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There are 22 help wanted ads listed in the Classified section today./Pages B-6 to B-8

Greece talks to resume today

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Who’s in the news There is good news today in The Indiana Gazette about these area people: Bill Moon, Jason Fisher, Debbie McQuiston, Liz Kriston.

Inside VIEWING HARRISBURG: There’s still time for the Republicans who control the Legislature and freshman Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf to come to terms on a compromise budget before the stalemate becomes a crisis./Page A-3

By PAN PYLAS and JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG Associated Press

NEW RELEASE: Like her classic “To Kill a Mockingbird,� the Harper Lee novel coming out Tuesday is a coming of age story./Page A-5

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LUCAS RACCHINI, 2, reacted to the waterspouts Saturday at the Mack Park pool in White Township during another day of sunny weather. He is the son of Jim and Amber Racchini, of Indiana. Sunshine is expected again today before showers and thunderstorms return to the area Monday and Tuesday, according to Accuweather.

UNDERWATER CONCERT: Hundreds of divers and snorkelers submerged Saturday to listen to a local radio station’s four-hour concert piped beneath the sea in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary./Page B-1

After years of declining crime, city violence now on the rise

HARD TO SWALLOW: Prison officials in California use a controversial method called “potty watches� to recover illegal contraband swallowed by inmates./Page B-1

By DON BABWIN CHICAGO — Police departments across the country that have spent years boasting about plummeting crime numbers are now scrambling to confront something many agencies have not seen in decades: more bloodshed.

Houston, St. Louis, New Orleans and Baltimore have all seen significant spikes in the number of homicides this year. The totals are

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up in other cities, too, including New York and Chicago. “We’re in scary territory,� said Peter Scharf, a professor at Louisiana State University who tracks homicides in New Orleans.

In Los Angeles, the number of slayings dropped slightly, but the number of shooting victims jumped more than 18 percent.

And in Milwaukee, a homicide on Wednesday put the total for the year at 84 — just two fewer than happened in all of 2014.

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the surge in killing marks the start of a trend after years of declines.

But concern is growing that the increase could reflect a confluence of recent shifts, including deepening distrust of police that leads people to settle disputes themselves, officers who are afraid of being second-guessed and court rulings that make it easier than ever to own a gun. Tighter budgets that result in cuts to law enforcement agencies could also play a role.

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Sharks, though scary, capture our attention

Deaths Obituaries on Page A-4 BENNETT, LeRoy, 56, Mahaffey DARR, Lonnie, 57, Strongstown GARLAND, Robert John, 65, Bolivar Late death BRACKEN, Thomas James, 93, Robinson

By TAMARA LUSH Associated Press

AVON, N.C. — It’s the golden hour, right before sunset, when the light is soft and pretty. The landscape looks like a postcard.

Tourists stroll, kids run.

No one is in the water. No one wants to be a feast for a shark. “This is a very sharky place,� mused 56-year-old John Kane as he stood on the Avon Pier and stared into the crashing surf.

They’re out there, somewhere, in the murky, antifreeze-green water. There are sharpnose and black tips, bulls and tigers.

Maybe even a great white or two, if Twitter is to be believed. Always lurking, always swimming, always eating.

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And too often, of late, their prey has been human: In a 28-day span, eight people have been bitten by sharks in North Carolina, a new high for the 80 years in which records have been kept.

The attacks have spanned a hundred-mile stretch of coastline, three of them along the barrier islands of the Outer Banks.

Most of them occurred in shallow water. Injuries have ranged widely, from an 8-year-old boy who had only minor wounds to his heel and ankle to at least two others who had limbs amputated.

Authorities don’t blame the same shark, or even the same type of shark. They struggle to explain the sudden spate of attacks.

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BRUSSELS — Bailout discussions between the Greek finance minister and his skeptical counterparts in the 19-country eurozone will resume today after breaking up following more than eight hours of talks without any apparent breakthrough that will secure the country’s future in the euro.

During talks on Saturday, Greece clearly failed to give what its creditors in the eurozone have been demanding — iron-clad proof that it can deliver on its promises to implement tough austerity and reform measures in return for billions more in rescue money. “We had an in-depth discussion of the Greek proposals and the issue of credibility and trust was discussed,� Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the eurozone’s top official, said on leaving the meeting.

The talks will resume at 11 a.m. local time, just a few hours before the European Union’s 28 leaders are meant to descend on Brussels for a summit that has been billed over the past week as Greece’s last chance to convince creditors that it deserves more financial help. “It’s still very difficult but work is still in progress,� Dijsselbloem said.

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Family suing jail, health care provider PITTSBURGH (AP) — The family of an inmate who died in a Pittsburgh jail earlier this year is suing the jail and its health care provider.

Tiara Smart, one of the children of Frank Smart Jr., 39, of Pittsburgh, filed the wrongful death lawsuit Friday against Allegheny County Jail and Corizon Health Inc. over Smart’s death.

The complaint alleges that Smart’s requests for medication were ignored and that he was handcuffed and shackled while having a seizure. He was taken to UPMC Mercy, where he died shortly after midnight on Jan. 5.

George Kontos, Tiara Smart’s attorney, said the jail failed its duty to provide for Smart’s safety.

The county medical examiner ruled this week that Smart died from his seizure disorder, but that being restrained was a “significant condition� in his death. The

manner of death remains undetermined.

A Corizon spokesman said the Tennessee-based firm hasn’t seen the complaint, but stands by its statement Thursday that Smart’s medicines were ordered within 10 minutes of his arrival at a medical intake center and administered properly.

Kontos, however, said that Smart’s death from the seizure disorder “certainly belies their contention that he was appropriately medicated at the appropriate time.�

Smart’s death and others in the past 18 months prompted the county to not renew Corizon’s contract past its Aug. 31 expiration date. Allegheny Health Network, a Pittsburgh-based hospital chain owned by health insurer Highmark Inc., will take over Sept. 1.

A county spokeswoman declined to comment on the lawsuit.

BRIEFS EBENSBURG (AP) — Prosecutors have announced that they will seek the death penalty against a man charged in the stabbing death of his girlfriend in western Pennsylvania earlier this year.

The (Johnstown) TribuneDemocrat reported that Cambria County prosecutors filed notice of aggravating circumstances against 36-year-old David Leon Johnson.

They allege that he stabbed 30-year-old Allison Vaughn in the neck three times and strangled her March 30 in Richland Township after she refused to allow him to withdraw money from her bank account to buy drugs.

District Attorney Kelly Callihan cited felony robbery and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse charges as justifying capital punishment if Johnson is convicted of first-degree murder.

Callihan last month sought additional time for the decision over the protests of defense attorneys, citing a need to retest DNA.

Truck hits buggy, killing two

GOP picks vacancy nominee HARRISBURG (AP) — Republicans in western Pennsylvania have chosen a former district judge as their nominee to fill a state Senate vacancy.

Officials on Saturday picked Guy Reschenthaler as their nominee to replace former senator Matt Smith in the 37th district, which includes communities in Allegheny and Washington counties.

Smith, a Democrat serving his first Senate term, resigned last month to become president of the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce.

Republican officials said Reschenthaler resigned his Jefferson Hills judicial position immediately before accepting the nomination that he captured on the fifth round of balloting.

He had 48 votes to beat Bethel Park Council member Paul Dixon, who had 31.

Democrats have yet to choose their nominee for the Nov. 3 election.

It’s almost time for lawmakers to get serious about state budget

By PETER JACKSON Associated Press

HARRISBURG — It’s almost time to get serious at the Pennsylvania Capitol.

Almost, because this is only the second week that the state government has been operating without a budget — not long enough for most taxpayers to feel the legal constraints on spending $30 billion-plus of their money they rightfully expect to see invested in programs and services this year.

There’s still time for the Republicans who control the Legislature and freshman Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf to come to terms on a compromise budget before the stalemate becomes a crisis.

But there had been time before the fiscal year ended June 30, too, and both sides spent it mostly talking past each other. Ultimately, Wolf vetoed a rash of bills the Legislature’s Republican majority passed without input from Wolf or Democrats.

Amid growing anxiety among nonprofits and county agencies over a potentially lengthy disruption of money that supports the state’s social-services safety net, there’s no indication of a restart of budget talks or that positions are softening. “Instead of working with the General Assembly to move Pennsylvania forward, Gov. Wolf continues to be fixated on massive income and sales tax increases,� GOP

leaders said in Thursday statement. “For someone who has pledged to create a ‘government that works,’ he’s certainly doing everything he can to make sure it doesn’t.�

On Friday, Wolf sounded determined to get an agreement on the budget, but not ready to bow to Republican ideas. “Pennsylvanians voted for divided government. They didn’t vote for dysfunction,� he said. “We will agree on a budget. I can’t predict how long it’s going to take.� “I think we all want to do what’s right for Pennsylvania.

I think (Republican leaders) have different ideas and I don’t think their ideas are as good as mine,� the governor said.

The GOP held taxes steady in its budget plan, with a $200 million increase for education, and passed two bills it had been unable to pass under Wolf’s Republican predecessor: the privatization of the state-controlled sale of liquor and wine and an overhaul of state pensions for future state and school employees.

Wolf vetoed all three bills and said the GOP budget was loaded with gimmicks. He renewed his pitch for a multibillion-dollar plan to increase taxes on income, sales, natural-gas drilling, banks and tobacco products to expand state aid for education by $800 million, reduce local property taxes and balance a state

budget deficit.

Wolf and Republicans are not the only ones sparring.

Two national advocacy groups went on the air this week to draw public attention to the budget debate.

America Works USA, an affiliate of the Washingtonbased Democratic Governors Association, began airing a pro-Wolf TV ad urging viewers to “tell the Legislature to get serious and pass a real budget.� It spent more than $500,000 to air the 30-second spot statewide for 10 days, a spokesman said.

The group also sponsored direct mailings targeting Republican lawmakers and aired a radio ad in Philadel-

phia and Pittsburgh in which Wolf chided the GOP for passing a “fantasyland� budget and allowing Pennsylvania to remain the only major gas-producing state that does not charge the industry a severance tax.

On the other side is Americans for Prosperity, an Arlington, Virginia-based organization founded by the conservative billionaire energy executives Charles and David Koch.

It launched a radio ad in Harrisburg and Pittsburgh this week that says Wolf is “cooking up schemes to hike your taxes.�

So, is it time to get serious about the budget? Almost.

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State police in Clinton County say the front bumper of the eastbound UPS box truck hit the front end of the horse and buggy shortly before 7 p.m. Friday in Logan Township.

Police said Rachel Byler, 36, of Loganton, and the child were killed.

The boyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name was not released.

State police say a 37-yearold man was taken to Geisinger Medical Center in critical condition.

They said two boys aged 13 and 14 and an 11-yearold girl also had major injuries.

Authorities said the truck traveled 100 feet after the collision and hit a tree.

The 65-year-old woman who was driving was reported to have a minor injury.

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LeRoy Bennett LeRoy Bennett, 56, of Mahaffey, passed away Friday, July 10, 2015, at Punxsutawney Area Hospital as a result of a motor vehicle accident.

He was born March 15, 1959, a son of Orvis Bennett and Freda (Lee) Bennett.

LeRoy was employed by NAC Carbon. He loved fishing, hunting, gardening and cooking.

LeRoy is survived by his mother, Freda Bennett; three brothers: Ken Bennett and wife Jackie, of Dubois; Tom Bennett, of Mahaffey; and

Fred Bennett and wife Susan, of Cherry Tree; two sisters: Diane Rainey and husband Bill of Mahaffey, Mona Murray and husband Ken of Woodland; and several nieces, nephews and greatnieces and -nephews.

He is preceded in death by his father, Orvis Bennett, and one brother, Charles Bennett.

All funeral arrangements are private under the direction of the Waldron Funeral Home, Mahaffey. Online condolences may be made at mccabefuneralhomes.com.

Lonnie Darr Lonnie had been employed at Fisher Scientific and most recently employed by Indiana Environmental Pest Control. He enjoyed the great outdoors, hunting, fishing and spending time with his family.

At his request, services will be held at the convenience of the family. A special thank you is extended to Home Instead Hospice for all they did.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the hospice.

Arrangements are in the care of the Askew-Houser Funeral Homes, Inc., Nanty Glo.

Robert John Garland Robert John Garland, 65, of Bolivar, passed away Thursday, July 9, 2015, at home.

Born Oct. 15, 1949, in Johnstown, he was a son of the late Henry D. Sr. and Erma (Stiffey) Garland.

Mr. Garland also was preceded in death by a brother, Henry D. Garland Jr. John is survived by his sisters Barbara Sapp, of Climax, and Sandy Deyarmin and husband John, of Bolivar; a sister-in-law, Edna Garland,

of Bolivar; and several nieces and nephews.

John was a U.S. Army veteran of Vietnam and served in the Army Reserve.

Friends will be received Monday from 2 p.m. until the time of the service at 4 p.m. at Kenneth A. Stuart Funeral Home, 139 Ligonier St., New Florence. Chris Hopper will officiate.

Online condolences may be left at www.thestuartfuneralhomes.com.

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Actor Roger Rees dies

By MARK KENNEDY AP Drama Writer

NEW YORK — Roger Rees, the lanky Tony Award-winning Welsh-born actor and director who made his mark onstage as Nicholas Nickleby and later played English multi-millionaire Robin Colcord on the TV show “Cheers,” has died. He was 71.

Rees died Friday night at his home in New York after a brief illness, said his representative, Rick Miramontez.

Rees had abruptly left “The Visit” on Broadway in late May to undergo a medical procedure.

“The world has lost a great actor, gentleman and soul,” said Chita Rivera, Rees’ costar in “The Visit” this year. “I have lost a beautiful new friend, one I was looking forward to spending exciting valuable time with.”

Rees played the snobbish Robin Colcord on TV’s “Cheers” — he was known for his condescending remarks and rivalry with Sam Malone and for dating Rebecca Howe — and the British ambassador, Lord John Marbury, in “The West Wing.” Other recent TV credits include “Elementary” and “The Good Wife.”

But he was probably best known onstage for playing the title character in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s original production of Charles Dickens’ “The Life

and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby” in England and on Broadway. He won an Olivier Award and then a Tony.

When it was adapted to TV, he earned an Emmy Award nomination.

He earned two further Tony nominations in 1995 for “Indiscretions” and in 2012 for co-directing “Peter and the Starcatcher,” a Peter Pan prequel. Other Broadway roles were in “The Addams Family,” “Uncle Vanya,” “The Rehearsal,” “The Red Shoes” and “London Assurance.”

“Roger was that rare combination of extraordinary talent and enormous kindness and gentility,” said Todd Haimes, the artistic director of the Roundabout Theatre Company, which produced a celebrated revival of “The Winslow Boy” starring Rees in 2013. “I, and everyone I know, truly loved Roger.”

Born in Aberystwyth, Wales, in 1944, he spent more than two decades with the Royal Shakespeare Company and served as the artistic director of the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts from 2004 to 2007. He was also the associate artistic director of the Bristol Old Vic in England for two years starting in 1985.

In film, Rees played the Sheriff of Rottingham in Mel Brooks’ “Robin Hood: Men in Tights” in 1993 and was in “The Scorpion King” in 2002 and “The Pink Panther” in 2006.

Antique car show set The Punxsutawney Antique Automobile Club of America will host a Model T and Model A Fords Roundup on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Silver Canoe Campground along Route 210 between Elderton and Sagamore.

All Model Ts and As in any condition, except street rods and modifieds, will be welcome. There will be no entry fee. The roundup will also in-

clude an auto flea market with tables available for a $10 deposit, Model A rides, food, country music and a parade at 2 p.m. The show field will close at noon.More information on the roundup is available by calling Carl Clevenger at (724) 422-4869.

Camping reservations and information on the Silver Canoe Campground are available by calling (724) 7836000.

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A FIRST AID MEET was held in Heilwood in 1926. John H. Weaver started the town of Heilwood in 1904 and opened several mines but sold out to the Penn-Mary Coal Co. in 1906. In 1916 Bethlehem Steel Co., headed by Charles Schwab, acquired the Penn-Mary Coal Co. Most area coal companies had first aid teams, and competitions were highly competitive. This old photo was submitted by Indiana County historian John Busovicki, of Clymer.

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Here is a look at the top stories of local interest published in The Indiana Gazette during the week of July 5-11:

SUNDAY, JULY 5 While taking a break from school this summer, young readers can keep their minds active with the Summer Experience program, part of The Indiana Gazette’s Newspaper in Education program. The Summer Experience program offers a selection of activities for students in kindergarten through grade 12 to help them retain some of the knowledge they learned during the school year.

Activities will be published in the Gazette on Tuesdays and Saturdays beginning this Tuesday, through Aug. 4.

They are categorized into three learning levels: Level A, for kindergarten through grade 3; Level B, grades 4 through 6; and Level C, grades 7 through 12. This year’s theme, selected by the National Library Association, is “Every Hero Has A Story.” Students who complete at least five of the nine activities printed in the Gazette will receive a T-shirt, and a group picture will be published in the paper. Students should attach their five completed activities to the Summer Experience participation form and mail it to The Indiana Gazette, 899 Water St., Indiana, PA 15701. Each activity must be signed by the young reader.

MONDAY, JULY 6 Food and fun for everyone — that’s what can be said about the annual Hoodlebug Summerfest, a community festival held in Homer City, according to event organizers.

The 18th annual Hoodlebug Festival kicks off today at the Homer City Fireman’s Field and offers ethnic food

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To subscribe, call (724) 465-5555. booths, a variety of entertainment, artists, crafts, game booths and more. The festival begins at 9:30 a.m. with a Bicycle Poker Run on the Hoodlebug Trail — an event that was just added to the festivities last year. Participants compete in a 12mile bicycle ride in which they stop at different stations and pick up playing cards. At the end of the race, the person with the best poker hand is the winner.

Starting at noon and throughout the day, the event features many events and activities for all ages: Ethnic food booths, craft and game booths and old fashioned bingo. Plus, the Homer City Swimming Pool charges only $3 for pool admission the day of the festival.

TUESDAY, JULY 7 The Center Township supervisors have set a July 21 deadline for township residents who are interested in temporarily filling the vacancy left by the resignation of supervisor Robert Pozik to submit letters of interest.

Supervisor Chairman David “Butch” Smyers said Monday that residents should submit letters of interest, “saying why you want to be supervisor and what qualifications you would bring.”

The appointee would serve until the end of the year. The seat was vacated early enough to allow it to be placed on the ballot for the municipal election on Nov. 3, when a successor would be elected to finish the remaining two years of Pozik’s term. The supervisors said Robert Nymick, who serves as the township’s Vacancy Board, would take part in screening the applications for the vacancy. Pozik notified Smyers and Bertolino on June 25 that that would be his last day as an elected supervisor and an appointed roadmaster for the township. Pozik said he had given 16 years of service to the township and had reached retirement age.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 The reassessment of Indiana County properties, the first effort in almost 50 years to revise the values of all the land and buildings in all 38 townships and boroughs in the county, took center stage last week as notices arrived in the mail. For almost two years, workers from Evaluator Services and Technology Inc. blanketed the county to inspect, as they could from curbside, every property on the county’s tax rolls. And on July 1, the county Board of Assessment Appeals mailed notices of property value revisions to the owners of the county’s estimated 48,000 properties.

Some angry taxpayers who saw their assessments rise blasted the county through organized protests and in social media campaigns, and many looking for explanations phoned officials or lined up at the courthouse. A slew of appeals have already been filed.

Following the principle that the reassessment project would leave a “revenue neutral” tax base, one-third of tax bills would be higher, one-third would be lower and one-third would be about the same as they had been, county officials said.

Questions about the reassessment can be directed to a toll-free telephone number, (855) 998-3600, and the county’s website, www.countyof indiana.org.

THURSDAY, JULY 9 Not surprisingly, feedback on the property reassessment notices mailed recently to owners of Indiana County property was the only topic of public comment at Wednesday’s meeting of the county commissioners. The commissioners even moved their meeting to Courtroom 1 in anticipation of needing extra space for a larger-than-normal audience.

But only a few people pub-

licly addressed the commissioners. As is customary for the public comment portions of their meetings, the commissioners did not reply to the remarks about the reassessment. But following the meeting, Tim Barr, vice president of Evaluator Services and Technology, clarified and emphasized several points about the process.

FRIDAY, JULY 10 Tuition at Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities is going up by 3.5 percent.

The board of the State System of Higher Education voted Thursday for the higher rate despite Gov. Tom Wolf’s request that it remain level. The decision increases in-state undergraduate tuition by $240 to $7,060 a year. There’s also a policy that means a technology fee will go up by $14 to $436 a year.

The state system schools are Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney, Clarion, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Indiana, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mansfield, Millersville, Shippensburg, Slippery Rock and West Chester. Their enrollment is about 100,000 students.

SATURDAY, JULY 11 A former teacher at Saltsburg High School was sentenced Friday to serve four years of probation on charges of having sex with a student in a classroom three years ago. Todd McCullough, 30, of the Apollo area, also was ordered to report his address and other personal information to the state police annually for 15 years.

McCullough had nothing to say as Judge William Martin imposed the sentence, after others called him abusive of the authority and power he held as a teacher, and said he betrayed the trust of parents and his victim.

In a plea agreement with prosecutors, McCullough admitted to charges of indecent assault without consent and indecent exposure, both misdemeanors.

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Authorities: Man dies after being pepper sprayed TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A man in Alabama collapsed and died after officers sprayed him with pepper spray while arresting him after a chase, Tuscaloosa police said Saturday.

Anthony Dewayne Ware, 35, was pronounced dead on Friday at a Tuscaloosa hospital, according to police. Tuscaloosa Police Sgt. Brent Blankeley said Saturday that officers responded to a call that a suspect wanted on charges of attempting to elude police was on the front porch of an apartment.

Police said Ware ran into nearby woods and struggled with officers when they caught up with him.

Officers sprayed him with oleoresin capsicum, more commonly known as pepper spray, according to police. The chemical agent debilitates a person by causing temporary blindness and irritating a person’s nose and throat.

Ware began having trou-

bled breathing and collapsed as they were walking out of the woods, authorities said. Tuscaloosa County District Attorney Lyn Head said that compassion was shown to Ware and that an officer began CPR as soon as it was evident he was in physical distress.

The six officers who were involved in Ware’s case will remain on duty during an investigation, according to police. Officials said police car dash cam and body camera footage of the incident would be released after that investigation.

“Video is being reviewed and will be released to the public as soon as investigators say it can be released without hindering the ongoing investigation,” Assistant Chief Ronnie Dunn told The Tuscaloosa News.

Tuscaloosa police said, under standard procedure, the incident is under investigation by a team of investigators from both inside and outside the Tuscaloosa Police Department.

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McCombie remembered Friday John McCombie, whose accomplishments in an abbreviated career that was ended abruptly due to illness, never sought headlines or the publicity that he truly deserved.

His love of God and family and his work ethic was spelled out emphatically at his memorial service held Friday at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.

A packed house appropriately gathered in the lobby of the KCAC where the 700pound Crimson Hawk he had crafted hung suspendCarl Kologie is ed from a retired man- the ceilaging editor at ing. the Gazette.

One of His column McComappears every bieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sunday. Write most him at kolo cherished gie@indiana projects gazette.net was the Raising Stars Foundation, which he founded to raise money for charitable work and financial assistance for people in need.

It all came about in 2013 when McCombie and his good friend Dan Mock traveled to Haiti to drill a water well and provide food for the villagers there. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We bought 600 to 700 pounds of beans and rice and then handed it out to the people living in the village,â&#x20AC;? Mock said, and noted how grateful they were to have â&#x20AC;&#x153;something to eat.â&#x20AC;?

In order to get water, the villagers walked about 2 ½ miles carrying jugs on their back and on their heads, Mock said.

So McCombie and Mock set out to drill a well in that village.

The drilling rig for the water well, according to Mock, was antiquated and continually broke down. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was not an easy task but we got it done,â&#x20AC;? he said.

They returned to that same site in Northern Haiti in October of last year and found that, because of the well, the community had grown to more than twice the size of what it was when they were there previously.

The villagers, of course, were grateful and McCombie and Mock realized how much this well meant to the entire community.

McCombie then sculpted a Haitian Girl Bell, as he is known internationally for his bronze bell sculptures, and all proceeds from sales of this bell go directly to the Raising Stars Foundation.

Funds raised are primarily for children in poverty-stricken communities to improve lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s necessities â&#x20AC;&#x201D; water, food, shelter and education.

Mock announced Friday that a drilling rig has possibly been donated to the foundation and at this time the donor remains anonymous.

McCombieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family and friends will tell you that this was his â&#x20AC;&#x153;pet projectâ&#x20AC;? and will continue to grow through the donations received. Contributions may be sent to the Raising Stars Foundation, 6170 Tanoma Road, Indiana, PA 15701. â??â??â??

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good news from Tim Harley, executive director of the Jimmy Stewart Museum, who is excited about the worldwide attention being attracted for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Harvey Award celebration.

Actor Jim Caviezel will be honored as the recipient of the award at the fundraising gala on Aug. 29 at the Chestnut Ridge Resort and Conference Center in Blairsville.

According to Harley, Google entries have appeared from many West Coast media outlets and some in the UK. He added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have already accepted dinner reservations from as far away as â&#x20AC;Ś Taiwan.â&#x20AC;?

How about that!

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Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s novel a story of lost innocence

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer

NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Like her classic â&#x20AC;&#x153;To Kill a Mockingbird,â&#x20AC;? the Harper Lee novel coming out Tuesday is a coming of age story.

And not just for Scout Finch. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Go Set a Watchmanâ&#x20AC;? is set in the famous fictional town of Maycomb, Ala., in the mid-1950s, 20 years after â&#x20AC;&#x153;To Kill a Mockingbirdâ&#x20AC;? takes place. Scout Finch, now a grown woman known by her given name Jean Louise, is visiting from New York, unsure of whether to marry a local suitor who she has known since childhood and enduring a painful contrast between her new life and the ways of her hometown.

Scout is no longer the tomboy we know from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mockingbird,â&#x20AC;? but has transformed from an â&#x20AC;&#x153;overalled, fractious, gun-slinging creature into a reasonable facsimile of a human being.â&#x20AC;?

She is â&#x20AC;&#x153;oppressedâ&#x20AC;? by Maycomb, finds it petty and provincial.

And she is shaken by the response to Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark Supreme Court decision in 1954 that declared segregation in schools is â&#x20AC;&#x153;inherently unequal.â&#x20AC;?

There is nervous talk of blacks holding public office, and marrying whites.

One prominent resident warns Scout that the court moved too quickly, that blacks arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ready for full equality and the South has every right to object to interference from the NAACP and others. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Can you blame the South for resenting being told what to do about its own people by people who have no idea of its daily problems?â&#x20AC;? he says.

That resident, to the profound dismay of his daughter, and likely to millions of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mockingbirdâ&#x20AC;? readers, is Atticus Finch. â&#x20AC;&#x153;First Woody Allen, then Bill Cosby, now Atticus Finch,â&#x20AC;? tweeted New Republic senior editor Herr Jeet, responding to early reports about the book. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t trust anyone anymore.â&#x20AC;?

In â&#x20AC;&#x153;To Kill a Mockingbird,â&#x20AC;? winner of the 1961 Pulitzer

Prize, Atticus risks his physical safety to defend a black man accused of rape. He invokes the Declaration of Independence during the trial and argues for the sanctity of the legal system. Privately, he wonders why â&#x20AC;&#x153;reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just hope that Jem and Scout come to me for their answers instead of listening to the town. I hope they trust me enough,â&#x20AC;? he says, referring to Jean Louise and her older brother.

In â&#x20AC;&#x153;Go Set a Watchman,â&#x20AC;? a 72-year-old Atticus laments the Supreme Court ruling and invokes the supposed horrors of Reconstruction as he imagines â&#x20AC;&#x153;state governments run by people who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how to run â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;em.â&#x20AC;?

A tearful Scout tells the man she worshipped growing up: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the only person Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever fully trusted and now Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m done for.â&#x20AC;?

Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney, Tonja Carter, said she discovered the book last year. It has been called by Amazon.com its most popular pre-order since the last Harry Potter story.

Anticipating fierce resistance to the portrayal of Atticus, publisher HarperCollins issued a statement late Friday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The question of Atticusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s racism is one of the most important and critical elements in this novel, and it should be considered in the context of the bookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s broader moral themes,â&#x20AC;? the statement reads. â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Go Set a Watchmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; explores racism and changing attitudes in the South during the 1950s in a bold and unflinching way.â&#x20AC;?

Lee is 89, living in an assisted facility in her native Monroeville, Ala., and has not spoken to the media in decades.

In a statement issued in February, when her publisher stunned the world by announcing a second Lee novel was coming, she noted that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Watchmanâ&#x20AC;? was the original story. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My editor, who was taken by the flashbacks to Scoutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s childhood, persuaded me to write a novel (what became â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;To Kill a Mockingbirdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;) from

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HARPER LEE the point of view of the young Scout,â&#x20AC;? she said.

HarperCollins has said â&#x20AC;&#x153;Watchmanâ&#x20AC;? is unaltered from Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s initial draft.

The current book will certainly raise questions, only some of which only Lee can answer.

Why did she approve the bookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s release after seemingly accepting, even welcoming, the fact that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mockingbirdâ&#x20AC;? would be her only novel? How well does she remember its contents? Did her editor resist because of its political content? How autobiographical is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Watchman,â&#x20AC;? which roughly follows the path of Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life in the 1950s? Does she consider the Atticus of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Watchmanâ&#x20AC;? more â&#x20AC;&#x153;realâ&#x20AC;? than the courageous attorney of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mockingbirdâ&#x20AC;??

And how surprised should any of us be?

Atticus is hardly the only old man to fear change, or seemingly enlightened white to reveal common prejudices.

Around the time Lee was working on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Watchman,â&#x20AC;? an essay by Nobel laureate William Faulkner was published in Life magazine.

Faulkner had long been considered a moderate on race, praised for novels that challenged the South to confront its past. But in â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Letter to the North,â&#x20AC;? he sounds like Atticus as he considers the impact of the Supreme Court ruling. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have been on record as opposing the forces in my native country which would keep the condition out of which this present evil and trouble has grown. Now I must go on record as opposing the forces outside the South which would use legal or police compulsion to eradicate that evil overnight,â&#x20AC;? he wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was against compulsory segregation. I am just as strongly against compulsory integration. ... So I would say to the NAACP and all the organizations who would compel immediate and unconditional integration â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Go slow now. Stop now for a time, a moment.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

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Greek economy a lesson for GOP G

reece is a faraway country with an economy roughly the size of greater Miami, so the United States has very little direct stake in its ongoing disaster. To the extent that Greece matters to us, it’s mainly about geopolitics: By poisoning relations among Europe’s democracies, the Greek crisis risks depriving the U.S. of crucial allies.

But Greece has nonetheless played an outsized role in U.S. political debate, as a symbol of the terrible things that will supposedly happen — any day now — unless we stop helping the less fortunate and printing money to fight unemployment. And Greece does indeed offer important lessons to the rest of us. But they’re not the lessons you think, and the people most likely to deliver a Greek-style economic disaster here in America are the very people who love to use Greece as a boogeyman.

To understand the real lessons of Greece, you need to be aware of two crucial points.

The first is that the “We’re Greece!” crowd has a truly remarkable track record when it comes to economic forecasting: They’ve been wrong about everything, year after year, but refuse to learn from their mistakes. The people now saying that Greece offers an object lesson in the dangers of government debt, and that America is headed down the same road, are the same people who predicted soaring interest rates and runaway inflation in 2010; then, when it didn’t happen, they predicted soaring rates and runaway inflation in 2011; then, well, you get the picture.

The second is that the story you’ve heard about Greece — that it borrowed too much, and its excessive debt led to Paul Krugman the current crisis — is seriously incomwrites a plete. Greece did indeed run up too much debt (with a lot of help from irrecolumn for The sponsible lenders). But its debt, while New York Times. high, wasn’t that high by historical standards. What turned Greek debt troubles into catastrophe was Greece’s inability, thanks to the euro, to do what countries with large debts usually do: impose fiscal austerity, yes, but offset it with easy money.

Consider Greece’s situation at the end of 2009, when its debt crisis burst into the open. At that point Greek government debt was near 130 percent of gross domestic product, which is definitely a big number. But it’s by no means unprecedented.

As it happens, Greece’s debt ratio in 2009 was about the same as the United States’ in 1946, just after the war. And Britain’s debt ratio in 1946 was twice as high.

Today, however, Greek debt is over 170 percent of GDP and still rising. Is that because Greece just kept on borrowing? Actually, no — Greek debt is up only 6 percent since 2009, although that’s partly because it received some debt relief in 2012. The main point, however, is that the ratio of debt to GDP is up because GDP is down more than 20 percent. And why is GDP down? Largely because of the austerity measures Greece’s creditors forced it to impose.

Does this mean that austerity is always self-defeating? No, there are cases — for example, Canada in the 1990s — of countries that slashed their debt while maintaining growth and reducing unemployment. But if you look at how they managed this, it involved combining fiscal austerity with easy money: Canada in the ’90s drastically reduced interest rates, encouraging private spending, while allowing its currency to depreciate, encouraging exports.

Greece, unfortunately, no longer had its own currency when it was forced into drastic fiscal retrenchment. The result was an economic implosion that ended up making the debt problem even worse. Greece’s formula for disaster, in other words, didn’t just involve austerity; it involved the toxic combination of austerity with hard money.

So who wants to impose that kind of toxic policy mix on America? The answer is, most of the Republican Party.

On one side, just about everyone in the GOP demands that we reduce government spending, especially aid to lower-income families. (They also, of course, want to reduce taxes on the rich — but that wouldn’t do much to boost demand for U.S. products.)

On the other side, leading Republicans like Rep. Paul Ryan incessantly attack the Federal Reserve for its efforts to boost the economy, delivering solemn lectures on the evils of “debasing” the dollar — when the main difference between the effects of austerity in Canada and in Greece was precisely that Canada could “debase” its currency, while Greece couldn’t.

Oh, and many Republicans hanker for a return to the gold standard, which would effectively put us into a euro-like straitjacket.

The point is that if you really worry that the U.S. might turn into Greece, you should focus your concern on America’s right. Because if the right gets its way on economic policy — slashing spending while blocking any offsetting monetary easing — it will, in effect, bring the policies behind the Greek disaster to America.

PAUL KRUGMAN

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The immigration secessionists

t turns out that everything we’ve ary city that doesn’t honor so-called heard about the evils of states and federal detainers (i.e., notices that Imlocalities defying federal law is migration and Customs Enforcement wrong. wants to take custody of an illegal imSo long as a jurisdiction is sticking its migrant upon release from jail). It is a thumb in the eye of the federal govern- policy of calculated irresponsibility ment on behalf of illegal immeant to create a zone of migrants who have been arlawlessness. In this instance, rested and jailed, defiance of the human cost was heartfederal authority is progresbreakingly high. sive and commendable.

The immigration debate is Through the years, the left famously fraught. Maybe we has created dozens upon can’t agree on building a dozens of so-called sanctufence. Maybe we can’t agree ary cities devoted to frustraton a pathway to citizenship. ing federal immigration enBut surely we can agree that forcement. On this issue, illegal aliens who have landthey are little islands of seed in jail should be deported? cession. Somewhere John C. Apparently not. We have a Calhoun must be smiling — “broken system,” as the supalthough slightly puzzled — porters of amnesty always over the renewed prestige of like to say, in part because a version of his old, discredthey took a sledgehammer to ited idea of nullification. the system.

Sanctuary cities have got- Rich Lowry’s According to Jessica Vaughten renewed attention in the column is an of the Center for Immigrawake of a horrific murder in distributed by tion Studies (a group that faSan Francisco, a case ampli- King Features vors restricted immigration), fied by the bullhorn of Don- Syndicate. of some 8,100 deportable ald Trump. Kathryn Steinle, aliens released after their ar32, was shot and killed by an rest by sanctuary jurisdicillegal immigrant, Juan Francisco tions from January to August 2014, Lopez-Sanchez, who had a long rap about 1,900 were arrested again, on sheet and had been deported five 7,500 charges. times. The murder was easily avoidThe number of sanctuary cities has able. A few months prior, the city had been increasing during the Obama arrested Lopez-Sanchez on drug years. The administration has thrown charges, but it simply released him the book at states that have dared to when the charges were dropped, even aid in the enforcement of federal imthough Immigration and Customs En- migration law, but hasn’t moved forcement wanted to take custody of against jurisdictions acting at crosshim for deportation. purposes to the law. Indeed, it has This wasn’t an isolated misjudgment. eased the way for them.

San Francisco has long been a sanctuIt reinterpreted, with no legal justifi-

RICH LOWRY

cation, a federal regulation in order to make detainers voluntary. It kneecapped the successful Secure Communities program that shared the fingerprints of local arrestees with the feds, replacing it with a significantly watered-down program.

Consider what happened to poor Sarah Saldana. New on the job as head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, she said in congressional testimony that it would help if Congress passed legislation cracking down on sanctuary cities — before backing off 24 hours later after a trip to the woodshed.

The myth is that President Barack Obama is the “deporter in chief.” In reality, his alleged spike in deportations is the artifact of an accounting gimmick (counting the arrest and removal of border-crossers as deportations).

Obama has gutted interior enforcement. The former acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said recently, “If you are a run-of-the-mill immigrant here illegally, your odds of getting deported are close to zero.”

What to do about sanctuary cities? It is already against federal law for jurisdictions to forbid their officials from sharing immigration information with the federal government. Congress should tighten up the law by making it clear again that detainers are mandatory and withholding certain federal funds from jurisdictions that still won’t comply.

Of course, it would take a different president to sign such a bill, one who cares about the laws he is pledged to enforce and who doesn’t seek a sanctuary nation. comments.lowry@nationalreview.com

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Volunteer for Back to School Bash Each summer for the last six years, some 600 Indiana County elementary and secondary students have received help getting ready for school. These are kids whose family budgets may not stretch to buy backpacks, school supplies, brand-new underwear, or clothing that fits well and looks good.

Aug. 15 is the date of the seventh annual Back to School Bash, which once again will fill Church Street between Sixth and Seventh streets. Kids and their families will gear up for the school year and also enjoy food, a raffle giveaway, haircuts and entertainment — all free of charge.

Led by a steering committee, volun-

teers from churches and many other community groups work for months before the bash. On July 20, volunteers will start sorting secondhand clothing to get it ready for kids and their families to make selections. On the day of the bash, volunteers will do lots of different jobs.

Many volunteers are needed. Volunteering is fun, and those who want to help are asked to call (724) 463-6145 or to send email to b2sbvol@gmail.com.

They’ll complete a volunteer application form and be given an assignment.

Another way to help is to donate.

Gently worn, school-appropriate clothing will be collected at Zion

Lutheran Church, Sixth and Church streets, from July 13 to Aug. 7. Sizes needed range from preschooler to high school graduate.

Items may be placed inside the glass Church Street doors weekdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on Wednesdays until 7 p.m. On Saturday, July 18, and Saturday, July 25, drop-off times are 10 a.m. to noon.

Please consider volunteering and/or donating. Let’s help all Indiana County’s kids get ready for school.

Kathleen Gaylor Blairsville Member, Back to School Bash steering committee

Public brainwashed against death penalty The media have been brainwashing us against the death penalty for over 70 years by my reckoning.

As with all issues, the media will pound the public incessantly with propaganda for about a year and then do a survey. Amazingly, the public’s opinion will have shifted toward the media’s position.

It is true that innocent people have been wrongly executed, as it is true that the guilty have gone free over the course of history. Today, however, we have DNA evidence. I say if you have

the DNA, game over. If not, then give the perp life in the big house.

As to the death penalty costing six times more than life imprisonment, has anyone asked why? The anti-death penalty crowd/congressmen have passed laws to create just that kind of scenario with constant appeals, etc.

They also campaign and intimidate the companies that produce the lethal drugs. When the drug company stops producing same, then they have another reason to call for the end of the death penalty. That is how it works.

How did we ever get to this point where we use lethal injection? Why do we make it so easy for these perps?

They certainly didn’t make it easy on their victim/victims. A bullet to the head would be both merciful and cheap.

Remember, the Boston bomber has already filed his first appeal, and Lesko/Travaglia (of the 1979 kill-forthrills murders) are still above ground.

Have a nice day.

Sam Shutter Blairsville

Halliburton move should not be surprising A riddle for Pennsylvania: What is red and gray and moving to Ohio?

Yes, the Republicans cannot believe Halliburton is leaving when they said they wouldn’t, just like the politicians said they would not raise taxes. All driver’s fees are up, along with 10 cents more per gallon of gas on top of the 60 cents we already pay. This state will not do anything to cut spending. They just want to move where they get the money from.

I am not sure why I keep seeing millage increases in local school districts. I do not understand why we have state worker unions bargaining against tax-

payers when politicians will do whatever they must to keep their own jobs.

That is not fair representation. The state should pay a fair wage with employee contributions toward pensions and the same holidays off like the rest of us.

I do not understand why the PLCB is donating money to colleges for combating alcohol abuse. Where did they get that money? If the state stores turned a profit, why doesn’t the money go back to the people instead of idiotic programs? Our laws on alcohol abuse are mostly unchanged for 50 years, but the state still blows money on com-

mercials. Unless you were frozen in time from the 1900s, we all know the rules.

Yes, the 51 percent paying for the 49 percent are getting tired. Our president has the coal industry on its knees, and our governor is after the gas industry.

Go across state lines to Ohio and see the gasoline price drop.

No wonder Halliburton wants to move, and so do we. If jobs are lost and the cost to live here keeps going up, it will happen in droves. Wake up, uncommonwealth!

Dan Evanick Shelocta

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Sunday, July 12, 2015 — A-7

Bill Cosby didn’t deserve the benefit of the doubt I

was wrong. Bill Cosby didn’t deserve the benefit of the doubt. He cheated on his wife, Camille. He cheated on his kids.

He cheated on the people who fell in love with Dr. Huxtable, because they couldn’t see any line of demarcation between him and his alter ego.

He cheated on his hometown, Philadelphia.

He broke my heart.

It’s not as if my heart hasn’t been broken before. I almost married a man who claimed to be something he was very clearly not — an honorable person. I grew up in a milieu where drinking and adultery and all the other “if it feels good do it” vices were common currency in the social market. It’s not like I’m naive, because I know that people lie and, many times, get away with the fact of their immorality.

But it hurts when you lose a cultural polestar, someone who made you believe that the racial divide could be breached by laughter, and who made the simple act of eating pudding into a Norman Rockwell moment.

When it was revealed that Bill Cosby had admitted to procuring drugs for women, women with whom he presumably Christine M. then had sex, the ground Flowers is a shook beneath me. Until lawyer and that moment, I was able columnist for the to hide my eyes in the Philadelphia comfortable folds of the Daily News. Her law and legitimately, sincolumn is cerely believe that these distributed by old allegations could not MCT Information stand up to scrutiny. As I Service. wrote last year: “The thing that angers me the most about this whole situation with Cosby is the mean-spirited, vengeful way the story is being trotted out yet again like some B-movie zombie that refuses to die ... for that reason alone, I have no compassion for these women and their cobwebbed, aged stories.”

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AS YOU can imagine, I got royally slammed

for that one. There were the critics who said I showed such amazing gullibility that they had some land in Florida they’d like to sell. There were the Mattress Girl-style feminists who, believing that any time a woman says she’s raped, she has been, who called me all sorts of things, none of which can be printed here.

There were my friends who, as much as they loved Cosby, pleaded with me to “see the light” and acknowledge that the weight and similarity of the allegations against the man were incontrovertible proof of his guilt.

And I continued to say that the allegations were old, in some cases decades old, and the fact that they were similar actually proved to me the opposite: that they were part of a fabrication campaign. In fact, that’s what I said, reminding readers of the “opportunistic psychologists, parents who were naive enough to believe them and a flock of media vultures who fed on the carcass of manipulation and lies.”

Well, I’m ashamed of my own naiveté. Perhaps “ashamed” is not the correct word. Disappointed in my inability to look beyond the pristine limits of the law to the messy, straggly edged details of human imperfection. Yes, the women in question were not always reliable sources. Yes, many had benefited materially from their relationships with Cosby over the years. Yes, in most cases they had just shut up about what happened, which meant that they either didn’t consider themselves raped or that they’d preferred to take hush money over pointing a righteous finger.

But they were human beings, all of them, including the Cos, and human beings don’t act like extras in a “Perry Mason” episode. There is very often no concrete proof of a crime, and we are left to deal with the credibility of characters and their past track records in determining whether to believe what “he” said, as opposed to dozens of “shes.”

Well, apparently, “he” did speak and admitted that he’d obtained prescription quaaludes to give to women he wanted to have sex with.

He admitted giving quaaludes to one person, a 19-year-old. He did not admit to administering the drugs to them. He did not admit to raping them. He did not admit to any facts that could actually support anything other than a disgusting penchant for drugged (albeit consensual) sex.

And, yet, it’s fairly clear to everyone except defense attorneys that Bill Cosby wasn’t courting these women, and that anyone who insists on taking his side is morally bankrupt.

YOU COULD accuse me of the same thing, because I refused to believe “the women” when they first raised their voices. You’re quite free to think that, but having seen numerous cases in which women have used a false rape allegation as a potent weapon against a man they wanted to hurt (we can never, ever forget the Duke lacrosse debacle), I still think that unless we have actual proof of force, we cannot convict a man in the court of law or public opinion.

Cosby is now far beyond the ability to be held accountable at a criminal level, and not even these new allegations would assure a conviction. He never admitted that he gave the drugs to the women, so there’s your “reasonable doubt.”

And I still believe that statutes of limitations are the only thing that separate us from chaos and mob rule, where you can get a bunch of disgruntled folk years after the fact and let their allegations and accusations wash over an unprepared and unprotected defendant. If you expect me to apologize for saying those statutes are sacred, you’re out of luck.

But I am sorry for having thought that people deserved the benefit of the doubt, when doubt screamed out that there was no honor here. cflowers1961@gmail.com

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n June 30, I was privileged funding by $100 million, special to cast my first budget vote education funding by $20 milto fund the core functions lion, Pre-K Counts by $25 milof Pennsylvania state govern- lion and Head Start programs by ment. If I had to write the budg- $5 million. et myself, perhaps it would have All told, we increased educabeen somewhat different, but tion funding for pre-kinderthen again it’s probably a good garten through 12th grade to a thing that no one individual has record $10.6 billion. Let me rethat power entirely unto oneself. inforce that: A record $10.6 bilGov. Tom Wolf has lion for education! proclaimed many The state’s funding for times that we need a education has never “government that been this high. Best of works,” and the budgall, we achieved all of et we passed in the this without raising House and Senate your taxes. provided him with What I truly feel the opportunity to proud of is the manhave one. ner in which the LegThe Legislature met islature has scrutior exceeded the govnized the budgets of ernor’s request for each department and funding on 274 of the agency, found waste nearly 400 line items and eliminated it. One in his proposed example is the more spending plan. In than $70 million in other words, we savings that were realSTATE REP. granted him twoized by targeting and CRIS DUSH thirds of what he origeliminating positions inally asked for. That that had not been is being responsibly engaged in filled in years. Departments the negotiation process. were using this money for items We additionally restored fund- that were not in their official ing to important programs deal- budget requests, and we weeding with epilepsy, ALS and lupus ed out this method of getting that the governor cut entirely around the official spending refrom his budget proposal. view process.

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appears to have meant what he said when he said “All or nothing” regarding his budget proposal.

We presented his unprecedented tax increase plan, item by item, word for word, for a vote in the House, and every member, Democrat and Republican alike, rejected it. Again, a bipartisan, unanimous rejection of the largest tax increase in Pennsylvania history!

We then went to work on delivering a balanced, on-time, no-tax-increase state budget that gave the governor more than 66 percent of what he asked for while still respecting the taxpayers of this commonwealth.

Shockingly, he immediately vetoed every single line item, including those for which we met his request.

Make no mistake, the governor’s self-imposed state government shutdown is nothing more than a holdout attempt to impose his more than $12.7 billion in massive tax hikes over the two next years, that again were unanimously voted down by every member of the state House.

After giving the governor time to consider the concessions we’ve made and the negative impact the tax increase propos-

als he is so adamant about will have on every citizen in Pennsylvania, the Legislature will soon return to Harrisburg. We intend to again present him with a responsible budget that takes care of our most needful citizens while also respecting the needs of the people who are paying the freight. It is my hope that he will sign our next budget bill and turn his attention to running the government.

I want to thank the people of Jefferson and Indiana counties who have called, emailed or stopped me on the streets to express their appreciation and encouragement to continue the fight to protect all of the commonwealth’s hardworking taxpayers.

Your encouragement and the fact that I have the opportunity to serve in a Legislature that is steadily gaining vigorous new members who are willing to stand against entrenched special interests and assaults on the taxpayers is making my time as your representative very enjoyable. I am truly humbled by the trust and support you have given.

State Rep. Cris Dush, RBrookville, represents the 66th Legislative District, which includes parts of Jefferson and Indiana counties.

Pay farmers now, not doctors later TAKOMA PARK, Md. — Sometimes a simple idea makes so much sense, you have to wonder: Why didn’t folks think of this sooner?

Here’s an excellent example: Increase the value of federal nutrition benefits, such as food stamps, if families use the extra money to buy healthy options like fresh fruit and vegetables, especially at farmers’ markets.

This is one of those rare public policies where everyone wins.

No trade-offs or downsides.

Families stretch their food budgets while improving their diets. Farmers sell more produce. Society benefits through reduced health care costs.

Oren Hesterman, president of the Fair Food Network in Michigan, wrote last year in The Hill newspaper: “Boosting the amount of fruits and vegetables consumed by vulnerable populations is critical. These are the very same people who are disproportionately likely to suffer from type-2 diabetes, hypertension and heart disease. And how is that treatment for those diseases paid for? Often with Medicaid or Medicare.”

“We can quite literally pay the farmer now instead of the doctor later,” he writes.

This is federalism at its best, with variations on the theme bubbling up in different localities. One of the pioneering projects started here in Takoma Park, a Washington suburb, when a man named John Hyde was selling baked goods at a farmers’ market in a wealthy

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Cokie and Steven V. Roberts write a column distributed by the Newspaper Enterprise Association. neighborhood.

Just a few miles away lived a community of poor Hispanic immigrants, who seldom patronized his stand. So in 2007, Hyde created the Crossroads Farmers Market, located it closer to the low-income families, and raised $7,000 from the National Watermelon Promotion Board to subsidize their purchases.

It was a “total gamble ... a crazy radical idea,” says Christie Balch, who now runs Crossroads. The Department of Agriculture called Hyde the day before the market opened and told him, “What you’re doing is illegal.”

Fortunately, Hyde had influential friends, including a senior official at the department, who called his bosses and said:

“What do you think The Washington Post would have to say about your trying to prevent poor people from eating fresh fruits and vegetables?”

They backed down. Now, more than 500 markets in 30 states utilize some form of subsidy program. The systems differ a bit, but basically work this way: A shopper who qualifies for food stamps (officially called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP) tells a clerk at the market how much she wants to use from her benefit account. Say it’s $15. That amount is deducted from the shopper’s SNAP card, and the clerk gives her coupons worth $30, which can be spent like cash.

“We don’t have to buy the $1 bag of Cheetos. We can spend a little bit more on healthier things: fruits and veggies,” Melissa Davis of Lehi, Utah, told a local Fox station.

Vicki Zilke, a farmer who sells her produce at a market in Ypsilanti, Mich., told YES Magazine: “I make more money, I expand my business, and then I can hire more people. If I hire more people, I then improve the bottom line of my community. It’s a ripple effect.”

These are not just isolated anecdotes. The Union of Concerned Scientists and the Center for a Livable Future at Johns Hopkins published a joint report that concluded: “Incentives for fruit and vegetable consumption could reap enormous health and economic benefits

over time.”

There’s one problem: Subsidies are expensive, and each market has to raise funds to finance the bonus coupons. Here at Crossroads, the annual $55,000 budget comes from a mix of private donors, foundations and local governments, but Balch expects that when fall comes, accounts will run low and subsidies will have to be trimmed.

Washington has finally woken up to the possibilities here. Last year’s farm bill provided $100 million in seed money, and this spring, about one-third of that was dispensed to underwrite local experiments.

The Forsyth Farmers’ Market in Savannah, Ga., won a grant to establish a “mobile market” that will deliver directly to low-income “food deserts” where fresh produce is hard to find. Greensboro, N.C., will try out a “customer rewards program” that encourages repeat shoppers.

The Rhode Island Public Health Institute will start “nutrition education and cooking demonstrations.” New Orleans will set up a subsidy system at Circle Foods, “a locally and minority-owned grocery store.”

This is exactly what many voters want from government: efficient programs that leverage the energy and creativity of local initiatives. This is beyond politics. This is about improving health, helping farmers and saving money — all at the same time. Who can be against that? stevecokie@gmail.com

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After years of declining crime, city violence on the rise Continued from Page A-1 Some of the explanations vary from city to city. In Baltimore, the April death of Freddie Gray, a black man who suffered a fatal spinalcord injury while in police custody triggered rioting.

After six officers were charged in Gray’s death, the number of arrests plummeted — a drop that raised questions about whether angry or fearful officers were slowing down their activity on the streets.

Homicides skyrocketed, making May the city’s deadliest month in more than 40 years.

Police Commissioner Anthony Batts, who was fired Wednesday, attributed the violence partly to a flood of prescription drugs released into the community by pharmacy looting. He and the po-

lice union denied that officers were shirking their duties but acknowledged that police are frustrated.

Other reasons apply more broadly.

Police departments all over the country have closely watched the legal attack on stop-and-frisk tactics in New York and the city’s subsequent decision to drop its appeal of a ruling by a judge who found the tactic sometimes discriminated against minorities.

An American Civil Liberties Union study found similar practices in Chicago, where many observers expect a lawsuit to follow.

“Maybe we don’t want hundreds of thousands of people stopped and frisked to get a few guns, and maybe we will have to accept that murders are going to go up 10 per-

cent,” said Peter Moskos, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

“I don’t know, (but) we really do have to talk about the trade-offs.”

Scharf also noted that the huge drop in homicides that occurred in the 1990s came at about the same time that federal dollars were flowing into police departments. So he wonders if the rise in violence might be tied in some way to the fact that much of that funding has dried up.

The death of Eric Garner in New York at the hands of police and the shooting death of Michael Brown by an officer in Ferguson, Mo., have contributed to a distrust of police.

And that distrust might be proving deadly.

“A lot of retaliatory violence occurs because people don’t

trust police. They don’t want to go to police because they don’t see police as helping them,” said Charis Kubrin, a criminologist at the University of California at Irvine.

“Crimes will occur, like a shooting, and no one will speak to police about it. And it just breaks down from there,” creating a cycle of violence.

In Milwaukee and Chicago, police chiefs point to what they see as woefully inadequate gun laws that allow people who are repeatedly arrested on weapons charges to win release from custody — often around the same time the police officers are completing the paperwork on the arrest.

“Career criminals with misdemeanor convictions for possession of a firearm can qualify for concealed carry

permits,” said Milwaukee’s chief, Edward Flynn.

In Chicago, the widespread gun violence — more than 500 homicides in 2012 and more than 400 in each of the last two years — has saddled the city with the moniker “Chiraq,” which is also the working title of a Spike Lee movie now being filmed.

Meanwhile, the city has suffered legal losses in its efforts to keep guns out of the hands of residents and seen its attempts to stiffen gun laws thwarted by state lawmakers.

A frustrated Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said the laws are so toothless that gang members are more worried about being beaten up by their gangs for losing a gun than going before a judge after being caught with one.

In the first quarter, police arrested 688 people for illegal firearms. By April 1, 60 percent of those people were already back on the street, McCarthy said.

That frustration boiled over last week when he told reporters that a bullet that killed 7-year-old Amari Brown on July 4 was intended for his father, Antonio, whom police described as a gang member with nearly four dozen arrests, including one in April on a gun-possession charge.

“If Mr. Brown is in custody,” the chief said, “his son is alive.”

Associated Press writers Rebecca Santana in New Orleans, Amanda Lee Myers in Los Angeles, Jim Suhr in St. Louis, and Dave Dishnau in Baltimore contributed to this report.

Scary and fascinating, Greece talks to resume today sharks capture our attention Continued from Page A-1 we don’t fully trust you to make good on your promises.

A European official present at the discussions, when asked what more needed to be discussed when ministers reconvene today, said “everything.”

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he’s not authorized to talk publicly, said ministers wanted “more specific and binding commitments” and that the Greek government’s proposals were “too little, too late.”

Assuaging those concerns is the task facing Euclid Tsakalotos, who has been Greek finance minister for barely a week, following the resignation of his outspoken predecessor Yanis Varoufakis.

But he needs to do it as Greece desperately needs the money to avoid a financial collapse. Greece’s banks, according to some accounts, have barely enough cash in their vaults to see the country through the week.

Greece’s banks have been shuttered for the best part of two weeks and daily withdrawals from ATMs have been limited to a paltry 60 euros.

The economy is in freefall and the country faces big debt repayments in coming weeks.

Early on Saturday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras cleared one hurdle.

Lawmakers in the Greek parliament overwhelmingly backed a package of economic reforms and further austerity measures, in the hope that it would convince European creditors to back a third bailout of the country. Greece has made a request to Europe’s bailout fund for a 53.5 billion-euro ($59.5 billion) 3-year financial package but many officials in Brussels put that figure much higher.

Still, the measures proposed, which include changes long-demanded by creditors, such as changes to pensions and sales taxes, weren’t enough to unlock an agreement in Brussels. Following months of deteriorating relations, creditors are demanding firm legislative action to back up the proposals at the very least.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, who has taken a hard line on Greece over recent

months, said the Greek government will have to do a lot more than just say it wants to reform if it’s going to get more money.

“We will definitely not be able to rely on promises,” he said. “We are determined to not make calculations that everyone knows one cannot believe in.”

Schaeuble was clear in who he blamed for the current crisis. He put that firmly on the shoulders of the radical left Syriza government that was elected in January on an antiausterity prescription. The “hopeful” economic situation regarding Greece at the end of last year has been “destroyed by the last months.”

Finland is perhaps taking the hardest line of all. Reports out of the country said the coalition government was balking at further assistance for Greece.

The eurozone ministers have to give their blessing to Greece’s bailout request to the European Stability Mechanism.

Traditionally, eurozone ministers agree by mutual consensus, though in exceptional circumstances a unanimous vote may not be needed.

Greece has received bailouts totaling 240 billion euros in return for deep spending cuts, tax increases and reforms from successive governments. Though the country’s annual budget deficit has come down dramatically, Greece’s debt burden has increased as the economy has shrunk by a quarter.

The Greek government has made some form of debt relief a key priority and will hope that a comprehensive solution will involve European creditors at least agreeing to delayed repayments or lower interest rates.

Tsipras has made much of the need for a restructuring of Greek debt, which stands at around 320 billion euros, or a staggering 180 percent or so of the country’s annual GDP. Few economists think that debt will ever fully repaid. Last week, the International Monetary Fund said a restructuring was necessary for Greece.

Menelaos Hadjicostis and Raf Casert in Brussels contributed to this story. Matti Huuhtanen in Helsinki, Finland contributed to this story.

Continued from Page A-1 But there is no need to explain the fascination with this creature, or the fear it inspires.

“There could be a 10-footer in there,” Kane said, casually pointing to the dark water under the pier.

Kane was hoping to catch a tarpon or mackerel. He’s fished these waters for some 30 years. The only thing he snagged on Tuesday afternoon was a shark.

“About this big,” Kane said, holding his hands some three feet apart. “I just cut ‘em loose. We have an understanding. I don’t eat them and they don’t eat me.”

If only people and sharks did have that kind of pact, maybe people would be swimming and bodyboarding and not canceling surf lessons.

Everyone is talking about sharks along the Outer Banks. At the sushi bar in Buxton. On the radio.

At the Orange Blossom Bakery, where on a recent day 51-year-old Deanna Salken regaled customers with the story of her own tooclose encounter with a shark.

She was swimming during the Fourth of July weekend when she felt something sharp graze her ankle. She looked down, and it was a four-footer. The shark’s teeth didn’t break her skin.

“I was dumbfounded,” she said, as she served customers waiting in line the bakery’s signature Apple Ugly pastry. “I kicked it and it swam away.”

She referred a reporter to one customer, Jordan Bartholomew.

Shirtless, he identified himself as a local surfer who was bitten by a shark in 2008.

“It’s not normal for this many sharks and this many incidents to be happening here,” he shrugged.

“Sharks have like sensory stuff pushing them to shore.”

Chuck Bangley, a shark researcher at East Carolina University, said unseasonably warm water brought more turtles and fish closer to shore, which means the sharks that eat those creatures are also drawn to shore. And the hot temperatures drew more people to the beach.

Also, the Continental Shelf is narrow in the area near the Outer Banks — like another area popular for shark bites, near New Smyrna Beach in Florida — which

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means sharks are “pushed closer to shore” there, said Bangley.

“Any time you’re in the water, the odds are good a shark is a few hundred yards away,” he said.

There have been similar shark alarms before. The last Summer of the Shark was in 2001 — or so proclaimed the media at the time (see Time Magazine, July 3 of that year).

It culminated on Sept. 10, 2001, when a man from Russia died and his girlfriend was seriously injured by a shark, not far from the Avon Pier.

It was North Carolina’s only fatal shark attack ever, but it was quickly overshadowed by larger events. People forgot about sharks along much of the East Coast, and sharks apparently forgot about people — at least until this year.

Popular culture feeds the fear.

There’s “Jaws” — which is, by the way, 40 years old this summer.

And there’s Shark Week on the Discovery Channel — which runs, coincidentally, this week.

“Yeah, I’m watching Shark Week,” laughed Mike Strickler of Avon, as he fished from the pier.

He won’t swim in the water.

It is easy to overstate the risk that sharks pose.

Some five million people visit the Outer Banks annually, which means that the odds that any one of them will be bitten by a shark are small.

There are usually more shark attacks in Florida than any other state, according to experts.

They’re rarer than rip currents, jellyfish stings and stingray attacks, and much less common than man-made calamities.

“How many car accidents were there in North Carolina this week?” asked Kathryn Peperkorn, 45, of Rocklin, Calif. (Answer: There were 10 car crash deaths over the July 4 weekend.)

Peperkorn and her husband and their four children were enjoying a blindingly sunny day at Cape Hatteras National Seashore — and all were going in the water.

“My kids are more in danger coming here in the car,” she said, squinting at her four kids, aged 714, who waded knee-deep in the surf. “I’m not someone who lives in fear.”

She added that they weren’t

going to swim far out and were staying in view of the lifeguards.

“We’re not going to be stupid.”

After all, there’s no denying this year’s attacks.

And judging from Salken’s tale of being nipped on the ankle, there have been other, lesser incidents that have gone unreported.

Maybe 2015 has been a banner year for attacks, but local swimmers and surfers say they’re used to seeing at least a few sharks each year.

“Sharks have always been here,” said lifeguard Michael Morris, as he admired as osprey diving for fish. “This is an ocean. You can’t control an environment like that.

It’s not Disney.”

And yet, for a few, all-too-brief vacation days each year, we go into the shark’s habitat. We load up our grills and crank the classic rock and we dive in, blissfully unaware or willingly ignorant of the danger. We swim in the shark’s home, and try to forget that it exists.

Against the backdrop of a stunning sunset, Gary Pollock, 44, of Wilson, cast his line off Buxton beach at dusk. During his annual vacation, he hasn’t seen any sharks, although his wife reported a “shark scare” earlier in the day, he said.

The idea that sharks might be in the ocean didn’t faze him. “They live out there,” he shrugged, lighting a Marlboro. “They’re like deer.

I have no fear of them.”

He added: “The ocean’s a rough place. It’s not where we’re supposed to be.”

With a smile, he also conceded that he won’t swim in the ocean.

Ever.

“It’s because I fish,” he said. “I know what’s out there.”

And what’s out there are the predators. Lurking. Swimming.

Unseen until it’s too late.

Perhaps the shark gets a bad rap. Perhaps the shark is just another predator. Like us.

Or, as Ernest Hemingway wrote in 1952 to a literary critic regarding “The Old Man and the Sea,” a story that was rife with sharks and the imagery of savage beasts: “There isn’t any symbolism. The sea is the sea. The old man is an old man. The boy is a boy and the fish is a fish. The shark are all sharks no better and no worse.”

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Injured firefighter speaks of recovery FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A Fresno Fire Department captain has made his first public appearance since falling through a roof while fighting a house fire more than three months ago.

The Fresno Bee reported Saturday that Capt. Pete Dern spoke of his remarkable recovery during a news conference held Friday. Dern says he feels “pretty good” even though he still has a long road to recovery.

Hospital officials said the 49-year-old father has undergone 19 surgeries and over 50 dressing changes for his burn injuries.

Dern suffered secondand third-degree burns over 70 percent of his body after the roof of a garage engulfed in flames crumbled at his feet on March 29. Film footage of the fire that showed Dern falling into an inferno has generated interest and help from around the world.

More than $186,000 has been raised for him.

Police: 2 killed when hit by train RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Police in Richmond, Va., said two people were killed when they were hit by a train.

The accident happened late Friday night at a railroad crossing in south Richmond. Police identified the victims as Darrel L. Page, 50, and Clarence L. Alexander, 40, both of Richmond.

Police said in a news release that witnesses reported the two men attempted to cross the tracks despite the railroad safety gates being down as the Amtrak train approached.

The two men were struck by the train in the crossing. They died at the scene.

Stranded woman was ready to die RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A woman stranded for two weeks in her car in the Southern California desert says she forgave her husband for making a wrong turn and was prepared to die with him.

The Press Enterprise reported Saturday that Dianna Bedwell, 68, said her husband sent angels to save her after he died during the May ordeal.

Bedwell made the remarks Friday after a memorial service for Cecil Knuts, 79.

Knutson died a week before off-roaders found Bedwell in the car May 24 on a remote dirt road.

The couple was driving from a casino to a son’s home for Mother’s Day when Knutson took a wrong turn and they got stuck.

Bedwell says her husband of 29 years was sweet and kind in his last days and died in his sleep.

Shooting victim remembered ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Mourners are gathering at an Albuquerque park to remember a man police said was gunned down in his driveway by a group of teenagers.

Dozens of people came to a memorial for Steve Gerecke, 60, on Saturday morning at Balloon Fiesta Park.

Six teenagers are facing murder charges in Gerecke’s shooting death last month.

Police said one of them shot Gerecke while the mob of teens was prowling through a neighborhood, burglarizing cars and homes.

Police Chief Gorden Eden said one of the teens confessed but the investigation remains ongoing.

Gerecke’s daughter says she holds the teens’ parents responsible.

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By GEORGE JAHN and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press

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JEFF WRIGHT, costumed as a seahorse, rocked with a fake guitar Saturday during the Underwater Music Festival in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary off Big Pine Key, Fla.

Hundreds gather in Fla. for underwater radio broadcast BIG PINE KEY, Fla. (AP) — Hundreds of divers and snorkelers submerged Saturday to listen to a local radio station’s four-hour concert piped beneath the sea in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

The Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival took place at Looe Key Reef, part of the continental United States’ only living coral barrier reef about six miles south of Big Pine Key. Staged by WWUS in partnership with the Lower Keys Chamber of Commerce, the festival featured music specially programmed for the aquatic listening experience and broadcast underwater via waterproof speakers suspended be-

neath boats. Accompanying the tunes were coral reef conservation messages and tips on environmentally friendly diving practices.

“This is a way for people to really appreciate the coral reef while at the same time listening to an environmental message about coral protection,” said station news director and festival founder Bill Becker.

Songs on the playlist included the theme from “The Little Mermaid,” the Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine” and Jimmy Buffett’s “Fins.”

Some participating divers costumed themselves as undersea creatures, including a mermaid and a seahorse, and pretended to

play mock musical instruments.

Among the participants was Diana Nyad, who in September 2013 became the first person to swim from Cuba to Key West without a shark cage, and who said singing to herself helped her get through the almost 111-mile swim. One of the songs from Nyad’s personal soundtrack, “Me and Bobby McGee,” was played in her honor during the festival.

“To be immersed in the sea and feel the music coming from underneath instead of through headphones — it’s very magical and distinct,” Nyad said. “You couldn’t hear it this well if you were in a concert sitting in the front row.”

Pope gushes about Paraguayan women during Mass in Caacupe

By PETER PRENGAMAN and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press

CAACUPE, Paraguay — Pope Francis lauded the strength and religious fervor of Paraguayan women on Saturday while visiting the country’s most important pilgrimage site, where thousands of his fellow Argentines joined with hundreds of thousands of local faithful to welcome Latin America’s first pope.

“Being here with you makes me feel at home,” Francis said in his homily. He then spoke affectionately about the women of this tiny, land-locked nation, praising them for rebuilding the country after a devastating war in the 1860s wiped out more than half the population, primarily men.

“Then and now, you found the strength not to let this land lose its bearings,” he said to wild cheers from the crowd.

“God bless your perseverance.

God bless and encourage your faith. God bless the women of Paraguay, the most glorious women of America.”

Thousands of people packed the main square and nearby streets at Caacupe. Argentina’s blue and white flag and its national team soccer jersey were ubiquitous among the mate tea-sipping faithful.

The gathering at the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Caacupe was evidence of Francis’ special affection for the revered image of the Virgin Mary. He declared the simple church, which houses a little wooden statue of the virgin, the world’s newest basilica.

When he was archbishop of Buenos Aires, the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio often visited the Villa 21 slum where many Paraguayan immigrants live, joining them in their religious processions and celebrating baptisms at their church, Our Lady of Miracles of Caacupe.

“It’s wonderful that the pope really knows us,” said Raquel Amarilla, 39, who cried throughout the Mass and was accompanied by her 13-year-old daughter. “We are the ones in church every Sunday.

We pray every day, much more than men.”

In a deeply symbolic nod to the region’s indigenous people, Fran-

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POPE FRANCIS arrived at the Metropolitan Cathedral Saturday for evening prayers in Asuncion, Paraguay. cis led the faithful in “The Lord’s Prayer” in Guarani. His arms outstretched at the altar, Francis read along as the crowd intoned the prayer.

Secularism and the increasing influence of evangelism are encroaching on adherence to Catholicism in the region, but Paraguay remains overwhelmingly Catholic. Eighty-nine percent here profess the faith, according to the Pew Center.

At the end of the Mass, officials announced that Francis had designated the Caacupe sanctuary as a minor basilica, giving it an elevated status that signals its connection to Rome and its importance for the local church. There are four major basilicas in Rome, and more than 1,600 minor basilicas throughout the world.

The Argentines who traveled to Paraguay to see their pope know well of his long-term love affair with their northern neighbor. As archbishop and pope, he frequently has praised the fortitude and faith of Paraguay’s women, saying they should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for what they did for their country.

“Francis loved Paraguayans and we do too,” said Carmen Mesa, 56, who along with a half dozen other Argentines made a pilgrimage on foot from Clorinda, Argentina, to Caacupe for the Mass.

“Argentina is his homeland. He is not coming home yet, so we

brought it to him.”

Mesa’s group carried on their shoulders a statue of Our Lady of Lujan, the patron saint of Argentina. “Faith unites borders. And we wanted to unite the virgins,” she said of the Caacupe and Lujan virgins.

Francis decided to skip Argentina on his South American pilgrimage, not wanting to get involved in the country’s upcoming presidential election.

He plans to go back home for the first time next year on a trip that will take him also to Chile and Uruguay. He did fly through Argentine airspace en route from Bolivia to Paraguay — the closest he’s been to home since his 2013 election.

The pope arrived Friday afternoon in the Paraguayan capital of Asuncion on the final leg of his three-nation tour of South America’s poorest countries that included Ecuador and neighboring Bolivia.

As soon as Francis arrived Saturday in Caacupe, he paused for a moment of silent prayer before the Caacupe Virgin and left a white rose on its base.

Youth groups chanted “Pope Francis, Paraguay is with you!” as they waited for the pontiff to arrive, many spending the night in tents or under the stars to secure a good spot. Elderly people periodically kneeled on the cement to pray.

VIENNA — As negotiators at Iran nuclear talks labored to make headway, the country’s supreme leader called Saturday for the struggle against the U.S. to continue, in comments suggesting that Tehran’s distrust of Washington will persist no matter what the outcome of the talks.

The negotiations entered their 15th day Saturday with no indications of major progress after three extensions and four target dates for a deal, and diplomats said it remained unclear whether an agreement could be reached by Monday, the latest deadline.

Iran and the U.S. have threatened to walk away unless the other side makes concessions.

Although it was unclear whether Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was preparing the ground for the failure of the talks, his comments were likely to add to skepticism over the outcome at the negotiating table.

Iran’s state-run Press TV cited Khamenei as calling the U.S. an “excellent example of arrogance.”

It said Khamenei told university students in Tehran to be “prepared to continue the struggle against arrogant powers.”

Even if Khamenei isn’t signaling that the talks have failed, his comments appear to be a blow to U.S. hopes that an agreement will lead to improved bilateral relations that could translate into increased cooperation in a common cause — the fight against Islamic radicals.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had hinted at just that last week, suggesting a deal acceptable to his country will open the door to joint efforts on that front.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani indicated talks could go either way.

“We behaved so skillfully that if talks won’t succeed, the world would accept that Iran is for logic and dialogue and never left the negotiating table ... and if we succeed by the grace of God, the world will know that the Iranian nation can resolve its problems through logic,” his website quoted him as saying.

Zarif and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met again Saturday, this time with European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini present.

Of the chief diplomats of the six countries negotiating with Iran, British Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond and Foreign Ministers Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany and Laurent Fabius of France also are already in Vienna.

Kerry spoke by telephone to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

The Chinese and Russian foreign ministers have said they will come to Vienna if a deal appears close.

On Friday, Kerry suggested that some progress had been made, telling reporters that the “atmosphere is very constructive,” but stressing that “very difficult issues” remained to be resolved.

Since the start of the current round 15 days ago, he has said twice that the negotiations couldn’t be open-ended and warned that the U.S. was prepared to call an end to the talks.

Any deal is meant to clamp long-term and verifiable restrictions on Iranian nuclear programs that are technically adaptable to make weapons in exchange for sanctions relief for Tehran.

The scope of access to U.N. inspectors monitoring Iran’s nuclear program remains a sticking point.

The Americans want no restrictions. Iranian officials say unrestricted monitoring could be a cover for Western spying. Diplomats say Iran’s negotiators have signaled a willingness to compromise, but hardliners in Iran remain opposed to broad U.N. inspections.

Another unresolved matter is Iran’s demand for a U.N. arms embargo to be lifted as part of sanctions relief, a stance supported by Russia and China but opposed by the U.S. and some Europeans.

The current round was supposed to conclude on June 30, but was extended until July 7, then July 10 and now July 13. The sides had hoped to seal a deal before the end of Thursday in Washington to avoid delays in implementing their promises.

By missing that target, the U.S. and Iran now have to wait for a 60-day congressional review period during which President Barack Obama can’t waive sanctions on Iran.

Had they reached a deal by Thursday, the review would have been only 30 days.

Iran is unlikely to begin a substantial rollback of its nuclear program until it gets sanctions relief in return.

Associated Press writer Ali Akbar Dareini contributed to this report.

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By DON THOMPSON Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; California uses a controversial method to recover contraband from inmates believed to have swallowed it or concealed it in body cavities: â&#x20AC;&#x153;potty watchesâ&#x20AC;? where inmates are handcuffed and shackled for days or even weeks while guards watch around-the-clock until nature takes its course.

Prison officials say the watches are necessary to recover weapons, cellphones and notes passed among inmates to coordinate illegal gang activities. Some recovered items seem truly bizarre: a can opener, hearing aids, and an entire electric tattoo kit.

The watches have been used 1,200 times in the last 2½ years, yet state reports show that they produced results less than 41 percent of the time. Other large states have far less restrictive ways of searching for contraband. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was the worst two weeks of my life,â&#x20AC;? recalled Raymond Kidd, who was on contraband watch at Folsom State Prison for 13 days 2011 that found nothing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had to be duct-taped and gift-wrapped and shackled, 24-7, even while I slept.â&#x20AC;?

The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inspector general reported procedural problems this spring in nearly half of the contraband watch cases his office reviewed.

Suspected smugglers are strip-searched, then placed in an isolation cell in which the toilet has been covered and the water turned off.

Their clothing is taped shut at the waist and legs to prevent them from physically reaching body cavities, their hands are cuffed to a chain around their waist and their legs may be shackled. If they fight back, they can be strapped down by the arms and legs. What are known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;hand isolation devicesâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; similar to oven mitts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; can be used with a wardenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approval.

There they stay for at least 72 hours or until they complete at least three closely watched bowel movements and a guard searches through the results. Something is recovered from about four out of 10 inmates. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fairly low percentage and people who arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t guilty are being put through torture,â&#x20AC;? said Laura Magnani, an American Friends Service Committee program director who sits on a committee that mediates between the prison system and inmates. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I mean, people are shocked when they hear of this.â&#x20AC;?

Inmates are restrained to keep them from re-swallowing items and it is the inmates who can prolong the process by refusing to eat, department spokesman Jeffrey Callison said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We still have to have some way to determine if inmates have something in their bodies or they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t,â&#x20AC;? Corrections Secretary Jeffrey Beard said in an interview. He said the department has reduced

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(AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contraband watch program most commonly finds drugs, but inmates have swallowed or concealed in body cavities plenty of other dangerous or odd implements, according to reports by the prison systemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inspector general.

Among some of the longest and strangest cases: â&#x20AC;˘ An inmate swallowed a pen with razor blades attached to both ends, as confirmed by an X-ray. He had a history of swallowing dangerous objects, resulting in nearly 40 surgeries. That left him with such severe scar tissue that doctors said they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t operate to remove the double-edged pen, which couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t move through his gastrointestinal system. â&#x20AC;˘ After more than 15 days on contraband watch, an inmate pro-

duced two rolled-up notes written by inmates, a bundle of string, a tattoo motor, a tattoo shaft, a bottle of ink, and a sixinch plastic inmate-made knife with a metal tip. â&#x20AC;˘ After nearly 15 days, an inmate passed five razor blades, a dismantled set of nail clippers, pen fillers, and a sewing needle. â&#x20AC;˘ After nearly 12 days on contraband watch, prison officials recovered two drug packages from an inmate, one containing two ounces of methamphetamine, heroin, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;China Whiteâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; synthetic heroin or heroin laced with the powerful painkiller fentanyl. The second contained an ounce of methamphetamine and marijuana. â&#x20AC;˘ After six days, prison officials recovered razor blades, hearing aids, finger nail clippers and a can opener from an inmate.

RAYMOND KIDD, a former state prison inmate who was placed on contraband watch, posed at his home in San Francisco in May with a journal he kept while in prison. the number of watches in recent years and is exploring scanning technology that could one day replace them.

Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current practice goes well beyond those of other states.

Texas, with the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest state prison system, and Florida, which closely trails Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inmate population, along with Michigan, keep inmates who are suspected of swallowing contraband isolated for no more than 48 hours in a cell with the water turned off. Illinois and Georgia wait until inmates have one bowel movement, while New York waits for two.

Ohio inmates can be kept in the cell up to seven days.

The states would not disclose how often contraband is found.

California is the only state to chain inmates while they are in isolation cells, and its watches can last two weeks and longer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one stretched 52 days in 2013 before the inmate was transferred to a psychiatric hospital.

Kidd said his girlfriend was chewing gum when he kissed her in the visiting room; guards watching on a video screen suspected she had passed him a balloon full of drugs that he swallowed during the kiss.

Eating with both hands chained to his waist â&#x20AC;&#x153;was a circus act. It was a game of maneuvering the best you could to get your hands to your mouth,â&#x20AC;? he recalled. In the end, guards found nothing.

The watches were upheld by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last year in a decision authored by Appellate Judge Jay Bybee. Critics note that Bybee previously was a high-ranking U.S. Justice Department lawyer who helped write memos authorizing CIA interrogators to use waterboarding and other harsh tactics on terrorism suspects.

One judge dissented in part, saying restraints and brightly-lit cells could cause unconstitutional sleep deprivation.

State rules now call for providing a mattress and blanket and dimming the lights at night, if guards can still see the inmate. Guards are sup-

posed to avoid applying duct tape directly to an inmateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s skin and are to periodically free hands and legs, one at a time, for five minutes of exercise.

The changes are a positive step, said Caleb Mason, the

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Success of IS bolstered by groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elite shock troops

By HAMZA HENDAWI, QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press

BAGHDAD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; They are the Islamic State groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elite shock troops. Fanatical and disciplined, they infiltrate cities of Iraq and Syria, unleash mayhem and fight to the death, wearing explosives belts to blow themselves up among their opponents if they face defeat.

IS calls them â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inghemasiyoun,â&#x20AC;? Arabic for â&#x20AC;&#x153;those who immerse themselves,â&#x20AC;? a sort of special forces unit parallel to its regular forces that is credited with many of the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stunning battlefield successes. A recent online video from the group showed a unit preparing to launch an eventually successful attack on the central Syrian town of al-Sukhna. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Victory or martyrdom,â&#x20AC;? the fighters, wearing blue bandanas, scream in a circle around their commander, pledging their allegiance to God and vowing never to retreat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They cause chaos and then their main ground offensive begins,â&#x20AC;? said Redur Khalil, spokesman for the U.S.-backed Kurdish Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Protection Units, which have led a string of military successes against the IS in Syria.

Though best known for its horrific brutalities, the Islamic State group has proved to be a highly organized and flexible fighting force, according to senior Iraqi military and intelligence officials and Syrian Kurdish commanders on the front lines.

Its tactics are often creative, whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s using a sandstorm as cover for an assault or a lone sniper tying himself to the top of a palm tree to pick off troops below.

Its forces switch between conventional and guerrilla warfare, using the latter to wear down their opponents before massed fighters backed by armored vehicles, Humvees and sometimes even artillery move to take over territory. The fighters incorporate suicide bombings as a battlefield tactic to break through lines and demoralize enemies, and they hone them to make them more effective. Recently, they beefed up armor of the vehicles used in those attacks to prevent gunfire from killing the driv-

er or detonating explosives.

Those strategies are being carried into new fronts as well, appearing in Egypt in last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dramatic attack by an IS-linked militant group against the military in the Sinai Peninsula.

Andreas Krieg, a professor at Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College London who embedded with Iraqi Kurdish fighters, said IS local commanders receive overall orders on strategy but are given freedom to operate as they see fit to achieve them.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a sharp contrast to the rigid hierarchies of the Iraqi and Syrian militaries, where officers often fear acting without direct approval.

IS fighters are highly disciplined â&#x20AC;&#x201D; swift execution is the punishment for deserting battle or falling asleep on guard duty, Iraqi officers said. The group also is flush with weaponry looted from Iraqi forces.

IS stands out in its ability to conduct multiple battles si-

multaneously, Iraqi army Lt. Gen. Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the Iraqi army, we can only run one big battle at a time,â&#x20AC;? said al-Saadi, who was wounded twice in the past year as he led forces that retook the key cities of Beiji and Tikrit.

Even the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s atrocities are in part a tactic to terrorize its enemies. It beheads captured soldiers, releasing videos of the killings online.

Stepping up the shock value, recent videos showed caged captives being lowered into a pool to drown and the heads blown off other captives with explosive wire around their necks.

The number of IS fighters in Iraq and Syria is estimated between 30,000 to 60,000, according to the Iraqi officers.

Former army officers of ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein have helped the group organize its fighters.

Veteran jihadis with combat

experience in Afghanistan, Chechnya or Somalia have brought valuable experience.

Foreigners who join IS often end up as suicide bombers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People go to the Islamic State looking to die, and the Islamic State is happy to help them,â&#x20AC;? said Patrick Skinner, a former CIA officer now with The Soufan Group, a private geopolitical risk assessment company.

The groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tactics carried it to a sweep of northern and western Iraq a year ago, capturing Mosul, Iraqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s secondbiggest city. Shortly thereafter, IS leader Abu Bakr alBaghdadi declared a â&#x20AC;&#x153;caliphateâ&#x20AC;? spanning its territory in Iraq and Syria.

In May, it captured Ramadi, capital of Iraqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vast western Anbar province. In Syria, it seized the central city of Palmyra.

The elite shock troops were crucial in capturing Ramadi.

First came a wave of more

than a dozen suicide bombings that hammered the militaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s positions, then the fighters moved in during a sandstorm. Iraqi troops crumbled and fled as a larger IS force marched in.

Since US-led airstrikes in Iraq and Syria have hampered the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s movements, IS has lost ground.

Iraqi troops and Shiite militiamen retook some cities, like Saddamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hometown of Tikrit. In Syria, Kurdish fighters backed by heavy U.S. airstrikes recaptured the border town of Kobani after weeks of devastating battles.

More recently, IS lost Tal Abyad, another Syrian border town.

Despite that loss, IS shock troops attacked Kobani again last month. Around 70 fighters battled a much larger

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They were all slain, but not before killing more than 230 civilians, including roughly 100 children, and more than 30 Kurdish fighters. Around the same time, they also attacked Tal Abyad, where they battled for days until they were killed, and the northeast Syrian city of Hassakeh, where they continue to hold out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t planning to leave alive,â&#x20AC;? Kurdish commander Ghalia Nehme said of the IS fighters in Kobani. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It seems they were longing for heaven.â&#x20AC;?

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cases brought by companies.

Lawyers say criminal cases, which carry the possibility of jail time, are a more effective deterrent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A person is more likely to be struck by lightning than imprisoned for counterfeiting,â&#x20AC;? said Geoffrey Potter, an intellectual property lawyer at New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler.

Justice Department spokesman Peter Carr said the government has done â&#x20AC;&#x153;a number of significant prosecutions.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Large-scale commercial counterfeiting is one of the top enforcement priorities of the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Intellectual Property Task Force,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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SHANGHAI â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Chinese woman has a history of selling counterfeit luxury goods.

She has been sued in the U.S. by eight luxury brands. She owes Chanel Inc. $6.9 million for selling products online under its name.

None of it has stopped Xu Ting, a 45-year-old immigrant, from achieving a comfortable suburban life in San Diego with her husband and their 3-year-old son. Last year, she became a legal resident.

China is not the only country with a counterfeiting problem. Most fakes are made in China, but they are sold in America, where counterfeiting is rarely prosecuted as a crime. Lack of cooperation with China makes it easy for counterfeiters to move their money beyond reach â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and hard to root out counterfeiting kingpins. As long as counterfeiters can stay out of jail and hold on to their profits â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and consumers continue to buy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the trade in fakes will thrive. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a million ways to game the system,â&#x20AC;? said Dan Plane, an intellectual property lawyer in Hong Kong. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Probably the only thing thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to stop her is when she passes away â&#x20AC;&#x201D; probably on an island resort somewhere â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or if she gets arrested.â&#x20AC;?

So far, Xu Ting has simply refused to show up in court.

She has worked toward a graduate degree at San Diego State University, helped her family accumulate at least $890,000 in bank accounts in China, and bought a $585,000 house with her husband, public records and court cases show. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The essential point for Chanel is really shutting down the counterfeiting operations which we did successfully,â&#x20AC;? Chanel spokeswoman Kathrin Schurrer wrote in an email. Schurrer added that the legal process is ongoing and declined further comment, but did note that â&#x20AC;&#x153;California has a law prohibiting the civil seizure of a home if it is a primary residence.â&#x20AC;?

In 2009, a Florida judge ruled against Xu Ting and shut down seven websites selling fake Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs and Celine.

In 2010, Gucci and other brands in Franceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kering group filed a lawsuit in New York federal court against Xu Ting, her future husband, and eight others who allegedly sold more than $2 million worth of fake handbags and wallets online to U.S. customers.

Xu Tingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s husband, Xu Lijun, has settled. A licensed civil engineer in California, he denied wrongdoing but agreed to let Gucci keep $400,000 in seized counterfeiting proceeds and pay a $7,500 fine.

His lawyer, Eric Siegle, said he was â&#x20AC;&#x153;a small-time nobody.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The people they are arresting or suing here in the United States are low-level people,â&#x20AC;? Siegle said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you can find where the money is going, you can get to the heart of the problem.â&#x20AC;?

But Gucci couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find where the money went once it landed in China because

goods seized in the U.S., and apparel and accessories are the largest category of merchandise.

Luxury goods are typically made in Guangzhou and sent by container or courier like FedEx to the U.S. They may be sold in stores or flea markets but are usually hawked online. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Unfortunately, once you shut one (website) down, they have 10 more ready to open up in a different name,â&#x20AC;? said Bruce Foucart, director of the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center, a multiagency group led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Foucart didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know about Xu Ting.

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CHINESE STAFF from a shopping mall walked past a flagship store of French luxury brand Louis Vuitton earlier this year in Beijing.

Chinese banks refused to disclose account details. â&#x20AC;&#x153;BOC cannot comply with such orders without violating Chinese law,â&#x20AC;? the Bank of China said in an email.

The case is ongoing. Kering spokeswoman Charlotte Judet said Gucci would â&#x20AC;&#x153;vigorously enforce any judgmentâ&#x20AC;? it obtained.

Xu Ting declined multiple requests for comment.

A slight man in wirerimmed glasses answered the door in San Diegoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rancho Penasquitos area and identified himself as Xu Lijun but declined comment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After your colleagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visit, we communicated and she

still did not want to do the interview,â&#x20AC;? the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawyer in Beijing, Chen Peng, said.

In February 2014, Xu Ting got a green card, thanks to her husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advanced degree or â&#x20AC;&#x153;extraordinary ability,â&#x20AC;? according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke anonymously because immigration records are not public.

Immigration authorities also have the Rancho Penasquitos address on record as her residence, the person said.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services spokesman Christopher Bentley declined comment, citing pri-

vacy concerns.

Dan Kowalski, an immigration attorney and editor of Benderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Immigration Bulletin, said immigration officials may not have known about Xu Tingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legal problems but more likely didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t consider them a disqualification. Grounds for denying a green card range from committing a serious crime to having communicable disease but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing about civil liabilities. A vaguer requirement of â&#x20AC;&#x153;good moral characterâ&#x20AC;? is more commonly applied for citizenship, not legal residence.

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FACTORY WORKER Primarily working in a ceramic disc process with use of a scale, and other measuring equipment.

Some lifting 50 - 75 pounds. Hydraulic press operation and other manufacturing equipment operation. The ideal candidate should have some mechanical aptitude, good with numbers. Ability to drive a forklift would be an asset. Hours are 7 A.M. to 3: 30 P.M. Complete application on site or drop resume off: CKE 1000 Lucerne Rd Lucernemines, PA 15754 FOSTER families wanted who will open their hearts and homes to foster children of all ages. Compensation, support and in home training provided.

Call FCCY 800-747-3807.

EOE INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE Instructional aide to assist in the Machining and Auto Technology Programs at the Indiana County Technology Center. Associate Degree preferred and / or some experience or knowledge in teaching and working with youth is desired.

This is a 10 month position which includes single health care benefits.

Send a letter of application and resume to the Board Secretary, ICTC, 441 Hamill Road, Indiana, PA. ACT 34, 151, and 114 clearances are required.

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IRMC Physician Group (IPG), a subsidiary of Indiana Regional Medical Center, has a goal to support the mission and values of IRMC by providing high quality, cost effective services and to work collaboratively with the healthcare providers within our local and surrounding communities.

Due to expansion and growth, we are currently accepting applications for the following position: y Full Time LPN or Medical Assistant (physician office exp preferred) y Full Time Billing Clerk y Full Time Account Receivable Representative y Full Time Certified Coder We offer a positive workplace environment with opportunities for recognition and involvement, competitive compensation and excellent benefits.

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United School District is currently accepting applications for the above anticipated vacancies.

Jr./Sr. High Music Instructor: Applicant must have a valid PA Music certificate. Dual certification is preferred.

Knowledge of Vocal and Instrumental and assessment practices is essential. Physics Instructor: Applicant must have a valid PA Physics certificate. Dual certification is preferred.

Knowledge of effective instructional and assessment practices is essential. Please submit a letter of interest, resume, PA Standard application, PA Certificate, transcripts/praxis, Act 24, Act 34, Act 114, Act 151, clearances, Act 126 Mandated Child Reporting Training Certificate, Act 168 Forms and three letters of reference. All applicants must also have a current TB test (within the last three months). Only complete application packages will be accepted. Please submit application package by deadline date of July 27, 2015 to: Patricia Berezansky, Substitute Superintendent United School District 10780 Rte 56 Hwy. East Armagh, PA 15920 814-446-5615 Ext. 3301 E-mail: pberezansky@ unitedsd.net EOE

ARMSTRONG COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY is seeking candidates for full-time and parttime positions: One full-time Case Manager ($18,735 annually) and one full-time Clerical/Eligibility Specialist $17,744 annually) with generous fringe benefit package after 60 days.

Also, accepting applications for part-time Case Managers for several of our agency’s programs at $10.29 an hour for 17.5-28 hours a week.

Applications are available in Room 12 at 705 Butler Road, Kittanning, PA. Please submit resume with application. Deadline is 3 p.m. on July 20, 2015.

EOE PART TIME POSITION  SECRETARIAL Office position located in downtown Indiana, PA, 25 hrs./wk., at $9.74 hr., available for child care agency.

Must possess excellent computer skills, be able to work effectively with the public. Applicant must be able to read and comprehend state regulations and explain those to the general public. Well organized and able to manage several tasks at one time. Some training in child development helpful. EOE Applications can be obtained at CCIS of Indiana/ Armstrong, 155 N. Clymer Ave., Indiana, PA 15701, or Armstrong County Community Action Agency, Room 12, 705 Butler Road, Kittanning, PA 16201.

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ESL, Inc., an established leader in the environmental laboratory testing industry, is seeking qualified applicants to join our team of professionals. We are currently accepting applications for a full-time Laboratory Analyst, 8am-5pm, based out of our Indiana, PA headquarters location. BS/ BA in Chemistry/Biology/Science related field or equivalent laboratory training & experience and/ or previous work experience preferred but not required. Candidates must be able to pay close attention to detail, multi-task and be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, including meeting quick turnaround times under pressure.

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The Marion Center Area School District is accepting applications for two (2) Elementary AmeriCorps and (1) Secondary Americorps Position. Applications are being accepted at PA-Educator.net.

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2 Glass top tables, (1) 26” 20.5 “h , w/ metal bases.

(1) 38” r, 15”h with metal base and wheels , all in good cond. $40/all. Call (724) 459-8917 BATHROOM wall cabinet with mirror, 5’ 4.5”w x 74”h x 6”d. $20 Call (724) 349-2171 DINING ROOM TABLE: round with 4 chairs & 1 leaf, good condition. $150.00 (724) 254-9577 DYSON sweeper with attachments. $120. (724) 471-2726

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The Student Cooperative Association invites applications for a full-time Custodian. This position has an excellent benefits package. With a 4 day work week, normal schedule is Tuesday thru Friday 6am-4pm. Please submit resume including names, addresses and telephone numbers of three references to: Student Cooperative Association C/O Custodian 319 Pratt Drive Indiana, PA 15701.

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Call (804) 694-6962 QUEEN sized water bed, includes frame, bladder and liner, no leaks, good condition, asking $50.00, Call (724) 479-3436

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RECLINER: brown in color, like new, $200.00 Call (412) 554-0517

SENTRY safe box: 14x10x12, $20. Call (724) 541-2941 between 9am-5pm STACKABLE wood storage cabinets w/sliding doors. great for storage etc, 60”long , 30”wide, 22”wide, $10 each obo.

Call (724) 464-3216 VINTAGE Bedroom set, blonde, includes headbood/sliding doors for bookcase, footboard,and a desk & chair,and glass door display case all in nice condition. $100 (724) 801-8265

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GAS Range 30” Frigidaire, Good condition, with electronic ignition. $100.

(814) 743-5323 WILLIAMS Appliance, 30 years. Selling quality new & used. (724) 397-2761.

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OLD 78’s large record collection. $50. Call (724) 422-1398

ESTATE AUCTION WED., JULY 15 @ 3:30 PM 239 School St., INDIANA, PA

(Between 2nd & 3rd Streets) Household Contents - Furniture - Many Tools Vintage Items - Jacuzzi Spa (like new) Photos & List @ auctionzip.com (ID #1496) Seller: Eva Meredith (Mrs. Robert) Shank Estate Executor: Dennis W. Shank Terms: Cash or check with photo ID. No out-of-state checks.

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BAG of xl & xxl womens clothes $10. Call (724) 254-0325

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WEIDER Pro-Series weight bench, like new, leg lock downs, multi position bench. $40.00, Call (724) 349-1289

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BRASS Fireplace tool set with stand, needs cleaned. $10.

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BX of old records in sleeves, includes western & other types music. $20/bx. (724) 459-8861 CRAFTSMAN Router, includes 23 pc bit set plus other accesories. $115 Call (724) 859-5765 LATHE, Good condition like new, asking $500 Call (724) 463-8446 New floor tiles, 3 boxes, 12 x 12, beige/grey also includes 1and 1/2 bags of grey grout and 1/2 bag of mortar. asking $150 (724) 463-9205 NINTENDO WII gaming system includes 2 controllers and wii fit, excellent condition,asking $50.

Call (724) 463-2050 NOTEBOOK PC, Gateway MX7118 laptop, new in open box. Windows 10 ready. 15.4” display. Paid $1166 at Best Buy. Sell $175 OBO. Call (724) 459-9418, Blairsville.

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BUYING Junk cars. Call us McCarthy Auto. (724) 349-2622 STANDING Timber & Clear Cuts. Cash Paid Up Front. (814) 541-5071 TANNING BED: Want a 16 bulb bed or canopy.

(724) 549-7233 VEHICLE needed, good running condition, prefer car to be donated. (724) 349-1238

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ROYAL NAILS Professional UV gel nail dryer, 2 handed, 54 watts, with 7 bottles of OPI, used 5 times. $35 obo. Call (724) 463-7048

Entex Pool 12 foot x 36 inch, complete w/filter, filter only used 1 year, $30.

Call (724) 388-4806

Wicker Baskets, 80 +, various sizes, small, med, & large. $45 for all. Call (724) 465-7851

Pools: 19’ x 31’ above ground, $899 installed FREE- site prep extra.

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ALTERNATOR for a 98 Jeep Cherokee. $40. Call (724) 397-2993

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1998 TOYOTA Sienna, extra clean, 1 owner, 7 pass, $3,300. Call (724) 388-1374 2004 Super Charged Monte Carlo SS. $8,500 obo. Call (724) 388-9128 2006 Saleen Mustang, excellent condition, 600hp, 31,000 miles, forged internal ports and polished heads, saleen air/water cold super charger, and much more. $35,989 (724) 549-1806

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COLEMAN Canoe, 15 ft, flat stern, 2 saftey vests, 2 oars, anchor, electric trolling motor, good condition. $200 (724) 599-6997

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LONDON — When Roger Federer faces Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final for the second consecutive year today, they’ll be resuming a rivalry that has been about as even as possible.

This is their 40th head-to-head meeting; Federer leads 20-19.

It’s the 10th since the start of last season; Djokovic leads 5-4.

It’s the 13th at a Grand Slam tournament; they’re tied 6-all.

It’s the third in a major final; they’re tied 1-all.

It’s the third on grass; they’re tied 1-all.

“He’s become very match tough. He always shows up. It’s tough to beat him. You know, he’s been very injury-free. He’s been good for the game,” Federer said about Djokovic, who beat him in five sets in the 2014 final at the All England Club. “For me, I don’t really think about the match we played against each other last year. ... I’m just happy, personally for myself, to be back in the finals. Whoever that’s going to be against, it’s always a big occasion. That it’s Novak, the world No. 1, it obviously adds something extra.”

In the Open era of professional tennis, which dates to 1968, only one tour-level matchup has occurred more often:

Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have played 42 times. Djokovic, who defeated Nadal in 2011 to win his first Wimbledon title, called his second a year ago “even more special,” because he had to get past Federer.

“We all know how good he is,” Djokovic said. “He’s the greatest ever.”

Top the No. 2-seeded Federer again, and No. 1-seeded Djokovic — who said a stiff left shoulder won’t be a problem today — would raise his major title count to nine, one more than Andre Agassi, Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, Fred Perry or Ken Rosewall.

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MLB: Pirates 6, Cardinals 5

GOLF

Spieth surges to lead

Mighty McCutchen

By LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer

SILVIS, Ill. — Jordan Spieth’s tee shot on the par-5 17th hole landed in the trees.

Spieth’s second shot landed in the fairway.

His third one landed in the hole.

Spieth’s decision to spurn Scotland for the John Deere Classic looks more prescient with each passing round.

Spieth, bolstered by a 106-yard eagle on No. 17, shot a careerbest 10-under 61 in the third round Saturday to grab a twoshot lead.

“With some good breaks and really good putting, a round like (Saturday) comes together,” said Spieth, who will go for his third straight major title next week at the British Open.

Spieth was at 17-under 196 after the best round of the tournament since Steve Stricker shot a 60 five years ago. Danny Lee is second after shooting a 62, followed by Shawn Stefani, Justin Thomas and Johnson Wagner at 14 under.

The round was suspended for close to three hours because of two weather-related delays.

The rain made the course even softer than usual, setting the stage for the low scores.

No one took advantage of the favorable conditions more than Spieth, who has done his best to answer the critics who felt he would be better off prepping for the Open Championship in Scotland compared to Illinois.

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JORDAN SPIETH shot a 61 on Saturday to take a two-shot lead.

KEITH SRAKOCIC/Associated Press

ANDREW McCUTCHEN scored from second on a hit by Jung Ho Kang as the ball got away from Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina during the eighth inning of Saturday’s game in Pittsburgh. McCutchen hit the game-winning home run in the bottom of the 14th inning.

Bucs drop Cards in 14th on home run

By The Associated Press

PITTSBURGH — Andrew McCutchen’s two-run home run in the 14th inning capped Pittsburgh’s third rally of the night and helped the Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 on Saturday night.

McCutchen’s homer to center off of Nick Greenwood (0-1) immediately followed Neil Walker’s leadoff single and extended his hitting streak to a career-high 18 games. It was his 12th home run of the season.

Jhonny Peralta’s single off Vance Worley (3-4) in the top of the inning drove in Matt Carpenter.

Pittsburgh scored twice in the eighth to tie the game after falling behind 3-0, and Chris Stewart singled in Jung Ho Kang in the 10th after Mark Reynolds’

second homer of the game had given St. Louis another lead in the top of the inning.

Kang and Pedro Alvarez had RBI singles in the eighth for the Pirates, who have won seven of eight and 10 of 12. Pittsburgh, which has the NL’s second-best record, lost the first three games of the season series with the Cardinals in extra innings in May. Both of Reynolds’ homers came with no one on base and were pulled down the left-field line. The first of which — in the second inning — ultimately resulted in ejections of Pirates catcher Francisco Cervelli and manager Clint Hurdle, who were upset when home plate umpire Vic Carapazza ruled a foul tip on an 0-2 pitch immediately preceding the homer.

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KEITH SRAKOCIC/Associated Press

PIRATES CATCHER Francisco Cervelli argued with umpire Larry Vanover after being ejected from Saturday’s game.

NASCAR: Sprint Cup

Busch outduels Logano down the stretch for victory

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer

TIMOTHY D. EASLEY/Associated Press

KYLE BUSCH did a burnout at the finish line after his win at Kentucky Speedway on Saturday night.

SPARTA, Ky. — Kyle Busch outdueled Joey Logano late to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Saturday night at Kentucky Speedway.

Though Busch dominated the 400mile race by leading 163 of 267 laps after starting ninth for his second victory here in five starts, he had to outlast Logano during one late segment in which they traded leads for several laps.

Busch’s No. 18 Toyota finally got the upper hand on Logano’s No. 22 Ford on lap 249 and he went on to his second victory in a month after missing the first 11 races with leg and foot injuries sus-

tained at Daytona.

Busch’s teammates Denny Hamlin, Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth were next as Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas dominated the top five.

Busch, who won last month’s road race in Sonoma, California, in his fifth start back, won the inaugural 2011 race at Kentucky from the pole.

Defending race champion Brad Keselowski, whose No. 2 Ford was the strongest car at many points in the race, led 62 laps after starting second. But he couldn’t overcome pit road issues and finished sixth.

However, Keselowski was part of a furious charge featuring several drivers, an exciting outcome that NASCAR

hoped for as it rolled out a new rules package for the bumpy 1.5-mile oval.

Specifications that reduced downforce with hopes of increasing passing worked to some extent, producing 13 lead changes among eight drivers.

Those changes also produced a trackrecord 11 cautions for 49 laps as cars battled handling issues.

To be fair, intermittent showers this week washed out both attempts for teams to test new rules designed to reduce downforce by about 1,000 pounds and improve passing on a track that yielded just 12 lead changes among Busch, Logano and Keselowski last summer.

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win, lose & DREW

by Drew Litton

TRIVIA TIME...

TOP

Who is the only player to win the Home Run Derby as a rookie? See answer below.

THEY GOT THAT WRITE ...

Serena Williams

Can she look any more unbeatable?

Williams completed the Serena Slam on Saturday and now holds all four major titles at the same time.

Jason Pierre-Paul and C.J. Wilson

Both NFL players reportedly lost a finger this week as a result of fireworks accidents during the July Fourth holiday.

Keith Butler and the Steelers’ defense It was time for a change on defense for the Steelers.

Pittsburgh has been a far cry from the defenses that were once nicknamed The Steel Curtain. Pittsburgh had a soft secondary last season, ranking 27th in the NFL in passing defense. This was largely because of (Troy) Polamalu and (Ike) Taylor’s sharp declines in performance due their aging and underwhelming young players who seemed to be lost on the field at times against opponents. ...

Butler’s biggest project this off-season will be fixing Pittsburgh’s shoddy secondary. The two longtime leaders of the secondary have retired. The question that needs to be answered now is who will step up to replace Taylor and Polamalu?

Timothy Daye, isportsweb.com

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ALL THUMBS

THIS

Luke Adelman is on to something.

Luke, who lives in Upper St. Clair, is the commissioner of the SDHL, that’s the Sidney Deck Hockey League. He’s 13.

Sidney stands either for his dog or the person his dog may or may not have been named after, Sidney Crosby. Luke can’t remember. I’ve encouraged him to change the name of the league to the No Parents Hockey League and he assures me that he’s taken it under advisement.

I have been on a personal crusade to un-organize kids’ sports for more than 30 years and have used every possible medium to promote the cause. Luke proved once and for all that it can be done.

It has reached the point where a kid can’t throw a ball up in the air without several adults there to supervise it and his parents and grandparents feeling obligated to watch it.

Three years ago, when he JOHN was in the fourth grade, Luke STEIGERWALD organized two deck hockey teams to play each other on the playground basketball court near his house.

Now there are six teams.

The township turned the court into a rink by putting up dasher boards.

The first SDHL Draft was held earlier this week. Ten rounds. Six kid general managers, two of whom showed up in coats and ties, John made their selections for the Steigerwald is 2015 season. Players found a former out which team they were on Pittsburgh via Instagram. sports reporter.

The rosters are set, the His column 2015 schedule has been appears each made, the first round of weekend. games have been played and there has not been one minute of parental input.

There are no referees.

No snacks.

No snack moms.

No insurance.

No paramedics.

No (gasp) helmets.

There have been fights and somehow they were broken up without an adult stepping in, and everybody survived.

Players are traded all the time. One brother has been known to be traded by another. The kid gets the message by text or Instagram.

Highlights are shown on Instagram and stats are kept by the commissioner.

I’ve advised the commissioner to put a banner on the league Insagram page (@SDHLleague) that says, “We Respectfully Request That Parents Do Not Attend Our Games.”

I’ve also suggested a rule that would require a kid to immediately come out of the game if one of his parents showed up to watch. I know this is actually an attempt at adult supervision on my part, but I have the interests of the league at heart.

Imagine kids playing a sport without somebody’s mother whining about playing time. No parents embarrassing their kids by yelling at the refs.

Last season a mom — possibly a general in the Army to Feminize American Boys — came to the rink with her young son. She told the boys who were playing that her son would like to play. The kids tried to explain to her that they had a league and that her son was too young and would ruin their game.

She, of course, didn’t want to hear it and reminded the kids that they were playing in a public park and her son had a right to play in their game. The SDHLers, to their credit, let him play for a couple minutes and walked off.

Mrs. Busybody requested that they text her with the schedule for future games and they wisely ignored her.

There was also a case of a father trying to talk the kids into making sure everybody got equal playing time, but, according to the commissioner, he was ignored.

You play when the captain says you can play, and how much you play is determined by how good you are. What kind of lesson is that to send to the kiddies?

I’m afraid it’s only a matter of time before the adults try to “help” out the poor, misguided renegades of the SDHL and ruin everything, but here’s hoping they hold out as long as they can. And here’s hoping Luke Adelman realizes his dream of becoming an NHL general manager.

He’s off to a good start.

• Ken Stabler, who died Wednesday, is not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He should be.

Forget the stats. Tom Brady does nothing better than Stabler did as a quarterback for the Raiders, Oilers and Saints in the 1970s.

Ask any Steeler from that era.

Pat Hanlon, the New York Giants’ media relations director, said it best in a tweet: “If you didn’t love the Snake, you didn’t love football. Didn’t have to be a Raiders fan to appreciate him.”

• Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game is a major bore. Too many players. Too much familiarity because of interleague play. And it’s obvious the players don’t care as much about the outcome as they used to.

Look at the box scores from the games in the ’60s and ’70s. Players like Willie Mays, Henry Aaron and Roberto Clemente would bat three or four times. The teams were in it to win it, and the best players often played the entire game.

• The NFL Network revealed its Top 10 players for 2015 season earlier this week.

Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown was No. 8. I think he was the best player in the league last season.

The Indiana Gazette

Three most disappointing players of the first half

STRANGE BUT TRUE ...

Roger Federer is 10-0 in Wimbledon semifinal matches.

His 10 final appearances are two more than any other player.

Answer: Wally Joyner, in 1986 as a member of the California Angels.

These kids are all right

Extra Points

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Starlin Castro Cubs

TODAY IN THE GAZETTE ARCHIVES

Imagine how good the Cubs would be if Castro was living up to his expectations this season.

1979: Last-place Indiana Legion shocked first-place United with a 15-2 beating in an Indiana County Junior Legion baseball game. Frank Zbignewich hit a solo home run in the fourth inning and scored five times to lead Indiana. He also scattered six hits and struck out three.

SOUNDING OFF The Gazette’s sports staff discusses the hot topics If the hacking allegations against the Cardinals turn out to be true, what should the franchise’s punishment be from Major League Baseball?

Joe Baccamazzi: On one hand, the organization broke the oldest “cardinal rules” of professional sports: don’t cheat and don’t spy. On the other, it seemingly did it so easily – and without any genuinely sensible purpose – that the situation becomes almost laughable, even absurd. The Cardinals didn’t employ a sophisticated syndicate of computer hackers; they already had the password.

Still, this particular form of cheating transcends onfield deception and performance enhancement, and it warrants a harsh response. Ideally, MLB will drop the hammer on St. Louis, possibly taking away something of much greater significance than a few dollars and/or draft picks, and won’t rely on a domestic intelligence agency to set a precedent.

Unfortunately, a post-season ban would punish the players and coaches who had nothing to do with this alleged blunder and doesn’t appear at all likely.

Tony Coccagna: It’s pretty hard to cheat in baseball, but it looks like the Cardinals found a way.

They should be fined heavily, at least $25 million, and they should lose their next their next three No. 1 draft picks. It’s funny because baseball’s supposed model franchise apparently followed the same path as the NFL’s supposed model franchise, New England, and cheated when it really didn’t have to.

Throw the book at them.

Dustin Filloy: Even though it won’t affect the Cardinals’ fate in the next two or three seasons, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred must take at least one

No. 1 draft pick from them as a penalty. Because it was front-office executives who were responsible for hacking into the Astros’ database, MLB can’t punish a player or a coach (i.e., Tom Brady in the Deflategate scandal). And because fining and suspending those implicated also won’t effect the Cards’ play in the next few seasons, the only logical step is to dock them a top draft pick. While it certainly won’t hinder the Cards’ progress in the near future, it will prove more effective than trying to levy a fine on wealthy members of their front-office. And even though the punishment still doesn’t fit the crime, at some point down the road the Cards could lose out on a potential homegrown star.

Justin Gerwick: The thing that bothers me the most is the allegation that the Cardinals may have been leaking trades over the past few seasons, one in particular being the Pirates attempt to acquire Bud Norris in 2013. If the hackers were leaking trades, they were messing with the entire league’s dealings, not just the Astros’. I would say to dock draft picks, but that has no immediate effect in baseball and the Cardinals have already proven their ability to find gems in later rounds. So, unfortunately, it seems that a hefty fine and suspensions of those involved are the only options left. It’s not ideal, but it seems the Cards might come away with just a wagging of the finger from Commissioner Rob Manfred for this mishap.

Carly Krouse: Ugh. Another season, another team caught cheating. They need to receive a huge fine and everyone involved should be kicked out of the league.

MLB needs to make an example out of them.

Michael Bourn Indians Bourn isn’t producing the way the Indians need him to. His numbers are a far cry from what they were earlier in his career.

Entering Saturday, he was batting just .225.

Robinson Cano Mariners Cano looks like a player whose career is coming to an end. He is a career .307 hitter, but doesn’t look like it this season.

YOUR SPORTS CALENDAR PROFESSIONAL TENNIS: Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are facing off for the Wimbledon title.

No. 1 vs. No. 2. It should be a good one.

Today, 9 a.m. (ESPN) and 3 p.m. (ABC)

YOUTH LEGION BASEBALL:

INTERNATIONAL SOCCER:

I-Medical travels to Armstrong (3 p.m.) and S.W. Jack plays at Walbeck Insurance (6 p.m.) to kick off the Indiana County Youth Legion semifinals today. The four teams finished the regular season within two games of each other.

The United States takes on Panama in the group stage of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The Americans are the defending champs.

Monday, 9:30 p.m. (FS1)

Sports

The Indiana Gazette

Yang still atop leaderboard at U.S. Women’s Open

By The Associated Press Amy Yang shot a 1-under 69 and maintained a three-shot lead over Stacy Lewis through three rounds of the U.S. Women’s Open in Lancaster.

Paired together in Saturday’s final grouping, Yang answered every time Lewis tried to trim her three-shot deficit.

Yang, who shared the lead after 54 holes last year, opened a four-stroke lead at the 13th before Lewis capitalized on a two-stroke swing at the 14th, closing within two. But Lewis had a three-putt bogey at the 17th en route to a 69, giving Yang a three-stroke advantage heading into the final round. Yang, at 8-under 202, and Lewis, at 5-under 205, will be paired again today.

In Gee Chun, playing in her first U.S. Open, shot a 2-under 68. The 20-year-old South Korean is alone in third place at 4-under 206.

Japan’s Shiho Oyama is fourth at 3 under after a 71.

Defending champion Michelle Wie played through hip and ankle pain, firing a 68. She is in a four-way tie for fifth at 2-under 208, along with two-time winner Inbee Park (70).

PGA EUROPEAN: Unheralded Daniel Brooks overcame a dreadful start, an injured wrist and the toughest conditions of the week to keep his unlikely lead at the Scottish Open after a windy third round in which Rickie Fowler surged up the leaderboard.

The 528th-ranked Brooks, who surprisingly took a three-shot lead after the second round,

LOCAL SCOREBOARD SANDLOT BASEBALL PLAYOFFS

INDIANA COUNTY SENIOR LEGION

Semifinals Best of 3 Friday’s Games Punxsutawney 5, Indiana Legion 2, Punxsutawney leaders series 1-0 Young Township 2, Kovacik Insurance, suspended in eighth inning Saturday’s Games Indiana Legion 8, Punxsutawney 6, series tied 1-1 Kovacik Insurance 3, Young Township 2 Kovacik Insurance 12, Young Township 1 Today’s Game Indiana Legion at Punxsutawney, 6 p.m.

INDIANA COUNTY YOUTH LEGION

Playoffs Semifinals Best of 3 Today’s Games I-Medical at Armstrong, 3 p.m.

S.W. Jack at Walbeck Insurance, 6 p.m.

Monday’s Games Games at 6 p.m.

Armstrong at I-Medical Walbeck Insurance at S.W. Jack Tuesday’s Games Games at 6 p.m. (if necessary) I-Medical at Armstrong S.W. Jack at Walbeck Insurance

INDIANA COUNTY SENIOR LEGION KOVACIK INSURANCE 3, YOUNG TOWNSHIP 2 KOVACIK INSURANCE — 3

Sunday c 6-0-1-1, Ri.Shirley 2b 5-0-00, Ward ss 5-1-0-0, Daugherty p 3-0-0-0, Ramsden 3b 4-0-0-0, Slezak rf 2-0-0-0, Nepa ph 3-1-1-0, Jarvis lf 4-0-0-0, Fetchko cf 5-1-3-0, Ry. Shirley 1b 3-0-1-0, Totals 40-3-6-0.

YOUNG TOWNSHIP — 2

Brad.Neal c 5-1-1-1, Fairman p 4-0-1-0, Johnston ss 5-0-1-0, Percic 3b 4-0-1-0, Coscarelli rf 4-0-0-0, Satler cf 3-0-0-0, Hill 4-0-0-0, Bran.Neal lf 4-1-1-0, Townsend 2b 1-0-0-0, Wingard 2b 3-0-1-0, Totals 35-2-6-0.

Kovacik Ins. 011 000 000 1 — 3 6 2 Young Twp. 000 001 100 0 — 2 6 4 2B — Wingard, Fairman, Percic.

W — Ward 4 K, 0 BB. L — Bran.Neal 2 K, 0 BB.

KOVACIK INSURANCE 12, YOUNG TOWNSHIP 1 YOUNG TOWNSHIP — 1

Brad.Neal c 3-0-0-0, Fairman 2b 2-0-00, Johnston ss 2-0-0-0, Percic 3b 2-0-0-0, Bran.Neal lf 2-0-1-0, Coscarelli rf 2-0-0-0, Ryhn ph 1-0-0-0, Townsend 2b 1-0-0-0, Wingard p 2-0-1-1, Totals 18-1-3-1.

KOVACIK INSURANCE — 12

Sunday 3b 3-2-2-1, Ri.Shirley 2b 1-2-00, Ward ss 4-1-3-4, Daugherty 1b 2-1-0-0, Ramsden c 3-0-0-0, Slezak rf 3-2-2-2, Nepa lf 0-0-0-0, Jarvis dh 3-1-1-0, Fetchko cf 3-1-1-2, Ry.Shirley p 2-2-1-1, Totals 24-12-10-10.

Young Township 001 00 — 1 3 0 Kovacik Insurance 080 04 — 12 10 0 2B — Slezak.

W — Ry.Shirley 1 K, 1 BB. L — Wingard 1 K, 2 BB.

TOURNAMENT CHAMPS

recovered from a double bogey on his first hole to shoot a 1-under 69 for a one-stroke advantage on 12-under 198.

Raphael Jacquelin, a Frenchman ranked No. 335, shot 64 for the lowest round of the day and was alone in second place, ahead of Joost Luiten (66), Tommy Fleetwood (67) and Fowler, who eagled the par-5 16th in a 66.

Justin Rose, the defending champion, was one of the many players to struggle as winds picked up on the Gullane links off the Firth of Forth, shooting 72 to drop from second to a tie for 18th — six shots off fellow Englishman Brooks. The 12th-ranked Jimmy Walker made three double bogeys and a triple-bogey 8 in his front nine on his way to a 78, which left the American in last place.

CHAMPIONS: Jerry Smith matched a tournament record with an 8-under-par 64 to take a three-shot lead after the second round of the Encompass Championship.

Smith is at 14-under 130 as he seeks his first professional title of any kind. Mark Goodes was second, while Bart Bryant, Fred Funk and David Frost are among the group five strokes back.

Smith, who tied for third last week at the Seniors Swiss Open, was six under par for his first seven holes Saturday at North Shore Country Club, sinking an 11-foot eagle putt at the 579-yard, par-5 16th. He started on the back nine and shot 30.

He tied the tournament’s 18-hole record set

by Russ Cochran last year in this Champions Tour event.

Spieth takes two-stroke lead Continued from Page C-1 Spieth got off to a fast start on No. 2, sticking a 260-yard approach within three feet for an eagle.

Spieth’s approach on the par-4 eighth hole came so close to going in that it left a divot on the cup before spinning 10 feet forward. Spieth then converted the birdie putt.

Spieth made three more birdies on par 4s, and he hit a 12-footer on No. 16 to join Lee in first. But it was the next hole that really made Spieth’s day.

He escaped trouble by putting his second shot in the fairway. He then stuck his approach with a sand wedge directly behind the cup, where it spun in to the disbelief of even Spieth — who said he

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“mishit it.”

“I certainly didn’t think it had a chance to go in. I thought it was going past the hole,” Spieth said.

But as if to prove it wasn’t a fluke, Spieth sent his final tee shot of the round into the trees as well — and still picked up a birdie.

“I had a fist pump on the last shot because walking up after the second shot I said to (caddie) Mike (Greller), ‘I just saw the board and I think this is for my lowest round that I’ve shot on the PGA Tour,’” Spieth said. “I said that’s pretty cool, and he said (that) it doesn’t matter where you’re at. Just keep on trekking. And I said ‘Yeah, but I appreciate this and I really want to make this thing.’”

Though overshadowed by Spieth, Lee put himself in position for some history of his own on Sunday.

Lee, who was born in Seoul and raised in New Zealand, picked up his first career win at The Greenbrier Classic just last week.

He will try to become the first player since David Duval in 1997 to get his first two PGA Tour wins in back-toback tournaments.

Lee knows he is a heavy underdog.

But Lee hit nine birdies on Saturday and is playing as well as anyone on the tour outside of Spieth.

“All I know is there’s going to be a lot of people watching us,” Lee said. “I think it’s going to be a fun day. I cannot wait.”

AROUND THE AREA

By The Indiana Gazette

Kovacik Insurance knocks out YT YOUNG TOWNSHIP — Omar Ward struck out four batters, scored two runs and knocked in four RBIs as Kovacik Insurance stunned Young Township, 3-2 and 121, in an Indiana County Senior Legion best-of-three semifinal playoff series at Bertolino Field on Saturday.

The first game was postponed due to darkness after eight innings on Friday, with both teams deadlocked at two runs apiece. Kovacik Insurance (6-8) took an early 20 lead, but Young Township (12-7) answered with runs in each the sixth and seventh innings.

Both teams finished with six total hits, but four costly errors ultimately doomed Young Township as Nick Nepa scored the game-winning run in the top of the 10th inning on a single by Dakota Sunday.

After Josh Daugherty pitched the first eighth innings, Ward took the mound to begin the ninth frame and earned the win with four strikeouts and no walks.

Brandon Neal took the loss in relief of Devin Fairman.

Young Township’s Loren Wingard, Mike Percic and Fairman each smacked a double, while Kovacik’s John Fetcko finished with three singles.

The second victory came much more easily for Kovacik Insurance, which won in only five innings due to the ten-run mercy rule.

“Omar Ward was a big factor in both games,” said Young Township coach Barry Thomas. “He’s amazing at short stop and has a good bat.

“The errors took us out of the first game, and pitching took us out of the second.”

After a scoreless first inning, Kovacik scored eight runs in the second. Young Township’s Ian Satler then scored in the third on a hit by Brandon Neal, but Kovacik added four more runs just two innings later.

Kovacik Insurance finished with ten hits, including a single and a double by Bobby Slezak, two singles by Sunday and three singles by Ward.

Fetchko and Slezak both knocked in two runs scored to go along with all four of Ward’s.

Ryan Shirley earned the win with one strikeout, one walk and three hits allowed.

Wingard took the loss.

Kovacik will advance to play the winner of Punxsutawney and Indiana Legion.

Road closure will affect fan travel HOMER CITY — Walbeck Insurance plays host to S.W. Jack at 6 p.m. at First Commonwealth Field in Homer City when the Indiana County Youth Legion baseball playoffs begin today.

Because the Hoodlebug Trail will be holding its Summerfest 5K race, South Main Street and Old Route 119 will be closed from Church Street in the Homer City Borough through the intersection of Route 119 in Center Township.

Those who wish to attend the game should plan accordingly and make alternative travel arrangements.

Trail race slated for July 26 PENN RUN — The Indiana Road Runners Club will conduct the Run With The Deer Flies 25K and 15K Trail Run on Sunday, July 26.

The race begins at 8 a.m. at Seph Mack Boy Scout Camp in Penn Run. Race applications can be downloaded at www.indiana roadrunners.com or can be picked up at GingerbreadMan Running Company in Indiana.

There is no race-day registration. Registration closes on Saturday.

Runners can expect a challenging course with plenty of hills, single track trails, pipeline roads and creek crossings, all surrounding Yellow Creek Lake.

For information, call (724) 349-8797 or email wentom 87@verizon.net.

Sports desk hours: 8 to 11 p.m.

Monday through Saturday

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THE WINNING FOURSOME in the Janessa Fleming Memorial Golf Tournament was made up of, from left, Tony Lang, Neil Stanek, Antonio Barrifo and Chad Carloni. The tournament was played on June 20 at Meadow Lane Golf Course.

Holuta, Gradwell make noise at tournament Two valiant efforts by Indiana natives fell way,” said Gradwell. “If it takes an eagle to short when Matt Holuta and Doug Gradwell knock me out, then I’m OK with that. My were knocked out of the 12th Annual R. Jay goal was to place in the top eight, which Sigel Match Play Championship in the would mean qualifying and winning one semifinal round on Wednesday at the Indi- match. So, I went beyond that. I’m happy to ana Country Club. finish in the top four.”

Holuta made it all the way to the semifiGradwell is an accomplished golfer of his nals as the No. 16 seed before losing 2 and 1 own, with 14 ICC championship titles and to Nathan Smith of Brookville. Gradwell an induction in this year’s Indiana County battled his way to the semifinal round as Sports Hall of Fame. But after playing 56 the sixth seed, where he lost to Arnold holes on the first two days, Gradwell could Cutrell of Greensburg in a 19-hole match. start to see his fatigue creeping in.

Smith and Cutrell battled through 24 “I was getting tired there at the end,” said holes in the final before Smith took the 1-up Gradwell. “I kept thinking about how if I victory. would’ve won and had to go play another 18 Play started on Monday with 73 golfers holes how difficult it would have been. competing in a stroke play qualifyWalking in the soft conditions is ing round with hopes to place in tough. And match play is mentally the low 16 for Tuesday and draining as well. Every shot means Wednesday’s match play bracket. something, so it wears on you. It Holuta’s journey began on Monwould’ve been tough to play anothday when he fired an even-par 71 er 18 holes, not to mention the fact to finish in a 13-way tie for the last that Nathan (Smith) has about 15 seven spots of the match-play years on me. He would have had the bracket. advantage there a little bit.”

Holuta did well enough in the 13Smith didn’t let the grueling comman playoff to grab the last of the petition wear on him, playing 91 16 available seeds. holes in three days before earning “I knew I needed some pars to get his tournament victory. Smith in,” said Holuta. “I thought making grabbed the fifth seed with a 2 three pars would get me in, and under in Monday’s qualifying round sure enough it did.” before using 16 holes to defeat Rob But it didn’t get any easier for the Cimarolli and Michael Hoare, both Indiana High School graduate after Justin Gerwick 3 and 2, on Tuesday. that. Drawing the No. 16 seed covers local golf Cutrell was one of the 13 players meant that Holuta had to compete for The Indiana who competed in Monday’s qualifyagainst top-seeded Rick Stimmel of Gazette. Email: ing playoff after shooting an evenSewickley, who earned the No. 1 jgerwick@ par 71 and earned the No. 10 seed seed with a 6 under on the first day. indiana with the top qualification in the Holuta defeated Stimmel, 1-up, gazette.net. playoff. with an eagle on No. 18. It was a Cutrell took a hefty 5 and 4 victory rather phenomenal comeback, considering over Tim Bowers in the first round before Stimmel’s early three-hole lead, but Holuta defeating Kyle Sterbinsky of Huntingdon took victories on five of the last 13 holes to Valley, 3 and 2. overcome his opponent.

Smith’s victory over Cutrell in the champiIn his second match Holuta faced similar onship came after Smith sunk a birdie putt difficulties, earning a 2 and 1 victory over on the sixth playoff hole. Smith had brought Punxsutawney native Easton Renwick. Ren- the victory all square with a birdie on No. 17 wick, this year’s West Penn Amateur Cham- before the two golfers halved the next six pionship winner, held a three-hole lead holes. through No. 4 before Holuta took a victory on seven of the last 13 holes to earn the vicALSO AT THE INDIANA COUNTRY CLUB: The tory. club postponed its Partner/Partner Classic “It’s been quite a journey to get here,” said to an undetermined date due to course Holuta. “It was definitely mentally tiring. It’s conditions. Since June 7, the club has renot easy to get down early and then have to ported 16.5 inches of accumulated rainfall. claw back in every match.”

Holuta didn’t find himself needing to AT MEADOW LANE: The club was tied at five work his way back in his semifinal match on victories apiece with Deertrak Golf Club folWednesday. Holuta took victories on three lowing the first round of the President’s Cup of the first 14 holes and held all square with on Saturday.

Smith before conceding two of the final Singles match play games played today three holes. will decide which club gets to take home It was a memorable matchup for the the President’s Cup trophy for the year. young Holuta, who found himself dueling Meadow Lane won the first meeting behole-for-hole with a 2015 inductee of the tween the two clubs in 2013.

Western Pennsylvania Golf Association’s • Meadow Lane will hold the Jonathan Hall of Fame. Smith earned his Hall of Fame Rado Memorial Scholarship Fund outing induction with 23 WPGA event victories on Saturday. and six association player of the year The annual tournament is held in honor awards. of Jonathan Rado, a 2003 graduate of “He played great and he just beat me Homer-Center High School who died in today,” said Holuta. “I was honestly really 2012 following a battle with brain cancer. excited to get to play with him and have the All proceeds from the event go toward the chance to beat him. I really was glad just to Jonathan Rado Memorial Scholarship, have the chance to watch him play and see which is set up to help give a student help how he works a little bit.” with furthering his or her education. A porGradwell earned the sixth seed with a 2 tion of the proceeds will also be donated to under in Monday’s qualifying round and Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh. drew himself a matchup with No. 11 Oliver • The club will play host to the Bob McWhite in the first round. White, of Washing- Quaide Senior Football outing next Sunday. ton, earned the No. 11 seed in Monday’s The annual outing, also known as the playoff. White used an eagle on No. 18 to Coney Open, helps to raise funds to support force a one-hole playoff. Gradwell clinched the Indiana High School football program. the 1 up victory with a birdie on the 19th hole.

AT INDIAN SPRINGS: Nine of the 15 matches Gradwell found himself in a unique and of Indian Springs’ Match Play tournament challenging matchup in the second round, have been completed. The additional six facing off against former IUP teammate matches are scheduled to be completed Sean Knapp. Knapp earned himself a spot today. on the WPGA’s 2015 Hall of Fame Class by Joe Bujdos took a 5 and 4 victory over Rich winning the association championship 35 Howells; Ian Helsel defeated Ted Zernick, 2 times and being named the association’s and 1; and Rocky Yatsko beat Elvis player of the year 14 times.

Chutarich, 3 and 2.

Gradwell took victories on four holes and Danny Clark defeated Jason Buggy, 3 and held off a late rally by Knapp to grab the 1 2; Joey Bujdos beat Wes Skibo, 2 and 1; and up victory.

Leroy Putt took a 2 up victory over Greg “Sean and I were teammates at IUP for a Lezanic. couple years,” said Gradwell. “Between Craig Cironni beat Larry Rapach, 2 up; Nathan (Smith) and Sean (Knapp), they are Brian Bright took a 2 and 1 victory over Tom the best golfers we’ve had in the state in the Kunkle; and Joe Silveri defeated Jeff last 30 years. It was fun to get a chance to Yachisko, 7 and 6. play Sean. I never played against him head• Ginny McGinnis took the victory in this to-head like that. I had chances to beat him week’s Tuesday morning ladies league on Nos. 15, 16 and 17, and I let him off the game. McGinnis sunk four double-bogeys hook each time until we got to No. 18 and I over nine holes to clinch the win in the was finally able to end it there.”

Most Bogeys competition.

Gradwell battled with Greensburg’s Arnie Diane Sako won the longest putt compeCutrell for 19 holes in Wednesday’s semifi- tition on hole No. 4 with an assist from mysnal before losing 1 down after Cutrell eagled tery guest Danny Clark. the first playoff hole.

McGinnis, Betty Clark, Diane Sako and “If I’m going to lose, I’d rather lose that Connie Minich all had chip-ins.

JUSTIN GERWICK

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Sunday, July 12, 2015 — C-5

Hitters take aim at river for Home Run Derby

By JOE KAY

AP Sports Writer

MICHAEL DWYER/Associated Press

THE RED SOX’S Alejandro De Aza stole second base as the Yankees’ Rob Refsnyder reached for a wide throw during the third inning of Saturday’s game.

Sale, White Sox get best of Lester, Cubs

By The Associated Press

Chris Sale dominated into the eighth inning while outpitching Jon Lester, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Chicago Cubs 5-1 Saturday for their ninth win in 11 games.

Sale (8-4) showed why he was picked to his fourth consecutive All-Star Game, helping the White Sox move into position to sweep the weekend series with their crosstown rivals.

Lester’s winless streak reached 10 starts.

The White Sox took a 2-0 lead in the first on an RBI triple by rookie Tyler Saladino for his first major league hit and a run-scoring single

by Jose Abreu.

They broke open the game with three more in the seventh against Lester (4-8), making the most of third baseman Kris Bryant’s costly throwing error on Avisail Garcia’s grounder.

NATIONALS 7, ORIOLES 4: Bryce Harper and Danny Espinosa homered in a four-run sixth inning, and Washington beat Baltimore to end a three-game skid.

Jordan Zimmermann (8-5) won his third straight start despite allowing four runs and nine hits in five innings. He was pitching one day after his wife gave birth to the couple’s second child.

Caleb Joseph and Steve Pearce homered for the Orioles, who have lost nine of 12.

Miguel Gonzalez (7-6) retired 10 straight batters and took a 4-2 lead into the sixth before everything rapidly unraveled. Harper led off with his 26th home run, Clint Robinson and Wilson Ramos singled and Espinosa sent an 0-1 pitch over the 25-foot scoreboard in right field.

Harper’s home run was his first against the Orioles in 12 career games. He’s 8-for-44 (.182) with three RBIs against Baltimore.

NATIONAL LEAGUE ROCKIES 3, BRAVES 2: Carlos Gonzalez hit a bases-loaded bloop single that dropped between charging center fielder Cameron Maybin and backpedaling shortstop Andrelton Simmons in the ninth inning, driving in the decisive run in Colorado’s victory over Atlanta.

Misfortune hit the Braves at the outset of the Rockies’ late rally. Reliever Jason Grilli (34) tumbled to the ground and suffered a ruptured left Achilles’ tendon as he ran toward first to cover the bag when Drew Stubbs, the first batter he faced, hit a grounder that first baseman Chris Johnson ranged to his right to field.

Grilli appeared to take a bad step and crumpled to the ground, grabbing his lower left leg in pain. Stubbs was safe on what was ruled a hit.

Team trainers and manager Fredi Gonzalez ran on to the field to tend to Grilli, who remained on the ground for several minutes.

He was helped to his feet, taken away on a cart for further treatment and replaced by David Aardsma.

METS 4, DIAMONDBACKS 2: Matt Harvey pitching seven strong innings and hit his first career home run to lead New York to a win over Arizona.

Lucas Duda homered for the second consecutive game and Ruben Tejada also went deep for the Mets.

After giving up a two-run homer to David Peralta in the first inning, Harvey (8-6) settled into a groove and scattered just four singles over his last six innings.

Jeurys Familia got the last three outs for his 26th save.

It was another solid pitching performance for the Mets, who have allowed just 23 earned runs over their last 142 innings.

Diamondbacks starter Patrick Corbin (1-1), making his second start of the season after Tommy John surgery wiped out his 2014 campaign, allowed all four runs and four hits in five innings. He gave up three homers for the first time in his career.

MARLINS 14, REDS 3: Miami lost All-Star second baseman Dee Gordon to a dislocated left thumb, but then responded with a franchiserecord offensive outburst, beating Cincinnati.

Gordon was hurt in the seventh inning sliding headfirst into first base for his third infield hit. He left the game for a pinch runner. The hit was the second of nine straight, a Marlins record, and they scored eight runs in the inning.

Gordon, who leads the majors with 122 hits, was chosen to start in the All-Star Game for the first time. The Marlins were already without All-Star right fielder Giancarlo Stanton, sidelined since June 26 because of a broken left hand.

The Marlins totaled a season-high 21 hits, and their run total was also a season high after they had scored just 12 runs in the past seven games.

AMERICAN LEAGUE RED SOX 5, YANKEES 3: Hanley Ramirez hit a two-run homer, Mookie Betts had a pair of extra-base hits and David Ortiz also had two hits to help Boston beat New York.

The Red Sox won for the 10th time in 13 games. They remained in last place in the AL East, but they closed to 5½ games out in the division. Boston was 10 games out June 20.

The Yankees had beaten the Red Sox five straight times, including a 5-1 win Friday. But a day after losing the series opener and top starter Clay Buchholz on the same night, the Red Sox got 6 1-3 solid innings from Eduardo Rodriguez (5-2).

The rookie left-hander allowed five hits and a walk while striking out two, leaving with a 32 lead in the seventh. It was just the third time in nine career starts that he has given up two runs or more.

ATHLETICS 5, INDIANS 4: Billy Butler’s two-run double with the bases loaded broke a tie in the eighth inning and Oakland beat Cleveland.

With two outs, Butler lined an 0-1 pitch from Bryan Shaw over first base to snap a 2all tie. Right fielder Brandon Moss’ throwing error allowed a third run to score on the play.

Eric O’Flaherty (1-2) pitched 2-3 of an inning. Tyler Clippard, the Athletics’ fifth pitcher, recorded the final four outs for his 17th save.

Carlos Santana hit a two-run homer in the eighth, but Cleveland’s four-game winning streak ended.

All-Star Stephen Vogt started the winning rally with a two-out single off Zach McAllister (2-3). Marc Rzepczynski gave up a single to Ben Zobrist and walked Josh Reddick. Butler came through with the clutch hit that snapped Oakland’s three-game losing streak.

Moss’ throw to second base hit Butler in the back and rolled away, allowing Reddick to score.

TWINS 9, TIGERS 5: Torii Hunter’s towering two-run homer into the third deck against his former team highlighted a 16-hit afternoon for Minnesota.

Trevor Plouffe and Eddie Rosario each had three hits and scored twice, and the bottom five batters in the Twins lineup combined for six RBIs and 11 hits in 19 at-bats. Aaron Hicks hit a two-run triple in the third inning that finished Alfredo Simon’s start.

Phil Hughes (8-6) gave up a home run to Victor Martinez and a two-run single to James McCann in the fourth, but he took a 70 lead into that inning. Yoenis Cespedes drove in another run with a double in the fifth, the last inning for Hughes. But the right-hander improved to 4-0 in his last six starts, despite allowing eight hits.

RAYS 3, ASTROS 0: Jake Odorizzi won in his first start in five weeks, Rene Rivera drove in two runs and Tampa Bay beat sliding Houston.

Odorizzi (5-5) scattered two hits, walked three and struck out five over 5 2-3 innings in his initial appearance since straining his left oblique June 5. Brad Boxberger, the fourth Rays reliever, pitched the ninth for his 22nd save to complete a three-hitter.

Houston has scored just four runs during a five-game losing streak. The surprising Astros took over first place in the AL West on April 19, but they had their lead dwindle to a halfgame over the Los Angeles Angels entering Saturday.

BLUE JAYS 6, ROYALS 2: Mark Buehrle pitched seven strong innings, Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run homer and Toronto Blue beat Kansas City to snap the Royals’ six-game winning streak.

Buehrle (10-5) limited the Royals to two runs and five hits while improving to 4-0 with a 1.24 ERA in his past four starts against them.

Toronto led 3-2 in the ninth when Danny Valencia hit a three-run homer off Royals rookie Brandon Finnegan to extend the advantage.

Jose Reyes had three hits, stole three bases, walked, scored a run and drove in a run for the Blue Jays.

Young (7-5), working on three days’ rest, gave up three runs and five hits with two walks in six-plus innings.

He left after giving up a single to Kevin Pillar to open the inning.

CINCINNATI — Break out the boats. This All-Star Home Run Derby might make a splash.

The annual long-ball celebration will have a favorable setting Monday. Great American Ball Park has been one of the major leagues’ most homer-friendly places since it opened in 2003, with its short distances and lift-producing humidity providing a cozy flight path to the seats.

And maybe beyond.

The Ohio River flows past the right field stands and could become a final resting place for homer-dented baseballs. Only one has ended up there during the park’s 13-year history.

Anyone feel like some paddling?

“I’m assuming people will be in the river canoeing and waiting for some balls,” said Reds Hall of Fame shortstop Barry Larkin, who played at Great American for two seasons. “I think they’re going to get peppered out there.

There will be a lot of long, majestic home runs.”

There’s just a lot of home runs at the park, period.

Great American was built as a hitter’s park. The right field foul pole is only 325 feet away, a short distance chosen with Ken Griffey Jr. in mind. He was the Reds’ biggest star when it opened.

An average of 2.53 homers have been hit there each game this season, which ranks fourth in the majors behind Yankee Stadium (2.8), Camden Yards (2.74) and

Miller Park (2.68), according to STATS. Great American led the majors in homers in 2005 and ranked second from 2006-08.

The combination of close walls and muggy summer air — which helps the ball carry — is the recipe for a hitter’s delight.

“It’s the best home run park in the game,” said former Reds third baseman Aaron Boone, who played in Cincinnati during the park’s inaugural season. “It’s going to be fun to see if some of these lefties can hit it into the river and over everything. I think there’s going to be lots of ooh-and-ah moments in the home run derby because of the smallness of the park.”

Only one homer has landed in the river. Adam Dunn hit one off Jose Lima on Aug. 1, 2004 that cleared the batter’s eye in center, bounced on the street outside the ball park and was found among some driftwood in the river.

The ball flew an estimated 535 feet before its first bounce.

“The distance was one thing, but the height — it just seemed like it was never going to come down,” Larkin said.

Juan Francisco also hit one that ended up outside the park, a homer off Rodrigo Lopez in 2011 that cleared the right field stands, bounced onto the adjacent street and hit a car. That homer flew an estimate 502 feet before hitting concrete.

It’s much tougher to hit one out of the park now. A riverboat-themed party deck has been added atop the batter’s

eye. A videoboard was installed above the right field seats this season.

Reds third baseman Todd Frazier is in the derby again after finishing second to Yoenis Cespedes last year. He’s very comfortable at Great American, where he’s hit 15 of his 25 homers this season.

“It’s something you dream of in the backyard when you’re 5 years old playing with your buddies,” Frazier said. “And I don’t know who wouldn’t want to be in the home run derby. It’s great.

Just to hear your name announced — and especially in the city you play for — it gives you goose bumps just to think about it.”

Under a new format this year, the eight All-Stars will be seeded in brackets and each of their rounds will be timed. Each hitter gets five minutes per round, with a chance for extra time if they hit some really far.

Hitting two homers of at least 420 feet in a round will earn an extra minute. Hitting one 475 feet gets an additional 30 seconds.

The most extra time a hitter can earn is 90 seconds per round.

That provides even more incentive for hitters to not only clear the walls, but to aim for the upper reaches of the park and that swath of water way off beyond right field.

“That’s why I’m excited about this one,” former pitcher Curt Schilling said.

“These guys have a chance to make a big league ballpark look like a Whiffle ball field, and that’s pretty cool.”

McCutchen homers in 14th to lift Pirates past Cardinals Continued from Page C-1 In a starters’ matchup of two of the six winningest active pitchers in the majors, The Cardinals’ John Lackey outdueled A.J. Burnett. Lackey allowed one run — a Burnett homer, his first in almost a decade — on five hits and two walks in 6 2-3 innings.

Burnett was looking to make his first All-Star game

appearance Tuesday with a sub-2.00 ERA, but the three runs on six hits and three walks he allowed in 6 2-3 innings Saturday increased his ERA from 1.99 to 2.11.

The Pirates’ Francisco Liriano has allowed more than three runs in just three of his 17 starts this season. However, that lone occasion came at PNC Park against the Car-

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MUR DE BRETAGNE, France (AP) — Frenchmen Alexis Vuillermoz won the eighth stage of the Tour de France on Saturday with a late attack on the final climb, while British rider Chris Froome kept the leader’s yellow jersey.

The mostly flat 112.5-mile ride started in Rennes and finished with a short and sharp 1.2-mile climb up Mur de Bretagne.

After Vuillermoz made an early move, Froome counterattacked about 3,000 feet from the end and briefly moved into the lead.

But the Frenchman responded with a strong attack and then raised both his arms in the air when he crossed the line.

British rider Dan Martin was second and Spaniard Alejandro Valverde placed third.

NASCAR SPRINT CUP QUAKER STATE 400

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Saturday At Kentucky Speedway Sparta, Ky. Lap length: 1.5 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (9) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 267 laps, 48 points.

2. (4) Joey Logano, Ford, 267, 43.

3. (8) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 267, 42.

4. (20) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 267, 41.

5. (16) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 267, 39.

6. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 267, 39.

7. (3) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 267, 37.

8. (15) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 267, 36.

9. (6) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 267, 35.

10. (13) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 267, 34.

11. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 267, 33.

12. (12) Aric Almirola, Ford, 267, 32.

13. (28) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 267, 31.

14. (7) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 267, 30.

15. (14) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 267, 29.

16. (27) Greg Biffle, Ford, 267, 28.

17. (5) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 267, 27.

18. (25) David Ragan, Toyota, 267, 26.

19. (30) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 267, 25.

20. (26) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 267, 25.

21. (10) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 267, 23.

22. (18) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 267, 22.

23. (21) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 267, 21.

24. (32) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 267, 20.

25. (11) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 267, 19.

26. (24) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 267, 18.

27. (19) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 266, 17.

28. (36) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 266, 0.

29. (34) David Gilliland, Ford, 266, 15.

30. (29) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 266, 14.

31. (31) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 266, 14.

32. (38) Brett Moffitt, Ford, 266, 12.

33. (22) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 265, 11.

34. (23) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 265, 10.

35. (1) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 265, 9.

36. (42) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 264, 9.

37. (33) Cole Whitt, Ford, 264, 7.

38. (40) Will Kimmel, Ford, 263, 6.

39. (41) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 260, 0.

40. (43) Alex Kennedy, Chevrolet, 247, 4.

41. (35) Jeb Burton, Toyota, suspension, 175,

42. (39) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, accident, 145, 2.

43. (37) Josh Wise, Ford, accident, 17, 1.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 129.402 mph.

Time of Race: 3 hours, 5 minutes, 42 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 1.594 seconds.

Caution Flags: 11 for 49 laps.

Lead Changes: 13 among 8 drivers.

Lap Leaders: B.Keselowski 1-32; R.Sorenson 33; Ky.Busch 34-94; B.Keselowski 95-124; Ky.Busch 125-188; R.Newman 189-190; Ky.Busch 191-208; A.Bowman 209-210; D.Hamlin 211-212; C.Edwards 213; D.Hamlin 214-224; J.Logano 225-247; Ky.Busch 248-267.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): Ky.Busch, 4 times for 163 laps; B.Keselowski, 2 times for 62 laps; J.Logano, 1 time for 23 laps; D.Hamlin, 2 times for 13 laps; R.Newman, 1 time for 2 laps; A.Bowman, 1 time for 2 laps; C.Edwards, 1 time for 1 lap; R.Sorenson, 1 time for 1 lap.

Wins: J.Johnson, 4; Ku.Busch, 2; Ky.Busch, 2; D.Earnhardt Jr., 2; K.Harvick, 2; C.Edwards, 1; D.Hamlin, 1; M.Kenseth, 1; B.Keselowski, 1; J.Logano, 1; M.Truex Jr., 1.

Top 16 in Points: 1. K.Harvick, 692; 2.

J.Johnson, 624; 3. J.Logano, 624; 4. D.Earnhardt Jr., 616; 5. M.Truex Jr., 596; 6. B.Keselowski, 559; 7. J.McMurray, 556; 8. Ku.Busch, 542; 9.

M.Kenseth, 540; 10. J.Gordon, 537; 11.

D.Hamlin, 522; 12. K.Kahne, 513; 13. P.Menard, 509; 14. R.Newman, 497; 15. C.Bowyer, 490; 16.

A.Almirola, 473.

REMAINING SPRINT CUP SCHEDULE July 19 New Hampshire 301, Loudon July 26 “Your Hero’s Name Here” 400, Indianapolis.

Aug. 2 Pennsylvania 400, Long Pond Aug. 9 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. Aug. 16 Pure Michigan 400, Brooklyn Aug. 22 IRWIN Tools Night Race, Bristol, Tenn.

Sept. 6 Southern 500, Darlington, S.C. Sept. 12 Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond, Va. Challenger Round Sept. 20 Chicagoland 400, Joliet, Ill. Sept. 27 SYLVANIA 300, Loudon, N.H. Oct. 4 AAA 400, Dover, Del. Contender Round Oct. 10 Bank of America 500, Concord, N.C. Oct. 18 Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan. Oct. 25 Alabama 500, Talladega Eliminator Round Nov. 1 Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500, Martinsville, Va. Nov. 8 AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth, Texas Nov. 15 Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500, Avondale, Ariz.

Championship Round Nov. 22 Ford EcoBoost 400, Homestead, Fla.

REMAINING XFINITY SERIES SCHEDULE July 18 Sta-Green 200, Loudon, N.H. July 25 Lilly Diabetes 250, Indianapolis.

Aug. 1 U.S. Cellular 250, Newton, Iowa.

Aug. 8 Zippo 200, Watkins Glen, N.Y. Aug. 15 Mid-Ohio 200, Lexington Aug. 21 Food City 300, Bristol, Tenn.

Aug. 29 Road America 200, Plymouth, Wis. Sept. 5 VFW Sport Clips Help A Hero 200, Darlington, S.C. Sept. 11 Virginia529 College Savings 250, Richmond Sept. 19 Jimmy John’s Freaky Fast 300, Joliet, Ill. Sept. 26 VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300, Sparta, Ky. Oct. 3 Hisense 200, Dover, Del. Oct. 9 Drive for the Cure 300, Concord, N.C. Oct. 17 Kansas Lottery 300, Kansas City, Kan. Nov. 7 O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge, Fort Worth, Texas.

Nov. 14 Arizona 200, Avondale Nov. 21 Ford EcoBoost 300, Homestead, Fla.

BOXING FIGHT SCHEDULE Friday At Sands Casino Resort, Bethlehem, Pa. (SHO), Antoine Douglas vs. Istvan Szili, 10, for Dougles’ WBC Latino and vacant IBO Intercontinental middleweight titles; Arif Magomedov vs. Derrick Webster, 10, for the NABO middleweight title; Adam Lopez vs. Eliezer Aquino, 10, for the WBA FEDELATIN and WBC Interim Latino titles.

Saturday At Macau, Ik Yang vs. Cesar Rene Cuenca, 12, for the vacant IBF super lightweight title; Nonito Donaire vs. Anthony Settoul, 10, super bantamweights.

At Halle, Germany, Vincent Feigenbutz vs.

Mauricio Reynoso, 12, for the interim WBA World super middleweight title.

At Manchester (England) Arena, Scott Quigg vs. Kiko Martinez, 12, for Quigg’s WBA World junior featherweight title; Darleys Perez vs.

Anthony Crolla, 12, for Perez’s WBA World lightweight title; Chris Jenkins vs. Tyrone Nurse, 12, for vacant British junior welterweight title; Sam Eggington vs. Glenn Foot, 12, for vacant British welterweight title.

At Don Haskins Convention Center, El Paso, Texas (CBS), Carl Frampton vs. Alejandro Gonzalez Jr., 12, for Frampton’s IBF junior featherweight title.

At Don Haskins Convention Center, El Paso, Texas (SHO), Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Marcos Reyes, 10, super middleweights; McJoe Arroyo vs. Arthur Villanueva, 12, for the vacant IBF bantamweight title.

At Las Vegas, Juan Carlos Payano vs.

Rau’shee Warren, 12, for Payano’s WBA Super World bantamweight title and the vacant IBO World bantamweight title.

July 24 At Wembley Arena, London, Fedor Chudinov vs. Frank Buglioni 12, for Chudinov’s WBA super middleweight title; Alexander Miskirtchian vs.

Ruddy Encarnacion, 12, for the vacant EBU featherweight title.

TIMOTHY D. EASLEY/Associated Press

KYLE BUSCH, right, accepted the trophy from Advanced Auto Parts president Joe Sherman following his victory on Saturday.

Busch wins at Kentucky Continued from Page C-1 Besides racing with a rear spoiler reduced from 6 to 3.5 inches, cars also had front splitters expanded by 25 inches with an overhang reduced by 1.75 inches. Drivers had hoped the changes would put them more in control of the car, even if it meant speeds reduced by 10 mph.

The altered schedule left teams having to cram a lot of preparations into abbreviated practices Friday, with the starting grid set by speeds in the first one-hour session. That resulted in frequent tweaking for many drivers trying to get loose cars dialed in to the package.

Busch didn’t have those concerns. His Toyota had the speed and handling to hold off several challengers including Edwards, who managed to keep him in sight during one long stretch. However, the driver to watch was Keselowski, who valiantly tried to over-

come his setbacks on pit road.

A scary incident occurred on lap 125 when Keselowski hit his right front tire carrier as he tried to exit his stall. The defending race winner was cleared to go but couldn’t see the crew member, who slipped while trying to move the heavy tire and was tapped as he furiously moved out of the way.

He wasn’t hurt.

Another stop for tires on lap 146 shuffled Keselowski back in the field, but he battled back into contention into contention in the final laps.

But it soon became a battle between Busch and Logano before Busch finally had something to show for his dominance, a night after leading 88 laps in the Xfinity series race before finishing third behind winner Keselowski.

Four-time series champion Jeff Gordon was seventh in his final race at Kentucky.

IndyCar returns to Milwaukee

By GENARO C. ARMAS AP Sports Writer

WEST ALLIS, Wis. — Will Power should like the next oval on the IndyCar schedule.

The series returns today to Milwaukee, a mile-long oval that shouldn’t recreate the kind of wheel-gripping racing that drivers endured at Fontana two weeks ago.

There is a different rules package in place at the shorter, flat Milwaukee Mile. There are really just two lanes here, rather than the five-wide scrums and high-banking turns at Fontana that turned that race into an edge-ofyour-seat thriller for fans — and a headache for some drivers who said the rules created dangerous pack racing.

Power was among the most vocal drivers about Fontana.

The week off that followed has allowed tensions to dissipate going into today’s 250lap race.

“It’s another race weekend,” Power said. “I mean Fontana is over. Just moving on.”

There is no better place than Milwaukee for Power to get back in a groove. The de-

fending series champion won at the Mile last year.

He loves the flat track at Milwaukee, a course that puts driver skills to the test.

“Yeah, you’ve got to actually worry about traction, right?

Coming out of the corner, that’s what driving is about,” Power said.

With five races left, Power is second in the standings behind Penske teammate Juan Pablo Montoya.

At least one driver hopes to keep the momentum going from Fontana.

Graham Rahal won the race, lifting him one spot into fourth in the driver standings.

He has increased confidence on ovals after also finishing fifth at the Indy 500.

Now the series is in a stretch of three straight ovals that started with Fontana.

Iowa is next after Milwaukee; Pocono is also coming up in the second-to-last race of the season on Aug. 23.

“We know what the main objective is. We got a huge monkey off our backs by getting a win, but the main objective here for sure is a championship,” Rahal said.

Qualifying is midday today,

with the race in the afternoon.

Maybe a full Sunday schedule will help a race that has been struggling to draw fans.

There are questions about whether the IndyCar will return to the Mile next year, and an underwhelming turnout today won’t help despite the track’s history.

“To come out for one day and see everything, it’s a full day of IndyCar racing,” Rahal said.

Thurman knocks out Collazo TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Keith Thurman defeated Luis Collazo by technical knockout in the eighth round of their welterweight fight on Saturday night.

With a loud hometown crowd behind him, Thurman aggressively stalked Collazo during the first four rounds and landed a wide assortment of power punches to the head and body. Collazo was cut on the corner of his right eye in the sixth round, and Thurman opened up the cut with several power punches to the face in the seventh.

Collazo’s corner officially threw in the towel at one second into the eighth round.

Thurman, who is from Clearwater, Florida, improved to 26-0 with 22 knockouts and retained his WBA regular welterweight title. Collazo, a former world champion, fell to 26-7.

Sixers’ Embiid needs another surgery PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid will need more surgery to fix his right foot, and the Philadelphia 76ers say he is expected to miss the entire 2015-16 season.

The 7-footer from Kansas was the third overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft. He missed his entire rookie season after having surgery to repair a stress fracture in his foot last June. The 76ers said he now needs a bone-graft procedure.

The Philadelphia Inquirer was first to report Embiid will have another operation.

The team announced last month he suffered a setback in his recovery. Embiid’s injury could be career-threatening.

• NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn Nets have waived former All-Star Deron Williams, who is expected to sign with the Dallas Mavericks if no team claims him.

The team and Williams came to a buyout agreement Friday, and the Nets made the announcement Saturday. General manager Billy King thanked the point guard for “everything he gave the organization over the past 4 1/2 years.”

Williams grew up in a Dallas suburb and nearly signed with the Mavericks three years ago. Two people with knowledge of the arrangement told The Associated Press on Friday that he will join them this time once he passes through waivers.

Williams averaged 13 points last season, the lowest since he was a rookie, and has struggled with injuries since signing a five-year, $98.5 million contract in 2012. He was still owed more than $43 million in the final two years. Waiving him could help the Nets, who had the highest payroll in NBA history two years ago, avoid paying the luxury tax in 2015-16.

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C-8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Sunday, July 12, 2015

Federer, Djokovic set for a big one Continued from Page C-1 No one has won two Wimbledon championships in a row since Federer collected his fifth consecutive trophy in 2007.

Federer, meanwhile, can become the first man in the history of a tournament that dates to 1877 to win the trophy eight times. He also can end a three-year Grand Slam title drought and collect No. 18, extending his record.

Not that such numbers mean all that much to him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the eighth here, or the 18th Grand Slam in all, of course thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great,â&#x20AC;? Federer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I see this as just about having this feeling of victory, especially on grass.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I still play tennis, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m happy Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve given myself the chance.â&#x20AC;?

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll turn 34 on Aug. 8, making him the oldest Wimbledon finalist since Rosewall was the 1974 runner-up at age 39. A victory today would make Federer the oldest champion at any major since Andres Gimeno won the 1972 French Open at 34. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put loads of strain on his body,â&#x20AC;? 2013 Wimbledon champion Andy Murray said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been able to compete into his mid-30s at the highest level.â&#x20AC;?

In Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s semifinals, Murray got a taste of just how well the seemingly ageless Federer still can play â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and, in particular, serve.

Federer hit 20 aces, won 70 of the 91 points he served, and saved the only break point he faced in a straightset victory over Murray, one of the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top returners.

The very best returner at the moment might be Djokovic, making for what could be another fascinating duel today, because Federer has won 89 of 90 service games these two weeks.

Keep this in mind: A year ago, Federer held in 88 of 89 service games heading into the final, where he delivered 29 aces and still got broken four times by Djokovic.

Now theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll meet again on the grass-court tournamentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last Sunday, with a couple of old rivals and past Wimbledon champions on hand as coaches: Stefan Edberg works with Federer, Boris Becker works with Djokovic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is where (Federer) loves to play. This is where he plays his best tennis, I think: the Centre Court of Wimbledon; seven titles. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s his court. He loves it. He usually rises up to the occasion. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always playing his toughest when it matters the most,â&#x20AC;?

Djokovic said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big champion.â&#x20AC;?

Hingis is a champ again

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer

LONDON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Martina Hingis is a Wimbledon champion once again, 17 years â&#x20AC;&#x201D; exactly half her life â&#x20AC;&#x201D; after the last time.

Already a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame on the merits of her â&#x20AC;&#x153;firstâ&#x20AC;? career in the sport, Hingis teamed with Sania Mirza to win the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doubles final at the All England Club by beating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 5-7, 7-6 (4), 7-5 on Saturday night.

The 34-year-old Hingis added to her collection of Wimbledon trophies that includes the singles title from 1997, plus the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doubles titles from 1996 and 1998. The latter was her last appearance in a final at Wimbledon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It feels like it was in another life,â&#x20AC;? Hingis said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Usually, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re lucky to win it once or happy to be out here and play on the Wimbledon grounds,â&#x20AC;?

Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get a chance to earn yet another trophy today, when she and Leander Paes face Timea Babos and Alexander Peya in the mixed doubles final.

The Indiana Gazette

Williams wins sixth Wimbledon title

By HOWARD FENDRICH

Only Maureen Connolly in 1953, Margaret Court in 1970, and Steffi Graf in 1988 have won all four majors in a single season. And only Court (24) and Graf (an Open-era record 22) own more Grand Slam singles titles than Williams.

Her collection includes a halfdozen trophies each from Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and Australian Open, and three from the French Open. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just never dreamt I would be out here still,â&#x20AC;? Williams said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;let alone winning.â&#x20AC;?

Hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come easily. Far from it. At the French Open, fighting an illness, she gutted out five three-setters on the way to the title last month. At Wimbledon, she was two points from defeat twice against Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Heather Watson in the third round, then eliminated a trio of women who are former No. 1s and own multiple major titles: her older sister Venus, Victoria Azarenka, and Maria Sharapova. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She refuses defeat. She refuses to lose,â&#x20AC;? said Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, who has helped her win eight of the past 13 Grand Slam tournaments. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When she feels the taste of losing, she finds so much strength, and then she can raise her level.â&#x20AC;?

Maybe the most telling statistic about Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ability to turn it up a notch when the spotlight is brightest is this: Her record in major semifinals and finals is 47-7.

Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s victory made her 21-4 in Slam title matches; it was the 21year-old Muguruzaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first major final.

But Muguruzaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 6-2, 6-2 win against Williams at the 2014 French Open is the Americanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most lopsided loss at a major.

In the first game Saturday, Williams contributed three double-faults â&#x20AC;&#x201D; she wound up with eight â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and

AP Tennis Writer

LONDON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Serena Williams let herself briefly bask in the joy of a sixth Wimbledon championship, 21st Grand Slam singles trophy overall and fourth consecutive major title Saturday, even balancing the winnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s silver dish atop her head â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Look, Ma, no hands! â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as she sauntered off Centre Court. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was peaceful, feeling really good,â&#x20AC;? Williams said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maybe a little after that, I started thinking about New York.â&#x20AC;?

On to the next one. When the U.S. Open begins at Flushing Meadows in August, Williams will pursue pretty much the only accolade to elude her so far: a calendar-year Grand Slam, something no one has accomplished in tennis in more than a quarter-century.

She will arrive there having won her past 28 matches at major tournaments, the latest coming at the All England Club on Saturday, when the No. 1-seeded Williams put aside an early deficit and a late lull, closing out a 6-4, 6-4 victory over No. 20 Garbine Muguruza of Spain.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; second self-styled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Serena Slamâ&#x20AC;? of four majors in a row; she also did it in 2002-03. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been trying to win four in a row for 12 years, and it hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happened. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had a couple injuries. You know, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been an up-and-down process,â&#x20AC;? Williams said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I honestly canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say that last year or two years ago or even five years ago I would have thought that I would have won four in a row.â&#x20AC;?

At 33, she is the oldest woman to win a Grand Slam tournament in the Open era of professional tennis, and it comes 16 years after her first, at the 1999 U.S. Open.

PAVEL GOLOVKIN/Associated Press

SERENA WILLIAMS celebrated after defeating Garbine Muguruza on Saturday to win the Wimbledon title. missed a forehand long, then a backhand long, to get broken. Less than a half-hour in, Muguruza led 4-2, thanks in part to her big, flat groundstrokes that pushed Williams around.

Williams was not going to go gently, of course, and she produced a 20minute burst of brilliance, grabbing five straight games and nine of 10. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What can I do?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Muguruza said.

Suddenly, Williams was up a set and 5-1 in the second. And suddenly, she began to come undone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All the people are nervous, even Serena, in a final,â&#x20AC;? Muguruza said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because I saw it.â&#x20AC;?

Up in the stands, Mouratoglou saw it, too, noticing that Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ball tosses on serves were too low, a sign of being tight.

She got broken at love to make it 52. After Muguruza held, Williams served for it again, and was broken again, wasting a match point in the process. Now it was 5-4, and the crowd was roaring after each point. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Definitely a little pressure,â&#x20AC;?

Williams acknowledged, â&#x20AC;&#x153;toward the end.â&#x20AC;?

Ah, but no one is better with so much at stake. The finish was anticlimactic, with Muguruza missing a forehand to get broken at love. Both women stood still, neither realizing it was over. Soon enough, though, Williams was telling a teary-eyed Muguruza: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be sad, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be holding this trophy very, very soon, believe me.â&#x20AC;?

For now, Williams is keeping all the hardware to herself.

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would lower Teen Bill driving age for truckers? big rigs to 18

Concerns when applying Job seekers have the same concerns about filling out a company application (whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on paper or online) as they did decades ago.

People are surprised to learn it is possible to get the name wrong on a company application or rĂŠsumĂŠ.

Use your most businesslike name. Normally that is a full name with middle initial and your last name. If you have a common first and last name give, the full middle name in order distinguish you from others with a similar name.

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This uncomplicates questions about using a maiden name for business purposes but being known by another last name in the community â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to identify yourself as Tommyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother. This maxim also uncomplicates the use of a maiden Bob Lankardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name after a dicolumn on job vorce. Using the issues appears driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license every other name lessens Sunday. He is future problems a retired manwhen you apply ager of the for unemployemployment ment compensecurity sation, a loan, program at the or Social Securistate job center ty. in Indiana.

In most cases one should avoid use of nicknames on these documents. One exception would be people who are totally unknown by their given first name.

Keep order in mind on the job application. Sometimes you are asked to list last name first and in other cases first name first. Look before you write. Other applications ask you to list your name on the left or right margin.

Where do first-time job seekers go for advice about a company application? Young people go to their parents. Others will talk some older person who has been working for a long time. In each case the resource person hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t actually looked for a job in a long time. As a result, the advice they give most likely will be dated. A good example is the following discussion about jobs on a company application.

There was a time when job seekers were instructed include their every job on an application work history no matter how insignificant the job might be.

The 21st century job seeker should see a company application as a marketing tool rather than an employment biography.

The jobs listed should be targeted to demonstrate your competency to meet the needs of the employer where you are applying.

If the company application did not have enough spaces to list all the jobs, a person held it was a crisis to the 1980s job seeker. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no longer a dilemma. You are selling experiences that demonstrate certain skills.

In most cases this will mean eliminating jobs from years ago.

A person with a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree most likely will not list jobs done in high school or college. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a rule, though.

A person who worked a variety of retail jobs may want to list these to demonstrate people skills years after getting their degree.

Craft your company application or rĂŠsumĂŠ as a marketing tool for the job for which you are applying.

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By JOAN LOWY Associated Press

WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Parents may hesitate to hand teens the keys to the family car, but Congress is proposing to allow drivers as young as 18 to get behind the wheel of big rigs on the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interstates.

Federal regulations currently require drivers be at least 21 before they can drive commercial trucks across state lines, but a bill introduced this week by Republican senators would allow contiguous states

that join together in â&#x20AC;&#x153;compactsâ&#x20AC;? to drop the age threshold to 18 for interstate trips. There is no limit on the number of states that could join the compacts.

After four years, the Transportation secretary is supposed to report to Congress on whether teens have â&#x20AC;&#x153;an equivalent level of safetyâ&#x20AC;? in comparison with older truckers.

In 2013, all drivers ages 18-20 had a fatal crash involvement rate, per 100,000 licensed drivers, that was 66 percent higher than drivers who were age 21 years or older, accord-

ing to the Transportation Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fatality Analysis Reporting System, although the total number of crash deaths among teens has been declining since 2002.

The change was sought by the trucking industry to help address a shortage of truck drivers. The American Trucking Associations estimates the current shortage of drivers is roughly 35,000 to 40,000, but because of retirements and individuals leaving the industry, trucking companies will need to recruit nearly 100,000 new drivers a year

over the next decade to keep pace with the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s freight needs.

But Jackie Gillan, president of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, said allowing teens to drive trucks weighing as much as 80,000 pounds and to work as many as 82 hours a week, as is permitted in the truck industry, is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;catastrophe waiting to happen.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The combination of inexperience, high-risk driving and large trucks can cause unbelievable devastation,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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FICO executive explains how credit scoring is changing

By JOSEPH PISANI AP Business Writer

MARK LENNIHAN/Associated Press

JIM WEHMANN, executive vice president at Fair Isaac Corp. (FICO), spoke recently during an interview in New York.

NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an important bit of information that determines a lot about your financial life. But if you wanted to be in the loop, it came with a price tag.

That never seemed fair, but now consumers can increasingly see their FICO score for free â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the threedigit number that determines if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be approved for a credit card or loan.

Fair Isaac Corp., the company that developed the FICO score, has been working with credit card issuers and lenders to allow them to show customers their FICO score online or on monthly statements. Seeing the score frequently pushes consumers to improve their finances, says Jim Wehmann, a vice president of FICOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scores business.

People with higher FICO scores, which generally range from 300 to 850, are offered lower interest rates on mortgages or have an easier time getting approved for credit cards or loans.

FICO scores are calculated using information from your credit report, a detailed list of your past and current debts.

But roughly 45 million Americans have no credit history or credit score, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. FICO is developing a scoring system for these so-called â&#x20AC;&#x153;credit invisibles.â&#x20AC;?

Wehmann offered insight on what you should know about your credit score. Excerpts have been edited for clarity and length.

Question: Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the fastest way to improve your FICO score?

Answer: Always make your payments on time.

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Airlineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last flight set for fall

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer

DALLAS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The last flight for US Airways will take place this fall, and one more name in airline history will disappear.

The farewell flight for US Airways will be a red-eye â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Flight 434 is scheduled to leave San Francisco around 10 p.m. and land in Philadelphia after 6 a.m. on Oct. 17. The US Airways website will be turned off.

Airport kiosks and signs will change to American Airlines.

The two airlines merged in December 2013 and decided to keep the better-known American name. Vestiges of the carrier will survive for some time, however, as some planes wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be repainted yet in Americanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s colors and logo.

In the last 10 years, mergers have eliminated Northwest, Continental and AirTran. Before that, Pan Am, TWA and many smaller carriers disappeared.

American Airlines Group Inc. announced the timing of the curtain call on Friday. The companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest challenge may be combining the computer systems of two airlines without creating the kinds of problems that have plagued United and Continental after they combined reservations systems in 2012.

This week, all United flights were grounded and more than 1,000 were delayed after a problem that the airline blamed on a faulty router.

Maya Leibman, Americanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief information officer, said American has built in redundancies and disaster-recovery programs in key systems. But referring to United, she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is no technology leader that could stand up and say with 100 percent certainty that nothing like this could ever happen to them.â&#x20AC;?

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American officials said they have hired about 1,900 airport and reservations agents and will give special training to nearly 10,000 employees to perform the switch from the US Airways reservations system, called Shares, to Americanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, which is provided by Sabre. The airline is also reducing flights around the switchover to lighten the load on computer systems.

Customers booked on US Airways flights after Oct. 17 will get a new flight number bearing Americanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s AA code. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only about 4 percent of all reservations in the American and US Airways systems, they said.

American will have more technology work to do after October. It still must combine crew-scheduling and maintenance-tracking systems. The Fort Worth, Texas, company has about 113,000 employees, including those at wholly owned regional subsidiaries such as Envoy Air. American is the biggest airline operator in the world by passenger traffic, having surpassed United after the merger with US Airways.

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Fed still on track to raise rates

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the Fed is on track to start raising interest rates later this year but expressed multiple concerns over headwinds that are still holding back the U.S. economy.

She described the outlook for the economy and inflation as â&#x20AC;&#x153;highly uncertain,â&#x20AC;? amid lingering weakness in the labor market and new potential threats overseas.

Yellen, speaking on the economy for the first time since the Fedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s June meeting, saw reasons for encouragement. Consumer spending appears to be picking up, and employment is likely to keep expanding, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Based on my outlook, I expect that it will be appropriate at some point later this year to take the first step to raise the federal funds rate,â&#x20AC;?

Yellen said, referring to the Fedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s key short-term interest rate, which has been at a record low near zero since December 2008.

But she also outlined a host of concerns, from weak wage growth to a low labor participation rate to â&#x20AC;&#x153;disappointingâ&#x20AC;? productivity. She reiterated that inflation is still well below the Fedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2 percent target.

Yellen also noted that cautious business owners â&#x20AC;&#x153;have not substantially increased their capital expenditures.â&#x20AC;?

Yellen, whose comments came in a speech in Cleveland, said even when the Fed does start raising rates, the increases will be gradual.

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SENIOR CENTER ACTIVITIES The schedules at the Aging Services Inc. social centers for the coming week: Armagh — Armagh Fire Hall, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays only.

Activities: Exercise, speakers. (800) 442-8016.

Chestnut Hills — 26 Heybert Drive, Blairsville, 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday and 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.

Activities: Exercise, cards, computer lab, painting class, billiards, Wii. (724) 459-5251.

Homer-Center — Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, 279 Yellow Creek St., Homer City, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Thursdays only. Activities: Speakers, cards, socialization, computer lab. (800) 442-8016.

Indiana — 1001 Oak St., 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday to Friday. Activities: Crafts, billiards, movies, music, Wii, checkers and computer lab. (724) 465-2697.

Mahoning Hills — Route 119, south of Punxsutawney, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday.

Activities: Bingo, crafts, cards, computer lab and Wii. (724) 2863099.

Aultman — Aultman Fire Hall, Aultman, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Wednesdays only. Activities: Bingo, speakers. (800) 442-8016.

Saltsburg — 212 Point St., Saltsburg, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Activities: Crafts, cards and computer lab. (724) 639-9055.

Two Lick Valley — 450 Franklin St., Clymer, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Activities: Games, cards, puzzles, exercise, shopping, Wii and computer lab. (724) 254-9820.

Call (724) 349-4500 or (800) 442-8016 by noon the day before to reserve a meal.

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If you see these people today, be sure to wish them a happy birthday: • Jason Fisher, Blairsville • Debbie McQuiston, Indiana • Bill Moon, Homer City • Gregg Woomer, Indiana JAMIE EMPFIELD/Gazette

LOCAL AUTHOR Liz Kriston recently read a few of her books to children at Gatti Pharmacy, Indiana. Books Kriston has written include “Pants on Ants,” “Go by Goat” and “The Bark Park.”

The Gazette would like to wish you a “Happy Birthday!”

To have a name added to the list, call (724) 465-5555, ext.

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MONDAY Roast pork. gravy, scalloped potatoes, California medley, sugar cookies, whole wheat bread Chestnut Hills: (day) 11 a.m.: bingo, 55 plus, billiards, Wii, puzzles, self-directed computer usage, socialization Chestnut Hills: (eve) 1 p.m.: sewing for fun, Wii, billiards, socialization; 4:30 p.m.: evening billiards; 5:30 p.m.: summer BBQ for $2.50, 50/50 drawing Indiana: 10 to 11 a.m.: games, crochet club with Pat; 10:30 to 11 a.m.: balance and stretch club; 11 a.m. to noon: exercise club with Barb, self-directed computer usage, billiards, darts; 1 to 3 p.m.: dominos club, socialization Saltsburg: 10 a.m.: cards; 11 a.m.: craft club with Debbie, cards, word puzzles, self-directed computer usage; 1 p.m.: healthy bingo, socialization Two Lick: Bake Sale Day; 10:30 a.m.: crochet club with Laurene; 11 a.m.: fitness and chair yoga club with Carole, self-directed exercise and computer usage, socialization Mahoning Hills: Good Humor Day; 9:30 to 11 a.m.: buckwheat cakes and sausage, self-directed computer usage, puzzles, cards; 1:30 p.m.: bowling club, socialization

TUESDAY Chicken sandwich with lettuce and tomato, potato salad, three bean salad, melon, sandwich rolls Armagh: 10 to 11 a.m.: fitness club with Carole; 10 a.m.: blood pressure by IRMC; 11 a.m. to noon: “Gambling and Tobacco” presentation, birthdays; 12:45 to 1:45 p.m.: bingo, socialization Chestnut Hills: 11 a.m.: Tuesday Super Bingo for $1 (prizes will be provided), self-directed computer usage, Wii, puzzles, billiards, self-directed exercise and computer usage, socialization Indiana: 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Thrift Shop open; 10 to 11 a.m.: games, computer class, Tuesday bridge; 10 a.m.: mahjong; 11 a.m.: medication safety and blood pressures by Gatti Pharmacy, darts; self-directed exercise and computer usage; 1 p.m.: mahjong; 1 to 3 p.m.: woodcarvers, socialization Saltsburg: 9 a.m.: Community Breakfast (fresh fruit with breakfast), cards, Wii, self-directed computer usage; 1 p.m.: money bingo, socialization Two Lick: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.: Banana Popsicle Day, indoor flea market; 10 a.m.: plastic canvas club; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: quilters and card club; 11 to 11:45 a.m.: Adagio Health, self-directed exercise and computer usage, socialization Mahoning Hills: 10:45 a.m.: entertainment by Pastor Paul; 1 p.m.: Tootie Fruity bingo, socialization

WEDNESDAY Spaghetti and meatballs, mixed greens with tomatoes, carrots and red cabbage, apple slices, bread Aultman: 10 to 10:30 a.m.: fitness with Carole, birthdays; 1 p.m.: bingo, socialization Chestnut Hills: 9 to 10 a.m.: breakfast; 10 a.m.: open painting club; 10:30 a.m.: medication safety with Gatti Pharmacy, birthdays, billiards, Wii, puzzles, self-directed computer usage, socialization Indiana: 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Thrift Shop open; 10 to 11 a.m.: games; 10 a.m.: toothbrush rug club with Delores; crafts, checkers, darts, Wii; 11 a.m. to noon: fitness club with Carole, birthdays, self-directed exercise and computer usage, socialization Saltsburg: (eve) 5 to 6 p.m.: dinner (chicken breast, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans and ice cream sundaes for $2.50), 50/50 drawing; 6 p.m.: bingo Two Lick: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.: indoor flea market; 8 a.m.: depart for trip to Grove City; 9 a.m.: knitting club; birthdays, puzzles, self-directed exercise and computer usage, socialization Mahoning Hills: 10 a.m.: blood pressure screening by IRMC, birthdays, self-directed computer usage, cards, puzzles, Wii; 1 p.m.: fitness class with Carole, socialization

THURSDAY Lemon pepper chicken, whipped potatoes, summer vegetables, banana fluff, whole wheat bread Homer Center: 10 a.m.: fitness club with Carole; 11 a.m.: trivia ice cream social, birthdays; 1 p.m.: bingo, socialization Chestnut Hills: 10 a.m.: doughnuts and coffee on the porch, Wii, cards, self-directed computer usage, socialization Indiana: 10 to 11 a.m.: games; 10 a.m.: mahjong club, bridge club, billiards, self-directed exercise and computer usage; 2 to 3 p.m.: yoga for $5, socialization Saltsburg: 11 a.m.: word search contest, cards, word puzzles, socialization Two Lick: 10 a.m. to noon: open jam session with the Fun Band, self-directed exercise and computer usage; 1 p.m.: Cabella’s trophy hunt Wii game, socialization Mahoning Hills: Afternoon shopping, puzzles, self-directed computer usage, Wii, cards; 1 p.m.: afternoon bingo with Kim from Hillsdale, socialization

FRIDAY Tuna salad with lettuce and tomato, tomato soup, pineapple tidbits, whole wheat bread Chestnut Hills: 9 to 10 a.m.: breakfast; 11 a.m. to noon: fitness club with Carole, Wii, cards; 11:30 a.m.: APPRISE counselor; billiards; self-directed computer usage; 1 p.m., shopping; socialization Indiana: 10 to 11 a.m., games; 10:30 a.m. to noon, music by John; diamond bridge; self-directed computer usage; 1 to 2 p.m., quilt patch; sewing club; 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., karaoke fun; socialization; 4 to 5 p.m., fitness club with Carole Saltsburg: 10 a.m.: shopping; 11 a.m.: root beer floats; 1 p.m.: fitness club with Carole, self-directed computer usage, socialization Two Lick: Burger Day; 10 a.m.: water aerobics; 11 a.m.: open craft club, self-directed computer usage, socialization Mahoning Hills: Mahoning Hills Ice Cream Shoppe Day (ice cream cones for $1), puzzles, self-directed computer usage, cards, Wii, socialization ❏❏❏

FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP: Meets from 2 to 3 p.m. the last Wednesday of each month at Aging Services Inc., 1055 Oak St., Indiana. For more information, call (724) 349-4500.

APPRISE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Free training is available. For more information, call Lisa at (724) 349-4500 or (800) 442-8016.

VOLUNTEER OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM: Sign up and volunteer today to make a difference in someone’s life. For more information, call (724) 349-4500 or (800) 442-8016.

HUMAN SERVICES CALENDAR ANNOUNCEMENTS • Indiana County Summer Meals Program offers free meals and fun for kids ages 1 to 18 with no paperwork required at many sites throughout the county. Locations include Blairsville Community Center, (724) 459-9100; Chevy Chase Community Center, (724) 463-0674; Mack Park, pool concessions stand, (724) 4637622; Evergreen Boys and Girls Clubs, (724) 910-6042; and Purchase Line School District, (724) 254-4312, ext.

4025. Call 2-1-1 or text “MEALPA” to 877-877 to find a site near you. Call the sites for more information.

• The Indiana County Back to School Bash to provide needed school supplies to the children of low-income families of Indiana County will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 15 at Church Street, between Sixth and Seventh streets, Indiana. To be eligible for this program, children must be from families with incomes at or below 200 percent of the poverty level. Registration dates are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, July 13 to July 31.

There are evening hours from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. To register, call (724) 463-8036.

• Funding is available through the United Way of Indiana County through its grant program for eligible nonprofit organizations that demonstrate a solid programmatic plan for meeting critical human service needs in Indiana County. Applications may be obtained by contacting the United Way office at (724) 463-0277 or on the UWIC web-site, www.uwindiana county.org, under Grants/2015 Grant Application. The deadline for applications is July 24.

• The PA Department of Health is offering vaccines/immunizations by appointment only from 9:45 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Blairsville Community Center, 101 W. North Ave., Blairsville, and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 27 at the Indiana County State Health Center, 75 N. Second St., Indiana. Vaccinations/immunizations are free or $5 per-visit, depending on eligibility. For more information and to schedule and appointment, call (724) 357-2995.

• The Southwestern PA Food Security Partnership works to provide people and families with the resources necessary to live a hungerfree life, providing easy sign-ups and information regarding the SNAP (Food Stamp) program throughout all of Indiana County. For more information, contact Amber, Indiana County SNAP outreach coordinator, at (724) 219-9618.

• The Salvation Army Food Pantry is open to the public. Photo ID is required, and appointments are encouraged but not mandatory.

• The Indiana County Department of Human Services and the United Way of Indiana County have partnered with PA 2-1-1 Southwest to bring a free human service Helpline to Indiana County. County residents are able to dial 2-1-1 and be connected with a live operator 24 hours per day, seven days a week, who can connect them with human services help.

Please share this number with family and friends who may not be sure where to turn for help with such things as emergency shelter, food banks, crisis intervention, child care, and other health and human service resources. Go to www.pa211sw.org; www.uwindianacounty.org or www. humanservices-countyofindiana.org for more information.

• The Attire to Aspire/PA Workwear Program is looking for donations.

The program is in need of gently used, modern, up-to-date summer clothing for women and men (in their 20s). The women’s sizes needed are 0 to 26 (especially sizes 20 through 26).

Women’s items needed are business casual slacks for women in black, khaki, navy, and brown, and business casual tops and blouses. Men’s sizes and items needed are 32W to 36W business casual slacks (Dockers) in black and khaki. To donate, bring items to the Department of Human Services at 300 Indian Springs Road, Suite 203, White Township. If you have any questions, call Maureen, (724) 463-8200, ext. 17. Your contributions are appreciated.

• Aging Services Inc.’s Apprise Pro-

gram is a free health insurance counseling program designed to help all Pennsylvanians with Medicare.

Counselors are trained staff and volunteers who can answer questions about Medicare and provide objective, easy-to-understand information about Medicare. For more information, call (724) 349-4500.

• Aging Services Inc. runs a thrift shop from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 2 p.m. at the Indiana Social Center, 1001 Oak St., Indiana. Donations of gently used clothing are accepted.

Call (724) 349-4500 for more information.

• A community breakfast is held from 9 to 10 a.m. every Tuesday at the Saltsburg Social Center, 212 Point St., Saltsburg. Pancakes, eggs, bacon and toast are available for $2.50. For more information, call (724) 639-9055.

• First United Methodist Church of Marion Center’s Clothing Closet will provide free clothing from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday in Marion Center. For more information, call (724)-3975517.

• Community Kitchen will provide free meals from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, at the Penn Run Christian Outreach Center. Community Kitchen is also looking for volunteers to help prepare and serve meals. For information, call Cindy Briggs at (724) 397-9498 or visit https://sites.google.com/site/dwc communitykitchen.

• Katie’s Closet will provide a wide variety of clothing, free of charge, for adults and children from 9 to 11 a.m. and 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at Zion Lutheran Church (upstairs) on the corner of Church and Sixth streets in Indiana.

CLASSES • ABC’s of Babysitting provides training for girls and boys ages 12 and older regarding the responsibilities of baby-sitting. The student will be prepared to interview for a baby-sitting job, keep a journal and learn how to feed, entertain and care for an infant, toddler, preschooler and school-age child. Students will also learn first aid for emergencies, how to activate EMS, and do CPR and care for a choking victim. Meets at Indiana Regional Medical Center Urgi Care Center, second floor. This is a two-day program (five hours each day). For more information, call (724) 357-7075. Cost is $50 per student.

• Childbirth/Infant Care Classes are offered at various times and locations through Excela Health. For more information, call (877) 7711234.

• Indiana Regional Medical Center will hold a Home Alone and In Control class. For more information, call (724) 357-7075.

• Indiana Regional Medical Center holds a Newborn Basics class. For more information, call (724) 3577075.

• Disaster Services: An Overview teaches how the Red Cross fits in when there is a disaster and how you can help your community. For more information, call (724) 465-5678.

• Heartsaver/AED is a program that teaches adult, infant and child CPR, AED use and what to do if someone is choking. The program is $35 through IRMC. For more information, call (724) 357-8088.

• Logistics – Disaster Preparedness Training through the American Red Cross is a study providing the support services for a disaster relief operation, including transportation, facilities and supplies. For more information, call (724) 465-5678.

• Smoke Free For Life classes are offered at IRMC. Call for next session dates. Key topics covered in both sessions include understanding the habit, developing a plan to quit and maintenance strategies. The classes are free courtesy of the Armstrong-Indiana-Clarion Drug and Alcohol Commission. For more information or to register, please contact Betsee Beunier at bbeunier@aidac.org or (724) 354-2746, ext. 318 • Your Changing Body for Girls addresses the emotional and physical changes of puberty for girls ages 9 to 12 and their parents. The class is held monthly at Excela Health Westmoreland Hopsital.

For more information, call (877) 771-1234.

FAMILY SUPPORT • MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) meets at 9:15 a.m. at Blairsville Free Methodist Church the first and third Tuesday of each month from September through May. There is a $25 registration fee for MOPS International.

For more information, call (724) 4598181.

• One Stitch at a Time, a knitting and sharing hour, will be offered at 10 a.m. every first and third Tuesday at IRMC’s Women’s Imaging Center Library. This hour is for women in cancer treatment or those who are moving beyond cancer. Call (724) 3578081.

• Spinal Cord Injury Support Group meets at 2 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of the month at Centre for Independent Living of South Central Pennsylvania, Altoona. For more information, call (800) 237-9009.

• The Hearing Loss Association of Pennsylvania meets at 10 a.m. the third Saturday of the month at the DePaul School for Hearing and Speech, Pittsburgh. For more information, call (412) 767-9769.

• Arthritis Aquatics Program is held at the YMCA of Indiana County and at Laurel Highlands Health Center. For dates, times, cost or other information, call the Arthritis Foundation at (800) 522-9900.

• Celebrate Recovery, a recovery ministry based on biblical principles, is held at the Blairsville Free United Methodist Church from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. every Friday. Childcare is offered at no charge. Celebrate Recovery provides a safe place for individuals to start dealing with their life’s hurts, hang-ups and habits. For more information, call (724) 459-8181.

• Insulin Pump Therapy Support Group meets six times per year at IRMC. For more information, call (724) 357-7164.

• Myasthenia Gravis Association offers monthly face-to-face support group meetings. For dates and times, call (412) 566-1545 or visit www.mgawpa.org. A virtual support group is available at www.facebook. com/mgawpa.

• Nurturing Parent Program offers general information on child discipline, nurturing, child development, parents of teens support and nurturing oneself as a parent. For dates and times, call (724) 463-8595.

COMING EVENTS Learn methods you can use to answer any interview question at a PA CareerLink Activity from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Tuesday. For more information, call (724) 471-7220.

GRIEF SUPPORT • Bowser-Minich Bereavement Support Services offers lectures and grief seminars to public groups upon request.

Call (724) 349-3100 or (888) 9235550.

• C. Frederick Bowser Funeral Home, Homer City, offers support services through an interactive website for bereavement and grief support literature at www.bowserfh.com.

• Coping with Loss Grief Support Group is a six-week series held at various community locations. Call Excela Health at (877) 771-1234.

• Curran Funeral Home Grief Support Group, 701 Salt St., Saltsburg.

Call (724) 639-3911 for dates, times and location.

• GRASP (Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing) helps for families and individuals who are in bereavement due to a substance misuse death, and provides support via phone and private meeting. For more information, call (724) 762-3344, email atskelly17839@gmail.com or visit www.grasphelp.org.

• Graystone Church GriefShare is a 13-week seminar and support group for people who are grieving the death of someone close to them. Sessions are offered in the spring and the fall.

Registration is not necessary and participants may join at any time in the series. Call (724) 349-5556 for the next session.

• Highmark Caring Place, through the Caring Foundation for Children, Pittsburgh, offers support groups weekly or biweekly for grieving children, adolescents and families.

Call (888) 224-4673.

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Tech companies lose out when someone clicks on one of their ads but fails to use a credit card and â&#x20AC;&#x153;convert.â&#x20AC;?

User clicks from retailersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mobile ads become sales about 84 percent less often than clicks from ads on desktop search, according to adMarketplace, a company that sells search advertising outside of search engines.

This significantly lower conversion rate helps explain why mobile search ads cost about half as much as their desktop counterparts, according to Adam J. Epstein, president of adMarketplace.

It is not as if checkout pages are a delight to work with on desktops.

But before mobile, when the shopping competition was buying online versus stores, the pain of dealing with a shoddy checkout page was dwarfed by the pain of getting in a car, going to the store, buying an item and driving back home. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In mobile, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mobile versus desktop, and if you want to drive transactions, you

have to make it simpler than a desktop,â&#x20AC;? Epstein said.

Few companies have more riding on mobile ads than Google, which became one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most valuable companies by building an advertising empire that began on desktop and laptop computers but is shifting rapidly to mobile devices.

Google has reported that mobile searches have eclipsed desktop searches in 10 countries including the United States, and this year, for the first time, advertisers in the United States are expected to spend more on mobile search ads than desktop ads â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $12.85 billion on mobile search versus $12.82 billion on desktop search, according to eMarketer.

For the past several years, Google has seen a decline in an important measure of ad prices called cost per click, or the average price the company is paid each time a user clicks on an ad. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The experience you had on desktop was an e-commerce experience. You were researching, you were buying something or making a reservation, and that was a closed

loop; we could track it,â&#x20AC;? said Jason Spero, Googleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vice president for performance media.

Mobile phones blur the line between online and in-store shopping, because people often use them while shopping in stores, or to search for phone numbers to make purchases.

But of course it would be easier for consumers, and probably would raise the price of ads, if advertisers could see a direct link between their ads and a purchase.

Google recently rolled out ad formats such as hotel ads that allow people to book directly inside the ad. Spero said a buy button will come this year and at first will rest inside Google Product Ads, a popular ad format that in-

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people do less typing and more tapping, a more predictable checkout process will drive sales by reducing â&#x20AC;&#x153;friction,â&#x20AC;? which is a technology industry euphemism for any inconvenience, no matter how small, that might cause people to wonder why they are opening their wallets.

Mobile applications are the model for this, since they keep people logged in and their credit cards on file, creating a closed system where people can order a cab or groceries with a tap.

That is fine if you have downloaded the app, but not so helpful if you are searching for deals on random websites.

In comScore surveys, shoppers complained of not being able to see the products on a small smartphone screen, or having difficulty clicking through shipment and payment options. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When smartphones started emerging, people made versions of their websites with narrower margins but it was the exact same experience, and they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t perform that well,â&#x20AC;? said John Collison, co-founder of Stripe, a San Francisco mobile payments company that powers buttons for several companies including Pinterest.

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how it works for Pinterestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;buyable pinsâ&#x20AC;?: People enter their credit card numbers into the Pinterest app, along with shipping details. When they see something they want to buy, they click â&#x20AC;&#x153;Buy it,â&#x20AC;? at which point the retailer is told where to

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It is too early to say what this might do for retailers. If buy buttons take off, it would reduce the need for shoppers to visit their sites, which could make shoppers even less loyal to their particular stores.

Lipsman, from comScore, was optimistic that buy buttons could help increase mobile sales.

And Serena Potter, group vice president for digital media strategy at Macyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, which is working with Pinterest on â&#x20AC;&#x153;buyable pins,â&#x20AC;? said she did not care where her companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sales came from. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just want them to shop, so wherever they choose to do that research and complete the transaction is fine with us,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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By The Associated Press SAN DIEGO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Harrison Ford says the young actors in the new â&#x20AC;&#x153;Star Warsâ&#x20AC;? movie need to prepare themselves for both the light and dark sides of fame. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too late for them. I mean, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s over. Life as they knew it is no longer possible,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve checked in for the biggest ride there ever was.â&#x20AC;?

The 72-year-old actor appeared alongside fellow â&#x20AC;&#x153;Star Warsâ&#x20AC;? veterans Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher at ComicCon Friday for a presentation on the anticipated seventh installment in the space

saga, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Star Wars: The Force Awakens.â&#x20AC;?

Director JJ Abrams and new members of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Star Warsâ&#x20AC;? family, including Adam Driver, Gwendoline Christie, Domhnall Gleeson and Daisy Ridley, were also on hand.

Ford said he told Ridley, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your life will change and you will get used to it.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;You will be by turns happy and delighted and employed, and then youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll wonder what the hell happened, every once in a while,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Force Awakensâ&#x20AC;? is set to hit theaters in December.

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GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; An anonymous donor has offered a $1 million reward for credible information leading to the pair of Judy Garlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sequined, ruby red slippers stolen from a museum in her Minnesota hometown.

The late actress wore the slippers in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Wizard of Oz.â&#x20AC;? Three other pairs still exist, including one on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.

John Kelsch, executive director of the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minn., says the donor is from Arizona and is a huge fan of Garland and the 1939 movie.

Going digital leaves no paper trail for survivors DEAR ABBY: My problem concerns my children and others who may have to deal with my finances or estate should I become ill or die.

I constantly get requests from credit card companies and other businesses, like utilities, urging me to â&#x20AC;&#x153;go paperless.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Save a tree ... save a forest!â&#x20AC;? While Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sympathetic, I worry that if I were to get sick and no paper bills arrive in my mailbox, my children wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know they need to be paid. (They have my durable power of attorney.) If everything arrives online, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have no access to that information.

Bills and late fees will accumulate, and no one will be the wiser.

This is why I resist. I pay many of my bills online, but I also receive paper documents. I know many companies and credit card issuers are unsympathetic about reducing or eliminatDear Abby is ing late fees, regardless of written by the situation. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t trust Abigail Van them to waive these fees â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Buren, also even if Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m desperately ill or known as dead. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how to Jeanne â&#x20AC;&#x153;go paperlessâ&#x20AC;? and keep my Phillips, and children informed at the was founded by her mother, same time. Abby, your column could create a national Pauline dialogue on this problem.

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Thank you. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; DEBORAH IN ST. CLOUD, MINN. DEAR DEBORAH: Before you go paperless, make a list of all of your accounts and usernames and passwords. There is software that allows people to upload their account information into so-called â&#x20AC;&#x153;digital vaultsâ&#x20AC;? for stor-

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age. Alternatively, the information could be written down and placed with your health care and financial powers of attorney.

To make certain that everything goes smoothly should you become incapacitated, or in the event of your death, give a list of your current digital information to someone you trust, let people know who has that information, and leave instructions on how you want things handled.

DEAR ABBY: Last spring, my husband and I found out weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re pregnant with our first child.

We were thrilled, of course, but out of caution we decided not to tell anyone outside our immediate families for a few weeks.

I am a teacher at a large school and I decided to confide in my teaching assistant so she would understand if I seemed tired or I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feeling well.

She was excited. Within five minutes of my telling her, she had literally shouted the news to several other staff members. I asked her to please stop and, in particular, not to tell the students. The next day there was a large banner hanging over my classroom door that read: BUN IN THE OVEN! I was mortified and furious.

She thinks miscarriages wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen if you think positive and that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just being negative. She is otherwise an excellent assistant.

How do I deal with her refusal to remain quiet? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ASSISTED BY A BLABBERMOUTH DEAR ASSISTED: Now that you know you cannot share anything in confidence with your T.A., make a mental note not to make that mistake again. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once two people know a secret, it is no longer a secret.â&#x20AC;? All she had to do was tell one other person and the cat was out of the bag. Because sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an excellent teaching assistant, â&#x20AC;&#x153;dealâ&#x20AC;? with her by telling her only what you would want broadcast over the public address system.

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TODAY IN HISTORY

By The Associated Press

Today is Sunday, July 12, the 193rd day of 2015. There are 172 days left in the year.

Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Highlight in History: On July 12, 1862, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill authorizing the Army Medal of Honor.

On this date: In 1543, Englandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr.

In 1690, forces led by William of Orange defeated the army of James II at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.

In 1909, the House of Representatives joined the Senate in passing the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, allowing for a federal income tax, and submitted it to the states. (It was declared ratified in February 1913.)

In 1948, the Democratic National Convention, which nominated President Harry S. Truman for a second term of office, opened in Philadelphia.

In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower was flown by helicopter from the White House to a secret mountain-

top location as part of a drill involving a mock nuclear attack on Washington.

In 1965, the Beach Boys single â&#x20AC;&#x153;California Girlsâ&#x20AC;? was released by Capitol Records.

In 1967, six days of racerelated rioting erupted in Newark, N.J.; the violence claimed 26 lives.

In 1977, President Jimmy Carter defended Supreme Court limits on government payments for poor womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s abortions, saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are many things in life that are not fair.â&#x20AC;?

In 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale announced his choice of U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York to be his running-mate; Ferraro was the first woman to run for vice president on a major-party ticket.

In 1994, President Bill Clinton, visiting Germany, went to the eastern sector of Berlin, the first U.S. president to do so since Harry Truman.

Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Birthdays: Movie director Monte Hellman is 86. Comedian Bill Cosby is 78. Singer-musician Christine McVie is 72. Actress Denise Nicholas is 71.

Singer-songwriter Butch Hancock is 70. Fitness guru Richard Simmons is 67.

Actor Jay Thomas is 67.

Singer Walter Egan is 67.

Writer-producer Brian Grazer is 64. Actress Cheryl Ladd is 64. Country singer Julie Miller is 59. Gospel singer Sandi Patty is 59. Actress Mel Harris is 59. Actor Buddy Foster is 58. Rock guitarist Dan Murphy (Soul Asylum) is 53. Actress Judi Evans is 51. Rock singer Robin Wilson (Gin Blossoms) is 50. Actress Natalie Desselle Reid is 48. Actress Lisa Nicole Carson is 46. Olympic gold medal figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi is 44. Country singer Shannon Lawson is 42. Actress Anna Friel is 39.

Rhythm-and-blues singer Tracie Spencer is 39. Actress Alison Wright (TV: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Americansâ&#x20AC;?) is 39. Actor Steve Howey is 38. Actor Topher Grace is 37. Actress Michelle Rodriguez is 37.

Country singer-musician Kimberly Perry (The Band Perry) is 32. Actress Natalie Martinez is 31. Actress Rachel Brosnahan (TV: â&#x20AC;&#x153;House of Cardsâ&#x20AC;?) is 25.

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Want to throw a birthday celebration kids will go Dada over? Invite some young visionaries to party arty with these wildly creative hands-on projects and color-happy treats.

Get the creative juices flowing by decking your space with lots of streamers in bright hues. To accommodate budding Jackson Pollocks, cover tables and floors with Kraft paper or newspaper and ask guests to bring smocks.

If you like, hang a big birthday number, made of foam board and decorated with paint, glitter, pompoms and crêpe paper ruffles.

For a little je ne sais quoi, have each artist don a beret ($20 per dozen at orientaltrad ing.com).

COLOR-ME SWEETCAKES To make this state-of-the-art dessert, first bake up a batch of your favorite cupcakes. Once they’ve cooled, frost them with four or five shades of tinted frosting (for intense tones like those shown, use paste food coloring). To make the serving platter, use a craft knife to cut a palette shape from a sheet of cardboard or foam board. Paint it brown and let it dry before using it.

PALETTABLE SNACK Starving artists on hand? Serve a spectrum of yummy dips — jams, nut butters, chocolate sauce, caramel sauce — and diced fruit on a disposable plate or plastic palette. Offer plain breadsticks or pretzel rods for dippers.

MINI MASTERWORKS Show the group some images of famous paintings (check the local library for coffee table art books).

Invite them to try making artwork in the style of their favorites, using acrylic paint and tiny canvases.

Let the paintings dry, then display them on mini easels. (Canvases and easels are sold at craft stores.)

MILK MONET With a paper towel, coat the rim of a glass inside and out with maple syrup. Dip the rim into a bowl of colored sugar. Carefully fill the glass with milk. Repeat to make one for each guest, and serve cold.

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For a letterperfect collage project, supply guests with chipboard initials. They can brush on a base color in acrylic paint, then use tacky glue to attach sequins, tissue paper scraps, pompoms, THANK HUES feathers and Send a little inspiration home with these easy favors. Before the party, print copies more. of a thank-you message and have your child paint them with watercolors. Use pretty tape to affix the notes to the paint sets.

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THE POOL was added at the back of the home.

Home remade for lakeside fun

By REBECCA TEAGARDEN The Seattle Times

Story goes that the remodel began with the idea of a new kitchen.

But that’s not it.

It was the dishwasher.

“I bought Linda a really nice dishwasher with wheels, and we used that for 10 years,” says Ian Eisenberg. “But she didn’t want it anymore. She wanted a built-in.” Linda Eisenberg screws up her face in a visual “yuk.” Nods her confirmation.

“Moooooooommmmm!”

And then she’s gone.

The Eisenbergs are a family at full throttle. Three boys: 9, 12 and 13. Out front are bikes and scooters and helmets and basketballs. Out back are the boys, hollering and splashing and jumping and swimming in the pool with their cousins not far from the family’s dock on Lake Washington in Seattle’s Leschi neighborhood.

What began with the dishwasher is now this, a down-to-the-studs and setupon-the-original-foundation contemporary remodel of function and form (but no frills) designed by principal architect Jay Deguchi (project architect Rune Martinson) of Suyama Peterson Deguchi.

It wasn’t about bigger. Even with a new second-floor master suite, the home, built by Cole Building Co., grew by a mere 500 square feet from the original 3,400.

It was about spaces (opening them) and light (inviting it in). After a decade spent navigating the chopped-up rooms of the original 1949 design, it was time.

“We liked the basic layout, but it was divided into too many small rooms,” says Ian from the dining table of the now great room: living, dining and kitchen, lined with glass accordion doors 24 feet long that open wide to the lake and mountains.

“We wanted to open it up so we could see the kids, until we realized that we could also hear them,” he

THE HOME was designed to invite the outdoors and light inside. says. Linda laughs.

“Moooooooommmmm!”

She’s gone again.

“It gets pretty violent around here,” says Ian over the hoops and hollers.

The home you see before you is the Eisenberg place in its idealized state.

Sleek and spare, the kitchen bright and fun, lots of storage, a place for everything and everything in there.

Today, however, is real. It’s the morning after a birthday party. The dining table is littered with Bugs Bunny DVDs, a bag of pipe cleaners. Just outside the front door the boys’ pet rats are getting some sun. In cages. Next to a bag of baseball bats.

Of their architects Ian says, “We pretty much gave them carte blanche. This is what they do. If you don’t trust the architects, don’t hire them.”

That trust, in this case, is two homes deep: The Eisenbergs also remodeled their previous house from the foundation up with Suyama Peterson Deguchi.

The thing Ian likes about their work, he says, is “that there isn’t a lot of

HOUSE OF THE WEEK Viewing spacious home an uplifting experience Multiple peaks and a lofty arched porch make viewing the Lynden an uplifting experience.

A wrap-around planter, plus half-round windows in the door and front bay, add touches of grace. This single level plan could be adapted for wheelchair accessibility.

The 12-foot-high entry gives you an instant feeling of spaciousness. Double doors on the left open into a bright room expanded by a window bay that fills most of the front wall.

This room could be a home office, study, or parlor, whatever suits the needs of the family.

An art niche nestles into the passageway leading into the kitchen and great room.

Across from the kitchen, another window bay brightens the eating nook.

Kitchen and great room are all of a piece.

A raised eating bar provides seating for conversation and snacking, while blocking the view of kitchen clutter. Cupboard space is in generous supply, augmented by the step-in pantry next to the nook. Counter space is ample as well.

Natural light washes in through side and rear windows, while the sliding door at the back opens onto a small patio.

When the weather outside isn’t worth looking at, you can kindle a fire in the corner fireplace and enjoy watching the flames instead.

Bedrooms line up along the right. Amenities in the owners’ suite include a large walk-in closet and a two-section bathroom that provides privacy and steam containment for toilet and shower.

Secondary bedrooms are equal in size and share access to the Lynden’s main bathroom. Utilities are tucked in a pass-through that connects with the garage.

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adornment. There’s no fake anything.”

That kind of thinking is particularly helpful at this point in their lives. Finishes are durable; lighting is minimal.

There are concrete floors, white repaintable walls, blackened-steel stairs and railings, doorways and windows without trim or casings. Everything as boy-proof as possible.

The concrete slab of the daylight basement has been ground down and refinished, but it’s still an old concrete floor. And, in the bathroom there, plywood cabinets, sealed but unstained.

On the roof, solar panels provide electricity, heat water.

The mission of durability artistically achieved begins streetside with charred cedar siding. House and garage have been joined with a glass-covered walkway. Between them is a concrete play court: “I’m not a fan of grass,” says Ian. The best thing about their home now? “The light,” Ian says.

Linda agrees. “Yeah, for sure, and . . .”

“Moooooooomm!”

Annnnnd, she’s gone.

As the saying goes, you can’t squeeze water from a stone. But that’s what California residents have been trying to do as the state’s drought stretches into its fourth year, according to Consumer Reports.

California isn’t the only place facing a dry spell. Water managers in 40 states say that even if water conditions remain normal, they expect shortages in some part of their state over the next decade. That’s according to WaterSense, the water conservation partner of the Environmental Protection Agency.

The two best ways to save water, Consumer Reports says, are by replacing waterwasting appliances and fixtures, and changing your lifestyle and habits. Neither is easy. The first requires an up-front expense and the second, a long-term commitment. But do both, and you can cut your usage in half or better.

Outdoor watering accounts for almost 30 percent of water use, according to an analysis published by Environment Magazine. But toilets (19 percent), washing machines (15 percent), showers (12 percent) and faucets (11 percent) also use substantial amounts. Then there’s the 10 percent of water lost to leaks that are not always easy to detect.

In addition to plugging leaks, five of the most effective ways to save water indoors, says Environment Magazine, are to install lowflow toilets, use a high-efficiency washer, reduce shower time to five minutes, wash only full loads of laundry and reduce toilet flushes by 25 percent.

Consumer Reports offers these other ways to save water around the house:

IN THE KITCHEN • Don’t rinse dishes before putting them in a dishwasher. The dishwasher is designed to do that very job — and to do it better than you can.

• Replace your old dishwasher. Energy Star dishwashers are about 15 percent more water-efficient than standard models. The most miserly use only 4 to 6 gallons during a normal cycle.

• Wash only full loads of

dishes. For maximum efficiency, load your dishwasher according to the instructions in your owner’s manual, which will make the most of the sprays in your machine.

• Keep your drinking water in the refrigerator instead of running the tap until it’s cool.

• Give pots and pans a soak instead of scrubbing them under running water. And don’t wash your fruits and vegetables under the tap. Instead, rinse them in a large bowl filled with water.

IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM • Replace your old washer.

Energy Star washing machines use about 40 percent less water than a regular washer.

• Pick the appropriate water level setting — often small, medium, large — for the load if that’s how your machine works.

• Measure laundry detergent and use HE detergents for HE top-loaders and frontloaders. Regular detergents are too sudsy, and using too much can cause high-efficiency washers to use more water by extending the rinse cycle.

• Do only full loads, but don’t overstuff. Using cold water whenever possible helps save on energy costs, Consumer Reports notes.

IN THE BATHROOM • Replace your old toilets — all of them. Older toilets use as many as 6 gallons per flush, while new WaterSense toilets do the job with 1.28 gallons or less. With new toilets, the average family can reduce water use by 20 percent per toilet.

• Instead of baths, take short showers, cutting your shower time to five minutes.

If you’re brave, turn off the water when lathering up or shampooing. And don’t let the water run when brushing your teeth or shaving.

• Replace your old showerhead. Standard showerheads use 2.5 gallons of water per minute.

• Replace your old faucets.

Replacing leaky or inefficient faucets and aerators with WaterSense models can save the average family 500 gallons of water per year.

• Don’t use your toilet as a garbage can. It wastes water and can clog your pipes. Toilet paper is designed to disintegrate. Tissues, most wipes and dental floss are not.

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TOP iTUNES SONGS

TOP iTUNES ALBUMS

1. “Cheerleader,” Omi 2. “Can’t Feel My Face,” The Weeknd 3. “Watch Me” (Whip / Nae Nae), Silento 4. “Fight Song,” Rachel Platten 5. “679” (feat. Remy Boyz), Fetty Wap 6. “Honey, I’m Good.,” Andy Grammer 7. “Bad Blood” (feat. Kendrick Lamar), Taylor Swift 8. “Good for You” (feat. A$AP Rocky), Selena Gomez 9. “Shut Up and Dance,” WALK THE MOON 10. “All Eyes On You” (feat. Chris Brown), Meek Mill

1. “Dreams Worth More Than Money,” Meek Mill 2. “Wildheart,” Miguel 3. “Magic Mike XXL,” Various Artists 4. “1989,” Taylor Swift 5.. “x ,” Ed Sheeran 6. “Dark Before Dawn,” Breaking Benjamin 7. “Pageant Material,” Kacey Musgraves 8. “Unbreakable Smile” (Bonus Track Version, Tori Kelly 9. “Teen Beach 2” (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Various Artists 10.”VHS,” X Ambassadors

Pa.’s only national forest yields secrets among hemlocks

By CINDY ROSS RecreationNews.com

The light in a healthy hemlock forest is much different than in any other forest — diffused and velvety soft with no harsh edges. The forest feels dark, cool and dense. An insect infestation has killed many of Pennsylvania’s hemlock forests, reducing them to sickly shadows of what they once were. The primary exception is the Allegheny National Forest, where they are still very healthy.

Wandering the wondrous groves of healthy giant hemlocks is one of the best reasons to come to this colossal (and only) national forest in Pennsylvania. Among those trees are some of the most amazing rock formations of boulders, ledges and outcrops, and some brand new trails to lead you on your exploration. Check out the boulder formations known as Marilla Rocks in the Marilla Reservoir Trail System. The Marilla Rocks Trail is a 2-mile loop that leads to the gigantic rock formations in this remote woodland setting. You can also follow the Marilla Bridges Trail with its wooden covered bridge.

The grand-daddy of all the trails is the North Country Trail, the longest trail in the United States. A local favorite two- to three-day backpacking trip is to follow Bullis Hollow Trail to Tracy Ridge, north into the Allegany State Park, connecting to the Black Snake Trail and ending back at Marilla. Trail guides and downloadable trail maps can be found at visitanf.com.

EXPLORING ON TWO WHEELS Walking is the slowest, most absorbing way to soak in all the beauty of the north woods, but cycling is another great way to experience the forest.

The Kinzua Valley Trail along the banks of Kinzua Creek follows the path of the old Valley Railroad through forest and marshland. It is developed by the Kinzua Valley Trail Club, originates at the Westline Trailhead, and extends westward. Parts of the trail are grasscovered and feel more like single track, with a rolling, curving bed, making it much more interesting than the average rail trail.

For 7 miles, the trail winds alongside deep swimming holes and cool sheltering hemlocks whose

branches dip low into the stream.

There are frog ponds full of cattails and dead snags that look as if moose should be grazing in the shallows. The remaining 15 miles to the Red Bridge Recreational Area on the Allegheny Reservoir is presently being constructed and, by this fall, will extend the trail a total of 22 miles.

A brand new visitors center is under way at Kinzua Bridge State Park, home of the Kinzua Sky Walk.

The sky walk is built on six of the original Kinzua Viaduct towers, which, when built in 1882, supported the highest and longest viaduct in the word. Re-created as a skywalk with a partial glass overlook at the end, it offers pedestrians who visit a bird’s eye view of the Kinzua Gorge and the wreckage of the 11 fallen towers toppled by a tornado in 2003. A new trail leads visitors to the bottom of the gorge. At Kinuza, you can truly “Walk the tracks across the sky.”

THE LOCAL SCENE Unexpectedly, the region is home to two of Pennsylvania’s toprated accommodations. Voted No. 1 in Pennsylvania by TripAdvisor in the category of “Bed & Breakfasts/Inns,” the Mansion District Inn, located in Smethport, welcomes visitors to experience the elegance of days gone by with all the modern amenities of today.

Oz’s Homestay, a renovated farm located in Shinglehouse, was voted No. 1 in the category of “Unique Places to Stay” in Pennsylvania.

While in the area, check out CJ Spirits in Kane, northwestern Pennsylvania’s first craft distillery, creating spirits using fresh local ingredients and Allegheny Mountain spring water. Taste whiskey, rum, gin and Rocksov, a small batch vodka made from rye grain.

If you time your visit right, you can include the popular Great Outdoors Elk Expo in Elk County, being held Aug. 15 and 16. The weekend festival centers around Pennsylvania’s magnificent elk herd, but is also a great time to learn about all of Pennsylvania’s abundant wildlife.

CINDY ROSS/Recreation News

THE RESERVOIR, above, in the Allegheny National Forest provides waterborne fun, including fishing and boating.

Below: Follow the trail into the Kinzua Gorge and see the tornado-twisted remains of the railroad trestle towers.

FOR MORE INFORMATION Allegheny National Tourism: visitanf.org Allegheny National Tourism:

Forest Forest

IT’S HAPPENING HERE This information is provided by the Indiana County Tourist Bureau.

Times and dates are subject to change. All events are held in Indiana, unless otherwise noted.

TODAY • Wolves In Sheep’s Clothing will perform from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Memorial Park, 630 Washington St., as part of the Summer Concerts in the Park series. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/SummerConcertsInThePark.

• The 18th annual Hoodlebug Summerfest will begin at noon in downtown Homer City. Enjoy the festival atmosphere while eating delicious foods, shopping for unique crafts, listening to talented musicians, watching a parade and participating in different activities.

• Join education specialist Mandy Smith from the PA Fish and Boat Commission for a family fishing program at 1 p.m. at Yellow Creek State Park, 170 Route 259, Penn Run. Learn basic fishing skills, including knot tying, casting, baiting the hook and taking a fish off the hook. Register ahead at www.fis handboat.com/FamilyFishingPrograms.htm or www.gonefishing pa.com.

For more information, call (724) 357-7913.

• The Hoodlebug 5K Run and Fun Walk will begin at 6 p.m. at Floodway Park on Main Street, Homer City. The race will be run on the streets of Homer City and Center Township, with the last mile on the Hoodlebug Trail before a downhill finish. Registration will begin at Floodway Park at 4:30. For more information, call (724) 541-0013 or (724) 762-9742.

• The Jimmy Stewart Museum will present “Firecree,” starring Jimmy Stewart, Henry Fond and Inger Stevens, at 1 p.m.

For more information, visit www. jimmy.org.

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• Community Garden Time will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Indiana Community Garden at Mack Park, White Township. Weather permitting, members of the community and all plot owners are invited help in the garden, get some produce, share tips and enjoy a summer picnic. For more information, visit www.indianacommunitygar dens.org.

• The Kids Gardening Club will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Indiana Community Garden at Mack Park, White Township. Observe the garden, draw in a journal, observe compost bottles and soil under a microscope and color a picture. For more information, visit www.indianacommunitygardens.org.

• The Indiana County Farmers’ Market will be open from 3 to 5:30 p.m. in the old BiLo parking lot on Wayne Avenue, across from the KCAC in White Township. Fresh local fruits and vegetables, baked goods, potted plants, live music, local chefs and artists, and community booths will be featured. For more information, visit indianafarmmarket.blogspot.com.

• Find fresh fruits and vegetables at the Blairsville Farmers Market from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Tractor Supply parking lot, Blairsville. For more information, visit blairsville-pa.net.

• Join Kay Snyder and volunteers for Family Fun at the Community Garden at 6:30 p.m. in Mack Park, White Township. See what’s growing at the Indiana Community Garde, and get answers to gardening questions on plants, bugs, worms, bats, composting, garden goodies, different types of gardens, rain barrels and more. Register at icg15701@gmail.com or by calling (724) 463-8636.

JULY 16 • The annual Taste and Tour will be held in downtown Indiana. The event serves both as a fundraiser for Downtown Indiana Inc. and offers participating restaurants the chance to showcase specialty foods, introduce themselves to members of the community and thank current customers for their patronage.

For more information, visit www.downtownindiana.org.

• Enjoy a home-cooked meal for takeout or dine in at the Strongstown Historical Society’s Farmers’ Market and Dinner Social from 3:30 to 6 p.m. along Route 422 in Strongstown. Vendors are welcome. For more information, call (814) 749-8146.

JULY 17-19 The Indiana Players will present Bye-Bye Birdie, Young Performers Edition, at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at 725 Philadelphia St. For more information, call (724) 254-2198 or visit www.indianaplaters.com.

JULY 18 • Christmas in July, sponsored by Indiana County ABATE, will begin with the Santa’s Box Bike Run at 11 a.m. at the Clymer American Legion, 485 Franklin St. The cost to ride is a $10 toy. The toys benefit children treated at Indiana Regional Medical Center. For more information, call (724) 479-0714.

• The Indiana County Farmers’ Market will be open from 9 a.m. to noon at the corner of Eighth and Church streets. Fresh local fruits and vegetables, baked goods, potted plants, live music, local chefs and artists, and community booths will be featured. For more information, visit indianafarmmarket. blogspot.com.

• The 13th annual Summer Fest celebration will be held from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Village, 1155 Indian Springs Road, White Township. An antique and

classic car cruise, live outdoor entertainment, picnic food, craft booths, antique tractors, basket raffles and more are planned. The celebration will be held rain or shine.

For more information, call (724) 464-1640.

JULY 18-19 The Jimmy Stewart Museum will present “Bandolero,” starring Jimmy Stewart, Raquel Welch and Dean Martin, at 1 p.m. For more information, visit www.jimmy.org.

JULY 19 • The Summit Church Worship Team will perform from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Memorial Park, 630 Washington St., as part of the summer concerts in the park series. For more information, call (724) 8407673 or visit www.facebook. com/SummerConcertsInThePark.

• The 41st annual Country Music Show will begin at 3 p.m. at the Indiana County Fairgrounds, White Township. There will be performances by Aaron Tippin, The Hobbs Sisters and 7 Mile Run. Admission is a $22 in advance or $25 at the door.

For more information, call (724) 349-9114 or visit www.fop33.com.

• The Yarnick’s Farm Polka Party 2015, honoring the music of Eddie Liszewski, will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. at Yarnick’s Farm, 155 Thomas Covered Bridge Road, Armstrong Township. Admission is $20 and dinner is included. For more information, call (724) 349-3904.

JULY 22 • Community Garden Time will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Indiana Community Garden at Mack Park, White Township. Weather permitting, members of the community and all plot owners are invited.

This is a great opportunity to get help in the garden, get some produce, share tips and have a summer picnic. For more information, visit

www.indianacommunitygardens. org.

• The Kids Gardening Club will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Indiana Community Garden at Mack Park, White Township. Water plants, write in journals, check compost bottles, make ladybugs, learn about predator bugs and catch bugs. For more information, visit www.indi anacommunitygardens.org.

• Grab lunch at the food truck from 11 to 3 p.m. in the Oak Grove, IUP. Bring a blanket and relax.

• The Indiana County Farmers’ Market will be open from 3 to 5:30 p.m. in the old BiLo parking lot on Wayne Avenue, across from the KCAC in White Township. Fresh local fruits and vegetables, baked goods, potted plants, live music, local chefs and artists and community booths will be featured. For more information, visit indianafar mmarket.blogspot.com.

JULY 23 Enjoy a home-cooked meal for takeout or dine in at the Strongstown Historical Society’s Farmers’ Market and Dinner Social from 3:30 to 6 p.m. along Route 422 in Strongstown. Vendors are welcome. For more information, call (814) 749-8146.

JULY 24 • Find fresh fruits and vegetables at the Blairsville Farmers Market from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Tractor Supply parking lot, Blairsville.

For more information, visit blairsville-pa.net.

• Celebrate Indiana County Day and Christmas in July at Idlewild Park, Ligonier, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Stop by the gazebo for a special gift to the first 500 visitors, visit with Santa and enjoy the holiday cheer. Discount tickets are being sold.

For more information, visit www. visitindianacountypa.org.

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A TOUR of Luray Caverns, in Virginia, includes music from the famous stalacpipe organ. For other caverns in Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia, visit www.indiana gazette.net or RecreationNews.com.

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Caverns offer tours, cool temperatures

By JANE and MARVIN BOND RecreationNews.com

Pennsylvania’s commercial show caves offer educational tours, a constant temperature in the mid-50s to cool you on a hot summer day, and a host of additional entertainment options. And, that’s in addition to the fascinating formations and distinctive colors. Some caverns also offer adventure cave experiences, but check for reservation requirements.

The region’s caverns offer gift shops that range from country chic to 1950s kitsch. Each cavern’s experience is reasonably priced and fun for the whole family.

Tours generally last about an hour, but check websites for specific tour hours that might vary seasonally. Most caverns’ websites also have discounted admission offers, but not all are open year-round. Remember to take a jacket and good walking shoes!

• Coral Caverns Manns Choice (814) 977-9570 Bedford County’s Coral Caverns includes its namesake formation, a towering fossil wall containing the fossil remains of coral and other sea creatures that lived in the Great Inland Sea millions of years ago. Open weekends, mid-May through October.

• Crystal Cave Park Kutztown (610) 683-6765, crystalcavepa.com This was the first commercial cave in Pennsylvania. At its free museum, you’ll see artifacts and an omnibus that was used to transport early tourists, as well as an Amish buggy.

You can also pan for gems, play

miniature golf, walk the nature trail, and enjoy the ice cream parlor and café during July and August. Historic lantern tours will be offered at Halloween with reservations.

• Indian Caverns Spruce Creek (814) 632-7578, indiancaverns.com The tour features Native American history and artifacts and a room with naturally phosphorescent calcite formations. You’ll see the largest sheet of flowstone in the Northeast. Primitive campgrounds have been added, and the cave offers three-hour photo tours for amateur and professional photographers.

• Indian Echo Caverns Hummelstown (717) 566-8131, indianechocaverns. com There’s a 45-minute tour complete with legends of the Susquehannock Indians and the Pennsylvania Hermit, William Wilson. See calcite formations and underground lakes. Outside, pan for gemstones, visit the petting zoo, and see real Texas longhorn cattle. It’s all close to Hershey’s attractions and is open all year.

• Laurel Caverns Hopwood (800) 515-4150, laurelcaverns.com This is Pennsylvania’s largest cavern; various caving and rappelling activities are offered, in addition to a guided tour.

You can pan for fossils and gemstones or play mini-golf on the Kavern putt course with holes that reflect unique aspects of the cave.

• Lincoln Caverns Huntingdon (814) 643-0268, lincolncaverns.com Located near Raystown Lake, the at-

traction offers a tour of Lincoln Caverns and Whisper Rocks and is offering flashlight adventures and photography tours on select dates this summer with advance reservations. You can pan for gemstones and take a walk on the nature trail, as well.

• Lost River Caverns Hellertown (610) 838-8767, lostcave.com The tour is a walking one, but you do see a part of the Lost River in the cave.

You also can enjoy the Gilman Museum’s artifacts and antique guns and the rock shop with new minerals, fossils, and fluorescents. There’s also a nature trail and gem mining.

• Penn’s Cave Centre Hall (814) 364-1664, pennscave.com Located near Penn State University, Penn’s Cave might be the most unusual of the nine commercial show caves in Pennsylvania, because its tour is by boat.

For a separate fee, you can see the African Adventure Museum and also take a 90-minute guided wildlife tour that includes North American animals such as the cave’s icon, the cougar. Kids and adults can also enjoy panning for gems and bison or longhorn burgers in the café.

• Woodward Cave Woodward (814) 349-9800, woodwardcave.com The property offers a tour of its cave formations and has a 13-acre campground and cabin rentals.

Among the five underground rooms are the Hall of Statues, a 200-foot-long underground room that includes a 14foot stalagmite, and the Ballroom, actually used for square dances and banquets.

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by Paula Hawkins (Riverhead) 3. “The Melody Lingers On” by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster) 4. “Wicked Charms” by Evanovich/Sutton (Bantam) 5. “Country” by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) 6. “Finders Keepers” by Stephen King (Scribner) 7. “Tom Clancy: Under Fire” by Grant Blackwood (Putnam) 8. “In the Unlikely Event”

by Judy Blume (Knopf) 9. “Radiant Angel” by Nelson Demille (Grand Central Publishing) 10. “The President’s Shadow” by Brad Meltzer (Grand Central Publishing) 11. “The Rumor” by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown) 12. “Memory Man” by David Balducci (Grand Central Publishing) 13. “14th Deadly Sin” by James Patterson (Little, Brown) 14. “The Santangelos” by Jackie Collins (St. Martin’s Press)

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by Holly Madison (Morrow/Dey Street) 2. “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying up” by Marie Kondo (Ten Speed) 3. “The Wright Brothers” by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster) 4. “Modern Romance” by Aziz Ansari (Penguin Press) 5. “Bill O’Reilly’s Legends and Lies: The Real West” by Bill O’Reilly and David Fisher (Henry Holt and Co.) 6. “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter (Crown Business) 7. “Dead Wake” by Erik Larson (Crown Publishing) 8. “Adios, America” by Ann Coulter (Regenry Publishing) 9. “The Whole 30” by Melissa Hartwig and Dallas Hartwig (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) 10. “The Road to Character” by David Brooks (Random House) 11. “Sick in the Head” by Judd Apatow (Random) 12. “Ally” by Michael B. Oren (Random) 13. “It’s a Long Story” by Willie Nelson (Little, Brown) 14. “Being Mortal” by Atul

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by Iris Johansen (St. Martin’s Press) 14. “The Marriage Season”

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ASTROGRAPH MONDAY, JULY 13, 2015 Your instincts and ability to make quick decisions will increase your earning power this year, but if you aren’t careful, the money will slip through your fingers. Don’t expect others to help you get ahead. Your success will depend on your willingness to do the work yourself.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You will receive mixed signals from someone close to you. Don’t jump to conclusions or act on hasty assumptions. Give matters time to unfold naturally.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Your popularity will soar if you dedicate your time to a cause you believe in. You are a born crowd-pleaser, and you will have no problem drumming up support for your projects.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Joint endeavors will not turn out well. Sharing your plans will backfire. Someone will try to take credit for your ideas. Listen and observe, but carry out your plans independently.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Don’t waste time fretting over events you can’t control.

Spend time with close friends. Your concepts will prove successful if you can enlist the help of someone who is willing to invest in you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — You will stress yourself out if you don’t learn to say no to demanding people. Take care

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of your mental and physical health by putting your needs first.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) — You should take time to consider how a current partnership or connection will impact the rest of your life. Professional interests are best put on the back burner while you deal with personal issues.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Unresolved health issues will surface if you continue to set an unrealistic pace. An old friend will make moves to regain the relationship you once had. Remember the past before moving forward.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Invest in your skills and knowledge. If you dedicate your efforts to something you feel passionate about, you’ll get amazing results. Borrowing or lending should be avoided.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — When it comes to improving your home environment, you should do what you think best.

Bowing to what others want will stifle your confidence and lead to frustration and disappointment.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — By mixing business with pleasure, you will be able to tie up loose ends. Plan to celebrate your achievements while enjoying the company of people heading in a similar direction.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Conservative or long-term investments should be part of your financial plan. Don’t jump at a tempting deal that lacks substance just because others think you should. Do your own research.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You will get upset if you let a reckless emotional state dictate your actions.

Think matters through before you make a life-altering move.

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Sunday, July 12, 2015 — E-5

Third public path opens at Malibu

By LINDA S. ZHANG Associated Press

MALIBU, Calif. — It may be called “Billionaires’ Beach,” but the pristine views along one of Malibu’s most exclusive coastlines are now easily accessible to anyone.

After a decades-long legal fight that pitted public-access advocates against a wealthy homeowner who refused to build a path, the California Coastal Commission officially opened a third walkway along the 1.5-mile Carbon Beach on Tuesday.

“It’s an amazing stretch of coast that should be open to everyone,” said Charles Lester, the commission’s executive director.

Carbon Beach is renowned for its majestic shoreline and high networth celebrities and homeowners.

Heavy-hitters include Larry Ellison, former chief executive of Oracle Corp.; Hard Rock Cafe co-founder Peter Morton; and entertainment mogul David Geffen.

The first public path opened in the early 20th century. Geffen spent years fighting against a second access point before opening up a path promised in 1983 in exchange for a remodeling permit. At the time, it was one of about 1,300 promised walkways, though many never opened.

State law guarantees the public beach access up to the mean high tide line.

But in areas like Malibu, many affluent and influential residents have taken extensive measures to keep beachgoers out of their sandy

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AFTER A long court battle, the California Coastal Commission officially opened a third walkway to Carbon Beach on Tuesday. backyards.

The legal quarrel over the path that opened Tuesday dates to the 1980s. The Coastal Commission issued Lisette and Norman Ackerberg building permits in exchange

for providing a public path beside their house.

The Ackerbergs put up various impediments, including a 9-foothigh wall, large boulders and a tennis court to resist building an ease-

ment.

In 2009, Lisette Ackerberg, whose husband died in 2004, sued the commission to overturn its order opening a public pathway. California’s 2nd District Court of Appeals

ruled in favor of the agency.

In 2013, the commission approved a settlement requiring Ackerberg to pay $1.1 million in fines.

Some of the money will go to the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority to operate and maintain the pathway and reimburse the attorney general’s office for legal fees.

Ackerberg said she and her husband considered themselves advocates for both the environment and people with disabilities. She offered to make the path wheelchair-accessible to address the lack of accommodation for the disabled.

“If this battle brings ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) access to other accessways, that is progress and a worthy endeavor,” Ackerberg said in an email through her attorney, Diane Abbot.

Graham Hamilton, chairman of the West LA/Malibu chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, said he is pleased with the opening, but he also acknowledged the remaining challenges ahead.

“It’s a small victory in a very large battle,” Hamilton said. “We hope that any development that is going to take place in the future remembers the citizens’ rights under the California Coastal Act and state constitution, which allow public access to coastal lines.”

The Carbon Beach West pathway, as it’s officially known, is open between sunrise and sunset.

The commission plans to open at least 18 additional paths in Malibu.

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A guide to Camps schedule cooking to sailing ‘new’ in NYC

By BETH J. HARPAZ

By ALYSON KRUEGER

AP Travel Editor

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When Lynne Bolduc, a 40year-old legal executive in New York City, needed a vacation in May, she didn’t book a trip to an island paradise or an exotic city — she enrolled in a four-day cooking boot camp at the Culinary Institute of America, about two hours north in Hyde Park.

She spent hours with acclaimed chefs on subjects like how to make the perfect onion soup, testing out her new knowledge in a state-ofthe-art kitchen and preparing multicourse meals under strict deadlines. Even meals at the institute’s restaurants were spent analyzing flavors.

Despite all that focus, this was, in fact, a real vacation for Bolduc. Cooking, she said, “is something I really, really enjoy, and I got to focus on it for four days without thinking about work. It really gives you a better mental break, I would say, than sitting on a beach. I felt really refreshed when I came back.”

The program (enthusiasts. ciachef.edu/boot-camps; rates start at $895 for two days) is one of a number of camplike experiences being embraced by adults who want to spend their precious time off learning new skills or mastering ones they already have.

“They are über-active at home, whether it’s work or adult education, so when they go on vacation they want to continue in that mode,” said Edward Piegza, founder of Classic Journeys, a company that plans travel adventures for small groups.

“They want to be a player, not a spectator.”

For Bolduc, vacations are the only time she has to concentrate on cooking and experiment with new recipes or techniques. And she gets to take her new skills home. “I am using the techniques to make omelets and poached eggs,” she said.

Here is a selection of other programs that cater to specific sorts of skill-seeking adult travelers.

FOR THE ATHLETIC TYPE At the Skipper Academy (skipperacademy.com; about $1,000), a 10-day sailing school in either Croatia or the British Virgin Islands, the focus is on two main types of fun you can have on a large boat: sailing and hosting parties.

Given that it was started to train sailors for the Yacht Week, a company that takes young professionals on hardpartying flotillas, it was essential that graduates master both skills. “The key to becoming a good skipper is

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SOME CAMPERS choose to give up their jobs and become full-time captains. being able to sail and helm a boat. That’s 20 percent,” said Julian Brockhurst, the academy’s manager. “The other 80 percent is crew management and social skills.”

During the day sailors learn to cruise in tight quarters from island to island, working on techniques related to docking, maneuvering and rafting. At night the boats are docked and the trainees relax around bonfires and explore the islands.

To enroll you must be 20 and have sailing experience.

While some participants are trying to become professional captains (graduates get an international certificate), many are there to hone skills and have fun.

Bonds can also form.

Danny Lavargna, 24, from Tallahassee, Fla., attended the school in April and emerged with close friends from Australia, Croatia, Portugal, Sweden and Norway; the challenges, he said, brought them together. One morning the instructors woke them at 4 a.m. and made them sail to a new port to test their skills under pressure.

“I remember that morning drinking a lot of coffee to stimulate the senses, singing a variety of songs and laughing with the rest of the crew members until the sun rose,” he said. “By the end of the day we were exhausted, and it still remains my favorite story to tell.” He soon left his job to become a full-time captain.

For those with less sturdy sea legs, there’s Salamander Resort and Spa (salamanderresort.com; packages starting about $500), in Middleburg, Va. Sheila C. Johnson, a founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), opened the center in 2013, hoping to create an oasis in Virginia’s fabled horse country where riders of all levels

could both retreat and improve their skills.

Guests put together individual lesson plans for their stay: Novices may opt for “equine communication”; more advanced riders take courses that help them strengthen weak areas, like refining riding positions. An intensive schedule can result in surprisingly quick progress, said Sheryl Jordan, the equestrian director. “Riding is an athletic endeavor, so if you only do it once a week, you aren’t really building the physical strength,” she said.

The resort also offers ziplining, biking, swimming, golf and cooking classes. In the summer guests can watch twilight polo matches.

Year-round they can get a rider relief massage in the spa.

Jennifer Butler, a 48-yearold from South Riding, Va., and a civilian who works for the Army, stayed at Salamander with three friends for a weekend earlier this summer.

She rides regularly but could never get her horse to respect her, she said. Jordan taught her how to do things like breathe in and sit up straight to let the animal know who was in charge. “It’s having that self-respect,” she said. “You respect the horse and the horse respects you.”

FOR THE ASPIRING NOVELIST Writing Vacations (writingvacations.com; $2,295, not including airfare, based on double occupancy) is a Boston-based company that takes small groups of amateur writers to a villa in Positano, Italy. Lauren Birmingham Piscitelli, the owner, said the program is “not really a classroom per se. It’s more of a safe, comfortable environment. What we’ve done is give them time to explore.”

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Participants wander the region on their own, taking in sea views and writing down thoughts and passages in a journal they receive on the first day. They then meet up to share their work and discuss things like character, plot and organization with established writers like Elizabeth Berg, who helped start the program.

By the end of the week, no matter how much writing experience people had before, “everyone usually leaves with a short story,” Piscitelli said.

At least one participant published her work in a Bostonbased magazine.

FOR WOULD-BE WILLY WONKAS Last year, French chocolate manufacturer Valrhona started L’École Valrhona Brooklyn (valrhonaprofessionals.com/ LEcoleduGrandChocolat Brooklyn.html; $179), a fulltime school for professionals modeled on one it holds at its headquarters in France, with special consumer classes Saturdays.

Every class has a theme and a guest professor. One earlier this summer, led by Jen King and Liz Gutman, founders of the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based artisanal chocolatiers Liddabit Sweets, taught participants how to make American candy classics with an upscale twist — essentially a kicked-up Snickers bar made from vanilla bean, roasted peanuts and sea salt. Classes last only one afternoon, but people come from all over the world and usually make a vacation out of it.

“Classes are capped at 12 students, so everyone gets one-on-one time with some of the best pastry chefs in America,” said Sarah Kosikowski, head chef at the Brooklyn location. “It’s a pretty crazy opportunity for pastry die-hards.”

For the newest bird’s-eye view of New York, head to the top of One World Trade. The ride up is so smooth, your tummy won’t even flip. A time-lapse video in the elevator shows the evolution of the cityscape over centuries, including a glimpse of the twin towers melting in and out of view. Once you’re up, the initial views are dominated by New Jersey. You’re looking at Manhattan when you spot the Empire State Building. Live guides are available to answer questions, including this one: Which bridge is the Brooklyn Bridge? (It’s the one with the double Gothic arches.)

The city’s other just-opened standout is the Whitney Museum, south of 14th Street, on Gansevoort Street near 10th Avenue. But the best part of this museum isn’t the art — it’s the outside spaces. Take the elevator up and walk down using exterior stairs where possible. The terraces offer a thrilling, visual urban jazz of people-watching, outdoor art and views of everything from the Hudson River to old tenements and new towers.

CLASSIC ATTRACTIONS New York’s an expensive city but many must-sees are free: Times Square, Central Park, a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge and a ride on the Staten Island Ferry, which provides terrific views of the Statue of Liberty. Two more spots that opened in recent years have quickly become among the city’s most popular (and crowded): the 9/11 Memorial, a park with pools in the footprints of the twin towers, and the High Line, a park built on an abandoned rail line that lets you see the city from 30 feet up.

The observatory at One World Trade is glassed-in but if you prefer the wind in your hair, go old-school with the Empire State Building. Another option for a look from high up is Top of the Rock, at Rockefeller Center, which has the advantage of offering views of both One World Trade and the Empire State Building.

A Broadway show is also a must for many visitors, while top museums include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History and the Museum of Modern Art, which is hosting an extraordinary exhibit (through Sept. 7) of Jacob Lawrence’s paintings of the early 20th-century Great Migration of African-Americans from the South to northern cities.

You can hardly walk a block in New York without being tempted to buy something, but favorite neighborhoods for shopping include 34th Street, anchored by Macy’s; SoHo, known for pricey boutiques as well as mass-market emporia like Uniqlo; and 14th Street-Union Square, where a veritable palace of shoes, DSW, reigns over a strip of trendy but affordable retailers.

TIPS The subway is old, dirty, crowded and noisy, but it’s the fastest, most efficient way to get around. Consider buying a $31, seven-day Metro card (plus a $1 fee for the card), which covers unlimited rides for a week. The subway is relatively safe, but be prepared for panhandlers, the homeless, loud musicians and the occasional preacher. If one car on a crowded train is mysteriously empty, there’s inevitably an unpleasant reason that you’re better off not discovering — just squeeze into a different car.

The subways can also be confusing. Every train car has a framed paper map and many have digital guides, too. One of the best websites for point-to-point directions is Hopstop.com.

Free maps are available from manned booths inside subway stations. Trains are sometimes rerouted on weekends; check the MTA.info/weekender website for guidance.

HANGING OUT Spend some time outside Manhattan. Among the many Brooklyn neighborhoods worth a visit are trendy Williamsburg, DUMBO and Bushwick. Coney Island has the beach, an old-time amusement park and Nathan’s Famous hot dogs. In Queens, there’s Greek food in Astoria plus many museums there and in nearby Long Island City: Museum of the Moving Image, Socrates Sculpture Park, Noguchi Museum and PS1 with its fabulous eatery, M. Wells Dinette. For the beach in Queens, take the A train to Rockaway. The Bronx offers the Bronx Zoo, New York Botanical Garden (Frida Kahlo exhibit through Nov. 1) and Italian food on Arthur Avenue.

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VISITORS TO the new Wild Walk crossed a suspension bridge to visit a tree house.

Museum gives visitors treetop view of forest

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TUPPER LAKE, N.Y. — While most boardwalks skirt beaches or traverse bogs and marshlands, a new wooden walkway in the Adirondacks takes nature lovers on a tour of the treetops to let them experience the forest from the perspective of the birds and beasts that live there.

The just-opened $5.5 million Wild Walk is set on 80 wooded acres at the Wild Center, an interactive natural history museum beside a twisty oxbow of the Raquette River in Tupper Lake, 115 miles north of Albany. Supported by tall, teepeelike clusters of poles whose pointed shape reflects the surrounding pine forest, the elevated trail has a series

of winding bridges and platforms suspended 40 feet above the ground, with strategically placed observation points that offer a critter’s-eye view of the forest canopy.

“What we care about is connecting people with nature. It embodies who we are,” said Stephanie Ratcliffe, executive director of the 10year-old Wild Center. “Our exhibit techniques, the way we designed our building and the Wild Walk — it’s all intended to connect people with nature and really have this new perspective on the world around them.”

Inside the museum, designed to resemble a traditional North Woods “great camp,” visitors peer through glass walls for an underwater view of trout, turtles and playful otters in a variety of Adirondack habitats.

When you go outside to the Wild Walk, you start out in Feeder Alley, a gently sloping ramp walled with wood slats through which you can peer at goldfinches, blue jays and dozens of other birds flocking to many surrounding birdfeeders.

The gradual incline on the walkway makes the structure accessible to people of all abilities, Ratcliffe said. There are family-friendly features such as an oversized eagle’s nest of woven branches that offers an exhilarating view of Adirondack peaks, a 30-foot-wide bouncy orb spider’s web 30 feet above the ground, and a four-story realistic reproduction of a hollow pine that can be explored from the perspective of a burrowing squirrel or owl via a spiral staircase.

“My favorite was going in the spi-

der’s web,” said 4-year-old Beckett Lasher, of Warrentown, Va. “I love the construction of the tree. It looks very real,” said parent Joe Short, of Concord, N.H. “As a kid I read a book, ‘My Side of the Mountain,’ where a kid runs away and lives in a hollow tree. It captures that feeling perfectly.”

On one platform, children hop from square to square on a board game that lets them play the role of a bird and experience avian challenges like seed shortages, snowstorms, migration and predation.

“I got eaten by a snake,” said Short’s 7-year-old daughter, Madeleine.

Signs and naturalists tell the stories of surrounding trees, many of them close enough to touch, and how they feed and shelter the birds

and scampering red squirrels that are abundant.

The grounds of the museum also feature trails meandering through fragrant evergreen forests to a boardwalk and viewing platforms along a wild, placid stretch of the Raquette River, where guided canoe tours are scheduled in summer.

“What I love about the Wild Walk is the way it nestles perfectly in the forest,” Ratcliffe said. “You’re walking on a very artistic structure, a giant sculpture in the woods.”

The museum typically has about 70,000 visitors a year, but the Wild Walk is expected to expand that to more than 100,000, Ratcliffe said.

“It’s very well done, said Carey Lasher, Beckett’s mother. “I was thoroughly impressed. Everyone in the family can enjoy it.”

CHILDREN CLIMBED recently on a simulated spider’s web.

A REPLICA of a bald eagle’s nest, top, and a hollow pine tree are part of the museum in the Adirondacks.

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A look at characters who lived large as tiny creatures

By ANDREW A. SMITH Tribune News Service

It’s hard to imagine why getting smaller than your opponent is a useful super power, but shrinking has been a staple in comics since 1939. I can’t explain why, but with the advent of “Ant-Man” the movie (premiering Friday), a look at the biggest heroes who are tiny seems useful.

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Leonard “Doc” Samson (created 1971): “Incredible Hulk” supporting character Leonard Samson doesn’t shrink physically, but he is a psychiatrist for superheroes. Get it? He’s a “shrink”! Ha ha!

OK, that was lame. But honestly, the competition for this 10th slot is immense, because there are so many terrible shrinky characters in comics history to choose from. In the 1940s alone you had, among others, the original Atom from AllAmerican/DC (who didn’t shrink at all, but was just short), Harvey’s FlyMan (not be confused with the later Archie character of the same name, who didn’t shrink) and Midgetman (who rode a pet rabbit named Bucky).

Micronauts (1979): The toys on which these characters were based only lasted from 1976 to 1980, but the Marvel Comics adventures of this merry band of guerrillas lasted considerably longer.

“Micronauts” was set in a subatomic world called the Microverse, which consists of varying habitats connected like a drawing of molecules. It had been conquered by Baron Karza, a Darth Vader-like bad guy, and the rebels who rose to oppose him were the Micronauts, consisting of Commander Arcturus Rann (based on the “Time Traveler”

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toy), Princess Mari (“Marionette”), Acroyear, Bug (an insect-like being original to Marvel), Microtron and Biotron. If that all sounds very “Star Wars,” that’s because it was.

Micronauts didn’t shrink, as they were tiny already. But the Fantastic Four did, when they’d come to visit.

Shrinking Violet (1961): Violet — real name Salu Digby of the planet Imsk — was created as a member of the 30th century Legion of Super-Heroes, and I guess by the time they got around to her they had run out of cool powers.

Anyway, Salu could shrink because all Imskians could, so one wonders why Imsk didn’t find a more impressive specimen to send to the Legion, like maybe a weight-lifter or an acrobat or something.

In some incarnations, Vi has been toughened up some, like in one scenario where she was a rough lesbian with an eye-patch. No, I am not making that up. In other scenarios, her superhero name has been Atom Girl, Leviathan and Virus. I was always hoping they’d change her name to Shrinking Violence, but nobody ever listens to me.

Superman Emergency Squad (1960): These characters actually had to grow to become tiny!

Shrinking was all the rage in early 1960s Superman comics, because the villain Brainiac (first appearance: 1958) had shrunk the Kryptonian city Kandor small enough to fit in a bottle, which Superman kept in his Fortress of Solitude. While waiting for Superman to figure out how to embiggen (so to speak) the city and everyone in it, Kandorians monitored Earth with their hightech, sci-fi TV screens. And several times when Superman’s pals got into trouble, a bunch of Kandorians put on Superman suits, climbed up the side of the bottle with suction cups, and emerged into our world,

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where they were the size of action figures and had Kryptonian superpowers. They couldn’t grow all the way, though. As one Squadder helpfully explained in “Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen” #48: “Spray us now with the enlarging gas, made by one of our scientists! It can’t increase us to normal size, but it will make us bigger than microbes!”

Preposterous, yes. But hundreds of tiny Supermen flying around made for some awesome covers!

Nightwing & Flamebird (1963): That bottle with microbe-size people was too much for DC writers to ignore. Beginning in 1963, Superman and Jimmy Olsen would shrink down and parachute into the bottle to become the masked heroes Nightwing and Flamebird — supposedly based on Kryptonian fowl, but really just variants of Batman and Robin.

When the duo grew tired of the gig, Kandorian scientist Van-Zee and his assistant Ak-Var — who bore an astounding resemblance to Superman and Jimmy Olsen — took over the roles.

Elasti-Girl (1963): Rita Farr was a beautiful actress who was exposed to mysterious volcanic gases while filming a movie, as has happened to so many beautiful actresses. This resulted in a shortened life span, but gave her the power to expand or contract not only her entire body, but discrete parts of it. She joined the Doom Patrol, because why not?

She has an unfortunate tendency to have terrible things happen to her. She’s been dead at least twice.

Last seen, she was a puddle of goo.

Doll Man (1939), Doll Girl (1951): Scientist Darrel Dane invented a formula to make himself 6 inches tall, although why he felt the need to do so is unexplained. Naturally, he immediately adopted the less-than-imposing name Doll Man, donned a costume

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that made him look like a male stripper and set out to fight crime.

His girlfriend eventually learned to shrink as well (by thinking about it real hard), and became Doll Girl.

Doll Man sometimes rode his Great Dane into combat, and flew a model airplane called the Doll Plane.

Doll Man was occasionally called “The World’s Mightiest Mite,” Doll Girl sometimes called herself “Midge” and the Great Dane was technically “Elmo the Wonder Dog.” Strangely, none of those nicknames seemed to catch on. But Doll Man makes it to No. 4 on this list by virtue of being the great granddaddy of shrinky superheroes, invented by the legendary Will Eisner for Quality Comics in 1939 and lasting until 1953, with art by the likes of Eisner, Lou Fine and Reed Crandall.

The Atom (1961): DC Comics was on a roll in 1961, having rebooted various 1940s characters by dropping everything about them but the names, creating new, sci-fi versions of Flash, Green Lantern and Hawkman. In “Showcase” #34 they did the same with the powerless Al “Atom” Pratt mentioned earlier, by giving the name to a new guy named Ray Palmer, a physicist at Ivy University who had developed a shrinking process.

With it, he could reduce to any size (even microscopic), whereupon he donned a costume with the same color scheme as Doll Man and fought crime as The Atom.

The best part of the new Atom’s origin to me was that Palmer had to use white-dwarf-star matter to stabilize the process. Coincidentally, he stumbled across a white dwarf star meteor in his very first issue.

When Palmer picks up the cantaloupe-size meteor, he says, “So heavy ... I can hardly lift it!”

Yes, I imagine so. A white dwarf star is one of the densest forms of

matter in the universe, with a typical white dwarf being as massive as the sun but with a diameter only slightly bigger than the Earth. If a white dwarf star meteor had ever actually hit the Earth, it probably would have been about as heavy as our planet, exploding both objects into, ahem, atoms.

But, OK, it’s comic book pseudoscience. And later versions of the origin wrote that part out. The Atom deserves a high spot on this list for his longevity (he’s been with the Justice League off and on since the early 1960s) and for being one of the most versatile of shrinky heroes. Not only can he reduce to any size, but he controls his weight as well.

The Wasp (1963): In the early 1960s, Janet van Dyne was a wealthy socialite who dated Henry Pym, the biochemist who shrank and fought crime as AntMan. He gave her the power to shrink like himself, but also implanted specialized synthetic cells in her body so that when she shrank she grew wings (to fly) and antennae (to talk to insects). It’s never been explained why Pym didn’t do this for himself but was comfortable disfiguring his girlfriend. He also invented wrist-mounted, compressed air “stinger” guns so Jan could live up to her namesake, because in comics brilliant biochemists are also brilliant garage mechanics. The Wasp — who began her career as a sidekick — gets her own entry for being a founding member of the Avengers, giving that team long service (with or without Pym), and even rising to leader on occasion.

Ant-Man (1962): Pym developed a shrinking gas from something he dubbed “Pym particles,” and has been a significant part of the Marvel Universe ever since. But more on him next week!

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Spike Lee answers call to produce ‘NBA 2K16’

By DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer

LOS ANGELES — “NBA 2K16” will be a Spike Lee joint.

2K Games announced recently that it recruited the acclaimed filmmaker — and die-hard New York Knicks fan — to write and direct the single-player campaign for the interactive basketball franchise’s next edition.

What did it take for the creator of such landmark films as “Do the Right Thing” and “He Got Game” to sign on to produce a video game?

“They asked me,” Lee matterof-factly noted during a recent phone interview from Chicago, where he’s in production on his next project, “Chiraq.”

Lee said the game’s story centers on a basketball player named Frequency Vibrations, whose personal exploits off the court are just as chaotic as the game on it.

“It’s about the trials and tribulations of life on a big stage with the money, fame, temptations, family members, the press, fans, all that stuff,” said Lee. While the game is a basketball simulation at its heart, “NBA 2K” developer Visual Concepts has integrated cinematic elements into the single-player mode over the

past five years. For the latest round, the gamemakers passed that task to Lee in hopes of achieving a slam dunk with gamers.

“It wasn’t a hard sell,” said Jeff Thomas, vice president of sports development at Visual Concepts.

“Spike was really receptive when I first met with him. He actually said to us, ‘It’s about time I worked with 2K.’ He loves basketball, and this is a new frontier for him.”

The “Malcolm X” and “She Hate Me” filmmaker focused on drawing out realistic performances from actors, whose voices and movements were all digitally recorded. Lee, whose teenage son Jackson is an avid gamer, said he actually felt liberated working on a motion-capture stage for the first time in his career.

“I didn’t really realize how quick it was going to be,” said Lee. “We didn’t have to do costumes, makeup or hair. We didn’t have to move props around. We didn’t have to move from location to location. Everything was just there.”

Despite the writer-director’s penchant for gritty storytelling, “NBA 2K16” won’t only be aimed at adults. Lee worked within creative parameters set forth by the NBA and 2K Games.

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SPIKE LEE was recruited to write the single-player campaign for “NBA 2K16.”

“We make an E-rated game,” said Thomas. “It’s an NBA-licensed project and obviously the NBA cares a lot about their brand and makes sure we stick within those boundaries.

“Spike understood that from the get-go, but he didn’t take his foot off the gas because of that.

He still brought the drama.”

The series’ previous installment, “NBA 2K15,” has sold more than 5.5 million copies since its release last October, according to 2K Games’ parent company, TakeTwo Interactive Software Inc. “NBA 2K16” will feature Stephen Curry, James Harden and

Anthony Davis on three separate covers.

It isn’t the first time 2K Games has sunk such star power into the successful sports series. The publisher tapped Jay-Z to curate the soundtrack for “NBA 2K13,” which also featured three cover athletes.

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