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Who’s in the news There is good news today in The Indiana Gazette about these area people: Peggy Risher, Betty Scott, Matthew Dowling, Gail McCauley, Bobbi Jo Walker.

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WAR OF WORDS: Bill Cosby’s decade-old testimony about his philandering could be used against him in court by some of the women who accuse him of sexual assault./Page 3 DEATH INVESTIGATION: A prosecutor says it is too soon to determine what caused the death of a woman in a Texas jail cell and that the case is being treated as thoroughly as it would be for a homicide./Page 5 EARNING CHEERS: As the fallout intensifies after Donald Trump mocked Arizona Sen. John McCain’s war hero status, the billionaire’s backers are more excited than ever about his chances./Page 7 OFF THE CHARTS: Earth dialed up the heat in June, smashing warm temperature records for both the month and the first half of the year./Page 7 BUCS SNAP OUT OF IT: The Pirates, coming off three straight losses, beat the defending AL champion Kansas City Royals on Monday night./Page 11

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A FIRST STEP in the next round of streetscape enhancements along Indiana’s Philadelphia Street corridor will be replacement of water lines under the parking lane on the south side of the street in the project’s Segment C area, between Sixth and Ninth streets. Workers from Wilson Excavating and Grading, of New Wilmington, moved equipment in this week to start cutting through the pavement. Work on the above ground improvements are expected to begin soon and continue into next year.

Effects of school realignment under review by committee

By CHAUNCEY ROSS

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Nearly a year after the realignment of the grade levels in Indiana’s four elementary schools, district officials continue exploring ways to ease the unexpected side effects of the change.

In a move calculated to save more than $1 million by avoiding the need to hire as many as a dozen additional teachers, the district consolidated the enrollment of kindergarten through

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Deaths Obituaries on Page 4 CARRETTI, Byrl I. (Gromley), 74, Cherry Tree FRAMPTON, James D., 87, Carlisle JONES, Mark, 58, Robinson SHIRLEY, David E., 62, Black Lick Late deaths BLACK, Virgil, 71, Indiana LOKEY, James R., 82, Clymer McNAMARA, Shirley, 85, Papillion, Neb., formerly of Indiana

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third-grade students in East Pike and Ben Franklin elementary schools, and moved all fourthand fifth-grade students into Horace Mann and Eisenhower schools.

Concentrating the grade levels allowed the district to equalize the number of students in each classroom, but brought unforeseen changes — many that could be at-

tributed to the chemistry of kids in different environments.

The school board’s Academic and Extracurricular Committee met in special session Monday for what served as a status update, with district officials reporting on how the side effects have been tempered so far and with about 20 teachers, most of them from Ben Franklin, offering suggestions for further relief.

Suggestions came with acknowledgement of the district’s Continued on Page 4

Report: More kids living in poverty

By KYLE POTTER

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — A new report on child welfare that found more U.S. children living in poverty than before the Great Recession belies the fanfare of the nation’s economic turnaround.

Twenty-two percent of American children were living in poverty in 2013 compared with 18 percent in 2008, according to the latest Kids Count Data Book, with poverty rates nearly double among African-Americans and American Indians and problems most severe in the South and Southwest.

The report, released today

By RANDY WELLS

It apparently will be Monday, at the earliest, before Indiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Thomas Bianco rules on whether some votes from the spring primary will be recounted to resolve the election race for county auditor.

After hearing oral arguments Thursday on the appropriateness of recounting votes from East Mahoning Township, Bianco said he might issue a ruling Friday before leaving for a week’s vacation, or he might delib-

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by the child advocacy group the Annie E. Casey Foundation, showed some signs of slight improvement, including high school graduation rates at an all-time high and a dipping percentage of uninsured children. But the bright spots weren’t enough to offset a picture that many children have been left behind amid the nation’s economic recovery.

Here are some things to know about the report:

DIFFERING CAUSES The foundation’s studies cover 16 different measures, delving into economic wellbeing, health care, education Continued on Page 10

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erate on the issue until he returns Monday.

He did not issue a court order before the courthouse closed Friday.

Incumbent Republican auditor Donna Cupp won a tiebreaking drawing of lots — and the remaining available GOP nomination — on June 5. Five days later, three voters filed a petition on behalf of Helen Clark, also an incumbent Republican auditor, seeking a recount of the votes in East Mahoning Township. Thursday’s court hearing resulted from a motion by Cupp to quash any recount of votes.

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IRANIAN FOREIGN Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, also the top nuclear negotiator, addressed an open session of parliament today in Tehran. Iranian lawmakers have set up a special committee to review the landmark nuclear deal reached with world powers last week.

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Official details school projects

By RANDY WELLS

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MARION CENTER — Summer improvement projects are proceeding well at Marion Center Area School District buildings.

District transportation and buildings and grounds supervisor Ken Kirkland told the school directors Monday the three new boilers for the high school’s

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WASHINGTON — The Islamic State’s reclusive leader has empowered his inner circle of deputies as well as regional commanders in Syria and Iraq with wide-ranging authority, a plan to ensure that if he or other top figures are killed, the organization will quickly adapt and continue fighting, U.S. and Iraqi intelligence officials said.

The officials said the leader, Abu Bakr alBaghdadi, delegates authority to his Cabinet, or shura council, which includes ministers of war, finance, religious affairs and others.

The Islamic State’s leadership under alBaghdadi has drawn mainly from two pools: veterans of al-Qaida in Iraq who survived the insurgency against U.S. forces with battle-tested militant skills, and former Baathist officers under Saddam Hussein with expertise in organization, intelligence and internal security. It is the merger of these two skill sets that has made the organization such a potent force, the officials said.

But equally important to the group’s flexibility has been the power given to Islamic State military commanders, who receive general operating guidelines but have significant autonomy to run their own operations in Iraq and Syria, according to U.S. and Kurdish officials.

This means that fighters have limited information about the inner workings of the Islamic State to give up if captured, and that local commanders can be killed and replaced without disrupting the wider organization. Within this hierarchy, Iraqis still Continued on Page 10

heating system are being installed, demolition of the floor in the McCreery Elementary School’s gym/cafeteria has started in preparation for a new poured plastic floor and new carpeting is being laid in the high school auditorium.

Kirkland then outlined three options for another improvement project under consideration — repair or replacement of the district’s

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SEPTA halts sale of papal passes PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Overwhelming customer demand on Monday forced the Philadelphia area’s transit system to halt the sale of special rail passes to be used during Pope Francis’ September visit to the city.

Andrew Busch, a spokesman for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, said the number of customers buying tickets online was significantly higher than expected when tickets went on sale online Monday morning. Many users received error messages or were unable to load pages.

Busch said that just minutes after the launch, visitors to the site had loaded up more than 64,000 “shopping carts” that contained more than 250,000 tickets overall.

Busch said technicians were working on the problem and SEPTA is expected to announce today when ticket sales will resume.

PSU senior dies in fall abroad STATE COLLEGE (AP) — A Penn State senior studying abroad has died after reportedly falling from a balcony in Seville, Spain.

University spokesman L. Reidar Jensen said Spanish authorities were continuing to investigate the death of Lauren Bajorek, but that preliminary indications are her death was an accident.

Bajorek was a senior finance major studying in Spain as part of an eightweek study abroad internship program.

Officials with Penn State’s Student Affairs and Global Programs have been in contact with the student’s family. The student reportedly died Saturday.

Ex-union boss gets 19 years in prison PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former Philadelphia union boss was sentenced Monday to more than 19 years in prison for overseeing violence, vandalism and intimidation at nonunion work sites, including a Quaker meetinghouse.

Joseph Dougherty, 73, was also ordered to pay more than a half-million dollars’ restitution on January con-

victions of racketeering conspiracy, arson and extortion.

Prosecutors said he told Ironworkers Local 401 members that they were at “war” with nonunion competitors, especially as construction jobs dried up after the Great Recession.

U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson said he considered the defendant’s age but had to impose a sentence that matched the seriousness of the offenses.

Convicted killer seeks new trial SUNBURY (AP) — A newlywed husband convicted along with his wife in the stabbing death of a stranger who prosecutors said was lured through a Craigslist ad is seeking a new trial.

The (Sunbury) Daily Item reported that Elytte Barbour, 23, argued in court documents filed Monday in Northumberland County that he wasn’t the “mastermind” behind the slaying.

Barbour and Miranda Barbour, 19, pleaded guilty last year to second-degree murder in the November 2013 stabbing death of Troy LeFerrara, 42, of Port Trevorton.

Elytte Barbour in his appeal attributed his plea to ineffective counsel and said he wasn’t allowed to see psychological evaluations that would have bolstered his insanity defense.

Miranda Barbour has said that her husband knew exactly what the two of them planned to do.

DUI suspect found naked on roof HOLLIDAYSBURG (AP) — State police said a drunken driving suspect ran away from the scene of a central Pennsylvania crash but was found on a nearby barn roof — naked — and arrested once he fell off.

Online court records don’t list an attorney for Daquan Tate, 20, of Hollidaysburg.

State police said he faces drunken driving charges for crashing into a speed limit sign and a roadside mailbox after losing control of his car early Saturday.

Police said Tate kept driving until he again lost control of his car, hit an embankment and stopped along the shoulder of the road before running away.

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By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press

Bill Cosby’s lurid, decadeold testimony about his philandering could do more than damage what’s left of his fatherly image — it could very well be used against him in court by some of the women who accuse him of sexual assault.

Rocco Cipparone, a defense lawyer in New Jersey who is not connected to any of the legal action surrounding Cosby, said Monday that what the comedian said under oath could wind up hurting him in civil or criminal cases if judges can be persuaded to rule the testimony admissible.

For Cosby to avoid being damaged by his own words, Cipparone said, “you’d have to navigate a virtual minefield.”

Dozens of women have accused Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting them over four decades, though few of the accusations have begun to play out in court, largely because the statute of limitations for criminal charges

“I THINK it’s a treasure trove of admissions by Mr. Cosby that self-destructs his public moralist soapbox.”

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has run out in most instances. Authorities have said one accusation is under criminal investigation in California, and three others are part of a defamation lawsuit against Cosby by women who say they were slandered by his representatives.

Cosby has denied committing any crimes.

Earlier this month, a judge sided with The Associated Press and released small excerpts from a deposition Cosby gave in Philadelphia in 2005-06 as part of a sexualassault lawsuit against him that was later settled on confidential terms.

Over the weekend, The New York Times published a more detailed account of Cosby’s testimony after obtaining all 1,000 or so pages of his deposition via a court reporting service.

The AP then secured the same material.

Cosby recounted some of his womanizing in sexually explicit detail and said he gave women quaaludes in order to have sex with them.

He denied giving the powerful sedatives to women without their knowledge.

He specifically said that was the case back in the 1970s with Therese Serignese, one of the women now suing him in Massachusetts.

A judge is weighing a request from Cosby to dismiss the case.

“I think it’s a treasure trove of admissions by Mr. Cosby that self-destructs his public moralist soapbox,” said Serignese’s lawyer, Joseph Cammarata.

Celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred, who represents several woman who say Cosby assaulted them, said the testimony “demonstrates how deceptive, manipulative and disgusting that he was.”

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“It is no wonder that he fought to keep this deposition, which reveals his revolting predatory conduct, hidden from public view,” she said, “but the truth is out now, and it will never be hidden again.”

Cipparone said the women who are mentioned specifically in Cosby’s testimony could use his words if they sue.

And even those not mentioned might be able to find ways to use his testimony to demonstrate that he has shown a pattern of behavior, especially if he opens the door by saying something now that contradicts his previous statements under oath.

Cosby’s lawyer, Patrick O’Connor, told The Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday that the publication of information from the transcripts is not fair to his client.

“How that deposition became public without being court-sanctioned is something we are going to pursue and deal with very vigorously,” he said. “It’s an outrage that the court processes weren’t followed here.”

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OBITUARIES Byrl Carretti Byrl I. (Gromley) Carretti, 74, of Cherry Tree, died Saturday, July 18, 2015, at Carolina East Medical Center, New Bern, N.C. The daughter of the late Loy A. and Vivian M. (Spicher) Gromley, she was born Nov. 13, 1940, in Castle Shannon. Byrl was a graduate of the Purchase Line High School, Class of 1958. She was an active member of the Purchase Line United Methodist Church. Byrl dearly loved her family and friends. With her friendly demeanor, she never knew a stranger.

Byrl is survived by her husband of 55 years, Gerald, of Cherry Tree, whom she married May 21, 1959; four children: Jim Carretti and his wife Kim, of Indiana; Debbie Davis and her husband Teddy, of New Bern, N.C.; Jerry Carretti and his wife Shannon, of Georgetown, Ky.; and Denise Midkiff, of Indiana; seven grandchildren: Curtis Davis, Austin Davis, Bryson Carretti, Jacob Carretti; Carson Midkiff, Nicholas Carretti and Emma Kass; great-granddaughter Kylie Davis; four brothers: Delmont Gromley and his wife Mary, of Punxsutawney;

Wyatt Gromley and his wife Shirley, of Northfield Center, Ohio; Danny Gromley and his wife Carol, of Indiana; and Ralph Gromley and his wife Rose, of Burlison, Tenn; and sister Belva Cambier, of Thompson, Ohio.

Byrl was preceded in death by her father in 2006 and her mother in 1987.

Family and friends will be received from 11 a.m. until the time of the funeral service at 1 p.m. Friday at the Purchase Line United Methodist Church, 17107 Route 286 Highway East, Commodore, PA. Pastor Ray Hill will officiate. Interment will be at the Rowley Cemetery, in Hillsdale. Arrangements are with the assistance of the Rairigh Funeral Home Ltd., in Hillsdale.

James Frampton James D. Frampton, 87, of Carlisle, formerly of Penn Run, passed away Sunday, July 19, 2015, at his residence.

He was born on Nov. 16, 1927, to the late Emory and Pearl Frampton in NuMine.

James worked at an auto assembly plant for General Motors, in Buffalo, N.Y. He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served during the Korean War. James is survived by his daughter, Diane (Paul) McClead, of Carlisle; sister Verna White, of Black Lick; grandson Paul McClead Jr.; granddaughter Ashley McClead;

and great-granddaughter Hailey Yost.

In addition to his parents, James was preceded in death by his wife, Helen (Umbaugh) Frampton, who died June, 30, 2006; two brothers and two sisters.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. today and from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the funeral service at 11 a.m.

Wednesday at the Carson/Boyer Funeral Home Inc., 724 W. Main St. Rural Valley, with Pastor Steve Kromer officiating. Burial will take place in the Rural Valley Cemetery. www.carsonboyer.com.

Mark Jones Mark Jones, 58, of Robinson, passed away Monday, July 20, 2015.

Friends will be received from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m.

Thursday and from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Friday at Kenneth A. Stuart Funeral Home, New Florence.

A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10 a.m. Friday

at Holy Family Catholic Church, 425 Bridge St., Seward, with the Rev. Robert Wasko officiating.

Interment will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery.

A complete obituary will be published in Wednesday’s Indiana Gazette.

Online condolences may be left at www.thestuartf uneralhomes.com.

TOMORROW’S FUNERALS FRAMPTON, James D., 11 a.m., Carson/Boyer Funeral Home Inc., Rural Valley RURA, Rose Ann M., 10 a.m., Our Lady of the Assumption Parish, Coral site (C. Frederick Bowser Funeral Home, Homer City)

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Democratic committee to hold summer picnic The Indiana County Democratic Committee will hold its annual summer picnic on July 31 at 5:30 p.m. at the Red Barn Sportsmen’s Club, 1250 Six Flat Road, south of Homer City. All interested voters are invited for an evening of fun, food and the opportunity to speak with 2015 Democratic candidates.

Among the candidates expected to attend are Sherene Hess and Tammie Shetler, who are running for county commissioner; incumbents Patrick Dougherty, district attorney, and Rebecca Medvetz, auditor; and those running for municipal offices and school board.

The fall election will also bring choices in selecting judges to serve on Pennsylvania appellate courts. Three judges will be selected to serve on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, with Democratic candidates Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht receiving highly recommended ratings. Democrat Alice Beck Dubow is running for the Pennsylvania Superior Court, and Democrat Michael Wojcik is running for Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court.

Michael Charnego will conduct an auction of diverse treasures again this

year following the picnic. The items to be auctioned includes specialty baskets, an airplane flight over Indiana, a signed NASCAR cap, spa treatments, event tickets, restaurant certificates, gourmet foods, household items, gifts for children and handcrafted items.

The public is invited to view the items and sign up for a bidding number at 5:30 p.m.

This family-friendly event includes entertainment for the children. The evening will culminate with juggling with flaming pins.

The menu includes barbecued chicken and shredded roast beef, a variety of salads, watermelon and homemade desserts. Chefs from A Family Affair Catering will be preparing the food.

Tickets are $15 for adults and teens and $8 for children 5-11. Children 4 and younger can eat for free. Checks for reservations should be written to Indiana County Democratic Committee and mailed to Box 315, Indiana, PA 15701 by July 27. While walk-ins are welcome, the advanced reservations are needed to assure ample preparations.

More information is available at (724) 349-3535 or www.indianapadems.org.

Rose Ann Rura Rose Ann M. Rura, 72, of Coral, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, July 17, 2015, at Indiana Regional Medical Center.

The daughter of Sam J. Rura and Margaret (Yoschak) Rura, she was born June 16, 1943, in Indiana.

Rose Ann was a very proud graduate of Homer City’s Laura Lamar High School, Class of 1961. She also graduated from Robert Morris Business College. Her secretarial career began at Robertshaw Controls in Indiana.

After a short time, she began 42 years of employment at Blairsville Westinghouse Specialty Metals Plant, the last 20 of which she spent as the plant manager’s assistant. It was a rewarding and friendship-filled experience for her.

An active member of the Catholic faith, Rose Ann was a very young member and officer of Court Queen of May Catholic Daughters of the Americas. She held various offices in the Greensburg Diocesan Council of Catholic Women; was also involved with the fraternal organization, the First Catholic Slovak Union (Jednota) Branch #484, Graceton; and enjoyed the conventions and meetings she regularly attended.

Rose Ann’s Slovak heritage was very important to her.

She was devoted to St. Francis Catholic Church and Our Lady of the Assumption Parish.

Rose Ann was an avid reader and enthusiastic traveler.

She started traveling overseas in the mid-1960s, and

was always interested in new and exciting parts of the world.

Her kindness and generosity to all who knew her held no boundaries. She will be greatly missed by all who had the privilege of knowing and loving her.

Rose Ann is survived by her sister, Monica Rura, of Coral; uncle Wayne Allshouse and wife Joan, of Indiana; and dear cousins Mary Kay and Joe Rura, of Homer City; Dennis and Nancy Ruda, of Blairsville; and Michael Yoschak of Indiana. Numerous cousins and friends complemented her very full and active life.

She was preceded in death by her parents and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

Friends will be received from 3 to 8 p.m. today at C. Frederick Bowser Funeral Home, Homer City.

A blessing service will be held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, followed at 10 a.m. by a Mass of Christian burial, which will be concelebrated by Msgr. Larry Kiniry and the Rev. Father Ron Cyktor, at Our Lady of the Assumption Parish, Coral site. Entombment will take place at St. Bernard’s Mausoleum in Indiana.

Charitable contributions may be made in Rose Ann’s memory to Our Lady of the Assumption Parish, P.O. Box G, 2434 Neal Road, Coral, PA 15731.

David Shirley David E. Shirley, 62, of Black Lick, died Monday, July 20, 2015, at his home.

The son of the late Clarence and Margaret (Palmer) Shirley, David was born Oct. 1, 1952, in Black Lick.

David was employed at Helen Mining Company before working as an upholstery instructor at WyoTech.

He also owned and operated his own upholstery shop. He had a passion for restoring classic cars. David also loved walking in the woods and on the Ghost Town Trail. He was always willing to share his talents.

David is survived by his wife of 42 years, Diane (Long) Shirley, of Black Lick; son David G. Shirley and his wife, Julie, of Black Lick; grandson Trey Shirley; two sisters, Betty Prince and her husband, Jimmy, of Black Lick; and Hazel Morgan, of Warren, Ohio; and two brothers, Jerry Shirley and Wayne Shirley, both of Black Lick.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at James F. Ferguson Funeral Home Inc., Blairsville. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home with the Rev. Thomas C. Spiker officiating. Interment will be at the Blairsville Cemetery.

If so desired, memorial donations may be made to the Indiana County Humane Society, 191 Airport Road, Indiana, PA 15701, VNA Hospice, 850 Hospital Rd., Suite 3000, Indiana PA 15701, or to a church of your choice. www.jamesfergusonfuner alhome.com

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Realignment effects reviewed in IASD Continued from Page 1 tight budget and the need for possible no-cost solutions.

Changes in the bus routes and the need to bus Indiana Borough children for the first time extended the bus rides to as long as 55 minutes for some kids, according to teachers attending the meeting.

With the longer bus rides came reports of discipline problems on some of the buses.

Some suggestions for cost-free solutions, according to one of the teachers, would be to have a combination of Key Club members from Indiana Area Senior High School, volunteers from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, IUP work-study students, parents or other community members to serve as bus aides.

“We thought that these folks could serve as an extra pair of eyes and as role models for students on the bus,” one teacher suggested.

Committee discussion centered on whether volunteers are needed on certain routes, at particular times or at a particular time of the year.

While most problems were reported on afternoon rides and during the spring months, the teacher suggested “every bus should experience that, to let (the students) know there’s another person on the bus to help them to get home safely.”

Other problems are challenging school officials to find the most cost-effective solutions using district employees.

One is the centralization of special-needs students in Horace Mann and Eisenhower schools. Before realignment, the students were spread over four schools, but now the concentration of the students with age-specific problems in two buildings has stressed the ability to find space, time and qualified staff to take care of their needs.

Board member Brian Petersen, chairman of the Academic Committee, said the panel would continue working on classroom, scheduling and staff-related issues while the Buildings Grounds and Transportation Committee would focus on structural needs and busing matters.

Some areas of study appear on a draft list of concerns that served as an informal agenda Monday.

The list calls for first-year and ongoing evaluation of revised class size guidelines, effectiveness of late starts, assessing the use of space and adding sinks at Ben Franklin, increasing the use of volunteers, possibly designating purposes for faculty time before student arrival, evalua-

tion of realignment on student achievement and school climate, and effectiveness of security improvements.

Some additional discussion Monday extended to uses of reading specialists, logistics of life skills classes, air quality in the basement of Ben Franklin, the shortage of common planning time for teachers of the same grade levels, meeting needs prescribed in students’ IEPs, and occasional offers of help from specialized employees in areas where they’re not authorized to assist.

The district has taken a step-by-step approach to solve some of the issues, and some results won’t be seen until the school year begins in late August.

The school board already has authorized the dismissal of the junior and senior high schools five minutes earlier, so the buses can complete their first runs and report on time to pick up elementary students at their scheduled dismissal times.

District Superintendent Dale Kirsch said the district’s consulting architect has been assigned to plan for handicapped-access improvements in Ben Franklin and to study the logistics of adding temporary or permanent classrooms at any or all of the elementary schools.

With the options of additional classrooms in the mix, the district is exploring a suggestion to move the third-grade classes to Horace Mann and Eisenhower schools.

And school officials said the district will be monitoring for other effects that won’t be fully recognized until students return to classes. Plans for appropriate classroom space and staffing won’t be final, especially at Ben Franklin, until officials know the actual enrollment and determine whether the increasing number of students is a trend rather than a one-time spike in the numbers.

Kirsch said that moving the IndiKids program to Eisenhower is under consideration. With an eye to the distant future, Kirsch said, the ongoing viability of Ben Franklin and possible expansion or replacement of the school remains under discussion.

“There’s some thought of that eight, 10 or 12 years down the road, whatever that might be,” Kirsch said.

“That was a proposal from the architect in 2010 that it would be more cost-effective to tear it down than to remodel it.”

Ben Franklin is markedly different from others in the district because the classrooms and corridors are much smaller than those in the other schools, officials said.

Gov. Kasich is 16th notable entry into GOP

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s John Kasich, a blunt governor who embraces conservative ideals but disdains the political sport of bashing Hillary Rodham Clinton, became the 16th notable Republican to enter the 2016 presidential race.

The second-term governor and former congressman declared his candidacy today at Ohio State University, where as a freshman political science major in 1970, he audaciously wrote a letter that landed him a 20-minute audience with President Richard Nixon.

His entry nearly rounds out an unusually diverse Republican lineup with two Hispanics, an African-American, one woman and several younger candidates alongside older white men such as Kasich, 63, and Jeb Bush, 62. The field is so crowded it’s unclear whether Kasich will qualify for the GOP’s first debate in his home state in just two weeks.

“How did we end up with 20 people running for president?” Kasich asks with a smile in a video recently released by his political action committee. He cites his experience with the federal budget, national security and his leadership of Ohio.

“Of all those people running, there’s not one that has experience in all those critical three areas.”

Kasich ran for president once before, briefly seeking the 2000 nomination after he helped seal a federal balanced budget deal as House Budget chairman in 1997.

Since then he put in nearly a decade as an investment executive and more than four years of strong-willed and often abrasive leadership as governor.

He’s expected to deliver an announcement speech today from notes but without a teleprompter, in line with his unscripted personality.

Kasich will tell an anticipated crowd of about 4,400 that Americans of all political stripes share many common values — such as integrity, honesty and personal responsibility — and call on people to work together and help others as a way to rise above their anxiety about the economic future, according to a person close to his campaign. He requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly.

Kasich was also expected to tell his personal story in today’s event speech and pitch himself as having the qualifications, character and enthusiasm necessary to lead the nation.

Kasich’s unique personality also sets him apart from his competitors.

The man who once figuratively told lobbyists to get on his bus or he’d run them over and who called a police officer an “idiot” helped erase a budget deficit projected at nearly $8 billion when he entered office, boosted Ohio’s rainy-day fund to a historic high and has seen private-sector employment rebound to its post-recession level. This, through budget cutting, privatization of parts of Ohio’s government and other, often business-style innovations. Unions that turned back an effort by Kasich and fellow Republicans to limit public workers’ collective bargaining rights say Kasich’s successes have come at a cost to local governments and schools, and that new Ohio jobs lack the pay and benefits of the ones they replaced. They planned a protest outside today’s launch.

Kasich has demonstrated a willingness to buck his own party when practical: He departed from Republican orthodoxy to expand Medicaid in line with the federal health care law.

He’s spent the year testing his scrappy political style around the country, for part of that time as chief spokesman for a national ef-

fort to pass a federal balanced-budget constitutional amendment. It remains to be seen how Kasich’s risky habit of working without a script — something he was expected to do again today — will play in the 24/7 hothouse of presidential politics.

Even so, he signaled early on that he wasn’t interested in piling on Clinton, the leading Democratic contender, or President Barack Obama, a ritual almost as ingrained as the pledge of allegiance at Republican gatherings. Asked at a New Hampshire forum to give three reasons Clinton would make a bad president, he declined and said briskly: “If I’ve got to spend my time trashing people to be successful in this, you can count me out.”

He’s largely lived up to that, at least so far. But when Clinton accused other GOP governors of trying to disenfranchise voters by limiting early ballots and requiring photo ID to vote, he grew exasperated. “What is she talking about?” Kasich asked.

“Don’t be running around the country dividing America.”

A fixture on Sunday talk shows and at one-time a Fox commentator, Kasich faces an immediate challenge to qualify for the first Republican debate.

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Tuesday, July 21, 2015 — Page 5

DA: Too early to know how woman died in Texas jail

By MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press

HEMPSTEAD, Texas — The prosecutor in a Texas county where authorities say a woman hanged herself in a jail cell said that it is too soon to determine exactly how she died and that the ongoing case is being treated as thoroughly “as it would be in a murder investigation.�

Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis said at a news conference Monday that a Texas Rangers investigation into the death of Sandra Bland, whose family and friends dispute that she killed herself, is being supervised by the FBI. Authorities have said Bland, a 28-year-old black woman from Naperville, Ill., hanged herself with a plastic garbage bag July 13, three days after her arrest during a confrontational traffic stop.

Her death at the Waller County jail, about 60 miles northwest of Houston, comes amid increased national scrutiny of police after a series of high-profile cases in which blacks have been killed by officers. “It is very much too early to make any kind of determination that this was a suicide or a murder because the investigations are not complete,�

Mathis said.

He said he’s asked the Texas Rangers to do extensive scientific testing for fingerprints, touch DNA and use any other valid investigative techniques “so we can figure out and say with certainty what happened in that cell.� “This investigation is still being treated just as it would be in a murder investigation.

There are many questions

KAREN WARRENAssociated Press

BRANDI HOLMES, of Houston, carried a sign as she protested Monday in front of the Waller County Sheriff's Office and County Jail in Hempstead, Texas. being raised in Waller County, across the country and the world about this case. It needs a thorough review,�

Mathis said, noting, “It will go to a grand jury.�

Capt. Brian Cantrell, head of the sheriff’s department criminal investigation division, said at the same press conference that Bland’s death “was a tragic incident, not one of criminal intent or a criminal act� but that he welcomed the investigation.

Although a medical examiner has ruled Bland’s death a suicide, relatives and other supporters insist Bland was upbeat and looking forward to a new job at Prairie View

A&M University, where she graduated in 2009, and was in the area last week to interview and accept the job.

Bland’s family and clergy members have called for a Justice Department probe, and an independent autopsy has been ordered. “This was not a case of suicide, but homicide,� Rev. Jamal Bryant, of the Empowerment Temple AME Church of Baltimore, said earlier Monday. He said he was in Hempstead at the Bland family’s request.

Also Monday, authorities released a three-hour video taken from outside Bland’s jail cell and said they expect-

ed dashcam footage of her arrest would be released the following day.

The jail video shows a period of about 90 minutes with no activity in the hallway leading to Bland’s cell. The video does not show the inside of her cell or even her cell door.

It then shows a deputy reacting to what she sees while looking in the cell, triggering a frenzy of activity involving other deputies. An EMT crew arrives with a wheeled stretcher. Deputies and medical personnel are seen coming and going, but a body isn’t visible.

Cantrell said the video was

motion sensitive, indicating if nothing is taking place after a certain amount of time, it turns off. He said the FBI has been given hard drives to determine if there’s been any manipulation.

Cantrell said a guard checked with Bland about two hours before she was found dead and Bland told her, “I’m fine.� About an hour later, she asked to make a telephone call from her cell and was advised over an intercom that the phone was on a wall in the cell, according to Cantrell. There is no record of her ever making a phone call, he said.

Cantrell declined to describe Bland’s death in detail, though he said she was found with her feet touching the ground. He described the plastic garbage bag used as a ligature by extending his hands about 5 to 6 feet apart.

The bags, he said, had been approved by a jail inspector, but have since been removed from all cells.

Mathis said jail records show Bland had been offered a medical checkup but declined.

Bland’s sister, Shante Needham, has said Bland called her from jail the afternoon after her arrest, telling Needham that she’d been arrested but didn’t know why. She also said an officer had placed his knee in her back and she thought her arm had been broken. The Department of Public Safety has said Bland “became argumentative and uncooperative� during the stop and her subsequent arrest for assault on a public servant, and that paramedics were called to the scene but Bland refused a medical evaluation.

Planned Parenthood fires back at video

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Planned Parenthood told Congress Monday that a secretly recorded video released last week by an anti-abortion group is fraudulent and part of a years-long pattern of illegal harassment aimed at prohibiting abortion.

In a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Planned Parenthood said it fell victim to a fake company called Biomax Procurement Services that posed as a buyer of human tissues. It was actually created by David Daleiden, an official of the group that released the video, and was engaged in “a campaign of corporate espionage� targeting Planned Parenthood, the letter said. “A group of extremists who have intimidated women and doctors for years — in their agenda to ban abortion completely — are not ‘documenting’ misdeeds; they are trying to create them, quite unsuccessfully,�

Planned Parenthood wrote to lawmakers. In a show of defiance — at least for now — Planned Parenthood also told the House committee that it has not yet decided whether it will honor lawmakers’ re-

quest for a briefing by Dr. Deborah Nucatola, who speaks at length in the video about obtaining fetal tissue for research. Nucatola is the organization’s senior director of medical services.

Planned Parenthood’s letter represents its fullest response so far to that video, which was released last week by the Center for Medical Progress.

Biomax activities included trying to induce Planned Parenthood centers to sell fetal organs for up to $1,600, the letter said, which would likely violate laws banning commercial fetal tissue sales.

Those efforts were rejected, according to the letter.

In addition, the letter says Daleiden was involved in secretly recording Planned Parenthood staff and patients at least 65 times over the last eight years. That could yield thousands of hours of recordings that Daleiden could heavily edit to make false charges, the letter said.

Daleiden did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.

But in a statement on its website, the center said Planned Parenthood’s initial decision against sending Nucatola to the House committee shows “contempt for the law against selling baby

parts.� It said the center “follows all applicable laws� in its investigations and said it plans to release “more clear evidence� that Planned Parenthood profits from selling fetal organs.

Planned Parenthood wrote that Daleiden launched Biomax three years ago, even setting up exhibits at Planned Parenthood conferences. The group wrote that it still doesn’t know “the full extent of Biomax’s illicit conduct.�

Biomax’s activities included entering an area where fetal tissue is processed, where any recording would be “an extremely serious invasion of our patients’ privacy and dignity,� the letter said.

In last week’s video, Nucatola discusses how the group sometimes provides tissue from aborted fetuses for medical research. That conversation, over wine and lunch, was with two actors posing as purchasers of fetal organs and was recorded last July, according to the center.

A nine-minute excerpt the center posted online shows Nucatola saying her organization charges $30 to $100 for such procedures. But in the full version lasting more than two hours, she repeatedly says those prices only cover the procedures’ costs, are not for profit and are only performed with the patient’s consent.

Anti-abortion groups, members of Congress and some Republican presidential hopefuls have used the recording to assail Planned Parenthood, including accusing it of possible illegal activity such as harvesting fetal organs for profit.

Planned Parenthood says it has done nothing illegal.

The Energy and Commerce Committee is one of three Republican-led congressional panels that has begun looking into the video. That panel has asked for a briefing this month by Nucatola.

But Planned Parenthood’s letter says it would send a team headed by a different official.

Mathis said the dashcam video is consistent with information the officer has provided about the traffic stop in Prairie View, Texas, though he said it shows only restricted views of the encounter. The trooper’s dashcam shows a view forward toward Bland’s car, but not inside and not to the side, where she wound up on the ground after authorities said she kicked the officer. “It doesn’t show how she got on the ground,� Cantrell said.

Bland may have been trying to text or email in the moments after she was pulled over for an improper lane change, Mathis said Monday. “Sandra Bland was very combative,� the district attorney said. “It was not a model traffic stop ... and it was not a model person that was stopped on a traffic stop. I think the public can make its own determinations as to the behaviors that are seen in the video.�

A cellphone video posted online purporting to show part of Bland’s arrest shows an officer pinning a woman to the ground with one knee.

At one point the woman can be heard yelling that she can’t “feel my arm.� “You just slammed my head into the ground,� she says. “Do you not even care about that?�

DPS has said the trooper who stopped Bland violated traffic stop procedures and the department’s courtesy policy but hasn’t elaborated further.

The trooper is on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation.

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hat do Bill and Melinda Gates argue about? Not whose turn it is to wash the dishes or take out the garbage, it seems, but headier stuff. The prospects for eradicating polio. The utility of empowering women. The best ways to save lives.

Oh, and maybe how much to acknowledge to a prying columnist that they sometimes do argue.

It has been 15 years since Bill and Melinda Gates created what is now the largest foundation in the world. This milestone seemed the right moment to ask them what they have learned from giving away $34 billion, what mistakes they have made, and what they disagree about.

But first, just a reminder of how historic this foundation has been. It has played a central role in a campaign to transform health and nutrition for the world’s poor.

In all of history, humans have eradicated only one disease affecting them, smallpox. Bill and Melinda Gates foresee eradicating four more in the next 15 years: polio and Guinea worm disease and, for the other two, perhaps elephantiasis and blinding trachoma. They say, quite plausibly, that we’ll be poised to eradicate malaria soon afterward and to make enormous progress against AIDS, too.

By my conservative back-of-envelope calculations, the world has saved more than 33 million children’s lives since the Nicholas Kristof foundation was established (although writes a column obviously the foundation doesn’t get all for The New York the credit). And Bill and Melinda Gates Times. foresee the world saving 61 million children’s lives over the next 15 years with the right investments, as child death rates drop more quickly than they ever have in the history of the world.

That’s the amazing news. In contrast, they acknowledge, the foundation’s investments in education here in the United States haven’t paid off as well.

“There’s no dramatic change,” Bill acknowledged. “It’s not like under-5 mortality, where you see this dramatic improvement.”

But both Bill and Melinda insist that they aren’t dispirited by the lack of transformational progress in education. “We’re still very committed,” Bill says.

One giant leap: Bill and Melinda say the foundation is now going to further expand beyond K-12 to also invest nationwide in early childhood programs. I’m thrilled, for I’m a believer that helping children ages 0 to 5 (when the brain is developing rapidly) is crucial for the most at-risk children.

So what mistakes did they make in their philanthropy? They say they started out too tech-focused. Now some of the measures they promote are distinctly low-tech — like breast-feeding, which could save the lives of more than 800,000 children worldwide each year.

Likewise, they say, they didn’t appreciate how hard it was to translate scientific breakthroughs into actual progress in remote villages. The challenges of delivering real impact, in environments where nothing works as anticipated, were far greater than expected. That challenge is what led them to focus on gender and empowering women, which they initially had neglected but came to see as crucial to getting things done. The foundation has invested in areas like contraceptives, women’s self-help groups and battling sex trafficking.

There’s sometimes a debate about who saved the most lives worldwide. Edward Jenner, of the smallpox vaccine? Fritz Haber, who laid the basis for modern fertilizers (and also explosives)? Norman Borlaug of the green revolution? James Grant, who directed child survival campaigns? Bill and Melinda Gates could be contenders if their health and nutrition investments pay off in coming decades. But when I asked about their legacy, Bill didn’t much want to talk about it.

“Legacy?” he asked. “We don’t optimize for that.”

So, finally, what do Bill and Melinda disagree on?

Ah, here the conversation gets a little awkward. Bill clams up; Melinda is only a bit more forthcoming.

“On the foundation, there’s always a lot of pillow talk,” Melinda said. “We do push hard on each other.”

Examples?

There is a hushed marital discussion.

I gather from hints that follow that Melinda has been more enthusiastic about gender issues and family planning, while Bill worried that metrics in the area are squishy. Conversely, Bill is fervent about science research and polio, while Melinda pushes him to consider how well those investments will translate into real-life gains.

It also seems that on trips, Bill thought Melinda focused too much on field visits, while Melinda thought Bill spent too much time with officials. But they seem experienced at listening to each other, adjusting, and working things out. “We trust each other,” Melinda says. Kind of like any good couple, I guess — just with higher stakes.

They also teach each other, Melinda says. In the case of gender, they’ve followed her lead in investing in contraception but also they developed new metrics to satisfy Bill.

So among their lessons learned from 15 years of philanthropy, one applies to any couple, even nonbillionaires: Listen to your spouse!

Contact Kristof at Facebook.com/Kristof, Twitter.com/Nick Kristof or by mail at The New York Times, 620 Eighth Ave., New York, NY 10018

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Pay fiasco at Fannie, Freddie

annie Mae and Freddie Mac, the for a nice profit. Why it was almost a quasi-public mortgage giants, sure bet. Until it wasn’t. have come a long way since they Suddenly, the nation’s financial instihad to be bailed out by the taxpayers in tutions awoke from the euphoria and the real estate crash — so far, in fact, found that huge numbers of Amerithat their chief operating officers can cans not only couldn’t pay their mortnow have $3.4 million raises. gages, but the property they owned Welcome to the way the government was also below the waterline. More was works. owed than it was worth. The big banks First, the Congress enand mortgage institutions were courages a policy of stuck with billions upon billions lending that is based on of losses. There was nothing to the theory that every do but for the taxpayers — i.e., American deserves to the U.S. Treasury — to bail them own a house. You know ... out. like a chicken in every The rest, of course, is history. pot. To reap the political That’s an oversimplification of benefits of this, they enthe entire mess, but not much of courage Fannie and one. Greed probably was the Freddie to be quite libermain problem. Actually, since al in their approval of the rescue of Fannie and Freddie, loans no matter how unthe two behemoths have not worthy the applicant. only paid back the amount of the Second, some congresbailout but also billions above sional critics voiced their and beyond that. disapproval of the two Now here’s the rub. The federal institutions because reorganization, if that is what it their stock record was Dan Thomasson can be called, of Fannie and among the best and they is former vice Freddie was chaotic, hanging out operated pretty much as to dry talented top flight employpresident of private concerns outside ees who had nothing to do with of government control Scripps Howard what got the two companies into despite their federal Newspapers. trouble, and turning the stock in charters. These geniuses His column is which huge numbers of Ameribegan carping at the way distributed cans had invested into wallpaper. the system works, bring- by McClatchyIn the interest of full disclosure, ing pressure counterpro- Tribune News my daughter — a former Fannie ductive to letting some Service. employee who had bought her air out of the dangerousemployer’s stock in good faith ly overinflated housing balloon. during her years there — lost almost This theory of the right to own a half a million dollars, earmarked for home was based on the belief that one the education of her children. It was, could pay nearly anything for a house needless say, an enormous trauma. and receive instant gratification. The Meanwhile, so many Fannie and amount one paid meant nothing when Freddie “saviors” came and went from one could flip the property a year later the executive suites it was difficult to

DAN THOMASSON

tell who was in charge. I knew a specialist at Freddie who was asked to stay and was given a large bonus incentive to do so by his superior. A month or two after receiving the bonus, a new man appeared and said his services were being terminated but he would receive a year’s salary. It would be difficult to estimate the cost of that move or dozens like it as the bureaucrats floundered around trying to get things right.

They ultimately succeeded and now the current choices to run the big institutions are going to reap the benefits.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency voted to raise the limit of compensation for the Fannie and Freddie CEOs to $4 million each. This includes a base salary of $750,000, deferred salary of $2.05 million and deferred salary based on performance of another $1.2 million.

And what about the stock still in the hands of thousands of the companies’ pre-crash shareholders? My daughter just shrugs the whole thing off, saying she should have diversified more. But there are continuing efforts to force a readjustment of the old shares, to restore their value. Was the Federal Housing Finance Agency given too much authority, and does the Constitution allow what many see as a disenfranchisement of the shareholders?

The Treasury has reaped the benefits of a much improved housing market and new loan policies to prevent a recurrence. At the same time, should the government not do something for all those who didn’t think they were taking a chance when they bought into Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac in good faith?

Or should that be just considered their tough luck? danthomasson@verizon.net

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Social Security a doomed Ponzi scheme Since Social Security began as a retirement annuity program, our politicians have morphed it into the largest Ponzi scheme in history. It is doomed to failure for several reasons: 1. Politicians have raided trust funds for welfare purposes for which it was never intended. The latest raid was $750 million for Obamacare.

2. Under President Clinton, the trust fund was converted to government IOUs, and the funds were spent.

3. The actuarial basis has radically changed. When the fund was established, life expectancy was about 65 years. Now it is 79 years. This increases the years of benefit payment with no concomitant increase in contribution years.

4. Demographics have radically changed. The boomers who swelled the ranks of contributors are now entering the recipient stage, and those

paying into the fund are dwindling.

As with all Ponzi schemes, solvency relies upon new investors to pay old investors. This isn’t happening. Politically and morally, it would be suicide to terminate benefits to all those who paid into the fund. On the other hand, for those who have not retired, it is imperative that alterations be made to assure that their investments will support the benefits they will receive.

This is not a political matter, It is an actuarial one. Since there is no cash in the trust, and will soon be no trust, income from new payers must match their actuarial life expectancy benefits, as well as support present recipients.

They cannot afford it. Congress has already converted Social Security benefits from an investment entitlement into a welfare entitlement payable from general tax proceeds.In a recent letter, Mr. Don Skillin accused Jay Am-

brose of being wrong and fear mongering about the need to make changes. It was said that the trust would last until 2033, and that we need not worry. But since 2011, income from payers is less than payouts, and the gap widens as more boomers retire and live longer.

Interest on fund IOUs temporarily adds funds to give it the appearance of solvency today. But as the trust is consumed by payment of benefits and increasingly less interest, the gap must be covered by borrowing, moneyprinting or taxation.

Continued benefits cannot be afforded as the gap burdens the budget beyond borrowing and taxation. It is the classic end to all Ponzi schemes, and, unlike Greece, there is nobody big enough to bail us out. Ambrose is correct.

Mac Blair Indiana

‘God bless America’ now empty words America legalized abortion, which God calls murder. America has now legalized same-sex (false) marriage, which God calls an abomination.

America took the Bible and prayer out of schools. Schools discourage children from making any references to the name of God or Jesus Christ. Businesses discourage employees from saying “Merry Christmas” because it makes reference to the Christian faith.

The Ten Commandments have been stripped off many of America’s walls.

And then America has the audacity to say, “God Bless America.” To borrow a thought from Billy Graham’s wife, Ruth, “If God blesses America then he is going to have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah.”

America relates to God much like some relate to the police. When they need the police, the police cannot get

there fast enough. When they do not need them, they would rather them be somewhere else. This is how America relates to God. When the need is felt for God, or the country feels threatened, they want God’s immediate intervention. When they do not need him, they would rather he be somewhere else.

America’s main interest in God is that he would maintain our comforts and conveniences.

When tragedy or catastrophe strikes, you will hear some government leaders call for prayer to God. People will once again ask, “Where is God?” But the nation did not call for prayer to seek God’s guidance in the decision being made by the Supreme Court to bring a major shift in our society to redefine marriage. America only wants God when her comforts and conveniences are threatened; outside of that they

would rather he be somewhere else.

God bless America are empty words.

God will not bless a nation that has turned from his laws to create their own. God clearly told the Israelite people this in Deuteronomy 11:26-28, “Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you today; and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you today.”

You will still hear the politicians saying, “May God Bless America”; it may be the only politically correct reference left of God’s name. Our new motto should be, “May God have mercy on America.”

Ron Westover Cherry Tree

St. Bernard’s — faith, family values, education It is difficult to measure the value of paying for a private school education versus the public school system, which is already paid for with our tax dollars.

Many families decide on moving to a particular area based on the school system, and our Indiana public system is excellent.

When it comes to the younger grades, for our family St. Bernard’s in Indiana just had the right mix of faith and education. The teachers at St.

Bernard’s are all accredited, they offer a great extended care program for parents that need to pick their kids up a little later than dismissal time, and there are a variety of excellent activities for the kids from music to art to languages.

The state of Pennsylvania was considered William Penn’s “Holy Experiment.” Many families face difficult decisions when it comes to which school to send their children to, and now here

in Indiana, we have several options from our public schools to St. Bernard’s to Seeds of Faith Christian Academy, and also, there are more and more families opting to home-school their children.

For our family, St. Bernard’s has always been a good mix of faith, Christian values and education, and the staff has always been like family to our kids.

Dan Majernik Indiana

Elsewhere News from the nation, world

Tuesday, July 21, 2015 — Page 7

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Toshiba head quits over scandal TOKYO (AP) — Toshiba’s chief executive resigned today to take responsibility for doctored books that inflated profits at the Japanese technology manufacturer by $1.2 billion over several years.

CEO Hisao Tanaka kept his head lowered for nearly half a minute in a gesture meant to convey deep shame and contrition.

Tanaka’s predecessors, Norio Sasaki, now a vice chairman, and Atsutoshi Nishida, an adviser, also gave up their posts.

Toshiba Corp. acknowledged a systematic coverup, which began in 2008.

Various parts of the Japanese company’s sprawling business including computer chips and personal computers were struggling financially, but top managers set unrealistic earnings targets under the banner of “challenge,” and subordinates faked results.

Cheating website hit by hackers NEW YORK (AP) — The parent company of Ashley Madison, a matchmaking website for cheating spouses, says it was hacked and that the personal information of some of its users was posted online.

In addition, the person or persons behind the attack are threatening to release all of the site’s personal information — including its members’ sexual fantasies and financial information — if the company doesn’t take Ashley Madison offline, according to a prominent security blog.

Toronto-based Avid Life Media Inc. said it has had the hackers’ posts — which included snippets of personal information — taken down and has hired a technology security firm.

The company and law enforcement agencies are investigating.

Strut blamed for SpaceX accident CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX suspects a 2-foot steel strut snapped inside its rocket and led to last month’s launch accident.

The company’s founder and chief executive, Elon Musk, said Monday that hundreds of these struts had flown many times before without any problem.

But two minutes into the June 28 launch, one of the struts in the second stage of the unmanned Falcon 9 rocket likely broke loose.

The strut was holding down a high-pressure helium bottle in the liquid oxygen tank. If the strut snapped as engineers believe, according to Musk, the bottle would have shot to the top of the tank at high speed, dooming the rocket and its Dragon supply ship for the International Space Station.

Brother sues Seattle CEO SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle CEO who set a $70,000 minimum wage for all his employees is now being sued by his brother.

The Seattle Times reports Lucas Price accuses his brother and cofounder, Dan Price, in court documents of violating his rights as minority shareholder in Gravity Payments and breaching duties and contracts.

The complaints were initially signed March 13 and filed April 24, 11 days after Dan Price announced the pay raises for the 120 employees of Gravity Payments.

Attorney Greg Hollon, who represents Lucas Price, said the lawsuit is in response to a series of events over years, not just the announcement.

The brothers co-founded the merchant-services company in 2004 and Dan Price became CEO in 2006.

A trial date is set for next May 3.

By JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press

ANDREW HARNIK/Associated Press

BRUNO RODRIGUEZ, Cuba’s foreign minister, right of center, applauded with other dignitaries Monday after raising the Cuban flag over their new embassy in Washington, D.C. Cuba’s blue, red and white-starred flag was hoisted in a symbolic move signaling the start of a new post-Cold War era in U.S.-Cuba relations.

Iran to review deal

By NASSER KARIMI Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian lawmakers set up a special committee to review the landmark nuclear deal reached with world powers last week after the country’s foreign minister earlier today presented parliament with a copy of the agreement.

The development came a day after the U.N. Security Council unanimously endorsed the deal, which reins in Iran’s nuclear program and authorized measures leading to the end of U.N. sanctions imposed on Iran.

Under Iran’s constitution, parliament has a right to reject any deal — even one negotiated by the foreign ministry — but it is unlikely that the lawmakers would act against it after the deal won an endorsement from the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Foreign Minister Mohammad

Javad Zarif, who headed the Iranian negotiating team during the talks in Vienna, first submitted the text to the house today.

Hours later, the official IRNA news agency reported the formation of a 15-member special committee of lawmakers to review the deal.

The committee is apparently a way to provide the lawmakers — especially hard-liners who had vehemently opposed the deal from the start, though they have mostly remained silent about it since last week — with an opportunity to discuss various points and air their opinions on it.

Zarif, in a speech in parliament that was broadcast on state radio, hailed the Security Council resolution as “unique” and said he expected it to be “the last resolution about Iran’s nuclear issue” — a reference to numerous past U.N. measures that imposed tough sanctions on Tehran.

It remained unclear whether the

committee will formalize a statement at the end of its review, and whether lawmakers would vote on that — or on the deal in general.

The Security Council also approved a provision that would automatically reinstate the harsh measures if Tehran reneges on its promises given in Vienna.

Zarif, apparently trying to defuse concerns by hard-liners over snapback sanctions, said such a move would exact a “heavy price” on the other side as well.

“If for any reason, Security Council sanctions are reimposed, Iran will not be obliged to abide by its commitments” under the nuclear deal, Zarif said, adding that it is not in the interest of both sides to go back to the pre-deal situation.

Under the agreement, Iran’s nuclear program will be curbed for a decade in exchange for potentially hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of relief from international sanctions.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is facing a convention of veterans and taking questions from Jon Stewart of “The Daily Show,” as concerns run high about Iran, veterans’ care and a shooting rampage against U.S. Marines.

Obama was traveling to Pittsburgh to speak to the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ national convention today, the day after the U.N. Security Council unanimously endorsed the nuclear deal with Iran.

After Pennsylvania, Obama was scheduled to hop a quick flight to New York to tape one of Stewart’s final episodes after 16 years hosting the Comedy Central show.

On his first stop, Obama was to highlight a federal rule he’s finalizing on predatory lending and the military to make the case to the VFW that he’s working to make things better for America’s military families. Obama started off the week Monday signing a bill to allow all veterans to receive official IDs from Veterans Affairs even if they don’t meet certain criteria for VA services.

Obama’s appearance comes amid serious persisting problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which has been under intense scrutiny for more than a year over waitlists and other shortcomings in the VA health system.

Last week, the VA said it can’t count how many veterans died while waiting to sign up for health care, and may have to close some hospitals if Congress does not address a $2.5 billion shortfall.

The military community has also been on edge over the killing of four Marines and a sailor last week in Chattanooga, Tenn. Obama has pledged a prompt and thorough investigation into an attack that authorities have blamed on a 24year-old Kuwait-born man. On Monday, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said she authorized a review of security at National Guard installations and recruitment centers, and U.S. military officials have said security at recruitment centers should be reviewed.

At “The Daily Show,” where Stewart’s tenure ends Aug. 6, Obama will likely face questions about the nuclear deal he and world powers struck with Iran, to the dismay of Israel’s government, Republicans in Congress and even many Democrats.

The White House is mounting a massive outreach campaign to try to win over skeptics and avert a congressional attempt to scuttle the deal, dispatching top officials daily to television shows and Capitol Hill. Obama’s appearance on the show will air tonight.

Disavowed by GOP leaders, Trump has supporters cheering June breaks

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE and JILL COLVIN Associated Press

CONCORD, N.H. — The Republican establishment may hope this is the beginning of the end for Donald Trump’s circus-like run for the presidency.

But as the fallout intensifies after the billionaire businessman mocked Sen. John McCain’s war hero status, Trump’s supporters are more excited than ever about his chances.

“I love to see them jump all over him ’cause they’re just giving him a clear road. I love it!” said Trump supporter Frank Candelieri, 89, from Merrimack, N.H., of the backlash his candidate faced in recent days.

Candelieri, a World War II vet who said he won a Purple Heart fighting in the Battle of the Bulge, said he wasn’t offended by Trump’s comments.

On Saturday, the reality television star dismissed McCain’s reputation as a war hero because he was captured in Vietnam, saying he liked “people who weren’t captured.”

McCain, the 2008 GOP presidential nominee, spent more than five years as a prisoner of war, enduring torture and refusing release ahead of fellow captives.

The remark sparked an avalanche of criticism that followed Trump throughout the weekend and into Monday as veterans groups and many Republican officials defended McCain.

“Anybody who suggests that John and his fellow POWs are somehow lacking and can’t be called ‘American hero,’ you shouldn’t be our commander-in-chief,” South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican presidential contender himself, said in New York on Monday.

The response from different Republican corners highlights discord within the GOP as the party grapples with a massive primary field.

DONALD TRUMP ... under fire for recent comments Republican leaders and other 2016 candidates have been frustrated by Trump’s brash campaign, which has often overshadowed their own in recent weeks. But many Trump backers in early-voting states argue the exchange is being overblown by the media and his opponents, who fear his sudden rise in early polls.

Even many non-Trump supporters doubted the latest controversy would hurt his appeal among a slice of the electorate that is deeply frustrated with the Washington establishment and finds his unvarnished persona refreshing.

“I think it’s going to improve his viability to be honest with you,” argued Lou Gargiulo, one of Trump’s county chairmen in New Hampshire. “The more Mr. Trump is being beaten on by people, obviously the better his polling numbers are.”

While McCain may seem to some like an unusual target, the Arizona senator is deeply unpopular among many conservatives.

Trump supporters say McCain started the spat by calling several thousand Trump supporters who attended a recent anti-illegal immigration rally in Phoenix “crazies.”

Trump late Monday softened his

tone, albeit slightly, in an interview with Fox News: “Certainly if there was a misunderstanding, I would totally take that back,” he said before calling on McCain to apologize to the Arizona voters he insulted.

Republican state Rep. Steve Stepanek, one of the first New Hampshire Republicans to endorse Trump, said he continues to be a strong supporter and echoed Trump’s assertion that McCain has not done enough to help veterans or fix the Department of Veterans Affairs.

“He’s a very influential person in the Senate and this should have been a top priority of his,” Stepanek said.

In Iowa, Chris McAninch, 56, of Grimes, said the McCain comments have not changed his view of Trump as one of his top choices.

“I think he was fully in the right,” McAninch said. “I want somebody who is straight shooting and tough for America.”

Much of Trump’s appeal is based on his brand as a political outsider and say-anything style, and backers acknowledge that what drives his appeal is sometimes going to get him into trouble.

The Des Moines Register, the largest newspaper in early-voting Iowa, published an editorial Monday night calling on Trump to drop out of the race. “Trump has proven himself not only unfit to hold office, but unfit to stand on the same stage as his Republican opponents,” the Register said.

In South Carolina, Teresa Brown, of Murrells Inlet, said Trump “could have worded it better” when addressing McCain’s criticism.

But the 24-year-old graphic designer described Trump as an inspirational figure who draws conservatives and disaffected voters eager for a candidate “who tells it like it is,” rather than conventional politicians “who are always too worried about offending people.”

global heat record

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer

WASHINGTON — Earth dialed the heat up in June, smashing warm temperature records for both the month and the first half of the year.

Off-the-charts heat is “getting to be a monthly thing,” said Jessica Blunden, a climate scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. June was the fourth month of 2015 that set a record, she said.

“There is almost no way that 2015 isn’t going to be the warmest on record,” she added.

NOAA calculated that the world’s average temperature in June hit 61.48 degrees Fahrenheit, breaking the old record set last year by 0.22 degrees. Usually temperature records are broken by one or two one-hundredths of a degree, not nearly a quarter of a degree, Blunden said.

And the picture is even more dramatic when the half-year is considered.

The first six months of 2015 were onesixth of a degree warmer than the old record, set in 2010, averaging 57.83 degrees.

The old record for the first half of the year was set in 2010, the last time there was an El Niño — a warming of the central Pacific Ocean that changes weather worldwide. But in 2010, the El Niño petered out. This year, forecasters are predicting this El Niño will get stronger, not weaker.

June was warm nearly all over the world, with exceptional heat in Spain, Austria, parts of Asia, Australia and South America. Southern Pakistan had a June heat wave that killed more than 1,200 people — which, according to an international database, would be the eighth deadliest in the world since 1900.

In May, a heat wave in India claimed more than 2,000 lives and ranked as the fifth deadliest on record.

Health

Page 8 — Tuesday, July 21, 2015

ASK DR. K

Repellents safe when used as directed DEAR DOCTOR K: Which ingredients should I look for in a mosquito repellent? Are there any I shouldn’t use on my kids?

DEAR READER: Ah, summer. Time for relaxing, playing outside, going to the beach — and mosquitoes. The itchiness from the bites can be maddening. And these tiny, annoying insects can carry serious illnesses, such as West Nile virus and Eastern equine encephalitis.

Many people worry that insect repellents themselves are dangerous.

However, used properly, they are quite safe. It is particularly important to use insect repellents carefully, as described on their labels, for certain groups of people. This includes children, pregnant women and people who work outdoors and therefore use insect repellent every day. These people may be more vulnerable to adverse effects.

Here’s a look at ingredients that will help keep mosquitoes away: • DEET. This is the most commonly used repellent — and the most effective.

The stronger the concentration of DEET in a product, the longer it will protect you.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has said that it is safe to use products with up to 30 percent DEET. • Picaridin. This repellent, which is also applied to your skin, is less widely available, but is also effective.

• Lemon eucalyptus oil.

This plant-based repellent should not be used on children younger than 3 years of age. It is about as effective as low concentrations of DEET and is found in sprays and lotions.

• IR3535. This ingredient is not widely available in the United States.

• Permethrin. This repellent works well, but shouldn’t be used on the skin — just on clothing or mosquito netting.

There are several other mosquito repellents on the market, but they are not as effective as the ones I’ve discussed.

Just as important as which repellents you use is how you use them. Here are some tips: • Don’t use insect repellents on infants younger than 2 months old. (You can put mosquito netting over a baby carrier.)

• When you use spray repellent (rather than a cream) on your skin, clothing or mosquito netting, apply it outdoors, not indoors. That way, you won’t breathe it in (or get it on household surfaces).

• Don’t spray a repellent directly on your face. Instead, spray it on your hand and then rub some on your face.

• When you use a spray repellent, don’t overdo it: You need only a little, and using more is not necessarily better.

• Don’t reapply repellent unless you are outside for more than six hours or so.

Finally, take steps to avoid mosquitoes in the first place. Mosquitoes are most abundant between dusk and dawn, so try to be indoors at those times.

If you are going to be outside, wear lightweight, long-sleeved tops and long pants sprayed with repellent.

Mosquitoes lay their eggs in standing water.

Make it a habit to dump out buckets or kiddie pools at the end of each day.

(Dr. Anthony Komaroff is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. To send questions, go to AskDoctorK.com, or write: Ask Doctor K, 10 Shattuck St., Second Floor, Boston, MA 02115.)

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Alzheimer’s families urge more, earlier testing

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer

WASHINGTON — Alzheimer’s has ravaged generations of Dean DeMoe’s family — his grandmother, father, siblings — all in their 40s and 50s.

DeMoe himself inherited the culprit gene mutation and at 53, the North Dakota man volunteers for a drug study he hopes one day will end the family’s burden.

International scientists gathering in Washington for a conference this week express cautious optimism that they may finally be on the right track to fight Alzheimer’s, a disease that already affects more than 5 million people in the United States and is expected to more than double by 2050 as the population ages.

Families like DeMoe’s with the very rarest form of Alzheimer’s, young and inherited, hold crucial clues to fighting this brain-destroying disease in everyone.

On Saturday, researchers for the first time brought together dozens of these families — patients, patientsto-be and their healthy loved ones — from as far away as Australia and Britain to meet face to face. They shared advice about when their children should undergo gene testing to learn their own fate, and they got an unusual opportunity to grill government and drug company officials about why it’s taking so long to find a good treatment.

“Finally, I got to talk to other people who are going through the same thing,” said DeMoe, of Thompson, N.D., who with four other siblings inherited the family’s bad gene. One sister was spared.

His wife, Deb, said he experiences early memory changes known as mild cognitive impairment, but DeMoe still holds a job with an oil company and said, “I don’t dwell on it.”

Families’ first question: Why not try

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DEAN DeMOE, 53, attended Saturday’s Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Washington, D.C., with daughter McKenna DeMoe, 19; wife Deb DeMoe; and daughter Lindsey Sarkilahti, 29. to fix the gene defect that causes this form of Alzheimer’s instead of targeting its downstream effects? Why, asked others, can’t desperate families get faster access to experimental drugs, as AIDS patients once did?

“It’s time to ease our anguish,” said Tal Cohen, of Calabasas, Calif.

At age 37, his wife, Giedre, already is in the mild-to-moderate stage of Alzheimer’s.

He emerged hopeful that researchers are considering creative ways to speed that access. “We don’t have any more time to wait and see,” he said.

Alzheimer’s usually strikes older adults, affecting about 1 in 9 people age 65 or over. Less than 1 percent of cases worldwide are the autosomal dominant form, caused by inheriting a gene with a particular mutation that triggers the disease well before the senior years. Children of an affected parent have a 50 percent chance of inheriting their family’s bad gene. But if they do, they almost always get sick about the same time their parent did.

Many of these families are part of the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN) study that monitors the health of family gene carriers and their healthy relatives in several countries. Recently, it showed that silent changes in the brain can precede the first memory problems by 20 years.

Now scientists think the best hope against Alzheimer’s is to treat highrisk people long before symptoms appear, aiming to at least stall the disease if not prevent it.

On Sunday, researchers at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference reported possible new ways to predict who will get sick with the more common late-onset Alzheimer’s — vital to testing such treatments — and a single test probably won’t be enough, said Johns Hopkins University neuroscientist Marilyn Albert.

• Tracking about 350 people starting in middle age, Albert’s team found a combination of tests predicted development of mild cognitive impairment within five years. They

include a spinal tap to measure toxic levels of Alzheimer’s hallmark amyloid and tau proteins; MRI scans to detect shrinking brain regions; and two standard memory assessments.

The combination isn’t ready for doctors’ offices, but should help drug companies tell who to enroll in earlystage treatment studies, she said.

• Scientists at VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam found another protein, named neurogranin, in spinal fluid. It may signal that connections called synapses are dying, making it harder for brain cells to communicate.

• Researchers at the University of Alberta, Canada, are beginning to hunt a saliva test for earlier markers of cognitive decline.

But knowing who is destined for Alzheimer’s and approximately when it will strike makes rare families such as DeMoe’s especially critical for research. A second DIAN study now is testing whether either of two experimental drugs might give those gene carriers more symptom-free years by fighting buildup of sticky amyloid in the brain. That study soon will expand to test additional drugs.

“The goal here really is to get drugs approved to help everyone,” said Dr. Randall Bateman of Washington University in St. Louis, who oversees the DIAN drug study.

Dean DeMoe came to the meeting with his wife, healthy sister and two of his three children. He wishes researchers could have revealed if those drugs are working, but they won’t know for several years.

Meanwhile, his two oldest children, in their 20s, had gene testing as part of health-tracking research but chose not to be told the results until they are older or protective drugs come along. His teenager thinks she will make the same choice.

DeMoe pins his hopes on the drug study. “It might not do good for me,” he said, “but it’s important for my family and for everyone.”

Once hot, enthusiasm waning for fitness trackers

By ANICK JESDANUN AP Technology Writer

NEW YORK — Deepak Jayasimha’s fitness tracker is now with his fatherin-law in India, where it sits unused.

Annabel Kelly foisted hers off on the kids. Virginia Atkinson took hers off to charge the battery and hasn’t picked it up since February.

Although sales of Fitbit and other fitness trackers are strong, many of their owners lose enthusiasm for them once the novelty of knowing how many steps they’ve taken wears off. One research firm, Endeavour Partners, estimates that about a third of these trackers get abandoned after six months. A health care investment fund, Rock Health, says Fitbit’s regulatory filings suggest that only half of Fitbit’s nearly 20 million registered users were still active as of the first quarter of 2015.

“The question for investors is how long the market will continue to grow at this rate, and whether Fitbit can execute on growing engagement before ... the number of devices sold per year reaches saturation,” Malay Gandhi, a managing director at Rock Health, wrote on a blog.

Abandonment affects all manufacturers of fitness trackers, which are relatively cheap at about $100 and are commonly given as gifts. Fitbit gets the spotlight because it started trading publicly last month and has 76 percent of the U.S. market share by revenue, up from 64 percent a year earlier, according to the NPD Group.

Investors and analysts are bullish on Fitbit’s prospects. Its stock value has more than doubled since the initial public offering. Analyst William Power at Baird Equity Research said Fitbit had room to grow worldwide, as only a quarter of its revenue came from outside the U.S. last year. Power also wrote that Fitbits remain popular among employers and insurance companies looking for ways to keep people healthy. Fitbit is also profitable, earning $132 million last year on revenue of $745 million.

The company’s market valuation of $8.7 billion is high compared with earnings so far, which could point to enormous growth potential — or simply overvaluation.

Fitbit now has competition from Apple Watch and other smartwatches that do what fitness trackers do and more, such as showing news updates

and boarding passes for flights.

In a statement, Fitbit said it intends to remain a market leader through new features and services to boost user engagement and revenue. The company said it keeps users motivated by offering ways to compete with friends and family and awarding virtual badges for hitting fitness milestones. Fitbit added that people who regularly use their devices make healthier choices.

The statement didn’t address Fitbit owners who’ve stopped using the device.

If people aren’t using their trackers, they won’t recommend them to friends and family or upgrade when a new model comes out, said Dan Ledger, who tracks wearable devices at Endeavour Partners. They also won’t pay for premium subscription packages, a potential growth area for Fitbit.

Jayasimha, a New Yorker who walks three to four miles a day, said his Jawbone Up stopped giving him information he didn’t already know. After it stopped working one day, he didn’t bother getting it fixed for months.

Even then, he never used it again. His wife used it for two weeks before

sending it off overseas to her dad, who has yet to use it.

“I was just carrying through with the motion,” Jayasimha said. “For someone who is not physically active, I think it will be useful. But once you get to a state where you are happy with the activities you do, it loses its efficacy.”

With smartphones, tablets and game consoles, IDC analyst Ramon Llamas said, you can download a new app or game to give them new life.

That’s not to say all of these trackers get abandoned.

Eric Leverett, 52, a production manager in Birmingham, Ala., got a Fitbit Charge as a gift and engages in a friendly competition with his 82year-old dad on who walks more.

Though the initial excitement has worn off, he said, wearing the Fitbit encourages him to walk the dog more often and shun the golf cart while playing a round.

Shari Winston, a high school counselor in Falls Church, Va., credits her Fitbit Flex with getting her to exercise regularly. She considered devices that do more, but she’s sticking with the Fitbit for now for its simplicity.

Signs of Dehydration

By Rob Kasisky, R.PH.

As the weather heats up and outdoor activities increase, make sure to keep yourself adequately hydrated.

Dehydration can occur when one loses too many fluids and/or hasn’t taken in enough fluids. Signs of dehydration may include headache, dry mouth, urinating very little or not at all, urine that is very dark yellow and concentrated, inability to produce tears, lethargy, dizziness, lightheadedness or sunken eyes.

Seek medical attention if you experience these symptoms.

Drinking plenty of water is the best way to avoid dehydration.

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Derek makes a splash in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Sharknadoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

By SUSAN KING

on the cable network on Wednesday. The third in the series of deliciously cheesy satirical disaster movies finds the East Coast being destroyed by those sharknado cells filled with hungry sharks.

In addition to Reid, Ian Ziering returns as the heroic Fin and David Hasselhoff is on hand as his father. Rick Fox, Mark Cuban, Penn and Teller, Frankie Muniz and Jerry Springer are among the eclectic cast members who pop up in the third installment of the media sensation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sharknadoâ&#x20AC;? auteur Anthony C. Ferrante said Derek was at the top of the list to play Aprilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mom. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an icon,â&#x20AC;? he said, adding that his favorite Derek film is the 1995 Chris Farley-David Spade comedy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tommy Boy,â&#x20AC;? in which she plays a con woman who marries the father of Farleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s character (Brian Dennehy). â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was kind of the linchpin for me,â&#x20AC;? said Ferrante. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sharknado 3â&#x20AC;? was shot in a breathless 18 days. Ferrante said Derek â&#x20AC;&#x153;was a real trouperâ&#x20AC;? while shooting on location at Universal Orlando. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the first half of the day we had moved her to four different locations,â&#x20AC;? he recalled.

Derek hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen the first two â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sharknadoâ&#x20AC;? films but had noticed all the Twitter traffic when they aired in 2013 and 2014. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I remember tweeting, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What is a sharknado?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s such a social thing watching this. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think people sit there watching it alone.â&#x20AC;?

The film, she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;is an event. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun. It is not about acting. We know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not about us, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about the sharks.â&#x20AC;?

The actress and John Derek had been married 22 years when he died in 1998 at age 71.

John Derek, who had been previously married to actresses Ursula Andress and

Los Angeles Times

Syfy via Associated Press

IAN ZIERING stars as Fin Shepard in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!â&#x20AC;? premiering at 9 p.m. Wednesday on Syfy.

New â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Sharknadoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; film bites, in a good way

By DAVID WIEGAND

because thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not enough meat on Ann Coulter to make an appetizer for a guppy.

Among the other cameos are Anthony Weiner, Jackie Collins, Penn and Teller, Holly Madison and Kendra Wilkinson. Those who do get the bite include Jerry Springer, Harvey Levin and Lou Ferigno.

Frankie Muniz shows up to play rogue shark hunter Lucas, who becomes a hero as he struggles against considerable odds to push the launch button allowing Fin and shark hunter Nova Clarke (Cassie Scerbo) to take off in a jet fighter to save the world. As Lucas crawls toward the launch button, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s repeatedly attacked by sharks, losing one leg, then the other, than one arm, then the other, until nothing is left of him but â&#x20AC;&#x153;Malcolm in the Middle.â&#x20AC;?

Waaay-ohhh!

This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s film is actually better than last year, and, no, I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m saying that either. But when I went to Little TV Criticsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; School, I remember some wizened wise guy, with a wreath of cigarette smoke circling his head, tell us that the basis of all criticism is determining what the artist was aiming for and then deciding if he or she got there.

The makers of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sharknado 3,â&#x20AC;? including director Anthony C. Ferrante, were aiming to make a terrible movie and have succeeded brilliantly.

Last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sharknadoâ&#x20AC;? was off. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that the film jumped the shark, but that the shark jumped the film. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as hilariously ridiculous as the first â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sharknadoâ&#x20AC;? in 2013.

At times, you almost thought the filmmakers were taking themselves seriously.

Fortunately, all of that is behind them this year.

Ridiculousness reigns in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!â&#x20AC;?

San Francisco Chronicle

If summer TV has left you desperate for real substance, nuanced performances and sophisticated special effects, well, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!â&#x20AC;? isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to save you.

But the Syfy channelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual exercise in nonsense, airing at 9 p.m. Wednesday, is as over the top and enjoyably bad as ever. Maybe even more so.

By now you know the premise: Tornadoes of sharks are threatening to decimate the human population, but not if super-duper, chainsaw wielding shark hunter Fin Shepard (Ian Ziering) has anything to say about it.

This year, the entire East Coast is threatened by three ginormous sharknadoes which, if they join together, will really make a mess of things.

The film wastes no time before wasting actors as Shepard shows up at the White House to receive a presidential medal from the commander in chief himself, played by Mark Cuban.

Meanwhile, Finâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pregnant, one-handed wife April (Tara Reid) is in Florida with her mother (Bo Derek) and her teenage daughter Claudia (Ryan Newman) at Universal Orlando Theme Park.

Why arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t they at Disneyworld? Because NBC Universal owns the Syfy channel, silly, and the whole movie is like one shark-infested infomercial for Universal Orlando Theme Park. Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to ride the roller coasterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shark cars.

The plot sickens, so to speak, as sharks come swirling out of nowhere to munch on many famous faces in cameos. Unfortunately for liberals and admirers of factual journalism, the vice president isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t on the menu. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably OK,

Bo Derek says sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never been that ambitious when it comes to her acting career. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wish I had made other movies,â&#x20AC;? she said recently. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I turned down a lot more money than I ever made. But at the same time, would I be who I am now and happy? I have the best friends.â&#x20AC;?

Not to mention her boyfriend of 13 years: actor John Corbett (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sex and the Cityâ&#x20AC;?).

It was 36 years ago when Derek became an overnight sensation in Blake Edwardsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hit comedy â&#x20AC;&#x153;10,â&#x20AC;? playing Jenny, a beautiful young woman who becomes the obsession of a middle-aged composer (Dudley Moore).

Women quickly copied Derekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cornrow hairstyle, and sales of Ravelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bolero,â&#x20AC;? which plays an important â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and funny â&#x20AC;&#x201D; part in the romantic comedy, went through the roof.

The dream sequence of Jenny running in a revealing one-piece bathing suit toward Dudleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s besotted George on the beach is one of modern cinemaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more vividly remembered moments.

Derek, then married to writer-director-actor John Derek, 30 years her senior, wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t prepared for the sudden fame. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was overwhelming. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have an agent. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have PR people.â&#x20AC;?

As Bo Derek, 58, walked out of a Studio City restaurant to have her picture taken, a waiter remarked, â&#x20AC;&#x153;She looks fabulous!â&#x20AC;?

Derek smiled when told about the waiterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s observation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m always surprised people still know who I am,â&#x20AC;? she said with a smile. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has been such a long time.â&#x20AC;?

Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s back in front of the camera playing Aprilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (Tara Reid) mother in the Syfy channelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!â&#x20AC;?, which premieres

BO DEREK ... acting in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Sharknadoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Linda Evans, was called her Svengali. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a natural assumption,â&#x20AC;? noted the actress, who was 17 when she fell in love with Derek. She recalled that John didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want another wife in the film business, but offers just kept coming in. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People came into the office with briefcases full of cash. It was so confusing to me. I remember my husband said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Make sure you really want this.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

She didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. Before â&#x20AC;&#x153;10â&#x20AC;? hit, Derek said, she was producing independent films her husband was directing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I said I would rather go back to do what we were doing,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When somebody said they

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Report shows more American children living in poverty Continued from Page 1 and family and community issues.

The problems extend beyond — and in some cases drive — increasing poverty rates. More children were raised in single-parent homes in 2013 than in 2008, and fewer lived with parents with secure employment.

Foundation President Patrick McCarthy said that particularly troubling is an increase in the share of kids living in poor communities,

regardless of their own families’ economic standing. The report says 1 in 7 children live in those areas, marked by poor schools and a lack of a safe place to play.

“They’re more likely to fall down the economic ladder, less likely to be employed and more likely to get in trouble,” McCarthy said.

A MIX OF FIXES McCarthy likened child poverty to a “particularly pernicious form of cancer,” and

he prescribed a cocktail of economic policies and fixes to tackle it.

Tax credits and additional support such as food stamps could give low-income families a much-needed boost, and job training could provide help for struggling families to get an economic foothold. Businesses should implement more familyfriendly policies, and a massive infrastructure repair campaign could create countless jobs.

“None of them is a magic bullet. When you put them all together, you start to put the children on a path to success,” he said.

STRUGGLING IN THE SOUTH States in the South and Southwest continued a steady run at the bottom of the Kids Count rankings for overall child well-being, with issues including economic standing and education.

According to the report, 1

in 3 children from Mississippi live in poverty.

Twelve percent of teens from Mississippi and Louisiana were neither in school nor working. Fifteen percent of Nevada children didn’t have health insurance, compared with the nationbest 2 percent in Massachusetts.

MIDWEST ON TOP Minnesota nabbed the report’s top ranking, taking a spot generally reserved for a

Northeast state and rounding out the Midwest’s strong pattern of supporting children. McCarthy said there’s not much to make of one state usurping another for a top spot. Instead, he focused on the broader regional patterns: New England and Midwestern states generally occupy the top 10 while the South and Southwest struggle in the bottom rankings.

“That’s where you see a difference in day-to-day lives,” he said.

Leader of IS builds network Continued from Page 1 hold the top positions, while Tunisians and Saudis hold many religious posts.

Much of a new understanding about the leadership of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, has come from information about the organization’s financial operations, recruiting methods and security measures found in materials seized during a U.S. commando raid in May in eastern Syria. U.S. officials said gathering more insight on the Islamic State’s shadowy leadership structure was a top priority.

In delegating authority, alBaghdadi has drawn lessons from the fates of other militant groups, including that of a branch in Yemen called alQaida in the Arabian Peninsula, whose leaders have been whittled away by repeated U.S. drone strikes over the years, said a Western diplomat who monitors the group.

“ISIS has learned from that and has formed a structure that can survive the losses of leaders by giving midlevel commanders a degree of autonomy,” the diplomat said.

In that structure, the overall operation would not be immediately affected if alBaghdadi were wounded or killed, he said.

The Islamic State has also studied revelations from Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor, about how the United States gathers information on militants. A main result is that the group’s top leaders now use couriers or encrypted channels that Western analysts cannot crack to communicate, intelligence and military officials said.

The two top leaders after al-Baghdadi appear to be Abu Alaa al-Afri, a former top deputy to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the former militant leader in Iraq; and Fadel alHayali, known as Abu Muslim al-Turkmani, a former Iraqi Special Forces officer from the town of Tal Afar, near Mosul, although there have been unconfirmed Iraqi reports that both men were killed in airstrikes in recent months.

It is unclear who would replace al-Baghdadi as the selfdeclared caliph if he died, a Kurdish official said. But the official said it could not be alAfri, assuming he is alive, because he is an ethnic Turkmen, and the caliph must be an Arab from the Quraysh tribe of the Prophet Muhammad, as al-Baghdadi claims to be.

The United States is actively hunting al-Baghdadi — rumors that he was killed or injured this year have been dispelled.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter told reporters this month that if the opportunity for an strike against alBaghdadi presented itself, “we would certainly take it.”

Despite the trove of information uncovered in May, U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism officials say there are still large gaps in what they know about how the Islamic State’s leadership operates and how it interacts with a growing number of affiliates and other followers from Nigeria to Afghanistan.

“It is going to just take some time to connect everything together,” said a senior Defense Department official who, like nearly a dozen other officials interviewed here and in Iraq, agreed to discuss confidential intelligence reports only on the condition of anonymity.

The Islamic State’s strict secrecy, which has allowed its leadership to remain so mysterious, has led to some differences among U.S. and

other Western analysts on the degree to which al-Baghdadi is in charge and whether the main power in the organization rests with his allies, including several of the former Baathist officers.

A senior Kurdish security official in northern Iraq and several U.S. officials said alBaghdadi was very much the top leader and that he was involved in issuing orders across the group’s territories.

“While many other group leaders also oversee and manage operations, Baghdadi asserts his role through providing guidance and holding meetings with leadership,” said a senior U.S. military official with access to classified briefings on the Islamic State.

But other analysts said alBaghdadi’s religious credibility was more significant than any operational prowess.

“Baghdadi is to a certain extent a religious figurehead designed to grant an aura of religious legitimacy and respectability to the group’s operations, while the real power brokers are a core of former military and intelligence officials,” said Matthew Henman, managing editor of IHS Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Center.

The Islamic State maintains tight control over the flow of information about it, with a list of rules about what its fighters may and may not mention, analysts said. As such, much of the information made public has come from the group itself and conveys the image that it wishes to project.

Kurdish commanders fighting the Islamic State on the ground say that certain groups of foreign fighters appear to move like shock troops around territory controlled by the group.

Before a major Islamic State offensive on the city of Kirkuk early this year, the Kurds began getting reports that a Russian commander had come there with his own group of fighters, said Polad Talabani, head of the counterterrorism unit of the Kurdistan regional government.

To fuel its war effort, the Islamic State relies heavily on explosives and has set up factories to provide them to fighters.

Improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, defused by Talabani’s men were welded metal squares the size of briefcases, with sturdy handles to make them easy to carry and distribute.

Another commander displayed cellphone fuses used to remotely detonate bombs.

On each one was a sticker with instructions printed in Arabic on how to use it, including which ringtone to choose.

“Do not use Korek SIM cards,” the instructions read, using the name of a Kurdishowned wireless company.

The warning appears to be a response to the possibility that Kurdish officials could shut down the cell towers during a battle so the Islamic State could not detonate its bombs.

A senior military official with the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State also said the group’s tight security made it hard to know who exactly is killed in airstrikes.

“We are not there to follow up,” the military official said.

“We are not there to check on damage that is caused by strikes, and so we have to make our best assessment by viewing the footage.”

When asked if the Islamic State was run from the top down or if local commanders did their own thing, he said, “I’m not sure if we have clarity on that either way.”

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THE RUSTIC LODGE will celebrate 70 years in business with a barbecue and activities to benefit the United Way of Indiana County. Promoting the Aug. 9 event, from left, are Megan White and Bruce Weber, United Way co-chairs, and Joe and Roseann Lubold, of Rustic Lodge.

Rustic Lodge to celebrate anniversary with event to benefit the United Way The Rustic Lodge in White Township is celebrating 70 years of making memories with an afternoon of fun, food and music on Aug. 9 from noon to 5 p.m.

Proceeds from the family-friendly event will benefit the United Way of Indiana County. Any donations to United Way of Indiana County stay in Indiana County.

“This event continues a long tradition of the Rustic Lodge’s commitment to Indiana County,” said Megan White, co-chair of the 2015 United Way campaign. “We are thrilled to have the United Way benefit from this celebration.”

Bruce Weber, co-chairman of the campaign, recognized the history of generosity of the Ricupero-Lubold families.

“This is just another great example of the family stepping up to support Indiana County,” he said in a release. “This will be a great event, I hope everyone

comes out to enjoy it. We are so appreciative of having it support the United Way.” The event celebrates 70 years since Tony and Emma Ricupero acquired the property, which was a popular picnic spot, and transformed and expanded it into the current facility, which has hosted thousands of meetings, wedding receptions, parties and events during its 70 years of operation.

“What better way to celebrate 70 years than giving back to the community that has given our family so much,” said owner Joe Lubold. “Our family enjoys hosting and being a part of memorable events and hopes that this anniversary celebration will be enjoyed by many.”

The event will feature entertainment by the bands theFIVE6 and 7 Mile Run. There will be a barbecue buffet and many children’s activities. A cash bar will also be available.

Tickets are $15 per person if pur-

chased in advance; there is no cost for children under age 5.

Tickets will also be available at the door for $20.

Memorabilia and photos celebrating the history of the Rustic Lodge will be on display in the lobby area of the facility.

Tickets can be purchased from the Rustic Lodge or at the United Way office, 982 Philadelphia St., or online at rusticlodge.net. For more information, contact the Rustic Lodge at (724) 4654583 or the United Way office at (724) 463-0277.

The United Way of Indiana County and its 15 partner agencies impact one in two individuals in Indiana County by investing resources in education, income and health.

Donations to the United Way of Indiana County remain in the local community, funding programs through the partner agencies and through the United Way’s grant program.

Official details school improvement projects Continued from Page 1 school before work can start.

Kirkland said one possibility, termed Option A, would be to build a five-bay garage onto the head house of the greenhouse at the rear of the high school.

That new building would be heated and used as work space and for storage of vehicles. In addition, a small cold storage building — to house equipment that needs to be kept out of the weather but doesn’t have to be in a heated building — would be constructed somewhere on the campus. Option A would eliminate the existing maintenance building.

Option B, Kirkland said,

would be to build a five-bay garage onto the head house and re-side the existing maintenance building and use it for cold storage only.

Option C would involve re-siding and repairing the existing building and continue using it. Kirkland said Option C would be the least expensive of the three choices but would still require maintenance workers to travel to and from the campus.

The directors asked the district administrators to gather some preliminary cost estimates from architects on the three options.

In other action the school board: • Approved a three-year

employment agreement with the district’s six maintenance employees with a 3 percent salary increase in each year of the agreement.

• Approved an agreement with the Visiting Nurse Association to serve as substitutes for school nurses as needed.

• Accepted the proposal from Dr. Brian Petras to provide dental examinations at a cost of $5 per student.

• Approved a paid lunch period for the school security officers and a 50 cents per hour increase in their salary, bringing their pay up to $16.50 per hour.

• Accepted the resignations of Michael Schmidt as a school security officer and Megan Vallies as an elemen-

tary reading specialist.

• Hired Diane Black and Dennis Bonatch as 7-hourper-day custodial employees at a salary of $10 per hour.

• Eliminated a vacant 8hour-a-day nutrition service position and created two 3½-hour-per-day nutrition service positions for the cafeteria at the McCreery Elementary/high school campus.

• Reappointed director Chuck Glasser to be the district’s voting delegate to the Pennsylvania School Boards Association Legislative Policy Council meeting.

• Approved a school district contribution of $1,500 to the Marion Center Park Association.

S&T Bancorp announces second quarter earnings S&T Bancorp Inc., the holding company for S&T Bank, announced today its second quarter 2015 earnings.

Second quarter earnings were $18.2 million, or 52 cents per diluted share, compared to earnings of $12.8 million, or 41 cents per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2015 and $14.7 million, or 49 cents per di-

luted share, in the second quarter of 2014.

S&T declared a per-share dividend of 18 cents compared to 17 cents in the same period a year ago.

Net interest income increased $8.6 million to $48.8 million compared to $40.2 million for the first quarter of 2015. The increase in net interest income was primarily due to the merger with

Integrity Bancshares on March 4.

Results for the second quarter included merger integration costs of $900,000, which primarily related to the systems conversion.

“The growth initiatives that we have implemented over the past two years through our expansion into central Pennsylvania, Ohio and western New York and

our efforts in our core markets are making a big impact on our overall financial performance,” Todd Brice, president and CEO of S&T, said in a release. “Our team members are successfully expanding opportunities with existing clients and developing new relationships.

We are excited about how we are positioned moving forward.”

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“TO WALK AWAY from a shark attack with not a scratch on you — it is a miracle really.”

Shark-fighting surfer recounts close call

By JOHN PYE

AP Sports Writer

Mick Fanning sat up on a high stool, straight backed and good humored, recounting the story he will be telling for the rest of his days, about how he fought off a shark with his bare hands during a surfing competition in South Africa.

It sounds like the plot of a movie, but this three-time world champion is no fictional Crocodile Dundee-style Aussie. He’s

the real thing: His sharkwrestling exploits were broadcast live.

Fanning, 34, arrived back in Australia on Tuesday and appeared at a news conference in Sydney before heading home to the Gold Coast, the burgeoning city surrounding Surfers Paradise beach.

“It was so close. I’m doing OK, though,” he said. “I haven’t got a scratch on me. Just more of an emotional, mental sort of trauma right now.

“To walk away from a shark attack with not a scratch on you — it is a miracle really.”

Fanning was competing against fellow Aussie Julian Wilson in the final of the JBay Open, the World Surf League event at Jeffreys Bay on South Africa’s east coast, when he was bumped off his board by a shark.

In video of the event posted on the World Surf League website, Fanning could be seen scanning the water before a big

fin emerged behind him. He turned to deal with the shark, and then lost his board as a wave rolled in and he disappeared from view.

Wilson was paddling toward Fanning and later said that he believed if he could get there with his board, he’d at least have a weapon to distract the shark, which he estimated was at least twice the size of his mate and childhood hero.

Fanning said at first he tried to swim away but then decided to

MLB: Pirates 10, Royals 7

Bucco Outburst

CHARLIE RIEDEL/Associated Press

TRAVIS ISHIKAWA rounded third and was congratulated by coach Rick Sofield after hitting a two-run home run in the fifth inning of Monday’s win in Kansas City. Ishikawa also stroked two doubles and drove in four runs.

Ishikawa spurs 17-hit attack

By The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Travis Ishikawa is having a rough season. On this night, he enjoyed one of the best games of his career.

Ishikawa had three extra-base hits and drove in four runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates outslugged the Kansas City Royals 10-7 Monday.

Ishikawa, who was 1-for-13 with one RBI in nine games since the Pirates claimed him on waivers July 5, hit a two-run double in a four-run second that came within inches of going out.

He homered in the fifth with Jung Ho Kang aboard. And in the eighth inning, Ishikawa’s double sparked a two-run rally.

“Big night at the plate,” Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. “He showed a real good swing to left field Sunday in Milwaukee when he pounded the ball to the wall. He hit another one sharp.

Those two balls hit hard in this ballpark to dead left field. And that shot to the gap in right-center in the eighth

was a shot in the arm for us.”

Ishikawa was on the disabled list this year with a lower back injury. He played 37 games in the minors, was sent outright to Triple-A Sacramento by the San Francisco Giants and designated for assignment before the Pirates picked him up.

“I don’t have a strategy,” Ishikawa said. “I couldn’t tell you why it worked tonight. I’m just trying to see the ball.

Wherever it goes, it goes. I wish I could tell you I was controlling it, but if I could my average would have been a lot higher. You can hit the ball hard and not get rewarded for it. Pitchers can make a pitch and not get rewarded for it. Tonight was just my night when the balls began to fall.”

A.J. Burnett (8-3) won despite giving up a season-high five earned runs and 11 hits — including two homers — in his initial start since his first career trip to the All-Star Game. The 38-year-old right-hander pitched out of a basesloaded jam in the second.

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defend himself and turned to punch the shark in the back. He was next seen furiously swimming toward a Jet Ski, where he was helped out of the water and back to shore.

He recounted the events to fans gathered around him on the beach, and only later, when the adrenalin subsided, did the tears kick in as he realized how close he had come to serious injury or death.

On a flight from Port Elizabeth Continued on Page 13

MICK FANNING

Fowled Over

Game borne from tailgating incorporates football, bowling

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press

HAMTRAMCK, Mich. — A Detroit-area entrepreneur believes he has scored a touchdown with his new business idea.

Or thrown a strike.

Actually, it’s both.

Chris Hutt owns the Fowling Warehouse, a 34,000square-foot repurposed industrial site in Hamtramck that’s devoted to a football/bowling hybrid sport — fowling — he and some buddies invented while tailgating years ago at the Indianapolis 500.

The facility features 20 lanes, where players or teams try to be the first to knock down all 10 of their opponents’ bowling pins by tossing a single football from a distance of up to 48 feet.

The game is not complicated, Hutt said, but it’s not easy, either. In the Fowling Warehouse’s first six months of operation, only 29 strikes had been thrown over 100,000-plus games.

There’s another quick way to end a fowling match: A unique shot called a Bonk, which occurs when a player knocks the middle pin — and only the middle pin — off the board on the first throw. The other nine pins must remain standing.

According to Hutt, there are about 60 Bonks per month. Those who record

“IT’S THE BEST of both worlds. You’re bowling and you’re playing football at the same time.” one are allowed to “honk your Bonk,” or sound a Great Lakes freighter horn at the bar. The sonic blast is deafening, Hutt said, but it lets “everyone know ... that you’re the coolest person in the room.”

Hutt’s business, which also has a 175-seat beer garden and a stage for live music, has drawn big crowds on weekend nights. Some take advantage of a deal that allows unlimited play for $10 until closing at 2 a.m. Others reserve lanes for group play, up to 10 players per lane, in two-hour increments.

Peter Grace’s third fowling excursion came on a recent Friday night, when he and about 20 others celebrated a friend’s birthday.

“It’s just a great place to hang out,” said Grace, a 27year-old from Detroit. “It’s the best of both worlds.

You’re bowling and you’re playing football at the same time.”

Hutt, 46, said he eventually would like to expand his fowling empire.

“This will work in any major city,” he said, “and we really want to target the college towns.”

Mercer expected to miss six weeks

By The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Pittsburgh shortstop Jordy Mercer is expected to miss six weeks because of a knee injury, leaving the Pirates without their starters on the left side of the infield possibly until September.

The Pirates put Mercer on the 15day disabled list Monday, a day after JORDY he was hurt in a MERCER collision with Carlos Gomez in Milwaukee. Mercer sustained a bruise and a sprained left knee.

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PARTICIPANTS PLAYED a game of fowling, which involves knocking down bowling pins with a football.

Spieth misses chance, but Johnson doesn’t

By TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Writer

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ZACH JOHNSON hugged the Claret Jug after winning the British Open in a playoff Monday.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Jordan Spieth headed home from a grueling week at the British Open with history on his mind and another major in his future.

Next up is the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. And if the Grand Slam is no longer in play, there’s still plenty out there.

“I don’t know how many guys have done three majors in a year,” Spieth said. “I’m sure there’s only been a few.”

Very few, actually.

Ben Hogan did it in 1953, winning the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open. Tiger Woods missed in the Masters but won the last three majors of the year in 2000 on his way to what became known as the Tiger Slam.

After his chances at winning his third

straight major evaporated with a couple of missed opportunities on the last two holes Monday, Spieth was already looking ahead.

It was hard not to after coming up one shot short of a three-man playoff that Zach Johnson won over Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman in what otherwise might have been a British Open for the ages at the home of golf.

Besides, the 21-year-old golfing sensation was not going to get too down after failing to add the claret jug to his Masters green jacket and U.S. Open trophy.

“I made a lot of the right decisions down the stretch and certainly closed plenty of tournaments out, and this just wasn’t one of those,” Spieth said. “It’s hard to do that every

single time. I won’t beat myself up too bad because I do understand that.”

A missed 8-footer on the treacherous 17th hole helped seal Spieth’s fate on the Old Course. A misplaced drive on the final hole did the rest.

He could also point to four putts from 120 feet on the eighth green where he tried to get greedy on his first putt. But Spieth followed that with back-to-back birdies, something he tends to do when things go bad.

Something he also tends to do is pay respect to the game and its fans. He’s been described as a young man with an old man’s wisdom, and it showed in the way he took what had to be a most bitter defeat.

When Spieth walked off the green, he applauded the fans who cheered him on. Later, he came out and watched Johnson win a playoff, then gave him a congratulatory hug.

Johnson earned it.

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Blatter gets seven more months ZURICH (AP) — Sepp Blatter had a good day at the office, even if a prankster tried to spoil it by showering the FIFA president with fake dollar bills at a news conference.

Nothing could spoil Blatter’s day after he outwitted some of his FIFA opponents to earn precious extra time as their president and enjoy more such days in 2016.

Mastering FIFA politics yet again, amid calls to step down immediately, Blatter is set to stay atop world soccer for seven more months after FIFA agreed Monday on a Feb. 26 election to replace him.

A British comedian who gatecrashed the news conference at FIFA’s headquarters threw the fake bills in the air after making a spoof statement about supporting North Korea to host the 2026 World Cup.

Webb secures bond with treasures NEW YORK (AP) — Former FIFA vice president Jeffrey Webb no longer has time on his hands.

The indicted soccer official is providing 11 luxury watches to secure the $10 million bond that provided his release from custody along with his wife’s wedding ring, three opulent cars and 10 properties.

According to an order setting the conditions for release, Webb secured the bond with five Rolex watches plus a Cartier Roadster, Hublot, Breitling, Panerai, Royal Oak Offshore and Luminor Marina. The government noted that the Hublot has not yet been turned over to the FBI and must be provided by Aug. 2 Webb’s bond also is secured by a 2015 Ferrari and 2014 Range Rover in the name of his wife, Dr. Kendra Gamble-Webb, a 2003 Mercedes-Benz in his name and a 401k account in his wife’s name. His wife’s diamond wedding ring also is security along with a diamond bracelet, diamond and pearl necklace, one pair of pearl earrings, one pair of long-hanging diamond earrings, and Rolex and Hublot watches.

Jackson staying with Pistons AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Less than a month ago, Stan Van Gundy said bringing back point guard Reggie Jackson was his top offseason priority.

The Detroit Pistons introduced Jackson in a formal news conference in the west atrium of the Palace — where the team holds many of its biggest announcements these days.

Jackson was a restricted free agent, and this deal — worth a reported $80 million over five years — keeps him with Detroit after the Pistons traded for him in the middle of last season. The agreement came together a while ago — Van Gundy had talked about Jackson’s return after a news conference about a different topic over a week ago — but the team formally announced the signing Monday.

• HOUSTON (AP) — Rockets general manager Daryl Morey knows adding Ty Lawson is a risky move. He believes the possible reward is worth that risk.

Lawson was acquired in a trade with the Denver Nuggets, giving the Rockets needed depth at point guard, though he is currently dealing with off-court issues. He entered a 30-day residential treatment program last week after his second DUI arrest.

Morey noted there are always risks with players, whether it’s concerns like Lawson’s or with injuries or other issues.

Morey vowed that the team will help him stay on track after he leaves the treatment program.

The Nuggets receive a lottery protected first-round pick in 2016 and cash considerations along with Nick Johnson, Kostas Papanikolaou, Pablo Prigioni and Joey Dorsey in the deal that also sends a 2017 second-round pick to Houston.

WNBA franchise could be on move TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Amid 100-degree heat and energy-sapping humidity, a small group of volunteers stood on a corner across from the BOK Center and handed out “Save Our Shock” T-shirts before their team’s WNBA showdown with the Minnesota Lynx over the weekend.

It could be all for naught: Shock majority owner Bill Cameron announced plans Monday to move the franchise to the Dallas-Fort Worth market as early as next season.

Cameron said in a statementthat he hoped the WNBA Board of Governors would vote as soon as possible on the relocation, though the team will finish this season in Tulsa. He said he was proud of the effort by the community since the team moved from Detroit before the 2010 season.

There is still hope for Tulsa; the league’s 12-member board needs to approve the request by majority vote.

Two motorcyclists die in crash SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two Spanish racers were killed in a chain-reaction crash on the first lap of a World Superbike race.

The deaths occurred Sunday at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey County sheriff’s spokesman Cmdr. John Thornburg said.

MotoAmerica spokesman Paul Carruthers said there were 28 riders in the race and thousands of spectators in the stands when five competitors collided on the first lap. Riders were tossed into the dirt to the side of the track.

The sheriff’s office is not investigating the crash at the MotoAmerica Superbike/Superstock 1000 race, which appeared to be an accident, he said.

MotoAmerica identified the riders killed as Bernat Martinez, 35, of Alberic, Valencia, Spain; and Daniel Rivas Fernandez, 27, of Moana Galicia, Spain.

Molina wins treacherous stage GAP, France (AP) — Haring downhill at breakneck speeds, Ruben Plaza Molina rode triumphantly into Gap as the solo winner of a treacherous Stage 16 on Monday that saw a teammate of race leader Chris Froome careen into a telephone pole and Peter Sagan finish second for a fifth time.

Froome’s Sky teammate Geraint Thomas, who had been sixth overall, suffered the terrifying crash on a hairpin bend, after another rider collided into him.

That sent the Sky rider thumping into the telephone pole. He bounced off and disappeared into a dark thicket of woods, with his bike, scattering roadside spectators who leapt out of the way.

Although Thomas remounted and finished, the hair-rising accident showed how tricky the end of Stage 16 was, with a long, winding downhill that riders tore down at speeds of 45 mph or more.

The rider who slammed into Thomas on the bend, Warren Barguil, said he wanted to brake but his finger slipped, sending him into the Welsh rider.

Froome kept his overall lead. Today is a rest day at the Tour before four days of climbing in the Alps that will decide the overall standings ahead of the finish Sunday in Paris.

JOHN LOCHER/Associated Press

BECKY HAMMON celebrated with her players after the Spurs beat the Suns in the NBA’s Las Vegas Summer League championship game Monday.

‘She’s a firecracker’ Hammon leads Spurs to summer title

By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Becky Hammon already made history when she became the first female head coach in NBA summer league.

Leading the San Antonio Spurs to the Las Vegas Summer League championship just made the experience that much sweeter.

Hammon coached the Spurs to a 93-90 victory over the Phoenix Suns in the title game on Monday night.

“It was a grind,” Hammon said. “They’ve been together for 17 days. They really started to jell the last two or three games. They listened and they played really hard for me. I just really appreciate their attentiveness and alertness.

They were tired, but they fought through.”

The Spurs participated in both the Orlando and Las Vegas summer leagues, but Hammon served as the head coach only in the higherprofile Vegas event.

The Spurs lost the opener to the New York Knicks and then reeled off six straight victories.

Jonathon Simmons scored 23 points and took home MVP honors for the championship game. Treveon Graham added 22 points for the Spurs.

“It’s amazing. It was a humbling experience,” Simmons told NBATV of playing for Hammon.

“For all of us. I really love her and I’ve only known her a couple days. She’s a real cool coach. She’s a player coach. That’s something we all like.”

Last year the Spurs made Hammon the first female full-time assistant coach in league history. Earlier this summer they told her she would lead the team in Las Vegas.

“She’s a firecracker, she takes no prisoners, (and) she’s got a great personality,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said during a visit to Minnesota in the regular season. “She knows her stuff.

She’s competitive.”

The Spurs have worked hard not to make too much of their hiring of Hammon. Popovich has said time and again that she was hired because of her coaching acumen and not because the team was looking to help a woman break the glass ceiling.

“I don’t know if her perspective is unique. It’s women instead of men, but it’s the same game,” Popovich said. “Becky knows what to do on a pick-and-roll just as much as what Tony Parker knows. So I don’t think it’s unique at all.”

The players gave Hammon a Gatorade bath during the celebration in the locker room, and the Spurs were the third team to win the Vegas Summer League tournament, following the Warriors in 2013 and Kings in 2014.

“You never know what your journey has in store,” Hammon said, according to Sports Illustrated. “You just work hard and keep your nose to the grind. You do things the right way, you treat people the right way, and good things happen. ... I’m just thankful that (Popovich) trusted me with the guys in that locker room, and that those guys trusted me back.”

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Nats beat struggling Mets

By The Associated Press Clint Robinson’s two-run double to deep center was the biggest blow as the Nationals jumped on Mets starter Matt Harvey for five runs in the first three innings Monday night, and NL East-leading Washington beat secondplace New York 7-2.

A day after leaving 25 men on base and going 1-for-26 with runners in scoring position in an 18-inning victory at St. Louis, the Mets’ troubled offense left 10 men on and went 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position.

Indeed, it was Harvey (8-7) who drove in both of New York’s runs with a bases-loaded single in the fourth off Gio Gonzalez (7-4). Harvey went seven innings, and was charged with five runs — four earned — and five hits.

Ian Desmond tacked on a two-run homer off Mets reliever Alex Torres in the eighth.

REDS 5, CUBS 4: Todd Frazier connected for the first time since he won the All-Star Home Run Derby, and Jay Bruce hit a key two-run shot in the sixth inning, powering Cincinnati past Chicago.

The Reds hit three homers in all, including Marlon Byrd’s solo shot, and beat the Cubs at Great American Ball Park for the first time this season. Bruce’s drive off Justin Grimm (1-3) put Cincinnati up 5-4 with two outs in the sixth.

Ryan Mattheus (1-1) pitched a hitless inning in relief of Michael Lorenzen. Aroldis Chapman pitched the ninth — a day after he threw a career-high 44 pitches — and retired the side on 13 pitches for his 19th save.

BRAVES 7, DODGERS 5: Nick Markakis hit his first homer of 2015 and scored the go-ahead run on Juan Uribe’s fifth-inning single, leading Atlanta past former teammate Brandon Beachy and Los Angeles.

Markakis hit a two-run homer to center field off Beachy in the first inning. It was his first homer since Sept. 25, 2014, for the Orioles at the Yankees. Braves rookie Matt Wisler (4-1) allowed four runs and eight hits in six innings.

Adrian Gonzalez hit a two-run shot and Howie Kendrick doubled in two runs for the Dodgers in the fifth. Beachy, making his second start for the Dodgers following his second Tommy John surgery, allowed four runs and five hits in four innings.

DIAMONDBACKS 3, MARLINS 1: Rubby De La Rosa went seven innings for his first win in five starts, David Peralta singled in two runs and Arizona snapped a six-game losing streak by sending Miami to its fourth loss in a row.

De La Rosa (7-5) allowed a run on five hits, overcame a season-high five walks and got his second RBI of the season by hitting into a bases-loaded fielder’s choice.

Derek Dietrich homered for the Marlins.

PADRES 4, GIANTS 2: Matt Kemp hit a two-run homer to help San Diego beat San Francisco and extend its winning streak to a season-high five games.

Kemp’s 409-foot drive off 40-year-old Tim Hudson (5-8) in the third inning was his fourth

homer in seven games and 10th overall.

Ian Kennedy (5-9) pitched six strong innings to snap a four-start losing streak and end the Giants’ six-game winning streak. Craig Kimbrel threw a perfect ninth for his 26th save.

Gregor Blanco homered for the Giants. Hudson (5-8) came off the disabled list to make the start.

AMERICAN LEAGUE ANGELS 11-7, RED SOX 1-3: Albert Pujols hit three homers while the Angels swept a doubleheader from Boston, connecting twice and seizing the major league lead from Mike Trout during Los Angeles’ victory in the nightcap.

Trout also homered and rookie Andrew Heaney pitched seven strong innings in the second game of the Angels’ first home doubleheader since 2003. Pujols, Kole Calhoun and David Freese homered during an 11-1 win in the first game. Pujols homered in both games of a doubleheader for the first time in his career. He caught and passed Mike Schmidt for 15th place in baseball history, hitting his 549th career homer in the seventh.

Heaney (4-0) won his fourth straight decision in his first month with the Angels, yielding five hits without a walk. Knuckleballer Steven Wright (3-3) took the loss.

All-Star Hector Santiago (7-4) matched his career high with 10 strikeouts in the opener.

TIGERS 5, MARINERS 4: Ian Kinsler homered twice, including a go-ahead two-run shot in the eighth inning, and Detroit beat Seattle.

Kinsler, who came in with three homer this season, hit one off Seattle starter J.A. Happ in the first, and then drove a fastball from Mark Lowe (0-1) over the Tigers’ bullpen with two out in the eighth. It was his first multi-homer game since Sept. 7, 2011.

Al Alburquerque (1-0) picked up his first decision in 60 outings, pitching a scoreless eighth inning. Joakim Soria got his 21st save.

INTERLEAGUE PHILLIES 5, RAYS 3: Cesar Hernandez doubled, tripled and drove in two runs, and David Buchanan earned his first win in almost a year, leading Philadelphia over Tampa Bay. Maikel Franco had a pair of hits with an RBI and Jeff Francoeur contributed two hits for the Phillies, who have won four straight after setting the franchise record with 62 losses before the All-Star break.

Buchanan (1-5) snapped his winless skid at 15 starts by allowing three runs and six hits.

Logan Forsythe doubled and had two RBIs for the Rays, who have lost 10 of their last 12 road games.

ROCKIES 8, RANGERS 7: Ben Paulsen hit a tiebreaking single with one out in the bottom of the ninth, and Colorado recovered from blowing a seven-run lead to beat Texas.

Troy Tulowitzki homered and Nolan Arenado had two RBIs for Colorado, which has won a season-best five in a row at home.

Prince Fielder had two hits and three RBIs and Adrian Beltre had three hits for the Rangers, who have lost 10 of 12.

Continued from Page 11 “From the get-go, you could tell it was going to be a battle for both sides,” Burnett said. “They came out swinging. We came out swinging. Early runs left and right.”

The Royals cut the deficit to 8-7 in the seventh and chased Burnett. Mike Moustakas homered leading off the inning. Eric Hosmer had an RBI triple for his third hit and scored on Kendrys Morales’ groundout.

Pittsburgh answered with Neil Walker’s two-run triple in the eighth off Luke Hochevar.

Mark Melancon worked the ninth for his 30th save in 31 opportunities. He has converted a franchise-record 28 consecutive saves.

Starling Marte also had three hits, one of six Pirates with multihit games.

Morales, who hit a two-run homer off the right-field foul pole in the fifth, tops the AL with 65 RBIs. Royals right-hander Yordano Ventura (4-7), the team’s opening-day starter, was pulled in the fifth. He gave up six runs on 11 hits and a walk.

Royals right-hander Kris Medlen, who had his second Tommy John surgery in March 2014, was activated after six rehab starts in the minors. He made his Royals debut, giving up four runs and four hits in 3 1-3 innings.

NOTES: Pirates catcher Francisco Cervelli left in the seventh with discomfort in his right wrist. He was expected to sit out today, with Chris Stewart starting to catch tonight’s starter, Gerrit Cole. Stewart regularly catches when Cole pitches. … Cole looks for his major leagueleading 14th victory tonight.

He is 8-1 with a 2.23 ERA in his past 10 starts. … The Royals’ Jason Vargas will come off the disabled list and make his first start since June 8.

Mercer could miss six weeks Continued from Page 11 Third baseman Josh Harrison went on the disabled list July 7 with a torn left thumb ligament and is expected to miss seven weeks.

“Yeah, it’s a challenge,” manager Clint Hurdle said before Monday night’s game at Kansas City. “The beautiful thing about this game is no other team really cares. So we’re going to play on, opportunities to bring next man up or put a new man in.

That’s what we’ll continue to do.”

The Pirates are four games behind St. Louis in the NL Central.

Jung Ho Kang replaced Mercer on Sunday and will likely take over in the interim. He started at shortstop against the Royals after making 23 starts at third base.

Sean Rodriguez started at third for the first time this season.

Mercer was taken back to Pittsburgh on Sunday night and evaluated by team doctors. They recommended rest and rehabilitation, but no surgery.

“I actually think from what has happened we caught a break,” Hurdle said.

The Pirates promoted infielder Brent Morel from Triple-A Indianapolis and transferred first baseman Corey Hart to the 60-day DL. Mercer was batting .192 at the end of May but hit .304 in June to raise his average to .242 before the injury.

“If you got my mail, he should have been out of the lineup a long time ago,” Hurdle said. “Then he got hot and now everyone wants him in. And now we’re throwing our hands up in the air and we can’t play without him.”

“There’s never a good time to lose a player for a month for the player’s sake. What I think this will do in a lot of different cases will show the value of what Jordy does on a daily basis that goes under the radar that is taken for granted or not made aware of,” he said. “He’s a big part of that infield glue. We’re going to give an opportunity for a different cast of characters to get involved.”

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TOURNAMENT ACTION INDIANA FIRST BASEMAN Ben Ryan pulled in a throw and retired a Mount Union baserunner during a loss in 9- and 10-year-old section tournament action at the Homer City Little League fields on Monday.

The tournament continues through Thursday, with the champion advancing to state competition.

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Beasley returns to U.S. team

By RONALD BLUM

In his second season with Major League Soccerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Houston Dynamo, he AP Sports Writer had hoped to get away for a day to visit BALTIMORE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; DaMarcus Beasley one of the Beasley National Soccer was content with his December deci- Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s camps in Indiana, Ohio or sion to retire from the U.S. national soc- Michigan. Instead, he reported for the cer team. knockout rounds after Klinsâ&#x20AC;&#x153;I have a 16-month-old mann added him to the roster daughter now, Lia, and I wanted along with forward Alan Gordon to watch her grow,â&#x20AC;? the 33-yearand midfielder Joe Corona. old defender said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I had went Beasley used FaceTime on the to that January camp, if I wouldbus back from the practice field nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have retired, I would have Friday to keep in touch with missed her first steps. And those some of his campers. are things that I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to â&#x20AC;&#x153;I asked them who they wantmiss.â&#x20AC;? ed to see that was on the bus,â&#x20AC;? he Now heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s back with the Ameriexplained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously, Michael cans, who play Jamaica on Bradley. They want to see Clint DaMARCUS Wednesday in Atlanta for a berth Dempsey. They want to see Kyle BEASLEY in the CONCACAF Gold Cup Beckerman. They love the Rasta final. U.S. coach Jurgen Klinshair. They got on FaceTime and mann called him last month, when the talked to the kids.â&#x20AC;?

U.S. was in Europe for exhibitions at the Born in Fort Wayne, Ind., Beasley won Netherlands and Germany. the Silver Ball as the U.S. finished fourth â&#x20AC;&#x153;He left me voice mail. I figured it was at the 1999 FIFA Under-17 World Chamjust about, how you doing? Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going pionship, where Landon Donovan was on?â&#x20AC;? Beasley said one afternoon at the selected top player. He made his nationteam hotel in Baltimore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think I al team debut and went on to score 17 would ever receive that call, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a call goals in 121 international appearances that definitely was exciting.â&#x20AC;? and become the first American to play

in four World Cups.

At the club level, he was the first American to reach the European Champions League semifinals, with PSV Eindhoven against AC Milan in 2005. â&#x20AC;&#x153;DaMarcus has been on the national team forever, and as soon as he walks in the room demands instant respect,â&#x20AC;? goalkeeper Brad Guzan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All the boys, they love when heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in, obviously.â&#x20AC;?

Beasley won Gold Cup titles in 2002, â&#x20AC;&#x2122;05, â&#x20AC;&#x2122;07 and â&#x20AC;&#x2122;13 and is hoping to add a fifth this week. He did not play in Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 6-0 rout of Cuba because of a calf injury.

A speedy midfielder for most of his career, Beasley had not played left back for the national team in four years before he was inserted there by Klinsmann for the Snow Clasico World Cup qualifier against Costa Rica in March 2013.

If Beasley starts at left back in the Gold Cup, Klinsmann could shift Fabian Johnson to right back or move Johnson to midfield. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The last like probably four years, I played every game like it was my last,â&#x20AC;?

Beasley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The way I train, the way I go about the games, my whole mindset is that I play every one like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my last.â&#x20AC;?

Johnson earns British Open title Continued from Page 11 Starting the final round three shots behind, he shot 31 on the back nine and took the lead with his seventh birdie of the round on No. 12. It looked as though his hopes were slipping away when his right foot spun out on his second shot at the 17th that led to bogey.

But with the most significant shot of the tournament, Johnson holed a 30foot birdie putt on No. 18 for a 6-under 66 and was the first to post at 15-under 273.

Leishman, who lost the lead with a bogey on the 16th hole, had a birdie putt on the 18th to win that stayed left. He shot 66. Oosthuizen saved par on the 17th with a 10-foot putt and made a 5foot birdie on the final hole for a 69 to join the playoff.

Johnson opened with two quick birdies, kept a one-shot lead in the playoff when Oosthuizen missed a 5-foot par putt on the 17th hole and won the Open when the South African â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the last player to lift the jug at St. Andrews in

2010 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; narrowly missed a 12-foot birdie attempt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m grateful. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m humbled. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m honored,â&#x20AC;? Johnson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the birthplace of the game, and that jug means so much in sports.â&#x20AC;?

He knew Oosthuizen or Leishman easily could have won. And he felt the same about Spieth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t describe the magnitude as to what he was going through because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never been in that position,â&#x20AC;? Johnson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really seen that with the exception of Tiger. Truthfully, he could be hitting here. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a phenomenal talent,â&#x20AC;? Johnson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m telling you right now, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a better person than a golfer.â&#x20AC;?

Golf hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen such a player since the days of Tigermania. And thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no reason to believe that Spieth canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t continue to contend â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and win â&#x20AC;&#x201D; major titles for a long time to come. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very pleased with the way I played,â&#x20AC;? Spieth said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the way that I played this week and especially

today would have won the U.S. Open by more than just a shot. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play as well there. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the kind of golf that was played by the field this week, it just took some special golf. Whoever comes out the champion, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a hell of a major.â&#x20AC;?

In other words, Spieth didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lose the tournament. Someone else simply came along to beat him.

Spieth will take that attitude to Whistling Straits, the third straight links-style course among the yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s majors. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be favored there again, with a chance to join some elite company as a winner of three majors in one year.

No sense thinking too much about what might have happened. No need to think about how close he came to be playing in Wisconsin for golf immortality. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a tough feeling to be that close in a major,â&#x20AC;? Spieth said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have plenty of opportunities like I did today but, still, when it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work out itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tough to swallow a little bit.â&#x20AC;?

Surfer recounts close call Continued from Page 11 to Johannesburg, a woman sitting beside him pointed to the report in a newspaper and asked if the story was about him. Then he got emotional again.

He said he felt so â&#x20AC;&#x153;insignificantâ&#x20AC;? compared with the size and speed of the shark, but didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hold any grudges against the apex predator because he knew â&#x20AC;&#x153;we are in their domain.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thanks for not eating me,â&#x20AC;? he said, joking about his interaction with the shark.

Fanning said he could sense the shark looming behind him and then turned to see it just as contact was made. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s see what happens.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Like anything, you want to go down fighting,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know why it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bite. I was on top of it, trying to put my board between

us. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was just flight or fight. I just ran on instinct. Once my board was gone, I thought that was it. I was just waiting for it to come and take a leg or two. I guess Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m lucky it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t my time.â&#x20AC;?

Fanning said he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know when, but he definitely planned to return to surfing, and to JBay, an area he considers among the three most beautiful places in the world.

Wilson, who lives on the Sunshine Coast, further up the Queensland state coastline from where Fanning lives, has been nominated for a bravery award by the state premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.

Fanning agreed Wilsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support, and the quick reaction of the rescue boats and jet skis, helped him out of danger. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He just gave all regard up

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BLAIRSVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; In what was the regular-season finale for both teams, Blairsville plated three runs in each of the fourth and sixth innings to rout West Lebanon, 8-1, in an Indiana County League baseball game Monday at One River Field.

The Colts were clinging to a 2-0 lead when they scored three runs on two hits and two walks in the top of the fourth to make the score 5-0.

Blairsville then used three hits and three walks in the sixth to score three runs, which stretched its lead to 8-0.

Jordan Truscott led the Colts by going 2-for-2 with a triple and two RBIs. Ty Ferlin singled twice and drove in two runs.

Winning pitcher Andrew Iezzi struck out three, walked three and surrendered five hits and no runs in five innings.

Eric Steininger went 2for-4 to pace West Lebanon.

Both teams received first-round byes in the playoffs, which begin Wednesday.

West Lebanon (10-13-1) locked down the No. 3 seed, and Blairsville (16-6) nabbed the No. 2 seed.

Area golfers tied in tourney EXPORT â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jon Mills, Matt Holuta and Will Wears each finished the opening round of the 111th annual West Penn Open Championship in a tie for 30th place Monday at Westmoreland Country Club.

Mills and Holuta, of Indiana, and Wears, of Ligonier, each carded 74s to finish the opening round of the three-day tournament in a nine-way tie.

Robert McClellan, of Butler, leads with a 66, and three others broke 70.

Potter fires hole-in-one SPRING CHURCH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Brian Potter, of Leechburg, scored a hole-inone at The Links at Spring Church on Friday.

Potter used a gap wedge to ace No. 4, which was playing at 110 yards.

INDIANA COUNTY LEAGUE STANDINGS W L T Pts. Bovard 19 2 1 39 Blairsville 16 6 0 30 West Lebanon 10 13 1 21 New Derry 9 14 0 18 Apollo 3 21 0 6 2 points for a win, 1 for a tie, 0 for a loss

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The Indiana Gazette

Tuesday, July 21, 2015 — Page 15

Sometimes it’s tough to get out

BRIEFS

By The Indiana Gazette

Bass tournament to be held Aug. 2 NORTHERN CAMBRIA — The Cambria Bass Club will hold an open buddy bass tournament on Sunday, Aug. 2, at Glendale Lake.

For information, call Kevin at (814) 247-6106.

Keystone club to hold shoots ATWOOD — The Keystone Sportsmen Club will hold 3D archery shoots on the following Sundays: Aug. 23 and Sept. 13.

The Sept. 13 shoot is a “Hunt of a Lifetime” shoot.

Registration for each shoot is 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

For information, contact Kathy Morgan at (724) 3978491.

ZEKE WILSON

Youth field day slated at club BLACK LICK — The Indiana County Sportsmen for Youth will hold its annual Youth Field Day on Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Burrell Township Rod and Gun Club.

The event is free and open to children ages 8 to 16.

Registration forms are available at www.icsfy.4t. com. To register by phone, call (724)354-2635 or (724) 463-0822.

Blackleggs group sets meetings YOUNG TOWNSHIP — The Blackleggs Trout Nursery and Watershed Association holds its regular monthly meeting the first Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Saltsburg Sportsman Club.

For information, contact Art Grguric at (724) 972-8675 or Jon Neese at (724) 9101947.

Indoor league opens season CLYMER — R.C. Indoor Archery kicked off its eightweek summer league over the weekend.

Cody Morgan topped the field with a 253.

He was followed by Jared Mason at 252, Frank Hedegus at 249, Colin Krevel and Ryan Hopkins at 248, Keven Leasure at 245, Adam Hauzie at 242, John Miller at 240, Rick Gray at 235 and Chris Hickok at 230.

Action shoots slated at club Cowboy Action Shoots will be held at the Indiana County Bow and Gun Club on July 26, Aug. 23, Sept. 27 and Oct. 11.

Registration will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. followed by a mandatory safety meeting.

The entry fee is $15. Shooters under 16 years of age must be accompanied by a parent.

No shooters under 12 are allowed.

Single Action Shooting Society rules apply.

Appropriate dress of the late 1800s is required.

For information, call (724) 479-8838 or (724) 349-8847 or visit www.stewartsregula tors.com.

Between the heat and threats. Developing an heavy rain, it has been understanding of the water complicated to enjoy the and woods through outdoors. hands-on experience is On Sunday, I spotted an paramount as the shift to angler spraying down with technology continues. bug spray as he prepared to Archery practice and plant fish an unstocked trout identification are courses stream. Mornings are often seldom covered in school best at this time of year and anymore, but those classes after the first hour it is are common at summer almost foolish to fish. That camps. Outdoor education information is never can easily happen in known until after the the backyard, and waters are probed practice sessions much past what with the .22 during often is prime time. If the dog days of not working the summer should have shoreline from a the squirrels boat, casting or tumbling during the finding a spot to cast youth hunt. from bank becomes • Dove and goose troublesome with all season comes in the the vegetation. blink of an eye. The Fishing holes are scramble I faced last popular at this time year seeking a federal of year for both duck stamp can now swimming and be avoided by angling, making the Zeke Wilson purchasing it with covers the early morning also your hunting license. outdoors for more appealing.

• Although Undergrowth is as The Indiana ammunition has Gazette. dense as it will get, become more readily Email: sports@ available, it still can and traversing the indiana terrain outside of be elusive as the gazette.net mature timber can autumn approaches. be a real chore. Those Arrows also should who walk pipelines and right be purchased sooner rather of ways for utilities often find than later as archers begin to themselves plowing through dig their deer targets and a sea of green. Insects, blocks out of the garage. poison ivy and snakes are Uncasing a bow from reasons to stay away from November often can reveal the thick stuff of summer. the need for a new string or • With school still out, peep tube as well. scheduling a hunter safety A healthy groundhog course now for a young population keeps my hunter will ensure they are rangefinder and release in enrolled. A scramble often use and provides a much occurs with the antlerless more realistic shooter applications, although often situation. While nearly every one must simply sit and wait arrow I’ve fired this season for a course to come about. would kill an elk, it bolsters The Pennsylvania Game confidence when an arrow Commission works hard to hits the mark. offer an assortment of • My travels lately have hunter safety courses, yet it been limited and I have yet is all but impossible to to see a flock of young please everyone. turkeys. Small rabbits, • A host of camps and however, appear to be schools occur during the everywhere, with squirrels summer to help foster the also quite prevalent. next generation of stewards Groundhogs are plentiful of the environment. Those and can quickly provide a who spend every spare good shooting session. moment in the outdoors are Safety should always be often the best to recognize discussed and upheld when potential problems or shooting either bow or gun.

A NICE rainbow trout fell for a Woolly Bugger.

JEFF KNAPP

Summer rain serves trout streams well

By JEFF KNAPP

sports@indianagazette.net

Armstrong County’s Buffalo Creek had a strong flow and slight color as I recently crossed it at Craigsville, near the lower end of the stream’s Delayed Harvest-Artificial Lures Only project. For the second summer in a row the glut of summer rain has served the trout streams of the area well.

A few minutes later I was geared up and hiking along the creek to a series of pools I’ve come to know fairly well over the years. The faint path — well-worn a couple months ago — had grown in with the season’s vegetation.

Easing into the first pool I felt the refreshing coolness of the water transmitted through my lightweight waders. Before making the first cast I submerged my stream thermometer below the surface for a half-minute or so: 59 degrees, and at noontime on a hot summer day. Typically Buffalo Creek would be up in the 70-degree range by now and getting marginal as trout water.

Certain stream conditions lend themselves to specific tactics. When the water is up a bit and somewhat cloudy it’s a perfect time to fish a streamer pattern. That was my line of thinking as I knotted an olive bead-head Woolly Bugger to the end of the 4X tippet.

With the fly secured I started making cross-stream casts, allowing the fly to dead drift, making slight line mends as needed to keep the drift at a pace to match the current. The 9-foot 5-weight fly rod, coupled with an 8foot leader, helped keep excess fly line off the water.

Within a few casts a spirited rainbow trout nailed the fly at the end of the drift, just as the line started to straighten out and the fly rise up, a common occurrence when fishing a Woolly Bugger in this manner.

The next couple hours pro-

vided consistent action.

Most every good-looking pool, run and riffle provided a strike, most of which resulted in a hooked trout, either rainbow or brown. Though not wild trout, these fish had been in the stream from two to four months now and didn’t exhibit the naive nature of freshly stocked fish.

Few spots produced a second fish after the turmoil of catching the first one, though I felt confident more were there. It was great sport, something few anglers take advantage of once June arrives and the visits from the stocking trucks cease.

Here are a few thoughts on fishing a Woolly Bugger, a pattern most fly anglers carry with them.

The Woolly Bugger can be fished in a variety of ways.

“Swinging” it, as described earlier, is a classic method.

The line remains fairly tight and fish takes are easily felt.

It’s a nice, relaxing way of fishing. But it can also be fished with sharp rod twitches and/or line pulls, something that adds action to the fly and suggests a live minnow. Or you can fish it upstream, like a nymph.

Though the Woolly Bugger can be fashioned on hooks of various sizes, a number 10 hook is ideal for the streams of western and central Pennsylvania. Olive, brown, black, white and chartreuse are classic colors. Pink and salmon (kind of an “orangish” pink) are effective on native brook trout.

The Woolly Bugger is a fairly easy fly to tie and a great pattern for a beginning flytier to start with. Adding a bead head provides more weight to the fly, which is usually a good thing. And it helps keep the tier from crowding the head with thread, a common mistake when first learning the craft.

Additional weight can be added by applying a layer of lead (or leadfree) wire wrap to the hook shank before the body materials.

HUNTER EDUCATION COURSE A Hunter-Trapper education course will be held at the following site. Prior to attending a class, participants must complete an online independent study, which will take approximately four hours. To register for classes and to access the online training log, visit www.pgc.state.pa.us.

• Where — Marion Center Park Hall When — Saturday, Aug. 29, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Contact — John O’Hara, (724) 238-9523 Location — 22823 Route 403 North, Marion Center Summer sports hours: 8 to 11 p.m. seven nights a week

THE WOOLLY BUGGER is a fairly easy fly to tie and a great pattern for a beginning fly-tier to start with.

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Family

Page 16 — Tuesday, July 21, 2015

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MARY HUNT

Celebrating a birthday Saturday was: • Sharon Hauser, Indiana TOM PEEL/Gazette

DISTRICT GOVERNOR Matthew Dowling, left, spoke to members of the Indiana Midday Rotary at their recent meeting at St. Andrew’s Village. During the meeting, Gail McCauley was presented a plaque for serving 25 years as secretary of the organization.

COMING EVENTS REUNION: The annual Empfield family reunion will be held Sunday at the North Shore Pavilion of Yellow Creek State Park.

A picnic lunch will be held at 1 p.m. Bring a covered dish or dessert to share.

MEETING: The Herb Study Group of Indiana County will hold its annual picnic at Blue Spruce Park, Pavilion 2, at 6 p.m. on July 28. Bring your own place setting and an herbal casserole dish to share.

REUNION: The Lezanic reunion will be held Aug. 16 at Blue Spruce Park, Pavilion 3.

Arrival time is 12:30 p.m. and lunch will be at 1 p.m. Bring a covered dish to share, drinks, a $5 wrapped auction gift and wrapped bingo gifts.

Chicken, dinner rolls, coffee, paper products and silverware will be provided. For questions, call Deb at (724) 349-1306.

REUNION: The annual Blazavich reunion will be held Aug. 1. Descendants of Alex and Mary (Pluto) Blazavich will meet at the Keystone Sportsman Club in Atwood, near Keystone Dam,

Route 210 and Five Points.

Doors will open at noon and lunch will be at 1 p.m.

Chicken, drinks, paper products and plastic ware will be provided.

Bring a covered dish or dessert to share. There will be a basket raffle as well as the auction. Bring your wrapped item, valued at $10-$15, for the auction, a gift basket of your choice, or both. Fishing under adult supervision will be available. The bouncy house will be available for the kids and the cornhole tournament will be for everyone. There will be door prizes. For more information, call Barb at (724) 3972891.

REUNION: A reunion for the descendants of Bennett and Mary Bell Warden Van Horn will be held at 1 p.m. Aug. 2 in Pavilion 1A at Blue Spruce Park.

Bring a covered dish and a homemade item for the silent auction. Plates, utensils and drinks will be provided. For more information, call Rick at (724) 349-1565.

DINNER: A grilled chicken and halushki dinner will begin at 11 a.m. Aug. 1 in the

parking lot of St. Anne’s Byzantine Catholic Church, 360 Franklin St., Clymer. The dinner will be takeout only.

The cost is $10. The meal is served with baked beans, roll and dessert. All are welcome.

REUNION: The Marion Center High School Class of 1965 will hold its 50th Class Reunion Aug. 1 at the Rustic Lodge, Indiana.

MEETING: The Brush Valley Lutheran Cemetery Association will hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, at the Brush Valley Chapel.

Lot holders and family members are encouraged to attend this meeting.

REUNION: Descendants of the late Joseph and Nettie J. Shank will hold the 20th annual Shank reunion Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Mack Park Pavilion, South Sixth Street, White Township. Those attending are asked to bring a picnic lunch. The meal will be served around noon.

Family members and friends are encouraged to attend and are asked to bring a covered dish and soft drinks. Bring “re-gifting” items for the auction.

If you see these people today, be sure to wish them a happy birthday: • Peggy Risher, Indiana • Betty Scott, Wilgus • Karen Semetkoskey, Indiana • Ashley Pardee Stare, Missouri • Bobbi Jo Walker, Indiana The Gazette would like to wish you a “Happy Birthday!”

To have a name added to the list, call (724) 465-5555, ext.

265.

If you leave a message, be sure to spell out the first and last name of the person celebrating their special day and remember to tell us the day and the town where they live.

Messages left with incomplete information will not be run on the list.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES • Submissions may be mailed to The Indiana Gazette, 899 Water St., Indiana, PA 15701; faxed to (724) 465-8267; or emailed to family@indianagazette.net.

For more information, call (724) 465-5555, ext. 265, or visit http://bit.ly/IGsubmissionguidelines • For coming events, reunion and anniversary announcements, items must be submitted at least one week prior to the requested date of publication. Information is run in the order received.

• All submissions must be typed and must include a daytime phone number. The Gazette will not accept handwritten submissions.

• All submissions are subject to editing for space and content.

• Wedding anniversaries are accepted beginning with the 25th and in increments of 5 years thereafter until the 40th, after which they may be submitted annually.

• Only first and second baby birthdays will be accepted.

• High school reunions are accepted starting with the 25th and in increments of 5 years thereafter.

• For baby birthdays and for births, if the child’s parents have different last names, signatures of both parents must be provided.

• Birthday/card shower announcements for those 80 years old and older will be published.

• All those submitting baby birthdays, births and engagements may receive a call confirming the submission.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Did you know volunteer work is real work? Volunteer service can enhance a résumé.

Not looking for employment? Retired? Looking to change career fields? Want to give back to your community? Or just love volunteering?

Indiana County has numerous opportunities for adults to volunteer.

Where does your interest lie?

ANIMALS • Four Footed Friends can use your help with animal care, walking dogs and as a foster parent. (724) 349-1144 • Indiana County Humane Society is looking for volunteers to bathe, groom and walk the animals. (724) 465-7387/3977

CLERICAL • American Red Cross needs help with front desk/clerical support. For more information, call (724) 4655678.

• Community Guidance Center needs volunteers to file and do data entry. Contact Kerry Ray at (724) 4655576, ext. 128.

• Four Footed Friends is looking for a volunteer receptionist. (724) 3491144 • Indiana County Community Action Program (ICCAP) needs volunteers to answer the phones, type and do filing. (724) 465-2657 or (724) 2489555 • Indiana County Humane Society can use assistance with filing, mailing and answering the phone. (724) 465-7387/3977

DISASTER ASSISTANCE The American Red Cross is looking for volunteers for the Disaster Action Team Health and for safety instructors. (724) 465-5678

EDUCATION • ARIN has a need for tutors to work with adults to improve basic math and reading skills in preparation for the GED. Also, tutors are needed for the English as a Second Language Program. (724) 463-5300, ext. 2329 • Indiana Free Library needs volunteers to reshelve books from 3-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Contact John Swanson at (724) 465-8841.

• Torrance State Hospital needs a library aide, GED and literacy tutors and computer tutors. Contact Donnalee Fleming at (724) 459-4464.

• Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana County is looking for a library volunteer. Contact Roberta

Ryan at (724) 463-9600.

MEDICAL/SOCIAL WORK/ CHILD CARE • accessAbilities Inc. is looking for volunteers who can provide companionship for their consumers by making crafts, playing cards or board games, reading or doing small home repairs. (724) 465-6042 • Aging Services Inc. is looking for volunteers who can help with group activities such as crafts, reading, music and card games; and provide friendly one-on-one visits. Contact Jim McQuown at (724) 349-4500.

• Alice Paul House is seeking volunteers to provide crisis intervention and counseling to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, juvenile offenders, and other crime. By completing a training course in paraprofessional crisis intervention counseling, volunteers will be able to assist and empower individuals in crisis first hand by answering the crisis hotline and interacting with shelter residents and clients. For more information, contact Whitney Mottorn at (724) 349-5744.

• Aging Services Inc. is looking for ombudsman volunteers. If you have two hours of free time a month to help ensure the quality of life and care of long-term care residents, they need you. Call (724) 349-4500 for more information.

• Aging Services Inc. is looking for APPRISE volunteers to assist older adults with services and information on health insurance benefits, Medicare and Medicaid eligibility, claims filing, benefits counseling, telephone assistance, consumer protection, referral to other resources, and advocacy. Call (724) 349-4500.

• Communities at Indian Haven needs volunteers to assist residents in wheelchairs, assist residents with activities and religious services; bring appropriate pets to visit, share craft ideas/skills and join the adopt-agrandparent program. (724) 4653900 • Indiana County Community Action Program needs mentors and child care providers at its shelters.

(724) 465-2657 or (724) 248-9555 • The St. Vincent de Paul Society needs volunteers for its “Adopt an Elder” program, who will share at least 30 minutes of their time per month to visit an elderly person in a local nursing home or personal care home. Ongoing commitment is needed.

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Chuck Spadafora at (724) 801-6029.

• Big Hearts Little Hands Mentoring Program, a program of the YMCA of Indiana County, is in need of positive, caring adults to provide guidance, care and emotional support to one of Indiana County’s youth in need. Those interested must be 18 years of age or older to be a Big. For more information, call (724) 463-9622

VNA • VNA Family Hospice needs volunteers to assist with grief support and companionship for patients and their families, respite relief, running errands for families and other activities. Contact Mary Edith Cicola at (724) 463-8711.

• CareNet, a service of the Visiting Nurse Association, is looking for volunteers to provide friendly visits, transportation or shopping assistance to the elderly and disabled in the community. Those interested may contact Lisa Davis, volunteer coordinator, at (724) 463-6340.

• Hopeful Hearts, a service of VNA family hospice, needs peer support group facilitators, family greeters and food servers. Contact Diane Giever at (724) 349-3888.

OUTDOORS • Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana County is looking for building and grounds volunteers to help with upkeep and janitorial tasks.

Contact Roberta Ryan at (724) 4639600.

• Evergreen Conservancy is looking for volunteer board members and environmental educators to teach children at the Tanoma AMD Wetlands outdoor classroom and other locations; and water monitors to install water probes in streams, download data from data loggers, help with maintenance of data loggers and obtain water samples for testing.

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WEB/TECH • Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana County could use an experienced IT volunteer. For details, contact Roberta Ryan at (724) 463-9600.

OTHER • Indiana County Community Action Program (ICCAP) can use your assistance in the food warehouse. For details, call (724) 465-2657 or (724) 248-9555.

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• Evergreen Conservancy is looking for volunteer board members who will attend board meetings the first Thursday of every other month and committee meetings (the opposite month), and work with their accounts to track day to day expenditures and revenues, chair the finance committee, etc.

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• The St. Vincent de Paul Society is looking for volunteers to work in its Thrift Store, helping to organize and display donated items, customer services and cashier duties. Must be able to work a minimum of three hours per week, can be flexible. For more information, contact Nick Kolb at (724) 465-2440.

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• Four Footed Friends needs special event volunteers. Call (724) 3491144 for details.

• ICCAP can use help with Care and Share Day and other special events.

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• Indiana County Humane Society is looking for volunteers to assist with the county fair, school presentations and fundraising. Call (724) 4657387/3977 for details.

• Historical & Genealogical Society needs a collections assistant and special events volunteer. Contact Roberta Ryan at (724) 463-9600.

• Torrance State Hospital needs assistance for special events (picnic, auction, holiday events) through the year. Contact Donnalee Fleming at (724) 459-4464.

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The Indiana Gazette

Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert divorce after 4 years

By The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After years of tabloid gossip claiming marital troubles, country music’s top couple Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert announced their divorce after four years of marriage.

The news was confirmed in

a statement by the couple to The Associated Press, issued by their representatives Monday.

“This is not the future we envisioned,” the former couple said in the statement.

“And it is with heavy hearts that we move forward separately. We are real people, with real lives, with real fami-

PEOPLE lies, friends and colleagues.

Therefore, we kindly ask for privacy and compassion concerning this very personal matter.”

The two multiplatinum stars came together just as

their careers were hitting their peak, but the couple had to constantly deny rumors that their superstar careers were taking a toll on their marriage. Although sometimes they joked about competing against each other for awards, publicly they were constantly championing each other’s success-

es and there were no obvious signs of trouble when the couple appeared at the Academy of Country Music Awards together in April. ❏❏❏ LOS ANGELES — The Screen Actors Guild is recognizing Carol Burnett for her six decades in entertainment.

The actors’ union announced Monday that Burnett will receive its 52nd Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual SAG Awards in January.

Union President Ken Howard said the 82-year-old entertainer is “a creative dynamo and a comedic genius.”

Hospital worker violated law by reading husband’s records

DEAR ABBY

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

DEAR ABBY: “Concerned in Massachusetts” (Feb. 20) used her status as a hospital employee to access her husband’s medical records and found a history of STDs. I’m a registered nurse with 40 years’ experience.

Every health care organization I know of teaches all their employees about HIPAA violations and that accessing private patient medical information is a criminal offense. It is essential that patients know they can trust us to protect their privacy. We have specific policies against using one’s employee status to access a relative’s medical information.

“Concerned” is lucky she still has a job.

At my institution, she would be terminated for violating organizational policy and federal law. She wouldn’t have to worry about how to broach the subject with her husband; she’d be explaining why she was fired. He may not be a saint, but neither is she. Her actions were unacceptable and reflect a clear lack of in-

tegrity and honesty. — SAFEGUARDING THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY DEAR SAFEGUARDING: Thank you for your informed response. You are not the only reader who was appalled at what “Concerned” had done. Read on: DEAR ABBY: Like “Concerned’s” husband, I, too, am labeled as high risk for STDs based on a medical survey I completed, although I have had a monogamous 30-year marriage and do not do drugs of any kind.

In that survey, they asked how many partners I had in my lifetime. Those few other partners were before I met my wife.

“Concerned” indicated that her husband had been treated twice for STDs “some years back.”

What does that mean? Were they married then? If not, is he labeled high risk due to his previous behavior? Perhaps there is something deeper in the relationship that needs addressing — such

as why there are weeks between sexual contact with her husband.

It’s ironic that she’s bent out of shape over infidelity concerns, but thinks it acceptable to betray the privacy and ethics rules governing medical professionals.

— VINCENT IN WEST VIRGINIA DEAR ABBY: “Young at Heart in Texas” (Feb. 9) could have written my story. I am also a 70-year-old man who is sexually dysfunctional. I, too, was lonely, having outlived two of my brides. However, I did find someone who appreciates holding hands and whispering sweet words without more physical contact.

Abby, you said: “Not only do I think you can (find companionship), I suspect you may need police protection to control the crowd of applicants.

Years ago, my aunt, the late Ann Landers, polled her female readers asking if they would prefer ‘holding and cuddling’ to actually doing ‘the deed.’ The majority

of them answered in the affirmative.”

My first wife died of a heart attack after 30 years of marriage. My second wife died after eight years of marriage, of kidney cancer.

At 71, I married my third wife, a wonderful woman just as you both describe.

She was my next-door neighbor.

We have been married three years and nine months. (The Bible says, “Love thy neighbor,” so I married her!) We also enjoy cuddling, even without doing “the deed.”

So I say to “Young at Heart in Texas”: Yes, you can find a woman such as you and Abby describe. And when you do, I suggest you rub her back often. Women love it! — YOUNG AT HEART IN COLORADO DEAR YOUNG AT HEART: I’m glad your story had a happy ending, and I’m crossing my fingers that “Young at Heart’s” will, too. Thanks for writing to encourage him.

TODAY IN HISTORY

By The Associated Press

Today is Tuesday, July 21, the 202nd day of 2015. There are 163 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On July 21, 1925, the socalled “Monkey Trial” ended in Dayton, Tenn., with John T. Scopes found guilty of violating state law for teaching Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. (The conviction was later overturned on a technicality.)

On this date: In 1773, Pope Clement XIV issued an order suppressing the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits. (The Society was restored by Pope Pius VII in 1814.)

In 1861, during the Civil War, the first Battle of Bull Run was fought at Manassas, Va., resulting in a Confederate victory.

In 1930, President Herbert Hoover signed an executive order establishing the Veterans Administration (later the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs).

In 1944, American forces landed on Guam during World War II, capturing it from the Japanese some three weeks later. The Democratic national convention in Chicago nominated Sen. Harry S. Truman to be vice president.

In 1949, the U.S. Senate ratified the North Atlantic Treaty.

In 1955, during a summit in Geneva, President Dwight D. Eisenhower presented his “open skies” proposal under which the U.S. and the Soviet Union would trade information on each other’s military facilities and allow aerial reconnaisance. (The Soviets rejected the proposal.)

In 1959, the NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered merchant ship, was christened by first lady Mamie Eisenhower at Camden, N.J. In 1961, Capt. Virgil “Gus” Grissom became the second American to rocket into a sub-orbital pattern around the Earth, flying aboard the Liberty Bell 7.

In 1972, the Irish Republican Army carried out 22 bombings in Belfast, Northern Ireland, killing nine people and injuring 130 in what became known as “Bloody Friday.”

In 1973, Israeli agents in Lillehammer, Norway, killed Ahmed Bouchikhi, a Moroccan waiter, in a case of mistaken identity, apparently thinking he was an official with Black September, the group that attacked Israel’s delegation at the 1972 Munich Olympics and killed 11 athletes.

In 1980, draft registration began in the United States for 19- and 20-year-old men.

In 1990, a benefit concert took place in Germany at the

site of the fallen Berlin Wall; the concert, which drew some 200,000 people, was headlined by Roger Waters, a founder of Pink Floyd. (The concert ended with the collapse of a mock Berlin Wall made of styrofoam.)

Ten years ago: The House voted to extend the USA Patriot Act. Two weeks after the deadly London terror bombings, small explosions struck the Underground and a bus, but no deaths resulted. Two Algerian diplomats and their driver were abducted in Baghdad; al-Qaida later announced it had killed the diplomats. Sudanese security officers roughed up members of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s entourage; Rice demanded, and got, an apology.

Five years ago: A triumphant President Barack Obama signed into law the most sweeping overhaul of U.S. lending and high finance rules since the 1930s.

One year ago: President Barack Obama ordered employment protection for gay

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Today’s Birthdays: Singer Kay Starr is 93. Movie director Norman Jewison is 89.

Former Attorney General Janet Reno is 77. Actress Patricia Elliott is 73. Actor David Downing is 72. Actor Leigh Lawson is 72. Actor Wendell Burton is 68. Singer Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) is 67.

Cartoonist Garry Trudeau is 67. Actor Jamey Sheridan is 64. Rock singer-musician Eric Bazilian (The Hooters) is 62. Comedian Jon Lovitz is 58.

Actor Lance Guest is 55.

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North’s double was responsive, typically showing a decent hand with at least 4-4 in the minors.

Yesterday, South settled for four clubs; today, he chose four diamonds.

South has only three top losers: two spades and one club.

But the 4-1 trump split puts his contract in jeopardy.

Let’s suppose that the defenders cash their two spade tricks, then shift to hearts. (Yes, playing a third round of spades is good defense.) Declarer wins and starts to draw trumps, but when he sees the bad break, he must stop and drive out the club ace. (If he pulls all of the trumps, the defenders can cash spade tricks when in with the club ace.)

Now East must show control. He must not take the first club trick. He must take the second and note that his partner has signaled high-low with his doubleton.

Then East gives West a club ruff to defeat the contract.

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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

ASTROGRAPH ❂✵✪ ❂ Your Birthday WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2015

by Eugenia Last Quick adjustments will lead to success.

Being flexible will help you attract assistance. If you don’t feel satisfied with your current lifestyle, situation or profession, consider something you used to enjoy doing and incorporate it back into your life. It’s up to you to make suitable changes.

CANCER (June 21July 22) — Don’t hesitate to make a positive change.

There is always room for improvement if you are willing to do the work.

An unexpected source will offer valuable advice.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Your stress level will be lessened if you get involved in physical activity or tackle a challenge that takes your mind off your troubles.

Stewing over emotional issues will lead to a costly mistake.

VIRGO (Aug. 23Sept. 22) — Step into the spotlight and share your knowledge and plans, but be aware of someone who is jealous or feeling left out. Your inclusion of everyone will be what makes you popular.

LIBRA (Sept. 23Oct. 23) — If you have trouble making up your mind, don’t commit to anything.

It’s better to be sure than to make a promise you don’t want to keep. Weigh the pros and cons.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — Money is headed your way.

Don’t put yourself in harm’s way by associating with unscrupulous or overindulgent individuals. Spend little money and protect what you’ve got.

with government, bureaucracies or institutions will be frustrating.

Concentrate on selfimprovement programs instead.

Gather knowledge and plan your strategy. There is no room for error.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today’s emphasis is on financial matters.

Keep your money safe. If you can convince others to invest in your ideas, you will come out ahead. Love and romance are in the stars.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Dealing

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — Don’t act on impulse. An intriguing job prospect will have some unexpected detriments. Be sure you know what you are getting into before you give the go-ahead.

PISCES (Feb. 20March 20) — Don’t try to embellish or overstate your talents. You will do much better if you stick to the truth.

Problems will surface if you give the wrong impression.

ARIES (March 21April 19) — Family relations will be overly dramatic and upsetting. You are best off focusing on business matters and making more money.

Extra time put in at work will pay off.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) — Love is on the rise. A promising partnership will result from a social gathering or group activity. Get involved in community and industry events.

Collaborate with people you respect.

GEMINI (May 21June 20) — Consider the feelings of a loved one when you are using charm to impress an outsider.

What you consider harmless fun will have a sobering effect on a personal relationship.

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CDL School Bus/Van Drivers Needed:

DISPATCHER Phone and Computer Skills needed and must be able to work in a fast paced environment.

Apply at www.seeworld.biz or within 1321 Wayne Ave Indiana Pa 15701

MECHANIC Local Trucking Company in Indiana, PA looking for truck mechanic. Knowledge in CAT & Cummins Motors, Transmissions & Computer Skills. CDL a plus but not necessary.

Excellent hourly pay, Paid vacations and holidays, Health benefits. Please call 724-726-0500 Medical Office.

Full time clerical position available. experience preferred and rewarded.

Send cover letter, resume and names of 3 references to: Box 2895 c/o The Indiana Gazette P.O. Box 10, Indiana, PA 15701.

Member Service Representative

FOSTER families wanted who will open their hearts and homes to foster children of all ages. Compensation, support and in home training provided.

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Needed for Physicians’ office. Full time. Nice working condition and benefits. Send cover letter, resume and names of 3 references to: Box 2894 c/o The Indiana Gazette P.O. Box 10, Indiana, PA 15701.

Manf home laborer: roofing & siding exp. helpful, must be reliable. Start immediately.

(724) 354-2729

Needed at the Y. All shifts available.

Must be friendly and out-going, with basic computer knowledge. Apply in person at YMCA, 60 North Ben Franklin Road, Indiana PA.

Now Hiring Pizza Makers, Line Cooks & Dishwasher.

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NOW HIRING

CAD Operator/CNC Programmer Applicant must have: • 1 - 3 years of experience using Auto-Cad & Gibbs Cam Software (Experience using Gibbs or Mastercam cam preferred, other CAM software experience will be considered) • Ability to write macro programs to use on CNC machine tools • Proficient math skills and reasoning ability • Ability to communicate effectively and interact with other team members and leadership • Be willing to work overtime and travel (if needed) We offer competitive wages as well as a competitive benefit package. Wage based on experience and qualifications.

Please send resume to: hr@acmemw.com or

Acme Machine & Welding Co LLC PO Box 1099,Punxsutawney, PA 15767 EOE

Assistant Controller Supervise accounts receivable, accounts payable and associated transactions. Responsible for overseeing accounting procedures, internal controls (implementing, monitoring, enhancing), randomly audits work flow to assure that all accounting transactions are appropriately authorized, substantiates and justifies expenditures, supervises or prepares monthly journal entries, assists with preparation of financial statements, supervises or prepares general ledger reconciliations, assists in monthly closing process and assist with yearly audit preparation. Skills/Qualifications: knowledge of GAAP, FASB, accrual base accounting, organizational auditing, fixed asset accounting, strong supervisory and analytical skills. Must be detail-oriented, able to meet deadlines, possess confidentiality and have a wide knowledge base of different software systems and have strong computer usage experience. Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting is required with 5 years of relevant experience. Grant accounting experience preferred. Full benefit package offered. Send cover letter and resume to:

Goodwill Industries of the Conemaugh Valley, Inc., Attn: Human Resources 540 Central Ave., Johnstown, PA 15902 or jobs@goodwilljohnstown.org EOE

SpiritLife, Inc., a faithbased, non-denominational inpatient Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center located in Penn Run has several exciting employment opportunities for qualified healthcare and other professionals.

We are interviewing for the following positions: Counselor, Assistant Counselor, RN, LPN, Treatment Aide, Cook, Housekeeper, Maintenance Manager, Driver, Marketer, and Administrative Assistant. Successful candidates will have experience working in a human services environment, the ability to interact with people from all walks of life and diverse populations, excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, ability to problem solve and multi-task, strong initiative, and excellent follow through.

Interested applicants should send a cover letter and resume to VonZell Wade, SpiritLife, Inc. 170 Fr. Martin Telenson Lane, Penn Run, PA 15765-7336, or email the information to vwade@spiritlifeinc.org TANKER DRIVER NEEDED 3 years experience, Class A CDL, Hazmat, Tanker Endorsement.

Elkin Trucking (724) 354-3886 The Meadows Frozen Custard Now hiring morning shift.

Call Becky at (724) 463-1117 8am-10am.

AAA Quality Painting Services. Home repair.

No job too small! 35 years in business. GTM & Co. PA#41777.

(724) 349-6283

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Home weekends / mid week, some dedicated runs. Excellent Pay, Health benefits, Vacation and Holiday Pay. Call 724-726-0500

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Work Wanted

Handyman Services Carpentry, Painting, Deck Restoration, House & Garage clean outs, Pressure Washing, No job to small. (724) 388-6452

Remodeling Services

PA# 1621

AN HONEST & REPUTABLE CONTRACTOR SERVING THE AREA FOR 28 YEARS! 8147490584

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TREE MONKEYS

Professional Tree Service - Pruning and Removal - Stump Grinding

We Specialize In Hazardous Trees

Fully Insured

724-465-4083 PA059590

B.T. BRENDLINGER • Mobile Welding & Fabrication • Commercial/Agricultural • Lubrication Service • Preventative Maintenance • Corrective Maintenance 724.840.8622 benbrendlinger11@gmail.com

Machinery & Tools

HEAVY Duty Hein Werner Truck Trans. Diff.

Jack, $200. OTC 4 ton floor jack. $200. (724) 479-3267

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Household Goods

3 Glass top tables, (2) 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 BED - Brand new Queen Pillow Top mattress set, Never used , still in wrapper, asking $250 Call (814) 419-9556 BEDROOM SET: Cannonball, Queen size, 2 night stands, armoire, mirrored chest of drawers. $500 Call (724) 254-1651 BEDROOM SET: full size, white & gold, bed, 2 night stands, chest of drawers & mirrored chest of drawers. $150. (724) 254-1651 DINETTE SET: Table has glass top, metal frame & four matching chairs. $75. (724) 422-2838 DINING ROOM SET: buffet, china, table & 5 chairs, Fudel oak, hand carved. $1,200. (724) 254-1651

HAULING Need your unwanted items hauled away. Call 724-463-8254.

DINING ROOM SUITE: Table with 2 extra extension, 6 padded chairs, and buffet with lighted hutch, quality furniture, exc. cond, $475 obo. Call (724)422-7870

McClure Plaster Drywall Repair Since 1971 (724) 422-6975

EMERIL stainless steel, heavy 2 cooking pots, both for $25. Call (724) 541-2941between 9am 5pm.

PRO 1 PAVING Residential & Commercial Paving • Sealing Line Striping

724-694-8011 090

Antiques

ANTIQUE Lane chest, two-tone wood, needs refinished but beautiful. $50 (724) 354-5272 VINTAGE wood drafting table: adjustable drawing desk. $125.00 Call (724) 349-1289

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Fuel & Firewood

HARDWOOD: split & aged, 18” lengths. $200 cord. Call (724) 422-4923

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SERVICES

Hiring for the current school year. Bus / Van Drivers are needed to transport children to and from schools in Indiana / Armstrong counties.

Clean Motor Vehicle Record and Clean Criminal background req. Please contact Barker Inc. at (724) 548-8536 ext 111 or 127 for more information.

Help Wanted

In The Indiana Gazette Circulation Department.

Duties include data processing and customer service work, light dock work and newspaper delivery.

Must be available for various hours 7 days a week. Interested candidates may send resume or letter of interest to: The Indiana Gazette Circulation Dept., P.O. Box 10, Indiana, PA 15701 via e-mail: rseckar@indiana gazette.net Or stop at the Gazette for an application for employment.

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Building Supplies

CEMENT blocks: qty of 50, 50 cents each. Call (724) 422-4923 NEW black bundle of roofing shingles, $15.00 per bundle. Call (724) 354-2729 OLDER Solid wood cabinets with newer counter tops. Nice Shape. $100 (724) 422-0233

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Machinery & Tools

20’ aluminum extension ladder, very good condition. $75.

(724) 479-2189

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

St. Andrew’s Village is seeking additional full time and PRN OT therapists.

This position is responsible to provide and direct occupational therapy services to patients which primarily will be adult and/or geriatric. The goal of helping them reach their maximum performance potential. The licensed OT must be able to work independently with periodic (daily or less) support and directions. Basic knowledge of computers, typing abilities and willingness to utilize computers on a daily basis. Willingness to work with severely physically, emotionally and cognitively compromised patients.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: MS/OTD in Occupational Therapy or BS with equivalent work experience. Successful completion of State Certification Examination for Occupational Therapy. Assumes responsibility for ongoing continuing education and professional.

In return, St. Andrew’s Village provides competitive wage commensurate with experience and a health benefits package in addition to paid time off.

Please apply on-line at: www.standrewsvillage.org, then click on Join Our Team.

Questions may be directed to Melissa Townsend-Fisher, Human Resources Manager at 724-464-1600.

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FRENCH Provincial Davenport, chair gold, excellent condition. $200 Call (724) 465-7554 HARD Rock Maple Round table,with extension leaf, includes 4 chairs and matching buffet, excellent condition. $200 (724) 349-3383 HEADBOARDS: 1 white twin headboard, $45.

Two medium solid oak twin headboards, $200 for both. (724) 349-3452 OAK Frame Couch & Chair with removable cushions. $125. (724) 397-8124 ROCKING chair: white, outdoor, exc condition, $75. Cash only. No delivery. (724) 272-4760. Call between 8am-8pm Solid Cherry dining room set, wooden porch furniture,end table,formica table & chairs, Best Offer.

Call (804) 694-6962 TEMPLE STEWART Maple corner hutch with bevel glass doors & light in unit. Excellent condition, $200.

(724) 840-7756 WHISKEY Barrel game table: $175. Call (724) 254-1651 WHISKEY Barrel table with 4 chairs. $150. Call (724) 254-1651

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Appliances For Sale

OLDER REFRIGERATOR: good shape, very cold. $75 obo. Call (724) 762-0397 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. $20. Call (724) 422-1398

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Pets & Supplies For Sale

English/Shepherd mix puppies, very cute nice markings, ready july 18th, $300. Call (814) 749-8457 leave message

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Pets & Supplies For Sale

LUXURY Pet car seat, for dogs 20 lbs or less, new, $50. (814) 938-7726

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Sports Equipment For Sale

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Miscellaneous For Sale

VARIETY of 20 plus paper weights. All for $50 obo. (724) 471-7313

DOUBLE Bowl stainless steel sink. 22” X 43”, $60.

(724) 397-4370

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FRIGIDARE Humidifier, good condition, $50 Call (724) 465-8684

LIFESTYLE 1900 Treadmill, good condition. $75 Call (724) 465-8684

HARBOR Breeze ceiling fan/light, brushed nickle finish. $25.

(724) 726-5414

Bicycles For Sale

MICRO BIKE, 2 wheeler, great condition, $35 obo.

(724) 463-7048

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Miscellaneous For Sale

243 WINCHESTER model 70 with 4 power scope & sling. $700. Call (724) 397-2756 after 6pm.

A/C UNIT: 12,000 btu wih remote, excellent condition. $150. Call (412) 554-0517 BREADMAKER By Home Bakery, brand new in box, $50. (724) 549-5297 CHAIN link dog fence: approx 10x10, $5.00 Call (724) 422-4923 COBALT Blue formica counter tops, 20” x 8’9”, 26” X 8’9”, 24” X 53”. $75 for all. (724) 397-4370

LAWN FARM

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Farm Equipment For Sale

HAY crimper: $20.00 Call (724) 422-4923 NH 277 Hay baler with thrower. $1,400 (724) 254-2749 or leave message at (724) 254-4207

Miscellaneous For Sale

COOKIE Jar collections: over 300.

(724) 471-4785

GAZELLE Vitra exercisor, good condition. $40 Call (724) 465-8684

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OAK Year Book: Indiana State Teachers College, 1959, excellent condition, like new, $15. (724) 465-7430 OLD VICTORIAN food strainer, very good condition, $50.

(724) 459-8861 SCOTTS Elite Reel push mower , good condition, $40 Call (724) 465-8684 THREE (3) High back oak added dining room chairs, $40 ea. (724) 397-4370 TRAC Phone, new, Alcatel A3826, $50. (814) 938-7726

GARAGE

SALES

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Garage Sales

HOMER CITY: 102 Sycamore St. Thurs-7/23 & Fri-7/24, 8-? antiques, tools, houseware & crafts.

Computers & Accessories

2 SPEAKERS for a Dell computer, like new, $20.

(814) 938-7726 HP PCS Printer, $25.

(814) 938-7726

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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

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Parts & Accessories For Sale

BRAND New radiator for 97 Chevy venture, $75.

(724) 541-1425 TIRES: 4 used Bridgestone, P235/60R18, $15 each. (814) 938-7726

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Autos For Sale

2001 PONTIAC Aztek, AWD, 169K, runs great, new tires, new brakes, $2,500 firm. Phone (724) 762-3439 CHEAPIES 96 Grand Marquis $895 99 Cutlass $995 99 Town & Country $1550 Two Mustangs $2500 02 Quad Cab 4x4 $2900 03 Ram 4x4 $2900 Wertheimer’s Used Cars (724) 465-8421 PONTIAC Grand Prix, 2007, runs great, $4,000.

(724) 422-7430

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Trucks For Sale

73 F-100 Ford Pickup 75k miles, original wheels & mats, good shape. $4000. (724) 254-0805

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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.

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