The Indiana Gazette, Sept. 29, 2015

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Who’s in the news There is good news today in The Indiana Gazette about these area people: Adrienne Straw and Timothy Rash, Bob Kinnan, Helen Kuta, Bill McGraw.

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Homecoming festivities kick off Friday IUP News Service

newly renovated Folger Dining Hall. The ribbon-cutting is open to the community.

Folger is on Pratt Drive, across from the Suites on Maple East. The building was originally dedicated at the 1972 homecoming weekend.

Folger Hall is named in honor of the late Olive K. Folger, affectionately known as “Ma Folger” by a generation of students. She was the dietician at Indiana State

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s annual homecoming celebration this weekend is expected to draw thousands to Indiana for alumni reunions and events for the community, including the annual parade and football game.

Events on Friday include the 11 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the

Coming Wednesday Get a parade map, check out the schedule of events and get to know the Crimson Court in our homecoming publication.

Teachers College from 1934 until her retirement in 1950.

Folger earned a Bachelor of Science degree in home eco-

nomics from IUP (then Indiana State Teachers College) in 1948 and she was a member of Kappa Omicron Phi. This renovated facility is phase two of IUP’s $37 million dining master plan, IUP Dining Innovations. The $13.75 renovation project began in May 2014.

The dining hall is designed to create specialized services and menus that match student lifestyles. It will include

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Union opposes STEM funding

Inside ACCOMPLICE SENTENCED: A former prison worker who helped two convicted murderers escape from a maximumsecurity prison was sentenced Monday to up to seven years behind bars./Page 3 TESTING WOES: State education officials and school districts have been seeking to reassure parents over dramatically lower scores on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment math test./Page 5 WATER ON MARS: Scientists reported Monday that Mars appears to have flowing liquid water, at least in the summer, a finding that boosts the odds of life on the red planet./Page 7 DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS: A recently released report has found that most people will experience at least one wrong or delayed diagnosis at some point./Page 8 GAME OFF: Saltsburg will forfeit Friday’s varsity football game against Westinghouse due to a lack of players./Page 13

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Deaths Obituaries on Page 4 ANDERSON, Donald E. Jr., 57, Kiski Township HILL, Edward R., 91, Rochester Mills THORPE, Lowell T., 84, Bellefonte

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By CHAUNCEY ROSS

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The teachers’ union at Indiana Area School District has gone on record against a request for more than $722,000 to support construction of a Challenger Learning Center and STEM Academy at Indiana County Technology Center.

The Indiana Area school board on Monday pushed the vote back to its Oct. 12 meeting after hearing a round of opposition, mainly for economic but also for academic reasons.

The delay also would give directors a chance to consider a summary of an extensive discussion held Sept. 22 by the board’s Academic and Extracurricular Committee.

The Challenger/STEM project is estimated to cost $9 million, and ICTC officials say they have $5 million in grants and $2 million anticipated from interested corporate and foundation donors.

ICTC Executive Director Eric Palmer and education consultant Rodney Green have asked the tech center’s seven member districts to pledge shares of the remaining $2 million to convince the grant and donation sources to commit funds to the project.

Social studies teacher Michael Tshudy, the president of Indiana Area Education Association, said Indiana’s actual cost for a long-term loan to cover its contribution would be more than $985,000. The district also would pay an estimated $688,000 of tuition to send up to 30 students to the STEM Academy in the first three years of operation.

“This request comes at the eleventh hour for the organizers of this project and with the warning that if not received from our district, the Continued on Page 4

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PRESIDENT OBAMA and Russian President Vladimir Putin met Monday for a bilateral meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

Breakthrough on Syria so far eludes Obama, Putin PAGE 7

By JULIE PACE

AP White House Correspondent

NEW YORK — U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first formal meeting in more than two years started with an awkward handshake and ended without a breakthrough on Syria, a crisis that has strained their already tense relationship.

On the biggest issue that divides them in Syria — the status of embattled leader Bashar Assad — Obama and Putin left their discussions Monday exact-

• World leaders opened a U.N. gathering Monday that aims to wrestle with some of the globe’s biggest crises. ly where they started. The U.S. still insists Syria’s future cannot include Assad, while Putin appears to only want to bolster the standing of his longtime ally, casting him as the best defense against Islamic States militants.

Even so, both leaders appeared

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mained vague about the status of the many thorny issues that separate them. They met for about an hour in early afternoon and for about 90 minutes in late afternoon, but ultimately scrapped tentative plans for an evening session.

“At least we’re having a conversation,” said Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa, D-Allegheny. “The numbers Continued on Page 12

Associated Press

HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf and legislative leaders met on and off throughout the day Monday in an effort to craft a compromise to end the Pennsylvania state budget impasse, but no breakthroughs surfaced.

Negotiators from both parties described the discussions as promising, but re-

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interested in whether their meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly could yield progress toward ending Syria’s 4½ year civil war.

After the 90-minute sit-down at U.N. headquarters, Putin and U.S. officials who described the meeting on Obama’s behalf each spoke of the need for cooperation.

“Strange is it may seem, there were many common points,” Putin told reporters. “There were also disagreements which we agreed to work together. I hope Continued on Page 12

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Directors suspend charter payments during impasse

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MARION CENTER — The Marion Center Area School District directors Monday voted to suspend payment of tuition to all Pennsylvania cyber/charter schools until a state budget is passed and the district begins receiving state subsidies.

The district pays about $38,000 monthly to five Pennsylvania cyber and charter schools for 26 Marion Center district students.

District business manager Richard Martini said the district’s basic education subsidy from the state helps pay the cyber and charter schools tuition, and while the district is not receiving any money from the state the district will withhold payments to the cyber and charter schools to limit expenses to avoid the possibility of borrowing

money later in the year if the state budget impasse continues.

Martini said anticipated tax revenues now through November should help the district meet its obligated expenses.

In other business, the school directors approved a contract for $12,675 with Repine Construction, of Marion Center, to repair the district’s maintenance building along East Main Street in a residential area of Marion Center Borough.

Under the contract, Repine will remove the existing siding and install new metal siding and new soffit, fascia, spouting and downspouts.

In other action Monday, the directors: • Accepted a $3,000 donation from the Colonial Toyota Reading Mentor Program to support the district’s after-school reading mentoring program.

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Prison worker sentenced for aiding escape plot

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — A sobbing former prison worker who helped two murderers escape from a maximumsecurity lockup said she regretted her “horrible mistake” as she was sentenced Monday to up to seven years behind bars as part of a plea deal.

Joyce Mitchell apologized profusely as she was sentenced to 2 1/3 to seven years in prison, saying she acted in part out of fear. She also might have to contribute to the $120,000 in restitution the state is seeking for damages to Clinton Correctional Facility from the brazen June 6 escape. The judge showed little sympathy as he handed down the sentence and set a Nov. 6 restitution hearing.

“If I could take it all back, I would,” she told the judge. “I never intended for any of this to happen.”

Mitchell entered the courtroom in tears and cried

throughout most of the 35minute sentencing. She apologized to the community, her former co-workers and law enforcement officers for the weeks of fear and disruption the search for the killers caused.

Mitchell, 51, had pleaded guilty to charges related to providing hacksaw blades and other tools to inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat.

Matt was serving 25 years to life for the killing and dismembering of his former boss. Sweat was serving life without parole for killing a sheriff’s deputy in 2002.

The pair eluded more than 1,000 searchers who combed the thick woods and bogs of northern New York for much of the next three weeks. Matt was killed by a border agent June 26. Sweat was wounded and captured by a state trooper two days later.

Mitchell admitted becoming close with the pair while she worked as an instructor in the prison tailor shop. She

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JOYCE MITCHELL, seated at right, cried in Clinton County Court Monday in New York, where she was sentenced to up to seven years behind bars for aiding two prison escapees. told investigators she agreed to be their getaway driver before backing out after suffering a panic attack.

The escapees were forced to scrub plans to head to Mexico and instead fled on foot after emerging from a manhole.

Judge Kevin Ryan noted that the resulting search dis-

rupted life in a wide swath of the region for three weeks.

“A large portion of the local population were terrorized,” he said. “Many were forced to flee their homes.”

Mitchell said she didn’t tell anyone about the inmates’ escape plan because Matt had threatened to harm her family, particularly her hus-

Alaska fears fallout from Shell’s drilling decision

By DAN JOLING Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Royal Dutch Shell’s dry hole in the Chukchi Sea may be disappointing to shareholders, but it’s potentially devastating to Alaska.

The company’s decision to end oil exploration in offshore Alaska for the foreseeable future means the state must find another source to fill the 800-mile trans-Alaska pipeline and solve its economic woes, Gov. Bill Walker said.

“We need to get some oil in the pipeline, and we need to do it as quickly as possible and in the safest method possible,” Walker said. He is suggesting the federal government open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to natural gas drilling.

The petroleum industry funds upward of 90 percent of state government. Declining oil production and low prices have left Alaska with a billion-dollar budget gap, and state leaders saw rays of hope in Shell’s offshore prospects. Confirmation of the estimated 15 billion barrels in the Chukchi lease area could have led to additional exploration by other leaseholders. And a transition to production — though a decade or more off — would have meant jobs, potential revenue and a source to replenish the trans-Alaska pipeline, now running less than one-quarter full.

Kara Moriarty, president and CEO of the pro-industry Alaska Oil and Gas Association, noted other companies holding leases in the Arctic were waiting to see what happened with Shell and will follow its lead.

“I haven’t talked to anyone, but I have very low expectation that we’re going to see any type of exploration or development in the Arctic anytime in the near future,” she said.

She cited a loss of jobs as one of the biggest immediate effects in the state.

“At any given day during the project this summer, they’d have 600 to 800 workers and another 600 to 800 workers waiting to shift in and out, on a two-to three

week rotation,” Moriarty said. “So, I think in the shortterm, it’s loss of jobs, it’s loss of investment.”

Shell spent $2.1 billion on 275 Chukchi Sea leases in 2008 and $7 billion overall on Arctic offshore development.

Before this year, the company last drilled off Alaska’s northwest coast in 1991.

The exploratory well Shell drilled this month extended to 6,800 feet in 150 feet of water. It found oil and gas but not in commercial quantities that would justify additional exploration with two drill vessels, thousands of workers and a flotilla of 28 vessels supplied from a base 150 miles away in the community of Barrow. A return to Alaska waters will depend, as always, on how drilling prospects compare to other areas, Shell spokesman Curtis Smith said.

“At any given time, we have a suite of investment options in our portfolio,” Smith said.

“Not all of them can be funded.”

Today’s oil prices were not a factor in the decision.

In an interview earlier this month, Shell USA President Marvin Odum said the company looks at projected prices at least a decade out.

Moving forward, he said, would hinge on finding a petroleum basin large enough to justify the enormous cost of a transition to development: Arctic-strong production platforms, undersea pipe to the Alaska coast, and an overland pipeline connection to the trans-Alaska pipeline.

band, Lyle, who also worked in the prison.

“I was fearful of Mr. Matt threatening to kill my husband and wanting to know where my son and mother live,” she told the judge.

But the judge rebuffed her claim that she was protecting her family by not divulging the escape plot to authorities.

“I just don’t find that explanation credible,” Ryan said.

Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Wylie echoed that sentiment outside court afterward, telling reporters that “she once again is making excuses.” He called her apology an insult to the searchers and victims.

State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott, whose office is investigating the escape, said her report on that probe will show Mitchell “used her position to abuse and manipulate systemic security lapses” at the prison.

She said Mitchell “spent months assisting two coldblooded killers plan and exe-

cute their escape” and then misled law enforcement while they were on the run.

Lyle Mitchell gave his wife a thumbs-up as she entered and exited the court. She mouthed “I love you” to him as guards led her away.

Officials said the convicts used tools to cut their way out of their adjacent cells and get into the catwalk between the cell block walls.

They crawled through an underground steam pipe and reached a street near the prison walls through a manhole.

Sweat, who is being housed in a solitary cell at a central New York prison, faces charges in the escape.

A prison guard, Gene Palmer, who authorities have said unwittingly abetted the escape plot, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of promoting prison contraband. Officials said he gave the two prisoners frozen hamburger meat Mitchell used to hide the hacksaw blades she smuggled to Sweat and Matt.

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The well results were a major driver in the decision, Smith said, but the regulatory environment also was a factor.

“It’s our view that the current permitting system brings very high levels of operating uncertainty to offshore Alaska planning,” he said. “Under normal circumstances, an exploration program like this one should have taken significantly less time.”

Federal regulators are preparing to issue Arcticspecific exploratory drilling regulations, crafted in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. One expensive provision is a requirement that two drilling rigs be on hand. If one is destroyed in a blowout, the second could drill a relief well.

Environmental groups were ecstatic with Shell’s announcement. They contend the risk of a major spill is too great to allow Arctic offshore drilling.

Industrial activity, they say, will harm polar bears, walrus and ice seals already affected by diminished sea ice.

Burning the U.S. Arctic’s oil reserves, estimated by the U.S. Geological Survey to exceed 26 billion barrels of conventionally recoverable oil, would add to climate warming and further delay a transition away from fossil fuels. Susan Murray of oceans advocate Oceana said Shell’s decision allows government to step back and apply science and careful planning to the Arctic.

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Union opposes STEM funding Continued from Page 1 project and all of its merits will be lost for good,” Tshudy said. “This request comes nearly a year after the organizers of this project stated that funding for this center would be paid for without need for additional taxpayer dollars, that it would be funded through corporate donations and grants.”

According to ICTC proposals, the Challenger Center would serve as a field trip destination for elementary and middle school students from 22 westcentral Pennsylvania counties, and would teach grade-level-appropriate science lessons in the context of space flight and exploration. The STEM Academy would subscribe to a curriculum developed by Project Lead The Way and provide training for preengineering, bio-medical and energy resources careers.

The IAEA believes “we already provide a program that prepares students for some of these fields, and could certainly extend our programming in the other areas for the type of money that is being currently requested,” Tshudy said.

“In our current economic climate, the district has held countless meetings to determine what things could be cut or eliminated to save money … (and) our association has demonstrated a willingness to accept change, make sacrifice and work through various agreements with the board to assist the district in saving money, despite the recognition that it may be decreasing the quality of education for students in the district.

“But to then see this board consider taking on additional debt and budget expenditures that will benefit a student population that is, as yet, undefined, seems counterintuitive,” Tshudy said.

District residents Stephanie Jozefowicz and Doug Steve, a former board member and candidate for re-election in November, spoke against the $722,000 contribution in a public-com-

ment period.

Jozefowicz, a professor of economics at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, said she recognized the academic merits of the STEM but couldn’t overlook the financial factors.

“I have a concern as a parent and a community member,” Josefowicz said. “It’s not that this isn’t a good project in an ideal world, but we’re not living in an ideal world. We’ve lived through year after year of budget cuts, and there are many more years of those cuts to come.”

“Next year’s budget is showing a deficit of $1.5 million,” Steve said. “And the speculative operational costs for the STEM/Challenger Center could go from $100,000 to $400,000. It does raise a concern.”

Both criticized a tax-increase proposal discussed in the board’s Audit and Finance Committee meeting held earlier Monday evening.

At that session, District Superintendent Dale Kirsch said the district could petition the Department of Education for an exception to the tax increase limit set by state law, and ask permission to raise the tax 1 mill to cover a $1.1 million increase in the district’s contribution to the pension fund.

Board members said the idea of seeking an exception was just a suggestion in a budget brainstorming process, and not a formal recommendation. The past two years, the district has held its tax increase to the local economic index and covered the annual pension fund increase by cutting educational expenses.

By requesting a higher tax increase to cover the higher pension cost next year, Kirsch said, the district could avoid education cuts and help pay its share to operate the Challenger Center and STEM Academy.

“Is that really the one thing that is the best thing to do with seeking an exception to that tax rate?”

Jozefowicz asked.

Steve told the board that taxpayers fear tax increases as a result of property reassessment and said that seeking an exception “will not go over well in this community at all.”

And Steve repeated his belief that the district could offer equal or better programs than the STEM Academy at Indiana Area Senior High School.

School board leaders later rebutted the complaints about the tech center’s appeal for help.

Director Robert Gongaware, the chairman of the Finance Committee, said the district could cover its borrowing cost, about $20,000 a year, from its operating budget without needing a tax increase.

Board President Thomas Harley said the Challenger Learning Center was proposed as a grant- and donation-funded facility to cost just over $2 million, and that grants already awarded would pay for it.

The ICTC proposal for a STEM Academy to be coupled with the Challenger program, and to be housed in a new wing of the existing tech center building, came with no promise that local funds wouldn’t be needed, Harley said.

“We went to ICTC and they said ‘you can use our ground if you help us build a STEM institute,’” Harley said. “So Challenger has gone out and raised $5.5 million … and we overshot this so we could help build the STEM institute.

“The local share is about $2 million and that all goes to the STEM institute. None goes to Challenger. The promise was not that we would build a STEM institute and Challenger for free.

“We have more than honored that promise, and to have it thrown back in our face that we didn’t raise $9 million yet is really irritating,” Harley said. “As a volunteer group, we have done a yeoman’s job raising more money for the STEM institute than anyone else has ever done.

That will improve the education

at ICTC across the board.”

Harley said the criticism of the potential tuition cost for Indiana students to attend the STEM program is unjust.

“If 30 kids showed up to do masonry, we’d pay the freight. If 30 kids showed up to do electrical work, we would pay their tuition and no one would say a word. We would find the money and pay it,” Harley said. “But if a kid wants to show up and do bio-medical engineering, and it’s not in our building, (people would say) we can’t afford that.”

Kirsch said the courses proposed at the STEM center could not easily be duplicated at the local schools.

“It’s hard to say no to this facility because it is an enhancement,” Kirsch said. “Some people say we can do that ourselves; we absolutely cannot. We’re struggling to renovate a couple of classrooms in our tech ed wing.

It’s not going to be a $10 million facility.

“Our renovation includes $150,000 to $250,000 for the building but not $2 million for equipment. We’re not going to have an energy program or a biomedical program. We do have an engineering component, but we would most likely send students for bio-medical or energy programs.

Kirsch said the district shouldn’t miss its chance to get approval for the tax rate exception to recover pension costs.

“It’s a horrible time in Indiana County to ask for any tax increase, let alone above the index, because of reassessment,” Kirsch said. “And it’s a horrible time to ask for additional money from the school district when we’re still facing one more year of significant increase in retirement.

That’s the reality we face.”

ICTC has asked districts to back the STEM Academy and Challenger project with donations based on the number of students the districts currently send to the tech center.

County jobless rate decreases

By The Indiana Gazette

The August seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for Indiana County decreased 0.2 percent to 5.9 percent, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. Over the year, the rate was up 01. percent of a point.

The August seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for Pennsylvania remained at 5.4 percent, while the national rate went down 0.2 percent to 5.1 percent.

Indiana County tied with Bedford and Bradford counties for the 42nd lowest unemployment rate among Pennsylvania’s 67 counties in August.

Unemployment rates of adjacent counties were 6.1 percent in Jefferson, 6.5 percent in Clearfield, 6.8 percent in Cambria, 5.1 percent in Westmoreland; and 6.1 percent in Armstrong.

Unemployment rates across Pennsylvania ranged from 3.6 percent in Chester County to 7.3 percent in Cameron County.

According to L&I, Indiana County’s seasonally adjusted labor force in August dropped 100 to 43,300. The number of employed county residents held steady at 40,700, and the number of unemployed county residents declined 200 to 2,500.

Reed sets Armagh town hall meeting

In his continuing effort to stay in touch with constituents and issues in the 62nd District, Rep. Dave Reed, R-Indiana, announced he is hosting a town hall meeting in Armagh on Thursday.

The event will begin at 6 p.m. at the Armagh and East Wheatfield Fire Department, 12095 Route 56.

“Town hall meetings are a great opportunity for me to listen to what folks have to say about important issues impacting Indiana County and our state as a whole,” Reed said in a press release. “I look forward to talking with people about their communities, sharing my views and hearing their opinions.”

Constituents who would like to attend are asked to make a reservation by calling Reed’s district office at (724) 465-0220 or visiting his website at www.RepDaveReed.net and clicking on the “Upcoming District Events” link.

OBITUARIES Donald Anderson Jr. Donald E. Anderson Jr., 57, of Kiski Township, went to be with his Lord on Sept. 27, 2015, at UPMC Shadyside after a courageous battle with many Illnesses.

He was born Oct. 13, 1957, in Maysville, Kiski Township.

He was a member of the Saltsburg Presbyterian Church.

Don graduated from Apollo Ridge High School in 1976 and Vale Tech in 1977. He worked at Glenn Bush Ford in Apollo as a mechanic for more than 21 years and in maintenance at West Haven Nursing Home for eight years.

Don loved to collect Lionel Trains and John Deere memorabilia.

Don was the founder of the Relay for Life Team, “Anderson Junction.”

He is survived by his wife of 31 years, Mary E. Duncan Anderson, whom he married on April 7, 1984; two daughters, Beth Ann Anderson

and Steve Hawk, of Pittsburgh; and Crystal Fricke and her husband, Adam , also of Pittsburgh; and two loving grandchildren, Brayden and Leah Fricke. In addition, he is survived by his parents, Don and Valerie Snyder Anderson, of Kiski Township; a brother, Dean Anderson, of Rochester Mills; and a sister, Brenda Thompson, of Kiski Township.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday in the Kelly L. Corridoni Funeral Home Ltd., 1916 Moore Ave., North Apollo. Services will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday in the Saltsburg Presbyterian Church, 517 Salt St., Saltsburg, with the Rev. Dan Satler officiating. Everyone is to meet at the church.

Interment will follow in Westview Cemetery, Avonmore.

To view and send online condolences, visit www. corridonifuneralhome.com.

Curtis Fairman Curtis E. Fairman, 35, of Homer City, went to heaven on Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, at Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh with his family by his side after a long, hard battle with drug addition.

Curtis was born on Sept.

27, 1979, in Indiana.

He was always quick with a joke, shared a laugh and had a smile that was infectious to those around him. He loved fishing, camping, outdoors and working at the auctions.

He enjoyed being around family and friends.

Curt is survived by his two daughters: Nadia Fairman, of Homer City, and Mariah Fairman, of Indiana; his parents, Mindy and Rich Novosel, of Indiana, and Curtis L. Fairman and Barbara Michaels, of Jacksonville Fla; three sisters: Jodi Hamilton and husband Chad, of Homer City; Cassie Roser and husband TJ, of Homer City; and Breanna Novosel and Matt Bence, of Ephreta; five nieces and one nephew: Braelyn and Reaghan Hamilton, Ethan, Ava and Myla Roser, and Brooklyn Bence; and grandparents George Novosel and Joan Beittel, both of State College.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Clarence Frazier, Marie Frazier, Bert and Mary Ellen Fairman and Ken Beittel; and numerous friends who have preceded him from this

Edward Hill Edward R. Hill, 91, of Rochester Mills, passed away Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, at his residence.

A son of the late Edward and Annie Marie Stile Hill, he was born Nov. 28, 1923, in Indiana.

Mr. Hill was a 1943 graduate of Indiana High School.

He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Mr. Hill retired from Local #354, Plumber and Pipefitter Union, Latrobe. In his retirement, he owned and operated Hill Orchard, offering apples and blueberries.

He was a member of Calvary Presbyterian Church; a 70year member of the American Legion Post 141; served as president of the PA Federation of Sportsmen Clubs; was quartermaster of Troop 29 Boy Scouts at Calvary; and was a member of the Indiana Gun & Bow Club. Mr. Hill read his Bible every morning and was an avid hunter and fisherman, just an all-around sportsman. He was a huge Pirates, Steelers and Penguins fan and most of all he enjoyed seeing all of his customers at the orchard.

He is survived by five children: Richard E. Hill, of Indiana; Gary Lee Hill and wife Dee, of Indiana; Kenneth James Hill, of Rochester Mills; Jill Hill Kaszubowski, of Indiana; James E. Hill and wife Christine, of Brookville; two brothers: Raymond Hill, of Rochester, N.Y., and Roger Hill, of Indiana; five grand-

children: Camille Kaszubowski, of Indiana; Kaitlyn Hill and Madison Hill, both of Brookville; Cassandra Beth Hill, of Newark, Del.; and Callee Hill, of Indiana; and numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Martha Jane Pavelchick Hill, and two brothers, Walter Hill and Paul “Harve” Hill.

Friends will be received from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Robinson-Lytle Inc., Indiana, where a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday with the Rev. Dr. Richard Cassel officiating. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery.

The family kindly suggests memorial contributions be made to Calvary Presbyterian Church, 695 Church St., Indiana, PA 15701; VNA/Hospice, 850 Hospital Road, Suite 3000, Indiana, PA 15701; or a charity of the donor’s choice. www.robinsonlytleinc.com

Lowell Thorpe terrible disease.

Family will receive friends from 2 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the C. Fredrick Bowser Funeral Home, 4606 Old Route 119 Highway, Homer City.

Services will be held at 7 p.m. at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggest donations be made in Curt’s memory to a drug prevention association of your choice or C.O.R.E, 204 Sigma Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15238.

Because Curt was so generous, he chose to donate life through C.O.R.E.

Lowell T. Thorpe, 84, of Bellefonte, died Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, at Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College.

Born Dec. 16, 1930, in Emeigh, he was the son of S. Dwight and Rosa Mae (Strum) Thorpe.

Lowell was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean conflict and retired as a civil engineer.

He is survived by a son, Dr. Michael (Irene) Johnston; daughter Rebecca (John) Larosa; stepdaughters Sharon (Victor) Appel, Leslie (Scott) Rowe, and Sandra (Greg) Lynn; three grandchil-

dren and nine great-grandchildren.

Lowell was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Virginia, on June 1, 2015; brothers Gilbert, C. L. “Jack” and wife Connie; sisters Lois and Mary Margaret; and great-granddaughter Christina.

At Lowell’s request there will be no visitation. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday at East Ridge Cemetery, Westover, with Pastor Greg Lynn officiating.

Arrangements are in the care of Long-Contres Funeral Homes Inc., Northern Cambria.

TOMORROW’S FUNERALS FAIRMAN, Curtis E., 7 p.m., C. Fredrick Bowser Funeral Home, Homer City PATRICK, Helen Agnes, 11 a.m., Curran Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Saltsburg REEFER, Jack H. Jr., 10 a.m., Pine Street Presbyterian Church, Harrisburg

Jack H. Reefer Jr. Jack H. Reefer Jr. passed away on Friday, Sept. 18, 2015, at his home.

He was born Feb. 24, 1946, in Delaware County, the son of Jack H. Sr. and Dorothy A. Reefer. Jack spent his early life in the Beechview section of Pittsburgh and from South Hills High School. He attended and graduated from IUP in 1969.

During a break in his university education, Jack was employed by the U.S. Postal Service and had the unique experience of working on the “mail train” traveling from Pittsburgh to Chicago, which only encouraged Jack’s fascination with trains and trolleys.

After his graduation from IUP, Jack moved to Harrisburg where he was employed in the Department of Highways (now PennDOT) for 38 years, retiring from active employment in January 2008. Jack continued to be an active participant of the International Right of Way Association and, in addition, after his retirement, became an active member of the Pennsylvania Association of Retired State Employees.

While in Harrisburg, Jack fed his love for music by attending the Pine Street United Presbyterian Church, where his booming voice could be heard praising God to the accompaniment of the pipe organ. Of course, classical music being Jack’s passion, in his “spare time,” Jack worked for a classical music radio station as well.

During this time, Jack continued to enthusiastically support the IUP football and men’s and women’s basketball teams, both by the giving of his time and of his resources. Fans and players alike became familiar with his resonating cheer, “I-U-P,” which earned him the nickname of “Mr. IUP.” This love for his alma mater was the reason Jack relocated to Indi-

ana after retirement. Because of Jack’s love of music, he also supported the IUP marching band and the Carol Teti memorial organ program.

Jack liked to say he was not just a “one trick pony” and generously contributed not only to the athletic and music departments of IUP, but also to the Susan G. Komen program, the Teddy Bear fund drive, the United Way Turkeython, and other public and private needs.

Jack had also set up an endowment scholarship fund in memory of his parents, Jack H. Sr. and Dorothy A. Reefer.

Jack is survived by two brothers, Thomas, of Pittsburgh, and William, of Concord, Calif., and by his special companion, Jayne Cuddy-Clawson.

Jack was an active member of the Graystone Presbyterian Church in Indiana and any memorial contributions may be made to that facility, any other of Jack’s favorite charities, or a charity of the contributor’s choice.

Celebrations of Jack’s life will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Graystone Presbyterian Church in Indiana with Pastor Rick Hurley officiating, and at 10 a.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 7, at Pine Street Presbyterian Church in Harrisburg with Pastor Russell Sullivan officiating.

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Secretary of State Pedro Cortes reminded residents Monday that they can register online for the first time.

But he said people who do not have a PennDOT driver’s license or PennDOT identification card should apply before the Oct. 5 deadline if they use the new electronic system.

In addition to thousands of local school board, municipal and judicial races, voters will fill three open seats on the seven-member Pennsylvania Supreme Court. There also are two other state appellate court openings — one each in the Superior and Commonwealth courts.

Pennsylvanians also can still register by mail or inperson at many state and county offices.

Wolf endorses McGinty for Senate HARRISBURG (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf is endorsing his former chief of staff, Katie McGinty, for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.

In a written statement Monday, Wolf called McGinty a “can-do� person who would be a strong advocate in Washington for Pennsylvanians. Wolf hired McGinty, a former state environment protection commissioner, as his top aide after defeating her and two other candidates in last year’s gubernatorial race. She is expected to face tough competition in the Democratic primary in April.

The other candidates are Joe Sestak, a former congressman and former Navy vice admiral, and John Fetterman, a western Pennsylvania mayor known for his efforts to turn around the down-onits-luck steel town of Braddock.

The Democrats are hoping to take on Republican Sen. Pat Toomey in the general election.

Fire marshal probing blazes BEAVER FALLS (AP) — A state police fire marshal and other investigators are trying to determine who has set fire to at least 13 abandoned homes or other buildings in the city of Beaver Falls, Beaver County.

The fires began in late August and all targeted abandoned homes with no utility service or garages. Residents are concerned the fires are the work of a serial arsonist, but investigators say they can’t know that until they trace the origin of each fire.

The latest fires occurred about 9:45 p.m. Saturday at an abandoned home and two more abandoned buildings burned Sunday night.

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Parents alarmed over plummeting PSSA scores

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Two years ago, Christy Manetta’s sixth-grader scored “advanced� on her state standardized math exam.

This month, when Manetta got the results of her daughter’s spring PSSA math test, she was surprised and dismayed to see the score was 40 percentage points lower — or barely “proficient,� according to the state. “I don’t buy it,� said Manetta, whose children attend schools in the well-regarded Philadelphia-area Central Bucks School District, the state’s third-largest school system. “You can’t tell me my kid, in a span of 12 months, drops that low.

Something’s not right there.�

It’s a scene playing out in homes around Pennsylvania this month as parents see their kids’ test scores.

While final statewide results come out today, pre-

liminary data show a 35point drop in the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment math test and a 9point drop in English.

State education officials and school districts have been seeking to reassure parents the dramatically lower math scores do not mean their kids are learning less, but they reflect an overhauled and more difficult exam. The PSSAs are administered each year in grades three through eight. “What is important to keep in mind is that your child did not change, the quality of instruction did not change ... The only thing that changed was the PSSA,�

Nadine Garvin, principal of the school attended by Manetta’s daughter, said in a note to parents.

The most recent PSSAs were the first to test students on their mastery of skills based on Pennsylvania’s version of the Common Core, a set of English and math standards adopted by

dozens of states that spell out what students should know and when.

With the new math standards widely considered to be more rigorous, the Department of Education said it considers the spring PSSA results a baseline. “It’s a transition, so it takes a while,� said spokeswoman Jessica Hickernell. “We believe that as time moves on and teachers get more comfortable with this and students get more comfortable with this, the scores will improve.�

Aware that parents and students might be alarmed by the plummeting scores, many districts are sending home a letter from state Education Secretary Pedro Rivera that attributes the lower scores to the tests’ complexity and cautions against comparing this year’s results with last year’s.

Some parents reject the state’s explanation and, instead, blame Common

Core-inspired curricula and teaching methods, which de-emphasize rote memorization of math facts in favor of helping students understand how numbers relate to each other. Parents accustomed to standard arithmetic have long complained the approach is unnecessarily convoluted and complicated. “No one seems to entertain the possibility that this test is showing the new approach to math is not working,� said Cara McClintockWalsh, a college English professor with children in the Bethlehem Area School District. “I think what I’m seeing as a parent is that there is so much pressure to teach to the test, and to the new curriculum and new standards, that kids are not getting basic math sense at all,� she said.

Manetta said her daughter was “completely stunned�

by Common Core math as a fifth-grader last year, and

didn’t want to ask her parents for help because “she didn’t think she would be able to explain it to us, so how could we explain it to her? She didn’t know where to start, so why even ask.�

Common Core supporters insist the standards are driven by research and will help better prepare students for college or work.

Barbara Parkins, superintendent of the United School District in Indiana County, suspects her district’s poor performance has to do with the PSSA math test itself.

She said nearly all of the eighth-graders who took another state standardized test last year — the Keystone Exam in algebra, a requirement of high school graduation — passed it. Yet only 12 percent of United students who took the PSSA math exam scored either proficient or advanced. “There must be something that’s not quite right about the PSSA,� Parkins said.

Chief justice says he has ‘no view’ on Kane quitting

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s highest ranking jurist said Monday he has “absolutely no view� on whether the state’s attorney general should resign from office, one week after the state Supreme Court temporarily suspended the top prosecutor’s law license.

Chief Justice Thomas Saylor told the Pennsylvania Press Club that the court has no ability to remove Kane or any other high-ranking government official from their posts. “That’s not what we do,� Saylor said, noting those powers are held by the Legislature and governor.

The 5-0 decision to suspend the first-term Democrat does not prevent her from continuing to serve as attorney general, Saylor said, and he emphatically declined to offer an opinion about whether she should step down.

THOMAS SAYLOR “I have absolutely no view on that,� said Saylor, a Republican. “I think that’s purely a personal matter for her.�

Kane awaits trial on criminal charges she leaked secret grand jury information to a newspaper and then lied to cover it up. She said last week that if her license remains suspended, that would probably be a barrier to her plans to seek re-election in 2016. “An attorney who’s attorney general and is suspended is still a member of the bar of the Supreme Court,� as required under the constitu-

tion, Saylor said. “The fact of the interim suspension is in no way constitutionally disabling.�

Asked about the fairness of suspending Kane while she faces criminal allegations, Saylor said the justices had a detailed petition from the Office of Disciplinary Counsel to consider, and Kane’s attorneys filed an extensive reply. Kane also has the ability to request a full hearing before the Disciplinary Board, Saylor said, but she apparently has not done so.

Saylor said the pornographic email scandal in which employees of the attorney general’s office were sending and receiving explicit or objectionable content was a “moral lesson� about the types of relationships judges should have with others.

Justice Seamus McCaffery quit the Supreme Court last year after his role in the emails was made public.

Judges have to ensure “that they don’t do it in some fashion that will cause somebody to question how close that relationship is, or the lack of objectivity,� Saylor said. “I

think that is a good moral lesson for people to keep in mind. You enjoy friendships, you keep relationships, but judges have their job to do, prosecutors have their job to do.� He did not express an opinion about whether Pennsylvania should move away from its system of electing judges but said appointing them would bring its own consequences.

Appointments would not remove politics from the process of selecting judges, he said: “You’re just removing the focus on politics.�

Saylor said the Supreme Court gets about 7,000 cases a year and agrees to review 100 or fewer of them. He said the high court’s goal is to rule within five or six months after oral argument is made before the justices.

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Nicholas Kernechel, 27, of East Greenville, was charged with aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of a child and related offenses.

The child’s visibly upset mother brought him to Upper Perkiomen police in July with “severe facial and dental injuries� and missing three teeth. She also handed officers a plastic bag containing the teeth, authorities said.

Police allege that the child was in sole care of Kernechel when he was injured, and a subsequent medical examination indicated that his “teeth were pulled out.�

After the child was injured, Kernechel left the child in his bed “bleeding and crying� and didn’t tell the mother until she arrived home the following morning, authorities alleged. She found the boy “asleep on the floor, lying on top of dried blood,� authorities said.

Defense attorney Patrick McMenamin Jr. on Monday called the child’s injuries “an unfortunate accident.�

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ouse Speaker John A. matists, a label that, for Boehner’s sudden deci- some, included Boehner. sion to resign Friday Their rebellions turned came as a thunderclap in into a recurring melodrama.

Washington, but it shouldn’t In 2011, they blocked the have surprised anyone who speaker’s attempt to negotiwitnessed Boehner’s frustra- ate a “grand bargain” with tion grow with his fractious President Obama that would Republican caucus. have combined spending “Here’s the attitude,” he cuts with tax increases. In complained last year after 2012, they rejected a Boehner conservatives blocked his fit- proposal to raise taxes on inful attempts to move immi- comes over $1 million; when gration reform bills forward. a bipartisan coalition then “Ohhhh, don’t make me do passed a tax increase on inthis. Ohhhh, this is too hard. comes over $250,000 to avoid ... We get elected to solve the fiscal cliff, the hard-liners problems, and it’s remark- blamed Boehner for backing able to me how many of my down. colleagues just don’t want In 2013, they demanded a to.” government shutdown in a “It does pain me to be dekamikaze attempt to repeal scribed as spineless or a Obama’s health care law. squish,” he said in This time, Boehner January, after 25 let them have their conservatives way, in the hope voted against him that they might as speaker. “What learn a lesson. The pains me the most 13-day shutdown is when they dewas a disaster, drivscribe me as the ing the GOP’s establishment ... . stature to record I’m the most antilows. But among establishment the hard-liners, few speaker we’ve ever lessons were had.” learned — hence When a Politico this year’s fight over reporter asked last Planned Parentmonth how he enhood. dured constant Boehner said he sniping from his hoped his resignaown party, Boehn- Doyle McManus tion could serve as er said: “Garbage is a columnist for “a unifying momen get used to ment” for the GOP the Los Angeles the smell of bad and help avert Times. His garbage. Prisoners more needless colcolumn is learn how to belisions. There’s not distributed by come prisoners.” much chance of This was not a Tribune News that; the House man who was en- Service. hard-liners’ crujoying his job — sade is far from even though it is, at least in complete. “Our constituents theory, the most powerful sent us here to fight,” said position in Congress.

Rep. Matt Salmon, R-Ariz., one of the leaders of the BOEHNER WAS always a Freedom Caucus that harconservative, not a squish. ried Boehner.

But he also wanted to get And they’re abetted by things done, and for his first presidential candidates who four years as speaker that are bent on stoking consermeant working with a Demo- vative anger. Sen. Ted Cruz, cratic Senate leader and a R-Texas, said he had heard Democratic president. The “reports” that Boehner “has insurgent conservatives who cut a deal with Nancy Pelosi gave him his majority never to fund the Obama adminisaccepted that logic — and tration for the rest of its still don’t. tenure, to fund Obamacare, This year, Boehner hoped to fund executive amnesty, to that the arrival of a GOP ma- fund Planned Parenthood, to jority in the Senate would in- fund implementation of this spire pragmatism and cohe- Iran deal — and then, presion in the House. Instead, it sumably, to land in a cushy K produced what political sci- Street job.” entists call the curse of a big SO IT’S NO WONDER that majority: With all those votes to spare, GOP hard-liners when Boehner announced saw less need to compromise his decision to leave Congress, he sounded like a man than ever.

They demanded an end to freed from a painful burden.

“Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-afederal funding for Planned Parenthood and said they dee-ay,” he told a news conwere willing to risk another ference. “My oh my, what a government shutdown to do wonderful day.”

He said his move wasn’t init. When Boehner, a lifelong anti-abortion crusader, dis- fluenced by Pope Francis’ agreed with their strategy, speech to Congress on they launched an effort to re- Thursday. But it did seem as move him from the speaker’s if the pontiff influenced his chair. That was the needless timing. Boehner’s announcefight Boehner said he was ment came only hours after he heard the pope deliver a leaving to avoid.

The irony, of course, is that pastoral challenge to the Boehner and his lieutenants politicians in the House — including his most likely chamber.

“Your own responsibility as successor as speaker, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. — members of Congress is to helped many of those hard- enable this country, by your liners get elected. But they legislative activity, to grow as created a monster they could a nation,” Francis said. “A not control, and they never good political leader is one who, with the interest of all in got much loyalty in return.

The new conservatives did- mind, seizes the moment in a n’t want to make compromis- spirit of openness and prages, not even compromises matism.”

John Boehner was clearly that would secure the deep spending cuts they sought. listening. Were any of his colInstead, they wanted to leagues? doyle.mcmanus cleanse their party’s leader@latimes.com ship of its remaining prag-

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Should Republicans go on Colbert?

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tephen Colbert spent nine years mocking conservatives on a comedy program premised on mocking conservatives. It was a good fit; Colbert’s political views lean left, and even after leaving his rightwing loudmouth character behind, he’s been happy to dive into the most contentious political issues of the day. (Just watch the video he made in June celebrating the Supreme Court gay marriage decision and deriding its dissenters.)

Recently the new play-itstraight Colbert had Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz as a guest. Not long before, on his Sept. 8 premiere, Colbert had Jeb Bush.

The appearances raised questions for Republicans considering future visits. Is Colbert really playing it straight? And is it worth appearing on his program?

Bush had a fairly easy time of it, and aides and candidate alike came away happy with the experience.

“The first Colbert show was a huge platform to reach a broad audience, Bush spokesman Tim Miller said. “Republicans in the past too often have avoided opportunities to do so. Jeb enjoyed it — he thought the Colbert ‘Jeb!’ shtick was hilarious.”

Yes, the “Jeb!” exchange was funny — when Colbert asked Bush about the “!” in the logo and Bush explained that it “connotes excitement.” The funny part, of course, was that it so obviously does not connote excitement in the current Bush campaign, so it’s unclear if the exchange, taken as a whole, was good or bad for the candidate.

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the interview consisted of can into explaining why he Colbert throwing out a tired isn’t one of those bad Reset of Democratic talking publicans isn’t entirely propoints about Ronald Reagan ductive. and immigration. Colbert Of course, Democrats also seemed eager to pin have appeared on Colbert, Cruz down on gay marriage. too.

When Cruz said, “What I’m Bernie Sanders was on fighting for are simple prin- this week, before a very ciples: live within friendly audience our means, stop that broke into bankrupting our chants of “Bernie! kids and grandBernie! Bernie!” kids, follow the And Colbert also C o n s t i t u t i o n ,” challenged Colbert quickly Sanders, but in a added: “And no way that seemed gay marriage. And to make fun of the no gay marriage.” challenge, as opWhen Cruz exposed to making plained his belief fun of Sanders. that the ConstituFor example, tion leaves marbringing up the riage to the states, fact that Sanders the audience is a socialist, Colbooed.

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Scandinavian compromising,” country. We’d be Colbert said to Cruz. “Will eating pickled herring and you be willing to compro- we would have a high suimise with the other side?” cide rate. Why do you want Cruz handled it all pretty that for the United States?” well, even winning some The questions had a detepid applause at the end. cidedly different feel than His advisers thought the ex- those directed at Cruz. And perience was positive; Cruz Colbert did not ask Sanders, got to show a little humor, who is at least as far to the engage the issues in an in- left as Cruz is to the right, formal context and appear whether he could comprobefore an audience that mise with the other side. probably hadn’t seen him So what should Republibefore. cans do? On the one hand Maybe Cruz’s team is there is the argument that right. Or maybe an inter- they should not be afraid to view crafted around an at- step into a forum in which tempt to coax the Republi- they will be challenged and

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even ridiculed. And there are always those much sought-after voters who will see the candidate for the first time.

On the other hand, Colbert is a talented professional comedian with a political bent.

If he wants to make a candidate’s positions look vaguely ridiculous — all while seeming entirely civil — he can. Do Republicans need to show that they are good sports by going along?

And do such appearances really change any minds, anyway?

Whatever the case, GOP candidates are ready to go along. “The governor has been on Stephen’s show many times, and they have a great rapport,” said Mike Huckabee spokeswoman Alice Stewart, who added that an appearance is under discussion. “We welcome the opportunity to appear on his show because it allows Gov. Huckabee to discuss the issues, show his personality, and connect with an audience we may not reach through traditional news outlets.”

Back in 2006, The New York Times looked at places which had the most Google searches for the name of Colbert’s old show, “The Colbert Report.” The result “reads like a ranking of the most liberal places in the country,” the paper reported — Portland, Madison, San Francisco, and other deep blue locales.

Of course, Colbert is on a different network now, without the right-wing cartoon character. But he’s still Colbert, and Republicans have questions to ask themselves before appearing on his program.

It’s still OK to read printed book

harbor a fond nostalgia the printed book — in the for the technologies of my face of the efficient, logical youth. digitization of text in the I keep six or seven old form of e-books. typewriters in my office, Well sort, of. But an interlong after I typed the last esting report in The New word on any of York Times last them. In one closweek suggests that et I store an oldnews of the death fashioned slide of the printed projector. And a book may be preturntable that will mature. play 78s. A box If you care about camera that print, a few years shoots film. A ago things looked View-Master. bad. Between And from one 2008 and 2010, egeneration further book sales explodback, a stereoed by 1,260 perscope and a coucent, and when ple of kerosene Borders booklanterns. That sort sellers declared of thing. bankruptcy, bookBut mostly I stores and pubhave a lot of lishers of printed John M. Crisp books. None of books across the teaches English them is particucountry were at Del Mar larly rare or valulooking nervously College in Corpus over their shoulable, although Christi, Texas. some are so old ders.

His column is that the cover But, the Times distributed by price is 95 cents. reports, signs inIn fact, I’m not a McClatchydicate that some book collector. My Tribune News readers of e-books bulky printed are returning to Service. database is an inprint. cidental accumulation born During the first five of decades of reading and a months of 2015, e-book mild hoarding instinct. sales fell by 10 percent. And These paragraphs proba- the American Booksellers bly peg me as a citizen of a Association lists 2,227 bookcertain age who is wistfully store locations in 2015, up considering the twilight of a from 1,660 five years ago. At 500-year-old technology — BookPeople, in Austin,

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Texas, sales are up 11 percent over last year, making 2015 the store’s most profitable year since its founding in 1970.

These figures may represent a minor, temporary ebb in the once seemingly inevitable flow that will sweep the printed book into the past, along with the anachronistic technologies I mention above. But I hope not.

E-readers have their virtues, of course. You can read them in the dark. You can adjust the font. And when you come across a word that you don’t know, you can access a dictionary with a touch.

And they’re remarkably efficient: You can download and store hundreds of books in a device smaller than a printed copy of “Billy Budd.”

Still, the physicality of a printed book has virtues and pleasures that e-readers can’t embody.

Each printed book is a work of art, or — not to overstate it — at least an artifact, designed by someone down to the last detail of cover art and font.

Every book invites the potential reader to pick it up, heft it, flip it over and fan through the pages. Maybe even admire it.

Individually, each book is an object that rewards con-

sideration, even before you get to the text. Put enough of them together and they become furniture, but in the best sense of the term.

While an e-reader can hold volumes, even a small library of printed books represents hundreds of pounds of impedimenta that turns moving day into a burdensome undertaking.

Still, nearly every book on the shelves that surround me — even the ones that haven’t been opened for decades — not only tells a story, but has a story, evoking a period of time, an event, a person, an insight that can be recalled merely by observing the art on a book’s spine.

Reading printed books provides other subtle pleasures, as well. I like the analogous shift in weight from your right hand to your left as you progress through a book. Or the satisfaction of hefting a really substantial, just-finished novel by, say, Charles Dickens.

E-books versus print? The jury’s still out. But there’s some evidence that the physical pleasures of the printed book may persist for a while.

Just because a really fine technology can be replaced by another, doesn’t mean that it should be. jcrisp@delmar.edu

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Air bag recalls could expand DETROIT (AP) — Seven more companies including electric car maker Tesla Motors could be facing recalls because they use air bag inflators made by Takata Corp., according to letters they received last week from U.S. safety regulators.

So far about 23.4 million Takata driver and passenger air bag inflators have been recalled on 19.2 million U.S. vehicles sold by 11 different companies, including Honda and Fiat Chrysler.

The inflators can explode with too much force, spewing metal shrapnel. At least eight people have died worldwide and hundreds have been injured because of the problem.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration sent letters to Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar-Land Rover, Suzuki, Tesla, Volvo Trucks, Volkswagen and Spartan Motors seeking information on which models have Takata inflators.

NHTSA said one purpose of the letters is to figure out how many additional vehicles might have to be recalled.

Hastert negotiating plea agreement CHICAGO (AP) — A possible plea agreement is being negotiated in the hushmoney case of former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, attorneys told a judge Monday, meaning potentially embarrassing details about the underlying actions in the case may never be divulged in court or anywhere else.

Hastert, who led the U.S. House for nine years, has pleaded not guilty to charges the Republican skirted federal banking laws in an attempt to pay someone $3.5 million to hide claims of past misconduct.

An indictment handed down in May alleges that Hastert agreed to pay the money to a person identified only as “Individual A” and offers no details about the alleged misconduct.

Seattle tour firm’s operations halted SEATTLE (AP) — The operations of a Seattle tour company have been suspended after one of its amphibious vehicles swerved into an oncoming charter bus last week, killing five people and hurting dozens of others.

The state Utilities and Transportation Commission met Monday in an emergency session to keep the repurposed military “duck boats,” owned by Ride the Ducks of Seattle, off the streets pending inspections and a review of driver and maintenance records.

The decision came a day after federal investigators announced that the duck boat involved in the crash did not have an axle repair that was recommended two years ago for such vehicles.

Authorities are looking into whether axle failure caused the crash. The vehicle’s front left axle was found sheared off, but it’s not clear if it broke before the collision or during it.

Toy Hall of Fame finalists named ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The spinning top, coloring book, Wiffle Ball and puppet are vying for a place in the National Toy Hall of Fame. The simple classics are among 12 finalists for this year’s class announced Monday.

They are up against American Girl dolls, Battleship, Jenga, PLAYMOBIL, the scooter, Super Soaker, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Twister.

Two winners will be inducted into hall at The Strong museum on Nov. 5.

Anyone can nominate a toy, but to earn a place in the hall of fame, they must have survived multiple generations, be widely recognized and foster learning, creativity or discovery through play.

Taliban display force, taking over key city

By LYNNE O’DONNELL Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban gunmen fanned out in full force today across a key Afghan city they captured the day before, as the U.S. military carried out an airstrike on Kunduz and President Ashraf Ghani vowed to take the northern city back from the insurgents, urging his nation to trust Afghan troops to do the job.

The Afghan military launched a counter-offensive on the city, Ghani said in a televised address to the nation, adding that his security forces are “retaking government buildings ... and reinforcements, including special forces and commandos are either there or on their way there.”

“The enemy has sustained heavy casualties,” said Ghani, who marked his first anniversary in office today.

He urged his nation to trust

Associated Press

A TALIBAN FIGHTER sat on his motorcycle today on a street in Kunduz, Afghanistan.

Afghan troops and not give in to “fear and terror.”

But Monday’s multipronged assault on Kunduz took the Afghan authorities and military officials by surprise. Hundreds of Taliban launched a coordinated attack and after a day of fierce

fighting, they managed to overrun government buildings and hoisted their flag in the city square.

The fall of the city of 300,000 inhabitants — the first urban area taken by the Taliban since the 2001 U.S. invasion ousted their regime

— was also a major setback to Ghani, who has staked his presidency on bringing peace to Afghanistan and seeking to draw the Taliban to peace talks.

Taliban gunmen were patrolling the streets of Kunduz today, setting up checkpoints, searching for government loyalists and sealing off exit routes for anyone who wished to escape.

In Kabul, the National Security Council was meeting to discuss the development.

The number of dead and wounded in the fighting was unclear.

Wahidullah Mayar, the spokesman for the Public Health Ministry said on his Twitter account that Kunduz hospitals received “172 wounded patients and 16 dead bodies so far.”

Doctors Without Borders, the international charity, said its trauma center in Kunduz received 129 wounded since early Monday morn-

ing, including 20 women and 39 children. Of the total, nine had died, said Kate Stegeman, an MSF field communications manager.

The Taliban issued a statement, attempting to reassure residents of Kunduz that they were safe. Hours after the fall, people had streamed out of the city late Monday.

But by this morning, roads were blocked and some government buildings set on fire, several residents told The Associated Press over the phone. They spoke on condition of anonymity, fearing for their safety.

The insurgents have had a heavy presence in Kunduz since launching their annual summer offensive with an assault on the city in April.

That marked the start of a campaign across the north, with attacks reported in recent days in neighboring Takhar province, and intermittent attacks on districts around Kunduz city.

Leaders’ views vary on Syria

By CARA ANNA

Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — Vladimir Putin played it cool, Barack Obama was earnest but firm and Iran’s president walked in smiling. World leaders glided through the opening day of a U.N. gathering Monday that aims to wrestle with the globe’s biggest crises — a historic flood of refugees, the rise of threats like the Islamic State group and the conflict in Syria.

The U.N. secretary-general for the first time called for the civil war in Syria to be referred to the International Criminal Court, while Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Iran’s recent nuclear deal with world powers had a broader goal: “We want to suggest a new and constructive way to recreate the international order.”

Chinese President Xi Jinping made a $1 billion pledge for U.N. peace efforts.

And Jordan’s King Abdullah II made a heartfelt defense of the kinder side of the Muslim world in the face of “the outlaws of Islam that operate globally today.”

“When and how did fear and intimidation creep so insidiously into our conversation when there is so much more to be said about the love of God?” he asked, also quoting the

Quran on mercy.

The king has called the rise of extremist groups like the Islamic State, and the crises they have caused, “a third world war, and I believe we must respond with equal intensity.”

Jordan borders both Syria and Iraq, and Syrian refugees now make up 20 percent of Jordan’s population. Iraq and Turkey also groan under the strain of millions of refugees.

In his state of the world address to leaders from the U.N.’s 193 member states, Ban Ki-Moon called for a political solution to the conflict in Syria, now well into its fifth year with more than a quarter of a million people killed.

Ban said five countries “hold the key” to a political solution to Syria: Russia, the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iran.

Obama and Putin, hours ahead of their first face-to-face meeting in nearly a year, gave no sign of closing their deep divide on the Syrian crisis.

Obama said of Syrian President Bashar Assad, “when a dictator slaughters tens of thousands of his own people, that is not a matter of a nation’s internal affairs.” The U.S. is prepared to work with any country, including Russia and Iran, to resolve Syria’s conflict, Obama said.

The U.S. president also took jabs at Russia and China, without naming

names. “The strong men of today become the spark of revolution tomorrow,” Obama warned. And he added in a critique of restrictions on speech, “You can control access to information ... but you cannot turn a lie into truth.”

Putin, who showed up at the U.N. gathering for the first time in a decade and was not at Russia’s seat in the chamber when Obama spoke, called for the creation of a broad international coalition against terror, following his country’s surprising moves in recent weeks to increase its military presence in Syria and to share intelligence on the Islamic State group with Iran, Iraq and Syria.

The Russian leader dismissed the West’s concerns about his country’s ambitions in Syria and called it “an enormous mistake to refuse to cooperate” with the Syrian government.

Ukraine’s table just in front of the speaker’s stand was empty as Putin spoke. The country struggles against pro-Russia separatists in its east, while Russia denies supporting them.

Rouhani appeared to align with Putin’s call for a U.N. Security Council resolution consolidating the fight against terror, saying “we propose that the fight against terrorism be incorporated into a binding interna-

tional document and no country be allowed to use terrorism for the purpose of intervention in the affairs of other countries.”

Meanwhile, Obama announced that more than 40,000 new troops and police have been pledged to U.N. peacekeeping missions from more than 50 countries. He spoke at a highlevel meeting chaired by the U.S. to strengthen and modernize peacekeeping, which increasingly faces threats from extremist groups while being severely stretched in personnel and equipment.

Other issues at the center of this week’s discussions include the refugee and migrant crisis, the largest since the upheaval of World War II. Ban warned that resources to address them are dangerously low. “The global humanitarian system is not broken; it is broke,” he said. The U.N. has just half of what it needs to help people in Iraq, South Sudan and Yemen, and just a third of what’s needed for Syria.

The U.N. chief, in unusually hardhitting words, also blamed “proxy battles of others” for driving the fighting in Yemen, and he warned against “the dangerous drift” in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying it is essential for the international community to pressure both sides to re-engage.

NASA: Flowing liquid water exists on Mars

By MARCIA DUNN

AP Aerospace Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Mars appears to have flowing rivulets of water, at least in the summer, scientists reported Monday in a finding that boosts the odds of life on the red planet.

“Mars is not the dry, arid planet that we thought of in the past,” said Jim Green, director of planetary science for NASA. Scientists in 2008 confirmed the existence of frozen water on Mars. Now instruments aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have yielded what researchers said is the strongest evidence yet that water in liquid form trickles down certain Martian slopes.

And because liquid water is essential to life, the finding could have major implications for the possibility of microscopic life forms on Earth’s next-door neighbor.

“It suggests that it would be possible for there to be life today on Mars,” NASA’s science mission chief, John Grunsfeld, said at a Washington news conference.

The rivulets — if that’s what they are, since the evidence for their existence is indirect — are about 12 to 15 feet wide and 300 feet or more long, scientists said. They apparently consist of wet soil, not standing water.

The water is believed to contain certain salts — not ordinary table salt, but magnesium perchlorate, magnesium chlorate and sodium perchlorate. Like road salt used to melt ice and snow on

Earth, such compounds can prevent water from freezing at extremely low temperatures.

That would explain how water could exist in liquid form on Mars, which has an average temperature of minus 81 degrees Fahrenheit.

In addition to supporting life, the presence of liquid water could make things easier for astronauts visiting or living on Mars. Water could be used for drinking and for creating oxygen and rocket fuel. NASA’s goal is to send humans there in the 2030s.

Michael Meyer, lead scientist for NASA’s Mars exploration program, said the only definitive way for now to determine whether there’s life on Mars is to collect rocks and soil for analysis on Earth, something a U.S. lander set for liftoff in 2020 will do.

The source of the briny water is a mystery. Scientists said it could be melting ice, an underground aquifer, water vapor from the thin Martian atmosphere, or some combination.

The evidence of flowing water consists largely of dark, narrow streaks on the surface that tend to appear and grow during the warmest Martian months and fade the rest of the year. The streaks are in places where the temperature is as low as 10 below zero.

They were spotted by the Mars orbiter’s high-resolution, telescopic camera, and another on-board instrument detected the chemical signature of salt compounds combined with water.

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REPUBLICAN presidential candidate Donald Trump talked about his tax plan Monday during a news conference in New York.

Trump unveils tax plan New York Times News Service NEW YORK — Calling it his personal “wheelhouse,” Donald J. Trump laid out a plan on Monday to revamp the tax code by reducing tax rates across the board on individuals and corporations while eliminating certain deductions.

“There will be a major tax reduction,” he said, standing in the lobby of Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan. “It’ll simplify the tax code. It’ll grow the American economy at a level that it hasn’t seen for decades.”

As he has repeatedly promised on the campaign trail, the proposed plan is a large tax cut for the middle class.

More surprisingly, it also offers huge tax cuts for the highest earners, despite Trump’s denunciations of “the hedge fund guys” and “people making hundreds of millions of dollars a year” for exploiting loopholes to pay too little in tax. Not so surprisingly, the plan has a large and unspecified cost that Trump has vague plans to pay for through faster economic growth.

Trump’s proposal resembled a higher-energy version of the tax plan Jeb Bush an-

nounced this month: similar in structure, with three tax brackets instead of the current seven, but with lower rates and wider brackets than Bush has proposed, meaning taxpayers would pay even less, and the government would lose even more tax revenue.

“As the centerpiece of a presidential campaign, this is pretty cool,” said Grover Norquist, a prominent anti-tax activist who had previously expressed concern about Trump’s musings about raising taxes on hedge fund managers. “It is pro-growth, it is pro-fairness.”

While the text of Trump’s plan says it is “fiscally responsible” and will not increase the deficit, the math of the plan does not make that possible. The revenue generators Trump has proposed would not come close to offsetting the tax-rate cuts he wants, and it would therefore add trillions of dollars to the deficit over a decade.

A preliminary estimate from the liberal tax research group Citizens for Tax Justice found it would reduce federal government revenues by $10.8 trillion, or about 25 percent, over 10 years.

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Health

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Brush, floss to prevent decay DEAR DOCTOR K: What is tooth decay, and how does it happen?

DEAR READER: Tooth decay is a disease of the mouth that can lead to cavities and infection.

But before we start talking about sick teeth, let’s talk about healthy teeth.

Each tooth has one or more roots that are anchored in the bones of the jaw.

Since those roots are inside the jaw bone, they are invisible. The part of the tooth that we see, sticking out above the gumline, is the crown.

The crown of the tooth is covered with a hard, whitish material called enamel.

The enamel ends at about your gumline, where the root begins.

The root of the tooth is covered with a thin layer of another hard, bonelike material called cementum.

Inside the tooth are two other types of dental tissue: dentin and pulp.

Dentin is harder than cementum but softer than enamel. Most of the tooth is dentin, so it is primarily the hard dentin that is doing the work of chewing your food into tiny pieces.

The core of a tooth is a chamber extending from the crown into the roots.

Inside this chamber is the pulp, a collection of loose connective tissue laced with blood vessels. A network of nerves runs through the pulp. When the pulp is damaged or infected, the nerves coursing through the pulp make the tooth hurt.

Tooth decay (also known as dental caries) begins with the development of plaque, the sticky, bacteria-laden film that collects on your teeth between brushings. The bacteria in the plaque “eat” sugar and food that stays in the mouth after eating. When they do that, they give off acid as a waste product. This acid dissolves the outer enamel surfaces of the teeth, causing tiny pits to form.

The earliest stage of decay appears as a white or brown area on a tooth.

You can’t see this white spot, but your dentist can.

If decay is caught at this stage, there’s a good chance it can be stopped and reversed. Treatments include limiting sugary snacks and beverages and taking fluoride supplements.

Your dentist can also apply fluoride, an antiseptic or a sealant to your teeth to stop the progress of early decay.

Unchecked, bacterial acid will bore a hole in the enamel. This is a cavity. At this point, the tooth may ache. It may also be sensitive to hot, cold or sweet foods.

Without treatment, the cavity gets bigger, extending into the soft tissue of the pulp and causing an infection called pulpitis.

The infected pulp tissue swells, squeezing neighboring blood vessels.

This cuts off the blood supply to the pulp, and the pulp dies. People with pulpitis usually feel severe pain. (I’ve put an illustration of this process on my website, AskDoc torK.com.)

I shouldn’t need to tell you how to prevent tooth decay, but I will anyway: Brush and floss every day, and minimize sugary snacks and beverages.

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

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MOST PEOPLE will experience at least one wrong or delayed diagnosis in their lifetime, according to a recent Institute of Medicine report.

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Study: Wrong diagnosis made all too often

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer

WASHINGTON — Most people will experience at least one wrong or delayed diagnosis at some point in their lives, a blind spot in modern medicine that can have devastating consequences, says a new report that calls for urgent changes across health care.

Getting the right diagnosis, at the right time, is crucial, but a recent Institute of Medicine report found diagnostic errors get too little attention.

The biggest needed change: “Patients are central to a solution,” said Dr. John Ball of the American College of Physicians, who chaired the IOM committee.

That means better teamwork between health providers — doctors, nurses, lab workers — and making the patient be part of the team, too. Providers must take patients’ complaints more seriously, get them quick copies of test results and other records, and encourage them to ask, “Could it be something else?”

Another culture shift: When the patient’s third doctor finally gets the right diagnosis, it should become the norm, not an embarrassment, for that physician to call the others and say, “It turned out this patient had X and not Y,” added committee member Dr. Christine Cassel, president of the National Quality Forum. “That’s the only way we can really learn.”

Possibly the most wellknown diagnostic error in recent memory occurred last year when a Liberian man

sick with Ebola initially was misdiagnosed in a Dallas emergency room as having sinusitis. Thomas Eric Duncan returned two days later, sicker, and eventually died.

Diagnosis problems seldom make such dramatic headlines. Consider the woman who told the IOM of going to the emergency room with heart attack symptoms only to be misdiagnosed with acid reflux and was fussed at for questioning the doctor. She’d suffered serious heart damage by the time she returned. Other times, patients may not even realize they experienced an error, such as the cancer diagnosis delayed because the doctor never called with the results of a pathology report.

A recent report found there’s no good count of diagnostic errors, or of how often they lead to serious consequences. But it cited one conservative estimate that 5 percent of adults who seek outpatient care each year experience a diagnostic error, a number that adds up over time. Diagnostic errors make up the leading type of paid malpractice claims and are almost twice as likely as other claims to have resulted in a patient’s death.

Even among the IOM committee’s medical specialists, “many of us had experienced what we would define as a diagnostic error,” Ball said.

The prestigious Institute of Medicine kicked off a revolution in health quality improvement back in 1999 when it estimated between 44,000 and 98,000 people a year die of preventable medical mistakes in hospitals. In

Tips to cut odds of misdiagnosis

By The Associated Press The Institute of Medicine says patient input is critical as health providers try to figure out the right diagnosis.

Here are tips from the IOM’s recent report, adapted from the National Patient Safety Foundation and the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine: • Don’t hesitate to ask questions: What could be causing my problem? What else could it be? When will I get test results? What if my symptoms worsen?

• Be clear and complete in describing your illness.

Bring notes so you recall when symptoms began, what makes them better or worse, or if they seem related to medications, meals or certain times of day.

• Know your family medical history; relatives may have had similar symptoms.

• Keep records of test results, referrals, hospital admissions.

• If the doctor doesn’t call promptly with test results, call to ask for them.

• Bring an up-to-date list of all medications to each doctor visit. Know the doses, what each is for, and learn what side effects and interactions may occur.

• Learn about your illness, tests or procedures through reliable online sources or the library.

the years since, the focus was more on hospital infections and medication errors rather than diagnostic errors.

Those errors aren’t part of standard medical reporting, and even the autopsies that once helped uncover them have become rare. The report urged health organizations to better identify diagnostic errors so providers can learn to prevent them — and called on the government to step up research, including funding an autopsy study to help quantify the problem.

One survivor of a diagnostic error says even when patients can tell something’s wrong, it’s hard to know what

to do next.

Peggy Zuckerman was told a dangerous case of anemia was due to a stomach ulcer, but treatment didn’t help and the hospital specialist discounted other symptoms.

After eight months, testing showed she had advanced kidney cancer.

The Long Beach, Calif., woman was lucky: Treatment worked. Only later did she see health records showing a pathology report had all but ruled out an ulcer during her first visit.

“I had never been sick before. I didn’t know how you handle things,” recalled Zuckerman. Twelve years

later, she’s now a patient advocate who tells people to get all their records immediately so they’ll know what to ask.

“This is not about blame.

It’s about understanding how errors arise and what we can do to prevent them,” said Dr. Mark Graber of the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine, which prompted the IOM study.

There are myriad causes: Rushed visits, unclear communication with patients, misread or misplaced X-rays or lab tests, electronic health records that can’t be easily shared, even recent experiences that color doctors’ thinking so they get stuck on one possibility.

A battery of tests isn’t necessarily the answer. Doctors should take time to consider what the right ones are — and payments should reflect that, the report said.

“We don’t expect the doctor to have all the answers in their brain. Nobody could or should,” Cassel said, saying providers should make use of technology such as “decision support” tools that list possible alternative diagnoses to check.

That technology is similar to the computer support that pilots get in the cockpit, “engineering tools to help the doctor think things through in real time,” said Dr. Art Papier of VisualDx, one widely used system that matches symptoms to a visual library of possible diagnoses.

He said VisualDx recently signed an agreement with a leading malpractice insurer that will offer premium discounts to policyholders who use it.

Craft brewer carries on despite no sense of smell

By RICK ARMON

Akron Beacon Journal

AUSTINTOWN, Ohio — He has no sense of smell anymore.

And his taste buds are wrecked.

That’s what happens when doctors go in and scrape a fast-growing tumor out of your sinus cavity.

And while losing those senses — he also lost his right eye in the surgery — would be devastating for anyone, it has been especially challenging for John Chandler.

His profession relies on aroma and taste.

Chandler, 39, is the owner and brewer at Paladin Brewing Co., which opened recently in this suburb of Youngstown, Ohio.

He and his wife, Abby, were working on launching their 15-barrel production brewery and tasting room earlier this year when the diagnosis of adenocarcinoma came.

Chandler had been experiencing headaches and knew something was wrong.

The timing, on top of the actual diagnosis, was awful.

His surgery would take place before his brewery opened.

Chandler was able to brew the first four Paladin beers — a blonde, two IPAs and pale ale — before undergoing a 15-hour surgery at the Cleveland Clinic.

Since then, he has been relying on his well-hewn recipes and friends and family, who must be honest with their feedback.

“This is my livelihood,” said Chandler, who bears a scar across the top of his head and a mass of skin where his eye used to be.

“This is my dream. I’m not going to hang up my hat because of a little cancer.”

Surgeons removed the cancer. He’s now undergoing a seven-week schedule of

RICK ARMON/Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal

PALADIN BREWING CO. owner and brewer John Chandler was diagnosed with aggressive sinus cancer as he and wife Abby were opening the brewery in Austintown, Ohio. chemotherapy and radiation, and is expected to make a full recovery. He also will be able to get a prosthetic eye sometime early next year.

Chandler’s brewing backstory is a typical one in the craft beer industry. He started out making beer with a Mr. Beer kit, graduated to allgrain brewing and became obsessed with the hobby.

There also was a visit to Colorado, where he marveled that there seemed to be a craft brewery on every corner.

After six years of home brewing and not feeling fulfilled in his purchasing job, he decided to turn pro.

Abby says she’s mostly a stay-at-home mom for their four kids, but she also does photography and video through CWC Productions.

She grew up in Austintown, but that’s not really why Paladin ended up there.

“Honestly, that’s where the

building is,” Abby, 34, said.

The Chandlers, who live in nearby Liberty Township, decided to create a medieval theme for the brewery.

The tasting room has a feel of an old tavern, with burnt barn wood used as decoration.

The light fixtures are black.

There are swords and a shield on one wall.

There’s a suit of armor in one corner. A knight guards the fermenters. (The brewhouse is in a separate area and not visible from the tasting room).

Samplers are served on wooden plates in the shape of a shield. And the bathrooms are labeled “Knights” and “Maidens.”

The beer names also are medieval, including Sir Kenneth, Tavern’s Best IPA, Hunter’s Pale Ale and IPA of Revelation. The goal is to offer eight draft beers at the tasting room. Champions

Breakfast, a breakfast stout, was set for release, and CraveMove, a Scottish ale, will be coming out soon.

Paladin plans to distribute to area bars and restaurants,

but not initially as it builds up its business at the taproom. John Chandler said they would eventually like to can their beer for distribution.

The brewery, which doesn’t serve food but hopes to offer concessions on Saturdays, has growlers and Crowlers available to take home.

The brewery name — the “I” in the name is a sword pointed down — comes from the game Heroes of Might and Magic, which John Chandler enjoys playing with his children.

He was playing the video game, and one of his kids decided to be a paladin. The Chandlers wrote the name Paladin Brewing down, and it stuck.

The brewery carries the slogan: “Crafted for heroic beer drinkers!”

“A paladin is chivalrous knight,” Abby Chandler said.

“They are someone who fights for the good of all people and not for a king or for one faction — but for the good and for what’s right and proper in the world. We want to be that. We want to be people who fight for what’s important.”

Warning Signs Of A Detached Retina

By Rob Kasisky, R.PH.

A detached retina is a medical emergency that requires immediate attention. Prompt treatment of a retinal tear or detachment is paramount in preserving your vision. A detached retina is painless, but warning signs may include sudden flashes of light, sudden appearance of numerous floaters, a blurring in your peripheral vision, and/ or a shadow or “curtain” over a portion of your visual field. If you experience any of these symptoms, see your eye doctor immediately. Remember to schedule regular exams with your eye care specialist.

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TODAY IN HISTORY

By The Associated Press

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 29, the 272nd day of 2015. There are 93 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 29, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, creating the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts; during the signing ceremony, the president said the measure would create an American Film Institute.

On this date: In 1789, the U.S. War Department established a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.

In 1829, London’s reorganized police force, which became known as Scotland Yard, went on duty.

In 1907, the foundation stone was laid for the Washington National Cathedral.

In 1910, the National Urban League, which had its beginnings as The Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, was established in New York.

In 1938, British, French, German and Italian leaders concluded the Munich Agreement, which was aimed at appeasing Adolf Hitler by allowing Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland.

In 1943, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio signed an armistice aboard the British ship HMS Nelson off Malta.

In 1955, a one-act version of the Arthur Miller play “A View From the Bridge� opened in New York. (Miller later turned it into a two-act play.)

In 1962, Canada joined the space age as it launched the Alouette 1 satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The musical “My Fair Lady� closed on Broadway after 2,717 performances.

In 1975, baseball manager Casey Stengel died in Glendale, Calif., at age 85.

In 1978, Pope John Paul I was found dead in his Vatican apartment just over a month after becoming head of the Roman Catholic Church.

In 1982, Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules laced with deadly cyanide claimed the first of seven victims in the Chicago area. (To date, the case remains unsolved.)

In 1990, the Washington National Cathedral, begun in 1907, was formally completed with President George H.W. Bush overseeing the laying of the final stone atop the southwest pinnacle of the cathedral’s St. Paul Tower.

Ten years ago: John G. Roberts Jr. was sworn in as the nation’s 17th chief justice after winning Senate confirmation.

New York Times reporter Judith Miller was released from 85 days of federal detention after agreeing to testify in a criminal probe into the leak of a covert CIA officer’s identity.

Three suicide car bombs exploded nearly simultaneously in Balad, a mostly Shiite town north of Baghdad, killing some 60 people.

Five years ago: Anti-austerity protests erupted across Europe; Greek doctors and railway employees walked off the job, Spanish workers shut down trains and buses, and one man rammed a cement truck into the Irish parliament to protest the country’s enormous bank bailouts.

Actor Tony Curtis, 85, died in Henderson, Nev. One year ago: In a blistering speech to the United Nations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Hamas and the Islamic State group were “branches of the same poisonous tree,� both bent on world domination through terror, just as the Nazis

had done.

Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai was sworn in as Afghanistan’s new president, replacing Hamid Karzai in the country’s first democratic transfer of power since the 2001 U.S.led invasion toppled the Taliban.

Today’s Birthdays: Conductor Richard Bonynge is 85. Writer-director Robert Benton is 83. Singer Jerry Lee Lewis is 80. Actor Ian McShane is 73.

Jazz musician Jean-Luc Ponty is 73. Nobel Peace laureate Lech Walesa, the former president of Poland, is 72. Television-film composer Mike Post is 71.

Actress Patricia Hodge is 69. TV personality Bryant Gumbel is 67. Rock singermusician Mark Farner is 67.

Rock singer-musician Mike Pinera is 67.

Country singer Alvin Crow is 65. Actor Drake Hogestyn is 62. Broadcast journalist Gwen Ifill is 60. Olympic gold medal runner Sebastian Coe is 59.

Singer Suzzy Roche (The Roches) is 59. Comedianactor Andrew “Dice� Clay is 58. Rock singer John Payne (Asia) is 57. Actor Roger Bart is 53.

Singer-musician Les Claypool is 52. Actress Jill Whelan is 49. Actor Luke Goss is 47.

Rock musician Brad Smith (Blind Melon) is 47. Actress Erika Eleniak is 46. Rhythmand-blues singer Devante Swing (Jodeci) is 46.

Country singer Brad Cotter (TV: “Nashville Star�) is 45.

Actress Emily Lloyd is 45. Actress Natasha Gregson Wagner is 45.

Actress Rachel Cronin is 44.

Country musician Danick Dupelle (Emerson Drive) is 42. Actor Alexis Cruz is 41.

Actor Zachary Levi is 35.

Country singer Katie McNeill (3 of Hearts) is 33.

Rock musician Josh Farro is 28. Actor Doug Brochu is 25.

Singer Phillip Phillips is 25.

Actress Clara Mamet is 21.

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 — Page 9

Trevor Noah begins as ‘The Daily Show’ host

By DAVID BAUDER AP Television Writer

NEW YORK — South African comic Trevor Noah moved in at “The Daily Show� on Monday, promising he’d try not to make predecessor Jon Stewart seem like a “crazy old dude who left his inheritance to some random kid from Africa.�

Noah took over as host after Stewart decided that 16 years of lampooning politics and the media — or half of the 31-year-old Noah’s life span — was enough and stepped down in August. Despite a new desk and set, Noah retained much of Stewart’s staff, the show’s theme music and format, down to a closing “moment of zen.�

He quickly paid tribute to Stewart, saying he was “more than just a late-night host.� “He was often our voice, our refuge and in many ways our political dad,�

Noah said. “And it’s weird because dad has left and now it feels like the family has a new stepdad — and he’s black.�

He said Comedy Central offered the hosting job to a woman and to Americans, but were turned down. “Once more a job Americans rejected is now being done by an immigrant,� he said.

Noah moved into comedic riffs on current events —

DEAR ABBY: I have lived in the United States for 40 years. My first 32 years were spent in Puerto Rico, so I speak with an accent. My problem is almost everyone I meet asks me where I’m from. I usually try to disguise my discomfort by jokingly asking them to guess.

The truth is, I feel singled out as being different and not belonging. My friends and family tell me I’m being too sensitive, that people are just curious. I say it’s rude to ask such a Dear Abby is personal written by question of Abigail Van a total Buren, also stranger. known as Would it be Jeanne impolite for Phillips, and me to point was founded by her mother, out that they’re askPauline ing for very Phillips. personal information? Am I being too sensitive? — ACCENTED IN GEORGIA DEAR ACCENTED: I think so. People are often curious when someone has an accent that is different from theirs. I have a strong Midwestern accent, and people ask me where I’m from. They aren’t asking because they

DEAR ABBY

are nosy; they’re trying to be friendly.

Many people in this country come from other places, and the more people who come here, the more often that question will be raised.

DEAR ABBY: My four wonderful kids want to give their father and me a 50th wedding anniversary celebration next year. The problem is, everyone knows I’m an introvert who does not like going to parties. The thought of being the main focus of a big gathering fills me with dread.

My husband, who is outgoing, says I should let them do it for us if it will make them happy. He would probably enjoy it, but for me it will just be something to suffer through.

I’d rather do something with just the two of us — like see a Broadway show. What do you think? Do I have to do this, even though I don’t want to? — ROSE OF TEXAS DEAR ROSE: I don’t think you should have to suffer, but a compromise might be the solution to your problem. Instead of a large gathering, why not have a family celebration with your children,

their spouses and your grandchildren? And then, because you would like to see a Broadway show — go to New York for a “second honeymoon.�

DEAR ABBY: I recently began dating a man who is kind, intelligent and fun. The only drawback I can see is that he keeps his fingernails long. I feel superficial confessing that something so seemingly petty is offputting, but it is.

Is it OK to make a request of a man regarding his physical appearance? If so, how do I broach the conversation?

And if not, what can I do so it won’t bother me? — PUT OFF IN DELAWARE DEAR PUT OFF: Could this man be a guitarist and need the nails for strumming? If not, I don’t think it would be rude to casually ask him why he keeps his fingernails long.

You might also suggest that the next time you go for a manicure he come along, and then suggest to him that men often get them and offer to treat him to one. If he has never experienced this, it might be a life-changing revelation. (That’s what I’d do.)

Pope Francis’ visit to the United States, the resignation of House Speaker John Boehner and the discovery of water on Mars — and even smartly pulled some of them together. He said the Mars discovery gives us “a new planet to colonize, just when we find out that Volkswagen has been destroying the Earth.�

One key difference was a more liberal censor. An expletive that in Stewart’s day would have been bleeped out was clearly heard a few times.

Comedy Central worked hard to bring viewers to Noah’s debut. The show was simulcast across several Viacom networks, including MTV, VH1, BET and Nick at Nite — a tactic recently used to boost the ratings of MTV’s Video Music Awards. Come-

Brown University rescinds Cosby’s honorary degree

By The Associated Press

People who ask about accent are being friendly, not rude

TREVOR NOAH ... on “The Daily Show� set

dy Central preceded the show with a Kevin Hart stand-up special, with frequent onscreen reminders that the white-hot comedy star was Noah’s first guest.

Hart handed Noah a present of a couple of neckties before the two began a somewhat caffeinated conversation.

Noah’s debut continues a period of transition in the hotly competitive late-night television arena.

Stewart’s former compatriot, Stephen Colbert, has moved to CBS to replace David Letterman. Jimmy Fallon, only a year and half into the job at NBC’s “Tonight� show, generally leads in the ratings. James Corden, Seth Meyers and Larry Wilmore also are new at their programs.

Late-night TV has also become a favored spot on the presidential campaign trail.

Noah is diving right in, hosting GOP hopeful Chris Christie today.

Noah’s first talk with one of the show’s correspondents, ostensibly about Boehner’s exit and who would fill the job, was cleverly turned inward, into a routine about the mystery surrounding how a new guy would do in a big job. “I only hope that the new speaker of the House knows that certain people are depending on him,� correspondent Jordan Klapper said. “I just bought a new condo.�

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Brown University has rescinded the honorary degree it granted Bill Cosby, becoming the third university to take such action in less than a week.

Brown President Christina H. Paxson says the university’s board Friday revoked the doctorate of humane letters it granted Cosby in 1985.

Fordham and Marquette universities Thursday also rescinded their honorary degrees.

Paxson says the comedian received the degree for integrating his personal character into his fictional one while embracing such values as “honesty, fair play,

PEOPLE love of family, and respect for humanity.� She says Cosby admitted in legal depositions that he’d engaged in conduct with women “contrary to the values of Brown.�

He’s admitted having extramarital relationships with several women, including some who now accuse him of sexual assault. He’s never been charged with a crime. â??â??â??

LOS ANGELES — If you’re planning to look up Usher, Luke Bryan or producer Armin van Buuren on the web, take heed.

Intel Security announced today that the musicians

top its ninth annual list of the most dangerous celebrities online. Searches for those famous names are most likely to land users on websites that carry viruses or malware.

The company used its own site ratings to compile the celebrity list.

Searches for Dutch trance DJ van Buuren carry the most risk: users have an almost 18 percent chance of landing on a web page with potential for online threats.

Bryan, Usher, Britney Spears and Jay-Z round out the top five. A Katy Perry search carries a nearly 15 percent chance of connecting with a tainted site.

Also on this year’s list: Amy Schumer, Nina Dobrev, Lorde and Betty White.

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EVERYDAY CHEAPSKATE DEAR MARY: I was wondering how you feel about relying on homeowners insurance for getting a roof replacement.

I have had State Farm homeowners insurance since 1995 and have never made a claim.

But now the 20year-old roof on my house has suffered hail damage.

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Thanks and keep up the great work. — Mark DEAR MARK: First, make absolutely sure that the damage is more than cosmetic.

If you determine that in fact the hail damage is significant enough to require repair or replacement to preclude further harm, I suggest you file a claim.

Find out how much the insurance company will cover for repair and/or replacement.

If they base the claim on depreciating the value of the 20-year-old roof (most likely), you may decide against going through with a claim because the damage amount they will pay is lower than your deductible.

If, on the other hand, you have full replacement coverage (not likely, but possible) and this will preclude you from having to cover the cost out-ofpocket once the deductible is met, I’m pretty sure I would go for it, all things considered.

You can file a claim, receive the insurance company’s offer and at that time decide which way to go.

DEAR MARY: My daughter and son-in-law did not pay up a credit card many years ago. They had been in financial trouble due to unemployment. Now they have to pay a fine with the IRS, and the IRS has set up payments for that fine.

The IRS claims they are being fined for this forgiveness. What do you think?

DEAR NOREEN: From what you tell me, it appears that this credit card debt was charged off by the creditor.

The borrowers defaulted on their debt, so the creditor did a legal maneuver and wrote it off as a bad debt against their taxes.

The law requires that when this happens, the creditor must file a Form 1099 with the IRS, declaring that the amount written off now becomes ordinary income for borrowers who defaulted on the loan.

The amount written off plus accumulated interest and penalties owing at the time of the charge off is now considered ordinary income to your kids. The IRS is requiring them to pay the taxes they owe, legitimately, on money they received. This will not go away.

The IRS will charge interest and penalties. Left unpaid, it will just grow and grow. And grow. The last entity on earth anyone wants to owe money is the IRS. While they didn’t ask, I’ll offer my unsolicited advice: Do whatever it takes to pay the IRS in full, as soon as possible, if not sooner.

In addition to owing taxes on the charge-off, this will go on your kids’ individual credit files as a “charge-off,” which is just one level above bankruptcy as credit reporting goes.

It will remain for up to seven years and make it difficult for them to borrow in the future. And maybe that’s a good thing.

MARY HUNT

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STRAW — RASH Adrienne Straw and Timothy Rash, of Cranberry Township, were united in marriage at 2:30 p.m. June 27, 2015, at the United Presbyterian Church of Blairsville. The Rev. Timothy Monroe officiated.

The bride, who was escorted down the aisle by her father, was given in marriage by her parents, Jeff and Donna Straw, of Hummelstown.

The groom is the son of Timothy and Marie Rash, of Brush Valley.

The bride wore a strapless, beaded, fit and flare gown.

The maid of honor was Rachel Straw, sister of bride, of Hummelstown. The bridesmaids were Brittany Skedel, of Brush Valley; Kayla Rash, of Brush Valley; and Stephanie Yeo, of Cranberry Township.

The best man was Eric Skedel, of Brush Valley. Groomsmen were Chris Yutzey, of Brush Valley; John Balog, of Armagh; and Stephen Mann, of Indiana.

Matt Cunkelman, of Blairsville, and Joe Katacinski, of Philadelphia, served as ushers.

The groom is a 2008 graduate from United High School. They each graduated from Penn State University, the groom with a mechanical engineering degree and the bride with a Bachelor of Science in nursing. The groom works at EQT in Pittsburgh as a drilling engineer and the bride is employed at Heritage

If you see these people today, be sure to wish them a happy birthday:

Valley Health System as a critical care nurse.

A reception was held at the Indiana Country Club. The couple honeymooned in Riviera Maya, Mexico.

COMING EVENTS DANCE: Dynamic Singles will hold a dance from 8 to 11 p.m. Friday at the Fraternal Order of Eagles, 420 Philadelphia St., Indiana.

Snacks will be served at 7:30 p.m. Music will be provided by DJ Peacemaker. For more information, call Bonnie at (724) 397-2672, Bill at (724) 464-7236 or Martha at (724) 8404983.

YMCA FUNDRAISER: Super Seniors Classes is sponsoring a YMCA fundraiser from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8 Upstairs at the Coney, 642 Philadelphia St., Indiana.

Tickets are $20 per person and are available at the YMCA or by contacting Sherri at (724) 464-7906. Proceeds benefit those of all ages who can’t afford membership. There will be food, entertainment, basket raffles, a 50/50 raffle and more.

MEETING: Brush Valley Senior Citizens will meet at noon Oct. 7 at the Brush Valley Fire Hall. Those who attend are asked to bring a dish or dessert to share, a plate and utensils, and one or more books that can be exchanged or loaned if so desired. Also bring a wrapped package (about $5) for the auction.

For more information, contact Dee English at (724) 479-8044.

MEETING: The Happy Homemakers will meet at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Trinity United Methodist Church. The guest speaker will be Janine Maust from Aging Services. Bring a potluck dish.

POLKA JAM: A polka jam to benefit the Avon-

more Public Library will be held at 4 p.m. Oct. 17 at Guy’s Tavern, 509 Westmoreland Ave., Avonmore. Admission is free. Features live music, food, and raffles.

CRAFT SHOW: The 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.clarksburgtrinitypres.org. Vendors and 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) 639-3382 or email murphy436@comcast.net.    PENN RUN — Vendors are needed for a holiday home party and craft show to be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Penn Run Christian Outreach Center, 75 Grace Church Road, Penn Run. For more information, contact Lori Fackler at (724) 349-2929 prior to 9 p.m. or email lori jefffackler@yahoo.com.

• Bob Kinnan, Glen Campbell • Helen Kuta, Graceton • Bill McGraw, Arizona • Jim Sabella, Blairsville • Mildred Wright, Saltsburg The Gazette would like to wish you a “Happy Birthday!”

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

265.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Only first and second baby birthdays will be accepted.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Indiana County has numerous opportunities for adults to volunteer.

Where does your interest lie?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Historical & Genealogical Society

of Indiana County is looking for a library volunteer. Contact Jonathan Bogert at (724) 463-9600.

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

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

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

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

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

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

local nursing home or personal care home. Ongoing commitment is needed. For more information, contact Chuck Spadafora at (724) 8016029.

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

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

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

• Hopeful Hearts, a service of VNA family hospice, needs peer support group facilitators, family greeters and food servers. Contact Diane Giever at (724) 349-3888.

OUTDOORS • Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana County is looking for building and grounds volunteers to help with upkeep and janitorial tasks.

Contact Jonathan Bogert at (724) 463-9600.

• Evergreen Conservancy is looking for volunteer board members; organizational help to manage membership and social media; environmental educators to teach children at the Tanoma AMD Wetlands outdoor classroom and other locations; and water monitors to install water probes in streams, download data from data loggers, help with maintenance of data loggers and obtain water samples for testing. Call (724) 471-6020 or (724) 463-8138.

WEB/TECH • Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana County could use an experienced IT volunteer. For details, contact Jonathan Bogert at (724) 4639600.

OTHER • Indiana County Community Action Program (ICCAP) can use your assistance in the food warehouse. For details, call (724) 465-2657 or (724) 248-9555.

• The Indiana County Humane Society is looking for volunteers to assist with grant writing and publicity.

For more information, call (724) 4657387.

• Evergreen Conservancy is looking for volunteer board members who will attend board meetings the first Thursday of every other month and committee meetings (the opposite month), and work with their accounts to track day to day expenditures and revenues, chair the finance committee, etc.

(724) 4716020 or (724) 463-8138.

SPECIAL EVENTS • accessAbilities is in need of volunteers to assist with 5K Run/Walk and a murder mystery dinner. For more information, call (724) 4656042.

• The American Red Cross needs volunteers at blood drives to serve as walkers, greeters or canteen workers.

For more information call (724) 4655678.

• Four Footed Friends needs special event volunteers. Call (724) 3491144 for details.

• ICCAP can use help with Care and Share Day and other special events.

For more information, call (724) 4652657 or (724)248-9555.

• Indiana County Humane Society is looking for volunteers to assist with the county fair, school presentations and fundraising. Call (724) 4657387/3977 for details.

• Historical & Genealogical Society needs a collections assistant and special events volunteer. Contact Jonathan Bogert at (724) 463-9600.

• Torrance State Hospital needs assistance for special events (picnic, auction, holiday events) through the year. Contact Donnalee Fleming at (724) 459-4464.

SENIOR CORPS is a national volunteer organization. It provides volunteers age 55 and over with volunteer opportunities in nonprofit agencies.

Benefits include free accident, personal liability and access automobile insurance while volunteering. Contact Janeen Love at (800) 648-3381, ext. 236, or at jlove@jccap.org for more information.

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The Indiana Gazette

Page 12 — Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Homecoming activities on tap for this weekend

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TERI ENCISO/Gazette

DAVID AND Jennifer Rairigh of Rairigh-Bence Funeral Home, in Indiana, dedicated a flag pole over the weekend with Skip McGreevy, executive director of the Miracle League Field, left. The Rairighs donated the pole that towers over center field of the facility at the YMCA of Indiana County in White Township.

Talks yield no progress Continued from Page 1 haven’t changed much.”

House Majority Leader Dave Reed, R-Indiana, said he hoped the talks would yield “common ground” that could lead to a bipartisan budget deal.

“We all want a budget,” Wolf told reporters at an impromptu news conference.

“I understand the need for compromise and we’re both going to have to move if we’re going to get to common ground.”

The Democratic governor is proposing a multibilliondollar tax increase that would provide a significant

funding increase for public schools and eliminate a budget deficit.

Republicans want to privatize the sale of wine and liquor and revamp the state’s public pensions to reduce future costs.

Wolf reaffirmed that he plans to veto a stopgap budget approved earlier this month by GOP majorities in the House and Senate and delivered to his office late in the day Monday. The $11 billion proposal would cover costs incurred between July and September by school districts and county-run social services.

“Pennsylvanians want a budget,” he said. “They don’t want a stopgap.”

On June 30, the last day of the last fiscal year, Wolf vetoed a $30.2 billion GOP budget plan that called for no new taxes, saying it would shortchange education and human services, deepen the budget deficit and let the natural gas industry escape the kind of tax every other gas-producing state imposes.

Republicans rejected the governor’s $31.6 billion plan, saying it would require the largest tax increase in the state’s history.

Directors suspend payments Continued from Page 1 • Hired Vicki Milner as the 12-month elementary secretary at the hourly rate of $11.30 and hired Sally Mock as a 3½-hour nutrition services employee and Connie Nanni as a three-hour nutrition services employee, both at the hourly rate of $10.85.

• Approved the following volunteers: Karen Berg, Louis Berg, Darryl Walker, Rebecca Walker, Darla Powell and Jody

Watermire for the high school; Debbie Edwards, Kim Eiselman, Kerry Olp, Stacy Rising, Lauren Brewer, Erin Deahl and Tabitha Mano for the elementary schools.

• Approved the following supplemental contracts for the 2016 spring athletic coaches: Varsity baseball: Paul DeHaven, head coach, $4,635; and Ryan Lightcap, assistant, $2,550.

Varsity softball: Ed Peterson, head coach, $3,650; and Melissa Bishop, assistant, $3,130.

Track and field: Mark Magolis, head coach, $5,300; and Nicole Dann, assistant, $2,750; Mary Ann Wheeler, assistant, $2,900; and Luke Sitosky, assistant, $2,550.

Junior high track and field: Chris Peters, head coach, $2,850; and Dave Malicky, assistant, $2,050.

Continued from Page 1 Also on Friday, the IUP African American Cultural Center will sponsor a homecoming reception from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Stevenson Hall G-41. It will also honor retiring Mary Elko, longtime secretary in the AACC, for her service. It is free and open to the community.

The homecoming parade, with a theme of “Once Upon a Time” (focusing on children’s films), will start at 10 a.m. Saturday. It will feature more than 70 campus and community units, including the following floats: “Alice in Wonderland,” built by Delta Gamma, Delta Zeta and Sigma Kappa; “Finding Nemo,” built by Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Delta Tau Sigma, and Phi Kappa Tau; “Monsters, Inc.,” built

by Alpha Xi Delta, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Mu Delta and Zeta Tau Alpha; “Toy Story,” built

by Alpha Sigma Tau, Kappa Sigma, Sigma Chi and Sigma Pi and “Up,” built by Delta Phi Epsilon, Latino Student Organization, Pi Lambda Phi, Sigma Sigma Sigma and Theta Chi. The parade will start at 13th and Philadelphia streets and travel east to Sixth and Philadelphia streets, south on Sixth Street to Church Street, west on Church Street to Oakland Avenue and southwest on Oakland Avenue to 11th Street, where the parade will disband. Three members of IUP’s Class of 1965 will serve as grand marshals for this year’s parade: Charles and Marilyn Fleming Sabatos, of Gibsonia, both formerly of Indiana, and Merceda Biordi Saffron, of Pittsburgh.

In addition to IUP’s Marching Band, the parade will feature marching bands from Blairsville, Indiana, Marion Center, Purchase Line, Saltsburg and United high schools.

Now in its sixth year at IUP, the Crimson Court will take part in all homecoming activities. The Crimson Court consists of students chosen by a university-wide vote to represent each of the colleges at IUP, as well as the Punxsutawney campus. To qualify for the court, students must have at least a 3.0 cumulative grade-point average and be in good judicial standing at IUP. The following students were selected for the 2015 Crimson Court: • Eberly College of Business and Information Technology: Morgan Hoover, an accounting major from McMurray.

• College of Education and Educational Technology: Madeline Williams, a communications media major from Harrisburg.

• College of Fine Arts: Tory Dellafiora, a music education major from Graceton. A 2013 graduate of Homer-Center High School, she is the daughter of Anthony and Carol Dellafiora.

• College of Health and Human Services: Sarah Harrington, a hospitality management major from Drexel Hill.

• College of Humanities and Social Sciences: Beth Warner, an English education major from Erie.

• College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics: Jeremy Risinger, a computer science major from Indiana. A 2012 graduate of Indiana Area High School, he is the son of

Debra and the late John Risinger.

• IUP at Punxsutawney: Tanner Stewart, of Rural Valley. A 2015 graduate of West Shamokin Junior-Senior High School, he is the son of Tracy and Terry Stewart.

The traditional Crimson Huddle Pregame Party will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex. It will feature more than 20 different reunion groups, including sororities, fraternities, academic departments and sports teams. Cost is $15 for adults and $7 for children ages 5 to 12. Children younger than 5 are free.

The annual Kidz Karnival also will be held at the KCAC from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Organized by the IUP Ambassadors student group, the festival features a variety of children’s activities, with cartoon characters, games, crafts and prizes.

The homecoming football game between IUP and Edinboro will begin at 2 p.m. The Crimson Court and prize sponsors for the parade floats will be recognized. The halftime show will feature the IUP Marching Band. The band will present the postgame show at the stadium immediately after the game.

Five float prizes will be given: first prize of $1,000, sponsored by the IUP Alumni Association; second prize of $900, sponsored by the IUP Co-op Store; third place of $800, sponsored by Aramark; fourth prize of $700, co-sponsored by the IUP Student Government Association and The Lively Arts; and fifth prize of $600, sponsored by University Advancement.

Judges for the float competition are Claire Hogan, Sherry Renosky and Sandy Trimble, representing the community, and Cortney Mandoske, a theater major, representing students.

The weekend will include concerts Friday and Saturday at the Indiana Theater by The Clarks. The group includes IUP graduates Rob James, Greg Joseph, Scott Blasey and Dave Minarik. The band, honored with IUP’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2004, got its start playing at spots around campus as The Administration. Over the past 20 years, The Clarks’ recordings have sold nearly 250,000 copies, and the band has played all over the world, including on “Late Night with David Letterman.”

The IUP Center for Student Life is sponsoring the third annual Homecoming Monte Carlo Night from 9 p.m. Saturday to 2 a.m. Sunday, with casino games, more than $4,000 in prizes, dancing, laser tag, food and movies at the Kovalchick Complex’s Ed Fry Arena. The event is open to students, and admission is $5.

The annual homecoming concert, “A New Beginning,” featuring the IUP Concert Band, Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band, will be at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Performing Arts Center’s Fisher Auditorium.

Tickets for the concert are available in advance at the IUP Hadley Union Building ticket office. Remaining tickets may be purchased at the door before the start of the performance. Tickets are $11 for regular admission, $9 for seniors and groups, and $7 for students with an I-Card and children.

Winners named in baking contests HOME — Several local bakers participated in the Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs’ special baking contest at the Ox Hill Community Agricultural Fair.

Entries used Pennsylvania Preferred baking ingredients, the commonwealth’s official brand that identifies and promotes foods grown, produced or processed in Pennsylvania. The winners move on to state competition held in Harrisburg at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in January 2016.

This year’s Apple Pie Baking Contest winner was Frank Harvey, of Indiana. He made a Honey Apple Pear Pie. Not to be out done by her husband, Bernadette Harvey, also of Indiana, took first place with her Black Velvet Monster Chocolate Cake in the Chocolate Cake Baking Contest.

An Angel Cake Supreme, made by Bonnie Meyer, of Marion Center, won first place in the Incredible Angel Food Cake Contest.

And Ryan Fabin, age 11, of Indiana, received the blue ribbon for his Chocolate Carmel Thumbprint Cookies.

Ryan participated in the Chocolate Cookies/Brownies/ Bars Contest that is for youth between the ages of 8 to 18.

Evening in the Stacks scheduled for Oct. 30 Indiana Free Library’s annual Evening in the Stacks makes a nod to the 90th anniversary of “The Great Gatsby” and F. Scott Fitzgerald with a Roaring ’20s theme. The event takes place at the library at 845 Philadelphia St. on Oct. 30 from 6 to 9 p.m.

The evening will feature music by the Dad Band and the IUP Jazz Band, hors d’oeuvres and other selections from local restaurants, wine and games of chance that include a raffle for a tub of libations. Attire from the 1920s is encouraged.

Tickets are limited to 240 guests and are $40 per person and $75 per couple if made by reservation in advance.

Reservations may be made by calling the library at (724) 465-8841. If tickets remain available on the day of the event, they will be available at the door for $50 per person.

Stars to support the library also are available for sponsorship and will be displayed the evening of the event through the end of the year. For more information, inquire when reserving.

Proceeds benefit the library’s programs and collections.

Ox Hill Fair board to meet HOME — The Ox Hill Fair board will meet Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the exhibit building at the fairgrounds.

MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/Kremlin Pool

PRESIDENT OBAMA and Russian President Vladimir Putin toasted during a luncheon Monday at the United Nations headquarters.

Breakthrough eludes leaders Continued from Page 1 this work will be constructive.”

U.S. officials said the leaders agreed to explore ways to pursue a resolution to a crisis that has left more than 250,000 dead, even as they made clear Obama wasn’t bending on his insistence that Assad not be part of the solution.

Secretary of State John Kerry said today that Russia must understand there can be no peace in Syria without removing Assad because the Sunni majority there will accept nothing else. A legitimate peace process must involve talks among a “complicated brew” of nations from the region, he said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “We have staring us in the face here an enormous possibility to see a way forward,” Kerry said.

The crisis has taken on fresh urgency amid Russia’s recent military buildup in Syria. Putin has cast the increased presence of equipment and troops there as part of the effort to defeat the Islamic State, and suggested Monday that Russia could launch airstrikes against the militants.

“We are thinking about it and don’t exclude anything,” he said.

It’s unlikely Putin would join the U.S.led coalition already launching strikes against the militants. He said Russia will only take such a step in accordance with

international law, and criticized the U.S. and its allies for striking the Syrian territory without U.N. permission.

Monday’s meeting marked another chapter in Obama’s and Putin’s history of colorful and tense encounters. They laid the groundwork for the meeting in dueling speeches at the U.N., and then were forced to sit together at lunch, exchanging steely glances as they clinked champagne glasses during a toast. They appeared briefly before reporters before beginning their talks, quickly shaking hands, but making no remarks.

That the leaders met at all underscored Obama’s acceptance of Russia’s increasingly prominent role in resolving the crisis in Syria. The U.S. president has resisted granting Putin the legitimacy of a formal bilateral meeting following the Russian president’s provocations in Ukraine. But White House officials calculated that it was worth bending on that front for the opportunity to assess Putin’s Syria motivations in person.

The meeting also highlighted Putin’s ability to command attention and shift it away from the Ukraine. A fragile peace plan in the former Soviet republic remains shaky at best, yet the crisis was largely a footnote at the U.N. gathering.

Instead, attention was riveted on what Putin would say about Syria and Assad as he arrived in New York for his first

U.N. meeting in a decade. In the weeks leading up to his arrival, Putin ratcheted up his country’s military presence in Syria and struck an intelligence-sharing agreement with Iran, Syria and Iraq, another nation fighting the Islamic State.

Both developments caught U.S. officials off guard.

Putin also moved swiftly to try to capitalize on the failure of U.S. efforts to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels — a $500 million Pentagon program that was supposed to yield more than 5,000 fighters but instead only has only a handful of active graduates. The Russian leader jabbed Obama over the program’s failures in his remarks to the U.N. General Assembly on Monday.

The global landscape looks far different than what some in the Obama administration envisioned earlier this year.

Fresh off the success of Iranian nuclear negotiations that resulted in a rare alignment among Russia, China and the West, some U.S. officials wondered whether that partnership could serve as a model for tackling other crises, including Syria. Officials also suggested there was reason to be optimistic that Putin was growing impatient with Assad.

Privately, some U.S. officials say they still believe Putin is inclined to cooperate with the U.S. to ease Assad from power.

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High school football standings and stats.

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Lack of players forcing Saltsburg to forfeit

By DUSTIN FILLOY

dfilloy@indianagazette.net

A week removed from gutting out its only win of the year, Saltsburg limped off the field following a 70-0 loss in a Heritage Conference football game against unbeaten Penns Manor on Friday.

The already-hobbled and shorthanded Trojans lost six players due to injuries against the Comets, and as a result, their coaching staff and the school’s administrators decided to forfeit Friday’s scheduled non-

conference home game against Westinghouse.

“It just wasn’t the best week for us, and unfortunately we also suffered a couple injuries the week before against Marion Center,” firstyear Saltsburg coach Josh Hammack said.

“You add the five or six that went down against Penns Manor and it’s clear that our depth is now in serious question.

“We tried to make it pretty obvi-

ous to our kids that we weren’t happy that we’re having to do it. It’s really unfortunate that it came to this. We spent all day trying to figure out a way to play the but the numbers just didn’t allow it.”

Against Penns Manor, two-way starters River Shindledecker, Jordan Booth, Dylan McRoberts, Matt Grimplin, Tyler Sandor-Gizzi and Hunter Cunningham suffered injuries that aren’t expected to heal by

Friday.

Had they attempted to suit up against Westinghouse, the Trojans would have had 11 healthy players.

“They were all starters, and if they were to get hurt we wouldn’t have anyone behind them at all. We looked at every option, but in the end, we didn’t really have a choice,” Hammack said.

Saltsburg still plans to travel to United on Oct. 9 for its Week 6 game, but Hammack couldn’t guarantee that the game will be played.

The Trojans began the season

with 27 players, five of whom are freshmen. Hammack said that he and co-head coach Jared McCormick must put more energy into the offseason to build the program’s numbers.

“It’s something we have to work on,” Hammack said. “It’s tough to recruit people, because the kids that want to play are already here, but we’ve got to do a better job of getting more kids in to begin with.

Hopefully we get quite a few back next week so we can get back to competing.”

Lost Cause

Vick set to step in as starter

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer

PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger gingerly made his way out of the Pittsburgh Steelers facility on Monday, his left leg immobilized under a brace and his attitude upbeat.

The leader of one of the NFL’s most dynamic offenses is expected back at some point in 2015 after spraining the medial collateral ligament in his left knee in the third quarter of Sunday’s 12-6 win over St Louis.

What the rest of the season looks like whenever Roethlisberger returns will rely heavily on how much is left in Michael Vick’s 35-year-old arm (and legs).

Coach Mike Tomlin thinks Vick has plenty left.

Vick will start for the Steelers (2-1) on Thursday night when they play host to Baltimore (0-3), a job Vick will hold indefinitely while Roethlisberger is out.

Tomlin declined to put a timetable on when Roethlisberger will take the field Continued on Page 17 GENE J. PUSKAR/Associated Press

THE PIRATES’ Starling Marte reacted after striking out in the third inning of the Pirates’ loss to the Cardinals at PNC Park on Monday night.

Pirates leave Cards on brink of title

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer

TOM GANNAM/Associated Press

MICHAEL VICK will make his first start for the Steelers against the Ravens on Thursday night.

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates have spent the last five months relentlessly chasing the St. Louis Cardinals.

Given a chance to finally pull even, the Pirates instead all but handed their rivals a third straight division title.

Pittsburgh left 16 runners on base in a 3-0 loss on Monday, including two in the ninth with the tying run at the plate. St. Louis dropped its magic number to clinch the NL Central to two when pinch-hitter Aramis

Ramirez lined out to first to end it.

St. Louis can wrap up the division with a win in Pittsburgh today when when Michael Wacha (17-6, 3.15) faces Pittsburgh’s Charlie Morton (9-8, 4.54).

Wacha is 3-0 with a 1.93 ERA in six games against the Pirates. Morton is 211 in his career against the Cardinals, his last victory coming on April 4, 2011.

“We couldn’t care less what the number is,” Pirates third baseman Josh Harrison said. “Season ain’t over until it’s over.”

Maybe, but barring an epic collapse by the Cardinals, Pittsburgh will face

the Chicago Cubs in the wild-card game on Oct. 7. The Cubs pulled within 3½ games of the Pirates for the right to host that game by beating Kansas City 1-0 in 11 innings.

While Pittsburgh clogged the basepaths, St. Louis managed little until getting to Pirates closer Mark Melancon (3-2) in the ninth.

Matt Carpenter singled with one out and raced home to break a scoreless tie when right fielder Gregory Polanco overran Jon Jay’s single and center fielder Andrew McCutchen failed to pick it up cleanly.

Continued on Page 14

Panthers’ backfield remains jumbled

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer

PITTSBURGH — Pat Narduzzi seems to have settled on a quarterback.

The rest of the Pitt backfield is unclear.

While Nate Peterman will go out with the first team on Saturday when the Panthers (2-1) open ACC play at Virginia Tech (2-2), Narduzzi isn’t sure which running back will join Peterman in the huddle.

Qadree Ollison, Chris James and Darrin

Hall will get a chance this week to distinguish themselves. So far, none of the three have seized the job in the absence of injured star James Conner, out indefinitely with a torn ligament in his right knee.

Narduzzi listed all three players with an “or” next to their name on the depth chart, a sign he is still searching for consistency.

“I wish it was not ‘ors,’” Narduzzi said Monday. “I wish number 24 (Conner) was

back there, but he’s not. So obviously it’s just a work in progress and we have to go with the hot guy.”

All three had issues in a 27-24 loss to Iowa on Sept. 19. Pitt managed just 55 yards on the ground, with Hall needing 14 carries to gain 38 yards while James and Ollison did little. Narduzzi gave some of the credit to Iowa’s defensive front and admitted some inconsistent play by Pittsburgh’s offensive line didn’t help.

Continued on Page 17

“WE COULDN’T care less what the number is.

Season ain’t over until it’s over.”

Josh Harrison,

Pirates utility player

NATE PETERMAN will remain Pitt’s starting quarterback when the Panthers play at Virginia Tech in their ACC opener on Saturday.

JUSTIN HAYWORTH/Associated Press

Stewart following his exit plan CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tony Stewart picked his way through the crowd surrounding a red carpet at Chicagoland Speedway to make his way to the pre-race driver meeting. Dance music blared from two large speakers at the front of the tent, celebrities and other dignitaries sat in special seats and fans craned their necks for a glimpse of NASCAR’s stars.

Stewart, always the last driver to arrive, was agitated as he scoured the room looking for his teammates.

“Can we get some more people in here?” he said to no one in particular. “I thought we were here to race.”

It’s no secret that NASCAR and all its pomp and circumstance have always been the necessary evil in Stewart’s storied career. NASCAR money pays his

bills, has afforded him a lifestyle he never imagined, allowed him to collect toys such as ownership of race tracks and a sprint car series.

But NASCAR has never been his love.

It’s always been his job.

The sideshow that accompanies the 38 races a year? A nuisance.

So it should be no surprise that Stewart is scheduled Wednesday to announce his retirement from Sprint Cup racing at the end of the 2016 season.

He will detail his decision to get out of the car, according to a person familiar with Stewart’s plans who spoke on condition of anonymity because the three-time NASCAR champion has not publicly discussed his retirement.

Continued on Page 14

NAM Y. HUH/Associated Press

TONY STEWART greeted fans during the driver introductions at Chicagoland Speedway on Sept. 20.

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Bucs let Cards close in on title

MAJOR LEAGUE ROUNDUP

MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ/Associated Press

THE GIANTS’ Angel Pagan, right, was tagged out by Dodgers second baseman Chase Utley on a steal attempt during the third inning of Monday’s game in San Francisco.

Giants top Greinke, Dodgers

By The Associated Press

Zack Greinke and the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers were denied a playoff-clinching party for at least another day, losing to the World Series champion San Francisco Giants 3-2 on pinch-hitter Alejandro De Aza’s 12th-inning sacrifice fly Monday night.

Andre Ethier hit a tying groundout in the top of the ninth, then the rivals needed three more innings to decide this one. With the Dodgers employing a five-man infield, De Aza hit a fly to left against Adam Liberatore for a victory that prevented San Francisco from being eliminated from the pennant race.

Yimi Garcia (3-5) took the loss.

Los Angeles lost its fourth straight game after a weekend sweep at Colorado and is five games ahead of the Giants with six to play.

Greinke, who had his last turn skipped as he nursed a tender right calf, had his five-start winning streak snapped dating to an Aug. 22 defeat at Houston.

NATIONALS 5, REDS 1: On another eventful afternoon at Nationals Park, Washington right-hander Max Scherzer came within five outs of his second nohitter of the season hours after closer Jonathan Papelbon was suspended for fighting with Bryce Harper a day earlier.

Scherzer (13-12) did not allow a hit until Tucker Barnhart singled to left field on a 1-2 count with one out in the eighth. That came on Scherzer’s 105th pitch, and fans at the stadium rose to salute the right-hander with a standing ovation. To that point, the Reds only had three baserunners, on walks in the first, third and seventh innings.

Reds starter Brandon Finnegan (1-2) allowed three runs in five innings.

INTERLEAGUE CUBS 1, ROYALS 0: Pinch-hitter Chris Denorfia led off the 11th inning with a home run, lifting Chicago to the victory.

Denorfia drove the first pitch from Miguel Almonte (0-2) into the left-field bleacher for the Cubs’ major leagueleading 13th walk-off victory of the season. It was Denorfia’s third homer of the season.

Fernando Rodney (2-0) pitched a scoreless top of the 11th to get the win.

The homer ended a pitcher’s duel that was a makeup of a May 30 rainout. Both teams combined for eight hits.

AMERICAN LEAGUE BLUE JAYS 4, ORIOLES 3: Toronto edged closer to clinching the AL East title, getting a homer from Edwin Encarnacion and scoring a ninth-inning run to secure a comeback victory over Baltimore.

The Blue Jays’ fifth straight victory, coupled with the Yankees’ loss to Boston, reduced their magic number for securing the division to two.

After scoring twice in the eighth to pull even, the Blue Jays got the decisive run against Brad Brach (5-3). Dioner Navarro led off with a single, and was replaced by Dalton Pompey, who advanced on a single. After a sacrifice moved the runners up, Pompey scored when Justin Smoak hit a dribbler to first and Chris Davis threw wildly to the plate.

Brett Cecil (5-5) pitched one inning and Roberto Osuna got two outs for this 20th save.

Ryan Flaherty hit a three-run homer for the Orioles, who have lost four straight.

RED SOX 5, YANKEES 1: Eduardo Rodriguez became the first Red Sox rookie left-hander to win 10 games in 43 years, and Boston slowed New York’s march toward a postseason berth.

The Yankees had a chance to clinch their first playoff appearance since 2012 with a win — what would’ve been their 10,000th franchise victory — and losses

by Minnesota, Texas and the Angels.

But scoreboard watching was rendered unnecessary when Travis Shaw and Jackie Bradley Jr. each hit A two-run homer off Ivan Nova (6-10).

New York managed little offense after Alex Rodriguez’s sacrifice fly in the first inning.

New York dropped five games behind Toronto in the AL East with six to play.

Eduardo Rodriguez (10-6) pitched six innings while supplanting John Curtis, who went 11-8 in 1972, as the most recent Boston rookie lefty to reach 10 wins.

ANGELS 5, ATHLETICS 4: Pinch-hitter David Murphy drove a bases-loaded single into left field to end it, and Los Angeles kept the pressure on in the AL wild-card race with their sixth consecutive victory, beating Oakland.

Albert Pujols tied it with his 558th career homer in the sixth inning for the Angels, who have won nine of 11 during their majors-best 17-8 performance in September.

Johnny Giavotella and Erick Aybar had early run-scoring doubles as the Angels (82-74) remained a half-game behind the Houston Astros (83-74), who won at Seattle, and one game ahead of the Minnesota Twins (81-75), who beat Cleveland.

Los Angeles also closed within just two games of the AL West-leading Rangers (84-72), who lost to Detroit. The Angels finish the season with four games at Texas.

TIGERS 7, RANGERS 4: Justin Verlander allowed one run in six innings, and Tyler Collins’ three-run home run sparked a five-run fifth inning as Detroit beat Texas, handing the Rangers their third straight loss.

It’s Texas’ longest losing streak since mid-August.

Verlander (5-8) gave up a leadoff homer to former Detroit teammate Prince Fielder in the fourth. He allowed six hits and walked two while striking out five.

Collins, who graduated from Justin Northwest High School about 45 minutes from Globe Life Park, pulled his fourth homer of the season down the right field line to break a 1-1 tie. The homer followed a leadoff single by Dixon Machado and a double by Anthony Gose.

Colby Lewis (17-9) allowed six runs on 10 hits in 4 2-3 innings, his shortest outing since June 5.

ASTROS 3, MARINERS 2: Chris Carter drove in the go-ahead run with Houston’s third solo homer, rookie Lance McCullers pitched effectively into the seventh inning and the Astros enhanced their position in a crowded AL playoff race with their win over Seattle.

Houston moved with 1½ games of first-place Texas in the AL West and maintained its slim lead in the chase for the second wild card.

Carter snapped 2-all tie in the seventh with his 23rd home run, a two-out shot to left off Danny Farquhar (1-6).

McCullers (6-7) allowed two runs and four hits in six-plus innings. He struck out seven and walked two, including a free pass to start the seventh.

Luke Gregerson struck out Nelson Cruz and Robinson Cano in the ninth for his 30th save.

TWINS 4, INDIANS 2: Emergency starter Tommy Milone replaced an ill Phil Hughes and pitched Minnesota to a big win for its wild-card chances.

Hughes, one of several Twins players hit with a virus that has spread throughout the team, was scratched about 4 hours before the game. Milone (9-5), removed from the rotation two weeks ago, stepped in and allowed two runs in 5 2-3 innings.

Minnesota (81-75) began the day trailing Houston by 1½ games in the race for the second AL wild card. The Astros played later in Seattle.

Cleveland (77-78) was four games behind the Astros before its costly defeat.

Kevin Jepsen worked the ninth for his 14th save.

Corey Kluber (8-16) allowed four runs in six innings and lost to Minnesota for the second time in a week.

Nats suspend Papelbon for scuffle

By HOWARD FENDRICH

altercation” with Papelbon, manager Matt Williams said.

Harper, though, said after Sunday’s WASHINGTON — Bryce Harper is not game that he was scheduled to be off quite sure what he could have done dif- Monday, anyway. ferently to avoid the dugout fight with Asked whether he was disappointed at teammate Jonathan Papelbon the way the Washington portion that resulted in the Washington of his season ended, Harper Nationals suspending the closer said: “I’ve got three more years at for four games without pay.

Nats Park.”

“If you’re in a bar or if you’re in General manager Mike Rizzo the dugout or if you’re anysaid Papelbon’s more severe diswhere,” Harper said Monday, a cipline made clear who the club day after his scrap with Papelfelt “was more at fault.” bon, “if someone grabs your On Sunday, after Harper flied neck, your first reaction is to do out in the eighth inning against what I did, I guess.”

Philadelphia, he headed to the JONATHAN dugout, where he and Papelbon Harper, a leading NL MVP PAPELBON exchanged words. The argument contender, also indicated he would be OK with Papelbon reescalated, and Papelbon turning to the Nationals in 2016. reached out with his left hand The reliever has an $11 million and grabbed Harper by the guaranteed contract for next throat. season.

Papelbon then shoved the out“If ‘Paps’ can help us win a fielder toward the bench with World Series next year, that’s both hands, before teammates what I need. That’s what this and members of Williams’ whole clubhouse needs,” Harper coaching staff pulled the pair said. “We can’t be fighting or apart. anything like that.”

“It’s been a very difficult 24 Papelbon will miss the rest of BRYCE hours for the organization,” this season. On Monday, he Williams said.

HARPER dropped his appeal of a threeWilliams was at the other end game ban from Major League Baseball of the dugout and, he said Monday, was for throwing at an opponent’s head last not aware of exactly what happened week, and then missed Washington’s 5-1 until later in the day, when he saw video victory over Cincinnati. After that pun- that made the rounds on Twitter immeishment ends, Papelbon serves the Na- diately after the scuffle. Williams said he tionals’ suspension announced Mon- hadn’t seen that video before his day. postgame news conference Sunday and Harper was held out of the home fi- hadn’t sought information from his nale against the Reds for “his part in the coaches or other players during the AP Sports Writer

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game. He added that because he was unaware of the extent of the confrontation, he sent Papelbon back out to pitch in the ninth inning.

When he eventually did see video of Papelbon clutching at Harper’s neck, Williams said, “I was upset. I was appalled.”

But he also made it sound as if a truly bothersome aspect was that everyone saw what happened.

“Generally, this happens between players in the confines of a private clubhouse. It doesn’t happen in the open, generally,” Williams said. “So that being said, that’s how we would prefer to do it.”

Both Williams and Rizzo said they had no problem with the way Harper jogged to first base on the fly ball that preceded the skirmish.

On Wednesday, Papelbon plunked Baltimore star Manny Machado and was ejected; Harper called the hit-bypitch “tired” and worried aloud about whether the Orioles would retaliate by beaning him.

“Will he be with us in 2016? He’s under contract,” Rizzo said about Papelbon.

“We’re going to evaluate every moving part that we have after the season and we’ll make all those decisions once the final out is made in 2015.”

That applies to Williams’ status, too, Rizzo said.

The Nationals began the season as World Series favorites, but their playoff hopes officially ended Saturday, when the Mets clinched the NL East title.

“This has been a very disappointing season,” Williams said. “Everybody understands that.”

Continued from Page 13 being acquired at the non“I dropped it, I just waiver trade deadline from dropped it,” Polanco said.

Seattle, was decidedly more Mark Reynolds followed efficient. The lefthander alwith a two-run shot to the lowed only Kolten Wong’s seats in right-center to give single leading off the third.

Trevor Rosenthal the cushOtherwise, he was domiion he needed to pick up his nant, striking out four and 48th save. Jonathan Brox- needing only 56 pitches to ton (4-5) earned the win get through six shutout inafter working the eighth. nings to lower his ERA to Pittsburgh put runners on 2.04 in 10 starts with the Pibase in every inning but the rates. first — they loaded the In the bottom of the sevbases four times — and had enth, Cardinals outfielder two on and nobody out in Stephen Piscotty was carted the ninth. Neil Walker off the field following a viostruck out and Francisco lent collision with teamCervelli and mate Peter Bourjos Ramirez followed while both tried to with lineouts. track down a shot to “We were getting the gap in left-cenon base, but baseter by Harrison. The ball’s a funny team said Piscotty game,” Harrison was taken to the said. “You’ve got to hospital with a head cash in when you contusion, and all get those opportutests conducted nities, and we fell up were negative.

J.A. short tonight, but it He was held doesn’t do anything overnight for obserHAPP to deter us from the vation. way we play.”

Piscotty was strapped to a The Cardinals survived backboard and carted off on a night they issued 10 the field. The rookie did walks. St. Louis starter manage a wave with his left Lance Lynn labored his way hand before disappearing through five scoreless in- into a tunnel underneath nings, most of them out of the stadium, eliciting a big the stretch while the Pirates cheer from the Pittsburgh kept wasting opportunities crowd. to take control. Starling “You hate to see things Marte was nailed at the like that,” Harrison said. plate to end the second “You hope that he’s OK and while trying to score on a it’s nothing too serious.” shallow fly to center by NOTES: Cardinals catcher Jordy Mercer as Jason Hey- Yadier Molina’s injured left ward’s throw beat the thumb will keep him out for speedy Marte by three the rest of the regular seasteps. son. Molina, who suffered a Marte then struck out slight ligament tear in the with the bases loaded to thumb on Sept. 20, met end the third. Polanco led with a hand specialist on off the fifth with a double Monday and will be given at only to run into an out at least a week off before third on a chopper to short- being re-evaluated. ... stop by Harrison. Lynn Right-hander Adam Wainneeded 96 pitches to retire wright, who tore his left 15 batters, walking four Achilles tendon in April, with six strikeouts. could be ready to work out Pittsburgh starter J.A. of the bullpen as early as Happ, a revelation since Wednesday.

Stewart following his exit strategy Continued from Page 13 Stewart’s die-hard fans don’t want to believe the news. They’ve always assumed their driver, a modern-day A.J. Foyt, would race deep into his 50s and slowly scale back his schedule.

They think that because they don’t really know Stewart, and don’t understand that his decision has very little to do with the personal problems that have plagued his last three years. He broke his leg in a sprint car crash in 2013 that cost him the final third of the season; he struck and killed a young racer, Kevin Ward, during an on-track incident at a dirt track in New York in 2014; and he’s not at all competitive this season, mired in the worst slump of his career.

Any of that would be enough to push Stewart, who turns 45 next season, into retirement.

The reality, though, is that this nightmare Stewart has been living just happened to come as his career was already winding down. Stewart years ago figured out the financials to determine how long he needed to race in NASCAR. He understood the timetables put on every contract signed with a sponsor. He kept an eye on the free agent market to determine candidates to succeed him in the No. 14 Chevrolet. In other words, Stewart had an exit plan.

Why? Because fun for Stewart is riding a fourwheeler around Eldora Speedway, the dirt track he owns in Ohio, to make sure the show is going off without a hitch. Fun for Stewart is crisscrossing Ohio during a rare off week in NASCAR to oversee the All-Star Circuit Champions of Sprint Car series he purchased in January.

His enjoyment has never been found at a NASCAR race, and this spiral he’s been stuck in the last three seasons did nothing more than confirm to Stewart that it’s time to go do something else.

He’s confided during a handful of interviews with

The Associated Press over the past 12 months that his passion is gone. The euphoria from a strong finish — and really, strong finishes are all he’s shooting for right now, wins are not presently attainable — has worn off by the time he gets to his airplane after a race.

His personal struggles took a toll on him. His ontrack struggles have sapped his confidence and stripped him of that feeling of invincibility he had in more than three decades of racing cars.

Stewart can’t get a feel for NASCAR’s current rules package, and at times it seems like he’s accepted that he’s just not competitive anymore.

So why not stick to the exit plan and spend his time doing all the things around racing that still give him a charge? Well, leaving means filling his seat at StewartHaas Racing and Stewart desperately wanted Kyle Larson for the job.

Larson is available in 2017, but the particulars of his current contract didn’t fall into place with the timetable Stewart needed to execute his plan. Then Clint Bowyer became available and Stewart had his man.

Bowyer will spend 2016 making laps with another team as he waits for Stewart to complete his retirement tour.

Those Stewart loyalists who are so devastated and disbelieving that this day is actually here are looking at it all wrong. Begging for another three or five or 10 years from Stewart will only tarnish his legacy. He’s led a career-low 24 laps this season, doesn’t have a single top-five finish and hasn’t won a race since midway through the 2013 season.

Watching him putter around the track, fighting to stay on the lead lap, trying hard to squeak out a top-15 finish — that’s not the way anyone wants to see Stewart go out.

Loyalists should be happy for Smoke. He’s going to exit on his own terms. He’s going to be able to do what he wants with his time. He’s going to finally have fun.

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Tuesday, September 29, 2015 — Page 15

LOCAL SCOREBOARD HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

DISTRICT 6 RANKINGS

STANDINGS

Through Monday

HERITAGE CONFERENCE

League Overall W L W L PF PA Ligonier Valley 4 0 4 0 182 39 Penns Manor 3 0 4 0 147 7 Purchase Line 2 1 3 1 140 117 Homer-Center 2 2 2 2 95 98 Northern Cambria 2 2 2 2 90 105 Blairsville 1 2 1 3 103 163 Marion Center 1 3 1 3 74 121 Saltsburg 1 3 1 3 47 140 United 0 3 1 3 65 135 Last Week’s Games Ligonier Valley 57, Blairsville 13 Penns Manor 70, Saltsburg 0 Purchase Line 47, St. Joseph’s 18 Homer-Center 40, Marion Center 14 Northern Cambria 35, United 13 Friday’s Games Marion Center at Ligonier Valley United at Penns Manor Purchase Line at Homer-Center Northern Cambria at Blairsville Westinghouse at Saltsburg, forfeit

WPIAL CLASS AAA GREATER ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE

League Overall W L W L PF Hampton 3 0 4 0 110 Franklin Regional 3 1 3 1 136 Mars 3 1 3 1 118 Gateway 2 1 3 1 97 Hollidaysburg 2 1 3 1 88 Armstrong 2 2 2 2 109 Knoch 1 2 2 2 95 Greensburg Salem 0 4 0 4 26 Indiana 0 4 0 4 67 Last Week’s Games Hampton 21, Armstrong 14 Franklin Regional 49, Indiana 14 Gateway 17, Knoch 13 Mars 28, Greensburg Salem 13 Hollidaysburg 41, Westinghouse 0 Friday’s Games Franklin Regional at Armstrong Gateway at Hollidaysburg Greensburg Salem at Indiana Hampton at Knoch University Prep at Mars

PA 86 61 81 32 53 86 52 91 151

WPIAL CLASS AA ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE

League Overall W L W L PF PA Freeport 4 0 4 0 160 27 Deer Lakes 3 0 4 0 109 27 Highlands 3 0 4 0 170 73 Valley 3 1 3 1 94 56 Burrell 2 2 2 2 103 63 Shady Side Academy 1 3 1 3 47 97 Apollo Ridge 0 3 1 3 84 134 West Shamokin 0 3 1 3 55 123 Summit Academy 0 4 0 4 38 160 Last Week’s Games Burrell 27, Apollo-Ridge 13 Freeport 42, West Shamokin 14 Highlands 42, Carlynton 0 Deer Lakes 28, Shady Side Academy 9 Valley 35, Summit Academy 8 Friday’s Games Burrell at West Shamokin Highlands at Deer Lakes Summit Academy at Shady Side Academy Valley at Apollo-Ridge Steel Valley at Freeport

WPIAL CLASS AA INTERSTATE CONFERENCE

League Overall W L W L PF PA Mount Pleasant 4 0 4 0 168 43 Washington 4 0 4 0 194 13 McGuffey 2 1 3 1 135 75 Southmoreland 2 1 2 2 80 111 Burgettstown 2 2 2 2 111 132 Brownsville 1 2 1 3 41 101 Derry 1 2 1 3 36 145 Charleroi 0 4 0 4 84 172 Waynesburg 0 4 0 4 14 135 Last Week’s Games Washington 42, Brownsville 6 Burgettstown 62, Charleroi 18 McGuffey 28, Southmoreland 10 Mount Pleasant 52, Waynesburg 6 Laurel 40, Derry 0 Friday’s Games Brownsville at McGuffey Charleroi at Waynesburg Derry at Southmoreland Washington at Mouth Pleasant Ellwod City at Burgettstown

KEYSTONE SHORTWAY ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

LARGE SCHOOL DIVISION League Overall W L W L PF Karns City 4 0 4 0 186 St. Marys 2 1 3 1 99 Punxsutawney 2 2 2 2 103 Moniteau 1 2 1 3 58 Brookville 1 3 1 3 40 SMALL SCHOOL DIVISION League Overall W L W L PF Redbank Valley 3 1 3 1 109 Clarion 2 1 3 1 153 Keystone 2 2 2 2 92 Union 2 2 2 2 80 Clarion-Limestone 1 2 2 2 105 A-C Valley 0 4 0 4 21 Last Week’s Games Karns City 48, Clarion 6 Moniteau 24, A-C Valley 8 Clarion-Limestone 40, Smethport 20 Redbank Valley 33, Brookville 7 Union 20, Punxsutawney 14 St. Marys 20, Keystone 14 Friday’s Games A-C Valley at Clarion-Limestone Keystone at Clarion Redbank Valley at Union Moniteau at Karns City Brookville at St. Mary’s Punxsutawney at DuBois

PA 27 89 83 113 120 PA 75 74 72 81 124 147

SANDLOT BASEBALL

INDIANA OVER-40 LEAGUE FINAL REGULAR-SEASON STANDINGS

W-L Bob’s Pizza 8-1 George’s Pro Shop 7-2 Bowman’s Coins 6-3 Moran Financial 4-5 Brunzies 4-5 Arbor Pros 4-5 Hogan’s Heroes 3-6 MC Bank 0-9 Sunday’s Games Bob’s Pizza 3, Brunzies 0 George’s Pro Shop 7, Moran Financial 2 Arbor Pros 17, MC Bank 2 Bowman’s Coins 6, Hogan’s Heroes 4 Sunday, Oct. 4 Playoffs First Round MC Bank at Bob’s Pizza, 2 p.m.

Hogan’s Heroes at George’s Pro Shop, 2 p.m.

Brunzies at Moran Financial, 2 p.m.

Arbor Pros at Bowman’s Coins, 4 p.m.

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CLASS AAAA

All four qualify for playoffs Team Record Points State College 2-2 250 Central Mountain 2-2 150 DuBois 1-3 100 Mifflin County 0-4 0

CLASS AAA

Top four qualify for playoffs Team Record Points Clearfield 3-1 300 University Prep 3-1 290 Somerset 3-1 260 Johnstown 3-1 210 Punxsutawney 2-2 180 Bellefonte 1-3 80 Bradford 0-4 0

CLASS AA

Top eight qualify for playoffs Team Record Points Ligonier Valley 4-0 390 Central Martinsburg 3-1 320 Tyrone 3-1 320 Forest Hills 3-1 290 Juniata 3-1 290 Southern Huntingdon 2-2 260 Huntingdon 2-2 250 Mount Union 2-2 220 Penns Valley 1-3 110 Bald Eagle Area 1-3 100 Richland 1-3 100 Central Cambria 0-4 0 Penn Cambria 0-4 0 Philipsburg-Osceola 0-4 0

CLASS A

Top eight qualify for playoffs Team Record Pts. Moshannon Valley 4-0 490 Bishop Guilfoyle 4-0 480 Penns Manor 4-0 450 Westmont Hilltop 3-1 360 Portage 3-1 340 Purchase Line 3-1 320 Bellwood-Antis 2-2 230 Claysburg-Kimmel 2-2 230 Northern Cambria 2-2 230 Blacklick Valley 2-2 220 Cambria Heights 2-2 220 Homer-Center 2-2 220 West Branch 2-2 220 Conemaugh Valley 2-2 210 Bishop McCort 1-3 120 Juniata Valley 1-3 120 Blairsville 1-3 110 Marion Center 1-3 110 Saltsburg 1-3 110 United 1-3 100 Williamsburg 1-3 100 Bishop Carroll 0-4 0 Ferndale 0-4 0 Glendale 0-4 0 St. Joseph’s Acad.

0-4 0

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Player Att. Yds. Avg. TD Shamar Campbell, PL 89 659 7.4 12 Brent Mack, U 97 570 5.9 6 Collin, Smith, LV 44 381 8.7 8 Brandon Stover, WS 43 364 8.5 3 Jesse Lee, HC 40 345 8.6 7 R.Shindledecker, Sbg 68 324 4.8 2 Jarret Kintz, WS 36 284 7.9 2 Chris Rippin, NC 69 284 4.1 2 Zach Edwards, MC 62 276 4.5 2 Thomas Sibal, LV 29 263 9.1 2 Ryan Jones, Punx 32 262 8.2 3 Bailey Mumau, PM 20 254 12.7 5 Hunter Rice, PL 51 246 4.8 3 Tyler Balega, Derry 58 238 4.1 2 Montao Coleman, HC 42 237 5.6 2 Tyler Pershing, NC 46 217 4.7 4 Jake Zilinskas, Ind 47 188 4.0 2 Connor Tshudy, Ind 48 187 3.9 1 Nathan Dumm, PM 13 182 14.0 3 Craig Irvin, MC 49 179 3.7 1 Andrew Cline, WS 45 173 3.8 1 Beck Branton, PM 11 167 15.2 1 Noah Sleasman, Bls 50 160 3.2 2 Passing Player Com. Att. Yds. TD Int Rate Smith, LV 40 66 708 11 1 202.7 Stupic, PM 15 24 260 4 1 200.2 Zilinskas, Ind 35 60 497 4 0 149.9 Beacker, HC 22 44 328 3 2 126.0 Irvin, MC 29 58 370 5 3 121.7 Thomas, Ind 13 27 227 2 3 121.0 Shirley, Bls 42 84 610 4 4 117.2 Jones, Punx 56 99 655 4 5 115.4 Dill, U 19 35 194 3 3 112.0 Plowman, Sbg 27 60 425 4 5 109.8 Campbell, PL 17 42 301 2 4 97.3 Stevens, Derry 18 38 203 3 6 86.7 Pershing, NC 16 37 192 1 5 68.7 Stover, WS 13 31 120 0 2 61.6 Receiving Player Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Dylan Stapleton, Ind 23 307 13.3 3 Devin Kelly, Punx 16 196 12.2 0 Ethan Riley, Punx 16 162 10.1 1 Aaron Tutino, LV 15 307 20.5 5 Ryan Hoff, Ind 15 291 19.4 2 Ricky Shirley, Bls 15 160 10.7 2 Dakota Sunday, Bls 13 234 18.0 2 John Ireland, HC 13 208 16.0 1 Brant Lydic, MC 13 91 7.0 0 N.Lingenfelter, Punx 11 194 17.6 3 Trent Hepner, LV 11 157 14.3 2 Mitch Carr, Sbg 10 120 12.0 0 Paul McClure, MC 9 128 14.2 3 Owen Whitacre, Derry 8 111 13.9 1 Tyler Balega, Derry 8 73 9.1 1 Devin Mack, U 8 61 7.6 0 Jordan Booth, Sbg 7 213 30.4 3 Sam Stanford, PL 7 100 14.3 1 Scott Serafin, NC 6 128 21.3 1 Jerry Moore, Bls 6 119 19.8 0 Jackson Daugherty, LV 6 113 18.8 2 Noah Sleasman, Bls 6 58 9.7 0 R.Shindledecker, Sbg 6 50 8.3 1 Nick Chinchock, Derry 6 14 2.3 1 Scoring Player TD XP 2XP FG Pts. Shamar Campbell, PL 13 0 4 0 86 Collin Smith, LV 8 0 3 0 54 Jesse Lee, HC 7 0 3 0 48 Brent Mack, U 7 0 1 0 44 Bailey Mumau, PM 5 0 0 0 30 Ryan Shirley, Bls 5 0 0 0 30 Aaron Tutino, LV 5 0 0 0 30 Ethan Riley, Punx 3 7 1 0 27 Jackson Daugherty, LV 4 0 1 0 26 Jordan Booth, Sbg 4 0 0 0 24 Nathan Dumm, PM 4 0 0 0 24 Zach Edwards, MC 4 0 0 0 24 Tyler Pershing, NC 4 0 0 0 24 R.Shindledecker, Sbg 3 0 1 0 20 Kobe Short, LV 0 14 0 2 20 Brandon Stover, WS 3 0 1 0 20 Clayton Stupic, PM 3 0 1 0 20 Tyler Balega, Derry 3 0 0 0 18 Ryan Jones, Punx 3 0 0 0 18 Devin Kelly, Punx 3 0 0 0 18 Cyrus Lieb, PM 3 0 0 0 18 N.Lingenfelter, Punx 3 0 0 0 18 Logan Marino, NC 3 0 0 0 18 Paul McClure, MC 3 0 0 0 18 Hunter Rice, PL 3 0 0 0 18 Dylan Stapleton, Ind 3 0 0 0 18 Dakota Sunday, Bls 3 0 0 0 18 Adam Weiland, NC 3 0 0 0 18 Kick Scoring Player FG XP Pts. Kobe Short, LV 2 14 20 James Harvey, PM 0 17 17 Billy McKee, Bls 0 11 11 Ethan Riley, Punx 0 7 7

Sam Stanford, PL 0 Kellen Short, Ind 0 Mike Nealen, NC 0 Noah Wiencek, Derry 0 Dakota Wise, MC 0 Adam Donelson, U 0 Jon McKnight, Sbg 0 Nick Schmidt, HC 0 Punting Player Att. Ethan Riley, Punx 8 Jared Goss, PL 4 Jerad Manners, Punx 6 Jackson Daugherty, LV 4 Noah Wiencek, Derry 20 Dylan Stapleton, Ind 8 Mike Nealen, NC 16 Jesse Beacker, HC 4 Cyrus Lieb, PM 4 Devin Mack, U 18 Tylor McGuire, Sbg 9 Bradley Morgan, MC 13 Billy McKee, Bls 5 Interceptions Player Int. Cyrus Lieb, PM 3 Aaron Tutino, LV 3 Jackson Daugherty, LV 2 Hunter Rice, PL 2 Jacob Weaver, Punx 2 Jerry Moore, Bls 2 Mitch Carr, Sbg 2 Ben Sinclair, Sbg 2 Ricky Shirley, Bls 2 Josh Bauer, Derry 2 Ronnie Button, PL 2 Devin Fairman, WS 2

6 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 Yds. 314 153 225 142 710 273 535 129 126 540 264 372 140 Yds. 42 0 47 38 30 24 20 14 12 0 0 0

ON TOP OF THE WORLD 6 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 Avg. 39.2 38.2 37.5 35.5 35.5 34.1 33.4 32.2 31.5 30.0 29.3 28.6 28.0 TD 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TEAM STATISTICS Rushing Offense School GP Yds. Avg. Penns Manor 3 839 279.7 West Shamokin 4 1102 275.5 Purchase Line 4 1094 273.5 Homer-Center 4 850 212.5 Ligonier Valley 4 826 206.5 Northern Cambria 4 807 201.8 United 4 652 163.0 Punxsutawney 4 601 150.2 Marion Center 4 564 141.0 Indiana 4 509 127.2 Saltsburg 4 401 100.2 Derry 4 328 82.0 Blairsville 4 327 81.8 Passing Offense School GP Yds. Avg. Indiana 4 724 181.0 Ligonier Valley 4 722 180.5 Punxsutawney 4 655 163.8 Blairsville 4 610 152.5 Saltsburg 4 425 106.2 Penns Manor 3 291 97.0 Marion Center 4 370 92.5 Homer-Center 4 343 85.8 Purchase Line 4 301 75.2 Derry 4 244 61.0 Northern Cambria 4 222 55.5 United 4 194 48.5 West Shamokin 4 120 30.0 Total Offense School GP Yds. Avg. Ligonier Valley 4 1548 387.0 Penns Manor 3 1130 376.7 Purchase Line 4 1395 348.8 Punxsutawney 4 1256 314.0 Indiana 4 1233 308.2 West Shamokin 4 1222 305.5 Homer-Center 4 1193 298.2 Northern Cambria 4 1029 257.2 Blairsville 4 937 234.2 Marion Center 4 934 233.5 United 4 846 211.5 Saltsburg 4 826 206.5 Derry 4 572 143.0 Rushing Defense School GP Yds. Avg. Purchase Line 4 291 72.8 Penns Manor 3 256 85.3 Ligonier Valley 4 369 92.2 West Shamokin 4 716 179.0 Northern Cambria 4 762 190.5 Saltsburg 4 774 193.5 United 4 788 197.0 Punxsutawney 4 812 203.0 Homer-Center 4 918 229.5 Blairsville 4 939 234.8 Marion Center 4 966 241.5 Derry 4 996 249.0 Indiana 4 996 249.0 Passing Defense School GP Yds. Avg. Homer-Center 4 139 34.8 Penns Manor 3 120 40.0 Ligonier Valley 4 305 76.2 Northern Cambria 4 319 79.8 Blairsville 4 323 80.8 Punxsutawney 4 340 85.0 Indiana 4 418 104.5 United 4 459 114.8 Marion Center 4 485 121.2 West Shamokin 4 527 131.8 Derry 4 620 155.0 Saltsburg 4 654 163.5 Purchase Line 4 861 215.2 Total Defense School GP Yds. Avg. Penns Manor 3 376 125.3 Ligonier Valley 4 674 168.5 Homer-Center 4 1057 264.2 Northern Cambria 4 1081 270.2 Punxsutawney 4 1152 288.0 Purchase Line 4 1152 288.0 West Shamokin 4 1243 310.8 United 4 1247 311.8 Blairsville 4 1262 315.5 Indiana 4 1414 353.5 Saltsburg 4 1428 357.0 Marion Center 4 1451 362.8 Derry 4 1616 404.0 Scoring Offense School GP Pts. Avg. Penns Manor 3 147 49.0 Ligonier Valley 4 182 45.5 Purchase Line 4 140 35.0 Blairsville 4 103 25.8 Punxsutawney 4 103 25.8 Homer-Center 4 95 23.8 Northern Cambria 4 90 22.5 Marion Center 4 74 18.5 Indiana 4 67 16.8 United 4 65 16.2 West Shamokin 4 55 13.8 Saltsburg 4 47 11.8 Derry 4 36 9.0 Scoring Defense School GP Pts. Avg. Penns Manor 3 7 2.3 Ligonier Valley 4 39 9.8 Punxsutawney 4 83 20.8 Homer-Center 4 98 24.5 Northern Cambria 4 105 26.2 Purchase Line 4 117 29.2 Marion Center 4 121 30.2 West Shamokin 4 123 30.8 United 4 135 33.8 Saltsburg 4 140 35.0 Derry 4 145 36.2 Indiana 4 151 37.8 Blairsville 4 163 40.8 Turnover Margin School Give Take Margin Penns Manor 1 9 +8 Ligonier Valley 5 10 +5 Purchase Line 8 10 +2 Homer-Center 5 6 +1 Punxsutawney 8 8 E Blairsville 7 6 -1 Marion Center 4 3 -1 Northern Cambria 11 9 -2 Derry 13 9 -4

Saltsburg Indiana

United

10 9 9

6 4 2

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HIGH SCHOOL GOLF BOYS

HOMER-CENTER 210, CONEMAUGH TOWNSHIP 234

Conemaugh Township — 234 Mike Roman 44, Zack Hoover 45, Eric Kmett 46, Corey Griffiths 49, Josh Roman 50 Homer-Center — 210 Colin Moore 41, John Capitosti 41, Alex Arone 41, Chris Ober 44, Tanner Yancy 46

GIRLS MOUNT PLEASANT 209, INDIANA 214

Mount Pleasant — 209 Gabbi Keefer 48, Ashley Cairns 49, Aubrie Beranek 53, Cameron Salopek 59 Indiana — 214 Logan Everett 40, Jill Black 54, Christine Evans 58, Brooke Evans 62

HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS GIRLS

DERRY 4, NORTH CATHOLIC 1

Singles Maria Palombo (D) def. Katelin Dudash, 6-0, 6-0 Natalie Sarnese (D)) def. Emma Stumm, 6-1, 6-0 Katie Enos (D) def. Liz Hodder, 6-0, 6-0 Doubles Juliet Tatone and Maddie Johnston (D) def. Olivia Solderson and Kaelyn Thimons, 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) Lilly Sachinni and Kelly Krolicki (NC) def. Camryn Keeno and Harlie Hudson, 75, 3-6, 6-4

BOWLING

MOHAWK LANES THURSDAY PINSPOTTERS

Rosemary Johnston 164-164-165-493, Kate Farren 165-474, Janet Akers 187460, Kathy Porter 175-453, Debbie Wansor 157-452, Alice Kantz 173-440, Flo Young 190-418, Rosemary Markel 172379, Barb Baroni 121-343, Vicki Kinnan 133-337

INTERNATIONAL REBELS

Jim Hopkins III 160-235-278-673, Richard Wolfe 245-639, Greg Campbell 210-602, John Mayhue 221-597, Tony Super 225-593, Duane Jellison 204-586, Frank Shurina Jr. 214-582, Gary Dilts 214574, Doug Lockard 214-569, Matt Dalicandro 206-569

CATHOLIC MEN’S

Gary Duncan 204-197-191-592, Tom Smith 242-570, George Rittenberger 231551, Daniel Patton 206-545, Joe Kovaleski 207-520, Bob Ratay 189-519, Dennis Decker 188-516, Dennis Snyder 191-516, Dan Gromley 181-511, Ray Sgro Jr. 186505

INTER CITY MEN’S

Doug Henry 197-225-211-633, Josh Mottorn 217-623, Bob Lezanic 223-608, Don McAfoos 213-605, Jack Frampton 229-600, Dave Fish 221-599, Ray Nyland 222-597, Ben Murdick 206-574, Barry Decker 201-572, Mike Lezanic 245-563

MOHAWK BRAVES

Brett Coulter 279-244-224-747, Andy Clemons 243-646, John Mayhue 254-633, Curt Thomas 227-611, James Wagner 207-600, Frank Piraino Jr. 212-576, Ken McAfoos 204-575, Don McCormick 224573, Terry Zele 206-569, Bud Livingston 212-568

WOMEN’S INDEPENDENT

Gwen Reisinger 201-247-180-628, Ruth Shields 218-535, Tanya Davis 181514, Kate Farren 245-503, Sally Roth 184490, Sammi Flick 193-488, Maribeth Warner 169-483, Sandy Marsiglio 179482, Ruth Livingston 183-481, Ashlie Gallagher 168-476, Michele Housholder 187-476

IUP GOLF

Hawks tie for seventh in tourney

By The Indiana Gazette IUP finished six strokes off the lead in a two-way tie for third place Monday at the Mercyhurst Fall Invitational golf tournament at Lake View Country Club.

Kenneth Sames led IUP by tying for fifth in a field of 100 with a 4-over 148 in the twoday event.

The Crimson Hawks finished with a 24-over 600, six strokes behind the champion, the University of Toronto.

IUP sat in a tie for seventh out of 17 teams after Sunday’s opening round, finishing with a 19-over 307. The Crimson Hawks stormed back on Monday, firing a 5over 293, the best team score of the round.

All five IUP players shot a 5-over 77 or lower, highlighted by even-par 72s by Max Kirsch and Josh Bartley.

Michael Hoare shot a 2-over 74, Sames finished the second round with a 3-over 75, and Brett Geiser shot a 77.

Kirsch tied for seventh overall with a 5-over 149, Hoare tied for 22nd with a 9over 153, Geiser finished in a tie for 32nd with an 11-over 155, and Bartley tied for 43rd with a 13-over 157.

IUP’s John Foley and Tyler Erb played independently of the team. Foley finished in the same group as Kirsch, tying for seventh with a 5over 149, and Erb tied Bartley for 43rd with a 13-over 157.

IUP plays in California’s Vulcan Invitational on Oct. 12 and 13.

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CAROLINE BILLON, a 2011 graduate of Indiana High School, competed recently in the Ironman 70.3 Triathlon World Championships in Austria. Billon qualified for the world championships by qualifying in St. George, Utah, in the spring, and was one of only 2,500 athletes invited to compete. The 70.3 distance is comprised of a 1.2-mile open-water swim, a 56-mile bicycle ride and a 13.1-mile run. Billon finished 37th among 55 participants in the 18- to -24 age group, posting an overall time of 6 hours, 2 minutes, 53 seconds. She finished the swim in 32:58, the bike race in 3:17:47 and the run in 2:00:52. Billon plans to compete in the 140.6-mile Ironman in Phoenix on Nov. 15. She is pictured atop the Kitzsteinhorn, a mountain in the main chain of the Alps in Austria.

AROUND THE AREA

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Homer-Center improves to 10-2 BLAIRSVILLE — HomerCenter topped Conemaugh Township, 210-234, to conclude its regular season and improve to 10-2 in a nonconference boys’ golf match Monday at Chestnut Ridge Golf Course.

Homer-Center’s Colin Moore, John Capitosti and Alex Arone shot 41s and shared the medalist honor.

Chris Ober fired a 44, and Tanner Yancy and Corey Cavalier posted 46s.

Homer-Center travels to The Summit Country Club in Cresson for the District 6 Class A sectional tournament on Tuesday, Oct. 6.

IHS girls drop season finale Indiana fell to Mount Pleasant, 209-214, in its season finale in a WPIAL Section 3-AAA girls’ golf match on Monday at Meadow Lane Golf Course.

Logan Everett was the medalist and led Indiana with a 40.

Everett qualified for the WPIAL Class AAA individual finals, which are being held today at Rolling Hills Country Club in McMurray.

Sitting Bulls to host tourney JOHNSTOWN — The Sitting Bulls will serve as the host for the fourth annual Columbus Day Sled Hockey Challenge on Oct 10 and 11 at Planet Ice. The four-team novice-junior level tournament will consist of the Sitting Bulls; the Blades, of Columbus, Ohio; the Pittsburgh Mighty Penguins; and the Arctic Wolves, of northwest Ohio.

Sled hockey follows the same rules as USA Hockey with the exception of some of the equipment. Players sit in specially designed sleds that are placed on top of two

hockey skate blades. Each player uses two special hockey sticks instead of one. The sticks have metal picks on the butt end for players to propel themselves on the ice.

Goalies wear the same equipment as stand-up players but do make modifications to the glove. Metal picks are sewn into the backside to allow the goalie to maneuver.

The Sitting Bulls team is presently comprised of players from Cambria, Somerset, Bedford and Indiana counties. The players range in age from 7 to adults.

Admission is free. Physically challenged players ages 5 to adult are welcome to attend Sitting Bulls practices on Saturdays at Planet Ice to try the sport.

For information, contact Russ White at (814) 244-1729 or whiteavengers99@aol. com.

Derry wins section match DERRY — Derry ran its section record to 7-0 by defeating North Catholic, 4-1, in a WPIAL Section 3-AA girls’ tennis match Monday.

Maria Palombo, Natalie Sarnese and Katie Enos won in straight sets in singles play for the Trojans. The No. 1 doubles team of Juliet Tatone and Maddie Johnston also scored a win.

Derry (11-2 overall) travels to Indiana on Friday.

Bob’s Pizza blanks Brunzies Bob’s Pizza blanked Brunzies, 3-0, in an Indiana Over40 League baseball game Sunday at S&T Bank Field.

Jim Kotechnicki and Fuzzy Bytch smacked two singles apiece to lead Bob’s Pizza.

Winning pitcher Dave Fairman struck out three and walked none in four innings, and Bill Thompson struck out three and walked none in three innings of relief.

Mike Turk suffered the loss.

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Rodgers, Pack ease past K.C.

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Exec.: Ref denies making remark CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The NFL vice president of officiating said that referee Ed Hochuli insists he never told Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton that he “wasn’t old enough” to get a personal foul call during Sunday’s game against the New Orleans Saints.

“Ed was adamant that he did not say that,” Dean Blandino told the NFL Network. “He told me that he said (to Newton) that ‘the difference is you were running.’ I think when you look at the tape it does look like Ed did say (the difference is you were running). I think that’s where we are right now and we’re just going to kind of move on from there.”

Newton called out the veteran referee after Carolina’s 27-22 win after he felt a personal foul should have been called on Saints defensive tackle Tyeler Davison for hitting him out of bounds after he released a pass.

• CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers said they’ve acquired veteran defensive end Jared Allen from the Chicago Bears in exchange for a future lateround draft pick.

The trade will become official once Allen passes a physical, team spokesman Steven Drummond told The Associated Press.

The Panthers felt the move was necessary after their top pass rusher Charles Johnson went down with a hamstring injury in Sunday’s 27-22 win over the New Orleans Saints.

Mariners name Dipoto new GM SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Mariners have found their new general manager, hiring former Angels GM Jerry Dipoto.

Seattle announced Dipoto’s hiring. He replaces Jack Zduriencik, who was fired in late August after seven disappointing seasons during which the club failed to end its playoff drought.

With the Toronto Blue Jays making the postseason this year, the Mariners now have the longest playoff absence in baseball at 14 years and counting.

Cities take steps in expansion UNDATED (AP) — Las Vegas and Quebec City are moving closer in their bids to land an NHL franchise.

A Bill Foley-led group and Montreal-based communications giant Quebecor are in the third and final stage of a process to potentially bring the world’s top hockey league to Las Vegas and Quebec City, respectively.

“They have been invited to make presentations to the Executive Committee on Tuesday,” NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly wrote in an email.

Later in the day, the committee will report to the NHL Board of Governors.

It is expected to take at least two years before the NHL would potentially have 32 teams playing.

Death of player ruled accidental WASHINGTON, N.J. (AP) — Authorities said a New Jersey high school star quarterback who collapsed after taking a hit on the playing field died from massive internal bleeding caused by a lacerated spleen.

The Morris County medical examiner’s office on Monday released the findings of an autopsy on 17-year-old Evan Murray.

It found Murray’s spleen was “abnormally enlarged,” making it more susceptible to injury.

Officials said there was no evidence of head trauma. The death has been ruled an accident.

The Warren Hills Regional High School player collapsed on the sidelines and died at a hospital.

By GENARO C. ARMAS

Another masterful performance by Rodgers made for a difficult night for Reid’s GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — defense.

Packers coach Mike McRodgers, who finished 24 Carthy is running out of su- of 35, again burned a secperlatives to describe Aaron ondary on free-play situaRodgers. tions following defensive Every week, his MVP penalties. The longest play quarterback dissects de- came on a 52-yard catch in fenses in painstakingly me- the fourth quarter by Jones thodical fashion. following an offside penalty, Rodgers threw for setting up Cobb’s 333 yards and five third touchdown touchdowns, incatch. cluding three to “His ability to realRandall Cobb, and ly process informaGreen Bay beat the tion is as good as I’ve Kansas City Chiefs ever been around,” 38-28 on Monday McCarthy said night. about Rodgers.

Rodgers led the The Chiefs were Packers (3-0) on two on alert for Rodgers’ AARON successful firsttendency to take adquarter drives that vantage of free RODGERS ended with scoring plays. passes to Cobb and rookie They still got beat.

Ty Montgomery.

“This is not acceptable, He found James Jones for and coach Andy Reid is not a 27-yard touchdown re- happy,” Chiefs linebacker ception late in the second Derrick Johnson said. quarter for a 24-7 lead at the The offense’s ability to break. build big leads feeds into “Aaron is a phenomenal the Packers’ philosophy of player ... and playing great making the opposing offootball,” McCarthy said fense one-sided. with a laugh. “I’ll just keep It helps when the Packers saying it.” can stop the running game, Green Bay built a 38-14 too. lead early in the fourth Despite the three touchquarter before withstanding down runs, the Packers prea late rush by Jamaal vented Charles from makCharles and the Chiefs. ing explosive plays, limiting Charles rushed for three him to 49 yards on 11 cartouchdowns for Kansas City ries.

(1-2), which followed its Kansas City stopped its stunning, last-minute loss long streak of no touchat home to Denver with a down receptions by a rerespectable fourth-quarter ceiver when Jeremy Maclin effort at raucous Lambeau hauled in a 5-yard TD pass Field. with 56 seconds left in the Charles’ 7-yard TD with third quarter to get the 1:25 left got the Chiefs with- Chiefs within 17, 31-14. in 10. But the end result was It was the first touchdown the same for Kansas City, pass caught by a receiver which lost its second since Donnie Avery had a straight.

79-yard catch-and-run “Green Bay did a nice job,” against the Indianapolis said a curt Chiefs coach Colts in a wild card game on Andy Reid.

Jan. 4, 2014.

AP Sports Writer

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INDIANA’S ROURKE JONES, left, ran past Homer-Center’s Michael Krejocic, right, and Anthony Rowland during a fifth- and sixth-grade game on Saturday. It was Indiana’s recognition game.

Ravens can’t dwell on record in short week

By DAVID GINSBURG AP Sports Writer

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens won’t have much time to lament their status as the only winless team in the AFC. Baltimore has a short work week before facing the rival Pittsburgh Steelers on the road Thursday night. The Ravens practiced Monday and will also hit the field Tuesday before heading north Wednesday.

During that quick turnaround, coach John Harbaugh and his players will strive to correct the many flaws that have contributed to Baltimore’s unprecedented 0-3 start.

On Sunday, the Ravens lost to Cincinnati 28-24 despite twice holding the lead in the fourth quarter. Baltimore gave up 383 yards passing, managed only 36 yards on the ground and was flagged for 13 penalties totaling 116 yards.

“We’ve just got to get better at what we’re doing, across the board,” Harbaugh said Monday.

There is much to do, but in this case, a short week is actually a good thing.

“You do like to get right back at it, there’s no question about it, win or lose,” Harbaugh said. “But especially when you lose, you want to get right back at it and get a chance to redeem yourself. The guys are excited about that.”

In his previous seven years as Baltimore’s coach, Harbaugh never experienced an 0-2 start. Before Sunday, the Ravens were the only current team in the NFL that had never been 0-3. In spite of it all, Harbaugh has not lost faith that this season can be salvaged.

“We’re a very confident football team,” he said. “We feel like we can overcome any ad-

versity. We have before, and we will again.”

Steve Smith was spectacular against the Bengals, catching 13 passes for 186 yards and two touchdowns. The 36-year-old worked so hard and was so exhausted that he received intravenous fluids on the sideline in the fourth quarter.

And now, with very little time to recover, Smith and the Ravens are headed to Pittsburgh (2-1).

“We don’t have a choice,” Smith said. “If we would have won, it would have been a quick turnaround. Let’s go down there. We’re going to Pittsburgh. That’s going to be a physical, bullish kind of game.”

In each of their defeats, the Ravens have been in position to win in the fourth quarter.

Instead, they lost at Denver 19-13 and at Oakland 37-33 before coming up short against the Bengals.

That is cause for optimism for Harbaugh, who believes all the preparation that took place in the spring and summer will ultimately pay off in the fall.

“I told the guys, ‘We stand on the foundation of a lot of hard work, a lot of good work that we’ve put underneath ourselves,” the coach said.

“That does not disappear. We’ve been within a whisker, a play really, of winning all three of these games. That doesn’t count for a hill of beans when it’s all said and done and you look back, but it does count for something going forward.”

The last team to reach the playoffs after starting 0-3 was the 1998 Buffalo Bills.

“It’s a really tough situation for us. We have to grind our way, fight our way out of this,” guard Marshal Yanda said. “We need to forget about this and get a win.”

Vick set to step in as starter Continued from Page 13 next, other than to say it will be “a number of weeks.”

Roethlisberger fell awkwardly while getting tackled

by St. Louis safety Mark Barron, the quarterback’s left leg twisting gruesomely as he fell to the turf. An MRI revealed no major structural damage, though Roethlisberger will miss multiple starts due to injury for only the second time in his 12-year career.

Enter Vick, a four-time Pro Bowler signed in August who quickly earned the backup job. He completed 5 of 6 passes for 38 yards after Roethlisberger’s exit, hardly the game-breaking stuff of Vick’s prime. Then again, he wasn’t asked to do much other than avoid mistakes while the defense preserved a second-half lead.

The challenge will change considerably at home against a winless rival, though Tomlin is hardly worried about Vick’s ability to get prepared in the 100 hours in between games.

“This isn’t his first rodeo,” Tomlin said.

Maybe, but it will mark just Vick’s fourth start in the last two years. His only victory in that span? A 20-13 upset of the Steelers last November while playing for the New

York Jets. Vick will have considerably more weapons at his disposal in Pittsburgh with running back Le’Veon Bell and wide receiver Antonio Brown.

Just don’t expect Vick to be given as much latitude as Roethlisberger, who has spent the last three-plus seasons working with offensive coordinator Todd Haley. Vick, by contrast, has been in town less than five weeks.

“We’re going to work in his comfort zone and bring the game to him and put us in position to win football games,” Tomlin said.

A half decade removed from his last truly special season — when he won the Comeback Player of the Year in 2010 while with Philadelphia — Vick is less gamechanger and more game manager. If Vick’s job is to simply help Pittsburgh’s two stars do theirs, that’s fine by him.

“I won’t put it all on my shoulders,” Vick said. “I’ll take sole responsibility of everything that happens, but I’m just going to prepare myself and get myself in the position to help this football team.”

The patented “Vick flick” is still there. Vick’s first pass during the preseason was a

63-yard rainbow to Martavis Bryant. There were no fireworks in St. Louis, though he did hit Bell with a pretty back shoulder throw that helped Pittsburgh flip the field.

While Vick’s arrival was met with a small din of protest — the lingering residue of Vick’s time in federal prison stemming from his role in a dogfighting ring — he quickly ingratiated himself in one of the league’s more stable locker rooms. His stall is right next to fellow backup Landry Jones and Vick has done his best to absorb whatever has been thrown his way.

“He’s a leader and he’s been doing it for a long time,” Brown said.

“It’s not only about him.

We’ve got to be able to help him, catching passes, got to be able to run the ball, protect the ball and help him out.”

NOTES: Tomlin declined to take issue with Barron’s hit on Roethlisberger, pointing to a letter coaches received from the league about being critical of officials. ... Linebacker Ryan Shazier (shoulder) could miss his second straight game. ... Linebacker James Harrison (thumb) and tight end Matt Spaeth (fractured hand) will be evaluated later in the week.

Pitt’s backfield remains jumbled Continued from Page 13 Pitt is just 73rd in the country in yards rushing, not exactly the best way to take the pressure off quarterbacks Peterman and Chad Voytik.

“It’s not going to get any easier as you move through the ACC,” Narduzzi said.

Certainly not against the Hokies, who were competitive during an emotional opening loss to defending national champion Ohio State, but are coming off a 35-28 loss at East Carolina.

A chance at redemption begins at the start of league play, and the Panthers know they need something from their trio of running backs to help Peterman continue his gradually improving early season performance.

The graduate transfer from Tennessee began summer drills as the backup, but his reps increased through the first two weeks before he got the start against the Hawkeyes. He was 20-for-29 for 219 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.

While Narduzzi struggles to tolerate the mistakes, he also can’t look past the way Peterman led a second-half comeback, tying the game with 52 seconds to play on an 8-yard score to Tyler Boyd.

It was the kind of heady play that led offensive coordinator Jim Chaney to recruit Peterman when Chaney was working at Tennessee.

Reunited at Pitt, the two have found a rapport that has paid early dividends.

Narduzzi didn’t rule out giving Voytik — who ran for 118 yards against the Hokies last fall — a handful of plays, but for now the starting job is Peterman’s to lose thanks to part to the ability to throw it anywhere on the field.

“If you can drop back with all the different formations and pass concepts we have, to be accurate with the ball is good,” Narduzzi said. “It’s accuracy, really.

It’s where he’s putting the ball and his vision, finding the open guy and putting it where it needs to be.”

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Let the hunt begin While any month that ends in the letters “er” is a good one, the next three are what many wait for all year.

Archery season opens Saturday and runs into November, allowing ample opportunity at venison.

Autumn is an exciting time, with wildlife activity increasing as the need to feed rises.

The majority of bow hunters take to the trees to help conceal scent and movement along with providing a better vantage point. Those new and old alike to the arrow and string will benefit from shooting from an elevated Zeke Wilson position or covers the preferably their outdoors for own treestand.

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Email: sports@ treestands is almost a given, indiana but the gazette.net legalization of crossbows has added a lot more walking hunters to the woods.

In the early years of archery, hunting from the ground was a given, but today few would consider such methods. The thick undergrowth of early fall is difficult to thread an arrow through, and shooting from above helps alleviate this. It takes just one twig or briar catching a broadhead blade to send the arrow off target.

Shooting and then sharpening broadheads is necessary to insure a clean kill and easy blood trail. Dull broadheads can pass through an animal, pushing aside arteries and organs rather than slicing them.

Food is the driving factor in deer movement in early October, and often the nighttime hours are when most deer activity occurs. Frustration often follows the first week as archers grow tired of hunting the first half-hour and last half-hour of shooting.

When things are wet, leaving the stand and still-hunting will allow more deer sightings.

Catching deer in their beds is difficult, but when knowledge of the hunt area exists and the wind cooperates, it can be done consistently.

When the leaves are quiet after rain it can make slipping into a mature buck’s hideout almost easy. Stopping and scanning with each step is difficult and painstakingly slow.

Constant attention is required, and for many the still-hunt soon becomes a march through the woods.

Use of a treestand helps hunters stay put because once they have climbed the tree it makes sense to stay in place until dark. When I attempt to post up and hunt a trail from the ground, often it takes only an hour before 80 yards away looks better or I decide the deer aren’t moving. Confidence in your ambush spot is almost as important as shooting ability.

After archery hunting for more than 15 years, I have found a few trees that are best to climb in early November.

While it is difficult to ignore the opening day and October, confidence in these ambush spots as the rut comes to life lets my bow hang for much of this month. Sadly, things change in the woods, with nature and man often eliminating a known hotspot and transferring the deer movement elsewhere. I have seen a fallen tree shift a deer trail, and a 20-yard detour could be just enough to be out of bow range.

Cutting shooting lanes should already be done, but it can still be done for areas that won’t see attention until November.

Harvesting deer now allows more habitat that can hide small game and feed those deer that survive the hunting season.

The youth small game seasons are fast approaching, allowing a chance for young hunters to receive all the attention. Unfortunately, the underbrush is still thick, and often briars are at eye level for the shorter youth. Climbing a cut-off stump after unloading my shotgun was always a favorite method of gaining vantage as a beagle circled the rabbit.

While the going might be a little tough, these youth days allow kids to be the main focus.

ZEKE WILSON

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 — Page 19

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Fall bass bonanza about to start

Whatever the reason, action heats up when weather cools

By JEFF KNAPP

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It’s a time I look forward to each year — that period of time during the fall and early winter when some of the year’s biggest bass show up. If you hit things right, you’re likely to have your best day of the season.

The common theory is that larger bass feed heavily during the fall, stoking up for the long, cold months of inactivity soon to come.

It makes for catchy attention-getters on the fall covers of the outdoors magazines, ones like “Cash in on the Fall Bass Bonanza.”

Such a line of thinking makes sense, and I buy into it to a degree.

But big bass must feed heavily during the summer, too; their high metabolism in the warm water demands it. However, fishing and boating pressure is high during the summer. Food fish tend to be plentiful, the water is often clear, days long and bright, and bass more finicky.

Exactly how these elements affect a bass’ feeding activities is relative to the type of environment it inhabits. But in general, I think autumn’s shortening days, cooling water temperatures and more limited food sources compact the bigger bass’ foraging opportunities, making them more vulnerable to an angler’s efforts.

Regardless of the reasons, there’s no argument that the fall provides excellent fishing for bigger bass — both smallmouth and largemouth — in reservoirs, lakes and rivers.

Why that happens is just fodder for anglers to ponder, an enjoyable byproduct.

The annual transition that sees fewer small bass and more big ones being caught begins, in my experience, as the water temperature drops into the high 50s. By the time it reaches the upper 40s, nearly all the bass I catch are in the 15- to 20inch range. Below 40 degrees, bass can still be caught, though presentations typically must be ultra-slow.

Translated into calendar terms, typically things get going around mid-October. November is often the best month. In years when the cool-down is gradual, good fishing extends into December, even January in some instances. To the best of my recollection, the only month during which I haven’t caught an open-water bass might be February, though many years ago my friend Dave Keith and I had several trips on the Ohio River when we caught smallmouth bass during the dead of winter (while targeting walleyes); some of these might have been in February.

A comparatively warm November afternoon on Yellow Creek Lake provided me with my biggest-ever largemouth bass. An extensive shallow flat, one loaded with cattails, gave way to a secondary creek channel in depths of around 15 feet.

The place had been exceptional that spring, providing many largemouths in excess of 20 inches, including a 6.5-pound, 22-incher taken in early April. I’d kept that fish to have it mounted. That November afternoon a 24-incher inhaled a spinnerbait bumped along the edge of the cattails. My spring fish hadn’t even been completed yet by the taxidermist, so I released the big largemouth, one that likely went

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BIG BASS, like this 19-inch smallmouth taken recently by John Nemcek, become more common during fall and early winter. over 7 pounds.

Over the years Keystone Lake has produced a lot of big bass, both largemouth and smallmouth, well into the fall. Unlike Yellow Creek, I’ve never experienced consistent action on Keystone early in the year, as in shortly after ice-out. But during the fall I’ve taken plenty of big bass well into December. Nearly all of these fish have come from Keystone’s deep weeds, some of which often stay green throughout the winter.

My biggest smallmouth from an inland natural lake (as opposed to one of the Great Lakes) was a November fish from Conneaut Lake that went 5.5 pounds. Darl Black, Dave Lehman and I were fishing live minnows under Darl’s direction, a tactic that has been produc-

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Fall fishing for river smallmouth bass can be particularly productive since fish concentrate in protective “wintering holes.” Two of my biggest river smallies came a few days after Christmas, ones caught within minutes, 20-plus inchers that pulled the scale to nearly 5 pounds each.

One the Susquehanna, a wintering hole near Fort Hunter provided great smallmouth fishing during a January day.

With the calendar about to flip to October, the “fall bonanza” is about to start.

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Shelocta club to hold shoot SHELOCTA — The Shelocta Sportsmen’s Club will hold a turkey shoot on Sunday, Oct. 11.

Registration is at noon, and the shoots start at 1 p.m.

Action shoots slated at club A Cowboy Action Shoot will be held at the Indiana County Bow and Gun Club on Sunday, Oct. 11.

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

The entry fee is $15. Shooters under 16 years of age must be accompanied by a parent. No shooters under 12 are allowed.

Single Action Shooting Society rules apply.

Appropriate dress of the late 1800s is required.

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

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

For information, contact Art Grguric at (724) 9728675 or Jon Neese at (724) 910-1947.

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

• Where — Shannock Valley Sportstmen’s Club When — Sunday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Contact — Rod Burns, (724) 238-9523 Location — 446 State Route 1037, Kittanning • Where — East Run Sportsmans Club When — Saturday, Oct. 10, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Contact — Michael Yanity, (724) 254-9264 Location — 1668 Sebring Road, Marion Center • Where — Apollo-Spring Church Sportsmen’s Club When — Saturday, Oct. 17, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Contact — Marvin Geer, (724) 478-1248 Location — 1921 Route 56, Spring Church • Where — Nanty Glo Fire Company When — Sunday, Nov. 1, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Contact — Byron Biishop, (814) 242-6395 Location — 870 Chestnut St., Nanty Glo

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When the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra appears Wednesday evening in Fisher Auditorium, it will be under the direction of the orchestraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest resident conductor, Francesco LecceChong.

Lecce-Chong was raised in Colorado and began taking lessons at 8. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I grew up in an artistic family, but no musicians at all,â&#x20AC;? he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;so I was kind of off on my own.â&#x20AC;? LecceChong studied piano, violin, viola, clarinet and composing, saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do enough music.â&#x20AC;?

He began conducting at the age of 16 with the Boulder Youth Symphony. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I caught the bug early on,â&#x20AC;?

Lecce-Chong said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was really lucky. A lot of people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get to conduct until they are in their 20s.â&#x20AC;?

He went on to obtain a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in piano and conducting from Mannes College of Music, and then earned a diploma from the Curtis Institute of Music, before serving for four years as the associate conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

When not conducting, Lecce-Chong relaxes by listening to â&#x20AC;&#x153;anything thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not classical music,â&#x20AC;? he said with a laugh. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It keeps my brain too active because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m constantly analyzing the performance,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let it go.â&#x20AC;?

Instead, Lecce-Chong enjoys classic rock and any kind of jazz, as well as other forms of music. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t one genre of music I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t listened to

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FRANCESCO LECCE-CHONG will be directing the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at 8 p.m.

Wednesday in Fisher Auditorium on the IUP campus. and enjoyed at some point in my life.â&#x20AC;?

Lecce-Chong is looking forward to his debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The orchestra here in Pittsburgh is amazing,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Their reputation precedes them, and I was looking for the opportunity to work with a larger orchestra, so I jumped at the chance when the opening became available.â&#x20AC;?

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also getting to know Pittsburgh, and enjoyed a recent stroll through the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s renowned Strip District. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I loved the whole area,â&#x20AC;?

Lecce-Chong said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of the little ethnic grocery stores and shops were amazing.â&#x20AC;?

For its return to the Fisher

Auditorium stage, the PSO will present a program that includes â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chaconne,â&#x20AC;? by Bach and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Symphony No. 8,â&#x20AC;?

by Beethoven. For the second half, the PSO will be joined by 42 specially selected IUP student musicians performing Griegâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peer Gyntâ&#x20AC;? Suite No. 1 and Borodinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Polovtsian Dances from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Prince Igor.â&#x20AC;?

In addition to his debut with the PSO, this will also be the first time that LecceChong has conducted a symphony orchestra that includes student musicians. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really excited that the students are performing with us,â&#x20AC;? he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;since itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always thought should be done.â&#x20AC;?

Tickets for Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show are available online at IUPTickets.com or the Lively Arts website, iup.edu/lively arts. They can also be purchased at the Hadley Union Building ticket office on the IUP campus or by calling the HUB ticket office at (724) 357-1313.

Tickets for any seats remaining will be sold at the door starting one hour prior to the performance. Tickets are priced at $40 for regular admission, $34 for seniors and groups, and $18 for students and children.

For more information on this and other events within the Lively Arts, call (724) 3572787 (ARTS) or email livelyarts@iup.edu.

Cuoco cringes over old â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Big Bangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; episodes

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press

NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kaley Cuoco says she cringes when she watches old episodes of CBSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Big Bang Theory,â&#x20AC;? now in its ninth season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do stop and watch because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m appalled by what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m seeing,â&#x20AC;? she said in a recent interview. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Kaley, what is that choice?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I usually put it on mute because I cannot stand the sound of my voice, especially early on. But (I look to) kind of see what I was wearing, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hilarious.â&#x20AC;?

Her representative said last weekend the actress and Ryan Sweeting have â&#x20AC;&#x153;mutually decided to end their marriage.â&#x20AC;? The couple tied the knot in a New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eve ceremony in 2013.

Cuoco, 29, has starred on â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Big Bang Theoryâ&#x20AC;?

(Mondays at 8 p.m.) since 2007. In a recent interview, she talked about understanding the devotion of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Bangâ&#x20AC;? fans and her dream acting gig.

Associated Press: Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your dressing room on the set like?

Cuoco: My dressing room is amazing. Actually we all redecorated a couple years ago and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m actually redecorating again right now. (Co-star) Johnny (Galecki) likes to say my room looks like a porn star threw up in it. I tend to disagree. I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very offensive. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s everything that your own bedroom could not be. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hot pink carpet, wallpaper head to toe. I mean itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing. Chandeliers. That is my haven.

KALEY CUOCO ... stars as Penny AP: Do you think your acting has gotten better since those early episodes of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Big Bang Theoryâ&#x20AC;??

Cuoco: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll look back on season one or two and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m like, â&#x20AC;&#x153;How did I get hired?

Like, what was I doing? What was that tone in my voice?â&#x20AC;? I talked up here. Thank god they saw through that. Over the years Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve totally settled and gotten that much cooler and better but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funny, I look back on a lot of shows and you look back to season one and those season ones arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t so good. (Laughs.)

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re like, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh my god, this was horribleâ&#x20AC;? because now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so good. Like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just such a difference. At the time it was great. ... I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe I got hired, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s put it that way.

It was not good.

AP: Have you ever been a fan of a TV show the way some people are of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Bangâ&#x20AC;??

Cuoco: I grew up with

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Friendsâ&#x20AC;? from day one and like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seinfeldâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Frasier,â&#x20AC;? those sorts of shows, but for sure â&#x20AC;&#x153;Friendsâ&#x20AC;? was it for our family. Like we would watch every Thursday night at eight oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock, I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait. And Rachel, Jennifer Aniston, to this day is still my girl crush, you know?

I loved her on the show, I loved her outside of the show, how she behaved. She was funny and cool and cute and I just idolized her. But the show itself, I mean, I get it now when people come up and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never missed an episodeâ&#x20AC;? and they know all the story lines.

I know every story line about â&#x20AC;&#x153;Friends,â&#x20AC;? I know every

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IUP Homecoming concert scheduled Sunday in Fisher This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Homecoming Concert is titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;A New Beginningâ&#x20AC;? as IUP and the Department of Music welcome Timothy Paul, the new conductor of the IUP Wind Ensemble and IUPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director of bands. The concert will be performed at 3 p.m. Sunday in Fisher Auditorium of IUPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Performing Arts Center.

This celebration will also feature the symphony band plus the combining of the IUP concert band and Indiana Symphonic Winds, showcasing the talents of IUP students and the surrounding community. The concert is part of the Sound Choices series highlighting the premiere concerts of the Department of Music.

The repertoire for the Oct. 4 performance includes â&#x20AC;&#x153;March,â&#x20AC;? by Sergei Prokofiev, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Molly on the Shore,â&#x20AC;? by noted composer Percy Grainger. The concert also includes â&#x20AC;&#x153;Angels in the Architectureâ&#x20AC;? by Frank Ticheli featuring Holly Moore, soprano, and James Stephensonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dodecafecta,â&#x20AC;? featuring the HoodleBug Brass, IUPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s faculty brass quintet.

Paul, stepping into the position held previously by Jack Stamp, who retired in May, received his Bachelor of Music degree from Lenoir-Rhyne College and then attended the North Carolina School of the Arts as a post-baccalaureate student, where he studied horn performance and conducting. He then obtained his Master of Music degree in music education from Florida State University and Doctor of Musical Arts in wind band conduction and literature from the University of Colorado.

Paul has received many selected honors and awards including the Phi Beta Mu Florida Chapterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Distinguished Director Award, John Philip Sousa Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sudler Flag of Honor, and national winner of the UMI/ASBDA Distinguished Young Band Directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Award.

In 2014, Paul founded the International Fellowship of Conductors, Composers and Collaborators, an inno-

TIMOTHY PAUL ... IUP director vative, new venue created to celebrate wind music.

The group aims to support and enhance the collaboration between the key contributors to the development and advancement of wind band literature.

Paul maintains an active schedule as a guest conductor and clinician throughout the United States and internationally.

He is also the immediate past president of the College Band Directors National Association Northwest Division, as well as professional affiliations with the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, National Band Association, Phi Beta Mu, the National Association for Music Education, and the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association.

Tickets for the event are available online at IUPTickets.com or the Lively Arts website at iup.edu/lively arts. They can also be purchased at the Hadley Union Building ticket office on the IUP campus or by calling the HUB ticket office at (724) 357-1313.

Tickets for any seats remaining will be sold at the door starting one hour prior to the performance. Regular admission is $11, admission for seniors citizens 60 and older is $9; and tickets for ICard holders, students and children are $7.

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Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d just walk right up like, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hey, Ross!â&#x20AC;? So, I get it.

AP: If you could act in another type of genre, what would it be?

Cuoco: A Western. And they should put me in one because I ride horses, OK? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a country girl at heart. I think an old-school Western would kind of be really up my alley and would be so fun, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so comfortable in that genre and around horses.

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Real Estate Transfers Gary C. Stover and Olga Stover to Coyote Republic, Grant Township, $62,500 Robert G. Barton and Bonya Barton AKA Bonya L. Barton to Robert G. Barton, Blairsville Borough, second ward, $1 Glenn R. Kepple and Laura F. Kepple to Salvatore Conigliaro and Bonny Lou Conigliaro, Burrell Township, $17,000 Jess W. Lloyd and Lyda M. Lloyd to David L. Bartlebaugh and Lorilei C. Bartlebaugh, Buffington Township, $1 Joseph S. Kurnocik Revoc LVG TR by TR and Joanne J. Kurnocik Revoc LVG TR by TR to William J. Kurnocik, Blairsville Borough, third ward, $1 Jonathan D. Illig to Thomas J. Livingston, White Township, $235,000 John T. Brady to Jeffrey N. Learn and Karen Learn, Green Township, $10,000 Deborah Lynn Cowan by SHF to HSBC Bank USA National Association as TR and Wells Fargo Home Equity AssetBacked Securities 2006-1 by TR, Blairsville Borough, second ward, $1,265.32 Marjorie L. Sinclair Est. to Robin L. Sinclair, David T. Sinclair and Susan Bruker, Armstrong Township, $1 Paul D. Byler and Sara J. Byler AKA Sarah J. Byler to Allen J. Troyer, North Mahoning Township, $100,000 Kathleen C. Barrett to Garrett E. Hagerman and Amanda Jo Hagerman, Clymer Borough, $17,900 Robin J. Sharp and Robin J. George to Robin J. George and Gregory L. George, Conemaugh Township, $1 Geraldine M. Holloway to Howard J. Gongloff II and Teresa M. Gongloff, Cherryhill Township, $10,000 Nancy L. Bonanigo by POA and Liane Bonarrigo NKA Liane Santilli to Daniel K. Wilkins and Anne M. Wilkins, Blairsville Borough, third ward, $242,000

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CLYMER: 1 bedroom, $525 mo.,all utilities included, no smoking, no pets (724) 254-0995 or (724) 254-2756

2 BDR, W/D, AC, Gas heat, sec. lt. $550 + $250 sec. dep. No pets. Non Smoking. (724) 801-8240

COLONIAL MANOR 1 bdr furnished. & unfurnished. 2 bdr unfurnished. Call for info.

(724) 463-9290. 9-4pm. colonialmanorindianapa .com

CLARKSBURG Area: trailer, 2 bdrm, no pets, $400/mo. + utilities, sec. dep. req. (724) 639-3289

DUPLEX in boro: 3 bdrm, 2 bath, lg yard, Indiana, off street parking, $750/ mo. 724-349-7040 lv msg INDIANA: Avail. now!

Clean, 2nd flr, 2 bdr, carpet, appl., Non smoking, No pets $500/mo + gas/ elec. (724) 465-6807 NEW 1 bdr, Indiana, $540/mo. incl sewage, garbage & water. No Pets. Call (412) 289-0382 SPACIOUS One bdrm, Indiana. $490 month incl. sewage, garbage & water. (412) 289-0382 SPACIOUS 1 bdrm, $560 + elec. Great location + lots of storage! Dishwasher, a/c, frig, stove, off-street pkg. No pets, ns. Call (724) 349-2638 VARIETY of Rentals, short or long term, furnished or unfurnished. $455/mo. to $1200/mo.

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3 BDR, 2 car garage, a/c, water & heat included, Pet friendly. Starford. $750/mo.

(724) 388-3512 3 Bedroom , $600/mo + sec. + utilities, no smoking, no pets. Call (724) 422-4945 BORO: Very nice! 4 bdrm, 1.5 bath. $800/mo plus utilities. Sec dep. No pets. (724) 840-2683 INDIANA Boro: 3 bedroom, $650 plus utilities.

No pets. (724) 422-3464

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3 BDRM duplex in Blairsville, Appliances incl., No Pets. $600/mo + sec dep.

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IN Town, 651 N. Sixth St. 3 bdr, 2 1/2 bath. 1500 sq.ft. $1,000/mo. (724) 464-9997.

HOMER Center School District, some utilities incl, for more details call (724) 541-3265 or (724)541-3200 Rayne Twp: A Beautiful home, country setting, fridge, stove,decks, sparkling clean. 349-9026

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Full benefits, competitive wage, paid vacation.

Must have a positive attitude.

Must have valid drivers license.

Willing to train the right person.

No phone calls please.

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TYSON FARM: 3 bdr, 1ba, $4,000 move in today. Close by 9/30 & rec.

1/mo free rent. We also have others. Call (724) 349-7300

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FROM ESTABLISHME NT TO DISLODGEMENT Thaksin Shinawatra, the prime minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006, said, “I’m very disappointed by the maturedemocracy countries. I was ousted by a coup d’etat.”

Yesterday, we looked at the Deschapelles Coup.

Here is its cousin.

South is in three notrump, and West leads his fourthhighest spade. What happens after that?

North opened with a weak two-bid.

South used the artificial two-notrump inquiry and learned that his partner had a maximum with a

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DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL Fayette Resources, a local non-profit agency, is seeking caring individuals to work with adults who have intellectual disabilities in the Indiana County Area.

Full Time and Part Time positions available.

Must be 18 years old, have a valid Pennsylvania driver license and dependable transportation. Excellent benefits package available and competitive wages. Act 33 & 34 clearances and pre-employment drug screening conducted upon job offer. Fayette Resources is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All interested applicants may download an application online at www. fayetteresources .org or in person at Indiana West Shopping Plaza, Suite 900, 2440 Philadelphia St, Indiana, Pa 15801 or Call 724-464-5270.

There will be open interviews September 28th from 10pm to 3pm in the Indiana office listed above.

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feature (usually the ace or king) in hearts.

In no-trump, one typically returns partner’s lead as quickly as possible.

Here, though, if East wins with his spade ace and plays a second spade, South takes the trick, drives out the diamond ace, and has nine winners: two spades, one heart, five diamonds and one club.

East must get the heart ace off the board so that declarer cannot establish and run the diamonds. At trick two, East must shift to the heart king.

South wins with dummy’s ace and plays on diamonds. East just holds up his ace for two rounds. (West’s two is surely a singleton; with a doubleton, he would play high-low.) Then South has no resource.

This is called a Merrimac Coup, named after the American steamship Merrimac, which was sunk in the entrance to Santiago de Cuba harbor in 1898 during the Spanish-American War in an attempt to bottle up the Spanish fleet.

Finally, note that the coup works even if West had started with king-jack-fifth of spades.

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SERVICE ADVISER

Glenn Bush Ford Is Hiring!

Service Adviser Needed Immediately For Customer Satisfaction Oriented Shop • Hourly Pay • Benefits • Free Health Insurance • Vacation Prior Automotive Customer Service Experience Preferred Call Aaron 724.478.4113

GLENN BUSH FORD INC. LICENSED INSURANCE AGENT NEEDED The Thomas M. Frick Insurance Agency, is in need of a full time licensed insurance agent / CSR to join our staff.

Please send resumes to: 56 S. 6th St. Suite 100 Indiana, PA 15701 or email to: frick. insurance@gmail.com Loving families needed!

FCCY needs caring foster parents for children who can no longer live at home. 1-800-747-3807.

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LPN - Full Time Fayette Resources, Inc., a local non-profit agency in Indiana, Pa is currently seeking a Full Time LPN to work in our Indiana office. Responsibilities would include managing the health and welfare of individuals with intellectual disabilities including doctor appointments, tracking medical documentation, daily health issues, training Direct Care Professionals on medical support as needed and teaching Medication Administration Training in the Dubois / Indiana Region. A current, active LPN License is required, as well as two years experience as an LPN and experience with intellectual disabilities is preferred.

Excellent communication skills are required and MS Office skills are also necessary. This position comes with an excellent benefit package and a competitive starting wage. Please submit a letter of interest with your resume to: Fayette Resources, Inc., ATTN: Bridget Reilly, 2450 Philadelphia Street Suite 900 Indiana PA 15701 or email breilly@ fayetteresources.org Deadline for resumes is September 30, 2015.

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TRUCK DRIVER Full or part-time. Covered Wagon/Low Boy. Current CDL Class A, Two years experience. Local work, Home most nights, some dedicated runs. Excellent Pay, Health benefits, Vacation & Holiday pay.

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Please apply in person at the Y of Indiana County or send letters and resumes to jenvilla@icymca.org 60 N Ben Franklin Rd Indiana, PA 15701

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KING’S CROWN thumbprint stemware, Four 8 oz ruby red & crystal. $15 each or $50 for all. (724) 465-8252

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MEN’S SHIRTS: 25 men’s medium shirts, flannel casual and dress.

Take all for $20. (724) 286-9031 SEVEN Men’s sports coats, size 44, all in very good condition, $10 ea.

(724) 726-5414

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PLASTIC Pet Carrying case, $25 obo. (724) 479-8745

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Excercise bike , good working condition, asking $30. Call (724) 254-2343 NOODLE Rods: (1) Browning 9’ used once & (1) Fenwick 11’ brand new, never used. $150.00 for both or obo. Call (724) 468-8296

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TREK ROAD BIKE, male bike, 54 centimeters, carbon fiber, 5200 series , brown in color, asking $500.

Call (724) 349-9016

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10 x 10 wooden shed, hip brook on it, ramp , 2 tone grey in color, 2 way barn doors, 2 yrs old, asking $1500 obo. Call (724) 349-0126

Building Supplies

INTERIOR Door, 32” wide X 77” high, $15.

(724) 349-2171

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Vintage Atlas portable battery charger, asking $45. Call (724) 422-7870

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36” Sony Colored TV, with stand w/shelf , heavy , good working condition, asking $50. Call (724) 567-6114 CASA VERO by ACK kitchen cannisters, ceramic, hand painted, 4 pcs, excellent condition. $40. Call (724) 349-1289

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BARBIE Play House with working door bell, 2 stools, 2 windows, excellent condition. $75. (724) 354-5272 FOOTBALL Tickets: 2 PSU-Indiana, Oct 10 Homecoming. $90 includes parking. Call (724) 349-3342 GAS Charbroil Grill, 3 burner w/side burner part stainless, good condition. $35. (724) 465-4065 Stadium Seat, folding, with blanket, asking $5.00.

Call (724) 286-9140

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COLEMAN Queen size air mattress with pump, used once, $25. (814) 948-7529

DOUBLE bowl stainless steel sink with faucets. $40. Call (724) 388-3388

Gather Those Leaves Yard machine, 14.5 Hp w/bagger, 42” deck. $335. (724) 465-4065

QUEEN Size Water bed bladder, liner and frame.

No leaks. $40. (724) 479-3436 THOMAS Kinkade Pine pencil canopy bed, queen size, good condition. $350. (724) 354-5272 VASES: qty of 40, excellent condition, $15.00 for all. Call (724) 459-5803 Appliances For Sale

GE Refrigerator. good working condition, 2 doors. $225.00. (724) 463-0060 SEARS Kenmore Hi-efficiency washer & dryer, 2 years old, excellent condition. $600.00 Call (724) 467-0128

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DACHSHUND Puppies: Mini, black & tan and silver dapple, 1st shots, $400. (724) 783-6533

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TRUCK CAP, black 6ft’ leer truck cap, off Chevy Sonoma Short bed, good condition, $100. (724) 479-8694

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1999 OLDS ALERO: 122K, good condition, new tires, $2,000. Call (814) 948-5018

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DIGI-WALKER GPS, model c220, portable car navagation system with gps, asking $50. Call (724) 349-9016

Parts & Accessories For Sale

(1) BRAND New Bridgestone Dueler 225-70-16 mounted on a new polish aluminum Toyota rim, $100 for both. (724) 549-8795

2000 Mercury Villager, 7 psgr. van, leather, loaded, newer tires, inspected, clean, runs great. $3,300. (724) 5412919

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2005 HONDA ATV 350 with snow plow & winch. $1,995.00 (814) 749-9446

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Laverne Martin Farm, 2173 Aulds Run Rd., Homer City, PA Directions: From Rt. 56 in Brush Valley take 259 South for 3 miles or From Rt. 22 take 259 North 4 miles

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Equipment: Corn Picker, 20,000lb trailer, 14,000lb trailer, air compressors, 13 hp Honda, 6.5 hp motor, 85 Bushel feed bin, McCormick 2 horse cultivator, 20+ chainsaws, 0044 Stihl, MS660, MS290, MS250, MS260, 026, 024, 025, 021, Husqvarna 55, 51,445, 340, and many many more.

Horse and Tack: Misc. New and Used Tack, Saddles (English and Western), Pony Carts and Harnesses...ect.

Sporting Goods: New and used crossbows and compounds, Muzzleloader, Ammo, 22, 243, 270, ect. Fishing supplies...etc.

Livestock: Laying chickens, Minis and Ponys, Morgan Mare in foal to Friesian Stallion Household: Assorted lawn furniture, Lone Star Flower Quilt, Planters...etc.

Groceries: Assorted Groceries and Snacks Many more items by sale time. No “No-Sales”.

All items sold to highest bidder.

Auctioneers: Ivan King (AU005712) For More Information Call (814) 749-8457

Office Equipment For Sale

LEOPOLD office desk, 34x60, $100.00 Call (724) 463-0060

GINSENG Buying at Dollar Store formerly Andy’s 119 North Indiana from 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm on Tuesdays; Sept. 15, 29, Oct. 13 & 27. Call after 7pm. (724) 322-1813

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Dora the Explorer, comforter with matching sheets and pillow case, asking $10. Call (724) 349-3681

FULL size mattress, box springs & bed frame, good condition, $30. Call (724) 464-8927

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TWO Highchairs in great condition. $25. each.

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