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Who’s in the news There is good news today in The Indiana Gazette about these area people: Beverly Lydick, Karen Gamble, Karen Kois, Abbie Okopal, Matt Rebyansky, Mike Panchik.

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Inside SURPRISING SUCCESS: A Seattle restaurant has raised wages and told customers they don’t have to tip after the eatery decided to institute the city’s $15-an-hour minimum wage two years ahead of schedule./Page 3 ANXIOUS CITY: Just eight weeks away, Pope Francis’ visit to Philadelphia is producing scant information, rumors and anxiety./Page 5 SUCCESSOR NAMED: The Afghan Taliban today praised their new leader a day after he was appointed and the group confirmed the death of its previous leader./Page 7 DENTIST SOUGHT: Zimbabwe intends to seek the extradition of an American who killed a lion that was lured out of a national park./Page 7 MOVING ON: West Lebanon bested Blairsville to advance to the Indiana County League baseball championship series./Page 11

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CHARLIE PETERS and his mules traveled on Indian Springs Road near PennDOT headquarters Thursday on his way toward the Shelocta area.

Vietnam veteran takes trek to thank those who served

By JASON L. LEVAN

and Jerry, have been on the road since May 30, plodding along at 2 to 3 mph, about 20 miles a day, depending on the weather and terrain.

Peters, 70, who served in the Navy during the Vietnam War, was inspired to make the trek simply to find and thank as many military veterans as possible after someone four years ago thanked him for his service. It was the first time in 45 years that anyone had done so, he said.

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ou may have seen a large covered wagon pulled by two mules traveling — slowly — through Indiana on Thursday.

That was Charlie Peters, of Owosso, Mich., who is headed home after touring parts of Pennsylvania this summer in a large, modern-day wagon.

He and his pair of mules, Tom

Avian flu fears keep chickens from fair

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Deaths Obituaries on Page 4 FOLTZ, Allen Valgene ‘Tiny,’ 79, Indiana HELMAN, Dennis Floyd, 54, Indiana WOODRUFF, Joanne Esther (Spicher), 78, Marshall, Mo., formerly of Indiana Late death HARTMAN, Ronald E., 73, Indiana

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The 10 members of the Indiana County 4-H Poultry Club are busy preparing for the annual poultry showmanship competition at another Indiana County Fair.

The club members, ages 9 to 18, will be required to explain to judges the various parts and characteristics of the fowl they’ve been raising as their club projects.

But the club members face an extra challenge this summer: They’ll have to convince the judges they know their stuff while working with a stuffed bird.

There will be no live chickens this summer at the Indiana County Fair, or at any other stateapproved agriculture fair in Pennsylvania. Or at the 2016 Pennsylvania Farm Show.

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has canceled all avian competitions at agricultural fairs this summer, and at the Farm Show in January, to help prevent the spread of potentially catastrophic highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).

Avian influenza, also called “bird flu,” is caused by an influenza type-A virus. Wild birds, including ducks, swans and geese, Continued on Page 10

Wing part fuels hope of finding lost plane

By ANDREW MELDRUM and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press

SAINT-ANDRE, Reunion — Searchers scoured Reunion’s shoreline for debris and investigators prepared to load a wing fragment onto a plane bound for France today to learn whether the aircraft remnant could help unlock the mystery of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

It will take at least another day to learn whether the plane missing for 16 months crashed into the sea. Though several officials have expressed confidence that the debris found on the Frenchowned Indian Ocean island of Reunion is from a Boeing 777, authorities are planning to send the piece to southern France for analysis. The part could arrive Saturday morning, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office.

Officials, keenly aware that families of those on board Flight 370 are desperately Continued on Page 10

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THIS SINGLE comb clean tagged bantam placed first at last year’s Indiana County Fair.

Intel: ISIS remains as strong as ever

By KEN DILANIAN and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press

WASHINGTON — After billions of dollars spent and more than 10,000 extremist fighters killed, the Islamic State group is fundamentally no weaker than it was when the U.S.-led bombing campaign began a year ago, American intelligence agencies have concluded.

The military campaign has prevented Iraq’s collapse and put the Islamic State under increasing pressure in northern

Syria, particularly squeezing its selfproclaimed capital in Raqqa.

But intelligence analysts see the overall situation as a strategic stalemate: The Islamic State remains a well-funded extremist army able to replenish its ranks with foreign jihadis as quickly as the U.S. can eliminate them. Meanwhile, the group has expanded to other countries, including Libya, Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and Afghanistan.

The assessments by the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency and others

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“I didn’t think it would, but it affected me very deeply,” he said Thursday night by phone from McIntyre Farm off Route 422 near Shelocta, where he slept for the night.

On Wednesday, he stayed on the farm owned by Susan and Scott Stutzman in the Penn Run area.

Peters follows no itinerary. He generally leaves around 8 a.m. each day and travels until he Continued on Page 10

KITTANNING — State police reported this morning that troopers captured an escaped Armstrong County Jail inmate suspected of killing a woman.

Police announced the capture on social media just before 9 a.m. but gave no other details of how Robert Crissman was taken into custody.

Armstrong County officials said Crissman, 38, ran from the jail around 6:30 a.m. Thursday while delivering meals to other inmates.

Sheriff William Rupert says Crissman walked outside to get the meals from a truck and took off.

Investigators believe Crissman fled to the nearby home of two friends, Tammy Elizabeth Long and Jerry Slagle, and killed Long after Slagle left ROBERT the residence at 7:30 for work.

CRISSMAN Long and Slagle didn’t know Crissman was in jail, authorities said.

Armstrong County Coroner Brian Myers said he would oversee an autopsy on Long this morning at a forensic center at the Carlow College campus in Pittsburgh.

He declined to comment on the possible cause of death.

“It’s apparent it’s not a natural death,” Myers said.

Slagle discovered Long dead about 2:45 p.m.

Thursday and police named Crissman as the suspect because no one else had been in the home, Myers said.

Long was 55.

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appear to contradict the optimistic line taken by the Obama administration’s special envoy, retired Gen. John Allen, who told a forum in Aspen, Colo., last week that “ISIS is losing” in Iraq and Syria. The intelligence was described by officials who would not be named because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly.

“We’ve seen no meaningful degradation in their numbers,” a defense official said, citing intelligence estimates Continued on Page 4

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Restaurant succeeds as it raises wages, menu prices

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press

SEATTLE — Menu prices are up 21 percent and you don’t have to tip at Ivar’s Salmon House on Seattle’s Lake Union after the restaurant decided to institute the city’s $15-an-hour minimum wage two years ahead of schedule.

It is staff, not diners, who feel the real difference, with wages as much as 60 percent higher than before. One waitress is saving for accounting classes and finding it easier to take weekend vacations, while another server is using the added pay to cover increased rent.

Seattle’s law, adopted last year after a strong push from labor and grass-roots activists, bumped the city’s minimum wage to $11 beginning April 1, above Washington state’s highest-in-thenation $9.47. Scheduled increases that depend on business size and benefits will bring the minimum to $15

within four years for large businesses and seven years for smaller ones.

There’s little data yet on how the law’s working. “To the extent that we can look at macro patterns, we’re not seeing a problem,� said Seattle Mayor Ed Murray.

As Washington, D.C., and other cities consider following Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles in phasing in a $15-an-hour minimum wage, Ivar’s approach, adopted in April, offers lessons in how some businesses might adapt. Ivar’s Seafood Restaurants President Bob Donegan decided to raise prices, tell customers that they don’t need to tip, and parcel the added revenue among the hourly staff.

For some of the restaurant’s lesser paid workers — including bussers and dishwashers — that’s meant as much as 60 percent more.

Revenue has soared, supportive customers are leaving additional tips even though they don’t need to,

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WORKERS PREPARED to bring food orders to customers Monday at an Ivar’s Salmon House in Seattle. and servers and bartenders are on pace to increase their annual pay by thousands, with wages for a few of the best compensated approaching $80,000 a year. “It’s been a surprise,�

Donegan said. “The customers seem to like it, the employees seem to like it, and it seems to be working, at least in this location.�

Rochelle Hann, 25, is a second-generation worker at

Ivar’s. Like her mom, she has performed a variety of roles, including serving, bookkeeping and even dressing up as a giant clam. If she keeps working 30 hours a week, her annual pay will jump about $12,000 — money she’s socking away for accounting classes at a community college. “Before, I felt like it was maybe not quite paycheckto-paycheck, but now I don’t

Baltimore detention center to shut down

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press

BALTIMORE — Maryland’s governor announced plans Thursday to immediately shut down Baltimore’s staterun jail, where inmates and guards ran a criminal conspiracy inside vermin-infested, 19th-century walls and thwarted decades of attempted reforms.

Republican Gov. Larry Hogan said the state would save $10 million to $15 million a year by closing the Baltimore City Detention Center, which houses hundreds of inmates awaiting trial or serving short sentences. Current employees and inmates will be reassigned to other facilities, he said. “There is plenty of capacity elsewhere in the system to meet this need,� Hogan said. “Given the space that we have, it makes no sense whatsoever to keep this deplorable facility open.�

While standing by the crumbling building where inmates could be heard shouting, Hogan sharply criticized his predecessor, former Gov. Martin O’Malley, for failing to take stronger action to prevent corruption at the facility and not closing it sooner. O’Malley is now

LARRY HOGAN ... Maryland governor seeking the Democratic nomination for president. “Maryland taxpayers were unwittingly underwriting a vast criminal enterprise run by gang members and corrupt public servants,� Hogan said. “Ignoring it was irresponsible and one of the biggest failures in leadership in the history of the state of Maryland.�

A sweeping federal indictment in 2013 exposed a sophisticated drug- and cell-

phone-smuggling ring involving dozens of gang members and correctional officers at the jail.

The investigation also exposed sexual relations between jailhouse gang leader Tavon White and female guards that left four of them pregnant.

Forty of the 44 defendants charged in the racketeering conspiracy were convicted, including 24 correctional officers.

Thirty-five defendants pleaded guilty; eight defendants went to trial and one defendant died. White pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

The ACLU and the Baltimore-based Public Justice Center last month called on a federal judge to reopen a lawsuit against the state of Maryland over what the agencies described as substandard conditions.

According to the lawsuit, the jail’s medical and mental health care possibly played a role in the death of seven in-

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The agencies also said the state failed to cure systemic problems since taking control 25 years ago, despite entering into a 2007 agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice.

In response, Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Secretary Stephen Moyer said he was committed to changes.

He noted the state has spent more than $58 million over the past 10 years to improve the safety and security of inmates and staff.

even have to worry about it,� she said. “I just went away for the weekend, and it was an easy expense.�

Brett Richards, a 50-yearold singer and guitarist, has worked 25 years in food service, including the past eight at Ivar’s. Before, he made minimum wage, plus tips.

Now, he gets $15 an hour, plus a share of the 21 percent menu price increase, plus any additional tips customers leave. He expects to make almost $7,000 more this year, money that’s helping him with his increased rent and with taking his kids out to eat a little more often.

Other industries with minimum-wage employees could have a tougher time as worker pay climbs. “What we expect to observe is this is not going to be a policy that’s universally good for everybody or bad for everybody,� said Jacob Vigdor, a University of Washington professor who is leading a study of Seattle’s minimum-wage law. The study

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Downtown Emergency Services Center, which relies heavily on government contracts to provide housing and other services for chronically homeless residents, might need to cut those services unless the city boosts its funding. “The economic justice that would be happening for our employees would be borne by our clients, who are extremely vulnerable people,� said executive director Daniel Malone.

In the restaurant industry, where many low-wage workers are employed, adapting could mean pooling tips among all workers, cutting shifts or relying on technology — such as mobile phone applications that let customers pay electronically, rather than having someone dedicated to running the cash register.

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Intel: ISIS as strong as ever Continued from Page 1 that put the group’s total strength at between 20,000 and 30,000, the same estimate as last August when the airstrikes began.

The Islamic State’s staying power also raises questions about the administration’s approach to the threat that the group poses to the U.S. and its allies. Although officials do not believe it is planning complex attacks on the West from its territory, the group’s call to Western Muslims to kill at home has become a serious problem, FBI Director James Comey and other officials say.

Yet under the Obama administration’s campaign of bombing and training, which prohibits American troops from accompanying fighters into combat or directing air strikes from the ground, it could take a decade to drive the Islamic State from its safe havens, analysts say. The administration is adamant that it will commit no U.S. ground troops to the fight despite calls from some in Congress to do so.

The U.S.-led coalition and its Syrian and Kurdish allies on the ground have made some inroads. The Islamic State has lost 9.4 percent of its territory in the first six months of 2015, according to an analysis by the conflict monitoring group IHS. And the military campaign has arrested the sense of momentum and inevitability created by the group’s stunning advances last year, leaving the combination of Sunni religious extremists and former Saddam Hussein loyalists unable to grow its forces or continue its surge.

“In Raqqa, they are being slowly strangled,” said an activist who fled Raqqa earlier this year and spoke on condition of anonymity to protect relatives and friends who remain there. “There is no longer a feeling that Raqqa is a safe haven for the group.”

A Delta Force raid in Syria that killed Islamic State financier Abu Sayyaf in May also has resulted in a well of intelligence about the group’s structure and finances, U.S. officials say. His wife, held in Iraq, has been cooperating with interrogators. Syrian Kurdish fighters and their allies have wrested most of the northern Syria border from the Islamic State group. In June, the U.S.-backed alliance captured the border town of Tal Abyad, which for more than a year had been the militants’ most vital direct supply route from Turkey. The Kurds also took the town of Ein Issa, a hub for IS movements and supply lines only

35 miles north of Raqqa.

As a result, the militants have had to take a more circuitous smuggling path through a stretch of about 60 miles they still control along the Turkish border. A plan announced this week for a U.S.-Turkish “safe zone” envisages driving the Islamic State group out of those areas as well, using Syrian rebels backed by airstrikes.

In Raqqa, U.S. coalition bombs pound the group’s positions and target its leaders with increasing regularity. The militants’ movements have been hampered by strikes against bridges, and some fighters are sending their families away to safer ground.

In early July, a wave of strikes in 24 hours destroyed 18 overpasses and a number of roads used by the group in and around Raqqa.

Reflecting IS unease, the group has taken exceptional measures against residents of Raqqa the past two weeks, activists say. It has moved to shut down private Internet access for residents, arrested suspected spies and set up security cameras in the streets. Patrols by its “morals police” have decreased because fighters are needed on the front lines, the activists say.

But American intelligence officials and other experts say that in the big picture, the Islamic State is hanging tough.

“The pressure on Raqqa is significant, and it’s an important thing to watch, but looking at the overall picture, ISIS is mostly in the same place,” said Harleen Gambhir, a counterterrorism analyst at Institute for the Study of War, a Washington think tank. “Overall ISIS still retains the ability to plan and execute phased conventional military campaigns and terrorist attacks.”

In Iraq, the Islamic State’s seizure of the strategically important provincial capital of Ramadi has so far stood.

Although U.S. officials have said it is crucial that the government in Baghdad win back disaffected Sunnis, there is little sign of that happening. American-led efforts to train Syrian rebels to fight the Islamic State have produced a total of 60 vetted fighters. The group has adjusted its tactics to thwart a U.S. bombing campaign that tries to avoid civilian casualties, officials say. Fighters no longer move around in easily targeted armored columns; they embed themselves among women and children, and they communicate through couriers to thwart eavesdropping and geolocation, the defense official said.

Congress OKs 3-month highway, transit aid patch

By JOAN LOWY

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Congress sent President Barack Obama a three-month bill to keep highway and transit money flowing to states on Thursday, one day before the deadline for a cutoff of funds.

Earlier in the day, the Senate passed a sweeping, longterm transportation bill, setting up discussions with the House this fall on what the future course of transportation policy should be and how to pay for programs.

The Senate approved the short-term bill by vote of 91 to 4. The House passed the same bill a day earlier, and then left for its August recess.

Lawmakers said they hope the three-month patch — the 34th short-term transportation extension since 2009 — will be Congress’ last. It extends the government’s authority to process aid payments to states through Oct. 29. Without congressional action, that authority would have expired at midnight today.

The bill also provides $8 billion to shore up the federal Highway Trust Fund through mid-December.

The fund’s balance was forecast to drop below a $4 billion cushion necessary to prevent disruptions in payments to states in early August.

The extension bill also fills a $3.4 billion hole in the Department of Veterans Affairs’

budget. The money gap threatened to force the closure of hospitals and clinics nationwide The $350 billion long-term bill, approved by vote of 65 to 34, would make changes to highway, transit, railroad and auto safety programs.

However, its sponsors were only able to find enough money to pay for the first three years of the six-year bill. That’s not as long as many lawmakers and the White House wanted, nor as much money, but it was enough to win the support of many state and local officials, transportation related industries, and labor unions who have been imploring Congress for years to pass to bill that will provide states the certainty that they can count on federal aid as they plan major construction projects.

The bill’s passage is “a win for our country,” said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. “Many thought we’d never get here, but we have.”

Sen. Barbara Boxer, DCalif., negotiated compromises with McConnell that helped pick up enough Democratic support for the bill for it to clear procedural hurdles and pass.

McConnell had tried to persuade the House to delay its recess in order to take up the Senate’s long-term bill, but GOP leaders there opted for the short-term patch in order to give themselves time to craft a long-term bill that reflects their priorities.

DEP to spray for mosquitoes The Department of Environmental Protection will conduct a mosquito control operation to reduce high populations of nuisance mosquitoes on Monday in parts of in Shelocta Borough and Armstrong Township.

The treatments will be administered via truck-mounted equipment, spraying residential and recreational mosquito habitats. The equipment dispenses Biomist 3+15 ULV at a rate of 1.5 ounces per acre. These products are designed to provide quick, effective control of adult mosquito populations. The application materials have a very low toxicity profile to mammals and are safe for the environment, according to DEP officials.

Certain mosquito species carry the West Nile virus, which can cause humans to contract West Nile encephalitis, an infection that can result in an inflammation of the brain. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, all residents in areas where virus activity has been identified are at risk of contracting West Nile encephalitis.

So far this year, West Nile virus has been detected in Adams, Allegheny,

Berks, Blair, Bucks, Cambria, Centre, Chester, Clinton, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, Montgomery, Northampton, Perry, Philadelphia, Snyder and York counties, but not in Indiana County.

If conditions do not allow application on Monday, the following evening will serve as the backup date.

People can take a number of precautionary measures around their homes to help eliminate mosquito-breeding areas, including: • Disposing of cans, buckets, plastic containers, ceramic pots, or similar containers that hold water • Properly disposing of discarded tires that can collect water. Stagnant water is where most mosquitoes breed.

• Drilling holes in the bottom of outdoor recycling containers.

• Cleaning clogged roof gutters every year. Leaves from surrounding trees have a tendency to plug drains.

• Turning over plastic wading pools when not in use • Preventing water from stagnating in

birdbaths • Aerating ornamental pools • Cleaning and chlorinating swimming pools not in use and removing water that may collect on pool covers.

Additionally, these precautions can prevent mosquito bites, particularly for people who are most at risk: • Making sure screens fit tightly over doors and windows to keep mosquitoes out of homes.

• Wearing long-sleeved shirts, long pants and socks when outdoors, particularly when mosquitoes are most active at dawn and dusk, or in areas known for having large numbers of mosquitoes.

• Reducing outdoor exposure at dawn and dusk during peak mosquito periods, usually April through October.

• Using insect repellents according to the manufacturer’s instructions. An effective repellent will contain DEET, picardin, or lemon eucalyptus oil. Consult with a pediatrician or family physician for questions about the use of repellent on children, as repellent is not recommended for children under the age of 2 months.

OBITUARIES Allen Foltz Allen Valgene “Tiny” Foltz, 79, of Indiana, died Wednesday, July 29, 2015.

The son of Allen Valentine and Sara Ellen (McFeely) Foltz, he was born Jan. 2, 1936, in Creekside.

Tiny was first employed by McGill Motors from 1954 until its closing in 1980. He then began working for the Indiana School District until retirement.

Tiny enjoyed going to garage sales and flea markets. He was also a sportsman who found time to hunt, fish and go camping with his family.

Tiny and his companion, Naomi, made several camping trips together to Kettle Creek State Park. They also traveled to West Virginia to visit extended family. In addition, they had fond memories of driving across the United States together to Colorado.

In recent years, he spent many hours with longtime friend Charles “Dean” Rhea on Dean’s porch shooting groundhogs and swapping hunting stories, some of which were true. He loved animals, especially his Chihuahua, Bosco, who preceded him in death.

Most importantly, Tiny will be remembered as a loving,

devoted and proud father who raised his two daughters as a single parent. He would tell anyone who listened how proud he was of his girls. Tiny was a selfless man who also helped raise many of Naomi’s children. They called him “Pap” and “Pappy Tiny.”

Tiny is survived by his daughters, Valerie A. Davis and her husband, Harry, of Shelocta; and Jacqueline A. Morris, of Mahaffey; grandchildren Thomas M. Morris III, Madeline A. Morris and Alayna F. Morris, all of Mahaffey; his extended family, the Harpers, including stepson Brian and his wife, Kara, and their children, Alex, Kate, Abby, Sage and Blaze, all of Indiana; and stepson Ron, his daughters, Sarah and Elizabeth and her husband, Nathan, all of Indiana.

Tiny was preceded in death by his parents; an infant brother Larry J.; and his lifetime companion, Naomi Jane Harper.

Friends will be received from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Saturday at the John A. Lefdahl Funeral Home, Indiana.

A funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Sunday in the Lefdahl Chapel.

Interment in the Oakland Cemetery will be private.

Herbert Jones Herbert Jones, 80, of New Florence, passed away Tuesday, July 28, 2015, at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center.

Born Oct. 28, 1934, in Robinson, he was the son of late Henry D. and Emma (Nelson) Jones.

Herbert was a member of Mount Tabor United Methodist Church, where he was very active as a trustee doing maintenance work and various other church functions.

He was an avid woodworker, and especially enjoyed scroll craft woodcutting.

He was an awesome provider for his family and other people.

Herbert is survived by his wife of 58 years, Janet (Detwiller) Jones; children Dann Jones and wife Barbara, of New Florence; Karen Hunt and husband Joel, of Ogletown; and Marcia Huss and husband Richard Jr., of Johnstown; grandchildren Jessie Rose and husband Clint;

Ryan Hunt; Jenalee Jones; Amber Jo Krzanowski and husband Robert; and Zachary Hunt and wife Misty; great-grandchildren Austin, Isaiah and Autumn Rose, and Penny Ann Vehovich; and sister Cora Mae Brendlinger, of Armagh.

He was preceded in death by brothers William, Henry, John, Russell and Charles Jones; and sisters Nancy Jane Brown, Alice Beskid, Clara Marie Fetter and Sarabelle Knupp.

Friends will be received by 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. today at Kenneth A. Stuart Funeral Home, 139 Ligonier St., New Florence.

The funeral service and interment at Germany Lutheran Cemetery will be private.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Mount Tabor United Methodist Church, 76 H&S Drive, Armagh, PA 15920.

Online condolences maybe left at www.thestuartfuneral homes.com.

Harry Mariskanish Harry C. Mariskanish, 90, of Clymer, passed away on Wednesday, July 29, 2015, at his home.

The son of Charles and Famia (Hosack) Mariskanish, he was born March 29, 1925, in Camerons Bottom.

Harry was a member of the Church of the Resurrection, Heilwood.

He was a quiet soul who loved to be outdoors and watch the birds and deer.

Harry was a retired coal miner from Barnes and Tucker Local 1269.

He is survived by his wife, Marianna (Benyacko) Mariskanish, of Clymer; children Thomas, of Pennsylvania; Carl and Wife Vicki, of Washington; Harry I., of South Carolina; Tony and wife Debbie, of Nevada; Paul and fiancee Jen, of Wisconsin; Edward, of Washington; Marie Hogan, of Pennsylvania; and Susan and husband Dennis Reyna, of Texas; stepchildren Marianna and husband Steve Glover, of Pennsylvania; Denise Benyacko, of Pennsylvania; and Cindee and husband Joe Byer, of Pennsylvania; one brother, Sam and wife Ann, of Penn-

sylvania; and grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Harry was preceded in death by his parents; son Charles Edward; brothers Joe, Steve and John; and sisters, Mary Ulken, Katherine Zuray and Helen Gollif.

Family and friends will be received from 3 to 6 p.m. today at the Rairigh-Bence Funeral Home, Clymer.

A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the Church of the Resurrection, Heilwood, with Father George Saletrik as celebrant.

Interment will be in the Oakland Cemetery, Indiana.

Special thanks to Heritage Hospice, Dr. Matt Vasil and staff, special caregiver Jean Hunter and the many friends and relatives who helped with Harry’s care.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Church of the Resurrection, 349 Morris St. Clymer, PA 15728, and Heritage Hospice, 625 Rustic Lodge Road, Indiana, PA 15701.

Guest book is available at www.rbfh.net.

Dennis Helman Dennis Floyd Helman, 54, of Indiana, died Thursday, July 30, 2015, at the Beacon Ridge Nursing Center, Indiana.

The son of Floyd and Alfretta (Little) Helman, he was born Sept. 22, 1960,

in Indiana County.

Richard was deeply loved by his parents and friends.

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

Joanne Woodruff Joanne Esther (Spicher) Woodruff, 78, passed away Wednesday, July 29, 2015, from pneumonia at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va. She resided in Marshall, Mo. Joanne was born March 2, 1937, in Pittsburgh, the daughter of George Alton Spicher and Mary Esther Frye. She had an older brother, Robert George Spicher.

Her dad worked for the postal service and her mom was an elementary school teacher.

She grew up in Indiana and attended Indiana High School, where she was a majorette and valedictorian of the class of 1954.

She was active as a youth at Graystone Presbyterian Church, where she committed her life to serving Jesus Christ. Joanne went on to graduate from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts degree in home economics in 1958.

She then earned a master’s degree in Christian education from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in 1960, where she also met her husband, Stephen Albert Woodruff III. They began their marriage by sailing to Edinburgh, Scotland, where Steve earned his Ph.D. and Joanne taught home economics in the Scottish schools. From Edinburgh, they eventually found their way to Marshall, Mo., where Steve taught at Missouri Valley College.

In the years to follow, they had three sons, Joel Stephen, Jon Michael and Jeremy Matthew. In 1972, Steve was suddenly struck with cancer and died. Joanne trusted in the Lord’s provision and went on to raise her three sons in Marshall, Mo., where she remained the rest of her life.

She instilled within her children a love for Jesus, a trust in the Bible as God’s Word and a passion to share the good news of Christ with others. She would use her intellectual acumen and teach-

ing gift all of her life in Sunday schools, as a Christian education director at the Christian Church in Marshall, Mo., at Slater High School and Bueker Middle School in Marshall, Mo., leading women’s Bible studies and counseling friends.

In retirement, Joanne earned a master’s degree in counseling from Regent University. She loved her nine grandchildren dearly and was an avid gift-giver. She was a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church. She was involved in numerous Bible studies, Inspiritus, P.E.O., Bridge Clubs and D.A.R., and she loved to play tennis and dance. She was a lifelong learner and especially enjoyed studying history and her family genealogy.

Joanne is survived by her son Joel and wife Dolly, and their children, Noah, Idan, Gloria and Esther; her son Jon; and her son Jeremy and his children, Caleb, Joshua, Sarah, Jacob and Luke.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and brother.

All friends and family are welcome to attend the graveside service at 1 p.m. Saturday at Oakland Cemetery, Indiana. The Rairigh-Bence Funeral Home of Indiana is assisting with service arrangements.

Memorial gifts may be made to The C.S. Lewis Institute, P.O. Box 6930, McLean, VA 22106.

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Pope’s upcoming visit causing anxiety

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Pregnant women are calling up the mayor, concerned they won’t be able to get to the delivery room. Some businesses say they’ve been told to close for a three-day weekend. Others are bringing in cots for workers to sleep. Taxi drivers, fearing onerous checkpoints and distant drop-off locations, are planning to stay home.

With official information scant just eight weeks before Pope Francis makes Philadelphia the centerpiece of his U.S. trip, rumors are swirling about massive security fencing and miles of street closures.

Residents and visitors alike fear long walks to and from papal events, too-few bathrooms, and a dearth of food and other amenities in areas where delivery trucks could be restricted.

The lack of clear information is breeding confusion and consternation in the City of Brotherly Love and contempt for the people who run it — particularly around the downtown parkway where Francis is expected to attend an outdoor concert and celebrate Mass before more than 1 million people.

“There are serious logistical problems for residents and visitors alike,” said Barbara Epstein, who lives three blocks from the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. “It would be nice if the powers that be could reassure us that our lives aren’t going to be disrupted in an irreconcilable way.”

City officials are blaming the Secret Service, which has declared Francis’ Sept.

26 and 27 visit a National Special Security Event. The agency said it would release road closure and security checkpoint information about three weeks before he lands — leaving the city and visit organizers vulnerable to rumors.

“Security plans are fluid and continue to evolve,” Secret Service spokesman Robert Hoback said Thursday. “As soon as the plans have been settled on by all of the many partners involved in the planning process, we will jointly share the final plans.”

The agency said late Thursday that it is not forcing any businesses to close that weekend but instead has agents reaching out to local business owners and residents within the security zone.

Mayor Michael Nutter this week repudiated maps that popped up showing purported security and vehicle-free zones covering most of downtown, saying they were unofficial and premature. He blamed “little people who have little pieces of information” and speculative reporting for misleading the public.

Nutter, who mentioned the calls from the expectant mothers at a news conference this week, said the city would start providing updates next week. Organizers of the World Meeting of Families — the triennial Roman Catholic conference that is attracting Francis to

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Philadelphia — said it will post a “Papal Visit Playbook” for residents to its website next month.

“We’re all eager to put the rumors to rest and put the information out there,” said World Meeting Executive Director Donna Crilley Farrell. “But as the mayor said, it has to be the correct information.”

Officials have confirmed there will be some type of security fencing — commonly used at big events like presidential inaugurations and Philadelphia’s annual Made in America concert — but the size and scope have not been disclosed.

They have also said there will certainly be street and highway closures, particularly when the pope is in transit, but would not confirm a planning consultant’s claim that the Benjamin Franklin Bridge — a vital link to Philadelphia’s New Jersey suburbs across the Delaware River — would close. The consultant, who also requested that Interstate 95 be closed for the duration of Francis’ visit, has since been dismissed from the papal planning process.

With dozens of agencies involved in the planning and so many details to work out — from accommodations for visiting clergy to the number of portable toilets on the parkway — some stakeholders are feeling left out.

“We haven’t heard anything concrete yet,” said Ron Blount, the president of the Taxi Workers Alliance of Pennsylvania. “We’re asking every day.”

The clearest details on logistics so far have come from Philadelphia’s regional transit agencies — and even those haven’t instilled confidence.

Commuter and subway train service will be limited, with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority limiting the number of commuter-train tickets each day to 175,000 to ease overcrowding; normal daily ridership is about 130,000. After a computer system crashed last week, the agency said it would sell the passes only through an online lottery. Regular tickets won’t be accepted.

The number of subway riders won’t be limited, but trains won’t make all their regular stops.

“I don’t think they are at all considering the lives of their regular riders who must still work, volunteer or just go about their daily lives in spite of the Pope’s visit,” said Steve Flemming, a Philadelphia teacher.

Francis is expected to stay at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary just outside the city limits in Lower Merion Township. The police chief there said residents should prepare “as if it’s a big snowstorm,” encouraging them to fill their cars with gas and stock up on milk, bread and other staples.

The reward of seeing Francis in person is worth the potential hurdles, Farrell said, comparing the visit to a recent feat from a since-traded Phillies pitcher.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Barack Obama has nominated four veteran judges to serve on the federal bench in Pennsylvania.

Judges Susan Paradise Baxter, Robert John Colville and Marilyn Jean Horan would serve in Pittsburgh and Judge John Milton Younge in Philadelphia.

The president describes the nominees as distinguished judges with both integrity and an unwavering commitment to justice. Baxter has been a federal magistrate judge for the past 20 years. Colville has spent 15 years as a judge in Allegheny

County. Horan has been on the bench in Butler County and Younge in Philadelphia for nearly 20 years.

Post-Gazette offers newsroom buyouts PITTSBURGH (AP) — A union at the Pittsburgh PostGazette said some newsroom employees are being offered buyouts.

A Newspaper Guild memo on the buyout plan appeared Wednesday on the website of Jim Romenesko, who follows the news industry.

The memo said that about 120 Guild members at the Post-Gazette are eligible but that participation will be limited to 21.

city of Pittsburgh is trying to secure the naming rights of a restaurant and café from Macy’s in hopes that both will live on after the landmark store is closed.

Macy’s is closing its downtown location around Labor Day after selling the building.

Officials told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette the city wants the naming rights of Tic Toc restaurant and Arcade Bakery. Both are shutting down today.

The agreement would assign their names, branding and intellectual property rights to the Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority.

Macy’s has agreed to do so at no cost to the city.

The union said the newspaper’s owners are citing weak revenue and a difficult advertising environment as reasons for needing to shrink newsroom staffing.

The Post-Gazette declined comment. Newsroom employees at The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News are also currently weighing buyout offers.

At the Post-Gazette, the union said those receiving buyouts will get 1.5 weeks of pay for every year of service up to a maximum of 39 weeks of pay.

Pittsburgh tries to keep Macy’s name PITTSBURGH (AP) — The

Lawsuit filed over shooting at township building

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press

The widow of one of three people killed in a shooting at a municipal building has filed a federal lawsuit against township officials and a county sheriff, alleging they knew the gunman was mentally unstable and capable of violence but failed to provide security at a township meeting where he opened fire in 2013.

Frances LaGuardia’s lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Scranton, also contends that Ross Township’s elected board of supervisors provoked the violence by taking Rockne Newell to court over his junk-strewn property, which was condemned and sold at sheriff’s sale a few weeks before the shooting.

Newell sprayed dozens of rifle rounds at the supervisors’ meeting on Aug. 5, 2013, killing LaGuardia’s husband,

James LaGuardia, 64, and two other bystanders. Newell pleaded guilty in May and was sentenced to life in prison. The township had feuded with Newell over long-standing complaints that he lived in a storage shed, built an illegal culvert and used a bucket outside as a toilet. LaGuardia’s lawsuit asserts township officials abused the legal process to harass Newell and, ultimately, to force him off his land.

They targeted Newell because one of the supervisors, Russell Kresge Jr., lived across the street from him and wanted him gone from the neighborhood, the suit said.

“The Ross Township officials took actions against Newell despite their awareness and knowledge that Newell was mentally and emotionally unstable, volatile and a risk for physical harm to others and that Newell was extremely upset

and angry about the threatened loss of his property,” the suit said.

Township solicitor John Dunn, who is named as a defendant, declined comment Thursday through an employee of his law office. The other defendants — Kresge, fellow township Supervisors Howard Beers Jr. and Tina Drake, and Monroe County Sheriff Todd Martin — did not return messages left at

their offices seeking comment.

The lawsuit said the shooting was foreseeable.

Newell’s father, Pete Newell, told The Associated Press two days after the shooting that he had warned sheriff’s deputies that his son had been making threats. He quoted his son as saying: “I’m telling you one thing, people are going to die over this.”

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ike Huckabee says President Barack Obama is using his nuclear deal to “take the Israelis and march them to the door of the oven.” Mitt Romney describes it as a “generational calamity.” And while polls diverge, one recently taken by CNN suggests the public wants Congress to reject the agreement by a 52 percent to 44 percent majority.

This is one of the pivotal foreign policy decisions of the decade, so let’s examine the arguments: • Obama didn’t deliver what he promised. For example, we wanted “anywhere, anytime” inspections, but we caved and got a complex system that allows Iran to delay inspections. And in the later years of the agreement, Iran won a significant easing of controls. As Jeb Bush put it: “These negotiations began, by President Obama’s own admission, as an effort to deny Iran nuclear capabilities, but instead will only legitimize those activities.”

The U.S. didn’t get all it wanted (and neither did Iran) in an imperfect compromise. True, we didn’t achieve anywhere, anytime inspections, yet the required inspections program is still among the most intrusive ever. Remember too that this deal isn’t just about cenNicholas Kristof trifuges but also about the possibility writes a column that Iran will come out of the cold and for The New York emerge from its failed 36-year experiTimes. ment with extremism. That’s why Iran’s hard-liners are so opposed to the deal; they have been sustained by the narrative of the Great Satan as the endless enemy, and conciliation endangers them.

• You doves think that a nuclear deal will empower reformers in Iran and turn it once more into the pro-American and proIsraeli power it was under the shah. But sanctions relief may just give this regime a new lease on life.

Iran’s people are perhaps the most pro-American and secular of those of any country I’ve been to in the Middle East. (On my last trip to Iran, I took two of my kids along, and Iranians bought them meals and ice cream, and served them illegal mojitos.) The public weariness with the regime’s corruption, oppression and economic failings is manifest. I would guess that after the supreme leader dies, Iran will begin a process of change like that in China after Mao died.

• That’s speculative. The real impact of the deal is that it will unlock tens of billions of dollars in frozen assets and new oil revenues, giving Iranian hard-liners more resources to invest in nuclear skullduggery and in extremist groups.

True, but that will happen anyway. Remember that this agreement includes Europe, Russia and China as parties.

Even if Congress rejects the agreement, sanctions will erode and Iran will get an infusion of cash.

• This agreement is a betrayal of Israel. Once Iran gets its hands on WMDs, it will commit genocide.

Iran is widely believed to have developed biological and chemical weapons back in the 1980s, and it hasn’t used those weapons of mass destruction against Israel. And what American officials find awkward to point out is that Israel is already a significant nuclear power with a huge military edge, which is why it has deterred Iran so far. If I lived in Tel Aviv, would I be nervous? Sure. But I’d be even more nervous without this deal, which reduces the chance that Iran will acquire a nuclear weapon in the next decade. That’s why five former U.S. ambassadors to Israel endorsed the accord. (It’s also notable that American Jews are more in favor of the agreement than the American public as a whole.)

• Obama pretends that the alternative to this deal is war. No, the alternative is increased economic pressure until Iran yelps for surrender. As Marco Rubio puts it, “Give Iran a very clear choice: You can have an economy or you can have a weapons program.”

So we apply the same economic pressure that caused the collapse of the Castro regime in Cuba in 1964? The same isolation that overthrew the North Korean regime in 1993? The same sanctions that led Saddam Hussein to give up power peacefully in Iraq in 2000? Oh, wait. ...

• Look, even you admit that this is a flawed deal. So why risk it? As Rick Perry says, “No deal is better and safer than a bad deal.”

If the U.S. rejects this landmark deal, then we get the worst of both worlds: an erosion of sanctions and also an immediate revival of the Iran nuclear program.

We have a glimpse of what might happen. In 2003, Iran seemingly offered a comprehensive “grand bargain” to resolve relations with the United States, but George W. Bush’s administration dismissed it. Since then, Iran has gone from a tiny number of centrifuges to 19,000, getting within two months of “breakout” to a nuclear weapon. The point: Fulmination is not a substitute for policy, and a multilateral international agreement achieves far more protection than finger-wagging.

Diplomacy is rarely about optimal outcomes; it is about muddling along in the dark, dodging bullets, struggling to defer war and catastrophe for the time being, nurturing opportunities for a better tomorrow. By that standard, the Iran deal succeeds. Sure, it is flawed, and yes, it makes us safer.

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Debates vs. debates WARWICK, England — When it Home to debate, but Douglas-Home comes to debates the Oxford Union, declined, saying, “You’ll get a sort of which bills itself as the “world’s most ‘Top of the Pops’ contest. You’ll then prestigious debating society,” remains get the best actor as leader of the counthe gold standard. Begun in 1823, The try and the actor will be prompted by a Union, in modern times, has hosted scriptwriter.” debates that have included such lumiGiven today’s political system, Dounaries as Ronald Reagan and the Dalai glas-Home was prophetic.

Lama. The Oxford Union debates proLeading up to this year’s British elecduce useful information. The same tion, all parties received TV exposure cannot be said for U.S. presidential de- and debate time, but the best candibates. date showing may have occurred on Next week, 10 Republican March 26 when the three top presidential candidates will candidates — Prime Minister gather on a stage in CleveDavid Cameron of the Conserland, Ohio, behind podivative Party, Labour Party ums like “Jeopardy” conleader Ed Miliband and Nick testants. With so many canClegg, who headed the Liberal didates having so little Democrats — were grilled in a time, little useful informamesmerizing Q&A session. tion will be dispensed.

In that session, broadcast on More likely the all-male Sky News, the candidates didn’t cast will be looking for ways debate head-to-head, instead to squeeze in their rehost Jeremy Paxman asked hearsed sound bites, which questions of each of the candiwill be replayed in their dates, who appeared sequencampaign ads and, they tially for 20 minutes apiece. hope, on major news proThen the studio audience grams. But not to leave anyasked questions. Many of their one out, Fox News has just questions were better and announced a prequel to the Cal Thomas more confrontational than Paxmain debate for all the writes a man’s. Valuable information other GOP candidates who column was conveyed and voter imfailed to meet the require- distributed by pressions confirmed. Cameron ments for the primetime and his party won the election Tribune Media event. So now Carly Fioriin a landslide. na, George Pataki and Sen. Services.

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Lindsey Graham will also get their chance to say little of substance.

In 1960, the first televised U.S. presidential debate pitted John F. Kennedy against Richard Nixon. Britain, after several failed attempts, aired its first leaders debate in 2010. In 1964, Labour Party Leader Harold Wilson had challenged Prime Minister Alec Douglas-

National Committee Communications Director Sean Spicer wrote recently in The Wall Street Journal, that the GOP has streamlined the debates from 2008 and 2012 — when there were 23 and 20, respectively — there need to be more changes in the way we elect our presidents beyond these political fashion shows.

This will help us avoid buyer’s re-

morse, like the kind highlighted in a 2014 Economist/YouGov.com poll that found that only 79 percent of Obama voters would vote for him again, if given the chance.

A good first step to improving debates has been the addition of conservative questioners to debate panels.

The primary criticism from conservatives about these contests has been that reporters they believe to be liberal ask questions that reflect their own worldview and are often designed to produce answers Democratic candidates can use to their advantage. Republicans should not expect softball questions from conservative questioners.

For the 2016 GOP debates, NBC/Telemundo and National Review will sponsor one; CNN will partner with Salem Media Group, a Christian network, for another; and ABC and the Independent Journal Review will partner for a third.

In addition, notes Spicer, “There will have been 25 candidate forums before the first debate. ... These forums, from CPAC (Conservative Political Action Committee), to Citizens United to the forum on SiriusXM on the Wednesday before the first debate, allow the candidates to address voters directly without the back-and-forth of a debate.”

This is progress. One hopes the Democrats will follow the Republican example, or better still, the example of the Oxford Union. If you’ve never seen what a real debate looks like, go to ox ford-union.org and find the link to YouTube for some of the most exciting political and social issue exchanges you will ever see.

Next week’s debate is unlikely to come anywhere close.

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Natural gas powering our economy

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s most Pennsylvanians know, we state policymakers not impose addiare producing more natural gas tional costs on production, on top of than all but one other state, the hundreds of millions of dollars in thanks to the prolific supplies of gas in impact fees producers already pay. the Marcellus and other formations.

Imposing a severance tax on producWhat many Pennsylvanians may not tion could jeopardize Pennsylvania’s know is that we are also second in the ability to supply fuel for power generanation in total electric generation. tion — not just for the state, but also Coal and nuclear have provided reli- for PJM, the regional grid operator that able, baseload power, with natural gas provides power to 61 million Ameriand alternative energy filling cans in Pennsylvania, 12 in during times of high denearby states and Washingmand. But our grid — that is, ton, D.C. the elaborate system of PJM’s independent market power plants, substations analyst, Monitoring Analytand transmission lines that ics, provides a good provides our electricity — is overview of the electric genchanging. eration landscape in its latGovernment regulations est “State of the Market Rerequire Pennsylvanians to port.” The report expects purchase more and more althat nearly 27 gigawatts of ternative energy — energy electric generation capacity, that is more costly and less or more than enough to reliable than traditional power about 20 million sources. One ironic effect of homes, will retire by 2019. this is that some nuclear Much of that is in Pennsylvaunits, despite being zero-carnia, much of it is due to bon, emissions-free and able onerous federal air quality KEVIN to run regardless of the regulations, and most of SUNDAY weather, are in jeopardy of rethose retirements will haptirement in large part due to pen by the end of next year. these mandates that have Poorly thought out governcost ratepayers tens of millions of dol- ment policy has left challenges for nulars. clear and coal to provide power to the Further, even though our nation and grid. Natural gas can help meet deeconomy continue to grow, costly fed- mand for affordable power, but only if eral regulations have made building state and federal government does not new, more efficient coal-fired power impede its ability to do so. plants all but impossible — and many Important to many is the fact that existing ones are being retired. natural gas will help us continue to The good news is that there are new clean the air. Since 2008, state Departnatural gas plants being proposed — ment of Environmental Protection but the bad news is the Wolf adminis- data shows that emissions reductions tration continues to press for a poten- of 68 percent for sulfur dioxide, 42 pertially market-crushing severance tax cent for particulate matter, 28 percent that could impinge our state’s future for nitrogen oxides and 12 percent for growth. carbon monoxide have been achieved.

It is imperative that, in order to have This has led to fewer ozone air quality affordable and available fuel supplies alerts, which are forecasted on days of for power plants during this time of poor air quality. There were just four unprecedented change to the grid, ozone action days in all of 2014, down

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While it is well known that natural gas development supports hundreds of thousands of direct and indirect jobs, gas-fired electric generation is providing an additional economic driver.

New highly efficient natural gas power plants are being built or are proposed throughout the Commonwealth. Constructing these facilities will create hundreds of jobs over several years and help provide affordable, reliable power so that our economy can continue to grow. Cheap energy is critical to growing blue-collar manufacturing jobs here in Pennsylvania.

Also imperative to taking full advantage of gas are pipelines, which, in addition to safely delivering fuel for heating and power across the state, provide both short- and long-term economic growth.

The proposed Sunoco Mariner East project, if constructed, represents a $4.2 billion investment into Pennsylvania’s economy, connecting hundreds of existing drilling jobs in southwest Pennsylvania to potentially thousands of new manufacturing jobs throughout south central and southeast Pennsylvania.

We’re at a crossroads when it comes to our grid and our energy future. The state should be doing all it can to continue its role as an energy leader. In order to have a grid that can provide power reliably and affordably, we should allow gas, coal and nuclear to have a strong role in our portfolio by moving away from government mandates and regulations that distort the market and provide little benefit to human health. We must also promote continued, robust production of natural gas, not thwart production with a severance tax, or infrastructure development with onerous regulatory hurdles.

Kevin Sunday is government affairs manager for the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry.

Unless labeled as a Gazette editorial, all opinions on the Viewpoint page are those of the authors.

Elsewhere News from the nation, world

Friday, July 31, 2015 — Page 7

BRIEFS Gazette wire services

Al-Qaida abducts U.S.-backed rebels BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of a U.S.-backed rebel group and several of his men have been abducted in northern Syria by the al-Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front, the rebel group and opposition activists said Thursday.

A statement issued in the name of the group, “Division 30,” accused the Nusra Front of abducting Col. Nadim al-Hassan and several other members of the group in the northern Aleppo countryside. It called for their immediate release “to avoid bloodshed between Muslims.”

There was no official comment from the Nusra Front, which has in the past moved against rebel groups backed by the United States.

The kidnapping occurred Wednesday night.

New Taliban leader named

By LYNNE O’DONNELL Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan Taliban today praised their new leader, saying he was one of the most “trusted” associates of the late Mullah Mohammad Omar, a statement likely meant to rally followers behind the leadership at a time of a deeply fractured insurgency.

The statement, sent to The Associated Press, said the new leader, Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansoor, had also been given the title of “Commander of the Faith-

ful,” conferring on him the supreme status held by Mullah Omar.

Mansoor has been an “active director” of the jihad, or holy war, for some years, it added. The statement did not give any details of when Omar died or from what illness.

The Taliban on Thursday confirmed that Omar died of an illness some time ago and said they elected Mansoor as his successor. The Afghan government announced Wednesday that the reclusive mullah had been dead since April 2013.

The Taliban reacted by pulling out of peace talks that were scheduled to take place today. The Pakistani government, which was to host the meeting, postponed the negotiations indefinitely.

Afghanistan’s government said it regretted the postponement of the second formal face-to-face meeting with the Taliban. In a statement, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said Afghanistan “as always, is committed to the peace negotiations with the Afghan Taliban movement and hopes that the aforementioned meeting will be

held in the near future.”

While the future of the peace process, which is a priority for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, is uncertain, the ministry added that “Afghanistan believes that in the current situation, peace negotiations are (more) possible than any time before.”

The new leader of the Taliban is seen as close to Pakistan, which is believed to have sheltered and supported the insurgents through the war, now in its 14th year.

This may put him in a position to revive the peace talks.

According to the Taliban, as

Zimbabwe seeks to extradite lion killer

Greek bailout talks shift into high gear ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s talks with its international creditors on a third bailout worth 85 billion euros ($93 billion) shifted into a higher gear today, with lead negotiators from the European Union and International Monetary Fund meeting key ministers in Athens.

The talks with Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis follow preparatory meetings in the Greek capital this week between lower-level officials on reforming the tax system and labor market regulations.

The bailout talks with the IMF, European Commission, European Central Bank and European Stability Mechanism must be concluded before Aug. 20. That’s when a debt repayment to the ECB worth more than 3 billion euros is due — money which Greece does not have.

Nigeria rescues 71 from Boko Haram MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian soldiers rescued 71 people, almost all girls and women, in firefights that killed many Boko Haram militants in villages near the northeastern city of Maiduguri, the military said Thursday.

Some captives told The Associated Press they were in the clutches of the Islamic extremists for as long as a year.

“Our gallant troops have rescued a total number of 59 civilians in two camps of the terrorist group,” army spokesman Col. I.T. Gusau said. “Many of the terrorists were killed in the course of the operations, but mop up is still going on.”

The 59, all women and children except for five elderly men, were freed on Thursday, he said. Another 12 women and girls were rescued Wednesday from Kilakisa, 55 miles southwest of Maiduguri, he said.

Rebel flags placed at MLK’s church ATLANTA (AP) — Surveillance cameras caught images of two white males laying Confederate battle flags on the ground near the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s church, but it wasn’t clear whether they had committed a crime.

Atlanta police Chief George Turner said Thursday his officers were working with federal authorities and hadn’t determined what, if any, charges might be sought.

Turner said they had not ruled out a hate crime, though Georgia has no state hate crimes law.

An officer from the Atlanta FBI’s joint terrorism task force was on the scene “to better determine if any specific threats were received” and to provide support to Atlanta police, FBI Special Agent Steve Emmett said in an email.

The Rev. Raphael Warnock, senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church, called placing the flags on church grounds a “terroristic threat.”

Omar’s deputy, Mansoor has been effectively running the insurgency for the past three years and is said to have the loyalty of battlefield commanders who have intensified and spread their insurgency against Kabul in recent months.

Taliban attacks against Afghan officials and forces have intensified with their warm-weather annual offensive and since NATO’s combat troops pulled out of the country at the end of last year, leaving Afghan forces in charge of the security situation in their country.

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press

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A RELATIVE held up a photo of a 1½-year-old boy, Ali Dawabsheh, in a house that had been torched today in a suspected attack by Jewish settlers in Duma village, near the West Bank city of Nablus.

Palestinian child burned to death in apparent Israeli attack

By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH and AREF TUFAHA Associated Press

DUMA, West Bank — Suspected Jewish assailants attacked a Palestinian village in the West Bank early today and torched two homes, hurling fire bombs inside and setting off a blaze that killed a sleeping toddler and critically wounded his 4-yearold brother and parents.

The violence threatened to set off a dangerous escalation and further stir Palestinian fears that Israel allows attacks by militant Jewish settlers in the West Bank to go unpunished, though Israel says it does its best to track down assailants. Palestinian officials blamed Israel for the attack while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the incident a “terror attack.”

According to the Israeli military, the suspects entered the village of Duma, near the city of Nablus, where they set the homes ablaze and scrawled graffiti in Hebrew, including “Long live the Messiah,” “revenge” and “price tag” and then fled the scene.

The slain child was identified as 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh. His 4year-old brother Ahmad, father Saed and mother Riham were seriously hurt, according to Gassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official from the Nablus area.

Daghlas said Jewish settlers broke the window of a house and flung a fire bomb inside, “causing a quick and huge fire.” The Israeli military said three people were critically wounded and one was slightly injured. The critically wounded were taken to Israeli hospitals for treatment, the military said.

Lee Gat, a spokeswoman for Tel

Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv, said Riham had life-threatening burns over 90 percent of her body while her son Ahmad had burns over 60 percent of his body.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called the incident a “war crime” and said it would be part of the Palestinians’ case against Israel at the International Criminal Court.

Palestinian official Saeb Erekat blamed Israel for the incident, calling it a “brutal assassination.”

“This is a direct consequence of decades of impunity given by the Israeli government to settler terrorism,” he said.

“This is the consequence of a culture of hate funded and incentivized by the Israeli government and the impunity granted by the international community.”

Jewish extremists have for years attacked Palestinian property, as well as mosques, churches and even Israeli military bases in opposition to what they see as the Israeli government’s favorable policies toward the Palestinians, although it is rare for anyone to be killed in such attacks.

Today’s incident comes after Israel this week demolished homes in a West Bank settlement built without prior authorization. Israel shortly after announced plans for new settler homes in the same settlement and elsewhere.

Critics say police have been slow to apprehend the Jewish assailants and Palestinians say the military has failed to protect them from attacks by militant Jewish settlers in the West Bank.

The attacks, known as “price tag,” have been condemned across the Israeli political spectrum.

In the village of Duma, the interior walls of the one-floor home were

blackened and still radiated heat as Israeli police surveyed the scene this morning. A brown couch was covered in white ash as charred debris lay strewn around the property. A second house nearby, which was empty, was also set on fire.

Inside the torched home, relatives scraped through the ash and soot to salvage any belongings. They found a partly burned picture of the slain child and his bottle, still one-third full of milk.

Mohammed Ibrahim Dawabsheh, a neighbor, said he saw the mother running out of the house on fire and then covered her with a sheet to try to extinguish her flaming body. His son, Ibrahim, said he saw two masked men flee the scene. Another neighbor, Mohammed Dawabsheh, said he tried to push into the blaze to save the child but the flames were too strong.

“I never imagined that this could happen, that someone could come and burn people alive while they are sleeping,” said Hassan Dawabsheh, the slain child’s uncle. “I don’t know what those people were thinking.

What do they have inside their hearts and minds?”

The Israeli military said it sent troop reinforcements to the West Bank, fearing the incident could trigger unrest. Hamas, the militant Islamic group that rules Gaza, called for a day of rage over the incident.

Condemnations came swiftly from Israeli leaders today, with Netanyahu issuing a stern statement against the violence.

“I am shocked over this reprehensible and horrific act. This is an act of terrorism in every respect. The State of Israel takes a strong line against terrorism regardless of who the perpetrators are,” he said.

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe intends to seek the extradition of an American dentist who killed a lion that was lured out of a national park and shot with a bow and a gun, and the process has already begun, a Cabinet minister said today.

“Unfortunately it was too late to apprehend the foreign poacher as he had already absconded to his country of origin,” Oppah Muchinguri, Zimbabwe's environment, water and climate minister, told a news conference. “We are appealing to the responsible authorities for his extradition to Zimbabwe so that he be made accountable.”

On Tuesday, American hunter Walter James Palmer issued a statement saying he relied on his guides to ensure the hunt was legal. Two Zimbabweans — a professional hunter and a farm owner — have been arrested in the killing of the lion known as Cecil, a killing garnered worldwide condemnation.

“There has been an outcry,” Muchinguri said. “Almost 500,000 people are calling for his extradition and we need this support. We want him tried in Zimbabwe because he violated our laws.”

She did not explain the 500,000 but there are online petitions demanding Palmer's extradition.

“I have already consulted with the authorities within the police force who are responsible for arresting the criminal. We have certain processes we have to follow,” Muchinguri said at the offices of the national parks and wildlife authority. “Police should take the first step to approach the prosecutor general who will approach the Americans. The processes have already started.”

The Cabinet minister said both Palmer and professional hunter Theo Bronkhorst violated the Parks and Wildlife Act, which controls the use of bow and arrow hunting. She said Palmer, who reportedly paid $50,000 to hunt the lion, also violated the act through financing an illegal hunt.

The landowner violated the act because he “allowed a hunt to be conducted without a quota and necessary permit,” Muchinguri said.

There is an extradition treaty between Zimbabwe and the United States. The U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe said today that it does not comment on extradition matters.

Muchinguri accused Palmer of “a well-orchestrated agenda which would tarnish the image of Zimbabwe and further strain the relationship between Zimbabwe and the USA.” Palmer is believed to have shot the lion with a bow on July 1 outside Hwange National Park, after it was lured onto private land with a carcass of an animal laid out on a car, Zimbabwean conservationists have said.

Ex-university officer makes bail in motorist’s killing

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA New York Times News Service

Two University of Cincinnati police officers who were present when a colleague shot and killed a motorist were placed on paid leave, a university spokesman said Thursday, while a judge set bail of $1 million for the officer at the center of the case.

That officer, Ray Tensing, appeared briefly in Hamilton County court in Cincinnati, in gray-and-black striped jail garb, handcuffed behind his back, as his lawyer, William S.

Mathews II, entered a plea of not guilty for him. Tensing, who has been fired by the university, was released from jail on bond later Thursday.

On Wednesday, county prosecutors announced that a grand jury had indicted Tensing on charges of murder and manslaughter in the killing of Samuel DuBose on July 19 during a traffic stop for a missing license plate.

They said it was the first time a law enforcement officer in the county had ever faced a murder charge for actions taken in the line of duty.

The prosecutors also re-

RAY TENSING ... pleaded not guilty Thursday

leased a graphic and widely anticipated video of the shooting, taken by a body camera worn by the officer, which they said was crucial to the case, and showed that Tensing and possibly other officers had misrepresented what had happened.

Officers Phillip Kidd and David Lindenschmidt were placed on leave pending the outcome of an internal investigation, a spokesman for the university, Lonnie Soury, said Thursday. Soury, a New York public relations specialist brought in to help the university, described the move

as “standard procedure.”

Video taken from body cameras of Kidd and Lindenschmidt was also released Thursday. In the videos, Tensing is heard saying to another officer, “He was dragging me,” to which the other officer responded “Yeah, I saw that.”

Soury said the university was bringing in an outside company to conduct an investigation “of everything that transpired in this tragic incident.” He would not identify the company until a contract was signed, which he said was expected today.

Et Cetera

Page 8 — Friday, July 31, 2015

By The Associated Press Today is Friday, July 31, the 212th day of 2015.

There are 153 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On July 31, 1715, a fleet of Spanish ships carrying gold, silver and jewelry sank during a hurricane off the east Florida coast, scattering most of their treasure along the ocean floor.

Of some 2,500 crew members, more than 1,000 died.

On this date: In 1777, the Marquis de Lafayette, a 19-year-old French nobleman, was made a major-general in the American Continental Army.

In 1875, the 17th president of the United States, Andrew Johnson, died in Carter County, Tenn., at age 66.

In 1919, Germany’s Weimar Constitution was adopted by the republic’s National Assembly.

In 1930, the radio character “The Shadow� made his debut as narrator of the “Detective Story Hour� on CBS Radio.

In 1933, the radio series “Jack Armstrong, the AllAmerican Boy,� made its debut on CBS radio station WBBM in Chicago.

In 1942, Oxfam International had its beginnings as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief was founded in England.

In 1954, Pakistan’s K2 was conquered as two members of an Italian expedition, Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli, reached the summit.

In 1964, the American space probe Ranger 7 reached the moon, transmitting pictures back to Earth before impacting the lunar surface.

In 1972, Democratic vice presidential candidate Thomas Eagleton withdrew from the ticket with George McGovern following disclosures that Eagleton had once undergone psychiatric treatment.

In 1973, Delta Air Lines Flight 723, a DC-9, crashed while trying to land at Boston’s Logan International Airport, killing all 89 people on board.

In 1989, a pro-Iranian group in Lebanon released a grisly videotape showing the body of American hostage William R. Higgins, a Marine lieutenant-colonel, dangling from a rope.

In 1991, President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in Moscow.

Ten years ago: Police arrested seven people during a raid on an apartment in southern England, bringing to 21 the number in custody in the relentless hunt for accomplices in the failed July 21 transit bombings in London. Jeong Jang shot a 3-under 69 to win the Women’s British Open by four strokes.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Don Murray is 86. Jazz composer-musician Kenny Burrell is 84. Actress France Nuyen is 76. Actress Susan Flannery is 76. Singer Lobo is 72. Actress Geraldine Chaplin is 71. Former movie studio executive Sherry Lansing is 71. Singer Gary Lewis is 70. Actor Lane Davies is 65. International Tennis Hall of Famer Evonne Goolagong Cawley is 64. Actor Barry Van Dyke is 64. Actor Alan Autry is 63.

Jazz composer-musician Michael Wolff is 63. Actor Michael Biehn is 59. Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is 59.

Rock singer-musician Daniel Ash (Love and Rockets) is 58. Actor Dirk Blocker (TV: “Brooklyn NineNine�) is 58. Entrepreneur Mark Cuban is 57. Rock musician Bill Berry is 57.

Actor Wally Kurth is 57.

Actor Wesley Snipes is 53.

Country singer Chad Brock is 52. Musician Fatboy Slim is 52.

Rock musician Jim Corr is 51. Author J.K. Rowling is 50. Actor Dean Cain is 49.

Actor Jim True-Frost is 49.

Actor Ben Chaplin is 46.

Actor Loren Dean is 46. Retired NFL quarterback Gus Frerotte is 44. Actress Annie Parisse is 40. Actor Robert Telfer is 38.

Country singer-musician Zac Brown is 37. Actor-producer-writer B.J. Novak is 36. Actor Rico Rodriguez is 17.

Betty White heartbroken over killing of lion

By The Associated Press BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Betty White, 93, a passionate animal activist, has harsh words for the Minnesota dentist who killed Cecil the lion while on a hunting trip in Zimbabwe this month. “You don’t want to hear some of the things I want to do to that man,� the actress told The Associated Press on Thursday. “It’s such a heartbreaker.

You can’t even talk about it, and to see this king of the jungle and personifying it in every way, this gorgeous creature. How can somebody do that?�

Cecil was drawn from a wildlife preserve and shot by American hunter Walter James Palmer on July 1.

Palmer is believed to have shot the lion with a bow and then the wounded cat was tracked for 40 hours before he killed it with a gun.

Palmer released a state-

ment this week through a publicist saying he was with professional guides and believed the hunt was legal. The firm is no longer helping Palmer.

White, who said she’s “loved animals since the womb,â€? was promoting a new block of programming in August on Discovery Family Channel called “Pawgust,â€? with shows, specials and movies about animals. White will serve as the host of “Pawgust,â€? and be featured in promos. “Anything that promotes positive animal knowledge or talk I’m all for,â€? said White of her involvement. â??â??â??

NEW YORK — The special guests at U2’s concert Thursday night included Paul Simon, Lou Reed’s widow and the woman who called 911 when Bono fell off his bike in New York City last year.

Simon joined U2 onstage at

PEOPLE Madison Square Garden to sing some of his song, “Mother and Child Reunion.�

Before Bono kicked off the tune, he pointed out that Simon was in the crowd, and the audience roared as Simon entered the stage.

Bono also noted that Reed’s widow, musician Laurie Anderson, was in the audience of 20,000. The band performed Reed’s “Satellite of Love� as a video of the late icon singing the song appeared onscreen. Bono, who crashed his bike in Central Park and suffered multiple injuries last year, called out the woman who dialed 911 and the firefighters who responded to the call. They sat close to the stage. “I am here today because some people, when I crashed my bike here in the city, a beautiful girl made a phone call to 911. She’s from Den-

ver, but she’s here tonight.

And so is Engine 44, the firefighters that picked me up off the ground,� he said.

Bono then handed the microphone to the responders to recount the story. “So I have to clarify, it’s Alyssa and I’m from D.C., not Denver,� the woman said.

It earned her laughs. But her shine ended shortly after. “Here’s what happened: I was running in Central Park, there was an accident, obviously I had to stop and help because I’m not from New York, I’m from Virginia, where people are nice,� she said as the audience booed as she tried to finish the story.

The North American leg of U2’s Innocence + Experience Tour ends today at Madison Square Garden, which will mark the band’s eighth consecutive show at the famed venue since July 18.

The band will tour Europe in September.

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LOS ANGELES — Katy Perry’s dream of owning a hilltop convent near Hollywood is going to have to wait a while longer.

The convent, which Perry has wanted to buy to be her personal residence for several years, is in the middle of a legal fight between a group of elderly nuns and the archbishop of Los Angeles over who has control of the sale and its proceeds.

Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant said Thursday that he believes the sale to entrepreneur Dana Hollister is invalid.

Still, he blocked Perry and representatives of the archdiocese from visiting the convent until after the court case is resolved.

That could take months, if not years, the judge said. “You’re not selling to Katy Perry anytime soon,� the judge told lawyers for the archbishop.

Boyfriend’s soul mate confession upsets woman DEAR ABBY: I have been close to my best friend for three years.

A year ago we decided to date.

We have a wonderful relationship on almost every level.

The only issue I have is that he’s reluctant to open up about his past.

He is a very private Dear Abby is person, and written by I know it’s Abigail Van because Buren, also of his known as upbringing.

Jeanne This has Phillips, and sparked was founded many by her mother, debates Pauline between us Phillips. that have ended less than pleasantly.

Recently, he did open up, and when he did, he dropped a bomb.

He asked me if I believed in soul mates, and I said yes.

Then he told me about how in his past there was a girl he loved very much.

Sadly, she died. He said he sees this girl as his soul mate,

DEAR ABBY

but he doesn’t think it lessens any of his love for me.

This was the first time he opened up to me. Now that it has sunk in, I’m hurt. I already have self-confidence issues, and I worry that because I am not her, I’m not enough. I can’t live up to a dead woman.

I always thought I could change his closed ways, but now, knowing the cause, I fear there is nothing I can do to help him. Maybe he’s just too messed up for me. I don’t know what to do. Can someone have two soul mates? — NOT HIS SOUL MATE DEAR NOT HIS SOUL MATE: Please do not allow your self-confidence issues to ruin your relationship, because from where I sit, it appears you’re looking for a way to push this man away.

So what if he had a romance that ended tragically? She’s dead — gone! And you’re very much alive. Stop competing with her.

If there is one thing I have learned, it is that we cannot change other people. He doesn’t need your help; he needs someone who will accept him the way he is and love him for it.

DEAR ABBY: I am the treasurer for my high school’s upcoming 50th reunion. My senior class was large —

more than 550 students. My problem is, 280 students have not responded to our monthly emails or newsletters.

It takes a lot of time and effort to put on a reunion. We have been working on it for two years. I realize some classmates hated their senior year. Not all of us had a perfect time.

But would you remind people that a simple yes or no works well?

Frankly, I don’t know why anyone would say no, unless medical or financial issues prevented them from attending. I don’t look like I did at 18, and neither does anyone else.

The clique clubs are gone, and the captain of the football team looks just like any other guy. Can you comment? — READY FOR THE REUNION DEAR READY: Yes. There may be other reasons why some graduates don’t wish to attend their high school re-

union. They live far away, or there is no one they particularly want to see.

Rather than work yourself into a lather, in your next communication to the graduates, specify that only those who have responded to the

invitation can be accommodated “because the committee is making arrangements for which they need an exact head count.�

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Different personalities click in Somebody To Love

By CALEB MURPHY

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Four-fifths of Somebody To Love, a local cover band, are religious. The last fifth is not.

This, along with different personalities, is sure to lead down a path of off-kilterness.

Not so with this group.

They say they’re like siblings, despite varying beliefs and the hodgepodge of backgrounds and career industries. However, just like siblings, they can be blunt with each other. “We’re picky,� said Lynne Jones, one of the lead singers. “We’re picky with each other.

If someone’s not ...� — she motioned with her hand in a strict chopping motion — “we call them out on it, don’t we? It’s the music director in me.�

Chuck Potthast, the other lead singer and acoustic guitarist, agrees. “When we play, it’s all about the music with us.�

They’ll be performing their music Sunday at 5:30 p.m. as part of the Indiana Summer Concerts in the Park Series, held in Memorial Park, 630 Washington St., Indiana.

The band began as “Chuck And Lynne� before meeting Wally Stapleton (drums),

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MEMBERS OF Somebody To Love are, from left, Ryan Long, Dave Serene, Lynne Jones, Chuck Potthast and Wally Stapleton.

Ryan Long (bass) and later adding Dave Serene (lead guitar, vocals).

They cover The Beatles and The Eagles, Tom Petty and Fleetwood Mac. When it comes to choosing which songs to play among the thousands of choices, that can be difficult. “We’re kind of democratic about it, though, as far as the songs,� Potthast said. “We all

have to agree that we like the song.� “Doesn’t always happen,�

Jones interjected. “You put hours into learning a new song ... and we have different styles.�

Their audience, however, doesn’t seem to notice. Jones told the story of when an Indiana University of Pennsylvania professor said she sounded better than Janis

Joplin when singing Joplin’s song “Piece Of My Heart.� “I was like, ‘Whoa, thanks, buddy,’� she recalled. “But he might of had a couple drinks.�

She can sing a three-hour gig then direct the music at three to four Masses over a weekend and still not lose her voice.

She and Potthast are delighted to see the progress

she’s made as a singer. “It’s been fun watching her evolve,� Potthast said. “It’s been fun for me to watch me evolve!� Jones added.

The whole band has evolved, from two to five, from just an ordinary band to a group that led a man to convert religions.

Jones said that a gentleman came to a Somebody To Love

concert, and his date told him the band members play the music at St. Thomas More University Parish. He said, “If those are musicians that play at church, I want to go to that church.�

The man started going to Mass and eventually converted to Catholicism.

It’s the chemistry of this band that led him to religion and so many others to fandom. “I think our personalities just kind of click,� Jones said.

And Potthast sees the band as one of the best he’s been in during his lengthy musical career. “I can tell you this as a fact,� he said. “I’ve been in a lot of bands ... and this is the first band where I actually get excited about playing. “This is the most fun band I’ve ever played in, and I’ve been doing this for 50 years.�

Jones summarized the members’ sentiment and gave Somebody To Love something of a manifesto. “Our greatest joy probably is when people get up and dance and are just having a good time and forgetting about the stress of the week.�

And that joy cuts through any potential walls between these folks and their fans.

Cruise soars to new heights in ‘Mission: Impossible’ movie

By JOCELYN NOVECK

‘Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation’

AP National Writer

There’s some interesting talk in the cleverly satisfying script of “Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation� about the element of luck. As in: How much is luck a factor in the success of Ethan Hunt and his IMF cohorts? After all, in the last movie they merely saved us from a nuclear holocaust. Was it talent, work, or dumb luck?

Whatever you decide about that, let’s be clear about this: When it comes to Tom Cruise and his durability as an action hero, luck has little to do with it. The guy’s an action star extraordinaire, and it’s not luck or chance but work and smarts and yes, some swashbuckling derringdo that get him there. Whatever you may think of Cruise and his complex off-screen persona, let’s give him this: At age 53, he and his Ethan Hunt are, if anything, getting more fun to watch. And they make “Rogue Nation� not merely a serviceable summer flick, but an enter-

Rated: PG-13 for sequences of intense action and violence Running time: 131 minutes Rating: ★★★

tainment well worth your inflated ticket price.

Let’s give kudos to a few other folks, too, starting with directorwriter Christopher McQuarrie, who, like each director in the franchise, puts his own stamp on the proceedings. McQuarrie (“The Usual Suspects�) does this with both a wry script that often makes fun of what’s happening, and some seriously entertaining action pieces, including a complicated assassination sequence set in Vienna’s glittering opera house during a lavish production of Puccini’s “Turan-

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It shouldn’t surprise you by now to hear that Cruise apparently flirted with on-set danger here, too.

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Brush Valley Day, ICHS, Fred, etc.

To whom it may concern — While the constant rains have subsided, replaced instead this week by heat and humidity, we are reminded that in just a few hours, August will be upon us.

By late August, the students will return to school, the farm scene will spring to life at the Indiana County Fair and, before you know it, it’ll be Labor Day. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

The beginning of the month has plenty to offer, including Saturday’s Brush Valley Day celebration.

The 42nd annual event is held at the Brush Valley fire department grounds. In addition to vendors, the day will include kids activities, a horseshoe pitching contest, greased pole and more.

AND DON’T forget that Clymer will hold Son Day in the Park on Sunday, with the main event from 2 to 8 p.m. There will be time for praise and worship, live music, food and fun — all for free.

BETTER TO GIVE Members of the Stossel family

will host a benefit for the American Heart Association in memory of Bob Stossel and to support others in the community affected by heart disease beginning at 6 p.m. Aug. 15 at H.B. Culpeppers on Philadelphia Street in Indiana.

This is the eighth event, and the family has raised $25,182 for the association over the years.

Someone to Love will perform live music, and a basket raffle will be part of the festivities.

STEPPING UP There’s some good news this week for the Indiana County Humane Society, which was facing a tough financial situation in June when officials announced a fund shortage.

Shannon Jackson, board president, said that the community has stepped up to help.

In June, Jackson and ICHS Treasurer Camille Morris said their organization only had enough funds to last through mid-July.

But Jackson said on Tuesday that ICHS will probably be able to keep its doors open until at least the end of the year, thanks to local donations.

INSIDE INDIANA Their largest annual fundraiser, Cause for Paws, is scheduled for Sept. 19 at Blue Spruce Park near Ernest.

Both pets and people will be welcome at Cause for Paws, where there will be a walk/run, pet contest, basket raffles, food, music, pet photos, vendors and more.

Registration will start at 11 a.m., the race starts at noon and the walk at 12:15 p.m.

BUSINESS BYTES Congratulations are in order for Fred Fink, recently promoted to finance manager at Colonial Toyota in White Township across from the YMCA of Indiana County.

Fink started his auto sales career with Colonial in 1987 and was the original Colonial Toyota salesman when the franchise was acquired in 1989, according to a news release.

After leaving in 1993 and spending 17 years as manager at McGregor Motors, he rejoined Colonial Toyota last year.

“We were glad to get Fred back into the dealership group last year,” said owner CJ Spadafora.

“Fred brings a great reputation in the car business and has already proven to be a real asset to our management team.”

And the Comfort Inn along Indian Springs Road in White Township, which had briefly been called the Indian Springs Inn, is now under the Days Inn flag.

SAVE THE DATE Jacqueline Debick is reminding former employees of the former Fisher Scientific that the annual reunion will begin at noon on Sept.

12 at the Mack Park pavilion.

Attendees are asked to bring a covered dish to share and their own choice of beverage.

Plates, cups, napkins and flatware will be provided.

Fisher Scientific closed in 2006, and the group has held reunions for about six or seven years, Debick said.

The reunion usually draws a crowd of about 20 to 50 former employees, along with family members.

Vet takes trek to say thank you Continued from Page 1 finds a suitable place to stop.

He’ll sleep anywhere that he’s welcome.

People have been overwhelmingly friendly and, he has come to realize, supportive of veterans.

“They may not say it, but they really do care,” he said.

When invited, he’ll speak at churches and senior centers in areas he passes through.

He constantly gets offers of food, water, even hay for Tom and Jerry, but he said he has everything he needs. In fact, the wagon is complete with a solar panel that allows him to charge electronic devices he uses to keep in touch with his wife, Herminia, back home and to update his progress on Facebook.

“I never plug in,” Peters said.

Many people he meets wonder why he uses mules as opposed to horses. It’s because they tolerate the heat better, have fewer problems with their feet and are, pound for pound, stronger than horses, he said.

This is actually his third trip

Charlie Peters

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CHARLIE PETERS saluted the flag as he passed the Indiana Fire Association station in White Township.

Discovery fuels hope of finding plane Continued from Page 1 awaiting word on the fate of their loved ones, hope to have at least some answers within days.

“The most important part of this whole exercise at the moment is to give some kind of closure to the families,” said Australian Transport Minister Warren Truss, whose country is leading the search for the plane in a desolate stretch of ocean off Australia’s west coast.

Still, given the myriad false leads that have peppered the search, some would prefer certainty to speed.

Jacquita Gomes, whose husband, Patrick, was a flight attendant on the missing plane, is anxious for the results of the analysis, but wants authorities to ensure they’re conclusive before announcing them.

“It’s going to be a nail-biting weekend but we cannot rush it,” said Gomes, of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. “We have been waiting for more than 500 days. The agony continues and I hope there will be answers soon.”

But even if the piece is confirmed to be the first confirmed wreckage from Flight 370, there’s no guarantee investigators can find the plane’s vital black box recorders or other debris. A multinational search effort now focused on the southern Indian Ocean has come up empty.

Air safety investigators, including one from Boeing, have identified the component as a flaperon from the trailing edge of a Boeing 777 wing, a U.S. official said. The official wasn’t authorized to be publicly named.

Flight 370, which disappeared March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board, is the only missing 777.

“Nothing has been confirmed, but obviously this is, by far, the most encouraging sign so far,” Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott told Sydney radio station 2SM. “We have long thought it went down somewhere in the Indian Ocean and, at last, it seems that we may be on the verge of some confirmation.”

A French law enforcement helicopter is scouring the waters around Reunion in hopes of spotting more debris.

Scanning the beach’s distinctive black volcanic sand and stones today, searcher Philippe Sidam picked up a plastic bottle for laundry detergent. “This is from Jakarta, Indonesia,” he said, pointing to the writing on the bottle. “This shows how the ocean’s currents bring material all the way from Indonesia and beyond. That explains how the debris from the Malaysian plane could have reached here.”

Reunion environmental worker Johnny Begue told The Associated

Press that he stumbled across the plane part on Wednesday morning while collecting stones to grind spices. A colleague, Teddy Riviere, corroborated his account, but authorities wouldn’t say who discovered the component.

“I knew immediately it was part of an aircraft, but I didn’t realize how important it was, that it could help to solve the mystery of what happened to the Malaysian jet,” Begue, 46, told the AP. He and several workmates carried the wing fragment out of the water so that it would not be battered by the surf against the volcanic rocks that make up most of the beach.

Begue also discovered a piece of a suitcase about 8 feet away.

Australian officials expressed skepticism that the suitcase was associated with the wing part.

Truss, the transport minister, noted that there did not appear to be any marine life attached to the suitcase, indicating it probably hadn’t been in the water for long.

But he dubbed the wing part a major lead.

“There’s strong evidence to suggest that the wreckage found on Reunion Island does come from a Boeing 777,” Truss said.

Investigators have found what may be a maintenance number on the wing piece, which may help investigators figure out what

plane it belongs to, Truss said.

Truss expects French investigators will also try to determine how the part separated from the rest of the aircraft, and whether it shows evidence of fire or other damage, which might explain how the plane crashed.

The fact that the part was found 2,600 miles from the current search site does not mean officials are looking in the wrong place, said Australian Transport Safety Bureau Chief Commissioner Martin Dolan, who is leading the hunt.

To the contrary, it gives them reassurance that they’re in the correct spot, given that ocean modeling predicted that currents would eventually carry any floating wreckage to the African coast. The discovery is therefore unlikely to alter the seabed search, he said.

“We remain highly confident in our work defining the search area,” Dolan said.

Over the past 16 months, hopes have repeatedly been raised and then dashed that the plane, or parts of the plane, had been found. In the end, none was from Flight 370.

In Beijing, Zhang Qian, whose husband, Wang Houbin, was on the plane, said she hopes this is not another false lead.

“I don’t want to see any news about suspected debris,” she said.

“What I want is a verified result.”

Escapee accused in killing captured Continued from Page 1 The residence is at 110 Rayburn Road, in Rayburn Township, and carries a Kittanning address, but the house virtually sits a scant 500 yards from the county jail, across Route 85, according to Myers.

Officials say Crissman, of Templeton, was jailed July 24 for violating probation and was trusted by staff. There were no violent

St. Anne’s Byzantine Catholic Church in Clymer will host its annual grilled chicken and halushki (cabbage and homemade dumplings) dinner starting at 11 a.m. Saturday in the church parking lot at 360 Franklin St. The dinner is takeout only, and runs until food is sold out.

Meals are served with baked beans, a roll and dessert. All are welcome.

The cost is $10.

SHOP TALK AT SIX Gas prices in the Indiana area today were running at $2.79 a gallon, compared to $2.74 statewide and $2.67 nationwide (www.penn sylvaniagasprices.com). … Willie, our ex-shoeshine boy, turned to the Greek poet Hesiod for this pearl of wisdom: “It will not always be summer; build barns.”

Good evening!

This column is compiled by Gazette staff writer Margaret Weaver. Email items for submission to mweaver@indianagazette.net.

Chickens banned from county fair

“I’VE MADE a lot of friends that I still keep in touch with.”

in the 3,000-pound wagon, he said. Last year he traveled 1,200 miles to Oklahoma to visit the grave of his father, a World War II vet.

In 2013, a collision with a young driver in Arkansas destroyed his wagon, killed both mules and left Peters hospitalized with broken ribs. But he sees the accident as a blessing in disguise, because it was then that he learned he had kidney cancer.

Now in remission, he’s back on the road.

“I’ve made a lot of friends that I still keep in touch with,” he said.

Peters plans to be back home in Michigan sometime in September. After all, for this trip, his wife gave him “four months or she’s locking the door and calling a lawyer.”

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crimes on his record.

“The doors were open so he could carry in meal trays, and he just walked away,” Rupert said.

An online court record shows Crissman served time in jail in 2004 for driving under the influence, six months of probation for drug paraphernalia possession in 2006, a jail term of 90 days to five years ordered for driving under the influence of drugs in 2008,

and a term of 175 days to two years less one day for a felony trespassing and theft conviction in 2011.

Armstrong County judges also sentenced Crissman to six months of probation in 2012 for drug paraphernalia possession, one year of probation for theft in 2013, and six months of probation for theft on April 9.

An acquaintance said in a pub-

lished report that he hired Crissman off and on over the past year as a handyman performing yardwork and maintenance.

“He was a very nice guy,” Barry Crytzer told the Pittsburgh PostGazette. “This all seems really out of character from the guy I knew.

He seemed like a pretty passive guy.”

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

Continued from Page 1 carry the virus but usually do not exhibit symptoms. The disease is very contagious, and often deadly, to domesticated birds, including chickens, ducks, quail, pheasants, guinea fowl and turkeys.

The Agriculture Department is recommending that fairs put in place alternative poultry-related competitions to highlight the accomplishments of youth poultry exhibitors. And the department is suggesting that fairs stage some type of birdless showmanship event to keep youths engaged and to help them complete their poultry projects.

The Indiana County Fair’s Poultry and Eggs Department typically draws about 600 entries each summer.

“We have to adapt” to the state agriculture department’s ban on competitions with live birds, said Lori Richardson, the adult leader of the local 4-H Poultry Club members. “It’s a challenge for them.”

The club members will have to compete without the live birds they’ve been working with, getting them accustomed to being handled so the birds could do part of the job of impressing judges.

In place of the fair’s usual poultry exhibits, Richardson and the club members are preparing an information display to help fairgoers understand why live chickens and other fowl are absent from the Mack Park fairgrounds this summer.

Nationwide, more than 220 flocks have been infected by HPAI, killing approximately 50 million birds. The virus has spread west to east across the United States since December primarily through migratory birds from the Pacific to the Central flyway to the Mississippi flyway. The Atlantic flyway, which intersects with the Mississippi flyway over Pennsylvania, has not shown birds carrying the virus to date.

“We want to be clear that avian influenza has not been found in our state, but we need to plan and act as if it could at any moment, which is a distinct possibility,” state Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding said this week. “When this virus hit in 1983 and 1984, 17 million birds were lost. That equated to a $65 million negative impact to our state’s economy. We are doing everything possible to avoid that kind of devastation — or worse — with this outbreak.”

Redding said Gov. Tom Wolf has approved $3.5 million for the agriculture department, which would be on the front line of any response, to continue its planning work and to mount a response to any initial outbreak, but the size and scope of that response is uncertain.

“What we have learned from other states, such as Iowa and Minnesota, is that acting quickly is imperative to containing the virus and minimizing its spread,” Redding said.

In addition to suspending avian exhibits and competitions at fairs, the state department of agriculture has conducted tabletop exercises to practice various scenarios and familiarize the department’s staff and industry stakeholders with response and recovery activities in the event of an outbreak. And it has met with the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, the Game Commission and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to discuss possible needs during a large outbreak.

Indiana County is not a major poultry producer in Pennsylvania, but many local farms and families keep small flocks of chickens to supply their own poultry needs and eggs, according to Bob Pollock, a Penn State Extension educator in the service’s Indiana County office.

According to state department of agriculture statistics, Indiana County had about 5,000 laying hens in 2012, and the sales value of poultry and eggs in the county that year was $182,000.

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Friday, July 31, 2015 — Page 11

Sports ICL BASEBALL: West Lebanon 7, Blairsville 2

West Lebanon tops Colts, moves on to title game “THIS WAS the most insane, backand-forth series I’ve ever been a part of, but we played better this series than we’d played all year, and we definitely saved our best game for tonight.”

Anthony Rebyanski,

West Lebanon player-manager

Chance made a wrong decision

I received a text message, out of the blue, one day late in May: “Just checking up on my favorite people in town. Hope everything is going well with you and your family.”

It was from Devante Chance, the All-America point guard on the IUP basketball team. It came a couple months after I had last written a word about him and a couple weeks after he had finished school and returned to his hometown of Philadelphia. I was touched that he thought of me.

I’m sure, too, that text was sent to some other people in Indiana because Devante made a lot of friends and made a lasting impression on a lot of people during his four years at IUP. I felt a special affection for him, not only because he had been a great Tony Coccagna player, but is the Gazette’s because he had sports editor. worked so hard to Email: tonyc@ develop into a indianagazette. leader and the net. best point guard I ever saw at IUP; and I got to see his personality blossom as he matured into a great young man.

Then, earlier this month, news broke that Devante had been charged by police with, among other things, possession with intent to deliver drugs. Javaughn Goree also was charged, and Devante’s roommate and teammate, Cornell “Manny” Yarde, was charged with lesser offenses.

The incident occurred in late January, but charges weren’t brought until early July.

The charges against Devante were dropped on Wednesday.

I knew the back story, having heard about the incident a couple days after it happened. I knew Devante had not broken the law, but I also knew he had made an error in judgment.

The story goes like this: On the night in question, police were called to the apartment building where Devante lived to investigate a report of a person with possession of a handgun. During the investigation, police detected the smell of marijuana coming from Devante’s apartment. They obtained a search warrant and discovered a backpack with a quantity of marijuana, packaged for sale, and cash.

In a written statement for police, Devante admitted the presence of marijuana and cash and that he sometimes allowed the person he said they belonged to, Goree, to stay at his apartment. On this occasion, he said, he had allowed Goree to use the laundry facilities upstairs.

He denied that he possessed or sold the drugs, but that he knew Goree sold marijuana.

I believed that story when I heard it in January. I believe it now.

Apparently, the Indiana County district attorney’s office does, too.

Devante, though no longer charged with a crime, felt the sting of guilt by association.

He knew he had let down a lot of people — those who had befriended him during his time here; those who had cheered him during his great career; and the kids that had come to idolize him as a basketball player Continued on Page 13

By DUSTIN FILLOY

dfilloy@indianagazette.net

BLAIRSVILLE — The hits just didn’t fall this time for Blairsville, and for the first time in the backand-forth series, a come-frombehind win didn’t play out.

In a series in which every previous game was decided by one run, third-seeded West Lebanon finally put together a dominant performance that put the sec-

ond-seeded Colts away Thursday at One River Field.

Riding the arms of Matt Rebyanski and Mike Panchik, West Lebanon jumped on Blairsville early and then used pivotal defensive plays down the stretch to score a 7-2 win in the deciding game of the best-of-five Indiana County League semifinals.

West Lebanon, a team that won 11 straight titles from 1995 to 2005, advanced to the league

championship series for the first time since 2007, when it was swept by Creekside.

West Lebanon visits four-time defending league champion Bovard for the opening game of the best-of-seven series at 3 p.m. on Sunday.

The Bison have won 14 of their last 15 championship series games.

Blairsville, which went 6-0 during the regular season against

West Lebanon, fell a win shy of punching its third straight ticket to the championship series.

“We weren’t discouraged after that tough loss (Wednesday) night, and I told them, ‘There isn’t anyone I’d rather go to battle with than you guys,’” said first-year West Lebanon playermanager Anthony Rebyanski, who finished 3-for-4 with two doubles and four RBIs. Continued on Page 13

MLB: Reds 15, Pirates 5

Lopsided Loss

TONY COCCAGNA

JOHN MINCHILLO/Associated Press

THE REDS’ Brandon Phillips celebrated after hitting a three-run home run during the fifth inning of Thursday’s game in Cincinnati. Phillips hit two three-run homers in the game.

Bucs’ struggles continue against Reds Pirates deal for Detroit’s Soria

By JOE KAY

whose velocity was down at the start of the game. He has struggled in his past three starts.

“That’s what I had, man,” Burnett said. “I’m CINCINNATI — Manager Clint Hurdle need- 38. That’s what I had. It’s sad.” ed some time to figure out how to respond to Hurdle sidestepped questions about whether this one. he might give Burnett an extra day of Brandon Phillips hit a pair of threerest before his next start or do somerun homers and drove in a career-high thing else to try to get him out of his seven runs on Thursday night, powerfunk. ing the Reds to a 15-5 victory that kept “I don’t know,” Hurdle said. “That’s the Pittsburgh Pirates winless in why I’m going to wait, sleep on it, talk to Cincinnati this season. him and watch some videotape.”

The Reds opened the season with a Marlon Byrd also hit a three-run three-game sweep of the Pirates at homer, and Jay Bruce drove in three Great American Ball Park. runs with a sacrifice fly and a double as They improved to 4-0 on Thursday the Reds improved to 8-2 overall against A.J. night by taking advantage of struggling the Pirates this season.

A.J. Burnett (8-5), sending the Pirates to Left-hander David Holmberg (1-0) BURNETT their most lopsided loss of the season. was called up from Triple-A and allowed Pittsburgh hadn’t allowed so many runs since two runs and five hits in six innings for the a 15-5 loss to Arizona on Aug. 17, 2013. The Reds. biggest question was what to do with Burnett, Continued on Page 12 AP Sports Writer

By JOE KAY

AP Sports Writer

CINCINNATI — The Pittsburgh Pirates made another move to upgrade their bullpen on Thursday night, acquiring right-hander Joakim Soria from the Detroit Tigers for a minor leaguer.

The 31-year-old Soria was 3-1 with 23 saves and a 2.85 ERA in 43 appearances with Detroit this season. He didn’t allow a run in 13 of his last 14 appearances. The deal was made a few hours after the Pirates got versatile reliever Joe Blanton from Kansas City for cash.

Continued on Page 12

STEELERS

Jones, Allen moving forward

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer

KEITH SRAKOCIC/Associated Press

STEELERS LINEBACKER Jarvis Jones went through drills during Sunday’s practice.

LATROBE — Cortez Allen and Jarvis Jones are not young anymore.

Not by NFL standards anyway, and they know it.

The Pittsburgh Steelers grabbed Jones in the first round two years ago and tasked the athletic linebacker with becoming the latest link in a chain of pass rushers that stretches from James Harrison to Joey Porter to Greg Lloyd and beyond.

Pittsburgh gave Allen $25 million on the eve of the 2014 opener, a paycheck commen-

surate with the title of “shutdown cornerback,” a role the thoughtful Allen spent the first three seasons of his career apprenticing for under Ike Taylor.

The early returns on both investments were hardly promising.

The 26-year-old Allen lost his confidence, his starting job and eventually the latter portion of 2014 because of injury. The 25-year-old Jones appeared on the verge of a breakout last fall only to dislocate his wrist in Week 3 and never completely recover.

It was frustrating. It was disappointing.

And now — Allen and Jones insist — it’s over.

If Pittsburgh’s overhauled defense wants to regain some of its former menace under new coordinator Keith Butler, they better be right. They know that too.

“If you ever played football before, you understand you’re not going to get every play,” Allen said.

“You understand there’s no perfect game.”

The Steelers would happily settle for productive following a season in which they couldn’t get to the quarterback or get their hands on the Continued on Page 14

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Cincinnati sends Leake to Giants

By The Associated Press

ket. Johnny Cueto was traded from Cincinnati to The Reds shipped starter Kansas City, and Cole Mike Leake to the San Fran- Hamels went from cisco Giants for a pair of Philadelphia to Texas. prospects on Thursday The Blue Jays sent leftnight, bolstering the de- handers Daniel Norris, fending World Series cham- Matt Boyd and Jairo pions for another playoff Labourt to the Tigers in the run. deal, which was anSan Francisco nounced by both needed one more teams Thursday. solid starter, and got Price can become a a young pitcher who free agent after this has been at his best season. in July. The 27-year• The Astros have old Leake has won added another bat his last four starts, to their lineup as allowing only two they make a push earned runs in 30 for the postseason innings overall. by acquiring twoMIKE He threw eight intime All-Star outnings of four-hit ball fielder Carlos LEAKE in a 4-0 win in St. Gomez from the Louis on Tuesday, Milwaukee Brewers. completing his senHouston, which sational month. also received rightOverall, Leake is 9-5 hander Mike Fiers with a 3.56 ERA in in the deal, sent 21 starts this seafour prospects to son. the Brewers: leftThe Reds got inhander Josh Hader, fielder Adam Duvall right-hander Adrian and right-hander Houser and outKeury Mella for fielders Brett CARLOS Leake, who can bePhillips and GOMEZ come a free agent Domingo Santana. after the season.

The 29-year-old The deal came six days Gomez is hitting .262 with after Cincinnati dealt ace eight homers and 43 RBIs Johnny Cueto to Kansas in 74 games for the Brewers City for three minor league this season. He is making pitchers. The Giants wound $8 million this season and up getting Cincinnati’s sec- $9 million in 2016, then can ond-best starter. become a free agent.

The 26-year-old Duvall • The first-place Los Angrew up in Louisville and geles Dodgers have bolwas taken in the 11th round stered their pitching staff, of the June 2010 draft. He acquiring Mat Latos from batted .279 with 25 dou- the Miami Marlins and Alex bles, 26 homers and 79 RBIs Wood, Jim Johnson and in 99 games for Triple-A Luis Avilan from the Atlanta Sacramento.

Braves in a 13-player deal.

Mella, 21, was signed as a The rebuilding Braves non-drafted free agent in also gave up top infield September 2011. He went prospect Jose Peraza in the 5-3 with a 3.31 ERA in 16 trade, paying a hefty price starts for Class A San Jose largely to land 30-year-old this season.

Cuban infielder Hector • Toronto has acquired Olivera at a steep discount.

All-Star left-hander David Atlanta also got left-handed Price from the Detroit reliever Paco Rodriguez Tigers, the second major and minor league pitcher move in less than a week by Zachary Bird from Los Anthe Blue Jays as they chase geles. their first postseason apLos Angeles also acquired pearance since 1993. first baseman Michael After acquiring slugging Morse from Miami and inshortstop Troy Tulowitzki jured pitcher Bronson Arfrom Colorado earlier in the royo from the Braves. week, the Blue Jays tried to Miami got three minor shore up their rotation by leaguers from the Dodgers adding the top remaining and sent a draft pick to Atstarting pitcher on the mar- lanta.

Bucs continue to struggle vs. Reds

Continued from Page 11 The Pirates are expecting Jordy Mercer and Josh Harrison back from injuries for the playoff push.

Pittsburgh’s rotation has been a concern, and Burnett made it worse. He has given up six, five and eight runs in his three starts since the All-Star break.

The Reds piled up 10 hits, two walks and eight runs — seven earned — in 4 1-3 innings off Burnett. They also stole four bases off of him.

“I don’t think it’s a rough patch, man,” he said of the three-game slump.

“I had a bad day, that’s all.”

Burnett gave up a pair of singles and Byrd’s homer in the first inning. The Reds sent 10 batters to the plate for six runs in the fifth, with Phillips connecting off reliever Deolis Guerra for a 91 lead. First baseman Pedro

Alvarez made a throwing error while trying to start a double play, extending the inning.

Phillips connected again off Guerra in the sixth for a 14-2 lead.

Outfielder Jaff Decker pinch-hit and stayed in the game to pitch the bottom of the eighth. He gave up a double and a single, but no runs.

NOTES: Phillips became the first player in major league history since 1920 — when the RBI became an official statistic — to have four hits, two homers, seven RBIs and two steals in the same game. … Starling Marte extended his hitting streak to nine games (16-for-36). … Pirates RF Gregory Polanco was in the starting lineup a day after he left a game early because of a sore left knee. He went 2-for-4.

Pirates deal for Tigers closer Soria

Continued from Page 11 Soria will move into a setup role in a bullpen that already ranks among the league’s best. Pittsburgh’s 2.71 bullpen ERA ranked second to St. Louis for the NL lead.

“We feel it will just lengthen and deepen our bullpen,” general manager Neal Huntington said.

Pittsburgh gave up infielder JaCoby Jones, a 23year-old who was recently promoted to Double-A. The Pirates will have to make a move to create a roster spot when Soria joins the team, which opened a four-game

series in Cincinnati on Thursday.

Before the game, manager Clint Hurdle noted that the back end of the bullpen has been solid with Jared Hughes, Tony Watson and Mark Melancon, who has converted a club-record 30 consecutive saves.

Kansas City reached the World Series last season with a deep bullpen that took a lot of the pressure off the starters. He said teams want to try to do the same.

“People are going to emulate success,” Hurdle said.

“The game seems to have gone in that trend.”

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THE NATIONALS’ Michael Taylor beat the throw to Marlins shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria to steal second base during Thursday’s game in Miami.

Castro lifts Astros past Angels

By The Associated Press Jason Castro hit a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give the Astros a 3-0 victory and a threegame sweep of the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday night.

The win moves first-place Houston two games ahead of the Angels in the AL West.

It was 0-0 to start the bottom of the ninth inning. Jed Lowrie drew a walk off Jose Alvarez (2-2) with one out before a two-out single by Marwin Gonzalez.

Castro then launched his shot off Fernando Salas into the seats in right field to give Houston the win.

Luke Gregerson (4-1) pitched a scoreless ninth to complete the three-hitter and get the win.

Scott Kazmir allowed three hits and struck out five in 7 2-3 innings in the first start for the Astros in his hometown and his second since a trade from the Oakland Athletics. He’s been dazzling in his first two starts for the Astros, throwing 14 2-3 scoreless innings and allowing just six hits.

Kazmir allowed one earned run this month to give him a major league-leading 0.26 ERA in July.

Angels starter Matt Shoemaker scattered three hits over seven innings with seven strikeouts.

Los Angeles center fielder Mike Trout was 0-for-3 in his return after missing two games with an injured left wrist.

Kole Calhoun gave Los Angeles its first hit since the second inning with a single with one out in the sixth, but Kazmir retired the next five hitters. Johnny Giavotella singled to start the eighth and became the first Angel to reach second on a fly out. Shane Victorino drew a walk before Giavotella took third on a wild pitch.

Kazmir escaped the jam and ended his night by striking out Calhoun.

Pat Neshek took over and struck out Trout to end the threat.

RANGERS 7, YANKEES 6: Josh Hamilton delivered a game-ending RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning and Texas beat AL East-leading New York.

Hamilton also had a three-run homer for the Rangers, who scored the winning run after a wild ninth to split the fourgame series.

Delino DeShields drew a leadoff walk in the ninth off Nick Goody, who was making his major league debut. Yankees closer Andrew Miller (0-2) got Elvis Andrus out on a deep fly ball before DeShields became the second out when he was hit on the foot by Leonys Martin’s hard shot while running the bases.

Martin went to second on Adrian Beltre’s walk and scored when Hamilton singled to right.

Mark Teixeira homered twice for the Yankees, and Brian McCann also went deep.

INDIANS 3, ATHLETICS 1: Carlos Carrasco threw a two-hitter, Carlos Santana hit a two-run homer and Cleveland beat Oakland.

Francisco Lindor had two hits for the Indians, who won their second straight following a six-game losing streak.

Josh Reddick doubled in a first-inning run for the A’s, who have lost six of their last seven.

Carrasco did not allow a hit after Reddick’s double, facing one over the minimum from that point. He walked one and struck out seven.

He was coming off his worst start of the season in which he allowed six runs in four innings.

Chris Bassitt (0-4) gave up three runs, his season high, on six hits. He walked one and struck out a season-best six.

BLUE JAYS 5, ROYALS 2: Dioner Navarro hit a two-run home run, Russell Martin and Josh Donaldson added solo shots

and Toronto beat Kansas City.

The Blue Jays, who acquired star pitcher David Price from Detroit earlier in the day, have homered in 12 consecutive games since the All-Star break, their longest streak of the season.

Price was not with the Blue Jays on Thursday but is expected to join them today. Toronto has not said when Price will make his first start but Sunday is a possibility.

Marco Estrada (8-6) allowed two runs and three hits in 5 2-3 innings. Estrada left after Lorenzo Cain’s two-out single in the sixth ended his run of 15 straight outs. Brett Cecil came on and retired Eric Hosmer.

LaTroy Hawkins pitched the seventh, Aaron Sanchez worked the eighth and Roberto Osuna finished for his sixth save.

RED SOX 8, WHITE SOX 2: Xander Bogaerts and David Ortiz each had three hits and Boston beat Chris Sale, snapping Chicago’s seven-game winning streak.

Knuckleballer Steven Wright (4-4) pitched seven effective innings in Boston’s third win in 15 games. Brock Holt had a two-run single in a four-run sixth.

Jose Abreu hit a two-run homer in the first for the White Sox, who head home for a weekend series against the Yankees after a 7-1 road trip moved them into contention for an AL wild-card spot.

The first five batters reached in Boston’s four-run sixth before Sale (9-6) was lifted. He allowed seven runs and 12 hits in his worst start since April.

TWINS 9, MARINERS 5: Eddie Rosario finished a single shy of the cycle and drove in three runs to help Minnesota snap a four-game skid with a victory over Seattle.

Aaron Hicks and Brian Dozier also homered for the Twins, who had lost 10 of their previous 12 games. Phil Hughes (10-6) gave up five runs on 10 hits and struck out five in five innings and Joe Mauer extended his hitting streak to 11 games.

Austin Jackson and Seth Smith hit two-run homers for the Mariners, who traded outfielder Dustin Ackley to the New York Yankees before the game. J.A. Happ (4-6) gave up seven runs — six earned — on nine hits in 3 1-3 innings.

TIGERS 9, ORIOLES 8: Yoenis Cespedes homered and drove in three runs and Detroit beat Baltimore after shifting into rebuilding mode by trading two of their best pitchers.

Mired in fourth place in the AL Central, Detroit dealt starter David Price to Toronto and closer Joakim Soria to Pittsburgh the day before the non-waiver trade deadline.

General manager Dave Dombrowski conceded, “I would much rather be acquiring than I would be trading. But it’s just where we are at this point.”

After an active day of dealing, the Tigers kept busy on the bases. Detroit finished with 16 hits, including three apiece by Cespedes, Ian Kinsler and Jose Iglesias.

The Tigers led 7-0 in the fourth inning and 9-2 in the sixth before surviving Baltimore’s comeback bid.

NATIONAL LEAGUE PADRES 8, METS 7: Justin Upton hit a three-run homer through a driving rain with two outs in the ninth inning, and San Diego stunned New York, overcoming a six-run deficit during a game delayed nearly four hours by two storms.

With a darkening sky overhead, Jeurys Familia entered with a 7-5 lead and got two quick outs in the ninth before a torrential downpour stopped play. Frustrated, the Mets closer stood on the mound as the other players cleared the field.

When play resumed 44 minutes later, Derrick Norris fell behind 0-2 before singling for his career-high fifth hit.

Matt Kemp singled as the rain began again and Upton, in what could be his final at-bat with the Padres, sent the first pitch soaring to right-center for San Diego’s first lead.

Afrer Yangervis Solarte grounded out, play was halted again, this time for 2:52.

Craig Kimbrel then was perfect in a 5minute ninth for his 30th save, in front of just several hundred fans.

CARDINALS 9, ROCKIES 8: Matt Carpenter hit a pair of home runs and Greg Garcia’s bases-loaded walk capped a three-run rally in the ninth inning as St. Louis beat Colorado.

Carpenter went 4-for-5 with four RBIs after moving back to the leadoff spot. It was his first career multihomer game and he has a career-high 12 home runs this season.

Jhonny Peralta’s two-run single off Rockies closer John Axford tied the game at 8-all and Garcia’s walk scored Kolten Wong as the Cardinals recorded their seventh walk-off win of the season.

Axford (3-5) took his third loss in his last four outings.

Cardinals starter Carlos Martinez gave up five runs on 10 hits in five innings.

Carlos Villanueva (4-3) earned the win.

NATIONALS 1, MARLINS 0: Max Scherzer scattered three hits over seven innings, Jonathan Papelbon got his first save for Washington with a perfect ninth inning and the Nationals beat Miami.

Backed by Ryan Zimmerman’s second-inning homer off Dan Haren, Scherzer (11-8) struck out six and lowered his ERA to 2.22.

Former closer Drew Storen pitched a perfect eighth, striking out two in his new setup role.

Papelbon, acquired Tuesday from Philadelphia, retired Ichiro Suzuki on a comebacker, got Christian Yelich to line out and struck out pinch-hitter Michael Morse for his 18th save in 18 chances this season.

Haren (7-7) gave up four hits in six innings and lowered his ERA to 3.42.

CUBS 5, BREWERS 2: Anthony Rizzo hit a three-run homer with two out in the eighth inning, and Chicago beat Milwaukee.

The Cubs won for the third time in four games since they were swept in a weekend series against lowly Philadelphia. Rizzo finished with three hits and Dexter Fowler went 2-for-4.

Jimmy Nelson pitched seven innings of two-hit ball for Milwaukee, but Chicago rallied in the eighth. Addison Russell and Fowler singled against Jeremy Jeffress before Will Smith (4-2) came in.

Smith retired his first two batters, but Rizzo connected for his 18th homer to give the Cubs a 3-2 lead.

PHILLIES 4, BRAVES 1: Domonic Brown homered and Aaron Harang snapped his losing streak at eight starts, leading Philadelphia to a victory over Atlanta.

Carlos Ruiz had two RBIs and every Phillies starter had at least one hit as they won their 10th game in the 12 since the All-Star break.

Harang (5-11) was making his first start since going on the disabled list on July 2 with plantar fasciitis in his left foot.

He allowed one run and nine hits with three strikeouts and one walk in five innings to earn his first victory since May 14.

Shelby Miller (5-8) extended his winless streak to 13 starts after giving up four runs and 11 hits in six innings. A.J. Pierzynski had two hits and an RBI for slumping Atlanta, which lost for the 14th time in 18 games while dropping its 11th road game in the last 12.

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West Lebanon finishes off Colts

SANDLOT BASEBALL

INDIANA COUNTY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

Quarterfinals Best of 3 New Derry 2, Apollo 0 New Derry 15, Apollo 1 New Derry 10, Apollo 7 Semifinals Best of 5 Sunday’s Games Bovard 3, New Derry 2 West Lebanon 7, Blairsville 6 Monday’s Games Bovard 6, New Derry 5 West Lebanon 7, Blairsville 6 Tuesday’s Games New Derry 3, Bovard 2, Bovard leads series 2-1 Blairsville 5, West Lebanon 4, West Lebanon leads series 2-1 Wednesday’s Games Bovard 14, New Derry 4, Bovard wins series 3-1 Blairsville 9, West Lebanon 8 Thursday’s Game West Lebanon 7, Blairsville 2, West Lebanon wins series 3-2 Championship Best of 7 Sunday, Aug. 2 West Lebanon at Bovard, 3 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 3 Bovard at West Lebanon, 5:45 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 4 West Lebanon at Bovard, 5:45 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 5 Bovard at West Lebanon, 5:45 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 6 (if necessary) West Lebanon at Bovard, 5:45 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 7 (if necessary) Bovard at West Lebanon, 5:45 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 9 (if necessary) West Lebanon at Bovard, 2 p.m.

THURSDAY’S BOX SCORE WEST LEBANON 7, BLAIRSVILLE 2

West Lebanon — 7 Piccolini rf 1-4-1-0, Steininger cf 2-2-00, A.Rebyanski ss 4-0-3-4, Yard c 4-1-1-0, Smyers 2b 4-0-2-1, Cadile 1b 4-0-1-0, Hudzicki dh 4-0-1-0, Percic 3b 4-0-0-0, Long lf 3-0-0-0, M.Rebyanski p 0-0-0-0, Panchik p 0-0-0-0, Totals 30-7-9-5 Blairsville — 2 Culler 2b 2-0-0-0, Pennavaria cf 3-0-00, B.Thompson lf 3-0-1-0, D.Doak 1b 3-00-0, Truscott 3b 3-0-0-0, B.Doak rf 3-0-00, S.Thompson dh 3-1-0-0, Jack ss 3-1-10, Draghi c 2-0-0-0, Iezzi p 0-0-0-0, Peluso p 0-0-0-0, Totals 25-2-2-0 West Lebanon 202 201 0 — 7 9 3 Blairsville 000 020 0 — 2 2 1 2B — A.Rebyanski 2, Jack.

W — M.Rebyanski 3 K, 1 BB. L — Iezzi 5 K, 3 BB.

YOUTH LEGION STATE TOURNAMENT

At First Commonwealth Field, Homer City Double Elimination Saturday’s Games Spring City vs. Armstrong, 11 a.m.

Lower Southampton vs. Wesleyville, 1:30 p.m.

Boyertown vs. Penn Township, 5 p.m.

Muhlenberg vs. Walbeck Insurance, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Winners’ bracket, 5 and 7:30 p.m.

Losers’ bracket At White Township Recreation Complex, 11 a.m.

At First Commonwealth Field, 11:30 a.m.

Monday’s Games Winners’ bracket, 7:30 p.m.

Losers’ bracket At White Township Recreation Complex, 11 a.m.

At First Commonwealth Field, 11:30 a.m.

Tuesday’s Games Winners’ bracket, 7:30 p.m.

Losers’ bracket, 5 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Championship, 11 a.m.

Second game to follow, if necessary

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GAVIN HOMER, standing, fourth from left, of Indiana, helped the Iron Horse Sports baseball team win the Northwest State Championship tournament recently. The 10-and-under team, based out of Windber and affiliated with Cal Ripken Baseball, advanced to this week’s Middle Atlantic Regional Tournament.

IUP’s Chance made an error in judgment Continued from Page 11 — by his association with a drug dealer.

The charges were reported in this newspaper and others in the region. They were reported on TV outlets in the region. This paper will tell you that the charges were dropped; those other media outlets probably won’t.

Devante doesn’t care about that. His concern focuses right here in this town, where people came to love him, befriend him and idolize him.

So, on Wednesday night, I received another text. And then another and another ‌ There were 18 in all.

Again, those texts came from Devante.

They were an open letter to the people of this community: “What if I told you that you were right about me all along? What if I told you that I was just a black kid from ‘the hood’ and we all are the same? What if I told you that we don’t care about anything or anybody but ourselves and we all are violent and commit crimes? What if I told you, if this was three years ago, then you are somewhat correct? “Yes, when I was a freshman coming in to IUP I had the attitude of a selfish and

disrespectful kid from an urban area of Philadelphia who did not even know how to smile for the camera. I did not show any concern for anybody in this town. I would not greet anyone or ask them how they were or their family’s well-being. The reason was because I had not felt genuine care before I arrived on campus, which caused me to be standoffish. But, even though my demeanor was fitting for my appearance and the environment where I grew up, I have never distributed drugs in my life. “You are the reason I changed throughout my college career. The four years I spent here were the happiest of my life. The town of Indiana and its people have a special place in my heart and I could not forget about them if I tried. Mr. and Mrs. Oswalt are in my heart forever, and I am the No. 1 fan of Ms. Jackie Wiley because I learned how to smile instantly after she told me she was my No. 1 fan.

The doctors and lawyers and businessmen that I have met have had more influence on me in four years than family members I have known my whole life. Coach Joe Lombardi is one of the greatest people in the world, and (I)have to mention him and

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how he helped me grow as a player and person. “The time I spent here had plenty of ups and downs, and I have taken each experience as a learning one and grown from them. I want to apologize to everyone for causing the confusion as a result of my situation with the law because it could have been avoided if I would have made better judgments and choices. With those wrong choices I had to endure the consequences of my character being diminished after I had worked so hard to build it during my time here. “To all the younger kids that I had some effect on, I want you to learn from my mistakes and be aware of who you associate with because their decisions could affect you at any instant. “I want everyone in Indiana to know that you are the responsible for the evolution of a young man changing his life, and he is extremely grateful for it. I am indebted to you forever.�

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Continued from Page 11 “This was the most insane, back-and-forth series I’ve ever been a part of, but we played better this series than we’d played all year, and we definitely saved our best game for tonight.�

West Lebanon struck first by plating two runs on two base hits and a walk in the top of the first inning.

Two innings later, Anthony Piccolini walked and scored on an RBI double to right-center field from Anthony Rebyanski to make the score 3-0.

Eric Steininger, who reached base earlier in the inning on an error, scored on a oneout, RBI base hit to center field from Todd Smyers to stretch West Lebanon’s lead to 4-0. “It was good to get that lead early,� said Anthony Rebyanski. “I stressed the importance of winning every inning, and the guys took that to heart. They also listened when I talked a lot about not giving up walks, particularly to leadoff guys.�

Piccolini and Steininger started another rally in the fourth, and Anthony Rebyanski came through with another clutch hit. He hit a two-run double off the leftfield fence to score Piccolini and Steininger, upping West Lebanon’s lead to 6-0.

Eighth-year Blairsville player-manager Joe Culler knew the Colts were in a dire situation after falling behind by six runs. “I was thinking four runs were doable, but the way they were pitching and fielding, we knew we had our backs up against the wall down 6-0. At that point we pretty much had to play a perfect final three innings to get back in it,� said Culler.

While West Lebanon’s offense was building a substantial lead, its starting pitcher, Matt Rebyanski, had a perfect game going heading into the fourth.

After recording their first hit and their first walk in the fourth, the Colts finally got on the board when they plated two runs on three errors and a double from Kevin Jack to make it a 6-2 game in the fifth. But with two outs and Culler at the plate with a runner on second, right fielder Piccolini wisely shifted toward center fielder Steininger on what turned out to be a key defensive stop. Culler followed by drilling a line drive toward the right-cen-

ter field gap that because he made the shift, Piccolini was able to run down with relative ease to record the final out of the inning. “They know us well and they were definitely in position all night,� said Culler. “They noticed that I was pulling the ball all series, so he was smart to shift toward the right-center field gap there. Otherwise we would have put at least another run on the board.�

Anthony Rebyanski replaced his brother Matt with Panchik in the sixth inning, a move that enabled West Lebanon to close the door on the Colts with relative ease.

Panchik retired the side in the sixth before allowing just one base runner in the seventh to sew up the win for Matt Rebyanski, who in Game 4 had just returned from an ankle injury that kept him out of every previous playoff game.

Although he only threw 8 1-3 innings this year heading into the game, he said he felt confident that he could throw his best game with everything on the line. “I didn’t feel any pressure.

I was psyched up all day thinking about coming out here and throwing my heart out,� said Matt Rebyanski, who struck out three, walked one and allowed no earned runs. “I’m still not quite a 100 percent, but I trusted my defense and I knew I just had to come out and hit my spots. Even when I had the no-hitter going, I just kept saying to myself, ‘Don’t think about that. Just throw strikes, let them hit it and let your defense do the rest.’�

In his 13 years playing for the Colts, Culler can only remember one series that brought more drama than this series with West Lebanon. “It was really competitive, and thinking back, I can only remember a championship series with West Lebanon about 12 years ago being more exciting,� said Culler. “We went back and forth for seven games, and even though West Lebanon came out on top, it was the best series I can remember being a part of.�

NOTES: For West Lebanon, Smyers singled twice, and Piccolini scored four runs. ‌ Losing pitcher Andrew Iezzi struck out five, walked three and surrendered six hits and five earned runs in 3 2-3 innings.

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Jones, Allen moving forward

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OSU suspends four football players CHICAGO (AP) — Ohio State suspended All-America defensive end Joey Bosa, receiver Corey Smith and H-backs Jalin Marshall and Dontre Wilson for its opening game at Virginia Tech.

In a statement released about an hour before Big Ten media days began Thursday, the Buckeyes said the players violated department of athletics policy.

Bosa had 13.5 sacks as a sophomore and enters his junior year as one of the top NFL prospects in college football.

Marshall was second on the team in receptions as a freshman with 38.

IOC selects Beijing to hold 2022 games KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Beijing has been selected as the host for the 2022 Winter Olympics, becoming the first city awarded both the winter and summer games.

Beijing defeated Almaty, Kazakhstan, in a vote of the International Olympic Committee today. The voting numbers were not immediately released.

The Chinese capital, which hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics, came in as the favorite. Despite a lack of natural snow and winter conditions, Beijing was seen by the IOC as a reliable and safe choice.

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TIGER WOODS worked his way back from a rough start to finish at 3 under in the first round of the Quicken Loans National in Gainesville, Va., on Thursday.

Tiger storms back to finish round at 3 under Tiger Woods took a conservative 3-wood off the first hole Thursday at the Quicken Loans National when many players were hitting driver. No matter — he still pull-hooked it into the gallery, hit his second shot into a greenside bunker and lipped out a 5-footer for par before slamming his putter against his bag.

On the third hole, he missed the green well left and had to get up-and-down for bogey. A three-putt on No. 4 left him 3 over. It was his final bogey of the day.

Woods got a fortunate deflection off a marshal left of the green on the par-5 fifth.

He apologized, handed out an autographed glove and made his first birdie. Then he ran off five birdies in six holes around the turn for a 3under 68.

That left him five shots behind leaders Retief Goosen and Ryo Ishikawa at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club.

Woods is the host of the Quicken Loans National, which he won in 2009 and 2012 at Congressional in Maryland. The last of his 79 PGA Tour victories was nearly two years ago, and he has plummeted to 266th in the world. The 68 was only his sixth round under 70 this year. He has had three scores of 80 or higher and has missed three cuts and with-

drawn once in eight events.

Goosen, a 46-year-old twotime major champion, is finally feeling healthy after major back surgery in 2012.

Ishikawa, who started on the back nine, ran off six birdies in a row starting on the 14th hole. Then he made a holein-one on the 180-yard fourth, spinning an 8-iron 15 feet back into the cup for his first competitive ace in the United States.

WOMEN’S BRITISH OPEN: Donald Trump’s show-stealing arrival at the Women’s British Open upstaged HyoJoo Kim’s latest strong start in a major championship.

The 18-year-old South Korean player was midway through a 7-under 65 in the first round when Trump, the American presidential candidate, landed in a private helicopter to begin a two-day visit at the tournament at his Turnberry resort in western Scotland.

The fourth-ranked Kim, who shot a first-round 61 in winning the Evian Championship in her major championship debut last year, had a one-stroke lead over Lydia Ko and Cristie Kerr.

Top-ranked Inbee Park began her bid to complete a career sweep of the majors by shooting 69.

Defending champion Mo Martin had a 70, and Michelle Wie, wearing a brace on her left ankle be-

NFL

Brady’s lawsuit moved to New York

By BARRY WILNER

AP Pro Football Writer

NEW YORK — Tom Brady’s lawsuit against the NFL in which he wants his fourgame suspension overturned will be heard in New York instead of Minnesota.

U.S. District Judge Richard Kyle, based in Minnesota, ordered the transfer.

He noted that Brady plays in Massachusetts, the union is headquartered in Washington and the NFL in New York.

Kyle added that “the arbitration proceedings took place in New York and the

award was issued in New York.�

Kyle said the court “strongly suspects the union filed in Minnesota because it has obtained favorable rulings from this court in the past.�

The lawsuit argues that the NFL made up its rules as it went along and misapplied the ones that were already on the books.

Judge Richard M. Berman, who has been assigned to the case, told all sides to “tone down their rhetoric.� “The earth is already sufficiently scorched, in the Court’s view,� Berman wrote.

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PAUL LAWRIE MATCH PLAY: Former British Open champion Paul Lawrie of Scotland beat France’s Romain Wattel 5 and 4 to advance to the second round of the Paul Lawrie match play event.

John Daly dropped out with a 2-up loss to Spain’s Jorge Campillo. Fellow American Peter Uihlein beat England’s Oliver Wilson 2 up at Murcar Links.

MADEIRA ISLANDS OPEN: Spain’s Antonio Hortal shot a 9-under 63 to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the Madeira Islands Open on Thursday.

Countryman Nacho Elvira opened with a 64, and New Zealand’s Ryan Fox and France’s Sebastian Gros shot 65. The tournament was postponed in March after a round because of rain.

UNDATED (AP) — Michael Waltrip Racing co-owner Rob Kauffman has agreed to buy an interest in the race team owned by Chip Ganassi.

Kauffman’s defection to Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates means he could bring driver Clint Bowyer with him to the organization.

Kauffman retired at the end of 2012 from Fortress Investment Group, where he was one of three founders. The billionaire also is the chairman of the NASCAR team ownership group, the Race Team Alliance.

Jenner’s torch sells at sports auction NEW YORK (AP) — The 1984 Summer Olympic Torch that Bruce Jenner carried through Lake Tahoe, Nev., sold for just under $24,000 at an auction of sports memorabilia Thursday.

The 24-inch Olympic torch was the first major piece of Jenner memorabilia to go to auction since the winner of the 1976 Olympic decathlon gold medal became Caitlyn Jenner. It had a presale estimate of $20,000.

The seller was Bob Lorsch, a Los Angeles philanthropist and entrepreneur who orchestrated the Tahoe leg of the torch relay and secured Jenner’s participation.

A circa 1860s Brooklyn Atlantics team baseball card that had been in the same family for over 150 years sold to an anonymous buyer for more than $179,000, easily surpassing its presale estimate of $50,000.

American Pharoah favored to win race OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) — Triple Crown winner American Pharoah is the overwhelming 1-5 favorite in a field of eight 3-year-olds for Sunday’s $1.75 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park.

This will be American Pharoah’s first race since he swept the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes.

American Pharoah will leave from the No. 4 post following Thursday’s draw and be ridden by Victor Espinoza. He is owned by Ahmed Zayat of Teaneck, N.J., and trained by Bob Baffert.

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Continued from Page 11 ball while finishing in the bottom half of the league in nearly every major defensive category.

Now they’ll look to reclaim their swagger without longtime fixtures Taylor, safety Troy Polamalu and defensive end Brett Keisel.

Allen rediscovering the steady form he showed early in his career would help. So would Jones making the evolution from prospect to force.

Both players spent a portion of their offseason training alongside Harrison in Arizona, sessions that were as nourishing mentally as they were challenging physically. “If you’re just around a guy like that, it’s inevitable that you just learn something,�

Allen said.

Harrison was a practice squad player considered too short to thrive at outside linebacker before morphing his way into the 2008 NFL Defensive Player of the Year and one of the most feared hitters of his generation. At 37, he’s now the elder statesman to a group in which Allen and Jones are expected to be among the cornerstones.

Not that Jones wants to discuss the responsibility. “I’m not going to put any expectations out there, which I do got on me but I’m going to keep that to myself, to keep motivating me,�

Jones said. “I don’t really want to speak on it and tell everybody what I got going on.�

Jones figures he’s done far too much talking and far too little playmaking during a rocky adjustment to pro ball.

He seemed ready to take a significant leap last summer only to have his season take an abrupt turn when Keisel’s helmet smashed into his wrist while Jones sacked Carolina’s Cam Newton on Sept.

21.

Jones spent nine weeks on injured reserve and wasn’t that close to 100 percent when doctors gave him the OK to suit up.

At least Jones got on the field during Pittsburgh’s run to the AFC North title. Allen watched the end of the season in gray sweatpants after undergoing surgery in November for an injured thumb.

The injury allowed Allen to begin the process of rebooting following a precipitous decline in play.

Defensive backs coach Carnell Lake encouraged Allen to “get some sunshine and let those green buds sprout� over the long winter. Allen was also part of a group text with the rest of the secondary that included near daily encouragement.

All that positive thinking seems to have paid off. Allen jumped a route then outwrestled All-Pro wide receiver Antonio Brown for a Ben Roethlisberger pass during 11-on-11 drills on Wednesday, though the ever-polite Citadel graduate admits the call might not have held up on replay after the ball squirted loose.

Either way, it showcased the instincts that made the Steelers so big on Allen in the first place. “I’ve proven that I can make plays,� Allen said. “I made plays. I’ve just got to stay healthy and do it.�

It’s a mantra Jones is relying on, too.

Like Allen, Jones appears energized. He didn’t buy a fake on a reverse to rookie wide receiver Sammie Coates on Thursday, chasing the speedy Coates into the awaiting arms of teammate Ryan Shazier.

The first meaningful snap of 2015 remains six weeks away. The steps Allen and Jones are making at Saint Vincent College are small, but at least they’re forward.

After spending much of last season in neutral, they’ll take it. “There’s going to be ups and downs and it’s how you attack those situations as far as your perspective on it,�

Allen said. “There’s always room for improvement. You take that and learn from it and you just try to get better.�

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A family rift on middle ground

COMING EVENTS REUNION: The Stiffler reunion will be held at noon Aug. 8 in the upper pavilion at Mack Park, White Township.

Lunch will begin at 1 p.m. Those attending are asked to remind family members of the event, bring a covered dish to share, an update on their family and a white elephant item to sell (optional). Donations will be taken to help defray the cost of the pavilion, meat, cheese and beverages.

No alcoholic beverages or pets are permitted.

By PHILIP GALANES

New York Times News Service

QUESTION: Since our father died 10 years ago, my sister and I have not spoken. I have tried to heal the rift, but it is useless. My psychiatrist and her counselor agree. But our cousin, with whom we are both close, refuses to accept my decision. This may be because my sister claims to want to reconcile, though her actions say otherwise. When I ask my cousin what’s going on with my sister, as I would about any family member, she refuses to tell me anything and accuses me of snooping. Is she trying to bully me into reconciliation by withholding information?

— Ginger, Chattanooga, Tenn.

ANSWER: Like many a rainyday jigsaw puzzle of Monet’s “Garden at Giverny,” there are pieces missing here. Why would your sister’s counselor tell you anything, much less that reconciliation is futile, if that’s what your sister wants?

Still, I chose this question because sometimes estrangement is inevitable.

With luck, it will be temporary. But while it rages, what of those poor souls trapped in the middle? You got it. It’s the cousin I feel for here.

If sisters (or any of us) go to war with each other, let’s not drag others into it, especially not bystanders who love both enemy combatants. It is selfish to let our conflicts bleed onto them. And their natural impulse will be to broker peace. Keep a lid on conflicts, including innocent-sounding questions about people we haven’t spoken to in 10 years. If outsiders meddle, say, “Thanks for your concern, but let us handle this.” I respect that you are working on a tough problem. But your cousin is behaving properly (if a tad aggressively) by staying out of a squabble that is not hers. Otherwise, the drama queens among us have it both ways: free to satisfy our curiosity while giving everyone else nervous stomachs lest they say the wrong thing.

This cousin may be on to something, too. If you and your sister are forced to speak when you really want to know the 411 about each other, you may find a way to reconcile after all.

QUESTION: I often run into a friend on the street; we live near each other. But when I do, he always asks where I’m headed or coming from. I find this annoyingly intrusive. Any suggestions that won’t hurt his feelings? — Richard, New York ANSWER: Go outlandish.

Every time your pal tries to pin down your movements, offer a slightly more preposterous tale. Say: “Tom Brady and Gisele will not stop inviting me to lunch. They finally wore me down.” Or, “El Chapo Guzmán asked me to check out security at his hotel.” He will probably take the hint. He may even play along, thus enlivening your street-side encounters.

QUESTION: I have been invited to an out-of-state wedding. The invitation includes a “plus one,” but my boyfriend has never met the couple. How much of his expenses for the weekend am I expected to cover? Am I responsible solely for the wedding gift, or should I pay for his hotel and flights, too? — Meredith, New York ANSWER: Hang on, I seem to have mislaid my abacus.

But wouldn’t a chat with your boyfriend be more productive? A plus one is not a summons. It is our hosts trying to be nice: allowing us to travel, dine and dance with our (presumably) preferred partners. But it doesn’t always work that way. And it is no reason to go into hock.

If your boyfriend won’t know anyone at the wedding, it probably won’t be tons of fun for him. And dragging him around all weekend may be less of a party for you than dancing with old chums. Or I may have this all wrong. But only you two know. So ask him if he wants to go, and if so, how much he feels comfortable chipping in for expenses.

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WITH THE start of school just around the corner, many parents are heading to social media in search of gently used clothing for their children that is both fashionable and a great deal.

August a busy season for networks of online shoppers

By HILLARY SPEED Associated Press

While many parents hit the stores to find their children’s back-to-school wardrobes, the online marketplace also buzzes this season. And for some dedicated shoppers, it is more than a convenient place to buy clothes.

It’s a subculture.

FINDING A NICHE “We all share a common love for children’s clothing, which not many of our real-life friends understand,” says Jennifer Randeau, a mother of three from Mystic, Conn., who co-founded and now runs the “MiNi BoDeN ReSeLl” Facebook page, which she says has more than 10,000 members interested in buying and selling kids’ clothing by the British designer brand Boden.

Similar Facebook resell boards have been created around other brands for boys and girls, such as Janie and Jack, Gymboree, Hanna Andersson and Tea Collection. Other groups focus on a specific location, gender or age group.

Shoppers can zero in on what they like or need, and connect with products and people in a way they can’t in the real world.

Randeau prefers Facebook BST (buy/sell/trade) boards, as they are sometimes called, to conventional shopping, consignment or online auction sites. Buyers can ask specific questions and often avoid high shipping costs, she says, while sellers can avoid the cuts and fees typical of consignment and online auction sites.

“Many of the boards develop a very strong sense of community,” Randeau says. “You make ‘friends’ as you buy from and sell items to people. You meet a lot of people that you may not otherwise cross paths with. A lot of great moms help each other out with ISOs, matches and deals in general.”

An “ISO” is an item somebody is “in search of.” Like many places online,

the for-sale groups tend to establish their own rules and use a language that might look cryptic to an outsider.

There are frequently used acronyms — some of which have carried over from eBay and other online marketplaces — to describe the condition of items or other details.

Knowing those acronyms can make participants feel like they’re part of a club. A quick primer for those not yet in that club: NWT stands for “New With Tags.”

“GUC” means “Good Used Condition.”

An item that is “hard to find,” because it’s from an older line or was part of a limited run, might be labeled “HTF.” A picture somebody posts of her daughter sporting a new coat from a retailer might carry the label “IRL,” which stands for “In Real Life” (as opposed to the posed pictures of models provided by the brand).

MORE THAN JUST CLOTHES While day-to-day operations on these for-sale groups (Facebook’s official name for them) might seem to be business as usual, with sellers listing merchandise and buyers posting their PayPal addresses, something deeper than a simple exchange of goods can occur.

“These groups have come together in enormous proportions to rally around one another in times of sorrow and times of joy,” says Sarah Blevins, who runs the blog “Our Little Life Style,” where she documents her children’s activities and wardrobes. She calls back-to-school shopping season “Christmas in August.”

Blevins’ example is the boutique brand Matilda Jane, whose Facebook resell groups have recently seen an outpouring of mourning and remembrance after the brand’s founder’s death from cancer.

Members of the popular “MJ Addicts” Facebook group and other resell groups created around the Matilda

Jane brand honored founder Denise DeMarchis by posting “PIF” (“Pay It Forward”) listings of free items that would go — in DeMarchis’ memory — to lucky winners chosen at random.

The items would be labeled with a “DD” on the tag, indicating that they were gifts inspired by DeMarchis’ life and should only ever be given away, never sold.

“That passion is something that you just simply can’t buy at the mall,” Blevins says.

SHARING DEALS It’s the giving spirit — that idea that mothers support other mothers, even as they shop — that inspired graphic designer Sarah Trainor to create her website SampleSaleMom.com. There, she shares links to flash-sale sites that focus on clothing, accessories and toys for children. Websites she links to, such as Zulily, Gilt, MyHabit and Rue La La, offer daily markdowns on name-brand items for a short period of time, and many offer incentives to first-time shoppers and those who refer others to their site.

Trainor started the website in 2011, when she realized that by sharing a link to a flash-sale site where she bought a deeply discounted Smart Gear wooden bike for her son, she earned $330 in referral credits to the site. It was a win-win.

“I thought I should use my design skills to set up a website and accompanying Facebook page to share the great sales I was able to find online,” said Trainor, who lives in Arlington, Mass.

“It’s really satisfying to track down an incredible deal on something, and then it’s even better to share it with other people and hear their excitement about it too,” Trainor says.

The best advice to back-to-school shoppers that she can share right now?

Get online.

“You can see much more in much less time,” Trainor says.

GOLFING FOR THE CURE

If you see these people today, be sure to wish them a happy birthday: • Mike Bartow, Latrobe • Lily Rose Foust, Dilltown Ridge • Karen Gamble, Brush Valley • Karen Kois, Indiana • Jennifer Meliff, Indiana • Abbie Okopal, Clarksburg • Mark Reinard, Indiana • MicKayla Walker, West Lebanon The Gazette would like to wish you a “Happy Birthday!” To have a name added to the list, call (724) 4655555, 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.

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THE 2015 Mario Luther Golf for the Cure Charity Golf Classic was held on May 15. Proceeds from the event totaled $9,805.47 and were donated to the M. Dorcas Clark, M.D. Women’s Imaging Center at Indiana Regional Medical Center.

Pictured, from left, are Mario Luther, of Luther Ford Lincoln, Homer City; Heather Reed, executive director of the Indiana Healthcare Foundation; and Beverly Lydick, administrative assistant, Indiana Healthcare Foundation. To learn more about ways to donate to Indiana Regional Medical Center, call (724) 357-8053.

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MEETING: The Brush Valley Senior Citizens will meet at noon Wednesday at the Brush Valley Fire Hall. If you wish, bring a book or books to exchange or loan at the meeting.

Debbie Roser will have an informative talk about aging. Bring a dish or dessert to share plus a plate and utensils.

REUNION: A reunion for Clymer High School students (graduates and nongraduates) and guests will be held Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Rustic Lodge, White Township. For more information, call Renee at (724) 254-4056 or Dorothy at (724) 254-2473.

LUNCH PROGRAM: Derry First United Methodist Church and the Westmoreland County Food Bank will host a free summer lunch program from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Monday through Friday until Aug. 8.

The program is open to all children 18 years of age and younger. For more information, contact the church at (724) 694-8333.

DINNER: A grilled chicken and halushki dinner will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday in the parking lot of St. Anne’s Byzantine Catholic Church, 360 Franklin St., Clymer. The dinner is takeout only. The cost is $10.

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

GIVEAWAY: The annual back to school giveaway will be held Aug. 8 at Kinport Assembly of God, Route 240, Cherry Tree.

The church is accepting donations of gently used clothing, backpacks and books for school-age children. Volunteers are needed to sort clothes the week of the giveaway. For more information, call (814) 743-5532.

SCRAPBOOK RETREAT: A scrapbook retreat will be held from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Oct. 17 at the Penn Run Christian Outreach Center, 75 Grace Church Road, Penn Run. For reservations and more information, call (724) 840-2704.

VENDORS NEEDED: Trinity Presbyterian Church Women’s Association will hold a vendor and craft show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Nov. 7 at the church, 18 Clarksburg Road, Clarksburg.

Applications are available at www.clarks burgtrinitypres.org. Vendors will be limited to one vendor per company.

Crafters are welcome. Single tables are $15 with additional tables for $10 each. There will be a $5 space fee for each rack you bring. Vendors and crafters are requested to give an item valued at between $15 and $25 for a ticket raffle. Tables and chairs will be provided for each vendor/crafter. The deadline to apply for space is Oct. 15. Homemade soups, sandwiches, desserts, soft drinks, coffee and water will be available. There will also be a cookie box sale and a bake sale. For more information or an application, call Janet at (724) 6393382 or email murphy 436@comcast.net.

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.

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NOTICE EXECUTORS’ NOTICE Thomas A. Kauffman, Esquire Attorney for the Estate NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Letters Testemantry on the estate of William N. Burns, deceased, late of Marion Center, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, have been issued to the undersigned. Those knowing themselves to be indebted to the said Estate are requested to make prompt payment.

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Carol “Steele” Gromley 7/31/55 - 2/22/95 Loving Memory of 20 Years Happy 60th Birthday We’re never really ready when a loved one leaves the world.

There’s always so much left we want to say.

We long to turn back time and tell tham all that’s in our hearts.

We think, “If only I had one more day.” We’re never really ready when it’s time to say good-bye, But slowly we accept what has to be, Letting go of what we must do but keeping those we love forever close to us in memory.

Loved & Sadly missed Tom (husband), Diane (Sister), and families

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1 BEDROOM located near Martins. Call for info.

(724) 463-9290 EFFICIENCY $385 + electric, 2 bdr $650 + electric, no pets, move in now. (724) 465-8521 before 9 pm.

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IND. BORO: Lg. 2 bdr, dining room, living room, kitchen, 1 full bath, free off st. parking, laundry facility & professional setting and storage. $625/mo Call 724-422-8306 INDIANA, Remodeled, 2 bdr, a/c, storage, laundry rm, $650/mo. includes heat, no smoking & no pets. Call (724) 465-6807 INDIANA: 1 bdrm, $525 mo + electric. No pets, no smokers, avail now & 8/1.

(724) 349-9270, M-F, 9-5 INDIANA: 3 Bdr, 2ba, exc. cond, brick exterior, No Pets, Non Smoking, $700/mo 724-465-8280 NEW 1 bdr, Indiana, $550/mo. incl sewage, garbage & water. No Pets. Call (412) 289-0382 TWO Bdr, 48 N. Coulter, $600 plus utilities, off St parking, No pets, Nice!

Call (724) 422-4852 TWO Bdrm townhouse $660. 1 bdrm apt $390. plus util., No Pets, Non Smoking. (724) 422-2819 VERY Nice 2 bdr, 1.5b, walk to downtown / campus, off street parking. w/d, a/c, mancave. Call (305) 333-4892

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Houses For Rent

INDIANA, 472 Locust St, w/d, dishwasher, 2 bdr, 1ba, $675 plus utilities.

Call (724) 422-0717 INDIANA, Near campus, nice 2bdr, w/d , dishwasher, parking, available fall of 2015 - spring 2016.

Call (724) 422-0717 INDIANA: nice 1 bdr, mobile home, private lot, carport & enclosed porch with all appliances. $725/mo.

(724) 840-2399 MENTCLE: Penns Manor SD, 4 bdrs, 2 baths, appliances incl, 1 car garage, $600/mo, + util, Call Ron (724) 840-8069 SHELOCTA: 2 bdr, 2 bath, C/A, private patio, dishwasher, w/d, carpeted, off street parking, no pets, sec. dep. Rent incl gas (heat, hw, stove). $825.

Call (724) 354-5281

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805 OAK St., 2nd floor, 2 bedroom, includes stove, fridge and sewage. $550.

No pets. (724) 664-1617

INDIANA: 1 mile N, 2 Bdrm, 1 bath, 1st floor.

No pets! $525/mo. + util.

(724) 465-8253

FREE RENT Indiana Downtown, all util included, approx 1300 sq ft, will negotiate rent.

(724) 388-2681

HOMER CITY 2 bdr, $350/mo plus utilities & security deposit. Call (724) 840-3530

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Houses For Rent

1 BDR, living room, eat in kitchen, $375/mo + gas & elec. Call (724) 349-2135

3 Bdrm, 1.5 bath. HCSD. Remodeled. Large yard $700 + SD. No Pets. Non Smoking. (724) 479-9817

2 BDRM 1 bath close to Indiana schools, appl. includ. $650/mo plus util.

No pets. (724) 349-1669

ATTRACTIVE 2 bedroom. Indiana, $675/ month plus utilities, no smoking, no pets, Call (724) 388-3337

342 N. 5th, 3 br, 1.5 ba, W/D hookups, lrg porch, off St parking, No pets, $750 + util.

724-422-4852

BRUSH Valley: Rent to own! 3 bdr, 1.5 ba, 1st flr laundry, oil heat, remodeled kit., new carpet, city water, United S.D; move in ready, $5,000 down $700/mo for 66mo. (724) 479-2831.

ATTRACTIVE, In-town, 1 bdrm unit. Rent includes: water, hot water, garbage, sewage, off street parking, & on-site laundry. $500/mo plus gas & electric. No pets. 6/ mo lease. (724) 349-5880 AVAILABLE NOW! 2 bdrm, Kenwood Commons .5 mi. from Penns Manor School. Quality living w/reasonable price.

W/D hookup, kitchen appliances. Lease & ref. required. (724) 254-9462

DERRY TWP/Blairsville, 2 bdrm, $500 mo. plus sec. dep. & util., no pets, non smoke.(724)459-8248 HOMER CITY: 4 bdrm, $600/mo plus utilities and security. (724) 840-3530 IN TOWN: Clean, 3 bdrm, 1 bath, off street parking, garage. $800 + util & sec dep. NS & No Pets. Call (724) 463-7605.

EAST PIKE / White Twp great 2 bdr, quiet private area, new kitchen, w/d, nice yard. $650/mo. + utilities. (724) 465-7602 IN Town, 651 N. Sixth St. 3 bdr, 2 1/2 bath. 1500 sq.ft. $1,100/mo. Avail Sept 1. (724) 464-9997.

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2 & 3 Bdrms, $500 mo + util & sd, no pets. 422 W Call (724) 354-2317 2 BDR, country setting, 3 miles from Indiana Mall, w/d, $495/mo. + utilities.

Call (724) 349-5500 2 BR, near supermarket.

50’ to bus stop. Range & fridge, W/D, Pd garbage/ sewage, Non smoking, No pets. $260 Sec. Dep. $450/mo.

(724) 801-8240

CLYMER: 1 bdr, heat, water, garbage incl, $500/mo, no pets, n/s.

Call (724) 840-2315 INDIANA BORO, Single family Home, 2bdr, 1ba, 1 car garage, all appliances including w/d, pet friendly, $995/mo plus utilities.

Call (724) 349-7453

Business Opportunities

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR Walking Carrier Needed to deliver newspapers daily (7 days a week).

HOMER Center School District, 3bdr, 2ba, some utilities incl, for more details call (724) 541-3265 INDIANA, 2 bdr, 2 ba, pet friendly, $600/month. Call (724) 388-7682

INDIANA •1000 Block Church St. Gompers Ave.

UPDATED 2 bdr on private acre, 954-422 area, $550/mo. No pets, S.D, ref & cr. check req. (814) 762-2624

•1000 Block School St. Washington St.

VERY CLEAN located in country setting, C/A. $500/mo. + util. No pets, Non smoking, preferred.

Ref. & credit check req.

(724) 248-9205

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•300 Block N. 7th St. 700-800 block of Chestnut St. • Tyson Farms Trailer Court

Misc. Real Estate For Rent

400 SQ FT commercial building w/dock & ramp access. Available July 1.

S 13th St Indiana. Electrical service available. $350/mo. with 12 months lease. (724) 463-3571

If you are at least 12 years old, and you have dreamed of owning your own business.

Call Donna (724) 465-5555 ext 204.

Mobile Homes For Sale

1992: 14X80, 3 bdr, 2 bath, appliances incl, a/c, newer features, very good condition. $15,000. rented lot. No Dogs. Call (814) 446-5901

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INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR Walking Carrier Needed to deliver newspapers daily (7 days a week).

Business Opportunities

INDIANA •200 & 300 Block N. 6th St, N. Tylor St. 500 Block Chestnut St.

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR Walking Carrier Needed to deliver newspapers daily (7 days a week).

•100 & 900 Block N. 10th St Area •400 Block Edgewood & Forest Ridge Rd Area

INDIANA •800 Block Chestnut St And Surrounding Area

•1000 Block Oak St. & Chestnut St Area

•S. 5th & 6th St & Surrounding Area

Mobile Homes For Rent

3 Bdrm, water, sewage & garbage, $450/mo. plus elect. & heating. $100 dep. 724-840-6100

CLYMER 2bdr. $425/mo. plus sec. dep. garbage, frig, stove & dw incl. No Pets! (724) 254-9609

COLONIAL MANOR 1 bdr furnished. & unfurnished. 2 bdr unfurnished. Call for info.

(724) 463-9290. 9-4pm. colonialmanorindianapa .com

Townhouses For Rent

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CLEAN 2 bdrm incl water & garbage. Range & fridge incl. $350/mo. No pets. (724) 549-8792

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Mobile Homes For Rent

•N. 11th St & 12th St Area

•500 Block School Street & Surrounding Area •300-600 Block Locust St & Surrounding Area •100 Block E. Pike Rd & Surrounding Area •Shadowood Area y Green Valley Drive Trailer Court If you are at least 12 years old, and you have dreamed of owning your own business.

Call Donna (724) 465-5555 ext 204.

•700 Block Fairman Ave & 500 Block N. 6th St Area If you are at least 12 years old, and you have dreamed of owning your own business.

Call Donna (724) 465-5555 ext 204.

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Classified Information

HOMER CITY: in town, 2 bdr, 1st floor apt, $550/mo + utilities. Call (724) 349-5500 IN BORO: 2 bdr, $495/mo + gas & electric, no pets, non smoking, (724) 463-0339 IN TOWN 2 bdrm unit.

Rent incl. gas heat, a/c, water, hot water, garbage, sewage & off street parking. 6 mo. lease, no pets.

Call (724) 349-5880

INDIANA BORO, Single family Home, 2bdr, 1ba, 1 car garage, all appliances including w/d, pet friendly, $800/mo plus utilities.

Call (724) 349-7453

HEATHERBRAE APARTMENTS

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Upscale Apartment Living Two Bedroom Units With 1 or 1½ Baths, Heat Included, Indoor Parking

724-463-6200

Whether searching for a home, an apartment, a job, a vehicle or gently used merchandise, consumers search the classifieds first.

Newspaper classifieds ... when buyers & sellers need to connect.

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Help Wanted

M and B Services, LLC has openings for the following positions: Heavy Equipment Operators and Cement Finishers.

Please visit www. mandbservices.com for a more detailed description of each position and to print out an application, Located under Careers tab.

M and B Group, Inc. is an EOE NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

MAKE your classified ad get noticed! Ask us about using Attention Grabbers. Call (724) 349-4949 today.

CLASSIFIED helpline: (724)349-4949.

Need privacy and speed? Ask about our help wanted “blind boxes”.

PRESSMAN

The Tribune-Democrat has an immediate opening for a pressman.

Must hold Journeyman card, and be able to operate Goss Metro Offset Press.

Must be available to work all shifts, which include nights, weekends and holidays.

Qualified, experienced pressmen should submit a resume to: jhunter@tribdem.com

S&T Bank, is known for its outstanding customer service and family-friendly atmosphere. S&T Bank named as “One of the Best Places to Work in PA”, has growth and expansion opportunities which makes us an exciting place to build a career.

S&T Bank provides a stimulating and challenging team-oriented work environment that encourages, develops, and rewards excellence. S&T Bank has many opportunities for talented candidates seeking PT and FT employment that align with our forward thinking growth-minded strategies.

Accounting Operations Manager Accounting Services Specialist Administrative Services Specialist - Accounting Administrative Services Specialist - Consumer Collections Administrative Services Specialist - Wealth Management Asst. Branch Manager/PB Certified Retail Sales Associate Consumer Lending Quality Control Analyst Credit Analyst Credit System Administrator Deposit Services Specialist IT Risk Analyst Loan Processing Specialist Network Analyst Personal Banker Trainee Platform support Administrator Proof Operator Retail Loan Review Officer Staff Auditor Telephone Financial Consultant Visit www.stbank.com to apply.

EEO/AA Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran

WANTED: School Bus Drivers Could This Be You? We are preparing for the up-coming school year and if you are a person who wants to be on the same schedule as your children with evenings, weekends, holidays and summers off, we are looking for you in the Elderton, Marion Center, Blairsville, Saltsburg, Homer-Center and Derry Area School Districts.

Bus & mini-bus drivers, new & currently licensed.

Full-time, part-time, fill-in or trip drivers. Classroom & “behind the wheel” TRAINING and TESTING as well as state physical and certifications at NO COST TO YOU. Please stop at any of our locations and pick up an application or call and have an application emailed to you.

Classes will begin soon, so DON’T DELAY! YOU CAN ALSO INQUIRE on being a caravan driver or an aide.

Find out how YOU can make a difference in a child’s life or your own and become a part of the safest & most dependable school bus driving team around.

Smith Bus Company

724.459.6930

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All Positions Available Full & Part Time APPLY IN PERSON 901 Phila St. Indiana, PA

CAREGIVER WANTED

Seeking senior care provider in Indiana to provide home care, meal & transportation services.

Assisted living experience. Additional responsibilities include meal preparation, running errands & light housekeeping. You will be responsible for transporting to & from appointments. We will provide the car. Assistance with bathing, meals & taking medications. Monday thru Friday with some weekends.

Hourly rate based on experience & will need references. (412) 289-2169

CASHIER & KITCHEN HELP Part time for the Village Eating House, Smicksburg. Apply at the Village Sampler.

Phone (814) 257-8035

Immediate opening.

Welding instructor Full time.

Must have 3-5 years experience with knowledge of industry standards and safety procedures and skills necessary to operate and instruct GMAW, GTAW, FCAW, SMAW. Candidate should be proficient in oxy fuel cutting, welding techniques, blueprints reading and AWS certification preferred.

Should possess PA vocational instructional certificate OR be able to pass a competency evaluation and willingness to complete course work toward PA Vocational teacher certificate required.

Send letter of interest, resume, PA Standards Teaching Application, ACTS 34, 114, 151 and ACT 168, and other credentials to: Deborah Poloff, Board Secretary, Indiana County Technology Center, 441 Hamill Road, Indiana, PA 15701. Applications will be accepted until position is filled. EOE

ELECTRONICS TEST TECHNICIAN Quintech is a state-of-the-art designer and manufacturer of RF signal management communications equipment located in Indiana, PA. We are looking for motivated individuals to join our Production team as Test Technicians! Our Test Technicians are responsible for the tuning, testing and troubleshooting of RF finished products & sub-assemblies down to component level for conformance to specifications. Must be familiar with test equipment such as network analyzer, spectrum analyzer, and power meters. Must demonstrate knowledge of analog and digital circuitry and have the ability to read schematics diagrams. The position requires manual dexterity suitable to handling small parts, sitting for long periods of time, and the ability to lift up to 50 pounds. Successful applicants will have an Associate Degree in Electronics or Electrical Engineering or 4 years prior experience. Experience in a related field is preferred.

This is a full-time, daylight position with a 4/10 work schedule. We offer a competitive wage along with an excellent benefits package, which includes health, vision, dental, paid time off (PTO) and 401k. Please send resume with salary requirements or visit us to fill out an application. kgraf@quintechelectronics.com or Kristen Graf Quintech Electronics & Communications, Inc. 250 Airport Road, Indiana, PA 15701 Visit us online at: www.quintechelectronics.com Quintech Electronics & Communications, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer

ACTION- Take advantage of Indiana Gazette Classified Action ads for quick results.

People are always looking for bargains and this is a great way to sell items that you no longer need or use. The best part is that you can do this at little or no cost to you. How can you beat that? Certain restrictions apply, so call (724) 349-4949 for details. Our classified department staff will help you create the best ad for your needs.

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NURSES AIDE and or COOK Full time, Indiana, PA Call (724) 357-9360

PART TIME POSITION

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.

NEED CUSTOMERS? We’ve got them. The Indiana Gazette classifieds are read daily in over 42% of the area’s homes. (724) 349-4949.

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Penns Manor Area School District Applications will be accepted in the following areas.

Please send standard state application, letter of interest, resume, certificate, transcripts, 3 letters of recommendation, Clearance Acts 34, 114, 151 & 168 to Mr. Daren K. Johnston, Superintendent, Penns Manor Area School District, 6003 Rt. 553 Hwy., Clymer, PA 15728.

•Day-to-day professional substitutes (all certified areas) •Girls Jr. High Volleyball Head Coach

07-31-15

Applications will be accepted for the following day-to-day substitutes to be called on an asneeded basis.

•Custodial/Maintenance •Cleaners •Food Service •Instructional Assistants •Secretarial Please send application, letter of interest, resume and Clearance Acts 34, 114, 151 & 168 to the address listed above.

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119 N 1/4 mile past Marion Ctr. Left on Brady Rd rt on Pollock left on Steele #1566. Sat-8/1 9-4pm. 50 yrs / 5 kids/ 10 room house & Low Prices. Must Sell Now!

Annual Multi Family Sale 9782 Rte 286 Hwy W, 6.5 miles West of Wal-Mart.

7/31 8-4 & 8/1 8-2. Watch for Signs!

BLACK LICK: 119 S. 1/4 mile past red light.

Sat-8/1, 8-1pm. glass, plus size clothes, infant items, clothes & toys, houseware & much more!

BLAIRSVILLE: 60 Daisy St. (Rt 217 near McCormicks Bridge) Fri-7/31 & Sat-8/1. 8-3pm. clothing, toys, household items and motorcycle helmets.

Too much to mention.

CLARKSBURG: 2413 Prymak Rd, Sat. 8/1; 8:30 am-3pm. Kids & adult clothes, toys, decor, etc.

CLYMER, 260 Walcott St, Sat 8am-?, clothing, toys, households, tools, small furniture, lots of misc.

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HOME: 1358 Sinktown Rd. off Rt 85 or 954.

Fri-7/31 & Sat-8/1.

8-3pm. girls (nb-2T) jr’s, womens, mens clothes.

Fill bag for $3. stroller, dresser and mini frig. So Much More

HOMER CITY: 35 E Elm St; Sat. 9:30am-3:30 p.m.

Household & children items and more.

HOMER CITY: 57 Elizabeth Way, 7/31, 8/1 & 2, 8-?, household, furniture, lawn furniture, tools, fishing gear, lots of stuff!

HOMER CITY: 597 S. Main St. Ext. Fri-7/31 & Sat-8/1. 8-4pm. down sized, lots of items left behind. furniture, small kitchen appliances, toys, afghans, queen size bedding, dog & cat items, bird cage, air conditioners, fans, filing cabinets, too many items to list.

HOMER CITY: 961 Neal Rd. Fri-7/31 & Sat-8/1.

9-3pm. tools, motorcycle seats/helmets, Wii acces, bikes, womens & mens clothes, small kitchen appliances and misc items.

INDIANA- 3 miles on N BenFranklin Rd, follow signs, Fri & Sat 8-3. Elvis, antiques, household and x-mas items, lots misc.

COMMODORE: 450 Cypress Rd, Fri 7/31 & Sat 8/1 9am-6pm, toys, womens clothes, antiques, households, lots of misc. rain or shine

DIXONVILLE, 30 Willow Rd, Fri 9am-5pm & Sat 9am-2pm, baby, kids & maternity clothing, toys, assort auto tires & rims, toddler bed, and lots of misc.

Don’t Miss The Deadline to Advertise Your Garage Sale!

For Ads running: •Tuesday through Friday call before 1pm the day before.

•For Saturday, call before 12 p.m Friday.

•For Sunday, call before 1 pm Friday.

•For Monday, call before 4pm Friday.

(724) 349-4949

INDIANA, 1858 Wida Rd., Follow 119 N, left on 110 (or after 119 N bypass turn 1 mile onto Wolfe Rd, follow signs) Thur, Fri, Sat., 8-6pm, sleeper bed, 3 bathroom sinks with faucets, clothes, jewerly, purses, car parts, household items & much more.

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MARCHAND: Kirkland’s.

3 Families, July 30 - Aug 1, 9-?. folding picnic table grinding wheel, household & misc. items.

INDIANA: 1020 Church St, In the back yard, Fri & Sat 8am-5pm, jewelry, dolls, afghans, puzzles, womens & teen clothing, sizzix & cartridges, stand mixer, furniture, books households, Disney ceiling fan, misc. items

INDIANA: 381 Elkin Ave. Fri-7/31 & Sat-8/1, 8-4pm. crib, kitchen items, games, furniture & much more.

INDIANA: 103 E. Oak Court. (1st house on left in Heritage Oaks) Sat. 8/1, 8-2pm.

INDIANA: 45 Stone Gate Rd, Fri & Sat 8am-5pm, 4 families, ladies / mens / teens & baby clothing, households, tools, Butt Kicker.

INDIANA: 1401 Phila. St. Sat 8/1, 9-3. Four Families. Toys & clothes (boys & girls), household items, and much more!

INDIANA: 1446 Phila. St, Sat. 8/1, 8am-3pm. Women’s Huffy bike, kids BMX bike, lamp shade, 2 drawer file cabinet, bike rack for hatch back car, VHS & CD’s, new magic bullet blender, slider pan, eagle head tire cover, etc

INDIANA: 245 Hamill Rd, Sat 8/1 8am-4pm, 3 families, casio 56 keyboard, Vera Bradley purses, womens clothes, decorations, small tv, monitor, speakers, misc items.

INDIANA: 330 Chestnut St. Fri-7/31 9-3pm. & Sat-8/1 8-2pm. Sofa & love seat, computer desk, woods & many things items & prom dress.

MARION CENTER: First United Methodist Church, Main St, Sat. August 1, 9-1. Refreshments available, entrance and parking at rear of church.

INDIANA: 330 Locust St. Fri-7/31 & Sat-8/1, 8:30 4:30. gently used clothing childrens - adults, home decor, kitchenware, office, some antiques & much much more!

MULTI FAMILY 1 mile off 422 on Parkwood Rd by Twp. Bldg.

Sat-8/1, 9-4pm. Brand name clothing (all sizes), antiques, household & lots more.

PAUL WASS HOUSE INDIANA: 1162 Mansfield Ave, Fri. & Sat, 8am-4pm.

INDIANA: 460 Grant St & 600 Block S. 5th St., Sat. Aug.1 9am-3pm, No early birds! Youth 20ga shotgun, 4 in 1 blow up sofa bed, plastic doll house, baby furniture, clothes, toys, lots of misc items.

INDIANA: 5607 Rt 422 Hwy West. 7/31 & 8/1.

9-3pm. clothes for all, toys, tools, & misc items

INDIANA: 852 N. Ben Franklin Rd. Fri-7/31 & Sat-8/1. 8-4pm. camping supplies, hand tools, Ford tractor parts, electric heater, Radial arm saw, Singer sewing machine, dishes, glassware, harness ring set, some antique pieces, exercise bike & tractor books.

INDIANA: 96 McLain Rd, off of East Pike, Aug 1 & 2, 9-3, Moving to Florida Sale, Something for everyone! Priced to sell!

INDIANA: Huge Moving Sale, Monticello, 23 Windsor St, Fri. 7/31 & Sat 8/1 8am-3pm,Everthing priced to go , tools, holiday, garden, household, HD, and much more!

INDIANA: Rear 1220 Phila St. Fri. 8-5. Sat. 8-2. rug, vacuum sealer, v strainer, fabric, drill w/ stand, jig saw, new & used misc. items.

INDIANA: Greendale Ave. 2 miles on East Pike, Thurs, Fri, Sat. 8-2pm.

Fishing, hunting, shooting, furniture, clothing-girls, women, men, Christmas. Rain or Shine

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LARGE SALE! PENN RUN: 1558 Laurel Run Rd, Aug 1, 8-2pm. utility truck rack, gas stove, 86 Toyota windshield & reg cab side window & much much more!

Purchase Line / Hillsdale: off 286 to 1054 Hemlock Rd. Commodore, Fri-7/31 & Sat-8/1, 9-4pm. antiques, old bottles & magazines & news papers, glassware, maternity, jrs & womens clothes, baby clothing, items & quilts, kids clothes, toys & bikes, Halloween costumes, household & holiday items, luggage, bedding, shoes, winter coats, pictures, new Infinity scarves, Avon & Coke Cola items, Free items table & Something for Everyone.

SAGAMORE: 2007 1st Street, 7/31 & 8/1, 9-4, Estate Sale: vintage & primative furniture, hospital bed, lift chair, wheel chair, household items, cookware, baking items, books and lots more!

Everything priced to sell!

SHELOCTA: McJunkin Lane. Watch for signs. Fri & Sat. 8-2pm. furniture & antiques. Something for everyone!

UNIQUE COLLECTIBLES Indiana: 1201 Oak St. Sat-8/1, 8-1pm. Fenton, Lenox, Cherished Teddies, Boyds, Artist Bears, Hand Crafted Items, Music Boxes, Jewelry, Home Accents, Christmas & Holiday Items, Nascar Diecast, Wood Crafts & Tools. Great selection.

Great Price. Held Inside.

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ATTENTION...

ADS FOR FREE PETS

Your beloved pet deserves a loving, caring home.

The ad for your free pet may draw response from individuals who may sell your pet for research or breeding purposes.

Please screen respondents very carefully when giving away your pet.

Your pet will thank you!

This message compliments of

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RANGER needs a good home. Adopt him from the Indiana Co. Humane Society. (724) 465-7387

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Sports Equipment For Sale

AB Scissor body by Jake with Video and booklets, like new, $35.

(724) 254-1618 Recumbent Exercise Bike, used about 3 times, in good condition, $85 obo Call (724) 349-0646 TREE STAND: new in box, 17’, 2 man ladder stand. $150. Call (724) 549-8795

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Bicycles For Sale

MANS TREK bike with power assist. $175. Call (724) 479-0247 between 8am-8pm.

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Miscellaneous For Sale

275 Gallon fuel tank, 1year old, $350, Call (724) 801-8240 12,000 pound Warn winch, remote cable control, extra new 3/8” cables, excellent cond, $600 Call (814) 938-4916 BICYCLE RACK: holds 2 bikes, fits on hitch. $125.

Call (724) 479-0247 between 8am-8pm.

BRUNO Stairchair, 9 years old, $400 OBO, Call (724) 463-0421

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RECEPTIONIST

Local Chiropractic office looking for a part time receptionist for afternoon shift and Saturday rotation. Please fax resumes to: 724-465-6923.

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45TH ANNUAL

SOMERSET

ANTIQUE SHOW on the streets of Somerset, PA SAT., AUG. 8, 2015 SHOW: 8AM-4PM

FREE ADMISSION

OVER 100 DEALERS - SPACE AVAILABLE -

FREE PARKING IN THE COUNTY GARAGE

MODULAR HOME SERVICE PERSON: Join the service dept. of NE USA’s largest manufactured home builder! Full Time with lots of OT. Set, finish and service.

Experienced in roofing, siding, trim, etc. Excellent insurance/ benefit pkg. Pay commensurate with experience. For interview appt. call Greg 724-668-2297 or stop at Riverview Homes 8930 Route 22, New Alexandria

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Work Wanted

LUZIER’S Lawn Care and Landscaping, we are fully insured, have afordable pricing,Call(724) 599-0730 or (724) 254-9782

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Painting & Wallpaper

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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Remodeling Services

ALL ST★ R 5 931 PA#

HANDYMAN SERVICE No Job Too Small Licensed & Fully Insured

Also

LAWN MOWING

724.479.8687

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Special Services

TREE MONKEYS

Professional Tree Service - Pruning and Removal - Stump Grinding

We Specialize In Hazardous Trees

Fully Insured

724-465-4083 PA059590

HAULING Need your unwanted items hauled away. Call 724-463-8254.

McClure Plaster Drywall Repair Since 1971 (724) 422-6975

PRO 1 PAVING Residential & Commercial Paving • Sealing Line Striping

724-694-8011

Sponsors: The Somerset Co. Chamber of Commerce and Somerset Trust Company

814-445-6431

info@somersetcountychamber.com

www.somersetpa.net

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Clothing

HARLEY DAVIDSON, women’s 6 tops and quilted lined vest, medium & large, $50 for all.

Excellent condition. (724) 463-0238 SCRUBS Size small, 1 jacket, 10 sets, 12 additional tops, all for $75.

(724) 726-5414

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Fuel & Firewood

FIREWOOD approx 1.5 cords. $225.00 obo. Call (724) 349-3831

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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

1950’s aluminum bunting sleeper glider/sofa, good condition, $75. Call (724) 459-9648 AREA rug: indoor / outdoor, 9x7, new, floral print. $45.

(724) 465-0828 BABY Room Decor-Target CoCaLo collection includes quilt, bumper pads, dust raffle, window valance, 5 wall hangings, diaper holder and mobile. $20 for all. Call (724) 349-2408 BED FRAME: full size, like new. $25 Call (814) 845-7949 BEST Chair Incorp: excellent condition, chair & foot stool swivels, brown. $250.

Call (724) 349-8211 BOX lot of 89 valances, variety of sizes & patterns. Value of $178.00 all for $89.00 Call (724) 463-0060 COUCH & Love Seat: fair condition. $35. Call (724) 349-5793

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COUCH & loveseat, teal blue in color, only 7 months old, great condition, $600/both, (724) 349-8942 leave message DESK: Corner style desk, excellent condition, very sturdy, white, 45”x45”, $40. (724) 349-1289 DINETTE SET: Sturdy round table and 4 cushioned chairs, $125. (724) 541-2941between 9 am and 5 pm DROP leaf maple table with 4 chairs, $75. Call (724) 397-8124 HOSPITAL BED: good condition, 1.5 years old. $150.00 (814) 246-4502 anytime.

KITCHEN SET: maple round table with leaf & 4 chairs, excellent condition. $95.

(724) 349-3383 Loveseat, Grey & black, hide away sleeper, good condition $150 Call (814) 246-4502 MEDIA CABINET: like new, black. $125.00 Call (724) 422-0709 Portable Shark Steam Cleaner, instruction book ,attachments, like new, $30, Call (724) 459-5368 REGINA Steemer Carpet cleaner, 3 speeds, like new, asking $45 ,Call (724) 479-3436 SOFA: Broyhill, excellent condition, 3 cushions, brown. $350. Call (724) 349-8211 TV: 31” flat screen, Proscan, $100. Call (724) 840-4649 WOODEN bar stool chairs, high back & swivels, hardly used. $40/ea or all 3 for $100. Call (814) 749-0908

CANNING Jars, pints, approximately 5 dozen. $3.50/ dozen. Phone (724) 465-7430 CANNING JARS: 3 dz, quart size, $15.00 Call (724) 349-2171 CHRISTMAS porcelain house. $5.00. Call (724) 349-6146 DOUBLE Bowl stainless steel sink. 22” X 43”, $60.

(724) 397-4370 FISHER& PAYKEL, Sleep style 600 machine, cpap/humifider,has never been used, with accessories. Asking $700. call 570) 951-6623 HANDICAP shower unit: never used, shower stall, grab bars, padded seat, low threshold wheelchair accessible. & handicap approved. $1,000. Call (724) 463-3390 THREE (3) High back oak padded dining room chairs, $40 ea. (724) 397-4370 TILE CUTTER, table type, excellent condition, $425 Call (814) 938-4916 WALL hanging quilt rack with shelf, cherry, $40.

Call (724) 254-2239

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Farm Equipment For Sale

BRADCO 3375 Backhoe, 3 pt. hitch hook up, 2 buckets, $2,900. Call Ron (814) 618-5117

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KENMORE dishwasher: runs good, just needed upgrade. $40. Call (570) 951-6623 WARDS refrigerator, tan in color, 12.2 cubic feet, excellent condition. $175.00 (724) 463-0060

CLEAN Wheat Straw, 1st & 2nd cutting, round bales, 1st cutting square bales.

Call (724) 840-8968

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

FIRST cut mixed grass hay, $3.50 per bail. Call (724) 254-4285

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Peaches from Chambersburg at Bylers Harness Shop in Smicksburg.

Please bring containers.

Appliances For Sale

Pets & Supplies For Sale

COLLIES- akc registered puppies, full white collar, parents on premises, Call (814) 793-3938 DOG House: Wooden with shingle roof and siding. $30 OBO. (724) 479-3171

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: FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2015

by Phillip Alder

AFTER A REDOUBLE, OPENER MAY PASS

passes below game are forcing.

Look at today’s auction. Over North’s redouble, East ran to two clubs. Note that this promised no values because the logic of the auction (an opening bid, a takeout double and a redouble) made it clear that fourth hand had next to nothing.

Now, if South had bid immediately, it would have announced a minimum or subminimum opening.

Here, South, after making a forcing pass, learned that his partner had game-invitational values with exactly three-card spade support, and jumped to four spades.

West led the club queen.

After declarer covered with dummy’s king, East won with his ace, cashed the club 10, and shifted to a heart.

Since West was sure to have the heart king for his takeout double, South won with his ace. Then, if he had played a trump immediately, he would have lost one spade, one heart and two clubs. Instead, declarer cashed three diamond tricks to discard his heart loser. South’s 10 tricks were six spades, one heart and three diamonds.

Richard Nixon, while chatting with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the surface of the moon in 1969, said, “As you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquility, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and tranquility to Earth.”

If the opener bids one of a suit, the next player makes a takeout double, and the responder redoubles to show 10-plus points, either the opening side buys the contract, or the other side plays in something doubled for penalty.

As a consequence, all doubles by the opening side are for penalty and all

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Computers & Accessories

COMPUTER DESK: like new, 30x60, comes with office chair. $60. Call (724) 639-9541

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Wanted to Buy

BUYING Junk cars. Call us McCarthy Auto. (724) 349-2622 Collection of Fly Fishing, Dry and Wet flies, Call (724) 422-1759 STANDING Timber & Clear Cuts. Cash Paid Up Front. (814) 541-5071

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Campers & Tents For Sale

2005 JAY FLITE 23 FB, 1 owner N/S, N/P, no slide out, full back, awning. $5,200.

724-286-3352

Parts & Accessories For Sale

4 CHROME Wheels with 285/50R20 Tires, will fit 2005 Dodge Durango, fair condition, $200 obo.

(724)254-9659 4 COOPER tires, 265/60R18, 4-32nd tread, $30. (724) 254-9659 4 FIRESTONE Destination LE tires, P265/60R18, 4-32nd tread, $30. (724) 254-9659 DEE ZEE square tube aluminum bed rails for 8’ truck bed. $50 obo. Call (724) 726-5739 RIMS: 18”, 6 bolt pattern, stock Chevy alloy rims. set of 4. Asking price of $400 obo. Call (724) 599-2524

TWO ESTATE AUCTIONS Wednesday Aug. 5 • 9am & 11am 2.5 miles from Alverda, Rt. 553 to Grissmore Rd, to Stitt Rd.

FIRST AUCTION SITE: 132 Acres, House, Barn, and some

older equipment. 2 Farmall Tractors, Cultivators, Sicle Bar Mowers, Manure Spreader, Two row Corn Planter, Spring Tooth Harrow, Small Hay Baler, Two Bottom Plows. Some ground driven equipment and a few Home Furnishings; Hoosier cabinet; complete old Dining Room Suite; Metal Beds; Treadle Sewing Machines; Sad Irons, etc.

SECOND AUCTION SITE: 6.7 Acres, beautiful well- maintained Home Site. Quality Mobile Home with 10’x16’ addition, 2 6’x12’ (under roof porches), built-in dish washer, vented fireplace, beam lighting, Fuel oil heat (furnace recently serviced) Electric and Phone still hooked up, king size bed and other furniture to be sold separately, Approved Septic System, 20’x20’ Storage shed with fuel oil furnace, 3 small ponds.

Spring water with acid neutralizer at Spring House (recently serviced).

Real Estate WILL BE SOLD FIRST at Each Site followed by Personal Property.

TERMS and CONDITIONS: Real Estate, 10% within 3 days. Remainder at closing.

Scheduled Previews are as follows: Saturday, August 1st & Monday, August 3rd 2-6pm

Call The COUNTRY AUCTION Barn

Auctioneer Wayne Stiles

814-749-7570

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❂ Your Birthday SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 2015

by Eugenia Last Your ability to make people feel at ease will also encourage them to help you get ahead.

Networking will be your road to success.

Creative projects will become more numerous and satisfying as the year progresses.

An enticing offer will have many facets that aren’t initially apparent.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Unless you are up-front about your intentions and desires, you risk being misinterpreted. The possibility of loss will arise if someone thinks you have been dishonest.

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Your energetic approach will enable you to adeptly handle any task or responsibility that comes your way.

LIBRA (Sept. 23Oct. 23) — Sign up for social or networking events.

By concentrating on how you look as well as your attitude, you will gain favorable attention. A special connection will be made at a function.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — Someone will not welcome your concern or advice. In the interest of keeping the peace, you should mind your own business.

When the time is right, you will make a worthwhile contribution.

stress by starting a small business enterprise from home. Concentrate on a product or service that will add to domestic convenience or personal comfort.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You can ease your financial

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — Doubts about your personal life will prey on your mind. Keep your emotions out of the equation. Tally the pros and cons before making any irreversible decisions.

PISCES (Feb. 20March 20) — If you are too free with your intentions, someone will steal your ideas or take advantage of you. Keep your thoughts and plans a secret until you are ready to present and promote them.

ARIES (March 21April 19) — Asking for assistance or forming a business partnership will help you move ahead faster with your plans. You will reach a workable agreement if you are savvy and knowledgeable.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) — Your professional reputation will suffer if you let personal problems interfere with your productivity.

Be diligent and efficient while on the job, or there could be damaging consequences.

GEMINI (May 21June 20) — Making a move will work in your favor if you are organized and prepared.

Social encounters will lead to a romantic liaison.

When you meet someone intriguing, share your feelings.

CANCER (June 21July 22) — Be an active participant when it comes to making decisions.

Money matters will require your strict attention. Act on responsible advice, but be sure to handle things on your own.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Communication and travel will increase your knowledge.

Whether you go far or near, you will discover something that inspires you to follow your dream.

Love is in the stars.

Parts & Accessories For Sale

FENDER SKIRTS for a 60-63 Ford Falcon, new. $100 firm. Call (724) 349-6517 UNDERCOVER Tonneau Truck Cover for GM 6 1/2’ bed, will fit 2007-2013 series, also 2014/2500, like new, $525 Call (814) 938-4916

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Autos For Sale

1999 OLDS ALERO: 122K, good condition, new tires, $2,450. Call (814) 948-5018 2002 SATURN, 118,000 miles, good condition, $1,200 call after 5:00pm (724) 479-3171

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Boating Needs

2006 BAYLINER, 185 Runabout with two lick pass. excellent condition, very low hours, comes with rafts, skis, vests, bimini top plus more. $16,500 (412) 289-8181

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ATV For Sale

2013 Polaris, razor rzr, 800 S, 1,400 miles, excellent condition, $7300 obo. Call (724) 422-7517

HONDA RECON, adult riden, original owner, yokohama tires, 225/55/17, Call (724) 354-2546

Motorcycles For Sale

2003 HARLEY Davidson 883 Sportster, 2003 anniv edition, 14,000 miles, excellent condition, $3,000.

Call (724) 463-0421

SUZUKI LT125cc, 4 wheeler, new tires, with rack and trailer hitch. $725 obo.

(724) 479-9356

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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Roofing

Kitchens/Baths Painting/Siding

Decks/Patios

IF YOU NEED NEW… Roofing • Kitchen • Bath Deck Deck • Patio • Painting De Siding • Windows BUILD ON OUR EXPERIENCE… SCHEDULE YOUR PROJECT TODAY!

Lawn & Garden Tools For Sale

TROY-BILT riding lawn mower, 5 years old, 20 hp kohler, 42” cut. $450.00 Call (724) 762-5524

Windows

GENERAL CONTRACTING

J h Johnstown John - 695 Solomon Run Rd. Altoona/State College - One Hillsdale Dr. Greensburg/Latrobe - 117 Beatty Country Rd.

Toll-Free 1.877.749.3397