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Who’s in the news There is good news today in The Indiana Gazette about these area people: Joanna Dinger, Linda Bara, Tom Brubaker, Frank Schweigert, James Rusko.

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Walters deemed fit for court Suspect in beating death of prof completes treatment

By CHAUNCEY ROSS

chauncey@indianagazette.net

An Indiana man accused of the beating death of his mother one year ago has been cleared to face homi-

cide charges following six months of mental health treatment.

Todd Walters, 37, last week completed a courtordered inpatient program

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at Torrance State Hospital, where doctors determined he is now competent to participate in his defense, said Indiana County District Attorney Patrick Dougherty.

Walters was returned Thursday to the Indiana County Jail to await a preliminary hearing in Indiana District Court. Proceedings have been delayed more than a year for evaluation of

his psychological issues.

“Now they’ve found his competence has been restored and he’s on a regimen of medications,” Dougherty said. “Based on their opinions, he is now competent to stand trial.”

Indiana Borough police have accused Walters of fatally beating his mother, retired Indiana University of Pennsylvania geography professor Ruth Shirey, on Feb. 20, 2015, in their home along Diamond Avenue.

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PRISON EDUCATION: For decades, government dollars stopped flowing into prisons for education programs, but that’s now starting to change as studies show that educating inmates behind bars helps lower the rates at which they return to prison./Page 3 REQUEST REJECTED: A Ku Klux Klan leader who was injured when his small group of demonstrators brawled with counter-protesters says he called police beforehand asking for security and was denied./Page 5 WIN FOR APPLE: A federal judge ruled Monday that the Justice Department cannot use a 227-year-old law to force Apple to provide the FBI with access to locked iPhone data./Page 7 CLASSIC CUISINE: Stuffed Eggs, featured in a recipe from 1902, make a terrific party dish./Page 10

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HILLARY CLINTON addressed a crowd at a campaign rally Monday in Norfolk, Va.

DONALD TRUMP spoke at a rally Monday at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Ga.

Super Trump, Clinton Tuesday: look to pull away

By JULIE PACE and JILL COLVIN Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton are eyeing an opportunity to pull away from their rivals on Super Tuesday, a delegate-rich dash across the country that could accelerate their march toward the general election.

Voters from Vermont to Colorado,

Alaska to American Samoa and a host of states in between were heading to polling places and caucus sites on the busiest day of the 2016 primaries.

The contests come at a turbulent moment for Republicans as they grapple with the prospect of Trump becoming the party’s nominee. Rivals Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are engaged in a frantic effort to stop the billionaire — with Rubio in par-

ticular lobbing surprisingly personal attacks — but it was unclear whether they’d made their move too late.

Trump said his support crossed party lines and has even brought Democrats into the GOP. “We’re getting people into the party that they’ve never had before,” he told ABC’s “Good Morning America” today. “I can tell you the one Continued on Page 12

WHO’S VOTING State Alabama (R,D) American Samoa (D) Alaska (R) Arkansas (R,D) Colorado (D) Georgia (R,D) Massachusetts (R,D) Minnesota (R,D) Oklahoma (R,D) Tennessee (R,D) Texas (R,D) Vermont (R,D) Virginia (R,D) Totals

Delegates 50/53 6 28 40/32 66 76/102 42/91 38/77 43/38 58/67 155/222 16/16 49/95 595/865

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Deaths Obituaries on Page 4 FRIDLEY, Nancy M., 79, Derry LOWERS, Richard K. Jr., 56, New Florence MEESE, Earl L., 78, Northern Cambria PRICE, Joshua R., 25, Emeigh RURA, George, 55, Homer City ZAYAC, Gwendolyn G., 64, Murrysville

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SEAL receives highest honor

Justices hear bias claim in death-row inmate’s case

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A Navy SEAL who helped rescue an American hostage in Afghanistan received the nation’s highest military honor Monday, hailed by President Barack Obama as “a special breed of warrior who so often serves in the shadows.”

Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward Byers Jr. is the first living, active duty member of the Navy to receive the Medal of Honor in four decades.

Obama said during a ceremony at the White House that Byers is the “consummate, quiet professional” who would rather be elsewhere, perhaps holding his breath under dark, frigid water.

And while many details of Byers’ work remain classified, and many of his teammates cannot be men-

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PRESIDENT OBAMA presented the Medal of Honor to Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward Byers Jr. during a ceremony Monday in the East Room of the White House. tioned, Obama said the event provided the chance to pay tribute to special operations members of the military who have borne an extraordinarily heavy load during the fighting in the Middle East.

Byers participated in the 2012 rescue of Dr. Dilip Joseph, who was abducted along with his driver and an Afghan interpreter. The rescue was undertaken three days later by members of the Navy’s famed SEAL Team 6. The unit is best known for

undertaking the mission that killed Osama bin Laden.

“Whenever Americans are taken hostage in the world, we move heaven and earth to bring them home safe,” Obama said. “We send some thunder and some lightning.”

The rescue took place at night and after an arduous four-hour hike in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan. Obama recounted during the ceremony how the Continued on Page 12

New GM named for KCAC A veteran public assembly venue administrator has been named the new general manager of the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, according to Pinnacle Venue Services, which takes over management of the KCAC today.

Andrew Thompson formerly was interim general manager at the Harborside Event Center in Fort Myers, Fla., where he held several key positions since 2002.

He joined the 42,000-square-foot, city-owned facility as business

manager and was named assistant general manager in 2004. He was promoted to interim general manager in July. Harborside Event Center’s flexibility encouraged presentations of concerts, sports, trade shows, conferences and conventions, according to Pinnacle officials.

Prior to joining Harborside, he was network administrator and event manager for the American Swimming Coaches Association for USA Swimming in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., from 1996 to 2002. He was re-

sponsible for all event activities, including coordination of conferences, clinics, swim meets and meetings.

“Andrew Thompson brings the KCAC a substantial background in venue management, operations and special events that should enhance the performance and services of the complex’s athletic, entertainment and conference facilities,” Doug Higgons, Pinnacle’s co-managing partner, said in a press release.

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday appeared likely to rule that a Philadelphia district attorney-turned-state high court judge should not have taken part in the case of a prison inmate whose deathpenalty prosecution he had personally approved nearly 30 years earlier.

The justices indicated that inmate Terrance “Terry” Williams should get a new hearing in Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court because then-Chief Justice Ronald Castille voted to reinstate Williams’ RONALD death sentence in 2014. A lower court CASTILLE judge had thrown out the sentence PAGE 7 because prosecu• Justice tors working for Castille had hidden Clarence Thomas evidence that broke 10 years of might have helped courtroom the defense in Williams’ 1986 silence Monday. murder trial.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor was among several justices who focused on Castille’s actions in 1986, when he was the Philadelphia district attorney.

“The judge here actually signed his name to the review of the facts and the decision to seek the death penalty,” Sotomayor said.

When Philadelphia Deputy District Attorney Ronald Eisenberg told the justices that the passage of time had lessened concerns about bias, Justice Anthony Kennedy was almost incredulous.

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The Indiana Gazette

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Prison education programs on the rise

By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP Associated Press

MONROE, Wash. — Eight years ago, when Noel Caldellis began serving time for killing a university student, his main objective was to make 20-plus years in prison pass as quickly as possible: work out, walk circles in the yard with inmates and watch TV. A few years into his sentence at the Monroe Correctional Complex, Caldellis discovered he could spend his time developing his mind as well as his body, moving from the weight room to the classroom.

“It’s helped me tremendously to grow as a person,” said Caldellis, who is working on a bachelor’s degree in history.

College education in American prisons is starting to grow again, more than two decades since federal government dollars were prohibited from being used for college programs behind bars.

The shift comes as everyone from President Barack Obama to state policymakers are looking for ways to get better results from the $80 billion the U.S. spends annually on incarceration.

Private money kept some prison education programs going when government

dollars vanished.

Several recent studies have shown those projects cut crime and prison costs by helping inmates go home and stay there instead of returning.

“Education in prison is transformative. It leads to safer communities and that’s to the benefit of everyone,” said Fred Patrick, director of the Center on Sentencing and Corrections at the Vera Institute of Justice, a New York nonprofit that combines research and demonstration projects associated with criminal justice.

Now more dollars are starting to follow those results, led by a recent decision by the U.S. Department of Education to experiment again with federal Pell Grants for inmate students.

Forty-seven states have applied to participate in that program.

States such as Washington, New York and California also are looking into spending more state dollars on these programs.

Rudy Madrigal, a student in Washington’s University Behind Bars program, said the experience transformed his life.

Madrigal, who expects to serve about 24 years for second-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon, said he had a rough start to his sentence, getting in

Judge blocks governor’s Syrian refugee order

By MICHAEL TARM

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RUDY MADRIGAL, center, sat with fellow inmates in a college world history class at the Monroe Correctional Complex in Monroe, Wash. fights and other trouble.

He took his first class as another way to pass the time, but started getting excited about school after really connecting with a math teacher and finding out he could work toward a degree with a scholarship from a private foundation.

“Since I started school and educating myself, I’ve built up connections not just with people in here but with people out there,” said Madrigal, who hopes after prison to get into social services to help other people.

While his path is personally enriching, state officials and prison experts say the community is the real beneficiary.

A Rand Corporation study on education in prisons found inmates who participate in any kind of educational program behind bars are 43 percent less likely to reoffend.

Another study paid for by the Indiana Department of Correction found that while all kinds of inmate educa-

tion has a positive influence on recidivism, inmates who take college courses have a prison return rate of less than 5 percent. That’s compared to the national average of nearly 68 percent within three years of release, federal statistics show.

In Washington state, private donations have been paying for college classes at prisons across the state since 2008.

The state also provides vocational education in subjects ranging from writing computer code to auto mechanics.

One way Washington is unique among the states is how many inmates are participating in its education programs.

It has about 16,500 inmates and 11,000 are involved in education, said Mike Paris, state administrator of offender education. In comparison, in California less than a quarter of its more than 112,000 inmates participate in educational programs.

Carter: Cyberattacks can expose Islamic State

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press

WASHINGTON — U.S. cyberattacks to disrupt the Islamic State’s communications and overload their networks could force the militant group to use older technologies that are easier for the U.S. to intercept, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Monday.

Carter and Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, provided new details about how the Pentagon is using its new aggressive cyber campaign as part of the military operations against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.

“As we disrupt the ISIL communications via cyber or other methods, sometimes we do drive them to other means,” Carter told Pentagon reporters. “Sometimes, those other means are easier for us to listen to.

So by taking away some of the ways that they are used to operating, they’re protected and that they regard as an information sanctuary, drives them to other, including older technologies. And so one way or another, it is a very effective tool.”

U.S. officials told The Associated Press last week that the military had ramped up cyber operations against the group. The operations include efforts by U.S. Cyber Command at Fort Meade,

Maryland, to prevent the group from using the Internet and social media to communicate and distribute propaganda aimed at attracting and inspiring recruits. It could also force them back to technologies like cellphones to communicate.

Dunford said that using the computer-based attacks alongside bombings and other military actions allows the U.S. to “both physically and virtually isolate” the group and limits its ability to command and control its fighters. And that type of coordinated offensive, he said, will be used to support Iraqi security forces as they try to retake the northern city of Mosul. The surge of computer-based military operations by U.S. Cyber Command began shortly after Carter prodded commanders at Fort Meade last month to accelerate the fight against the Islamic State group on the cyber front.

Late last year Carter met with commanders, telling them they had 30 days to bring him options for how the military could use its cyberwarfare capabilities against the group’s deadly insurgency across Iraq and Syria, and spreading to Libya and Afghanistan. Officials said he told commanders that beefing up cyberwarfare against Islamic State was a test for them, and that

found near one of the suicide bombers had been registered along the route asylum seekers from Syria were taking through Europe.

In her 36-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt said the state had a compelling concern to protect its residents, but that withholding federal grant money from the aid group “in no way furthers the state’s asserted interest in the safety of Indiana residents.”

Pratt also wrote that the governor’s directive “clearly discriminates against Syrian refugees based on their national origin.”

Similar lawsuits have been filed in Texas, Alabama and Pennsylvania, according to the judge’s ruling. An attorney for the Indiana plaintiffs, Kenneth Falk, said he believes Pratt’s ruling is the first action taken by a judge in such a case.

The lawsuit, filed on behalf of the refugee group by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, said the state was violating the U.S. Constitution and the Civil Rights Act by accepting refugees from other countries but not from Syria. At the time, the group said it expected to settle about 19 Syrians vetted by the federal government within the next several months.

Pratt said she granted the preliminary injunction because she believed the plaintiffs would eventually prevail in their lawsuit.

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they should have both the capability and the will to wage the online war.

The officials described the conversations on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

Dunford and Carter didn’t provide a lot of details Monday. Dunford said the U.S. doesn’t want to reveal too much.

“We don’t want the enemy to know when, where and how we’re conducting cyber

operations,” said Dunford.

“We don’t want them to have information that will allow them to adapt over time. We want them to be surprised when we conduct cyber operations. And frankly, they’re going to experience some friction that’s associated with us and some friction that’s just associated with the normal course of events in dealing in the information age. And frankly, we don’t want them to know the difference.”

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A federal judge in Indianapolis on Monday blocked Republican Gov. Mike Pence’s order that barred state agencies from helping Syrian refugees resettle in Indiana, saying the governor’s directive “clearly discriminates” against refugees from the war-torn country.

The ruling grants a request for a preliminary injunction from Exodus Refugee Immigration, which helps resettle refugees in Indiana. The group sued shortly after Pence issued his order in November, saying the change would hurt aid groups by withholding reimbursements for housing and medical care to assist Syrian refugees. Exodus and other organizations have continued to resettle Syrian refugees, though the state has sought to withhold funds earmarked for resettlements.

Four Syrian refugees were settled in January, with Exodus planning to settle nearly 200 more this year, Monday’s opinion said.

More than two dozen states, most with Republican governors, have taken similar action to suspend Syrian resettlement programs.

Pence released a statement saying he stood by his decision and would quickly appeal. The governor has repeatedly cited the November attacks in Paris as justification, noting that a passport

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OBITUARIES Nancy Fridley Nancy M. Fridley, 79, of Derry, passed away Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016.

She was born Nov. 23, 1936, in Latrobe, a daughter of the late Lawrence and Anna Gombita Flickinger.

Nancy worked as a nurse’s aide and in home health care.

She loved being around family and playing bingo.

She is survived by her son, Barry A. Fridley (Tammy), of Las Vegas; two daughters, Cynthia A. Butts (Charles), of Derry; and Brenda Boring, of Greensburg; brother Sonny Flickinger (Bridget), of Junction City, Kan.; a sister, Anne Lentz (Ronald), of Blairsville;

two grandsons, Charles N. Butts Jr. and Tyler J. Butts; longtime friend Harry Shaffer, of Bradenville; and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Minnie LaMantia and JoAnn Spangler; and four brothers: George “Jack,” Larry, James and Fred Flickinger.

Services and burial at SS. Simon and Jude Cemetery, Blairsville, will be private.

McCabe Funeral Home, 300 W. Third Ave., Derry, is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences may be made to www.mccabe funeralhomespa.com.

Richard Lowers Jr. Richard K. “Chuck” Lowers Jr., 56, of New Florence, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016.

He was born June 17, 1959, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Chuck was a manager at Bob Evans Restaurant, having formerly been a manager at Hoss’s, Subway and Classic. He was an avid NASCAR and Steelers fan, enjoyed “Jeopardy!”, was passionate about reading his Bible and dearly loved his grandchildren.

He is survived by mother, Helen D. (McClellan) Berkavich, of New Florence; his father, Richard K. Lowers Sr., and stepmother Paulette, of West Mifflin; wife Connie Lowers, of New Florence; sons George and Tracey; David and Lisa; Jason and Robin; and Thomas and

Chrissy; grandchildren Savannah, Abilene, Bryson, David Jr., Troy, Kylie and Cameron; siblings LaRai Lowers, Frank Berkavich and Rachelle, John Berkavich, Matthew Lowers, Paul Lowers and Nicole, Jennifer and Dave, and Susan; paternal grandmother Helen Lowers; and numerous nieces, nephews and extended family members.Friends will be received from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. until the time of memorial service at 8 p.m.

Thursday at Richard C. Stuart Funeral Home, 392 E. Philadelphia St., Armagh.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the family to help with funeral expenses.

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

Earl Meese Earl L. “Pee Wee” Meese, 78, of Northern Cambria, passed away Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at home.

Born June 11, 1937, in Susquehanna Township, he was the son of David H. and Genevieve P. (Lydic) Meese.

Earl was a faithful member of Garman Church of God. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran and a retired assistant foreman for Greensteel. In addition, Earl was a member of American Legion Post 435, Glen Campbell.

He is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Pauline (Pierce) Meese; and adopted children Sharon (Depto) LaMont and Mark Depto, both of Northern Cambria. He was

the brother of Ed Meese and Margie Griffiths, both of Northern Cambria; and Rudell Meese, of Cherry Tree.

He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant sister, Joan Meese; and brothers Dwight, Larry and Jim Meese.

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

Wednesday at Moriconi Funeral Home Inc., Northern Cambria, and on Thursday at Garman Church of God from 10:30 a.m. until time of service at noon. Pastor Russell Havener will officiate. Committal will be in McDowell Cemetery. Military honors will be accorded by local veterans organizations.

August J. Pividori August J. Pividori, 79, of Josephine, died Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016, at Excela Health Latrobe Hospital, Latrobe.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at the James F. Ferguson Funeral Home Inc., Blairsville. A funeral service will immediately follow at 8 p.m. at the fu-

neral home, when the Blairsville Military Service Group will conduct military honors.

If so desired, memorial donations may be made to: Black Lick Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 415, Black Lick, PA 15716. www.jamesfergusonfuneral home.com

TOMORROW’S FUNERALS FALISEC, Barbara Ann, 11 a.m., Church of the Resurrection, Glen Campbell (Long-Contres Funeral Home Inc., Northern Cambria) McADAMS, Terry L., 11 a.m., James F. Ferguson Funeral Home Inc., Blairsville PIVIDORI, August J., 8 p.m., James F. Ferguson Funeral Home Inc., Blairsville

Joshua Price Joshua Ray Price, 25, of Emeigh, formerly of Commodore, passed away Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016.

Born March 3, 1990, in Altoona, he was the son of James R. Jr. and Jana H. (Baruch) Price.

He was a member of Uniontown United Methodist Church, NC Civil Defense, Yeabutt Lodge and the Bearded Buck Club.

Josh enjoyed spending time with his niece and nephews, flying his drone, kayaking and going to the mountains. He was an avid hunter, fisherman and golfer.

He is survived by his parents, of Commodore; broth-

ers James R., married to Megan Struble, of Mahaffey; and Joseph C. Price, of Commodore; a niece, Brooklynn; nephews Colin and Jacob Price; and paternal grandparents James R. Sr. and Geraldine (Tulowitzki) Price, of Emeigh.

He was preceded in death by maternal grandparents Norman and Doris (Foutz) Baruch and paternal grandmother Betty (Baum) Price.

Family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m.

Friday at Moriconi Funeral Home Inc., of Northern Cambria, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday.

George Rura George Rura, 55, of Homer City, died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at Montefiore Hospital in Pittsburgh surrounded by his loving family.

The son of Rudolph and Joan (Mihalko) Rura, he was born Aug. 7, 1960, in Indiana.

George was a member of Our Lady of the Assumption Parish and formerly served as an altar boy. He was an avid hunter, loved to eat, and enjoyed spending time with his family and friends.

George was a loyal Pittsburgh sports fan. He also loved his cat, Gracie.

He was a graduate of Blairsville High School, where he wrestled and played baseball.

He also graduated from Williamsport College for welding and was previously employed at Johnstown America and later retired as a welder for Boilermakers Local #154.

He is survived by his wife, Lisa (Mouser), and his

daughter, Elisa; and his parents, Rudolph and Joan Rura, of Homer City. He is also survived by his two brothers, Edward and wife Suzanne (Dellafiora) Rura, of Homer City, and Rudy Rura Jr., of Philadelphia; and a niece, several nephews and cousins.

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

Thursday at the C. Frederick Bowser Funeral Home, of Homer City. A blessing service will be held at 9:30 a.m.

Friday at the funeral home followed by a funeral Mass at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of the Assumption Parish, Coral site, with the Rev. Father Ron Cyktor as celebrant. Interment will follow in St. Francis Cemetery, Coral.

Brenda Shirley Brenda Mae Shirley, 51, of Indiana, died Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, at her home surrounded by her loving husband of 35 years, Timothy C. Shirley Sr., and her family.

Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Rairigh-Bence Funeral

Home of Indiana. Her funeral service will be held at 11 a.m.

Thursday at the funeral home with Pastor Philip Mack.

Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery, Indiana.

Online condolences may be made at: rbfh.net.

Gwendolyn Zayac Gwendolyn Gail Zayac, 64, of Murrysville, formerly of Black Lick, passed away Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, at the Conemaugh Memorial Hospital, Johnstown.

The daughter of John Marr and Bertha Louise (Paynter) Cochran, she was born March 14, 1951, in Indiana.

Gwen was a homemaker and also worked as an oil field rigger. She had traveled extensively around the United States and Canada with her husband. She also had a fond interest in computers.

Gwen will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother.

Surviving is her husband, Stephen Zayac, whom she wed Sept. 1, 1972; children Stephanie Geisler and her partner Tom McQuaide, of Apollo; Stephen Scott (Lisa) Zayac, of Homer City; Carrie Ann Zayac, of Murrysville; and Jamie (Steven) Barnhart,

of Blairsville; grandchildren Gwendolyn, David, Chance, Stephen, Kelsey, Devin, Alexis, Aaliyah, and Kylee; greatgrandson Jonathan; brother John Cochran, of Homer City; sisters Patricia (David) Stewart, of Virginia; Elizabeth Guarino, of Homer City; Barbara (Robert) Zayac, of Homer City; and Linda (Dan) McDonald, of Greensburg; and a sister-in-law, Patricia Cochran, of Kent.

Preceding Gwen in death were her parents; and brothers Harry “Chub” and William Cochran.

Funeral arrangements will be private and under the direction of the John A. Lefdahl Funeral Home, Indiana. www.lefdahlfuneralhome.c om

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WASHINGTON — The State Department on Monday released the 14th and final batch of emails from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private server, bringing the total to more than 52,000 including 2,100 that were censored or withheld completely for containing information now deemed classified.

In releasing the final batch of 3,800 documents, the department also settled a longrunning dispute over one sensitive email as intelligence agencies dropped a months-long demand an exchange on North Korea’s nuclear program to be designated “top secret,” the highest level of classification. The State Department, which had insisted the information was not classified at all, partially won its battle over the document as the intelligence community revised its initial assessment and determined the information was “secret,” the next lower classification.

“Based on subsequent review, the intelligence community revisited its earlier

assessment,” State Department spokesman John Kirby told reporters. He added: “The original assessment was not correct and the document does not contain top secret information.”

The department faced a Monday deadline set by a federal judge to release the final documents from the private server Clinton exclusively used while in government. Clinton aides went through her emails and turned over the ones they determined to be work-related.

The North Korea email is one of two that Charles I. McCullough, lead auditor for U.S. intelligence agencies, identified last year as particularly problematic. The other concerned the CIA’s drone program and led to officials classifying 22 emails from Clinton’s private account last month as “top secret.” They were withheld from publication.

No emails Clinton wrote or received were marked as classified at the time of transmission, which Clinton has repeatedly cited in her own defense.

As with earlier releases, Monday’s contained emails with information that has

been upgraded to “secret” and “confidential.” The department identified 261 as such, bringing the total of those upgrades to 2,093 for the entire set. No material in Monday’s release contained documents with information now deemed “top secret,” meaning the total number thus designated remains at 22.

However, the current batch did include one message with an attachment that purported to be a classified note that Tom Donilon, Obama’s national security adviser, slipped into Jerusalem’s Wailing Wall on a trip to Israel in 2012. However, officials said the attachment along with its contents were, in fact, a joke sent to Clinton by an aide.

The attachment is addressed to “Hashem,” a Hebrew word for God, and includes inside jokes poking fun at then-U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice and Clinton’s top Asia aide, Kurt Campbell.

It bears a “TOP SECRET” stamp.

“This document, and the email chain to which it was attached, are unclassified,” a State Department official said. “This document is not a real note. It is a joke written

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer

LOS ANGELES — George Kennedy, the hulking, tough-guy character actor who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of a savage chain-gang convict in the 1960s classic “Cool Hand Luke,” has died.

His grandson Cory Schenkel said Kennedy died Sunday morning of old age in Boise, Idaho. He was 91.

He had undergone emergency triple bypass surgery in 2002. That same year, he and his late wife moved to Idaho to be closer to their daughter and her family, though he still was involved in occasional film projects. His biggest acting achievement came in “Cool Hand Luke,” a 1967 film about a rebellious war hero played by Paul Newman who is bent on bucking the system as a prisoner on a Southern chain gang. Its theme of rebelling against authority and the establishment helped make it one of the most important films of the tumultuous 1960s.

Kennedy played the role of Dragline, the chain-gang boss who goes from Luke’s No. 1 nemesis to his biggest disciple as Newman’s character takes on folk hero status among fellow inmates.

The movie garnered four Academy Award nominations, and Kennedy was named best supporting actor.

Newman and Kennedy provided a spectacular one-two punch — Luke as the reticent antihero, Dragline as an illiterate brute. They shared several memorable scenes, including one in which Kennedy’s character wins a bet by getting Luke to eat 50 eggs in an hour.

After the critical and commercial success of “Cool Hand Luke,” Kennedy carved out a niche as one of Hollywood’s most recognizable supporting actors. He had parts in several action flicks in the 1970s, played Leslie Nielsen’s sidekick in the “Naked Gun” spoofs and was J.R. Ewing’s business rival in the final seasons of “Dallas.”

One of his strongest supporting roles was in the hit 1970 film “Airport,” which spurred the run of 1970s disaster pictures. Kennedy played Joe Patroni, a nononsense, cigar-chomping troubleshooter who stubbornly guides a jetliner stuck on a snow-clogged runway out of harm’s way.

The film spawned several

by Secretary Clinton’s communications adviser, Philippe Reines, and was attached to an email chain discussing senior officials’ travel to Israel in July 2012.” The official wasn’t authorized to speak publicly on the matter and demanded anonymity.

On the North Korea document, Kirby stressed that the exchange had only been “provisionally” upgraded in classification, suggesting the department doesn’t even fully accept the lesser finding.

“The information available to diplomats and the judgments they form do not necessarily need to be classified just because there are parallel intelligence sources,” Kirby said.

In addition to portions of that document being censored, one email between Clinton and President Barack Obama was also withheld from publication on Monday, bringing to 19 the total of such messages that have been kept private to protect the president’s ability to receive advice from his aides.

Those emails are not classified and will be released eventually like other presidential records.

GEORGE KENNEDY ... in 1968 sequels (Kennedy was in all of them) and landed Kennedy a Golden Globe nomination.

Kennedy said his acting ambitions were cemented when he was a young child.

“I remember listening to a radio program when I was young and it made me feel good and I remember telling my mom that I wanted to make people feel the way this radio program made me feel,” Kennedy said in 1995.

“I got some great breaks, and I wound up being an actor.”

His film career began to take flight in the early 1960s. He starred in 1963’s “Charade,” a whodunit that features Kennedy, Cary Grant, James Coburn and Walter Matthau seeking out the $250,000 they suspect was left behind by Audrey Hepburn’s dead husband. His other acting credits in the 1960s included “The Dirty Dozen” and “Guns of the Magnificent Seven.” Kennedy once called “Charade” the favorite movie in which he appeared.

“It had Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, music by Henry Mancini; it was shot entirely in Paris,” he said in 1995. “I have nothing but wonderful memories.”

Kennedy became regular face in action movies in the 1970s after the success of “Airport,” including “Earthquake” and “Death on the Nile.”

During this time he also starred in the CBS crime show “The Blue Knight” where he played a Los Angeles cop. He made several film and television appearances in the early and mid1980s, but few were successful. He turned to comedic roles in the 1980s and 1990s, the most memorable being the three “Naked Gun” films.

Russian police arrest woman seen waving head

By VARYA KUDRYAVTSEVA Associated Press

State Dept. finishes Clinton email release

By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MATTHEW LEE

Actor Kennedy dies at 91

MOSCOW — Russian police on Monday arrested a woman who was seen waving the severed head of a small child outside a Moscow subway station.

She is suspected of killing the child when it was in her care, officials said.

Videos posted on Russian news websites show a woman dressed all in black, holding the severed head and shouting “I am a terrorist” in Russian, although most of what she says is incomprehensible. In some of the videos the woman is tackled by men who appear to be police. The Investigative Committee released a

statement saying a woman was arrested Monday on suspicion of killing a child aged 3 or 4 in an apartment near the metro station in northwestern Moscow and then setting the apartment on fire. The woman, a 38year-old native of one of the former Soviet republics in Central Asia, was believed to be the nanny and appeared to be mentally unstable, the statement said. The investigators’ report did not link the two incidents. An official in the Investigative Committee, however, confirmed that it was the same woman, speaking on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to release the information.

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KKK leader: Request for security at rally denied

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — A Ku Klux Klan leader who was injured when his small group of demonstrators brawled with counter-protesters in a Southern California park this weekend says he called police beforehand asking for security and was told “We don’t do that.”

Will Quigg said in an interview with The Associated Press that he contacted the Anaheim Police Department but that the agency denied his requests for a police presence. The KKK then told officers that the group would hire an outside security company.

“They said, ‘No, you can’t do that either,’” Quigg said.

The police department is facing scrutiny for its response after three people were stabbed and several others were injured in the melee Saturday involving several dozen people and spanning a city block.

Investigators determined that Klan members acted in self-defense after the counter-protesters attacked.

On Monday night, some 300 people took part in a candlelight vigil and “peace protest” in the same park.

The group marched from Pearson Park to City Hall, and although the gathering

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COUNTER-PROTESTERS scuffled Saturday with a KKK member at an anti-immigration rally in Anaheim, Calif., started by the KKK. got loud at times, police Sgt. Daron Wyatt said it remained peaceful.

“There were some people from Saturday’s protest who showed up at the end and started yelling, but there was no violence and no need for police intervention,” he said.

Organizers said they wanted to show that Anaheim is a peaceful, tolerant city.

The police department had notified the public ahead of

Saturday’s Klan gathering that the KKK planned to hold an anti-immigration protest at the park about 3 miles from Disneyland, but at least one witness said he saw no uniformed officers when the attack began.

When Quigg and about five others arrived they were confronted by dozens of angry counter-protesters.

Wyatt said officers were present, but he declined to

say how many. He acknowledged that Quigg had contacted the department but believed that the group leader was asking for police to act as personal security guards.

“He was told how to contract for officers to do that, but did not want to spend the money,” Wyatt said.

Eugene O’Donnell, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York,

said the department’s response about contracting officers is as if the KKK rally was the same as “an Oktoberfest or a New Year’s Day event.”

“It’s their way of saying, ‘We have no reason to believe there will be any trouble beyond the trouble you get at a rock concert,” he said, adding police are obligated to ensure public safety.

Police departments are facing criticism for overpolicing, chilling free speech and being heavy-handed, O’Donnell said. That can make it difficult for officers to know how to handle a protest event.

“Sometimes the best presence is a very low-key presence,” he said.

Anaheim police said a plan was in place and officers at the protest quickly called for backup when the violence broke out. Additional officers arrived within less than two minutes.

“Officers rendered medical aid to those who were injured and arrested all but one of the suspects,” the agency said in a statement.

Five KKK members arrested after the brawl later were released because evidence showed they acted in self-defense, police said.

Seven people still in custody were seen beating, stomping and attacking the

Klansmen with wooden posts, Wyatt said.

Police said the Klansmen stabbed three counter-protesters.

“Regardless of an individual or group’s beliefs or ideologies, they are entitled to live without the fear of physical violence and have the right, under the law, to defend themselves when attacked,” a police statement said.

Quigg said he was thrown to the ground, hit with a pipe, stomped and struck with two-by-fours. He said his right hand was fractured and his spleen and a rib bruised.

He said the left side of his chest is “black and blue and swollen up to the size of a softball.”

Quigg said he did not stab anyone.

“What was done was done to protect our lives,” he said.

“Our lives were in jeopardy.”

Like many other U.S. cities, Anaheim has a history intertwined with the KKK. In the 1920s, Klan members gained four of five city council seats but were ousted after their affiliation became public.

The group’s presence in the state is extremely small today, said Brian Levin, who directs the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino.

3 Pennsylvania prison guards charged in electronics ring WAYNESBURG (AP) — Three guards at a state prison in Greene County have been charged with selling illegal electronics to inmates that one employee likened to “Rent-a-Center.”

Inmates at the prison based in Waynesburg can buy televisions, radios and other items through the prison’s commissary or other

approved vendors, but they aren’t allowed to buy the items from other sources.

State corrections investigators say the guards recycled items from “hot trash,” which are electronics seized from inmates or left behind by those who are freed.

Those items are supposed to be destroyed.

Instead, the guards are ac-

cused of changing the inmate numbers on the items and charging the inmates fees for that work. They are also accused of fudging computer records to cover up the illegal transactions, according to The (Washington) Observer-Reporter.

The guards named in the complaint are John Smith Jr., of Caldwell, Ohio; Michael

Berry Jr., of Clarksville; and Andrew Schneider, of Grindstone. A message seeking comment from David Russo, the attorney representing Berry, wasn’t immediately returned Monday. No attorneys were listed for Smith or Schneider.

The complaint also alleges that one inmate involved in the scheme told investigators

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — A school official said about 30 girls were involved in a bloody brawl at a Pittsburgh school after a fight over a boy got out of hand.

Pittsburgh Public Schools spokeswoman Ebony Pugh said about 30 University Prep students were arrested after the Monday morning fight.

She said one student was taken to a hospital for an asthma attack.

The school, which serves grades six through 12, was taken off lockdown after the students were removed from the grounds.

TV news footage shows a large police presence and ambulances outside the school.

Pugh said the fight began around 9:45 a.m., and those involved will likely face charges. She wasn’t sure of the ages of those involved.

She said injuries other than the asthma attack were minor scratches and bruises.

Man gets 14 years for kidnap, torture PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The third man convicted of kidnapping and torturing a Philadelphia jewelry store worker in an attempt to get the shop’s security codes has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Khayree Gay was sentenced Monday in federal court after pleading guilty earlier to kidnapping, conspiracy, kidnapping and attempted robbery charges.

Prosecutors said that he and two other men approached the woman in April in a parking garage, used a stun gun on her, bound her and put a bag over her head before dumping her in a cemetery.

Defendants Salahudin Shaheed and Basil Buie pleaded guilty last fall to similar charges. Shaheed, accused of having masterminded the crime, was sentenced earlier this month to more than 30 years. Buie was sentenced in January to 15 years.

Mayor seeks tax on sugary drinks PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s mayor is seek-

ing a tax on sugary drinks to help fund his universal pre-K plan, among other initiatives.

Mayor Jim Kenney told The Philadelphia Inquirer he believes the 3-cents-per-ounce tax could bring in $400 million over five years.

He said the money could fund a green jobs plan and repay a bond for rebuilding parks and recreations centers, among other initiatives.

Former Mayor Michael Nutter had proposed a 2cents-per-ounce tax on sweet drinks twice during his administration. Kenney, a city councilman at the time, opposed the idea, and the tax never made it to a council vote. Kenney’s proposed tax would be levied on distributors, and soda lobbyists would likely fight it.

He will announce more details in a budget address Thursday.

Man gets prison time for perjury DOYLESTOWN (AP) — An eastern Pennsylvania man who filed more than 30 lawsuits claiming to be severely injured is heading to prison for perjury after he was found doing maintenance on his house.

James George Douris, 60, was sentenced to one to 23 months behind bars on Monday in Bucks County.

Douris pleaded guilty in October to perjury stemming from a court proceeding. Authorities said he claimed he

couldn’t walk or hold a glass of water and hadn’t been served with court papers because he couldn’t pick up papers left at his door.

But investigators eventually caught him using a power saw and ladder.

Police: Teen sold laced brownies PENNDEL (AP) — A suburban Philadelphia high school student has been charged with selling marijuana-laced brownies that were later distributed at a middle school.

Authorities in Bucks County allege that Jacob Francisco, 18, a Bensalem High School senior, sold five brownies last week to a middle school student who later sold them to classmates at Shafer Middle School.

Bensalem police said in a statement that they are still investigating but “have identified multiple students who purchased and/or ingested” the brownies.

Francisco is charged with possession with intent to deliver, corruption of minors and related offenses. He was taken to Bucks County Correctional Facility in lieu of 10 percent of bail set $100,000 bail.

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that Berry would on occasion smuggle narcotics into the strip room and allowed inmates to distribute them in the prison. However, the complaint said no controlled substances were recovered during the investigation.

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Our planet on the ballot

e now have a pretty cle: The cost of electricity good idea who will be generated by wind and sun on the ballot in No- has dropped dramatically, vember: Hillary Clinton, al- while costs of storage, crucial most surely (after the South to making renewables fully Carolina blowout, prediction competitive with convenmarkets give her a 96 percent tional energy, are plunging as probability of securing her we speak. party’s nomination), and The result is that we’re only Donald Trump, with high a few years from a world in likelihood (currently 80 per- which carbon-neutral cent probability on the mar- sources of energy could rekets). But even if there’s a place much of our consumpstunning upset in what’s left tion of fossil fuels at quite of the primaries, we already modest cost. True, Republiknow very well what will be cans still robotically repeat at stake — namely, the fate of that any attempt to limit the planet. emissions would “destroy Why do I say this? the economy.” But at this Obviously, the point such asserpartisan divide on tions are absurd. environmental As both a technical policy has been matter and an ecogrowing ever nomic one, drastic wider. Just eight reductions in years ago the GOP emissions would, nominated John in fact, be quite McCain, whose easy to achieve. All platform included it would take to a call for a “cap push us across the and trade” system line would be — that is, a system moderately prothat restricts emisenvironment polisions, but allows cies. pollution permits As a card-carryto be bought and ing economist, I sold — to limit am obliged to say Paul Krugman greenhouse gases. that it would be Since then, howev- writes a best if these polier, denial of clicolumn for The cies took the form mate science and of a comprehenNew York Times. opposition to anysive system like thing that might avert catascap and trade or carbon trophe have become essentaxes, which would provide tial pillars of Republican incentives to reduce emisidentity. So the choice in sions all across the economy.

2016 is starker than ever beBut something like the fore.

Obama administration’s Yet that partisan divide Clean Power Plan, which would not, in itself, be would use flexible regulaenough to make this a truly tions imposed by the Envicrucial year. After all, electing ronmental Protection a pro-environment president Agency on major emitters, wouldn’t make much differ- should be enough to get us a ence if he or (much more long way toward the goal. likely) she weren’t in a posiAnd as I said, no new legistion to steer us away from the lation would be needed, just precipice. And the truth is a president willing to act and that given Republican retro- a Supreme Court that won’t gression and the GOP’s near- stand in that president’s way, lock on the House of Repre- sacrificing the planet in the sentatives, even a blowout name of conservative ideoloDemocratic victory this year gy. What’s more, the Paris probably wouldn’t create a agreement from last year political environment in means that if the U.S. moves which anything like McCain’s forward on climate action, 2008 proposal could pass much of the world will follow Congress. our lead.

But here’s the thing: The I don’t know about you, but next president won’t need to this situation makes me very pass comprehensive legisla- nervous. As long as the tion, or indeed any legisla- prospect of effective action tion, to take a big step toward on climate seemed remote, saving the planet. Dramatic sheer despair kept me, and progress in energy technolo- I’m sure many others, comgy has put us in a position fortably numb — you knew where executive action — ac- nothing was going to haption that relies on existing pen, so you just soldiered on. law — can achieve great Now, however, salvation is things. All we need is an ex- clearly within our grasp, but ecutive willing to take that it remains all too possible action, and a Supreme Court that we’ll manage to snatch that won’t stand in its way. defeat from the jaws of victoAnd this year’s election will ry. And this is by far the most determine whether those important issue there is; it, conditions hold. er, trumps even such things Many people, including as health care, financial resome who should know bet- form and inequality. ter, still seem oddly oblivious So I’m going to be hanging to the ongoing revolution in on by my fingernails all renewable energy. Recently through this election. No Bill Gates declared, as he has doubt there will be plenty of a number of times over the entertainment along the way, past few years, that we need given the freak show taking an “energy miracle” — some place on one side of the aisle. kind of amazing technologi- But I won’t forget that the cal breakthrough — to con- stakes this time around are tain climate change. But deadly serious. And neither we’ve already had that mira- should you.

PAUL KRUGMAN

It’s Rubio’s turn to take on Trump I f the people around million. He’s never faced any Marco Rubio are right, the struggle.”

Republican presidential At the debate, he claimed, campaign is about to turn Trump “asked for a full into a two-man race be- length mirror ... maybe to tween Donald Trump and make sure his pants weren’t one remaining anti-Trump wet.”

— the senator from Florida.

That wasn’t exactly the That’s why Rubio has kind of discourse the abruptly launched Founding Faa series of attacks thers had in on Trump — his mind in 1787. business practices, Maybe they had his veracity and the right idea more. In strategy when they gave sessions last week, state legislatures Rubio and his aides the power to decided “that the elect the presiarguments (against dent instead of Trump) would the public. break through now Yet Rubio’s at... and he could tacks were stratemake it a two-man gic. After watchrace,” one of his ading other candivisers told me. dates fail to stop The resulting Trump by quesshouting match retioning his poliveals how thor- Doyle McManus cies, Rubio conoughly Trump’s is a columnist for cluded that the style — heavy on the Los Angeles only way to win is personal insults, Times. His by attacking the but light on, you column is core of Trump’s know, policy — has appeal: his autransformed the distributed by thenticity as a entire GOP cam- McClatchychampion of the paign.

When Tribune News angry white Trump is in the Service. working class. ring, nobody can “Don’t shoot avoid mud down the airwrestling. planes, blow up the aircraft Thursday’s high-decibel carrier,” Stuart Stevens, Mitt debate in Houston was only Romney’s chief strategist in the opening salvo. Rubio 2012, argued. “A campaign continued the attacks on that beats Trump will have Friday, repeatedly labeling to prove that the core of his Trump “a con artist.” message and the messenger “A tough guy?” Rubio both are fakes.” scoffed at a rally in Dallas.

There’s an irony in Rubio’s “This guy inherited $200 sudden turn to negative

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campaigning. When he launched his candidacy, it was supposed to be about optimism (he proclaimed a “new American century”) and his next-generation conservatism (he claimed to represent “the children of Reagan”).

In keeping with Ronald Reagan’s commandment never to criticize a fellow Republican, he not only avoided tangling with Trump; he even praised the billionaire for his proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the United States.

But Rubio is nothing if not agile. He’s been alternately admired and criticized as an ambitious political natural since his first run for the Florida Legislature in 2000.

Elected to the Senate in 2010 as a tea party challenger to the GOP establishment, he began thinking about running for president almost immediately — almost like Barack Obama, who also ran for the White House in his first term.

He’s a genuine conservative who supports sweeping tax cuts, opposes abortion (including in cases of rape or incest), is skeptical on climate change and is a thoroughgoing hawk on foreign policy. Conservative scorecards rank him to the right of most of his Senate colleagues.

But Rubio isn’t an insurgent like Ted Cruz; he wants to work inside the system, not blow it up. He’s a dealmaker.

That interest in bipartisan bargaining led Rubio into his boldest — and, in retrospect, most painful — legislative venture, the 2013 bipartisan immigration bill.

Rubio helped write the bill, which included a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. That turned out to be wildly unpopular among most Republican voters.

He now says he wouldn’t even try to change immigration laws until the border is fully secure, but polls suggest he’s still distrusted by many in his party who rank the issue high on their list of concerns.

So instead of trying to convert primary voters on the issues, Rubio hopes to peel some of them away from Trump by painting the mogul as a “con artist” who hired undocumented immigrants to work on construction projects.

Even then, Rubio could be too late to stop Trump. He hasn’t won a primary yet, and Rubio aides already concede that they are unlikely to win any on Super Tuesday; they’re pinning their hopes on his delegaterich home state of Florida, which votes in a winnertake-all primary on March 15. But Trump leads the polls there as well.

If Rubio fails to take Trump down, he has one consolation: He’s only 44.

He’ll be well-positioned to run again the next time the job opens up.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

How did politics get in such a mess?

I am 77 years old and I am tired of holding my nose when I vote.

It makes me wonder how we got into such a stinking mess.

Could it be because if party A is for cats, then party B is for dogs? And if party A changes to dogs, then party B is for cats.

Or could it be because of the outright lies: charges that a Republican win would mean we would lose our Social Security checks and that women would have to get abortions in back alleys? Or that a Democratic win

would mean we would lose our guns and unborn babies would be aborted in the ninth month? The lies are told over and over until they are believed.

Or could it be the false promises: Work 40 hours a week and get benefits — result: fewer people work 40 hours. Work 30 hours a week and get health benefits — result: fewer people work 30 hours. Approve Medicare and, for a few cents a day, senior citizens will have free medical care — result: medical costs soared and seniors now lose part of their Social

Security and also must buy additional insurance to cover gaps and medicines.

And how about the Affordable Care Act? A family can now afford insurance only if they have a deductible so high that their insurance provider seldom has to pay anything.

Or maybe it was good intentions that went bad: guarantee student loans — college fees soared resulting in a staggering amount of student debt; guarantee housing loans for people with low income — housing prices soared and the econ-

omy collapsed; stopping the draft — people no longer care if volunteers fight and we have been at war almost ever since.

Both parties benefit from people having short memories and the fact that most of the media is biased for one party or the other.

Perhaps this year’s confusion is a result of access to the Internet and the truth.

For once I would like to see someone run for America instead of against someone or something.

Russ Lucas Penn Run

Congressman Bill Shuster walks the walk While the familiar politics of a busy and divisive presidential campaign take center stage, it’s easy to overlook the work of our trusted conservative congressman, Bill Shuster.

Shuster works hard on our behalf rather than seeking the spotlight and has gone to the mat for us on farming issues, taxes, spending, profamily issues and jobs and

economic issues.

Specific to farming, Shuster authored legislation stopping Obama’s overreach through the Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule, which attacks thousands of landowners in our area.

Obama plans to use his EPA to federally regulate waterways such as temporary streams, ditches and even dry land that is only occa-

sionally wet. Acres and acres of good farmland could be lost under this rule.

Shuster grew up on his family’s farm in Bedford County and now he’s there for us in Washington to stop Obama’s overreach, the same way he gets other major reforms done for us in transportation, spending and protecting our Second Amendment rights.

He’s a past recipient of the “Friends of the Farm Bureau” award for his support of agriculture and support for our way of life.

The results of Congressman Shuster’s hard work are all around us. Take a minute during the busy campaign season to thank him for his dedication to public service.

John R. Stoner Mercersburg

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School shooting leaves 4 wounded HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio school district was closed and all extracurricular activities canceled as authorities investigated a shooting by a 14-year-old boy that injured four students, including two who were hit by gunfire.

Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones in southwestern Ohio said he is aware of a motive in Monday’s shooting at Madison Local Schools but isn’t ready to release it.

Jones said the 14-yearold was a student there.

The boy was charged preliminarily with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of felonious assault, inducing panic and making terrorist threats, Jones said.

The students who were shot were 14 and 15 years old and were taken to a hospital where they were in stable condition, investigators said. A 14-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl also were injured, though it was unclear how, Jones said.

Judge backs Apple in N.Y. case

By TAMI ABDOLLAH and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A Brooklyn jurist has scolded the government in a stinging rebuke of arguments it has used to shame Apple for refusing to surrender information from its customers’ iPhones, saying it’s stretching a 1789 law to get “impermissibly absurd results.”

The ruling Monday by U.S. Magistrate Judge James Orenstein in Brooklyn came a day before a congressional hearing today that will include testimony from FBI Director James Comey and Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell on encryption and “balancing Americans’ security and privacy.”

Orenstein, ruling in a Brooklyn drug case, noted his decision was not controlling in over a dozen cases nationwide facing the same legal question but “can nevertheless have some precedential value.”

He seemed to be aiming in particular at Apple’s fight against a California judge’s order that it create specialized software to help the FBI hack into an iPhone linked to the investigation of the Dec. 2 San Bernardino, Calif., attack.

Orenstein belittled some government arguments in both cases, saying it was stretching an old law “to

produce impermissibly absurd results.”

He rejected government claims that Apple was concerned only with public relations. He said he found no limit on how far the government would go to require a person or company to violate the most deeply rooted values.

And he said claims that Apple must assist the government because it reaped the benefits of being an American company “reflects poorly on a government that exists in part to safeguard the freedom of its citizens.”

“The same argument could be used to condemn with equal force any citizen’s chosen form of dissent,” Orenstein wrote.

The New York and California cases hinge partly on whether a law written long before the computer age — the 227-year-old All Writs Act — could be used to compel Apple to cooperate with efforts to retrieve data from encrypted phones.

Orenstein said it could not.

Apple’s opposition to the government’s tactics has evoked a national debate over digital privacy rights and national security.

Last week, the Cupertino, Calif.based company objected to the California order in court papers, saying the federal government was seeking “dangerous power” through the courts while trampling the compa-

ny’s constitutional rights.

Orenstein agreed, saying the government has decided “it is better off securing such crypto-legislative authority from the courts” in secret proceedings rather than taking chances in Congress.

The separate California case involves an iPhone 5C owned by San Bernardino County and used by Syed Farook, who was a health inspector.

He and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, killed 14 people during a Dec. 2 attack that was at least partly inspired by the Islamic State group. The couple died later in a gunbattle with police.

Orenstein, ruling with an eye to the California case, referenced it multiple times in a 50-page ruling and noted that the government request there was far more “intrusive.”

The New York case features a government request far less onerous for Apple and its cellphone technology; the extraction technique exists for that older operating system and it’s been used before some 70 times to assist investigators.

Since late 2014, that physical extraction technique hasn’t existed on newer iPhones. In California, U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym ordered investigators to create specialized software to help the FBI bypass security protocols on the encrypted phone so investigators can test ran-

Thomas breaks 10-year silence

N.Y. prison guard pleads guilty PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — A guard who unwittingly helped two killers escape from a northern New York prison by smuggling in pliers, a screwdriver and a hacksaw blade hidden in hamburger meat was sentenced Monday to six months in jail.

Gene Palmer is the third person to be sentenced in the escape of Richard Matt and David Sweat, who cut their way out of the maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora on June 6. A massive three-week manhunt ended with Matt killed and Sweat captured.

Palmer, 57, pleaded guilty to a felony count of promoting prison contraband for bringing in needle-nose pliers and a screwdriver, a misdemeanor contraband count for the hamburger meat and a misdemeanor official misconduct count.

A judge sentenced him to six months in jail and about $5,000 in fines.

38 die in Iraqi funeral attack BAGHDAD (AP) — The death toll has risen to 38 after an Islamic State suicide bomber struck an Iraqi funeral Monday, wounding dozens in a crowded reception room.

A local Shiite militia leader is among the dead in a town north of Baghdad that saw a wave of revenge attacks after a similar bombing in January.

Another 58 people were wounded in the bombing in Muqdadiyah, about 60 miles north of the capital, according to security and hospital officials.

The dead included a local commander in Asaib Ahl al-Haq, a powerful Shiite militia that is part of the state-sanctioned Popular Mobilization Forces, responsible for much of the security in the area.

Google self-driving car strikes bus LOS ANGELES (AP) — A self-driving car being tested by Google struck a public bus on a Silicon Valley street, a fender-bender that appears to be the first time one of the tech company’s vehicles caused a crash during testing.

Google accepted at least some responsibility for the collision, which occurred on Valentine’s Day when one of the Lexus SUVs it has outfitted with sensors and cameras hit the side of the bus near the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.

No one was injured, according to an accident report Google wrote and submitted to the California Department of Motor Vehicles. It was posted online Monday.

dom passcode combinations in rapid sequence to access its data.

Orenstein warned that amid the blossoming of computer power, a government theory that a licensing agreement compels manufacturers “to help it surveil the products’ users will result in a virtually limitless expansion of the government’s legal authority to surreptitiously intrude on personal privacy.”

The Justice Department said in a statement that it’s disappointed in the ruling and plans to appeal in coming days. It said Apple had previously agreed many times prior to assist the government and “only changed course when the government’s application for assistance was made public by the court.”

A senior Apple executive said company policy has been to give the government information when there’s a lawful order to do so, but that in New York the judge never issued an order and instead asked attorneys about the constitutionality of the government’s use of the All Writs Act. The executive spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a pending legal matter.

Apple has since declined to cooperate in a dozen more instances in four states involving government requests to aid criminal probes by retrieving data from individual iPhones.

Neumeister reported from New York.

By SAM HANANEL Associated Press

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REFUGEES WALKED past tents Monday in the northern Greek village of Idomeni near the country’s border with Macedonia.

Up to 10,000 migrants stuck on Greek-Macedonian border

By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press

IDOMENI, Greece — On foot or by taxi, hundreds of exhausted refugee families trying to reach Western Europe flocked today to a burgeoning tent city on Greece's border with Macedonia, which has not allowed anybody in for 24 hours, citing a similar policy by Serbia further north.

Greek police say there could be up to 10,000 people — mostly Syrian and Iraqi refugees — stuck at the country's Idomeni border crossing now in deteriorating conditions.

Hundreds of tents fill the fields stretching toward the border fence, which is patrolled on the Macedonian side by scores of regular police, Macedonian special police forces and police from other Balkan countries.

During the day on Monday, Macedonia let in only 30 refugees.

The Idomeni crossing has become

a key flashpoint in Europe's migration crisis. Several European nations, led by Austria, have imposed refugee caps and border restrictions over the past 10 days, creating a huge backlog of migrants in Greece.

These unilateral actions have infuriated Greece and threaten to damage the unity of the 28-nation European Union.

Some migrants have been waiting at Idomeni for more than a week.

The camp is full and hundreds more people arrive daily. Overnight rain soaked many families, who hung up clothing to dry in the sun today.

Jasmin Rexhepi, head of the aid group Legis, which has volunteers working in Macedonia on its borders with Greece and Serbia, told The Associated Press that Macedonian authorities were restricting the numbers of migrants they let through because Serbia only allowed 30 people to cross their border Monday from a train carrying 410 people.

He said Macedonia was waiting for Serbia to open that border.

About 70 people including children, who Macedonia says are mostly from Pakistan, have been stuck on the Macedonian side of the border between two razor-wire fences for three days.

Rexhepi said Macedonian authorities had been trying to send them back to Greece because they had crossed the border illegally, but Greece was refusing to take them back.

On the Greek side, another group of 150 people who have been told it’s their turn to enter Macedonia have spent days in a large, flimsy tent in front of the crossing.

“I’ve been at Idomeni for 10 days and it's the fourth day I’ve been waiting to cross over,” said Hassan Rasheed, 27, from Iraq. “Conditions are very bad. There are many ill children who are coughing, and we spent the night in this tent under heavy rain.”

Sportscaster testifies about nude videos NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sportscaster and TV host Erin Andrews took the witness stand Monday, breaking down repeatedly and telling jurors of the devastation she continues to feel after a man secretly shot nude videos of her and posted them on the Internet.

Andrews sobbed as she recalled how some in the media speculated that she was doing it to attract attention to herself before the FBI made an arrest.

“Probably for three months, everybody thought it was a publicity stunt,” she said, choking up on the stand. “That ripped me apart.”

Andrews said she was terrified that the videos would go viral and she would never be able to get them off the Internet after a friend told her about them in July 2009.

“I just kept saying, ‘We gotta get it down. We gotta get it down.’ And we can’t get it down! And we’re never going to get it off,” she testified.

She told jurors that she worked hard ever since she was a little girl to be a sportscaster and now she is taunted daily by people who have seen the video.

“I wanted to be the girl next door ERIN who loved sports, ANDREWS and now I’m the girl with a hotel scandal,” she said.

She said the stalking left her fearful, anxious and depressed.

Andrews is suing her stalker and the owner and operator of the Mar-

riott at Vanderbilt for $75 million.

Jurors heard from the stalker earlier in the day during recorded depositions played in court. In the videos played before the jury, Michael David Barrett testified that he took the secret nude videos of Andrews so he could make money.

Barrett said the only reason he picked Andrews was because she was popular and he saw that she was trending on Yahoo. He posted the recordings online after celebrity gossip website TMZ refused to buy the footage.

Barrett spent more than 2½ years in federal prison after he admitted to renting hotel rooms next to the Andrews three times and shooting nude videos of her in Nashville and Columbus, Ohio, and posting them on the Internet.

WASHINGTON — Justice Clarence Thomas broke 10 years of courtroom silence Monday and posed questions during a Supreme Court oral argument, provoking gasps from the audience.

And it wasn’t just one question; it was a string of them in an exchange that lasted several minutes.

It was only the second week the court has heard arguments since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, Thomas’ friend and fellow conservative, whom he’d sat next to for seven years. Scalia was famous for aggressive and sometimes combative questions from the bench. His chair is now draped in black in observance of his Feb. 13 death.

Thomas’ gravelly voice unexpectedly filled the courtroom and enlivened an otherwise sleepy argument about gun rights. He peppered Justice Department lawyer Ilana Eisenstein, who was trying to wind up her CLARENCE argument, with 10 THOMAS or so questions that seemed to be a vigorous defense of the constitutional right to own a gun.

“Ms. Eisenstein, one question,” Thomas said. “This is a misdemeanor violation. It suspends a constitutional right. Can you give me another area where a misdemeanor violation suspends a constitutional right?”

Until then, it had been business as usual for the first 50 minutes of the hourlong session in Voisine v. United States. The court was considering the reach of a federal law that bans people convicted of domestic violence from owning guns.

None of the other justices visibly reacted to Thomas’ remarks.

Eisenstein noted that violating other laws can, in some cases, limit a person’s free-speech rights under the First Amendment.

“OK,” Thomas said. “So can you think of a First Amendment suspension or a suspension of a First Amendment right that is permanent?”

It was a topic no other justice had asked about. And his comments came after several of the other justices seemed to favor the government’s position that the law applies whether the abuse is intentional or reckless.

Thomas last asked a question in court on Feb. 22, 2006, and his unusual silence over the years has become a curiosity. Every other justice regularly poses questions from the bench.

Thomas has come under criticism for his silence from some who say he is neglecting his duties as a justice.

He has said he relies on the written briefs in a case and doesn’t need to ask questions of the lawyers appearing in court.

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Study: Transgender children living openly fare well

By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer

CHICAGO — Young transgender children allowed to live openly as the gender they identify with fared as well psychologically as other kids in a small study that suggests parental support may be the key.

Rates of depression and anxiety were equal in the study, which compared 73 transgender kids aged 3 to 12 with 73 non-transgender youngsters. The trans kids also fared as well on both measures as a group of their non-transgender siblings.

Rates of anxiety among trans kids were “a smidge higher” than national averages for children of the same age, but otherwise they matched national norms, said lead author Kristina Olson, an associate psychology professor at the University of Washington.

She said it’s the largest study to examine the psychological health of transgender youths who have socially transitioned. Parents recruited from support groups, conferences and a special website rated their kids’ wellbeing on a standard mental health scale.

The parents weren’t ran-

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DANIEL HEUMANN, 10, left, posed recently with his parents Micah and Sara Heumann and brother Asher, 7. domly selected and Olson acknowledged that parents of kids who aren’t well-adjusted may have opted not to take part.

The study “certainly suggests that family support is linked to better mental health,” although that idea wasn’t tested directly and

Olson said the results don’t prove that is the explanation for the children’s wellbeing.

The results were published

Friday in the journal Pediatrics. The findings are “truly stunning,” given previous studies showing high rates of mental health problems including suicidal behavior in transgender children, Dr. Ilana Sherer, a Dublin, Calif., pediatrician, wrote in a Pediatrics editorial. Most previous research is in children who haven’t come out, Olson said.

Study children had not had any sex reassignment treatment, and some parents initially opposed letting their kids come out.

Micah Heumann, an academic adviser at the University of Illinois’s Champaign campus, was among study participants.

His 10-year-old child, Daniel, was born a girl and named Naima, but has identified as a boy ever since he knew about gender, Heumann said.

In second grade, the family agreed to let Daniel legally change his name and at the boy’s request, his school agreed to go along with the change, even letting Daniel use the boy’s bathroom.

“He is very well-adjusted” but still feels stress because he knows not everyone is so accepting, Heumann said.

Daniel “was very anxious

before coming out at school,” but refused the option of keeping the secret, Heumann recalled.

“He looked at me and said, ‘Dad, I can’t. It’s harder to live a lie and not as I am truly than to deal with this anxiety right now.’”

Heumann said the family reacted to Daniel’s choice with mixed feelings, mourning the loss of a daughter but never wavering in love and support for Daniel.

Olson, the study author, said the results don’t apply to all transgender kids, especially those whose parents oppose their change in identity.

Opponents of allowing these youngsters to adopt names, hairstyles, clothes and pronouns opposite their birth gender have argued that kids so young “cannot possibly know their gender at such an early age,” said Sherer, the editorial writer.

Letting these kids live openly as the gender they identify with “can be an incredibly affirming process,” Sherer said, “showing the child that their identity is supported.” She was not involved in the research.

Online: Pediatrics: http://www. pediatrics.org

Researchers study mind-controlled prosthetic limb movement

By ANDREA K. McDANIELS The Baltimore Sun

BALTIMORE — After Darth Vader lopped off Luke Skywalker’s hand in the movie “The Empire Strikes Back,” Rebel Alliance doctors installed a prosthetic that immediately moves and feels just like a human hand.

Science fiction is coming closer to reality at Johns Hopkins, where researchers recently adapted a brain mapping technology to enable a patient to independently move individual fingers on a prosthetic arm just by thinking about it.

While such technology is years from practical application in patients, the breakthrough by biomedical engineers and physicians from Johns Hopkins University and its School of Medicine is the latest advancement in a growing field of research into mind-controlled movement of artificial limbs.

The Johns Hopkins researchers said their work, published last month in the Journal of Neural Engineering, is the first to accomplish such precise, individualized motion of the fingers and shows promise for one day providing amputees with prosthetics that more closely mimic the movements of real hands and arms.

While prosthetics have improved in recent years, they still can be bulky and hard to maneuver. The fingers on existing prosthetics move as one unit, or in unison, opening and closing together, like when grasping a soda can.

“We still have a bit of a ways to go before we get this in a practical clinical setting fully restoring the natural dexterity of people — but I think that day is coming,” said Guy Hotson, a fifth-year

electrical and computer engineering graduate student at Johns Hopkins who was lead author on the study.

There are more than 100,000 people in the United States with amputated hands or arms who could potentially benefit from such prosthetics, according to the Amputee Coalition, an education, support and advocacy organization.

“The mind control research is very cutting edge,” said George Gondo, the coalition’s director of research and grants. “It is really exciting to see improvement and to see actual results from the research.”

Funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, the experiment used a modular prosthetic arm developed by Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. Considered the world’s most sophisticated upper-extremity prosthesis, the arm can perform almost all of the same movements as a human arm and hand.

The lab’s research and development of the arm itself was funded under the Revolutionizing Prosthetics program of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency with the intent of restoring limb function to wounded military members.

While building such a mechanically sophisticated prosthesis is possible, how to control it remains an open question.

That’s where the Johns Hopkins researchers thought that brain-mapping technology known as electrocorticography could be used.

But they needed a subject to whom they could apply sensitive electrodes directly to the brain.

Because the study involved

ALGERINA PERNA/Baltimore Sun

GUY HOTSON, a fifth-year doctoral student in electrical and computer engineering engineering working on a fellowship with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physical Lab, Baltimore, demonstrated tele-operating a prosthetic limb using the cyber glove on his left hand. opening the brain, the researchers needed to find someone already getting surgery for something else, so they recruited a young epileptic man undergoing brain surgery to stop seizures not controlled by medicine.

As part of the procedure, doctors placed electrodes on the patient’s brain to help determine where his seizure originated, and then removed those parts of his brain.

The surgeons applied the same brain mapping technique to determine which parts of his brain controlled finger movement. A set of 128 electrodes sitting on a film the size of a credit card were placed on the parts of the brain that control hand

and arm movement. Each sensor measured a millimeter of brain tissue.

The researchers then asked the patient, who was awake throughout the surgery, to move individual fingers. The computer program developed by Johns Hopkins engineers recorded the parts of the brain that were activated through electrical signals detected by the sensors as he moved each finger. (Researchers also tracked which parts of the brain responded to sensory input from the fingers by having the patient wear a glove with vibrating buzzers on each finger and measuring the subsequent electrical activity.)

Using the data collected from the patient’s brain, the

prosthetic arm was programmed to move particular fingers when corresponding parts of the brain were activated.

The prosthetic arm was then wired to the electrodes in the patient’s brain and turned on. When he was asked to think about moving particular fingers, his brain activity moved the fingers on the prosthesis.

The patient was not an amputee and could control both of his arms. The metal and plastic prosthetic was mounted so that he could see it as it moved. The patient also did not have to do undergo any training to make the fingers move as patients in other studies have had to do.

The prosthetic arm still needs years of development, the researchers said. For one, it needs to connect to a computer running the software to work.

“Most of what is being done here is not built into the arm,” said Dr. Nathan Crone, professor of neurology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine who was part of the study.

“Some day when this is used by patients it will probably require some faster computing and eventually it could fit in the arm. Right now it would require some kind of computing pack somebody would carry around. You need the computer near the arm in order for it work.”

The Amputee Coalition’s Gondo said motion-controlled technology has the potential to improve the lives of amputees — from the types of jobs they do to their ability to live independently.

Even if the technology is perfected for mind-controlled prosthetics, cost remains a huge obstacle for widespread application. A modular prosthetic can cost half a million dollars, said Hotson.

“It will be interesting to see how and if they are able to bring any of this technology to market; that’s always a challenge,” Gondo said. “Particularly with upper limb prosthetics because it is such a small percentage of the population.”

It could be years before mind-controlled prosthetics are even ready for commercialization, the Hopkins researchers said.

“We are not going to see this in patients right away,” Crone said. “These are just the first steps toward that technology.”

The debate: Whether to medicate sick children or not Parents of young children may agree — there’s not a much better way to ruin a day or night than dealing with a sick kid.

As parents, we hate to see our kids miserable, but often don’t know how to make them feel better.

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There are a few things to know before doing so:

FEVER While it seems counterintuitive, it isn’t a bad thing. A fever is actually a natural defense the body uses to fight

infection. A minor fever doesn’t need to be treated. In fact, the child’s comfort is the most compelling reason for treating a higher fever, defined by the American Academy of Pediatrics as a fever above 101 degrees. Parents can choose either ibuprofen (brand names Motrin, Advil) or acetaminophen (brand name Tylenol) for most children, although infants younger than 6 months old should not be given ibuprofen.

Check with your health care provider for accurate dosing information for your child. Dosing of these medications is based on the child’s weight, so it changes frequently as they grow.

Dosing of these medications can be especially challenging as there are many formulations available, as well as dose ranges.

Before giving your child an incorrect dose, be sure to check with your pharmacist.

It’s also important to meas-

ure liquid doses accurately, using the dosing cups or spoons provided, rather than kitchen measuring devices.

Of note, children should not be given aspirin. “Baby aspirin” refers to a lower dose of adult aspirin — it is not for babies or children.

COUGH/COLD This is a tricky area for parents and health care providers alike. Parents likely just want their child to be more comfortable, and often think that medication is the ticket.

But unfortunately, there are few products available that are safe or effective for treatment of cough and cold in children.

Several years ago, labeling changes were made to many over-the-counter cough and cold treatment options that they shouldn’t be used in children younger than 2 years old. This was due to information that while they weren’t effective for children,

most importantly, they could be harmful.

Many over-the-counter cough syrups contain honey, and while this is a safe product for most children, it shouldn’t be used in children younger than 1 year old.

It’s also important to remember that many infections in children, just as in adults, can be viral infections. The common cold is an example.

Antibiotics are not effective for viruses, and most children will recover from viral illnesses without needing any medication. Lots of tissues, plenty of fluids and love and most kids are back to normal within a week.

As always, it’s important for children to be vaccinated appropriate to their age, and to receive an annual flu shot once they’re 6 months or older. As parents, it is our job to care for our children, and to recognize when their symptoms are worsening beyond our ability to care for

them without seeing a health care provider. A child who stops drinking, eating, urinating, or is otherwise concerning a parent or loved one, should be evaluated by a health careprovider.

Children with additional medical conditions may

need to be seen earlier than other children; follow the advice of your doctor.

Unfortunately, sickness is an inevitable part of having children, but these common-sense tips can help along the way. Wishing you good health.

HIGH BP & COGNITIVE DECLINE

By Rob Kasisky, R.PH.

Having high blood pressure in your 50’s may increase your risk of cognitive decline later in life. Researchers viewed data on participants in the Framingham Heart Study and found those who had high blood pressure in midlife scored poorer on cognitive tests measuring attention and executive function when they were in their 80’s. Know your numbers and talk with your health care professional about lowering your blood pressure if it’s high. Also, lifestyle changes such as regular exercise and eating a heart-healthy diet may help move blood pressure numbers into the normal range.

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Lawmakers behind ‘nipple bill’ warn of societal decline KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press

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GERNAE SMOOT, center, a friend of the victim of a police-involved shooting, was comforted Monday by Truvalia Kearney, left, and Tamika Richardson as police worked the scene in Raleigh, N.C.

Community awaits answers after officer shoots man

By JONATHAN DREW Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. — A neighborhood in turmoil after the death of a man who police say was wanted on a drug charge is awaiting answers about what led an officer to fatally shoot him as authorities continue investigating.

Eyewitnesses have offered descriptions of what happened to the man after an officer chased him into a backyard, and one woman said she ran down a side street after hearing gunshots.

The only thing Raleigh police Chief Cassandra DeckBrown would say is that a gun was found near the man’s body, but she did not say whether it was his.

Senior Officer D.C. Twiddy, 29, was the officer involved in the incident, according to police spokesman Jim Sughrue. He said Twiddy has been placed on administrative leave, in accordance with department policy, while the State Bureau of In-

vestigation looks into the matter.

Sughrue said the identity of the victim could be released today.

During a vigil Monday night, a group of ministers and community activists tried to bring a positive message to a remembrance of the slain man.

Before the vigil began about 7 p.m., about a dozen people gathered around an anti-police sign with an expletive that was hoisted on a utility pole.

Several hundred people gathered to hear speakers address the crowd, with many holding candles and signs, including some with the slain man’s name and picture.

The Rev. Chris Jones of Ship of Zion, a church in the neighborhood, said he knew the dead man and asked aloud why the officer had to kill him.

After addressing the crowd, Jones said in a brief interview that he wanted people to remember the slain man as a good person

despite having some problems.

By the end of the vigil, the anti-police banner had been taken down.

Tamekia Richardson said she saw a male police officer chasing a man into the backyard of one of the street’s modest homes. The men disappeared from view, and then she heard shots.

She said she then ran down a side street away from the shooting.

Judith Lewis, a woman who described herself as a community activist who has lived in the area for years, said a lot of drug activity takes place in the neighborhood at night. She blamed it on buyers coming in from elsewhere.

“It’s an open-air market,” she said.

Deck-Brown said the Raleigh Police Department’s Internal Affairs unit will investigate whether any departmental policies were violated.

She said she will send a report to the city manager within five working days.

CONCORD, N.H. — Lawmakers backing a bill to criminalize women exposing their breasts in public said Monday they’re trying to shield families and children, especially those drawn to New Hampshire’s beaches — a big tourist draw.

“It’s a shame that some folks are more concerned with exposing their breasts in public places than they are concerned about how families and children may be impacted by being forced to experience this evolving societal behavior,” Republican Rep. Brian Gallagher told a legislative committee. “This is about a movement to change the values of New Hampshire society.”

Gallagher is a sponsor of legislation that would make it a misdemeanor for women to show their breasts or nipples in public with “reckless disregard” for whether it would offend someone. It’s partly a response to a “Free the Nipple” movement that led to two women being cited for going topless at a Gilford beach last year. The bill also caused an online spat among several state legislators that drew national at-

tention after a male lawmaker said if women want to show their breasts in public they should be OK with men wanting to “grab” them.

At Monday’s public hearing, backers of the legislation cautioned that allowing women to go topless at beaches will create a slippery slope where women are going topless at public libraries and Little League baseball games. Gallagher and Rep. Peter Spanos, a cosponsor of the bill, said New Hampshire could lose tourism dollars if women are wandering public places with their breasts uncovered.

Both said they brought the legislation in response to concern from constituents over the incident in Gilford.

But opponents charge such a ban violates the Constitution by creating different standards for men and women. Kari Stephens, a Hampton resident who said she goes topless at the beach, argued lawmakers shouldn’t be taking away a right that women in New Hampshire already have.

“We are not lunatics, we are not radical, we’re not looking to go to football games topless or libraries or school meetings,” Stephens said.

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Looking back Cooking a bit different from 1900 to 1910

By DANIEL NEMAN

Eggs in a nest

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Imagine the exciting world of 1900.

Dresses were more daring, and by 1910 hemlines would rise almost all the way to the ankle. William McKinley was reelected president, though he would not be destined to serve long. The Wright Brothers conquered the air in 1903. The world of art was undergoing a massive revolution.

It was an exciting time for food, too. In the first decade of the new century, brownies were invented, Necco wafers came into being and the first patent was issued for instant coffee. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and hot fudge sundaes were created then, too.

But food was different at the turn of the last century, and so was our approach to it. One main concern of cookbook writers at the time was that the food be digestible.

“Persons of weak digestive organs cannot afford to eat” veal or pork, Mrs. S.T. Rorer wrote in the indispensable “Saint Louis’ 1904 World’s Fair Souvenir Cook Book.” She goes on to opine that “veal roasted is far more unwholesome than when cooked in any other way.”

Presumably more wholesome recipes listed in the book include haggis (“chop the uncooked heart, tongue, and half of the liver of a sheep, and mix them with one-half their weight in chopped bacon...”), baked beef heart, stewed kidneys, several ways to eat sheep’s tongue and three preparations of veal sweetbreads.

Personally, I love sweetbreads and tongue. But that’s an awful lot of offal.

When I set out to culinarily re-create the first decade of the 20th century, I didn’t want to make foods that were too unusual, such as potted fish — I had to eat it, after all — or too familiar, such as hamburger (the 1901 version was less than ½-inch thick, bunless and served with celery leaves and lemon slices on top).

And I didn’t want to make the first version of shrimp cocktail, which was just shrimp and ketchup, seasoned with salt, pepper and cayenne powder.

So I went to some old cookbooks, and this is what I learned: The English language and the format for recipes have changed more in the last 100-plus years than you might think.

Recipes tended to be inexact in their directions.

One says a cake “is delicious when properly baked,” without specifying at what temperature and for how long.

That particular recipe for a Lady Baltimore Cake dating to 1906 gave me the most trouble of the dishes I made. The instructions for the boiled frosting say to mix sugar and water and “boil until stringly, about five minutes usually does it.”

I didn’t know what “stringly” meant, so I looked it up and learned that it means “stoutly.” I boiled the sugar and water for five minutes, and I guessed it was kind of stout or something, so I mixed in the required egg whites that had been beaten to stiff peaks.

It didn’t work. It didn’t work at all. So I abandoned the world of 1906 for the world of 2016 and looked up a Martha Stewart recipe for Lady Baltimore Cake on my phone. She says to heat the sugar water until it reaches the soft-ball stage, or 235 degrees. That worked fine, though it took a lot longer than five minutes to get there.

The result was a pure-tasting cake heightened by a wonderful filling made from that boiled frosting mixed with nuts and chopped dried fruit.

One dish I made was so good and modern tasting that the people who tested it wondered why it had ever gone out of fashion. Stuffed Eggs, which were featured in a cookbook from 1902, are basically deviled eggs that are stuck back together, rolled in bread crumbs and then deep fried.

They would not be out of place at any state fair, and would make a terrific party dish.

When I found a recipe for Eggs in a Nest in a 1903 cookbook, I was first intrigued by the way they would look. You separate an egg, whip up the whites to a meringue, place the yolk on top and then bake it (actually, the recipe calls for steaming it, but I discovered that leads to a rapidly deflated meringue).

They looked just as good as I’d hoped they would, but I hadn’t counted on the taste. The whipped egg whites turn out to be ethereally light and airy in texture while retaining that great egg-white flavor. Meanwhile, once pierced the yolk spreads throughout the gossamer whites in a deliciously delightful way.

I next made cheese straws from a 1904 cookbook. I was drawn to them because I love the cheese straws of today, crispy and puffy. But it turns out that time has greatly improved the cheese straws of 1904, which were limp and uninspiring.

Not bad. Just uninspiring.

So I ended with divinity, the nougat-like, melt-in-yourmouth dessert that is apparently still made more regularly today than I ever guessed. Gelled confections have been around for centuries — Turkish Delight is probably the best known — but divinity is believed to have been invented after Karo corn syrup was introduced in 1902.

In fact, I used a recipe from Karo, but not dating back nearly that far. This one involves using an electric mixer, which makes it much easier than it must have been to create it in the first years of the 20th century.

If you have a sweet tooth, it’s more than just good. It’s divine.

Divinity Yield: About 32 pieces 2 cups granulated sugar ½ cup light corn syrup ½ cup water ¼ teaspoon salt 2 egg whites, room temperature 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup chopped nuts In a 2-quart saucepan combine sugar, corn syrup, water and salt.

Stirring constantly, bring to boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to low and, without stirring, simmer (small to medium bubbles breaking across the surface of liquid) until tempera-

Yield: 1 serving 2 eggs Butter or nonstick spray 1 tablespoon bread crumbs Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Separate egg whites from yolks; beat whites until stiff peaks form. Butter (or use nonstick spray to grease) a small, fancy dish or two in which eggs are to be served. Sprinkle fine breadcrumbs on the bottom.

Place beaten egg whites in dish, make a hollow in the middle and slip in the yolks. Bake until whites are firm, about 3 to 4 minutes.

Per serving: 175 calories; 10 g fat; 3 g saturated fat; 373 mg cholesterol; 14 g protein; 5 g carbohydrate; 1 g sugar; no fiber; 192 mg sodium; 66 mg calcium.

Adapted from “The Settlement Cook Book,” 1903

Stuffed eggs Yield: 6 servings 7 eggs, divided 2 teaspoons butter (2/3 of a tablespoon), cut into small pieces 1 teaspoon cream 2 to 3 drops onion juice, see note ½ cup breadcrumbs Vegetable oil, for frying Note: To get onion juice, grate an onion or place in a food processor. Use the juice, not the solids.

Hard boil 6 of the eggs. Peel them, slice in half and remove yolks. Place the yolks in a bowl and mash fine. Add butter, cream, onion juice and salt and pepper to taste and mash well together until the butter is thoroughly (or nearly thoroughly) incorporated. Fill the eggs with the mixture — you will get the best texture if you use your impeccably clean hands — and put them back together.

Beat the remaining egg well and add to the filling mixture that is left over.

Cover the eggs with this mixture and roll in the breadcrumbs.

Pour enough vegetable oil (not olive) to cover the eggs in a saucepan — you can use less oil if you use a smaller pot and fry the eggs in batches. Heat the oil to about 375 degrees. Carefully drop in the eggs and fry until golden brown,

ture on a candy thermometer reaches 260 degrees or a small amount of the mixture dropped into very cold water forms a hard ball that doesn’t flatten when pressed, about 40 minutes to 1 hour.

In large bowl with mixer at high speed, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Beating at high speed, gradually add the 260-degree syrup in a thin, steady stream. Very important: Do not scrape down the sides of the saucepan. Continue beating at high speed until mixture begins to lose its gloss, about 3 minutes.

Reduce speed to low. Beat in vanilla. Continue beating at low speed until mixture holds a peak and does

about 30 to 45 seconds. Remove and drain on paper towels. Serve whole or separate them again at the seams.

Per serving: 174 calories; 12g fat; 4g saturated fat; 222mg cholesterol; 9g

protein; 7g carbohydrate; 1g sugar; no fiber; 150mg sodium; 47mg calcium.

Adapted from “Mother’s Cook Book: Containing Recipes for Every Day of the Week,” 1902

Lady Baltimore Cake

not spread when dropped from a spoon, about 4 to 8 minutes. (If mixture becomes too stiff for mixer, beat with a wooden spoon.) Immediately stir in nuts.

Working quickly, drop mixture by teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper. Alternatively, spread in an 8- or 9inch square pan lined with plastic wrap, cool on a wire rack and cut into squares.

Store in a tightly covered container.

Per serving: 101 calories; 2 g fat; no saturated fat; no cholesterol; 1 g protein; 20 g carbohydrate; 20 g sugar; no fiber; 25 mg sodium; 4 mg calcium.

Recipe by Karo Syrup

Yield: 16 servings 15 tablespoons butter, softened, plus more for greasing pans 8 egg whites, divided (do not allow even a drop of yolk to mix in with the whites) 3½ cups granulated sugar, divided 3 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup milk 1 cup finely chopped raisins or other dried fruit 1 cup finely chopped nuts Butter the inside of 2 cake pans. Set aside. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Beat or whisk the whites of 6 of the eggs until stiff peaks form. Set aside. In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat butter until it is light and fluffy. Add 1½ cups of the sugar and continue to beat until it is completely incorporated.

Sift together the flour and baking powder. Add about 1/3 of this mixture to the creamed butter and mix until incorporated. Add about half of the milk and mix until incorporated. Add another 1/3 of the flour, mix, the remaining milk, mix, and finally the remaining flour. Mix until incorporated. Gently fold in the whipped egg whites until thoroughly incorporated. Pour evenly into the prepared pans and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 15 to 20 minutes. Cool in the pans on a wire rack.

To make the frosting, place the remaining 2 cups of sugar in a small saucepan with 1½ cups of water.

Boil until it reaches 235 to 240 degrees on a candy thermometer or until a small amount of the liquid dropped into very cold water forms a ball that is soft.

When the sugar water reaches the desired temperature (or just before), whisk or beat the 2 remaining egg whites until stiff peaks form. Pour the boiling sugar slowly into it, mixing well. Remove about 1/3 of this mixture to a bowl and stir in raisins and nuts.

Remove the cakes from the pans and use a serrated knife to make their tops flat. Place one on a cake plate or serving platter and spread the filling mixture with the fruit and nuts evenly across the top.

Place the other cake on top and spread the frosting evenly over the entire cake.

Per serving: 450 calories; 16 g fat; 8 g saturated fat; 30 mg cholesterol; 6 g protein; 72 g carbohydrate; 52 g sugar; 2 g fiber; 108 mg sodium; 47 mg calcium.

Adapted from the Daily Gazette and Bulletin, Williamsport, 1906

Also in the 1900s Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were introduced.

Necco wafers came into being.

A patent was issued for instant coffee.

Brownies were invented.

Et Cetera

The Indiana Gazette

Neighbor fired air rifle, unaware he hit Hayek’s dog

By PHUONG LE

Associated Press

SEATTLE — A neighbor of Salma Hayek’s Washington state ranch told investigators he shot at the actress’ beloved Belgian Malinois with an air rifle because it was in his garage and fighting with his own dogs, investigators said Monday in finding the shooting justified.

The neighbor told deputies he didn’t know he hit Hayek’s dog or that it soon died, the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office said.

And his wife told The Associated Press the couple didn’t even know the dog belonged to the actress.

Deputies investigated after Hayek’s dog was found dead Feb. 19 on her property about 70 miles south of Seattle. The office ruled the

shooting justified but referred the case to prosecutors for review.

“We didn’t even know we hit the dog,” neighbor Kim Lund said Monday, adding that her husband held up the pellet gun and shot it to scare the dogs away. She said one of the dogs was on top of her dog at the time.

Thurston County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lt. Cliff Ziesemer said Monday that a neighbor told a deputy he was inside his house when he heard what sounded like a dog fight in his garage. The neighbor says he fired one shot from an air rifle and the other two dogs ran off.

Lund said she and her husband were inside their home watching TV when they heard a ruckus in their garage. She said Hayek’s dogs often come over to her prop-

erty and chase her dogs.

“I’m still coming to terms with all of this, as you can imagine,” Lund said. “We didn’t even know we killed a dog. To find out we killed a dog that belonged to a highprofile person, I’m in shock.”

Hayek posted on Instagram Friday that she was mourning the death of her 9-yearold dog named Mozart and hoped authorities would find justice.

The 49-year-old actress, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her starring role in the 2002 film “Frida,” said Mozart was a loving and loyal companion and didn’t deserve a slow and painful death.

A veterinarian determined a lead pellet nicked an artery and caused the canine to internally bleed out, Ziesemer said.

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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By The Associated Press

Today is Tuesday, March 1, the 61st day of 2016. There are 305 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On March 1, 1966, the Soviet space probe Venera 3 impacted the surface of Venus, becoming the first spacecraft to reach another planet; however, Venera was unable to transmit any data, its communications system having failed.

On this date: In 1565, the city of Rio de Janeiro was founded by Portuguese knight Estacio de Sa. In 1790, President George Washington signed a measure authorizing the first U.S. Census.

In 1815, Napoleon, having escaped exile in Elba, arrived in Cannes, France, and headed for Paris to begin his “Hundred Days” rule.

In 1867, Nebraska became the 37th state.

In 1890, J.P. Lippincott published the first U.S. edition of the Sherlock Holmes mystery “A Study in Scarlet” by Arthur Conan Doyle.

In 1932, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., the 20month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, was kidnapped from the family home near Hopewell, N.J. (Remains identified as those of the child were found the following May.) In 1940, “Native Son” by Richard Wright was first published by Harper & Brothers.

In 1954, four Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the spectators’ gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives, wounding five members of Congress. The United States detonated a dry-fuel hydrogen bomb, codenamed Castle Bravo, at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps.

In 1971, a bomb went off inside a men’s room at the U.S. Capitol; the radical group Weather Underground claimed responsibility for the pre-dawn blast.

In 1981, Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands began a hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland; he died 65 days later.

In 1996, President Bill Clinton slapped economic sanctions on Colombia, concluding that Colombian authorities had not fully cooperated with the U.S. war on drugs. The Food and Drug Administration approved a

powerful new AIDS drug, saying ritonavir could prolong slightly the lives of severely ill patients.

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush, en route to India and Pakistan, made a surprise visit to Afghanistan to show U.S. support for the country’s fledgling democracy.

Actor Jack Wild, who’d played the Artful Dodger in the 1968 movie musical “Oliver!,” died in Bedfordshire, England, at age 53.

Five years ago: Yemen’s embattled president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, accused the U.S., his closest ally, of instigating the mounting protests against him, but the gambit failed to slow the momentum of his ouster (he later apologized to Washington). The House handily passed legislation to cut the federal budget by $4 billion and avert a partial shutdown of the government for two weeks. (The Senate passed the stopgap funding bill the next day.)

One year ago: Tens of thousands marched through Moscow in honor of slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who had been shot to death on Feb. 27. Minnie “Cuban Comet” Minoso, major league baseball’s first black Latino star, died in Chicago. (There was some question about Minoso’s age, but the medical examiner’s office and the White Sox said he was 90.)

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Robert Clary is 90.

Singer Harry Belafonte is 89. Actor Robert Conrad is 81. Rock singer Mike D’Abo (Manfred Mann) is 72. Former Sen. John Breaux, DLa., is 72. Rock singer Roger Daltrey is 72.

Actor Dirk Benedict is 71. Actor Alan Thicke is 69. Actor-director Ron Howard is 62. Actress Catherine Bach is 62. Country singer Janis Gill (aka Janis Oliver Cummins) (Sweethearts of the Rodeo) is 62. Actor Tim Daly is 60. Singermusician Jon Carroll is 59. Rock musician Bill Leen is 54. Actor Bryan Batt is 53. Actor Maurice Bernard is 53. Actor Russell Wong is 53.

Actor Chris Eigeman is 51. Actor John David Cullum is 50. Actor George Eads is 49. Actor Javier Bardem is 47. Actor Jack Davenport is 43. Rock musician Ryan Peake (Nickelback) is 43. Actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar is 42. Singer Tate Stevens is 41. Actor Jensen Ackles is 38.

TV host Donovan Patton is 38. Rock musician Sean Woolstenhulme is 35. Actress Lupita Nyong’o is 33. Pop singer Kesha (formerly Ke$ha) is 29. Rhythm-and-blues singer Sammie is 29. Pop singer Justin Bieber is 22.

“Still Movement” / Photo submitted by Emily Lasinsky of Strongstown

Train tracks - Creekside, PA / Photo submitted by Colleen Wakefield of Creekside

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Since becoming pregnant, I have become somewhat withdrawn due to depression.

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In his eyes he has done nothing wrong. He tells me

DEAR ABBY

I’m crazy and I need mental help. Am I wrong for being so upset? — NOT CRAZY IN TEXAS DEAR NOT CRAZY: Not at all. It appears you are married to a controlling, emotionally abusive man who may be cheating on you. One of the hallmarks of philanderers is that they will accuse the innocent partner of cheating. Feeling depressed during a pregnancy under these circumstances isn’t surprising. (If you felt any other way, you wouldn’t be normal.)

That your doctor would prescribe an antidepressant and your husband would “not allow” you to take it is alarming. If you have close friends and family, I urge you to tell them what’s going on.

And while you’re at it, contact The National Domestic Violence Hotline (thehotline.org) — the phone number is (800) 799-7233 — because you may need help to get safely away.

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Lately I am having a problem with my sister. Despite the fact that she and my family share the upstairs level of the home, she continues to walk around nude or in her

undergarments throughout the day because she “hates” wearing clothes.

At various times my family members and I have had uncomfortable encounters with her over this. I have talked to her about it repeatedly, but she refuses to cooperate.

I think it’s rude, inconsiderate and inappropriate, not to mention a completely avoidable problem. What do you think?

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She should not be parading around in a state of undress in front of your husband and children.

Because she has chosen to ignore your requests, enlist the help of your parents to get the message across to her. It’s their roof she’s under, and perhaps they will have better luck.

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Justices hear bias claim in death-row inmate’s case Continued from Page 1 “So the fact that he spent 30 years in solitary confinement actually helps the state?” Kennedy said.

The conditions of Williams’ confinement could be an issue in the outcome of his case. Pennsylvania has not executed anyone since 1999, and Gov. Tom Wolf has declared a moratorium on executions. But even if the chance of

Trump, Clinton look to pull away Continued from Page 1 person Hillary Clinton doesn’t want to run against is me.”

Like Trump, Clinton has won three of the four early voting contests, including a thrashing of rival Bernie Sanders in South Carolina on Saturday. Her victory there was due to overwhelming support from black voters, putting her in position for a strong showing in several Southern states with large AfricanAmerican electorates that vote today.

Clinton has increasingly turned her attention to Trump in recent days, casting herself as a civil alternative to the insults and bullying that have consumed the Republican race.

“What we can’t let happen is the scapegoating, the flaming, the finger-pointing that is going on the Republican side,” she told voters gathered in Springfield, Mass.

“It really undermines our fabric as a nation. So, I want to do everything I can in this campaign to set us on a different course.”

Sanders, who has energized young voters with his call for a political revolution, was seeking to stay close to Clinton in the South and pick up victories in states including Minnesota and his home state of Vermont. But Sanders faces tough questions about whether he can rally minorities that are core Democratic voters.

After he voted this morning in his hometown of Burlington, Vt., Sanders told reporters that if voter turnout is high “we are going to do well. If not, we’re probably going to be struggling.”

Democrats will vote in 11

Williams’ being put to death is small, he continues to be held in isolation along with other death row inmates in Pennsylvania.

The court also confronted whether Castille’s participation in the case made a difference on a court that ruled unanimously against Williams.

Stuart Lev, the assistant federal defender in Philadelphia who is representing

Williams, said the vote should be tossed out because no one knows, other than the Pennsylvania justices, what took place in their closed-door deliberations.

Chief Justice John Roberts, who at times seemed skeptical of Williams’ case, seemed to agree with Lev on that point. “I mean, if the individual who should have been recused occupied a

dominant role in the discussion and was successful in persuading colleagues and all that — and of course, that’s the sort of evidence you certainly can’t have access to,” Roberts said in an exchange with Eisenberg.

The Philadelphia prosecutor described Castille’s involvement in the case as minimal, limited to signing off on the death-penalty prosecution.

Voters in a dozen states head to the polls on Tuesday, March 1, with 1,460 delegates at stake. More delegates can be won on Super Tuesday than on any other day during the presidential nominating process.

ON SUPER TUESDAY ...

4,765 total

21% of available pledged Democratic delegates will Superdelegates

Remaining delegates

be awarded, while 24% of available Republican delegates are up for grabs.

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3,030

2,472 total 2,383 Needed for nomination

Remaining delegates 1,744

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states and American Samoa today, with 865 delegates up for grabs. Republicans will vote in 11 states, with 595 delegates at stake.

Trump was seeking to sweep the South, which would be a massive blow for Cruz. The Texas senator, a favorite of the region’s social conservatives and evangelical Christians, expected the South to be his firewall, but now is simply hoping to emerge with a victory in his home state.

Rubio’s goal on Super Tuesday is even more modest. He’s seeking to stay competitive in the delegate count and hopes to pull off a win in his home state of Florida on March 15.

The Florida senator has cast himself as Republicans’ best chance to win in a general election and has received a flood of endorsements from GOP officials after other more mainstream candidates dropped out. But he’s failed to win a state so far, raising questions about his strategy for topping Trump.

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Republicans spent months largely letting Trump go unchallenged, wrongly assuming that his populist appeal with voters would fizzle.

Now party leaders are divided between those who pledge to fall in line behind Trump if he wins their party’s nomination and others who insist they can never back him.

An Associated Press survey of GOP senators and governors across the country showed just under half of respondents would not commit to backing Trump if he’s the nominee. Their reluctance foreshadowed a potentially extraordinary split in the party this fall.

“If he becomes the nominee the Democrats are going to savage him, no question about it,” GOP Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch said.

His Republican colleague from Arizona, Jeff Flake, said he was “still holding out hope” that he wouldn’t have to make the choice about supporting Trump.

The worries among Re-

publicans appeared to grow after Trump briefly refused to disavow former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke during a television interview.

Trump said he had not understood the interviewer who first raised the question about Duke, and he did later repudiate him.

“Clearly that’s caused a lot of concern,” said Texas Sen. John Cornyn, one of the lawmakers who would back Trump as the nominee.

“We’ve got about two weeks to find out whether he’s going to continue his juggernaut or whether somebody else is going to pull into the pole position. But right now it looks like it’s his to lose.”

States holding voting contests in both parties today are Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Virginia. Republicans vote in Alaska and Democrats in Colorado. Democrats also have a contest in American Samoa and for Democrats abroad.

Journalist tossed from rally

By BILL BARROW Associated Press

RADFORD, Va. — A raucous and protest-ridden Donald Trump rally on the eve of Super Tuesday featured a verbal and physical altercation between a news media photographer and a Secret Service agent, complete with profanity, a choke hold and a body slam.

Chris Morris, the photographer who is contracted to cover the campaign for Time, was escorted out of the tense rally amid an antiTrump protest, and detained before being released. The Secret Service says it is investigating “the exact circumstances.” The agent has not been identified.

Trump’s hourlong speech at Radford was interrupted multiple times by protesters — some individual, others acting in groups. Videos of the incident taken by reporters and attendees show Morris attempting to secure a better position to photograph some of the many protesters kicked out of Trump’s Radford event. Rebuffed, Morris is heard cursing at the agent, who then grabs Morris and takes him to the ground.

Seconds later, Morris touched the agent to demonstrate his version of what happened. He was then escorted out.

Trump’s campaign says it is not aware of all the details surrounding the incident.

had been convicted of killing a high-school booster for which he was sentenced to up to 27 years in prison.

Williams claims both men sexually abused him. Prosecutors had information that the deacon was molesting boys and failed to turn it over to defense lawyers.

Associated Press writer Maryclaire Dale in Philadelphia contributed to this report.

SEAL receives Medal of Honor

The road to Super Tuesday

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Castille, now retired, refused defense requests to recuse himself. “In Pennsylvania, we leave it up to the judge’s personal conscience.

I’ve always been confident that I can be fair and impartial,” he said in an interview with The Associated Press last week.

Williams, who had been a star high-school quarterback, was accused of killing a church deacon. He already

Continued from Page 1 SEALs rushed the building where the doctor was held. Byers ripped down a layer of blankets covering the entrance, exposing himself to enemy fire.

A teammate pushed in and was shot. Byers moved in next and fired at an enemy guard, and then fought with another.

Hearing English, Byers moved off of the guard and threw himself on the hostage, using his body to shield Joseph from the bullets, Obama said. Another enemy fighter appeared, and with his bare hands, Byers pinned the fighter to the wall and held him until his teammates took action.

“It was over almost as soon as it began. In just minutes, by going after those guards, Ed saved the lives of several teammates, and that hostage,” Obama said.

Once the doctor was moved to a helicopter landing zone, Byers, a certified paramedic, assisted in providing medical aid to his colleague, who died of his wounds. That SEAL was Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas D. Checque, 28, a Pennsylvania native from Monroeville. Obama also honored Checque’s service during Monday’s ceremony, noting that he is among 55 SEALs to make the ultimate sacrifice since the Sept. 11 terrorist

“IN JUST minutes, by going after those guards, Ed saved the lives of several teammates, and that hostage.”

President Obama attacks, and that he was awarded the Navy Cross.

“He was an American hero, and he was the hero of that operation,” Byers told reporters in a statement that he read moments after the ceremony.

“He died a warrior. He died to bring back another American.”

A Navy bio said Byers grew up in Grand Rapids, Ohio, and graduated in 1997, from Otsego High School. He is married and has one daughter.

Byers has deployed overseas 11 times with nine combat tours. He was promoted to the rank of senior chief petty officer in January 2016. He is the sixth Navy SEAL in history to receive the Medal of Honor.

Byers said he’s unsure how receiving the Medal of Honor will change his life, but he plans to keep doing what he’s doing.

“It’s truly the best job in the world, and I love the people I’m around,” Byers said. “I admire them very much.”

General manager named for KCAC Continued from Page 1 Thompson began his career in 1995 as assistant to the director of corporate sales and special events with Huizenga Holdings, which included the Miami Dolphins, Florida Panthers and Florida Marlins.

He is a member of the International Association of Venue Managers and a graduate of the IAVM Public Assembly Facility Management School at Oglebay Resort, near Wheeling, W.Va. “We are pleased that Pinnacle is the new management company for the Kovalchick Complex and feel confident in the company’s ability to expertly provide the management, marketing, operations

and event coordination for the athletic, entertainment and conference facilities that are part of this venue,” said Cornelius Wooten, IUP Vice President for Administration and Finance.

Spectra, formerly Global Spectrum, had been the management company for the Kovalchick Complex since 2009.

“We look forward to working with Andrew and Pinnacle Venue Services as they develop exciting new conference and entertainment booking opportunities and ensure the continued growth and successful operation of the Kovalchick Complex,” said Sam Phillips, IUP assistant vice president for administration.

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PHOTOJOURNALIST Chris Morris was escorted from a Donald Trump rally Monday at Radford University in Virginia.

Aides to the GOP presidential front-runner, who engaged Monday in his characteristic mockery of both protesters and the press, say the Trump campaign knows nothing of the details, and the widespread tensions did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of Trump supporters ahead of today’s primary slate that could give the billionaire businessman a prohibitive delegate lead over his top rivals.

Trump did not acknowledge the scuffle as it hap-

pened, and it’s not clear whether he noticed at all, although at several other points throughout his onehour speech, he commented directly on protesters.

“Are you from Mexico?” he asked one who protested his talk of building a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.

He mocked another, saying: “Are you protesting, darling? Get ’em outta here. Get ’em outta here.”

Time released a statement Monday saying it has “contacted the U.S. Secret Service to express concerns

about the level and nature of the agent’s response,” adding that Morris has expressed remorse “for his part in escalating the confrontation.”

The news organization also noted that “Trump has a strict policy requiring reporters and cameramen to stay inside a gated area, which the candidate often singles out for ridicule during his speeches.”

Associated Press reporters Alicia Caldwell in Washington and Jill Colvin in Valdosta, Ga., contributed.

Continued from Page 1 Police said a man telephoned 911 about 3 a.m. to report that a woman had been injured at the house. Investigators found Shirey unresponsive on a bathroom floor; she died not long after being taken to Indiana Regional Medical Center.

Shirey was 72.

Walters’ father, Royce Walters, told police his son had failed to take prescribed mental health medication and had bouts of anger and violent behavior toward his parents.

Police put out a regional dragnet for Todd Walters and officers in Logan Township, Blair County, arrested him about nine hours after Shirey was found beaten.

Todd Walters was jailed

in Indiana and legal proceedings were delayed while psychiatrists hired by the district attorney and Walters’ defense lawyer examined him. The doctors agreed in August that Walters was incapable of helping his attorney, Leonard Ambrose, of Erie, to prepare his defense.

Indiana County President Judge William Martin ordered Walters on Aug. 26 to undergo 90 days of treatment at the forensic center at Torrance, and renewed the order Nov. 23 for 90 more days of care, which Walters completed Feb. 21.

Court officials conferred with attorneys this morning but did not decide a date for the preliminary hearing, according to staff at the district court.

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Pirates’ top prospects get back on mound

By The Indiana Gazette BRADENTON, Fla. — Jameson Taillon got back on the mound for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The right-handed pitching prospect, sidelined the last two years by injuries, took the ball to start the Pirates’ annual Black & Gold intrasquad game, working two innings in front of the biggest crowd he has seen in two years.

“It was kind of like a little baseball high I had out there,” Taillon said.

“It was really fun to be out there competing again. I wasn’t mad I

gave up those hits. I was, honestly, as cheesy as it sounds, just really happy to be out there.”

Taillon started for Team Gold and faced nine batters over two innings.

He allowed three hits and one run, hit one batter and struck out three.

“They just want to see me go out there and compete, throw everything and kind of treat it like I’m inseason,” Taillon, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2010 draft, said. “Use the full arsenal and go at them.”

The last time Taillon pitched in an affiliated minor league game was 2013, for Triple-A Indianapolis. The

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last time he threw in front of a crowd this big was spring training 2014.

Since then, Taillon’s climb to the majors has been delayed by a lengthy recovery from Tommy John surgery and a hernia, which required surgery just as he was nearing a return to the minors.

“We’ll monitor him early in the season,” general manager Neal Huntington said. “We want to be fair to him and put him in a position to be successful. That’s why he could have a lights-out camp and still, in our minds, not necessarily be ready to help us win up here.”

“I definitely appreciate being in the moment,” Taillon said. “I kind of

understand that a little better now. I took a deep breath and just enjoyed it today.”

The Pirates’ other top pitching prospect, Tyler Glasnow, 22, faced seven batters in the intrasquad game, allowing two runs while striking out two hitters.

Last year, Glasnow went 7-5 with a 2.39 ERA and 136 strikeouts in 109 1-3 innings, going from Class A to Triple-A by season’s end. Since being selected in the fifth round of the 2011 draft, Glasnow has posted a 2.07 ERA while striking out nearly 12 batters per nine innings.

Road Rage

NHL: Penguins 6, Coyotes 0

SHR move to Ford could create tension with Hendrick

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PATRIC HORNQVIST celebrated with Phil Kessel after scoring the third goal of his first career hat trick on Monday.

No Messing Around Top line fuels rout of reeling Coyotes

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins, like most of their playoff-chasing brethren, opted against making a splashy move at the trade deadline. The way general manager Jim Rutherford figured it, his team has the parts necessary after a couple months of tinkering.

One of the things Rutherford and coach Mike Sullivan haven’t messed with is the top line. Considering the way Sidney Crosby, Patric Hornqvist and Chris Kunitz are playing at the moment, that’s probably wise.

Hornqvist beat Arizona goalie

Louis Domingue three times for his first career hat trick and the Penguins made quick work of the Coyotes, 6-0, on Monday night. Kunitz added a goal and an assist, and Crosby had three assists as Pittsburgh began a busy week by sending the Coyotes to their sixth straight loss.

Kris Letang had a goal and an assist, and Matt Cullen also scored for the Penguins.

“I’ve been struggling to get that third goal,” said Hornqvist, who came in with 18 two-goal games. “I think I have almost 20 games with two goals. It’s nice to get the third one.”

He broke through — and sent hundreds of stuffed Penguins

given away as a promotion raining onto the ice — when his power-play goal 11:06 into the second pushed Pittsburgh’s lead to 4-0. Hornqvist called the scene of the team’s ice crew shoveling the Penguins into trash cans “pretty funny.”

The reeling Coyotes would disagree after dropping their sixth straight overall and eighth in a row on the road. Arizona sent forward Mikkel Boedker to Colorado earlier Monday, and losing their third-leading scorer seemed to leave the Coyotes deflated.

“It’s really difficult,” forward Shane Doan said. “It doesn’t Continued on Page 14

BUSY WEEK Monday Today Thursday Saturday Sunday

Arizona W, 6-0 at Washington 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers 7 p.m.

Calgary 3 p.m. at New Jersey 5 p.m.

Big names stay put at trade deadline

By JOHN WAWROW and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writers

Loui Eriksson is still with Boston. Dan Hamhuis is still a Canuck. And Jonathan Drouin is still on the roster of the Tampa Bay Lightning after the NHL’s trade deadline came and went Monday.

The league said there were 19 trades involving 37 players completed on Monday. That’s lower

than last year’s numbers of 24 trades and 43 players, but it marked the 15th straight deadline day in which at least 30 players were dealt.

There were a few splashes made, mostly in the Western Conference by teams including Anaheim and Colorado as the afternoon deadline arrived.

Avalanche general manager Joe Sakic delivered on his intent to provide Colorado’s playoff run

one more push. And Dallas added defensive depth by landing nineyear veteran Kris Russell in a trade with Calgary in exchange for defensemen Jyrki Jokipakka and Brett Pollock and a conditional second-round draft pick.

Russell has 174 shot blocks in just 51 games this season.

But the day was largely notable for the names who didn’t move.

Selected third overall in the

2013 draft, Drouin’s future with the Lightning remains uncertain after his agent went public with his client’s trade demands in December. Drouin was unhappy over being demoted to the minors and has since left the AHL Syracuse Crunch to work out on his own in Montreal.

Boston acquired play-making forward Lee Stempniak from New Jersey and veteran defenseman John Michael Liles from Carolina.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A late caution at Atlanta Motor Speedway gave Kevin Harvick one futile, final chance to beat Jimmie Johnson.

The showdown went to Johnson and Hendrick Motorsports in the first of what could be a long season of battles between NASCAR’s powerhouse team and Stewart-Haas Racing as the allies begin the yearlong dissolution of their partnership.

SHR stunned the industry 72 hours after the season-opening Daytona 500 by announcing it will leave Chevrolet and its alliance with Rick Hendrick at the end of this year. Tony Stewart and Gene Haas are defecting to Ford in a coup that very few saw coming. Even Hendrick admitted Sunday to reporters that SHR’s move “kind of caught me by surprise.”

SHR’s move to Ford is surprising on several fronts: • Stewart is a General Motors guy, and has been for all but one of his 18 seasons as a NASCAR driver. He drove Toyotas for one season at Joe Gibbs Racing, his last before he bolted for a co-owner position at SHR. • Harvick, one of the four drivers in the SHR stable, has never driven anything but Chevrolets in his Cup career. He and Stewart both won Cup titles for Chevrolet at SHR. • Haas leaned on Rick Hendrick when he entered NASCAR, and it was Hendrick who helped broker the deal that brought Stewart into the race team.

• As customers of Hendrick Motorsports, SHR bought chassis and engines from NASCAR’s top team. A technical alliance was formed, and by the time Harvick won the 2014 title, the data sharing was flowing back and forth between the two organizations.

Alas, that’s where the problems may very well have started.

Few would deny that SHR has outperformed Hendrick the last two seasons, which couldn’t possibly sit well with the folks at Hendrick. How could Harvick and Kurt Busch be driving Hendrick equipment and beating Hendrick drivers each week?

And somewhere along the line the relationship between Johnson and Harvick that dates to their early racing careers in California became strained.

It was Johnson who was in and out of Harvick’s trailer during the 2014 season finale, where the six-time champion was an open book and gave Harvick any advice possible to aid Harvick’s bid to win his first Cup title.

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All indications show Tiger on mend

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

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TIGER WOODS, shown in 2015, posted a video on Twitter last week in which he was hitting a 9-iron in a golf simulator.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Adam Scott knew the only way for him to remain relevant was to win golf tournaments.

Tiger Woods has it far easier. All he had to do was hit one shot in a simulator.

The Honda Classic did not lack for activity, even without the beer-drinking bozos leaning over the railing of grandstands on the 17th hole to shout at Sergio Garcia that the Spaniard should “go back to the European Tour” and at Adam Scott to put “two more (balls) in

the water.”

It started with Jack Nicklaus hosting nearly two dozen potential Ryder Cup players for dinner, a treat for anyone among the top 40 in the U.S. standings.

He said he talked about how to prepare for big events, though it was not clear what else could be gleaned from the night except to hang out with golf’s greatest champion.

“I can’t imagine how them coming over to have dinner at an old man’s house is going to help any,” Nicklaus said.

It ended with Scott’s first victory in 21 months. The affable Aussie lost a

chance at one of the best rounds of his career when he made a quadruple bogey on the 15th hole Saturday and still shot 66. The next day, he became a footnote in PGA Tour history as the first player since 2009 to make a quadruple bogey and still win the tournament.

Through it all, what generated the most conversation across the spectrum was Woods.

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NFL COMBINE

Class of QBs has plenty to prove

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer

INDIANAPOLIS — NFL teams looking for a franchise quarterback in this year’s draft may have a long search.

Sure, Carson Wentz, Jared Goff and Paxton Lynch could be the guy — in time.

But there are significant questions about all three, and this weekend’s workouts at the NFL’s annual scouting combine in Indianapolis failed to produce some of those answers.

“Most of these kids have never been under center, so when you talk about a fivestep drop, most of them have never done it until they got with the (quarterback) guru,” NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock said after watching Saturday’s drills. “So what the coaches are looking for is their footwork.”

Regardless, all three could find landing spots in the Top 10 picks. They always seem to.

The question this year is who is best positioned.

Goff can make every throw needed to excel in the NFL, though he played largely in a spread offense at California, a program that with the exception of Aaron Rodgers has struggled to produce NFL-ready quarterbacks.

Wentz won a national championship every year he attended North Dakota State, but there are big questions about the level of competition he faced in the Football Championship Subdivision.

Lynch looked rather fit at 6-foot-7, 244 pounds and displayed his athleticism during workouts. But it’s also clear he’s not a finished product yet.

“Paxton Lynch looks like, to me, that they’re building him from the ground up,” Mayock said. “When he gets his footwork the right way ... he’s got good arm strength.

But he’s a little bit of a project. He’s a couple years away.”

Other first-round possibilities at quarterback could include Connor Cook from Michigan State and Christian Hackenberg from Penn State.

But the safest bet might be if a team with a solid starting quarterback decided to draft for the future.

“If I’m Dallas at No. 4, I’m kind of licking my lips because I’ve got a 36-year-old quarterback (Tony Romo) who hasn’t finished a season in three years,” Mayock said in reference to Wentz.

“I would much prefer drafting a guy for the future.”

Here are some other observations from Indianapolis: WHO’S NO. 1: With no clear-cut quarterback at No. 1, speculation has centered around defensive end Joey Bosa from Ohio State and offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil from Mississippi.

There’s little doubt Tunsil looked the part this weekend, measuring in at 6-foot5, 310 pounds and looking light on his feet. Bosa, however, ran a slower-than-expected 4.86 seconds in the 40-yard dash.

Don’t be surprised to hear some other names join the conversation before April.

INJURY QUESTIONS: Some of this year’s top draft prospects must wait until their pro days to impress scouts.

Linebackers Jaylon Smith and Miles Jack and cornerback Kendall Fuller have not yet been cleared to participate in work on the field because of significant knee injuries.

Jack and Fuller are hoping to work out before the draft.

Smith may not get that chance because he had major knee surgery seven weeks ago.

NEXT UP: Now that the combine has wrapped up, teams can focus squarely on the next part of the offseason process — figuring out what to do with the veterans.

Over the next few days, players such as Peyton Manning and Marshawn Lynch could decide whether to retire, teams will announce franchise and transition tag designations and determine priorities about who to re-sign. And those decisions could be influenced by what scouts just witnessed in Indy.

SHR move to Ford could start tension Continued from Page 13 Fast-forward to last September when the two made contact in the opening race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship at Chicago. Johnson immediately went to Harvick’s motorhome after the race to defuse the situation, and Harvick exited his bus practically swinging. He had no time to hear Johnson out and no desire to smooth out the relationship.

Asked a few weeks later just what had soured between the two, Harvick smugly offered only, “Oh, there’s not enough time to get into that.”

It seemed puzzling last fall, but in light of the move to Ford, now may be an indicator to a fractured relationship between two of the top Chevrolet teams in NASCAR. In announcing next year’s move to Ford, Stewart explained that the manufacturer change gives SHR a chance to step out of the Hendrick shadows and become more self-sufficient.

The team will get its engines next year from Doug Yates instead of Hendrick, and will slowly this season begin to build its own chassis and wean itself off of Hendrick support.

But Stewart also indicated, with little elaboration, that something had shifted in a partnership that began when Haas put his first Cup car on the track in 2002.

“I feel like our relationship with Hendrick has been changing a little bit over the last year,” Stewart said during last week’s Ford announcement. “The technical side of it has changed quite a bit going into this season, so we’ve kind of

been working this direction.”

Translation: Our people are just as smart as Hendrick’s and we don’t necessarily need or want to be sharing all our secrets with them anymore.

But this eventual divorce has the potential to be bumpy over the next 35 races.

At some point, the information flow between the two teams will trickle down to next to nothing, just as Chevy may need to stop being so open with SHR as the season progresses.

Those shifts could come when SHR is battling Hendrick drivers in the 10-race playoffs for the title.

And, very few are convinced that Harvick is totally on board with this move.

He played the role of content company man when he addressed SHR’s eventual move, but he never uttered the word “Ford.” He has a personal services contract with Chevrolet, and the manufacturer has leaned on Danica Patrick and Busch for marketing support over the years.

Although Stewart dismissed any idea of turmoil between the two organizations as the season goes on, this has the potential to be very, very sticky as the two organizations battle each other for wins and spots in the championship field.

“Our partnership with Ford doesn’t start until next year and we’re excited about it, but this year we’re still a Chevy team and we’re still committed to going out and doing everything we can to win races and a championship for them,” Stewart said. “That’s what we do.”

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THE COYOTES’ Sergei Plotnikov took a shot at Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury during Monday’s game in Pittsburgh.

Pens don’t mess with top line, cruise to win Continued from Page 13 really matter. We were horrendous.”

Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 30 shots for his fifth shutout of the season and the 43rd of his career. The Penguins have won three of four to hold onto the eighth and final postseason spot in the Eastern Conference at the start of a stretch in which they’ll play five times in seven days.

“This is how we have to play to be that playoff-type team that will be tough to play against,” Sullivan said.

The victory provided a giddy end to a relatively quiet day. Pittsburgh’s only significant move before the 3 p.m. trade deadline consisted of sending Russian rookie forward Sergei Plotnikov to the Coyotes in the morning, ending the 25-year-old’s forgettable tenure with the Penguins.

Following a slow start he asked the team in December if he could return to the KHL in Russia. The Penguins declined, citing a roster freeze, and the request did not sit well with Sullivan, who made the power forward a healthy scratch for his final 20 games with Pittsburgh.

It made for an interesting day for Plotnikov, who made his way to the visitors’ locker room after the deal went through Monday morning and suited up for the Coyotes a few hours later. He skated on the fourth line and finished with one shot on goal in 12:10 of ice time while also picking up a minor penalty for tripping former teammate Ian Cole.

Rutherford cited earlier deals that brought in defenseman Trevor Daley and forward Carl Hagelin as one of the main reasons Pittsburgh stayed put at the deadline. He believes his team is significantly better than it was in mid-December when it was languishing in

the bottom third of the East.

The Penguins certainly played like it against the listless Coyotes, producing a handful of quality scoring chances in the opening minutes. Hornqvist cashed in 5:42 into the game by poking in his own rebound past a sprawled Domingue.

Arizona’s best chance to make things competitive ended when the Coyotes couldn’t convert during a 5-on-3 power play in the middle of the first, and Hornqvist doubled Pittsburgh’s lead late in the period, deflecting a little flip from Kunitz that knuckled past Domingue’s glove.

Kunitz made it 3-0 just before the midway point, redirecting Letang’s shot from the point, and when Hornqvist completed the hat trick less than two minutes later the rout was on.

“Glad to see (the top line) got rewarded tonight for their efforts,” Sullivan said. “I think they’ve played hard here the last week or so. It hasn’t necessarily translated on the scoresheet but tonight it did for them.”

NOTES: The Penguins travel to Eastern Conference-leading Washington tonight, a makeup game after their scheduled Jan. 24 meeting was postponed following a major snowstorm. ... Pittsburgh scratched goalie Jeff Zatkoff and made rookie Matt Murray the primary backup. The team will carry three goalies for the foreseeable future. ... Penguins defenseman Justin Schultz, picked up in a trade with Edmonton on Saturday, is expected to join Pittsburgh in the middle of the week. ... Pittsburgh and Arizona made a minor deal later in the day, with the Penguins sending prospect Matia Marcantuoni to the Coyotes for forwards Dustin Jeffrey, Dan O’Donoghue and defenseman James Melindy.

Big names stay put at NHL’s trade deadline

Continued from Page 13 But the Bruins stood pat on Eriksson, who was a candidate to be traded because his contract expires this offseason.

“If you look around the league, I don’t think any team currently in a playoff position traded a player of Loui’s magnitude,” Bruins general manager Don Sweeney said. “I think one first-rounder was exchanged. The deal had to be right.”

Pittsburgh general manager Jim Rutherford said the asking prices were too high for some players he had identified, and Arizona GM Don Maloney said the uncertainty over how much the salary cap will grow this summer was a factor in preventing some teams from making trades.

Washington Capitals GM Brian MacLellan expressed disappointment he was unable to make an additional move.

“It seemed to be a little bit quieter today than I expected it to be, so there’s a little frustration,” MacLellan said. “But still, I’m comfortable with where we’re at as a team.”

The league-leading Capitals had already addressed their depth by acquiring forward Daniel Winnik from Toronto on Sunday, and adding defenseman Mike Weber from Buffalo last week. The East rival New York Rangers acquired Hurricanes captain Eric Staal in exchange for Finnish prospect Aleksi Saarela and a pair of second-round draft picks over the weekend.

The Rangers seem far more imposing than before they acquired Staal. When Rick Nash gets back from injury, he and Staal make the Rangers a force in the Eastern Conference that even the Capitals should be concerned about.

In the West, Sakic completed three trades in which he added a top-line forward in Arizona’s Mikkel Boedker and filled out his defensive depth in acquiring New Jersey’s Eric Gelinas. The Avalanche have missed the postseason four of the past five seasons and cur-

rently hold down the West’s eighth and final playoff spot.

“We expect to make the playoffs,” Sakic said. “That’s what these moves are for, trying to help your team get better.”

Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog appreciated the support management provided.

“It sends a message to everybody in here that they’re willing up top to give us the best chance possible to go deep in the playoffs,” Landeskog said.

Boedker is an eight-year veteran who adds scoring punch. His 39 points (13 goals, 26 assists) ranked third on Arizona. Gelinas is a hard-shooting third-year defenseman who provides Colorado depth on the blue line.

In exchange, the Avalanche traded veteran forward Alex Tanguay and two prospects, forward Connor Bleackley and defenseman Kyle Wood, who were both selected in the 2014 draft. For Gelinas, Colorado sent the Devils a third-round pick in the 2017 draft.

Anaheim made a few splashes in acquiring two-way forward Jamie McGinn from Buffalo and forward Brandon Pirri from Florida.

The defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks were quiet Monday, but they had already acquired Winnipeg forward Andrew Ladd in exchange for rookie forward Marko Dano and a first-round pick in this year’s draft.

Far below them in the standings, the Coyotes said trading Boedker shouldn’t be seen as a sign Arizona is pulling the plug on its season.

“We’re not throwing in the towel in,” Maloney said. “We’ve got some home games coming up, so let’s start winning our games and crawl our way back into the playoff hunt.”

The Coyotes also acquired winger Sergei Plotnikov from Pittsburgh in exchange for prospect Matthias Plachta and a conditional seventh-round pick in 2017.

Continued from Page 13 surgeries late last year that he had to recline his passenger’s seat as someone else drove his car. On Wednesday, he posted a video on Twitter that showed him hitting a 9iron in a golf simulator. A report followed the next day that he was swinging a driver.

Perhaps that’s why Nicklaus was so hesitant to say anything on Sunday.

Woods is a Ryder Cup vice captain and was at the Nicklaus dinner, and the players said he looked to be doing well. So did Nicklaus.

“He says he was feeling good ... and he was able to stand over a putt and chip now without having any leg pain and so forth,” Nicklaus said. “We didn’t really talk a whole lot about it. He doesn’t have a timetable for returning or anything else.

“I think he was just ... he’s pretty private about what his situation is, and I don’t blame him,” Nicklaus added. “Because every time he opens his mouth, there’s nothing but articles written about speculation about Tiger.

And I don’t want to break his ... he likes it when we talk. We talk about different things. I just don’t think it’s my place to expound on Tiger’s health and so forth.”

What does it all mean?

No one can say for sure, except the golfing public seems to be in a bigger rush for Woods to return than he is.

The best guess is that if Woods has learned anything, he will return later rather than sooner. He came back too early from leg injuries in 2011, withdrew after a 42 on the front nine at The Players Championship and sat out three months. He came back too soon from back surgery that knocked him out of the Masters and U.S. Open in 2014. He played 11 tournaments over the next year and was as irrelevant as he has ever been on the golf course.

That’s what makes all the speculation about Woods so fascinating. He seems to be relevant as long as he’s not playing. In place of his recent performance are memories of a player the likes of which has not been seen by any of the four players who have been No. 1 since Woods last won a tournament.

Nicklaus used to always say he thought Woods would break his record of 18 professional majors until one day Nicklaus was so tired of the same question that he asked the audience what kind of headlines he would make if he ever said differently.

It’s not about records. It’s about playing.

Nicklaus said he told Woods, “Nobody wants their records to be broken, but I don’t want you not to have the ability to have that opportunity.”

For now, the most trusted reports came from those who were at the Nicklaus dinner. Phil Mickelson said he was fun, social, laughing.

Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III used words like “fit” and “happy” to describe Woods. Jimmy Walker brought the levity.

“I talked to him just a second,” Walker said. “I said, ‘Wow, you’re standing up and you’re not dead.’ He said, ‘I know.

That’s how everybody thinks I am now — dead.’”

Imagine what it will be like at the tournament where Woods returns to golf, whenever that might be. And then imagine how long before the fans realize he is a 40-year-old with four surgeries on his knee and three surgeries on his back.

Everyone wants to see Woods play again, as long as he plays like the Woods they once knew.

Meanwhile, Scott became relevant again. He is a PGA Tour winner again and moved back into the top 10 at No. 9 in the world. Woods fell one spot to No. 446.

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TOP 25 ROUNDUP

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PIAA PLAYOFFS

(District-place, record in parentheses) FIRST ROUND Central (12-2, 12-6) vs. North Penn (1-5, CLASS AAAA BOYS 24-3) at South Philadelphia H.S., 6 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Upper Dublin (1-4, vs. Archbishop Plymouth-Whitemarsh (1-1, 25-1) vs.

Carroll (12-3, 11-13) at Cheltenham H.S., 6 Lebanon (3-8, 16-10) at Great Valley H.S., p.m.

3 p.m.

Hazleton (2-1, 21-3) vs. Neshaminy (1-7, Bangor (11-2, 25-2) vs. Central Bucks 21-&) at Crestwood H.S., 7:30 p.m.

Eat at Freedom H.S., 3 p.m.

Nazareth (11-1, 21-8) vs. Conestoga (1Lower Merion (1-4, 18-9) vs. Simon 8, 20-7) at Pleasant Valley H.S., 7:30 p.m.

Gratz (12-3, 15-9) at Harriton H.S., 3 p.m.

Governor Mifflin (3-2, 27-2) vs. Garnet Abington Heights (2-1, 22-2) vs.

Valley (1-6, 22-5) at Garden Spot H.S., 6 Lancaster McCaskey (3-7, 21-6) at p.m.

Marywood U., 6 p.m.

Harrisburg (3-3, 21-5) vs. Easton (11-3, Parkland (11-1, 25-3) vs. Conestoga (122-5) at Carlisle H.S., 6 p.m.

8, 18-9) at Freedom H.S., 6 p.m.

Cardinal O’Hara (21-1, 22-3) vs.

Ridley (1-3, 25-2) vs. Wilson (3-4, 18Abington (1-9, 20-7) at Archbishop Carroll 10) at Stratch Haven H.S., 3 p.m.

H.S., 6 p.m.

Central York (3-2, 23-4) vs. Central Cumberland Valley (3-1, 24-3) vs. Penn Bucks West (1-6, 21-6) at West York H.s., Wood (1-10, 19-8) at Carlisle H.S., 7:30 7:30 p.m. p.m.

Roman Catholic (12-1, 22-4) vs.

Central Bucks South (1-3, 21-6) vs.

Academy Park (1-9, 20-7) at St. Joseph’s Cedar Crest (3-4, 22-5) at PlymouthPrep H.S., 5 p.m.

Whitemarsh H.S., 6:30 p.m.

Reading (3-1, 25-3) vs. HatboroDowningtown East (1-2, 20-7) vs.

Horsham (1-10, 15-10) at Gov. Mifflin Central Dauphin (3-6, 17-9) at Wissahickon Intermediate, 4 p.m.

H.S., 6 p.m.

Martin Luther King (12-2, 15-12) vs.

Pottsville (11-2, 22-5) vs. Lower Emmaus (11-3, 19-8) at Lincoln H.S., 4:30 Dauphin (3-5, 20-8) at Blue Mountain H.S., p.m.

5:30 p.m.

Chester (1-2, 20-7) vs. Hempfield (3-6, Norwin (7-1, 25-0) vs. Mount Lebanon 15-7) at Interboro H.S., 3 p.m.

(7-5, 16-9) at Plum H.S., 6 p.m.

Spring Grove (3-3, 25-2) vs. Spring-Ford State College (6-1, 20-3) vs. Penn Hills (1-5, 20-7) at West York H.S., 6 p.m.

(7-4, 22-3) at Tyrone H.S., 6 p.m.

State College (6-1, 13-10) vs. Carlisle (3Obama Academy (8-1, 21-4) vs. North 5, 19-5) at Bald Eagle Area H.S., 5:30 p.m.

Allegheny (7-2, 22-4) at Carrick H.S., 7 North Hills (7-2, 16-9) vs. Latrobe (7-3, p.m.

22-2) at Gateway H.S., 2 p.m.

Warren (10-1, 20-4) vs. Pine-Richland Pine-Richland (7-1, 20-4) vs. Bethel (7-3, 19-6) at Villa-Prep Events Center, 6 Park (7-5, 19-7) at North Catholic H.S., 2 p.m. p.m.

CLASS AAA GIRLS Allderdice (8-1, 24-1) vs. Penn Hills (7Saturday’s Games 4, 19-6) at North Allegheny H.S., 2 p.m.

Archbishop Wood (12-1, 20-6) vs.

CLASS AAA BOYS Bishop McDevitt (3-7, 19-7) at Philadelphia Friday’s Games U., 3:30 p.m.

Del-Val Charter (12-1, 24-4) vs.

Danville (4-1, 26-1) vs. Nanticoke (2-3, Gettysburg (3-6, 14-10) at Lincoln H.S., 23-2) at Shamokin H.S., 5 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

Scranton Prep (2-2, 15-11) vs.

Berwick (2-2, 16-1) vs. LampeterGreencastle (3-3, 23-3) at Scranton H.S., Strasburg (3-4, 23-4) at Crestwood H.S., 6 6:30 p.m. p.m.

Gwynedd Mercy (1-1, 20-4) vs. BonnerEastern York (3-2, 22-6) vs. Imhotep Pendergast (12-3, 16-8) at Harriton H.S., Chater (12-4, 21-5) at West York H.S., 7:30 4:30 p.m. p.m.

Abington Heights (2-1, 19-5) vs.

Lewisburg (4-1, 21-5) vs. Blue Mountain Bethlehem Catholic (11-2, 16-10) at (11-2, 21-6) at Shamokin H.S., 7:30 p.m.

Marywood U., 4:30 p.m.

Scranton Prep (2-1, 24-2) vs. Shamokin Mastery Charter North (12-2, 19-6), vs.

(4-2, 24-2) at Lackawanna College, 7:30 Pope John Paul II (1-3, 15-10) at South p.m.

Philadelphia H.S., 4:30 p.m.

Neumann-Goretti (12-2, 22-4) vs. ELCO Berks Catholic (3-2, 21-6) vs.

(3-5, 22-5) at Archbishop Ryan H.S., 7:30 Mifflinburg (4-2, 18-7) at Gov. Mifflin p.m.

Intermediate, 6 p.m.

Milton Hershey (3-3, 25-2) vs. Lower Southern Lehigh (11-1, 26-1) vs. York Moreland (1-2, 19-5) at Garden Spot H.S., Suburban (3-6, 19-7) at Freedom H.S., 4:30 7:30 p.m. p.m.

Pottsville (11-1, 27-0) vs. West Scranton Lancaster Catholic (3-1, 28-1) vs.

(2-3, 14-8) at Minersville H.S., 7:30 p.m.

Audenried (12-4, 16-9) at Manheim Bishop McDevitt (3-1, 20-6) vs.

Township H.S., 7:30 p.m.

Salisbury township (11-3, 21-6) at West Villa Maria (1-2, 13-13) vs. Northern York H.S., 6 p.m.

Lebanon (3-5, 26-3) at Strath Haven H.S., Holy Ghost Prep (1-1, 19-6) vs.

4:30 p.m.

Archbishop Carroll (12-3, 21-3) at Forest Hills (6-1, 18-5) vs. Conrad Cheltenham H.S., 7:30 p.m.

Weiser (3-4, 15-11) at Hollidaysburg H.S., Meadville (100-2, 21-4) vs. New Castle 3 p.m.

(7-4, 23-2) at Edinboro U., 6 p.m.

Trinity (7-2, 21-4) vs. South Park (7-6, Beaver Falls (7-1, 23-3) vs. Steel Valley 19-7) at Peters Township H.S., 4 p.m.

(7-7, 17-7) at Ambridge H.S., 6 p.m.

South Fayette (7-1, 22-3) vs. Ambridge Highlands (7-2, 21-6) vs. Girard (10-3, (7-7, 21-5) at Peters Township H.S., 2:30 22-4) at Plum H.S., 7:30 p.m. p.m.

Hollidaysburg (6-1, 21-4) vs. West Mercyhurst Prep (10-2, 18-7) vs. Mars Mifflin (7-5, 15-8) at Tyrone H.S., 7:30 p.m.

(7-4, 19-6) at Gannon U., 6:30 p.m.

Clearfield (9-1, 23-2) vs. Mars (7-3, 19Punxsutawney (9-1, 20-4) vs. Hampton 6) at DuBois M.S., 7 p.m.

(7-3, 19-6) at Clarion U., 7:30 p.m.

Erie Strong Vincent (10-1, 18-7) vs.

Villa Maria (10-1, 25-0) vs. Blackhawk Hampton (7-6, 17-9) at Edinboro U., 7:30 (7-5, 19-7) at Gannon U., 7 p.m. p.m.

CLASS AA GIRLS CLASS AA BOYS Friday’s Games Saturday’s Games Neumann-Goretti (12-1, 24-1) vs.

Conwell-Egan (12-, 15-9) vs. Upper Delone Catholic (3-3, 20-6) at Archbishop Dauphin (3-3, 22-4) at Philadelphia U., 5 Ryan H.S., 6 p.m. p.m.

Minersville (11, 27-0) vs. Wellsboro (4Minersville (11-1, 21-4) vs. Wellsboro 2, 18-7) at Blue Mountain H.S., 7 p.m.

(4-2, 19-6) at Martz Hall, 4:30 p.m.

York Catholic (3-2, 20-6) vs. Bodine (12Camp Hill (3-2, 18-6) vs. Masterman 3, 16-6) at Dallastown H.S., 7:30 p.m.

(12-4, 16-9) at Central Dauphin East H.S., Holy Redeemer (2-1, 22-3) vs. Southern 5:30 p.m.

Columbia (4-3, 20-6) at Pittston H.S., 7 Elmer L. Myers (2-1, 19-6) vs. p.m.

Hughesville (4-3, 19-6) at Holy Redeemer Mount Carmel (4-1, 25-2) vs. Holy Cross H.S., 3 p.m.

(2-2, 24-3) at Shamokin H.S., 6 p.m.

Danville (4-1, 15-10) vs. Elk Lake (2-2, Imhotep Charter (12-2, 24-2) vs. Pine 21-5) at Shamokin H.S., 6:30 p.m.

Grove (11-2, 14-11) at Lincoln H.S., 6 p.m.

Mastery Charter North (12-2, 23-3) vs.

New Hope-Solebury (1-1, 22-5) vs.

Mahanoy Area (11-2, 13-11) at South Philadelphia Academy !2-4, 15-5) at Philadelphia H.S., 6 p.m.

Plymouth-Whitemarsh H.S., 5:30 p.m.

Church Farm (1-1, 21-3) vs. Parkway Camp Hill (3-1, 21-5) vs. Dunmore (2-3, Center (12-3, 12-12) at Interboro H.S., 4:30 23-2) at Central Dauphin East H.S., 6 p.m. p.m.

Bishop Canevin (7-1, 22-4) vs. Central Trinity (3-1, 19-6) vs. Holy Cross (2-3, Cambria (6-3, 18-8) at Ambridge H.S., 7:30 24-3) at Central Dauphin East H.S., 7 p.m. p.m.

Aliquippa (7-1, 25-0) vs. Tyrone (6-4, Harbor Creek (10-2, 18-7) vs. Burrell (713-9) at Peters Township H.S., 5:30 p.m.

6, 20-6) at Villa-Prep Events Center, 7:30 Fairview (10-2, 19-9) vs. Bishop Canevin p.m.

(7-4, 19-6) at Gannon U., 4 p.m.

North Star (5-1, 24-2) vs. Marion Center West Branch (6-2) vs. West Middlesex (6-2, 19-7) at Pitt Johnstown, 6 p.m.

(10-3) at Bald Eagle Area H.S., 4 p.m.

Karns City (9-1, 22-2) vs. Carlynton (7-4, Kane (9-1, 14-10) vs. Penns Valley (6-3) 20-5) at Clarion U., 6 p.m. at Clarion U., 6 p.m.

Bishop McCort (6-1, 25-1) vs.

Greenville (10-1, 21-5) vs. Washington Neshannock (7-5, 21-4) at Richland H.S., 7 (7-5, 19-7) at Farrell H.S., 5:30 p.m. p.m.

Lincoln Park (7-2, 22-4) vs. Brockway Greensburg Central Catholic (7-2, 17-10) (9-2, 12-13) at Gateway H.S., 3:30 p.m. vs. Cambridge Springs (20-3) at Gateway Berlin (5-1, 21-3) vs. Greensburg Central H.S., 7:30 p.m.

Catholic (7-3, 23-2) at Pitt Johnstown, 7:30 Sacred Heart (7-3, 21-4) vs. Moniteau p.m.

(9-2, 16-8) at North Catholic H.S., 6 p.m.

CLASS A BOYS West Middlesex (10-1, 24-1) vs.

Friday’s Games Chartiers-Houston (7-7, 18-8), 6 p.m.

York Country Day (3-1, 22-0) vs.

CLASS A GIRLS Sullivan County (4-3, 22-4) at Dallastown Saturday’s Games H.S., 6 p.m.

Lebanon Catholic (3-1, 20-6) vs. Sayre Philadelphia-Montgomery Christian (1(4-3, 19-7) at Manheim Township H.S., 6 1, 24-1) vs. Paul Robeson (12-3, 18-7) at p.m.

Plymouth-Whitemarsh H.S., 7 p.m.

West Catholic (12-1, 10-12) vs. TriNotre Dame East Stroudsburg (11-1, 16Valley (11-2, 13-12) at St. Joseph’s Prep 8) vs. Math, Civic and Science (12-2, 11H.S., 3:30 p.m.

14) at Pleasant Valley H.S., 6 p.m.

Forest City (2-1, 16-10) vs. Lourdes Old Forge (2-1, 14-9) vs. Cowanesque Regional (4-2, 19-6) at Scranton H.S., 5 Valley (4-2, 21-5) at Lackawanna College, 6 p.m. p.m.

Jenkintown (1-1, 21-4) vs. Harrisburg St. John Neumann (4-1, 24-0) vs.

Academy (3-4, 19-7) at Great Valley H.S., Shanandoah Valley at Milton H.S., 7 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

Greenwood (3-2, 13-9) vs. Delco North Penn-Mansfield (4-1, 24-3) vs.

Christian (1-2, 14-11) at Central Dauphin York Christian (3-3, 19-8) at Wellsboro East H.S., 7:30 p.m.

H.S., 7 p.m.

Constitution (12-1, 16-11) vs. Lancaster Mahanoy Area (11-1, 21-5) vs. Delco County Christian (3-3, 17-8) at South Christian (1-2, 19-6) at Martz Hall, 3 p.m.

Philadelphia H.S., 7:30 p.m.

Halifax (3-2, 18-9) vs. New Media (12-2, Southern Fulton (5-1, 21-5) vs. West 17-6) at Central Dauphin East H.S., 4 p.m.

Shore (3-4, 20-7) at Pitt Johnstown,, 7:30 Southern Fulton (5-1, 20-5) vs. Homerp.m.

Center (6-4, 18-8) at Pitt Johnstown, 6 North Catholic (7-1, 18-8) vs. Union (9p.m.

4, 17-8) at Gateway H.S., 6 p.m.

Vincentian Academy (2-1, 21-4) vs.

Bishop Carroll (6-2, 16-8) vs. Erie First Meyersdale (5-3, 21-5) at North Catholic Christian (10-3, 13-12) at Central Cambria H.S., 3:30 p.m.

H.S., 6 p.m.

Elk County Catholic (9-2, 13-13) vs.

Coudersport (9-2, 22-3) vs. Bishop Bishop Guilfoyle (6-3, 19-6) at Clarion U., 3 Guilfoyle (6-3, 16-9) at Kane H.S., 7 p.m. p.m.

Kennedy Catholic (10-1, 23-2) vs.

Blairsville (6-2, 19-6) vs. Cornell (7-4, Jeannette (7-4, 18-7) at Farrell H.S., 7 p.m.

18-6) at Central Cambria H.S., 2:30 p.m.

Homer-Center (6-1, 25-0) vs. Ridgway Kennedy Catholic (10-1, 19-4) vs. North (9-3, 22-3) at Central Cambria H.S., 7:30 Clarion (9-3, 22-3) at Farrell H.S., 4 p.m. p.m.

Bishop Carroll (6-1, 22-4) vs.

Sewickley Academy (7-2, 23-3) vs.

Coudersport (9-4, 22-3) at Central Cambria McConnellsburg (5-2, 21-4) at North H.S., 4 p.m.

Catholic H.S., 7:30 p.m.

McConnellsburg (5-2, 17-8) vs. Quigley Farrell (10-2, 19-6) vs. Monessen (7-3, Catholic (7-3, 19-6) at Pitt Johnstown, 4:30 21-4) at Slippery Rock U., 7 p.m. p.m.

Elk County Catholic (9-1, 25-0) vs. Eden North Catholic (7-2, 23-3) vs.

Christian (7-5, 22-4) at Clarion U., 7:30 Cochranton (10-2, 17-3) at North Allegheny p.m.

H.S., 3:30 p.m.

CLASS AAAA GIRLS Keystone (9-1, 18-7) vs. Winchester Friday’s Games Thurston (7-6, 14-11) at Clarion U., 4:30 Perkiomen Valley (1-1, 25-2) vs. Red p.m.

Lions (3-7, 25-4) at Wissahickon H.S., 7:30 p.m.

SCOTT DUNMIRE bowled a 300 game on Feb. 5 at Mohawk Lanes.

Dunmire bowls in the Mixed Couples League.

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PENNS MANOR held its boys’ basketball banquet Sunday at the Rustic Lodge in White Township. Seniors are, from left, Gavin Grimaldi, Bailey Mumau and Cyrus Lieb.

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By The Indiana Gazette Cooper is ranked first in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference and third in the Atlantic Region in the 800 LATROBE — Adam with a season-best time of Gordish, a sophomore at 1:52.78 in the event. It’s his Saint Vincent College and a second career all-region Marion Center High School honor. graduate, placed in Cooper is also a key five events to help member on IUP’s topthe swimming team ranked distance medplace fourth at the ley relay team. MorPresidents’ Athletic gan, Noll, Lynch and Conference champiCooper have a time of onship held at Grove 10:03.21 in the event, City College recently. the fastest in the reGordish helped the gion this season.

400 medley relay Rivera, the PSAC team to a third-place champion in the 60 finish and the 200 ADAM meters, is the fastest medley relay team to man in the conferGORDISH a fourth-place finish. ence and in IUP inHe also placed door history, racing to a time eighth in the 100 backstroke of 6.80 on two occasions. It is and the 200 butterfly and fin- the third-fastest time in the ished 13th in the 200 back- region and 17th in Division II stroke. this season.

Earlier this season, Gordish Horton is another IUP set a school record in the 200 record-breaker, setting a backstroke with a time of 1 mark in the pole vault at the minute, 59.03 seconds.

PSAC championships with a He was an All-PAC second- height of 16 feet, 2 inches. It’s team selection last season. the top height in the region and 17th in the nation.

Six named to all-region team

Six IUP men’s indoor track and field athletes were named All-Atlantic Region by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association on Monday.

Sophomores Austin Cooper and Julius Rivera, along with freshman D.J. Horton, earned individual all-region honors in the 800 meters, 60 meters and pole vault, respectively. Cooper was also joined by Joe Lynch, Andrew Morgan and Derek Noll on the four-man distance medley relay team that made the all-region team.

Pick-A-Cause races slated The Indiana Junior High School’s Athena Club will hold the eighth annual PickA-Cause 5K and Kids’ Races at Blue Spruce Park on Saturday, March 19.

The kids’ races begin at 9:45 a.m. followed by the 5K at 10:30.

Participants designate which charity they want their race fees to support. This year’s charities are Children’s Hospital, Meals on Wheels, Four Footed Friends and Team Red, White and Blue.

For information or a race

By The Associated Press

Perry Ellis scored 20 points and top-ranked Kansas rolled over No. 23 Texas 86-56 on Monday night, an emphatic exclamation point that clinched the outright Big 12 championship for the Jayhawks.

Kansas had already earned at least a share of a 12th straight crown and settled the question of whether it would get to claim it as its own in the opening minutes with a barrage of 3-pointers, a steady diet of points from Ellis and defense that gave Texas nothing easy.

The Jayhawks (26-4, 143) made 11 3-pointers, led by 24 points by halftime and sent Texas’ sellout home crowd headed to the exits early. Ellis finished 9 of 11 from the field.

Frank Mason III added 14 points for Kansas.

Javan Felix scored 13 points for Texas (19-11, 10-7), which has never beaten a No. 1-ranked opponent in nine tries.

KEVIN STIFFLER/Gazette

Gordish places in five events

Kansas rolls past Texas

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Alumni games set at Marion Center MARION CENTER — The junior class at Marion Center High School is sponsoring the Marion Center Alumni Basketball games Saturday, April 16. Those interested in playing should call Karen Ryen at (724) 840-4130.

NO. 8 NORTH CAROLINA 75, SYRACUSE 70: Brice Johnson had 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead North Carolina in its home finale.

Joel Berry II added 13 points and two key late free throws for the Tar Heels (24-6, 13-4 Atlantic Coast Conference), who led by as many as 13 points after halftime but had plenty of trouble putting the game away against Syracuse’s zone.

UNC led by just a point near the 2-minute mark, but Isaiah Hicks and Johnson came up with big baskets to help the Tar Heels stay in control.

Michael Gbinije scored 17 points to lead the Orange (19-11, 9-8), who shot 41 percent and made 5 of 20 3-point tries.

NO. 21 IOWA ST. 58, OKLAHOMA ST. 50: Abdel Nader scored 19 points and Georges Niang added 17 with 10 rebounds for Iowa State in Niang’s final home game.

Jameel McKay had six points with 10 rebounds for the Cyclones (21-9, 107 Big 12).

Iowa State broke open a tight game with an 11-0 run to start the second half. The Cowboys made it interesting late, closing within 53-47, but ultimately fell to the Cyclones for the seventh straight time.

Tavarius Shine, Jeff Newberry and Joe Burton all scored nine points for Oklahoma State (12-18, 314), which has lost five straight.

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016 — Page 17

Final hunt is good one With the end of small game season looming as last weekend approached, it took some head scratching as to where the hunt would happen.

The good old days of rabbit and ringneck flushing from the seemingly endless habitat is all but history. Urban sprawl has consumed the majority of smaller farms, where such cover and small grain waste was once always available.

Overbrowsed forests now dominate the landscape, and few clearing activities create the early succession desired by small game.

Small pockets of suitable cover are common now, with the potential of a rabbit or two in Zeke Wilson each of these covers the islands. outdoors for After The Indiana confirming via Gazette.

Email: sports@ text message permission to indiana hunt one such gazette.net pocket, I couldn’t help but think the good old days still existed. As the beagles entered the cover eagerly, I made but just three steps and a rabbit was rousted.

The roar of the pack ended all too quickly as they overtook the buck cottontail slowed by a pair of shots.

One other rabbit was jumped from the cover, but it made a straightaway 300-yard dash for its hole, leaving no opportunity for a shot.

Satisfied with the success, I switched gears and wasted little time in locating a flock of grazing geese. Southern winds had returned some of the resident geese to their old stomping grounds of September. After dropping off the beagles and grabbing some steel shot shells, I could only hope the birds were still there.

A quick stalk offered a pair of shots as the flock flushed, with one anchoring a fine goose.

Last-day lighting, as it is referred to, is tough to experience when one is not afield. Liberal seasons and bag limits exist for both rabbit and goose, but when the seasons close it is always a bit of a shock.

Putting away the shotguns quickly inspired a shooting session, and on Sunday I made the trip to the state game lands gun range located just west of Indiana.

For the first time in my life, I wished I was a game warden as we entered the parking lot.

Several cars and shooters were present when we arrived, and I doubt anyone there possessed a hunting license, which is required to use the range.

I have never been much for confrontation, but as hunter whose license fees help maintain the facility, it was all I could do to not tell them to get out and not come back until they were properly licensed.

Those who would like to enjoy the shooting ranges on SGLs throughout the state must possess a hunting license to do so.

• Trout-stocking efforts are now under way, and the agency will work hard in preparation for opening day.

The costs involved in raising and transporting trout are high, and those costs resulted in a trout stamp to help fund the efforts.

Talk of a pheasant stamp has been circulating, although the program should probably be abandoned in its entirety. The amount of private ground that is inaccessible to hunters is vast in our region, and it is very easy for a ringneck to never see a hunter.

As a coon hunter, I must purchase a furtaker license each year, so I see little reason as to why a ringneck hunter should not support the stocking efforts.

• Talks of merging the Pennsylvania Game Commission and Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission continue in the name of money, and I can only imagine how much little stuff will be swept under the rug if such a consolidation occurs.

• Spring gobbler season has a way of sneaking up on the sportsman, and the next few weeks are best for practice and preparation.

BRIEFS

By The Associated Press

Keystone starting club for juniors DAVE LEHMAN used a slowly retrieved spinnerbait to dupe this nice early-spring largemouth bass.

ZEKE WILSON

ATWOOD — The Keystone Sportsmen’s Club is inviting area youths to join its new juniors club.

The first meeting is at 7 p.m. Monday. The club will begin with a free membership for youths ages 8 to 16.

Meetings will be held monthly and include prize drawings, hunting and fishing trips and seminars and field trips.

For information, contact William Cramer, senior adviser, at (814) 249-5813 or gunmaster12@yahoo.com.

Three lead indoor archery shooters Jeff Knapp photo

Modest Approach Smaller lakes can be great for big largemouths

By JEFF KNAPP

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There’s a certain moral victory attained during those first outings after the ice has left the lakes. Greatto-be-back-on-open-water emotions aside, it’s also OK to catch some of the year’s biggest largemouths.

And the state’s smaller lakes can be a great place to do so.

Early-spring warming trends quickly elevate water temperatures up into the 40s, which in turn sends bass to the shallows. Invigorated by the warming water, the objective of these movements is to feed.

The numerous smaller lakes scattered around the state — 200 acres or so and less — often furnish some of the earliest action. Given their modest size, they tend to warm quicker, sometimes providing action a week or two earlier than their larger counterparts. And small lakes don’t necessarily mean smaller bass; such lakes often produce largemouths in the 5to 7-pound range.

Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission lakes — ones such as Kahle Lake, Somerset Lake and Kyle Lake — are often good choices for earlyseason bass action. Just be sure to

check the status of the lake in regard to the stocking of adult trout. Stocking closes these waters for a segment of the spring prior to the trout opener. And when the trout season opens, there will be lots of attention from trout anglers. The lakes I bass fish during the early spring are not stocked with adult trout.

Early-season largemouth bass strategies are fairly simple. The first component is picking the right day.

Cold fronts, regardless of the season, can be a largemouth bummer. This is taken to the nth power during the early spring. The best weather pattern is one of bluebird skies with little to no cloud cover to block the warming rays of the sun. Light winds out of the south carry warm air. The longer the warming trend, generally, the better, so if the forecast is for gradually warming weather spread over three days, it’s wiser to pick the last day rather than the first. Finally, the last half of the day tends to be much more productive than the first.

Fish from noon until the sun is ready to drop below the western horizon and you’ve chosen the best part of the day, all other factors being equal.

Many lakes of this type are limited to electric motors. This can be a good

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thing for two reasons. One, it forces the angler to slow down, a definite plus this time of year. Also, often you have the lake pretty much to yourself, since the use of large rigs isn’t practical.

Though several presentations will take early-season largemouth bass, I usually limit things to three basics: a jig-n-pig, a Texas-rigged tube and a suspending hard jerkbait. My friend Dave Lehman does well with a slowrolled spinnerbait.

Bass relating to wood, rocks and leftover weeds are suckers for a jig flipped tight to the cover. Jigs like a Booyah Boo jig dressed with a Yum Chunk trailer, and also 4-inch flippin tubes rigged weedless, score well.

Early in the season bass will suspend over flats; this is where a jerkbait like an XCaliber Xs4 stickbait excels.

Work the bait painfully slow, incorporating lengthy pauses. The idea is to present a bait that looks like a lethargic shad or minnow.

In addition to jigs and jerkbaits, rolling/grinding a single-blade spinnerbait through brush and weeds can be productive. A bit later in the spring, swimming a jig or Chatterbait-style lure through newly emerging weeds can be a top pattern.

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When: Saturday, March 12, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Where: Marion Center Park Hall Contact: John O’Hara, (724) 254-0512 Address: 22823 Route 403 N, Marion Center When: Saturday, March 26, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Where: Twin Rocks-Cardiff Sportsman Club Contact: Byron Bishop, (814) 242-6395 Address: 451 Expedite Road, Nanty Glo When: Saturday, April 9, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Where: Blue Goose Sportsman Club Contact: Byron Bishop, (814) 242-6395 Address: 500 Duman Dam Road, Belsano When: Sunday, May 15, noon to 7 p.m.

Where: Smokey Valley Sportsmen Club Contact: Larry Olsavsky, (814) 247-8968 Address: 226 Smokey Lane, Hastings

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By The Fish and Boat Commission The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission’s popular Mentored Youth Trout Days program has proven that kids are eager to fish, especially when they have a special opportunity to spend a day with their mentors before the traditional rush of the regional and statewide opening days of trout season.

Last year, more than 28,000 kids signed up to participate, either by purchasing a $1 voluntary youth fishing license or by acquiring a free mentored youth fishing permit.

PFBC Executive Director John Arway expects even more mentors and kids to come out this year and participate in the growing program, which is scheduled for March 26 and April 9. And, as it has done each successive year, the PFBC has fine-tuned the program based on angler feedback. For this year, only kids will be allowed to keep two trout.

On these two days, participants can fish in any PFBCstocked trout water. Kids can keep two trout, which must measure at least seven inches. Mentors must have a fishing license and trout stamp.

The March 26 Mentored Youth Trout Day takes place in 18 southeastern counties.

In western Pennsylvania and the rest of the state, a second Mentored Youth Trout Day will be held on April 9, the Saturday before the April 16 statewide opening day of trout season.

CLYMER — Don Craig, Brad Buterbaugh and Deanna Hauzie were the top shooters in the eighth week of competition in the RC Indoor Archery Winter League.

Craig and Buterbaugh each shot a 248 to top the men’s field, and Hauzie shot a 240 to lead lead the women’s ranks.

The top shooters in the season standings are Jared Mason at 1,883, Toby Kochik at 1,860, Cory Jeffries at 1,833 and Colin Krevel and Brad McCunn at 1,830.

The Competition ? team of Greg Buterbaugh, Ken Misko, Tanner Dishong and Joe Mamrowich led the teamstandings last week with a 1,066.3. Competition ? also leads the season standings at 8,411.3.

The Just Passing Thru team of Kochik, Scott Cunningham, Jay Blews and Ashley Jablunovsky is second at 8,387.9.

The Flirtin with Disaster team of Chris Hickok, Don Carpenter, Dale Carpenter and Chris Goss is third at 8,387.9.

LOST STREAM MAP The STREAM & LAKE MAP OF PENNSYLVANIA was completed in 1965 after a thirty-year effort by Howard Higbee, a former Penn State Professor. The map is known as the LOST STREAM MAP to some anglers.

Professor Higbee painstakingly plotted by hand, the location of 45,000 miles of streams onto the map. It sold extremely well - until the printer declared bankruptcy and hauled Higbee’s work to the landfill.

The few remaining dog-eared copies became a prized fisherman’s possession.

But reprints were impossible because the maps were printed in non-photographic blue. Higbee was even offered $400 for one of his last maps. And state agencies were forced to keep their copies under lock and key.

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MUSICAL TO BE PRESENTED

Tuesday, March 1, 2016 — Page 19

Collins wants fans to delve into collection

By MARK KENNEDY

there’s a lot of people out there that may think, ‘OK. Let’s see what the fuss is about,’� said Collins.

Nick Davis, a producer, engineer and mixer whose credits include music by BjĂśrk, Deep Purple, Genesis, Mike + the Mechanics, The Pogues and XTC, remastered the new Collins albums and hopes fans dig past the hits. “There are some incredible songs on there and there is some incredible musicianship on there. That’s almost a treat, really: It’s finding the album tracks rather than just the singles,â€? he said.

Collins, 65, was the drummer and then lead singer for the band Genesis in the 1970s who embarked on a solo career in the ’80s that made him one of the most commercially successful

artists of all time. He is estimated to have sold 100 million albums with Genesis and another 100 million as a solo artist.

He won an Academy Award and a Grammy for his soundtrack to the film “Tarzan,� and his album “No Jacket Required� won a Grammy for album of the year in 1985.

His “Another Day In Paradise� won Record of the Year in 1990.

Collins made hits but didn’t always get respect. In an episode of “South Park� that was more than usually cruel, Collins was booed off a stage and ridiculed. His last album of new material was 2002’s “Testify.�

In 2011, Collins formally announced his retirement, three years after his third marriage ended in divorce

and as health issues mounted. Nerve problems meant the father of five could no longer grip with his left hand.

He was deaf in one ear. “I felt I owed myself some time off. And also I wanted to bring up my two young boys� — now 14 and 11. “I just wanted to be a dad for the first time. A proper dad.�

Now living in Miami near his third wife, Orianne Cevey, and their two kids, Collins has built a recording studio and hopes soon to begin making music again.

He already has some lyrics that need music and “lots of bits.� “The longer it goes, the bigger the jump,� he said.

He even hopes he can drum again after injuring nerves in his elbow during a Genesis reunion tour in 2007. “Living life — cutting bread, cutting a bit of cheese — was just impossible. But it’s got better. And I think I just have to learn to play in a different way. That’s my intention.�

Collins has been getting encouragement from his children, including sons Simon, 39, and Nicholas, 14, who are both in bands.

Nicholas, a drummer and guitarist, likes to rehearse at Collins’ house. “I give them advice but no one listens to it,� he said, laughing. “I’m kind of the elder statesman. They come in, sit around. Occasionally I’ll say, ‘What about ... ?’ They’ll listen but they’ll go their own way.�

Online: http://www.phil collins.co.uk

and were introduced as PricewaterhouseCoopers accountants, an apparent reference to Asians being good at math. “If anybody’s upset about that joke, just tweet about it on your phone, which was also made by these kids,�

Rock said.

Mee Moua, president and executive director of the Washington-based Asian Americans Advancing Justice, said in a statement Monday that the show was a setback for diversity. “Last night’s ceremony, and particularly the ‘joke’ involving Asian children, which played off more than one damaging stereotype of Asians and Asian Americans, exposed one of the failings of how we talk about race in America: race relations are not a black-white binary,� she said. “It is to all of our detriment to look at race narrowly. We need to work together to dismantle the systems that devalue the experiences of minority groups so we can see the tales of the diversity that have shaped our nation reflected accurately.

A publicist for Rock, Leslie Sloane, said Monday that he was unavailable for comment. And the Academy of

Motion Picture Arts and Sciences did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Sanchez said that he watched closely to see if any attendees were wearing brown ribbons, which Eva Longoria and others had suggested as a protest against the absence of Hispanics. “I didn’t see one person wearing the brown ribbon,�

he said.

Some at the Oscars did make broader calls for diversity. “The Revenantâ€? filmmaker Alejandro GonzĂĄlez Iùårritu, in his acceptance speech, urged “our generation to really liberate ourselves from all prejudice and ... make sure for once and forever that the color of the skin becomes as irrelevant as the length of our hair.â€?

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“SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL� will be presented at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday and Friday and at 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

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NEW YORK — Singer and drummer Phil Collins is taking one tentative step out of musical retirement by offering up huge chunks of his past.

The multiple Grammy Award-winner is this winter releasing all eight of his solo albums, each remastered and accompanied by a second CD of demos and live recordings, many previously unreleased.

His hope is that fans and nonfans will explore more than just his hits, which include “In the Air Tonight,� “Groovy Kind of Love,� “One More Night,� “Sussudio,� “Can’t Hurry Love,� “Against All Odds� and “Separate Lives.� “People that don’t like me — and there are some, I know it’s hard to believe — most of the time have based their opinion on what they hear on the radio. It’s played to death,� he said. “I’m a bit more than that.

And the ‘bit more’ is on the albums.�

He’s already released 1981’s “Face Value� and 1993’s “Both Sides.� Next up is 1982’s “Hello, I Must Be Going!� and 1996’s “Dance into the Light,� both out Friday. Each new double CD has Collins recreating his pose from the original album cover.

A long list of current artists — including Adele, Lorde, Kanye West, Pharrell Williams — have publicly come out as fans. “I’m very flattered by that and I think

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PHIL COLLINS is releasing remastered versions of his eight solo albums this year.

Documentary, album Critics say Oscars diversity talk too narrow explore Lynn’s roots

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When Loretta Lynn was growing up in Butcher Hollow in Kentucky in the 1930s, her home in the coal mining community was always filled with music, either from her own voice echoing through the trees or the sound of the Carter Family’s songs.

The country icon’s Appalachian musical roots are explored in a new “American Masters� documentary on PBS as well as her first new studio album in a more than a decade, “Full Circle,� both debuting Friday.

Lynn, who was the second of eight children in her family, said her daddy played the banjo and her mama played the guitar and nearly everyone in the “holler,� as she pronounces it, could sing or play as well. “I was singing when I was born, I think,� said the 83year-old singer during an interview in Nashville, where she was taping a new music video with Willie Nelson. “Daddy used to come out on the porch where I would be singing and rocking the babies to sleep. He’d say, ‘Loretta, shut that big mouth. People all over this holler can hear you.’ And I said, ‘Daddy, what difference does it make? They are all my cousins.’�

The documentary, “Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl,� chronicles Lynn’s remarkable rise from a “Coal Miner’s Daughter� to a country superstar who wrote frank songs about her upbringing and her experiences as a wife and mother.

Although her rags-toriches story is already well known thanks to a best-selling autobiography and Oscar-winning film starring Sissy Spacek, Lynn has never before recorded many of the Appalachian songs that inspired her career. Her last album, “Van Lear Rose,� produced by rocker Jack White, earned her two Grammys in 2005. “Some of them were songs I sang when I was just a little girl,� Lynn said. “I didn’t dream any of them would get on this album.�

It was fitting then that producer John Carter Cash, the son of June Carter and Johnny Cash, helped her revisit some of these songs, including a couple of Carter Family standards, “Black Jack David� and “I Never Will Marry.�

The Carters were a musical dynasty from just over the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia — led by A.P. Carter, his wife, Sara, and his sister-in-law Maybelle — who wrote legendary

songs like “Keep on the Sunny Side,� “Wildwood Flower� and “Will the Circle Be Unbroken.� “The Carter Family was the first songs I ever heard,�

Lynn recalled. “I was just 2 or 3 years old, maybe a little older. But I remember climbing up on Daddy’s leg and Daddy was playing the old Victrola and playing Carter Family records.�

Cash, who is the grandson of Maybelle Carter, said recording with Lynn at his Cash Cabin studio in Hendersonville, Tenn., felt like a family project. They have recorded more than 100 songs, some of which will be released on subsequent albums on the Sony Legacy label. “There was just an immediate magic in the studio together,� Cash said. “To me, it was a lot like working with my mom again. Loretta’s sense of humor, her creative drive and just the very nature of her being felt like home.�

She also recorded another song from her childhood, “In the Pines,� an Appalachian folk traditional dating back to the 1870s that has been sung by everyone from Bill Monroe to Lead Belly.

Over a simple guitar and banjo tracks, Lynn’s steady vocals evoke that high lonesome sound of the mountains.

The album starts with the very first song she ever wrote, “Whispering Sea,� which was the b-side to her first recording, “I’m a Honky Tonk Girl,� released in 1960.

Also included is a new version of “Fist City,� a fiery threat to punch any woman who dared to fool around with her man.

Lynn made her name on songs like “You Ain’t Woman Enough� and “Don’t Come Home A’Drinkin’� that were gritty and realistic and sometimes based on her own difficult marriage to Oliver “Doolittle� Lynn. But she said she never wrote songs just to be controversial. “It was what I wanted to hear and what I knew other women wanted to hear, too,� Lynn said. “I didn’t write for the men; I wrote for us women. And the men loved it, too.� “Full Circle� also features guest vocals from Nelson and Elvis Costello and new songs including the particularly poignant “Who’s Gonna Miss Me?�

Lynn still tours regularly and insists she’s not thinking about retirement. “But who is going to miss me when I do?� she asks.

Online: http://www.lorettalynn. com/fullcircle/

AP National Writer

NEW YORK — As Felix Sanchez watched the Academy Awards ceremony, he kept wondering when all the talk of diversity from host Chris Rock and others would itself become more diverse. “I was shocked that Latinos and Asians and Native Americans were not a part of this conversation,� says Sanchez, chairman and co-founder of the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts, based in Washington, D.C. “They have this idea that the paradigm is still blackwhite and they need to expand the conversation. That it was so narrow is indefensible.�

The all-white list of acting nominees led to widespread criticism in the weeks leading up to Sunday night’s show and to the hashtag movement OscarsSoWhite.

Rock was praised for introducing an unusual level of candor about race to the telecast, but his comments were almost exclusively about blacks, and the show overall made only brief references to other minorities.

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If you see these people today, be sure to wish them a happy birthday: • Adam Aikens, Clymer • Linda Bara, Indiana • Tom Brubaker, Indiana • Connie Bytner, Creekside • Tammy Harsh DeHaven, Blairsville • Brittney Colgan Dietrick, Indiana • Dotti Gabelli, Indiana • Lois Harris, Indiana • Bob McCrea, Blairsville • Travis Pickup, Latrobe • Kayla Piper, Homer City • James Rusko, Starford Submitted photo

MISSIONS POSSIBLE will host its annual Spring Craft and Vendor Show from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 12, at the Blairsville Community Center, 101 E. North Ave., Blairsville. The show will consist of 35 tables with local crafters and direct sales companies. There are no vendor tables available; the show is full. The concession stand with lunch and drink items is being run by Missions Possible, a missions team from the Blairsville area which is raising money for local and long-term mission projects. Items will include handmade chocolates, jewelry, scrollsaw signs, wooden and hand-painted crafts, soap, candles, hand-sewn items, baskets, custom tiles, baby items and direct sales companies. Pictured are, from left, Frank Schweigert with Frank’s Wood Shop; Joanna Dinger with KEEP Collective and Pampered Chef; and Bev and Bob Lydick with Plasma Cut Metal Artwork.

The Gazette would like to wish you a “Happy Birthday!” To have a name added to the list, call (724) 465-5555, ext. 265.

Craft show canceled The annual spring craft show, which was to be held March 12 at the Dixonville Wesleyan Ministry Center, Dixonville, has been canceled.

Readers have success with suggested cleaning tips DEAR MARY: Some time ago you gave your readers a cleaning formula you received from a professional housekeeper. The formula sounded way too simple to be effective. But I Email work really hard to questions or keep our tub and tips to shower spotless, mary@every so I gave it a shot. daycheap Wow! The results skate.com or were amazing.

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EVERYDAY CHEAPSKATE Your columns are so very practical and easy to follow. One tip that I have been using for a few years is to stash away any $5 bill that comes my way. By the end of the year I have a great Christmas fund.

I have dipped into it during the year for emergencies but I always replace what I take out. I have become my own personal Christmas club. Thanks for being such a friend to all your readers. — Barbara DEAR BARBARA: I knew you’d love that tub and shower cleaner. I’ve never heard anyone who didn’t!

Good for you on your personal Christmas club. Saving is its own reward for the personal joy and satisfaction it brings. I’m proud that you’ve made this a personal habit.

DEAR MARY: I read your column in the Twin Cities Pioneer Press about cleaning windows. As dirty win-

dows are my pet peeve, I would like to tell you my experience with stubborn water spots. After spending $30,000 on windows for my home a few years ago, these fine water spots kept developing on a few particular windows, which turned out to be a residual effect from the sprinklers in my flower gardens. I tried every single window cleaner on the market; I employed every old wives’ tale without success.

The stubborn spots remained. In desperation, I called the window manufacturer, Pella, and explained my predicament to them. They told me to buy Bar Keepers Friend Liquid Soft Cleaner from my local hardware store or online. It worked like a charm. I applied a small amount and scrubbed in a circular motion, then wiped it off with a damp paper towel. Since then I maintain my windows with regular window cleaner. I couldn’t be happier and enjoy your column very much. — Mary Pat DEAR MARY PAT: Thanks for telling

your story. I get plenty of mail from readers dealing with stubborn water marks on shower doors — so stubborn it seems nothing will remove them. Hopefully, someone else with this problem will be willing to test Bar Keepers Friend Liquid Soft Cleaner on the spots and report back. I’m hopeful it will be equal to what you experienced with your windows. Thanks for the tip!

DEAR, MARY: Is the all-purpose bathroom cleaner you wrote about recently (50-50 rubbing alcohol and plain white vinegar) safe to use on cultured marble? I love this recipe and hope to use it. Thank you. — Katherine DEAR KATHERINE: Yes, as long as it is truly cultured marble. The resin used in the process of manufacturing cultured marble makes it very strong and stain-resistant. Some cultured marble manufacturers suggest using car wax or a special countertop wax like Jubilee Kitchen Wax to shine cultured marble.

Again, always apply the wax to a

small, hidden area first to make sure it won’t damage or discolor the cultured marble. Take an abundance of caution.

Once you know you are in the clear, apply the wax to the sink or countertop according to the label directions. Most bottles will recommend letting the wax dry for 15 to 20 minutes. Once dry, use a clean, damp cloth to remove it. Follow that with a dry cloth to remove any remaining wax. Caution: If you are using wax in the shower or tub be sure to test for slipperiness before getting in again.

Mary invites questions, comments and tips. This column will answer questions of general interest, but letters cannot be answered individually. Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com, a personal finance member website and the author of “Debt-Proof Living,” released in 2014.

To find out more about Mary and read her past columns, please visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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) 465-5678.

• Community Guidance Center needs volunteers to file and do data entry. Contact Kerry Ray at (724) 465-5576, ext. 128.

• Four Footed Friends is looking for a volunteer receptionist. (724) 349-1144 • Indiana County Community Action Program (ICCAP) needs volunteers to answer the phones, type and do filing. (724) 465-2657 or (724) 248-9555 • 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) 4658841.

• 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) 3494500.

• 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) 3495744.

• 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-a-grandparent program.

(724) 465-3900 • 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 their “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) 801-6029.

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

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

• CareNet, a service of the Visiting Nurse Association, is looking for volunteers to provide friendly visits, transportation or shopping assistance to the elderly and disabled in the community. Those interested may contact June Stewart at (724) 463-6340 or jstewart@vnaindiana. org.

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

• Habitat for Humanity is in need of volunteers skilled in building trades such as masonry, framing, carpentry, electricity, plumbing and heating, roofing and siding, dry wall finishing, flooring/carpet laying and painting.

Also needed are people willing to be trained in these skills or general labor. A willingness to help is all that is needed.

For more information or to volunteer, call (724) 397-5546 or (724) 422-5042.

WEB/TECH • Historical & Genealogical Society of Indiana County could use an experienced IT volunteer. For details, contact Jonathan Bogert at (724) 463-9600.

OTHER • Indiana County Community Action Program (ICCAP) can use your assistance in the food warehouse.

For details, call (724) 465-2657 or (724) 248-9555.

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

licity. For more information, call (724) 465-7387.

• 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) 465-5678.

• Four Footed Friends needs special event volunteers. Call (724) 349-1144 for details.

• ICCAP can use help with Care and Share Day and other special events. For more information, call (724) 465-2657 or (724)248-9555.

• Indiana County Humane Society is looking for volunteers to assist with the county fair, school presentations and fundraising. Call (724) 465-7387/3977 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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1 BDRM Apt, newly remodeled, ALL Util. incl. + free internet & dish network, East Pike $750/mo No pets. (724) 549-2059 ATTRACTIVE 2 bedroom Homer City, $550/mo + electric. Non smoking. No pets! (724) 388-3337 CLYMER: 1 bdr, w/ appliances, $475/mo. includes electric, trash & water.

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AAA Quality Painting Services. Home repair.

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LADIES winter boots: size 11 medium, worn twice, $15.00 (724) 467-0556 MEN’S Saucony Mirage IV, Sneakers-Size 10.

Never worn. Pd $110.00 asking $55 obo. (724) 465-2096.

Machinery & Tools

Floor Jack, OTC, 4 ton, service jack ,asking $200.

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DRESSER with mirror, solid wood, Colonial maple, mirror 35”h x 39”w. dresser 50”w x 31.5”h x 19”d. $200.00 Call (724) 464-8571 EURO PRO Ultra Shark hand held vacuum, model EP366, with accessories. $13.00 (724) 726-5606 GLASSES: (45) 5oz & (30) 8oz $10.00 for each sze.

Each size matches. Call (724) 254-0325 Large Coat Tree, wood and chrome, free but you must pick up.

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CHEST TYPE Freezer, 23 1/2” x 23 1/2” x 34”, clean, works great! $75.

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MATCHING Washer & electric Dryer: Kenmore, 8 years old. $100. Good condition.

(724) 549-1345 WHIRLPOOL Duet front load washer, needs parts, $50. (724) 254-1946 WILLIAMS Appliance, 30 years. Selling quality new & used. (724) 397-2761.

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VIOLIN: Jacobus Stainer 1744 w/Prell bow, new pegs, strings, soundpost.

Bow rehaired & regripped of silver lapping, leather bolt. cleaned & tuned. $1,600. (814) 257-8154

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Your beloved pet deserves a loving, caring home.

The ad for your free pet may draw response from individuals who may sell your pet for research or breeding purposes.

Please screen respondents very carefully when giving away your pet.

Your pet will thank you!

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Sports Equipment For Sale

CABELA’S Wader Boots with felt bottoms. Men’s Size 12. $50 Call (724) 349-6866 MEN’S Skis and poles, ceramic, with carrying case, excellent condition, $30. (724) 459-5803 MOUNTAIN bike: TP Agressor 3.0, new tires, new sprocket bearing, $400 invested. Sell $135.00 (724) 549-6040 VITAMASTER Flywheel Exercise Bike, good condition.

Call (724) 726-8044

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BIKE RACK for 2” hitch, holds 2 bikes, $35.00 Call (724) 599-5420

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EURO PRO Professional portable steamer. model SC500H. $100. (724) 762-9317 FOOD SAVER, Vacuum packaging plus accessories and bags. $75. Call (724) 463-3289 GOLDEN Campanion II Mobility Scooter, motorized, good running condition, $900.

(724) 349-1662 MARLENA EVANS Days of our Lives doll, new in box, $125.

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Miscellaneous For Sale

PANASONIC Surround sound stereo with Cd and cassette player, remote, speakers. Excellent condition. $150 obo. (814) 360-2762

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BUYING Junk cars. Call us McCarthy Auto. (724) 349-2622

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Autos For Sale

1974 Jeep Pick Up , J20, $2500, price negoitable, Call (724) 541-5438 1998 CHRYSLER Concord, FWD, 2.7 auto, 23-27 m.p.g., 108k, $1,850. (724) 349-6517 ‘98 HONDA Accord, V6 clean, leather, 195k, runs great, no rust. $1,400.

(724) 388-1374

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Trucks For Sale

CHEVY S10 4.3, 6 cyc, strong running engine, 4X4, no title, parts truck, as is, $500. won’t pass insp., body no good, replaced engine, unknown miles, (724) 549-4585

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2014 YAMAHA XC50D Vino Classic, 185K, beige & brown, excellent condiotion, only rode twice. $1,590.00 obo. Call (724) 479-8194 leave message.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2016

by Phillip Alder

COUNT THE TRICKS TO FIND THE LINE Eric Hoffer, a philosopher and author who died in 1983, said, “The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.”

Many bridge players find the hardest arithmetic to master is counting winners and losers.

Since the numbers are not that high, it shouldn’t be beyond anyone. It just requires a willingness to spend the time to do it. But anyone who succeeds becomes a tough player immediately.

In today’s deal, how should South play in seven spades after West leads a trump?

The auction

suggests that the author was looking at all of the cards!

However, as I mentioned yesterday, when you have a two-suiter and find a fit in the first suit you bid, upgrade your hand.

Here, South should see the slam potential if North has both red-suit aces.

But as Blackwood will not help, South starts with a four-club control-bid. Then, after three more control-bids confirm that North does have those two aces, South leaps majestically to the grand slam.

West, anticipating declarer’s need of ruffing winners, sensibly starts with a trump. (South must have a club void.)

Declarer has six side-suit winners (five hearts and one diamond), so needs seven trump tricks: four winners on the board and three club ruffs in his hand.

South takes the first trick on the board and ruffs a club high.

He continues with a heart to the ace, another club ruff high, a diamond to the ace, and a third club ruff high. Then he draws trumps and claims. It is a textbook dummy reversal.

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SMALL plastic pet carrier, good condition. $15.00 obo. Call (724) 479-8745

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Sports Equipment For Sale

1 SET of clubs with stand bag used in course 2 times. $350.00 Call (724) 464-8274 Assorted Golf Clubs, various drives, fairway metals and irons, $45/all .

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2004 Cub Cadet 5252, 24hp gas motor, 60” mower, 4’ front end loader, 2wd, 800 hrs, 3pt hitch & rear pto. $4,500. exe. cond.

(724) 254-9416 MoJack Riding mower Lift, lifts front wheels, 300 pound capacity, asking $125, Call (724) 357-8408

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Wanted White Pine and Norway Spruce, 7 to 12 foot, for spring digging, Call (814) 244-7889

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