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Officials certify reassessment values

By RANDY WELLS

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After months of often heated and contentious arguments, debate and demonstrations by Indiana County property owners, the Indiana County commissioners Wednesday — without comment

— unanimously agreed to certify the 2015 base year values for real estate as set during the countywide property reassessment.

On the recommendation of Frank Sisko, the county’s chief assessor, the commissioners Wednesday also agreed to ask the Court of Common Pleas to extend

INDIANA COUNTY the deadline for enrolling in the Clean and Green program for 2017 from June 1 to Aug. 1. Clean and Green is a state program intended to help keep post-reassessment taxes on agriculture

and timber land closer to what they were before the reassessment.

Sisko said that now that the commissioners have certified the property values established by Evaluator Services and Technology, and in some cases values that were modified through the ap-

peals process, the appropriate paperwork will be sent from the county to municipalities and school districts — probably by May 25 — so that they can establish their own millage rates, which by law, must keep their post-reassessment tax revenue neutral.

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Supervisors draw CD money for stormwater plan

By SEAN YODER

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DISTRICT ATTORNEY Patrick Dougherty, left, and Detective Anthony Clement of the Indiana Borough Police Department spoke Wednesday at a press conference on the double homicide at Essex House apartments in Indiana late Tuesday.

Investigators shed more light on shooting that killed 2 men

By CHAUNCEY ROSS

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The Indiana County coroner’s office has confirmed the identities of two Allegheny County men who were shot to death late Tuesday in the Essex House apartment building

in Indiana.

Indiana Borough police have charged three suspects with general counts of criminal homicide in connection with the shootings, and Indiana County District Attorney Patrick Dougherty on Wednesday left open the possibility

that other arrests may follow.

Dougherty said one man is accused of firing the shots, although the suspect said he acted in selfdefense, and two others are charged with murder for their roles in events leading to the killings.

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A RECOVERY vehicle and test sled sat on a track after a test of a Hyperloop One propulsion system Wednesday in North Las Vegas, Nev. first public glimpse of a propulsion system that its creators hope will rocket people and cargo through tubes at the speed of sound

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North Fifth, Center and Clinton streets area. Much of the piping there is 18 inches, according to Township Manager Milt Lady.

The old pipes, which are largely degraded, Lady said, will be removed and larger pipe will be put in its place for increased capacity when it’s needed. “It’s a pretty complicated project in terms of interference from other utilities,�

Lady said.

As funds come in at a later time, phase three will take the work all the way to the top of the slope in the area.

Supervisor Eugene Gemmell, who is also chair of the municipal authority, said Wednesday the work would need to be done anyway, and if there was no stormwater plan all of the money would have to come from the general fund.

In other news, Matt Genchur, code enforcement officer, said the township has made progress with restoration of the stream near the Kitty Hawk pump station. The water had been eroding the bank and working its way slowly toward the township building. The bank of the stream is now stabilized after it was reinforced with rock and will soon be seeded.

Close call reported as ATV gets stuck on train tracks

Test of high-speed transport succeeds NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — A low-profile block of aluminum zipped across a short stretch of what looked like railroad tracks Wednesday before crashing into a tuft of sand and sending a small cloud into the clear skies of the desert north of Las Vegas.

The seconds-long demonstration by startup Hyperloop One marked the

The victims were Shawn Jaquet Richardson, 34, of the Homewood section of Pittsburgh, and Jamar James Watt, 34, of Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood.

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The White Township supervisors agreed Wednesday to draw down one of the municipality’s general fund CDs to fund the next phase of the Chevy Chase stormwater project.

The township leases the stormwater and sewage infrastructures to the municipal authority, but the municipal authority then hires the township to manage them. The low bid, opened April 22 and to be approved by the authority next week, is from Continental Construction in Ridgway for phase two of the stormwater project at a cost of $566,412.

The township will draw down $470,000 from a general fund CD. Of that, the township’s contribution will be $120,000, with $350,000 to be paid back over two years from the authority as stormwater revenues come in.

The authority had already budgeted $100,000 for the project.

White Township is still waiting on the production of its stormwater bills. The company contracted for programming has been delayed and none of the expected revenue has come in.

Phase two calls for more work to be done in the

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BLAIRSVILLE — Two men avoided being hit by a freight train when their allterrain vehicle got stuck on railroad tracks in Blairsville late Wednesday, but one was hospitalized for treatment of an apparent serious medical problem.

The train hit the ATV near North East Avenue shortly before 11 p.m. after the men gave up their attempt to dislodge it from the rails, said Assistant Chief Terry Shepherd of the Blairsville fire department.

The fire company was sent to the area at 10:57 p.m. after railroad workers notified Indiana County 911 of the accident.

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transport one to UPMC-Presbyterian in Pittsburgh for treatment.

Shepherd said the ill man’s companion dragged him from the ATV to the edge of the railroad right of way, then continued to try to free the ATV from the rails.

Neither the train nor the tracks sustained serious damage from the accident.

Firefighters helped clear the wrecked ATV away from the rails and the train safely continued on its way.

Shepherd didn’t comment on the ill man’s medical condition.

Blairsville Borough police and Citizens’ Ambulance Service paramedics also were dispatched to the scene.

Emergency responders returned to their station after 12:30 a.m.

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Man’s family, lawyer praise charges against ex-officer

By BRUCE SMITH and MEG KINNARD Associated Press

CHARLESTON, S.C. — As federal charges were filed against a white former South Carolina police officer who already faced a state murder charge in the shooting death of unarmed black motorist Walter Scott, Scott’s lawyer and family praised the federal prosecutors for pressing the case. “I think the Justice Department is tired of sitting on the sidelines and they think this is one they can definitely win and send a message to police departments around the country,� attorney Chris Stewart told The Associated Press.

A federal indictment unsealed Wednesday charges Michael Slager, 34, with depriving Scott of his civil rights.

During a hearing Wednesday, federal Magistrate Judge Bristow Marchant agreed that Slager could remain free on the bond he has already posted in state court.

The federal indictment unsealed a few hours earlier also charges Slager with obstruction of justice and unlawful use of a weapon during the commission of a crime in the death of 50-yearold Scott. Slager, who wore a dark suit and was handcuffed, entered

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FORMER NORTH Charlston police officer Michael Slager was lead into court in September in Charlston, S.C. a not-guilty plea during the brief hearing. Although he doesn’t have to put up any additional bond on the federal charges, Slager must surrender his passport and have GPS monitoring. A bystander’s cellphone video captured images of Slager, then a North Charleston police officer, firing eight times as Scott ran from a traffic stop in April 2015. The case inflamed a national debate about how blacks are treated by white police officers.

The federal indictment charges that Slager, while acting as a law officer, deprived Scott of his civil rights. A second count says he used a weapon, a Glock Model 21 .45-caliber pistol, while doing so.

The third count, charging obstruction of justice, alleges that Slager intentionally misled state investigators about what happened during the encounter with Scott. “Specifically, defendant Michael Slager knowingly misled ... inves-

tigators by falsely stating that he fired his weapon at Scott while Scott was coming forward at him with a Taser,� the indictment reads. “In truth and in fact, as defendant Michael Slager then well knew, he repeatedly fired his weapon at Scott when Scott was running away from him.�

Conviction on all the charges could net Slager a life sentence plus 30 years and a $750,000 fine.

The civil rights charge can carry the death penalty, because Scott lost his life, but Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Klumb said the government is seeking a maximum of life because there are no aggravating circumstances in the case.

Stewart, who represents the Scott family, called it amazing that the federal government has decided to indict an officer.

Later, he told reporters outside the courthouse that he was proud of the Justice Department’s decision. “This is a message — not to the good officers who protect us every day, but to the ones who abuse people in this country,� he said.

Slager’s lawyer in the state case couldn’t make it to Wednesday’s hearing. But he issued a statement questioning the timing of the federal charges and calling the

penalties extreme. “It really feels as if Officer Slager is carrying the burden of many past cases that were handled differently,� said attorney Andy Savage, who was assigned during the hearing to represent Slager in the federal case too.

Scott’s mother Judy Scott said she thanks God for justice. “I’m happy for that, but I’m sad because my son is gone. I’ll never see him again. But I pray that other mothers don’t have to go through what I’ve been going through,� she said.

Slager, who was fired from the police force after the incident, was held in solitary confinement until January, when he was released on half a million dollars bail and put under house arrest.

He is at an undisclosed location, allowed to leave only for work, church and medical or legal appointments.

Slager’s state trial is set to begin this fall, and he faces a possible life sentence without parole.

Prosecutors have asked for the trial to be moved up to August or back to May 2017 to give Solicitor Scarlett Wilson time to prepare for another trial, that of Dylann Roof who’s charged with shooting nine people to death at a black church in Charleston last summer.

Some states prepare for return of grizzly hunts

By MATT VOLZ

Associated Press

HELENA, Mont. — Hunters soon could be chasing grizzly bears across the ridges of the Rocky Mountains, leaving three states to come up with plans to ensure the iconic species won’t be snuffed out so soon after recovering from threats to their survival.

The Obama administration in March proposed lifting protections for the more than 700 grizzlies around Yellowstone National Park. The bears have been considered a threatened species since 1975, but wildlife officials say their population has sufficiently recovered to turn over management to Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.

Other grizzly populations in Montana, Idaho and

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THREE STATES are getting ready for the possible return of grizzly bear hunting in the Rocky Mountains.

Washington state will remain protected. The grizzlies’ Alaska cousin, the brown bear, is not considered a threatened or endangered species and is hunted regularly.

Before the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service makes a

final decision on Yellowstone grizzlies by March 2017, it is requiring those states to outline what their grizzly bear hunting seasons would look like. The scrutiny is intense, with wildlife advocates insisting the bear population is still

too fragile for hunting and that federal officials reverse course before it’s too late.

One advocacy group, Defenders of Wildlife, is worried the federal government is moving too quickly and should delay making a final decision until the states’ plans to manage the species have been completed and fully vetted. “All the work of bringing back the grizzly bear from the brink of extinction should not go up in smoke because the game plan is substandard,� said Jamie Rappaport Clark, the organization’s president and CEO, and a former director of the fish and wildlife service.

Amid all the attention, the three states are coordinating their efforts, the first time they have planned to manage a species together, officials said. “This is a historic under-

taking because we don’t manage any other species like this,� said Idaho Department of Fish and Game spokesman Gregg Losinski.

They’ve apportioned the bears that could be killed through hunting according to their share of the Yellowstone area within their boundaries — Wyoming with 58 percent, Montana at 34 percent and Idaho at 8 percent. The actual quota of grizzlies available for each state’s hunt would vary from year to year, depending on the previous year’s bear deaths, but Montana officials estimated their number would be less than 10 bears in most years.

If the total Yellowstone grizzly population drops below 600, hunting would stop except in cases of threats to human life, according to the states’ agreement.

Trial begins for officer in Freddie Gray case BALTIMORE (AP) — The second trial in the Freddie Gray case gets underway today, and it will be different than the one that ended last year with a hung jury.

This trial is before a judge, and it has a better chance of ending with a verdict. It is also likely to signal what may happen with the officers who face similar charges.

Officer Edward Nero, one of six Baltimore officers charged in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, faces assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment charges. Nero and two other officers arrested Gray after making eye contact with him and chasing him in West Baltimore last year. Prosecutors say the officers detained him illegally.

Gray was placed in handcuffs and put in the back of a police transport van, where he suffered a critical spinal injury. He died a week later.

Gray’s death prompted

protests, rioting and looting in Baltimore, and his name became a rallying cry in the growing national conversation about the treatment of black men in America by police officers. Shortly after Gray’s death, State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby charged the six officers.

Officer Garrett Miller faces the same charges as Nero, while Officer William Porter, Sgt. Alicia White, Lt. Brian Rice and Officer Caesar Goodson face an additional manslaughter charge. Goodson also faces the most serious charge of all: second-degree murder.

Nero opted for a judge trial, rather than a jury trial.

Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams indicated that the trial will take about five days.

Porter was tried by jury in October, but his proceedings ended in a mistrial after the jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision on any of the four charges he faces.

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OBITUARIES

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Sally Abrams Sally Claster Abrams, 85, of Indiana, passed away Friday, May 6, 2016, at St. Andrew’s Village.

The daughter of the late Maurice and Jean Ives Claster, Sally was born July 9, 1930, in Pittsburgh.

She graduated from New Kensington High School in 1948 and attended Cornell University and Chatham College before meeting the love of her life, Leonard Abrams, at Penn State University. They were married in 1951 and became active members of the Indiana and Indiana University of Pennsylvania communities for over 60 years.

Sally continued her education at IUP, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She furthered her education by earning her master’s degrees in both English and student personnel services.

After graduation, she remained at IUP as the head of the IUP Centennial Committee, starting the festivities by presenting Jimmy Stewart with an honorary doctoral degree. Upon completion of the yearlong celebration, she became an assistant director of financial aid and an active supporter of IUP student life until she retired on June 30, 1993.

Sally loved working with her wonderful co-workers and students and was in-

volved in numerous university committees during her tenure on campus.

Deeply involved with the Indiana Citizens’ Ambulance Service board, she served as board president for one term.

Upon moving into St. Andrew’s Village, Sally became involved in the Residents’ Association, serving as its president.

Sally is survived by her daughters, Betsy BuzzelliClarke and husband Merlyn, of Stroudsburg; Nancy Segal, of Philadelphia; and Marilyn Howard and husband Wayne, of Allentown.

She is also survived by her sister-in-law, Ina Abrams, of Indiana; and her beloved granddaughters, Michele Buzzelli, Sara Segal and Rachel Howard.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband, Leonard Abrams; and her brother, Joel Claster.

Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. until the time of the memorial service at noon Sunday at Robinson-Lytle Inc., Indiana.

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly suggests memorial contributions be made to St. Andrew’s Village, 1155 Indian Springs Road, Indiana, PA 15701. www.robinsonlytleinc. com

Samuel Dalessio Sr. Samuel “Muck” Dalessio Sr., 85, of Beyer, passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at his residence.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and

are under the direction of Carson/Boyer Funeral Home Inc., Rural Valley.

A complete obituary will be published in Friday’s edition. www.carsonboyer.com

Harry Jones Harry Donald Jones, 93, of Indiana, left the blue marble of spaceship earth on Saturday, May 7, 2016.

He was born Feb. 25, 1923, in Punxsutawney.

Until his son Stephen was old enough to read, Stephen thought the sign coming into Punxsutawney said “birthplace of Harry Jones.”

Harry graduated from Indiana High School in 1941.

He was an ensign in the Navy during World War II. After the war, he attended Bucknell University and graduated with a chemical engineering degree.

Harry married Zureta Timberlake “Timmi” Jones on June 29, 1957.

He was the owner of Jones Furniture Company located at 1019 Philadelphia St., Indiana, and later worked for R&P Coal Company until he retired.

He was a lifelong member of the Indiana Fire Association and past secretary of the Indiana Borough Parking Authority.

Harry was also a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and was a Mason.

He loved to travel, and he and Timmi crisscrossed the country in a camper many times. In later life he enjoyed traveling to see his family.

He also enjoyed restoring antique furniture in his spare time.

He was a formidable Scrabble and bridge player and took no prisoners as anyone who played against

him can attest. Anything chocolate ... that was his!

We bid him a fond farewell.

He is survived by his children, Michal Jones-Stewart, of Shelocta; Stephen Jones and wife Laura, of Tucson, Ariz.; Jenny Jones-Moats and husband John, of Phoenix; and Jeffrey Jones and husband Mark Secord, of Lisbon, N.H. He is also survived by his grandchildren: Diane (Brad) Neal, of Seneca Falls N.Y.; Colleen (Jason) Epstein, of South Plainfield, N.J.; and Russell and Andrew Stewart, of Fredericksburg, Va.; and great-grandchildren Noah and Hunter Epstein, of South Plainfield N.J.; Kady (Zac) Dewald, of Midland, Mich.; and Steven Neal, of Seneca Falls, N.Y. Harry was preceded in death by his wife, Timmi, who died in 2010. He was also preceded in death by his parents, Alice Shields Jones and M. Rae Jones; and brothers Elias “Kiyi,” Jack and Rae and his sister, Rachel.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., June 4, at the Unitarian Church, 285 Twolick Drive, Indiana.

Sherryl L. Uptegraph Sherryl L. (Beveridge) Anderson Uptegraph, 69, of Penn Run, passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at Beacon Ridge Nursing Home, Indiana.

She was born in 1946 in Mount Pleasant to William and June River Beveridge.

She was a member of the Independent Traditional Holiness Church, Indiana.

Sherryl was employed as a nurse’s aide and activities director for 25 years at Torrance State Hospital.

She was a very caring mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She enjoyed being with family and attending yard sales and flea markets. She also enjoyed crafts, knitting, crocheting, quilting and scrapbooking.

Sherryl is survived by her husband, James Uptegraph, of Penn Run; three children: Holly L. Stiles and husband Jody, of Penn Run; Robert M. Anderson Jr. and girlfriend Rita Matty, of Blairsville; and Kipp A. Anderson and wife Rhonda, of Acme; three stepchildren: Susan Schrecengost and husband Eric, of Shelocta;

Carolyn Fox, of Blairsville; and Michael Uptegraph and wife Holly, of Creekside; five grandchildren: Dalton; Alan and wife Jennifer; Travis; Adryann; and Jodilyn; eight stepgrandchildren: DJ, Mitchell, Hannah, Luke, Kyle, Megan, Kevin and Kole; one greatgranddaughter, Emma; and one brother and one sister, William Beveridge and wife Marcie, of Greensburg; and Jaydene Helms and husband Herbert, of Connellsville.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Friday at Bowser-Minich Funeral Home, White Township, where a funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday with the Rev. Charles Williamson officiating. Interment will be private.

Memorial contributions may be made to Beacon Ridge Nursing Home, 1515 Wayne Ave., Indiana, PA 15701; or the Alzheimer’s Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, DC 200906011.

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COLONIAL TOYOTA recently donated $2,500 to the Shannock Valley War Memorial for maintenance of the memorial. The donation was made in gratitude for the service of veterans from the area who always remembered that “freedom is not free.” Chuck Spadafora, left, of Colonial Toyota, made the donation to Mike Koma, the chair of the memorial wall committee, and his wife, Mary. Also from Colonial Toyota, at right, is CJ Spadafora.

Are lawmakers flouting gun ban?

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY — It’s become a common scene at the Oklahoma Capitol: While construction workers, employees and visiting schoolchildren wait patiently to walk through the metal detectors guarding the entrances, a man with a briefcase arrives and breezes straight through the checkpoint without stopping, setting off the alarms. The security officers on duty flinch but look away.

Just a lawmaker in a hurry? That’s all it is, some members say. But security officials are grumbling about a trend among some conservative legislators who are now declining to submit to the weapons screening that has been required at government buildings for years. And suspicions are growing about a likely reason: They’re armed.

“I won’t name names, but I know for a fact that they do,” said Rep. Sally Kern, a conservative Republican who says she doesn’t necessarily disapprove of lawmakers who carry guns at the Capitol.

She said several colleagues have admitted to being armed. “I take my colleagues at their word.”

Oklahoma is one of 45 states that now allow some form of open carry of firearms, and pro-firearms lawmakers have been pushing to make guns allowable in most places, even college campuses and public arenas. A bill now pending in the Legislature would eliminate the need for licenses, training or background checks.

But most states have drawn the line at bringing guns into the Capitol.

Firearms are permitted in the Texas, New Hampshire

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ROGER BERRYMAN, of Holdenville, Okla., waited recently for items to come through a security checkpoint in Oklahoma City. and Idaho statehouses, but other conservative states including Oklahoma have turned aside such proposals because of security concerns about government buildings as possible targets of violence. Attempting to bring a gun into the Capitol is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine.

Many lawmakers, including strong gun rights supporters, insist the Capitol should remain a gunfree zone. Republican Gov. Mary Fallin, reliably conservative on all issues, said she worries about having handguns in a place where emotions sometimes run high among advocates and politicians.

“There’s a reason why we have screening when people come into the Capitol, and we have restrictions on bringing guns into the Capitol,” Fallin said. “It would trouble me if someone broke the policy, and the policy is that you can’t as a legislator bring a firearm into the Capitol.”

Nevertheless, officers at the security stations now regularly encounter lawmakers who decline to be screened. During a 30minute period after a re-

cent lunch break, an Associated Press reporter watched six GOP House members walk through the checkpoints with their briefcases and satchels and set off the alarms.

Members who were asked later wouldn’t admit they were armed, but some were coy about why anyone should object if they were.

“If a legislator wants to carry a firearm in the Capitol, I think they have a constitutional protection to do that,” said Ralph Shortey, a Republican senator, who said weapons screening violates a constitutional prohibition against interfering with lawmakers during a legislative session.

Republican Rep. Lewis Moore said legislators shouldn’t be screened.

“They’re supposed to know who the House members are,” he said of the guards.

Security officials acknowledge they’re reluctant to stop those breezing through if they appear to be lawmakers.

“We do probably err on the side of giving them a little leeway when it comes to screening, but they can’t legally carry,” said High-

Pre-K Counts registration set BLAIRSVILLE — Children who are not eligible for kindergarten for the 2016-17 school year may be eligible for the Pre-K Counts classroom. Applications can be picked up at Blairsville Elementary School or on the district website, www. b-ssd.org.

Documents needed for applications to be complete include the child’s birth cer-

tificate, immunization records, two proofs of residency and proof of income.

Applications should be returned to the school, and they will then be processed for eligibility.

Final placement in the program will be announced July 1.

For more information, contact the school at (724) 459-5500, ext. 4100.

Club meeting planned The Indiana Free Library will hold the first meeting of its IFL Photography Club on Wednesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Community Room on the second floor. The program is free and open to the public.

Whether new at photography, an experienced hobbyist or a professional, you are invited to come and discuss all aspects of photography, learn from other photographers and

share your photos. (Don’t have a DSLR? Don’t worry.)

Our first meeting will be an exchange of ideas that will point the group in the direction in which you, the photographers, wish.

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But Rep. Mike Shelton, a Democrat, said the reason for the new allergy to metal detectors is obvious, especially after the latest bill to allow guns inside the Capitol stalled in committee.

“I believe at any one time, there may be seven or eight members on the floor of the House who are armed,” said Shelton, who also said several have privately acknowledged carrying.

The idea of guards allowing people in unchecked is controversial among security experts.

“Visual recognition is the poorest form of access control,” said security consultant Frank Pisciotta, president of the North Carolina-based Business Protection Specialists. And if guards “get used to hearing the metal detector go off and they’re not doing anything about it, it becomes more of a nuisance alarm.

They just get that mentality that they stop paying attention to it.”

In pro-gun Texas, the Statehouse had no security screening until 2010, when a man who had just visited a legislator’s office walked out onto the Capitol steps and fired several shots in the air. Afterward, only those with handgun licenses were allowed to be armed inside.

The Oklahoma lawmakers who are setting off the alarms cause some headshaking among the people waiting to go through the metal detectors.

“My thought is: Why weren’t they screened?” said Capitol visitor Willis Washington, whose wheelchair was wanded by a security guard after it set off the metal detector. “I think we should all have to play by the same rules.”

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Judge: Shooter mentally unfit COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A man who acknowledges killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic said he did not want to be declared incompetent because he feared being forcibly medicated. But that could happen when Robert Dear begins treatment following a judge’s ruling that he is mentally incompetent — a decision that will stall the proceedings.

Wednesday’s decision

by Judge Gilbert Martinez puts the case against Dear, 57, on hold until it’s determined that treatment has restored his ability to understand the proceedings and assist in his defense.

Such treatment will likely include a mix of psychotropic drugs and therapy to address the delusion disorder two psychologists say he suffers, as well as education about the case against him.

Dear’s mental health will be reviewed in August.

The psychologists who conducted the mental exam said Dear’s disorder keeps him from trusting almost anyone, including his lawyers. The judge agreed with their findings, writing in his order that Dear’s “perceptions and understanding are not rational and are not grounded in reality.�

As he was led out of the courtroom Wednesday, Dear yelled at the judge: “That’s called prejudiced!

Prejudiced! Filthy animal!�

Dear is charged with 179 counts, including murder and attempted murder, stemming from the Nov. 27 shooting at the Colorado Springs clinic that also left nine injured.

During previous courtroom outbursts, he has declared himself a “war-

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ROBERT LEWIS DEAR ... killed three rior for the babies� and said he was guilty. He told investigators he attacked the clinic because he was upset with the reproductive health organization for “the selling of baby parts.�

Martinez ordered the competency exam in December after Dear announced that he wanted to fire his public defenders and represent himself.

Two psychologists who interviewed Dear testified that they agreed he is not competent and that his delusion disorder makes him believe the FBI is persecuting him.

Dear told people in phone calls from jail that he believes his attorneys’ attempt to have him declared incompetent is part of a plot to diminish his message opposing abortion. He claims they want him committed to a psychiatric hospital so they can “silence him forever.�

Restoring Dear to competency could take months or longer. But the overwhelming majority of defendants initially determined to be incompetent are eventually able to understand the proceedings and stand trial, said Steven Pitt, a forensic psychiatrist who has conducted competency exams but is not involved in Dear’s case.

Prosecutors argued that Dear’s courtroom disruptions showed he understood the case against him.

They have not decided whether to seek the death penalty against someone described by family and acquaintances as a man with a violent temper, anti-government sentiments and longstanding disdain for abortion providers.

Dear has not entered a plea.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz says he wants another term in the Senate.

The Texas lawmaker said in a statement Wednesday that he had filed the official paperwork for a re-election bid in 2018. The move reactivates his Senate campaign committee that would collect money for his run.

Cruz quit the presidential race last week after a crushing defeat in Indiana. He said in his statement that he will continue fighting for “jobs, freedom and security ... for 27 million Texans and all Americans.�

He added that the conservative movement remains strong and vibrant.

Cruz has alienated sev-

WASHINGTON — In cities across America, the middle class is hollowing out.

A widening wealth gap is moving more households into either higher- or lowerincome groups in major metro areas, with fewer remaining in the middle, according to a report released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center.

In nearly one-quarter of metro areas, middle-class adults no longer make up a majority, the Pew analysis found. That’s up from fewer than 10 percent of metro areas in 2000.

Pew defines the middle class as households with incomes between two-thirds of median income and twice the median, adjusted for household size and the local cost of living. The median is midway between richest and poorest. By Pew’s definition, a threeperson household was middle class in 2014 if its annual income fell between $42,000 and $125,000.

Middle class adults now make up less than half the population in such cities as New York, Los Angeles, Boston and Houston.

That sharp shift reflects a broader erosion that occurred from 2000 through 2014. Over that time, the middle class shrank in nine out of every 10 metro areas, Pew found. “The shrinking of the American middle class is a pervasive phenomenon,� said Rakesh Kochhar, associate research director for Pew and the lead author of the report. “It has increased the polarization in incomes.�

The squeezing of the middle class has animated this year’s presidential campaign, lifting the insurgent candidacies of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.

Many experts warn that widening income inequali-

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WENDELL NOLEN said in April that he has experienced the slide from middle-class status firsthand in Hamtramck, Mich. ty may slow economic growth and make social mobility more difficult. Academic research has found that compared with children in more economically mixed communities, children raised in predominantly lower-income neighborhoods are less likely to move into the middle class.

Wendell Nolen, 52, has experienced the slide from middle-class status firsthand. Eight years ago, he was earning $28 an hour as a factory worker for Detroit’s American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings, assembling axles for pickup trucks and SUVs. But early in 2008, the good life unraveled. After a three-month strike, Nolen took a buyout rather than a pay cut. Less than a year later, the plant was closed and American Axle shipped much of its work to Mexico.

Now Nolen makes $17 an hour in the shipping department of a Detroit steel fabricator, about 40 percent less than he made at the axle plant. “America is losing jobs because of the free trade stuff,� Nolen said. “They’re selling America out.�

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2014 from 55 percent in 2000, Pew found. Upper-income adults now constitute 20 percent of the population, up from 17 percent.

The lower-income share has risen to 29 percent from 28 percent.

Yet the changes have been much more dramatic at the local level. There are now 79 metro areas in which the proportion of adults in upper-income households equals or exceeds the national average of 20 percent. That’s more than double the 37 cities in which that was true in 2000.

The trend hasn’t been quite as pronounced in the other direction: In 103 metro areas, 29 percent or more of adults now live in poor households, up from 92 in 2000.

The report studied 229 of the largest U.S. metro areas, which constituted 76 percent of the U.S. population.

Overall, cities with the largest middle classes are more likely to be in the Midwest. Those with the biggest low-income popu-

lations are more often in the Southwest, particularly near the Mexico border.

Metro areas with the highest proportions of upperincome households are more likely to be found in the Northeast or along the West Coast.

Even many of the cities with substantial middleclass populations are still under stress, according to Pew’s research. For example, Wausau, Wis., and Youngstown-Warren, Ohio, are among the cities with the largest proportions of adults in middle-class homes, at 67.2 percent and 60.2 percent, respectively.

Yet median incomes have fallen sharply in both cities.

They fell 8.5 percent in Wausau and 12.9 percent in Youngstown, Pew found.

That compares with an 8 percent drop from 2000 to 2014 nationwide.

In addition, both cities have seen their lower-income population shares grow, while upper-incomes shrank. That suggests their middle classes have been bolstered by downward mobility, as some richer households fell into the middle, and middle-income earners fell into lower brackets.

In some cases, many former middle-class residents have moved up. In others, they have fallen lower.

For example, middleclass adults now constitute just 48.6 percent of the population in Boston, down from nearly 56 percent in 2000. Nearly the entire change reflects an increase in upper-income earners, which jumped 7 percentage points to nearly 30 percent.

The lower-income proportion remained about 21.5 percent.

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Foreign policy as beauty pageant

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K, it’s easy to pick on Donald Trump’s foreign policy.

But just because he recently referred to the attack on the World Trade Center as happening on “7/11” — which is a convenience store — instead of 9/11, and just because he claimed that “I know Russia well” because he held a “major event in Russia two or three years ago — (the) Miss Universe contest, which was a big, big, incredible event” — doesn’t make him unqualified.

I’m sure you can learn a lot schmoozing with Miss Argentina. You can also learn a lot eating at the International House of Pancakes. I never fully understood Arab politics until I ate hummus — or was it Hamas?

And, by the way, just because Trump’s big foreign policy speech was salted with falsehoods — like “ISIS is making millions and millions of dollars a week selling Libyan oil” — it doesn’t make him unqualified.

The New York Times Magazine just profiled one of the president’s deputy national security advisers, Ben Rhodes, reporting how he and his aides boasted of using social media, what the writer called a “largely manufactured” narrative, and a pliant press to, in essence, dupe the country into supporting the Iran nuclear deal. The Donald is not the only one given to knuckleheaded bluster and misrepresentation on foreign policy.

Life is imitating Twitter everywhere now.

Indeed, criticizing Trump for inconsistency when it comes to foreign policy is a bit rich when you Thomas consider that both Democrats and Friedman writes Republicans have treated Pakistan a column for The as an ally, knowing full well that its New York Times. secret service has trucked with terrorists and coddled the Taliban — the people killing U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan; they’ve both treated Saudi Arabia as an ally because we needed its oil, knowing full well that its export of Salafist Islam has fueled jihadis; they both supported decapitating Libya and then not staying around to support a new security order, thus opening a gaping hole on the African coast for migrants to flow into Europe; they’ve both supported NATO expansion into Russia’s face and then wondered aloud why the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, is so truculent.

No, if I were critiquing Trump’s foreign policy views it would not be on inconsistency, hypocrisy or lying. It would be that he shows no sign of having asked the most important question: What are the real foreign policy challenges the next president will face? I don’t think he has a clue, because if he did, he wouldn’t want the job. This is one of the worst times to be conducting U.S. foreign policy.

Consider some of the questions that will greet the Oval Office’s next occupant. For starters, what does the new president do when the necessary is impossible but the impossible is necessary? Yes, we’ve proved in Iraq and Afghanistan that we don’t know how to do nation-building in other people’s countries. But just leaving Libya, Syria and parts of Iraq and Yemen ungoverned, and spewing out refugees, has led to a flood of migrants hitting Europe and stressing the cohesion of the European Union; that refugee flood could very well lead to Britain’s exit from the EU. President Barack Obama has been patting himself on the back a lot lately for not intervening in Syria. I truly sympathized with how hard that call was — until I heard the president and his aides boasting about how smart their decision was and how stupid all their critics are. The human and geopolitical spillover from Syria is not over.

It’s destabilizing the EU, Lebanon, Iraq, Kurdistan and Jordan. The choices are hellish. I would not want the responsibility for making them. But nobody has a monopoly on genius here, and neither Obama’s victory lap around this smoldering ruin nor Trump’s bombastic and simplistic solutions are pretty to watch.

And there are more of these stressors coming: Falling oil prices, climate change and population bombs are going to blow up more weak states, hemorrhaging refugees in all directions.

There’s also the question of what you should do about the networked nihilists? Ever since the rise of Osama bin Laden, super-empowered angry men have challenged us.

But at least bin Laden had an identifiable cause and set of demands: cleansing the Arabian Peninsula of Western influence. But now we are seeing a mutation. Can anyone tell me what the terrorists who killed all those people in Brussels, Paris or San Bernardino wanted? They didn’t even leave a note; their act was their note. These suicidal jihadi-nihilists are not trying to win; they just want to make us lose. That’s a tough foe. They can’t destroy us — now — but they will ratchet up the pain if they get the ammo. Curbing them while maintaining an open society, with personal privacy on your cellphone and the Internet, will be a challenge.

And then there are Russia and China. They’re back in the game of traditional sphere-of-influence geopolitics.

But both Russia and China face huge economic strains that will tempt their leaders to distract attention at home with nationalist adventures abroad.

The days of clear-cut, satisfying victories overseas, like opening up China or tearing down the Berlin Wall, are over. U.S. foreign policy now is all about containing disorder and messes. It is the exact opposite of running a beauty pageant. There’s no winner, and each contestant is uglier than the last.

THOMAS FRIEDMAN

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

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Blowing smoke on e-cigs

own through all the millennia that mankind has smoked tobacco, no one would have believed (or even imagined) that a batterypowered contraption with no tobacco would one day be considered a tobacco product.

We’ve long had smokeless tobacco; now we have tobaccoless tobacco. This conceptual breakthrough is the work of federal bureaucrats who are bringing the regulatory hammer down on e-cigarettes in a misbegotten extension of the war on smoking.

The Food and Drug Administration has issued new rules so onerous that they will likely suppress the manufacture of e-cigarettes and kill off small companies making them.

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell hailed the action as “an important step in the fight for a tobacco-free generation” — never mind, of course, that e-cigarettes are tobacco-free.

The problem that regulators and so-called publichealth advocates have with e-cigarettes is that, unlike nicotine gum or patches (which have proven ineffective as substitutes for smoking), they are a simulacrum of actual cigarettes.

People puff on them and

emit clouds of aerosol. For that fracking is safe. all that the experts want to The FDA is evidently opreduce smoking, they can’t erating on the basis of a abide the idea that people regulator’s reverse Hippomight do it by consuming cratic oath: First, do harm nicotine in a pantomime of to a burgeoning industry — old-fashioned smoking. then hope to find some eviIt is a strange country dentiary justification for it that is simultaneously at some later date. moving to legalize The new rules marijuana and to are crafted so crack down on vathat every vapping. But here we ing product are. currently on the There is no market will doubt that cigahave to go rettes are a great through an cause of human onerous FDA misery; they kill review process. almost 500,000 Any new prodpeople a year in ucts will have to the U.S. This is do the same. why e-cigarettes, The American with their potenVaping Associatial to diminish tion maintains smoking, could be that submitting a boon to public an application Rich Lowry’s health. will cost more They deliver than $1 million column is nicotine without and take more distributed by the truly harmful than 1,700 King Features part of cigarettes, hours. The regSyndicate. the tar and chemiulatory burden cals. will swamp Regulators purport to small companies that lack fear what is still unknown the resources to pour into about e-cigarettes, while compliance costs. (The big ignoring all the evidence tobacco companies, in that they are vastly safer contrast, will be fine.) than analog cigarettes (if The small firms have cigarettes were only nico- driven innovation in e-cigtine, they wouldn’t be so arettes. The products have problematic). It’s like trying gotten better, with more to prove to environmental- variety, since their introists who hate all fossil fuels duction in 2007. That’s

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manifestly a good thing.

The more satisfying e-cigarettes are, and the more they replicate the real smoking experience, the more likely it is that smokers will switch over, or at least use fewer cigarettes.

The highly respected Royal College of Physicians in Britain gets the logic. It issued a report emphasizing the enormous promise of e-cigarettes, which it estimates are 5 percent as dangerous as the real thing.

An authority who worked on the report explained to The New York Times that ecigarettes “have the potential to help half or more of all smokers get off cigarettes. That’s a huge health benefit, bigger than just about any medical intervention.”

The U.S. is rejecting that common-sense approach to harm reduction. It is against vaping no matter how safe it is or how many people it might coax into giving up smoking.

The famous line attributed to Mark Twain is that nothing is as easy as quitting smoking — he’s done it thousands of times. Of course, Twain didn’t have the option of vaping. If the FDA has anything to say about it, neither will anyone else. comments.lowry @nationalreview.com

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here’s never been a secret about the addictive properties of opioid painkillers. But a new investigation by the Los Angeles Times revealed something that wasn’t so widely known: The maker of one of the most popular opioid painkillers pushed doctors to adhere to a regimen that, as it turned out, made it more likely for patients to become addicts.

And by the way, it was the regimen approved by federal regulators — one with unanticipated consequences that regulators and doctors have been too slow to address.

The drug in question is OxyContin, a version of the generic opioid painkiller oxycodone that Purdue Pharma introduced 20 years ago as a 12-hour alternative to cheaper, shorter-lived oxycodone products.

The Food and Drug Administration approved OxyContin based on evidence that the two-pillsper-day regimen worked for half or more of the patients in a test group. But sealed court records and internal company documents reviewed by The Times showed that the company knew that the relief wore off for many patients well before 12 hours.

Such results shouldn’t come as a surprise. After all, the FDA doesn’t require

THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC resulted in part because regulators and prescribers didn’t realize just how powerfully addictive those substances were. And part of the solution may be prodding the FDA to monitor dangerous prescription drugs more closely and update their usage limits and warning labels more rapidly once problems become clear. drugs to work as promised for all patients. What was eye-popping about The Times’ findings was how Purdue responded when doctors told them their patients weren’t getting the full 12 hours of relief promised. Instead of recommending that such patients take OxyContin more than twice per day — which might make it less appealing than cheaper generic opioids with short durations — Purdue’s sales reps told doctors to stick to the 12-hour regimen and prescribe higher-strength pills.

As several medical experts explained to The Times, the change accentuated the most addictive properties of oxycodone.

When the effects of OxyContin wear off well before 12 hours, a patient’s pain returns along with symptoms of opioid withdrawal, increasing the craving for another pill. Switching to stronger doses offers more profound pain relief, but won’t necessarily solve the problem of needing another pill in less than 12 hours.

According to experts quot-

ed in The Times, such repeated episodes of craving increase the likelihood of addiction.

Purdue insists that research supports the FDA’s approval of the 12-hour regimen, and that it is dedicated to fighting the opioid epidemic. Yet like every other drug manufacturer, its profits depend on maximizing sales. Documents show that the sale of higher-dose pills resulted in bigger profits for Purdue and higher paydays for its sales representatives.

Given those incentives, it’s essential that the health care industry respond quickly when doctors and patients find that prescription drugs aren’t working as expected. The opioid epidemic resulted in part because regulators and prescribers didn’t realize just how powerfully addictive those substances were.

And part of the solution may be prodding the FDA to monitor dangerous prescription drugs more closely and update their usage limits and warning labels more rapidly once prob-

lems become clear.

The more immediate step is for doctors to prescribe opioids less frequently. To that end, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidelines for the treatment of chronic pain, emphasizing safer approaches than the use of powerful opioids. Last week an FDA advisory panel endorsed mandatory training for doctors who prescribe opioids.

To their credit, doctors have already reduced the number of opioids they prescribe. Yet physicians’ groups have pushed back against these proposals, citing potential technical problems or the risk that patients who really do need the drugs won’t be able to obtain them. It’s certainly true that opioids have an important role to play in pain relief, and that chronic pain is a problem that defies easy solution. But given the steady rise in overdoses and addictions from coast to coast, it’s inarguable that the use of these drugs has gotten wildly out of hand. Just as regulators and drugmakers have to step up their efforts, so too do those who prescribe opioids. Just as they are on the front line of the battle against chronic pain, so too are they the first line of defense against addiction to prescription drugs.

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ISIS losing sway in U.S., FBI chief says

Investigators: Plant blast intentional

By ERIC TUCKER

DALLAS (AP) — A fire that was intentionally set caused the 2013 explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant that killed 15 people, federal officials said Wednesday, describing the blaze as “a criminal act.”

Federal and state investigators said no arrests have been made, but that authorities were investigating who may have set the fire inside the West Fertilizer Co. on April 17, 2013. The fire caused ammonium nitrate to ignite, triggering a massive explosion that also injured hundreds of people and left part of the small town of West in ruins.

Special agent Robert Elder said investigators came to their conclusion after ruling out other causes.

He didn’t release specifics or a possible motive, though inspectors previously said three possible scenarios caused the fire: faulty electrical wiring, a short circuit in a golf cart stored at the plant, or arson.

WASHINGTON — Fewer Americans are traveling to fight alongside the Islamic State and the power of the extremist group’s brand has significantly diminished in the United States, FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday.

The FBI encountered “6, 8, 10” Americans a month in 2014 and the first half of 2015 who traveled to the Middle East or tried to go there to join the Islamic State, but that number has averaged about one a month since last summer in a sustaining downward trend, Comey said.

“There’s no doubt that something has happened that is lasting, in terms of the attractiveness of the nightmare which is the Islamic State to people from the United States,” he told reporters during a wideranging round-table discus-

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JAMES COMEY: “There’s no doubt that something has happened that is lasting, in terms of the attractiveness of the nightmare which is the Islamic State to people from the United States.” sion Wednesday.

He did not offer an explanation for the decline, though the FBI has worked aggressively in the last year to identify and intercept

Americans who might be determined to reach Syria.

One other possibility is that the Islamic State has encouraged more of its followers to carry out violence at

home, and Comey acknowledged Wednesday that the group’s ability to encourage and inspire “troubled souls” remains a persistent concern.

The FBI still has “north of 1,000” cases in which agents are trying to evaluate a subject’s level of radicalization and potential for violence.

“There’s still a presence online, and troubled people are still turning to this and at least being interested in it,” Comey said. “But they’ve lost their ability to attract people to their caliphate from the United States in a material way.”

After a review of the evidence, the FBI has concluded that the San Bernardino, Calif., attack that killed 14 people in December was inspired by the Islamic State.

The FBI went to court to force Apple Inc. to help it open a locked iPhone used by one of the attackers, Syed Farook, who along with his wife, Tashfeen Malik, died in

Bystanders hailed for halting rampage

‘Grim Sleeper’ may have killed 5 more LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles prosecutors plan to present evidence of five more killings against the man convicted in the “Grim Sleeper” murders.

Prosecutors began laying out their case today for the death penalty for Lonnie Franklin Jr. after his convictions in the serial killings that spanned more than two decades.

Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman said she will present testimony from dozens of family members of victims who were affected by the killings. She will also present evidence in slayings of five women that Franklin has not been charged with killing.

Silverman said evidence of five additional killings came to light after Franklin was indicted.

Gov. calls for probe of police pursuit NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s governor is calling for a full investigation into the use of force by police after video surfaced of officers appearing to pummel a suspect who had led them on a high-speed chase from Massachusetts to New Hampshire.

News helicopter video of the police pursuit Wednesday showed Richard Simone, of Worcester, Mass., stepping slowly out of his truck, kneeling and putting his hands on the ground before several officers rushed him.

Massachusetts State Police were also involved in the pursuit and plan to review the apprehension of Simone, 50.

The pursuit lasted about an hour. It ended in Nashua, N.H., about 50 miles northeast of where it began in Holden, Mass.

Former slaves to be reburied ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Remains of 14 presumed slaves will soon be reburied near the Hudson River, 11 years after their unmarked graves were discovered.

This time, local volunteers are honoring the seven adults, five infants and two children in a way that would have been unthinkable when they died. They will be publicly memorialized and buried beside prominent families in old Albany.

Archeologists found remains in 2005 after a backhoe operator uncovered a skull during sewer construction just north of Albany Boxes with the remains will lie in state on June 17 at the nearby Schuyler Mansion, a state historic site.

a gunbattle with police.

A federal magistrate granted that request in February, but the court fight ended weeks later when a still unidentified third party came forward with a solution to access the device.

Though Comey would not reveal what if any evidence was gleaned from Farook’s phone, he said he was glad the FBI had gotten into the phone and that the effort was important.

The FBI last month said it did not have enough technical information about the tool that was used to get into the device to be able share the details with Apple — an assertion some outside technology specialists found curious given that Comey has hinted that the FBI paid more than $1 million for it.

But Comey said Wednesday the FBI acquired only what was necessary to get into the one particular phone — and nothing more.

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press

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SUPPORTERS OF President Dilma Rousseff shouted during clashes with the police outside congress Wednesday in Brasilia, Brazil.

Brazil’s Senate votes to impeach president

By JENNY BARCHFIELD Associated Press

BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s Senate voted today to impeach President Dilma Rousseff after a months-long fight that laid raw the country’s fury over corruption and economic decay, hurling Latin America’s largest country into political turmoil just months before it hosts the Summer Olympics.

Rousseff’s enraged backers called the move a coup d’etat and threatened wide-scale protests and strikes. Her foes, meanwhile, insisted that she had broken the law, and that the country’s deep political, social and economic woes could only be tackled without her.

The 55-22 vote means Rousseff’s ally-turned-enemy, Vice President Michel Temer, will take over as acting president today while she is suspended. The Senate has 180 days to conduct a trial and decide whether Rousseff should be permanently removed from office.

“Did anyone think that we would get to 2018 with a recovery under this government? Impossible,” said Jose Serra, the oppo-

DILMA ROUSSEFF sition Social Democratic Party’s failed presidential candidate in the 2010 race that brought Rousseff into power. “The impeachment is just the start of the reconstruction.”

Rousseff, 68, was impeached for her alleged mishandling of the federal budget. Critics said she used accounting tricks to hide ballooning deficits and bolster an embattled government.

Brazil’s first female president, who was tortured under the country’s dictatorship, has frequently blasted the impeachment push as modern-day coup, arguing she had not been charged with a crime and previous presidents did similar things.

She has also suggested that sexism in the male-dominated Congress played a role in the impeachment.

Rousseff’s impeachment ends 13 years of rule by the Workers’ Party, which is credited with lifting millions out of abject poverty but has been vilified for being at the wheel when billions were siphoned from the state oil company Petrobras.

Analysts also say Rousseff got herself into trouble with a prickly manner and a perceived reticence to work with legislators that may have alienated possible allies.

Temer, a 75-year-old career politician, has promised to reduce spending and privatize many sectors controlled by the state. For weeks, he has been quietly putting together a new Cabinet in expectation of taking over, angering Rousseff supporters.

The lower house voted 367-137 last month in favor of impeachment.

The marathon debate in the Senate began Wednesday morning and took 20 hours as dozens of lawmakers rose to give their opinions.

Gun used in shooting to be auctioned

By The Associated Press SANFORD, Fla. — Former Florida neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman is auctioning off the pistol he used in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager.

In an interview with Orlando, Fla., TV station WOFL, Zimmerman said he had just gotten the pistol back from the U.S. Justice Department, which took it after he was acquitted in Martin’s 2012 shooting death.

“And I thought it’s time to move past the firearm,” Zimmerman told the station. “And if

I sell it and it sells, I move past it.

Otherwise, it’s going in a safe for my grandkids and never to be used or seen again.”

The auction listing on GunBroker.com lists the gun as a 9 mm Kel-Tec PF-9 pistol. The auction was to begin this morning and end by noon Friday. The bidding starts at $5,000.

The auction listing also says a portion of the proceeds will go toward fighting what Zimmerman calls violence by the Black Lives Matter movement against law enforcement officers, combating the anti-gun rhetoric of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and ending

the career of Angela Corey, the attorney who led the prosecution against Zimmerman.

The listing ends with a Latin phrase that translates as “if you want peace, prepare for war.”

When asked what he thought of people who would be opposed to auctioning the gun, Zimmerman said, “They’re not going to be bidding on it, so I couldn’t care less about them.”

Zimmerman, now 32, has said he was defending himself when he shot and killed Martin, 17, in a gated community near Orlando. Martin, who lived in Miami with his mother, was visiting his father at the time.

TAUNTON, Mass. — Two bystanders and an off-duty deputy sheriff were hailed as heroes Wednesday for intervening when a mentally disturbed man went on a stabbing rampage at a home and a mall hours after leaving a hospital, killing two people and injuring at least five others.

Arthur DaRosa’s 4-mile trail of destruction, authorities say, included entering a random home where he stabbed two people eating dinner, several attempted carjackings, driving a car into a Macy’s, beating several people inside the department store and then stabbing two people in a restaurant. He was shot and killed by a deputy sheriff when he refused to drop a knife inside the Bertucci’s restaurant, the Bristol County prosecutor said.

District Attorney Thomas Quinn III gave this account: DaRosa’s rampage began Tuesday evening, when he suddenly left his daughter’s soccer practice in Taunton in a Honda Accord owned by her mother and struck a pickup truck.

DaRosa then tried unsuccessfully to get into several houses before entering a home where Patricia Slavin, 80, and her daughter, Kathleen Slavin, 58, were eating dinner. DaRosa stabbed the women, whom he didn’t know, and then ran from the house.

Patricia Slavin died of multiple stab wounds. Her daughter was hospitalized in the intensive-care unit.

DaRosa tried to carjack multiple people driving or stopped nearby but finally got back into the Honda, drove to the Silver City Galleria Mall a few miles away and crashed into the front entrance of Macy’s. Inside the store, he assaulted at least three women. One remained hospitalized Wednesday.

A Macy’s employee intervened and tried to stop DaRosa, but he left and walked to the Bertucci’s, where he grabbed a knife and stabbed a waitress, Sheenah Savoy, multiple times.

George Heath, a visual design teacher at the Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School, was at the bar at Bertucci’s with his wife, Rosemary Heath. She said they had just ordered a drink when they heard a scream and saw DaRosa stabbing a young woman.

“He had the back of her shirt and kept stabbing her, and by the time she got to me, she was screaming, ‘Help me! Help me!’” she said.

Rosemary Heath said she pushed the woman out of the way and grabbed the back of DaRosa’s shirt.

“My husband was struggling with him to get the knife away,” she said. “I think he went down low on him to get him around the elbows so he couldn’t raise his arm up, and then he pulled his arm back and stabbed my husband in the head.”

George Heath, 56, later died. Savoy, 26, remained hospitalized in serious condition Wednesday.

Mayor Thomas Hoye Jr. called Heath “certainly a hero.”

“He stepped up,” Hoye said. “He prevented a tragic situation from getting worse.”

Rosemary Heath said Plymouth County Deputy Sheriff James Creed, who was off-duty and at Bertucci’s eating dinner, repeatedly ordered DaRosa to drop the knife.

Quinn said when DaRosa refused Creed fired one shot at his abdomen, killing him and preventing “further carnage.”

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Five groups recognized by Aging Services Aging Services Inc. recently recognized five special auxiliary groups of volunteers that provide service to Indiana County. APPRISE volunteers, AARP tax aide volunteers, line dancers, Ombudsman and PaSec were honored.

APPRISE volunteers assist older adults with services and information on health insurance benefits, Medicare and Medicaid eligibility, claims filing benefits counseling, telephone assistance, comsumer protection, referral to other resources and advocacy.

Ombudsman volunteers work as negotiators between residents of personal care homes, nursing homes, domiciliary care homes and anyone receiving long-term care services in the community and homeowners and/or administrators. Each volunteer receives state and local training so they may act as advocates on behalf of residents, providing information, education and other

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MEMBERS OF volunteer groups recently honored by Aging Services Inc. are, from left, Carole Rossi, APPRISE; Larry Rodack, Ombudsman; John Somonick, PaSec; Ron Marshall, AARP; and Mary Capotosti, line dancer. assistance. PaSec volunteers monitor the health of waterways in Indiana County and work with local

watersheds. Their main goal is to educate, protect, maintain and improve.

AARP tax aide volunteers

offer free tax preparation and assistance to all taxpayers in Indiana County.

Line dancers meet every

Tuesday at the Administrative Building at 1055 Oak St. to practice and plan their upcoming program.

4-H camp to be held Looking for something interesting to do this summer?

4-H camp will be held for youths ages 7 to 12 as of Jan. 1, 2016. Youths do not need to be a 4-H member to attend the camp, which will run from June 12 to 15 at the Laurelville Conference Center near Mount Pleasant.

The camp theme this year will be “Food Fiesta,” and campers will learn about fun but nutritious foods to eat, food science and foods grown in Pennsylvania.

Other camp activities will include campfire, nature and forestry activities.

For more information and a camp brochure, contact the Penn State Extension Office at (724) 465-3880. There is an early-bird deadline of Sunday.

The final deadline is May 27.

Prom dress sisterhood honors lost friend

By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press

ARLINGTON, Mass. — “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” now has a real-life version: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Prom Dress.

The last time many of Catherine Malatesta’s friends saw her, she was wearing a huge smile and the deep blue, shimmery dress at her junior prom.

Four days later, battling a rare cancer, she went into the hospital and never left.

Now, four of Catherine’s friends are honoring her by wearing that dress to their own proms, a gracious gesture her mother named after “Traveling Pants.”

And, like the pair of jeans in the books and movies that magically fits four teenage girls of different shapes and sizes, Catherine’s dress works for all of them, with only temporary hemming for two of the girls.

“When each girl tried it on, it fit each one of them beautifully despite all having very different body types,” said Catherine’s mother, Jennifer Goodwin.

“It is uncanny.”

There won’t be any scheduling conflicts; the girls go to different schools, and their proms are on different dates. Another friend of Catherine’s already has asked to wear the dress to her prom next year, while Catherine’s seventh-grade cousin has asked Goodwin to save it for her prom, years down the road.

“It’s a way of keeping her with me,” said Jillian Danton, 17, who wore the dress to her junior prom at Arlington High School in April. “All of us being able to have this piece of her is healing.”

Catherine was a bubbly girl with an easy self-confidence and a silly sense of humor. She loved to act in school plays, taught religious education to firstgraders, gladly debated

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EMMA SCHAMBERS wore a prom dress once belonging to her late friend, Catherine Malatesta. At right Malatesta, center, posed with her friends Lauren Hourican and Molly Mahoney before their junior prom in 2015. anyone on any topic, and was the life of the party.

“Everyone knew her as the nice girl who made people laugh,” said Carly Blau, a friend from summer camp who plans to wear the dress to her senior prom next month at Beverly High.

Catherine played field hockey and was on the Arlington High crew team. In autumn 2014, she told her parents she was having some pain in her shoulder.

They thought it was an athletic injury, but after doctors’ visits, they got the diagnosis: Catherine, 16, had epithelioid sarcoma, an aggressive cancer.

She started chemotherapy the day after Christmas, then had radiation, then simultaneous courses of both. She also participated in a clinical trial. But the cancer had spread to her

lungs and spine. She died Aug. 2, a little over two months after her prom.

The idea for the traveling prom dress was born when Catherine’s mother called Jillian about three months after Catherine died and asked if she would like to wear it to her prom.

Two months later, Goodwin invited some of Catherine’s other friends over to pick out something to remember her by. The girls saw the sleek blue prom dress hanging on her closet door.

“One of us said, ‘We should wear it to our proms,’ and we all said, ‘Catherine would love that,’” said Emma Schambers, who plans to wear the dress to her senior prom in East Greenwich, R.I., on Friday.

The gown has a halterstyle neckline that covered

the port Catherine had for her medications.

Catherine had lost her hair, so her mother bought a wig that a hairdresser styled into an updo that framed her face with a braid.

A makeup artist evened out her skin tone, which had been dotted by acne caused by her treatments.

Photos from that night show a blissful-looking girl with a glowing smile, even though she was frail after being released from the hospital just the night before.

“She looked at me and said, ‘Mom, for the first time in a long time, I actually feel beautiful,’” Goodwin said.

Through months of grueling cancer treatments, she had been forced to miss out on some important things in her life: the lead in a

school play, a choral trip to Italy and a counselor’s job at summer camp. She pushed through, never complaining, her mother said.

Some weeks, her mother drove her to school for a 7 a.m. chorus practice, then picked her up to take her to Boston for cancer treatments.

After a nap, she’d head back to school for afternoon classes. She ran for student council president and won.

Lauren Hourican, a close friend from Arlington, recalled going to school dances with Catherine and watching her do “an absolutely insane kind of dancing.” She plans to wear the dress to her senior prom May 20.

“She’ll be back out on the dance floor where she belongs,” she said.

Cook a month’s worth of meals at one time The book title “Once-aMonth Cooking” made me laugh. Cook once a month?

I didn’t need a book to do that. I needed the motivation to cook the other 29 days of the month!

Years after reading this Email book I questions or met up tips to with comary@every author daycheap Mary Beth skate.com or Lagerborg Everyday and Cheapskate, learned 12340 Seal that onceBeach Blvd., a-month Suite B-416, cooking is Seal Beach, CA a method 90740. of preparing a month’s (or two weeks’) worth of dinner entrees in

EVERYDAY CHEAPSKATE one mega-cooking session and then freezing them for later use throughout the month. While Lagerborg and her co-author Mimi Wilson have developed a specific and thorough plan for preparing many meals at one time. In fact, any effort you put into preparing meals in advance has decided benefits: CONVENIENCE: Having entrees in the freezer provides the convenience of takeout with the aroma, appeal and taste of home cooking.

SIMPLIFICATION: Nothing unravels the seams of family time faster than having nothing on hand for dinner. Knowing dinner’s ready to go promotes household calmness and peace.

FLEXIBILITY: Having your freezer stocked with en-

trees means you can welcome last-minute guests without feeling embarrassed, ticked off or stressed out. A mealstocked freezer also allows a family to carry on even if someone in the family is traveling, has surgery or has a new baby, and when the holidays approach.

LESS EXPENSIVE: Take-out food is expensive, and so are trips to the market at 5 p.m. A quick stop for milk can result in a basket filled with impulse items.

Contrary to what many believe, not all frozen entrees are high in carbohydrates and fat. The authors of Once-a-Month Cooking were careful to develop recipes that freeze well and are nutritious. They’ve even addressed the challenge of freezer space, insisting that by following specific instructions, a month’s worth of meals for a family of big eaters can fit into a typical freezer.

Trying to go from barely cooking to cooking for an entire month in one session may be an unreasonable leap. But you can work up to it. Start small. When you make meatloaf for one night’s dinner, make two.

Before baking, wrap one of them tightly, label it and pop it into the freezer.

There! You’re on your way.

You’ve made a dinner meal for another day. Do the same thing tomorrow and the next day. Soon you’ll be ready to advance to the next level of meal preparation: preparing a week’s worth of entrees at one time. After you’ve mastered that, move to two weeks and perhaps eventually an entire month’s worth of meals. You might even consider turning your efforts into a social event by cooking with a friend and sharing the results.

If this meal planning appeals to you, I highly recommend that you pick up

both of Mary Beth and Mimi’s books, which are just terrific: “Once-AMonth Cooking” and “Once-A-Month Cooking Family Favorites.” They’ve done all the hard work for you so you and your friends can just relax and have fun. Trust me, they know their stuff. In the nearly 30 years since they first formulated their ingenious method, they’ve done more than prove this is a system that’s here to stay.

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.

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Malaysia: 2 pieces ‘almost certainly’ from Flight 370

By EILEEN NG

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia’s government said today that two more pieces of debris, discovered in South Africa and Rodrigues Island off Mauritius, were “almost certainly” from Flight 370, bringing the total number of pieces believed to have come from the missing Malaysian jet to five.

The aircraft mysteriously disappeared more than two years ago with 239 people on board, and so far an extensive underwater search of a vast area of the Indian Ocean off Australia’s west coast has turned up empty.

Though the discovery of the debris has bolstered authorities’ assertion that the plane went down somewhere in the Indian Ocean, none of the parts have thus far yielded any clues into exactly where and why the

aircraft crashed. Those elusive answers lie with the flight data recorders, or black boxes, which may never be found, said Geoff Dell, a specialist in accident investigation at Central Queensland University in Australia.

“It shows they’re looking in the right ocean — that’s about it,” Dell said.

The two newly identified pieces were found in March. Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said one is an engine cowling piece with a partial Rolls-Royce logo, and the other is an interior panel piece from an aircraft cabin — the first interior part found from the missing plane. An international team of experts in Australia who examined the debris concluded that both pieces were consistent with panels found on a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft, Liow said.

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All five pieces have been found in various spots around the Indian Ocean.

Last year, a wing part from the plane washed ashore on France’s Reunion Island. In March, investigators confirmed two pieces of debris found along Mozambique’s

coast were almost certainly from the aircraft.

The jet, which vanished on March 8, 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, is believed to have crashed somewhere in a remote stretch of the southern Indian Ocean about 1,100 miles off Australia’s west coast. Authorities had predicted that any debris from the plane that isn’t on the ocean floor would eventually be carried by currents to the east coast of Africa.

Investigators are examining marine life attached to the debris to see if it could somehow help them narrow down where it entered the ocean, but haven’t discovered anything useful yet. The interior part, identified by its decorative laminate, is a panel from the main cabin and believed to be part of a door closet, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said in a technical report.

But even this interior piece is also unlikely to prove very helpful to investigators, said Dell, the accident investigation expert. It won’t, for example, answer the question that some have raised about whether anyone was still at the controls of the plane at the end of its flight, or whether the plane spiraled uncontrollably into the water after running out of fuel.

“I wouldn’t hang your hat too much on what it says,

other than it’s got to come out of the airplane somehow and that suggests there was a structural failure in the fuselage that allowed it to get out,” he said. “But how, exactly — who knows?”

That part was found by tourists on Rodrigues Island, while the piece with part of a Rolls-Royce logo was found by an archaeologist while walking along South Africa’s southern coast. Ron Bishop, head of aviation at Central Queensland University, said the debris may help the investigation in a less direct way: by leading to more debris discoveries.

“The best part about it is, it makes it where now anytime anyone finds something on a beach that’s weird-looking ... they’ll turn it in,” Bishop said. “I’m sure there’s tons of this lying on beaches — we’re just not noticing it that much.”

Bombings kill 93 in Baghdad

By SINAN SALAHEDDIN and SUSANNAH GEORGE Associated Press

BAGHDAD — In the deadliest violence in Baghdad this year, three car bombs claimed by the Islamic State group killed 93 people across the Iraqi capital Wednesday, demonstrating the extremists’ ability to mount significant attacks despite major battlefield losses.

The separate bombings, which also wounded 165 people, came at a time of turmoil and deadlock in Iraq’s government and parliament. The Interior Ministry blamed the attacks on “political bickering” that is increasingly threatening the security of the civilian population.

The largest car bomb ripped through a crowded outdoor market selling food, clothing and household goods in the predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City during the morning, killing at least 63 people and wounding 85.

Streets were stained with blood, building facades were heavily damaged and smoke billowed from stores gutted by the blast. Dozens of people walked through mangled wreckage of cars and other debris as ambulances ferried away the injured. Two more car bombs exploded elsewhere in the afternoon, killing at least 30 and wounding 80, police officials said. One bomb targeted a police station in the northwestern Kadhimiyah neighborhood, while another struck in the northern neighborhood of Jamiya.

The casualty figures were released by medical officials who all spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief reporters.

In online statements, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the bombings, which were condemned by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, as well as the United States.

The IS group said it had targeted Shiite militiamen, but hospital and security officials said the vast majority of the victims were civilians. The AP could not immediately verify the authenticity of the IS claims, but they appeared on a website commonly used by the Sunni extremists.

“These attacks demonstrate that terrorists carry out these abominable attacks without regard to innocent civilian life in order to stoke tensions between these communities even further,” said White House spokesman Josh Earnest.

“What is clear from this incident is that a lot of innocent people have been

killed, and it certainly is consistent with ISIL’s strategy of wreaking havoc and sowing chaos and violence and sectarian tension,” he said, using an acronym for the extremist group.

Earnest said al-Abadi has tried to unite Iraq against the threat.

“He has worked hard across sectarian lines to build diverse support for his government and for the effort to degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL,” he said. “And that’s why the

United States has found Prime Minister Abadi and the Iraqi central government to be effective partners, and it’s why we continue to stand with them as they confront this serious threat.”

The militant group, which swept across Syria and northern and western Iraq in 2014, has been pushed back by government forces and U.S.-led airstrikes over the past year, losing more than 40 percent of the territory it held.

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Man gets 12 years for sex trafficking

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pennsylvania man will spend 12 years in prison for sex trafficking four teenage runaways from Ohio who were found in his car — along with 8,000 individual dose bags of heroin — when a state trooper pulled him over last year.

Robert Middlebrook pleaded guilty in January to a federal charge of sex trafficking a minor and acknowledged responsibility for several other counts, including a conspiracy charge that carried a mandatory minimum 15-year sentence.

Defense attorney Douglas Sughrue said Middlebrook and prosecutors agreed to the lesser 12-year sentence imposed Wednesday because he wanted to take responsibility for his actions — and because of the mandatory minimum sentences that “allow politicians to get elected for being ‘tough on crime,’” but “are not based on any kind of science or sociology.”

The Clairton man was on probation for heroin possession when state troopers charged him with drug offenses and trafficking in minors — three of the girls were 17, one was 16 — after a traffic stop near Harrisburg in February 2015. The state charges were dropped after federal investigators took over as part of an emphasis on human trafficking by U.S. Attorney David Hickton of Pittsburgh.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica Lieber Smolar told the judge at Wednesday’s sentencing that Middlebrook’s crimes are “obviously very serious” and violated the girls’ civil rights.

Middlebrook apologized to the girls and their parents and said, “I also wanted to apologize to my mother. I never meant to disappoint her.” His mother burst into tears and rushed from the courtroom.

U.S. District Judge Arthur Schwab said he took Middlebrook’s background into account in approving the

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agreed-upon prison sentence, to be followed by five years’ probation.

The judge noted Middlebrook’s parents split up because of his father’s heroin addiction, which stemmed from his service in Vietnam.

Middlebrook has since fathered nine children by seven women and struggled with drug and alcohol use.

When he’s worked legally, it’s usually been as a maintenance man.

But Sughrue said his client was, by and large, “a drug dealer” — not a childtrafficker — who essentially picked up and pimped teenage runaways who had already been engaged in those kinds of activities.

Sughrue noted the girls all had cellphones but opted not to call authorities — or their families — while they were selling sexual services for Middlebrook. “If they had wanted to reach out to their families or law enforcement, they could have,” Sughrue said.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal investigators will meet next week to detail the probable cause of last year’s fatal Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia.

The National Transportation Safety Board’s meeting Tuesday in Washington will be held just over a year after the crash that killed eight people and injured more than 200 others.

The New York-bound Northeast Regional train entered a sharp curve at 106 mph, more than twice the speed limit, last May 12 and tumbled off the tracks.

The train’s engineer told investigators in November he remembered pushing the throttle forward to pick up speed and then braking when he felt the train going too fast into the curve.

The engineer said there were several gaps in his memory and that he didn’t remember what happened between throttling up and the curve.

Girl wearing suit for prom gets invitation YORK (AP) — A Pennsylvania high school student barred from attending prom at her Catholic high school because she wore a suit rather than a

dress has been invited to another school’s prom.

William Penn Senior High School Principal Brandon Carter said he invited Aniya Wolf to the May 21 event because “We do embrace all.” Another teacher said Wolf accepted.

Wolf said she learned at the last moment that girls were required to wear dresses to Friday’s prom at Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg. She went anyway but was thrown out.

The school said the dress code was sent to parents three months earlier.

Wolf is a lesbian and said she has worn a shirt and pants for all three years she has attended the high school.

William Penn statue to be restored PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 124year-old William Penn statue sitting atop Philadelphia’s City Hall is poised for a makeover.

City officials said restoration efforts of the 37-foot tall statue will begin in late August.

The statue will be washed, scrubbed, waxed and buffed. The work is expected to take three to four weeks. The observation deck will be closed during that time.

The Office of Arts, Culture and the

NEMACOLIN (AP) — Police said a Pennsylvania man hit his girlfriend’s 11-year-old son with a whiffle ball bat but told authorities he only did it because the boy “hit him first.”

The (Washington) Observer-Reporter reported that Cumberland Township police charged Adam D. Smith, 34, on Monday with simple assault, harassment and disorderly conduct.

Police said Smith was arguing with the boy’s mother when the boy grabbed the bat to defend her.

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By The Associated Press JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — Items belonging to late comedian George Carlin will have a new home in New York.

The National Comedy Center currently being built in Jamestown has acquired Carlin’s archives.

His daughter, Kelly Carlin, says she’s excited that her father’s files, journals, awards, arrest records, and hours of video and audio recordings will have a permanent home. George Carlin died in 2008 at the age of 71. He constantly pushed the envelope with his jokes, especially with a routine called “The Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV.” This is the first major donation to the center, which is scheduled to open in 2017. In the meantime, some of it has been posted on the center’s website. ❏❏❏ LOS ANGELES — Sharon Osbourne is opening up on “The Talk” about her split from Ozzy Osbourne.

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Opening the door in a closed adoption invites hard decisions DEAR ABBY: We have a child who was adopted through a closed adoption.

We met the birth parents briefly at the hospital, but they wanted no further contact.

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Our daughter is 6 and has expressed interest in her birth family. My husband wants no contact with the birth grandparents since neither of the birth parents consented to contact and it was a closed adoption. He is also concerned that our other adopted children may be hurt and jealous since they can’t have contact with their birth parents for various reasons.

I am worried our daughter will be upset when she grows up that we never established a relationship with her birth family, but I really don’t want to be involved with a family with such complex drug and legal issues. We have a large extended family, and our daughter sees her grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins all the time. Should we start a relationship with her birth grandparents? — UNCERTAIN DOWN SOUTH DEAR UNCERTAIN: I agree with your husband, for all of the reasons you mentioned. Your daughter’s birth parents made their

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TODAY IN HISTORY

By The Associated Press

Today is Thursday, May 12, the 133rd day of 2016.

There are 233 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On May 12, 1949, the Soviet Union lifted the Berlin Blockade, which the Western powers had succeeded in circumventing with their Berlin Airlift.

On this date: In 1780, during the Revolutionary War, the besieged city of Charleston, S.C., surrendered to British forces.

In 1870, an act creating the Canadian province of Manitoba was given royal assent, to take effect in July.

In 1922, a 20-ton meteor crashed near Blackstone, Va. In 1932, the body of Charles Lindbergh Jr., the kidnapped son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, was found in a wooded area near Hopewell, N.J. In 1937, Britain’s King George VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey; his wife, Elizabeth, was crowned as queen consort.

In 1955, Manhattan’s last elevated rail line, the Third Avenue El, ceased operation.

In 1965, West Germany and Israel exchanged letters establishing diplomatic relations.

The Rolling Stones recorded the final version of “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” at RCA Studios in Hollywood.

In 1975, the White House announced the new Cambodian government had seized an American merchant ship, the Mayaguez, in international waters. (U.S. Marines gained control of the ship three days after its seizure, not knowing the 39 civilian members of the crew had already been released

by Cambodia.)

In 1982, in Fatima, Portugal, security guards overpowered a Spanish

priest armed with a bayonet who attacked Pope John Paul II. (In 2008, the pope’s longtime private secretary revealed that the pontiff was slightly wounded in the assault.)

In 1986, the military action-drama film “Top Gun,” starring Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis and released by Paramount Pictures, had its world premiere in New York.

In 1994, British Labour Party leader John Smith died at age 55.

In 2001, singer Perry Como died in Jupiter Inlet Colony, Fla., at age 88.

Ten years ago: Tony Snow made his debut as White House press secretary. A ruptured gas pipeline in southwestern Nigeria exploded as villagers were collecting fuel, killing up to 200 people.

South Korean prosecutors indicted disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk on charges of fraud, embezzlement and bioethics violations linked to faked stem cell research.

(Hwang was convicted in 2009 of embezzling research funds and illegally buying human eggs; he received a suspended prison term.)

Five years ago: CEOs of the five largest oil companies went before the Senate Finance Committee, where Democrats challenged the executives to justify tax breaks at a time when people were paying $4 a gallon for gas. A German court convicted retired U.S. autoworker John Demjanjuk of being an accessory to the murder of tens of thousands of Jews as a Nazi death camp guard. (Demjanjuk, who maintained his innocence, died in March 2012 at age 91.)

One year ago: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin with an eye on easing badly strained relations over conflicts in Ukraine

and Syria. A new earthquake killed dozens of people in Nepal, which was still struggling to recover from a devastating quake nearly three weeks earlier that had killed more than 8,000. An Amtrak train traveling from Washington, D.C., to New York derailed and crashed in Philadelphia, killing eight people. Educator, author and journalist William Zinsser, 92, died in New York.

Today’s Birthdays: Critic John Simon is 91. Composer Burt Bacharach is 88. Actress Millie Perkins is 78.

Rhythm-and-blues singer Jayotis Washington is 75. Country singer Billy Swan is 74. Actress Linda Dano is 73. Actress Lindsay Crouse is 68. Singermusician Steve Winwood is 68. Actor Gabriel Byrne is 66. Actor Bruce Boxleitner is 66. Singer Billy Squier is 66. Blues singermusician Guy Davis is 64.

Country singer Kix Brooks is 61. Actress Kim Greist is 58. Rock musician Eric Singer (KISS) is 58.

Actor Ving Rhames is 57.

Rock musician Billy Duffy is 55. Actor Emilio Estevez is 54. Actress April Grace is 54. Actress Vanessa A. Williams is 53. TV personality/chef Carla Hall is 52.

Country musician Eddie Kilgallon is 51. Actor Stephen Baldwin is 50.

Actor Scott Schwartz is 48.

Actress Kim Fields is 47.

Actress Samantha Mathis is 46. Actress Jamie Luner is 45. Actor Christian Campbell is 44. Actress Rhea Seehorn is 44. Actor Mackenzie Astin is 43.

Country musician Matt Mangano (The Zac Brown Band) is 40. Actress Rebecca Herbst is 39. Actress Malin Akerman is 38.

Actor Jason Biggs is 38.

Actor Rami Malek is 35.

Actress-singer Clare Bowen is 32. Actress Emily VanCamp is 30. Actor Malcolm David Kelley is 24.

Actor Sullivan Sweeten is 21.

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Officials certify values from reassessment

Continued from Page 1 Sisko said it’s expected tax bills from municipalities and school districts will be mailed to property owners about the beginning of July.

At times throughout the long reassessment process, the commissioners agreed with some property owners who argued that the process was flawed and that some of the values set by EST were not reasonable.

Commission Chairman Mike Baker was asked after Wednesday’s meeting what had been made satisfactory that convinced the commissioners it was time to certify the new values.

“First of all, we know we’re under (the court-imposed) deadline for May 25,” Baker said. “What we set in motion (Wednesday) was for the tax assessment office to go ahead and adopt the (new) values and make all the computations necessary for the taxing bodies, including the county, on the 25th to set its millage. That’s essentially an acceptance of those values.

“There are a couple of things that have come together that have made the reassessment — which I believe in the very beginning was an awful mess — (possible),” Baker said.

“We have been very fortunate that we have had the cooperation of the Court of Common Pleas. … Two things happened. Those were the extensions of time that were given to the commissioners in an effort to do everything possible to make sure the values that are being assessed on properties are as close to accurate as we can possibly make them.

“Judge (William) Martin in November granted us a 90-day extension to do that and then, when we weren’t satisfied that Feb. 15 would give us enough time to again arrive at better values, we asked for another extension and he granted that,” Baker said.

“In addition to that, the way the courts also stepped up to help us was by settling so many of the cases before they ever had to go to court,” Baker continued.

“I think we started out

with about 1,800 appeals to the Court of Common Pleas and the vast majority of those have already been settled. Most of the rest of them will be adjudicated before May 25. There might be a handful — maybe 10 or so — that might go out beyond that.

But I think it’s going to give us a far better, a far more accurate picture of the value of real estate in the county.

“The judge also did something that I thought was also very helpful to us in that he moved all the cases that were going to Common Pleas that were $400,000 or greater in value … to the front of the line … and got those ones settled early on. That helped a great deal to better calculate the tax base.”

Baker said the commissioners could not have asked for better cooperation from the tax office.

“I think we started out in July with just a terrible mess on our hands, but, as we promised, we worked very hard and very diligently to get it right,” he said.

At their next public meeting on May 25 the commissioners will take the next step in the certification process.

“We will actually be taking the 2015 values and using those values to adjust the new millage rate for the 2016 taxes for the county,” he said. “The other taxing bodies will have to do that also. We’ll go from 37.4 mills down to 4 or less than 4½, maybe.

And each taxing body will get the information they need to set their own millages in time to get their tax bills out on time.”

Baker said it’s a relief to him that the reassessment is progressing.

“I was determined from the beginning that this thing had to be right before I’d support it,” he said.

“I said before that you can’t do surgery with a sledgehammer. You just can’t throw the whole thing out and start all over and spend the money all over again. You’ve got to take a surgical approach to what we’re doing. And I believe that the courts giving us that extra time to get it done and all the cooperation we got from

everyone helped us to do just that.

“There’s no way you can make it 100 percent perfect for every single one, and that’s why there are opportunities for people to appeal yet again for 2017,” Baker said. “And they will perpetually have that right. For me, it was important that everybody who wanted an appeal who could possibly get in, we got them in and we got it settled and I think we did the right things.”

The long struggle with the reassessment stretches back to 2010. The board of commissioners then was concerned about the possibility of a taxpayers’ lawsuit challenging the fairness and constitutionality of property assessments.

The commissioners in July 2010 retained the Ira Weiss law firm of Pittsburgh to study the county’s property tax assessment structure.

Three months later, after a thorough evaluation, the law firm concluded that the system was seriously flawed, was forcing owners of low-value properties to pay more than their fair share of taxes, and was ripe for a lawsuit challenging its base year system that had not been updated since 1968.

The remedy, according to the law firm’s 2010 report, was a countywide reassessment of properties.

Despite the vote, a community-based group organized last year to protest the property reassessment is going ahead with a planned rally on Friday.

Leaders of Indiana County PA Against Unfair Reassessment are urging property owners to rally starting at 11 a.m. Friday outside the Indiana County Court House.

The group was formed in July to protest the methodology of the county’s reassessment project, performed under a contract awarded to Evaluator Services and Technology.

Organizers have guided property owners through the review and appeal processes, and lobbied the county commissioners to scrap the reassessment project and direct a team of county employees to perform a new assessment.

Transport test succeeds Continued from Page 1 about 50 yards away after being bused to the site from a swanky casino.

“It’s going to eliminate the barriers we face every day of time and distance.

It’s going to change our lives,” CEO Rob Lloyd said a day earlier. “It’s real. It’s happening now.”

Executives with the Los Angeles-based company said the system could whisk people the 350 miles from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 30 minutes.

They described a future where there’s no such thing as a long-distance relationship, and it doesn’t matter where you live because the commute to work would be so quick.

They said the tubes could run underground — a safe alternative to highway crossings and inclement weather.

The propulsion technology involves levitating pods that use electricity and magnets to move through a low-friction en-

vironment at more than 700 mph.

The idea was first articulated in a paper by Tesla co-founder Elon Musk in 2013. Musk was busy building his electric car and rooftop solar companies at the time, and offered the idea to whoever wanted to try it out.

The idea has skeptics, including professor James Moore II, director of the University of Southern California’s Transportation Engineering Program.

He credited Musk for the new idea on how to move objects through tubes but said backers would face myriad public policy issues before it’s installed on a large scale, including questions about safety, financing and land ownership.

Such roadblocks are keeping self-driving vehicles off the road decades after the idea was born, he said.

“I would certainly not say nothing will come of

hyperloop technology,” Moore said. “But I doubt this specific piece of technology will have a dramatic effect on how we move people and goods in the near term.”

Hyperloop One hopes to start moving cargo by 2019 and people by 2021.

It announced Tuesday that it had completed another $80 million round of financing and was partnering with firms including GE and SNCF, the French national railway company.

Hyperloop One secured land in December in North Las Vegas to test the technology in a desert industrial park and will receive $9 million in state tax breaks for its investments in the state.

Company officials hope to combine the separate components later this year for a test it’s calling its “Kitty Hawk moment” — a reference to the Wright Brothers’ inaugural airplane flight.

Bill OK’d to deter theft of trade secrets

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed into law Wednesday a bill that gives employers a new tool in preventing the theft of trade secrets.

The legislation gives companies the right to sue in federal court to recover damages. It also gives employers the opportunity to seek an order that directs law enforcement officials to seize stolen material.

Obama says one of the biggest advantages the United States has in the global economy is that “we innovate” and come up with new goods and tech-

nologies.

“Unfortunately, all too often, some of our competitors, instead of competing with us fairly, are trying to steal these trade secrets from American companies,” Obama said.

Such theft leads to lost American jobs and markets, the president said before signing the Defend Trade Secrets Act. Previously, U.S. businesses could seek amends in state courts for trade secret thefts, but taking a civil case to a state court can prove more time consuming than going to a single federal judge, particularly when a defendant has crossed multiple state lines and multiple juris-

dictions get involved.

The legislation passed by an overwhelming margin in Congress and with little fanfare.

Obama used the Oval Office signing ceremony to renew his pitch to lawmakers that they pass a free-trade agreement with countries in the Asia-Pacific region, saying the trade deal would require participating countries to have to work with the U.S. to protect the theft of trade secrets.

The trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, has come under criticism on the presidential campaign trail and Congress appears in little hurry to take it up for a vote.

CASH BASH

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FOUR FOOTED FRIENDS will host a Spring Showers Cash Bash event Saturday at the Indiana Elks Club. Doors open at 5 p.m. and drawings begin at 6 p.m. Tickets are $20 and include food, beer and nonalcoholic beverages. Tickets will be pulled every 15 minutes for $4,000 total in cash prizes. Tickets can be purchased at FFF or at the door. Preparing for the event and pictured with some raffle baskets are, in front from left, Donna Davis, fundraising chairwoman, and volunteer Kelly Pidgeon; and in back, Natalie Osborne, secretary, and Mary Ann Dodson, vice president.

Investigators shed more light on shooting of two Continued from Page 1 panions — Catherine Hullenbaugh, Consetta Menta and Morisha Bey — traveled to the apartment building intending to buy marijuana from a resident, George Exum, a student at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

But as they headed to Indiana, police charge, Richardson and Watt told the women they planned to rob Exum.

Investigators said the plot ended when the men scuffled and Exum shot the others with a .38-caliber revolver. He surrendered when police arrived at Essex House in response to a call about shots being fired.

Hullenbaugh told police that the women left the apartment when an argument broke out among the men and she heard shots being fired. The women returned to Hullenbaugh’s vehicle and Richardson followed moments later and told them he had been shot in the neck, according to the criminal complaints.

Hullenbaugh phoned 911 and drove to Indiana Regional Medical Center, where Richardson died at 12:13 a.m. Wednesday.

Coroner Jerry Overman Jr. said Watt died in Exum’s apartment on the third floor of Essex House, where he was pronounced dead at 12:58 a.m.

Overman said autopsies performed Wednesday morning at the Forensic DX pathology center in Windber showed both died of gunshot wounds.

In the charging documents, police said Exum claimed that Richardson and Watt attacked him with a tire iron and demanded that he open a safe in his apartment before he shot them.

Exum, 21, of Norristown, Montgomery County, is charged with two counts of

homicide, two counts of aggravated assault and one count of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance. At a news conference Wednesday afternoon, Dougherty declined to say how much and what kind of drugs police found at the scene, pending lab tests on the substances.

Police also charged Hullenbaugh, 21, of Saltsburg Road, Clarksburg, and Menta, 28, of Aliquippa, Beaver County, with two counts of homicide and one count of conspiracy to robbery involving serious bodily injury.

At her preliminary arraignment Wednesday morning, Menta told Indiana District Judge Guy Haberl that she lives in McKeesport.

Dougherty said he could ask a jury to convict Hullenbaugh and Menta of second-degree murder, a homicide that takes place “while the defendant was engaged as a principal or an accomplice in the perpetration of a felony.”

Exum, Hullenbaugh and Menta are being held in Indiana County Jail without bond. No attorneys have been named to represent them, and preliminary hearings have been set for June 10.

Dougherty told reporters Wednesday afternoon that police still had much to investigate.

It was unclear whether the group had visited Exum in the past, or how well they knew each other.

“It’s too early to comment on that,” he said.

“There is some evidence that there may have been some prior knowledge of at least one of the parties charged, but at this point it’s premature until we follow all our investigative leads.”

Dougherty also said it wasn’t clear how the group entered the building to

reach Exum’s apartment.

Essex House, 1302 Oakland Ave., stands behind the Carriage House building and has a driveway leading to Locust Street and South 13th Street.

Although Bey was identified in the criminal complaints filed by Indiana Borough Det. John Scherf, Dougherty didn’t mention her by name during the news conference.

“We are in the process of interviewing and talking to additional suspects who may be charged upon the conclusion of the investigation,” Dougherty said.

Asked how Bey’s role differed from Hullenbaugh and Menta’s, “We’re still trying to figure out what her true involvement was,” Dougherty said.

Dougherty made clear at the news conference that Richardson wasn’t simply dropped off at the hospital, and that the women stayed while doctors treated his wounds and talked to police when they arrived at IRMC. Police also hadn’t determined whether Exum had a permit for the gun believed to be used in the killings, and Dougherty said he believed the group had traveled together from Pittsburgh to Exum’s residence.

Dougherty talked about the prominent role of drug activity in the shootings.

“Drugs — it’s an epidemic that we’re facing each and every day in our community,” Dougherty said.

“Unfortunately with the amount of money and with the amount of issues we have in the drug trade, guns are a part of that community. We have to be vigilant, knowing that wherever there are drugs, there usually are guns that follow.

“It’s scary. People should be alarmed. For those that are engaged in this type of activity, there is risk involved.”

Police catch rhyming suspect Open house PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies said they have caught the gingerbread man, a Pittsburgh-area burglary suspect who referred to the nursery rhyme in taunting authorities who couldn’t catch up to him.

Police said Heath Emory Miller, 25, was trying to hide in the attic of a home where police found him on Wednesday.

Emory is wanted on several warrants from burglaries in the Pittsburgh suburbs of

West View and Ross Township. On Monday, he escaped into the woods after Allegheny County deputies thought they had him cornered.

That night, Miller posted on Facebook saying, “They call me the gingerbread man.

Catch me if u can. I’m running as fast as I can.”

Miller remained jailed without an attorney today.

The gingerbread man is a children’s story about a cookie that runs away from those who try to eat him.

offered

The Chevy Chase Community Center has completed a renovation of the kitchen, a project sustained by community donations, volunteer labor and business contributions.

The staff and leaders will host an open house from 3 to 6 p.m. Friday at the center, 640 N. Fifth Ave., White Township.

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MLB: Pirates 5, Reds 4

Hard Knocks

HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS

IHS boys fall short in final

By DUSTIN FILLOY

dfilloy@indianagazette.net

JOHN MINCHILLO/Associated Press

PIRATES MANAGER Clint Hurdle argued with umpire Jeff Kellogg after Starling Marte was called out on a steal attempt after a review in the sixth inning Wednesday. Hurdle was ejected for arguing the call.

Bucs top Reds in game of plunkings

By JOE KAY

AP Sports Writer

JOHN MINCHILLO/Associated Press

DAVID FREESE was one of six batters hit by pitches during Wednesday’s game in Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI — Six hit batters. Five home runs. Four ejections. The Pirates and Reds played more like the Steelers and Bengals, adding another bruising game to their hard-edged series.

And just like in that other sport, the team from Pittsburgh pulled it out at the end.

Jordy Mercer singled home the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning Wednesday night, rallying the Pirates to a 5-4 victory in an NL Central rivalry game full of plunkings and ejections.

“It was an interesting game in a lot of different ways,” said Pirates manager Clint Hurdle, who was ejected for questioning a call at second base. “A lot went on, and I’m proud of our club for battling.”

Andrew McCutchen, David Freese, Jung Ho Kang and Josh Harrison each hit solo homers, and the Pirates got their first lead on Mercer’s single off Ross Ohlendorf (3-4). Pittsburgh gained a split of the rain-shortened, two-game series.

Tony Watson (1-0) retired the side in the eighth. Mark Melancon gave up a single and a walk in the ninth while getting his 10th save in 11 chances.

Four Pirates and two Reds were hit by pitches as the teams extended their history of plunkings. Over the last four seasons, the Reds have hit 43 Pirates batters (10 this season) and the Pirates have hit 41 Reds (five this season). It’s the most of any series in the majors over that span.

The last time four Pirates were hit in a game was Sept. 7, 2008, at San Francisco.

“I don’t think it’s anything like, ‘Aw, they hit three guys, we’ve got to hit three guys,’” Harrison said. “It’s baseball.

Within that respect, there’s emotions and sometimes guys are going to get hit.”

Hurdle and left fielder Starling Marte were ejected during a dispute over a call at second base in the sixth inning. Ohlendorf was ejected by plate umpire Jeff Kellogg for hitting Freese in the ninth, along with Reds manager Bryan Price.

“When Ohlendorf hit Freese, he said, ‘At some point, I have to do something,’” Price said. “As many guys as got hit tonight, you knew something was going to happen. I don’t have beef with the ejection.”

The Pirates managed only four hits in the first eight innings, all of them homers. Harrison’s second homer off Tony Cingrani tied it 4-4 in the eighth.

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Stanley Cup Playoffs • Eastern Conference finals • Lightning vs. Penguins

New trio leading the way for Penguins

By WILL GRAVES

Bonino’s tap-in goal 6:32 into overtime to end six taut games against the Washington Capitals and send the Penguins to PITTSBURGH — The line that sent the the conference finals for the second time Pittsburgh Penguins full throttle into the in four years.

Eastern Conference finals wasn’t “It’s a bit of difference, right?” even on the roster a year ago.

Kessel said. “I’m happy to be here.

Phil Kessel was stuck in ToronWe have a great group here.” to, where his undeniable talent It’s one that was thrown togethbut occasionally questionable er more by attrition than imagicommitment made the threenation. time All-Star an easy scapegoat Coach Mike Sullivan hooked up for an organization in freefall. the hard-shooting Kessel with the Carl Hagelin was weeks away pragmatic Bonino and the fluidfrom getting shipped from the skating Hagelin — all acquired in New York Rangers to Anaheim, trades by general manager Jim PHIL where a four-year contract extenRutherford that now seem largely sion promised a new beginning one-sided — only after center KESSEL that lasted barely half a season.

Evgeni Malkin injured his left Nick Bonino was finishing up a solid but elbow in mid-March. Over the last two not spectacular year in Vancouver. months they have developed a chemistry Fast-forward 12 months and there they while taking the burden off Malkin and were on Tuesday night, doing all the right captain Sidney Crosby. things at all the right times, including Continued on Page 17 AP Sports Writer

PENGUINS vs. LIGHTNING

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary) All Games at 8 p.m.

Friday: Lightning at Penguins Monday: Lightning at Penguins Wednesday: Penguins at Lightning Friday, May 20: Penguins at Lightning x-Sunday, May 22: Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh x-Tuesday, May 24: Penguins at Lightning x-Thursday, May 26: Lightning at Penguins

PAGE 17 • Blues advance to Western Conference finals with win over Stars.

• Sharks looking for Game 7 win at home to move on to finals.

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WEXFORD — Facing a genuine Davidand-Goliath scenario, the Indiana boys’ tennis team set out to make Wednesday’s WPIAL Class AA championship match a fun and memorable learning experience against a juggernaut, Sewickley Academy.

The Indians relished their opportunity to take on what is considered by many to be the Class AA team to beat in the state, and although they didn’t win a set in a 5-0 loss, they left the Pure Athletex Sportsplex a better team.

Indiana (15-4) will face the District 5 champion — either Bedford or Somerset — in the opening round of the PIAA tournament Tuesday at a site to be announced. If the Indians win their first match and advance to the quarterfinals, they will play the rest of their matches at the Hershey Racquet Club.

Sewickley Academy won its 13th straight WPIAL title and its 21st in school history. Only two other teams — the Norwin girls’ volleyball team between 1973 and ’85 and the Bethel Park boys’ swimming team between 1981 and 2000 — have won 13 or more titles in a row in any sport in the history of the WPIAL. “All the Class AA schools in the WPIAL are competing at one level, and (Sewickley Academy) is at a full level above that,” 28th-year Indiana coach Phil Palko said.

“They faced the second-best team in the WPIAL today, and it wasn’t even close.”

“Our guys had fun for sure, though,” he said.

Continued on Page 15

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

’Cats can win title outright with victory

By The Indiana Gazette PURCHASE LINE — A day after scoring its most significant win of the year, Blairsville guaranteed itself at least a share of a second straight Heritage Conference baseball title by routing Purchase Line, 22-1, on Wednesday. The game was shortened to four innings due to the mercy rule.

The Bobcats (14-3, 13-2 conference) took the inside track for winning the conference title by blanking secondplace Homer-Center, 2-0, on Tuesday in eight innings. Blairsville can win the conference title outright if it can get past Northern Cambria at home today.

Blairsville topped Northern Cambria in the first matchup this season, 13-5, on April 18. The Bobcats trailed 5-4 and scored nine runs in the final two innings to pull out the win.

Blairsville has also won conference titles in 2008, 2011 and 2013.

“It’s a nice feeling,” Blairsville coach Mark Zerfoss said. “With all the young guys we knew it’d be difficult, but we knew it was attainable. We just stayed focused on playing one game at a time this year, and everything seemed to fall into place.”

Nick Hrebik led Blairsville by going 3for-3 with five RBIs. Ryan Shirley went 2for-2 with two RBIs, Zack Hartmann clubbed a three-run homer, and Brent Ratkus singled and drove in three runs.

Winning pitcher Dylan Dirienzo struck out four and walked none in a three-hitter.

Blairsville scored 14 runs in the fourth inning and posted season highs in runs and hits (16).

“The nice thing about this game was it was an important game and we got everyone in the game and they all contributed, from top to bottom,” Zerfoss said.

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MAJOR LEAGUE ROUNDUP

The Indiana Gazette

NBA PLAYOFFS

Duncan begins to look his age

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer

ALEX BRANDON/Associated Press

THE NATIONALS’ Max Scherzer celebrated with teammates after he wrapped up his 20-strikeout performance in Wednesday night’s win over Detroit in Washington.

To the Max

Scherzer ties record with 20 strikeouts

By The Associated Press Max Scherzer struck out 20 batters, matching the major league record for a nine-inning game, as he pitched the Washington Nationals past the Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Wednesday night.

Scherzer (4-2) had a chance to break the mark when James McCann stepped to the plate with two outs in the ninth inning. McCann, who whiffed his previous three times up, grounded to third for the final out.

The astounding performance came in Scherzer’s first outing against the Tigers, his former team.

He outpitched pal Jordan Zimmermann (5-2), a former Nationals teammate who left as a free agent for a $110 million, five-year deal with Detroit.

Scherzer, who pitched two no-hitters last season and struck out 17 in the second one, joined Roger Clemens (twice), Kerry Wood and Randy Johnson as the only big league pitchers to compile 20 strikeouts in nine innings.

CARDINALS 5, ANGELS 2: Jaime Garcia allowed just four hits in seven innings to lead St. Louis past Los Angeles.

Garcia (3-2) gave up two unearned runs and struck out eight to win his second straight start. He has yet to allow an earned run in 14 innings this month.

Kevin Siegrist pitched a perfect eighth and Trevor Rosenthal retired the side in the ninth to complete the four-hitter.

The Cardinals scored four times in the second inning against Matt Shoemaker (1-5).

C.J. Cron hit a two-run homer for the Angels, who have lost five straight and nine of 11.

GIANTS 5, BLUE JAYS 4: Buster Posey walked with the bases loaded in the 13th inning and San Francisco salvaged one win in a three-game series with Toronto.

Brandon Belt was hit by a pitch to open the inning and Denard Span’s bunt attempt was mishandled at second. Following a wild pitch, Joe Panik was walked intentionally.

Matt Duffy lined out to first base before Posey saw four straight balls from Ryan Tepera (0-1).

Albert Suarez (1-0) pitched an inning for his first major-league victory.

NATIONAL LEAGUE PADRES 7-1, CUBS 4-0: Drew Pomeranz tied a career high with 10 strikeouts in six scoreless innings and Christian Bethancourt hit a long solo home run to give San Diego a 1-0 victory over Chicago and a sweep of a day-night doubleheader.

In the first game, Brett Wallace hit a three-run homer in San Diego’s fourrun seventh inning, and the Padres stopped the Cubs’ eight-game win streak with a 7-4 victory. Pedro Strop (1-1) took the loss and Carlos Villanueva (1-0) pitched a scoreless inning for the win.

In the second game, Pomeranz (43) allowed just three hits and walked three. No Chicago runner advanced past second base while the left-hander was on the mound.

Fernando Rodney got the final three outs for his 10th save in 10 chances. He also picked up the save in Game 1.

The lack of offense wasted a strong start from John Lackey (4-2), who allowed just one run on three hits in eight innings.

METS 4, DODGERS 3: Noah Syndergaard became the second pitcher in Mets history to hit two home runs in a game, driving in all of New York’s runs in a victory over Los Angeles.

Syndergaard (3-2) allowed two runs and six hits in eight innings, struck out six and walked one. He gave up five hits in the first four innings and then retired 11 in a row.

Syndergaard hit a solo homer on the first pitch from Kenta Maeda (32) in the third inning and slammed a three-run shot in the fifth. Walt Terrell was the first Mets pitcher to hit two homers in a game at Wrigley Field on Aug. 6, 1983.

The last major league pitcher to homer twice in a game was Arizona’s Micah Owings, who accomplished the feat against Atlanta on Aug. 18, 2007.

Corey Seager and Yasmani Grandal homered for the Dodgers.

BRAVES 5, PHILLIES 1: Williams Perez allowed only two hits and one run in eight innings, Freddie Freeman homered and Atlanta finally claimed just its second home win.

Perez (1-0), recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett before the game, did not walk a batter while matching his longest start in the majors. He allowed no baserunners through four innings before Ryan Howard led off the fifth with a homer.

Perez faced only one batter over the minimum.

The Braves ended their streaks of five straight losses overall and 11 straight at home.

Freeman’s shot to right-center knocked Jerad Eickhoff (1-5) out of the game after allowing four runs, three earned, on seven hits in 4 1-3 innings.

MARLINS 3, BREWERS 2: Wei-Yin Chen tied a career high with 12 strikeouts in 6 1-3 innings to help Miami beat Milwaukee.

Justin Bour hit a two-run homer for the Marlins, who won with five hits to take the series and finish 6-3 on their homestand. The Brewers still haven’t won a road series and went 34 on their trip.

Chen (3-1) allowed two runs and lowered his ERA to 4.40. A.J. Ramos pitched a perfect ninth for his 10th save in as many chances.

Chase Anderson (1-5) retired the first 10 batters, but lost his fifth start in a row. He allowed three runs in six innings.

ROCKIES 8, DIAMONDBACKS 7: Nolan Arenado hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning, and Colorado ended its seven-game home losing streak.

Charlie Blackmon homered among his three hits and drove in three runs for Colorado. The Rockies had tied the franchise record for consecutive defeats at Coors Field and were within two of the mark for home losses in Denver set in 1993 at Mile High Stadium.

Arenado rescued Colorado after starter Chad Bettis and the bullpen blew a six-run lead. With two outs in the bottom of the eighth, Arenado hit Tyler Clippard’s (2-1) 2-2 pitch just inside the foul pole in left field for his NL-leading 13th homer of the season.

Gonzalez German (1-0) got the win and Jake McGee pitched the ninth for his ninth save.

AMERICAN LEAGUE RANGERS 6, WHITE SOX 5: Adrian Beltre had the tiebreaking RBI single soon after his long errorless streak ended and Texas earned its second win in less than 24 hours against the team with the American League’s best record.

Beltre had a throwing error in top of the sixth to end his streak of 44 games without one.

White Sox third baseman Todd Frazier got his 10th RBI in the threegame series with his homer leading off the fourth. But he left the game in

the bottom of that inning when he cut his lower lip and needed five stitches after falling hard face-first into the first row of seats while going after a foul popup.

Tony Barnette (2-2) got the final out in the sixth after taking over for starter Cole Hamels and Sam Dyson got his first save.

Dan Jennings (1-1) allowed one run in 1 2-3 innings for the White Sox (2312).

ROYALS 7, YANKEES 3: Salvador Perez hit a three-run homer in yet another big first inning against Michael Pineda, and slumping Kansas City rebounded to beat New York.

Down by four runs six batters in, New York clawed back to 4-3 against Yordano Ventura before Lorenzo Cain hit a two-run single in the sixth against reliever Nick Goody.

Kendrys Morales added a solo homer in the seventh off Phil Coke as the Royals won for just the fourth time in their past 15 games.

Ventura (3-2), coming off losses at Seattle and Cleveland, gave up three runs and six hits in six innings.

RED SOX 13, ATHLETICS 3: Jackie Bradley Jr. had two home runs and six RBIs to extend his hitting streak to 17 games, and Boston completed a three-game sweep of Oakland.

Boston scored six runs in the first four innings and then had four more in the fifth to post its third straight game with at least 10 runs. Dustin Pedroia added a home run and the Red Sox finished with a season-high 17 hits.

The Red Sox outscored the Athletics 40-15 in the series and Oakland has lost a season-high five straight.

Rick Porcello (6-1) got the win, and has now pitched six or more innings in 15 straight starts — extending the longest active streak in the majors.

Eric Surkamp (0-3) took the loss after giving up four runs in just 2 2-3 innings of work.

ASTROS 5, INDIANS 3: Marwin Gonzalez hit a two-run homer in the 16th inning in Houston’s win over Cleveland.

Carlos Correa reached on an infield single to start the inning, Houston’s first hit since the seventh. One out later, Gonzalez sent one into the seats in right field off Cody Anderson (0-3) to hand Houston its third victory in five games.

Michael Feliz (1-0) allowed one hit in three scoreless innings for the win.

Anderson yielded two hits, two runs and struck out four over 3 1-3 innings in his first career relief appearance.

ORIOLES 9, TWINS 2: Mark Trumbo hit two home runs and Baltimore hit back-to-back homers for the third straight game in a victory over Minnesota.

Adam Jones had four hits, including a two-run homer in the ninth, and Chris Davis also went deep and drove in four runs for the first-place Orioles, who have won four straight.

Tyler Wilson (2-1) gave up two runs and six hits in seven innings.

Miguel Sano hit his fourth homer for the Twins (8-25), who have lost seven straight games. Phil Hughes (1-6) lasted just four innings in another terrible start for the worst team in the American League.

MARINERS 6, RAYS 5: Chris Iannetta led off the bottom of the 11th inning with a homer to give Seattle a sweep of the three-game series against Tampa Bay. Iannetta jumped on a 3-2 pitch from Steve Geltz (0-1) for his third homer for Seattle.

Steve Johnson (1-0) got the win.

The Rays tied it 5-5 on Kiermaier’s one-out solo homer in the ninth.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Father Time can be awfully sneaky.

San Antonio forward Tim Duncan turned 40 last month, and the basketball world marveled at his accomplishments. Sure, his minutes were scaled back this season, but he played a significant role in helping the Spurs have their best regular season ever.

Suddenly, though, Duncan looks his age.

He has struggled in the past two games of the Western Conference semifinals against Oklahoma City’s young front line featuring Steven Adams and Enes Kanter. In Game 3, the 15time All-Star, five-time NBA champion and three-time Finals MVP went scoreless in 12 minutes, committed four fouls in the first half and did not play in the fourth quarter. In Game 4, Duncan was 1-for-6 from the field and scored five points in 28 minutes.

Duncan likely will need to play more like his former self if the Spurs are to extend their season, and perhaps his career. Duncan has a player option for next season, and he hasn’t made it clear what he will do.

When asked what he was doing to be effective against Duncan, Adams said “Nothing,” perhaps not wanting to give the future Hall of Famer any additional motivation.

Adams and Kanter also have slowed LaMarcus Aldridge, who averaged 39.5 points on 75 percent shooting the first two games. That has dropped to 21.3 points per contest on 36.7 percent shooting the

last three games.

Adams, a 7-foot center from New Zealand, is averaging 10.2 points and 12.0 rebounds in the series. Kanter, a 6-foot-11 forward from Turkey, is averaging 9.0 points and 7.6 rebounds. They usually don’t play together, but have been on the floor late in the past two games.

A look at tonight’s Game 6.

SPURS AT THUNDER Oklahoma City leads 3-2 8:30 p.m., ESPN In Game 4, Kevin Durant went off. In Game 5, it was Russell Westbrook’s turn.

If either — or both — get going in Game 6, the Spurs could be done for the year.

Both have struggled at times with their shots during playoffs, but there are signs that could be changing. In Game 4, Durant scored 29 of his 41 points in the second half. In Game 5, Westbrook made 12 of 27 shots and scored 35 points.

The Thunder want to bring their best effort in Game 6 because they’re really not interested in going back to San Antonio for Game 7.

“Closeout games are the hardest,” Durant said. “We know they’re going to try to force this Game 7.

“We can’t rely too much on our crowd. We can’t be relaxed knowing that we’re going to be at home. And they beat us at home in Game 3.”

Westbrook is a major reason the Thunder are hurting the Spurs on the glass.

Oklahoma City out rebounded San Antonio by an average of seven rebounds over the first five games and has won that battle in each of the past four games.

Warriors finish off Blazers in Game 5

By The Associated Press Klay Thompson scored 33 points with six 3-pointers, Stephen Curry added 29 and sealed it with a 3 with 24.9 seconds left, and the Golden State Warriors advanced to the Western Conference finals for the second straight season with a 125-121 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 5 on Wednesday night.

Curry finished with five 3s a day after becoming the first unanimous MVP in NBA history. He added 11 assists after returning to the starting lineup for the first time all series because of a knee injury.

Draymond Green, who had his left ankle retaped in the fourth quarter, had 13 points, 11 rebounds and six assists after guaranteeing Golden State would advance from this game.

Damian Lillard scored 28 points and CJ McCollum had 27 for the Trail Blazers.

Now, Golden State will wait for the conclusion of the Oklahoma City-San Antonio series, led 3-2 by the Thunder.

RAPTORS 99, HEAT 91: DeMar DeRozan matched a playoff high with 34 points, Kyle Lowry had 25 and Toronto beat Miami to take a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.

Bismack Biyombo had 10 points for the Raptors. They can wrap up their first conference finals berth with a win in Game 6 in Miami on Friday.

It was DeRozan’s franchise-best 13th 20-point game in the playoffs and his sixth this postseason.

Dwyane Wade scored 20 points for Miami, and Goran Dragic and Josh Richardson each had 13.

Toronto led by 20 in the first half and by 13 to start the fourth quarter before its lead shrunk to 88-87 when Wade made a pair of free throws with 1:54 left.

DeRozan made a pair of free throws and, after a Miami turnover, Lowry made a long 3-pointer to put Toronto up 93-87 with 52 seconds left.

DeRozan sealed it by going 4-for-4 on his free throws in the final 21 seconds.

Bucs win interesting affair in Cincinnati Continued from Page 13 Both of his homers have come against Cincinnati.

McCutchen’s homer in the fourth inning was his 26th career homer against Cincinnati, his most against any team. He also homered during the All-Star Game at Great American Ball Park last July.

Four batters after McCutchen’s homer, Alfredo Simon hit Kang with a pitch. In the bottom of the inning, Juan Nicasio hit Brandon Phillips in the upper leg with his first pitch, drawing a warning to both benches. Jay Bruce followed with his oppositefield homer that tied Adam Dunn’s career record of 126 at Great American Ball Park.

Marte and Sean Rodriguez and Cin-cinnati’s Adam Duvall later were nicked by pitches, but there were no ejections until

Ohlendorf in the ninth.

Marte was called safe while trying to steal second base in the sixth inning, but the decision was overturned on review. Hurdle was ejected while arguing the decision, and Marte was ejected while heading out to his position.

NOTES: Hurdle went ahead with his plan to start Freese at first base for the first time this season, replacing John Jaso in part because of his better career numbers against Simon. …

The Reds’ Joey Votto got his first day off from the starting lineup. He pinch-hit and walked in the ninth. …

After a day off, the Pirates open a series Friday at Wrigley Field with left-hander Francisco Liriano (3-1) facing Jason Hammel (4-0).

Liriano is 5-2 in 11 career starts against the Cubs with a 2.27 ERA.

Local Sports TOURNAMENT CHAMPS

The Indiana Gazette

Indiana falls in final Continued from Page 13 â&#x20AC;&#x153;They knew they were playing fantastic competition and they all went into it with the attitude that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to give it my best shot, play against the best player Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever faced, and see what I can learn from it.â&#x20AC;?

The Panthers also blanked the Indians, 5-0, in Indianaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only other appearance in the WPIAL championship match in 2007, the year Sewickley Academy won its most recent state title.

Although Palko fully expected to see Sewickley Academy in the championship match, he never envisioned getting back after 2007. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After 2007 I came to the conclusion that I probably wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ever get a chance to go to the championship match again, because it took such a special group of guys to pull it off,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So to get to do it again is just a neat thing because I really thought it was oncein-a-lifetime. These guys just bonded and worked hard, and they really wanted to achieve the same things. No one thought we were going to do this, which is what makes it all the sweeter.â&#x20AC;?

The backbone of the Indians all year has been their three starting singles players, John Appolonia, Kellen Short and Joey Bujdos. Appolonia won a section title this year and played in the WPIAL doubles tournament with Short, who also played in the WPIAL singles tournament, and Bujdos could start in the No. 3 slot on nearly any team in the WPIAL. But the standout trio of Appolonia, Short and Bujdos just couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t keep pace with Sewickley Academyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top three singles players, Luke Ross, Sam Sauter and Ryan Gex. Ross, the No. 2 junior player in the state, and Sauter qualified for the PIAA singles tournament, and Gex earned a trip the PIAA doubles tournament with his older brother Don after the duo won their second consecutive WPIAL title.

Ross, the WPIAL singles champion, topped Appolonia, 6-0, 6-1; Sauter, the third-place finisher in the WPIAL tournament, beat Short, 6-0, 6-0; and Gex defeated Bujdos, 6-1, 6-1. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just about us now,â&#x20AC;?

Sauter said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All respect to all the other teams in the WPIAL, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just not really on the same level that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on. Right now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just about us taking care of what we need to take care of and bringing our own game to the table. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get me wrong, there is a little bit of pressure on us, but that will come more toward the end of the season.â&#x20AC;?

Sewickley Academyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Don Gex and Brian Rosario handled Badi Zhou and Mitchell Lewis, 6-1, 6-0, in their No. 1 doubles match, and Dylan Parda and Neil Rana followed suit in a 6-2, 6-0 win over Brett Brice and Yongjie Weng.

Sewickley Academy, which hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lost a singles or doubles match this year, fell 3-2 in the semifinals at states last year to eventual champ Moravian Academy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you dig back to the article in the paper from 2007 I used that exact line when we played Sewickley that year. I said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re as much of underdogs as we could be in that situation. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like David and Goliath,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Palko said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But today was kind of like, OK, we had our big match yesterday, and we really earned that win. We got a second-place trophy, and they should be very proud of that accomplishment.

That reflects what we did to get here today and the work these guys have put in, not the score in this match.â&#x20AC;?

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LOCAL SCOREBOARD HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL BLAIRSVILLE 22, PURCHASE LINE 1 Blairsville â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 22 Ri.Shirley 2b 3-0-1-0, Foreman 2b 2-1-1-0, McConnell 3b 3-1-1-0, Knupp 3b 2-1-0-1, Sunday ss 1-1-0-0, Rebo ph 1-2-1-1, Ry.Shirley 1b 2-2-2-2, Furman 1b 1-2-1-1, Dirienzo p 2-2-1-1, Weinell ph 0-1-0-1, M.Hrebik cf 2-1-1-1, Ratkus cf 2-2-1-3, Fetchko lf 1-1-0-0, Stiles ph 2-1-1-1, N.Hrebik c 3-2-3-5, Hartmann ph 1-1-1-3, Burkhart rf 41-1-1, Totals 32-22-16-21 Purchase Line â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1 Maughan ss 2-0-0-0, Kaufmann p 2-0-0-0, Button 1b 2-0-1-0, Myers 3b 2-0-0-0, McGee cf 2-1-1-1, Stephenson c 1-0-0-0, Alessi lf 10-1-0, Leasure 2b 1-0-0-0, Harvath rf 1-0-0-0, Totals 14-1-3-1 Blairsville 026 (14) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 22 16 0 Purchase Line 010 0 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1 3 3 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Button. HR â&#x20AC;&#x201D; McGee, Hartmann.

W â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dirienzo 4 K, 0 BB. L â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kaufmann 2 K, 2 BB.

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THE PA BLUE THUNDER ninth-grade girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; basketball team won the Drill 4 Skill Wireless Zone Jamfest at California University of Pennsylvania on May 1. Team members are, first row, from left, Lexi Wilt, Sierra Widmar, Kaylee Sarver, Destiny Sheriff, Kaitlyn Svencer, Hailey Sheesley and Lexi Brendlinger; and second row, Kayla Maga, Mikayla Martin, coach Paul Pioli, coach Christy Hajjar, Eryca Hamilton, Marideth Tokarsky and Elaina Spinelli.

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP

Indiansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; win streak ends at 12 games

By The Indiana Gazette Playoff-bound Indiana allowed a season-high 12 hits and saw its 12-game winning streak halted in a 10-0 loss to host Deer Lakes in a WPIAL non-section softball game that was shortened to six innings due to the mercy rule Wednesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Their top four batters just hit the ball very well,â&#x20AC;? Indiana coach Harold Wilson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Offensively, we had a few base runners, but we just couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get that key hit to get those runs across the plate. â&#x20AC;Ś It just wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t our day.â&#x20AC;?

Lauren Bertig went 2-for-3 to lead Indiana. Bertig also struck out two and walked two in a complete-game losing effort.

Deer Lakes (15-4), last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s state runner-up, has won nine of its last 10 games and won Section 3-AA. Indiana concluded its regular season with a record of 16-2. The WPIAL playoff pairings meeting will be held today.

HOMER-CENTER 8, UNITED 1: Emily Worcester shined on the mound and at the plate to power Homer-Center to a lopsided win over visiting United in a Heritage Conference game.

Worcester, the winning pitcher, struck out eight and walked one in a five-hitter.

She threw 118 pitches, 82 of which were strikes.

Worcester also went 2-for-2, stole three bases and scored three runs, Alyssa Smyers went 2-for-2 and scored three runs, Elizabeth Ginter singled and drove in three runs, and Holly George doubled and drove in two runs.

Kylee Surike and Alexis Kovalchick

each went 2-for-3 for the Lions.

United travels to Derry today.

LATROBE 3, LIGONIER VALLEY 1: Ligonier Valley mustered just four hits and saw its four-game winning streak come to an end with a loss to host Latrobe in a nonconference game.

Latrobe pitcher Meredith Carr found a way to outduel Ligonier Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lexie Petrof, who tossed a three-hitter. Carr, who struck out seven and walked none, allowed her lone run in the top of the fourth inning. Petrof fanned two, walked three and allowed one earned run.

Abi Cmar singled twice to lead Ligonier Valley.

Ligonier Valley (16-3) travels to Marion Center today.

BASEBALL KISKI AREA 8, DERRY 3: Kiski Area capitalized on five errors and scored the last six runs to earn a win over Derry in a WPIAL non-section game at Grandview Field.

Kiski Area erased a late one-run deficit by plating three runs on a hit, a walk and three errors in the top of the sixth inning to take a 5-3 lead. The Cavaliers tacked on three runs on three hits and an error the following inning to make the score 8-3.

Nick Chinchock singled twice and doubled to lead the Trojans. Devin Siko went 3-for-4, and Alex Ulery finished 2for-3.

Losing pitcher Zack Blystone fanned two, walked two and allowed five earned runs in 6 1-3 innings.

Derry (7-12) travels to Jeannette today.

YOUTH LEGION BASEBALL

Shoemakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Henigin tosses first no-hitter

By The Indiana Gazette Garrett Henigin tossed his first career no-hitter to guide visiting Shoemaker Funeral Home to a 5-0 win over I-Medical in an Indiana County Youth Legion baseball game Wednesday.

Henigin, a 14-year-old, struck out eight and walked one. He also went 2-for-3 and drove in two runs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He had control of his fastball, and his curveball was excellent. He was just on all day,â&#x20AC;? Shoemaker Funeral Home coach Ben Furman said.

Shoemaker Funeral Home extended its two-run lead by scoring three runs on two hits in the top of the seventh inning to make the score 5-0.

Brent Ratkus went 2-for-3 for Shoemaker Funeral Home.

Both teams play Saturday. Shoemaker Funeral Home (1-0) travels to Brookville, and I-Medical visits Clymer Legion.

YOUNG TOWNSHIP 5, CLYMER LEGION 4: Josh Gibbons escaped a late jam to lead Young Township to a win over Clymer Legion at Bertolino Field.

Clymer Legion had the potential tying and winning runs on base in the top of the seventh inning when Gibbons struck out Malichi Pogo to end the game.

Gibbons also escaped a dilemma in the sixth inning by retiring back-to-back batters with runners on first and third.

Gibbons, who struck out 10 and walked five in a six-hitter, also went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He had good control,â&#x20AC;? Young Town-

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By The Indiana Gazette

Indiana loses finale in overtime LATROBE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Indiana fell in its season finale to Latrobe, 11-10, in overtime in a WPIAL non-section boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lacrosse game Wednesday.

C.J. Hughes scored four goals to pace Indiana (6-9).

Eric Bray scored three goals, Dylan Stapleton added two goals, and Eddie Chandler had a goal. Brett Brice made 14 saves in goal.

Indiana won the junior varsity game, 9-1. Tavan Davis scored three goals.

Aaron Burkhart scored two goals, Danyal Bajway, Nick Stauffer, Logan Tshudy and Garrison Sharp scored a goal apiece. Saige Bowditch made seven saves in goal.

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The Indiana Youth Lacrosse Association U13 and U15 girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lacrosse teams recently wrapped up successful seasons.

The U13 team posted a 51-1 mark, and the U15 finished 6-2.

Marion Center 133 210 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 10 12 1 Indiana Lions 005 004 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 9 8 3 2B â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gaston (MC), Spohn (I). HR â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Greenhill (I).

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Teddy Bear games wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be played The Teddy Bear Fund Drive baseball and softball games scheduled between Indiana and Homer-Center will not be played this year.

Indiana was forced to cancel Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games at Homer Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s First Commonwealth Field because the WPIAL does not allow playoff-bound teams to play regular-season games after the brackets are set.

The pairings meetings are this evening and Friday.

The games were originally scheduled for April but were postponed due to snow.

MARION CENTER 10, INDIANA LIONS 9

HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS BOYS

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WPIAL CHAMPIONSHIP SEWICKLEY ACADEMY 5, INDIANA 0

Singles Luke Ross (SA) def. John Appolonia, 6-0, 6-1 Sam Sauter (SA) def. Kellen Short, 6-0, 6-0 Ryan Gex (SA) def. Joey Bujdos, 6-1, 6-1 Doubles Don Gex and Brian Rosario (SA) def. Badi Zhou and Mitchell Lewis, 6-1, 6-0 Dylan Parda and Neil Rana (SA) def. Brett Brice and Yongjie Weng, 6-2, 6-0

GOLF The Ding-A-Lings Sports Club will hold its ninth annual golf outing on June 4 at Deertrak Golf Club. The four-man scramble begins at 9 a.m. The cost is $260 per foursome, and includes food and beverage on the course along with a chicken dinner and DJ afterward.

There will be a $20,000 hole-in-one, mulligans, skins and a putting contest. Proceeds benefit Ding-A-Lings charities. For information, contact Pete Shoup at (724) 549-2044, Dave White at (724) 525-4253 or Deertrak Golf Club at (724) 783-2185.

ship coach J.T. Yard said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Any time he got in a tight spot he just made a series of good pitches to battle out of it.â&#x20AC;?

For Young Township, Alex Lassick singled, doubled and drove in three runs, and Dylan Cindric singled twice.

Jimmy Lightner struck out eight, walked two and allowed eight hits in a complete-game effort.

Both teams play Saturday.

Young Township (1-0) travels to Punxsutawney to take on Fox Township, and Clymer Legion plays host to I-Medical.

MARION CENTER 10, INDIANA LIONS 9: Marion Center scored in the first five innings and then withstood a late Indiana Lions rally to earn a win at Lions Field.

Indiana Lions scored four runs on four hits in the bottom of the sixth inning to trim their deficit to one run, 10-9.

Marion Center scored four runs in the seventh that ultimately didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t count because the game was called due to darkness in the middle of that inning and the score reverted back to the previous inning.

For Marion Center (2-0), Matt Gaston singled twice and doubled, and Taylor McCunn singled twice.

Winning pitcher Matt Badzik struck out one and allowed no runs in 1 1-3 innings of relief, and Tyler Howells pitched one inning of relief to get the save.

Ewing Greenhill clubbed a solo homer to lead Indiana Lions.

Indiana Lions (0-1) travels to S.W. Jack on Friday, and Marion Center plays host to Walbeck Insurance on Saturday.

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New trio leading way Blues for Pens in playoffs

STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS

crush Stars

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer

DALLAS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; St. Louis did more than survive a Game 7 this time. The Blues dominated to advance to their first Western Conference finals since 2001.

Linemates Robby Fabbri, Paul Stastny and Troy Brouwer each scored a goal and assisted on each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tallies, as the Blues beat the Dallas Stars 6-1 on Wednesday night.

The Blues, in the playoffs for the 40th time and still in search of their first Stanley Cup, will have home-ice advantage in the Western Conference finals against Nashville or San Jose â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and for the Stanley Cup as well if they advance.

The Predators and Sharks play the deciding Game 7 tonight.

David Backes, their captain, and Patrik Berglund also had goals for the Blues, who won their third road game in this series.

Vladimir Tarasenko added an empty-netter with 4:40 left.

Patrick Eaves had the lone goal for Dallas, which matched its most lopsided playoff loss.

Continued from Page 13 While the Capitals focused much of their defensive attention on Pittsburghâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s franchise cornerstones â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and largely succeeded by holding Crosby and Malkin to four points total in the series â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Washington could do little against a line symbolic of a team that rebuilt itself on the fly.

Hagelin, Kessel and Bonino combined for all four of Pittsburghâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goals in the decider and finished with seven over the course of six games, nearly half of the Penguinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; total. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought the stars sort of nullified each other a little bit, especially 5-on-5,â&#x20AC;? Washington coach Barry Trotz said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hagelin line, the Bonino line, they seemed to be the group that scored all the time in the games.â&#x20AC;?

That was never more evident than with a chance to advance to the Eastern Conference finals against Tampa Bay on the line.

Their four goals were fitting examples of their own unique gifts.

Kessel started the scoring with a wrist shot through a screen that came at Washington goaltender Braden Holtby so ferociously the Vezina Trophy finalist could only watch as it whizzed by his right arm and into the net. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not many guys can score that goal,â&#x20AC;? Sullivan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Phil can.â&#x20AC;?

Kesselâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second offered proof that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no longer averse to fighting through traffic as he faked a shot from the left circle then deftly walked around a sprawled Holtby to put the Penguins up 2-0. Barely 30 seconds later, Hagelin expertly knocked an Olli Maatta slap shot by Holtby to make it 3-0.

When the Capitals put together a remarkable rally to send it to overtime, Kessel chased down a puck in the corner and fed it in the slot to a speeding Hagelin. Holtby managed to get his right pad on Hagelinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wrister, but Bonino was all by his lonesome just outside the crease. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pretty, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re usually not,â&#x20AC;?

Bonino said.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not Boninoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job. He is the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

BRIEFS From Gazette wire services

Harper suspended following ejection WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bryce Harper was suspended one game and fined Wednesday by Major League Baseball for his behavior following an ejection this week.

Harper appealed the penalty and remains eligible to play for the Washington Nationals until the process is finished, the commissionerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office said.

During the bottom of the ninth inning of Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 5-4 victory over Detroit on Monday night, Harper was in the dugout when he was ejected by plate umpire Brian Knight after Nationals batter Danny Espinosa was called out on strikes.

Moments after the ejection, pinch-hitter Clint Robinson connected for a game-winning home run, and Harper ran onto the field with his teammates to celebrate. When someone is tossed from a game in the majors, he is required to leave the dugout.

defensive conscience, an intelligent twoway player who doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hesitate when tasked with getting to the dirty areas at either end of the rink. His attention to detail allows Hagelin and Kessel to take more chances on breakouts, part of Pittsburghâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan to play with the kind of speed designed to force opponents into mistakes.

Yet their emergence does more than create pressure. It also gives Sullivan the freedom to even out the playing time, making the Penguins fresher later in games. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really like how that line has come together the last six to eight weeks of the season,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It kind of allows us to spread our talent a little bit and create balance among the forward lines that makes us hard to play against.â&#x20AC;?

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a challenge the red-hot but shorthanded Lightning now have to contend with in a series that has some of the hallmarks of the teamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; previous playoff showdown five years ago. The Penguins were missing Crosby â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who was in the early days of dealing with concussion-like symptoms that would hound him for the better part of two seasons â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and Malkin (out with a knee injury) in the first round in 2011, eventually falling in seven games after blowing a 3-1 lead.

Tampa Bay defenseman Anton Stralman is still recovering from a fractured left leg.

Forward J.T. Brown is dealing with an upper-body injury while Steven Stamkos remains out while dealing with a blood clot. Stralman and Brown appear nearing a return while Stamkos is uncertain when heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be cleared to play.

Whoever is in the lineup for the Lightning for Friday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Game 1 will have to contend with a team that is far more than their longtime guiding lights. Crosby and Malkin have help â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and plenty of it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It shows the depth of our team,â&#x20AC;? Bonino said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had it all year ... weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re playing a team next that is going to have a lot of scoring depth (too). We have to be able to match that.â&#x20AC;?

Seahawksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Lockette calling it a career RENTON, Wash. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Ricardo Lockette is retiring six months after suffering a serious neck injury in a game at Dallas.

The team confirmed the retirement and has scheduled a news conference with Lockette today.

Lockette was knocked out and remained motionless on the field for several minutes after a hit by Cowboys safety Jeff Heath during the Nov. 1 victory over Dallas.

He was eventually strapped to a backboard and taken off the field. Lockette underwent surgery at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas the next day to stabilize his neck. â&#x20AC;˘ NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A woman who unsuccessfully tried to intervene in Tom Bradyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legal case against the NFL over the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deflategateâ&#x20AC;? scandal is asking the court to reconsider his four-game suspension.

The filing this week in the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals comes as the New England Patriots quarterback and the NFL Players Association consider whether to challenge a decision to reinstate the discipline for Bradyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role in using footballs that were improperly inflated.

The woman does not appear to have any connection to Brady or legal standing in the case.

Brady has until May 23 to ask for either a rehearing with the same three-judge panel that reinstated his suspension or seek a new hearing in front of the entire circuit.

Professor wants Olympics to be postponed

Sharks look to win Game 7 at home

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer

SAN JOSE, Calif. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; All season long the San Jose Sharks faced questions about why they could be so dominant on the road but struggle to win at home.

In the biggest game yet of their season, the Sharks hope their playoff home success carries over to Game 7 of their second-round series against Nashville tonight when a spot in the Western Conference final is on the line. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love our games at home. I really do,â&#x20AC;? center Joe Thornton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know

it was a big part of the story going into the postseason how our home record was. But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve loved our home games and I love the energy the crowd has been giving us. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been great.â&#x20AC;?

The Sharks led the NHL with 28 road wins this season but had a losing record at home, where their 18 wins in 41 games were the fewest of any playoff team.

But after losing their first home game of the postseason to Los Angeles, the Sharks have rolled off four straight home wins as the Shark Tank has once again become an imposing building for opposing teams.

The Sharks find themselves in a

LONDON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; With the opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro less than three months away, a Canadian professor has called for the Olympics to be postponed or moved because of the Zika outbreak, warning the influx of visitors to Brazil will result in the avoidable birth of malformed babies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But for the games, would anyone recommend sending an extra half a million visitors into Brazil right now?â&#x20AC;?

University of Ottawa professor Amir Attaran, who specializes in public health, said in an article published this week in the Harvard Public Health Review.

Brazil is by far the country most affected by Zika, a mosquito-borne virus that has now been scientifically proven to cause a range of disturbing birth defects, including babies born with abnormally small heads and neurological problems.

In February, the World Health Organization declared the epidemic to be a global health emergency. The WHO says there are no restrictions on travel or trade with countries affected by Zika outbreaks but advises pregnant women not to travel to those regions.

must-win Game 7 because they were unable to win any games in Nashville this series. The Predators took all three home games, including a tripleovertime thriller in Game 4 and an overtime win in Game 6 on Monday night.

The Game 6 win sent Nashville on its ninth flight between California and Tennessee this postseason after winning the first round in seven games in Anaheim. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone knows whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at stake, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be ready to go,â&#x20AC;? captain Shea Weber said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big point in a lot of guysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; careers. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time guys step up.â&#x20AC;?

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Museum re-creates Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cave Temples of Dunhuang

By JOHN ROGERS Associated Press

LOS ANGELES â&#x20AC;&#x201D; For a thousand years Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cave Temples of Dunhuang were a popular travelerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rest stop, marketplace and religious shrine on the fabled Silk Road. Now they are coming to Los Angeles, both in spirit and reality.

In an exhibition curators say is unprecedented, three full-scale, hand-painted replica caves have been erected on The Getty Center museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hilltop campus overlooking L.A. Nearby, in an adjacent gallery, the museum has assembled more than 40 spectacularly preserved and priceless artifacts taken from one of the caves, and in still another gallery visitors can take a 3-D virtual reality tour of an actual cave in China, this one filled with life-size sculptures of the Buddha and his entourage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to help the public understand what this place is, where it is and why itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important,â&#x20AC;? Tim Whalen, director of the Getty Conservation Institute, said during a recent tour of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on the Silk Road,â&#x20AC;? which opened Saturday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By any standard,â&#x20AC;? he added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dunhuang is one of the most important heritage places in the world.â&#x20AC;?

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TIM WHALEN, director of the Getty Conservation Institute, toured the Cave Temples of Dunhuang exhibit at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles recently.

Indeed, along with the Great Wall and the Forbidden City, Dunhuangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more than 450 Mogao Caves, as they are also known, were among the first Chinese sites recognized by the United Nationsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; World Heritage Center in the 1980s.

But tucked away on the edge of the Gobi Desert, more than 1,100 miles from Beijing, they are not the easiest place in China to get to today.

That wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the case from

the fourth to the 14th centuries, when the Silk Road was teeming with travelers during the millennium when the caves served as a key rest stop, marketplace and shrine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we all have romanticized notions about the Silk Road and people moving from the east in China all the way to the Mediterranean,â&#x20AC;? Whalen said as he and Marcia Reed, the Getty Research Instituteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief curator, re-

viewed dozens of paintings, drawings, sculptures, silk tapestries, and handwritten and printed documents in one of the galleries. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But people were moving back and forth,â&#x20AC;? he continued. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are documents here of Jewish prayers and Christian prayers.â&#x20AC;?

Also displayed are sculptures of European-looking people, a travel document carried by a monk from India and numerous artistic depictions of the Buddha.

Perhaps the most priceless item on display is a scroll of Buddhismâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Diamond Sutra,â&#x20AC;? commissioned and dated in 868 by a man named Wang Jie as a gift to his parents.

Discovered in one of the caves in 1907, it is believed to be the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oldest printed book. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As you know, in the West we think Guttenberg invents printing, but we should know that in 868 a complete printed book was made in China in woodblock, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Diamond Sutra,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Reed said.

Still, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not her favorite piece in the show. She points to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Miraculous Image of Liangzhou,â&#x20AC;? a stunning, 1,300-year-old silk tapestry, before settling on another ninth century scroll, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Magic Competition Between Sariputra and Raudraska.â&#x20AC;?

The latter features a competition of supernatural feats between Buddhists and Brahmins, with printing on one side describing the events depicted in ink and pigment on the other.

Two of the three Getty caves were built from the ground up for the exhibition by artists who came to Los Angeles from Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dunhuang Academy, which collaborated with The Gettyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s research and conservation institutes to produce the exhibition. The third cave was moved intact

from the academyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own museum.

Although many items in the actual caves remain intact, the site was largely abandoned after shipping moved from the Silk Road to sea lanes in the 1400s.

It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until 1900 that they were â&#x20AC;&#x153;rediscoveredâ&#x20AC;? by Western explorers, who Whalen said removed about 40,000 treasures from the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Library Caveâ&#x20AC;? after paying the monk still there a small fee.

They include the gallery items, which are on loan from museums and libraries in Britain and France.

Although they are for the most part in exquisite condition, they are so fragile that Reed said Getty officials didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really believe the institutions would loan them.

As it turned out the museum got almost everything it asked for and the show, five years in the making, became a much bigger deal than first envisioned. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were suddenly encouraged to believe we really could do this unification of the caves coming from Dunhuang and the pieces coming together from almost halfway around the world, joining them in a way that they hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been together in more than a century,â&#x20AC;? she said.

The results will be on display until Sept. 4.

Boseman continues superhero streak in new â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Captain Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

By SANDY COHEN

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LOS ANGELES â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Chadwick Boseman joins the Marvel universe as Black Panther in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Captain America: Civil War,â&#x20AC;? but this isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t his first time playing a superhero.

His breakthrough role was as Jackie Robinson in the 2013 biopic, â&#x20AC;&#x153;42.â&#x20AC;? The following year, he became James Brown in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Get On Up.â&#x20AC;? So stepping into a third super-powered part as Black Panther is nothing really new for the 39-year-old actor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yeah, I would say that,â&#x20AC;? said Boseman with an easy laugh that belies the sincerity and conviction with which he approaches his craft.

To play Tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Challa, Black Pantherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alter ego and heir to the throne of the fictional African nation of Wakanda, the actor did more than read every Panther comic he could find. He also made several trips to the real continent of Africa, and even took a role in a small film so he could play a South African character. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You know how comedians, before they do their big HBO stand-up show, they do the Comedy Store or a smaller venue?â&#x20AC;? Boseman asked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To me, this was an independent film, so it was a chance to play a character from the continent of Africa before doing Black Panther.â&#x20AC;?

Boseman first discovered the Black Panther comic books while a student at Howard University, and he

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CHADWICK BOSEMAN stars as Black Panther in Marvelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Captain America: Civil War,â&#x20AC;? in theaters now. wanted to play the character before any film project was announced.

That worked out perfectly for Marvel. Studio chief Kevin Feige said Boseman was their first choice for the role. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is an incredibly talented actor who possesses all of the qualities that we wanted to inject into the character,â&#x20AC;? Feige said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been seeding the notion of the Black Panther and the nation of Wakanda all the way back to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Iron Man 2,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; so it really felt like the time was right to bring in a character that had his own agenda.â&#x20AC;?

In â&#x20AC;&#x153;Captain America: Civil War,â&#x20AC;? Tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Challa/Black Panther stands apart from the other Avengers as they argue over whether to accept government oversight.

He canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be distracted or dissuaded from his own personal mission.

Marvelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first black superhero was introduced in

comic books in 1966, but â&#x20AC;&#x153;Captain America: Civil Warâ&#x20AC;? marks his cinematic debut. Black Panther will headline his own Marvel movie in 2018, but the cat has Bosemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tongue when it comes to spilling details about it.

He wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say if the script will be based on the new â&#x20AC;&#x153;Black Pantherâ&#x20AC;? comicbook series by celebrated journalist and author TaNehisi Coates, which debuted last month. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Creedâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fruitvale Stationâ&#x20AC;? writer-director Ryan Coogler is confirmed to direct the film.

Boseman is willing to share what he put into creating the character for the screen in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Civil War,â&#x20AC;? from working with two dialect coaches on Tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Challaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wakandan accent to studying various martial arts for Pantherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stealthy, catlike fighting style.

He embraces the physicality of the role as a means of understanding it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The physical part is what makes it fun for me and helps me get inside the characters,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The spirit of the character is going to begin to come out.â&#x20AC;?

Boseman trained on the baseball field to play Jackie Robinson and danced eight

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New Work: Mark Altrogge (Ongoing until May 28) 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., The Artists Hand Gallery Philadelphia Street, Indiana

“On Our Merry Way” 1 p.m.

Also Sunday Jimmy Stewart Museum, Philadelphia Street, Indiana

“Sesame Street Live: Let’s Dance” 6:30 p.m.

Also 10:30 a.m. Wedneday IUP’s Kovalchick complex, White Township

Send submissions to Indiana Gazette P.O. Box 10, Indiana, PA 15701 or mweaver@indianagazette.net.

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What’s happening in the Indiana County area

ART/MUSEUM EXHIBITS Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh presents the following special exhibits: • Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave.: “HAC Lab Pittsburgh: Imagining the Modern,” through Monday; “Jane Haskell’s Modernism: A Pittsburgh Legacy,” through Monday; “Teenie Harris Photographs: Great Performances Offstage,” through July 17; and “Hot Metal Modern: Design in Pittsburgh and Beyond,” through Oct. 2.

• Carnegie Science Center, One Allegheny Ave.: Omnimax films are “D-Day: Normandy 1944” and “Animalopolis.”

The planetarium shows are: “Back to the Moon for Good,” “A Traveler’s Guide to Mars,” “Astronaut,” “Infinity Express” and “National Parks Adventure.” Visit www.carnegiesciencecen ter.org for a complete schedule of show times.

• The Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., is presenting “I Just Want to Watch: Warhol’s Film, Video and Television,” ongoing.

For more information, call (412) 622-3131 or go to www.carnegiemuseums. org.

The Frick, 7227 Reynolds St., Pittsburgh, presents: • “Fast Cars and Femmes Fatales: The Photographs of Jacques Henri Lartigue,” through Sunday; and “Killer Heels: The Art of the HighHeeled Shoe,” June 11 to Sept. 4.

Visit thefrickpittsburgh .org for more information.

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, 1 Schenley Park, Oakland, presents: • Butterfly Forest, ongoing.

• Tropical Forest Congo, ongoing.

Regular hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Call (412) 622-6915 for more information or visit phipps .conservatory.org.

Sen. John Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman St., Pittsburgh, presents the following ongoing exhibits: • “Toys of the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s,”through May 31.

• “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.”

• “Pittsburgh: A Tradition of Innovation.”

• “From Slavery to Freedom.”

• “Clash of the Empires: The British, French & Indian War, 1754-1763.”

• “Glass Shattering Notions.”

Regular hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Call (412) 454-6000 for more information.

The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, 1212 11th St., Altoona, presents “Julie Wohl: Tradition and Inspiration,” through Saturday the George A. and Herbert T. Wolf Gallery.

The exhibition comprises 44 paintings and mixed media works created over the last decade.

For more information, go to www.sama-art.org.

ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall, 510 E. 10th Ave., Munhall, will present: • Cyndi Lauper, 8 p.m.

Friday Tickets are available at druskyent.com.

Beyoncé will bring her Formation World Tour to Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, at 8 p.m. May 31.

Tickets are on sale at Live Nation.com.

THEATER Community Arts Center of Cambria County will present Sky Dance Theatre with feature entertainer Bombyx Collective on May 21 at the Pasquerilla Conference Center, 301 Napoleon St., Johnstown.

Cost is $70 per person for nonmembers and $60 for members.

For more information, call (814) 255-6515.

THE INDIANA PLAYERS will present its seventh annual One-Act Festival today, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Sunday at the Indiana Playhouse on Philadelphia Street in Indiana.

Katrina Kayden plays character Wendy and Dave Cavill is Edmund in “Open Window,” one of the featured plays.

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ART/MUSEUM EXHIBITS The Indiana Art Association will hold its first juried show at The Artists Hand Gallery, 732 Philadelphia St., Indiana. The exhibition will run from June 6 through July 1 and feature artists from Lawrence, Butler, Armstrong, Indiana, Cambria, Beaver, Allegheny, Westmoreland, Washington, Greene, Fayette and Somerset counties.

For complete information, go to www.indianapaartassociation.or g/ or send an email to IAA. juried.show.submissions@gmail. com.

The Indiana County Historical Museum, 621 Wayne Ave., Indiana, is presenting: • “The Lady Who Wore the Cape,” focusing on the life of Elizabeth “Betty” Joan Kinter Weber, a graduate of Indiana Hospital School of Nursing who worked as a nurse for Indiana Hospital and later a hospital in Colorado. View artifacts from her time as a nurse, as well as her many travels around the area and the world.

• A spring art exhibit focusing on local women whose paintings depict locations around the community. All works of art are part of the historical society’s collection and range in date from the 19th to 20th centuries.

• “The Quilts That Covered Indiana County.” A look at the works of art women had accomplished using cloth, needle and thread dating from the early 1800s to the 1950s.

• View artifacts and images of Edward Abbey, nationally recognized naturalist and author originally from Rayne Township.

• See Col. Harry White and his wife, Anna Sutton White, an exhibit made possible with the help of the fifth-grade classes in the Indiana Area School District, as well as images and documents regarding his service in the Civil War and their lives in Indiana.

• Permanent exhibits including Coal Mining in Indiana County, the Lumber Industry, the Indiana

County Sports Hall of Fame, and the Indiana County Memorial to the Veterans.

Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays; closed Sundays and Mondays. For information, call (724) 463-9600.

Visit the website at www. hgsic.com.

The Artists Hand Gallery on Philadelphia Street in Indiana presents New Work: Mark Altrogge, on display through May 28. Hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.

THEATER The Indiana Players is pleased to announce its upcoming Seventh Annual One-Act Festival at the Indiana Playhouse, 725 Philadelphia St., Indiana, for one weekend only: today through Sunday.

Shows on Thursday, Friday and Saturday are at 7:30 p.m., and the Sunday matinee is at 2:30 p.m.

Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for seniors and students.

There’s comedy, there’s drama and it’s the world premiere for many of these shows.

Tickets are available on the website at www.indianaplayers .com, by calling the theater at (724) 464-0725, or at the box office (if not sold out). Reserving tickets in advance is recommended.

Find updates and follow the Players on Facebook at www.face book.com/indianaplayers.

DANCE The Mountainview Squares Dance Club dances every Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Blairsville High School cafeteria. All modern western square dancers are welcome.

The club offers beginning dancing for anyone who would like to learn to square dance. For more information, call Jan at (724) 4597434.

The Thunderbolts do A-1 and A-2 square dancing every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Blairsville High School cafeteria. For more information, call Norm at (724) 3881909.

ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex, Pratt Drive, White Township, will present “Sesame Street Live — Let’s Dance,” 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and 10:30 a.m. Wednesday For more information, go to www.kovalchickcomplex.com or call (800) 298-4200.

RBG Bar & Grill, Radisson Inn, 1395 Wayne Ave., White Township, will present the bands Pain! and Post Traumatik live at 9 p.m.

May 21. There is no cover charge.

The Indiana County Fraternal Order of Police Rhododendron Lodge #33 will feature the band Lonestar at its 42nd annual Country Music Show on July 17 at the Mack Park fairgrounds. The lineup will also feature Chuck Blasko and The Vogues. Tickets for the Country Music Show are on sale now. Admission is $25 in advance and $28 at the door. The show kicks off at 3 p.m. at the fairgrounds at Mack Park. For tickets, call (724) 349-9114 or visit www.fop33.com.

FILM The Jimmy Stewart Museum, 835 Philadelphia St., Indiana, will present the following movies at 1 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays: • Saturday and Sunday, “On Our Merry Way” • May 21 and 22, “The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts Man of the Hour: Jimmy Stewart” • May 28 and 29, “Strategic Air Command” Museum admission: Members, free; adults, $8; seniors, military, students with ID, $7; children 7 to 17, $6; children younger than 7, free. Prices are subject to change.

Movies are included with admission to the museum, which is currently hosting the special exhibit

“Selections from Our Collections.” Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays.

For more information, call (724) 349-6112 or go to www. jimmy.org.

• The museum will also celebrate two important dates in the legacy of Jimmy Stewart this month. His May 20 birthday will be celebrated from May 20 to 22, with birthday festivities planned for 11 a.m. May 20.

Free cake and birthday punch will be offered between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

At noon, a special showing of “The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts Man of the Hour: Jimmy Stewart” will be shown.

May 20 will also be the preview opening of the museum’s new exhibit celebrating the 70th anniversary of “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

The exhibit includes images from the museum’s collection, a new poster by Dark Hills Mansion and email tributes that were received at the museum at the time of Stewart’s death and which specifically reference the film.

The exhibit will run through the rest of the year.

OUTDOORS The Indiana Garden Club will hold May Mart 2016 on Friday and Saturday, May 20 and 21, at the White Township Recreation Center on East Pike.

The event offers plants, horticultural information and more.

Many vendors will have items for sale, and the garden club will again offer their famed mushroom sandwiches.

Just inside the entrance will be several flower arrangements and a wide selection of plants from club members’ gardens.

Funds raised through May Mart are used for student scholarships.

For more information about the club, go to www.indianagarden club.org.

New play explores life, legacy of slain teen Martin ERRIN HAINES WHACK Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Trayvon Martin has often been in the thoughts of playwright and activist Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj in the four years since the 17year-old unarmed black boy was shot and killed after a confrontation with neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. He has wondered about Martin’s dreams, his life and the moments before he died.

Maharaj has channeled those thoughts into a twohour play debuting today at Philadelphia’s New Freedom Theater. “The Ballad of Trayvon Martin,” co-written with Thomas Soto, explores the idea of the dangerous consequences of being perceived as a threat

for young, black boys and men through the lens of Martin, whose death in Sanford, Fla., on Feb. 26, 2012, was a galvanizing event for many black Americans and seen by some as the nascent origins of the Black Lives Matter movement underway across the country. Maharaj wrote the play six months after Zimmerman was acquitted of Martin’s death in 2013.

“My grandmother would say, ‘There are things that are put on you and they never go away,’” Maharaj said. “That was something that was put on me. It angered me so deeply, and I just didn’t know what to do.

We’re left with the question of, how do we move ahead and make sure Trayvon’s death is not in vain? The theater is a great place where we can do that. For

me, it’s the great equalizer.”

The star’s message to the audience: Feel me. See me.

Don’t shoot me.

Martin is played by 16year-old Amir Randall, who was only 12 years old when Martin was killed.

“I remember (Martin’s death) very vividly, but I wasn’t socially aware then, so it didn’t affect me the way that it should have,” Randall said. “I didn’t understand that he had dreams. I researched other black children who met their demise ... this has happened for so long. I have all these names and lost souls to portray on stage and make people understand. Kids my age are losing their lives.”

As he prepared for his role and learned more about Martin, Randall found the two shared a dream of be-

coming a pilot, were both interested in girls and liked football. Randall said the experience of playing Martin has made him wonder whether he will live to reach his goals as he approaches his 17th birthday this year.

“Most of my friends are thinking about college and jobs,” said Randall, a high school sophomore. “I’m thinking, ‘What am I going to do tomorrow? Can I wear my suit in this neighborhood?’ You can have all these dreams, and in a second, they disappear. I’m trying to put all of my strength into this, just in case something does happen to me.”

Maharaj envisions Martin’s death as a bridge between Black Lives Matter and the civil rights movement. Emmett Till, whose 1955 lynching in Mississip-

pi spurred black people into action more than 60 years ago, is a spirit guide in the play, which also recalls the deaths of other black men. But Maharaj, whose previous work has reached back to civil rights era figures from the Little Rock Nine to Lorraine Hansberry and James Baldwin, also intentionally fuses the modern element of the Internet into the play — a key element of the power of Martin’s story, one of the first to gain traction on social media. In one scene, Martin asks Till, “Will there be others?” Till responds, “Listen,” as the cast speaks the names of those who have died before and after him.

“The struggle continues,” Maharaj says.

“The Ballad of Trayvon Martin” runs through May 22.

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The work on this project will be performed under the provisions of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Labor & Industry, Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act as set forth in the Contract Documents.

The Indiana County Commissioners reserve the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informalities in the bidding. AWARD CRITERIA AND BASIS FOR REJECTION will be in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders of the contract and technical documents.

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In Loving Memory Of George J. Kosker 2/18/1913 - 5/12/2000 Dedicated to the most wonderful Father who ever lived .

“Remembering when I was just a child, other than God, I was the center of your life. Your kindness, goodness, and generosity, tho extended to everyone else, we all know. The little red bow tie that became your trademark brings smiles to everyone even now.

The laughter you brought to peoples lives was something that will forever thrive. Pop, you were so well loved by everyone , that it was a sad day when our Lord had come.”

Sadly Missed By Daughter Georgia & all Who Loved Him.

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DID THE TRUMPS REALLY BREAK 5-0?

P.G. Wodehouse, the English author who preferred to be working on his typewriter more than anything else, said, “I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don’t know what I did before that. Just loafed, I suppose.”

This deal would trip up most players, unless warned by seeing it in a newspaper column or a lesson. It revolves around five — the number of trumps held by West.

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If South had known that his club honors were going to be worthless, he might have settled for a three-diamond helpsuit game-try after his partner’s single raise. Here, though, North, with all of his values in the red suits, would have jumped to four hearts.

It seems as though declarer has only three losers: one spade and two clubs.

He appears to have 10 tricks: one spade, five hearts and four diamonds. What can possibly go wrong?

“Nothing!” they cry. Well, actually there is one thing.

The trumps might be 5-0. Admittedly, that is only a 4 percent chance, but why not make the contract anyway?

If declarer ruffs at trick three, he cannot get home with this layout. He will lose two clubs, one heart and one spade. Since the spade loser is inevitable, South should discard his spade two at trick three. Then, if West persists with a fourth club, declarer can ruff high on the board, draw trumps, and claim. Or, if West shifts to, say, a spade, South can take those 10 top tricks.

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ARMAGH: Farmhouse, 4 bdr, 1.5 ba., $750/mo. plus util., ref., sec. & cr. chk req. (724) 676-2505 BLAIRSVILLE: Nice remodeled 2 Bdr, $695/ mo.+ util. & 1 Bdr $495/ mo.+ util. (724) 858-7813 BLAIRSVILLE: Nice remodeled 3 Bdrm, $745/ mo. + util. (724) 858-7813 INDIANA BORO: 2 Bedroom, 1 bath, small house, $500/mo. plus utilities. (724) 349-5839 Indiana, 2 Bdrm, 1 bath, off street parking $650 + util., pets are additional fee (724) 465-8869 LARGE Farm House 2 miles from Ind. water & gas incl. $1,250/mo. Call (724) 388-0040. Ava 6/1.

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NEW WIRE Dog Kennel for 70-90 lb dogs. 42” x 27” x 24”. Paid $70, Asking $45. (814) 845-7705

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Sports Equipment For Sale

Bo-Flex x-xtreme, like new, power rod technology, no assembly, only $375 Call (724) 599-5420 Total Gym Exercise Equipment, like new, excellent cond. asking $100 Call (724) 388-5597

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Miscellaneous For Sale

Small children’s swimming pool, pump incl., used 1 summer, $50, (724) 422-3957 SOFT Copper Tubing, 19 ft, Two 12 ft, 21 ft, $1.00 per ft. (724) 422-1044 WINDOW Air conditioner, $25. (724) 349-6517

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Wanted to Buy

WANTED Front end parts for 1984 Pontiac Parisenne. Please call with what you have. (724) 549-4585 No answer, leave message.

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Swimming Pools For Sale

Pools: 19’ x 31’ above ground, $899 installed FREE- site prep extra.

1-800-548-1923

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RV Units For Sale

2010 Jayco Eagle Super Lite, 26’, 1 slide, electric awninig & front Jack , stored inside during winter, asking $13,000 (724) 388-0813

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Autos For Sale

NOEL FORD 151 Walnut St.

Kittanning, PA 16201

2011 FORD TAURUS SEL V6, Gold, 14,000 Mi., Like New, Clean Int.

16,595

$

724.543.1015

www.NoelFord.com 1997 BUICK LeSabre, 103k, loaded, no rust, asking $1,800. Call John 724-479-8636 5-9pm only

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Motorcycles For Sale

2012 HD Ultra Classic, 16k miles, all stock, new tires and brakes @ 12k miles, asking $16,000.

Call (724) 762-1051

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ATV For Sale

SET Of Fieldline ATV accessories: saddlebags, cooler saddlebag, 2 gun rack, cargo pack. Never used. $50. for all. (724) 840-6446 USE the Indiana Gazette classifieds for your special remembrance or announcement.

We have specific categories for Personals, Special Notices, Memoriams, and Lost and Found.

Our classified staff will help you decide where to place your ad and help you determine the most cost efficient way to advertise. Phone the Gazette Classified Department at (724) 349-4949 to place your ad.

LAWN FARM

GARDEN CENTER BRUNNER •Mulch •Soil •Compost CARPORTS & STEEL BUILDINGS $ SALES $ WE DELIVER 38 Years in Business

1 mi. N. of the YMCA on Ben Franklin Rd. N. Mon-Fri 9-5; Sat 8-?

724-463-7980

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Farm Equipment For Sale

10ft. BRILLION Cultimulcher, inside, good condition, $1,500 GRAVITY Box, 125 bushel, $900. (724) 349-3652

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Livestock & Poultry For Sale

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GOLDEN-DOODLE Puppies, adorable, sweet, 1st generation, 8 weeks old, 6 males , $900. Call for details (724)397-2738 or text (724) 640- 6799

2007 FORD F150, V8, 4WD, 185k, viewable at 17 Maple Ave, Blairsville.

Sealed bids accepted until 2:00 p.m. 5/17/2016.

(724) 459-8033

Black & Decker hedge trimmer, 13” bar, single side. $20 cash only. (724) 349-8885

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Lawn & Garden Tools For Sale

CRAFTSMAN riding lawn tractor with bagger $400, Lawn tractor without bagger, $350.

(724) 479-3124 SCOTTS Lime spreader, $15. (724) 463-1314

Auctioneers & Realtors

FREE ESTIMATE 724.954.2986

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A name that has been trusted in the auction world for over 50 years!

Garage Sales

ALVERDA: 11155 Route 553 Highway Fri. 5/13 8-5 & Sat. 5/14 8-?, household items, kitchen bedding, curtains, pictures & frames, misc. decor., new metal folding chairs, coolers, vcr movies for children & adults

DIXONVILLE: St. John’s Church Hall, Sat. 5/14 8:30am-2pm. over 40 tables including vendors & crafts. Also, Ethnic food!

Don’t Miss The Deadline to Advertise Your Garage Sale!

For Ads running: •Tuesday through Friday call before 1pm the day before.

•For Saturday, call before 12 p.m Friday.

•For Sunday, call before 1 pm Friday.

•For Monday, call before 4pm Friday.

(724) 349-4949

WHEELHORSE Lawn mower c195 , 19hp, 5’mower, good condition, $1000 obo. Call (724) 840-1042

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Locally Owned & Operated

Garage Sales

INDIANA: 580 N. 9th St, Fri. 8-2pm & Sat., 8-noon 6 Families. Something for everyone!

INDIANA: 585 N. Ben Franklin, Fri. 5/13-Sat. 5/14, 8-4pm teen girls, boys, & adult clothes, office furn, tools, books, etc

INDIANA: 939 N Ben Franklin Rd. BIG BARN Sale, Sat 5/14, 9-4. Antiques, housewares, new plain T-shirts/hats/ sweatshirts, toys, collectibles.

Something for all!

ELDERTON Heights, near Town Hall, May 13; 8-3pm & May 14; 8-1pm Clothes, toys, tools, misc.

GAS TOWN past the churches. Elderton Area.

Huge 6 family estate sale!

May 13 & 14; 8am-3pm.

INDIANA: 1629 Wilson Avenue, Fri. 5/13 & Sat. 5/14, 8-2, some newborn, 0-12mo girls clothing, 0-6 mo. boys clothing, toys, baby shoes, mens & womens clothing, lots of misc.

INDIANA: 31 S. 3rd St, Sat. 9am-4pm. Indoor! Infant boy’s clothes like new, bird playard, kitchenware, home decor & more. (724) 422-7619

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INDIANA: Ben Franklin Rd, May 13-16 Fri-Mon; 8am-?. Something for everyone!

42” MOWER DECK for lawn tractor. $199. (724) 762-5414

Watch for arrows off Route 286 at southern area of Clarksburg.

FARM MACHINERY & RELATED ITEMS International Md. 2400A diesel tractor w/3 pt. hitch-high lift-newer rear tires & shuttle shift, 2 Ferguson Mdl. 30 tractors w/3 pt. hitch, Ford 3 bottom plow, Ford 2 bottom plow, Deerborn 2 bottom plow, Ferguson 2 bottom plow, spring tooth harrow, back blade, 5’ rotary mower, cultivator, disc-all, 3 pt. hitch, Meyers 8’ snow blade, Ford 309 2 row corn planter & 1 for parts, newer lime & fertilizer spreader, 1995 Ford E350-14½’ box truck w/lift gate, 7.3 diesel engine-new brakes & good tires (subject to confirmation), Troy-Bilt rototiller, garden tools, gas string trimmers, Simplicity SunStar 20HP lawn tractor w/46” snow blade-60” mower deck-hydraulic lift-turf & ag. tires & chains, Coleman 6.5HP 60 gal. compressor, 36” steel toolbox, Dayton 100,000 BTU kerosene heater, tandem trailer-no title, table saw, hand tools & other misc. items.

Please be on time-not many small items. Bring truck. Refreshments & restroom on grounds. An old fashion country sale.

For photos go to auctionzip.com #1010.

TERMS: Cash or check subject to approval. No out-of-state checks.

OWNER: William (Bill) Hohman

Pete Stewart & Son

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1954 ALLIS Chambers WD 45 tractor. Very good condition. Call (724) 762-2175

GOATS, 4H / FFA / meat.

Call (724) 286-9986

32 Tunnelton Road, Clarksburg, PA

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2001 PONTIAC Firebird Coupe, V6, auto., 106K, new red paint & tires, clean sharp car, Dynoflo mufflers, R Title, garage parked in winter. $3,200.

(724) 463-7623

AUCTION SALE THURS., MAY 19 4:00 P.M.

05-12-16

GOLDEN Champion fold down handicap scooter, $950. 724-465-4907 or 724-840-8111

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INDIANA: 342 Snyder Dr off Rayne Ch. Rd, Thurs, Fri, Sat; 8am-?, Rain or Shine, Antiques, riding toys, women’s/girl clothes, Christmas decor, comforter, strollers, bassinet, riding toys.

INDIANA: 349 Walnut St, May 13 & 14, 9am-5pm.

No Early Birds! Furniture, household items, children stuff, dishes, much more.

INDIANA: League of Women Voter Bag sale, 527 Shryock Ave. near Indiana Jr. High, Sat. 5/14 , 8am-4pm, Fill a provided bag with clothing, household items, and much more for $5, other items as priced, Still available gas grill, bikes, lateral file cabinet, 1-2 pm sale of garage sale supplies, saw horses, table racks, etc.

INDIANA: Multi-Family 166 Martin Road ( Off of Fulton Run Road), Fri. & Sat., 8am-4pm both days, Rain or Shine, power tools, table saw, dressers, kitchen table & chairs, hoosier cupboad, fence, baby items, households

LENOX ESTATE SALE

11950 Higway West (8 Miles from Wal-mart) May 13th & 14th 8am-4pm both days, Christmas, & Easter Collectibles, Wallace Silversmith Silver Plate Flatware service for 8, Lenox Presidential Collection Dinnerware, Lenox Stemware, red & green, many other household items

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#1085318 10 Susan Drive Indiana $ 297,500

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#1074172 325 CHURCH ST., INDIANA

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#1205087 530 TURNER DR., BLAIRSVILLE THIS 3 bdrm, 2 bath home is located on approx 2 acres just outside of town. Full basement w/endless possibilities. $124,900.

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