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It wasn’t such a surprise, what Indiana Area school district residents had to say Tuesday at a public hearing on a school closing proposal. The mystery to some in
attendance is what area parents and taxpayers didn’t say. Similar hearings have drawn far more participation in the past, and based on the weight of the issue, a greater turnout was expected. Fewer than 20 spectators showed up for the hearing
in the Indiana Area Senior High School Auditorium and the 10 who spoke were united in opposition to the possibility that Horace Mann Elementary School could be shuttered. The hearing was a formality required by state school law, and the school board must
wait at least 90 days before making a decision. No school would be closed before the 2017-18 school year, board President Doug Steve said. The talk of closing a school, and the many reasons for and against it, has been a recurrent topic at
school board meetings for several years. The subject has been elevated in part because of the options presented by an ad hoc committee assigned this spring to explore the ways the elementary schools could be best configured. But the discussion moved
to the front burner when the Gov. Tom Wolf administration reopened the state’s school construction reimbursement program with more than $2 billion being offered for eligible projects. Since mid-April, the Indiana district has fast-tracked Continued on Page 12
Cosby to face trial in sexual assault case
A SOLDIER’S LIFE
By MARYCLAIRE DALE and MICHAEL R. SISAK
$1 million bail. A trial date was not immediately set. Associated Press Cosby, looking less frail NORRISTOWN — She than he did when he was called him “Mr. Cosby” arrested five months ago, and considered him a seemed unfazed by Distrusted friend and men- trict Judge Elizabeth McHugh’s decision. tor. “Mr. Cosby is not guilty But 20 minutes after Bill Cosby offered her three of any crime, and not one blue pills and told her to single fact presented by take them with the wine the commonwealth rebuts this truth,” he had set out, Anhis lawyers said drea Constand’s in a statement legs began to wobafterward. ble “like jelly,” her The hearing eyes went blurry was not the and her head face-to-face began to throb. confrontation Cosby helped between accuser her to a couch in and accused his living room, that some had where she later reBILL COSBY anticipated: alized he violated Constand, who her as she lay helplessly in a stupor, she is now a massage therapist in Toronto, was not in told police in 2005. On Tuesday, a judge or- the courtroom, and the dered Cosby, 78, to stand judge ruled that she did trial on sexual assault not have to testify at this charges on the strength of stage. Instead, prosecutors Constand’s decade-old police statement, sparing had portions of her 2005 the former Temple Uni- police statement read into versity employee the need the record. While authorities in reto testify at the prelimicent months have paranary hearing. Cosby could get 10 years phrased her account and in prison if convicted in quoted fragments, this the case, the only criminal was apparently the first charges brought against time that large sections of the comedian out of the her statement — or barrage of allegations that Cosby’s, for that matter — he drugged and molested were made public. Constand told police dozens of women over five decades. He is free on Continued on Page 12
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STUDENTS AT Horace Mann Elementary School set up a Civil War encampment Tuesday on the front lawn of the school in Indiana. Fifth-graders Kara Somerville, left, and Kaylee Mitchell sampled hardtack, a type of hard, dry biscuit used as rations. The event showed students what the life of a Civil War soldier was like and included a lesson by Chuck Spence, volunteer with the Indiana County Historical & Genealogical Society, on how medical issues were handled back then.
Man bilked Social Security, feds say By The Indiana Gazette
An Indiana County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of theft of government property, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced Tuesday. The one-count indictment named Carmen Donofrio, 62, of 1510 Church St., Indiana.
According to the indictment, from July 2013 through May 2015, Donofrio received approximately $16,577 in Supplemental Security Income to which he was not entitled because he had concealed a retirement account from the Social Security Administration. The law provides for a maximum total sentence of up to 10 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000 or both. Under the Federal Sentencing
Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed would be based upon the seriousness of the offense and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant. The Social Security Administration, Office of Inspector General, conducted the investigation leading to the indictment this case. An indictment is an accusation. A defendant is presumed not guilty.
Anti-Trump protests turn violent outside N.M. rally
The Clarks to headline July 3 festivities
By JILL COLVIN and RUSSELL CONTRERAS Associated Press
By MARGARET WEAVER
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The Clarks will headline a concert on July 3 at Mack Park during a day of activities and family fun, according to organizers with the Star Spangled Charity Independence Day Celebration. The Pittsburgh-based band will play at the grandstand of the fairgrounds, with Chris Vipond & The Stanley Street Band as the opening act.
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THE CLARKS will return to Indiana for a show on July 3. Gates to the grandstand open at 4:30 p.m., and the concert is set to begin at 5:30. Tickets are $20 and include VIP parking inside the facility.
Fireworks will end the evening after the concert. The Clarks are a local favorite and got their start in the fall of 1986 at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Continued on Page 12
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In one of the presidential campaign year’s more grisly spectacles, protesters in New Mexico opposing Donald Trump’s candidacy threw burning T-shirts, plastic bottles and other items at police officers, injuring several, and toppled trash cans and barricades. Police responded by firing pepper spray and smoke grenades into the crowd outside the Albuquerque Convention Center. During the rally, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee was interrupted repeatedly by protesters, who shouted, held up banners and resisted removal by security officers. The banners included the messages
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Obituaries on Page 4 KASUN, Armeda (Lantelme), 93, Indiana LAWSON, Emilie Eileen, 74, Homer City PIERCE, Dorothy Morgan, 86, Winston-Salem, N.C. TAYLOR, M. “Eileene,” 93, Blairsville Late deaths PIRRONE, Fabrizio, 35, Indiana PRIBICKO, Aaron P., 34, Saltsburg
“Trump is Fascist” and “We’ve heard enough.” At one point, a female protester was physically dragged from the stands by security. Other protesters scuffled with security as they resisted removal from the convention center, which was packed with thousands of loud and cheering Trump supporters. Trump responded with his usual bluster, instructing security to remove the protesters and mocking their actions by Continued on Page 12
PAGE 7 • Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump each won primaries in Washington state Tuesday.
Inside FACING DEATH Nearly a year after the brutal shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at a Charleston, S.C., church, the U.S. Justice Department will seek the death penalty against the suspect. Page 7
ALL EVEN The Penguins beat Tampa Bay, 5-2, Tuesday to force a decisive Game 7 in the Eastern Conference hockey playoffs. Page 13
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Jury mulls death penalty for Pittsburgh man PITTSBURGH (AP) — A jury that already determined a city man will die in prison for killing his nextdoor neighbors, two sisters of an Iowa state lawmaker, now must determine how he’ll die, the convicted killer’s defense attorney told the jury Tuesday. “You’ve decided where Allen Wade will die. He’ll die in prison,” defense attorney Lisa Phillips told the Allegheny County jury in her
opening statement of the penalty phase of the 45year-old man’s trial. “Will he die slowly, day by day ... until an act of God takes him? Or will he die quickly, in an execution chamber by lethal injection?” The same panel of seven women and five men on Monday convicted Wade of first-degree murder, burglary and other crimes for the Feb. 6, 2014, killings of Susan Wolfe, 44, and Sarah
Wolfe, 38. They were the sisters of Democratic Iowa state Rep. Mary Wolfe, who has attended the trial. Wade shot the women in head after accosting them as they returned home, separately, from work that night. Wade did that apparently to steal a bank card he used to withdraw $600 from an automatic teller machine hours later — money he needed to pay his rent and avoid eviction, prose-
cutors said. On Tuesday, the jury heard opening statements and testimony in the penalty phase of Wade’s trial. They must eventually determine whether Wade deserves to die by lethal injection or spend life in prison without parole. In Pennsylvania, a jury can impose the death penalty if prosecutors prove at least one aggravating circumstance and determine it outweighs
whatever mitigating factors the defense can raise. Prosecutors have cited five aggravating factors, most of which were proven during the guilt phase of the trial, including that Wade committed the killing while perpetrating another felony — in this case, robbery — and that one of the victims could have been a murder witness. Prosecutors contend Sarah Wolfe would have been such a
BRIEFS Bills to expand gambling stall HARRISBURG (AP) — Legislation that would expand casino-style gambling to airports, bars, off-track betting parlors and casino-run websites is stalling in Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives. The House soundly defeated two separate proposals Tuesday, as lawmakers look to resolve a yawning state government budget deficit without raising taxes. The bills would have devoted slightly more than $300 million to public school employee pension obligations, although there’s no guarantee that its provisions would actually deliver that amount of money. Both bills would have made Pennsylvania the fourth state to allow online casino-style gambling, while allowing Pennsylvania’s licensed casinos to station slot machines at six international airports and offtrack betting parlors.
Wolf pushes for beer, gasoline sales HARRISBURG (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf wants Pennsylvanians to be able to buy six-packs of beer and gasoline in the same place, despite a pending court challenge. Wolf wrote Tuesday to the three Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board members a day before they will consider nine beer license applications from convenience and grocery stores that also sell gasoline. A state law that prohibits businesses from selling both beer and gasoline is being fought over in court. A 2014 Commonwealth Court ruling permitted the sale of beer on the same property as gasoline, as long as the points of sale are separate. The state Supreme Court is considering an appeal.
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OBITUARIES James Bowser Sr. James E. Bowser Sr., 68, of Homer City, passed away Monday, May 16, 2016, at his residence. A son of the late Thomas E. and Laura H. Brown Bowser, he was born May 20, 1947, in Brush Valley. Mr. Bowser was a 1965 graduate of Laura Lamar and a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in New Florence. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. Mr. Bowser was self-employed in the auto detailing business. His past employment included Bethlehem Steel and Dietrich Industries. He was also a carpenter and mechanic. Mr. Bowser was often heard telling others about the goodness of God’s kingdom. He is survived by his wife
of 48 years, Glady L. McCullough Bowser, of Homer City; three children: Loretta Miller, of Derry; Tammy Ellison and husband Paul, of Kannapolis, N.C.; and James E. Bowser Jr., of Homer City; a brother, Theodore E. Bowser and wife Eleanor, of Homer City; five grandchildren: Hanna, Megan, Kimber, Dakota and Remington; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Thomas Bowser; and infant triplet sisters. There will be no visitation. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Jehovah’s Witnesses, 6226 Route 711, New Florence, with Elder Lawson Klause officiating. www.robinsonlytleinc .com
Paul Bradway Byrne Paul Bradway Byrne, 83, of Indiana, formerly of Warren, N.J., died Thursday, May 19, 2016, at the Hershey Medical Center, surrounded by his wife and children. He was born in 1933 to Paul Patrick and Stella Rice Byrne in Washington, D.C., and raised in Florida, Hawaii and Massachusetts, the oldest of two sons and a daughter. He studied electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) and graduated from MIT in 1955. He began his career in electrical engineering at Engelhard Corporation of Iselin, N.J., where his knowledge led to several patents, advancement and his partnership in a spin-off company, Electrocatalytic Inc. (Elcat). Electro-chemistry water technologies developed by Paul included electrochlorination using seawater and cathodic protection systems (trade names CHLOROPAC and CAPAC, now owned by Siemens Water Technologies Corp.). Upon retirement from Elcat, Paul moved to Indiana with his wife, Angela, in 1996. He wanted to have horses and be close his son. He loved their home and horse barn and pastures on land
converted from a Christmas tree farm. Paul and Angela’s travels to Alaska, Australia, England, Ireland, Indonesia, Italy, Singapore and all around the U.S. were enjoyed, but a family cruise celebrating their 40th anniversary, frequent family vacations at the New Jersey shore and hosting family at Christmas were most memorable. Paul is survived by his wife Angela (his Angel) of 55 years; five children: David (Barbara) Byrne, Cheryl (Dennis) Kasner, Laura Byrne, Michelle (Martin) Matheusch and Michael (Amy) Byrne; six grandchildren: Cory, Cassandra, Nicholas, Julia, Maxwell and Matthew; three stepgrandchildren: Alfredo, Kayla and Joseph; one great-grandchild, Colton; three stepgreat-grandchildren: Madison, Marcella and Rocco; and a sister and brother, Dianne Bowen and Peter Byrne. He was preceded in death by his parents and a stepgranddaughter, Alexandra Alvarez. Friends will be received from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the Bowser-Minich Funeral Home, Indiana. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Kent. Interment will be private. www.bowserminich.com
Calvin G. Foust Calvin G. Foust, 90, of North Huntingdon, passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2016, at the Walden’s View Senior Care, North Huntingdon. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Shoemaker Funeral Home Inc., 49 N. Walnut St., Blairsville. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral
home with Rev. Gary LaPietra officiating. Interment will be in the Blairsville Cemetery, Blairsville. Military services will be accorded by the Blairsville VFW Post #5821 and American Legion Post #0407. To view the online obituary, sign the guest registry or send condolences, visit www.shoemakerfh-monu ments.com.
Armeda Kasun Armeda Kasun, 93, of Indiana, died Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at Bethany Place. She was the widow of John Kasun Jr., who died in 1998. Armeda was born July 13, 1922, in Schenley, Armstrong County, to the late Enrico and Maria (Drovetto) Lantelme. She was a homemaker. She belonged to St. Bernard of Clairvaux Roman Catholic Church and was a member of the Catholic Daughters of America. Armeda is survived by her daughter, Rita Losz, and her husband, Richard, of Summerville, S.C., and a daughter-in-law, Diana Kasun, of Indiana. She is also survived by her sister, Catherine Julius, of Leechburg, and sister-in-law Marylyn Lantelme, of Warsaw, Va.;
her grandchildren: Dave Kasun, Kara Critzer, Angela Kellar and Alison McLaurine; and her great-grandchildren: Dylan and Kaitlyn McLaurine, Dominic Kasun, Mattie and Harper Kellar, and Everett John Critzer. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, as well as her son, David Kasun; grandson Ricky Losz; and her brothers Ernest and Levey Lantelme. There will be no public visitation. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Roman Catholic Church. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Online condolences may be offered by visiting rbfh.net.
TOMORROW’S FUNERALS FOUST, Calvin G., 11 a.m., Shoemaker Funeral Home Inc., Blairsville KASUN, Armeda, 10 a.m., St. Bernard of Clairvaux Roman Catholic Church, Indiana (Rairigh-Bence Funeral Home, Indiana) LAWSON, Emilie Eileen, 7 p.m., James F. Ferguson Funeral Home Inc., Blairsville
LATE DEATHS PIRRONE, Fabrizio, C. Frederick Bowser Funeral Home, Homer City (724) 479-9422 PRIBICKO, Aaron P., Rairigh-Bence Funeral Home, Indiana (724) 349-2000
EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP Emilie Lawson
Emilie Eileen Lawson, 74, of Homer City, died Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at Indiana Regional Medical Center. She was born June 18, 1941, in Climax, and was a daughter of Paul Elofsky and Elsie (Anderson) Elofsky. Emilie was a very giving person. She enjoyed her dolls and watching butterflies. She is survived by her son, Ron Lapp, and wife Chris, Indiana; daughter Cindy Clawson and husband Cliff, Homer City; son Mark Lapp and wife Jodi, Homer City; daughter Wanda Lapp, Indiana; daughter Donna DeHaas and husband Jim, Tennessee; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; brother Paul Elofsky and wife Karen, Harrisburg;
sister Pam Folk and husband Bob, Alverda; sister Darlene Miller, Blairsville; and brother John Davis, Blairsville. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Carl E. Lawson, in 2003; sister Pauline Elofsky; and granddaughter Kristian DeHaas. Visitation will be Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m., the time of the services, at the James F. Ferguson Funeral Home Inc., Blairsville. Interment will be in Germany Lutheran Cemetery, West Wheatfield Township. To help with funeral costs, memorial donations may be made to James F. Ferguson Funeral Home Inc., 25 W. Market St., Blairsville, PA 15717. www.jamesfergusonfu neralhome.com
Rita Lechnar Rita C. Lechnar, 88, of Uniontown, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 21, 2016. Rita was very strong in her Catholic faith and was dedicated to her loving family. Friends will be received in the Kezmarsky Funeral Home, 71 Pennsylvania Ave., Uniontown, from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday. On Saturday, please proceed directly to Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church, 180 Old Walnut Hill Road, Uniontown, where additional viewing will take place from 9 to 10 a.m. A funeral Mass will begin at 10:30 a.m. Interment will follow in Saint Joseph Cemetery,
Hopwood. The family requests that memorial contributions be made in Rita’s name to Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Uniontown, or Geibel Catholic High School – Lechnar Memorial Fund, Connellsville.
death by both parents; her twin sister, Doris; her daughter, Janice Dianne Pierce; her brothers John Norbin Jr. and Charles Allan Sr.; and her son-in-law, John Risinger. Surviving are her two daughters, Debra Risinger, Indiana, and Donna (Michael) Skultety, Winston-Salem, N.C.; six grandchildren: Jason Risinger, Pittsburgh; Jessica, Jeremy and John Risinger, Indiana; Jennifer Skultety, Charlotte, N.C.; and Rebecca Skultety, Winston-Salem; and two great-grandchildren, Andrew and Christian Risinger. Memorials may be made to the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home or to Hands at Work in Africa. Online condolences may be made at www.hayworth -miller.com.
M. ‘Eileene’ Taylor M. “Eileene” Taylor, 93, of Blairsville, died Monday, May 23, 2016, at her residence. She was the widow of Lloyd G. Taylor, who died in December 1991. Eileene was born April 4, 1923, in Homer City to the late Charles and Grace (Frederick) Johnston. She was a homemaker. Eileene loved the family farm, cats and chickens and taking care of her family and friends. She also loved helping to deliver newspapers with her daughter, Linda. Eileene was a member of the First Christian Church of Indiana. Her family would like to thank her caregivers Jade Kessler, Brenda Freedline and Marlene Wilhelm. She is survived by her children: Linda Kelly (Orvil), of Blairsville; Barry L. Taylor (Edna), of Homer City; and Randy L. Taylor (Terry), of Blairsville. Her grandchildren also survive her: Dr. Holly Taylor Platt (Wade), of Missouri; Amy Humphrey, of Maryland; Dave Reinard (Barb), of New York; Brenda Shubuck (Robert), of New York; Scott
Man resentenced in drug trafficking By CHAUNCEY ROSS
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Dorothy Pierce Dorothy Morgan Pierce, 86, of Winston-Salem, N.C., died Saturday, May 21, 2016, at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. The daughter of John Norbin Morgan Sr. and Lota Blanche (Nanney) Morgan, she was born June 11, 1929, in Tupelo, Miss. She completed a secretarial diploma at Southern Missionary College, Collegedale, Tenn., followed by a bachelor’s degree in secretarial science at Emmanuel Missionary College, Berrien Springs, Mich. Her career was in medical records transcription for Indiana Hospital and North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo, Miss. Dorothy was grounded by her love of family and friends and her desire to help others. Originally a member of The Seventh Day Adventist Church, she joined Parkway Presbyterian Church (USA) when she moved to Winston-Salem. At Parkway she was active in Presbyterian Women, Rebecca Circle, TOFFS and Sunday school as a teacher for the Seekers Class. She will be remembered most for her wit and wisdom, and her lifelong love of learning. She was preceded in
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Kelly, of East Vandergrift; and Cindy George (Richard), of Aultman. Nine great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren also survive her. Eileene was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, as well as one grandson, Timothy Reinard, and one sister, Thelma Mull. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the RairighBence Funeral Home of Indiana, where her funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday with the Rev. Jerry Hoch officiating. Interment will be in Oakland Cemetery. Online condolences may be offered by visiting rbfh.net.
An Indiana man was placed on probation Monday after a years-long battle to overturn a prison term imposed for his conviction on a drug trafficking charge. Zachary Afshar, 26, was resentenced by Judge William Martin to serve five years of probation and to pay a fine and costs of $16,910.92 for one felony count of possession with intent to deliver cocaine. The sentencing followed lengthy appeals for lenience by Afshar and his attorney, David Chontos, of Turtle Creek, Allegheny County, in Martin’s court, where 14 of Afshar’s relatives and friends had gathered to show their support. Afshar told Martin that he has resumed his studies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, has taken part in treatment programs and performed volunteer service. Acknowledging the time the case has spent in the legal system, Afshar said he would accept the will of the court. “Playing a game is important to learning the rules of life,” Afshar said. “Every decision I made is mine. I own up to it. I fully accept responsibility for it.” Chontos said Afshar had rebuilt his life while he waited for adjudication of the case, and he thanked Martin for reading “an extraordinary number of” letters that Afshar’s friends, college professors and others had written to the court. “His post-offense behavior has been exemplary,” Chontos said. “He has had to abide by (IUP) rules to be readmitted.” Chontos cited state sentencing guidelines and said Afshar met criteria for being ordered to probation and community service. “Most effectively, this human being’s best treatment should be done outside jail,” he said. The charge dates from Afshar’s arrest by Indiana Borough police in an apartment at 919 Water St. on Jan. 11, 2012, when investigators charged him with three felony counts of possession with intent to deliver drugs including crack cocaine, three misdemeanor counts of possession of controlled substances, a felony count of criminal use of a communication facility and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.
The case originally was dismissed in June 2012 in Blairsville District Court, but was refiled a month later in Indiana District Court, where Judge Guy Haberl held the charges for trial at a preliminary hearing Aug. 16, 2012. Martin found Afshar guilty in the case in a nonjury trial Oct. 4, 2013, and sentenced him on Dec. 20, 2013, to serve three to six years in prison and to pay fines and court costs totaling $16,617.07. Martin convicted him of one count of cocaine trafficking, three counts of possession of cocaine, marijuana and a controlled chemical commonly called bath salts, and possession of drug paraphernalia, and dismissed the three remaining counts including intent to deliver marijuana and bath salts. Afshar’s fight against the conviction began in May 2014 in Pennsylvania Superior Court, where a panel of judges ruled in April 2015 to uphold the conviction but to throw out the sentence. Afshar’s lawyers filed a second petition to Superior Court in July, asking to be allowed to take the appeal to Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The Superior Court judges denied the request Dec. 7 and ordered the case back to Indiana County for resentencing. Martin told Afshar in court Monday that he had taken into consideration an updated report by the Indiana County Probation Office, Afshar’s compliance with pre-trial services, the letters from his friends and Afshar’s employment and education records. “Incarceration will serve no productive purpose,” Martin said. “Long-term probation is appropriate.” And he admonished Afshar as he prepared to leave the courtroom. “I don’t give people anything. This is not a break,” Martin said. “Don’t let yourself down.” Online court records show Afshar faced felony drug trafficking and possession charges in a complaint filed by Saltsburg Borough police on June 10, 2012, in Blairsville District Court before Judge Jennifer Rega. The charges later were withdrawn. Earlier, Afshar pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge filed by IUP campus police. He paid $538 in fines and costs in the case filed April 22, 2008, in Indiana District Court.
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Deaf boy ranks among nation’s top spellers By BEN NUCKOLS
er will speak into a microphone that transmits an FM signal directly into his cochlear implants. Similar to the technology he uses in school, it allows him to filter out background noise and focus on each word. Neil’s parents have given him another tip, coaching him to always ask the pronouncer for the definition of a word, so that he can be sure he heard it correctly. Most contestants do this anyway. Peter and Christy Maes had no experience with deafness in their families. It turns out they’re both carriers for a genetic mutation that causes hearing loss. Neil got his first implant at 11 months old. One of his two younger sisters was also born deaf, and has implants as well. “My goal was for him to meet his potential, no matter what it was,� his mother said. “It turned out to be pretty good!� Cochlear implants bypass the
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WASHINGTON — Making it to the Scripps National Spelling Bee is an amazing achievement for any kid, but for 11-year-old Neil Maes, being born deaf made his journey especially unlikely. After receiving cochlear implants in both ears as a baby, he had to train his brain to understand spoken words. It took countless hours of speech therapy. “We didn’t even know that he’d be able to talk. It wasn’t a guarantee,� his mother, Christy Maes, said Tuesday. Now the soft-spoken kid from Belton, S.C., is officially one of the nation’s top young spellers. He earned the right to take the stage with 281 others in today’s preliminary rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The only assistance Neil requires is that the bee’s pronounc-
NEIL MAES nonfunctioning parts of the ear by sending an electrical signal directly to the hearing nerve. While speech, music and other noises don’t sound exactly like they do to a person with normal hearing, the brain can, over time, learn to
TSA addresses long security lines By ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The head of the Transportation Security Administration is heading back to Capitol Hill today to try to explain what his agency is doing to deal with increasingly long airport security lines that have already snarled the fledgling summer travel season. TSA Administrator Peter Neffenger is also likely to be pressed by members of the House Homeland Security Committee to explain exactly what prompted the ouster of the agency’s top security official, Kelly Hoggan. Hoggan was removed Monday and replaced by a former federal security director in Los Angeles and New York, Darby LaJoye. Neffenger has also announced a new management team in charge of screening operations at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. Long lines have been plaguing airports since early spring, but the issue came to a head in recent weeks when thousands of passengers in Chicago missed flights because of lengthy checkpoint waits. Changes announced Monday by Neffenger aren’t likely to have much effect in the short run, as the TSA doesn’t have enough security screeners to quickly scrutinize growing crowds of travelers and their sometimes overstuffed carry-on luggage. Neffenger has said the problem was created by a combination of factors, including the fact that more people are flying this year and fewer than anticipated have applied for the government’s PreCheck program, which allows passengers to move through security faster after submitting to a background check. Neffenger also said the agency will launch an incident comment center that
“will closely track daily screening operations, shifting officers, caPETER nine reNEFFENGER sources, the National Deployment Force and other resources to meet mission demands in advance of predicted passenger volume.� TSA plans to add 768 new screeners by mid-June. Homeland Security Sec-
retary Jeh Johnson, who oversees TSA and has addressed the security line delays in recent weeks, told National Public Radio Tuesday that TSA officers are being moved to staff checkpoints at the busiest airports at the busiest times. But that is a stopgap measure. Johnson and some senators have also asked that airlines temporarily reduce or eliminate fees for checked bags to cut down on the amount of bags security screeners have to inspect at checkpoints.
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process those sounds in a similar way, said Dr. Michael Hoa, a surgeon at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital who performs cochlear implantations. But these implants are merely a tool, the doctor said: Neil’s intelligence and work ethic get credit for the rest. “He’s able to handle very complex words. You tell him, ‘Spell this word,’ and he’s able to actually visualize what that sounds like in his head and spell the word. It’s actually quite impressive,� Hoa said. “There’s a lot that goes into training your brain to do that.� Christy Maes gave up her nursing job to help Neil through speech therapy. Now she works as a preschool teacher. She choked up several times when talking about her son’s journey in an interview Tuesday at the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, a group that advo-
cates for early intervention to help hearing-impaired kids. Neil’s parents didn’t know he was participating in a spelling bee with his third-grade class — until he came home and told them he had won. He made it all the way to his regional bee that year, finishing second. Now a fifth-grader, Neil is naturally shy and already worn out from the hectic bee-week schedule. He seemed happy to let his mom do most of the talking. “Our main hope out of all of this was to encourage and inspire people that are going to be facing what we had to face,� Christy said. But Neil said coming to the bee has motivated him to study even harder, so he can return next year. “It’s just fun,� Neil said, “because I’ve never been here before, and I just want to do it again.�
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Remembrance of booms past
f Hillary Clinton wins in age left behind by the November, Bill Clinton Bush-era housing bubble. will occupy a doubly But back to the boom: unique role in U.S. politi- What was Bill Clinton’s cal history — not just as role? Actually, it was fairly the first First Husband, but limited, since he didn’t also as the first First cause the technology takeSpouse who used to be off. On the other hand, his president. Obviously he policies obviously didn’t won’t spend his time bak- get in the way of prosperiing cookies. So what will he ty. do? And it’s worth rememLast week Hillary Clinbering that in 1993, when ton stirred up a flurry of Clinton raised taxes on the comments by suggesting wealthy, Republicans unithat Bill Clinton formly predictwould be “in ed disaster. It charge of revitalwill “kill the reizing the econocovery and put my.” You can see us back in a rewhy she might cession,” prewant to say that, dicted Newt since people still Gingrich. It will remember the put the econogood times that my “in the gutprevailed when ter,” declared he was in office. John Kasich. How his role None of that might be defined happened, in practice is which didn’t much less clear. stop the same But never mind. people from What I want to do making the Paul Krugman right now is talk same predicabout the lessons writes a tions when column for The the Clinton I President boom actually Barack Obama New York Times. holds for a potenraised taxes in tial Clinton II administra2013 — a move followed tion. by the best job growth First of all, it really was a since the 1990s. very impressive boom, and One big lesson of the in a way it’s odd that De- Clinton boom, then, is that mocrats don’t talk about it the conclusion conservamore. After all, Republi- tives want you to draw cans constantly invoke the from their incessant miracles of Saint Reagan to Reaganolatry — that lavjustify their faith in supply- ishing tax cuts on the rich side economics. Yet the is the key to prosperity, Clinton-era expansion sur- and that any rise in top tax passed the Reagan econo- rates will bring retribution my in every dimension. from the invisible hand — Bill Clinton not only is utterly false. Hillary Clinpresided over more job ton is proposing roughly a creation and faster eco- trillion dollars in additionnomic growth, his time in al taxes on the top 1 peroffice was also marked by cent, to pay for new prosomething notably lacking grams. in the Reagan era: a signifiIf she takes office, and cant rise in the real wages tries to implement that of ordinary workers. policy, the usual suspects But why was the Clinton will issue the usual dire economy so good? It wasn’t warnings, but there is abbecause Clinton had a solutely no reason to bemagic touch, although he lieve that her agenda did do a good job of re- would hurt the economy. sponding to crises. Mostly, The other big lesson he had the good luck to from the Clinton I boom is hold office when good that while there are many things were happening for ways policymakers can reasons unrelated to poli- and should try to raise tics. wages, the single most imSpecifically, the 1990s portant thing they can do were the decade in which to help workers is aim for American business finally full employment. figured out what to do with Unfortunately, we can’t computers — the decade count on another spontain which offices became neous surge in technologynetworked, in which retail- driven private investment ers like Walmart learned to to drive job creation. But use information technolo- some kinds of private ingy to manage inventories vestment might grow rapand coordinate with sup- idly if we take long-overpliers. This led to a surge in due steps to address cliproductivity, which had mate change. grown only sluggishly for And in any case, not all the previous two decades. productive investment is The technology takeoff private. We desperately also helped fuel a surge need to repair and upgrade in business investment, our infrastructure; meanwhich in turn produced while, the federal governjob creation at a pace that, ment can borrow money by the late 1990s, brought incredibly cheaply. So America truly full employ- there’s an overwhelming ment. And full employ- case for a surge in public ment was the force behind investment — and one the rising wages of the side benefit of such a surge 1990s. would be full employment, Oh, and yes, there was a which would help produce technology bubble at the another era of rising end of the decade, but that wages. was a fairly minor part of So, will Bill Clinton play the overall story — and be- an important role if Hillary cause there wasn’t a big Clinton wins? I have no rise in private debt, the idea, and don’t much care. damage done when the But it will be important to tech bubble burst was remember what went right much less than the wreck- and why on Bill’s watch.
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An anti-democracy streak?
s New York Republicans went to the polls for their primary April 19, some opponents of Donald Trump clung to the hope that Ted Cruz, or perhaps John Kasich, might deny Trump a few delegates in some of the state’s congressional districts. One reason for that hope was New York’s highly restrictive voter registration rules, which required party-changers to register as Republicans many months earlier in order to be eligible to vote in the GOP primary. Some crossovers who intended to vote for Trump, the thinking went, would discover when they arrived at the polls that they could not do so. The #NeverTrumpers were hoping, in other words, that rules limiting voter participation might help their cause.
LIKEWISE, DURING the primary season some antiTrump Republicans paid close attention to the GOP delegate-selection process in Colorado, Wyoming, and North Dakota, the three states that chose not to have presidential preference votes in 2016. Winning there depended on the participation of a relatively small number of highly motivated Republicans who worked through precinct, county, district and state caucuses. Yes, several thousand Republicans participated in conventions there, but there’s no doubt Colorado, Wyoming and North Dakota had less voter participation than nearly all states with primaries. For #Never Trumpers, fewer voters equaled higher hopes. Trump called the system in those states “rigged” and accused some Republican
leaders of trying to frus- races, creeds, genders and trate the will of the voters. sexual orientations and “It’s about the voters, it’s people of every socioeconot about the bosses,” nomic background are Trump said the week of the similarly inhibited from New York primary, which voting when ignorant.” he won with 60 percent of Poll taxes, literacy tests the vote. “We’re going to and other impediments to show that it’s about the vot- voting have been ruled uners. I win all of the time constitutional by courts or when it’s up to the voters.” outlawed by legislation for Now Trump has effecmany years. tively clinched Harsanyi is by the Republican no means the nomination, and first conservative one conservative to suggest a test voice against for voting. After Trump has radiHarsanyi’s article cally upped the appeared, Naante on limiting tional Review’s voter participaJonah Goldberg tion. In a May 20 tweeted, “I’ve Washington Post been making a op-ed, David similar argument Harsanyi, a senfor years,” linking ior editor at The to pieces from Federalist, ar2007 and 2014. gued that milOthers have lions of voters proposed similar are so ill-inideas. In March, Byron York is formed that they chief political National Recannot be trustview’s Kevin D. correspondent for ed to make reWilliamson, a deThe Washington sponsible decitermined Trump Examiner. The sions and must opponent, exNewspaper therefore be pressed his hope “weeded out” — Enterprise that the constitubarred from vot- Association tional structure ing “for the good distributes his of checks and of our democrat- column. balances might ic institutions.” somehow stop a “By weeding out millions Trump victory, since it is of irresponsible voters who “designed to frustrate ‘We can’t be bothered to learn the People’ when the peothe rudimentary workings ple fall into dangerous and of the Constitution, or violent error of the sort their preferred candidate’s with which they are now proposals or even their his- flirting.” tory, we may be able to The various discussions mitigate the recklessness of Trump and voting raise of the electorate,” Harsanyi questions about the posiwrote. tion conservatives and ReHarsanyi proposed a test publicans have taken on for voters along the lines of the most contentious votthe test given to immi- ing-related issue of recent grants seeking to become years, the fight over voter United States citizens. The ID. For a long time, consertest would pass constitu- vatives and Republicans tional muster, Harsanyi have advocated commonsaid, because it would sense measures to ensure somehow “ensure that all the integrity of elections.
BYRON YORK
Those measures boiled down to one thing: A voter should be able to prove who he or she is when voting. The solution, voter ID, was not only reasonable but publicly supported and approved by the courts — after all, if one has to present ID to board a plane or buy Sudafed, why is it overly burdensome to require the same to vote? Democrats have long responded by accusing conservatives and Republicans of attempting to suppress the vote. Conservatives and Republicans strongly denied the charge. But now, with the new conservative/Republican arguments made in the context of Trump’s rise — a test for voting, limited-participation elections, condemnations of democracy in general — it’s hard not to wonder whether Democrats were right about the other side all along. There are clearly some conservatives and Republicans who dislike the voters’ choice — Trump — so much that they would limit the voters’ right to choose.
ONE LAST issue. The Democratic charge of GOP voter suppression almost always came with an allegation of racism — the accusation that Republicans were specifically trying to disenfranchise minority voters. Now, however, conservative and Republican voter-limitation talk comes in the context of Trump’s victories in the GOP primaries, which mostly did not involve minority voters. So perhaps the best way to describe what is happening is that Trump’s success has brought to the fore an anti-democratic streak that has long been present in some conservatives and Republicans.
Step away from that bison By the Los Angeles Times
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hose shaggy-haired, s h o u l d e r- h u m p e d bison roaming Yellowstone National Park have lived in the area since prehistoric times, surviving migration, predators, disease, development. But can they survive tourists? Despite signs in the park and fliers handed out to visitors warning them about being gored by the horned bison, tourists just can’t seem to stay the officially required 25 yards away. They get out of cars and snap selfies with bison, scurrying back only when the animal takes off after them. (In the good-to-know category, bison are significantly faster sprinters than humans.) Last year, five people were seriously injured by bison at Yellowstone. Recently, an interaction cost a bison its life. When tourists spotted a newborn bison calf seemingly
shivering from cold, they plucked it from the roadside like a helpless hitchhiker, put it in the back of their SUV and took it to a ranger facility “because of their misplaced concern for the animal’s welfare,” said a Park Service official. Human interference can cause a mother to reject a calf, and in this case, park rangers were unsuccessful in getting the bison herd to take the calf back in. Ultimately, it had to be euthanized. Those people were trying to help. Others like the thrill of recklessness — how close can you get to a dangerous animal and live to upload the selfie? For many of us, it’s that we’re urban creatures starved for interaction with animals more exotic than our cats and dogs. But wild creatures need to be left alone — if not for our survival then certainly for theirs. Tribune Content Agency
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Virginia governor under investigation McLEAN, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is a subject of a federal investigation looking at donations to his gubernatorial campaign, according to a U.S. law enforcement official. Marc Elias, a lawyer for McAuliffe’s campaign, said Monday that the governor, a Democrat, is unaware of any investigation. “The governor will certainly cooperate with the government if he is contacted about it,” Elias said in a statement. The FBI and Justice Department declined comment Monday. The law enforcement official did not say what specific contributions were drawing scrutiny, but said that campaign finances and donations to his 2013 campaign were part of the investigation. The official said the probe has been ongoing for some time and there was no indication that it was close to concluding.
Roof may face death penalty By ERIC TUCKER and MEG KINNARD Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Nearly a year after the brutal shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at a Charleston, S.C., church, the U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday its intent to seek the death penalty against the man facing federal hate crime charges in the killings. The decision means that both state and federal prosecutors are seeking the maximum penalty against Dylann Roof, 22, in the June 17 Emanuel AME Church shooting, which contributed to a national conversation about race relations and ultimately led to the removal of a Confederate battle flag from the
grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse. Roof faces nine counts of murder in state court, and Solicitor Scarlett Wilson has said she wants to try her case first. That trial, originally slated to begin this summer, has now been pushed to next year. Wilson announced her decision to pursue the death penalty in September. But the possibility of a federal death penalty case has loomed over the case even longer, ever since the government announced a month after Roof’s arrest that he would face hate crime charges. Prosecutors said he was motivated by racial hatred and a desire to commit a “notorious attack” when he opened fire inside the
DYLANN ROOF ... church shooting suspect church, “to carry out these twin goals of fanning racial flames and exacting revenge.” Roof was arrested a day after the shootings in North Carolina when a motorist spotted his Confederate license plate. Roof, who is white, appeared in photos waving Confederate flags and burning or desecrating
U.S. flags, and purportedly wrote of fomenting racial violence. Survivors of the shooting told police that he hurled racial insults during the attack. One said Roof told her that he was “letting her live so she could tell what happened.” There’s no time frame for Roof’s federal trial, and an attorney meeting is scheduled for next month. Though the Justice Department says it’s committed to seeking the death penalty, federal executions are exceedingly rare. The last time a federal defendant was put to death was in 2003. And President Obama has said he’s “deeply concerned” about the death penalty’s implementation. “The nature of the alleged crime and the resulting
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Police raid Google offices in Paris PARIS (AP) — French police have raided Google’s Paris offices as part of an investigation into “aggravated tax fraud” and money laundering, authorities said Tuesday. The raid is the latest regulatory headache for the American search engine-and-email company, which like other Silicon Valley firms faces increasing questions about its complex tax arrangements. France said the raids were carried out with the assistance of the police anti-corruption unit and 25 information technology experts. The French daily Le Parisien, which first reported the news, said the raid involved some 100 investigators.
Controversial teacher loses runoff AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A former schoolteacher who believes dinosaurs were on Noah’s Ark and Democrats killed John F. Kennedy isn’t joining the Texas State Board of Education. Mary Lou Bruner lost her GOP primary runoff Tuesday night for a seat on the powerful Texas State Board of Education. Her defeat comes just two months after a nearoutright victory put Bruner, 69, on the brink of helping decide what more than 5 million schoolchildren learn in Texas classrooms. But Republican voters flocked this time to Keven Ellis, a local school board president in Lufkin who ran a mainstream campaign. One of Bruner’s claims on Facebook was that President Obama was a gay prostitute.
Men plead guilty in burglary spree HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two men prosecutors say stole nearly $2 million worth of merchandise from stores across the U.S. have pleaded guilty. Federal prosecutors in Connecticut said Alionis Perez, 40, a Cuban citizen who most recently lived in New Jersey, and Yoandrys Cue, 30, a Cuban citizen who most recently lived in Florida, pleaded guilty Monday to burglary charges. Authorities say in 2013 they stole $250,00 worth of watches from a Fossil store in Clinton, Conn.; $750,000 in watches from a Fossil store in Hagerstown, Md.; $500,000 worth of watches and bags from a Michael Kors store in Lee, Mass.; and almost $200,000 in watches from a Fossil store in Grove City, Pa. Perez also pleaded guilty to burglaries at stores in Missouri, Kansas and Tennessee.
harm compelled this decision,” Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Tuesday in a brief statement that indicated the department had considered “all relevant factual and legal issues.” Roof’s attorneys in the federal case have said their client would be willing to plead guilty if the death penalty were not on the table. Defense lawyer David Bruck said he had no comment on the decision to seek the death penalty. The only other person charged in connection with the case has already pleaded guilty. Joey Meek, a friend with whom Roof spent time in the days before the shootings, last month admitted to lying to federal authorities. He has agreed to help with the prosecution against Roof.
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PRESIDENT OBAMA spoke today at a town-hall style event for the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Obama urges Vietnam youth to tackle climate change By NANCY BENAC Associated Press
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Wrapping up a historic visit to Vietnam, U.S. President Barack Obama today praised the country’s next generation of leaders for being more conscious of the environment than previous generations and urged them to “do something about” climate change. During his final public event here, Obama basked in the admiration of hundreds of young leaders who participated in a town hall-style event and prefaced some of their questions to him with praise about his leadership and his “inspiring speeches.” Obama used a question about preserving a Vietnamese cave from development to pivot to climate change, one of his top issues as president. He said Vietnam will be one of the countries most affected by the trend of warming temperatures and rising seas. “That could have a huge impact on Vietnam’s ability to feed its people, on fishermen, on farmers, and it could be a really big problem if we don’t do something about it, so it’s going to be up to you to start,” said Obama, who routinely includes question-and-answer sessions with young leaders on his foreign trips. “One of the great things about your
generation is that you’re already much more conscious about the environment than my generation was or previous generations were,” said Obama. He told a previous questioner that he “fooled around a lot” and wasn’t serious about school when he was young. “I was more into basketball and girls. I wasn’t always that serious,” Obama said. “You’re already way ahead of me. That’s good.” Obama also promoted a 12-nation, trans-Pacific trade pact that includes Vietnam but is stalled in the U.S. Congress and opposed by the three leading U.S. presidential candidates. But he avoided wading too deeply into politics when asked where he sees himself and the world in five years, around the end of his successor’s first term. Obama has said on previous occasions that world leaders ask him all the time about the unpredictable election. “Sometimes, our politics doesn’t express all the goodness of the people, but usually, eventually, the voters make good decisions and democracy works,” he said. “So I’m optimistic that we’ll get through this period.” Obama said he expects to stay involved with public policy issues and return to his roots as an organizer. “I’ll be like a community organizer, except a little more famous than I used to be.”
The town-hall event capped Obama’s historic visit to Vietnam. He spent three days in the capital of Hanoi, in the north, and in Ho Chi Minh City, in the south, meeting with government leaders and addressing the Vietnamese people in a speech and through less formal encounters, such as when he worked out in the hotel gym this morning and “people were trying to take selfies” with him. In his appearances, Obama also pressed Vietnam to allow greater freedoms for its citizens, arguing that respect for human rights would improve the country’s economy, stability and regional power. He returned to the issue today when a young Vietnamese woman asked about the importance of governments promoting the arts and culture. “You’ve got to let people express themselves. That’s part of what a modern 21st century culture is all about,” Obama said. Japan was the next and final stop on Obama’s swing through Asia, a region he says helped shape him growing up in his native Hawaii and later in Indonesia. Obama was to attend a summit of the Group of Seven industrialized nations starting Thursday. He also planned a visit Friday to Hiroshima. He planned to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after arriving later today.
NEW YORK (AP) — Monsanto rejected Bayer’s $62 billion takeover bid, calling it “incomplete and financially inadequate.” However, the seed company suggested Tuesday that a higher bid might be accepted, saying that it remains open to talks. Bayer replied it is committed to completing the deal. Monsanto Co. Chairman and CEO Hugh Grant also said in a written statement that the initial offer failed to address potential financing and regulatory risks. Bayer AG, a German drug and chemicals company, made an all-cash bid that valued Monsanto’s stock at $122 per share. The company previously said that it planned to finance the acquisition with a combination of debt and equity, the latter to be raised largely by issuing new shares. It said late Tuesday that it is confident it can address any potential financing or regulatory issues related to the proposed deal. A combination of the two businesses would create a giant seed and farm chemical company with a strong presence in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Both companies are familiar brands on farms around the globe. Bayer’s farm business produces seeds as well as compounds to kill weeds, bugs and fungus. Monsanto, based in St. Louis, produces seeds for various crops including corn, soybeans and cotton, as well as the popular weed-killer Roundup. After 2015’s blistering global buyout pace, 2016 is shaping up to be a sequel. There has been more than $494 billion in global deals already in 2016, the third highest of all time, and 2016 is just behind 2015 so far. The same drivers from 2015 exist this year. Mergers beget mergers, so when two companies in a sector combine, their competitors seek to do the same in order to compete. Low interest rates that make borrowing cheap, huge stockpiles of cash held by corporations, and a lackluster environment for organic growth continues to push global mergers.
Trump, Clinton win in Washington By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump each won primaries in Washington state Tuesday. Trump’s win helps him inch closer to clinching the GOP nomination for president. He is within 41 delegates of the number needed to become the Republican nominee. Clinton’s win might give her some momentum, but it won’t
get her any delegates. There were no delegates at stake in the Democratic primary. Washington Democrats already awarded their delegates based on party caucuses. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders won Washington’s caucuses in March, getting 74 delegates. Clinton got 27. Republicans in Washington will allocate all 44 delegates to their national convention based on the primary results. Trump won at least 27 delegates on Tuesday, with 17 still left to be allocated. The billion-
aire businessman has 1,196 delegates. It takes 1,237 delegates to win the GOP nomination. There are no more Republican contests until June 7, when the last five states vote. With a total of 303 delegates at stake in California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota, Trump should easily clinch the nomination that day. Trump is the only remaining candidate in the GOP contest. But his former opponents, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, were still on the ballot because they suspended their campaigns after the ballots were printed. Ben Carson was also on the ballot because he never submitted the paperwork to have his name removed. Clinton is just 78 delegates short of clinching the Democratic nomination. She is on track to do so in early June, even if she loses all the remaining contests. Clinton has 1,768 pledged delegates won in primaries and caucuses. Sanders has 1,497.
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Author tackles weight, bullying issues among kids By SARAH GISH
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LEAWOOD, Kan. — When Roni Roth Beshears was in elementary school, she dreaded the days her whole class filed into the nurse’s office for weighins. One by one, each student stepped on the scale. There was no curtain, so the number was there for everyone to see. How embarrassing. “I was chubby,” she says. “I came from a family that let me eat what I wanted to eat.” In the seventh grade, she joined Weight Watchers and learned about portion sizes, fruits and vegetables, and which foods to eat sparingly. Roth Beshears, who lives in Leawood, says that “awakening” inspired her to become a registered dietitian and wellness coach. A few years ago, Roth Beshears embarked on her passion project: a series of semi-autobiographical children’s books that teach kids how to build self-esteem and healthy habits. The series started in 2014 with “Roni Takes Action.” Illustrator Rob Peters, of Topeka, Kan., modeled the main character, a brunette with bangs, after photos of the author as a girl. In the book, which is available to download for $6.99 on Amazon, readers are introduced to Roni, who watches a lot of TV and snacks on candy and fast food. After Roni gets a bad grade in physical fitness, her parents recruit a dietitian who teaches the family about healthy foods and the importance of exercise.
In real life, Roth Beshears has played both characters — the overweight child and the dietitian. She says kids these days have it harder than she did, because obesity and bullying are more widespread. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 17 percent of children and adolescents ages 2 to 19 are obese, and the Midwest has the highest obesity rates in the nation. Being “fat” is the most common reason children are bullied, according to a 2015 study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at the University of Connecticut. The adults surveyed reported that weight-based bullying is more prevalent than bullying linked to race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or disability. Roth Beshears’ second book, “Roni Goes to Camp,” published in 2015, touches on bullying when a counselor makes Roni feel bad for eating too much and not running fast enough. Her third, “Please Don’t Call Me Chubby Roni!” addresses the problem headon. In the book, which came out last month, a classmate calls Roni “chubby,” which hurts her feelings and prompts the teacher to lead a lesson about the emotional consequences of name-calling. After Roni confronts her bully, he apologizes and says he used the word “chubby” because that’s what his dad calls his sister. Rita Sudhalter, a local teacher who is friends
In summary INFORMATION ON OBESITY, BULLYING • Centers for Disease Control & Prevention: cdc.gov/obesity/childhood • Obesity Action Coalition: obesityaction.org • Let’s Move: letsmove. gov • U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: stopbullying.gov • University of Connecticut Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity: uconnruddcenter. org
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AUTHOR Roni Roth Beshears held a copy of her latest book, “Please Don’t Call Me Chubby Roni!” at her home in Leawood, Kan. with Roth Beshears, shared the book with a group of third-graders. “The students really liked how Roni stood up to the bully,” Sudhalter says. “Overall, what they took away is that you shouldn’t be unkind to someone because of how they look.” Bullying is one of the most significant issues that Amy Beck deals with. Beck, a clinical child psychologist who works in the weight management program at Children’s Mercy Hospital, says victims of bullying are more prone to depression, anxiety and low self-esteem. “People also tend to think, ‘If I make you feel
bad, that might motivate you to lose weight,’ “ she says. “Bullying actually increases disordered eating habits such as emotional eating, sneak eating and food hoarding.” She adds that kids who are bullied in gym class often avoid physical activity altogether. “I have kids who will only go for walks in the dark,” Beck says. Roth Beshears hopes to combat the problem with her books, which she would like to see in elementary school libraries and pediatric offices. But writing them is easier than selling them.
At the end of “Please Don’t Call Me Chubby Roni!” author Roni Roth Beshears provides a list of questions that help
“I’m not trained in marketing and promotion,” she says. In her spare time, Roth Beshears sends letters to editors and publishers. She has hope that demand for her books will grow along with awareness about childhood obesity. She points out that Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move initiative has helped by pushing schools to plant gardens and provide healthier lunch options for students. Roth Beshears wants her books to help kids at home by helping families talk about problems such as obesity and bullying. “Please Don’t Call Me
parents and teachers talk to kids about weightbased bullying and name-calling. Among them: • How would you feel if someone said a hurtful comment about your appearance? • Would you stand up and support a child who is teased about body weight? • Do you think male or female models in fashion magazines represent how all of us should look? • Do professional sports players all look alike? Whom do you admire? • How can we be sensitive to all children and promote kindness no matter what shape or size others may be?
Chubby Roni!” suggests parents ask kids, “Have you ever been called hurtful names, or teased because of your weight?” and “Would you stand up and support a child who is teased about body weight?” The book also offers tips for a healthy lifestyle: Eat fruits and vegetables often. Limit sugary drinks and TV. Get enough sleep. Think positive thoughts. Ask for help if someone makes you feel bad. Roni’s overarching message: Health is measured by physical, mental and emotional wellness — not just a number on a scale.
Slipcovers can be a bear to get on DEAR MARY: Is there a way that I can remove a bloodstain from my black and white floral Hawaiian print car-seat slipcover? I hope I can do this without removing the slipcover, which was a bear to put on. Thanks for your help and your wonderful tips Email and questions or columns. tips to — Leslie mary@every DEAR daycheap LESLIE: skate.com or The best Everyday thing I Cheapskate, know of 12340 Seal that will Beach Blvd., remove Suite B-416, blood — Seal Beach, CA even if 90740. the stain is very old — is Soilove Laundry SoilStain Remover. It is enzymatic, which means it attacks proteins, which blood is. You can get Soilove at 99 Cents Only Stores in California and Arizona. Or, you can get it online or directly from the manufacturer
EVERYDAY CHEAPSKATE (800) 482-6555). I can help you get wellfitting slipcovers back on after laundering: Put them on when wet. They will stretch more easily, which will take all the struggle out of the process, and they’ll still dry beautifully. I have a large, white sofa with slipcovers. When I bought it, the saleslady gave me that tip, and I am so grateful she did. I wash them in the washing machine according to the manufacturer’s instructions and skip the dryer altogether. They go on so easily. Then I smooth out the wrinkles and let them dry. DEAR MARY: First off, let me tell you I’m a huge fan. I save almost every email and tip I need (or think I will) in a “Cheapskate” folder on my computer. Here’s my question: Can I straighten out a warped cast-iron skillet? It’s eons old and belonged to my mother-in-law. She always cooked her holiday hams in it. I still do, but I don’t like that it’s not flat. Any
thoughts? — Brenda DEAR BRENDA: I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but cast iron does not warp. It’s either uneven because it is cracked, or it warped during the original casting. There is no feasible or practical way to unwarp cast iron. Once so-damaged, it is, for all intents and purposes, irreversible. Even if you could find someone to grind the bottom to make it completely flat, doing so would create thin spots, which would burn the contents, making the skillet useless. I hope this does not affect your fan status. DEAR MARY: In response to the recent column on waterlogged mobile phones, my son found a mobile phone in our neighborhood lake. My hubby took the battery out and put it in rice for a few days. It actually worked! We were able to boot it up and retrieve the owner’s number and return the phone. One key point we’ve learned over the years is to be patient, and to not attempt to turn it on until it is thoroughly dry. — Janet
DEAR JANET: Good advice, and what an amazing story! DEAR MARY: Your articles appear in our local newspaper. Your advice is excellent and has saved me money. Thank you for making me wiser every day. At 59 years of age, I have room to learn new things and appreciate your advice. I also have shared your tips with my wife and children, which have saved money for my entire family. Keep up the great work. I love it. — Jerry DEAR JERRY: How nice to hear from you. Say hello to your family for me! I’m tickled to know the work I do is making life easier for you and your family. This column will answer questions of general interest, but letters cannot be answered individually. Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProof Living.com, a personal finance member website and the author of “DebtProof 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.
TEEN VOLUNTEERING Teens, did you know volunteer service can transfer to work experience and looks great on your college application? Volunteering is fun because you get to decide to work in a field that interests you. Interested in environmental work? • Evergreen Conservancy can use your help with water monitoring and other environmental projects. Minimum age: 16. Contact (724) 471-6020 or (724) 463-8138. Thinking about becoming a veterinarian? • Indiana County Humane Society could use your assistance. Volunteers are needed to clean kennels, walk dogs and raise funds. Minimum age: 18. Contact Lisa Wier at (724) 465-7387. • Four Footed Friends is looking for general office
workers, animal care volunteers and dog walkers. Minimum age: 18, younger with parental supervision. Call (724) 3491144. Do museums interest you? • Historical and Genealogical Society of Indiana County has positions available for library volunteers. Minimum age: 12. Call (724) 463-9600. Is the education field your passion? There are several places to get experience. • Aging Services Inc. is looking for volunteers to help seniors with crafts, trips, computer training and special events. Minimum age: 18. Contact Jim McQuown at (724) 349-4500. • Torrance State Hospital is asking volunteers to help their residents with tutoring, the library and special events. Minimum age: 16.
Contact Donnalee Fleming at (724) 459-4464. • Indiana Free Library is looking for teens to shelve books from 3-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Minimum age: 16. Contact John Swanson at (724) 465-8841. Thinking your field is medical or social work? • Communities at Indian Haven has openings for teens to assist residents with activities, bring appropriate pets to visit, share craft ideas/skills, and join its adopt-a-grandparent program. Minimum age: 13. Call (724) 465-3900. • American Red Cross is looking for volunteers to help with blood drives and CPR/FA instruction. Minimum age: 16, younger with parental supervision. (18 for instructors). Contact (724) 465-5678. • VNA Family Hospice
can use help in providing respite care for patients and families, doing errands for families, reading and other activities for patients. Minimum age: 16 Contact Mary Edith Cicola at (724) 463-8711. Busy with school and extracurricular activities? You can still volunteer. Special event volunteers are needed for: • Indiana County Community Action Program Inc. (Care and Share Day, food collection days.) Call (724) 465-2657. • Indiana County Humane Society (fundraising). Contact Lisa Wier at (724) 465-7387. • Four Footed Friends. Call (724) 349-1144. • Torrance State Hospital (Run for Mental Health, patient/family picnic, auction in October). Contact Donnalee Fleming at (724) 4594464.
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Afghan Taliban appoint Mansour’s successor By LYNNE O’DONNELL and MIRWAIS KHAN Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan Taliban confirmed today that leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a U.S. drone strike last week and that they have appointed a successor — a scholar known for extremist views who is unlikely to back a peace process with Kabul. The announcement came as a suicide bomber struck a minibus carrying court employees in the Afghan capital, killing at least 11 people, an official said. The Taliban promptly claimed responsibility for the attack. In a statement sent to the media, the Taliban said their new leader is Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, one of Mansour’s two deputies. The insurgent group said he was chosen at a meeting of Taliban leaders, which is believed to have taken place in Pakistan, but offered no other details. Mansour was killed in Pakistan on Saturday when his vehicle was struck
by a U.S. drone plane, an attack believed to be the first time a Taliban leader was killed in such a way inside Pakistani territory. Pakistani authorities have been accused both by Kabul and the West of giving shelter and support to some Taliban leaders — an accusation that Islamabad denies. The insurgents have been fighting to overthrow the Kabul government since 2001, when their own Islamist regime was overthrown by the U.S. invasion. The United States and the Afghan government have said that Mansour had been an obstacle to a peace process, which ground to a halt when he refused to participate in talks with the Afghan government earlier this year. Mansour had officially led the Taliban since last summer, when the death of the movement’s founder, the one-eyed Mullah Mohammad Omar, became public. But he is believed to have run the movement in Mullah Omar’s name for more than two years. The revelation of Mullah Omar’s death
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personal animosity or conflict that might have arisen should either Haqqani or Yaqoub have been chosen. The Taliban statement called on all Muslims to mourn Mansour for three days, starting today. It also attempted to calm any qualms among the rank and file by calling for unity and obedience to the new leader. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who took office in 2014, assiduously courted Pakistan in an effort to bring the Taliban into a dialogue that would lead to peace talks. Mansour, however, refused, choosing instead to intensify the war once the international combat mission drew down to a training and support role in 2015. In an unusual move, exiled Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar who heads the militant Hezb-iIslami group, offered condolences to Mansour’s family, according to Mullah Hameedullah, a member of the Taliban’s religious council.
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The Indiana County Farmland Easement Board is accepting applications until June 15 from individuals who would like to enroll their farms in the Farmland Preservation Program. The program protects farmland from development by purchasing the conservation easement, also called development rights, associated with the farm. The easement purchase is in perpetuity. Value of the conservation easement is equal to the difference between the farmland and development value as determined by an appraisal and is capped at $2,500 per acre. This is a competitive program with the highest ranking farms being eligible for purchase. Scoring is based on soil quality, farmland potential, development potential and surrounding land use. The Indiana County Farmland Easement Board, which was established by a resolution of the Indiana County Commissioners in 1998, has preserved 810 acres of farmland on eight farms for a purchase price of over $1.4 million. Enrollment criteria and applications can be found at www.iccdpa.org or by contacting the Indiana County Conservation District at (724) 471-4751. The Indiana County Conservation District provides administrative and technical assistance to the Farmland Easement Board. Submitted photo
MARION CENTER Area High School recently held its National Honor Society’s spring induction. Inducted were, first row, from left, are Rachel Fleming, Sari Shultz, Mia Heilbrun, Allison Fleming, Bailey Cribbs, Michaela Lydic, April Murdick and Sierra Filipovich; second row: Laken Ryen, Brianna Adkins, Arista Barnoff, Mariah Sinan, Alex Fiechuk, Robin Schultz, Madison Betts, Taya Whitfield, Kara Kutsch and Olivia Riley; and third row: Ryan Neese, Larry Jones, Joseph Zele, Bradley Smith, Zachary King, Braxton Dameron and Taylor Shearer.
Applicants sought for Camp Cadet Applications are now being accepted for the 2016 Indiana County Camp Cadet program, scheduled for Aug. 7 to 13 at Camp Seph Mack, Yellow Creek State Park, 1966 S. Harmony Road, Penn Run. Applications may be obtained at Troop A, Indiana, 4221 Route 286 West, White Township, or at www. indianacountycampcadet. org. Applications are due by June 17. Camp Cadet is an opportunity for area children ages 13 to 15 to attend a free weeklong camp focused on providing firsthand experience of a career in the law enforcement, military, criminal justice and related fields.
Cadets will work with law enforcement, first responders and other agencies to learn investigative techniques. Cadets are physically and mentally challenged while engaging in team-building exercises to generate self-confidence and leadership qualities. Cadets also navigate obstacle courses and explore a variety of law-enforcement related topics. Camp Cadet organizers remind parents that the camp is not a recreational program or a disciplinary camp for problem youths. For more information, contact the director of Indiana County Camp Cadet, Trooper Cliff Greenfield, at (724) 357-1998.
Library book sale set The Indiana Free Library, 845 Philadelphia St., will hold its Sizzling Summer Used Book Sale on June 11 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Shoppers seeking beach or backyard reads for summer vacation or those participating in the library’s summer reading program beginning June 14 will find a wide selection of books, movies, audiobooks and music suitable for all ages and interests. New sci-fi-themed Tshirts celebrating the power of reading will be available
in adult and children’s sizes for shoppers who want to show their support for the library. Donations for the sale will be accepted until Thursday, June 2, at 6 p.m. The library’s donation guidelines can be found online at www.indianafreelibrary.org or by calling the front desk at (724) 465-8841. Visit www.indianafree library.org to learn more about the summer reading program, as well as other programs and services offered by the library.
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Cosby to face trial in case Continued from Page 1 that the comedian penetrated her with his fingers and fondled her at his suburban Philadelphia mansion in 2004 after giving her what he said was herbal medication. After taking the pills, she said, “everything was blurry and dizzy.” “I told him, ‘I can’t even talk, Mr. Cosby.’ I started to panic,” she told police. She said she awoke with her bra askew and did not remember undoing it. Cosby’s lawyers argued unsuccessfully that having a police officer read Constand’s statement instead of putting her on the stand would be thirdhand testimony and would deprive him of his right to confront his accuser. But reading a police statement into the record is common practice at preliminary hearings in Pennsylvania. The defense also argued that Constand was having a relationship with a married man and that they had engaged in “petting” during her two or three earlier visits to his home. In his own 2005 statement to police, excerpts of which were also read in court, Cosby said Constand never said “no” as he put his hand down her pants. He told police the pills were over-thecounter Benadryl that he takes to help him sleep. Cosby attorney Brian McMonagle also questioned why Constand
continued to see the comedian and even returned to the house to meet with him after the alleged assault. In addition, the defense seized on discrepancies in the three police statements Constand gave, including her shifting memory of precisely when the encounter occurred. Cosby settled with Constand for an undisclosed sum in 2006 after testifying behind closed doors about his extramarital affairs, his use of quaaludes to seduce women and his efforts to hide payments to former lovers from his wife. But prosecutors reopened the criminal case last year after dozens of women leveled similar allegations and after Cosby’s sealed testimony in Constand’s lawsuit was made public. Cosby’s lawyers are trying to get the case thrown out, arguing that a previous prosecutor made a binding promise a decade ago that the comic would never be charged. He is also fighting defamation lawsuits across the country for allegedly branding his accusers liars and is trying to get his homeowner insurance to pay his legal bills. The Associated Press does not normally identify people who say they were victims of sex crimes unless they agree to be named publicly, which Constand has done.
Clarks to headline July 3 festivities Continued from Page 1 according to the band’s bio at clarksonline.com. They are currently celebrating the band’s 30th anniversary. Their latest album, “Rewind,” was released last year and is “a collection of classics by R.E.M., the Replacements and The Rolling Stones” as the band “wanted to revisit the music that inspired them in the first place,” according to the band’s bio. Members are Robert James, on electric and acoustic guitars and vocals; David Minarik Jr., drums, vocals; Scott Blasey, lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitars; and Greg Joseph, bass guitar and vocals. Opening act Chris Vipond & The Stanley Street Band are from Altoona, with music described on the band’s bio as “a perfectly honest spectrum of sound” that comes from “a backbone of rock and roll, the soul of a jam band and the voice of social protest.” The band has more than 100 collective years of musical experience, according to the bio. Members are Chris Vipond, vocals, guitar, Hohner Clavinet, ukulele and harmonica; Randy Servello, drum kit, percussion and vocals; C’Jay Castello, lead guitar; Nathan Beatty, keys, trumpet and vocals; and Bill Smith, bass guitar and vocals. The inaugural Star Spangled Charity Independence Day Celebration is a collaboration between The Open Door, Alice Paul House, YMCA of Indiana County and the J.S. Mack Foundation, all United Way of Indiana County agencies. “We are excited to have The Clarks to be our headline event,” said Vince Mercuri, executive director of The Open Door. “The community deserves the best entertainment in the region for coming out to support our event. The Clarks are a first-rate band for a first-rate community.” Admission to the event is free, with donations accepted to benefit the
groups. Tickets are required for the concert in the grandstand. Grandstand tickets for the concert are available at theclarksonline.com under the Tour tab or by using the link posted on the Star Spangled Charity Facebook page, or in person at The Open Door and YMCA of Indiana County. The event will begin at 10 a.m. and end at 10 p.m. Events include craft and other vendors, a Mommy Mart with children’s items for sale, a carnival area for kids with bounce houses, a bungee jumper and obstacle courses, live music, a dunk tank and more. A Sheetz-sponsored 5K race will kick off the day with registration at 8 a.m. and the race beginning at 9:30 a.m. Cost is $20 prior to race day and $25 the day of the race. Registration will be available online at races online.com. Prizes will be offered in the men’s and women’s categories. First place is a $100 Sheetz Z card, with $75 cards and $50 cards to second and third places, respectively. The runner with the most patriotic outfit will win the “Best Patriotic Firecracker” category for a $50 Z card. A 1 p.m. ceremony will honor veterans with a Presentation of the Colors and Missing Man ceremony led by Indiana County Sheriff Robert Fyock with the Jimmy Stewart Composite Squadron #714 and the Armstrong County Composite Squadron #125. Fireworks will cap the evening at 9:45 p.m. Raffle tickets will be sold in advance and all day at the event, for cash prizes ranging from $100 to $2,500. A basket raffle will also be held. Food vendors include Home Made Ice Cream, Coy’s Pizza, Stromboli Land, Simply Best Kettle Corn, PA Barbecue and more. For updates on how to sign up for the race and more, visit the group’s website at www.starspan gledcharity.com or the Star Spangled Charity Facebook page.
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FORMER INDIANA school board president Tom Harley made comments during Tuesday’s public hearing.
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Speakers: Don’t close Horace Mann Continued from Page 1 an update to the district’s feasibility study and the engineering proposals for construction work. The chance of having the state pay up to 20 percent of the construction bill is too good to ignore, school officials said. The district met a May 13 deadline to file its proposal: construction of a new Ben Franklin Elementary School to house 900 students, and expansions of Eisenhower and East Pike schools to each house 450. The proposed capacity would exceed current enrollment, but allow the school board to pick and choose the components to build or set aside. The option to close Horace Mann School led to Tuesday’s hearing. Some asked the board to look past the lure of state reimbursement. Stephanie Jozefowicz, of South Third Street, suggested that the district can’t raise the tax enough to pay for a project and avoid reducing staff or programs at the same time. “Hence, I beg you to please complete a thorough analysis of the opportunity cost of cuts in other areas that would be necessitated by any capital projects that you consider tonight,” Jozefowicz said. “Do not let the luster of shiny new buildings blind you to the stark realities of the full cost of your decision.”
Retired district teacher Josephine Cunningham said the timing could be better. “I question the wisdom of this board to put forth the proposal at this time,” Cunningham said. “We are facing difficult times in this county … we know that more hard times are going to come.” Former school board members Brian Petersen and Thomas Harley echoed Cunningham’s reminder that the district recently completed energy-efficiency and security improvement projects to keep the elementary schools “warm, safe and dry” for five or more years. Harley said the district has no monetary, physical or educational reasons to close Horace Mann. “The relocated students will not receive an improved education,” Harley said. “You will not be able to hire additional support teachers for early intervention, you will not have smaller classes or the teaming instruction that has proven so successful at the junior high.” “A new building will not bring third-graders to their reading level,” Petersen said. Others cited the intangibles of the decision. Indiana Borough Councilman Ben Ford read for the record a resolution recently passed by the council, urging the school dis-
trict to continue to operate neighborhood schools as “an anchor for community development.” Eric Barker, of Chestnut Street, said studies show properties within walking distance of schools have higher values, and said a closing would disrupt the close-knit atmosphere of local schools. Mary Margaret Conjelko, of South Third Street, and Brandon Vick, of Washington Street, said the district should avoid passing along more debt to future taxpayers. Vick also told of his family’s careful decision to make their home within walking distance of Eisenhower Elementary School, a decision dashed in part by the 2014 realignment of grade levels within the schools. “Closing a school suggests that you place little value on the choices of families,” Vick said. “Think of innovative ways to manage current fiscal and management problems while keeping the current community intact.” Susan Comfort, of South Third Street, acknowledged the economic reasons driving the district’s project planning, but said closing a school would carry higher social and environmental costs. “Students will spend more time traveling to and from school and less time on curricular and extracurricular activities,” Comfort
said. “There could be added stress and travel time for children. Kids who don’t walk to school will have fewer opportunities to interact with nature and their neighbors. “There would be fewer opportunities for healthy exercise and greater exposure to the exhaust fumes from idling school buses and also from heavy trucks that travel on our community roads.” Both Steve and Harley said following the hearing they were disappointed that more people didn’t attend the hearing. “I’m shocked,” Steve said. “The last time we did this … in 2010, when there was discussion of closing a school and held an Act 34 hearing, we had 75 in the audience and 36 speakers. And a lot of the people who spoke then were here now.” The district also welcomed an overflow crowd for a meeting when the board considered dropping a ninth-grade basketball program, Harley recalled. In October 2013, more than 100 district residents crowded a board meeting for discussion of realigning the enrollment and attendance areas of the elementary schools. Steve said the board would wait until at least September or October before acting on a school closing proposal.
Police seek suspects in Philly St. robbery By The Indiana Gazette A man told Indiana Borough police he was robbed by three men at about 1 p.m. Tuesday in the 500 block of Philadelphia Street. Police said the victim believes the three men saw him in a local shop and followed him out of the business and took his bag that contained cash, various documents and a cellphone. Two of the men were described by police as white and 5 feet, 6 inches tall
with a thin build and brown, balding hair. One of those two had a brown beard and tattoos on his arms and the left side of his neck and was wearing a blue T-shirt and jeans. The other was wearing a white T-shirt and jeans and had tattoos on his arms, police said. The third man was described as white and between 5 feet, 6 inches to 5 feet, 8 inches tall with a thin to medium build, dark blond hair and some facial hair on his chin.
He was wearing a light-colored tank, dark sweat pants, a backward darkcolored baseball hat and was carrying a Ben Roethlisburger jersey. Police said the men then fled northwest into the area behind Boomerang’s Bar. The stolen bag was described as a black nylon shoulder bag with three zipper compartments. Anyone with information related to the robbery is asked to call borough police at (724) 349-2121.
Anti-Trump protests turn violent in N.M. Continued from Page 1 telling them to “Go home to mommy.” He responded to one demonstrator by asking, “How old is this kid?” Then he provided his own answer: “Still wearing diapers.” Trump’s supporters responded with chants of “Build that wall!” Trump later tweeted “Great rally in New Mexico, amazing crowd!” The altercations left glass at the entrance of the convention center smashed. Albuquerque attorney Doug Antoon said rocks were flying through the convention center windows as he was leaving Tuesday night. Glass was breaking and landing near his feet. “This was not a protest,
this was a riot. These are hate groups,” he said of the demonstrators. Albuquerque police said several officers were treated for injuries after getting hit by rocks thrown by protesters. At least one person was arrested from the riot, police said. During the rally, protesters outside overran barricades and clashed with police in riot gear. They also burned T-shirts and other items labeled with Trump’s catchphrase, “Make America Great Again.” Tuesday marked Trump’s first stop in New Mexico, the nation’s most Hispanic state. Gov. Susana Martinez, head of the Republican Governors Association and the nation’s only Latina governor, has harshly criti-
cized his remarks on immigrants and has attacked his proposal to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The governor did not attend the rally and has yet to make an endorsement. Trump read off a series of negative statistics about the state, including an increase in the number of people on food stamps. “We have to get your governor to get going. She’s got to do a better job, OK?” he said, adding: “Hey, maybe I’ll run for governor of New Mexico. I’ll get this place going.” The governor’s office fired back, saying Martinez has fought for welfare reform. “The potshots weren’t about policy, they were about politics,” said spokesman Michael Loner-
gan. “And the governor will not be bullied into supporting a candidate until she is convinced that candidate will fight for New Mexicans, and she did not hear that today.” Trump supporters at the rally said they appreciated his stance on boosting border security and stemming the flow of people crossing the border illegally, but some said they were frightened by the violent protests outside. Karla Molinar, a University of New Mexico student, said she participated in disrupting Trump’s speech because she felt he was attacking members of her family who are living in the country illegally. She said she believes Trump is using them as scapegoats for the nation’s problems.
Youth Chorale opens enrollment period Does your third- to sixth-grade child like to sing? The Eastern Area Youth Chorale has opened enrollment for children in the summer session of Prelude. This 10week program is for students who show an interest in music and would like a little more than their school program provides.
Learning music literacy and proper vocal technique is the first step to becoming a member of the actual chorale, but it is also a great starting point for any music endeavor. No experience is necessary, only a pleasant voice, a willingness to learn and a commitment to attendance. A “meet the choir” night will be held
at 7 p.m. June 8 at Community United Presbyterian Church in New Alexandria. Contact Linda at hepchin achild@verizon.net if you plan to attend on June 8 or for more information. You can find information on Prelude and the choir at www.EAYCpgh.org.
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DISTRICT 6 CLASS A QUARTERFINALS: St. Joseph’s 1, Blairsville 0
Bobcats come up short against Wolves again By DUSTIN FILLOY
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BLAIRSVILLE’S Kyle McConnell awaited the throw to try to tag out St. Joseph’s Nate Mellot at third base Tuesday.
CENTER TOWNSHIP — Akin to its first meeting with St. Joseph’s, Blairsville once again failed to bang out any clutch hits against the Wolves on Tuesday at First Commonwealth Bank Field. Unfortunately for the top-seeded Bobcats, they had much more — their playoff life, to be exact — riding on the rematch. Ninth-seeded St. Joseph’s plated the game’s lone run in the seventh inning, forced Blairsville to strand 11 runners and rode the arms of Bryce Herman and Ben Macafee in a 1-0 win in a District 6 Class A quarterfinal-round playoff baseball game. The game was originally scheduled to be played Monday in Blairsville,
but was postponed and moved to Center Township due to inclement weather. In its first meeting with St. Joseph’s, Blairsville left 11 runners on base and committed six errors in a 7-3 loss on April 13. “We knew we could play with them, even though they beat us at our place. We knew we just had to score some of those runs that we left on base last game, but we didn’t do that,” Blairsville coach Mark Zerfoss said. “We had some opportunities to score runs … we just didn’t do it. We had three or four hits all day, and they made some nice plays defensively. We played well defensively, too, but we just couldn’t get those clutch hits.”
Nick Shearer, who also made a pair of pivotal defensive plays at third base, began the lone scoring rally by belting a double over the head of Blairsville left fielder John Fetchko to lead off the top of the seventh inning. Justin Beck drilled a line drive that third baseman Kyle McConnell couldn’t handle on the following at-bat, which allowed Shearer to advance to third. The next batter, Dylan Broderick, dropped a perfectly placed RBI bunt-single down the first-base line to score Shearer for the game’s lone run. Fetchko then prevented the Wolves from extending their lead when he made a nifty catch in full stride deep in the left-center field gap on a shot Continued on Page 18
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
Polanco heats up in Bucs’ huge win
Bringing it Back
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PITTSBURGH — Thrust into the third spot in the lineup behind superstar teammate Andrew McCutchen earlier this month, Gregory Polanco knew it might take a while to get settled. Or maybe not. The rapidly maturing Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder is so hot at the moment, even his mishits are finding the seats. Polanco crushed a three-run homer off struggling Shelby Miller in the first inning and finished with a careerbest five RBIs as the Pirates rolled by the Arizona Diamondbacks 12-1 on Tuesday night. “You know you’re in the middle of the lineup,” Polanco said. “You’re expected to hit. You’re fighting every pitch, every at-bat.” Polanco’s shot to the concourse in right-center field off Miller (1-6) three batters in gave Pittsburgh an early boost, even if Polanco flung his bat in disgust figuring he’d just missed it. Instead, it cleared the seats for his sixth home run of the season. “I thought I didn’t get that one,” Polanco said. “I don’t know but ... (it just) kept going.” Polanco is hitting .317 (20 of 63) with three home runs and 13 RBIs in 15 games since manager Clint Hurdle elevated him to third in a lineup that is batting an impressive .283. “You put good hitters at third,” Hurdle said. “It’s been a nice run for him.” And a miserable one for Miller. His recent recovery from a poor start with the Diamondbacks took a step backward. Less than a year removed from an AllStar appearance with Atlanta, Miller had his ERA rise to 7.09 after surrendering six runs in five innings. “I feel I’m obviously a better pitcher than this but the results just aren’t there,” Miller said. “I’m not going to quit, though.” Continued on Page 15
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THE PENGUINS’ Phil Kessel celebrated his goal with teammate Sidney Crosby during the first period of Tuesday’s game in Tampa, Fla. The goal was Kessel’s ninth of the playoffs. Crosby also scored a goal in the game.
Penguins force Game 7 with victory By FRED GOODALL
“They had a certain mindset going into this tonight: ‘We’re going to leave it all out there and do everything we can to bring TAMPA, Fla. — The Pittsburgh Penguins this back to Pittsburgh,’” Sullivan added. made good on Evgeni Malkin’s pledge to “And, certainly that’s what they did.” force Game 7 in the Eastern Conference Malkin was the most demonstrative of final. the players expressing confidence Sidney Crosby had a goal and an the Penguins could take the series assist, and Phil Kessel, Kris Letang, back to Pittsburgh, saying he beBryan Rust and Nick Bonino also lieved in himself, his teammates scored Tuesday night in a 5-2 victoand that they could return home for ry that evened the best-of-seven sea seventh game “for sure.” ries with the Tampa Bay Lightning Crosby stepped up with his third 3-3. game-winning goal of the series. Game 7 is Thursday night, with The Penguins captain assisted on the Penguins hoping to reach the Kessel’s 5-on-3 power-play goal in Stanley Cup Final for the first time the opening period and later skated since 2009 and the Lightning lookinto the clear before sending a wrist EVGENI ing to advance to the Cup Final for shot between goalie Andrei MALKIN the second straight year. Vasilevskiy’s legs for a 3-0 lead in the “I just told them to embrace the moment. final minute of the second period. It’s a great opportunity for us. These are the “We know the circumstances. It makes type of circumstances to where you have an you go out there with a mindset of playing opportunity to write your own story,” Pitts- desperate,” Crosby said. burgh coach Mike Sullivan said. Continued on Page 17 AP Sports Writer
PENGUINS vs. LIGHTNING
Best-of-7 Sereis tied 3-3 Game 1: Lightning 3, Penguins 1 Game 2: Penguins 3, Lightning 2 (OT) Game 3: Penguins 4, Lightning 2 Game 4: Lightning 4, Penguins 3 Game 5: Lightning 4, Penguins 3 (OT) Game 6: Penguins 5, Lightning 2 Thursday: Lightning at Penguins, 8 p.m.
Pens bring ‘A’ game to beat Lightning TONY COCCAGNA
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GREGORY POLANCO celebrated after hitting a three-run home run in the first inning Tuesday that also scored John Jaso and Andrew McCutchen.
Tony Coccagna is sports editor at The Indiana Gazette. Email: tonyc@indiana gazette.net.
The stars showed up. The defense bounced back. The coach made the right decision. There was a lucky break, too. The Pittsburgh Penguins played a near-perfect game for two periods, survived a third-period onslaught and a bad bounce and forced a decisive Game 7 in the Eastern Conference finals with a 5-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night. Facing elimination, the Penguins brought their “A” game against the Lightning, same as they did in wins in Games 2 and 3. Now they have to do it again Thursday night on home ice to knock out the defending conference champions and advance to the Stanley Cup
finals for the first time since the Cup-winning year of 2009. The Penguins won because they got back to their game. They used a strong forecheck to bottle up the Lightning in their own zone. The Penguins, who forced only one giveaway in Game 5, had 17 in Game 6. The Penguins kept the Lightning on the perimeter in the defensive zone and insulated their goalie. Matt Murray remained calm and cool in goal one game after he watched from the bench in favor of Marc-Andre Fleury. And they got strong effort from their stars. Sidney Crosby scored a goal and dished out an assist, the goal coming when he collected a puck
off Patric Hornqvist’s backcheck and undressed the defense for what ultimately proved to be the backbreaker for a 3-0 lead with only 26 seconds left in the third period. It was vintage Crosby and his third game-winning goal of the series. Kris Letang, awful in the 4-3 loss in Game 5, was solid and scored his first goal of the playoffs for a 2-0 lead. He was on the ice for all four goals in Game 5; last night he was a plus-2. Phil Kessel scored off Crosby’s assist on a 5-on-3 power play with 1:14 left in the first period. It was the first goal of the game and his team-high ninth of the playoffs. Continued on Page 17
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The Indiana Gazette QUESTIONS & ATTITUDE Compelling questions... and maybe a few actual answers
How did Brad Keselowski get tire marks on his back? SPEED FREAKS A couple questions we had to ask — ourselves What happened to rumors of Kevin Harvick to the No. 5? GODSPEAK: Apparently, there is a racing blogger out there with a vivid imagination like George R.R. Martin. KEN’S CALL: According to rumor, even things that make sense don't always pan out.
Oh, those came from being thrown under the nearest Greyhound following last Saturday night’s All Star Race in Charlotte. It’s a shame, too, because ol’ Kez thought he’d turned the corner and was ready to spread his particular brand of genius. But he seems to have outkicked the coverage with his recommendations to “fix” the All-Star-show.
3 THINGS WE LEARNED FROM ALL-STAR RACE
No credit for the effort? Sure, and it was an exciting finish, so that’s a good thing. But when you start mixing in too much calculus, you’re inviting second-guessers. And many of his fellow drivers weren’t the least bit hesitant to chuck him under the wheels. And to think, he was so accepted onto the Drivers Council.
Does this mean Kasey Kahne can feel safe in the No. 5? GODSPEAK: Kasey has a contract through 2018. He has got time to make this work. KEN’S CALL: A bit safer, but not safe. A lot of quality racers would answer Rick Hendrick's phone call.
What’s his next trick? He’s heading to Vermont midweek to explain the delegate-redistribution system to Bernie Sanders. Then back through D.C. to work on the tax code before helping his parents restructure their cellphone plan.
Can anyone watch all 600 miles of the Coke 600? GODSPEAK: Good golly, 400 laps around a 1.5mile track. We will see who is and who is not a true NASCAR fan this Sunday. KEN’S CALL: A few crew chiefs and most of the drivers, but that's about all. Oh, and Mike Joy.
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SPRINT CUP POINTS 1. Kevin Harvick 2. Kyle Busch 3. Kurt Busch 4. Carl Edwards 5. Jimmie Johnson 6. Brad Keselowski 7. Chase Elliott 8. Joey Logano 9. Martin Truex Jr. 10. Austin Dillon 11. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 12. Matt Kenseth 13. Denny Hamlin 14. Jamie McMurray 15. Ryan Blaney 16. Kasey Kahne 17. AJ Allmendinger 18. Ryan Newman 19. Trevor Bayne 20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 21. Kyle Larson 22. Paul Menard 23. Danica Patrick 24. Greg Biffle 25. Aric Almirola 26. Clint Bowyer 27. Landon Cassill 28. Casey Mears 29. Brian Scott 30. David Ragan
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Sprint All-Star Race winner Joey Logano does a victory burnout at Charlotte Motor Speedway. OK, that we can understand.
1. Too complicated
2. Kenseth explains
3. Junior finished third
The rules for this edition of the Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte were too complicated. Jamie McMurray’s spin late in the first 50-lap segment had NASCAR officials scrambling. Race leader Matt Kenseth was put a lap down for failing to make a green-flag pit stop.
Kenseth, who is a Cup Series veteran, helped explain how the All-Star Race was conducted. “I hope everybody understands this race more than I did from the cockpit because ever since the first car pitted in that first segment, I have no idea what was going on. None,” he said.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished third in the final 13-lap segment. How? He had no idea. “Yeah, I didn’t know what way up and what way was right and left. Lap-down cars, were pitting with lead-lap cars and wave-by cars were up front and in the middle,” Junior said.
Ken Willis has been covering NASCAR for The Daytona Beach News-Journal for 27 years. Reach him at ken. willis@news-jrnl.com
FEUD OF THE WEEK
— Godwin Kelly, godwin.kelly@news-jrnl.com Tony Stewart
3 THINGS TO WATCH 1. Stewart’s finale
It’s hard to believe, but Tony Stewart has never won the CocaCola 600. In fact, he has scored only one win at Charlotte in his career, the 500-mile fall race in 2003. This could be Stewart’s fairy-tale moment, since he needs a win to get into the Chase playoffs. The All-Star fiasco may have sparked Stewart’s competitive juices. “I’m glad it’s my last one,” Stewart said of the All-Star madness. “I’m just madder than hell.”
2. Complete opposites Last weekend’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race was a relatively short race (113 laps) with no
championship points at stake, but paid $1 million to winner Joey Logano. Now Cup teams will reload and come back for Sunday’s CocaCola 600, which starts in daylight, ends in darkness and covers 400 laps. The teams that used the AllStar as a practice session will be in much better shape for NASCAR’s marathon on Sunday.
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3. Cover boy Carl Edwards finished a distant fourth in the All-Star Race, but that was good enough to get him on the cover. The cover of what? As the highest finishing Toyota driver, Edwards will be featured in the new NASCAR Heat Evolution video game being released by Dusenberry
Will the Coca-Cola 600 provide the fairy-tale moment of Tony Stewart’s 2016 racing season? Maybe the magic wand with help. Martin Racing. The game will be released Sept. 13 and will be available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC.
— Godwin Kelly, godwin.kelly@news-jrnl.com
GODWIN’S PICKS FOR COCA-COLA 600 WINNER: Chase Elliott REST OF TOP 5: Brad Keselowski, Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Carl Edwards FIRST ONE OUT: Joey Logano
TONY STEWART VS. CHASE ELLIOTT: Elliott was trying to pit early in the second segment. When he slowed his No. 24 Chevy down, it caused a chain-reaction crash that swept up Stewart. GODWIN KELLY’S TAKE: “(Elliott) wrecked everybody," Stewart groused. No driver wants to get in the crosshairs of this heading-intoretirement, three-time NASCAR champion.
WHAT’S ON TAP? SPRINT CUP: Coca-Cola 600 SITE: Charlotte Motor Speedway (1.5-mile, quad-oval) TV SCHEDULE: Thursday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.), qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.). Saturday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.). Sunday, race (Fox, coverage begins at 6 p.m., green flag at 6:15 p.m.)
Godwin Kelly is the Daytona Beach NewsJournal’s motorsports editor and has covered NASCAR for 30 years. Reach him at godwin. kelly@news-jrnl.com
DARK HORSE: Trevor Bayne DON’T BE SURPRISED IF: The rookie grabs his first career NASCAR Cup Series victory in this stock-car marathon.
Chase Elliot
XFINITY: Hisense 300 SITE: Charlotte Motor Speedway TV SCHEDULE: Thursday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.). Saturday, qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 11:15 a.m.), race (Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.)
KEN WILLIS’ TOP 10 NASCAR DRIVER RANKINGS KYLE BUSCH
MATT KENSETH
CARL EDWARDS
KURT BUSCH
KEVIN HARVICK
JOEY LOGANO
BRAD KESELOWSKI
CHASE ELLIOTT
JIMMIE JOHNSON
MARTIN TRUEX JR.
Wow, he lost a truck race?
Mr. Hunch likes Mild Matt this week
Middle name is Michael
31 Charlotte starts, one win
Soon trades free Silverado for free F-150
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2016 SPRINT CUP SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Feb. 13: Sprint Unlimited at Daytona (Denny Hamlin) Feb. 21: Daytona 500 (Denny Hamlin) Feb. 28: Folds of Honor 500 at Atlanta (Jimmie Johnson) March 6: Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas (Brad Keselowski) March 13: Good Sam 500k at Phoenix (Kevin Harvick) March 20: Auto Club 400 at Fontana (Jimmie Johnson) April 3: STP 500 at Martinsville (Kyle Busch) April 9: Duck Commander 500 at Texas (Kyle Busch) April 17: Food City 500 at Bristol (Carl Edwards) April 24: Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond (Carl Edwards) May 1: Geico 500 at Talladega (Brad Keselowski) May 7: GoBowling.com 400 at Kansas (Kyle Busch) May 15: Dover 400 (Matt Kenseth) May 20: Sprint Showdown at Charlotte, 7 p.m., FS1 May 21: Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte, 7 p.m., FS1 May 29: Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte, 6 p.m., Fox June 5: Axalta 400 at Pocono, 1 p.m., FS1
June 12: FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan, 1 p.m., FS1 June 26: Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma, 3 p.m., FS1 July 2: Coke Zero 400 at Daytona, 7:45 p.m., NBC July 9: Quaker State 400 at Kentucky, 7:30 p.m., NBC Sports Network July 17: New Hampshire 301, 1:30 p.m., NBCSN July 24: Crown Royal 400 at Indianapolis, 3 p.m., NBCSN July 31: Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono, 1:30 p.m., NBCSN Aug. 7: Cheez-It 355 at Watkins Glen, 2:30 p.m., USA Aug. 20: Night Race at Bristol, 8 p.m., NBCSN Aug. 28: Pure Michigan 400, 2 p.m., NBCSN Sept. 4: Southern 500 at Darlington, 6 p.m., NBC Sept. 10: Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond, 7:30 p.m., NBCSN Sept. 18: Chicago 400, 2:30 p.m., NBCSN Sept. 25: New England 300 at New Hampshire, 2 p.m., NBCSN
Oct. 2: AAA 400 at Dover, 2 p.m., NBCSN Oct. 8: Bank of America 500 at Charlotte, 7 p.m., NBC Oct. 16: Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas, 2:15 p.m., NBC Oct. 23: Alabama 500 at Talladega, 2 p.m., NBCSN Oct. 30: Goody’s 500 at Martinsville, 1 p.m., NBCSN Nov. 6: AAA 500 at Texas, 2 p.m., NBC Nov. 13: Can-Am 500k at Phoenix, 2:30 p.m., NBC Nov. 20: Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami, 2:30 p.m., NBC
DID YOU KNOW? Anthony Wayne Stewart was born on May 20, 1971, in Columbus, Indiana. That's right, Tony Stewart turns 45 on Friday. Among Cup Series regulars, only Greg Biffle, who turns 47 in December, is older than Stewart.
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freaky,â&#x20AC;? Bell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just take care of my body, do the little things right, and if I do PITTSBURGH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Leâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Veon that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be OK.â&#x20AC;? Bell considers the first inBell admitted he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t jury of his NFL career â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a quite 100 percent last sprained foot in a presea- spring when he returned son game three years ago â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from the hyperextended a freak accident. knee. To avoid rushing back The last two? 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He knows he faces a knee from Cincinnatiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Reg- daunting test the first time gie Nelson. he tries to plant and change Burfict celebrated openly direction, something he as Bell writhed in pain, a does as well as any player in memory that lingers even the NFL. after Burfict reached out on â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I come back out social media in March to here, my first time cutting, express support as Bell my first time doing things, worked his way through you think about it,â&#x20AC;? he said. rehab. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more mental. I know â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously it looked like my knee is strong enough ... they were happy about it,â&#x20AC;? once I get over that mental Bell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take the liber- (stuff), Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be just fine.â&#x20AC;? ty of just thinking everyIf he is fine, the Steelers body just plays football to have one of the leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s love the game. But people best offenses. arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t out here playing like They finished third in that. People are playing to yards even with Bell limited take people out. Obviously I to six games. Yet they will know that now.â&#x20AC;? also enter 2016 without Bell didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t single out Bur- wide receiver Martavis fict specifically, calling the Bryant, who is sitting out a play symptomatic of life in yearlong suspension for vithe AFC North. olating the NFLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s substance â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of abuse policy. teams that do that, try to Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a loss they can overtake me out of the game,â&#x20AC;? come, particularly if Bell is Bell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think it anywhere near the form he was just him. I feel like the showed during an All-Pro whole team was trying to season in 2014. twist my ankle and do dirty Bell insists he will get stuff between the piles.â&#x20AC;? there, predicting he will be Burfict was not penalized fine by the time the Steelers for the tackle, which ren- head to Washington for the dered Bell a bystander for opener on Sept. 12. He Pittsburghâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s run to the play- would like to be cleared for offs. That run ended with a contact during training loss to Denver in the divi- camp, but understands sional round, a game in Tomlinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s focus is on keeping which Fitzgerald Toussaint Bell fresh for when it served as the primary ball counts. carrier with both Bell and The Steelers and Bell have backup DeAngelo Williams not had any preliminary sidelined. discussions on a new conItâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a scenario the 24-year- tract as Bell enters the final old Bell wants to avoid in season of the four-year deal 2016. While he is one of the he signed after being taken leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most versatile and in the second round of the dynamic backs when 2013 draft. He figures things healthy, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s missed 15 will work out so long as his games (including playoffs) focus remains in the right in three seasons. He under- place. For now that is staystands concerns about ing pragmatic in his rehab being injury prone will with the regular season still linger, though he attributed more than three months his problems to a couple of away. â&#x20AC;&#x153;nasty tacklesâ&#x20AC;? more than â&#x20AC;&#x153;When September gets anything. actually here, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll feel even â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like my luck proba- better than I do now,â&#x20AC;? he bly, hopefully, should said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of crazy to change this year and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be even think about. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m exciton the field, nothing ed.â&#x20AC;? AP Sports Writer
For the first time since the second week of the season, the New York Yankees are back at .500. A resurgent Nathan Eovaldi combined with his bullpen on a two-hitter to win his fifth straight decision, and the Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-0 Tuesday night to extend their winning streak to six games. Carlos Beltran homered off knuckleballer R.A. Dickey (2-6) and drove in New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first two runs. The Yankees (22-22) won for the 13th time in 18 games and evened their record for the first time since they were 4-4 on the morning of April 15. Eovaldi (5-2) improved to 5-0 with a 2.92 ERA in his last six starts and has allowed one run and three hits over 12 innings in his last two outings. He gave up two hits over sixplus innings in this one. Dickey gave up four runs and five hits in 6 2-3 innings to drop to 1-6 in nine appearances since winning his opener at Tampa Bay.
ASTROS 3, ORIOLES 2: Carlos Correaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s RBI single in the 13th inning lifted Houston past Baltimore. Rookie Tony Kemp hit his first career triple off Dylan Bundy (0-1) with no outs to start the 13th. The Orioles then intentionally walked George Springer and Jose Altuve to bring last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rookie of the year Correa to the plate. Correa snapped an 0-for-15 skid with a single into shallow center that scored Kemp and ended a four-game losing streak for the Astros. Michael Feliz (2-1) struck out the side in the 13th for the win. Pedro Alvarez and Manny Machado hit solo home runs for the Orioles. Luis Valbuena had a two-run homer for Houston in the fifth. INDIANS 6, WHITE SOX 2: Josh Tomlin beat Chris Sale in a one-sided matchup of unbeaten pitchers and Francisco Lindor had three hits to lead Cleveland past Chicago. Tomlin pitched eight innings of two-run ball to become the first Indians starter to reach 7-0 since Dennis Martinez won his first nine decisions in 1995. Sale (9-1) was knocked out in the fourth, ending his bid to become the first pitcher to win his first 10 starts in a season since Andy Hawkins for San Diego in 1985. Chris Gimenez homered for Cleveland, which had lost three in a row before Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 5-1 victory at Chicago in the second game of a doubleheader. Jose Ramirez walked twice and scored twice, and Mike Napoli drove in two runs. RANGERS 4, ANGELS 1: Martin Perez finally got a win after another strong May start and rookie Nomar Mazara homered in his home park for the first time, leading Texas past Los Angeles. Perez (2-4) was winless for the month despite a 2.59 ERA in four starts coming in, and the left-hander dropped that number to 2.08 with six strikeouts in six shutout innings. Mazara pulled his seventh homer into the upper deck in right field off Jhoulys Chacin (0-1) in the sixth inning. Mazara had three hits and reached base all four times. ROYALS 7, TWINS 4: Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer, Lorenzo Cain had four hits and two RBIs, and Kansas City picked up where its bats left off the night before with a win over Minnesota. After going 5-for-5 in the series opener, missing the cycle by a home
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RAYS INFIELDER Brad Miller stroked a single during Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game against the Marlins in Miami. run, Perez went deep just one day and a couple of innings too late. The three-time All-Star catcher followed a leadoff walk by Kendrys Morales in the second inning with a soaring drive off his 2013 teammate Ervin Santana. MARINERS 6, ATHLETICS 5: Leonys Martin hit a game-winning, two-run homer in the ninth inning to rally Seattle past Oakland. The Mariners trailed 5-2 after seven innings but got a two-run homer from Robinson Cano in the eighth inning. Oakland closer Ryan Madson (2-1) came on in the ninth and got two quick outs before Norichika Aoki punched a double down the left-field line. Martin then drove a 1-2 pitch deep over the wall in right-center for his ninth home run. NATIONAL LEAGUE NATIONALS 7, METS 4: Steven Strasburg remained unbeaten with an 11strikeout performance, and Washington hit three of its season-high five home runs off struggling New York starter Matt Harvey. Harvey (3-7) stumbled through a third straight ineffective start, allowing five runs and eight hits over five rocky innings. The right-hander has yielded 16 earned runs and 31 hits over his last three outings. Ryan Zimmerman and Anthony Rendon hit successive solo shots to put Washington ahead in the fourth inning, and Daniel Murphy added a two-run drive off his former teammate in the fifth for a 5-1 lead. BREWERS 2, BRAVES 1: Scooter Gennettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tiebreaking single in the eighth inning helped Milwaukee spoil Brian Snitkerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home debut as Atlantaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interim manager. With two outs in the eighth, Bud Norris (1-6) walked Jonathan Villar, who stole second base. Gennett then lined a single to right field. Villar scored as Nick Markakisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; throw to the plate from right field was up the third-base line. Ryan Braunâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eighth homer gave the Brewers a 1-0 lead in the fourth. GIANTS 8, PADRES 2: Brandon Crawford drove in four runs and Jarrett Parker homered to lead Jeff Samardzija and streaking San Francisco past San Diego. Buster Posey and Denard Span each knocked in a run for the Giants. Samardzija struck out seven and walked three.
DODGERS 8, REDS 2: Joc Pederson doubled in the tying run and then scored the go-ahead run on a throwing error in the fourth inning, helping Los Angeles hand Cincinnati its season-high ninth straight loss. Mike Bolsinger (1-1) allowed two runs and three hits in 5 2-3 innings of a spot start, having been brought back from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Monday in place of injured Chinhui Tsao, who went on the 15-day disabled list. Bolsinger struck out six and walked one. CUBS 12, CARDINALS 3: Jason Hammel pitched 7 1-3 stingy innings and had a two-run double in Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s six-run first as the Cubs went on to rout St. Louis. Michael Wacha (2-5) gave up a career-worst eight runs in four innings and has lost five consecutive decisions for the first time. Jorge Soler drew a bases-loaded walk in the first and hit a two-run home run in the fifth. INTERLEAGUE RAYS 4, MARLINS 3: Jake Odorizzi allowed two hits in five shutout innings, Hank Conger hit a two-run single and Tampa Bay held on to beat Miami. Odorizzi (2-2) struck out seven and walked three, plus delivered an RBI single for his first career hit. Logan Morrison had three hits and Brad Miller had two hits and two stolen bases for the Rays. Giancarlo Stanton hit his 12th home run for Miami, snapping a 6for-57 drought. Marcell Ozuna doubled twice and reached for the 31st consecutive game. TIGERS 3, PHILLIES 1: Justin Verlander struck out 10 in eight scoreless innings, and Francisco Rodriguez held on for his 400th save as Detroit beat Philadelphia. Miguel Cabrera drove in two runs for Detroit. Verlander (4-4) has allowed only four runs over his last four starts. He gave up three hits and two walks in a 108-pitch effort Tuesday. RED SOX 8, ROCKIES 3: David Price scattered five hits over seven innings and Jackie Bradley Jr. had two hits to extend his streak to 28 games in Bostonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s win over Colorado. David Ortiz had a two-run double and a two-run single, and Dustin Pedroia added three hits to help Boston win its third straight game. Price (71) allowed three runs, walking one and striking out six.
Polanco heats up in Piratesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; big win over Diamondbacks it got me into the jams that I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t able to escape.â&#x20AC;? Francisco Liriano (4-3) scattered two hits in 5 2-3 innings and added an RBI single as the Pirates improved to 6-2 during a 10-game homestand. Pittsburgh is 15-2 in Lirianoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last 17 starts at PNC Park, though the lefthander wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as clean as he hoped after getting staked to a massive lead. Pittsburgh reliever Arquimedes Caminero was ejected in the eighth after hitting a pair of batters in the head. Caminero drilled 2B Jean Segura in the seventh and Nick Ahmed in the eighth. Segura was sent to the hospital for tests after showing signs of a
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Serena has easy day in Paris By The Associated Press PARIS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Japanese players Kei Nishikori and Naomi Osaka both advanced to the third round at the French Open earlier today with straight-set wins. Nishikori broke Andrey Kuznetsov six times and saved seven break points in a 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 win on Court 1. The 2014 U.S. Open finalist, seeded fifth at Roland Garros, was a quarterfinalist in Paris last year. Osaka, still 18 and playing in only her second major tournament, has yet to drop a set. She beat 32nd-seeded Jelena Ostapenko in the first round and defeated Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-3, 6-3 in the first match on Court 14 on Wednesday. Osaka also reached the third round in her first Grand Slam tournament, this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Australian Open. She next plays 2014 finalist Simona Halep. The sixth-seeded Romanian rallied from 4-1 down in the first set to beat Zarina Diyas 7-6 (5), 6-2. On Tuesday, even before Serena Williams quickly and easily seized control of her first-round match, things were shaping up rather well for her at the French Open. Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bid for her 22nd Grand Slam title, which would equal Steffi Grafâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Open-era record, began with a nothing-tosee-here 6-2, 6-0 victory over 77th-ranked Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia in all of 42 minutes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a little short for me, but I think in my career, if I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have it by now, I need to look into something different. So Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m OK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m OK with that,â&#x20AC;? said the top-seeded Williams, who took the last 10 games after a so-so start. What happened earlier on Day 3 was more surprising â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and perhaps just as significant for the defending champion: Two of the top five seeded women exited the claycourt tournament. No. 3 Angelique Kerber, who upset Williams in the Australian Open final in January, lost to 58thranked Kiki Bertens. And No. 5 Victoria Azarenka, one of the only other two women who defeated Williams this season, bowed out in the first round, too, stopping because of an injured right knee while trailing 4-0 in the third set against 118th-ranked Karen Knapp of Italy. Williams could have faced Azarenka in the quarterfinals at Roland Garros and Kerber in the semifinals. But Azarenkaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s knee buckled in the sixth game of the second set, and she started grimacing and limping. After the first point of the next game, she went to the sideline and requested medical attention, which Knapp didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think was fair. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to say anything bad about her,â&#x20AC;? Knapp said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but we all know how she is.â&#x20AC;? Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; older sister, No. 9 Venus, also won in straight sets, avoiding a second consecutive firstround Grand Slam loss â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and a second consecutive first-round French Open loss. She got past 82ndranked Anett Kontaveit 76 (5), 7-6 (4).
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Continued from Page 13 â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we had confidence in the whole group. I think everyone played great. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone contributed in their own way. In a big game like this you, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do anything special, just do your job. I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gotten us this far.â&#x20AC;? Rookie goaltender Matt Murray returned to the lineup after being replaced as the starter for Game 5 by Marc-Andre Fleury, but his 10th playoff victory did not come without a bit of suspense. Brian Boyle scored twice in the third period for Tampa Bay, with one of the goals bouncing off Kessel before getting past Murray, who finished with 28 saves. The second score drew the Lightning within one goal with 7:17 remaining. Instead of flinching, the young goalie, who turns 22 today, retained his composure down the stretch to help the Penguins avoid relinquishing a third-period lead for the second straight game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part of his DNA. He has a calming influence. He doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get rattled if he lets a goal in. He continues to compete,â&#x20AC;? Sullivan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s usually an attribute that takes years to acquire. And to have it at such a young age is impressive. I think one of his biggest strengths is just his ability to stay in the moment.â&#x20AC;? Rustâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s breakaway goal at 17:52 of the third gave Pittsburgh breathing room, and Bonino added an empty-netter to finish it off. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a great chance tonight and just tip-toed around a little bit,â&#x20AC;? Boyle said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were tentative and werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t aggressive.â&#x20AC;? Kesselâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal was his team-leading ninth of the playoffs. Crosby had the primary assist, his first point since delivering gamewinners in Games 2 and 3, and Malkin also had an assist to extend his point streak to four games after a slow start in the series. The Lightning had an apparent goal by Jonathan Drouin waived off a little more than five minutes into the game, when Sullivan successfully challenged that the young Tampa Bay winger was offside on the play before tapping in a rebound off Ondrej Palatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shot that bounced off Murrayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pads. Sullivan announced the decision to go back to Murray following Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s morning skate. Murray started the first four games of the series. Fleury replaced him during the third period of Game 4, then made his first start in nearly two months in Game 5, which Tampa Bay won 4-3 in overtime. Before Game 5, Fleury had not started a game since March 31, when he suffered a concussion. Tampa Bay entered the game determined to not come out flat in Game 6 of the con-
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer
OKLAHOMA CITY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Suddenly, these Golden State Warriors who have been compared all season to the Chicago Bulls dynasty of the 1990s are on the brink of elimination. Russell Westbrook had 36 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Warriors 118-94 on Tuesday night to take a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference Finals. Golden State, which won a league record 73 games in the regular season, lost consecutive games for the first time this season. The Warriors must win Game 5 on Thursday in Oakland to keep their season alive. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We all have to bounce back,â&#x20AC;? Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The good news is, we go home. Obviously we play well at home. The idea now is to go home and get one win. Do that, and we put some pressure on them and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see what happens.â&#x20AC;? Klay Thompson led Golden State with 26 points, but two-time league MVP Stephen Curry was limited to 19 points on 6-for-20 shooting. Curryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shooting performance was so uncharacteristic that reporters asked if he was hurt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not injured,â&#x20AC;? Kerr said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coming back from the knee, but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not injured. He just had a lousy night. It happens, even to the best players in the world.â&#x20AC;? The Warriors lost consecutive playoff games by at least 20 points for the first time since Games 2 and 3 of the 1972 Western Conference semifinals against the Milwaukee Bucks. Golden Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Draymond Green, who was fined for kicking Steven Adams in the groin in Game 3, finished with six points, 11 rebounds and six turnovers. Meanwhile, Oklahoma City got a boost from an unlikely source. Andre Roberson, a player the Warriors have ignored at times during the series, scored a career-high 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Kevin Durant added 26 points and 11 rebounds and Serge Ibaka added 17 points and seven rebounds. As for Westbrook, it was his first triple-double of the playoffs after posting 18 in the regular season. It was his fifth career playoff triple-double. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I play every game like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my last, regardless of whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in front of me,â&#x20AC;? he
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BRYAN RUST celebrated after scoring a goal in the third period Tuesday. ference final for the second straight year. The Lightning beat the New York Rangers on the road to go up 3-2 in that series, but were badly outplayed at home the next game and had to return to Madison Square Garden to finish the series. Now, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to win on the road again to make the third Stanley Cup finals appearance in franchise history. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know we can. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got confidence in this group. We believe we can do that,â&#x20AC;? Tampa Bayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ryan Callahan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had success on the road in the playoffs. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had success in their building already. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a good one.â&#x20AC;? NOTES: The Penguins were 1-for-3 on the power play and are 4-for-19 in the series. The Lightning were 0-for-1, dropping to 2for-12. ... Malkin was penalized in the first period for slashing Tampa Bayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ryan Callahan in what appeared to be retaliation for the Lightning forward whacking him across the wrist with his stick. ... Murray improved to 4-0 following a loss. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 10-4 overall in the playoffs.
Penguins bring their â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; game to avoid elimination Continued from Page 13 Evgeni Malkin assisted on that goal, too, and was solid, outside of taking a retaliation penalty in the first period. His steal in the neutral zone with about nine minutes to go in the first period ignited the Penguins for the rest of the period and kept the Lightning scrambling to the point where they eventually gave the Penguins the 5-on-3 power play. Tampa Bay coach John Cooper summed it pretty succinctly: â&#x20AC;&#x153;All their players pretty much played better than all our players for 40 minutes. Our players probably played better than theirs for 20 minutes. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s it.â&#x20AC;? Holding a 3-0 lead after 40 minutes, the Penguins survived the Lightningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s furious comeback attempt in the third period. When Kessel knocked a puck out of the air and it deflected off his leg and past Murray 5½ minutes into the third period, Tampa Bay found new life and kept the Penguins under assault for the next 12 minutes. Tampa Bay launched 19 of its 31 shots in the third period and pulled as close as 3-2 at the 7:12 mark. The Penguins, though, put the game away when Bryan Rust took an outlet pass from Chris Kunitz, broke down the middle of the ice and faked Tampa Bay goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy out of his skates
to score with 2:08 left for a 4-2 lead. Nick Bonino added an empty-netter inside the last minute. Bonino earlier assisted on Letangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal, giving him a team-high 12 in the playoffs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know the circumstances. It makes you go out there with a mindset of playing desperate,â&#x20AC;? Crosby said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we had confidence in the whole group. I think everyone played great. Everyone contributed in their own way. In a big game like this, you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do anything special, just do your job. I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gotten us this far.â&#x20AC;? The Penguins also got a break when a Tampa Bay goal about five minutes into the game was disallowed after a Pittsburgh challenge. Credit Penguins video coach Andy Saucier with an assist on that one after he alerted the bench to the offsides play. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a huge moment in the game,â&#x20AC;? Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It certainly was a big part of the game. If they get the first goal, it lights up the building and all of the sudden momentum gets difficult. â&#x20AC;Ś I think our team actually got a boost because we knew our team dodged a bullet there.â&#x20AC;? Sullivan made a good call on the challenge and a good one before the game by putting Murray back in goal after Fleury played in Game 5 for the first time in
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IUP FOOTBALL
Hawks ranked fourth in poll By The Indiana Gazette With 20 starters set to return from last year’s NCAA playoff team, IUP is ranked No. 4 in the Division II top 25 by The Sporting News in its college football preview issue. In addition, senior offensive guard Ethan Cooper is on the publication’s preseason AllAmerica team. IUP is one of three ranked schools from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. The others are Slippery Rock at No. 9 and California at No. 18. Northwest Missouri State, last year’s national champion, sits atop the poll, with Grand Valley State (Mich.) second and West Georgia third. Shepherd (W.Va.), which edged IUP 17-13 in the second round of the playoffs and later advanced to the championship game, rounds out the top five. IUP returns 11 starters on offense, seven on defense and both specialists from last year’s 9-3 team. In addition, 12 other players (five offense, seven defense) who started at least one game last season look to return. Last year, IUP advanced to the Division II playoffs for the 16th time in its history, defeating Charleston (W.Va.) 47-21 in the first round before falling at Shepherd. IUP opens the season at East Stroudsburg on Sept. 10. The home opener is Oct. 1 against Seton Hill.
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PITT FOOTBALL
Conner anxious to get back on field By The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — James Conner’s spring — much like that of former Pittsburgh teammate Tyler Boyd — included a phone call that changed his life. Only this one had nothing to do with the NFL draft. Months of worry and wearying cancer treatments that left the bruising running back exhausted at times ended for the Pitt running back on Monday, when Dr. Stanley Marks told the 2014 ACC Player of the Year his long bout with Hodgkin lymphoma was just about over. “He said, ‘James, everything looks normal,’” Conner said. “At that point, so much relief went off my shoulders. Now it’s back to doing what I love.” Well, almost. Conner will have the port in his chest removed on Thursday. Once that heals, he can set his attention back to the career he put on hold when receiving the surprising diagnosis last fall. He anticipates being fully cleared by the time the Panthers report to camp in August. “It’s been the longest six months and the quickest six months,” Conner said. “But I had no doubt in my mind.” Even as he spent hours in a chair alongside other cancer patients. Even as his 21st birthday in May came and went, one he celebrated quietly enduring another treatment cycle. “It’s hard seeing everybody enjoying life, doing the things I can’t do,” Conner said. Conner managed to sneak out to Boyd’s draft party, where he watched his good friend get selected by the Cincinnati Ben-
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JAMES CONNER suffered a season-ending knee injury against Youngstown State last year before learning of his diagnosis. gals in the second round. It’s a moment Conner himself envisioned before a knee injury in the 2015 season opener and the sluggishness he felt during his rehab turned out to be far more serious. Yet Conner admits there were some parallels to the anticipation Boyd felt during the draft and the nervous energy coursing through his own body after undergoing a scan on Monday. “I was waiting on a call too,” he said. “This is better than getting drafted. This is my life.” It’s one that Conner is only too anxious to get back to, though his battle in some ways made him more well-known than any of the school-record 24 touchdowns he scored in 2014. He appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” where he met Kansas City Chiefs safety Eric Berry, who returned from his own fight against Hodgkin lymphoma last summer. He threw out the first pitch at the Pittsburgh Pirates season opener and saw his teammates wear
#ConnerStrong bracelets while receiving a stream of support from thousands, including Pittsburgh Penguins Hall of Fame owner Mario Lemieux, Heisman Trophy winner Derrick Henry, Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson and Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Quinn. Conner tried to use his elevated status to bring hope to others, Instagramming draining workouts on the same day he underwent chemo and going through non-contact drills with the rest of the Panthers during spring practice. He actually gained a few pounds on his 6-foot2 frame and the pain he feared would be a byproduct of treatment never appeared. That should make it even easier to put pads on for the first time in nearly a year in August. While he’s careful not to get ahead of himself, he’s also only too ready to put the most difficult chapter of his life firmly behind him. “I’ve got to get back into it,” he said. “I feel forgotten about in the college football world.”
Doak went 2-for-2 and Bobby Thompson singled and drove in two runs. Winning pitcher Bill Emerick struck out seven, walked six and allowed six hits and two runs in 5 2-3 innings, and Romulus Marino fanned one and walked none in 1 1-3 innings of scoreless and hitless relief. Blairsville (3-2) plays host to Apollo on Thursday. Bovard welcomes Apollo on Sunday. NEW DERRY 6, APOLLO 1: New Derry scored in each of the first three innings and scattered just five hits in an easy win over Apollo at New Derry Field.
them at the end there. But that was a battle, (and) that was fun.” Zerfoss explained why he gambled and sent McConnell home in the seventh. “It was second and third with one out, and if you hold him there and they make the throw to first you have second and third with two outs … and we still need one run,” he said. “That’s just a going-oncontact (play). We wanted to make him make that throw home. He almost beat a good throw, so he was scoring on any throw that wasn’t on the plate.” Shearer made the most critical defensive play, with runners on first and third and no outs in the third. He made a diving stab on a sharp liner from Sunday and then tagged third for a double play. Two batters later, Ryan Shirley popped out to center field to end the inning. Bryce Herman also escaped a bases-loaded jam by baiting Blairsville’s Dylan Dirienzo into popping out to first in the fifth. “If that ball gets through that’s a huge inning, and it’s a good inning to probably seal the deal, even though it was early in the game,” Zerfoss said of Shearer’s double play. “His catch was probably the play of the game. If that gets by him we get a couple runs and a huge in-
CLASS A First Round St. Joseph’s 17, United 0 Conemaugh Valley 1, Blacklick Valley 0 Portage 8, Bishop Guilfoyle 5 Williamsburg 3, Claysburg-Kimmel 0, 8 innings Juniata Valley 9, Northern Cambria 2 Quarterfinals Monday’s Games St. Joseph’s (10-8) at Blairsville (15-3), ppd Portage 10, Conemaugh Valley 0, 5 innings Homer-Center 3, Williamsburg 0 Juniata Valley (12-8) at Ferndale (14-4), ppd. Tuesday’s Game St. Joseph’s 1, Blairsville 0 Juniata Valley 5, Ferndale 3
Cam Gerhard added to the Tigers’ 3-0 lead when he belted a three-run homer in the bottom of the third inning to make it a 6-0 game. New Derry pitchers Zach Bowman and Seth Stinson then teamed up to limit Apollo to four hits and one run in the last four innings to seal the win. Winning pitcher Bowman struck out five, walked two and allowed four hits and one run in six innings. Stinson fanned one, walked none and surrendered one hit and no runs in one inning of relief, and Jordan Giannini doubled and drove in two runs. Both teams play Thursday. New Derry plays host to West Lebanon and Apollo travels to Blairsville.
ning, and they get deflated. Honestly, that was the game-changer right there.” Blairsville also made several key defensive plays that led to St. Joseph’s stranding nine runners. Shearer attempted to score from second on a base hit in the fourth, only to get gunned down at home by Fetchko. Michael Forstmeier then tagged up and attempted to advance from second to third on a fly ball from Bryce Herman, but got thrown out at third for a double play. Right fielder Dirienzo hit shortstop Sunday, who threw Forstmeier out at third. The Bobcats won their second straight Heritage Conference title this year and finished the season with a record of 15-4. “They made a statement this year by winning the conference,” Zerfoss said. “It’s just unfortunate to end the season like this, especially considering the fact that we exceeded expectations. Everybody feels like we let one get away from us and maybe even a possible trip to Altoona. But you have to take it one game at a time, and we showed up today and played well defensively … we just didn’t score the runs.” The Wolves travel to Portage to face the fourthseeded Mustangs in the semifinals Thursday.
CLASS AA
First Round Bedford 10, Everett 0, 6 innings Forest Hills 5, Bald Eagle 0 Central 5, Southern Huntingdon 0 Mount Union 5, Ligonier Valley 1 Bishop McCort 7, Bellwood-Antis 5 Juniata 10, Penn Cambria 2 Philipsburg-Osceola 4, Chesternut Ridge 3, 10 innings Richland 7, Tyrone 1 Quarterfinals Monday’s Games Bedford 11, Forest Hills 1, 5 innings Central 1, Mount Union 0 Bishop McCort 4, Juniata 0 Philipsburg-Osceola 8, Richland 14 Semifinals Thursday’s Games Central (16-5) at Bedford (16-4), 4 p.m. Philipsburg-Osceola (13-6) at Bishop McCort (16-5), 4 p.m. Championship Date, site, time TBA Semifinal winners, TBA
CLASS AAA
Quarterfinal Tuesday’s Game Bellefonte 12, Johnstown 2 Thursday’s Games Semifinals Bellefonte at Somerset, 4 p.m. Huntingdon at Hollidaysburg, 4 p.m.
CLASS AAAA
Thursday’s Games Semifinals Altoona at Central Mountain, 4 p.m. State College at Mifflin County, 4 p.m.
TUESDAY’S BOX SCORE ST. JOSEPH’S 1, BLAIRSVILLE 0 St. Joseph’s — 1 Mangene 1b-2b 4-0-1-0, Mellot rf 3-0-0-0, Forstmeier ss 3-0-1-0, Thornburg cf 0-0-0-0, Bulick dh 2-0-0-0, Herman p-1b 3-0-1-0, Peachey cr 0-0-0-0, Shearer 3b 2-1-1-0, Beck c 2-0-0-0, Steyers cr 0-0-0-0, Broderick 2b 20-1-1, Macafee p 1-0-1-0, Kresovich lf 3-0-10, Totals 25-1-7-1 Blairsville — 0 Ri.Shirley c 4-0-1-0, McConnell 3b 2-0-0-0, Sunday ss 2-0-1-0, Olechovski 1b 1-0-0-0, Ry.Shirley p 3-0-0-0, Dirienzo rf 3-0-0-0, Moran 2b 2-0-1-0, Hrebik cf 3-0-0-0, Fetchko lf 3-0-0-0, Totals 23-0-3-0 St. Joseph’s 000 000 1 — 1 7 1 Blairsville 000 000 0 — 0 3 4 2B — Shearer. W — Macafee 0 K, 2 BB. L — Ry.Shirley 4 K, 2 BB.
DISTRICT 6 PLAYOFFS
Bobcats fall short against Wolves again Continued from Page 13 from Nate Mellott with two outs and runners on first and second. The Bobcats appeared poised to respond in the bottom of the seventh, as McConnell and Dakota Sunday drew back-to-back one-out walks on reliever Ben Macafee. But just as he did for starting pitcher Herman earlier in the game, Shearer made a key play at third base on the next at-bat to keep the Bobcats off the board. With McConnell on third and Sunday on second, Shearer fielded a one-out groundball from Zack Olechovski. After briefly contemplating throwing to first in an attempt to get Olechovski, Shearer changed his mind and made an accurate throw to catcher Justin Beck, who squatted on top of the plate and tagged the head-first sliding McConnell. Then, with runners on first and third, Macafee induced Ryan Shirley to line out to left field to end the game. “This was a hard-fought game the whole way, and that sure was a dramatic ending,” St. Joseph’s coach Greg Herman said. “It was back and forth (and) back and forth. We had some opportunities earlier that we squandered, but thankfully we pushed that run across and we were able to hold
DISTRICT 6 PLAYOFFS
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
Colts top defending champ Bovard Visiting Blairsville scored seven runs in the top of the fourth inning and scored its third win of the year by besting five-time defending league champion, Bovard, 11-2, in an Indiana County League baseball game on Tuesday. The Colts were clinging to a 2-0 lead when they plated seven runs on three hits, three walks, two errors and a hit batsman in the fourth to take a 9-0 lead. Nick Draghi fueled the rally by ripping a two-run double. Draghi went 3-for-4, David Doak singled and hit a solo homer, Ben
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
Semifinals Thursday’s Games St. Joseph’s (11-8) at Portage (16-5), 4 p.m. Juniata Valley (13-8) at Homer-Center (145), 4 p.m. Championship Date, site, time TBA Semifinal winners, TBA
INDIANA COUNTY LEAGUE BASEBALL
By The Indiana Gazette
LOCAL SCOREBOARD
CLASS A Quarterfinals Monday’s Games Claysburg-Kimmel 5, Bishop Carroll 2 Southern Huntingdon 12, West Branch 1 Northern Cambria at Glendale, ppd. Tuesday’s Game Glendale 4, Northern Cambria 1 Semifinals Thursday’s Game Claysburg-Kimmel at Conemaugh Valley, 4 p.m. Friday’s Game Southern Huntingdon at Glendale, 4 p.m. Championship Wednesday, June 1 At Penn State Semifinal winners, TBA
CLASS AA
First Round Westmont Hilltop 5, Richland 2 Forest Hills 5, Penn Cambria 2 Ligonier Valley 5, Mount Union 2 Bishop McCort 11, Cambria Heights 1 Marion Center 3, Blairsville 0 Quarterfinals Monday’s Games Philipsburg-Osceola 9, Westmont Hilltop 0 Ligonier Valley 3, Forest Hills 1 Bald Eagle Area 9, Bishop McCort 2 Central 13, Marion Center 0 Semifinals Thursday’s Games Ligonier Valley at Philipsburg-Osceola, 4 p.m. Bald Eagle Area at Central, 4 p.m. Championship Wednesday, June 1 At Penn State Semifinal winners, TBA
CLASS AAA
Monday’s Games Quarterfinals Huntingdon 7, Johnstown 0 Tuesday’s Game Somerset 10, Hollidaysburg 8 Today’s Games Semifinals Huntingdon at Bellefonte, 4 p.m. Somerset at Bellwood-Antis, 4 p.m. Championship Wednesday, June 1 At Penn State Semifinal winners, TBA
CLASS AAAA
Quarterfinal Tuesday’s Game Altoona 8, DuBois 0 Today’s Games Semifinals Altoona at Mifflin County, 4 p.m. State College at Central Mountain, 4 p.m. Championship Wednesday, June 1 Semifinal winners, TBA
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TYLER MORAN made a throw at second base during Tuesday’s game.
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Apollo — 1 Crawford 3-0-1-0, Carnahan 4-0-1-0, Lippencott 3-0-0-0, Brown 3-1-1-0, Galo 3-00-0, Roundtree 1-0-0-1, Marchek 3-0-1-0, Baylor 3-0-0-0, Johnson 3-0-1-0, Totals 26-15-1 New Derry — 6 Gerhard 2-1-1-3, Turnbull 2-1-0-0, Depalma 4-1-1-0, Hauser 2-1-1-0, Giannini 2-1-1-2, Yandrick 4-0-1-0, Dixon 3-1-0-0, Tucci 2-0-00, Pakos 2-0-1-1, Totals 23-6-6-6 Apollo 000 100 0 — 1 5 0 New Derry 213 000 x — 6 6 1 2B — Hauser, Giannini, Crawford. HR — Gerhard. W — Bowman 5 K, 2 BB. L — Crawford 2 K, 3 BB.
INDIANA COUNTY SENIOR LEGION ARMSTRONG 5, YOUNG TOWNSHIP 4 Armstrong — 5 Cypher lf 3-1-1-0, Chote ss 2-2-0-0, Fries c 3-1-2-1, Morris ph 1-0-0-0, Hickman 1b 2-0-10, Parisi 2b-p 3-0-0-0, Herbst ph 1-0-0-0, Matson 3b 2-0-0-0, Veri rf 4-0-1-0, Johnson p 3-0-0-0, Hepler cf 3-1-2-0, Totals 27-5-7-1 Young Township — 4 Neal c 4-0-1-1, Coscarelli cf 4-1-2-0, Yard ss 3-1-1-1, Fairman p 3-1-3-1, Hill rf-3b 3-0-00, Whanger 2b 2-0-1-0, Rametta 3b 0-0-0-0, Townsend dh 1-0-0-0, McCombs 1b 1-0-0-0, Schuchert ph 1-0-0-0, Geidel lf 2-1-1-0, Gray ph 1-0-0-0, Totals 25-4-9-3 Armstrong 200 300 0 — 5 6 0 Young Township 002 001 1 — 4 9 3 2B — Yard, Whanger, Veri. W — Johnson 6 K, 1 BB. L — Fairman 2 K, 6 BB.
AROUND THE AREA By The Indiana Gazette
Armstrong wins season opener WEST LEBANON — Armstrong mounted a big rally in the fourth inning and then withstood a late rally from Young Township to earn a 5-4 win in an Indiana County Senior Legion baseball game Tuesday at Bertolino Field. Armstrong plated three runs on three hits and two errors in the top of the fourth to take a 5-2 lead. The Renegades answered with a run in the sixth and another in the seventh on an RBI single from Brady Neal to make the score 5-4. But Neal got thrown out while attempting to steal third base before Armstrong reliever Jacob Parisi fanned Caddis Coscarelli to end the game. “The errors were big,” Young Township coach Barry Thomas said. “We had three walks and an error in that two-run first inning, and then we committed two big errors in the fourth. We played a sloppy game and we basically giftwrapped this one for them.” Tyler Fries and Josh Hepler smacked two singles apiece to lead Armstrong. Winning pitcher Tyler Johnson struck out six, walked one and allowed five hits in five innings. Losing pitcher Devin Fairman struck out two and allowed six hits in six innings. Fairman also went 3-for-3, and Coscarelli finished 2for-4. Both teams play Thursday. Armstrong (1-0) travels to Marion Center and Young Township (0-1) plays host to Kovacik Insurance. Sports hours: 8 to 11 p.m.
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Unnamed â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oxygen Thiefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; becomes self-published success By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer
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MATT LeBLANC stood in Morocco during a taping of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Top Gear,â&#x20AC;? set to return Monday in the U.S.
BBCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Top Gearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; roars back with Matt LeBlanc By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press
LONDON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Top Gearâ&#x20AC;? doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do understatement. If it were a car, the BBCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hit auto show would be a flashy, precision-tooled racer. Co-host Chris Evans calls it â&#x20AC;&#x153;a car-show nuclear bombâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and it returns to the screen facing the fallout of former host Jeremy Clarksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s explosive exit. The showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fusion of blokey banter, consumer advice and adrenalinefueled automotive stunts in far-flung locations made it a huge hit, watched â&#x20AC;&#x201D; according to the BBC â&#x20AC;&#x201D; by 350 million people around the world. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Top Gear â&#x20AC;&#x153; formula, fine-tuned over many years under the brash Clarkson, has brought both success and controversy. Clarkson and his fellow presenters left last year after an off-set dustup in which Clarkson punched a producer (he later apologized and paid damages). Now the show is back, fronted by Evans and actor Matt LeBlanc, zooming away from his best-known incarnation as Joey Tribbiani in the long-running sitcom â&#x20AC;&#x153;Friends.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I was first starting out, I always wanted my career to take me to exotic places,â&#x20AC;? LeBlanc said during an interview in London. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I ended up in a building in Burbank for 12 years with no windows.â&#x20AC;? Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s making up for it now. Filming for the sixepisode season of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Top Gearâ&#x20AC;? has taken the crew to Morocco, South Africa, Italy, Kazakhstan, the U.S. and the gaudy English seaside resort of Blackpool. LeBlanc has driven an Ariel Nomad dune buggy in the Moroccan desert and raced Evans up South Africaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s treacherous Sani Pass â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one of several hair-raising experiences. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of the things we do, it was like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Really? This is all insured? Huh. Because thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big cliff right there,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? LeBlanc said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re constantly fighting (between) â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I want to winâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a TV show,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You want to make it entertaining, but you also want to make it.â&#x20AC;? In the new-look â&#x20AC;&#x153;Top Gearâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; premiering Sunday in Britain and Monday on BBC America â&#x20AC;&#x201D; main presenters LeBlanc and Evans are joined by German driver Sabine Schmitz, former motorsport boss Eddie Jordan, automotive journalists Chris Harris and Rory Reid and anonymous, helmeted driver The Stig. Evans, a veteran British TV and radio host, says the format has been tweaked, but the essence of the program remains.
He say fans â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he counts himself among them â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want us to reinvent the wheel.â&#x20AC;? Clarkson and his cohosts James May and Richard Hammond have decamped to Amazonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s TV service for a rival show, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Grand Tour,â&#x20AC;? debuting later this year. Evans says he is relaxed about the competition, and pays credit to Clarkson and his colleagues for fusing car journalism with the wild spirit of rock â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; roll. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They took the component parts of a car show, and they said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;OK, we could build this, or we could build a nuclear bomb,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They assembled a car-show nuclear bomb. And they were just about to detonate it, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not there anymore so now weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to do it.â&#x20AC;? Clarkson, a self-styled enemy of political correctness, regularly generated headlines with his dismissive views on cyclists, environmentalists and vegetarians, and insensitive statements about a host of nationalities. It all made â&#x20AC;&#x153;Top Gearâ&#x20AC;? a cultural touchstone as much as a TV show, and the returning show is under intense scrutiny in Britain. There were outraged tabloid headlines when LeBlanc was filmed performing spins near the Cenotaph memorial to Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s war dead. There have been media reports that LeBlanc and Evans donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get along â&#x20AC;&#x201D; firmly denied by the duo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a great time, and hopefully that translates on screen,â&#x20AC;? LeBlanc said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been involved in projects that were highpressure situations before, so for me thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not really anything new. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when they stop talking about you that you have to worry.â&#x20AC;? Clarkson was a polarizing figure, and Evans acknowledges the show has some â&#x20AC;&#x153;bridges to build.â&#x20AC;? A sought-after trip to the Tesla factory may take some delicate diplomacy: The electric-car company sued the BBC for libel after Clarkson slated the Tesla Roadsterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance. Evans says the new hosts will take a less ideological approach than the combative Clarkson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no good, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll say itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no good, and if it is a good car then weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll say that too,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t start out with an agenda on a car or a company or an ideology. Because that was his act, and it remains his act, not ours.â&#x20AC;? LeBlanc says he just wants to drive, any kind of vehicle â&#x20AC;&#x201D; small or large, petrol or electric. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got wheels on it, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in.â&#x20AC;?
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er commands special attention,â&#x20AC;? said Gallery executive editor Jeremie RubyStrauss, whose authors have included Tucker Max, Ace Frehley and Grace Jones. Douglas Singleton, a buyer and manager at McNally Jackson, said the store has sold more than 200 copies of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oxygen Thief,â&#x20AC;? the in-house record for a â&#x20AC;&#x153;consignment order.â&#x20AC;? Asked if he has met the author, Singleton said he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure. He thinks the man who delivers copies of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oxygen Thiefâ&#x20AC;? is the bookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s writer, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a couple of years since heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seen him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve often talked about the mysterious nature of the person who drops off the book,â&#x20AC;? Singleton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have an email address for him and sometimes Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll contact him and say weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re sold out and we need another 20 copies. And I get no answer back. Then Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be walking behind the register one day and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be 20 copies. And one of my coworkers will say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Someone dropped off a bag and said it was for you.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Mainstream recognition does not mean you will learn more about him, beyond what he includes in the book. Anonymous authors, even ones who meet with reporters, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do book tours. Ruby-Strauss is counting on social media (the author himself has a
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why anyone would care about a man who begins his tale by confiding, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I liked hurting girls.â&#x20AC;? The first half reads like a variation of J.P. Donleavyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Ginger Man,â&#x20AC;? the comic saga of a neâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;er-do-well and the affairs ruined by his own design. The gods strike back in the second half as the O2Thief falls for a photographer identified as Aisling and eventually learns â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or thinks he learns â&#x20AC;&#x201D; she is using him for a book about relationships. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be sure this really happened,â&#x20AC;? the author explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a Hitchcockian story â&#x20AC;&#x201D; his view of the world.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I started the book, I understood immediately why it had captured the spirit of the times,â&#x20AC;? RubyStrauss said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I continued reading, and I discovered it was not the book I thought it was; then I finished reading, only to find my latter revelation was also incorrect. I felt unsettled about the whole thing for several days, which struck me as very promising.â&#x20AC;? Self-published best-sellers often debate whether to sign on with a traditional publisher, whether the loss of independence is compensated by the security and resources that enable them to focus solely on writing. The O2Thief is happy to try it both ways. He will continue to be his own boss for his next two volumes: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chameleon on a Kaleidoscope,â&#x20AC;? released in 2012 and yet to attain the popularity of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oxygen Thief,â&#x20AC;? and the upcoming â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eunuchs and Nymphomaniacs,â&#x20AC;? inspired by what he calls â&#x20AC;&#x153;an inherent incompatibility between the sexes.â&#x20AC;? Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll consider deals for those books only if â&#x20AC;&#x153;the demand for them also becomes insatiable.â&#x20AC;?
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Mother who wanders at night Avengers visit teen fan with cancer could be ill or just plain nosy By JULIE WATSON
DEAR ABBY: My mom lives with me and my hubby. Recently I found out that she walks around at night because she hears noises or is restless — and puts her ear on our bedroom door, too! Dear Abby is I was written by shocked. Abigail Van I think Buren, also this is a known as complete Jeanne invasion Phillips, and of my priwas founded vacy, and by her mother, I was emPauline barrassed Phillips. to no end. I now avoid getting inti-
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mate with my hubby, and he has no idea why. I have to be sensitive about what I say to Mom because she underwent surgery recently and she has a lot of medical issues. How should I handle this? — NO NOISE FOR MS. NOSY DEAR NO NOISE: The first thing you should do is tell your husband why you have been avoiding intimacy. If you don’t, he may think it has something to do with him or the way you feel about him, and that’s neither true nor fair. Your mother’s wandering around at night may be nosiness, or it could be insomnia or other medical issues. Her inability to sleep should be mentioned to her doctor so the cause can be determined. If you’re correct that it’s nosiness, then it should be handled firmly — by you and your husband — and some other living arrange-
ment for her should be made. DEAR ABBY: I have read your column since I was a little girl. Now, at 35, I need your advice. For years, a friend of mine was in love with me. I didn’t want to ruin the friendship by getting into a relationship, so I’d brush off his advances. After six years, I realized he was a good man who would do anything for me, so I decided to go on a date. The date led to marriage, but now, five years later, we are divorced because I realized we were better off as friends rather than spouses. He was OK with the divorce and moving out because he knew I would be happier, and he wanted me to be happy. Now that he’s gone, I am sad that I have lost my friend. I miss the friendship we once had, and I’m heartbroken. It feels like I have suffered a
death. Can you please help me? I’m not sure what to do. — LOST OUT WEST DEAR LOST: In a sense, you have suffered a death — the death of your marriage. Give yourself time to grieve. If you thought that after divorcing your husband you could go back to being friends as though the marriage never happened, you were unrealistic. From his perspective, he has been rejected on a very basic level. In order to get past it, he may need time and distance from you. That’s understandable. In the meantime, stay busy with friends and projects because that will give you less time to brood. If you’re not exercising, start now. Regular exercise can help to lessen depression. However, if your sadness persists, discuss it with a licensed psychotherapist so it doesn’t become chronic.
TODAY IN HISTORY By The Associated Press
Today is Wednesday, May 25, the 146th day of 2016. There are 220 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 25, 1916, the Chicago Tribune published an interview with Henry Ford in which the automobile industrialist was quoted as saying, “History is more or less bunk. It’s tradition. We don’t want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker’s dam is the history we make today.” On this date: In 1787, the Constitutional Convention began at the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia after enough delegates had shown up for a quorum. In 1810, Argentina began its revolt against Spanish rule with the forming of the Primera Junta in Buenos Aires. In 1935, Babe Ruth hit his last three career home runs — nos. 712, 713 and 714 — for the Boston Braves in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. (The Pirates won, 11-7.) In 1946, Transjordan (now Jordan) became a kingdom as it proclaimed its new monarch, Abdullah I. In 1959, the U.S. Supreme Court, in State Athletic Commission v. Dorsey, struck down a Louisiana law prohibiting interracial boxing matches. (The case had been brought by Joseph Dorsey Jr., a black professional boxer.) In 1961, President John F.
Kennedy told Congress: “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.” In 1968, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis was dedicated by Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Interior Secretary Stewart Udall. In 1977, the first “Star Wars” film (retroactively designated “Episode IV: A New Hope”) was released by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. In 1979, 273 people died when an American Airlines DC-10 crashed just after takeoff from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. Etan Patz, 6, disappeared while on his way to a school bus stop in lower Manhattan. In 1981, daredevil Dan Goodwin, wearing a Spiderman costume, scaled the outside of Chicago’s Sears Tower in 7½ hours. In 1986, an estimated 7 million Americans participated in “Hands Across America” to raise money for the nation’s hungry and homeless. In 1992, Jay Leno made his debut as host of NBC’s “Tonight Show,” succeeding Johnny Carson. Ten years ago: President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair held a White House news conference in which they acknowledged making costly mistakes in Iraq, but vowed to keep troops there until the fragile new government took hold. Former Enron Corp. chiefs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey
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Skilling were convicted in Houston of conspiracy and fraud for the company’s downfall. (Lay died in July 2006 from heart disease and his convictions were vacated; Skilling was resentenced to 14 years in prison after his original 24year sentence was overturned.) Pope Benedict XVI began a four-day pilgrimage to Poland, the homeland of his predecessor, Pope John Paul II. Five years ago: President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron confronted complex security debates over Afghanistan, Libya and economic growth during Obama’s state visit to London. A judge in Salt Lake City sentenced street preacher Brian David Mitchell to life in prison for kidnapping and raping Elizabeth Smart, who was 14 at the time of her abduction in 2002. A judge in Tucson, Ariz., ruled that Jared Lee Loughner, the man accused of wounding U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killing six in a shooting rampage, was mentally incompetent to stand trial. Scotty McCreery, a 17year-old high school student from Garner, N.C., won “American Idol” on Fox. After a 25-year run, “The Oprah Winfrey Show” aired its final broadcast, which had been taped the day before. One year ago: On Memorial Day, President Barack Obama saluted Americans who had died in battle, telling listeners at Arlington National Cemetery the country must “never stop trying to fully repay them”
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STEER PARTNER WITHYOUR CARDS Benjamin Spock said, “In automobile terms, the child supplies the power, but the parents have to do the steering.” In automobile terms, the bridge dealer supplies the cards, but the players have to do the steering; and often one defender must steer his partner in the right direction to defeat a contract. In today’s deal, how should East set his GPS to tell partner how to beat four spades after West leads the diamond three, and South takes the trick with dummy’s ace?
In the auction, South judged that his hand was too strong for a weak jump overcall, despite the unfavorable vulnerability. (Discuss his hand with your partner.) Then North plunged into game. He might have taken things slower by first cuebidding two diamonds to show spade support with at least gameinvitational strength, but he could not see how that would help, and the vulnerable game bonus was a powerful lure. When you have a sequence of touching honors and cannot win the trick (because either someone has already played a higher card than your best or you are discarding), you typically play the top of your touchers — here, the king. However, if East does that, when West wins the next trick with his spade ace, he will lead a second diamond. Instead, East must give West an incorrect signpost by playing his diamond queen. This in principle denies the king. So, when West is on lead, he will see no purpose in playing a second diamond and will surely shift to a club — exactly what East desires. COPYRIGHT: 2016, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE
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INDIANA: 133 Marcoline Rd. May 27th-28th, 8am-4pm. Misc tools, household items, and more.
INDIANA: 2594 Evergreen Dr, Sat 5/28; 9am4pm. Entire household contents, for complete listing w/photo visit Scottsoloestatesales. com.
INDIANA: 75 E. Oak St., Fri. 5/27 & Sat. 5/28, 9-?
CAI Auctioneer - Appraiser Homer City, PA 724-479-2481 AU-1659-L E-mail: auctionmike@verizon.net
Member: National and PA Auctioneers Association
-ESTATE AUCTIONSAT., MAY 28, 2016
Preview 8A.M. Sale 9A.M.
1831 Daily Ave. Latrobe, PA 15650 REAL ESTATE: Offered at 12:00 noon, 2 story brick & siding, 1st floor has sm kitchen, living rm, dining rm, & enclosed sun room. 2nd floor has 3 bedrooms & full bath. Full basement w/toilet & shower hook up. Gas forced air heat, central air, roof & siding are 5 yrs. old, hardwood floors, fenced backyard, black top drive & parking area w/double carport, range, fridge, dishwasher, new windows. MOVE IN CONDITION. TERMS: $5,000 Deposit day of sale, deposit refunded only if seller does not provide good & marketable title, otherwise deposit is not refundable. Sale subject to confirmation by seller. Inspect by appointment or 1 hr before sale. Close within 45 days. MISC: 18K Gold ring w/13 diamonds, collectibles, costume jewelry, victrola, glassware, furniture, oil lamps, tiffany style shade, tools, plus much more. TERMS: Cash or check w/ID, $40 return check fee. Food and Toilet, Bring Truck, Chair and Umbrella.
Dean C. Zug, Auctioneer
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Trucks For Sale
SADLER
1997 TOYOTA Tacoma, 4X4, 4 cyl, 5 speed, 44K miles, $2,500. (724) 465-9412
724-465-7163
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AUTO SALES
720 Old Rte 119 Hwy N Indiana Where Price Sells Cars ‘05 Honda Accord Snow White, Clean, 1 Owner, 135K $ REDUCED
5,275
‘05 Chevy Colorado Crew Cab, Blue, Clean, 102K $ REDUCED
10,675
‘02 VOLVO S40 Tight, Clean, Arctic White, 97K
3,388
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‘03 Toyota 4Runner Clean, Loaded, Blue Metallic, $ 157K
7,868
‘08 Chevy Cobalt Dark Blue, Clean, 30 MPG, $ 122K
3,638
Buy Smart. Nothing over KBB. Carfax on every vehicle
Motorcycles For Sale
2008 MOTORCYCLE/ Scooter, 250cc, Wildfire, 4,300 mi, elec. start, auto. 100 mpg, excel. cond. $900 obo. (724) 422-7450
Vehicle Repairs
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RENTAL? Rental and Leasing
1874 Oakland Ave. INDIANA
724-349-7007 201 S. Jefferson St. KITTANNING
724-545-2880
www.leewayrentals.com
HARLEY Davidson 2008 Sportster 883 custom XL, 13k, $4,200 obo (724) 349-3717 / 717-512-5915
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Boating Needs
WANTED Boat with TwoLick Pass. Call (724) 349-4030 A NEW group of people are looking at the Indiana Gazette classifieds every day. Don’t you want them to see your ad? We can offer suggestions to give readers a reason to call you first. Phone us at (724) 349-4949.
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