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Greece reaches deal for bailout

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Who’s in the news There is good news today in The Indiana Gazette about these area people: Stephanie Cribbs and Jacob Scott, Amelia Kathryn Farabaugh, Hannah Lieb, Jada Bennett.

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Inside SITE DESIGNATED: UNESCO has backed Jordan as Jesus’ baptism site, drawing cheers from the country’s struggling tourism industry while raising eyebrows among some experts./Page 5 WALKER ANNOUNCES: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said on social media today that he is running for the GOP presidential nomination./Page 7 MISS USA: Miss Oklahoma was crowned the winner of Sunday night’s Miss USA pageant./Page 21

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JOSEPH, 6, and Domenic Mains, 4, mixed up the ducks before Homer City Police Chief Lou Sacco chose a winner of the “duck race” Sunday at the Hoodlebug Summerfest in Homer City. Because the creek was too high, the traditional race had to be modified this year. They are the children of Jennifer and Dr. Tom Mains, of Homer City.

AMBER BANFIELD, 5, gathered up candy during the festival parade earlier in the day.

She is the daughter of Wendy Banfield, of Indiana.

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BRUSSELS — After months of acrimony, Greece finally clinched a bailout agreement with its European creditors today that will, if implemented, secure the country’s place in the euro and avoid financial collapse.

The terms of the deal, however, will be painful both for Greeks and their radical left-led government, which since its election in January had vowed to stand up to the creditors and reject the budget cuts they have been demanding.

Before it can get $95.07 billion in bailout cash and support for its banks to reopen, the Greek government will have to pass a raft of austerity measures that include sales tax increases, reforms to pensions and labor market reforms.

Greece will be on a tight timetable to implement its reforms — a reflection of how little its creditors trust the government to honor a deal.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras infuriated his European partners last month when he called for a popular vote against economic reforms the creditors has proposed.

The Greek people voted against those proposals, but will be horrified to see that they now face even tougher measures.

Both sides acknowledged the bitterness that marked their negotiations and kept them negotiating nine hours past a Sunday midnight deadline.

“Trust needs to be rebuilt,” said German Chancellor Angela Merkel, adding that with the deal, “Greece has a chance to return to the path of growth.”

In a first step toward getting its bailout loans, the Greek government has to pass a set of measures into law by Wednesday.

Measures include an increase in the sales tax and reform of the pension system. In later weeks, Greece will have to open to competition Continued on Page 4

Mexican drug lord escapes from prison

By ALBERTO ARCE and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — The capture of drug lord Joaquin Guzman was the crowning achievement of President Enrique Pena Nieto’s government in its war against drug cartels,

a beacon of success amid domestic woes. That makes the bold escape by “El Chapo” from a maximum security prison all the more devastating.

A widespread manhunt that included highway checkpoints, stepped-up border security and closure of an inter-

national airport failed to turn up any trace of Guzman today, more than 24 hours after he got away.

Widely considered the world’s richest and most powerful drug trafficker before his capture last year, Guzman slipped down a shaft from his prison cell’s shower area late

Saturday and disappeared into a sophisticated mile-long tunnel with ventilation, lighting and a motorcycle apparently used to move dirt.

“All the accolades that Mexico has received in their counter-drug efforts will be erased by this one event” if Guzman is Continued on Page 12

JOAQUIN “EL CHAPO” GUZMAN

Obituaries on Page 4 BRACKEN, Thomas J., 93, Robinson GENTA, Pauline, 86, Homer City HENRY, John G., 79, Indiana STORMER, Leo, 91, Indiana ZADRAVEC, Lillian “Lisa,” 55, Homer City

NASA craft nears Pluto for flyby

Iran nuclear talks enter final stage

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It promises to be the biggest planetary unveiling in a quarter-century. On Tuesday, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will sweep past Pluto and present the previously unexplored world in all its icy glory.

The curtain hasn’t been pulled back like this since NASA’s Voyager 2 shed light on Neptune in 1989.

New Horizons has traveled 3 billion miles over 9½ years to get to this historic point.

The fastest spacecraft ever launched, it carries the most powerful suite of science instruments ever sent on a scoutContinued on Page 12

VIENNA — Disputes over attempts to probe Tehran’s alleged work on nuclear weapons unexpectedly persisted at Iran nuclear talks today, diplomats said, threatening plans to wrap up a deal by midnight — the latest in a series of deadlines for the negotiations.

The diplomats said at least two other issues still needed final agreement — Iran’s demand for a lifting of a U.N. arms embargo and its insistence that any U.N. Security Council resolution approving the nuclear deal be written in a way that stops describing Iran’s nuclear activities as illegal. They demanded anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss the negotiations.

With a temporary deal set to expire at midnight today Vienna time (6 p.m. ET), diplomats said they hoped to complete and announce a final agreement before day’s end.

But they warned there was no guarantee, and some said the talks could stretch into Tuesday despite there being little appetite for what would be a fourth extension of the Continued on Page 12

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OBITUARIES Thomas Bracken Thomas James Bracken, 93, of Robinson, went to be with the Lord Saturday, July 11, 2015, at home.

The son of the late Thomas and Josephine (Rodgers) Bracken, he was born Nov. 15, 1921, in Seward.

Tom was a longtime member of Robinson Church of the Brethren. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and a retired crane operator from Bethlehem Steel Corp., Johnstown plant. Tom enjoyed Indian motorcycles and radio-controlled airplanes.

He is survived by his children: Boyd Bracken and his wife, Eleanor, of Blairsville, and Jayne Cook, of Indiana; his stepchildren: Donna Arford and her husband, James, of Robinson; Ronald Betts and his wife, Patricia, of Bolivar; Darrel Betts, of Bolivar; Wanda Betts, of Robinson; Marvin Betts and his wife Veronica, of Winchester, Tenn.; Amy Bradshaw and her husband, Clifford Genchur, of Indiana; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and extended family members.

Tom was preceded in death

by his first wife, Garnet Mae (St. Clair) Bracken; his second wife, Delnora (Penrose) Bracken; brothers Walter and William “Clair“ Bracken; and sister Norma Lynette.

Friends will be received Friday from 4 p.m. until the time of the memorial service at 4:30 p.m. at Robinson Church of the Brethren, 211 High St., Robinson, with Pastor Farrel Abraham officiating. Military rites will be conducted by a local veterans’ organization. Stuart Funeral Home, New Florence, is assisting the family.

Online condolences may be left at www.thestuart funeralhomes.com.

Helena Dropcho Helena M. (Soyka) Dropcho, 82, of Indiana, passed away at her home, surrounded by her family, on Thursday, July 9, 2015, after a long and courageous battle with ALS. She was born in 1933 in Muroviany, Czechoslovakia, to Michael and Mary Cvercko Soyka. She immigrated to the United States in 1935 through Ellis Island with her mother and brothers, and they joined their father in Nanty Glo. Helena was a member of St. Thomas More University Parish, Indiana, and a former member of the church choir.

She was a founding member and past president of the Nant-Y-Glo Tri Area Museum and Historical Society, where she worked tirelessly to help foster the society and to bring the society’s Liberty Museum to fruition. The historical society paid tribute to Helena and husband John by dedicating the first completed room in the museum in their honor. Helena was also active in the Greek Catholic Union (GCU), District 4, Lodge 401.

She was employed by Montgomery Ward in Indiana as personnel manager and was also an early employee of Roseann’s Everyday Gourmet.

Helena was an avid gardener, antique collector, lover of jazz, art and traveling, which included the recent memorable trip when she was able to return to her birth home and visit relatives in Muroviany.

Helena is survived by her beloved husband of 62 years, John J. Dropcho, Indiana; her loving two daughters and three sons: Stephanie A. Haupt and husband Brian, Indiana; J. Gary and wife Jan, Wexford; Janine Lazor and husband Stan, Rural Valley; Ronald M. and wife Nina, Blackhawk, Colo.; and Michael P. and wife Cynthia,

Pauline Genta Pauline (Haranus) Genta, 86, of Homer City, died Sunday, July 12, 2015, at Indiana Regional Medical Center.

The daughter of the late Metro and Julia (Burdish) Haranus, she was born Aug. 15, 1928, in White Township.

Pauline was a member of Our Lady of the Assumption Parish and the Altar Rosary Society.

She is survived by her daughter, Deborah Van Tassel and her husband, Fred, of Coral, and her sister, Kathryn Skinner, of Ohio. Pauline is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John Genta Jr., and her sisters, Barbara Ha-

ranus, Martha Pettenati and Julia Rend.

Friends will be received Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at the C. Frederick Bowser Funeral Home, Homer City. A blessing service will be held Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at the funeral home followed by a funeral Mass at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of the Assumption Parish, Lucernemines site, with the Rev. Father Ron Cyktor, the celebrant. Interment to follow in the St. Bernard Cemetery, Indiana. www.bowserfh.com

John Henry John Gilmore Henry, 79, of Indiana, died Saturday, July 11, 2015, at Beacon Ridge Nursing Center.

The son of John and Mable (Calderwood) Henry, he was born Dec. 8, 1935, in Clune.

John was a member of Indiana-Franklin Masonic Lodge 313, Coudersport Consistory and the Jaffa Shrine.

He is survived by his son, Richard D. Henry and his wife, Julie, of Indiana; daughter Jacqueline L. Liaz and her

husband, Carlos, San Jose, Calif.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

John was preceded in death by his parents; wife Phyla Mae; and two brothers, William and Robert.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Shriner’s Hospital, 1645 W. 8th St., Erie, PA 16505.

Funeral arrangements will be private and under the direction of the John A. Lefdahl Funeral Home. www.lefdahlfuneralhome. com

Leo Stormer Leo R. Stormer, 91, of Indiana, passed away Monday, July 13, 2015, at Indiana Regional Medical Center.

Visitation will be Wednesday from noon until the time

of the service at 2 p.m. at Bowser-Minich Funeral Home, Indiana. A full obituary will be published in Tuesday’s edition. www.bowserminich.com

Lillian ‘Lisa’ Zadravec Indiana; 10 wonderful grandchildren: Neil Carney and wife Jennifer, Duncansville; Marissa Carney, Altoona; Clayton and Claire Haggarty, Kenosha, Wis.; Natalee RaniiDropcho, New York City; Marcus Ranii-Dropcho, Wexford; Kevin and Malia Lazor, both of Indiana; and Corey Altman and Meghan Dropcho, both of Indiana; three cherished great-grandchildren: Rylan, Adalai Helena and Grayson Carney; and many beloved nieces and nephews.

Helena was preceded in death by her parents; and four brothers and two sisters: John, Michael, Joseph, Stefan, Mary and Elizabeth Soyka.

At Helena’s request, friends and family are invited to a memorial Mass at 10 a.m.

Friday at St. Thomas More University Parish with the Rev. Father Alan Polczynski as the celebrant. A luncheon and a love-filled celebration of Helena’s life will begin at noon at Rustic Lodge, White Township. Bowser-Minich Funeral Home, Indiana, has been entrusted with arrangements.

Memorial contributions may be made to ALS Association Western PA Chapter, 416 Lincoln Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15209, or the Nant-Y-Glo Tri Area Museum and Historical Society, 929 Roberts St., Nanty Glo, PA 15943. www.bowserminich.com

Lillian “Lisa” Zadravec, 55, of Homer City, passed away Saturday, July 11, 2015, at her residence.

The daughter of Betty May Lightcap Normand and the late Albert M. Normand Sr., she was born Jan. 10, 1960, in Indiana.

Mrs. Zadravec was a graduate of Homer-Center High School.

Lisa was a secretary for Zadravec Construction and worked at several restaurants in the area, including; Isaly’s, Valley Dairy, Golden Cup Tavern, McIntyre Inn, Brownies, Clarksburg Valley Inn, Egrey’s and Frank’s Inn. She enjoyed playing in the pool league for Frank’s Inn for 12 years. Lisa was a loving grandmother and also enjoyed fishing, crossword puzzles, dancing and her dogs.

She is survived by her husband, Charles R. Zadravec, of Homer City; four children: Tammy Kolesar, of Homer City; April Kolesar-Foreman, of Blairsville; Richard M. Kolesar Jr., of Homer City; and Charles R. Zadravec II, of Homer City; three brothers: Albert Normand Jr., of McIntyre; Howard “Frank” Normand, of Shelocta; and Michael Normand, of Indiana; three sisters: Shirley McAdams, of McIntyre; Dorothy Smith, of Indiana; and Caroline Boring and her husband, Dwayne, of Cherry Tree; seven grandchildren: Taylor Kolesar, M.J. Foreman, Avery Foreman, Tyler Kolesar, Nevaeh Kolesar, Alexander Kolesar and Sophia

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TOKYO — Satoru Iwata, who led Japanese video game company Nintendo Co. through years of growth with its Pokémon and Super Mario franchises, died on Saturday after a lengthy illness, drawing a flood of emotional tributes from game fans and industry rivals.

He was 55.

The company’s statement today said Iwata died of a bile duct tumor.

There was a torrent of sorrow online for Iwata as a person dedicated to entertaining others. On Twitter, fans thanked him for childhood memories and for bringing families together.

On some Internet sites, an image of the flag in the Super Mario game was flying at half-staff. Nintendo America announced it was suspending social media activity for the day “in remembrance” of Iwata.

“He didn’t just create technology. He created a whole culture,” said Nobuyuki Hayashi, a consultant and technology expert. “It wasn’t just a consumer product that he had delivered. He brought to people something that’s eternal, what people remem-

ber from when they were kids. He was special.”

Iwata, president from 2002, died Saturday at Kyoto University Hospital. He had not been seen recently at game events, such as E3 in Los Angeles, where he was usually a participant.

Iwata led Nintendo’s development into a global company, with its hit Wii home console and DS handheld, and also through its recent troubles caused by the popularity of smartphones.

His replacement was not immediately announced, but the company said star game designer Shigeru Miyamaoto will remain in the leadership team along with Genyo Takeda, who is also in the game development field.

Iwata had been poised to lead Nintendo through another stage after it recently did an about-face and said it will start making games for smartphones, meaning that Super Mario the plumber would soon start arriving on cellphones and tablets.

The falloff in appetite for game machines in the past few years was partly because people are increasingly playing games or doing social media and other activities on smartphones. Nintendo has repeatedly had to lower

prices on gadgets to woo buyers. The company returned to profit in the fiscal year ended March 2015 after several years of losses.

Until the recent shift in strategy, company officials including Iwata had repeatedly rejected the idea of developing games for mobile devices, a market that they brushed off for years as irrelevant.

In March, Nintendo announced an alliance with Japanese mobile game company DeNA Co. to develop games for mobile devices.

Nintendo pioneered game machines since the 1980s, developing one of the first machines and the hit Game Boy hand-held machine.

Its main rivals in the business are Sony Corp. with the PlayStation machines and Microsoft Corp. with the Xbox One machine. Both companies have done better in adapting to the era of online and mobile games.

“I am at a loss for words,” said Ken Kutaragi, the former head of Sony Computer Entertainment. “I pay my respects to the extraordinary leadership of President Iwata, who truly loved games and powerfully showed the way for our industry.”

Iwata succeeded Hiroshi

Free garden tour set for Friday Friends of the Parks invites the public to a free tour of the Indiana Community Garden at Mack Park on Friday beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Kay Snyder and other volunteers from the community garden will provide information on the plants, bugs, composting, rain barrels and gardening techniques used at the gardens.

The program will also include hands-on activities for all ages. Garden goodies

made from the garden will be available for sampling.

To register for the program, email icg15701 @gmail.com or phone (724) 463-8636. To learn more about the Indiana Community Garden, visit indiana communitygardens.org/.

For more information about this and other Friends of the Parks programs, visit the Indiana County Parks & Trails website at www.indianacounty parks.org.

Greece reaches deal for bailout Zadravec; numerous nieces and nephews; and a special friend, Diana “Dee” Hazlett Woods.

In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her brother Charles Alexander Normand; sister Sandra K. Audia; and brother-in-law, John McAdams.

Friends will be received Wednesday from 1 p.m. until the time of the funeral service at 3 p.m. at RobinsonLytle Inc., with Pastor Philip Mack officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family kindly suggests memorial contributions be made to VNA/Hospice, 850 Hospital Road, Suite 3000, Indiana, PA 15701; American Cancer Society, Indiana Unit, 320 Bilmar Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15205-4620; or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. www.robinsonlytleinc.com

Nintendo President Iwata dies at 55

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Yamauchi, who ruled over the Kyoto-based company for half a century, transforming it from a traditional playing-card company to a technological powerhouse. Yamauchi died in 2013 at 85.

Iwata was picked, with Yamauchi’s blessing, and Yamauchi remained adviser for many years.

Iwata had been employed at an innovative software company before he was recruited as Nintendo chief. He was tapped as president at a surprisingly young age, in his early 40s, for a Japanese company.

Iwata was a respected and popular figure in the game industry, partly because he was relatively more approachable than executives at other Japanese companies, who tend to be aloof and rigid in demeanor.

As news of Iwata’s death spread online, condolences and virtual tributes emerged on social media and on Miiverse, Nintendo’s online community where users can post notes and drawings created with a Nintendo 3DS or Wii U stylus. Fans were circulating avatars called Mii in the likeness of Iwata, which already existed but were suddenly taking on special meaning.

Continued from Page 1 industries that have long been protected, such as the energy sector. Labor laws will be made more flexible.

If it meets these requirements, Greece will get a three-year rescue program and a commitment to restructure its debt, which is unsustainably high at around 320 billion euros, or around 180 percent of annual GDP. Tsipras argues that because of these concessions today’s deal is, despite the tough austerity, actually better for Greece than the proposals Greeks voted down just a week ago.

“We managed to avoid the most extreme measures,” Tsipras said. “Greece will fight to return to growth and to reclaim its lost sovereignty.”

He said he had managed to avoid a demand by some creditors to transfer Greek assets abroad as a form of collateral and to avoid the collapse of the banking sector.

Greeks seemed mainly relieved that the country was not facing financial collapse.

Kostas Lambos, a pensioner, said things would be “difficult in the beginning” but people had to understand the severity of the situation.

“This was a necessary step for the country to emerge from the dead ends that had been created in the last few years,” he said.

Greece’s banks, which have been shut for two weeks, were still closed today and limits remained on cash withdrawals. Without a deal, they faced the prospect of collapse within days as they are steadily drained of money.

When the banks will be able to reopen will depend on whether the European Central Bank decides to increase emergency credit to Greek banks now that a bailout deal with Greece has been clinched in principle.

It was unclear whether the ECB would make such a decision today or after Greece passes its first batch of reforms.

French President Francois

Hollande said the Greek parliament would convene within hours to adopt the reforms called for in the plan and he celebrated Greece’s continued membership in the euro.

Losing Greece, he said, would have been akin to losing “the heart of our civilization.”

Other European officials were less emotive.

“The Greeks have to show they’re credible, show that they mean it,” said Jeroen Dijsselbloem, president of the eurogroup of eurozone finance ministers and a longtime critic of the Tsipras government.

The creditors said they would help Greece in the short term deal with its debt repayments since any bailout agreement was not imminent.

Greece will need help making a 4.2 billion euro debt repayment on July 20.

It is also in arrears on about 1.5 billion euros owed to the International Monetary Fund since June 30.

If the talks had failed, Greece could have faced bankruptcy and a possible exit from the euro, the European single currency that the country has been a part of since 2002. No country has ever left the joint currency, which launched in 1999, and there is no mechanism in place for one to do so.

Greece had requested a three-year, $59.5 billion financial package, but that number grew larger by tens of billions as the negotiations dragged on and the leaders calculated how much Greece will need to stay solvent.

Greece has received two previous bailouts, totaling $268 billion, in return for deep spending cuts, tax increases and reforms from successive governments. Although the country’s annual budget deficit has come down dramatically, Greece’s debt burden has increased as the economy has shrunk by a quarter.

Menelaos Hadjicostis and John-Thor Dahlburg in Brussels and Elena Becatoros in Athens, Greece, contributed to this story.

Breakfast buffet planned The Dayton District Volunteer Fire Department is hosting an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet from 6 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the Dayton Firehall. Cost is $7.

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What happens now that the Confederate flag is down?

By JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press

ANALYSIS

Legions of people clapped, cheered and cried as South Carolina lowered the Confederate battle flag. But the euphoria of a moment that was more than a decade in the making quickly began to shift to a hard question to answer: What exactly had been accomplished for race relations in the United States?

Was it more symbolic than substantive?

A flag is gone. But discrimination, poverty and inequality still exist around the country, with some wondering if the time and energy spent on the Confederate battle flag might have been better used tackling other racial issues facing Americans.

“It was easy to focus on the flag, as opposed to the issues that have divided blacks and whites historically,” said Carol Swain, a law and political science professor at Vanderbilt University.

But a symbolic victory is still a victory, others argued, with this one meaning more than most — that the feelings of a minority population perpetually outvoted and not always considered in the South had finally been acknowledged.

The abrupt shift in political willingness to take down the flag came just weeks after nine black people — including a revered minister and

legislator — were shot to death during Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston; photos of the white man charged with their slayings showed him displaying the Confederate flag and authorities have described the slayings as a hate crime.

In the years before, it was viewed as political suicide to push to remove the flag from the Statehouse grounds. Former Govs. David Beasley of South Carolina and Roy Barnes of Georgia were voted out of office over the issue.

Beasley had proposed relocating the flag from the Statehouse to a monument.

Barnes had introduced a new state flag to reduce the size of the Confederate battle symbol emblazoned on it.

Elsie Lee, a retired South Carolina state employee, thought about what her parents went through in the South as the Confederate flag, which has been adopted by segregationists and supremacists over the years, slowly came down from a flagpole in front of the state Capitol.

“This is the most important thing happening in this country,” said Lee, who lived through the civil rights struggles of the 1960s. “You just see everybody coming to-

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AN HONOR GUARD from the South Carolina Highway Patrol on Friday removed the Confederate battle flag from the Capitol grounds. gether. ... I wish that my parents were here to see this.”

The ceremony on Friday when the flag was removed brought out a jubilant, hundreds-deep multiracial crowd. Some chanted “USA” and “hey, hey, hey, goodbye” as gray-dressed South Carolina troopers lowered the flag in a 6-minute ceremony.

Jayme L. Bradford, 42, a journalism professor at Voorhees College in Denmark, S.C., watched it come down and said now that it’s gone, race relations may get better.

“This moment has been a long time coming,” she said.

“It always haunts me. It always reminds me that racism is alive and well.”

Still, no one is naive enough to believe that taking down the Confederate flag from South Carolina’s Statehouse grounds will magically end racism or discrimination in South Carolina or the South, said Trent Brown, a Mississippi native and America Studies professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology. There are still discussions about policing and voting rights to be had, he said.

More blacks live in poverty than anyone else in the United States — 27.2 percent, compared with 9.6 percent of whites, 10.5 percent of Asians and 23.5 percent of Hispanics of all races, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

More than 2.5 million African-Americans were arrested in 2013 — second only to the 6.2 million whites arrested, according to the FBI. But there were more black men than white in state and federal prisons in 2013 — 526,000 compared with 454,100, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

The South went through a major symbolism shift during the civil rights movement, when the signage of Jim Crow laws — like “Whites Only” and “Colored Only” signs on water fountains, restaurants and bathrooms — was forced down by the federal government.

The backlash against Confederate imagery — a relic of

the post-Reconstruction days when white Southerners regained control of state governments after the Civil War — doesn’t confer new rights to minorities like the removal of Jim Crow signs did, but it will make a difference in the long run, Brown said.

“It doesn’t change poverty in South Carolina. It doesn’t change access to certain kinds of power. It doesn’t change disabilities or discriminations that people labor under,” Brown said.

“I think the flag change is not a sign that everything is now fine, that the work of reconciliation is done. I think it is an important measure but I don’t think people who celebrate the flag coming down will or should see it as the end of the conversation, rather as a step in the conversation.”

“When a black citizen of South Carolina approaches the Capitol today, the flag is gone. It was there yesterday,” he said. “It says something about participation, about access, about belonging in a community and I certainly wouldn’t sell that short.”

While the removal of the flag doesn’t immediately eradicate the issues faced by African-Americans and others, it does set the stage for reconciliation and to provide a path for confronting issues of inequality, experts and advocates said.

Jordan gains support as baptism location CLOTH DRIV Indiana County

By KARIN LAUB and SAM McNEIL Associated Press

AL-MAGHTAS, Jordan — For years, Christian pilgrims have waded into the Jordan River from both its eastern and western banks to connect with a core event of their faith — the baptism of Jesus.

The parallel traditions allowed Jordan and Israel to compete for tourism dollars in marketing one of Christianity’s most important sites.

But now UNESCO has weighed in on the rivalry, designating Jordan’s baptismal area on the eastern bank a World Heritage site.

The U.N. cultural agency declared this month that the site “is believed to be” the location of Jesus’ baptism, based on what it said is a view shared by most Christian churches.

The decision drew cheers in Jordan, where the number of tourists has dropped sharply since the 2011 Arab Spring and the rise of the Islamic State group. Israel has kept silent while a Palestinian official said the western baptismal site, located in an Israeli-occupied area sought for a Palestinian state, should have been included.

The UNESCO decision also raised eyebrows among some scholars.

It “has nothing to do with archaeological reality,” said Jodi Magness, an archaeologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “We don’t have any sites with evidence or archaeological remains that were continuously venerated from the first century on.”

Experts who reviewed the Jordanian application for UNESCO acknowledged that there is no solid archaeological evidence confirming that “Bethany Beyond the Jordan,” also known as alMaghtas, Arabic for baptism, is the authentic site.

However, the Jordanian site is of “immense religious significance to the majority of denominations of Christian

faith, who have accepted this site as the location” of Jesus’ baptism, the experts wrote in their recommendation.

Jesus’ baptism is recounted in New Testament passages as the beginning of his ministry. Only John 1:28 hints at a possible location, the eastern bank: “These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.”

The debate over the baptism site comes at a time of regional turmoil, including the rising threat from Islamic militants who have destroyed ancient artefacts.

Jordan’s tourism minister, Nayef al-Fayez, told UNESCO that Jordan is sending a message of tolerance. The kingdom’s Hashemite rulers “who are the direct descendants of the Prophet Muhammad ... are the same ones who are protecting one of the holiest sites of Christianity,” he said.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict also looms in the background.

The Israeli-run site, known as Qasr al-Yahud, is located in the West Bank, one of three territories captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war and sought by the Palestinians for a state. The baptism site is in a part of the West Bank that remains under full Israeli military occupation.

Extending the World Heritage designation to Qasr alYahud would benefit the Palestinians if they ever win

statehood, but calling for this now might upset their ally, Jordan.

A Palestinian Tourism Ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk with journalists, said both banks of the river should receive the same treatment, but that “it’s not easy for us to defend a site we have no control over.”

The Israeli-run site has attracted larger crowds than its Jordanian counterpart, in part because it is on the classic Holy Land pilgrimage trail. Israeli officials said half a million visitors came to Qasr al-Yahud last year, compared to several tens of thousands on the Jordanian side.

On a recent morning, the western site was filled with pilgrims while the eastern one, a few yards away across the muddy waters, stood largely empty.

Ukrainian pilgrims pulled white robes with baptismal motifs — available at a gift shop for $8 — over swimsuits. They walked down steps into the river, some pinching their noses as they submerged themselves.

On a slope above them, South African worshippers sang “Glory, Glory Hallelujah” to the sounds of an acoustic guitar.

“It doesn’t matter to me much whether it’s on this side of the river or the other side of the river,” said pilgrim Johan Cornelius, 47, from Middelburg, South Africa.

“The fact that it is the Jordan River and that Jesus has been here, he’s been baptized by John in this area, that’s of utmost importance to me.”

For decades, such scenes were unimaginable. The river once formed a hostile border, and tensions eased only after a 1994 peace treaty.

Over the years, Israel granted access to pilgrims on religious holidays, and opened Qasr al-Yahud for daily visits in 2011 after removing nearby mines, though thousands remain buried in the area.

Jordan opened al-Maghtas in 2002. Archaeological digs there yielded remains of baptismal pools, chapels and monks’ caves — finds that the UNESCO experts said are “associated with the commemoration” of the baptism.

An eastern baptism site would make sense, some scholars said.

John the Baptist had antagonized Jewish authorities in Jerusalem and would likely have preferred to stay out of their reach, across the river, said New Testament professor Ben Witherington at the Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky.

Yisci Harani, an Israeli expert on pilgrimage, said that “if there is theological dictum to use one side, I would say the eastern side.” However, Harani said both banks should have been designated as a single site to reflect the meaning of baptism as a journey from the “spiritual desert” to the Holy Land.

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his time it didn’t take much to slip into vacation mode.

Sometimes, you know, on those first couple of days away, your body and brain are antsy, as though you’ll have to spring back into action at any moment to clean up that to-do list you left at home.

But at an airport out west last week, a friendly car rental agent offered a cut-rate upgrade, and within minutes I was truly on vacation, the sensible sedan I had reserved left behind as I sped away in a hot red convertible.

Into the golden evening I rolled, then, my hair whipped by mountain air, my shoulders settled, my breathing deep. May I urge you to embrace your own version of this abandon?

We Americans are dubious of vacations. By some measures, in fact, we’re the most overworked country in the industrialized world: Americans work 137 more hours per year than Japanese workers, 266 more hours than British workers and 499 more hours than the French, according to the International Labor Organization. The U.S. is the only wealthy country that has no legally mandated annual leave.

Count me among the lucky folks who get plenty of paid vacation, and also among the agitated crowd of people who often reach the end of the year with days off left in the bank, only to vanish at the stroke of the New Year. Pretty dumb, right?

Rex Smith is But there are a lot of us. A survey last editor of the year found that the average U.S. employAlbany (N.Y.) ee only takes half of his or her eligible vaTimes Union. The cation time. And a lot of folks don’t want newspaper is more time off.

Check this survey question: What if you owned by the could cut your work day by one hour per Hearst Corp. day and take a corresponding pay cut?

Fully 85 percent said no; half said they couldn’t afford it, but 35 percent said they’re just not interested.

Think about that for a moment. (Actually, you may only have time to think about it if you’re on vacation, since contemplation is one of the activities we tend to squeeze out of our schedules when we’re at work.)

Consider first the health benefits of time off. The landmark Framingham Heart Study, the largest and longest-running research into cardiovascular disease, found that men who didn’t take a vacation for several years were 30 percent more likely to have heart attacks than men who did take time off; women who took vacation only every six years or less were almost eight times more likely to develop coronary heart disease than women who vacationed twice a year.

This isn’t just an issue of physical health, either. A study of 1,500 women in rural Wisconsin found that those who vacationed were less likely to suffer from depression and increased stress.

Besides, time off makes workers more productive when they return. I could cite here the studies backing that notion, too, but you get the idea: There are lots of upsides to downtime.

So why do we ignore this research? More personally, here’s what struck me as I stood atop a granite spire in the Black Hills of South Dakota, awestruck by the expanse of mountains across scores of miles on a crystal-clear day: What took me so long to get back to this spot, which I knew I loved? Why wouldn’t anyone quickly grasp such an opportunity to get away to beauty?

For some people, of course, taking time off is expensive. And if you make more money, you can buy stuff you like, some of it contributing to the so-called good life: a backyard grill, say, or a boat.

But studies show that for most of us, once we have enough money to meet our basic needs, more money doesn’t buy us more happiness. In fact, it often increases stress levels.

Instead, a relentless focus on work has become for many of us an end in itself. We take pride in how hard we work and derive self-esteem from the notion of our value to the organization that employs us. We feel ill at ease if we loosen our grip on that at all. About three in five of the Americans who do take vacations work while they’re taking time “off,” a habit made easier by the ubiquity of digital contact.

If this is the behavior of grown-ups, imagine what it tells our kids, who are all too eager to bury themselves in digital devices. They are unlikely, then, to ever know the joy expressed

by Ralph Waldo Emerson, the great philosopher whose ventures into the Adirondack mountains in the 19th century yielded such observations as this: “In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows. Nature says, — he is my creature, and (despite) all his impertinent griefs, he shall be glad with me.”

And so I escaped for a week into the rugged American West, finding that delight Emerson described as I climbed forested mountains and splashed through creeks washing down rocky gulches. I counted my blessings under the summer sun, and determined to share my hope that this sort of joy might be yours in this season, too. Take the time.

Rex Smith is editor of the (Albany, N.Y.) Times Union. Share your thoughts at http://blog.timesunion.com/editors.

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Who is Justice John Roberts?

.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts was once the darling of conservative activists — these days, after casting two votes that saved the Affordable Care Act, he’s the bane of many. But Roberts is no liberal: He voted, after all, against gay marriage, against the Voting Rights Act and for the Citizens United campaign finance ruling that many on the left find onerous.

So how to explain John Roberts? Joel Mathis and Ben Boychuk debate the issue.

JOEL MATHIS Remember when John Roberts told us he would be an umpire, calling only “balls and strikes?” Turns out his strike zone is a slippery as any major leaguer’s.

Occasionally, that slipperiness ends up with a result to liberals’ liking — like the recent ruling that saved Obamacare. While conservatives howled at him, it seems clear that Roberts decided not to subvert the plain will of Congress over a pedantic bit of copyediting.

“Words have meaning,” Antonin Scalia sniffed afterwards, and it’s true, but words don’t have meaning apart from their context — Roberts recognized this, Scalia chose not to, and which seems like a wiser approach to you? The conservative ideal that the legislative branches are owed deference, though, was consistently upheld with Roberts’ vote in the case.

If only he stuck to the idea consistently. Some of the most notable rulings in his tenure — on Citizens United and, more bewilderingly, the Voting Rights Act — directly contravene the “defer to Congress” ideal.

Some of this is principled, perhaps, but some of it surely is not. While conservatives like to make a fetish of a consistent worldview that produces consistent outcomes, it turns out they are not mere law-reading robots, but humans, prone to inconsistency, whims and the occasional thumb on the judi-

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Ben Boychuk, left, associate editor of the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal, is a conservative with a contrarian streak; Joel Mathis, associate editor for Philadelphia Magazine, is a liberal with a libertarian streak. Red-Blue America is distributed by McClatchy-Tribune News Service. cial scale. Scalia is (mostly) the rare exception, and it’s notable that he’s become most famous for his dissents from majority opinions.

I saw Roberts give a speech a few years ago on, of all things, the Louisiana Purchase. President Jefferson, Roberts suggested in the speech, might not have had the constitutional authority to make that purchase ... but it was a good thing that he did, anyway.

There’s a principle at work there, admittedly. It’s not one that conservative legal theorists like to admit to sharing.

But Roberts is young, folks. We’ve got another 20 years to figure out what he really thinks.

BEN BOYCHUK Chief Justice Roberts is a contradiction. No, he is Humpty Dumpty. “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty told Alice in Lewis Carroll’s story, “it means just what I choose it to mean _ neither more nor less.”

Roberts sits at the head of a court filled with Humpty Dumptys. With the notable exceptions of Clarence

Thomas and Samuel Alito, whose jurisprudence is well articulated, generally consistent (at least to anyone who bothers to read them) and quite different from Roberts’, these justices often use words to mean whatever suits them on a case-by-case basis.

So we saw the chief justice make one pronouncement on what the law is on a Thursday, and contradict himself the very next day. “(T)his Court is not a legislature,” Roberts wrote in his dissenting opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges. “Whether same-sex marriage is a good idea should be of no concern to us. Under the Constitution, judges have power to say what the law is, not what it should be. The people who ratified the Constitution authorized courts to exercise ‘neither force nor will but merely judgment.’”

Yes, precisely as Alexander Hamilton put it in Federalist 78 — a clear statement of the limits of judicial power that the high court jettisoned 80 years ago.

And so behold Roberts in New Deal mode, writing for the five-justice majority in the Obamacare case just one day earlier: “Here, the statutory scheme compels us to reject petitioners’ interpretation because it would destabilize the individual insurance market in any State with a Federal Exchange, and likely create the very ‘death spirals’ that Congress designed the Act to avoid.”

Stated more simply, whether federally subsidized state health insurance exchanges are a good idea is of great concern to the court. Because thanks to decades of legislating from the bench, judges have the power to say what the law is as well as what it should be.

The people who ratified the Constitution may have authorized courts to exercise “neither force nor will but merely judgment,” but, hey — we’ve come a long way, baby.

Reach Ben Boychuk at bboychuk@ city-journal.org, Joel Mathis at joelm mathis@gmail.com.

Is farming a public service?

By LIZ CARLISLE

For the Los Angeles Times

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bill recently introduced in Congress, the Young Farmer Success Act, would make farmers eligible for federally subsidized student loan forgiveness — just as teachers and nurses are now — on the grounds that agriculture is a public service. But is it?

Certainly the history of U.S. farm policy would suggest that lawmakers have long seen agriculture as a public good.

Why else would they pass a farm bill that, in its most recent iteration, commits $134 billion to farm subsidies, commodity programs and insurance?

Arguably agriculture is more than a good; it’s a necessity, because everyone eats. But given that most U.S. crops will become fuel, animal feed, processed food components, export commodities or waste, the reality is a bit more complicated.

The truth is that agriculture is a hybrid public-private activity, and when it comes to evaluating the costs and benefits of its public fraction, not all farming is created equal.

The dominant approach to farming in the U.S. — the one encouraged by the last 150 years of agricultural policy — focuses on maximizing the immediate private benefit to the farmer, measured in yield of cash crops.

Public benefits of commodity farming, its supporters argue, include open space, the preservation of rural life and the American agrarian tradition, and — the boon most touted by the architects of 20th century farm policy — an advantage in the balance of foreign trade.

However, some of these benefits have proved hollow. Commodity farming has led to larger and larger farms, which have meant smaller and smaller rural communities, and the flood of

FARMERS DON’T have to stop planting crops to help the environment. ... It is entirely possible for farmers to raise nutritious food and also protect water quality, invest in soil fertility and actively promote a diverse community of pollinators, beneficial insects and plant species. grain has continually driven down prices.

Simultaneously, commodity farming has led to a number of public “bads,” from dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico (caused by nitrogen fertilizer runoff) to toxic manure lagoons and poor air quality (due to confinement animal feeding operations). Plus, if you follow these commodity crops all the way to their eventual consumption by the public, an epidemic of obesity and diabetes. When you consider all its externalized costs, cheap food is not so cheap.

In response to widespread concern about these negative effects, the Reagan-era Department of Agriculture developed a parallel but less influential policy approach to farming, one that aims to maximize not private gain but environmental good such as wildlife habitat and watershed protection. This alternative strategy encourages nonproduction, as epitomized by the Conservation Reserve Program, which pays farmers to leave land fallow.

What has only recently come to the attention of policymakers, however, is that the soundest long-term approach to farming and conservation comes from understanding them not as opposing objectives but as two goals

grounded in the same foundation.

Farmers, in other words, don’t have to stop planting crops to help the environment. Farms are sutured into living ecosystems, and their production is reliant on the health of those ecosystems. It is entirely possible for farmers to raise nutritious food and also protect water quality, invest in soil fertility and actively promote a diverse community of pollinators, beneficial insects and plant species.

So back to the question: Is farming a public service? Well, it depends, and not on the age of the farmer. Although there’s a feel-good quality to supporting young farmers — and young farmers are proportionally more likely to manage their lands organically — age does not map neatly onto farming practices. More fundamentally, paying young farmers’ college loans does nothing to change the incentive structure of U.S. agriculture to truly support them in farming for the long-term common good.

Instead of loan forgiveness, why not subsidize land access for farmers who commit to water conservation practices, cover cropping, crop rotation and avoidance of toxic chemicals? Why not expand the program that directly funds young people to participate in public service — AmeriCorps — including the portion that focuses on the food system, FoodCorps?

It’s a missed opportunity to encourage young people to work on a farm, any farm, as if they were all equally beneficial to the American public. It makes far more sense to incentivize specific practices.

Liz Carlisle is a fellow at the Center for Diversified Farming Systems at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of “Lentil Underground.” She wrote this for the Los Angeles Times.

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Iraq begins effort to oust ISIS BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi government began today a long-awaited, largescale military operation to dislodge Islamic State militants from Iraq’s western Anbar province, a military spokesman announced.

The spokesman for the Joint Operations Command, Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, said in a televised statement that the operation started at dawn today and that government forces are backed

by Shiite and Sunni pro-government fighters. Rasool didn’t clarify whether the U.S.-led international coalition is taking part.

Rasool didn’t provide any further details on the ongoing operations. By noon, the country’s state TV reported government forces recapturing villages and areas around Fallujah.

Seoul: N. Korea confirms execution SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has officially confirmed the purging of its defense chief two months after Seoul’s spy service said he had been executed for disloyalty to leader Kim Jong Un, a South Korean official said today.

South Korea’s National Intelligence Service told lawmakers in May that People’s Armed Forces Minister Hyon Yong Chol was killed by anti-aircraft gunfire for talking back to Kim, complaining about his policies and sleeping during a meeting.

The North’s state media has since not mentioned Hyon or his disappearance.

But over the weekend, the country’s official Korean Central News Agency named army general Pak Yong Sik as the armed forces minister in a dispatch about a meeting with a Lao military delegation.

South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman Jeong Joon-Hee told reporters today that this confirmed Hyon’s replacement and purging.

18 freed, gunmen at large in France VILLENEUVE-LAGARENNE, France (AP) — A group of gunmen broke into a discount clothing store near Paris today, trapping 18 people inside for hours before fleeing and prompting a manhunt throughout the area, police said.

All 18 were safely evacuated from the Primark store in a shopping center in the town of Villeneuve-laGarenne, according to a regional police official. She said police are now pursuing the assailants.

Police surrounded the sprawling shopping center and cordoned off the neighborhood, adjacent to the Seine River about 6 miles north of central Paris.

The assailants entered the store around 6:30 a.m. today in what police believe was an attempted robbery, another police official said.

Several people were already inside, primarily employees.

Ohio man going on trial for threat CINCINNATI (AP) — A former Cincinnati-area bartender who said he heard the devil’s voice telling him House Speaker John Boehner was “evil” was set to go on trial in federal court on charges he threatened to kill the Republican lawmaker.

Michael Hoyt has pleaded not guilty to a charge of threatening to kill a government official. He is scheduled for a nonjury trial in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati. Authorities have said in court documents that he threatened to kill Boehner with a gun or by poisoning his drink.

Court documents also indicate that Hoyt, of the Cincinnati suburb of Deer Park, has a history of mental illness. But Judge Timothy Black in April ruled that Hoyt was competent to stand trial, based on a report from a medical facility where Hoyt was sent for evaluation and treatment.

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PEOPLE WATCHED the seventh day of the running of the bulls today from their balconies during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain. Two Spaniards were gored in today’s running, bringing the total to 10 this year, including four Americans. The event lasts through Tuesday.

Walker announces GOP presidential bid

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker announced on social media this morning that he’s running for president, tweeting “I’m in.”

Walker, a Republican, also released a campaign video at the same time declaring his entry in the race.

The video is heavy on images of Walker speaking to a crowd in an Iowa cornfield, as well as his 2010 battle with unions. The video includes Walker speaking directly to the camera touting his willingness to take on big fights.

“We didn’t nibble around the edges,” he says.

Walker has a national profile largely due to his clashes with labor unions.

He enacted policies weakening their political power and became the first governor in U.S. history to defeat a recall election. Walker’s task now is to remind Republican voters about the four-year-old fight and the recall election sparked by his efforts to weaken unions — and a series of lesser-known triumphs he says set him apart from the crowded Republican field.

“If you could accomplish half of what he’s done in Wisconsin in Washington, D.C., you would go down as one of the greatest presidents ever,” said Walker’s top political adviser Rick Wiley.

Walker cut income and corporate taxes by nearly $2 billion, lowered property taxes, legalized the carrying of concealed weapons, made abortions more difficult to obtain, required photo identification when voting and made Wisconsin a rightto-work state.

His budget this year, which plugged a $2.2 billion shortfall when he signed it into law Sunday, requires drug screenings for public benefit recipients, expands the private school voucher program, freezes tuition at the University of Wisconsin while cutting funding by $250 million and removing tenure

protections from state law.

Such achievements may appeal to conservatives who hold outsized sway in Republican primaries, yet some could create challenges in a general election should Walker ultimately become the GOP’s nominee. Voter ID laws, abortion restrictions, liberal gun policies and education cuts are not necessarily popular among swing-state independents.

“Ultimately, Walker has to show all these victories and political successes have shown real results,” said Democratic pollster Paul Maslin.

Walker’s record is well-known to Wisconsin voters, a state where the second-term governor engenders fierce loyalty and fierce opposition.

Protesters who first crowded the state Capitol in 2011 in demonstrations as large as 100,000 still gather daily, although only about a dozen or so at a time, to sing anti-Walker songs.

Anger over Walker’s 2011 union law led to the failed 2012 recall. His team created a video this week, called “Recall the Recalls,” to tell that story again, especially for those who are taking their first serious look at Walker as a presidential candidate.

And while he’s not yet a presidential candidate in the eyes of the law, the labor dispute helped give him a significant head start in the 2016 money race.

Walker’s three governor’s races left him with a far-reaching donor database of more than 300,000 names. He shattered state fundraising records, collecting $83 million for his three Wisconsin elections, much of it coming from outside the state.

He begins his 2016 presidential bid with at least $20 million to spread his message, raised by two outside groups not subject to campaign finance donation limits, according to sources with direct knowledge of the fundraising operation. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to publicly discuss private fundraising strategy.

Walker’s union clashes will be featured prominently today during his official announcement, to be held in the same convention hall where he hosted his victory party after the recall election.

“A lot of people, that was their first introduction to Walker,” Wiley said, calling the union battle and subsequent recall win “one of our biggest assets.”

Yet the specific impact of Walker’s fight with labor unions is open to debate.

The governor often highlights rising test scores and graduation rates as evidence that the 2011 union law worked.

What he doesn’t mention is Wisconsin’s graduation rates were increasing for years before he took office, and the recent growth is not as strong as the national average. Wisconsin’s ACT scores have been among the best in the nation since before Walker was elected. They ranked third the year before he took office and ranked second in 2012.

Walker also talks about how the 2011 union law saved taxpayers $3 billion as of late 2014, saying state and local governments have used “tools” he provided them to reduce spending on pensions and health benefits for public employees.

While it’s true that the state and local governments have saved roughly that amount, the costs have been shifted to the employees who have to pay more for those benefits.

Critics note that Walker too often ignores where he’s fallen short.

The state’s chief economic development agency that Walker created, a hybrid public-private partnership, has been beset with problems, including handing out $124 million in loans without properly vetting the recipients.

Walker was more than 100,000 jobs short on his signature 2010 campaign promise to create 250,000 private-sector jobs. Wisconsin’s job growth has lagged not only the national average but its Midwest neighbors as well.

KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide car bombing near a military base in eastern Afghanistan that once hosted CIA employees killed at least 26 people Sunday, local officials said, the latest insurgent attack after foreign forces ended their combat mission there.

The bombing hit a checkpoint manned by members of the Khost Provincial Force, an Afghan unit that guards Camp Chapman, said Youqib Khan, the deputy police chief in Khost province. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the bomber was trying to get onto the base or what led to his attack, Khan said. A U.S. defense official said Chapman is an Afghan base with some American special operations forces there.

A local hospital received the bodies of at least 26 Afghan civilians, mostly women and children including eight members of a single family, said Dr. Hedayatullah Hamedi, the province’s health director. He said the blast wounded nine civilians.

“The explosion was so loud and strong that almost all of the city of Khost was shaken by the blast,” provincial police chief Gen. Faizullah Ghyrat said.

A statement issued by the Khost provincial governor’s office offered different casualty numbers, saying that 33 people were killed — 27 civilians, including 12 children, and six members of the Afghan security forces. Another 12 members of the Afghan security forces were injured, according to the statement. The discrepancy in the casualty numbers could not immediately be reconciled.

The suicide bomber carried out his attack when many civilian vehicles were waiting to pass by on a main road, said an Afghan police officer who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to discuss the attack.

He said the civilians killed and wounded in the attack were in vehicles waiting for their turn to pass.

Foreign and Afghan forces blocked journalists and police from accessing the site after the blast. Pentagon officials referred comment to NATO authorities in Afghanistan. In a statement, NATO said “no U.S. or coalition personnel were injured as a result of the attack,” without elaborating.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast in the city of Khost, near Afghanistan’s eastern border with Pakistan. Since U.S. and NATO troops ended their combat mission at the end of last year, local troops have been taking the brunt of attacks by the Taliban and other insurgent groups.

Camp Chapman, named after the first U.S. soldier killed in combat in the war in Afghanistan, sits near Forward Operating Base Salerno, a large Soviet-built airfield that was targeted by a Taliban truck bombing in June 2012.

Camp Chapman was the site where seven CIA employees and a Jordanian intelligence officer were killed in a Pakistani Taliban suicide bombing in December 2009.

Six more agency personnel were wounded in what was considered the most lethal attack for the CIA since the war in Afghanistan began in 2001 and possibly even since the 1983 embassy bombing in Beirut. It’s not clear whether the CIA still operates out of Camp Chapman.

Meanwhile Sunday, Afghan security officials said a pair of roadside bombings killed at least 12 civilians in the country’s east and north.

NYC disability pride parade draws thousands

By VERENA DOBNIK Associated Press

NEW YORK — New York City hosted its first parade Sunday supporting people with disabilities, with more than 3,000 participants heading up Broadway using wheelchairs, canes and guide dogs.

“We’re here full force,” said rapper Namel Norris, 33, now in a wheelchair after being shot in the Bronx and paralyzed as a teenager. “I thought my life was over, but music is my calling, I have a purpose in life.”

Mayor Bill de Blasio kicked off the inaugural NYC Disability Pride Parade, saying he’s proud his city is a national leader in supporting rights for disabled people.

The grand marshal was former U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, the Iowa Democrat who 25 years ago sponsored the Americans With Disabilities Act. “I may be retired from the Senate, but I’m not retired from the fight,” Harkin said.

“We know that when companies hire people with disabilities they

get the best workers, the most loyal workers, the most productive workers.”

De Blasio said his administration is “very, very committed already on the issue of accessible taxis, but all Tom Harkin had to do was say London was doing better to get my competitive fire going,” the mayor said, laughing.

About 4 percent of New York’s yellow cabs are accessible, said Allan Fromberg, a spokesman for the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission, compared to London, where every taxi can handle wheelchairs.

In New York City, de Blasio declared July as “Disability Pride Month” in honor of the 25th anniversary of the landmark federal act that aims to guarantee equal opportunities and rights for people with disabilities.

The city has planned a series of events relating to New Yorkers with disabilities.

That includes an exhibit at the SETH WENIG/Associated Press Brooklyn Historical Society titled JESSICA LOPEZ, center, participated Sunday in the inaugural Disability Pride “Gaining Access: The New York City Parade in New York.

Disability Rights Movement.”

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Rural areas brace for court-reporter shortage

By JOCELYN BRUMBAUGH

The (Johnstown) Tribune-Democrat

MATT SLOCUM/Associated Press

MARILYN MOSBY, Baltimore state attorney, delivered the keynote address Sunday during the Women in NAACP Empowerment Forum and Brunch in Philadelphia.

Prosecutor: Hardship became inspiration

By NATALIE POMPILIO Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — When Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby decided to run for her current office, she reached out to community activists, politicians and business leaders, eager to share her ideas. Almost all of them, she said, discouraged her from seeking election. “I was told I was too inexperienced, that I couldn’t raise enough money, that my decision to run could not only disrupt but potentially destroy my husband’s political career,� she recalled during a speech Sunday in Philadelphia. “For me, as a young black woman, to run against an older white male incumbent, powerful, with the ability to raise close to a million dollars, the skeptics wanted to know: How could I have the audacity?�

It was a line that drew cheers from the largely female crowd of more than 500 people gathered at an NAACP empowerment forum, part of the organization’s 106th annual convention. Mosby ignored the advice and was propelled to victory. At 35, she is the youngest chief prosecutor in any major American city. “I tell you my story not to brag or to boast. I tell my story, I share my testimony, because I recognize that I got to where I am today not because of my own doing but because of the blood, sweat, tears and sacrifices of the audacious warrior women who have come before me, who lived their lives by example for all of us,� she said.

Mosby was thrust into the national spotlight in April after Freddie Gray, 25, was arrested and suffered a spinal injury while being

transported in a police van.

He died a week later.

Residents took to the streets in protest for days afterward. Some of the demonstrations became violent and some protesters looted businesses and set fires. In response, the governor announced a citywide curfew and deployed the National Guard to Baltimore.

After a medical examiner ruled Gray’s death a homicide, Mosby charged the six officers involved in Gray’s arrest with felonies ranging from assault to murder.

During her speech Sunday, she shared personal stories of loss, including the shooting death of a beloved cousin when she was 14 that she said helped her turn her pain into her passion to reform the criminal justice system. She talked about setbacks, like when she was wait-listed at every law school she’d applied to and then failed the bar exam the first time she took it. She described how others had doubted her, sometimes causing her to doubt herself. Overcoming those hardships were an important part of her story, she said, adding they’re important parts of all stories and should be shared to inspire others. “All too often, in our communities, when we feel we’ve obtained a level of success, we want people to see where we are and not how we got to where we are,� she said. “But we, as women, must cast our shame, our pride, our egos aside and continue to pass on our testimonies, our tried and tested journeys, to the generations coming behind us.�

Mosby ended by telling the crowd: “Ladies, we have work to do and the time is now.�

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Police: Man charged helipad MT. LEBANON (AP) — A 50-year-old Georgia man is in custody after police say he narrowly missed crashing his vehicle into a medical helicopter preparing to lift off from a western Pennsylvania hospital.

Mt. Lebanon police say Eric Logan was suffering from a “mental health issue� when he charged St. Clair Hospital’s ground-level helipad Sunday at a high speed, stopping inches from the helicopter carrying a 12hour-old infant for transport.

Police say hospital security was able to subdue Logan after he exited his vehicle and appeared to be running toward the helicopter’s pilot. Police arrived on scene and arrested Logan.

After allegedly making “erratic statements� to officers, police secured an involuntary mental health commitment at the hospital for Logan. He remained under observation Sunday night.

Logan was charged with risking a catastrophe, assault and other offenses.

Officer dies after fall in chase SCRANTON (AP) — A police officer who suffered a head injury in a fall while chasing three teenage robbery suspects died from his injuries Sunday, police said.

Scranton Patrolman John Wilding died a day after falling some 15 feet after jumping a fence in pursuit of a trio of 17-year-olds now in custody, police chief Carl Graziano said.

Graziano asked the public to “keep Officer Wilding and his family in your prayers during this time of sorrow.�

Wilding, who leaves behind a wife and two children ages 3 and 7, is the first Scranton officer to die in the line of duty since Sgt. James Sable in 1986, according to information on a police memorial to fallen officers, The (Scranton) Times-Tribune reported. Authorities said the pursuit began after officers trailed a suspected stolen sport utility vehicle, and three youths got out and fled at about 3:30 a.m.

Saturday in West Scranton.

Graziano said a witness saw Wilding clear the fence, then fall. About 200 people gathered Saturday night at a candlelight vigil for the officer outside Scranton police headquarters, near the memorial bearing the names of a dozen local officers who died in the line of duty.

Fire claims woman, injures sister ETNA (AP) — Authorities in western Pennsylvania say one woman died and her sister was injured in a fire overnight near Pittsburgh.

Fire crews in Allegheny County were called to the blaze in the Etna home shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday.

Fire chief Greg Porter said the women were on the second floor, but one “narrowly escaped,� possibly out of the back door.

She was taken to a hospital for treatment of moderate smoke inhalation. Porter said fire crews found her sister at the top of the steps on the second floor, where the surviving victim reported having last seen her. The fire chief said “She thought her sister was right behind her on the way out.�

Officials called the home a total loss. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

EBENSBURG — When Cambria County court reporter Kelly Corcoran went to school for her line of work, there were about a dozen court reporting programs to choose from across the state.

Now, there are two.

Corcoran and other Cambria County officials say they are concerned about filling a number of court reporter vacancies coming up in the next couple years due to retirements. They point to the trends of fewer training programs available and students opting to settle in larger cities after graduation, along with a shift in technology in some courtrooms.

According to a 2013 study conducted by the National Court Reporters Association based in Vienna, Va., the demand for court reporters will soon exceed the supply nationwide, despite a transition to digital recording in some courtrooms. “Decreased enrollment and graduation rates for court reporters, combined with significant retirement rates, will create by 2018 a critical shortfall predicted to represent nearly 5,500 court reporting positions,� the study says, adding that opportunities for court reporting job placement will be “substantial.�

In Cambria County, President Judge Timothy Creany said the demand for court reporters is increasing, along with the number of cases the county handles. The county employs 10 full-time court

reporters but currently has nine, he said, and, despite advertising in a variety of publications, is still looking for someone to fill the vacant spot.

There are also two or three current court reporters who are considering retirement within the next year or so, which will create more vacancies. “We have a real problem,� he said. “I don’t know how we’re going to be able to address it.�

In Pennsylvania, perspective court reporters have one of two options for their schooling: Community College of Allegheny County in Pittsburgh or Orleans Technical College in Philadelphia.

Corcoran and Creany said that after graduation, students often choose to accept jobs in or near the cities where they went to school, rather than seeking jobs in more rural settings such as Cambria or Somerset counties. “Smaller counties like Cambria are going to have to step up if we’re going to fill the positions,� Creany said.

‘BIG, GARBLED MESS’ Creany said there is inequity in court reporters’ salaries across the state, which can sway applicants away from certain positions, and there are ongoing studies about how the costs of transcripts are handled.

Currently, court reporters are reimbursed at a certain rate for the transcripts they type. But some proposals seek to make transcripts property of the county,

changing the way court reporters are compensated, he said.

In addition to potential changes in how court reporters are paid, some courtrooms in larger cities are opting to use digital voice recognition devices to record court proceedings.

Corcoran said she’s heard of the devices creating issues and requiring appeals for transcripts that may become unclear when two attorneys speak at the same time, which isn’t unusual in the courtroom. “It’s just a big, garbled mess,� she said.

Creany also questioned the reliability of the devices, which could inadvertently record confidential conversations between attorneys and their clients, or have problems recognizing different inflections, accents and vocabulary terms if an expert is testifying.

Mary Beth Johnson, the program director and professor of court reporting at the Community College of Allegheny County in Pittsburgh, said the school has “maintained a steady enrollment of court reporters� and thinks it will continue to do so, because of what an actual court reporter can offer over a machine. “The profession has changed over the years, but remains viable because of our human brain,� she said. “We can distinguish between which “maid� “made� the bed. We can stop two people from talking over each other.

We can punctuate as we write and interrupt if we

need a name repeated or spelled: Kathy, Kathie or Cathy, for example.�

NOT ‘OUTDATED’ Nativa Wood, a Bishop McCort High School graduate and Vice President of the National Court Reporters Association, agreed. When a voice recognition or audio recording device is used in lieu of a court reporter, “there’s no one there whose sole concern is the record,� she said. “That can impact the trial.�

Wood, who is now based in Harrisburg, has been a court reporter for nearly 38 years.

She acknowledged the predicted shortage in the court reporters and said the profession should be promoted more in high schools so that students are aware of the job possibilities and how the job has changed.

She said many people are under the assumption that court reporting is “old-fashioned or outdated.� “That could not be further from the truth,� she said, mentioning how new devices, like those currently used in the Cambria County Courthouse, allow court reporters to transcribe efficiently, without paper, and store pages worth of transcripts on a small memory card.

While some certified court reporters choose to go into freelance work, traveling all over the country to type “closed captioning� for live television, or transcribe interviews after sporting events, Corcoran said there are advantages to working in the courtroom.

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Monday, July 13, 2015 — Page 9

Pope underscores themes during South America tour

By PETER PRENGAMAN and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press

ASUNCION, Paraguay — On his weeklong swing through South America, Pope Francis burnished his credentials as a new kind of pontiff, issuing a searing apology to indigenous people for church crimes more than a half millennium old and even making a pit stop at a Burger King to change clothes and freshen up before celebrating Mass.

The first Latin American pope picked three of the region’s poorest countries — Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay — and used his speeches and homilies to hammer home themes that have become pillars of his papacy: respect for the poor and for the planet, and an impassioned call to turn away from what he sees as a cruel capitalist system that pillages the world’s resources and heaps riches on the few.

They are messages Francis has been honing since becoming pope two years ago, but brought to life in vivid detail whether at Bolivia’s notorious Palmasola prison, the mud-drenched Banado Norte slum in Paraguay or even a gathering of business leaders in Ecuador.

“We now know there is one Pope Francis, who says the same things whether he is in Italy, Asia or Latin America,” said Massimo Faggioli, a Rome-based Vatican historian. “In Latin America, he was preaching to the choir, so the big challenge will now be to talk to and convince those who feel comfortable with the status quo.”

Francis will get that chance in September, when he is scheduled to visit the U.S. capital right after a three-day stop in communist-run Cuba — two Cold War enemies whose recent rapprochement the pope played a per-

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POPE FRANCIS, center, arrived Sunday to celebrate Mass in Asuncion, Paraguay. sonal role in.

The eight-day tour in South America was Francis’ first to the Spanish-speaking part of his home continent since he became pope. He went to Portuguese-speaking Brazil soon after his election.

The highlight of this trip was undoubtedly in Bolivia, South America’s poorest and most indigenous country, where Francis apologized for crimes committed by the church against indigenous peoples during the colonialera conquest, going much further than any pope before him.

“I say this to you with regret: Many grave sins were committed against the native peoples of America in the name of God,” he told a group of indigenous groups while combative President Evo Morales, the country’s first indigenous president, looked on.

Morales said Francis’ push to create a world where nobody is excluded makes him a fellow socialist. That idea

was quickly batted down by theologians, and the pope himself seemed taken aback when Morales presented him with a gift of a crucifix shaped like a hammer and sickle, a symbol of communism. An impromptu change of clothes in a Burger King bathroom provided a light moment amid a week of weighty issues. But it also showed how Francis is one of the most unusual pontiffs to lead the world’s largest Christian denomination.

With hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful waiting in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Francis needed a place to don his vestments for Mass at the Christ the Redeemer square. So he popped into the fast food joint, then minutes later emerged to rail against consumerism during his homily.

In each country on his trek, Francis spent time in marginalized neighborhoods, bringing a global spotlight to the crushing poverty that he says is too often ignored. He

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blamed capitalism, which he said is obsessed with the logic of profits to the exclusion of the needs of people and protection of the environment.

“This system cannot stand, it can’t be endured by the peasants, it can’t be endured by the workers, it can’t be endured by communities, it can’t be endured by the people nor can it be endured by the land,” he said in a speech to the World Gathering of Popular Movements in Bolivia.

Juan Maria Carron, a

Paraguayan sociology professor and church expert, said Francis is creating new expectations for how future pontiffs should act. “This pope is so different because he goes to the poor and really visits them.”

Francis gave blessings and sometimes even bear hugs to the poor and sick throughout the trip. It was more than just spiritual fulfillment for many of the millions who came out to see him.

“The pope loves the poor and I am very poor,” said Santa Cristina Rodriguez, 67, a Paraguayan who attended a Mass that Francis celebrated in Caacupe, the country’s most important pilgrimage site.

Rodriguez, who has only three remaining teeth, said she has struggled to find work, so she recycles plastic and rummages through garbage cans to make ends meet.

“Paraguayans are hard-

working, but there are no jobs,” she said. “Francis is bringing the country the blessings that it really needs.”

As the fast-paced trip wrapped up, the 78-year-old pontiff looked tired and increasingly his comments were off the cuff. In some of those unscripted moments, he combined his critique of capitalism with unusually sharp words for the more than 1 billion Catholics worldwide. The message was clear: Even the flock doesn’t get a pass.

While visiting the fetid Banado Norte slum in Paraguay hours before flying back to Rome, Francis said true Catholics don’t just go to church or pray. Instead, he said, they must improve the lives of people in places like Banado Norte, where thousands live in shacks without running water or electricity.

If not, Francis said, “Your faith is weak, or it’s sick or it’s dead.”

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When fruits, veggies meet the heat ...

Flavor is hot!

By MICHELLE STARK

Tampa Bay Times Food Editor

Add some sparkle to your traditional barbecue fare with unexpected grillables.

It’s easy to get into a grilling rut. Pork chops, burgers, chicken wings — not much effort required to rub these proteins with spices and slap them on a hot grate. They’re simple and fast, which is why you’re apt to pull out the standards this weekend. So let’s shake up the sides.

Fruit and veggies take on a whole different flavor when they start to sweat, the heat from the grill caramelizing the sugars in stone fruit especially — plums, peaches and the like. We know that a lightly wilted stalk of romaine lettuce makes for the bones of a killer Caesar salad. But have you ever tasted the ooey, gooey delight of a melty, slightly charred avocado?

Embrace the produce aisle as you shop for a summer feast, and make these light, quintessential summer recipes to go along with the T-bones and baby back ribs.

They’ll hold up to the heat just fine.

The Associated Press

MINCED PEPPERS, tomatoes and onions add flavor to grilled corn.

Blistered corn on the side

By ELIZABETH KARMEL Associated Press

GRILLED WATERMELON CAPRESE ¼ cup balsamic vinegar 1 teaspoon ground cardamom ½ (5-pound) seedless watermelon Extra-virgin olive oil Fleur de sel (or any good flake salt) 2 cups organic baby arugula, washed and dried 1 cup crumbled goat cheese Ground black pepper, to taste Preheat your grill. Real wood charcoal tastes best, but gas works fine. Avoid instant-light briquettes as they make food taste like lighter fluid. Aim for medium-high heat. If your grill lid has a thermometer built into the lid, it should read about 375 degrees.

Place the vinegar and cardamom in a small saucepan and simmer (on the stovetop) to reduce to a syrup, roughly 20 minutes. Do not allow to burn. When it is

The two most common side dishes at a barbecue are coleslaw and potato salad. But as much as I love those, I firmly believe it’s time for corn salad to take its rightful place at the picnic table.

Corn is summer’s chameleon. It can take on a sweet and delicate personality when eaten raw or lightly steamed, or it can hit the grill and get a little smoky char to become the bold hero of the table. And once it has been charred and blistered a bit, corn can hold up to the heat of fresh chilies and other big flavors.

One of my favorite ways to make corn salad is to blister the kernels on the grill, then toss them with onions, heirloom tomatoes and jalapeños.

The result is a classic summer platter of tomatoes and onions mixed with spicy chilies and char-grilled corn tossed with a tangy red wine vinaigrette.

BLISTERED CORN SALAD Grilling fresh corn until the ker-

nels are blistered and the natural sugars are caramelized makes this salad burst with flavor. This little bit of effort makes all the difference in this colorful summer recipe.

Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 8 1/3 cup red wine vinegar 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 2/3 cup olive oil, plus 2 tablespoons, divided Kosher salt and ground pepper 8 ears of corn ½ cup diced Spanish onion ½ cup finely chopped scallions (about 1 bunch) ½ cup minced jalapeño peppers 1 cup chopped heirloom tomatoes or quartered cherry tomatoes 1 to 2 tablespoons mixed minced fresh herbs, such as chives, basil, cilantro and parsley Heat the grill to medium-high.

In a small bowl, whisk together the vinegar and mustard. While whisking, slowly drizzle in the 2/3 cup of oil until the mixture is smooth and emulsified. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside.

Husk the ears of corn, then brush

them all over with the 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Set the ears directly over the heat on the grill and cook, turning occasionally, until all sides are blistered and lightly charred, 15 to 20 minutes. Set the corn aside until cool enough to be easily handled.

Cut the kernels from the ears of corn. To do this, one at a time cut each ear in half across the center.

Stand each piece on its wide, cut end and use a very sharp knife to cut down the length of the cob, cutting just deep enough to remove the kernels. Rotate and continue cutting until all of the kernels have been removed.

In a large bowl, toss the warm corn kernels with the vinaigrette. Add the remaining ingredients, mix well, then set aside to cool to room temperature. Before serving, taste and season with salt and pepper, if needed.

Nutrition information per serving: 300 calories; 210 calories from fat; 24 g fat (3 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 170 mg sodium; 22 g carbohydrate; 3 g fiber; 7 g sugar; 5 g protein.

about the texture of warm maple syrup, remove from the heat and strain through fine mesh or cheesecloth into a heatproof bowl. Use caution. It can stick to your hands and burn you.

Meanwhile, slice the watermelon into squares, without the rind, about 3 by 3 inches and ¾ inch thick. Brush them lightly with the olive oil.

Grill watermelon about 2 minutes per side, or until it is marked nicely. Remove and season with the salt.

Arrange on a plate, alternating layers of watermelon, then arugula, then cheese, then repeat for a three-layer “stack” on each plate. Alternatively, arrange all stacks on

a serving platter.

Drizzle with the balsamic reduction, sprinkle to taste with ground black pepper and serve immediately.

Serves 4.

Source: simplyorganic.com

until the fruit gets some nice grill marks on each side. Remove to a serving plate and sprinkle with coconut flakes.

Makes 4 to 8 skewers.

Source: Michelle Stark, Tampa Bay Times

GRILLED FRUIT KEBABS 1 cup each strawberries, pineapple, mango, kiwi and any kind of melon, cubed Honey Coconut flakes, for garnish Wood skewers Soak skewers in cold water so they don’t burn on the grill. Turn on grill to medium heat or heat charcoal. Thread each skewer with your chosen fruits, then drizzle some honey over the kebabs. Grill

GRILLED AVOCADO WITH HERBS 1 avocado 1 lemon Olive oil Herbs, whatever you have (parsley, thyme, chives and basil) ¼ cup cherry tomatoes, halved Salt Halve the avocado and lemon and drizzle olive oil on the cut side of both halves. Grill oil side down

FIG, ROSEMARY AND PARMESAN 16 fresh black Mission figs, stemmed and cut into 4 pieces 1 tablespoon chopped rosemary 2 cups shredded mozzarella ¾ cup grated Parmesan ½ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground black pepper

sliced into 1-inch sticks 1 medium zucchini, sliced into 1-inch sticks ½ bunch asparagus, ends trimmed 1 ear corn, niblets removed ½ cup cherry tomatoes, halved 2 cups shredded mozzarella

them evenly over the cooking area. If using a gas grill, preheat by setting all burners on high and closing the lid for 10 minutes, then turn off one of the burners on a two-burner grill or the two end burners on a three-burner grill and reduce the heat to medium, or 350 degrees. When the crust goes on the grill, the heat should be medium; you should be able to hold your hand about 6 inches above the coals or grate for about 7 seconds. Have ready a spray water bottle for taming any flames. Brush the grill grate.

Lightly flour a work surface. Roll out and shape the dough to a round approximately 12 to 14 inches across with a thickness of about 3/16 inch and no more than ¼ inch; the edges should be closer to ½ inch thick.

Sprinkle a little flour and cornmeal (as needed) on a pizza peel or baking sheet,

5 ways to top a grilled pizza

By MICHELLE STARK Tampa Bay Times

If you can embrace the imperfect outcomes and improvisational spirit, grilling pizzas can be a lot of fun. You start with the same essentials you’d use for oven-made pizza — dough, sauce, toppings — but cook the pizza directly on the grill grates instead.

Each recipe makes a pizza to serve 4; ingredients are listed in the order in which you should put them on the pizza.

SPINACH AND FETA 2 cups ricotta ½ pound spinach, chopped ½ cup crumbled feta cheese 1 teaspoon ground black pepper ¼ teaspoon salt Drizzle of olive oil

BACON AND RED ONION ¾ cup tomato sauce 12 slices thick-cut bacon, cooked and cut into 1-inch pieces 1 large red onion, thinly sliced 2 cups shredded mozzarella 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes LOADED VEGGIE ¾ cup tomato sauce 2 small yellow squashes,

TOMATO AND LEMON 5 heirloom tomatoes, thinly sliced 12 ounces mozzarella cheese, sliced 2 cups Asiago cheese, shredded 2 sprigs cilantro, chopped 1 lemon, zested ¼ cup olive oil, drizzled PREPARING THE DOUGH Prepare the grill for direct heat: If using a charcoal grill, light the charcoal or wood briquettes; when the briquettes are ashen, distribute

until the avocados have grill marks and are heated through, and the lemons are lightly charred and caramelized.

Remove the avocado halves from the grill and top with chopped herbs, cherry tomatoes and a pinch of salt.

Squeeze grilled lemon over the avocado halves.

Serves 1 or 2.

Source: ladomestique.com PEACH PANZANELLA 2 shallots, halved and sliced paper thin 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar 1½ pounds halved tomatoes 1 garlic clove, sliced paper thin

6 tablespoons quality extra-virgin olive oil ¾ pound herbed country bread, cut into 1-inch slices 1½ pounds ripe peaches, cut into sixths 1 lightly packed cup fresh basil leaves Heat a grill to medium heat. Meanwhile, combine shallots and 2 tablespoons of the vinegar in a small nonreactive bowl, season with a pinch of salt and a pinch of sugar, stir to combine and set aside for at least 10 minutes.

In a large bowl, combine tomatoes, garlic and 3 tablespoons of the oil, season with salt, toss to combine and set aside.

Brush bread on both sides with 1 tablespoon of the oil, place on grill and cook until charred on both sides, about 5 minutes. Set bread aside to cool slightly. (Salad can be made through up to this point up to 2 hours ahead.)

Brush peaches with remaining 1 tablespoon of oil, season with salt and grill, cut side down, until just charred but still firm, about 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.

When bread is cool enough to handle, cut or tear into bite-sized pieces. Add the shallots and vinegar to the bread and toss to coat. Just before serving, add the tomatoes to the bread mixture, season with salt and freshly ground black pepper, taste and drizzle with remaining tablespoon of oil or vinegar, as desired. Thinly slice basil and scatter over the top, then place salad on a serving plate and reserve any remaining dressing. Add peaches to remaining dressing and gently turn to coat.

Top salad with peaches and serve. Serves 6 to 8.

Source: Aida Mollenkamp GRILLED ROMAINE HEARTS WITH CAESAR 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 1 small clove garlic, minced ½ teaspoon Dijon mustard ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese, plus more for serving Salt to taste Olive oil spray 2 hearts of romaine In a small bowl, whisk together the oil, lemon juice, garlic, mustard and pepper.

Stir in the Parmesan cheese and season with salt to taste.

You can alternately blend the mixture, Parmesan cheese included, in a small food processor.

Preheat the grill over medium-high heat or heat charcoal. Oil the grill’s surface.

Remove any wilted outer leaves from the romaine hearts, then cut the hearts in half lengthwise, leaving the end intact so each half holds together. Spray them lightly all over with the oil spray.

Grill until grill marks or charring forms and the lettuce wilts slightly, about 6 minutes, turning once or twice. Serve drizzled with the vinaigrette.

Serves 2.

Source: dessertnow dinnerlater.com

HEAT PIZZA over medium heat on the grill. then transfer the dough to it.

Use that to slide the dough onto the grill grate. Close the lid and cook for 6 to 9 minutes or until the underside is browned and perhaps blackened in spots; check the underside after 5 minutes and

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proceed as needed.

Use tongs to transfer the crust to a platter; flip the crust over. Add your toppings.

Return to the grill, close the lid and cook for 5 to 6 minutes, until the crust is golden.

Et Cetera

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Cosby’s art collection to remain at Smithsonian PEOPLE

By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Over the past seven months, as sexual misconduct allegations against Bill Cosby mounted, a top Smithsonian official met privately with museum directors across the sprawling complex on the National Mall to decide what to do about an exhibit showcasing Cosby’s private art collection.

While many companies and universities were distancing themselves from the comedian, Smithsonian officials ultimately concluded the exhibit should continue. “First and fundamentally, this is an art exhibit,� Richard Kurin, the Smithsonian’s undersecretary for art, history and culture told The Associated Press. “So it’s not about the life and career of Bill Cosby. It’s about the artists.�

About a third of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art’s 50th anniversary exhibition came from Bill and Camille Cosby’s extensive African-American art collection, and two-thirds came from the museum’s own collection.

Most of the Cosby collection had never before been seen by the public. It includes paintings by one-time slaves, pieces commissioned for the Cosbys, a piece by Cosby’s daughter and quilts made in tribute to Cosby and his slain son, Ennis. The exhibit also includes images of Cosby and quotations from him.

Even without the assault allegations, the exhibit raised concerns. Some critics frown on showcasing a private collection in a prominent museum because it can enhance the artwork’s market value. Also, Camille Cosby sits on the museum’s board and initiated the loan, which raises questions about conflicts of interest.

Now the Smithsonian has revealed to The Associated Press that the Cosbys also funded the exhibition with a $716,000 gift, which virtually covers the entire cost. Museum industry guidelines call for museums to make public the source of funding when an art lender funds an exhibit.

The Cosbys’ financial donation was not disclosed in press materials issued by the Smithsonian to publicize the exhibit, nor mentioned on the museum’s website. The exhibit opened in November.

The Smithsonian said the information was available to anyone who specifically requested it.

Noah Kupferman, an art market expert at Shapiro Auctions who has taught about the economics of fine art, said such financial arrangements are not unprecedented, but museums must be transparent about them. “It just raises a little eyebrow that a trustee of a museum is lending (her) own collection, funding part of the exhibition and the exhibition is highlighting works ... by less wellknown artists whose work is considered by some to be undervalued,â€? he said. â??â??â??

SAN ANTONIO — Some things are more important than retirement.

David Letterman was called back into action this weekend with a brand-new Top Ten List inspired by the recent presidential candidacy of Donald Trump.

Although he’s been content since retiring as host of “Late Show� in May, Letterman called missing out on lampooning Trump’s White House bid “the biggest mistake of my life.�

Appearing with his pals Martin Short and Steve Martin at their live comedy show Friday night in San Antonio, he made up for lost time: 10. That thing on his head was the gopher in “Caddyshack.�

9. During sex, Donald Trump calls out his own name.

8. Donald Trump looks like the guy in the lifeboat with the women and children.

7. He wants to build a wall? How about building a wall around that thing on his head!

6. Trump walked away from a moderately successful television show for a delusional, bull... Oh, no, wait, that’s me.

5. Donald Trump weighs 240 pounds — 250 with cologne.

4. Trump would like all Americans to know that that thing on his head is free-range.

3. (tie) If president, instead of pardoning a turkey on Thanksgiving, he plans to evict a family on Thanksgiving. AND: That’s not a hairdo — it’s a wind advisory.

2. Donald Trump has pissed off so many Mexicans, he’s starring in a new movie entitled, “NO Amigos� (a reference to the 1986 comedy, “Three Amigos,� that starred Short and Martin).

1. Thanks to Donald Trump, the Republican mascot is also an ass.

Monday, July 13, 2015 — Page 11

TODAY IN HISTORY

By The Associated Press

Today is Monday, July 13, the 194th day of 2015. There are 171 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On July 13, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to be U.S. Solicitor General; Marshall became the first black jurist appointed to the post.

(Two years later, Johnson nominated Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court.)

On this date: In 1793, French revolutionary writer Jean-Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday, who was executed four days later.

In 1863, deadly rioting against the Civil War military draft erupted in New York City. (The insurrection was put down three days later.)

In 1923, a sign consisting of 50-foot-tall letters spelling out “HOLLYWOODLAND� was dedicated in the Hollywood Hills to promote a subdivision (the last four letters were removed in 1949).

In 1939, Frank Sinatra made his first commercial recording, “From the Bottom of My Heart� and “Melancholy Mood,� with Harry James and his Orchestra for the Brunswick label.

In 1955, Britain hanged Ruth Ellis, a 28-year-old former model and nightclub hostess convicted of killing her boyfriend, David Blakely (to date, Ellis is the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom).

In 1960, John F. Kennedy won the Democratic presidential nomination on the first ballot at his party’s convention in Los Angeles.

In 1972, George McGovern received the Democratic presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Miami Beach.

In 1977, a blackout lasting 25 hours hit the New York City area.

In 1978, Lee Iacocca was fired as president of Ford Motor Co. by chairman Henry Ford II. In 1985, “Live Aid,� an international rock concert in London, Philadelphia, Moscow and Sydney, took place to raise money for Africa’s starving people.

In 1990, the romantic fantasy “Ghost,� starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore, was released by Paramount Pictures.

In 1999, Angel Maturino Resendiz, suspected of being the “Railroad Killer,� surrendered in El Paso, Texas. (Resendiz was executed in 2006.)

Ten years ago: A suicide car bomb exploded next to U.S. troops handing out candy and toys in Iraq, killing more than two dozen people, including 18 children and teenagers and an American soldier. Former WorldCom boss Bernard Ebbers was sentenced to 25 years in prison for leading a massive corporate fraud. A fuel gauge aboard Discovery that mistakenly read full instead of empty forced NASA to call off the first shuttle launch in 2½ years.

Five years ago: New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner died in Tampa, Fla., nine days after turning 80.

The National League won the All-Star Game, defeating the American League 3-1 in Anaheim, Calif., to capture its first Midsummer Classic since 1996. Vernon Baker, a black U.S. soldier who belatedly received the Medal of Honor for World War II valor in 1997 after historians concluded he’d been wrongly denied the award because of his race, died at his home near St. Maries, Idaho; he was 90.

One year ago: Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Matthews Burwell met privately with dozens of gov-

ernors as the Obama administration tried to get support from states that would host thousands of Central American children who had crossed the Mexican border on their own. Thousands of Palestinian residents fled their homes to seek safety in U.N. shelters, heeding warnings from the Israeli military about impending plans to bomb the area in the sixth day of an offensive against Hamas. Germany scored a 10 victory over Argentina to win the World Cup final.

Death claimed conductor Lorin Maazel, 84; Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer, 90; and author Thomas Berger, 89.

Today’s Birthdays: Game show announcer Johnny Gilbert (TV: “Jeopardy!�) is 91. Actor Patrick Stewart is 75. Actor Robert Forster is 74.

Actor Harrison Ford is 73.

Singer-guitarist Roger McGuinn (The Byrds) is 73.

Actor-comedian Cheech Marin is 69. Actress Daphne Maxwell Reid is 67. Actress Didi Conn is 64. Singer Louise Mandrell is 61. Actordirector Cameron Crowe is 58.

Tennis player Anders Jarryd is 54. Rock musician Gonzalo Martinez de la Cotera (Marcy Playground) is 53. Actor Michael Jace is 53. Comedian Tom Kenny (TV: “SpongeBob SquarePants�) is 53. Country singer-songwriter Victoria Shaw is 53. Bluegrass singer Rhonda Vincent is 53. Actor Kenny Johnson is 52. Roots singer/songwriter Paul Thorn is 51.

Country singer Neil Thrasher is 50. Singer Deborah Cox is 42. Actress Ashley Scott is 38. Rock musician Will Champion (Coldplay) is 37. Actor Fran Kranz is 34.

Actor Colton Haynes is 27.

Actor Steven R. McQueen is 27. Actor Kyle Harrison Breitkopf (TV: “The Whispers�) is 10.

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This has caused a lot of stress and anxiety for my sister, who recently underwent breast cancer treatment. Apparently, he hasn’t filed because of his inability to organize. (His family has denial issues.)

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On top of everything else, she has several relationship issues with her children that are causing her grief. What else can I do? — HELPLESS BIG BROTHER DEAR BROTHER: Failure to file one’s taxes is a federal crime that could land your brother-in-law and sister in the slammer. That’s why you should urge your sister to do something she should have done years ago — take over the family finances.

She and her husband may need more help than their CPA has been able to give them. A group that I have mentioned in my column before is the National Association of Enrolled Agents (NAEA). These are tax specialists — some of whom are attorneys and CPAs — who are specifically licensed by the Department of the Treasury. Tell your sister to contact an enrolled agent by visiting www.naea.org. Today.

DEAR ABBY: I recently moved in with my boyfriend, “Teddy.� We are both in our 20s. Five years ago, he married his high school sweetheart. Two years later, she cheated on him and left. Teddy and I have talked about the situation countless times. I know he doesn’t love her anymore and cares for me a lot.

Abby, I lose sleep over their relationship. I can’t stop thinking about how she

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Teddy is such a caring man, he tells me everything I want to know, but my obsession with her and their relationship is starting to get to him. I don’t want to lose him, but at the same time I wonder if I will have to leave because I can’t get over their marriage. What should I do? — OBSESSED IN OHIO DEAR OBSESSED: There’s an old saying that applies to your situation: One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.

Your boyfriend’s ex didn’t recognize what a prize she had, fouled the nest and threw him away. How lucky for you that she did.

I can understand your being curious about her; what I can’t understand is your compulsion to stalk her online.

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Talks enter final stage

NASA craft set for flyby Tuesday Continued from Page 1 ing and reconnaissance mission of a new, unfamiliar world.

Guarantees principal scientist Alan Stern, “We’re going to knock your socks off.”

The size of a baby grand piano, the spacecraft will come closest to Pluto on Tuesday morning — at 7:49 a.m. EDT. That’s when New Horizons is predicted to pass within 7,767 miles of Pluto.

Fourteen minutes later, the spacecraft will zoom within 17,931 miles of Charon, Pluto’s jumbo moon.

For the plutophiles among us, it will be cause to celebrate, especially for those gathered at the operations center at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. The lab designed and built the spacecraft for NASA, and has been managing its roundabout route through the solar system.

“What NASA’s doing with New Horizons is unprecedented in our time and probably something close to the last train to Clarksville, the last picture show, for a very, very long time,” says Stern, a planetary scientist with the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo.

It is the last stop in NASA’s quest to explore every planet in our solar system, starting with Venus in 1962. And in a cosmic coincidence, the Pluto visit falls on the 50th anniversary of the first-ever flyby of Mars, by Mariner 4.

Yes, we all know Pluto is no longer an official planet, merely a dwarf, but it still enjoyed full planet status when New Horizons rocketed from Cape Canaveral on Jan. 19, 2006. Pluto’s demotion came just seven months later, a sore subject still for many.

“We’re kind of running the anchor leg with Pluto to finish the relay,” Stern says.

The sneak peeks of Pluto in recent weeks are getting “juicier and juicier,” says Johns Hopkins project scientist Hal Weaver. “The science team is just drooling over these pictures.”

The Hubble Space Telescope previously captured the best pictures of Pluto. If the pixelated blobs of pictures had been of Earth, though, not even the continents would have been visible.

The New Horizons team is turning “a point of light into a planet,” Stern says.

An image released last week shows a copper-colored Pluto bearing, a large, bright spot in the shape of a heart.

Scientists expect image resolution to improve dramatically by Tuesday. The 7,767mile span at closest approach is about the distance between Seattle and Sydney.

The craft, weighing less than 1,000 pounds including fuel, has seven instruments that will be going full force during the encounter. It’s expected to collect 5,000 times as much data, for instance, as Mariner 4.

“We’re going to rewrite the book,” Weaver says. “This is it — this is our once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see it.”

The team gets one crack at this.

“We’re trying to hit a very small box, relatively speaking,” said Mark Holdridge, encounter mission manager.

“It’s 60 by 90 miles, and we’re going 30,000 mph, and we’re trying to hit that box within plus or minus 100 seconds.”

The only planet in our solar system discovered by an American, Pluto actually is a

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CLYDE TOMBAUGH posed with the telescope through which he discovered Pluto 85 years ago.

Astronomer’s ashes nearing icy world

By MARCIA DUNN

AP Aerospace Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Come Tuesday, Clyde Tombaugh will pass within 7,800 miles of the icy world he discovered 85 years ago.

His ashes are flying on NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft on humanity’s first journey to Pluto.

New Horizons also is carrying a 1991 U.S. postage stamp that’s about to become obsolete — it trumpets “Pluto Not Yet Explored” — as well as two state quarters, one representing Florida, home of the launch site, and the other Maryland, headquarters for the spacecraft developers and flight control.

In all, nine small mementos are tucked aboard New Horizons.

There’s a good reason there are nine.

When New Horizons rocketed away from Cape Canaveral on Jan. 19, 2006, Pluto was the ninth planet in our solar system. It was demoted to dwarf planet a scant seven months later.

Tombaugh’s widow and two children offered up an ounce of his ashes for the journey to Pluto. The ashes of the farm boy-turned-astronomer are in a 2-inch aluminum capsule inscribed with these words: “Interned herein are remains of American Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto and the solar system’s ‘third zone.’ Adelle and Muron’s boy, Patricia’s husband, Annette and Alden’s father, astronomer, teacher, punster, and friend: Clyde Tombaugh (1906-97)” Annette Tombaugh-Sitze and her younger brother Alden, now in their 70s, plan to be at the flight operation base at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., for Tuesday’s historic encounter. Their mother died in 2012 at age 99.

“I think my dad would be thrilled with the New Horizons. I mean, who wouldn’t be?” Annette says in a NASA interview posted online. “When he looked at Pluto, it was just a speck of light.”

As for the 29-cent stowaway stamp, Pluto is depicted as grayish with orange flecks, an artist’s rendering based on what NASA knew about the tiny orb prior to 1991, which wasn’t much.

New Horizons’ better and better views reveal a copper-colored, icy bright world.

“No stamp has ever traveled this far!” said Mark Saunders, a spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service.

mini solar system unto itself.

Pluto has big moon Charon that’s just over half its size, as well as baby moons Styx, Nix, Hydra and Kerberos. The names are associated with the underworld in which the mythological god, Pluto, reigned. New Horizons will observe each known moon and keep a lookout for more.

Scientists involved in the $700 million effort want to get a good look at Pluto and Charon, and get a handle on their surfaces and chemical composition. They also plan to measure the temperature and pressure in Pluto’s nitrogen-rich atmosphere and determine how much gas is escaping into space. Temperatures can plunge to nearly minus-400 degrees.

Bill McKinnon, a New Horizons team member from Washington University in St. Louis, expects to see craters and possible volcanic remnants.

“Anybody who thinks that when we go to Pluto, we’re going to find cold, dead ice balls is in for a rude shock,” McKinnon says. “I’m really hoping to see a very active

and dynamic world.”

With its tilted, elongated 248-year orbit, Pluto has made it only a third of the way around the sun since its discovery. The amount of sunlight that reaches Pluto is so dim that at high noon it looks like twilight here on Earth. The massive surrounding Kuiper Belt, in fact, is called the Twilight Zone. The New Horizons team has its eyes on a few much smaller objects in the Kuiper Belt, and is hoping for a mission extension as the spacecraft continues toward the solar system exit on the heels of NASA’s Voyagers 1 and 2 and Pioneers 10 and 11.

For now, signals take 4½ hours to travel one-way between New Horizons and flight controllers in Maryland.

New Horizons’ science instruments will be cranked up to collect maximum data Tuesday, leaving no time to send back data. In fact, scientists won’t be certain of success until Tuesday night, 13 hours following its closest approach, when it “phones home.”

Continued from Page 1 interim agreement since the current round began on June 27.

Grim-faced foreign ministers from the countries negotiating with Iran declined to answer questions about another possible extension as they gathered for a group meeting at the 19th century palace that has been hosting the talks.

“Definitely I believe there should not be an extension in the talks. But we can work to reach a result as far as it is necessary,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in remarks carried by Iran’s official IRNA news agency.

One of the diplomats said the delay posed by the disputes was unexpected, with negotiators expecting that they would be resolved by late Sunday.

Beyond placing long-term limits on Iran’s present nuclear program, the United States wants to ensure that the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency has wide-ranging authority to investigate the nuclear arms allegations after nearly a decade of being essentially stalemated.

IAEA chief Yukiya Amano came back from Tehran and talks with Iranian leaders early this month saying that a new plan had been drawn up to aid his probe.

Diplomats had earlier said that there was also progress within the Vienna negotiations on the issue. But the debate about how much access his experts should be given has publicly continued, with top Iranian officials saying military sites and Iranian nuclear scientists would be off limits to IAEA experts.

Iran insists it never worked on such weapons and may also be resisting any mention of concessions on the probe in any public documents describing the deal.

Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Abbas Aragchi, told reporters in Vienna that the

talks are at their “final breathtaking moments (but) certain issues still remain.” He said he could not guarantee an agreement would be reached either today or Tuesday.

In Brussels, French President Francois Hollande said the sides are near agreement but “a gap” remains.

The foreign ministers of Russia and China, who had left the talks last week, both returned to the Austrian capital late Sunday, and most other foreign ministers of the seven nations at the table also were in Vienna by today, in place for any announcement.

“The foreign ministers are gathered to bring negotiations to a conclusion,” said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. “We believe there could not be further delay.”

After more than two weeks of see-saw developments, including threats from both the United States and Iran to walk away, senior officials at the talks had begun to express optimism on Sunday that a deal was within reach.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said twice that he was “hopeful” and met again with Zarif on Sunday evening. After that meeting, foreign ministers and senior officials from the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany held a group dinner.

Movement toward a deal has been marked by nearly a decade of wearying negotiations. The pact is meant to impose long-term, verifiable limits on nuclear programs that Tehran could modify to produce weapons. Iran, in return, would get tens of billions of dollars in sanctions relief.

Meanwhile, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said that the nuclear deal would force the Jewish state to “defend itself, by itself.”

Associated Press writer Nasser Karimi contributed from Tehran.

Mexican drug lord escapes Continued from Page 1 not recaptured, said Michael S. Vigil, a retired U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration chief of international operations.

More than anything else, the escape undermined Mexico’s assertion it can deal with top drug lords at home and doesn’t need to extradite them to the U.S. The national pride that appeared to motivate Pena Nieto’s administration to prosecute drug lords like Guzman through its own court system has now turned into a national embarrassment.

“This is regrettable, very bad, because it without doubt affects the image of Mexico in the world,” Mexican Sen. Luis Miguel Barbosa told journalists in Paris today. He was part of a delegation traveling with the Mexican president to the French capital.

“You have to completely renew the Mexican prison system. The arrest of all warders and managers is not enough,” he said. “This happened due to collaboration from within the jail at the highest level.”

According to a report from the Congressional Research Service in May, extraditions from Mexico to the U.S. peaked at 115 in 2012, the last year of Pena Nieto’s predecessor, Felipe Calderon. There were 66 last year.

The escape route apparently was built over the last year right under authorities’ noses into a supposedly escape-proof lockup. Its scale has raised suspicions of corruption that could most discourage the U.S., Mexico’s main ally that has poured more than $1 billion into joint efforts at battling organized crime cartels, much of it focused on reforming the criminal justice system.

The United States was already stinging from a court decision in August 2013 to free drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero on procedural grounds, overturning his conviction in the 1985 kidnapping, torture and murder of DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena. Caro Quintero hasn’t been seen in public since then.

“For the most-wanted criminal to escape from the highest-security prison is going to create conflicts, the first of them with the United States,” Mexican security expert Jorge Chabat said Sunday.

The escape also hurt Pena Nieto domestically. He had campaigned on one main promise — to diminish drug cartel violence — and had claimed success in attacking drug gang capos like no administration be-

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FEDERAL POLICE guarded a drainage pipe Sunday outside the Altiplano prison in Almoloya, west of Mexico City. fore, arresting or killing essentially all the top leadership of the Zetas, Beltran Leyva and Knights Templar cartels.

It was a highlight for an administration struggling on other fronts, including a lackluster economy and scandals over the disappearance of 43 college students, and the purchase by the president’s wife of a mansion, known as the “white house,” from a government contractor.

“This hurts him a lot. It is an administration that already has a lot of image problems, with the scandals over the students and the ‘white house,’ and now this comes along and paints them as an administration with serious problems of inefficiency and corruption,” Chabat said.

Just as painful are memories of the cocksure way officials reacted after they captured Guzman in February 2014, some 13 years after the Sinaloa Cartel boss managed to flee from Mexico’s only other maximumsecurity prison.

Pena Nieto said in an interview that allowing him to escape again would be “unforgiveable.” Jesus Murillo Karam, his attorney general at the time, said the possibility of another Guzman escape “does not exist.”

Manuel Ballbe, director of School of Risk Prevention at Spain’s Autonomous University of Barcelona, said it was important for the U.S. to push for extraditions.

Hungary begins building fence BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary has begun building a fence on the country’s southern border with Serbia, meant to stem the unprecedented flow of migrants, the government said today.

Military personnel began working on a 490-foot “sample section” this morning on the outskirts of the town of Morahalom, where a bulldozer and other heavy machinery were preparing the ground for construction, according to a joint statement

from the interior and defense ministries.

Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto had said earlier the 13-foot high fence would be built first in the eight to 10 areas “most exposed to the immigration pressure” along the 109mile-long border between Hungary and Serbia.

Around 80,000 migrants and refugees have reached Hungary already this year.

About 80 percent of them are from war-torn countries like Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.

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MLB: Pirates 6, Cardinals 5

Card-Playing

Spieth wins in playoff

By LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer

SILVIS, Ill. — Jordan Spieth made it a lot tougher on himself than it needed to be.

In the end, Spieth got exactly what he was looking for from the John Deere Classic: a win and some positive energy ahead of the British Open.

Spieth beat Tom Gillis on the second hole of a playoff to win at TPC Deere Run on Sunday for his fourth victory of the season.

Gillis and Spieth, who opened the tournament with an even-par 71, finished the final round at 20-under 264.

Zach Johnson and Danny Lee tied for third at 19 under.

“To be able to shoot 20 under in three rounds is nice momentum,” Spieth said.

“The finish, when I really didn’t feel like tee to green I had much (Sunday), gives me a lot of momentum to draw on if I don’t have my best stuff. “ Gillis, 46, who was attempting to become the oldest first-time winner on the PGA Tour in 20 years, sent an approach into the water. Spieth made par for his second win at this tournament in three years.

Now Spieth heads to the British Open in search of his third consecutive major championship.

Spieth is the first golfer to win four times before the Open Championship since Tiger Woods in 2000 — and he silenced many of the critics who questioned why he played this tournament instead of heading overseas early to prepare for St. Andrews.

“I really didn’t care anyways. I came here for a reason, and we accomplished that reason,” Spieth said.

After shooting a career-best 10 under on Saturday, Spieth entered the final round with a two-shot lead.

Continued on Page 16

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THE PIRATES celebrated after Gregory Polanco (25) hit a game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning on Sunday night in Pittsburgh. Polanco finished 3-for-4 with two RBIs.

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Bucs close in on St. Louis before break

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer

PITTSBURGH — The St. Louis Cardinals head into the All-Star break with the NL Central lead and the best record in the majors.

The Pittsburgh Pirates, however, have all the momentum.

Gregory Polanco capped another late rally, driving in Jung Ho Kang with two outs in the 10th inning to lift the Pirates to a 6-5 victory over the Cardinals on Sunday night.

St. Louis took a 5-3 lead in the top of the 10th on a two-run double by Randal Grichuk off Arquimedes Caminero (1-1). Pittsburgh, which won in 14 innings on a homer by Andrew McCutchen on Saturday, did it 24 hours later against St. Louis All-Star closer Trevor Rosenthal.

Starling Marte brought Pittsburgh Rosenthal blew a save for only the within a run with an RBI single. second time this season.

Francisco Cervelli tied it “That was Trevor coming with a single and Polanco at him with the best stuff he followed two batters later had tonight,” St. Louis manwith a looper to right that ager Mike Matheny said. sent Kang streaking across “He’s been worked hard. It’s the plate and the rest of the not the same when you’ve Pirates streaming out of the been worked that hard.” dugout.

Rosenthal threw 27 pitches “The way we came togethwhile working 1 1-3 innings er at the end, kept our nose during Saturday’s marathon down, kept grinding at-bats, and was on his 29th pitch just looking for that big hit,” Sunday when Polanco delivGREGORY shortstop Jordy Mercer said. ered the first game-ending POLANCO “We kept it going and the hit of his career. last two nights were amazing, a lot “They’re hard ones to swallow,” of fun.”

Matheny said. “You have very few Pittsburgh took three of four from chances where you can put a game St. Louis to pull within 2½ games of away. Had a few chances yesterday the Cardinals heading to the All-Star and again today.” break.

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• Rickie Fowler won the Scottish Open.

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JORDAN SPIETH celebrated after winning the John Deere Classic on Sunday.

Djokovic defends Wimbledon title

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer

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NOVAK DJOKOVIC celebrated his victory over Roger Federer on Sunday in the Wimbledon final.

LONDON — A game away from a third Wimbledon championship and ninth Grand Slam title, Novak Djokovic sized up a 108 mph serve from Roger Federer and stretched to smack a crosscourt forehand return winner.

Two points later, Djokovic again took the measure of a serve from Federer, this one at 123 mph, and delivered a down-the-line backhand for another return winner. After this one, Djokovic bellowed.

“I roared because I felt like that’s the moment,” Djokovic would say later.

“Now is the time for me to close this match out.”

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One forehand winner later, he did. For the second year in a row, Djokovic solved Federer’s superb serve in the final at the All England Club. And for the second year in a row, Federer’s bid for a record eighth championship at the grasscourt tournament ended with a defeat against Djokovic.

This time, the match was even as can be through two sets, before the No. 1-seeded Djokovic grabbed ahold of it and wouldn’t let go, beating No. 2 Federer 76 (1), 6-7 (10), 6-4, 6-3 Sunday thanks to brilliant returning.

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Over the past three seasons, Federer has reached two Grand Slam finals — both at Wimbledon, both against Djokovic, both losses.

“You sort of walk away empty-handed. For me, a finalist trophy is not the same,” a grim-faced Federer said.

“Everybody knows that.”

At Wimbledon in 2014, Federer won 88 of 89 service games through the semifinals, then was broken four times by Djokovic during the five-set final.

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Cubs prospect shines in Cincy

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MAJOR LEAGUE ROUNDUP

By JOE KAY

AP Sports Writer

CINCINNATI — A homer in Cleveland. A triple in Cincinnati. From top-to-bottom in his home state, Kyle Schwarber is demonstrating he can pretty much hit anything.

Schwarber hit a two-run triple on Sunday that got the U.S. team rolling toward a 10-1 victory in the All-Star Futures Game, managed by two stars on Cincinnati’s Big Red Machine. The Cubs catcher appreciated the significance — the Reds were his favorite team growing up in nearby Middletown, Ohio.

He had dreamed of one day stepping on the field at hitter-friendly Great American Ball Park and seeing what he could do. He got the chance on Sunday.

“It was awesome going up those steps and stepping on that field where I grew up watching the Reds,” Schwarber said. “My eyes lit up! But when it’s time to go, it’s time to go.”

The 22-year-old Cubs catcher estimated that he had more than 100 relatives and friends scattered around the stands. Many of them were in Cleveland last month for yet another big moment.

The Cubs called up their 2014 top pick for a one-week stint as a designated hitter during interleague play in June. He went 8-for-22 overall and homered in Cleveland. Then he was sent back to the minors, making him available to play in the Futures Game.

“I wasn’t disappointed at all to go back down,” he said.

“One of the benefits is being able to play in this game. This is awesome.”

The U.S. team — managed by former Reds outfielder Ken Griffey Sr. — piled up 13 hits, including a two-run homer by the Pirates’ Josh Bell. The game’s only homer was another unexpected moment for the first baseman, who figured to be fresh out of college right about now.

Bell showed power as a switch hitter in high school.

Both of his parents were college professors, and he intended to go to Texas. He was so determined to finish his education that his family sent a letter to all 30 teams telling them not to bother drafting him. The Pirates took him in the second round and offered him a $5 million deal.

Next step: making the majors.

“It’s getting closer and closer with every game that you play,” Bell said. “You try to get a little bit better so you get a little closer to the big leagues.”

There weren’t many good moments for the World team managed by Hall of Famer Tony Perez, who was the first baseman on the Big Red Machine. Leadoff hitter Ketel Marte from the Mariners had a pair of singles and drove in a run. The 21-year-old Marte is batting .343 at Triple-A Tacoma this year.

NICE PLAYS: Left fielder Michael Conforto of the Mets threw out Marte when he tried to score from second base on a single, making a perfect peg to Schwarber.

Later, World shortstop Orlando Arcia of the Brewers went up the middle to get to a grounder, then did a 360-degree spin before throwing to first for an out.

IT NEVER ENDS: Griffey was asked whether there was any personal incentive in winning the game against his former teammate known as Doggie. “I want to beat Doggie,” Griffey said.

“I don’t want to hear about it for the next 20 years, because you know Doggie can rub it in.”

MANAGING IN CINCY AGAIN: Perez was fired as the Reds’ rookie manager after only 44 games in 1993. He quickly accepted the offer to manage the Futures Game in Cincinnati.

“It feels like I’ve got a second home,” Perez said.

“Every time I come back here, I’m coming home. People on the street yell my name. They’re really happy when they see me.”

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THE PADRES’ Yangervis Solarte landed on top of the Rangers’ Leonys Martin as he attempted to complete a double play during Sunday’s game in Texas.

Royals outlast Jays in late innings

By The Associated Press

Paulo Orlando broke a tie with an eighth inning homer and Kendrys Morales hit a three-run homer as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays, 11-10, after blowing a seven-run advantage on Sunday.

The Royals enter the All-Star break with an American League-leading 52 victories. Orlando hit a 2-1 Bo Schultz (0-1) pitch out to left to leadoff the eighth.

Kansas City led 7-0 after five innings, but the Blue Jays sent 12 men to the plate in an eight-run sixth.

Danny Valencia and Jose Bautista contributed two-run doubles in the inning.

Seven of the runs were unearned after Mike Moustakas and Omar Infante committed errors.

Royals reliever Wade Davis (5-1) got the win despite allowing his second run of the season.

Greg Holland worked the ninth, logging his 20th save in 22 opportunities.

ATHLETICS 2, INDIANS 0: All-Star Sonny Gray pitched a two-hit shutout and allowed only three base runners, leading Oakland to a win over Cleveland.

Gray, who lowered his AL-best ERA to 2.04, walked one and struck out six. Only three outs were recorded by outfielders in his third career shutout.

Gray (10-3) retired the first 10 hitters before Francisco Lindor’s oneout single in the fourth. The righthander walked David Murphy to lead off the fifth and retired 11 in a row until Giovanny Urshela’s two-out single in the eighth.

Vogt, Oakland’s other All-Star, hit a two-run homer to right in the fourth off Corey Kluber (4-10) after being robbed of a home run in the first by Murphy.

RAYS 4, ASTROS 3: Matt Moore got his first win since elbow surgery with help from the Tampa Bay bullpen and Tampa Bay completed a threegame sweep by beating Houston.

Moore (1-0) allowed three runs and five hits over five innings to get his first victory since Sept. 29, 2013 at Toronto.

Houston enters the All-Star break on a six-game losing streak. The Astros took over first place in the AL West on April 19, but started Sunday with just a half-game lead over the Los Angeles Angels.

Tampa Bay took a 4-3 lead in the fifth when John Jaso walked with the bases loaded and Grady Sizemore had an RBI grounder off rookie Lance McCullers (4-3).

YANKEES 8, RED SOX 6: Alex Rodriguez doubled to break a sixth-in-

ning tie, move into the top 25 on baseball’s career hits list and help New York beat Boston.

The win gave the Yankees the edge in the three-game series and moved them 6½ games in front of last-place Boston in the bunched-up AL East.

New York leads the division by 3½ games heading into the All-Star break.

Yankees prospect Rob Refsnyder had his first career hit with a single in the seventh inning and then added a two-run homer in the ninth to make it 8-4. The Red Sox cut it to 8-6 in the ninth thanks to two New York errors, but Andrew Miller got Shane Victorino on a pop-up to shallow left to end it.

Brian McCann also had two hits, including a two-run homer.

TWINS 7, TIGERS 1: Kyle Gibson won his fourth straight start, throwing seven strong innings, and rookie Miguel Sano hit a two-run homer to lead Minnesota to a win over Detroit.

Gibson (8-6) allowed only an unearned run and four hits, while Sano hit his second home run since being recalled from Double-A on July 2.

Danny Santana added two hits, including a two-run triple, for Minnesota, which enters the All-Star break having won six of seven. The Twins are in second place in the AL Central and hold the top wild-card spot.

ANGELS 10, MARINERS 3: Chris Iannetta hit a two-run home run and David Freese added a two-run double as part of a six-run sixth inning, and Los Angeles entered the All-Star break in first place in the American League West after a win over Seattle.

The Angels won for the 11th time in 14 games and leaped past Houston into the AL West lead for the first time since April 17 after the Astros lost their sixth straight on Sunday.

Freese just missed a homer, doubling off the top of the wall to end Walker’s day in the sixth. Iannetta followed with his fifth homer of the season off reliever David Rollins to blow the game open.

NATIONAL LEAGUE METS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 3: Kirk Nieuwenhuis homered three times to help New York beat Arizona and complete a three-game sweep.

Nieuwenhuis homered twice off Diamondbacks starter Rubby De La Rosa (6-5), in the second and third innings and once off reliever Randall Delgado in the fifth. His homer off Delgado rang off the right field foul pole and drew a curtain call from the cheering crowd of 28,259.

The Mets centerfielder’s effort backed Jonathon Niese, who was starting in place of the injured Steven Matz. Niese (5-8) allowed three runs and five hits in 6 2-3 innings.

Nieuwenhuis’ effort marked the first time any Met had ever homered three times in a home game.

Nieuwenhuis is the 10th player in Mets history with a three-homer game and the first since Ike Davis accomplished the feat on July 28, 2012 at Arizona.

MARLINS 8, REDS 1: Dan Haren repeatedly pitched out of jams and allowed only one run in six innings to help Miami beat Cincinnati.

The Reds stranded seven runners in scoring position against Haren, and threatened in all but one inning he worked. They went 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position against the right-hander.

The Reds’ defense was no better, committing a pair of errors that resulted in three unearned runs.

Justin Bour had three hits and three RBIs for the Marlins. Casey McGehee drove in two runs for the second game in a row.

Haren (7-5) outpitched Johnny Cueto (6-6), who allowed five runs, three earned, in five innings.

GIANTS 4, PHILLIES 2: Andrew Susac hit a three-run homer to back Chris Heston’s superb start, and San Francisco rolled past last-place Philadelphia.

Heston (9-5) allowed one run and seven hits in 6 2-3 innings. He struck out seven and walked none to help send the reigning World Series champions into the All-Star break on a high note.

Santiago Casilla gave up a run in the ninth for his 23rd save in 27 chances.

Buster Posey and Angel Pagan each singled three times, and Susac’s homer highlighted a four-run fourth against Chad Billingsley (1-3) that handed Philadelphia its fifth consecutive defeat.

The Phillies (29-62) set the franchise record for the most losses before the All-Star break, surpassing the previous mark of 61 in 1997.

DODGERS 4, BREWERS 3: Adrian Gonzalez hit a two-run homer to put the Dodgers ahead in the eighth inning, and NL West-leading Los Angeles beat last-place Milwaukee.

The Dodgers took two out of three from the Brewers to go into the AllStar break with a 51-39 record.

Howie Kendrick singled leading off the eighth on his 32nd birthday and advanced to second after center fielder Carlos Gomez misplayed the ball for an error. Gonzalez followed with his 18th homer on an 0-2 pitch from Will Smith (4-1), giving the Dodgers a 4-3 lead.

ROCKIES 11, BRAVES 3: All-Star Troy Tulowitzki homered, Charlie Blackmon had three hits and drove in four runs and Colorado beat Atlanta to

complete a four-game sweep.

Drew Stubbs also went deep for the Rockies, who took four from Atlanta for the first time in team history.

Tulowitzki was chosen as an injury replacement to the NL All-Star team on Saturday, right after his 21-game hitting streak ended. He started another one with a three-run homer in the sixth off reliever Dave Carpenter.

Blackmon did his damage against Atlanta starter Alex Wood (6-6). His two-run single in the second gave Colorado a 3-0 lead and his second two-RBI single came two batters before Tulowitzki’s 10th home run.

Chad Bettis (5-4) got the win.

INTERLEAGUE PADRES 2, RANGERS 1: Tyson Ross pitched 6 2-3 shutout innings as San Diego edged Texas.

Craig Kimbrel recorded a four-out save, his 23rd of the season. He allowed a ninth-inning run when Rougned Odor’s single to center scored Adrian Beltre and left runners on first and second.

Will Venable scored San Diego’s first run in the second inning from third base on a throwing error by second baseman Odor. Venable reached third when his sharp grounder caromed off the glove off first baseman Mitch Moreland into short right field.

He sped to third before Odor could retrieve it.

Justin Upton got the other run in the seventh when he reached on a fielder’s choice and came home on Jedd Gyorko’s two-out single.

NATIONALS 3, ORIOLES 2: Max Scherzer ended his impressive first half with another dominant performance, taking a three-hitter into the ninth inning to lead Washington to a victory over Baltimore.

Yunel Escobar had three hits and scored a run for the Nationals, who reached the All-Star break in first place in the NL East after taking two of three from their neighboring rivals.

Scherzer was one out away from his fourth complete game when Adam Jones hit his second homer of the game. Drew Storen entered and struck out Chris Davis to earn his 27th save.

CUBS 3, WHITE SOX 1: Jake Arrieta pitched a two-hitter and also homered to lead the Cubs to a win over the White Sox. Arrieta struck out nine — including all three batters in the ninth.

White Sox starter Jose Quintana (49) pitched well in the losing effort, also striking out nine. He gave up three runs and eight hits in 7 1-3 innings.

The Cubs opened the scoring in the first inning when Kris Bryant hit an RBI triple that scored Dexter Fowler, and Jorge Soler followed with an RBI single that scored Bryant.

Pirates close in on Cardinals before the break

Continued from Page 13 McCutchen’s career-best, 18-game hitting streak ended but his teammates picked him up and brought the streaking Pirates — who trailed St. Louis by nine games on May 8 — within striking distance with 74 games to go.

“It was a big series for us to be able to scratch out some wins against a great club,” Mercer said.

“They’re the top and we know that.”

A night after the Pirates rallied three times to stun St. Louis, they did it again with a

bunch of role players chipping in while McCutchen went 0-for-5.

Mercer and Cervelli each had two hits, and eight of Pittsburgh’s nine starters had at least one.

Grichuk and Jhonny Peralta had three hits apiece for St. Louis but the Cardinals went just 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position.

Still, St. Louis came within an out of a series split.

Tony Watson, Pittsburgh’s normally reliable setup man, came on in the eighth trying to preserve a 3-2 lead but struggled.

Watson hit Kolten Wong with a pitch to start the inning, gave up a single to Peralta and loaded the bases when Mercer couldn’t handle a chopper by Jason Heyward.

Wong scored the tying run on a fielders’ choice by Yadier Molina, though Watson avoided further trouble by striking out Peter Bourjos with the bases loaded.

It stayed tied until the 10th when St. Louis went to work against Caminero. Grichuk delivered the big blow, a double to the gap in right-center.

Mercer threw out Mark Reynolds as he tried to score

from first on the play, a decision that would prove costly minutes later for the Cardinals.

“You don’t realize it at the time but it’s a big play,” Mercer said. “It helped us out.”

NOTES: Pirates 1B Corey Hart had a setback in one of his knees while rehabbing a hip impingement and has been shut down. General manager Neal Huntington said Hart will rejoin the team in Pittsburgh and have the knee re-evaluated. Hart has been out since June 21. … St. Louis will send five players to Tuesday’s All-Star game in

Cincinnati: pitchers Carlos Martinez, Michael Wacha and Rosenthal, as well as Molina and Peralta before beginning the second half of the season at home on Friday against the Mets. … Pittsburgh sends Gerrit Cole, whose 13 wins lead the majors, A.J. Burnett and Melancon to Cincinnati, as well as McCutchen. Pittsburgh begins the second half on Friday at Milwaukee when Charlie Morton (6-2, 4.15 ERA) gets the start. ... Pittsburgh is 133-152 after the break under manager Clint Hurdle.

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Titles on the Line

S.W. Jack, Armstrong win Youth Legion openers

By The Indiana Gazette Taylor Squiric pitched a completegame one-hitter as S.W. Jack knocked off regular-season champion Walbeck Insurance, 4-2, in the opening game of their best-of-three Indiana County Youth Legion semifinal playoff series at First Commonwealth Field on Sunday.

Squiric struggled with his control, walking eight, but struck out nine.

The teams battled through two scoreless innings before fourth-place S.W. Jack (13-7) used four walks and a single

by Ryan Dixon in the third inning to score its first three runs. S.W. Jack scored once more in the fourth and took a 4-0 lead into the sixth.

Walbeck Insurance (15-5) scored once in each of the sixth and seventh innings.

Jesse Lee took the loss.

The series resumes this evening at the White Township Recreation Complex.

ARMSTRONG 9, I-MEDICAL 3: Dawson Porter and Jacob Gross combined for seven hits as host Armstrong cruised past I-Medical in the first game of their semifinal series.

Second-place Armstrong (14-5) took an early 6-0 lead over third-place IMedical (14-6), scoring two runs in the first inning and four in the second.

Porter opened the scoring in the first inning when he singled, stole second and scored on an error. In the second, Noah Cyphert, Gross and Porter each drove in runs.

Armstrong tacked on a run in each of the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. IMedical scored once in the top of the fifth and twice in the sixth.

Porter finished 4-for-4 with two singles, a double and a triple, and he drove in four runs. Gross smacked two singles and a double and scored three runs.

Josh Leighton also recorded a double.

Cyphert earned the win.

Tyler Richardson, who drove in two of I-Medical’s runs, took the loss.

The series resumes this evening at Punxsutawney.

SENIOR LEGION PUNXSUTAWNEY 13, INDIANA LEGION 7: Punxsutawney advanced to the Indiana County Senior Legion championship series by dispatching Indiana Legion in two games in the best-of-three semifinals.

Punxsutawney, the regular-season runner-up, will face Kovacik Insurance, the regular-season fourth-place team,

in a best-of-three championship series that begins this evening in Punxsutawney. Game time is tentatively scheduled for 8 p.m. following the Youth Legion playoff game between I-Medical and Armstrong.

Kovacik Insurance advanced to the championship series on Saturday by knocking off Young Township, the regular-season champion, in two games. Kovacik and Young Township played to a 22 tie in a game that was suspended after eight innings on Friday, and Kovacik pulled out a 3-2 win in 10 innings when play resumed Saturday.

Kovacik then followed that victory with a 12-1 romp to close out the series.

The Indiana County playoff champion advances to the Region 7 tournament.

Young Township secured a regional berth by winning the regular-season title.

The Region 7 tournament is scheduled to begin Saturday at Westmoreland County Community College and Seton Hill University in Greensburg.

According to Jake Watkins, the Indiana County president, the league must determine a champion by Wednesday. If inclement weather plays a role in the championship series and a champion cannot be determined, Punxsutawney will advance based on its second-place finish in the regular season.

INDIANA COUNTY LEAGUE WEST LEBANON 8-2, APOLLO 2-9: Apollo and host West Lebanon split an Indiana County League doubleheader, with West Lebanon taking the first game and Apollo the second.

In the opener, Apollo took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, but West Lebanon responded with two runs in the bottom of the inning and two in third for a 4-1 lead.

West Lebanon made it 5-1 in the fifth and tacked on three runs in the sixth.

West Lebanon’s Eric Steininger smacked a home run and a double and finished with three RBIs. Anthony Rebyanski doubled and singled and knocked in two runs.

Adam Mylant earned the win. He yielded only two hits, struck out eight and walked four.

Delbert Brown took the loss.

In the second game, Apollo again struck first, scoring two runs in the first inning and one in the second. West Lebanon narrowed the gap with a tworun single by Anthony Piccolini in the bottom of the third, but Apollo added two more runs in each the fourth, fifth

and seventh innings.

Apollo’s Caleb Kilgore pitched a complete game, striking out two and walking none.

Tyler Beitel took the loss.

For Apollo, Ryan McGonigle and Ryan Coulter banged out three hits apiece, and Ben Carnahan, Ken Johnson and Joe Marchek each had two. Jarrett Geiger scored four runs.

For West Lebanon, Todd Smyers had two hits.

West Lebanon (8-10-1) travels to Apollo (3-17) for a rematch on Tuesday.

NEW DERRY 3-1, BLAIRSVILLE 2-9: Host fourth-place New Derry escaped with a hard-fought win over second-place Blairsville before falling in the second game of a doubleheader.

In the opener, New Derry’s Anthony Faulk drove in Cory Turnbull with the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh on a fielder’s choice.

New Derry’s Scott Dixon, Josh Humphrey and Faulk finished with two singles apiece, and Andrew Iezzi tripled in a run for Blairsville.

Dixon earned the win, and Steve Janik took the loss.

Blairsville cruised in the second game, taking a 5-1 lead in the third inning and adding on three in the seventh.

The Colts and Tigers were knotted at one run apiece after the first inning, then Blairsville’s Andrew Iezzi tripled to bring home a tie-breaking run in the fourth. One inning later, New Derry’s Josh Humphrey singled to bring home Luke Yandrick, evening the score again.

Jarred Pennavaria hit a home run and a single, Ryan Bernat doubled and singled, and David Doak tripled and singled.

Romulus Marino earned the win, surrendering five hits, striking out six and walking five.

Seth Stinson took the loss.

Dixon had three of New Derry’s hits.

Blairsville (12-5) plays host to firstplace Bovard on Tuesday, and New Derry (8-11) welcomes Bovard on Thursday.

INDIANA AREA BASEBALL BOOSTERS ITALIAN VILLAGE PIZZA 10, BOB’S PIZZA 10: Italian Village Pizza outlasted Bob’s Pizza in an Indiana Area Baseball Boosters game Sunday.

Italian Village’s Mark Donahue hit a home run and a single and drove in three runs, and Steve Planisky and Fred Rito combined for six hits and five RBIs.

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INDIANA COUNTY SENIOR LEGION

INDIANA COUNTY LEAGUE WEST LEBANON 8, APOLLO 2

PLAYOFFS

Semifinals Best of 3 Friday’s Game Punxsutawney 5, Indiana Legion 2 Saturday’s Games Indiana Legion 8, Punxsutawney 6 Kovacik Insurance 3, Young Township 2 Kovacik Insurance 12, Young Township 1, Kovacik Insurance wins series 2-0 Sunday’s Game Punxsutawney 14, Indiana Legion 7, Punxsutawney wins series 2-0 Championship Series Today’s Game Kovacik Insurance at Punxsutawney, 8 p.m.

Tuesday’s Game Punxsutawney at Kovacik Insurance, 6 p.m.

Wednesday’s Game (if necessary) Kovacik Insurance at Punxsutawney, TBA

INDIANA COUNTY YOUTH LEGION PLAYOFFS

Semifinals Best of 3 Sunday’s Games Armstrong 9, I-Medical 3, Armstrong leads series 1-0 S.W. Jack 4, Walbeck Insurance 2, S.W. Jack leads series 1-0 Today’s Games Armstrong at I-Medical, 6 p.m.

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

Tuesday’s Games (if necessary) I-Medical at Armstrong, 6 p.m.

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

ARMSTRONG 9, I-MEDICAL 3

I-Medical 000 012 0 — 3 6 1 Armstrong 240 111 x — 9 12 2 2B — Porter (A), Gross (A), Leighton (A). 3B — Porter (A).

W — Cyphert 3 K, 5 BB. L — Richardson 5 K, 1 BB.

S.W. JACK 4, WALBECK INSURANCE 2

S.W. Jack 003 100 0 — 4 7 2 Walbeck Ins. 000 001 2 — 2 1 3 W — Squiric 9 K, 8 BB. L — Lee 4 K, 3 BB.

FOOTBALL

INDIANA WOMEN’S FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS Cherry Bombs Ballers Pink Ladies Hulkettes

Sunday’s Games

Cherry Bombs 7, Hulkettes 3 Pink Ladies 6, Ballers 3 Thursday’s Games

Cherry Bombs vs. Ballers, 7 p.m.

Hulkettes vs. Pink Ladies, 7 p.m.

W-L 4-2 3-3 3-3 2-4

Apollo — 2 Baylor c 2-1-0-0, Carnahan 2b 2-0-0-0, McGonigle ss 2-1-0-0, Johnson cf 2-0-10, Geiger lf/rf 3-0-1-1, Brown p/1b 2-0-01, Perroz Sr. dh 2-0-0-0, Coulter dh 1-0-00, Perroz Jr. rf 1-0-0-0, Marchek lf 2-0-00, Bier 3b 2-0-0-0, Totals 21-2-2-2 West Lebanon — 8 Piccolini 2b 1-2-1-0, Steininger cf 3-32-3, A.Rebyanski ss 3-2-2-2, Thomchick c 2-0-0-0, Cadile dh 2-0-0-0, Percic 1b 2-00-1, M.Rebyanski lf 2-0-0-1, Beitel 3b 2-00-0, Smyers 1-0-0-0, Shaffor rf 2-0-0-0, Long rf 1-1-1-0, Totals 21-8-6-7 Apollo 100 001 0 — 2 2 3 West Lebanon 202 013 0 — 8 6 0 2B — Steininger, A.Rebyanski. HR — Steininger.

W — Mylant 8 K, 4 BB. L — Brown 1 K, 5 BB.

APOLLO 9, WEST LEBANON 2

Apollo — 9 Baylor ss 5-1-1-0, Carnahan 2b 4-3-21, McGonigle cf 4-2-3-0, Johnson rf 4-12-2, Coulter c 4-0-3-2, Geiger dh 5-0-1-4, Brown 1b 4-0-0-0, Marchak lf 4-1-1-0, Bier 3b 1-0-0-0, Perroz Jr. 3b 2-1-1-0, Kilgore p 0-0-0-0, Totals 38-9-14-9 West Lebanon — 2 Piccolini 2b 4-0-1-2, Steininger cf 4-01-0, A.Rebyanski ss 3-0-0-0, Thomchick c 3-0-0-0, Percic 3b 3-0-0-0, M.Rebyanski lf 2-0-1-0, Smyers 1b 3-1-2-0, Beitel p 1-00-0, Cadile 3b 1-1-0-0, Long rf 1-0-0-0, Totals 26-2-6-2 Apollo 210 220 2 — 9 14 1 West Lebanon 002 000 0 — 2 6 2 2B — Steininger.

W — Kilgore 2 K, 0 BB. L — Beitel 4 K, 3 BB.

NEW DERRY 3, BLAIRSVILLE 2

Blairsville — 2 Iezzi 3-0-1-1, B.Doak 4-0-1-0, Manarelli 3-1-1-0, D.Doak 4-0-1-0, Pennavaria 3-01-0, Culler 2-0-1-0, Truscott 4-0-1-1, Draghi 2-1-0-0, Bernat 3-0-1-0, Totals 262-8-2 New Derry — 3 Faulk 4-0-2-1, Turnbull 2-1-1-0, Hauser 2-0-0-0, Giannini 2-0-0-1, Humphrey 3-12-1, Rhea 3-0-2-0, Yandrick 2-1-2-0, Devitt 1-0-0-0, Dixon 3-0-2-0, Pakos 1-00-0, Lukon 3-0-0-0, Totals 26-3-11-3 Blairsville 100 100 0 — 2 8 0 New Derry 100 010 1 — 3 11 1 2B — Truscott, Rhea, Yandrick. 3B — Iezzi.

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Roger Federer,

Junior, Danica need repairs

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Djokovic defends title

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer

SPARTA, Ky. — The relationship between Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Danica Patrick will need repairing before two of NASCAR’s most popular drivers head to this weekend’s race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

A couple of on-track incidents late in Saturday night’s race at Kentucky Speedway left both DALE with EARNHARDT JR. damaged Chevys, low finishes and a little bad blood between them.

Earnhardt’s brake problems DANICA resulted PATRICK in his No. 88 car tapping the back of Patrick’s No. 10 with about 60 laps remaining, sending her into the outside wall to bring one of a track-record 11 cautions.

A clearly upset Patrick cursed Earnhardt on her radio before returning the favor as they entered pit road during the ensuing caution. She bumped the back of his car and caused it to swerve before heading to her pit stall to repair right-side damage.

Earnhardt sounded somewhat understanding of Patrick’s reaction.

“She will chill out,” he said. “It happens to all of us. I’m not too worried about it. I got a pretty good friend so I think we will be able to talk it out.”

Earnhardt finished 21st and Patrick 34th.

Patrick didn’t speak with reporters afterward. A release on Sunday morning only said she was involved in an accident “not of her making.”

Earnhardt was contrite afterward as he explained the brake issues. He said he didn’t intend to hit Patrick, who previously drove for his JR Motorsports team in the Xfinity Series.

The brakes “got worse and worse and worse and I probably shouldn’t have been racing as hard as I was when we ran into the back of Danica,” Earnhardt said.

“But I went into that corner and mashed the brakes to the floor. I pumped it three times all the way to the floor and then ran into her. There wasn’t anything I could do.

It sucks. I don’t like running into Danica because it gets a little too much attention, but I’m sorry for that.”

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By The Associated Press Rickie Fowler birdied three of his last four holes to overhaul fellow American Matt Kuchar and win the Scottish Open by one shot on Sunday for his second victory of the year.

Kuchar was on the practice range, preparing for a playoff, when Fowler sent his approach on No. 18 to within 18 inches. He tapped in the putt for a 2-under 68 — the same score as Kuchar — and an overall 12under 268.

It is the fourth title of Fowler’s professional career, coming two months after winning The Players Championship, and the second outside the United States after the Korea Open in 2011. And his links game looks in good shape ahead of next week’s British Open at St. Andrews.

Raphael Jacquelin of France birdied the last hole for 70 to tie for second place with Kuchar, and claim one of three British Open places on offer along with third-round leader Daniel Brooks, the No. 528-ranked Englishman, and Sweden’s Rikard Karlberg.

Fowler took the outright lead in the tournament for the first time with his last shot of the week, from the middle of the 18th fairway.

After knocking in the putt, he doffed his cap and acknowledged the crowd. But he had to wait for the final pairing of Jacquelin and Brooks to play the last before really celebrating.

Jacquelin was the only one who could force a playoff but he needed an eagle 2. That almost happened, with his approach spinning back to a foot from the cup.

It was a successful return to Scotland for Fowler and Kuchar, who were last here for the American team’s loss to Europe in the Ryder Cup in September 2014.

Fowler decided to alter his schedule and play the Scottish Open the week before British Open for the first time last year, after seeing Phil Mickelson win both events in 2013.

U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN: South Korea’s In Gee Chun birdied four of the last seven holes to rally for a one-stroke victory at the U.S. Women’s Open in Lancaster.

The 20-year old Chun shot a 4-under 66 in the final round and finished at 8 under, becoming the first player to win her U.S. Open debut since Birdie Kim in 2005.

Third-round leader Amy Yang struggled in the middle of her round and then pulled within one by going eagle-birdie at Nos. 16 and 17. But she bogeyed the 18th and fell a stroke short.

Playing in the final group on the last day of the championship for the third time in four years, Yang squandered a three-stroke lead and settled for a 1-over 71.

CHAMPIONS: Jerry Smith shot a 2-under 70 to win the Encompass Championship for his first title on the Champions Tour.

Smith had a three-stroke lead heading into the final round of the 54-hole tournament, but the margin was down to one over David Frost when he reached the 579-yard, par-5 16th hole. The 51-year-old Iowa native hit his second shot left into a greenside bunker, but holed out for a crucial eagle with two holes to play.

Smith finished at 16-under 200 at North Shore Country Club, setting a tournament record. Frost had a 68 in the final round.

Smith’s only tour victory had been the 1998 Guam Open on the Asian circuit.

WEB.COM: Martin Piller completed a wireto-wire victory in the Boise Open for his fourth career Web.com Tour title.

Piller shot a 4-under 67 at Hillcrest Country Club for a 28-under 256 total, the secondlowest 72-hole score in Web.com Tour history and the third-best mark in relation to par.

Steve Wheatcroft set the record of 255 in the 2011 Prince George’s County Open, finishing at 29 under, and Daniel Chopra was 30 under on a par-72 course in the 2004 Henrico County Open.

Continued from Page 13 “It takes a little bit of everything: recognizing the moment, having the good intuition, following your instincts of where the serve is going to go, being in the right balance,” Djokovic said. “I mean, it’s not that easy, especially with Roger’s precision and accuracy.”

Djokovic’s serve was stout, too: He saved six of seven break points. On a windy afternoon, Federer was simply not the same height-of-his-powers player who defeated Andy Murray in the semifinals. Pressured by Djokovic’s bodytwisting ability to extend points, Federer committed 35 unforced errors; Djokovic made 16.

Federer and Djokovic have played 40 times; each has won 20.

“Novak played not only great today,” said Federer, 33, the oldest Wimbledon finalist since 1974, “but the whole two weeks, plus the whole year, plus last year, plus the year before that.”

Federer might very well be the greatest of all time, as some say, but right now, the best in the men’s game is Djokovic.

He won the Australian Open in January, then was the runner-up at the French Open last month, denying him a career Grand Slam.

Go further back, and Djokovic has reached 15 of the past 20 major finals, winning eight.

Still, most spectators were pulling for Federer. So quiet between points that preserve ball bounces could be heard, the crowd voiced a collective “awwwww” of lament after a fault by Federer or a mid-point “ooooh” of excitement when he conjured up something exquisite.

“More or less, anywhere I play against Roger, it’s the same,” said Djokovic, who barked at some fans late in the fourth set.

Federer rued letting the opening set get away. Twice, he held a set point and failed to convert. The tiebreaker ended flatly on Federer’s double-fault, part of a run in which Djokovic took 14 of 15 points.

“For me to win this match,” Federer said, “I probably had to win the first set.”

He regrouped, staving off seven set points in the second and taking that tiebreaker.

So 110 minutes in, they were tied. Here’s how close it was: In the first set, each man won 37 points; in the second set, each won 51.

At the changeover, Djokovic yelled at himself.

Maybe it helped, because his second break gave him a 2-1 edge in the third, and he finished that set off quickly following a 20-minute rain delay.

Federer failed to put up much resistance in the fourth, getting broken twice more.

Soon enough, Djokovic was crouching down to pluck a few blades of Centre Court grass and slide them in his mouth.

He equaled his coach, Boris Becker, with three trophies at Wimbledon. Add five Australian Opens and one U.S. Open, and his nine major titles push him ahead of folks such as Andre Agassi, Jimmy Connors and Ivan Lendl and put the 28-year-old Serb more than halfway to Federer’s record of 17.

“He’s clearly making a big name for himself,” Federer said, “having won as many times now as he has in these different Slams.”

Spieth tops Gillis in Deere Classic Continued from Page 13 But the field caught up to Spieth when he turned in a pedestrian front nine.

Spieth bogeyed two of his first three holes and was soon passed by the likes of Gillis and Johnson. Spieth was even at the turn and two shots back of Gillis, who in 171 previous PGA Tour starts had only finished in the top three twice.

Spieth’s low point was a bogey on the par-4 11th hole after a putt from the fringe went left.

But Gillis played his final six holes at even par. Spieth roared back into contention with four birdies in five holes, including a 21-foot chip from the fringe on No. 16.

Spieth had a 30-foot putt for the win on No. 18, but he pushed it left. He nearly won on the first hole of the playoff, but his 33-foot try lipped out.

Even though Spieth ultimately outlasted the field, he knows he has some work to do — specifically with his driver, which abandoned him at times this weekend — if he hopes to make it three majors in a row.

“I need to fine-tune my driver. I love where my putter is at. My pace control, my speed is awesome right now,” Spieth said.

Gillis matched Spieth with a par on the first hole in sudden death. But a tee shot that went into the rough led to a shot in the water, effectively ending his bid for an elusive victory.

Gillis shot a 7-under 64 in the final round.

“When you’re going to be 47, the window is closing,” Gillis said. “What I saw (Sunday) and the last three days, I’d have to say makes me think I’ve still got some tread on the tires left.”

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Stephen Hillenburg got a degree in marine biology from Humboldt State University in California and a minor degree in art. While teaching marine biology at the Ocean Institute in Dana Point, California, he wrote and drew a comic book about the animals living in tide pools. One Stephen of his characters was Bob Hillenburg the Sponge.

After graduating from the California Institute of the Arts, where he studied animation, Hillenburg worked on an animated Nickelodeon show called “Rocko’s Modern Life.” He began thinking about a cartoon world where undersea animals live. SpongeBob became his central character. His last name, SquarePants, is because of his “square personality,” Hillenburg said.

At the end of this season, there will be 204 completed episodes of “SpongeBob SquarePants.”

Are you a fan of the animated Nickelodeon show “SpongeBob SquarePants”? SpongeBob, Patrick Star and their friends have been entertaining kids and adults for 16 years! Let’s find out more about Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of SpongeBob.

Loving the sea Stephen Hillenburg is 53 years old. He was born in Lawton, Oklahoma, but he grew up in Anaheim, California.

“I was always interested in the ocean,” he said, “and also in art. I had to figure out how to put the two together, but painting fish sounded boring.”

Creating ‘SpongeBob’ Today, Hillenburg is the executive producer of “SpongeBob SquarePants.” He writes for the show, working alongside a large staff of writers and animators to put it together.

The staff will make a storyboard — a series of drawings with dialogue (the words said by the characters) that serve as an outline for the animators. Then Hillenburg and others will add jokes to “punch it up, to make it better,” he said.

Artist Peter Bennett works on a background for “SpongeBob SquarePants.”

Not just a TV show SpongeBob, Squidward and the gang appear in other media besides television. “The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie” was released in 2004, and earlier this year, “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water” hit the theaters.

Comic books, video games, toys and even amusement park rides entertain fans.

Someone you know?

Many times, a writer will base a character on someone he or she knows.

Stephen Hillenburg says none of the characters are based on people from his life — except for Mr. Krabs.

When Hillenburg was a teenager, he worked at a lobster restaurant in Maine during the summers. The owner of the restaurant reminded Hillenburg of a pirate with his strong Maine accent. He became the Mr. Krabs inspiration for Mr. Krabs.

“I added the cheap part (to Mr. Krabs) to give him more personality,” Hillenburg said.

All images courtesy Nickelodeon

Advice to kids “Follow your interests,” Hillenburg said. “I never saw how my interests would collide. You don’t want to work on a job where you’re looking at your watch.

“I never imagined that I’d end up in animation, but marine biology and art collided, and here we are!”

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Hillenburg said that when “The Simpsons” took off in 1989, it really opened up possibilities for animation.

“SpongeBob” appeals to kids and adults, he said. “SpongeBob is a kid living an adult life. He has a job. Kids think being a fry cook is a great job.”

On the Web: • nick.com/ /spongebob-squar sp s epants

At the library: • “Party Time!” by John Cabell

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EVERYDAY CHEAPSKATE I’m going to guess you’ve made a financial mistake or two in your life. Who hasn’t?

For some of us, it was more than an occasional late fee or random urge to overspend that brought us to our financial knees. But I’m not talking about the kind of blunders that got us into trouble — we could list those in our sleep.

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NOT SAVING: You’ve heard this plenty, and here it comes again: Jump to the front of the line — ahead of your creditors — when you divvy up your paycheck. Get over feeling guilty about keeping money for yourself.

You’ll need enough in your fund to pay all your bills for at least six months. But don’t let that big number discourage you. Start by saving enough to live on for two weeks, then up it to one month, and so on until you reach goal.

Put your savings on autopilot — you won’t miss what you don’t see. Commit to saving 10 percent of every paycheck. If you can’t start there, start with 2 percent.

Then in a few weeks, change it to 5 percent, then 7 and so forth until you reach at least 10 percent.

PAYING FOR COLLEGE: If you must make a choice between adequately funding your own retirement and paying for your kids’ college education, put retirement first. The best gift you can give your kids is to make sure you won’t become a financial burden to them in your sunset years.

Kids have far more options for funding their college education than you have for your retirement. They’ve got scholarships, grants, financial aid, student loans, workstudy programs and the notto-be-forgotten method of working their way through college. Once your own future is secure and you’re out of debt, that’s when you’re in a position to help pay for education.

PAYING OFF THE MORTGAGE TOO SOON: Paying extra on your mortgage each month is laudable, but not if you time it badly. Your mortgage should be the last debt you pay off. Why? First, its interest rate is a lot lower than the interest you’re paying on your other debts (credit cards, student loans). Second, mortgage interest on your primary residence is tax-deductible.

While you’re in debt, having that deduction helps to ease the pain by lowering your tax bill.

Once you’ve built up a fat emergency fund and all of your high-interest, unsecured debts are paid in full — only then should you consider putting money toward paying off your mortgage.

INVESTING IN THE WRONG THING: There’s one thing we’ve learned over the past year, it’s that money invested in the stock market is at risk.

You could lose it! Don’t jeopardize any of your hardearned money while you’re carrying high-interest, unsecured debt. Instead, invest in your debt — it’s a much smarter move. Let me explain: If you have a $2,000 credit card balance at 14.5 percent interest, you’re paying $290 per year in interest, or $24.16 per month. Instead of taking a $2,000 gamble on the stock market, put it toward reducing your credit card debt.

Now each month, rather than paying that $24.16 interest to the credit card company, you get to keep it.

That’s a 14.5 percent return on your investment.

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THE TWO LICK Valley Social Center, 450 Franklin St., Clymer, recently held a luau-themed super supper to take everyone’s minds off the hot, humid weather. Luau attendees Mary Lou Stake, of Indiana, and Emma Stewart, of Commodore, center, are pictured with Girl Scouts from troops 40841 and 40790 who were on hand to help serve dinner and clean up. Pictured, front row, from left, are Maggie Hill, 8; Alyssia Shank, 9; and Brynn Koscho, 9; and back row, Makaylah Koscho, 11; Ashley Mason, 11; Abbey Smulik, 9; Abbey Buterbaugh, 9; Andrea Schwarts, 9; Julianna Shank, 11; Reilly Hill, 11; Hannah Lieb, 11; and Jada Bennett, 10. The Two Lick Valley Social Center operates Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and offers a wide variety of activities for those 60 and older. For more information, call (724) 254-9820.

• Hopeful Hearts, a service of the VNA of Indiana County, is a child-focused family bereavement support center.

Hopeful Hearts provides peer support at no cost for all family members when someone close to the family has died.

Families meet biweekly in a safe, caring and confidential environment.

For more information about this program or volunteer opportunities, call (724) 349-3888 or (877) 349-3888.

• John A. Lefdahl Funeral Home offers a bereavement support group open to the public. Call (724) 463-4499.

• Pregnancy Loss Support Group provides support for families who are grieving the loss of their baby through miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth or newborn death.

For more information, call (877) 771-1234.

• Rairigh-Bence Caring and Sharing Grief Support Group offers a support group, in addition to a bereavement lending library with booklets, videos, etc.

For time and date, call (724) 349-2000.

• Richard Shoemaker Funeral Home Support Group, Blairsville, offers information and support by phone. Call (724) 459-9115.

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Study finds having kids do chores a good thing

By KIMBERLY DISHONGH Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Next time you tell your kids to rake the leaves, do the dishes or clean the bathroom, you can safely add, “It’s for your own good.”

Marty Rossmann of the University of Mississippi used data collected over 25 years, starting in 1967, to discern whether asking children to help with household chores starting at age 3 or 4 was instrumental in predicting the children’s success in their mid-20s.

Chores, she determined, instilled in children the importance of contributing to their families and gave them a sense of empathy as adults. Those who had done chores as young children were more likely to be welladjusted, have better relationships with friends and family and be more successful in their careers.

But research shows that fewer parents are requiring their children to pitch in.

According to a survey by Braun Research in 2014, 82 percent of grown-ups polled said they had regular chores when they were growing up, but only 28 percent reported asking their children to do any. Reasons for not requiring them to do chores included children’s increasing participation in school and extracurricular activities and parents’ reluctance to heap more responsibility on them.

“One thing ... that parents don’t spend enough time on is really being specific about exactly what the chore entails and even demonstrating how to do it and how to do it properly,” says Nicholas Long, director of the Center for Effective Parenting at Arkansas Children’s Hospital.

“Rather than just saying, ‘Well, you need to dust,’ you do it with them and show them how to do it and what needs to be done.”

Rebecca Simon, family life program associate at the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, also says demonstrating chores can be essential.

“I try to just go back and say, ‘OK, next time we clean this let’s do it this way’ or, ‘Next time we clean the bathroom, let’s be sure to get around the bottom of the toilet,’” she says. “You try to encourage them. You don’t ever want to say, you know, ‘This is terrible.’ You just want to say, ”I appreciate you doing this for me.

Let me show you what we can do next time to make sure that it gets cleaned well.’”

While taking the time to teach children their chores can initially take longer, Long says investing the time has a huge payoff.

“As we become more prosperous as a society, we have

expected less and less of our children,” Long says.

“What’s happening is that we’re sending them off to college and they don’t know how to wash their clothes, cook a meal, sometimes even basic things like how to change a light bulb, because we do everything for our children.”

Children are often capable of more than their parents give them credit. Toddlers are eager to please and are ready to show off their bigkid skills. Children as young as 2 can be given simple tasks, like helping to make the bed.

“That may be them putting the pillows on their bed or pulling the sheet up under the pillow. They may need some assistance with that,” Simon says.

“They can pick up playthings with your supervision. I know that’s the hardest thing, to get the 2- to 3year-olds to pick something up. My daughter is notorious for saying ‘I have to go to the bathroom’ when it’s time for her to pick up her toys. But if you’re firm and you say, ‘OK, if you want to go do this other thing, you have to do pick up your toys,’ they will usually do it.”

Long says it’s better to have children do jobs that benefit the whole family, like vacuuming the family room, rather than limiting their chores to tidying their bedrooms. Assigning them a task outside of their bedroom eliminates an opportunity for argument from older children, who may insist that they prefer a messy room, he says.

As for the excuse, “I didn’t make that mess, why do I have to clean it up?,” Long suggests explaining — repeatedly, of course — that everyone in the family makes messes and that cleaning them up is just what you do. Shrugging off self-indulgence in favor of families taking care of each other, and of each other’s messes, is the idea.

Simon began enlisting the help of her children — now ages 12, 7 and 5 — when they were about 3 years old.

“They would help me sort clothes,” Simon says. “Now that really helps me. My daughter, who’s 7, puts the clean clothes on the hangers for me and starts putting them away.”

Another key to chore success lies in family participation. Making chore time a fun family event will probably result in more cooperation.

“Rather than saying, ‘It’s time to do your chores,’ you can say, ‘It’s time for us to do our chores,’” Long says.

“One of the keys is that you can make it fun. ... You can turn on music and you kind of dance some. It needs to be kind of a fun time instead of a punitive time, especially with young kids and kids

who are kind of resistant.

And over time they will learn to do these things on their own without all that stuff.”

Parents who missed the boat on starting their children out as toddlers might find it more difficult to get their children on board with a chore list.

“Just start now,” Simon says. “Look at what they can do and then encourage them to help you doing certain chores and eventually that would be their way that they can contribute to their family.”

Rewards are another option to tempt children to participate in chore time, but opinions vary on the concept of tying an allowance to the completion of chores. While some child behavior experts claim that an allowance helps children gain an understanding of money management, many parents choose not to tie chore completion to money.

Chad Kauffman, president of Junior Achievement of Arkansas, says the earlier young people can start becoming financially literate — balancing wants and needs and understanding that when money is gone, it’s gone — the better.

“From our perspective, those are things that kids need to know to be ready for life after high school,” Kauffman says.

“The other part of that is that there are a lot more kids who want a summer job, but can’t find one because they are harder and harder to find. ... At least having them work around the house for allowance is something ... to show them the value of work.”

Kauffman’s children don’t get an allowance for doing basic household chores, he says, only for special projects.

“There are some minimum expectations — you know, these are the things you have to do since you live here — and then if you go beyond, there might be some compensation for that,” he says.

“That’s how we do things in our family.”

According to a 2012 study by family education organization DoughMain, 89 percent of parents surveyed assigned chores to their children and 51 percent of them gave an allowance. Only 21 percent of those who gave an allowance did so based on completing chores.

Whether or not an allowance is given based on chore completion, Simon says one thing is key: Parents should be consistent.

“It can be a struggle and you have to have patience,” she says. “I know, I was a kid once, too, and I didn’t do everything perfectly and I know I rolled my eyes when my mom would ask me to do.”

ENGAGEMENT Stephanie Marie Cribbs, of Home, and Jacob James Scott, of Indiana, have announced their engagement.

The bride-to-be is the daughter of Kevin and Connie Cribbs.

Stephanie graduated from Marion Center Area High School in 2010 and attended Keiser (Fla.) University, graduating in 2014 with an associate degree in science and medical assisting.

She currently works at the Center of Orthopedic and Sports Medicine, in Indiana.

The future groom is the son of James and Cindy Scott.

He graduated from Indiana Area Senior High School in 2009 and graduat-

STEPHANIE CRIBBS and JACOB SCOTT ed from Penn State Altoona with a degree in agricultural business. He currently works at Pipeline Systems.

A wedding will be held Sept. 19, 2015, at the Trinity United Methodist Church, Indiana.

BIRTH AMELIA KATHRYN FARABAUGH David and Audra Farabaugh, of Homer City, proudly announce the birth of their daughter, Amelia Kathryn. Their third child, she is the little sister of William and Luke.

Amelia was born at 8:26 a.m. Thursday, July 9, 2015, at Indiana Regional Medical Center. She weighed 9 pounds, 3 ounces, and measured 21 inches.

Her grandparents are Bill and Linda Pazul, of Lower Burrell, and James and Kathryn Farabaugh, of Indiana.

If you see these people today, be sure to wish them a happy birthday: • Mark Cecchi, Yatesboro • Allen Deyarmin, Greenwich • Mallory Dixon, Home • Andrew John Kotzur, Alabama • Nathan McCunn, Indiana • Randy Meyer, Shelocta • Bob Rebovich, Homer City • Della Reichenbach, Rochester Mills • Erin Stiffler, Indiana The Gazette would like to wish you a “Happy Birthday!”

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Miss Oklahoma wins Miss USA competition

By STACEY PLAISANCE Associated Press

BATON ROUGE, La. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Olivia Jordan, 26, of Oklahoma, was crowned Miss USA on Sunday, wearing a hot pink strapless dress as she deftly fielded the interview portion of the competition by saying the country needed to improve race relations to beat out 50 other contestants.

After weeks of controversy generated by pageant co-owner Donald Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s critical comments about Mexican immigrants, the pageant passed with no mention of the real estate mogul who was not in attendance.

Instead, the focus was on women like Jordan and others whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d worked hard to get to the stage.

Jordan was followed by first runner-up Ylianna Guerra, 22, of Texas, and second runner-up Anea Garcia, 20, of Rhode Island. They were followed by Miss Nevada Brittany McGown, 25, as third runner-up and Miss Maryland Mame Adjei, 23, as fourth runner-up.

Jordan, who takes over from 2014 winner Nia Sanchez, of Nevada, was a standout during the interview

segment when each contestant was asked two questions and given 30 seconds to answer each. When asked what the next big issue is that the U.S. needs to tackle, she said it was race relations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have not solved this issue,â&#x20AC;?

Jordan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really need to work on being an accepting society.â&#x20AC;?

During the second interview question about which woman should be put on the new $10 bill, she initially said she wished television star Oprah Winfrey was eligible before ending by suggesting Harriet Tubman, a former slave who led other escaped slaves to freedom.

Asked afterward by The Associated Press about the Trump controversy, Jordan responded: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have freedom of speech in this country, and immigration is certainly an important issue.â&#x20AC;?

She added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This organization is not one person. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely not just me. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a family. This organization celebrates diversity, and I think that was clear on the stage tonight, and I look forward to spreading a message of love and diversity and acceptance.â&#x20AC;?

The annual contest, generally

OLIVIA JORDAN ... pageant winner known for its dazzling dresses and sexy swimsuits, was this year under an uncomfortable spotlight due to comments made by Trump, the pageantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s co-owner.

Trump slammed Mexican immigrants during his announcement that he was running for president.

That led to widespread fallout against his business dealings, including the pageant.

Broadcasters, including NBC and

Univision, dropped the pageant and a slew of celebrities lined up to perform, judge and host dropped out just as the pageant was kicking into high gear in Baton Rouge.

Pageant organizers rushed to fill the gap so the show could go on.

Satellite and cable channel Reelz television stepped in to air the show, while assuring people that Trump would not benefit financially. It was also streamed live on the pageantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website. And former Miss USA and Miss Universe winners were recruited as judges.

The pageant featured an evening wear and swimsuit competition as well as the question and answer session. The preliminary contest was held earlier this week and then the number of women remaining was progressively narrowed during the course of Sunday eveningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s telecast.

Jordan, of Tulsa, Okla., attended Boston University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in health science and was a group fitness instructor and a personal trainer. She has appeared in several national and international commercials and feature films,

most recently, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hot Tub Time Machine 2.â&#x20AC;?

Paula Shugart, who heads the Miss Universe Organization, thanked the CEO of Reelz and the returning pageant winners for stepping in to help during a news conference Sunday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love you all. You are the only reason we exist,â&#x20AC;? she said to the women during a news conference Sunday.

Shugart said the challenges of the past few weeks will make for great practice for whichever woman is crowned Miss USA, teaching them how to stay focused: â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to forget everything going on around you.â&#x20AC;?

When asked if the relationship between the pageant and Reelz would last beyond Sunday night, Stan Hubbard said the agreement was for one night only.

The 51 women represented every state and the District of Columbia.

Jordan will hold the title for a year and will go on to represent the United States in the Miss Universe pageant.

Online: http://www.missuniverse. com/missusa

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Heroesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; return announced at Comic-Con

By DERRIK J. LANG

AP Entertainment Writer

SAN DIEGO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; After a five-year hiatus, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heroesâ&#x20AC;? is soaring into ComicCon to win back fans.

The superhero series about everyday folks with extraordinary powers debuted at the pop-culture convention nine years ago and went on to become a TV phenomenon.

The show ran for four seasons before it was killed off by NBC following steep declines in viewership. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heroesâ&#x20AC;? creator Tim Kring launched a Sunday session at ComicCon featuring the cast of the upcoming follow-up series â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heroes Rebornâ&#x20AC;?

by directly addressing the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For those people who stuck with it and watched every single episode, you have my undying gratitude,â&#x20AC;?

Kring said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For those of you along the way who maybe grew a little tired because you perceived that perhaps the show grew a little tired, I really only have one thing to say about that.â&#x20AC;?

Kring continued, explaining that the cast and crew had â&#x20AC;&#x153;a long rest, a good nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sleep,â&#x20AC;? and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re â&#x20AC;&#x153;ready to save the world again.â&#x20AC;?

Kring was joined on stage by returning â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heroesâ&#x20AC;? stars Greg Grunberg, Jack Coleman, Jimmy Jean-

Louis and Masi Oka, as well as such newcomers as Zachary Levi, Robbie Kay, Ryan Guzman and Gatlin Green. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heroes Rebornâ&#x20AC;? is set five years after â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heroesâ&#x20AC;? ended and will focus on super-humans â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or EVOs, as they were called in footage shown Sunday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; living in hiding to avoid persecution by society. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Heroesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; on steroids,â&#x20AC;? said Grunberg, who is reprising his role as mind-reading detective Matt Parkman in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heroes Reborn.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chuckâ&#x20AC;? star Zachary Levi has joined the cast as a gun-toting villain named Luke Collins. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s apparently hunting EVOs. In a scene from a â&#x20AC;&#x153;He-

roes Rebornâ&#x20AC;? trailer, his character is standing over a pile of bodies with a gun in his hand. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Luke is very tortured guy,â&#x20AC;? Levi said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gone down a very dark path in his very twisted relationship with his wife. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been very hurt by something thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happened.â&#x20AC;?

The panel ended with footage of Masi Okaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hiro wielding two swords to save Sendhil Ramamurthyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mohinder from a baddie with the apparent ability to duplicate his body. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heroes Rebornâ&#x20AC;? will debut Sept. 24 on NBC. Online: http://www.nbc.com/heroes-reborn

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Minionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; takes over with $115.2M haul

By RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writer

LOS ANGELES â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Universalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Minionsâ&#x20AC;? overran the box office over the weekend as audiences in the U.S. and Canada shelled out an estimated $115.2 million to see the evil-master-serving horde frolic on the big screen.

It was the second-biggest opening ever for an animated film and an easy win for the sidekicks who took the spotlight after playing supporting roles in two previous â&#x20AC;&#x153;Despicable Meâ&#x20AC;? movies. The bright, babbling baldies have become key characters in the franchise from Universalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Illumination Entertainment.

Directed by Peter Coffin, who co-directed both â&#x20AC;&#x153;Despicable Meâ&#x20AC;? movies and voices the Minions, the movie easily beat â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jurassic World,â&#x20AC;? another Universal picture that grossed $18.1 million in its fifth weekend after release, according to box office tracker Rentrak.

Disneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inside Outâ&#x20AC;? ranked third with $17.1 million in its fourth weekend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Minionsâ&#x20AC;? was a hit overseas as well, taking the No. 1 spot in 29 of the 30 other countries in which it debuted over the weekend, including Mexico, Russia, France and Venezuela. Internationally, the movie has grossed $280.5 million so far. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Given that they seek to work for the most evil people on the planet, they give off this incredible happiness,â&#x20AC;? said Duncan Clark, Universalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s president of international distribution. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the quality theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re proving to have is a common denominator appeal across all cultures.â&#x20AC;?

Only DreamWorks Animationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shrek The Thirdâ&#x20AC;? opened to a bigger gross in North America in 2007, with $121.6 million, according to Rentrak. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Minionsâ&#x20AC;? beat out

Disneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Toy Story 3,â&#x20AC;? which took in $110.3 million on its opening weekend in 2010.

Paul Dergarabedian, Rentrakâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s senior media analyst, said the Minions captured most of the buzz among â&#x20AC;&#x153;Despicable Meâ&#x20AC;? fans from the start. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always been about these crazy, irreverent, funny characters,â&#x20AC;? Dergarabedian said.

Other studios have created successful spinoffs, such as DreamWorksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shrekâ&#x20AC;? side story from 2011, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Puss in Boots.â&#x20AC;?

There are also the multilayered spinoffs in Disneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Marvel universe, including â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ant-Man,â&#x20AC;? which opens next weekend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It seems like a foregone conclusion there will be more â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Minionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; because of the millions they made,â&#x20AC;?

Dergarabedian said.

Universal is planning to unleash â&#x20AC;&#x153;Despicable Me 3â&#x20AC;? in the summer of 2017 and plans a gaggle of other films

by Illumination Entertainment. Led by founder and CEO Chris Meledandri, the animated movie studio has become one of Hollywoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most successful.

Ahead of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Minions,â&#x20AC;? Universal showed a trailer from a release for next summer, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Secret Life of Pets,â&#x20AC;? which explores what pets do when their owners leave them at home unattended.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also planning to release a holiday 2017 version of Dr. Seussâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grinch.â&#x20AC;? Universalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s domestic distribution president, Nicholas Carpou, credits Meledandri with creating movies whose outlandish characters are relatable. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very heartwarming, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very charming.

You think of Gru (the villain from â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Despicable Meâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; even a villain has a huge heart. I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing the results of that in the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Minionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; right now,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Other movies debuting in

the Top 10 this past weekend were â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Gallows,â&#x20AC;? an adlibbed high-school horror movie from Blumhouse Productions, the creator of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paranormal Activityâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Insidiousâ&#x20AC;? franchises, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Self/less,â&#x20AC;? a sci-fi thriller about a near-death billionaire who transmits himself into a younger body.

Estimated ticket sales below are for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak. Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included.

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NOTICE Barbor, Sottile & Darr, P.C., Attorney ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE Letters of Administration on the Estate of Lisa Ann Stapleton, Late of Cherryhill Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, deceased, having been granted the undersigned, those having claims against said estate are requested to present them duly authenticated and those knowing themselves to be indebted are requested to make prompt payment.

Administrator: Jered T. Stapleton 48 Beulah’s Road Clymer, PA 15728 6/29, 7/6, 7/13 NOTICE Barbor, Sottile & Darr, P.C., Attorney EXECUTOR’S NOTICE Letters Testamentary on the Estate of Harry M. Stewart, late of Center Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, deceased, having been granted the undersigned, those having claims against said estate are requested to present them duly authenticated and those knowing themselves to be indebted are requested to make prompt payment.

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NOTICE SIMPSON, KABLACK & RIVOSECCHI, ATTORNEYS 834 Philadelphia Street Indiana, PA 15701 EXECUTRIX NOTICE Letters of Testament on the Estate of Margaret Elizabeth Biss a/k/a Betty Biss, late of Montgomery Township, Indiana County, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned, those having claims against said estate are requested to present them duly authenticated for settlement and those knowing themselves to be indebted are requested to make prompt payment.

Margie R. Pahutsky 130 Bowerstown Road Cherry Tree, PA 15724 7/13, 7/20, 7/27

NOTICE THE SERENE LAW FIRM PLLC EXECUTOR’S NOTICE Letters Testamentary on the Estate of Helen Novak, deceased, late of White Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, having been granted the undersigned, those having claims against said estate are requested to present them fully authenticated for settlement, and those knowing themselves to be indebted are requested to make prompt payment.

Marsha A. Novak Executor 2162 Roscomare Road Los Angels, CA 90077 6/29, 7/6, 7/13

NOTICE A Storage Inn 2125 Shelly Drive Indiana, PA 15701 (724) 349-6611 NOTICE OF SALE OF LANDLORD’S LIEN Notice is hereby given that the contents of the leased spaces of the following tenants will be sold at the office of A Storage Inn, 2125 Shelly Drive, Indiana, PA 15701. Sale will take place at 9:00 a.m. sharp on Saturday, July 25, 2015.

Cash only Brian Troup Unit - #629 & Unit #605 Elaine Harvey Unit - #603 7/13, 7/15

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NOTICE

The Negotiations Committee of the Board of Directors of the Blairsville-Saltsburg School District will hold a meeting on Wednesday, July 15, 2015, beginning at 5:30 pm to negotiate a contract. The Personnel Committee will meet at 6:00 pm for interviews.

Both meetings will be held in the Library at the Saltsburg Middle/High School.

Leigh A. Free, Board Secretary

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NOTICE

Tri Community Sewer Authority will hold a special meeting on July 15, 2015 at 6:30 pm. This will be held at the office located in Robinson.

Cynthia Shelter/ Secretary

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Memoriams

In Loving Memory Of

James I. Pyer

Born: Sept. 2, 1928 Died: July 13, 1992

Blessed are the pure in heart... for they shall see God. Sadly missed and loved by your family.

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FOUND- Adult male dash hound, brown & intact, was found in Coal Run. Call (386) 235-6583

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Real Estate Transfers Michael A. Bertolino and Amy L. Bertolino to Jeffrey L. Fenton, Diana L. Fenton, Jeffrey L. Fenton Jr. and Juline R. Fenton, White Township, $1 David T. Borst and Ingrid M. Borst to Dorothy M. Gracey, Indiana Borough, second ward, $146,000 Richard G. Rinnan and Crystal Kinnan to Richard G. Kinnan, Crystal Kinnan, Robert E. Kinnan Jr. and Shelby J. Kinnan, Banks Township, $1 Andrew P. Steffish by TCB to Jeremy Vickhouse and Rebecca Craig, Creekside Borough, $250 Betty L. Britsky to John A. Britsky and Laura A. Britsky, Green Township, $1 Donna L. Anderson to Donna L. Anderson and Antoinette Peightal, Ernest Borough, $1 Patricia Ann Erb NKA Patricia Ann Kellichner to Robert L. Dospoy and Barbara J. Dospoy, Montgomery Township, $26,311 Michael J. Bertolino and Margaret Bertolino to David A. Zaffuto, Young Township, $2,500 Lorna J. Laird TR by TR to David J. Flowers and Susan Flowers, Cherryhill Township, $265,000 Jose F. Chi, Kimberly Chi and William B. Dobson to William B. Dobson, Clymer Borough, $1 Edward O. Miller to Mohney Fabricating and Manufacturing LLC, Cherryhill Township, $255,000 Douglas A. Johnson to Department of Transportation and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Center Township, $1 Doris Zombotti to Department of Transportation and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Center Township, $1 Robert G. Smith and Eleanor L. Smith to Department of Transportation and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Center Township, $1 Kyle Kellar to Department of Transportation and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pine Township, $1 Theodore Sasala Est. to Ruth A. Sasala, Center Township, $1 Kelly L. Polando to Robert T. McCroskey and Jennifer L. McCroskey, Homer City Borough, $151,000 Louis P. Kluchurosky and Denise S. Kluchurosky to John Bakaysa Jr. and Marissa Zimmerman

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HOMER City: 2 story, 4 bdrm, 1.5 bath, 2 car garage, corner lot, gas heat, $55k. (724) 349-6517

PUBLISHERS NOTICE: All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.”

We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

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

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Furnished Apartments

1 BEDROOM located near Martins. Call for info.

(724) 463-9290

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2 BDRM 1 bath close to Indiana schools, appl. includ. $650/mo plus util.

No pets. (724) 349-1669

INDIANA: 2 bdrm, 2nd floor, newly remodeled, all util. incl. $725 + sec.

No pets! (724) 463-9008

ATTRACTIVE, In-town, 1 bdrm unit. Rent includes: water, hot water, garbage, sewage, off street parking, & on-site laundry. $500/mo plus gas & electric. No pets. 6/ mo lease. (724) 349-5880

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

ATTRACTIVE, 1 bdrm unit, carpeting, appliances, air, on-site laundry, off st. parking. Rent incl water, garbage, sewage. No Pets. 10mo lease $475/mo (724) 463-1645 BLAIRSVILLE, Large 2 bedroom, all appliances, w/d, porch, parking. $450 month plus util. Call (724) 388-5687 BORO, 2 bdrm + office, nice, AC, dw, pkg, non smoking, $750 mo + util. residential (724) 549-8099

SPACIOUS One bdrm, Indiana. $500 month incl. sewage, garbage & water. (412) 289-0382 VERY nice 2 bdr, 1.5b, walk to downtown / campus, off street parking. w/d, a/c, mancave. Call (305) 333-4892

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Office Space For Rent

FREE RENT Indiana Downtown, all util included, approx 1300 sq ft, will negotiate rent.

(724) 388-2681

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Houses For Rent

CLYMER: 1 bdr, heat, water, garbage incl, $500/mo, no pets, n/s.

Call (724) 840-2315

ATTRACTIVE 2 bdrm. Indiana / Homer City, $650/$550 mo + utilities, no smoking, no pets, Call (724) 388-3337

COLONIAL MANOR 1 bdr furnished. & unfurnished. 2 bdr unfurnished. Call for info.

(724) 463-9290. 9-4pm. colonialmanorindianapa .com

DERRY TWP/Blairsville, 2 bdrm, $500 mo. plus sec. dep. & util., no pets, non smoke.(724)459-8248

HOMER CITY: 2nd flr, 1 bdrm., water, sewage incl. $350 + sec. lease No pets. 724-463-2250

HOMER CITY area, nice 2/bdr, includes water / sewage, w/d hook ups, $635/mo.

(724) 479-2541

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You should put personal pleasures aside so that you can dedicate your time to getting ahead. With proper planning, you will be able to outmaneuver the competition and prove what you are capable of doing.

Strive for perfection.

CANCER (June 21July 22) — Positive changes lie ahead.

With determination, you will be able to handle emotional issues that have been holding you back.

Love is in the stars, and romance will improve your personal life.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Gossip will surface if you are extravagant or flamboyant. Use your energy wisely and plan to enjoy unusual events or activities with people you know and trust.

VIRGO (Aug. 23Sept. 22) — Your contribution to a worthy cause will lead to an enlightening and stimulating encounter. Friends you make when doing things you enjoy will have a profound influence on your future.

LIBRA (Sept. 23Oct. 23) — Make sure you do your homework. Until you have all the facts in place, you are likely to overreact. Ask pertinent questions until you have no doubt about moving forward.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — You may be bored with what’s going on around you.

Take a trip or join a group that deals with historical, religious or philosophical topics and expand your knowledge.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Your sensitive nature will cause you to worry excessively about other people’s problems.

Offer sympathy, but don’t feel that you have to pay for others’ mistakes. Don’t let anyone make you feel guilty.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Your

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — Poor diet or lack of sleep will sap your energy. If you look after your health, you will be able to rise to any challenge that comes your way.

PISCES (Feb. 20March 20) — A passionate evening will develop if you get together with someone who shares your interests. Clear any distractions so that you can devote your undivided attention to your date or partner.

ARIES (March 21April 19) — A misunderstanding will cause hurt feelings. Be clear about what your intentions and expectations are so that there will be no regrettable mishaps.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) — Your competitive nature and sense of fun will make you a popular choice for any team.

A friendly challenge with relatives or neighbors will help keep everyone’s spirits high.

GEMINI (May 21June 20) — If you have been pushing yourself too hard, your health will suffer. Slow down and treat yourself to a little fun with friends and family, or savor a little independent leisure time.

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INDIANA Boro: 3 bedroom, $600 plus utilities.

No pets. (724) 422-3464 SHELOCTA: 2 bdr, 2 bath, central air, private patio, dishwasher, w/d, carpeted, off street parking, no pets, sec. dep.

Rent incl gas (heat, hw, stove). $825. Call (724) 354-5281

Mobile Homes For Sale

PRICE REDUCED 1982 Tyson Farm, 2 Bdr, 2 Bath, tip-out, 2 Car carport, Handicap ramp, $20K 724-349-6517

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INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR MOTOR ROUTE

Available Now! y Shelocta y Parkwood

If you have reliable transportation, valid driver’s license & auto insurance.

Call Roque.

(724) 465-5555 ext 254

HOME WITH POTENTIAL! 2 br, 1ba, abandoned manufactured home for sale in the Indiana area. $1000. Close by 7/31/15 and receive 1 month free lot rent. (724) 349-1322 Buy through the Indiana Gazette Classifieds.

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INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR Walking Carrier Needed to deliver newspapers daily (7 days a week).

INDIANA •800 Block Chestnut St And Surrounding Area •S. 5th & 6th St & Surrounding Area •500 Block School Street & Surrounding Area •300-600 Block Locust St & Surrounding Area •100 Block E. Pike Rd & Surrounding Area

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INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR Walking Carrier Needed to deliver newspapers daily (7 days a week).

INDIANA •200 & 300 Block N. 6th St, N. Tylor St. 500 Block Chestnut St. •100 & 900 Block N. 10th St Area •400 Block Edgewood & Forest Ridge Rd Area •1000 Block Oak St. & Chestnut St Area

•700 Block Fairman Ave & 500 Block N. 6th St Area If you are at least 12 years old, and you have dreamed of owning your own business.

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Part time weekend work is also available.

Also, hire owner operators.

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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

LEVEL 1 LANDSCAPE TECHNICIAN NEEDED

Qualified, experienced only need apply.

Must have experience in operating zero turn mowers, pruning and trimming, edging and weeding and planting of trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals.

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LEVEL 2 LANDSCAPE SUPERVISOR NEEDED Qualified, experienced only need apply.

Supervisory and leadership qualities required.

Must have experience in operating a backhoe and skid steer; all phases of hardscapes and plantings.

Snow plowing experience required.

Send resume and references to: madererjobs@gmail.com

NURSES AIDE PT/FT Nurses Aide positions available, day or night shift, 30 hours plus per week, full time potential. Benefits available.

Apply in person at Maple Valley Personal Care Home. (724) 465-4343

Qualified, experienced only need apply.

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Send resume and references to: madererjobs@gmail.com

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1+ years customer service or office experience preferred with excellent verbal and written communication skills, detail oriented and exceptional organizational skills. A team player and the ability to empathize with customers.

You’ll receive personalized training and ongoing feedback to ensure success in the program. You must have or obtain an insurance license. We offer salary plus a strong benefit package, a Mon.Fri. schedule and a fun and friendly work environment.

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400 SQ FT commercial building w/dock & ramp access. Available July 1.

S 13th St Indiana. Electrical service available. $350/mo. with 12 months lease. (724) 463-3571

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Please forward a letter of interest and resumé to Human Resources, REA Energy PO Box 70, Indiana, PA 15701

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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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HAULING Need your unwanted items hauled away. Call 724-463-8254.

McClure Plaster Drywall Repair Since 1971 (724) 422-6975

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15 Gallon antique crock, asking $125. Call (724) 254-2239

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

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CAR SEATS: (2) Safety First convertible car seats. up to 65lbs. $60/ea. (724) 349-6194 GRACO Indoor/outdoor pack-n-play, can convert to outdoor playyard or tent, like new, $30 (724) 354-5272

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Lester B. Pearson, the 14th prime minister of Canada and the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize winner, said, “When you’re special to a cat, you’re special indeed. She brings to you the gift of her preference of you, the sight of you, the sound of your voice, the touch of your hand.”

I can relate to that.

But here we are concerned with your being special to your bridge partner, and we will spend the week looking at preference — suitpreference signals.

These used to occur almost never. Now, though, at the top

level, they happen on almost every deal, in a way never envisioned by their inventor, Hy Lavinthal.

First, though, let’s spotlight Lavinthal’s brain wave. Look at the West and North cards in the diagram.

South is in four spades after the given auction. West, in answer to his partner’s overcall, leads the heart 10.

East takes the first two tricks with his top hearts, then gives West a heart ruff, South having started with queen-third.

What should West lead now?

Note that South’s one-spade response guaranteed at least a five-card suit, because with four spades he would have made a negative double.

Given the intro, West has to guess which minor to lead.

However, East can guide him. East wishes to receive a diamond ruff. Since he wants West to return the higherranking of the other two side suits, at trick three East leads his highest-remaining heart: the jack.

For experts, East can stress diamonds by winning the first trick with his heart ace, then cashing his king; always the highest card.

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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 FURNITURE: living room set, dining room set, frig, and bedroom set. Best Offer.

Call (804) 694-6962

AUCTION SALE

THURSDAY, JULY 16 2:00 P.M. 29 South 12th Street, Indiana, PA

REAL ESTATE COLLECTIBLES - HOUSEHOLD Troy-Bilt self-propelled lawn mower, Craftsman toolbox, aluminum step and extension ladders, fishing poles, garden tools, log chains, Speed Queen gas dryer, Amana automatic washer, Gibson chest freezer, Whirlpool microwave & stand, patio table & chairs, metal porch furniture, Coleman cooler, couch & loveseat, end tables, recliner, 8 pc. dining room suite, wooden n rocker, rocker jewelry, jewelry towels, towels bedding and many other household items. Partial listing. Large sale, plan to attend. Refreshments & restroom on grounds.

REAL ESTATE: Will be offered at 7:00 P.M. This quality residential two-story frame dwelling with basement that houses gas hot air heat.

First floor consists of living room, dining room, kitchen, pantry/laundry combination, small deck at rear. Second floor consists of three bedrooms, hall and bath. All cooled by central air. Attic has 2 rooms. Two car frame garage at rear. All on a corner lot approximately 35’x96’ more or less. Ideal family home in a good location. Near churches, school and shopping. Zoned R1 (one family residential). Plan to inspect Monday, July 13 from 6 to 7:30 P.M. or any other time by appointment. For photos go to auctionzip.com #1010. Come early, stay late.

TERMS: $5,000 down at time of sale, balance in 45 days. Sale of real estate subject to confirmation by sellers. Other terms and conditions will be given at time of sale. All in move-in condition. Do not procrastinate participate!

OWNER: Dale G. Coleman Estate EXECUTOR: David D. Coleman ATTORNEY: John Barbor

Pete Stewart & Son Auctioneers & Realtors

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

BX of old records in sleeves, includes western & other types music. $20/bx. (724) 459-8861

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

CRAFTSMAN Router, includes 23 pc bit set plus other accesories. $115 Call (724) 859-5765

ROCKING chair: white, outdoor, exc condition, $95. No delivery. (724) 272-4760. Call between 8am-8pm SAMSUNG front loader washer and dryr, white, fairly new, $800 for both , will not separate , has stackable kit included.

Call (724) 977-3790 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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Appliances For Sale

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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Musical & Stereo Equipment For Sale

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

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Pets & Supplies For Sale

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LHASA Apso pedigree puppies, 1 female & 2 males, black & white. $500/ea. (724) 459-8824

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Sports Equipment For Sale

TREADMILL: very good condition, from Sears original price $500 asking $75 obo. Moving just can’t take with us. Call (724) 762-0397 WEIDER Pro-Series weight bench, like new, leg lock downs, multi position bench. $40.00, Call (724) 349-1289

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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.

QUART canning jars: $5.50/dz.

(724) 465-7430 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 Wicker Baskets, 80 +, various sizes, small, med, & large. $45 for all. Call (724) 465-7851

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Wanted to Buy

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

GARAGE

LAWN FARM

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Farm Products For Sale

BLUEBERRIES Stutzman Farms. U-Pick or Ready Picked. 422 East Penn Run, 8 miles from Indiana. Mon - Sat 8-6; Tues 8-8. Closed Sunday (724) 463-7915.

Call for orders.

Swimming Pools For Sale

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Autos For Sale

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

Call (724) 388-4806

1998 TOYOTA Sienna, extra clean, 1 owner, 7 pass, $3,300. Call (724) 388-1374

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

1-800-548-1923

2004 Super Charged Monte Carlo SS. $8,500 obo. Call (724) 388-9128

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Parts & Accessories For Sale

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

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Boating Needs

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

SALES

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Garage Sales

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(724) 349-4949

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

(Between 2nd & 3rd Streets) Household Contents - Furniture - Many Tools Jacuzzi Spa (sold @ 5:30 PM - like new) Photos @ auctionzip.com (ID #1496) HOUSEHOLD: Blue Ridge Spa by Jacuzzi (like new); Kenmore refrigerator, freezer on bottom; GE microwave; 2 Sealy Posturepedic single mattress sets; Danish modern-style BR set; double bed, dresser, vanity; twin/bunk beds; electric sewing machine in cabinet; recliner; cedar chest; upholstered chairs; TV cabinet; Sony TV; misc. wood chairs; office chair; computer desk; variety of pictures; 2 end tables; variety of kitchen items; spoon collection; Noritake china set; trumpet in case; maple table, 4 chairs, boards; many canning jars; coolers; lawn chairs and more! TOOLS: Many small hand tools - Ryobi BO saw & drill; bench grinder; soldering gun; socket set; Milwaukee drill; routers; bench vise; shop vac; reel mower; circular saws; shop wood & accessories; misc. plumbing, electrical and hardware items; yard tools; hand dolly; shop-mate; propane heater. Larger tools @ approx. 6:15 PM: Craftsman - table saw on stand, 6” jointer/planer on stand, 6.7HP mower; Delta 2 speed 16” scroll saw; bench-top table saw; Hitachi miter saw; 8HP chipper-shredder; Mantis tiller. VINTAGE: Copper kettle on iron stand; old grindstone; Damascus treadle sewing machine in oak cabinet; mantle clock; 5 cane-bottom chairs; large light bulb; oak parlor table; marble-top parlor table; oak washstand; oak medicine cabinet; apple peeler; old hats; 3 crock jugs; Life magazines; Cape Cod cranberry box; glassware and more!

Owner: Eva Meredith (Mrs. Robert) Shank Estate Executor: Dennis W. Shank Attorney: John H. Barbor Terms: Cash or check with photo ID. No out-of-state checks.

Auction Conducted By: “Your Real Estate Auction Professional”

MIKE CHARNEGO CAI Auctioneer - Appraiser Homer City, PA 724-479-2481 AU-1659-L E-mail: auctionmike@verizon.net

Member: National & PA Auctioneers Association

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