, 10, heavyweights.

BASKETBALL

WOMEN EAST Brooklyn 68, York (NY) 61 Castleton 65, Johnson St. 48 Delaware St. 56, NJIT 54, OT Old Westbury 72, St. Joseph’s (LI) 54 Philadelphia 87, Wilmington (Del.) 69 Sacred Heart 73, Wagner 59 Staten Island 63, CCNY 52 UConn 96, Cincinnati 36 Union (NY) 54, William Smith 51 W. New England 62, Gordon 38 SOUTH E. Mennonite 71, Washington & Lee 59 East Carolina 79, Houston 56 King (Tenn.) 63, Lees-McRae 47 Limestone 83, Converse 40 Pikeville 89, Kentucky Christian 56 Randolph-Macon 77, Va. Wesleyan 63 South Florida 91, UCF 68 MIDWEST Bethany Lutheran 56, Martin Luther 53 Cincinnati Christian 79, Indiana-East 75 Concordia (Wis.) 62, Lakeland 54 Lincoln Christian 83, Marantha Baptist 53 Milwaukee Engineering 69, Edgewood 50 Minn.-Morris 81, Crown (Minn.) 70 Northwestern (Minn.) 60, North Central 38 Park 92, St. Louis Pharmacy 29 St. Scholastica 84, Northland 36 Wis. Lutheran 82, Marian (Wis.) 47 SOUTHWEST Tulane 84, SMU 60

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 33 16 .673 — Brooklyn 19 28 .404 13 Boston 17 30 .362 15 Philadelphia 11 39 .220 22½ New York 10 39 .204 23 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 40 9 .816 — Washington 31 18 .633 9 Charlotte 21 27 .438 18½ Miami 21 27 .438 18½ Orlando 15 36 .294 26 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 30 19 .612 — Cleveland 30 20 .600 ½ Milwaukee 26 22 .542 3½ Detroit 19 30 .388 11 Indiana 17 32 .347 13 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 36 12 .750 — Houston 33 15 .688 3 Dallas 33 17 .660 4 San Antonio 30 18 .625 6 New Orleans 26 22 .542 10 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 32 16 .667 — Oklahoma City 24 24 .500 8 Denver 19 30 .388 13½ Utah 17 30 .362 14½ Minnesota 8 40 .167 24 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 38 8 .826 — L.A. Clippers 33 16 .673 6½ Phoenix 28 22 .560 12 Sacramento 17 30 .362 21½ L.A. Lakers 13 35 .271 26 Tuesday’s Games Philadelphia 105, Denver 98 Detroit 108, Miami 91 Boston 108, New York 97 Golden State 121, Sacramento 96 Utah at Portland, 10 p.m. Today’s Games Detroit at Indiana, 7 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Denver at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Chicago at Houston, 8 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Miami at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Orlando at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Memphis at Utah, 9 p.m. Dallas at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Thursday’s Games Washington at Charlotte, 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Cleveland, 8 p.m. Dallas at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Phoenix at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

SCORING LEADERS THROUGH FEB. 3 Scoring G FG FT PTS Harden, HOU 48 396 378 1297 James, CLE 40 368 245 1048 Westbrook, OC 34 292 231 845 Davis, NOR 43 408 241 1057 Anthony, NYK 38 343 176 919 Aldridge, POR 43 403 191 1022 Cousins, SAC 35 289 250 829 Curry, GOL 46 370 182 1059 Griffin, LAC 49 432 235 1107 Thompson, GS 45 365 143 1014 Bryant, LAL 35 266 196 782 Irving, CLE 47 372 185 1029 Lillard, POR 49 359 218 1061 Wade, MIA 35 291 153 750 Bosh, MIA 40 314 167 853 Ellis, DAL 50 402 159 1025 Butler, CHI 45 296 283 921 Gay, SAC 44 318 217 899 Vucevic, ORL 45 382 109 875 Hayward, UTA 48 310 229 929 FG Percentage FG FGA Jordan, LAC 219 299 Chandler, DAL 194 287 Plumlee, Bro 195 325 A. Johnson, TOR 195 333 Howard, HOU 202 351 Valanciunas, TOR 225 399 Zeller, BOS 175 312 Davis, NOR 408 736 Horford, ATL 322 584 Favors, UTA 285 529

AVG 27.0 26.2 24.9 24.6 24.2 23.8 23.7 23.0 22.6 22.5 22.3 21.9 21.7 21.4 21.3 20.5 20.5 20.4 19.4 19.4 PCT .732 .676 .600 .586 .575 .564 .561 .554 .551 .539

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BASEBALL

NHL

NCAA DIVISION II POLLS

EAST Castleton 76, Johnson St. 71 Gordon 59, W. New England 57 Hartford 62, Binghamton 61 Hobart 67, Union (NY) 59 NJIT 69, Delaware St. 51 St. Joseph’s (LI) 68, Old Westbury 67 Staten Island 83, CCNY 70 Syracuse 72, Virginia Tech 70 Vermont 68, Maine 49 Wilmington (Del.) 72, Philadelphia 70 York (NY) 80, Brooklyn 71 SOUTH Campbell 66, Presbyterian 53 Coastal Carolina 68, UNC Asheville 56 FIU 64, FAU 56 Gardner-Webb 87, Longwood 78 Georgetown (Ky.) 101, Wilberforce 81 Kennesaw St. 80, Paine 75 Kentucky 69, Georgia 58 King (Tenn.) 82, Lees-McRae 76 Louisville 63, Miami 55 Mississippi St. 71, Tennessee 66 Radford 67, High Point 64 SC-Upstate 79, St. Andrews 39 Stetson 77, Bethune-Cookman 72 UNC Greensboro 85, VMI 56 Vanderbilt 67, Florida 61 Wake Forest 88, NC State 84 MIDWEST Butler 85, St. John’s 62 Cincinnati Christian 87, Indiana-East 73 DePaul 75, Seton Hall 62 E. Illinois 59, Baker 32 Illinois 66, Rutgers 54 Illinois St. 77, Evansville 51 N. Iowa 61, Indiana St. 51 Nebraska 76, Northwestern 60 Park 88, St. Louis Pharmacy 48 Saint Louis 68, Saint Joseph’s 61, OT St. Scholastica 76, Northland 55 Wisconsin 92, Indiana 78 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 75, South Carolina 55 Northwestern St. 110, Cent. Arkansas 108 Oklahoma 71, West Virginia 52 Texas A&M-CC 71, Incarnate Word 70 FAR WEST Boise St. 68, Utah St. 63

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Rec. Pts.Pvs. 1.Lincoln Mem., Tenn. (14) 20-0 394 2 2.Florida Southern (1) 19-1 381 3 3.Barry, Fla. (1) 17-1 364 4 4.Augustana, S.D. 21-1 352 5 5.Bellarmine, Ky. 18-2 325 6 6.Minnesota St.-Moorhead 24-1 324 7 7.Angelo St., Texas 19-1 306 8 8.Colorado-Colo. Springs 19-2 272 9 9.Indianapolis 17-2 259 1 10.West Liberty, W.Va. 17-2 252 10 11.Metro St. Colo 18-3 237 11 12.Tarleton St., Texas 18-2 221 12 13.Colorado Mines 17-2 208 13 14.Wisconsin-Parkside 18-2 186 20 15.Mount Olive, N.C. 20-2 178 15 16.BYU-Hawaii 17-2 169 17 17.Ferris St., Mich. 17-3 140 22 18.IUP 18-3 117 21 19.Azusa Pacific, Calif. 18-3 109 14 20.Western Oregon 18-3 100 24 21.Lake Superior St., Mich. 17-3 67 NR 22.UNC-Pembroke 18-3 64 19 23.Midwestern St., Texas 17-4 38 NR 24.West Georgia 16-4 32 NR 25.Central Missouri 17-4 25 NR Others receiving votes: Cal Baptist 20, Saginaw Valley St., Mich. 15, Minnesota St.Mankato 12, Columbus St., Ga. 6, Lynn, Fla. 5, Cal Poly Pomona 4, King, Tenn. 4, Sciences 4, Southern Connecticut St. 3, Chico St., Calif. 2, Seattle Pacific 2, American International, Mass. 1, Northwest Missouri St. 1, Point Loma Nazarene, Calif. 1.

WOMEN Rec. Pts. Pvs. 1.Lewis, Ill. (31) 21-0 799 1 2.Alaska-Anchorage 20-1 716 3 3.Fort Hays St., Kan. 20-1 701 6 4.Limestone, S.C. 20-1 666 4 5.IUP 18-1 652 5 6.Emporia St., Kan. 17-2 617 2 7.West Texas A&M 16-2 554 7 8.Livingstone, N.C. (1) 20-0 506 11 9.Adelphi, N.Y. 19-2 496 8 10.Pittsburg St., Kan. 19-2 485 9 11.Columbus St., Ga. 20-1 477 12 12.Wayne St., Mich. 17-2 463 10 13.Michigan Tech 17-1 409 15 14.Rollins, Fla. 16-2 394 13 15.Stonehill, Mass. 16-2 392 14 16.Northern St., S.D. 19-3 293 17 17.Bloomsburg 17-2 285 18 18.Florida Tech 17-2 217 19 19.Drury, Mo. 16-3 213 21 20.Harding, Ark. 16-3 190 16 21.Seattle Pacific 16-3 168 22 22.Wayne St., Neb. 19-3 121 T-23 23.Humboldt St., Calif. 17-2 114 25 24.Nova Southeastern, Fla. 15-4 78 T-23 25.Arkansas Tech 16-3 64 20 Others receiving votes: Midwestern St., Texas 55, Cedarville, Ohio 50, Union, Tenn. 30, California 29, New Haven, Conn. 24, District of Columbia 22, California Baptist 20, Washburn, Kan. 15, Grand Valley St., Mich. 11, Colorado-Colorado Springs 11, Cal Pol-Pomona 10, Cal St. Dominguez Hills 8, Cal St.-San Bernardino 6, Ashland, Ohio 4, Missouri Southern St. 4, Johnson C. Smith, N.C. 3, North Georgia 3, Hawaii Pacific 2, Lander, S.C. 2, Lincoln 2, Colorado Mesa 1.

PSAC STANDINGS MEN West Division Conf. Overall Gannon 13-3 14-7 IUP 12-3 18-3 Mercyhurst 12-4 15-6 Slippery Rock 10-6 15-7 California 8-8 12-9 Edinboro 8-8 11-9 Pitt Johnstown 7-9 10-10 Clarion 5-10 7-11 Seton Hill 5-11 6-14 East Division Conf. Overall East Stroudsburg 12-4 14-6 Kutztown 10-6 13-9 West Chester 9-7 11-11 Shippensburg 7-8 11-8 Millersville 7-9 11-11 Lock Haven 6-9 6-13 Bloomsburg 5-11 9-11 Mansfield 5-11 7-13 Cheyney 1-15 2-19 Today’s Games California at IUP, 7:30 p.m. Seton Hill at Clarion Gannon at Edinboro Mercyhurst at Slippery Rock Lock Haven at West Chester Cheyney at Kutztown Millersville at Mansfield Shippensburg at East Stroudsburg Saturday’s Games Gannon at IUP, 7:30 p.m. Pitt Johnstown at Seton Hill Clarion at California Edinboro at Mercyhurst East Stroudsburg at Bloomsburg Mansfield at Lock Haven Shippensburg at West Chester Kutztown at Millersville

WOMEN West Division Conf. Overall IUP 14-1 18-1 California 14-2 17-3 Gannon 14-2 15-4 Edinboro 11-5 14-6 Pitt Johnstown 6-10 9-11 Mercyhurst 5-11 8-14 Seton HIll 5-11 8-13 Slippery Rock 4-12 8-12 Clarion 1-14 2-18 East Division Conf. Overall Bloomsburg 15-1 17-2 West Chester 12-4 16-4 Shippensburg 9-6 13-8 East Stroudsburg 8-8 9-11 Millersville 7-9 10-11 Kutztown 7-9 8-12 Lock Haven 6-9 7-12 Cheyney 3-13 3-18 Mansfield 1-15 2-18 Today’s Games California at IUP, 5:30 p.m. Seton Hill at Clarion Gannon at Edinboro Mercyhurst at Slippery Rock Lock Haven at West Chester Cheyney at Kutztown Millersville at Mansfield Shippensburg at East Stroudsburg Thursday’s Game Bloomsburg at Philadelphia Saturday’s Games IUP at Gannon, 5 p.m. Pitt Johnstown at Seton Hill Clarion at California Edinboro at Mercyhurst East Stroudsburg at Bloomsburg Mansfield at Lock Haven Shippensburg at West Chester Kutztown at Millersville

LACROSSE NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE East Division W L Pct Toronto 4 1 .800 Buffalo 3 3 .500 Minnesota 2 2 .500 New England 2 2 .500 Rochester 2 2 .500 West Division W L Pct Colorado 3 1 .750 Edmonton 2 2 .500 Vancouver 2 3 .400 Calgary 0 4 .000 Saturday’s Games Toronto 12, Calgary 11 Rochester 17, Buffalo 11 Vancouver 16, Colorado 13 Friday, Feb. 6 Rochester at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7 Buffalo at Calgary, 9 p.m.

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EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 52 32 15 5 69 167 135 N.Y. Islanders 50 32 17 1 65 160 143 Montreal 50 32 15 3 67 132 114 Pittsburgh 50 28 14 8 64 145 129 Detroit 50 29 12 9 67 149 129 N.Y. Rangers 48 29 15 4 62 145 115 Washington 51 26 15 10 62 151 129 Boston 50 27 16 7 61 134 124 Florida 49 22 17 10 54 122 140 Philadelphia 51 22 22 7 51 140 151 Ottawa 49 20 20 9 49 137 138 New Jersey 51 20 22 9 49 115 139 Toronto 52 22 26 4 48 147 160 Columbus 49 21 25 3 45 121 155 Carolina 50 17 26 7 41 109 134 Buffalo 51 15 33 3 33 97 181 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 50 33 11 6 72 153 118 Anaheim 51 33 12 6 72 152 138 St. Louis 50 33 13 4 70 162 121 San Jose 51 27 17 7 61 143 140 Chicago 51 31 18 2 64 155 118 Vancouver 49 28 18 3 59 134 126 Winnipeg 53 26 18 9 61 146 140 Calgary 51 28 20 3 59 149 131 Colorado 51 22 18 11 55 134 143 Minnesota 50 24 20 6 54 138 140 Dallas 50 23 19 8 54 159 162 Los Angeles 50 21 17 12 54 134 136 Arizona 51 19 26 6 44 120 171 Edmonton 51 14 28 9 37 120 170 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday’s Games Colorado 3, Dallas 2, SO New Jersey 2, Ottawa 1 Florida 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 Washington 4, Los Angeles 0 Arizona 4, Columbus 1 Buffalo 3, Montreal 2 St. Louis 2, Tampa Bay 1, OT Nashville 4, Toronto 3 Minnesota 3, Chicago 0 Vancouver 3, Winnipeg 2, OT Anaheim 5, Carolina 4, OT Today’s Games Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 8 p.m. Pittsburgh at Edmonton, 8 p.m. San Jose at Calgary, 10 p.m. Thursday’s Games St. Louis at Buffalo, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Washington at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Anaheim at Nashville, 8 p.m. Tampa Bay at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Detroit at Colorado, 9 p.m. Carolina at Arizona, 9 p.m. San Jose at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

SCORING LEADERS Through Tuesday GP G Jakub Voracek, Phi 51 17 Tyler Seguin, Dal 50 28 Patrick Kane, Chi 51 25 Nicklas Backstrom, Was 51 16 Ryan Getzlaf, Anh 50 16 Claude Giroux, Phi 50 16 Sidney Crosby, Pit 46 15 Vladimir Tarasenko, StL 50 26 Evgeni Malkin, Pit 45 19 Alex Ovechkin, Was 51 31 John Tavares, NYI 50 23 Tyler Johnson, TB 50 17 5 tied with 46 pts.

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Pts 58 56 56 54 52 52 52 51 51 49 49 49

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ON THIS DATE FEB. 4 1861 — The Philadelphia Athletics beat Charter Oak 36-27 in a baseball game in New York played on a frozen Litchfield Pond in Brooklyn, with the players wearing ice skates. 1924 — The first Winter Olympics close in Chamonix, France. Sixteen countries competed in 17 events from seven sports. 1932 — The Winter Olympics open in Lake Placid, N.Y., the first Winter Games in the United States. 1957 — Joe McCarthy and Sam Crawford are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. 1969 — The 24 major league owners unanimously select Bowie Kuhn as commissioner for a one-year term at a salary of $100,000. 1971 — The Baseball Hall of Fame establishes a separate section for players from the old Negro Leagues. In July, commissioner Bowie Kuhn, along with Hall president Paul Kirk, announce a change of heart and scrap plans for the separate section. 1976 — U.S. District Court Judge John W. Oliver upholds the ruling of arbitrator Peter Seitz that declared Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally free agents. 1987 — Stars & Stripes, skippered by Dennis Conner, sweeps Kookaburra III 4-0 at Fremantle, Australia, to bring sailing’s America’s Cup back to the United States. 1988 — Wes Unseld, Clyde Lovellette, Oregon State coach Ralph Miller and Bobby McDermott are voted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Unseld is elected in his first year of eligibility. 1991 — The doors of Cooperstown are slammed shut on Pete Rose when the Hall of Fame’s board of directors votes 12-0 to bar players on the permanently ineligible list from consideration. 2001 — The usually high-scoring NHL All-Star game outdoes itself as the North America team beats the World squad 1412. Boston’s Bill Guerin has three goals and two assists to win the MVP award. 2003 — Jaromir Jagr scores three goals, including his 500th, for his 11th career hat trick as Washington beat Tampa Bay 5-1. Jagr becomes the 16th player to reach 500 goals in less than 1,000 games, doing it in 926. 2006 — Sweden’s Kajsa Bergqvist breaks the world indoor record in the women’s high jump by clearing 6 feet, 9 3/4 inches in a meet held in Arnstadt, Germany. 2007 — Peyton Manning is 25 of 38 for 247 yards and a touchdown, rallying Indianapolis to a 29-17 Super Bowl victory over Chicago in the South Florida rain. Tony Dungy becomes the first black coach to win the championship, beating friend and protege Lovie Smith in the first Super Bowl with two black coaches. 2009 — LeBron James scores 52 points and adds 11 assists in Cleveland’s 107-102 victory over New York. James joins Michael Jordan as the only visiting players with multiple 50-point games at the current Madison Square Garden. 2012 — Lindsey Vonn captures her 50th World Cup victory, winning the downhill with temperatures plunging to minus 13 on the demanding Kandahar course in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

REMAINING FREE AGENTS NEW YORK (AP) — The 45 remaining free agents (q-did not accept $15.3 million qualifying offer from former team): AMERICAN LEAGUE BALTIMORE (2) — Johan Santana, lhp; Joe Saunders, lhp. BOSTON (2) — Burke Badenhop, rhp; Ryan Dempster, rhp. CHICAGO (2) — Paul Konerko, 1b; Matt Lindstrom, rhp. CLEVELAND (1) — Jason Giambi, 1b. DETROIT (2) — Joba Chamberlain, rhp; Phil Coke, lhp. HOUSTON (2) — Matt Albers, rhp; Jose Veras, rhp. KANSAS CITY (3) — Raul Ibanez, of; qJames Shields, rhp; Josh Willingham, of. LOS ANGELES (3) — Sean Burnett, lhp; John McDonald, ss; Joe Thatcher, lhp. MINNESOTA (1) — Jared Burton, rhp. NEW YORK (2) — Rich Hill, lhp; Derek Jeter, ss. SEATTLE (2) — Joe Beimel, lhp; Chris Young, rhp. TORONTO (1) — Dustin McGowan, rhp. NATIONAL LEAGUE ATLANTA (1) — Ryan Doumit, c. CHICAGO (1) — Carlos Villanueva, rhp. CINCINNATI (1) — Ryan Ludwick, of. COLORADO (1) — Franklin Morales, lhp. LOS ANGELES (5) — Josh Beckett, rhp; Kevin Correia, rhp; Roberto Hernandez, rhp; Chris Perez, rhp; Jamey Wright, rhp. MIAMI (3) — Rafael Furcal, ss; Kevin Gregg, rhp; Reed Johnson, of. MILWAUKEE (3) — Lyle Overbay, 1b; Francisco Rodriguez, rhp; Rickie Weeks, 2b. NEW YORK (1) — Bobby Abreu, of. PHILADELPHIA (2) — Mike Adams, rhp; Kyle Kendrick, rhp. ST. LOUIS (1) — Mark Ellis, 2b. WASHINGTON (3) — Scott Hairston, of; Nate Schierholtz, of; Rafael Soriano, rhp.

TRANSACTIONS TUESDAY’S MOVES BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Traded C Michael Ohlman to St. Louis for cash considerations. Agreed to terms with RHP Miguel Gonzalez on a one-year contract. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with 3B Mike Moustakas and OF Lorenzo Cain on one-year contracts. National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Agreed to terms with RHP John Axford on a minor league contract. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Acquired INF Steve Lombardozzi from Baltimore Orioles for cash considerations. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Agreed to terms with C Wil Nieves on a minor league contract. American Association WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Signed LHP Chris Salamida. Can-Am League OTTAWA CHAMPIONS — Signed C/1B Bryce Massanari. Frontier League GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed RHP Dejai Oliver to a contract extension. WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS — Signed LHP Danny Jimenez. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS — Signed G Dahntay Jones for the remainder of the season. OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — Signed F Nick Collison to a multiyear contract extension. Women’s National Basketball Association PHOENIX MERCURY — G Diana Taurasi announced she will sit out the 2015 WNBA season. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Suspended Cleveland WR Josh Gordon for at least one year for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. BALTIMORE RAVENS — Released NT Terrence Cody. BUFFALO BILLS — Claimed WR Justin Brown off waivers from Pittsburgh. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Announced the retirement of special teams coach Scott O’Brien, who will remain with the organization. Named Joe Judge special teams coach. NEW YORK JETS — Retained assistant offensive line coach Ron Heller and Steve Hagen, who will switch from tight ends coach to assistant special teams coach. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Announced the retirement of C Nick Hardwick. Arena Football League ORLANDO PREDATORS — Agreed to terms with LB Aaron Robbins. Canadian Football League CALGARY STAMPEDERS — Signed DB Fred Bennett to a contract extension. MONTREAL ALOUETTES — Re-signed RB Brandon Rutley to a two-year contract. Signed RB Jordan Hall to a three-year contract. WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Released LBs Ejiro Kuale and Kyle Jones. HOCKEY National Hockey League DALLAS STARS — Recalled G Jussi Rynnas from Texas (AHL). Loaned G Anders Lindback to Texas for a conditioning assignment. American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Rockford LW Brandon Mashinter two games and Portland C Justin Hodgman and Bridgeport C Lukas Sutter one game. MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS — Recalled D Garrett Noonan from Cincinnati (ECHL). ECHL ECHL — Named Natalie Bernstein executive/marketing assistant. Suspended Kalamazoo F Jean Bourbeau one game. ELMIRA JACKALS — Signed Gs Chris Rawlings and Nick Niedert. SOCCER Major League Soccer NEW YORK RED BULLS — Named Denis Hamlett assistant coach. National Women’s Soccer League SKY BLUE FC — Signed M Sarah Killion and D Kristin Grubka. COLLEGE CLEMSON — Announced the resignation of women’s volleyball coach Jolene Jordan Hoover. COLUMBIA — Named Peter E. Pilling director of intercollegiate athletics and physical education. DAYTON — Named Eric West assistant tennis coach. HOLY CROSS — Named Charlie Noonan defensive line coach. THIEL — Named Andrew Hindman men’s volunteer assistant lacrosse coach. UTSA — Retained receivers coach Tony Jeffery.

GOLF WORLD GOLF RANKING Through Sunday 1. Rory McIlroy NIR 2. Henrik Stenson SWE 3. Bubba Watson USA 4. Adam Scott AUS 5. Justin Rose ENG 6. Sergio Garcia ESP 7. Jim Furyk USA 8. Jason Day AUS 9. Jordan Spieth USA 10. Matt Kuchar USA 11. Martin Kaymer GER 12. Rickie Fowler USA 13. Jimmy Walker USA 14. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 15. Victor Dubuisson FRA 16. Patrick Reed USA 17. Billy Horschel USA 18. Phil Mickelson USA 19. Brooks Koepka USA 20. Graeme McDowell NIR

11.66 7.62 7.41 6.95 6.25 6.15 6.05 5.64 5.52 5.18 5.11 5.10 4.79 4.44 4.20 4.20 4.18 3.99 3.84 3.81

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(Subject to change) at Cincinnati 4:10 p.m. at Cincinnati 7:10 p.m. at Cincinnati 12:35 p.m. at Milwaukee 8:10 p.m. at Milwaukee 7:10 p.m. at Milwaukee 2:10 p.m. Detroit 1:35 p.m. Detroit 7:05 p.m. Detroit 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee 1:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs 7:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs 7:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs 7:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs 12:35 p.m. at Arizona 9:40 p.m. at Arizona 8:10 p.m. at Arizona 4:10 p.m. at Chicago Cubs 8:05 p.m. at Chicago Cubs 8:05 p.m. at Chicago Cubs 8:05 p.m. at St. Louis 8:15 p.m. at St. Louis 2:15 p.m. at St. Louis 2:15 p.m. Cincinnati 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati 7:05 p.m. St. Louis 7:05 p.m. St. Louis 7:05 p.m. St. Louis 1:35 p.m. at Philadelphia 7:05 p.m. at Philadelphia 7:05 p.m. at Philadelphia 7:05 p.m. at Philadelphia 1:05 p.m. at Chicago Cubs 2:20 p.m. at Chicago Cubs 4:05 p.m. at Chicago Cubs 2:20 p.m. Minnesota 7:05 p.m. Minnesota 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets 1:35 p.m. Miami 7:05 p.m. Miami 7:05 p.m. Miami 12:35 p.m. at San Diego 10:10 p.m. at San Diego 10:10 p.m. at San Diego 10:10 p.m. at San Diego 4:10 p.m. at San Francisco 10:15 p.m. at San Francisco 10:15 p.m. at San Francisco 3:45 p.m. at Atlanta 7:35 p.m. at Atlanta 7:15 p.m. at Atlanta 1:35 p.m. Milwaukee 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee 7:05 p.m. Philadelphia 7:05 p.m. Philadelphia 4:05 p.m. Philadelphia 1:35 p.m. Chicago White Sox 7:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox 7:05 p.m. at White Sox 8:10 p.m. at White Sox 8:10 p.m. at Washington 7:05 p.m. at Washington 4:05 p.m. at Washington 1:35 p.m. Cincinnati 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati 7:05 p.m. Atlanta 7:05 p.m. Atlanta 4:05 p.m. Atlanta 1:35 p.m. at Detroit 7:08 p.m. at Detroit 7:08 p.m. at Detroit 1:08 p.m. Cleveland 7:05 p.m. Cleveland 4:05 p.m. Cleveland 1:35 p.m. San Diego 7:05 p.m. San Diego 7:05 p.m. San Diego 7:05 p.m. St. Louis 7:05 p.m. St. Louis 7:05 p.m. St. Louis 7:15 p.m. St. Louis 8:05 p.m. at Milwaukee 8:10 p.m. at Milwaukee 7:10 p.m. at Milwaukee 2:10 p.m. at Kansas City 8:10 p.m. at Kansas City 8:10 p.m. at Kansas City 8:10 p.m. Washington 7:05 p.m. Washington 7:05 p.m. Washington 7:05 p.m. Washington 1:35 p.m. at Minnesota 8:10 p.m. at Minnesota 1:10 p.m. at Cincinnati 7:10 p.m. at Cincinnati 7:10 p.m. at Cincinnati 4:10 p.m. at Cincinnati 1:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs 7:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs 7:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs 7:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers 7:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers 4:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers 1:35 p.m. at St. Louis 8:15 p.m. at St. Louis 8:15 p.m. at St. Louis 8:15 p.m. at N.Y. Mets 7:10 p.m. at N.Y. Mets 7:10 p.m. at N.Y. Mets 1:10 p.m. Arizona 7:05 p.m. Arizona 7:05 p.m. Arizona 7:05 p.m. San Francisco 7:05 p.m. San Francisco 7:05 p.m. San Francisco 4:05 p.m. San Francisco 1:35 p.m. at Miami 7:10 p.m. at Miami 7:10 p.m. at Miami 7:10 p.m. at Miami 7:10 p.m. Colorado 7:05 p.m. Colorado 7:05 p.m. Colorado 1:35 p.m. at Milwaukee 8:10 p.m. at Milwaukee 8:10 p.m. at Milwaukee 7:20 p.m. at St. Louis 8:15 p.m. at St. Louis 4:05 p.m. at St. Louis 2:15 p.m. at Cincinnati 1:10 p.m. at Cincinnati 7:10 p.m. at Cincinnati 7:10 p.m. Milwaukee 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee 1:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs 7:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs 7:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs 12:35 p.m. at L.A. Dodgers 10:10 p.m. at L.A. Dodgers 9:10 p.m. at L.A. Dodgers 4:10 p.m. at Colorado 8:40 p.m. at Colorado 8:40 p.m. at Colorado 8:40 p.m. at Colorado 3:10 p.m. at Chicago Cubs 2:20 p.m. at Chicago Cubs TBD at Chicago Cubs TBD St. Louis 7:05 p.m. St. Louis 7:05 p.m. St. Louis 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati 3:35 p.m.

MLB CALENDAR Feb. 19 — Voluntary reporting date for pitchers, catchers and injured players. Feb. 3-20 — Salary arbitration hearings, St. Petersburg, Fla. Feb. 24 — Voluntary reporting date for other players. March 3 — Mandatory reporting date. March 18 — Last day to place a player on unconditional release waivers and pay 30 days termination pay instead of 45 days. April 1 — Last day to request unconditional release waivers on a player without having to pay his full 2014 salary. April 5 — Opening day, St. Louis at Chicago Cubs. Active rosters reduced to 25 players. June 8 — Amateur draft begins. July 14 — All-Star game, Cincinnati. July 17 — Last day to sign for amateur draft picks subject to deadline. July 26 — Hall of Fame inductions, Cooperstown, N.Y. July 31 — Last day to trade a player without securing waivers. Sept. 1 — Active rosters expand to 40 players. November TBA — Deadline for teams to make qualifying offers to their eligible former players who became free agents.

Gordon receives one-year ban CLEVELAND (AP) — Josh Gordon has been pushed out of bounds again by the NFL. And this time, there’s no guarantee he’ll be back. The troubled wide receiver was suspended by the league for at least one year without pay on Tuesday for violating the league’s substance-abuse program. The 23-yearold’s third suspension since turning pro has placed his once promising career in jeopardy and could be the end of his days with the Browns. Gordon, who has already served two league suspensions for drug violations, will have to apply for reinstatement. A league spokesman said his one-year ban begins immediately, meaning he will miss the entire 2015 season and forfeit his $1.07 million salary and a portion of the $2.3 million bonus he got while signing a four-year contract in 2012.

Blank confirms fake crowd noise FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Falcons owner Arthur Blank said Tuesday he has seen enough of the NFL’s investigation of fake crowd noise at Atlanta’s home games to acknowledge wrongdoing. The NFL is trying to determine if the Falcons pumped artificial crowd noise into the Georgia Dome for home games the last two years. Apparently, the answer is yes. Blank had a quick response when asked if there was a fine line for crowd noise not allowed by the league. Blank said he expects the league to report its findings in two to three weeks. The Falcons could be fined or penalized with the loss of a draft pick if found to have added fake crowd noise during the opposing team’s huddles when they were trying to call a play.

UFC fighters fail drug tests LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva has tested positive for steroid use. Silva, the 39-year-old Brazilian widely considered the greatest mixed martial artist in the young sport’s history, tested positive for Drostanolone metabolites and another steroid in an out-of-competition test Jan. 9. Nick Diaz, his opponent at UFC 183 last Saturday, also tested positive for elevated levels of marijuana metabolites in results released Tuesday night by the Nevada Athletic Commission. The UFC said the commission is doing further testing to confirm the results, but the stunning announcement casts a large shadow over Silva’s impressive comeback from a badly broken leg last Saturday for a unanimous-decision victory over Diaz.

Armstrong blamed girlfriend ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong hit two parked cars after a night of partying in Aspen but agreed to let his girlfriend take the blame to avoid attention. Police say they cited Armstrong after the Dec. 28 hit-and-run but only after his girlfriend, Anna Hansen, admitted to lying for him. Police say Hansen told them she had been driving home from a party when she lost control of Armstrong’s SUV, hitting the cars. But Hansen eventually told officers Armstrong was driving. Armstrong declined immediate comment. Armstrong was stripped of his record seven Tour de France titles after admitting he used performance-enhancing drugs.

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Indians claim section title Continued from Page 11 “With Jake (Zilinskas) on the bench to start, I knew I had to step it up as a big man,â€? Stapleton said. “My team gave me great passes and I just finished. They really set me up great, and I was lucky enough to take advantage of it.â€? Indiana’s other offensive standout was Shields, who, as he’s done so many times, put together a monster quarter, feeding off turnovers for fastbreak layups. He scored 11 of his 13 points in the third. “We scored 23 points in the third quarter and we only scored 25 in the first half, so that really shows how well we played in the third quarter,â€? he said. “It just seems the guys take turns being in the right position at the right time,â€? Lezanic said. “Tonight, Blake’s time was the third quarter. ‌ He’s the second late trailer (on the fast break), and that’s the best place to be.â€? Dylan Stapleton scored eight points and Zilinskas had five. Indiana shot 47.9 percent (23 of 48) overall. Indiana played dominant defense again, holding Greensburg Salem to just 4 of 15 (26.7 percent) shooting in the first half and 10 of 32 (31.3 percent) overall. “We definitely wanted to play a lot of man-toman tonight, and the guys are playing it well,â€? Lezanic said. “They’re talking, they’re going behind screens when they need to, they’re going above screens, they’re switching when they need to, they’re hedging. It’s just nice to see it all start to come together.â€? Indiana closes the regular season with three road games. The Indians visit second-place Southmoreland (16-4, 9-3) tonight and last-place Derry (218, 2-11) on Friday, then play a non-section game at Hampton (18-2) on Monday. “You don’t go into a season talking undefeated, but now we really want to push hard these last three ballgames to try to get a top-four seed,â€? Lezanic said. “A lot of times the WPIAL does reward that undefeated section team, so we need to refocus on Southmoreland. “What we need to do is take the intensity we have here and pack that intensity into our gym bags with us to these last three road games and into the playoffs.â€?

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KENTUCKY’S ANDREW HARRISON took a shot between Georgia’s Yante Maten (1) and Kenny Gaines during the second half of Tuesday’s game.

’Cats edge Bulldogs By The Associated Press

Andrew Harrison and Karl-Anthony Towns combined for 38 points and scored key baskets down the stretch to help top-ranked Kentucky survive pesky Georgia 69-58 on Tuesday night. Twice on the verge of running away from a Georgia squad playing its second straight game without leading scorer and rebounder Marcus Thornton (concussion), the Wildcats needed both starters to fend off the determined Bulldogs. Harrison’s layup with 3:58 remaining provided a 62-54 lead that proved critical as Yante Maten and Nemanja Djurisic scored baskets to get Georgia within 63-58 with 2:06 left. Towns’ short jumper with 1:33 left got the lead to seven, and Tyler Ulis and Andrew Harrison each added two free throws in the final minute to keep the Wildcats (22-0, 9-0 Southeastern Conference) unbeaten. Harrison scored a season-high 23 points and Towns 15 with 13 rebounds. Djurisic’s 17 points led Georgia (14-7, 5-4), which outrebounded Kentucky 36-24.

NO. 14 NORTHERN IOWA 61, INDIANA STATE 51: Seth Tuttle had 15 points and eight rebounds and Jeremy Morgan added 12 points as Northern Iowa ran away from Indiana State. The Panthers (21-2, 10-1 Missouri Valley) won their 10th in a row and got their first season sweep of the Sycamores in five seasons. Indiana State (11-12, 7-4) was led by Devonte Brown with 14 points, but the Sycamores fell to 0-3 this season against ranked teams. Defensively, Northern Iowa was every bit as good as advertised. Indiana State shot 37.3 percent from the field and finished with a season low for points. And after scoring the final four points of the first half to take 33-22 lead, Northern Iowa never let the Sycamores get within single digits in the second half. The Panthers took control with a 13-3 firsthalf run then methodically pulled away until the final minutes.

NO. 5 WISCONSIN 92, INDIANA 78: Frank Kaminsky scored 23 points and No. 5 Wisconsin’s athletic frontcourt overwhelmed Indiana. Kaminsky was 9 of 12 from the field for the Badgers (20-2, 8-1 Big Ten). Nigel Hayes added 16 points on 5 of 5 shooting. Guard Bronson Koenig provided balance from the outside with 15 points, going 3 of 4 from 3-point range. An eight-point halftime deficit turned into a 30-point deficit with 10 minutes left after Indiana (16-7, 6-4) opened the second half by shooting 2 of 11 from the field. Nick Zeisloft led Indiana with 17 points.

NO. 21 OKLAHOMA 71, NO. 15 WEST VIRGINIA 52: Buddy Hield scored 21 points and Oklahoma defeated West Virginia. Hield, the Big 12’s leading scorer, made 8 of 13 shots, including 5 of 7 3-pointers. Jordan Woodard had 12 points and Ryan Spangler and Isaiah Cousins each added 10 for the Sooners (15-7, 6-4 Big 12). Oklahoma shot a season-high 61 percent from the field to win their third straight. Oklahoma committed 22 turnovers in the first meeting, an 86-65 win for the Mountaineers on Jan. 13. This time, the Sooners committed just 13. Juwan Staten had 15 points and nine rebounds and Gary Browne added 12 points for West Virginia (18-4, 6-3), which had won three straight.

NO. 9 LOUISVILLE 63, MIAMI 55: Terry Rozier scored 22 points and Louisville overcame second-half shooting woes to beat the slumping Miami Hurricanes. The Cardinals built an early 13-point lead and shot 68 percent in the first half. They made only 31 percent in the second half, which allowed Miami to cut the margin to three points before Louisville dug in. Montrezl Harrell had 18 points and nine rebounds for the Cardinals (19-3, 7-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who earned their fourth consecutive victory. The Hurricanes (14-8, 45) lost their third game in a row and lost for the fifth time at home this season. Sophomore Davon Reed made five 3-pointers and tied a career high with 19 points for the Hurricanes.

NO. 22 BUTLER 85, ST. JOHN’S 62: Kellen Dunham had 21 points and seven rebounds to lead Butler to a victory over St. John’s. Alex Barlow scored 15 points and Andrew Chrabascz added 14 for the Bulldogs (17-6, 73 Big East), who have won four straight conference games. Sir’Dominic Pointer had 19 points and six rebounds, and Rysheed Jordan scored 17 for the Red Storm (14-8, 3-6), who have lost three of four. The Bulldogs went on a 14-2 run to start the second half and took a 50-30 lead when Dunham made five free throws with 16:28 remaining. Dunham was fouled by Pointer on a 3-point attempt, and Pointer was given a technical when he protested the call.

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IUP set for Cal

Continued from Page 11 “That said, there are different challenges. Everybody has a tendency to measure each game, to measure each team. As a coach, you have to work harder at providing examples and motivation to have your guys be excited about each game. As a coach, I never say, ‘This is a big game.’ If this is big, the others are smaller. I try to live by the rule that every game is the next game on the schedule and they’re all equally big. No one win defines a season, and no one loss defines a season, unless it’s the last game of the year. They’re all stops along the road on the journey.â€? So, Lombardi hopes his team does not focus on these facts: • that IUP beat California by 24 points 3½ weeks ago. • that the Vulcans don’t rank among the top four teams in the conference, as IUP, Gannon, Mercyhurst and Slippery Rock do. • and that California has lost five of its last six games. Some of the things Lombardi hopes to impress upon his team are these: • that California has not racked up multiple wins since losing to IUP, but the lone victory came at firstplace Gannon, 63-59. • that California has lost close games to the top teams, 64-62 to Slippery Rock and 58-57 to Mercyhurst, and cut deficits late in each game and had the last possession of each game. • and that while IUP soundly whipped California earlier this season, the Vulcans’ top perimeter threat, Jake Jacubec, did not play due to an injury. “I think they’re playing their best basketball of the season as of the last few weeks,â€? Lombardi said. “They really have the ability to get up and compete against the top teams in the

conference, and the first time we played them, they didn’t have their best offensive player, Jacubec, and we got on them early and they never got comfortable. With him healthy, they have great balance between their inside and outside guys.� California also plays good defense. The Vulcans have not allowed 70 points since before Christmas. “The thing that makes them so competitive this year is that this is the best defensive team they’ve had in six or seven years,� Lombardi said. “Their length inside can be a problem, and they have some very athletic guys on the perimeter that compete and play hard and make you fight for every possession.� IUP has won three straight games and 11 of its last 12. “I think we’re improving as a team with a better understanding of who we are and what we need to work on,� Lombardi said. “But it’s such a fluid process that you never have it figured out. We have some guys playing better than they were a few weeks back, but that doesn’t mean they have it figured out. You have to try to sustain it. It’s a twostep process: You try to improve from the standpoint of how well you can do things, and the second step is how consistently you can manufacture that performance. “And we try not to gauge and evaluate performance day by day or week by week because we try to keep the emphasis on the process of working at it, of improving, of coming together as a team. We’re more processdriven than results-driven. If you stick to the process, the results often take care of themselves. Focusing on results can be very fleeting from game to game to week to week.�

Crimson Hawks make mark in national polls By The Indiana Gazette IUP remains the lone school with both basketball teams ranked in the NCAA Division II top 25. The IUP women (18-1) remained in the No. 5 spot in this week’s poll. The men (18-3) moved up three spots to No. 18. IUP is one of six one-loss teams in the top 13. Unbeaten Lewis (Ill.) remained No. 1 and received 31 of 32 first-place votes. Livingstone (N.C.), the only other unbeaten team in the country, received the other firstplace vote and moved to eighth from 11th. AlaskaAnchorage, Fort Hays State (Kan.) and Limestone (S.C.) are second through fourth, respectively.

Bloomsburg is the only other ranked PSAC team, moving up one spot to 17th. California was the only other PSAC team that received votes. In the men’s poll, Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) moved from second to first after last week’s No. 1, Indianapolis, lost twice and fell to ninth. Florida Southern, Augustana (S.D.) and Bellarmine (Ky.) also each moved up one spot and round out the top five. No other PSAC teams are ranked or received votes in this week’s poll. IUP plays host to California this evening, with the women tipping off at 5:30 p.m. followed by the men at 7:30.

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HARTFORD, Conn. — Geno Auriemma knows there has been a large gap in recent years between his program and others in women’s basketball. Don’t expect him to apologize for being so good for so long. The Hall of Famer reached 900 victories faster than any other college coach, men’s or women’s, when No. 2 UConn routed Cincinnati 96-36 on Tuesday night. Auriemma needed just 1,034 games to reach the milestone, and is 100-6 since win No. 800. He said it would be good for women’s basketball if it took him more games to get his next 100 wins and he would welcome more competition. “It’s not like we’ve done something that can’t be done,� said Auriemma, who has been at UConn for 30 years. “That’s not my fault that it’s not getting done at other places.� The victory ties him with former Texas coach Jody Conradt for fifth place on the all-time women’s list, 198 wins behind former Tennessee coach Pat Summitt. Freshman Gabby Williams led six players in double figures for the Huskies (21-1, 11-0 American Athletic Conference) with a career-high 18 points. She also had 14 rebounds.

The Huskies showed some nerves early, falling behind 50. But UConn scored the next 15 points, all on 3-pointers They closed the first half on a 22-0 run to put the game away. “It’s kind of like giving back to him,� Williams said. “I know how hard he works, so for him to feel he’s getting something for me is a great feeling for me as well.� Auriemma’s winning percentage of 87.04 percent in the best in the history of the women’s game. He also holds a record nine NCAA titles, and has appeared in the Final Four 15 times. “I don’t want to stop setting the bar, and it’s up to everybody else to try to get there,� the Hall of Fame coach said. “We’re going to keep doing what we’re doing and we’re not going to stop.�

Cincinnati coach Jamelle Elliott, who played for Auriemma and was an assistant at UConn, said she hopes she’s learned something along the way about “demanding and not accepting anything less than perfection.� “He never coached me and he doesn’t coach any of his players like girls,� she said. “He coaches us like players.� UConn cruised through the second half and the crowd began chanting “Geno! Geno!� as the buzzer sounded. Former players appeared in a video message after the game, congratulating their coach. His current team wore shirts that said “Geno Never Stops.� They also had on paper glasses that had the number 900 on them.

“We got a long way to go this year and a lot of work left to do,� Auriemma said to the crowd after the game. “I know this is 900, but there are six games in March that will mean as much as the previous 900 and they are the ones I’ll try to reach.� Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis had 16 points and Breanna Stewart added 14 points and eight rebounds for the Huskies. Saniya Chong scored 11 points, while Kia Nurse and Morgan Tuck each had 10. UConn has won 20 straight games since a November loss at Stanford, and has not lost a conference game since the founding of the AAC last season. They have dominated the conference schedule this season, winning games by an average of more than 50 points.

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“EVERY MATCH at this time of year is very important, not just for experience but for confidence. You always want to finish peaking going into the section tournament.”

Pirates acquire infielder

Tony Donatelli, Indiana coach

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The Baltimore Orioles sent infielder Steve Lombardozzi to the Pittsburgh Pirates for cash in the second recent deal between the teams. The trade was announced Tuesday. Lombardozzi, 26, hit .288 in 20 games for Baltimore last season, all at second base. The Pirates have invited him to spring training. Last Tuesday, Pittsburgh traded outfielder Travis Snider to the Orioles. The Pirates said Lombardozzi isn’t the player to be named from that deal. CARIBBEAN SERIES: Pittsburgh Pirates prospect Willy Garcia hit a two-run homer and the Dominican Republic beat Cuba 61 in the Caribbean Series on Tuesday in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Garcia homered in the sixth inning off reliever Jonder Martinez in the tournament opener for the Dominican Republic. The 22-year-old outfielder had three hits, including a double. Dominican Republic starter Rafael Perez (1-0) pitched 5 1-3 shutout innings. Righty allowed six hits and struck out one, with no walks. Cuba starter Norge Luis Perez (0-1) allowed three runs and nine hits. The Dominican Republic is represented by the Cibao Giants, who won the Dominican winter league for the first time and made their debut in the regional tournament. Mexico (2-0) beat Puerto Rico (0-2) in the second game 3-2. Leon Maxwell had a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the seventh inning. ANGELS: Los Angeles Angels slugger Josh Hamilton could be out for two months after surgery on his right shoulder. Hamilton will have surgery to repair his AC joint today. The 2010 AL MVP needs surgery to fix a shoulder that has been bothering him since last September. The pain returned last week, and the club decided on surgery at the Texas Metroplex Institute for Sports Medicine and Orthopedics. Hamilton, 33, hasn’t played at an MVP level since joining the Angels on a five-year, $125 million free-agent contract two seasons ago. RANGERS: Two-time Super Bowl quarterback Russell Wilson will again visit the Texas Rangers during spring training. Details were still being worked out, but the Seattle Seahawks quarterback is likely to have a similar experience as last year. Weeks after Seattle won the Super Bowl last year, Wilson spent a day in Surprise, Arizona. He went through a morning workout with the Rangers, took the lineup card to umpires before a spring training game and sat in the dugout without playing. Texas selected Wilson from the Colorado Rockies in the Triple-A portion of baseball’s December draft in 2013. Wilson was a minor league second baseman for parts of two seasons (2010-11).

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BUFFALO’S Brian Gionta celebrated a goal by teammate Matt Moulson past Canadiens goalie Carey Price during Tuesday’s game in Montreal.

Sabres end losing skid By The Associated Press

Brian Gionta and the Buffalo Sabres stopped their 14-game losing streak — the longest in team history — by beating the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Tuesday night. Gionta, a former Canadiens captain, capped a threegoal first period for the Sabres (15-33-3), who won three of four meetings with Montreal (32-15-3) this season. Drew Stafford and Matt Moulson also scored for Buffalo. Brandon Prust and David Desharnais had the goals for the Canadiens, who have lost two in a row at home. Montreal outshot Buffalo 34-18. The Sabres were three losses short of the NHL record for consecutive defeats set by the 1974-75 Washington Capitals and 1992-93 San Jose Sharks. PREDATORS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 3: Mike Fisher had a goal and two assists, and Nashville handed Toronto its franchise record-tying 10th straight loss. Seth Jones, Shea Weber and Colin Wilson also scored for the Predators, winners of two straight. Daniel Winnik, Nazem Kadri and Mike Santorelli scored for the Maple Leafs. Wilson got the go-ahead goal at 11:08 of the third. CAPITALS 4, KINGS 0: Troy Brouwer scored two goals, Braden Holtby stopped 27 shots and Washington beat Los Angeles for its second win in eight games. Playing in his 500th career game, Brouwer staked the Capitals to a 2-0 lead with a goal in each of the first two periods. It was his first multigoal game of the season and only the third with multiple points. Nicklas Backstrom made it 3-0 at 5:50 of the third following a Los Angeles turnover, and 59 seconds later Eric Fehr converted another Kings miscue into a 4-0 advantage. BLUES 2, LIGHTNING 1, OT: Vladimir Tarasenko tied the game late in the third period and then Jaden Schwartz scored in overtime to give streaking St. Louis a victory over Tampa Bay. St. Louis, which got 30 saves from Brian Elliott, improved to 20-4-2 at home this season. Eastern Conference-leading Tampa Bay (32-15-5) has struggled on the road this season, going 11-12-3 with four straight defeats. WILD 3, BLACKHAWKS 0: Devan Dubnyk stopped 24 shots in his third shutout since joining Minnesota in mid-January, leading the

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AVALANCHE 3, STARS 2, SO: Maxime Talbot scored the winner for Colorado in the 11th round of a shootout after Tyson Barrie tied the game in the final minute of regulation against Dallas.

Wild past Chicago for their fourth straight win. Mikko Koivu, Jason Zucker and Mikael Granlund scored for the Wild. Since being acquired in a trade with Arizona, Dubnyk is 6-1 with a 1.57 goals-against average. He has four shutouts overall this season.

The Avalanche were down 2-0 in the third period in a matchup of teams that started the night tied with 53 points apiece in the Central Division and trying to climb into the playoff picture after slow starts. Colorado matched a season low with 16 shots in regulation, but the last one was Barrie’s one-timer from just inside the blue line with 19 seconds remaining. Ryan O’Reilly got the Avalanche within a goal 6:12 into the third. Patrick Eaves scored on Dallas’ suddenly potent power play, and Erik Cole added a goal late in the second period.

DEVILS 2, SENATORS 1: Mike Cammalleri scored the goahead goal early in the third period and New Jersey extended its best run of the season with a win over Ottawa. Cory Schneider made 19 saves and Adam Henrique had the other goal for the Devils. Curtis Lazar scored for the Senators. Jaromir Jagr did most of the work on Cammalleri’s team-high 17th goal of the season and seventh gamewinner. The big right wing won the puck in the right corner, made a turn into the right circle and found Cammalleri between the circles for a shot over Lehner’s shoulder.

DUCKS 5, HURRICANES 4, OT: Ryan Getzlaf scored 45 seconds into overtime, Corey Perry scored two goals and Anaheim rallied from a twogoal deficit in the third period to beat Carolina. Perry tied it with 4:08 left in regulation for the Ducks, who stayed even with Nashville atop the overall NHL standings with a thrilling late rally. Devante Smith-Pelly redirected Jakob Silfverberg’s shot midway through the third period before Perry scored from a scrum in front of Anton Khudobin’s net. Getzlaf then ended it with his 16th goal of the season. Brad Malone scored on a third-period penalty shot and Jordan Staal added a late goal for the Hurricanes. Alexander Semin and Jay McClement scored in a 2:17 span of the second period for the Hurricanes. Ryan Kesler scored on the power play for the Ducks.

PANTHERS 4, ISLANDERS 2: Jimmy Hayes’ second goal of the game 2:10 into the third period lifted slumping Florida over New York. Hayes put a rebound of Nick Bjugstad’s shot past goalie Jaroslav Halak 9 seconds into a power play for his 15th goal. Bjugstad also assisted on Hayes’ tying goal in the first. Erik Gudbranson also scored, Brandon Pirri added one into an empty net and Al Montoya made 32 saves for the Panthers. They are 26-1 in their past nine games — including losses at New Jersey and the New York Rangers in their previous two. Anders Lee scored both goals for the Metropolitan Division-leading Islanders. COYOTES 4, BLUE JACKETS 1: Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Shane Doan scored power-play goals in the second period, and Mike Smith made 30 saves to lead Arizona over Columbus. Lucas Lessio also had a goal, and Keith Yandle and Antoine Vermette each had two assists for the Coyotes. Tobias Rieder added an empty-netter. James Wisniewski scored for Columbus, which has lost three in a row. Anton Forsberg made 25 saves.

CANUCKS 3, JETS 2, OT: Luca Sbisa scored 36 seconds into overtime to lift Vancouver over Winnipeg. Alexandre Burrows and Ronalds Kenins scored in regulation for the Canucks. Eddie Lack stopped 26 shots. Bryan Little and Blake Wheeler had goals for the Jets. Sbisa took a feed from Radim Vrbata and beat Pavelec for his third this season.

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Continued from Page 11 All are on the shelf with either ailments or injuries. “We were without three of our top wrestlers, but that was better off happening now than right before districts,” Riskus said. “It’s more important that we go from now until districts without any snow days or cancellations so we can get these guys prepared. A week off the mat is a lot. You don’t really want to take any more than a day or two off the mat, but a week really hurts.” But the Lions aren’t the only team dealing with physical setbacks and a lack of mat time. In addition to a handful of backups who are fighting through injuries and illnesses, Indiana starters Rocco Fanella (132), Hunter Scherf (145-152), Bobby Bell (160) and Alex Donahue (170) were all inactive against United. The Indians have also missed four practice days in the last week. “That’s just part of the season and it really has no bearing on anything,” Indiana coach Tony Donatelli said. “We know as a team that this can happen during the season, and that’s why we’re striving to build a bigger team and fill every weight class. We’re building to try and get two strong wrestlers at every spot. And as far as missing practice, we can’t complain about it. That’s just how wrestling goes. It’s a winter sport and you have to deal with the weather and the holidays. It’s not just tough because of the nature of the sport; it’s tough because of the time periods that you have to compete through.” The Lions have two matches left before they can shift their focus to the District 6 Class AA championships, which will be held Feb. 13 and 14 at Altoona Field House. Oliver, a seventhplace finisher at the state tournament last year, was United’s lone survivor of last year’s district tournament.

“We probably have four or five guys who have the potential to get out of districts,” Riskus said. “It all just depends on who shows up to wrestle that day and who doesn’t, and that’s mainly going to be determined by preparation.” Indiana, which finished 2-3 at the West Shamokin duals tournament on Saturday, will compete just once before beginning its preparations for the team’s first WPIAL Section 3-AA tournament, which will be held at Avonworth on Feb. 14. Last year, Indiana competed in the cutthroat WPIAL Section 1-AAA tournament, where it had one survivor, heavyweight Kyle Nothnagel. Nothnagel was an ApolloRidge student who wrestled for Indiana through a cooperative agreement. Nothnagel transferred to Philipsburg (N.J.) High School this year. “Every match at this time of year is very important, not just for experience but for confidence. You always want to finish peaking going into the section tournament,” Donatelli said. “Once we get there it’s just one match at a time. Anyone can get knocked off at any time. Every year higher seeds get knocked off by lower seeds, so you can’t think about anything other than that first match, and after that first match is over, then you worry about the second match. “That’s the biggest problem with kids is they set their sights on a goal, but then they overlook the first match. I won’t let our guys make that mistake.” United (7-7) finished 15th in the District 6 Class AA point race with 76 points. The top 12 teams qualified for the team dual championships. The Lions play host to Cambria Heights on Thursday. Indiana (11-13) will conclude its team dual season today at Mars.

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Second Harper Lee novel to be published in July By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer

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THE RESTORED Kings Theater in Brooklyn, N.Y., was readied Monday for its reopening after a two-year, $95 million renovation.

Once crumbling Brooklyn movie palace is reborn By VERENA DOBNIK Associated Press

NEW YORK — A once gilded Brooklyn movie palace that’s been crumbling for decades, with pigeons infesting its stage, is back — again a glittering gem from the 1920s. Singer Diana Ross headlined Tuesday’s opening night at the 3,200-seat Kings Theatre in the Flatbush neighborhood where a teenage Barbra Streisand spent afternoons enjoying double features. After a two-year, $95 million renovation, every detail from its Jazz Age 1929 incarnation has come to life amid computerized sound and LED lighting. The theater that first opened weeks before the Wall Street crash is now the largest in New York’s biggest borough. “We don’t want to make it look brand new; its character, its patina, is the glow and the warmth and the burnishing of the gold- and the copper-leaf, of the beautiful light fixtures, the seats, the carpet and the fabric — it all blends together so perfectly,â€? says David Anderson, president and CEO of the Houstonbased ACE Theatrical Group selected to restore and operate the city-owned property. “And yet,â€? he added, “if we can’t make it be a piece of successful commerce, we’ve wasted our time.â€? In the next few months, programs will feature entertainers from Gladys Knight and Crosby, Stills & Nash to Sarah McLachlan — the first of about 200 live annual events being planned. Gone are the pigeons that left years of droppings inches deep in a space that also served as a refuge for homeless New Yorkers. Balconies that had collapsed onto water- and mold-soaked floors are up again, complete with new red velvet seating. The roof no longer leaks. And the 2,000-pound, Art Deco lobby chandeliers — too heavy for vandals to strip — again exude splendor above the repolished entrance marble. The carpeting is patterned after the original one that was destroyed — except for a tiny strip discovered under a defunct popcorn machine that served as a model. The theater has a goal that reaches beyond its terracotta, ornamental facade: to be an economic engine for a once heavily Jewish neighborhood now home to many Caribbean immigrants. Some are struggling in a community that has survived a roller-coaster of crime and decay on its way to the current real-estate renewal. Most of about 100 jobs at Kings will go to area residents, with local restaurants and small businesses also benefiting. On Saturday, Kings will open its doors for free tours. “We’ll be catering to the immediate community, presenting shows that interest New Yorkers from the Caribbean culture,â€? Anderson said. To accommodate families, ticket prices for some shows will start as low as $15. The 86-year-old venue, its dĂŠcor inspired by France’s Palace of Versailles and the Paris Opera, was one of the five Loew’s “Wonder Theatresâ€? in New York and New Jersey — sumptuous homes

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A WORKER refinished the banister of a staircase in the lobby. to a budding movie culture. By 1977, when the theater was shuttered, suburban multiplexes had replaced the grand, deteriorating innercity palaces. Kings was acquired by the city in 1983 due to nonpayment of taxes, and it took another two decades to raise the $95 million for the restoration. About half the money came from the city and the state, and the rest from the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group and the ACE Theatrical Group. Expert craftsmen and designers from across the country worked to restore everything from the high curved ceilings and ornately carved American walnut paneling to mosaics depicting medieval chivalry. Vintage black-and-white photos helped the crew to re-create totally decimated areas. Wall tapestries were so badly damaged that they had to be newly manufactured. But the traditional weaving looms needed could only be found in Portugal. On a snowy New York afternoon a day before the opening, technicians cranked up the music decibel level to test mammoth, $100,000-plus speakers facing the empty

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NEW YORK — “To Kill a Mockingbird� will not be Harper Lee’s only published book after all. Publisher Harper announced Tuesday that “Go Set a Watchman,� a novel the Pulitzer Prize-winning author completed in the 1950s and put aside, will be released July 14. Rediscovered last fall, “Go Set a Watchman� is essentially a sequel to “To Kill a Mockingbird,� although it was finished earlier. The 304page book will be Lee’s second, and her first new work in more than 50 years. The publisher plans a first printing of 2 million copies. “In the mid-1950s, I completed a novel called ‘Go Set a Watchman,’� the 88-yearold Lee said in a statement issued by Harper. “It features the character known as Scout as an adult woman, and I thought it a pretty decent effort. My editor, who was taken by the flashbacks to Scout’s childhood, persuaded me to write a novel (what became ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’) from the point of view of the young Scout. “I was a first-time writer, so I did as I was told. I hadn’t realized it (the original book) had survived, so was surprised and delighted when my dear friend and lawyer Tonja Carter discovered it. After much thought and hesitation, I shared it with a handful of people I trust and was pleased to hear that they considered it worthy of publication. I am humbled and amazed that this will now be published after all these years.�

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Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal was negotiated between Carter and the head of Harper’s parent company, Michael Morrison of HarperCollins Publishers. “Watchman� will be published in the United Kingdom by William Heinemann, an imprint of Penguin Random House. According to publisher Harper, Carter came upon the manuscript at a “secure location where it had been affixed to an original typescript of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’� The new book is set in Lee’s famed Maycomb, Ala., during the mid-1950s, 20 years after “To Kill a Mockingbird� and roughly contemporaneous with the time that Lee was writing the story. The civil rights movement was taking hold by the time she was working on “Watchman.� The Supreme Court had ruled unanimously in 1953 that segregated schools were unconstitutional, and the arrest of Rosa Parks in 1955 led to the yearlong Montgomery bus boycott. “Scout (Jean Louise Finch) has returned to Maycomb from New York to visit her father, Atticus,� the publisher’s announcement reads. “She is forced to grapple with issues both personal and political as she tries to understand her father’s attitude toward society, and her own feelings about the place where she was born and spent her childhood.� Lee herself is a Monroeville, Ala., native who lived in New York in the 1950s. She now lives in her hometown. According to the publisher, the book will be released as she first wrote

it, with no revisions. “To Kill a Mockingbird� is among the most beloved novels in history, with worldwide sales topping 40 million copies. It was released on July 11, 1960, won the Pulitzer Prize and was adapted into a 1962 movie of the same name, starring Gregory Peck in an Oscarwinning performance as the courageous attorney Atticus Finch. Although occasionally banned over the years because of its language and racial themes, the novel has become a standard for reading clubs and middle schools and high schools. The absence of a second book from Lee only seemed to enhance the appeal of “Mockingbird.� Lee’s publisher said the author is unlikely to do any publicity for the book. She has rarely spoken to the media since the 1960s, when she told one reporter that she wanted to “to leave some record of small-town, middle-class Southern life.� Until now, “To Kill a Mockingbird� had been the sole fulfillment of that goal. “This is a remarkable literary event,� Harper publisher Jonathan Burnham said in a statement. “The existence of ‘Go Set a Watchman’ was unknown until recently, and its discovery is an extraordinary gift to the many readers and fans of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ Reading in many ways like a sequel to Harper Lee’s classic novel, it is a compelling and ultimately moving narrative about a father and a daughter’s relationship, and the life of a small Alabama town living through the racial tensions of the 1950s.�

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NOTICE MATTHEW T. BUDASH, ESQUIRE (EXECUTRIX NOTICE) Letters Testamentary on the Estate of Barbara Ann Frederick, a/k/a Barbara A. Frederick late of White Township and County of Indiana, deceased, having been granted the undersigned, those having claims against said estate are requested to present them duly authenticated for settlement, and those knowing themselves to be indebted are requested to make prompt payment. Debra L. Faloon 1190 Philadelphia Street Indiana, PA 15701 2/4, 2/11, 2/18

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NOTICE Sealed bids for the purchase of one (1) new vehicle for The Communities at Indian Haven will be received by the County of Indiana until 10:30 a.m., Monday, February 9, 2015 at which time they will be opened and recorded; award/rejection to be made at the Commissioners’ Meeting on February 11, 2015. Specifications are available by contacting the Commissioners’ Office at 724-465-3805. Each bid must be accompanied by cash, certified check, cashier’s check or bid bond in the amount of 10% of the bid and submitted in a sealed envelope marked “COMMUNITIES AT INDIAN HAVEN VEHICLE” to the Indiana County Commissioners, 825 Philadelphia Street, Indiana, PA 15701. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of (30) days after date of opening. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. INDIANA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Rodney D. Ruddock Michael A. Baker Patricia A. Evanko ATTEST: Robin Maryai Chief Clerk 1/30, 2/4

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Dutch Acres, Indiana School District -lots starting at $28,500 with all Public Utilities. Call 724-388-1335 or dutchacres34@ gmail.com OTTELIA Estates, Indiana School District -lots starting at $47,000 with all Public Utilities. Call 724-388-1335 or otteliaestates34@ gmail.com

opponent opened one spade? Most players are more cautious when vulnerable against not. However, opponents will assume you are being sane, not crazy, at those colors. You can occasionally escape unscathed from a tight corner. When this deal was originally played, South intervened with four hearts. What should have happened then? At the table, an inexperienced West passed. North passed also, of course, and so did East, feeling trapped. West, who knew his side had at least game values, should have doubled. This would have announced sufficient strength to act and no better call available. Then East would probably not have passed, although best defense (spade to the ace, diamond to the ace, diamond ruff, club ace and two later trump tricks) would have defeated four hearts by three tricks for plus 800. East would have rebid four spades or five clubs, both of which he surely would have made. In Europe, South’s hand distribution is known as “eau de cologne” after the famous 4711 brand. COPYRIGHT: 2015, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE

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Misc. Real Estate For Sale

CHERRY TREE: 3 apartments house, off St parking, $75,000. Live in 1 & rent 2. (724) 254-4835

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Furnished Apartments

1 BDRM, $385 & $425 plus gas & elec. No pets, Non smoking. Located N. of Indiana. 724-465-8521 1 ROOM Efficiencies, East Pike. $475-/mo. ALL UTIL. INCL., TV & Internet also. Call (724) 465-6161 2/3 BDRS, available for Spring 2015, next to campus. (724) 349-0152 or runcorental@verizon.net

STERLING HILLS Development, Indiana - Lots starting at $25,000 with Public Utilities. Call (724) 349-4914.

AFFORDABLE / CLEAN Utilities included Call (724) 599-4725

We’re Mobile! Website: www.klrealestate.com

Phone: 724-349-1924 x399• Toll Free: 1-800-709-7896

FOR RENT

829 ROSE STEET., INDIANA

Newly remodeled 1 bedroom apartment. Water, sewage, & off-street parking included in rent. On-site laundry.

500/month

$

911 WATER ST., INDIANA 1 bedroom apartment with eatin kitchen, stove, refrigerator and off-street parking.

566/month

$

(Gas heat included)

106A HERITAGE RUN RD, INDIANA Spacious 2 bedroom apartment with washer/dryer and off-street parking. Available March 1, 2015.

760/month

$

1499 PHILADELPHIA ST., INDIANA Spacious 2 bedroom apartment with eat-in kitchen, balcony, and off-street parking

575/month

$

(Plus gas, electric, water)

352 GRANT STREET, INDIANA 1 bedroom apartment. Convenient location. Sewage & trash included. Off-street parking & on-site laundry.

550/month

$

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NEWLY Remodeled, 1 bdrm apt in Homer City, No pets, includes all utilities, $560/mo plus security. (724) 349-0766

ONE Bedroom. A/C, low traffic, laundry on-site, parking. No pets. One year lease. runcorental@verizon.net (724) 349-0152

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Mobile Homes For Sale

TAX REFUND SALE! 2BR, 2BA ABANDONED manufactured home for sale in the Indiana area. $2,000. Great way to spend your hard earned money. Call 724-464-9898

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Business Opportunities

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR MOTOR ROUTE

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Furnished Apartments

INDIANA: near IUP starting at $400/mo. 1 bedroom, furnished, all utilities included free Dish TV & high speed internet. For Information or to schedule an appointment Phone (724) 471-2140

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Unfurnished Apartments

1 BDRM, 1 Bath, Homer City. Good location Inc. W/D onsite & Parking $495/ mo. 724-388-2681 1, 2 & 3 bdr - Indiana & 1 & 2 bdr - Blairsville, no dogs, Call (724) 422-1484 mmetil@verizon.net

2ND Floor, 2 bdrm apt. on N. 9th St., $650/mo. water, garbage & sewage incl. Tenant pays gas, elec, cable and tele. Free off street parking space. Ava. March 1st. Call (724) 541-3373 ADS that work pay for themselves. Ads that don’t work are not cost effective. We can help you create an appealing descriptive ad to bring results. Call the Indiana Gazette Classifieds at (724) 349-4949.

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Unfurnished Apartments

BORO: Very nice 2 bdr, $500/mo + utilities, non smoking, no pets. Call (724) 463-0339 CHERRY TREE: 2 Bdrm, 1st flr, water, sewage & garbage incl. Avail now! Inquiries Ph724-254-4835 COLONIAL MANOR 1 bdr furnished. & unfurnished. 2 bdr unfurnished. Call for info. (724) 463-9290. 9-4pm. colonialmanorindianapa .com

ONE Bedroom: close to IUP, available January 1st, Call for appointment (724) 465-0297

BLAIRSVILLE

UPSCALE APARTMENTS

1&2 Bedrooms

Available in •Clarksburg •Saltsburg

If you have reliable transportation, valid driver’s license & auto insurance, call Roque. (724) 465-5555 ext 254

724-388-5082 SPACIOUS One bdrm, Indiana. $500 month incl sewage, garbage & water. (412) 289-0382

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR MOTOR ROUTE

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Houses For Rent

HOMER CITY 1 bedroom, No pets Royal Oaks Apts. Phone (724) 464-9708

BLAIRSVILLE 3bdrm 1 bath, A/C. Call (724) 691-1786 anytime or (724) 600-4843 after 5 pm

INDIANA- White’s Run Commons Apts. 1BDRM. APTS. With 3 APTS designed to accommodate the needs of a wheelchair. Must be 62 years of age or older, handicapped/ disabled regardless of age and meet federal program requirements. Rent is based on 30% of adjusted gross income and includes w/w carpeting, stove refrigerator, heat, water, sewer and trash removal. For more info., and an application, Please call: 724-465-4030 or 1-800-735-3068, TDD 711 This institution is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.

FARM HOUSE: A room mate needed, Clarksburg, 3 bdrm, low rent, Util. incl.(724) 639-4056 HOMER CITY: 3 bdrm, $700/mo. plus security deposit & utilities. Fenced back yard. (724) 840-3530 Homes & Apartments Good News Realty (724) 599-4725 INDIANA Between Malls, Nice 2 bedroom ranch, $825/mo. plus utilities. (724) 840-2399 Sell through the Indiana Gazette Classifieds Action Ads.

Available Now! •Shelocta •Elderton

If you have reliable transportation, valid driver’s license & auto insurance, call Roque. (724) 465-5555 ext 254

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR Walking Carrier Needed to deliver newspapers daily (7 days a week). •Blairsville Boro North Side North Spring North Liberty North Walnut (Approx. 40 papers) Start immediately If you are at least 12 years old, and you have dreamed of owning your own business. Call Joe (724) 465-5555 ext 222. Help Wanted

Evergreen Boys & Girls Club Indiana Office

PT or FT position for office manager. Administrative duties and data entry. HR and MS Access experience preferred. Pay based on experience and education. Please send resume, cover and references to: Breanne Angove, EBGC 650 S. 13th St. #5 Indiana, PA 15701 or b_angove@ evergreenbgc.org EXPERIENCED Snow Plow Drivers Needed. Must have clean driving record. Call (724) 854-9200 Family Psychological Associates seeks part-time Licensed Therapist. Contact Jennifer 724-349-6320

Charter Bus Drivers Are you looking for a fun, exci ng job, where you get paid to be on vaca on?

You can become a charter bus driver! Mlaker Transporta on, Inc. is currently accep ng applica ons for a limited number of full- me and part- me posi ons. We can provide training.

Apply Today!

1976 Valley View Dr, Davidsville, PA 15928

MLAKER

TRANSPORTATION, Inc. www.mlaker.com

814-479-2515 or 800-335-7911

Help Wanted

REGISTERED NURSE Anew Home Health Agency is currently hiring for a part-time/ full-time RN. Applicant must have 2 yrs of medical-surgical experience; home health experience is a plus. Contact our office to apply: 724-465-9224

PERFORMANCE INCENTIVIES & OVERTIME POTENTIAL

Immediate openings for Satellite TV installers in the Indiana Area! No experience necessary, we will train you and pay you while you train! We have an IRA available, Company supplied vehicle & tools. GREAT POTENTIAL. Visit www.seeworld.biz or email resume to careers@seeworld.biz See World Satellites Call 800-435-2808 EOE

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Work Wanted

CAREGIVER Available with experience and references. (724) 599-4652

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FULL TIME RN Needed for surgery center and busy physician’s office. Box 2853 c/o The Indiana Gazette P.O. Box 10, Indiana, PA 15701.

MECHANIC

LOCAL Mining Company is seeking a mechanic to do preventative maintenance and service work on surface equipment. Applicant must have CDL and preferably be familiar with caterpillar equipment and Cat E.T. software. Send resume to: Rose bud Mining Co. 301 Market St. Kittanning, PA 16201 Attention: Surface Maintenance Department

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Cleaning Services

Only Chem-Dry® Carpet Cleaning uses “The Natural”® for a deep clean that’s also green and dries in 1-2 hours. CALL BRENDA AT CHEM-DRY® OF INDIANA COUNTY

724-286-3044 Independently Owned & Operated Serving Indiana County For 25 Years!

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Remodeling Services

ALL ST★ R

HANDYMAN SERVICE

5 931 PA#

Affordable-Fast-Friendly No Job Too Small Licensed & Fully Insured

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ROOFING SIDING • WINDOW KITCHEN • BATH DECKS • BASEMENTS FREE ESTIMATES FULLY INSURED

724-349-3465

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SHOES: Size 12W Lehigh safety shoes $25 only wore a few times. (724) 254-4688

White rabbit fur jacket, genuine leather deer skin jacket w/fringe, size M $25 each Call (724) 459-8861

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TREE MONKEYS

Professional Tree Service - Pruning and Removal - Stump Grinding

We Specialize In Hazardous Trees

Fully Insured

724-465-4083

Fuel & Firewood

Seasoned Split Firewood $85 half cord. Delivered. (724) 479-0845

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Machinery & Tools

LINCOLN Welder: electric, 225 amp, ac, on wheels. $100 obo. Call (724) 479-8745

SNOW Blower Cub Cadet, 5hp, on tracks. 6 speed forward, 2 reverse, $350 Firm. (724) 422-1044

LAWN FARM

GARDEN CENTER 117

Special Services

Clothing

Lawn & Garden Tools For Sale

SIMPLICITY 7119 Garden Tractor hydro-hyl lift, snow blower, blade, mower deck, wheel weights, chains. Good condition. $675. (724) 465-4065

PA059590

AUCTION

SAT., FEB. 7 @ 11 A.M.

NOVOSEL CIVIC CENTER Indiana, PA

286 West 1/4 Mile Off Rt. 422 Adjacent State Police

COINS: 1911 $2 1/2 Indian Gold PC, 1891CC & Other Old Silver Dollars, Halves & More - All Sold First! Nice Oak Step Back Cupboard, Early Cherry Tall Chest, Copper Lined Dry Sink, Eastlake Washstand, Morris Chair, Persian Area Rugs, Vict. Stand, Bar Stool Chairs, Troy-Bilt 17.5 HP 42” Cut Riding Mower, Like new whirlpool gas dryer, Samsung Flat Screen TV, Sentry Fire Safe, Old Pictures, Crocks, Quilt, Flo-Blue China, Phonograph Parts, Stain Glass Window, Redskin Brass Spittoon, Bayonet & Other Knives, Jewelry Including 10 & 14K, DEP, Fostoria Glass, Collectible Dolls, TY’s , HO Train Set W/Accesories, Star Wars Coll., Lego’s & other Toys, Aluminum Ladders, Shop Vac, Hand Tools, Household & Much More. auctionzip.com For Photos TERMS: Cash or PA Check w/Proper ID. 6% Sales Tax

AUCTIONEER:

COL. RICH NOVOSEL 724-463-1530 AU-3428-L

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Machinery & Tools

SNOW BLOWER: Craftsman 522, elect start, runs great. $225 Call (724) 349-7437 SNOW BLOWER: Simplicity 524 2 stage, runs great, new battery, as is. $150.00 (724) 349-7437 SNOW BLOWER: Troy-Bilt 521 Snow Squal Blower, elec start, like new. $225 (724) 349-7437

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Household Goods

BED BOARD clean has nice finish, ready for use. $10.00 (724) 465-7566 or (724) 465-7554 CHINA: hand painted, 78 pieces, painted by E.E. Shaffer. $100. Call (724) 422-1168 DINING ROOM Set: beautiful pine table 42x60, (2) 12” boards, 6 chairs, 60” long lighted hutch. $495. excellent shape. (724) 422-9595 ROCKING CHAIR: Fair condition, $25 obo. (724) 254-2343 SECTIONAL: 3 piece tan leather, excellent condition. $600. Call Bob (724) 464-0198

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Appliances For Sale

WILLIAMS Appliance, 30 years. Selling quality new & used. (724) 397-2761.

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Pets & Supplies For Sale

AUSTRALIAN Shepherd Pups: champ. bloodlines, health guaranteed, ready to go. Call (724) 840-8930

ATTENTION... ADS FOR FREE PETS

Your beloved pet deserves a loving, caring home. The ad for your free pet may draw response from individuals who may sell your pet for research or breeding purposes. Please screen respondents very carefully when giving away your pet. Your pet will thank you! This message compliments of

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Sports Equipment For Sale

FOR SALE 8 gun oak cabinet $500 firm Call (724) 762-9288 MEN’S Size 9 cross country fiberglass ski with poles, $85. (412) 367-1752

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Miscellaneous For Sale

ATLAS Power King table saw, mounted on movable stand. $85. Call (724) 463-0398 BX of Barbies & misc. items for Barbies. $10.00 Call (724)840-6646 CONAIR Pro standing hair dryer, for shop or elderly. $75. Call (724) 349-3794

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Miscellaneous For Sale

FISH TANK: 30 gallon, with nice wooden stand, and all accessories. Good condition. $65. Call (724) 549-8266 JANITORIAL Equipment 4 scrubbers, shampooers, sweepers. Too much to list. (724) 801-0290 PIN: Swarovski Crystal stone angel pin, brand new, never worn, $20. (724) 541-1489 SAMSONITE Travel alarm clock, new never used. $16. Call (724) 541-1489 TWO PS3 Games, great condition. $25 obo. (724) 840-9697 WALKER & CANE: good condition. $15 for both. Call (724) 471-2726

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Wanted to Buy

BUYING Junk cars. Call us McCarthy Auto. (724) 349-2622

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Parts & Accessories For Sale

NEW SNAP-ON solus ultra scanner w/case & xtras, works for vehicles from 1981-now, paid $4,000 new asking $2,500 Call (724) 465-0266

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Autos For Sale

SNOW PLOW: like new, $3,200. Call for details. (724) 388-7505

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Trucks For Sale

1960’s Ford 3000 Tractor SEALED BIDS

Clymer Borough will receive sealed bids for the sale of a vintage 1960’s Ford 3000 Tractor. 3 cylinder gas engine, 8 speed transmission, 3 point hutch power take off. New tune up. Runs well. Possible rear oil seal out. The tractor may be examined daily from 8 am until 3 pm at the Borough maintenance facility located on Adams Street in Clymer. Sealed Bids should be mailed or dropped in the mail slot at the Borough office located at 115 6th St., Clymer, PA 15728 and clearly marked TRACTOR BID on the front of the envelope. Bids will be received until 1:00 p.m. on February 10, 2015 at which time all bids will be opened and read aloud to all who choose to attend the bid opening at the Borough office, 115 6th St., Clymer, PA 15728. Action on the bids will be taken during the Borough Council meeting commencing at 7p.m. on Tuesday, February 10, 2015.

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