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MATT SHUPE, left, and Seth Brown helped set up for the Back-to-School Bash held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Calvary Presbyterian Church in Indiana. More than 500 children were signed up to receive free backpacks, school supplies, haircuts and more. School begins for some local students next week. Shupe, 12, is the son of Christina Coleman, of White Township, and Brown, 12, is the son of Teresa and Chester Brown, of Shelocta.

IUP making preparations for start of academic year IUP News Service A host of programming is planned to mark the start of the academic year at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and to welcome new students into the community. Activity on campus is ongoing in preparation for the move-in of new students next week from Thursday to Sunday, and for continuing students on Sunday. The first day of class for

the fall semester is Aug. 29. On Friday at 9 a.m., IUP president Michael Driscoll will preside over the “Opening of the Academic Year: 201617,” in the IUP Performing Arts Center’s Fisher Auditorium. The program is open to the community. The day’s events continue with an IUP Picnic in the Oak Grove from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Picnickers may purchase food from Aramark in the Oak Grove or bring their own lunch. Cost

Machinery firm set to close doors By The Indiana Gazette A company in White Township that provides an array of products and services for a number of industries has laid off most of its workforce and will close for good by the end of October, according to local economic development leaders. Morgantown Machine and Hydraulics, 771 Indian Springs Road, let go about two dozen employees Thursday and just five remain for now. Two employees who contacted the Gazette this week said they had no notice of the layoffs. County officials said they also were not notified about the decision.

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USAIN BOLT anchored the 4x100-meter relay for the winning Jamaican team on Friday. The win gives Bolt three gold medals at the Olympics in Rio and nine total in the last three Olympiads. Story on Page 13.

PAGE 3 • U.S. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte apologized Friday for his behavior surrounding an incident at a Rio gas station.

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WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday ordered Hillary Clinton to answer questions in writing from a conservative legal advocacy group about her use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state. U.S. District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan issued the order as part of a long-running public records lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch. The judge’s decision is only a partial victory for the group, which had sought to question the Democratic presidential nomi-

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When contacted Friday, Connor Tobin, vice president of human resources for Swanson, declined comment and would not even confirm that the plant was closed. The local company is owned by Swanson Industries, based in Morgantown, W.Va., which services industries dealing with hydraulics, mining, offhighway and steel. It is a provider of hydraulic cylinder manufacturing, remanufacturing and repair services for the mining and mobile industries. The parent company operates facilities in the U.S., South America, China and Australia, according to its website.

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for fill-your-plate picnic items is $7. In case of inclement weather, the picnic will be held in the Crimson Café. Freshman Convocation, the event that formally welcomes new students to the university, will be Aug. 28 at 5 p.m. at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex. Speakers will include Driscoll; Dr. David Downing, IUP’s 2016-17 distinguished university professor; Dr. Timothy Moerland, Continued on Page 12

WASHINGTON — The sudden resignation Friday of Donald Trump’s campaign chairman put renewed emphasis on revelations about his past work on behalf of Ukraine’s pro-Russian political leaders, including his firm’s role directing a covert Washington lobbying operation that would have required him under federal law to disclose his efforts to the Justice Department. Paul Manafort resigned from the Trump campaign amid scrutiny of his Ukrainian work — but others involved in the once-secret influence campaign remain working for Trump in senior roles, including Manafort’s deputy Rick Gates. The Associated Press reported Manafort’s connection to the lobbying effort Wednesday. On Thursday, the AP reported that it had obtained emails revealing further details: Gates directed an unregistered influence campaign that included attempts to gain positive press coverage for Ukrainian officials, sway U.S. legislators, gather political intelligence and undercut American pub-

lic sympathy for the imprisoned rival of Ukraine’s then-president. Meanwhile, new documents released by Ukrainian anti-corruption investigators appear to link the lobbying work the men directed in the U.S. to handwritten entries in ledgers listing $12.7 million in cash payments alongside Manafort’s name. Some of that money was listed as paid to Manafort through two founding memPAUL bers of MANAFORT the European Centre for a Modern Ukraine, a Brussels-based nonprofit whose lobbying efforts Manafort and Gates oversaw. Ukraine’s National AntiCorruption Bureau said it cannot prove Manafort actually received the money. While working under

nee in person and under oath. The judge said Judicial Watch must submit its questions to Clinton by Oct. 14 and gave Clinton 30 days to respond — a timetable that could push Clinton’s answers past the November presidential election unless Judicial Watch sends its questions earlier than mid-October. Judicial Watch is among several groups, including The Associated Press, that have sued the State Department over access to government records from Clinton’s tenure as the nation’s top diplomat between 2009 and 2013. Republicans are pressContinued on Page 12

Inside PROFESSOR SLAIN The body of a Penn State professor who had been missing for a week was found in a quarry, and police said they’ve charged a man with luring him there under a ruse. Page 5

ON THE DEFENSIVE The Obama administration on Friday defended its decision to pay Iran $400 million contingent on the release of American prisoners. Page 7

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After apology, questions loom about Lochte’s future By BETH HARRIS Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO — U.S. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte apologized Friday for his behavior surrounding an incident at a Rio de Janeiro gas station, saying he should have been more “careful and candid� about how he described what happened after a night of partying with his teammates. But he didn’t explain why he embellished details of an encounter with armed security guards and called it a robbery, and why he neglected to say that he and three teammates had vandalized a gas station restroom. “Regardless of the behavior of anyone else that night, I should have been much more responsible in how I handled myself and for that am sorry,� Lochte said in a lengthy post on his Instagram account. “This was a situation that could and should have been avoided. I accept responsibility for my role in this happening and have learned some valuable lessons.� The situation raises questions about the future for Lochte, who is planning to take time off from swimming but wants to return to compete in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Usually known for his party boy image and love of the limelight, he now is facing a line of nervous sponsors, the possibility of legal charges in Brazil and sanctions from USA Swimming and the International Olympic Committee. The robbery flap deeply hurt Brazilians, who were eager to prove they could get street crime under control and host a safe Olympics. And it overshadowed the efforts of U.S. Olympians, who have dominated the medal count. Swimmers alone piled up 16 golds and 33 medals total at the games. Known for his outsized personality and regular ‘bro’ behavior, Lochte has always been about having fun. This is the guy who gleefully admitted eating McDonald’s three times a day while winning four medals at the 2008 Beijing Games. For Rio, he dyed his dark hair white, not realizing the pool’s chlorine would turn it light green. His memorable props — diamond grills on his teeth on the medal podium, crazily colored high-tops, sunglasses bearing his favorite made-up expression of “Jeah!� — and easygoing, goofy nature has made him a popular and relatable star with the public and his teammates. “I think that is why I do so many different things with the hair, the grills, the crazy shoes,� he said in Rio, “It’s just my personality coming out there.� Lochte’s success led to his own 2013 reality TV show called “What Would Ryan Lochte Do?� It had a short run and left some viewers with the impression that its star was nothing more than a good-looking dim bulb. Still, lines for his autograph sessions at meets routinely stretch longer than anyone else’s. As hard as he plays, Lochte works hard, too. His 12 Olympic medals are sec-

RYAN LOCHTE ... apologized Friday ond only to Michael Phelps among U.S. male Olympians. This time Lochte was only a small part of the show. He finished fifth in his only individual event and swam on the victorious 4x200meter freestyle relay. Instead, the biggest memory of the 32-year-old swimmer in Rio will be the grainy security video of him and teammates Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen exiting the gas station restroom and sitting on the ground, some with hands up. Like other pro swimmers, Lochte is reliant on spon-

sors to foot his bills so he can focus on year-round training and travel to meets without having to hold a regular job. His sponsors, including Speedo, Ralph Lauren and airweave premium bedding, have been in no hurry to cut ties with him, though have said they are monitoring the situation. The incident feeds a lot of American clichĂŠs of the bad-boy athlete, and while it was relatively minor, it is “unsavory,â€? says Thomas Ordahl, chief strategy officer at the brand consulting firm Landor. Ordahl believes it’s probably a good idea for companies to hold off on making decisions until the issue surrounding the dispute is sorted out. But he suspects that eventually, sponsors will probably drop Lochte. “The truth is that there are enough celebrities to be attached to without bringing that kind of baggage with you,â€? said Robert Passikoff, president and founder of the research firm Brand Keys. USA Swimming is expected to convene its executive board to discuss likely punishment, as it did when Michael Phelps was arrested for a second DUI two

years ago. Technically, the four could be fined, suspended or expelled. In the Phelps case, the board announced a week after the arrest that it was suspending the sport’s biggest star for six months, banning him from competing in the 2015 world championships and taking away six months of his funding stipend. For Phelps, it was his third strike. This is Lochte’s first major gaffe, and whatever sanctions the national governing body passes down could have little effect. He’s already said he plans to take the first extensive break of his career following the Olympics and move from North Carolina to California. A suspension could keep him out of next year’s world championships — often bereft of big stars following an Olympic year — and the Arena Pro Swim Series, a five-meet circuit in the U.S. But that would hardly impact Lochte should he decide to resume training for the 2020 games. As for the other three, Feigen has indicated he would retire after Rio and the 26-year-old is looking forward to attending law school somewhere in Texas.

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Isabelle McDannell Isabelle Mae (Deyarmin) McDannell, 81, of Cherry Tree, died Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, at Hillsdale Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Hillsdale. Family and friends will be received from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. on Sunday

at the Rairigh Funeral Home Ltd. in Hillsdale. An 11 a.m. funeral service will be held at the funeral home on Monday with Pastor Cindy Rummel officiating. Interment will be at the McDowell Cemetery in Green Township, Indiana County.

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THIS PHOTO was taken at Seventh and Philadelphia streets in Indiana, looking east from Brody’s Department Store toward the old county courthouse. It was probably taken in the 1940s. Note the trolley tracks on Philadelphia Street. This photo is from the collection of Indiana County historian John Busovicki, of Clymer.

Food for Profit workshop planned Have you ever been told that your favorite homemade bread, or salsa, is “good enough to sell?” Do you have additional fruit or vegetables from your farm or home garden that you would like to make into a commercial product? Penn State Extension’s Food for Profit is a one-day workshop to help work through the maze of local and state regulations, food-safety issues and business management concepts that all must be considered in setting up a commercial food business.

Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity and the diversity of its workforce. The course will take place at the Penn State Extension Office in Westmoreland County, 214 Donohoe Road, Greensburg on Sept 8 from 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. How can food for profit help me? Food for Profit will take you step-by-step through the entrepreneurial process. It will provide you with the information and skills to assess if your idea will be something that will

sell at a profit. Conducting a feasibility study (to see if yours is a good business idea), performing marketing research and beginning to draft a business plan are a few of the concrete tools taught by certified instructors and business experts. By attending this class, you can learn how to evaluate the opportunities on paper before you look for funding or take action (saving money and time). If you want to develop the skills to be innovative and visionary in your business — to grow your food

venture — you will enjoy and benefit from this course. Tuition costs $55 per person includes all materials and lunch. Pre-payment and registration are required for this popular workshop and may be accomplished online at http://extension. psu.edu/food/safety/entrepreneurs, or by calling the registration coordinator at (717) 921-8803. For more information about workshop content, contact Extension Educator Winifred McGee at wwm1@psu.edu or (717) 921-8803.

Cuban man pleads not guilty to theft By JOE MANDAK Associated Press

PITTSBURGH — A Cuban national pleaded not guilty Friday to charges he conspired to file 900 phony federal tax returns seeking $2.2 million in refunds by using employee information stolen from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Yoandy Perez Llanes, 32, was extradited last week from Venezuela. His public defender has agreed with prosecutors that Llanes is a risk to flee prosecution and should remain jailed until trial. Llanes was indicted in June 2015 with unnamed others on charges of wire fraud, money laundering, aggravated identity theft and conspiracy. He was ar-

raigned Friday in federal court in Pittsburgh. According to the indictment, Llanes and at least three others were part of a group who used the hospital employees’ information to collect phony tax refunds as Amazon.com credits. The service offered by online filing service Turbo Tax is known as monetizing. The credits were then used to buy smartphones, computers, video games and other easily resellable electronics, which were reshipped by others, based in Miami, to Venezuelan cities including Maracay and Maracaibo, the indictment said. Reshipping the items was meant to make them harder to trace to the conspirators, the indict-

ment said. Others in Venezuela then sold the devices through online merchants or auction sites or kept them for personal use, according to the indictment. The investigation by the IRS and the U.S. Secret Service was continuing in hopes of charging others. “This case highlights the value of multijurisdictional partnerships in the apprehension of transnational cybercriminals,” said Timothy Burke, the special agent-in-charge of the Secret Service office in Pittsburgh. Federal authorities said the scheme was halted last year after almost $1.5 million of the $2.2 million in refunds sought through the bogus tax returns had been paid out.

UPMC is a 21-hospital network with thousands of doctors and dominates western Pennsylvania. The hospitals were hacked in early 2014, and UPMC officials said then it appeared as many as 27,000 of its 62,000 employees were affected. Wire fraud and money laundering each carry up to 20 years in prison and conspiracy carries up to five years. Aggravated identity theft carries a twoyear penalty, which must be tacked onto any other sentence a person receives. Federal authorities have not detailed Llanes’ precise role in the alleged scheme. His attorney, Thomas Livingston, has a blanket no-comment policy.

Ohio may soon see self-driving testing By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press

TOLEDO, Ohio — Ohio’s toll road, a heavily traveled connector between the East Coast and Chicago, is moving closer to allowing the testing of self-driving vehicles. Testing is likely to begin within a year, and possibly before the end of the year, the Ohio Turnpike’s executive director told The Associated Press. Officials overseeing the roadway have spent more than a year looking at the possibilities, said Randy Cole, the turnpike’s director. Ohio is among several states competing to play a role in the testing and research of autonomous vehicles, which is advancing at light speed. Ride-hailing service

Uber said Thursday it will start hauling passengers in self-driving cars with human backup drivers on the streets of Pittsburgh within the next several weeks. Much of the testing, up to now, has been in California along with a handful of Western U.S. states and on closed courses, such as one operated by the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. More testing is needed in new places and where there’s snow and ice, Cole said. “It’s got to start happening on real roads,” he said in an interview this week. “That’s part of getting the consumer confidence.” The Ohio Turnpike, which takes Interstate 80 across northern Ohio and links Youngstown, Cleveland and Toledo, is set up

well for testing autonomous vehicles, he said. It is relatively straight and flat with three lanes in each direction, wider lane markings and space for maintenance and support crews, Cole said. And the 241-mile highway is less congested than other interstates in Ohio and already has a fiber network along the entire roadway, he said. Fiber optic lines aren’t necessary for self-driving vehicles that rely on their own GPS systems. But they could allow vehicles connected to the network to relay information backand-forth — such as road conditions — or help collect testing data, said Jim Barna, an assistant director with the Ohio Department of Transportation. “That’s where the fiber

optics may come into play,” he said. The U.S. Transportation Department has said it will propose federal government guidelines for selfdriving vehicles later this year. States also are grappling with how to regulate the technology. Just a handful — including Nevada, California, Michigan and Florida — have approved guidelines for testing. Because Ohio’s toll road has its own governing authority, it can more easily allow the testing, Cole said. “We will make sure any vehicle testing is as safe, or safer, than any other vehicle on the road,” he said. “It shouldn’t scare people.” Cole said he sees more opportunities right now coming with the trucking industry.

Anthony James Trenney, 88, of Blairsville (Brenizer), passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016, at his home. The son of Anthony P. and Catherine (Fox) Trenney, he was born Sept. 9, 1927, in Evanstown. Mr. Trenney was a member of Luxor United Methodist Church, American Legion Post 981 in South Greensburg and VFW Post 5821 in Blairsville. He served in the U.S. Air Force for 21 years, retiring as a senior master sergeant. He enjoyed being with his family and his pet, yearly reunions and smoking big cigars. Surviving are his daughter, Michelle L. Trenney, of Greensburg; a granddaughter, Jessica Nicole Campbell (Ryan Michael Campbell); a great-grandson, Aidan Michael Campbell; daughter-in-law Becky Lynn Trenney-Koon, of Redmond, Ore.; brother Tom Trenney (Beverly) of Perry, Ohio; sisters Audrey Way, of Maui, Hawaii, Eileen Smith (David), of Mentor, Ohio, and Joanne Kubisteck, of Golden, Colo.; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death

by his parents; his first wife, Eve (Baker) Trenney, who died in 1997; his second wife, Donna (Johnson) Neal Trenney, who died in 2010; a son, Rick Trenney, who died in 2007; three brothers: Charles “Herk” Trenney, Ronald Trenney and Franklin Trenney; and five sisters: Anna Mae Lewis, Dorothy Patz, Virginia Monnich, Edith Hill and Ginny Whitehead. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Shoemaker Funeral Home Inc., 49 N. Walnut St., Blairsville. A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home with Pastor Tammy Falcsik officiating. Interment will be in St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg. Military services will be accorded by the Blairsville VFW Post 5821 and American Legion Post 0407. If desired, memorials may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka KS 66675. To view the online obituary, sign the guest registry or send condolences, visit www.shoemakerfh-monu ments.com.

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Library schedules weekly programs The Indiana Free Library offers a summer lineup of free programs beginning Monday.

WEDNESDAY Knitting Clinic, 7 p.m.: Need help with a knitting project? Join Pat Simkins for advice, tips and techniques. New and experienced knitters welcome. Have fun and learn from each other. (AV area)

THURSDAY • Classics Book Club, 10:30 a.m.: Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and the National Book Critics Circle Award, “Voices from Chernobyl” is the first book to present personal accounts of the worst nuclear reactor accident in history. Journalist Svetlana Alexievich interviewed hundreds of people affected by the meltdown and their stories reveal the fear, anger and uncertainty with which they still live. Books available at check-out desk. Refreshments served. • Pins and Patches Quilting Group, 1 p.m.: If you love to quilt or want to learn, Pins and Patches is for you. All experience levels welcome. Learn from each other and share new ideas. Bring your project and join the fun. (Second floor Community Room)

Police: Man threw pizza, punches at station DALLAS, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a drunken driving suspect upset that his vehicle was still impounded a week after his arrest threw pizza and punches at a Pennsylvania police station. Police in the tiny borough of Dallas said Sean Mulloy, 44, showed up Thursday and began wrapping a chain around the railing

outside the police station. He also had a statue and a full box of pizza with him. Authorities say when the patrolman who arrested Mulloy last week confronted him at the station, Mulloy started throwing punches and pizza and had to be subdued with a stun gun. Mulloy is charged with aggravated and simple assault and resisting arrest.

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Man charged with fondling sleeping woman By JOE MANDAK Associated Press

PITTSBURGH — A western Pennsylvania man has been charged with fondling a sleeping woman who sat next to him on a flight from Las Vegas. Wei-Ming Shi, 58, of Mount Lebanon, ran from the federal courthouse in downtown Pittsburgh to avoid questions following his initial appearance be-

fore a magistrate. His public defender declined comment. Shi is charged with one count of unlawful sexual contact on an aircraft during flight and a second, related count of knowingly engaging in sexual contact without another person’s permission. Shi was returning from Las Vegas on a Southwest Airlines flight on Thursday when he put his hands

under the sleeping woman’s dress and on her thigh and buttocks, the FBI said in a four-page criminal complaint. The woman woke up during the alleged incident and alerted a flight attendant who had police meet the plane at Pittsburgh International Airport and take Shi into custody. Shi “committed a sexual assault against a sleeping person in the next seat,”

U.S. Attorney David Hickton said after the brief court appearance. “It appears that he did not know her.” Prosecutors released little information about Shi, an accountant, who was questioned by a member of the judge’s staff about property he owns in Las Vegas. The nature and extent of that property could not immediately be determined Friday.

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Philly DA reports $160K in gifts; FBI investigates PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The FBI has questioned the Philadelphia district attorney’s staffers after their boss belatedly filed government reports showing he has received $160,000 in gifts, including a new roof, a $2,700 couch and luxury vacations, his spokesman said. Cameron Kline, a spokesman for District Attorney Seth Williams, told The Philadelphia Inquirer he doesn’t know how many staffers spoke with the FBI, nor can he say when that happened or what they were asked. Williams’ attorney Samuel Stretton has said the Democratic prosecutor made a “terrible mistake� by not reporting the gifts sooner, which included $45,000 worth of home improvements and roof repair, along with free trips to the Florida Keys, Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic and Thailand. Stretton said he’s trying to negotiate a settlement with state

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Panel weighing impeachment HARRISBURG (AP) — Despite Kathleen Kane’s resignation as attorney general after her conviction on perjury charges this week, a state House panel is still considering impeachment. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported the chairman of a key state House panel said he will continue to push for impeachment to set the stage for Senate action that could bar Kane from elected office in the future. Republican State Rep. Todd Stephens, who chairs a House subcommittee that had been investigating Kane, said her conviction underscored the need for the legislative action. Kane was convicted of leaking secret grand jury information to smear a rival and lying under oath to cover it up. Stephens said “impeachment is the only mechanism today that can ensure� Kane won’t serve elected office again.

Girl hit by tree at amusement park ELYSBURG (AP) — An 11-year-old girl remains in critical condition after she and three family members were hit by a large tree branch that fell on their picnic table at an amusement park campground. Officials say a man and his three children were sitting at a picnic table under a canopy at Knoebels Amusement Resort’s campground near Elysburg on Tuesday. As a storm blew in, a 40-foot section of tree broke off and fell on them. Scott Kenney, of Lower Saucon Township, and his three children were injured and taken to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. A spokesman at Geisinger said all have been released except Caitlyn Kenney, 11. Last month, an 8-yearold boy died after being found unresponsive in Knoebels’ pool. A coroner said a medical condition may have led to his death.

and city ethics agencies over the late reporting fines. Federal agents last year subpoenaed records from Williams’ political action committee, but haven’t charged anyone. Williams, 49, accepts responsibility for the reporting misstep, Stretton said. Williams is running for a third four-year term next year. The job pays $175,000 a year. Williams told Philadelphia Magazine last month that he “can barely pay (his) bills� amid alimony, child support and private school tuition payments. He earns additional money serving in the Army National Guard and teaching law on the side, the financial reports show. He issued a statement through his 2017 re-election campaign after the filing, citing “the need for greater transparency.� State ethics laws require public officials to file annual financial statements and list gifts of more

than $250. The city requires officials to report gifts over $200 and bars them from taking gifts over $99 from anyone with an interest in any “official action.� Federal bribery laws typically involve a “quid pro quo,� or evidence the office-holder got something in exchange for the gift. Philadelphia criminal lawyer Richard Hoy said he has never gotten any special consideration for letting Williams and his two daughters use his five-bedroom home in Key West, Fla., during spring break for several years. “Sometimes I’m there, sometimes I’m not there,� Hoy, 68, told The Associated Press on Friday. “I have never discussed (my) cases with him. I have discussed them with his subordinates,� said Hoy, who said he handles mostly drunken driving and low-level criminal cases. Williams’ reported gifts also include sideline passes for Philadelphia Eagles games from 2011 to

2015, nearly $21,000 in free airfare for vacations and $10,000 in travel expenses for a fellowship program in Australia and South Africa. Williams this year declined to charge former standout LeSean McCoy over a nightclub fight between his group and off-duty police officers. The amended reports also lists a $6,500 Rolex watch from a girlfriend and lower-level items such as boxing classes and free lawn mowing. Williams joined the Philadelphia district attorney’s office in 1992. He was appointed the city’s inspector general in 2005 and was responsible for overseeing investigations into corruption, fraud, waste, abuse and employee misconduct among city employees and contractors. He was elected the city’s first black district attorney in 2009. In one case, he brought corruption charges against former city Traffic Court Judge Thomasina

Missing professor pushed to his death, police say STATE COLLEGE (AP) — The body of a Penn State professor who’s been missing for a week has been found in a quarry, and police said Friday they’ve charged a man with luring him there under the ruse they’d harvest marijuana plants but instead pushed him off an 80-foot cliff. The remains of Ronald Bettig, a 56-yearold associate professor of media studies, were found Thursday, a week after he was reported missing. Penn State police launched an investigation and transferred the case to Pennsylvania State Police this week. On Friday, police charged George Ishler Jr., 39, of Pennsylvania Furnace, with firstand third-degree murder and other charges in Bettig’s death, according to online court documents. According to a criminal complaint, Ishler told police during an interview Friday that Bettig recently signed a will, and he believed there was “a possibility of financial gain� for him and a woman who’d been living with Bettig. Police claim he eventually admitted to pushing Bettig. No attorney information was available

for Ishler in online court documents. Bettig, of Lemont, had recently befriended Ishler and a woman, who police say in the complaint were “known drug users.� According to the criminal complaint, Ishler drove Bettig to the quarry “under a ruse� that he grew marijuana plants nearby and told Bettig they could harvest them. Instead, Ishler pushed Bettig, who fell 80 feet to his death, police said. Ishler and the woman first told police they had last seen Bettig after they returned home from a trip to Rehoboth Beach, Del., on Aug. 12. Detectives interviewed Ishler and the woman multiple times and heard conflicting statements, police said. Police found Bettig’s vehicle Thursday near the quarry and discovered his body at the bottom of the ravine. According to Penn State’s website, Bettig joined the College of Communications in 1988 and was an associate professor of media studies. He taught courses on the political economy of communications and wrote at least two books on the subject.

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Is Trump just mocking us?

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re we watching an American presidential campaign or the pilot episode of a bizarre new TV series? Or both? The hallmark of “reality TV,” of course, being its extreme unreality. On a daily basis, the Trump campaign invites sheer disbelief. Recently, Ivanka Trump, the statuesque daughter her father talks about dating, posted an Instagram photo of herself sightseeing in scenic Croatia with Wendi Deng Murdoch. The New York Daily News explains that “Deng, who was divorced from Rupert Murdoch in 2013 ... has been linked romantically to Russian strongman Vladimir Putin.” The newspaper adds that “the optics of the photo could raise further questions about the relationship between Ivanka’s father and Putin.” Geez, you think? Maybe I’ll ask Boris and Natasha. Those are my pet names for the Russian operatives who started sending me obscene emails after a recent column critical of Trump. The subject line in Boris’ latest reads, “TRUMP SHOULD (DEFECATE) IN YOUR TRAITOROUS MOUTH!” With impressive tradecraft, Boris calls himself “Jason Larenzen,” a name that appears not to exist in the United States. Anticipating the latest Fox News fantasy theme, Natasha (masquerading as “Karyn”) asks, “Will lying (expletive) Hillary last to the election before brain blood clot rupGene Lyons is tures?” Her IP address links to Yana columnist for dex.com, which a Google search locates in Moscow, within walking disthe Arkansas tance of the Kremlin. Times. His They aren’t even subtle about it. column is Of course, in Putin’s Moscow, ofdistributed by fending journalists get shot dead in Universal Uclick. the street, so I shouldn’t complain. Besides, having grown up in New Jersey, profanity makes little impact on me. Yo, Natasha, you eat with that mouth? But think about it: Russian operatives are openly intervening in an American presidential election: hacking Democratic Party emails and harassing obscure political columnists. Always on Donald Trump’s side. You’ve got to ask yourself why. One possible answer may have appeared in the New York Times. Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort’s name turned up 22 times on a secret ledger detailing $12.7 million in illegal payola handed out under deposed Ukranian president Viktor Yanukovych. Supposedly, Manafort was also involved in a “murky” $18 million deal to sell Ukrainian cable TV “to a partnership put together by Mr. Manafort and a Russian oligarch, Oleg Deripaska, a close ally of President Vladimir V. Putin.” Him again. The information was given to Times reporters by the Ukranian government’s “National Anti-Corruption Bureau,” no doubt tasked with putting as many of the current regime’s political rivals as possible in prison. At the expense of being a spoilsport, I’ve learned to be highly skeptical of New York Times “blockbusters.” From the Whitewater hoax onward, the newspaper has produced a series of Clinton scandal stories, culminating in last April’s abortive attempt to hint that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had corruptly engineered the sale of a Wyoming uranium mine. “Look,” I wrote last April, “there’s a reason articles like the Times’ big expose are stultifyingly dull and require the skills of a contract lawyer to parse. Murky sentences and jumbled chronologies signify that the ‘Clinton rules’ are back: all innuendo and guilt-by-association. All ominous rhetorical questions, but rarely straightforward answers.” So it comes as no great surprise that Ukrainian investigators “have yet to determine if (Manafort) actually received the cash.” So is Manafort a victim of the “Clinton Rules”? Could be. But there’s no doubt about this: “Before he fled to Russia two years ago, Mr. Yanukovych ... relied heavily on the advice of Mr. Manafort and his firm, who helped them win several elections.” On evidence, little things like democratic institutions and the rule of law don’t appear high on Manafort’s priority list. Among his previous clients were Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos and Zaire’s infamous Mobutu Sese Seko, aptly described as “the archetypal African dictator.” Both regimes were essentially kleptocracies, characterized by nepotism, brutality and extreme corruption. Comparatively speaking, Vladimir Putin would appear to be one of Manafort’s more savory associates. So when candidate Trump expresses a Russia-friendly foreign policy agenda — musing aloud about recognizing Putin’s illegal occupation of Crimea, and hinting that President Trump might refuse to defend NATO allies against Russian attack, it’s reasonable to wonder what’s being said behind closed doors. Or when Trump invites Boris and Natasha to conduct cyber-warfare against his Democratic opponent. “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” Trump said in July. Later, of course, the candidate alibied that he was being sarcastic. He’s a great kidder, Trump. Something blows up in his face, it was a joke. Washington Monthly’s David Atkins poses the million ruble question: “How much does (sic) Trump and his team need to do before we start asking serious questions about whether they’re a Manchurian Candidate campaign actively working on behalf of a foreign nation?” Basically, that depends upon how big a piece of Trump Russian oligarchs own — one big reason we’ll never see his income taxes. Email: eugenelyons2@yahoo.com

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Sheriff Clarke speaks truth

rowing up, I watched a lot of Westerns. In addition to the cowboy hero, the town sheriff was almost always a model of integrity. He stood for law and order against bank robbers, cattle rustlers and horse thieves all trying to disrupt the peace. A contemporary and real-life version of those fictional characters is Sheriff David Clarke of Milwaukee County in Wisconsin. Clarke has been trying to restore law and order after several nights of rioting following the shooting death of 23-year-old Sylville Smith by a Milwaukee police officer. Smith had a lengthy criminal record, longer than some people’s résumés. He should have been in prison. Sheriff Clarke has appeared numerous times on the Fox News Channel, but not so much in other media. On Monday, The Washington Post carried a story about the riots and ignored Clarke, choosing instead to quote Milwaukee’s chief of police, Edward Flynn. I suspect that’s because Sheriff Clarke speaks some hard truths, which many liberals do not want to hear. In an appearance Monday on Fox, Sheriff Clarke, who is African-American, offered his explanation for the major cause of riots in Milwaukee and other cities: “You know what encourages this? The growth of the welfare state. These are underclass behaviors. Seventy percent of the kids

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born in Milwaukee ... are born without an engaged father in their life. So I look at the progressive policies that have marginalized black dads. They push them to the side and say ‘you’re not needed.’ Uncle Sam is going to be the dad, he’s going to provide for the kids, he’s going to feed the kids ... Cal Thomas Uncle Sam has writes a been a horrible column father. Uncle Sam distributed by does not love Tribune Media these kids. He might keep a little Services. food in their mouths and that is about it. But we all know the importance of an intact family, what it can do to shape the behavior of kids.” Sheriff Clarke called progressive policies “a total disaster,” not only in Milwaukee, but in Chicago, Baltimore, New York and elsewhere. “These progressive policies have hit the black community like a nuclear blast and until we reverse this government dependency, that’s what creates all of this and it encourages it by the way, along with some ques-

tionable lifestyle choices.” His answer? “Until the black community does a self-evaluation and until they begin to self-criticize about some of the lifestyle choices they are making, this stuff is going to continue to fester.” A young African-American man found by a TV camera during the riot said: “The rich people, they got all this money, and they not ... trying to give us none.” Really? All of that tax money spent on anti-poverty programs for the last 50 years never trickled-down to him? This poisonous attitude has been promoted by progressives and has not helped the poor rise above their circumstances. This young man should talk to Sheriff Clarke about changing his attitude. Some self-evaluation and an internal re-adjustment would do more for him than any anti-poverty program the Democrats could dream up. Why do African-Americans continue to vote for liberal Democrats who have done little to help them and, in fact, often cause more harm than good? Again, Sheriff Clarke gets it right: “Until we push back against this progressive ideology, this dangerous ideology that has been very destructive to the black community ... and that’s what I’m trying to do ... it’s job one right now in terms of messaging — this thing is only going to get worse.” Email: tcaeditors@tribpub.com

Olympics attest to our greatness

essimism has flavored this election campaign. America is in decline. The country is on the wrong track. We’re getting our clocks cleaned in global trade deals. We’re still suffering from the humiliation of Iraq. The share of Americans who say that democracy is a “fairly bad” or “very bad” system of government is rising sharply. A quarter of young Americans feel that way, according to data drawn from the World Values Survey. A majority of young Americans believe that the United States should stay out of world affairs, according to a Chicago Council on Global Affairs report. Yet when you watch the Olympics, we don’t seem like some sad-sack country in terminal decline. If anything, the coverage gets a little boring because we’re always winning! And the winners have such amazingly American stories and personality types (Biles, Ledecky, and, yes, Lochte). American Olympic performance has been astoundingly consistent over the recent decades. With rare exceptions, we can be counted on to win between 101 and 110 medals Olympiad after Olympiad. The 2016 team is on pace to win at least that many. We’re not great when measured by medals per capita (New Zealand, Denmark, Hungary, Australia and Britain are the big winners there), but America does have more medals than any other nation in history, and that lead is widening. Moreover, America doesn’t win because we have better athletes (talent must be distributed equally). America does well because it has such great systems for preparing athletes. Medals are won by institutions as much as by individuals. The Germans have a great system for training kayakers, equestrians and throwers — the discus or javelin. The U.S. has

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amazing institutions to prepare jumpers, swimmers, basketball players, gymnasts, runners and decathletes. The big question: Is the greatness of America’s sports institutions reflective of the country’s strong institutions generally, or is it more like the David Brooks Soviet Union’s writes a sports greatness, regular a Potemkin show masking column for The national rot? New York Times. Well, if you step outside the pall of the angry campaign rhetoric, you see that America’s institutions are generally quite strong. Over the past decades, some developing countries, like Brazil, India and China, posted glitzy economic growth numbers. But those countries are now being hampered by institutional weakness and growth is plummeting. But America’s economic success is like our Olympic success, writ large. The nation’s troubles are evident, but our country has sound fundamentals. The American dollar is by far the world’s currency. The Food and Drug Administration is the benchmark for medical standards. The American patent system is the most important in the world. Nine of Forbes’ 10 most valuable brands are American. The U.S. is the leading energy producer. We have 15 (at least!) of the world’s top 20 universities. America is also quite good at change. The median age in the U.S. is 37.8, compared with 46.5 for both German and Japan. The newer a technology is the more the U.S. is likely to

dominate it — whether it’s the cloud or the sharing economy. According to The Economist, 91 percent of online searches are done through American companies’ services, and 99 percent of smartphones run on Americanmade operating systems. American fund managers handle 55 percent of the world’s assets. American businesses host 61 percent of the world’s social media users. On the campaign circuit, global trade is portrayed as this great national disaster. We’re being destroyed by foreigners! The Trans-Pacific Partnership was the central dominating boogeyman at the Democratic National Convention, especially among people who have no clue what’s in it. In fact, America succeeds in global trade about as well as at the Olympics. We rank third, behind Switzerland and Singapore, in global competitive rankings by the World Economic Forum. When trade is leveled by international agreements, American firms take advantage and win customers. As Robert Zoellick noted recently in The Wall Street Journal, in the first five years after the U.S. has concluded free-trade agreements, exports to those places have risen three times faster than overall export growth. Over the past five years, Zoellick wrote, the U.S. has run a $320 billion trade surplus in manufactured goods with its free-trade partners. The country’s farmers and ranchers boosted exports to free-trade partners by 130 percent between 2003 and 2013. In one important way sports is not like economics. In Rio there are only three medals in each event. Global trade is not zero-sum. It spreads vast benefits across societies, while undeniably hurting some businesses in narrow fields along the way. Of course, we have to take care of those who are hurt, but the biggest threat now is unmerited pessimism itself, and the stupid and fearful choices that inevitably flow from it.

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Starr resigns as Baylor law professor AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former Baylor University President Ken Starr resigned his post as a law school professor Friday, severing his last tie with the faith-based campus still reeling from a sexual assault scandal involving its football team. Starr, an ex-prosecutor best known nationally for zealously pursuing charges against former U.S. President Bill Clinton in a 1990s White House sex scandal, had in more recent years been a highprofile face of Baylor. But he lost his job as president in May and later stepped down as chancellor amid allegations the school in the central Texas city of Waco mishandled several cases in which football players were accused of attacking women. Baylor, the nation’s largest Baptist university, said in a joint statement issued with Starr that he “will be leaving his faculty status and tenure” with the law school in a separation that was mutually agreed upon.

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U.S. defends Iran payment By BRADLEY KLAPPER Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday defended its decision to make a $400 million cash delivery to Iran contingent on the release of American prisoners, saying the payment wasn’t ransom because the Islamic Republic would have soon recouped the money one way or another. In a conference call with reporters, senior administration officials said it made no sense not to use the money as leverage to ensure that four U.S. citizens were freed, especially as Washington was uncertain until the very moment their plane left that Iran would live up to its word. The administration’s defense came after the State Department outlined for the first time that the Jan. 17 repayment of money from a 1970s Iranian account to buy U.S. military equipment was connected to a U.S.-Iranian prisoner exchange on the same day. Previously, President Barack Obama and other officials had denied any such linkage. The acknowledgement kicked off a torrent of Republican criticism, who declared it evidence of a quid pro quo that undermined America’s longstanding opposition to ransom payments. The money came from an account used by the Iranian govern-

ment to buy American military equipment in the days of the U.S.backed shah. The equipment was never delivered after the shah’s government was overthrown in 1979 and revolutionaries took American hostages at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. The two sides have wrangled over that account and numerous other financial claims ever since. The Jan. 17 agreement involved the return of the $400 million, plus an additional $1.3 billion in interest, terms that Obama described as favorable compared to what might have been expected from a tribunal set up in The Hague to rule on claims between the two countries. U.S. officials have said they expected an imminent ruling on the claim and settled with Tehran instead. At an Aug. 4 news conference at the Pentagon, Obama said nothing nefarious occurred. “We do not pay ransom for hostages,” he said. In a conference call with reporters, two senior administration officials intimately involved with the financial and prisoner negotiations sought to refute what they described as false reports about what happened. They weren’t authorized to speak publicly on the matter and demanded anonymity. There was no way that Washington could have avoided repaying the money to Iran in the shortterm, one of the officials insisted.

The 1981 Algiers Accord between the U.S. and Iran that set up the tribunal made repayment mandatory, and allowed for either claimant to seize assets in international courts if the other reneged on a ruling, the official said. Iran had lived up to its commitment by repaying $2.5 billion awarded for claims by U.S. citizens and companies. A ruling on the military fund was expected soon, the official said, as Iran asked last year for the tribunal to hear its case and Tehran and Washington had been negotiating proposals for a hearing. Given that interest rates in the early years of the fund were as high as 20 percent, the official said Iran stood to receive a much more substantial award than $1.3 billion in interest. As a result, the U.S. opted to settle with Iran. The second American official argued that if there was any quid pro quo, it was the exchange of U.S. and Iranian prisoners. Washington released seven Iranians, mostly dual Iranian-American nationals convicted of sanctions violations, as part of the deal. But even that trade-off faced several difficulties on the busy diplomatic weekend in January that also included the Iranians complying with last year’s nuclear accord and the U.S. lifting many oil, trade and banking sanctions on Iran — context, the official said, that played into the administration’s decision

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MIAMI (AP) — A California woman has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for illegally exporting U.S. military gear to China including jet-fighter engines and a drone aircraft. Court records show a Miami federal judge imposed the sentence Friday on Wenxia Man, 45, of San Diego. A jury convicted her in June of conspiring to export and actually exporting military equipment without the proper license. Federal prosecutors say evidence in the case showed Man worked with a person in China to export engines used in F-135, F22 and F-16 fighter jets as well as an MQ-9 Reaper drone aircraft capable of firing Hellfire missiles. Man allegedly told an undercover Homeland Security Investigations agent she worked with a spy who helped the Chinese military copy items from other countries.

30 strangers attend woman’s funeral ORANGETOWN, N.Y. (AP) — About 30 people have paid their respects to a woman they never met after responding to a call for attendees for a suburban New York funeral at which no one was expected to show up. The Journal News reported that the strangers served as Francine Stein’s pallbearers and also helped bury her during the service Wednesday at a cemetery in Orangetown. Stein died at age 83. Rabbi Elchanan Weinbach officiated the service and said there was no eulogy because he didn’t know anything about the woman. He learned at the cemetery that Stein was a musician and had taught at the Julliard School. The call for volunteers came on Facebook from Weinbach’s daughter.

Police find ‘elderly man’ is fugitive BOSTON (AP) — Authorities say an “elderly man” found at a Massachusetts home actually was a 31year-old fugitive wearing a disguise. Police went to a house on Cape Cod Thursday looking for Shaun Miller, of Hyannis, who had been a fugitive since April when he and several others were indicted on heroin distribution charges. Police said that when they ordered a man there to come outside, an elderly man emerged. The U.S. Attorney’s office said when officers realized the man was Miller they pulled off his “realistic disguise” and placed him under arrest. Nearly $30,000 in cash and two loaded guns were found in the house.

making with the $400 million. He said the wife of one of the prisoners, Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, went “incommunicado” for several hours even though Iran had agreed to allow her to join her husband on the plane. At another point, a prisoner in Virginia who was part of the package refused to accept his pardon, leading Iran to threaten to pull out of the deal. Iran also became miffed when it learned that the prisoners being released in the United States didn’t want to travel to Iran, the official said. Iran asked the U.S. to pressure them into leaving, but the American negotiators refused, he said. The various demands led the U.S. to believe there was a possibility the American prisoners would be returned to Iran’s notorious Evin prison, the official said. And that is why the U.S. decided to use the settlement money as leverage, the official said. But Friday’s explanation, while more detailed than previous ticktocks of the diplomacy, still didn’t answer why the administration insisted for seven months that the money and the prisoners never became part of a common negotiation. “Reports of link between prisoner release & payment to Iran are completely false,” State Department spokesman John Kirby tweeted earlier this month.

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REPUBLICAN presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, right, helped unload supplies Friday for flood victims during a tour of the flood-damaged area in Gonzales, La.

Touring flooding, Trump moves ahead with campaign turnaround By MELINDA DESLATTE and JILL COLVIN Associated Press

BATON ROUGE, La. — Offering consolation, expressing regret, cutting ties with a controversial aide. Donald Trump’s campaign turnaround plan on Friday featured the unorthodox candidate acting much like a conventional politician struggling to revive a presidential bid on the ropes. Trump headed to flood-damaged Louisiana to express solidarity with residents cleaning up after devastating flooding that left at least 13 people dead. The trip made for a pointed contrast to President Barack Obama and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who both have yet to go, although Obama announced later Friday that he would visit next week. The typically brash and spotlightseeking billionaire offered notably restrained remarks as he surveyed the waterlogged wreckage. “Nobody understands how bad it is,” Trump told reporters, after briefly helping unload a truck of supplies while cameras captured the moment. “It’s really incredible, so I’m just here to help.” Yet the trip did little to obscure the turmoil in Trump's campaign, punctuated early Friday when Trump announced that he’d accepted campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s offer to resign. Trump’s visit to southern Louisiana put pressure on Clinton. Even as she kicked off a fundraising blitz, Clinton emailed supporters asking them to contribute to the relief effort and noted that she had spoken with Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat whose spokesman blasted Trump’s visit as “a photo op.” In a clear swipe at her rival, Clinton added: “The relief effort can’t

afford any distractions. The very best way this team can help is to make sure Louisianans have the resources they need.” Trump’s trip was a striking detour for a candidate who has largely stuck to boisterous rallies and phone-in interviews to appeal to voters. The businessman and his running mate, Mike Pence, drove past piles of ripped-up carpet, furniture and personal belongings discarded on curbs. Trump consoled residents — even hugging two — as several Louisianans noted they have felt left out of the national spotlight. In East Baton Rouge Parish, residents emerged from their homes to wave at Trump’s motorcade, some with gloved hands dirty from their house-gutting work. At a Baptist church later, a woman screamed “We knew you would be here for us!” as he and Pence sat down with volunteers. When a woman thanked him for coming, rather than playing golf like the president has been doing during his New England vacation, Trump replied, “Somebody is, somebody is that shouldn’t be.” With pressure mounting, the White House said after Trump’s appearance that Obama would visit Louisiana on Tuesday to survey the damage. Aides have noted Obama is receiving regular updates on the conditions. Trump’s visit was one of his first steps under new campaign leadership. Earlier this week, he tapped Stephen Bannon, a combative conservative media executive, as his new campaign chief. The decision suggested to some that Trump might ramp up the divisive rhetoric that has angered minorities and alienated large swaths of the electorate. While it remains too early to tell,

the first moves under the new regime have largely shown an investment in conventional campaigning. Trump’s operation on Friday released its first general election TV commercial, one of two set to run in battleground states over the next 10 days. Later Friday, Trump fired up a rally in Dimondale, Mich. — but for the fourth time this week spoke with the aid of the teleprompters he has criticized Clinton for using. Although the suburb just outside Lansing is overwhelmingly white, Trump made an appeal to black voters. He urged them to abandon Democrats, who he said only take advantage of African-American voters. “You live in your poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs, 58 percent of your youth is unemployed — what the hell do you have to lose?” he said, adding a bold prediction: “At the end of four years, I will get over 95 percent of the African-American vote.” Most polls show Trump trailing Clinton significantly among black voters. Obama won roughly 93 percent of black voters in his re-election campaign in 2012. The tone was a shift from the night earlier, when Trump expressed rare regret for some of his more caustic comments — although he did not say which ones. “Sometimes in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don’t choose the right words or you say the wrong thing. I have done that,” the GOP nominee said. “And believe it or not, I regret it — and I do regret it — particularly where it may have caused personal pain.” Associated Press writers Kathleen Hennessey, Steve Peoples, Julie Bykowicz and Lisa Lerer in Washington contributed to this report.

MIAMI — South Beach has been identified as a second site of Zika transmission by mosquitoes on the U.S. mainland, and containing it there will be difficult because high-rise buildings and strong winds make it impractical to spray the neighborhood from the air, officials said Friday. Five cases of Zika have been connected to mosquitoes in Miami Beach, bringing the state’s caseload to 36 infections not related to travel outside the U.S., Florida’s governor and health department announced Friday. The discovery prompted the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to announce it was expanding its travel warning for pregnant women to include an area in Miami Beach known for nightclubs, pedestrian thoroughfares and beaches. Zika infection can cause severe brain-related birth defects, including a dangerously small head, if women are infected during pregnancy. The virus’s apparent spread from a Miami neighborhood popular for day trips to the South Beach streets where many tourists sleep has rattled the tourism industry, even in the slower summer season. Gov. Rick Scott has directed Florida’s health department to offer mosquito spraying and related services at no cost to Miami-Dade County’s hotels, restaurants and tourist attractions. More than 15.5 million people made overnight visits to Miami and nearby beaches in 2015, with an impact of $24.4 billion, according to figures from the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau. The CDC previously warned pregnant women to avoid the Wynwood arts district in Miami. In its statement Friday, the agency said pregnant women may also want to consider postponing nonessential travel throughout Miami-Dade County if they’re concerned about potential exposure to the mosquitoborne virus. “We’re in the midst of mosquito season and expect more Zika infections in the days and months to come,” said CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden. “It is difficult to predict how long active transmission will continue.” Aerial spraying and door-todoor operations on the ground have cut mosquito populations in Wynwood by up to 90 percent, but Zika may be continuing as mosquitoes breed, Frieden told reporters Friday. “The mosquitoes are persistent and we won’t know for a couple of weeks whether these aggressive measures have worked,” Frieden said.

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GOD, ME AND A CUP OF TEA

Michele Huey’s column appears every Saturday. Email comments to michele huey@yahoo. com.

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Sadie’s story shows what love can do Extra tea: Read and meditate on Romans 8:31–39 The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing. (Zephaniah 3:17 NIV) When the 11-year-old Chihuahua was dropped off at the crowded animal shelter, she had obvious health problems. Two weeks went by and no one showed interest in adopting her. After all, who’d want an old dog with health issues? So Sadie was scheduled for euthanasia. Enter one young lady with a heart for the hurting — and with a passion for God’s creatures. When Sarah McKenrick and her fiance, Jonathan Cherry, visited the shelter, “to give some animals some love,�

a volunteer told her the sad story of the Chihuahua. “She had been with a family for 11 years,� Sarah told me, “and they just dumped her at the shelter. My heart broke, and I couldn’t let her be put down like that. We adopted her.� It was while the veterinarian was spaying Sadie that he discovered still another health problem and called Sarah. “Are you sure you still want to adopt her?� he asked. “Absolutely!� Sarah said. With a heart murmur, congestive heart failure, fluid in her lungs, a bad stomach due to hookworms, and “a long list of other issues,� Sadie was given three months to live — “a hospice situation,� Sarah said. “She was 3.25 pounds and terrified.� That was three years ago.

“Today she is on ZERO medication, the heart murmur is gone, and she’s a chunky six pounds!� reports Sarah, who is now Mrs. Jonathan Cherry. That’s what love can do. In Sarah’s and Jonathan’s love for Sadie, who now responds to the name “Bitty,� I see God’s love for all humanity. God’s love for me. God’s love for you. Each one of you. It doesn’t matter who you are, what your nationality is, what your beliefs are, what you do for a living or how old you are. It doesn’t matter that you have “SIN� written all over you. It doesn’t matter if you’ve messed up. Or if you are messed up. It doesn’t matter if you’re what the world calls “damaged goods.� It doesn’t matter what you’ve done, who’ve you’ve been with, where you

are. Read the Gospels. Over and over you’ll see God’s Son reaching out to the outcasts of society: a woman at a well in Samaria (John 4:1–26). She had three strikes against her: She was a woman—women were not at the top of the social ladder in those days; she was a Samaritan — the Jews hated the Samaritans; and she’d had five husbands and was living with a man who was not her husband. But she wasn’t out — not by God’s standards. Neither are you. Then there was the leper who asked Jesus for healing and Jesus touched him (Matthew 8:1–4; Luke 5:12– 14). He touched him! My goodness, you didn’t even breathe the same air as a leper in those times, let alone touch one!

But, in God’s eyes, he wasn’t untouchable. Neither are you. And then there was Levi, the tax collector, whom Jesus called to be one of His 12 apostles (Mark 2:13–17; Luke 5:27–31). A tax collector — a despised traitor in the eyes of the Jews. But he wasn’t despised by God. Neither are you. You may know Levi better by his name as one of Jesus’ disciples — Matthew, which means “gift of the Lord.� That’s what happens when Jesus comes into your life — it changes, you change — transformed from the inside out. It all starts with the unconditional love of God. Sadie’s story, you see, is your story. When I’m feeling down on myself, O Lord, remind me of how very much You love me. Amen.

CHURCH BRIEFS Rummage sale

Camp meeting

Mt. Zion United Methodist Church will hold a rummage sale until 3 p.m. today. Baked goods will be available and the kitchen will be open. From Kittanning, turn right at the light at Elderton Market and go about 5 miles. If coming from Indiana, turn left at the light. The church will be on the right. Proceeds from the sale go toward campership.

CHERRY TREE — The Lighthouse Morning Star Ministries will hold their annual camp meeting under the big tent at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Monday to Wednesday at the church, 4886 Route 240, Cherry Tree. The guest speaker will be evangelist Leon Batchelor, of Tyler, Texas. There will be special music and performances by the Morning Star Ministries dance team each evening. Pastors Ken and Wilda Brown invite everyone. For more information, call (814) 948-5765, (724) 254-2991 or (814) 749-0008.

Community yard sale

THE REV. BENJAMIN BLOWERS AND FAMILY

Wesleyan church to welcome pastor The Wesleyan Methodist Church, corner of 12th and Church streets in Indiana, will welcome a new pastor Sunday. The Rev. Benjamin Blowers and his family will replace the Rev. Joseph Smith and his wife, Lois, who served as pastors at the church for the past seven years. Pastor Blowers is a graduate of Allegheny Wesleyan College in Salem, Ohio. He served as pastor at the Columbus, Ohio, Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Church for 12 years. He was instrumental in growing that church from pioneer status to a fully organized church. Sonja (Muir) Blowers grew up in Hillsdale and is a graduate of Indiana Wesleyan School in Dixonville. She also attended Allegheny Wesleyan College. The Blowers have three daughters. Indiana Wesleyan Methodist Church holds Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and worship service at 10:45 a.m. Children’s Church meets each Sunday at 10:45 a.m. For more information, visit www.indianawmc.com, or Pastor Blowers can be contacted at (614) 937-9374.

A community yard sale will be held until 2 p.m. today at Indiana Church of the Brethren, 905 McKnight Road, White Township. Ten-by-10 spaces are available for $10 per day. Eight-foot tables are also available for an additional $5 per day. To reserve a space, call (724) 4633280 or (724) 349-5573.

Extended service hours The Christian Counseling Service of Indiana, located in the Indiana Theater Building, is increasing its Thursday hours to give people needing services more opportunity to receive counseling. Clients can call (724) 465-5440 from 1 to 7 p.m. Thursdays to make appointments for counseling. The office also is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays.

ing. Sunday school and the choir are on summer break until Sept. 11. The Adult Bible Study meets on Thursday mornings from 9 to 11 a.m. For more information, contact the church at (724) 783-6561.

Chicken and holupki dinner A chicken and holupki dinner will be held from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Christ Our Savior Orthodox Church, corner of Tanoma Road and Route 286 East, Rayne Township. The cost is $10 for adults, $3 for children ages 5 to 12 and free for age 4 and under. A fast takeout line is available. The public is welcome.

Dixie Melody Boys concert

Community choir

The nationally known Southern gospel music quartet The Dixie Melody Boys will be appearing in concert at 6 p.m. Sunday at The Clearfield Alliance Church, 45 Alliance Road, Clearfield. The doors will open at 5 p.m. A love offering will be received. For more information, call (814) 765-8827.

CHERRY TREE — A community choir is being formed to perform at the Cookport Fair. Practice will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday and Aug. 29, Sept. 1 and 8 at the Pine Grove Church of God, Route 240, Cherry Tree. The fair performance will be at 7 p.m. Sept. 11. Anyone interested in joining the choir can call John Hanayik at (724) 254-4287.

Calvary’s Mercy to perform Calvary’s Mercy will perform at 10:45 a.m. Sunday at First Church of God, 541 Lutz School Road, White Township. A free-will offering will be accepted. For more information, call (724) 463-0941.

Salisbury steak dinner ISELIN — Iselin Community Church will hold a Salisbury steak dinner from 4 to 6 p.m. Aug. 27.

Back-to-school event

Guest preacher

Worship scheduled

The Rev. Samuel Butler, a retired Wesleyan pastor from Penfield, will be filling the pulpit Sunday at Independent Traditional Holiness Church in Indiana. He will preach in both the 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m. service. Butler has served churches in Virginia and Pennsylvania for many years.

The NuValley Presbyterian Church will hold worship in the fellowship hall Sunday at 9:30 a.m. The Rev. R. Bruce Shannon will deliver the message titled “The Cure for Bad Religion� based on Psalm 71:17-23 and Hebrews 12:18-29. The service will also include the Blessing of the Backpacks — all students should bring their backpack to church for a bless-

Beacon Independent Baptist Church, 736 Lincoln Ave., Bolivar, is holding a back-to-school Sunday event Aug. 28 from 9:45 to 11:30 a.m. The public is welcome for a blessing of the children for a successful 2016-17 school year, as well as singing, face painting, praying, prizes and pizza. For more information, contact Pastor Paul Lint at (724) 676-4448.

Her bandana covers me in love My eyes brimmed as I opened a package that arrived this week. Inside was a flowered cotton headscarf and a note titled “Mom’s Bandana,� a gift from an dear friend’s daughter. She wrote: “Mom was a warrior and this bandana was her head dress. I think she would like you to have it. Please wear it and think of her. She is standing in your corner, cheering you on. May her memory and spirit strengthen your determination to win this fight for your life.� Wearing it now, I see my reflection on my laptop screen. My friend’s bandana covers and blesses me, Jan Woodard just as incorporates Jesus texting in her blessed writing, sharlittle chiling a faith perdren spective on her when he personal jourlaid his ney with breast hands cancer. Contact upon her at janwa them. trouswoodard I heard @gmail.com. from some of you after I wrote that friends are like a dose of good medicine. A woman battling for health expressed a truth that many of us agree with: “Wouldn’t be here today without my friends! They carried me, physically and

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spiritually when I couldn’t!� A classmate send a blackand-white photo of little girls in fluffy dresses at a birthday party way back when we wore white anklets and Mary Janes. Recently I saw her after 50 years, her eyes sparkling, and was reminded why she was my best buddy on the playground. At any age, sometimes the squeeze of stress and loss can feel like walls collapsing, threatening to crush us. In a class some years back I learned how women support each other in simple yet powerful ways when life presses in. In a landmark study, Dr. Shelley Taylor and others researchers described what they called the “tend and befriend� stress response. Those of use who aren’t fast enough to outrun or strong enough to fight our adversaries instinctively circle our wagons. When threatened, women are likely to stick around, befriend each other and tend for the most vulnerable — the very young, very old and very sick. It’s thought provoking that women were mostly excluded from earlier studies that resulted in the better known “fight or flight� term for responding to stress. Evidently female hormonal ups and downs were considered to be too undependable at first to seriously study women and stress. Cancer is my great adversary, at the moment. Despite cancer’s dark shadow, I know firsthand how others can lift my mood,

spreading light on overcast days. The devotion of Jesus and his close friend John shows how friendship changes people. The guy was all bluster and thunder when Jesus first met him. He tried to reserve the best seat in heaven and suggested calling down fire to destroy a village of folks when he didn’t like their behavior. Following Jesus for three years transformed John into a beloved friend whose words on love transform us, today. In his first letter, John penned from deep experience, “We love because he first loved us� (I John 4:19 ESV). At the Last Supper, John laid his head upon Jesus’ breast and could almost hear the heartbeat of God. Imagine how that comfort-

ed them both. Their sense of companionship brings to mind a line I memorized as a teen by Elizabeth Barrett Browning: “I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.� When I’m tempted to feel alone in my struggle, I remember we’re designed to resemble God’s image, whose eternal essence is relational. Jesus turned things upside down when he took on our form to resemble us, as John 1:14 (MSG) says: “The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood.� Jesus took love all the way to the cross. C.S. Lewis explained: “Christ’s death has somehow put us right with God.� Another way of saying that is when we fall in love with Jesus, we enter

into the eternal flow of friendship of the Father, Son and Spirit. Friendship with God carries me through some long days. God’s goodness is fleshed out in the here and now through the hands, feet and hearts of family, neighbors and friends. Genuinely caring for others is the cement that can

put the world back together. Victorian author Dinah Mulock Craik’s thought captures one of our deepest yearnings: “Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person.� Love, like my friend’s bandana, covers a multitude of losses. All will be well.

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CLASS OF 1976

CHURCH BRIEFS Roast beef dinner UREY — A roast beef dinner will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Aug. 28 at SS. Peter & Paul Orthodox Church, Urey. The menu includes roast beef, holubki, halushki, mashed potatoes, gravy, rolls, green beans, apple sauce, bottled water and dessert. The cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 6 to 10 and free for age 5 and under. Dinners will be packaged to go; however, everyone is welcome to stay and dine in the parish hall.

INDIANA AREA Senior High School Class of 1976 held its 40th reunion on Aug. 13 at the Rustic Lodge, White Township. A silent auction was held to fund a scholarship that will be presented to a senior graduating from Indiana Area Senior High School in May of 2017. Pictured at the reunion were Cynthia Bell Shirley, Betty Bonarrigo Peffer, Willy Brilhart, Aline Buckwalter Oswalt, Kevin Buggey, Barb Byers Blazosky, Paula Campbell Hazelet, Catherine Carson Williams, Amy Creps Heater, Dave Dongilla, Betty Findley Fulmer, Mark Gamble, Jeff Geesey, Karen Godlasky Baker, Bob Hall, Jamie Hartley Kline, Leslie Hasinger Lewis, George E. Hood Jr., Lynn Houllion, Sandra Howarth Towne, Susan Jamison, Vicky Jamison Sperry, Ron Jenkins, Katie Lieb Hefferin, Brenda Livingston Houck, Bernie Lockard, Jonathan Mack, Ken Marcoaldi, Edna Belle McClurkin Ruffner, Bonnie McDowell Simpson, Greg McPherson, Anna Miller Shumaker, Ralph Miller, Don Moreau, John Ogden, Judy Orr Egley, Joe Peightal, Regina Pendrey, Tina Perfetti Wiggins, Pat Politoske Burkart, Kevin Redinger, Cindra Reeger Reyba, Dan Rodack, Dave Rostis, Patty Rudy Coiner, Sandy Sekereak Elkin, Lori Selkirk Steele, Janice Shaw Allshouse, Michele Stanko Schweitz, Bruce Stewart, Tom Swan, Curt Thomas, Pam Trusal Kemper, Denice Wallen Vaughn, John Ward, Bruce Weber, Patrick Williams, Steve Woodrow, and Julie Zenisek Gigliotti.

Calligrapher gives words personal touch By ELLEN CREAGER Detroit Free Press

ROYAL OAK, Mich. — Royal Oak calligrapher Vicki Corwin has a hand in many of life’s most important moments. Her calligraphy has graced everything from diplomas at Sacred Heart Seminary and Cranbrook to thousands of wedding invitations, place-cards at million-dollar parties and once even a love letter. But with computer fonts mimicking the finest scripts, is there really a place for those who still use the old, slow skill of pen and ink? Actually, yes. Calligraphy, the skill of beautiful handwriting, is back in style. It is part of society’s fascination with handmade things in a hightech world. “The number of people who are eager for this type of learning is just phenomenal. It is really catching fire. The pendulum is swinging,” says Corwin, who learned calligraphy 31 years ago and has worked full time as a calligrapher since 2002. The reason, she says, is that a computer script, which can perfectly replicate itself a thousand times on a thousand wedding envelopes, just does not have the same look as something handwritten, with its slight differences made by the artist’s scratching nib across the paper. There’s a warmth to calligraphy that is missing from machine-generated work.

ARTIST’S HAND Working at a broad, slightly slanted art table that takes up most of her living room, she chooses her pen and ink, working with the indirect light streaming in the front windows and a white desk lamp. In her drawer just to the right of her chair are her inks in little pots, each with a white lid: Ziller Midnight Blue, Cardinal Red, Wild Viola Violet, Sweetgrass Green, Buffalo Brown, Northwind White. She also uses walnut inks, Chinese soot inks and gouache, a watercolor type of paint she can custom mix for odd colors a bride may request, like peach. Perched high on the shelves above her desk are old fashioned ink pots with quill pens. They are just decorative. Her work is done with something called a pointed pen split nib. The nib of the pen is off to the left of the handle. That makes her hand less tired over time. As she works, her small gray cat Sweet Pea usually curls up in a small bed next to her on the desk. “She is my assistant; she greets the clients,” says Corwin. And there is a lot of work to do.

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VICKI CORWIN, 61, works out of her living room in Royal Oak, Mich.

5 ways to improve your horrible handwriting Do you have awful handwriting? Join the club. Here are Royal Oak calligrapher Vicki Corwin’s tips for addressing important envelopes or writing Christmas cards or notes, for when you really need your penmanship to look decent: • Don’t try to address too many envelopes at once. “Your handwriting falls off. Slow down, relax and enjoy it. Your handwriting is kind of a gift to the person. Try not to do more than 20 at a sitting.” • Draw lines with pencil on the envelope to keep your writing even — and never use a pencil eraser to erase them afterward. Buy a soft “art eraser” that gently and invisibly erases the lines when you are done. • It’s OK if the envelopes you are addressing don’t all look identical. Many people vary their handwriting day to day or even moment to moment, so be

you address an envelope for me,” Corwin says. “I said, what is it? She was sending her résumé to Kate Spade (fashion house) in New York. So I found a pink business envelope and addressed it for her. She paid me $20, and I handed it back to her and said good luck.” Once, she was the alterego of a young man in love. “A young man was really trying to impress this gal, so he asked me to write a love letter,” she says. “He typed it and emailed it to me, and I transcribed it onto the stationery, and it worked! He got the girl.” Another time, she transcribed into script an entire 535-word wedding vow. A husband hired her to create it for his wife as a gift for their one-year anniversary. “It was a little bit private, but it was cool,” she says. Corwin’s sophisticated work finds its way onto poems, proclamations, birth certificates, diplomas, Christmas cards and art mats. She does 60 to 80 diplomas a year for Sacred Heart Seminary graduates in Detroit. She’s even been hired by New York party planners to attend parties as an emergency place-card writer. “They bring me on-site so I can make last minute changes, say, if someone’s wife isn’t coming I can make a new place-card,” she says. “They put me in a little closet, and they give me cards, and I bring my ink to match, and I sit there and just make changes.” Mostly, though, she does

creative. “Only one person is getting one envelope, so they’re not going to show up and compare their envelope with others.” Even Corwin says her so-called identical wedding invitations contain slight differences, like extra loops or flourishes, depending upon how she is feeling at the moment. • If you want to learn calligraphy or just improve your handwriting, take a class, watch a video or get a book — but the most important thing is practice. You even can start by using a regular pencil, because it can make thin or thick lines as you are making the strokes. • Regularly write letters and address envelopes by hand. It’s good practice for your handwriting, and it shows the recipient that he or she is special. Amid a flood of shortcut texts and boring mail with machine labels, a handwritten envelope always gets a smile.

the calligraphy addresses on wedding invitations. She does most of them in what’s called “bride’s hand,” traditional copperplate script, but sometimes brides choose something less formal and more contemporary. She has done it for weddings as large as 400 people. She charges $2.35 per envelope. “It doesn’t take me that long,” she says. “I can write about 40 envelopes a day and maintain quality and spelling. You figure 40 a day, so I can do a 400-piece order in 10 days.” How can she keep doing it without her hand tiring? She wears a soft wrist cast every night to protect against carpal tunnel syndrome and tendonitis. She takes breaks. She takes her time. “I try to do 8 at a time, then I stop. Then I do 8 more. I try not to do more than 24 at a time.” Her writing is so graceful that it seems effortless. That is not true. It is due to years of practice.

IN THE SCRIPT Corwin comes from a family of artists. Both her mother and great-grandfather were painters. Although Corwin did not inherit the painting talent, she loved to doodle and write words on a page as a young child growing up in Cleveland. But she never thought to make a career of it. At 20, she moved to Michigan. She married Doug Emig 33 years ago and moved to Royal Oak.

Over the years, her world has expanded to include nine nieces, 1 nephew and 2 cats. Her first career was executive secretary, and she did that for 14 years. Then she opened a business that supplied and maintained plants for office buildings, and that lasted 13 years. But her life changed in 1985 when a teacher friend needed students for a calligraphy class at Southfield Community Ed and asked Corwin to please sign up. “She was teaching italic, and we used a chisel nib, and I just fell in love with it,” she says. “So I took the next class, and the next class, and learned the historic alphabets: gothic, uncial, italic and the modern historics like Carolingian. “I found that the key to the whole thing was practice. You build up your muscles and your muscle memory.” In 2001, she was asked by Tiffany’s at Troy’s Somerset Mall to be a resident calligrapher working with brides. She learned to do the formal script called copperplate most used on wedding invitations. The handwriting was on the wall. Calligraphy was her new career.

LOOPY WRITING Corwin, whose company is called the Artistic Quill, says that new trends in calligraphy — more free-form, loopy, eccentric styles — are wildly popular with brides, although mothers of brides still go for extremely traditional looks.

The style is changing quite quickly, in fact. “We’ve gone from a very formal calligraphy to a flourished, more ornate calligraphy. Pinterest and Etsy post a lot of pictures of wacky, funky, fun calligraphy, and more people are jumping in to do that,” she says. She teaches calligraphy in Birmingham, but would like to see more young calligraphers teaching classes in the new styles. Corwin is the former president of the Michigan Association of Calligraphers, based in metro Detroit, and also is a member of Pen Dragons, a calligraphers group in Kalamazoo, Mich. She’s also a member of the international calligraphy group called IAMPETH, which stands for the flowery “International Association of Master Penmen, Engrossers and Teachers of Handwriting.” “Two years ago IAMPETH had only 250 members. Now they have 1,300,” she says. Ironically, as calligraphy is getting more popular, the teaching of cursive writing is disappearing in public schools. Corwin worries that future generations won’t be able to write their own signatures or read cursive, which means nobody will be able to read documents like the Declaration of Independence or even an old letter from their grandmother. Cursive evolved over the centuries, but is most familiar to people in the U.S. for the “Palmer method,” taught to every school child in America in the 20th century. Today, cursive handwriting, Corwin says, may seem like a quaint luxury reserved for wedding invitations and plaques. It should be more. “Your handwriting is an expression of yourself,” she says. “It is unique to you.” If you never write anything by hand, part of your identity vanishes. “We have 26 letters, and they come together to form words. If you are not writing them out and enjoying the picture of the words, you miss the way into the story that the words can tell you,” Corwin says. Does she actually write letters to friends by hand? Yes. “Now we message and text and Facebook and tweet, but when I write somebody a letter, it’s special. “I have a friend in Denver who says she saves the letter until she can sit down, have a cup of tea and find out what I’m up to. Writing by hand endears the words to the reader, much more so.” Corwin has a big, elaborate, fancy diploma on the wall of her living room studio. It says that in 2008 she graduated from a master program in the most complex calligraphy techniques. The final exam? Creating the diploma. Look around her studio, and you realize that it is just one more part of Vicki Corwin’s script.

Money management St. Bernard Church in Indiana will offer a free preview and Q&A session of Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University, which applies biblical principles to money management, at 7 p.m. Aug. 29 at the church. The nine-week course gives participants access to online tools and personal support for financial freedom and a real plan to conquer debt. The course is $100 per couple and begins at 7 p.m. Oct. 3 at St. Bernard Church social hall. To register or for more information, call (724) 465-4918 or 349-2153 or email eugebecthomas@ gmail.com or breezy 2888@yahoo.com.

Joyce Igo to perform Singer and songwriter Joyce Igo will be in concert at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 30 at Cornerstone Worship Center, 500 Lenz Road, overlooking the Rte. 422 bypass at Route 286, White Township. Igo is a Southern gospel musician from West Virginia. In 1992, she began the journey of being in a full-time and solo music ministry. Soon, she was singing from Arizona to Maine, and Canada to Florida. This year she is celebrating her 24th year in ministry. Pastor Paul Price invites the public to attend. For more information visit www.indianachurch.com or call (724) 465-9911.

9/11 service The 15th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, is rapidly approaching and the East Mahoning Baptist Church near Commodore plans a celebration and remembrance service at 10:45 a.m. Sept. 11. Members from Citizens’ Ambulance Service will be honored for their service to the community and those who served at ground zero during that tragic event will share their story. Local volunteer fire departments will also be invited and recognized for their service to the community.

If you see these people today, be sure to wish them a happy birthday: • Kathryn Booth, Saltsburg • Bud Brendle, Indiana • Christopher Busani, Blairsville • Cindy Foster, Clyde • Ryan Grant, Ernest • Zach Ober, Homer City • Patty Rape, New Florence • Lori Sawyer, Rochester Mills • Don Small, Glen Campbell • Ron Small, Gipsy • Sarah Stewart, Indiana To have a name added to the list, call (724) 4655555, ext. 265.

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Today is Saturday, Aug. 20, the 233rd day of 2016. There are 133 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 20, 1866, months after fighting in the Civil War had ended, President Andrew Johnson issued Proclamation 157, which declared that “peace, order, tranquility, and civil authority now exist in and throughout the whole of the United States of America.” On this date: In 1833, Benjamin Harrison, 23rd president of the United States, was born in North Bend, Ohio. In 1882, Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” had its premiere in Moscow. In 1914, German forces occupied Brussels, Belgium, during World War I. In 1940, during World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill paid tribute to the Royal Air Force before the House of Commons, saying, “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” Exiled Communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky was assassinated in Coyoacan, Mexico, by Ramon Mercader. (Trotsky died the next day.) In 1953, the Soviet Union publicly acknowledged it had tested a hydrogen bomb. In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Economic Opportunity Act, a nearly $1 billion anti-poverty measure. In 1968, the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact nations began invading Czechoslovakia to crush the “Prague Spring” liberalization drive. In 1972, the Wattstax concert took place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. In 1977, the U.S. launched Voyager 2, an unmanned spacecraft carrying a 12-inch copper phonograph record containing greetings in dozens of languages, samples of music and sounds of nature. In 1986, postal employee Patrick Henry Sherrill went on a deadly rampage at a post office in Edmond, Okla., shooting 14 fellow workers to death before killing himself. In 1989, entertainment executive Jose Menendez and his wife, Kitty, were shot to death in their Beverly Hills mansion by their sons, Lyle and Erik. Fiftyone people died when a pleasure boat sank in the River Thames in London after colliding with a dredger. In 1994, Benjamin Chavis Jr. was fired as head of the NAACP after a turbulent 16-month tenure. Ten years ago: John Mark Karr, the suspect in the death of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey, sipped champagne and dined on

fried king prawns in business class of Thai Airways as he was flown to the U.S. (Although he’d implicated himself in JonBenet’s slaying, Karr was later cleared.) Former Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal, who’d taken the iconic Iwo Jima flag-raising picture during World War II, died in Novato, Calif., at age 94. Tiger Woods won the PGA Championship, closing with a 4-under 68 for a 5shot victory over Shaun Micheel and his 12th career major. Five years ago: Israel issued a rare apology for the deaths of three Egyptian soldiers who were killed during a cross-border attack blamed on Palestinians. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il arrived in Russia’s Far East on a nearly weeklong visit. Jordyn Wieber won her first title at the U.S. gymnastics championships in St. Paul, Minn., in a rout, finishing with 121.30 points, 6.15 points ahead of McKayla Maroney. One year ago: With a broad smile and an upbeat attitude, former President Jimmy Carter told a news conference in Atlanta that he had cancer in his brain, and felt “perfectly at ease with whatever comes.” (In March 2016, Carter announced that recent scans had shown no signs of cancer and that he no longer needed to receive doses of an immune-boosting drug.) Today’s Birthdays: Writer-producer-director Walter Bernstein is 97. Boxing promoter Don King is 85. Former Sen. George Mitchell, DMaine, is 83. Former MLB All-Star Graig Nettles is 72. Broadcast journalist Connie Chung is 70. Musician Jimmy Pankow (Chicago) is 69. Actor Ray Wise is 69. Actor John Noble is 68. Rock singer Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) is 68. Country singer Rudy Gatlin is 64. Singer-songwriter John Hiatt is 64. Actor-director Peter Horton is 63. TV weatherman Al Roker is 62. Actor Jay Acovone is 61. Actress Joan Allen is 60. Movie director David O. Russell is 58. TV personality Asha Blake is 55. Actor James Marsters is 54. Rapper KRS-One is 51. Actor Colin Cunningham is 50. Actor Billy Gardell is 47. Rock singer Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit) is 46. Rock musician Brad Avery is 45. Actor Jonathan Ke Quan is 45. Actor Misha Collins is 42. Rock singer Monique Powell (Save Ferris) is 41. Jazz/pop singer-pianist Jamie Cullum is 37. Actor Ben Barnes is 35. Actress Meghan Ory is 34. Actor Andrew Garfield is 33. Actor Brant Daugherty is 31. Actress-singer Demi Lovato is 24.

Bennett honored for 90th birthday By KRISTIN J. BENDER Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — If ever there was a man worthy of a grand birthday bash in San Francisco, it had to be Tony Bennett. And that is exactly what happened Friday. After the speeches, the music and the praise for the legendary TONY crooner, BENNETT hundreds of people watched as an 8-foot-tall bronze statue of Bennett was unveiled outside the Fairmont Hotel, where he first sang “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” in 1961. “I can’t get over what just happened,” said Bennett, who turned 90 earlier this month. “That’s the most beautiful statue I have ever seen. It will live in my heart forever. Thank you for being so wonderful to me. I’ll never forget this day.” Bennett looked sharp in a blue suit but said only a few words and didn’t sing. That was OK with the

crowd; they were just happy to see him. “He’s San Francisco,” said Marty Jewett, standing in the front row with her friend, also a huge Bennett fan. “I think he keeps all the generations within his repertoire. I love his voice and his longevity.” For as long as anyone can remember, the New Yorker has been giving to San Francisco. Now, the city has paid him back, with Mayor Ed Lee declaring Aug. 19 to be Tony Bennett Day. “Tony Bennett, you’ve helped us share the magic of San Francisco around the world,” Lee said. The celebration continued at AT&T Park, where the San Francisco Giants will honor Bennett in a pregame ceremony and throughout the game. Bennett also will perform “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” for fans. In addition to the fanfare Friday and a gala dinner today, Bennett is getting his own ice cream flavor. Created by the city’s Humphry Slocombe ice cream shop, the flavor “Duet” will feature vanilla ice cream swirled with limoncello sorbet and fennel biscotti.

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Girl fears disapproval of boyfriend DEAR ABBY: I’m a 15year-old girl, and I’m madly in love with my boyfriend. The only problem is, I can’t tell anyone but my closest friends about him. I met him over the internet, and he’s an amazing Dear Abby is guy. I written by didn’t Abigail Van think I’d Buren, also ever fall in known as love with Jeanne him, but I Phillips, and did. He was founded lives in by her mother, New York, Pauline and I’m Phillips. planning on going up to see him as soon as I possibly can. I really, really want to tell

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are in our 50s and have been having marital difficulties lately. We work different shifts. By the time he gets home, I’m sound asleep. He likes to wake me up in the middle of the night for sex. I told him it’s not right because I have to work in the morning. He said he thought he saw in the Dear Abby column that if a husband wakes a wife for sex, she should accommodate him. I told him that was crazy. But I wanted to check with you. Help! — WEARY IN THE MIDWEST DEAR WEARY: He may have read that in some other advice column, but he didn’t get permission from me. What I have written is that coercing or bullying someone into doing something of a sexual nature that he or she doesn’t want to do is abuse. DEAR ABBY: I work for a small company where I am

my mom, but I don’t want to lose him. I know if I say too much about him, she’ll find out. He’s a better boyfriend than my last boyfriend, and he actually treats me like I’m something and not dirt. He truly saved me, but I know my mom won’t see it that way. What do I do? — IN LOVE IN VIRGINIA DEAR IN LOVE: Start thinking with your head instead of your heart. There is no guarantee that everything the person — as nice as he appears to be — has told you online is true, including his name, his gender, his age, marital status or criminal record. What you need to do is level with your mom about the fact that you have met someone on the internet you think is special, and ask her if you can invite him to visit you so you can get to know each other and she can check him out. You should not go to a different city to meet him because to do so could be very dangerous.

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THE ANNUAL Democrat Party picnic was held Friday at the Mack Park pavilion. Pictured, front row, from left, are Jack Hanna, Pennsylvania state party treasurer; Adam Sedlock, write-in candidate for the 9th Congressional District; Megan Winters, Pennsylvania state party western director; Patrick Dougherty, Indiana County district attorney; and Tony DeLoreto, candidate for state Senate 41st District. Back row: Ron Fairman, Indiana County party chairman; Mitch Gates, Pennsylvania state party political director; and Patrick Edwards, candidate for state representative in the 62nd District.

Manafort out amid scrutiny Continued from Page 1 Manafort, Gates sent emails to Mercury LLC, which along with the Podesta Group Inc. represented the European nonprofit on Ukrainian issues between 2012 and 2014. The messages show Gates oversaw lobbying strategy and execution by Mercury employees. On Friday, both lobbying firms hired outside legal counsel to investigate. The Podesta Group’s chief executive, Kimberley Fritts, said the firm had retained Caplin & Drysdale LLP to determine whether it had been misled and threatened possible legal action against the European Centre. Fritts noted that the nonprofit had formally attested to being independent, leading her firm to conclude that it was not working on behalf of a foreign government. The attorney handling Mercury LLC’ss review — Ken Gross of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom— was the same one who drafted a legal memo in 2012 that Mercury had used to justify not notifying the Justice Department about its work under the U.S. Foreign Agent Registration Act. Gross confirmed to the AP that he had been hired by Mercury. Under the foreign agents law, people who lobby on behalf of foreign political leaders or political parties must provide detailed reports about their actions to the Justice Department. A violation is a felony and can result in up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. None of the firms, nor Manafort or Gates, disclosed their work to the Justice Department counterespionage division responsible for tracking lobbying by foreign governments.

The emails obtained by AP were sent by Gates to Vin Weber, the head of Mercury’s Washington office, and to Michael McSherry, a Mercury lobbyist who Politico reported was tapped earlier this month for a senior position in Trump’s campaign. Buzzfeed reported McSherry’s connection to the lobbying effort Thursday. In an interview earlier this week, Weber acknowledged knowing that Gates and Manafort were working for Ukrainian political leaders but said they had not played a role in his firm’s lobbying. McSherry did not respond Friday to emails requesting comment or a phone message left at his office. In an interview before the AP obtained Gates’ emails, Tony Podesta of the Podesta Group acknowledged working closely with Gates on the lobbying — but said he had believed Gates was working for an independent nonprofit. Manafort and Gates have previously said they were not doing work that required them to notify the Justice Department. Manafort also said in a statement earlier this week that he never performed work for the Russian or Ukrainian governments. Gates previously told the AP, “At no time did our firm or members provide any direct lobbying support.” Trump announced Friday on Twitter he accepted Manafort’s resignation, though he did not say why. The campaign also said Gates will change roles, becoming Trump’s liaison to the Republican National Committee. Manafort’s resignation also followed weeks of sagging poll numbers and missteps for Trump’s campaign. Once Trump’s top strate-

gist, Manafort’s resignation came at the end of a week in which his name also was connected to the handwritten ledger describing cash payments from Ukraine’s then-governing political party. The New York Times first reported the contents of the ledger. Manafort’s campaign position was a vital though unpaid role that he used to steer the campaign over the past several months. And his firm’s lobbying activities carried outsized importance as Manafort and Gates played a formative role building out Trump’s campaign operation after pushing out an early rival, former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. The disclosures about their work came as Trump faced criticism for his friendly overtures to Russian President Vladimir Putin and as Trump announced that, if elected, he would ask senior officials in his administration not to accept speaking fees, for five years after leaving office, from corporations that lobby “or from any entity tied to a foreign government.” The emails do not describe details about the role of Manafort, who was Gates’ boss at their firm, DMP International LLC. Current and former employees at Mercury and the Podesta Group, some of whom spoke on condition of anonymity because they are subject to non-disclosure agreements, told the AP that Manafort oversaw the lobbying efforts and spoke about them by phone. Gates directed the Washington lobbying firms to set up meetings between a top Ukrainian official and senators and congressmen on influential committees in-

volving Ukrainian interests. Gates noted in the emails that the official, Ukraine’s foreign minister, did not want to use his own embassy in the United States to help coordinate the visits. Gates also directed the firms to gather information in the U.S. on a rival lobbying operation, including a review of its public lobbying disclosures, to determine who was behind that effort, the emails show. The lobbying also included attempts to gain positive press coverage of Ukrainian officials and efforts to undercut sympathy for Yulia Tymoshenko, an imprisoned rival of then-President Viktor Yanukovych. The Ukrainian leader eventually fled the country in February 2014 during a popular revolt prompted in part by his government’s crackdown on protesters and close ties to Russia. Manafort and Gates have said that they did not disclose their activities to the Justice Department because they did not oversee lobbying efforts and merely introduced the Washington firms to the European Centre, which they said ran the project. The center paid Mercury and the Podesta Group at least $2.2 million over roughly two years. The emails appear to contradict the assertion that the nonprofit’s lobbying campaign operated independently from Manafort’s firm. “There is no question that Gates and Manafort should have registered along with the lobbying firms,” said Joseph Sandler of Sandler Reiff Lamb Rosenstein & Birkenstock, a Democraticleaning Washington law firm that advises Republican and Democratic lobbyists.

Clinton ordered to give answers Continued from Page 1 ing to keep the issue of Clinton’s email use alive after the FBI closed its investigation last month without recommending criminal charges. In a separate development Friday, former Secretary of State Colin Powell said he once sent Clinton a memo touting his use of a personal email account for work-related messages after she took over at the State Department in 2009. In a statement provided to the AP, Powell said he emailed Clinton describing his use of a personal AOL account for unclassified messages while leading the State Department under President George W. Bush. Powell, a Republican, said he told Clinton his use of personal email “vastly improved” communications within the department, which at the time did not have an equivalent internal system.

Powell said the FBI may have obtained a copy of his memo to Clinton during its yearlong investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server to handle sensitive information during her time as secretary. It was not immediately clear whether Powell’s email to Clinton was among the documents from its case file shared earlier this with select congressional committees at the request of House Republicans. Powell, a retired Army general and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he used a secure computer on his desk at the State Department to manage classified information. Unlike Clinton, Powell relied on a commercially available service to host his personal email account. Clinton’s private server was located in the basement of the New York home she shared with her husband, former President Bill Clin-

HILLARY CLINTON ton. Powell issued the statement after veteran political journalist Joe Conason released an excerpt from his upcoming book about Bill Clinton that recounts a 2009 dinner party for Hillary Clinton hosted by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Powell was in attendance, along with other former secretaries including Henry Kissinger and

Condoleezza Rice. During dessert, Powell advised Clinton to use a personal email account while in office, as he had done, according to the passage from the book “Man of the World: The Further Endeavors of Bill Clinton” provided to AP. Powell reportedly told Clinton that his use of personal email to communicate with his staff had been “transformative for the department.” According to Conason’s retelling, Clinton replied that she had already decided to continue using the private server in her home she had relied on during her 2008 presidential bid. The Clinton campaign declined to comment on whether the account of the dinner conversation described in Conason’s book is accurate. In his statement, Powell said he has “no recollection” of his purported dinner conversation.

PHILADELPHIA — A luxury home developer is planning to demolish buildings on Philadelphia’s Jewelers Row, the nation’s oldest diamond district, to make way for a 16-story condominium building that some jewelry store owners say was kept under wraps. Jewelry store owners and preservationists are stunned and mad, saying no community input was sought. Developer Toll Brothers is vowing to respect the street’s history and work with the neighborhood going forward, but not all are convinced the company’s word is good as gold. “As far as I’m concerned, they ruined my life,” said Maryanne Ritter, who owns Maryanne S. Ritter Jewelers, situated in one of the five buildings slated for demolition. Ritter isn’t blaming Toll Brothers, however. She pins the blame squarely on the building owners who she contends agreed to sell without giving fair warning to businesses. Two of the building owners said they couldn’t comment. A telephone number for the third owner wasn’t found. Ritter started on the block as a 20-year-old working with jeweler Louis Neff, at a time when she says “no one took a woman jeweler seriously.” After his death 13 years ago, Neff named her as the successor to his business founded in 1909. Now 66, Ritter said her business can’t withstand relocating. “Some things don’t need to change to stay special, especially not a vibrant business district like this,” she said. Jewelers Row is a blocklong business district dating from the 1800s in prime historic Philadelphia, a stone’s throw from the Liberty Bell. It started off as place where skilled metal workers made engraving plates, back when government offices were in or around nearby Independence Hall, said George E. Thomas, a Philadelphia architectural historian. Those engravers spun off into jewelry making. Today, the red-brick paved street is a bustling jumble of more than 300 jewelers, engravers, watch vendors and diamond dealers. It also had its Hollywood close-up in the 2012 film “Silver Linings Playbook.” It is the oldest diamond district in the country, but it isn’t historically protected as a whole. The Preservation Al-

liance for Greater Philadelphia has launched an online petition to show the city and Toll Brothers that the project is wrong for Jeweler’s Row. “Toll Brothers has a reputation as being insensitive to community concerns, doing things under cover of darkness and railroading their way through,” said Paul Steinke, the alliance’s executive director. No public hearing or notification was required with the condo project because Toll Brothers’ proposal didn’t seek zoning changes, said Ajeenah Amir, a spokeswoman for Mayor Jim Kenney. Ritter said she’d heard scuttlebutt on the street, and her lease recently became month-to-month, but she never was officially informed that she would need to find a new store ASAP. Toll Brothers spokesman Michael Duff said he couldn’t comment beyond a statement already issued. Toll Brothers’ City Living division said in the statement they plan to engage the community throughout the development process. “We are committed to delivering a residential building that is respectful of the history of Jewelers Row while rejuvenating it for the future,” the statement said. “We intend, through contextual architectural design, for the existing cornice line of Sansom Street to remain intact while retaining retail space along the street level for jewelry stores to preserve the iconic Jewelers Row streetscape.” It turns out the city prematurely issued the project’s new construction permit earlier this month, which could delay the plan by months and give all sides a chance to offer input. The plans must be reviewed first by committee. The city issued a conditional zoning permit last week and told Toll Brothers to complete the redesign review process. Part of that process involves meeting with the community, and Toll Brothers has 150 days to submit for the review. Hy Goldberg, who owns Safian & Rudolph Jewelers across the street from the planned development, said he’s trying to find space on the row where the displaced tenants can set up shop. “I don’t know how a 16story building makes anything look better, but if they have the legal authority, there’s nothing anybody can do,” said Goldberg, who is also president of the Jewelers Row Association.

IUP preparing for start of year Continued from Page 1 provost and vice president for academic affairs; and Dr. Melvin Jenkins, chairman of the Department of Developmental Studies. Move-in activities on campus officially began Aug. 14, as approximately 100 students working as community assistants and academic success mentors for the Office of Housing, Residential Living and Dining arrived at the university in addition to about 100 students on the football, soccer and volleyball teams who checked into the residence halls. On Monday, more than 120 new international students will arrive on campus. Each year, IUP hosts close to 1,000 international students from nearly 60 countries. On Wednesday, about 80 new freshmen in the Robert E. Cook Honors College will move into Ruddock Hall, and ap-

proximately 430 freshmen will move into Putt and Delaney halls. All other new and transfer students living in university-owned residence facilities will move in Wednesday and Thursday. The remainder of residence hall students will move in Friday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Approximately 250 students will move into residence facilities at the Punxsutawney campus on Aug. 21. Close to 4,000 students live in on-campus housing at the Indiana and Punxsutawney campuses. Students have been given staggered arrival times, indicated on dashboard tags, so that movein activity is spread throughout each day. As in past years, arriving students and their families are directed to a staging area in the Miller Stadium parking lot and will be released from there to the appropriate building.

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Marlins 6, Pirates 5

Pirates come up short with game-ending DP By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press

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FRANCISCO CERVELLI tagged out the Marlins’ JT Realmuto during the fourth inning of Friday’s game.

PITTSBURGH — Intentionally walking the batter in front of Andrew McCutchen with the game on the line would have been close to unfathomable in other seasons. The Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder finished in the top five in the NL MVP voting for four straight seasons from 2012-15, winning the award in 2013. Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly made that move Friday night and the strategy worked. Robert Andino hit a tiebreaking single in the top of the ninth inning, then the Marlins got McCutchen to ground into a game-ending double play with the bases loaded to hold off the Pi-

rates 6-5 in a matchup of NL wild-card Miami ninth from Neftali Feliz (4-1). contenders. Realmuto moved up on a sacrifice Fernando Rodney wound up bunt and scored when Andino with his 22nd save in 24 oplined his single into left field. portunities. He issued an inFeliz felt a mechanical probtentional walk to Starling lem with his delivery led to his Marte to load the bases for erratic outing. McCutchen, but he bounced “I noticed that I was opening into a double play to finish an up a little bit and leaving the 0-for-4 night that dropped his ball up,” he said. batting average to .246. Christian Yelich and Miguel “It’s a tough decision,” MatRojas also each had three hits tingly said. and a homer as the Marlins “At least, we have a (potenwon for just the third time in ANDREW tial) force play if we load the McCUTCHEN nine games. The Pirates’ loss bases, so if we get a ground was their second in eight ball then we have a chance to get (a games. double play).” Nick Wittgren (4-2) pitched a scoreJT Realmuto, who homered in going less eighth. 3-for-3, drew a leadoff walk in the Continued on Page 14

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Three-time three-peat Bolt claims ninth gold By EDDIE PELLS

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Usain Bolt kneeled down and gave the track one final kiss, then flattened his hand, reached to the ground and slapped the white number “3” painted at the finish line. Three Olympics, three races at each, three gold medals every time. He could have just as easily slapped the number “1.” That would need no explanation. The man who transcended track and became a worldclass celebrity bid a blazingfast farewell to the Rio de Janeiro Games — and, he insists, the Olympics altogether — Friday night with yet another anchor leg for the ages. He turned a close 4x100 relay race against Japan and the United States into a typical, Bolt-like runaway, helping Jamaica cross the line in 37.27 seconds. “There you go,” he said. “I am the greatest.”

Japan won the silver medal, finishing .33 seconds behind. “As soon as I got the baton, I knew I was going to win this one,” Bolt said. His record in Olympic finals improved to nine victories over nine events. Nobody’s done that before, and nobody’s on the horizon to do it again soon. Along for Bolt’s final trip down the track were Nickel Ashmeade, training partner Yohan Blake and the Jamaican elder statesman, former world-record holder Asafa Powell. When Bolt received the yellow baton from Ashmeade for his final run down the straightaway, he was even, or maybe a step behind Aska Cambridge of Japan and Trayvon Bromell of the United States. That lasted about four steps. Continued on Page 19

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THE STEELERS’ Landry Jones threw four first-half interceptions in the Steelers’ 17-0 loss to the Eagles in a preseason game Thursday.

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USAIN BOLT celebrated after winning the gold medal in the 4x100meter relay final in Rio de Janeiro on Friday.

Americans extend medal count lead By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer

RIO DE JANEIRO — Tori Bowie is showing her true colors — bronze, silver and, now, gold. “This completes my set,” the sprinter said after anchoring the U.S. team to the title in the women’s 4x100-meter Olympic relay Friday. She’s not the only one covered in medals. The United States heads into the final weekend of the Olympics with 27 medals in track and field, including 10 golds, and a legitimate shot to reach the coveted 30 mark. Things have fallen the right way for the red, white and blue. Plenty more medals could be on the horizon, too, with Allyson Felix going for her sixth career Olympic gold medal when she runs in the 4x400 relay. There’s more: — The men’s 4x400 team, led by LaShawn Merritt, is a virtual lock for a medal, assuming no baton drops.

— The women’s high jump could prove lucrative, given that Chaunte Lowe is the favorite and teenager Vashti Cunningham is a rising force. — The men’s 1,500-meter race has a medal contender in Matthew Centrowitz. It’s a long way from eight years ago in Beijing, when a 23-medal effort led leadership at USA Track and Field to spearhead “Project 30,” with the goal of hitting that mark. It could be better than London four years ago, when the Americans brought home 29 medals. And it’s miles better than last year at the world championships, when the United States only won 18. Nobody panicked. A year later, success has become contagious. “When you’re seeing your team is going out there and setting the pace and bringing back medals to the village, the atmosphere speaks for itself,” said Tony McQuay, a member of the 4x400 relay. Continued on Page 19

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t put all the blame on quarterback Landry Jones for Thursday’s preseason loss against Philadelphia. Jones threw four first-half interceptions, including one that was returned for a touchdown. But the Steelers were quick to defend their backup quarterback following the 17-0 loss. “Some of it was good plays by them and some of it was negligence by us, whether it’s routerunning or throwing,” Steelers’ coach Mike Tomlin said. “I understand that it falls under his stat line, but those are unit plays.” Second-year wide receiver Sammie Coates took the blame for Jones’ first interception. It happened on the opening play of the Steelers’ second drive when

Nolan Carroll stepped in front of a pass intended for Coates and returned the interception 38 yards for a score. “I should’ve come off that ball harder,” Coates said. “It was all my fault. Not on the quarterback at all.” The second interception came at the end of a lengthy drive that saw Jones march the Steelers to the Philadelphia 8-yard line. Jones moved the Steelers 71 yards in 14 plays, picking up two third downs along the way before a Cobi Hamilton fade was broken up by Leodis McKelvin and intercepted by Malcolm Jenkins. “It was a real good throw,” Hamilton said. “He couldn’t put it any better. I just have to go up and

make the play.” It was a similar story on the third interception. Jones moved the Steelers 60 yards on 10 plays, converting two more third downs, but another pass intended for Coates was picked off in the end zone by Aaron Grymes. “I didn’t jump or do anything,” Coates said. “When the quarterback gives you a chance to go up and get the ball, you have to make the play.” Jones absorbed a heavy hit and released a wobbly throw on the fourth interception, an easy one for Jaylen Watkins, who camped under the throw. Jones finished the game 12 of 20 for 111 yards with his four turnovers. Continued on Page 17

Bell suspended for three games By DAN SCIFO

Associated Press

PITTSBURGH — The NFL on Friday suspended Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell for the first three games of the season for missing multiple drug tests, a violation of the league’s substance abuse policy. Bell initially faced a four-game suspension, but it was reduced to three games following an appeal to the league. Bell offered an apology in an Instagram post shortly after the suspension was announced, a post he later deleted. “I’m not the perfect person,” Bell said in the post. “I’m not going to say I act like a perfect person. I make mistakes. I want to apologize for everything I put you guys through the last couple years. It’s been a frustrating run for you. It’s been a frustrating run for me.”

This is the second time Bell has “We will continue to support faced discipline from the league. Le’Veon, but we acknowledge this He sat out the first two games of mistake has put the team in an the 2015 season as punishment unfortunate position. We will confor his arrest in August tinue to work with Le’Veon 2014 on DUI and marijuato help him eliminate disna possession charges foltractions in his life so he lowing a traffic stop. Bell can reach his full potential was originally suspended as a member of our comthree games before it was munity as well as a player reduced on appeal. for the Pittsburgh SteelBell will be eligible to reers.” turn to the active roster Bell said in the post he Sept. 26, before the team’s never purposefully missed Week 4 home game or failed any drug test. LE’VEON against Kansas City. He “They tried to test me in BELL will miss the season openDecember and January er at Washington, the first and I missed those tests,” home game against Cincinnati Bell said. “I couldn’t get to the faand the next game at Philadel- cility and get tested. They couldn’t phia. come to me and get tested. That’s “We are disappointed Le’Veon on me. I put blame on myself.” Bell has been suspended three Bell added that he was supgames to start the 2016 season,” posed to get tested again in April Steelers general manager Kevin and overslept. Colbert said in a statement. Continued on Page 17

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Penguins sign forward DiPauli ASTROS SHORTSTOP Carlos Correa jumped as he threw to first base during Friday’s game against the Orioles in Baltimore.

By The Associated Press Si Woo Kim and Lucas Glover had putts for 59 on another low-scoring day in the Wyndham Championship. Kim’s 50-foot birdie try on his final hole — the par-4 ninth — slid by the right edge Friday, leaving the 21-year-old South Korean player with a tournamentrecord 10-under 60 and a two-stroke lead. Glover shot 61, missing a 6-foot birdie putt on the par-4 17th and three-putting the par-4 18th for bogey in the PGA Tour’s regular-season finale. “I kind of lost of concentration a little bit, got eat up in the moment and kind of just wasn't focused,” Glover said about the par miss on 18. “My fault, stupid, but it happens.” They missed chances to become the second player this month to break 60 on the PGA Tour. Jim Furyk, tied for second with Glover and two others, shot the first 58 in PGA Tour history Aug. 7 in the final round of the Travelers Championship. Six players, including Furyk, have shot 59. Kim drove into the left rough on the par-4 18th, costing himself a clean shot at the front pin position. Kim eagled the par-5 fifth, hitting a 347yard drive and a 170yard approach to 10 feet. He made the last of his 10 birdies on the par-4 eighth, holing another 10-footer. Kim played his opening nine in 6under 29, and also birdied the par-4 second — making another 10footer. Kim had a 12-under 128 total to take the two shot advantage over Furyk, Lucas Glover, Kevin Na and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama into the weekend. Furyk had a 64, birdieing four in a row on Nos. 13-16. Matsuyama shot a 64. Na, tied for the first-round lead with Spain’s Rafa Cabrera Bello at 63, had a 67. U.S. AMATEUR: Michigan sophomore Nick Carlson advanced to the U.S. Amateur semifinals in an unlikely hometown run at Oakland Hills. Carlson, from Hamilton, Mich., beat Illinois junior Dylan Meyer of Evansville, Ind., 3 and 1, taking the lead with a birdie chip on the par-4 14th that he celebrated with a running, double fist pump. Wearing a Wolverines outfit, the 19-year-old Carlson won the par-4 15th with a birdie and ended the match with a par victory on the par-3 17th on the Donald Ross-designed South Course that Ben Hogan dubbed the “The Monster” in his 1951 U.S. Open victory. Carlson will face 20year-old Australian Curtis Luck, a 2-up winner over Pepperdine sophomore Sahith Theegala of Chino Hills, Calif. In the other quarterfinals, Oklahoma sophomore Brad Dalke of Norman, Okla., beat former Stanford player David Boote of Wales 3 and 2, and Southern California junior Jonah Texeira of Porter Ranch, Calif., topped LSU sophomore Luis Gagne of Orlando, Florida, 3 and 2. PGA EUROPEAN: Denmark’s Jeff Winther eagled the par-5 first hole and shot a 6-under 66 for a share of the Czech Masters lead with defending champion Thomas Pieters of Belgium. Pieters had a 67 to match Winther at 10under 134 at Albatross Golf Resort.

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Astros win slugfest with O’s By The Associated Press Jose Altuve homered and had five RBIs, and the Houston Astros beat the Baltimore Orioles 15-8 on Friday night despite allowing four home runs in the first inning. Altuve became the first Astro to have 20 homers and 20 steals in a season since Carlos Beltran in 2004. George Springer went 4-for-5 with a homer and the Astros also got long balls from Evan Gattis and Teoscar Hernandez in ending a five-game losing streak. The Orioles became the first team in the modern era (since 1900) to open a game with four home runs before making an out. Adam Jones hit Collin McHugh’s first pitch into the seats in left field and Hyun Soo Kim singled before Manny Machado, Chris Davis and Mark Trumbo homered in succession. Pedro Alvarez added a fifth-inning drive for the Orioles, They have 11 home runs in the first two games of this series. Baltimore didn’t have enough firepower in this one to overcome its poor pitching, which surrendered a season-high 15 runs and 18 hits. Chris Devenski (2-4) allowed one hit in four innings for the Astros after McHugh yielded seven runs and nine hits in three innings. INDIANS 3, BLUE JAYS 2: Tyler Naquin hit a game-ending inside-the-park homer, sprinting around the bases to cap a two-run rally in the ninth inning as Cleveland stunned Toronto. Toronto took a 2-1 lead into the ninth in a matchup of AL division leaders. Closer Roberto Osuna (2-2) retired the first batter, but Jose Ramirez tied it with a home run. Naquin followed with a drive that hit the top of the right-field wall, above the leap of Michael Saunders. The ball caromed away at an angle and center fielder Melvin Upton Jr. gave chase as Naquin rounded second base. Upton finally retrieved the ball, but fell down as third base coach Mike Sarbaugh waved Naquin home. Upton flung it toward the infield, and Naquin stumbled home and scored with a head-first dive way ahead of second baseman Devon Travis’ relay. Jeff Manship (2-1) pitched the ninth for the win. Osuna blew his third save in 30 chances. Cleveland starter Trevor Bauer struck out a career-high 13 in eight innings. Russell Martin hit a two-run homer in the first for Toronto. ATHLETICS 9, WHITE SOX 0: Kendall Graveman faced one batter over the minimum while throwing a two-hitter, Khris Davis hit his 31st home run and Oakland beat Chicago to hand James Shields his 15th loss. Graveman (9-8) allowed leadoff singles to Jose Abreu in the third and Adam Eaton in the seventh. Both were immediately doubled off first on line drives. Justin Morneau reached on an error by first baseman Yonder Alonso in the eighth. Graveman struck out five and needed 97 pitches for his second complete game of the season. Stephen Vogt and Yonder Alonso also homered to help the A’s snap a five-game losing streak. Shields (5-15) matched a career high for losses in a season set with Tampa Bay in 2010. The three homers allowed gave him a major league high-tying 29 and the six earned runs in 4 2-3 innings gave him a major league-high 91. RANGERS 6, RAYS 2: Adrian Beltre led off consecutive innings with home

runs and Cole Hamels didn’t give up a hit until the sixth in Texas’ victory over Tampa Bay. Beltre’s 20th and 21st home runs of the season gave him 434 for his career, moving him into a tie with Juan Gonzalez and Andruw Jones for 45th place, Beltre also had two singles. Hamels had retired 14 straight, striking out seven, when Corey Dickerson singled with two outs in the sixth for Tampa Bay’s first hit. Steven Souza Jr.’s 12th home run got the Rays on the board in the eighth. Hamels (13-4) gave up one run and three hits and had 10 strikeouts in 7 1-3 innings. YANKEES 7, ANGELS 0: New York hit four solo home runs and Masahiro Tanaka allowed five hits in 7 2-3 innings in the Yankees’ victory over Los Angeles. The home runs all came against Jered Weaver (8-11). He has allowed a major league-high 34 homers. The Yankees are unbeaten this season in five games against Los Angeles. The Angels have lost 13 of 15 overall to fall to a season-low 20 games under .500 at 51-71. Tanaka (10-4) retired the first 11 hitters and struck out nine. Jacoby Ellsbury led off the game with a homer, the first by a Yankee this season. Ronald Torreyes doubled in a run in the second, before New York chased Weaver with home runs by Torreyes, Didi Gregorious and Brian McCann in the fifth. RED SOX 10, TIGERS 2: David Ortiz homered and Rick Porcello pitched seven innings in his return to Comerica Park in Boston’s victory over Detroit. Porcello, who spent the first six seasons of his career with the Tigers and moved to Boston before the 2015 season, was pitching in Detroit for the first time since the trade. Porcello (17-3) gave up two runs — one earned — four hits and two walks while striking out eight. His only major mistake was J.D. Martinez’s two-run homer in the second inning. Jackie Bradley Jr. also homered for Boston, and Hanley Ramirez drove in four runs. ROYALS 5, TWINS 4: Eric Hosmer hit a game-ending single in the 11th inning and Kansas City matched a season high with its sixth straight win. There was a 3-hour, 3-minute rain delay in the top of the fifth, plus a 12minute delay when some of the lights went out in the bottom of the sixth. The game did not end until seven hours after the first pitch. NATIONAL LEAGUE REDS 9, DODGERS 2: Joey Votto hit a three-run homer, relief pitcher Michael Lorenzen also had a threerun shot, and Cincinnati beat Los Angeles to snap a nine-game losing streak against the Dodgers. Tim Adleman pitched into and out of trouble in his first start since May 19, added his first career hit and RBI and the Reds matched their season high with a fourth consecutive win and first against the Dodgers since Aug 13, 2015. Adleman (2-1), who was sidelined with a strained left oblique, allowed five hits with two walks and three strikeouts in five scoreless innings. He also hit Joc Pederson twice with pitches. CARDINALS 4, PHILLIES 3: Randal Grichuk homered early, then hit an RBI double in the 11th inning that sent St. Louis past Philadelphia for its fifth straight victory.

Jedd Gyorko hit a tying, two-run homer with one out in the ninth. The Cardinals tied a major league record with multiple home runs in nine consecutive games. Jhonny Peralta led off the 11th with a double and, two batters later, Grichuk doubled to the wall in leftcenter off Frank Herrmann (0-1). Seung Hwan Oh (3-2) pitched a scoreless ninth and 10th. Alex Reyes blanked the Phillies in the 11th for his first save, getting Odubel Herrera to ground out with runners on first and second to end the game. NATIONALS 7, BRAVES 6: Clint Robinson hit a tiebreaking single with two outs in the ninth and Washington beat Atlanta after giving up a threerun lead. Robinson’s single to left field off Jim Johnson (2-6) drove in pinch-runner Pedro Severino from second base. Severino replaced Wilson Ramos, who singled. The Nationals led 6-3 in the eighth before the Braves took advantage of throwing errors by shortstop Danny Espinosa and third baseman Anthony Rendon to score three runs. Freddie Freeman’s two-run double off Koda Glover (1-0) tied it. ROCKIES 7, CUBS 6: Ryan Raburn hit an RBI double and continued home when the Cubs threw away the relay, capping Colorado’s two-run rally in the 11th inning against Aroldis Chapman. On a wet night when rain delayed the start for more than two hours, and with temperatures dropping into the 40s, the Rockies wound up winning well past midnight. Nick Hundley singled with one out off Chapman (0-1). Raburn then tied it with a drive off the right-field wall. And when second baseman Javier Baez made a wild throw that got past catcher Willson Contreras and flew into the Cubs’ dugout, the umpires waved Raburn home. GIANTS 8, METS 1: Johnny Cueto pitched seven effective innings and ended his six-start winless streak, and San Francisco broke away late. Denard Span had four hits and Conor Gillaspie homered as the Giants moved back ahead of the Dodgers for the NL West lead. Pinchhitter Ehire Adrianza singled to break a 1-all tie in the seventh. Cueto (14-3) allowed one run and eight hits. Seth Lugo (0-2) lost in his first major league start. PADRES 7, DIAMONDBACKS 4: Ryan Schimpf’s second homer of the game was a three-run shot in the 10th inning that boosted San Diego. Yangervis Solarte drew a one-out walk from Patrick Corbin (4-13) in the 10th before Alex Dickerson singled, bringing up Schimpf. Arizona loaded the bases in the top of the 10th against Kevin Quackenbush (7-4), but Jake Lamb struck out. Jean Segura had five hits and drove in two runs for the Diamondbacks. INTERLEAGUE MARINERS 7, BREWERS 6: Kyle Seager got Seattle started with a solo home run and Robinson Cano added a two-run shot. Adam Lind also homered for Seattle. Closer Edwin Diaz gave up two runs in the ninth before striking out Hernan Perez with a runner on third for his ninth save. Chris Carter hit the longest recorded home run in Safeco Field history, estimated at 465 feet. Jonathan Villar and Keon Broxton also homered for the Brewers.

Bucs come up short against Marlins Continued from Page 13 The Marlins scored twice in the eighth off Felipe Rivero to make it 5all. Rojas hit a solo homer, his first of the season, and Dee Gordon reached on a double error by third baseman Jung Ho Kang with two outs and came home on Yelich’s single. The Pirates went ahead 5-3 with a three-run seventh. The first run scored on pitcher Dustin McGowan’s throwing error, then Josh Harrison hit a sacrifice fly and Marte doubled in a run. Marte had three hits. David Freese put the Pirates ahead 2-1 hit a tworun homer, his 12th, in the fourth inning off Tom Koehler. “It was two teams out there bat-

tling, and we didn’t do enough things well enough to win,” Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. Pirates starter Gerrit Cole gave up three runs and 12 hits in 6 2-3 innings. “There were a lot of pitches that I made and executed that fell in for hits,” Cole said. “There were a few mistakes but some weird luck, too.” David Phelps (6-6, 2.48 ERA) starts for the Marlins tonight and is 1-1 with a 1.84 ERA in three outings since being moved into the rotation from the bullpen. The Pirates’ Chad Kuhl (3-0, 3.73) makes his seventh career start and Pittsburgh is 6-0 in games the rookie has pitched.

NOTES: Marlins RHP A.J. Ramos (fractured right middle finger) pitched a simulated game and the closer could be activated from the disabled list Sunday after being out since Aug. 9. … Xavier Scruggs was in the Marlins’ lineup and went 1-for-3 with a walk after his contract was selected from Triple-A New Orleans. LHP Chris Narveson was designated for assignment. Scruggs, who hit .408 with five home runs in his last 10 minor leagues games, will get a chance to help fill the void that has existed since 1B Justin Bour (sprained right ankle) went on DL on July 3. The Marlins have been platooning INF/OF Derek Dietrich and INF Chris Johnson at first.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed college free agent forward Thomas DiPauli to a two-year, entry-level contract. DiPauli was originally a fourth-round pick of the Washington Capitals in 2012. He became a free agent Tuesday when the team didn’t sign him. The 22-year-old who was born in Italy and grew up in the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove, Illinois, played four seasons at Notre Dame. DiPauli had 30 goals and 48 assists in that time. Last season DiPauli set career highs with 14 goals, 18 assists and 32 points in his senior season.

New Orleans is new All-Star destination NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The NBA has decided to hold the 2017 All-Star Game in New Orleans after taking the midseason event out of North Carolina because of a state law that limits antidiscrimination protections for lesbian, gay and transgender people. New Orleans was announced as the new location of the game, replacing Charlotte — which was set to host the game until the NBA decided last month to move it elsewhere. Unlike several other Southern states, Louisiana has not been swept up in legislative efforts to pass laws similar to that in North Carolina — a fact Gov. John Bel Edwards has touted while lobbying the NBA to bring its All-Star weekend to New Orleans.

Howard, Zimmerman cleared of PED use NEW YORK (AP) — Philadelphia’s Ryan Howard and Washington’s Ryan Zimmerman have been cleared by Major League Baseball of allegations they used banned performance-enhancing substances. Pharmacist Charlie Sly claimed in an Al-Jazeera America documentary “The Dark Side: Secrets of Sports Doping,” which was broadcast Dec. 27, that the two used banned performanceenhancing substances. In a brief statement, MLB said its investigation “did not find any violations of the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program by either Howard or Zimmerman.”

Dillon wins Xfinity following restart BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Austin Dillon took off on a final restart in overtime to win the Xfinity race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday night after leaders Kyle Busch crashed and Brad Keselowski ran out of gas four laps from the scheduled end. For the last 50 laps, the race looked like a classic faceoff between Sprint Cup champions Busch and Keselowski who no one would consider friends. Busch swept past Keselowski five laps from the end, but the Penske driver clipped Xfinity’s career victory leader, cutting down a tire and sending Busch into the wall for a final caution. That left Dillon out front for a green-white-checkered finish. He broke clear of the field and finished ahead of Justin Allgaier. Kyle Larson was third.

Kerber advances to semifinals MASON, Ohio (AP) — Angelique Kerber advanced to the Western & Southern Open semifinals, staying on track to overtake Serena Williams at No. 1, with a 46, 6-3, 6-0 victory over Carla Suarez Navarro. If Kerber wins the tournament, she’ll move ahead of Williams in next week’s WTA rankings. In the men’s bracket, Andy Murray struggled with a stiff back and gritted out a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Bernard Tomic to reach the semifinals and extend his successful summer, which includes his second Wimbledon title and another Olympic gold medal. He has won his last 21 matches, a career high.

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U.S. spells end for Spain again RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) fouls and technicals. — The proud man looked “It’s the most different over the heads of the game I’ve coached gathered reporters and internationally. It was just then wistfully at the exit. a real different game He spoke slowly. today,” said U.S. coach Pau Gasol sounded Mike Krzyzewski. tired. You would, He was loathe to too, after pushing say more about a rock up the hill the referees, four times and though he creditthen helplessly ed the crew with watching it roll bringing the back down to the coaches and capbottom. This time, tains which marked the together at the end of Spain’s start of the second dream of Olympic half and telling gold at the hands them, “‘Let’s just of Team USA yet play again, the basketball.’” semifinal ended Like Gasol, his by a not-as-closecoach cited a few as-it-sounds could-have-beens Jim Litke is a 82-76. that might have sports “Our hearts are columnist for changed the bleeding,” said The Associated outcome. Scariolo Sergio Scariolo, ticked off Press. Email: who coaches jlitke@ap.org. rebounding, Spain but whose blocked shots and penchant for drama “intimidation.” marks him as indelibly The first two were easy Italian. enough to quantify: the Beating Team USA in Americans had a 53-41 Friday’s Olympic edge in semifinal was always rebounds and 7-1 in going to be a heavy lift for blocks; the Spain, let alone for the intimidation 36-year-old Gasol. He was factor is hard to measure, already forced to take on but easy to see. Like more responsibility to Gasol, a handful of his cover for the absence of Spanish his injured younger teammates have played in brother and fellow NBA the NBA for several years. All-Star star, Marc. Then Unlike him, Nikola Mirotic, Spain’s however, they took most only other legitimate of their chances from inside threat, picked up distance, rarely his fourth foul before challenging the longer, halftime. quicker U.S. defenders What made it more one on one in the paint. frustrating still is that he “He’s got back-to-the was convinced the basket game and a Americans looked more face-up game and he can beatable than in any of shoot the long ball,” said the four Olympic DeAndre Jordan, the tournaments in which toughest U.S. defender in they’ve knocked him and the post. “Anything I Spain out. could do to make his “That’s just the way I catches tough, play with felt,” Gasol said. “They are length and physicality, I not playing as well as was just trying to make it other times they’ve as tough as possible. played, but they are still a “I tried to push him off very talented team the block and just play individually. him with length,” he “If we had been a little added. “I just wanted to sharper with our shots, if make everything tough we would have moved the on him.” ball a little better, if we Gasol scored a gamewould have boxed out high 23, leading Spain as more, and make it a he has in nearly every two- or three-possession climactic battle with the game, then you’re talking Americans. In 2004, he about a whole different left Athens empty-handed story.” and settled for silver both That’s three very big in 2008 and 2012. The “ifs” if you’re keeping best the Spanish can score at home. And even manage this time around if somehow all three of will be bronze. those wishes were It’s been a tough granted, it might not have tournament for aging made much difference. international stars. Team USA had hold of Already, Argentina’s Manu this game from the start Ginobili and France’s and the last time Spain Tony Parker announced had a real chance to make the end of their Olympic it competitive came with careers and Gasol will be two minutes left, down 40 when the next Tokyo 61-55. But Sergio Games convene in 2020. Rodriguez missed a Asked about the 3-point shot and Kevin possibility of his Durant made his on the retirement from other end, imposing order international play, Gasol once more on what had only promised to assess been a herky-jerky game his situation “year by because of all the chippy year.”

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Black athletes shine at Games By ERRIN HAINES WHACK Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — From Simone Biles’ gravity-defying flips to the history-making medal trifecta of the U.S. women racing in the 100-meter hurdles, many of the Olympics’ most memorable moments have come courtesy of AfricanAmerican women. Their accomplishments in Rio have spurred excitement and pride at home in the U.S., particularly for black women who say they are seeing themselves in the Olympic Games like never before. With competition continuing through Sunday, America’s black female athletes have won more than two dozen of the 100-plus U.S. medal haul. Black women haven’t just shined in this year’s Olympics; they’ve been ubiquitous — from gymnastics to water polo, fencing to swimming. Previous Summer Games featured black women mainly in track and field and, more recently, in gymnastics. Fans at home

had to wait days to cheer on sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner or gymnast Dominique Dawes. In Rio, the two Simones — gymnast Simone Biles and swimmer Simone Manuel — both stood atop the podium on a night that made history, with Manuel becoming the first black woman to win an individual medal in swimming. In all, she took home four medals and Biles five. Michelle Carter became the first American woman to win gold in the shot put. Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, who won a bronze medal in the women’s team sabre event, was the first Muslim-American woman to compete for the U.S. in a hijab. On the track, Dalilah Muhammad became the first American woman to win gold in the 400-meter hurdles, and three black women — Brianna Rollins, Nia Ali and Kristi Castlin — became the first Olympians from the same nation to finish 1-23 in the 100-meter hurdles.

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REDSKINS RECEIVER Kendal Thompson made a one-handed catch for the game-winning touchdown against the New York Jets on Friday.

Ross makes case; ’Skins get past Jets By The Associated Press Top running back Matt Jones left with a sprained shoulder and receiver Rashad Ross made his best case for a roster spot and the Washington Redskins came back to beat the New York Jets 22-18 Friday night in the second preseason game for each team. While the Redskins rested several key starters, including quarterback Kirk Cousins, receiver DeSean Jackson and cornerback Josh Norman, Jones suffered an AC sprain in his left shoulder when he was pushed out of bounds and landed awkwardly in the first quarter. Jones looked good at the time he left, running for 31 yards on seven carries after rushing for only a yard last week in the opener at Atlanta. Jones’ injury could spell trouble for the Redskins (1-1), who have very little experience behind him at running back after letting Alfred Morris leave for Dallas in free agency. Third-down back Chris Thompson, rookies Robert Kelley and Keith Marshall and second-year player Mack Brown split the bulk of the carries after Jones left. With Jackson and Pierre Garcon getting the night off, Ross made the most of his opportunity, catching two touchdown passes from backup quarterback Colt McCoy, who was 13 of 16 for 159 yards. Ross had three catches for 58 yards. The Jets (1-1) got an impressive receiving performance from undrafted rookie Robby Anderson, who made six catches for 131 yards. The Temple product hauled in a 50-yard pass from third-stringer Bryce Petty and made a 42-yard touchdown catch. Rookie Nate Sudfeld led Washington on the game-winning drive, completing it with an 18-yard touchdown pass to Kendal Thompson with 29 seconds left. CHARGERS 19, CARDINALS 3: The San Diego Chargers forged ahead early and cruised past the Arizona Cardinals 19-3 on Friday night. With Carson Palmer limited to three series and Philip Rivers not playing, the first

half was mostly a competition between veteran backup quarterbacks Kellen Clemens and Drew Stanton. On their way to a 16-0 halftime lead, the Chargers (1-1) took advantage of two turnovers for 10 first-quarter points. COWBOYS 41, DOLPHINS 14: Tony Romo led a touchdown drive in his preseason debut once the Dallas offense stopped committing holding penalties, rookie backup quarterback Dak Prescott had a strong encore and Ryan Tannehill finally got the Miami Dolphins moving. Alfred Morris finished the second of Romo’s two possessions with a 15-yard scoring run before Prescott ran for two touchdowns and threw for two scores, including another one to Dez Bryant, in the Cowboys’ 41-14 exhibition victory Friday night. Tannehill had two scoring tosses to Kenny Stills. Dallas (1-1) had three holding penalties in the first five plays of an opening drive that stalled. Then Romo completed all three passes, including a pair to trusty tight end Jason Witten, before the scoring run from Morris, who had 13 carries for 85 yards. Romo was 4 of 5 for 49 yards, and the Dallas offense had 300 yards at halftime. Tannehill, who played late into the first half with the Dolphins (1-1) trying to move past a rough opener for the firstteam offense last week, had scoring passes of 13 and 3 yards to Stills. Tannehill led another drive inside the 5 that ended on downs and finished 12 of 20 for 162 yards. Prescott has two touchdowns passes in each of the two preseason games and is 22 of 27 for 338 yards without an interception after completing his first eight passes following a 10-of-12 showing in his NFL debut against the Los Angeles Rams last week. The fourth-round pick out of Mississippi State had a 20-yard scoring run and a 1yard sneak that was held up on review. Prescott tossed a short touchdown pass to Brice Butler the play after a 58-yarder to the speedy wideout.

Steelers defend Jones after his bad showing Continued from Page 13 “You can’t ever find comfort in those things,” Jones said. “It was probably as bad as it looked out there. You want to go out there and put your best foot forward and play the way you know you’re capable of playing.” Jones, the Steelers’ 2013 fourth-round pick, took the bulk of the snaps last season when the Steelers played five preseason games. It was largely inconsistent at times, as the former Oklahoma standout mixed good and bad on the practice field with several up-and-down gameday showings. But the extended preseason prepared Jones for his first meaningful regular-season action last season, as he filled in when starter Ben Roethlisberger missed time with a sprained MCL and bruised tibia. Jones rallied the Steelers to victories

against Arizona and Oakland, but struggled during a loss at Kansas City. That experience helped Jones enter his fourth season with additional confidence in his abilities and more time under center. Tomlin has preserved Roethlisberger during training camp practices and sat his veteran quarterback for the first two preseason games, allowing more opportunities for Jones. Jones seemingly took a step back Thursday, throwing four interceptions in a losing effort. Regardless, the 27-year-old quarterback plans to take the most recent outing against the Eagles as a learning experience and grow from it. “Things like that are going to happen,” Jones said. “You are going to play bad. So, you learn from it and you move on.”

RB Bell’s suspension reduced to three games Continued from Page 13 “I ended up missing the test,” Bell said. “I was sleeping and that’s on me. I can’t blame anybody else for missing my test. I just want everybody to understand I never tried to purposefully avoid or evade any test.” The 24-year-old All-Pro running back is entering the final season of his rookie contract. Bell finished second in the league with 1,361 yards rushing and 2,215 all-purpose rushing and receiving yards in 2014. He rushed for 556 yards and three touchdowns and caught 24 passes for 136 yards in 2015 before tearing the MCL and PCL in his right knee when Cincinnati linebacker Vontaze Burfict dragged him to the ground in November. Bell hasn’t played in a preseason game,

but has fully participated in training camp practices, showing the ability to take hits and sharply cut on his injured knee. Bell will be able to participate in training camp practices and the final two preseason games before the suspension begins. Pittsburgh finished third in total yards and fourth in scoring in 2015 while going 11-7 and losing to Denver in the AFC divisional round. The Steelers are already without wide receiver Martavis Bryant, who will miss the entire season after he was suspended in March for a second violation of the league’s substance abuse policy. Veteran DeAngelo Williams will fill in as the team’s starting running back with Bell out of the lineup.

KITTANNING — Ligonier Valley scored its first victory of the season, topping West Shamokin, 241-250, in a Heritage Conference golf match Friday at Deertrack Golf Club. Ligonier Valley’s Brandon Silvis was the medalist for the second day in a row, shooting a 39. He shot the same score in Thursday’s season-opening loss to Blairsville. Sara Klinchock was next in line for the Rams with a 44. Xavier Julius shot a 45 to lead West Shamokin. Ligonier Valley (1-1) plays in the Gary Garrison Tournament on Monday at Latrobe. West Shamokin (1-1) plays in Homer-Center’s Wildcat Open at Chestnut Ridge on Monday.

LOCAL SCOREBOARD HIGH SCHOOL GOLF FRIDAY’S SUMMARY LIGONIER VALLEY 241, WEST SHAMOKIN 250 Ligonier Valley — 241 Brandon Silvis 39, Sara Klinchock 44, Taylor Hall 49, Gunnar Elliott 53, Blair Adams 56 West Shamokin — 250 Xavier Julius 45, Ben Vicini 48, Logan Wadding 51, Austin Cessna 52, Nate Zik 54

Titans audition rookie corners By The Associated Press

Carolina rookie cornerbacks James Bradberry and Daryl Worley will get another meaningful audition at Tennessee today. The defending NFC champion Panthers have a pair of vacancies, after All-Pro Josh Norman left and Charles Tillman retired. Bene Benwikere, the nickel back last year, is still in the mix, but coach Ron Rivera is strongly considering starting both Bradberry and Worley. Fittingly, the wide receivers on the other side are in flux after the Titans traded disappointing 2015 second-round draft pick Dorial Green-Beckham this week to Philadelphia. The deal further cemented the status of rookie Tajae Sharpe and left an opening for Justin Hunter. Harry Douglas and Andre Johnson are also trying to secure spots. Titans running backs DeMarco Murray and Derrick Henry will have a chance to build on the momentum established against San Diego last week. BAD-LUCK BILLS: Buffalo will play its first game at the newly renamed New Era Field, after the Buffalobased apparel company bought naming rights for the former Ralph Wilson Stadium. The Bills sure could use a break from a spate of bad news that has persisted throughout their offseason. Just this week, linebacker IK Enemkpali was lost to a season-ending knee injury and starting defensive tackle Marcell Dareus received a substance-abuse policy suspension for the first four games of the regular season from the NFL. The visitor will be the New York Giants, who have slated quarterback Eli Manning and wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. to play after resting last week. FAMILIAR FOES: Andrew Luck is expected to make his first start for Indianapolis since November when the Colts host Baltimore in a reunion of sorts among the coaching staffs. Colts coach Chuck Pagano and new defensive coordinator Ted Monachino both worked for Ravens coach Jim Harbaugh before leaving for Indianapolis, giving them a little insight into what Luck should prepare for in the second week of the preseason with his appearance expected to last a quarter or so.

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Divers dealing with outdoors By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer

RIO DE JANEIRO — There was rain and wind, bright sunshine and gloomy clouds. Even green water. For the first time since 1992, Olympic diving was held in an outdoor facility, exposed to whatever elements — both natural and man-made — got thrown its way. The athletes, for the most part, seemed to adapt just fine to the ever-changing conditions. “The weather conditions are always a factor when it’s outdoors, but it’s definitely still great to be able to compete outdoors for a change,” said Melissa Wu of Australia. “When the conditions are bad, everyone is sort of in the same boat anyway.” While there were some surprises along the way — windy conditions were a big factor when a reigning world champion from powerhouse China was knocked out in the preliminaries of men’s 3-meter springboard — the results have largely followed pre-Olympic expectations. China dominated the competition again, going into today’s final event, men’s 10-meter platform, with six of the seven gold medals. “It’s a nice change-up to have it outside,” American Jessica Parratto said. “Obviously, Rio is a beautiful place and it’s hot out, so it’s nice. There’s all kinds of weather conditions we could have, but you just have to stay focused and know that you’re doing the same five dives that you’ve always been doing and just try not to be distracted by the elements.” In 1996, swimming and diving were staged at a pool in Atlanta that wasn’t enclosed but did have a roof. The last four Olympics were all held inside, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will feature a new indoor aquatics facility.

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AMERICANS MIKE RODGERS, left, and Justin Gatlin, right, walked past the Japan relay team after finding out the United States’ team had been disqualified.

Another race and gaffe for relay team By EDDIE PELLS

AP National Writer

RIO DE JANEIRO — Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay and Mike Rodgers were almost through parading the American flag around the track — celebrating a bronze medal of all things — when their names flashed on the big board, along with two letters: “DQ.” The smiles — gone. Those medals — might be gone, too. This nightmare — it never ends for the U.S. men in sprint relays. Rodgers and Gatlin were ruled to have passed the baton before the start of the first passing zone in the men’s 4x100 relay won Friday night by Usain Bolt and Jamaica. After the disqualification, the bronze went to Canada. Tyson Bromell ran the anchor leg and finished third behind Jamaica and surprising Japan. The American fell over the finish line and was nursing his injured foot while his teammates celebrated what they thought was a bronze medal, which would have been considered a debacle all of its own back in the day. At this point, they’d take it. The U.S. protested the call. A decision was expected this morning. If the disqualification holds up, it will mark the ninth time since 1995 that the U.S. men have somehow botched the relay at a world championship or Olympics. “It’s always something weird, stupid, simple mistakes that always cost us and I don’t understand,” said Gay, who cost the U.S. another medal, its silver from the London Olympics, because of a doping positive. “We had great sticks in practice, great everything and something so simple — I can’t say anything but bad luck.”

Video replays show a clean handoff from Rodgers to Gatlin, but are less clear about whether Gatlin had taken possession of the stick before Rodgers got it inside the start of the 20-meter passing zone. Rule 170.07 in the track and field handbook reads: “The baton shall be passed within the takeover zone. The passing of the baton commences when it is first touched by the receiving athlete and is completed the moment it is in the hand of only the receiving athlete. In relation to the takeover zone, it is only the position of the baton which is decisive. Passing of the baton outside the takeover zone shall result in disqualification.” Hours earlier, down on the track, the runners huddled around a TV monitor and nodded their heads when they saw the replay. “It was the twilight zone. It was a nightmare,” said Gatlin, who won silver in the 100 sprint, but didn’t make the final of the 200 and could go home empty in the relay, as well. “You work so hard with your teammates, guys you compete against almost all year long. All that hard work just crumbles.” All those miscues for the country with arguably the deepest pool of sprinting talent, even with Bolt in the mix, has cost them medals and sent the team back to the drawing board time and again. Dennis Mitchell, who won the relay gold at the Barcelona Games but also has a doping past, is the current coach. Whatever he was teaching didn’t quite hold up. And this time, the way the Americans received the news was especially cruel. “Hell, we already did a victory lap,” Gay said. “Right before we were about to talk to TV, they told us.”

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American men to play for bronze By The Associated Press Max Holt did a little bit of everything. At the net, digging balls from just off the floor, finishing points with big, leaping swings. He and David Lee stuffed the Italians with stellar blocking. Setter Micah Christenson contributed his own blocks and even a kill to end the third set. Matt Anderson, Aaron Russell and Taylor Sander provided power hitting from every corner. Mighty Italy just had a little more in a match that will surely become an Olympic volleyball classic. For nearly 2½ hours Friday, the young, overachieving Americans stayed with an Italian group that U.S. coach John Speraw considers the world’s most talented and destined for gold in Brazil. The Americans, who began the tournament with an 0-2 start that included a loss to Italy 10 days earlier, ran off four straight victories before falling in a riveting five-set semifinal that Italy won 30-28, 26-28, 9-25, 25-22, 15-9. “This team fought the entire time,” Lee said. “Losing that first set made us fight even harder. We couldn’t sustain that same level we had in the second and third to put the team out in the fourth set. We had an advantage in the fourth, we had a small lull in energy and that’s when they came back, and they have such good servers that team can come back at any time and be back in a game. You can never count them out.” The Italians will play for gold Sunday against Brazil, which defeated defending Olympic champion Russia 25-21, 25-22, 25-17 in Friday’s other semifinal. Brazil will be playing in its fourth straight final and will be looking for its first gold since 2004 in Athens. Italy won the bronze in 2012 in London.

Italy ended the American men’s gold-medal aspirations for a second straight Olympics. The U.S. will play for bronze, just like the topranked American women, who lost in five sets to Serbia on Thursday. Other highlights from Day 14 of the Rio Games: WATER POLO: Maggie Steffens and the U.S. women’s water polo team stood on the top step of the podium and belted out the national anthem through a mixture of smiles and tears. Italy and Russia stood on each side of the Americans, and they might as well have been miles away. The gap between the United States and the rest of the world right now is huge in water polo. The dominant U.S. women’s teams in gymnastics, basketball and swimming have some company. The women’s water polo team, hailing almost exclusively from California, beat Italy 12-5 on Friday for its second straight gold medal, and there are signs it could replicate the sustained success of some of America’s most famous Olympic juggernauts. The U.S. closed its schedule with 22 straight wins, rolling through its six games in Rio by a combined score of 73-32. It currently holds each of the major crowns in women’s water polo, adding a second Olympic gold to its world championship, World Cup and World League Super Final titles. GOLF: Inbee Park was in the 16th fairway, only 50 yards from the hole, and couldn’t imagine a worse spot to be. She already had lost a three-shot lead in gusts up to 30 mph Friday at Olympic Golf Course. And now she faced a shot that would punish anything just a little long or a little left. The safe play was the middle of the green and get out

of there with a par. The South Korean player had other ideas. She took two months off from golf because of a thumb injury to get ready for the Olympics, and it was time to trust her instincts. Starting with that pitch to tap-in range, she birdied two straight holes and shot a 1-under 70 to take a twoshot lead at 11 under into the final round. Now comes the real test. Just as difficult as the wind was seeing the name of Lydia Ko — the No. 1 player in women’s golf — right behind her. Ko made the first hole-in-one of her career as she raced into contention with a 65, closing the gap to two shots. Gerina Piller, the American who narrowly qualified in her final event, shot a 68 and joined them in the final group, two shots behind. Charley Hull of Britain fell out of the chasing pack by missing three par putts inside 5 feet on the back nine. She shot 74 and was six shots behind. Brooke Henderson of Canada, the No. 2 player in women’s golf, struggled even more.

She wound up with a 75 and was seven back. Stacy Lewis went backward, too. The American, who began the day one shot behind after a 63, closed out her round with a double bogey when her third shot sailed long into the native area, and she chipped back over the green. She shot 76. WRESTLING UPSET: Defending Olympic and world champion Jordan Burroughs was stunned in the quarterfinals of men’s freestyle wrestling. It was the third international loss for Burroughs, who won gold in London in 2012 and whose charismatic, social media-friendly persona has made him the face of wrestling in the U.S. SNACK ATTACK: Talk about the shoddy construction or the filthy water. Just don’t rip on Brazilians’ favorite snack, called Biscoito Globo. Residents of Rio de Janeiro have been irked by bad review of the stuffy, puffy treats. Also annoying locals have been comments about why coffee cups and men’s swimsuits are so small here.

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Bolt wins 9th gold medal Continued from Page 13 With 70 meters to go, it was over. Bolt looked at the clock — same as he did when he won the 200 the night before. No world record, but he still has a piece of that one, too — it’s 36.84 seconds, set four years ago at the London Games. He also owns the records in the 100 (9.58) and 200 (19.19). “I am just relieved. It’s happened. I am just happy, proud of myself. It’s come true,” said Bolt, who overcame a hamstring injury earlier in the summer, then shined throughout a seven-day, seven-race stint in Rio, counting all the heats. “The pressure is real. I look at it as an accomplishment.” Musical selection for Bolt’s final parade around the track: Bob Marley’s “Jammin.” With most of the other debates over about greatest this, greatest that, a new one might be whether Bolt has surpassed Marley as the most famous person from the country known for sea, sun and sprints. “Usain has done so much,” Powell said. “It’s hard to explain. He’s just a great athlete. He’s a legend.” Counting all the preliminaries, finals and his approximately nine-second blast down the stretch in Friday’s final race, Bolt has spent 325 seconds — a tad less than 5½ minutes — sprinting on the track at the Olympics since he made his debut in Beijing eight years ago. Every tick of the clock has been a treasure. And while he may not close things out with 23 golds,

the number Michael Phelps left Rio with earlier this week, it’s hard to argue there is anybody more successful or electric — or important to his sport, and the Olympics themselves. The anchor sport of the Olympics has been mired for decades, but especially over the past year, in a cesspool of doping, cheating and bad characters. When Bolt’s on the track, everyone forgets. “A great sprinter,” said Gay who, once upon a time, was Bolt’s biggest challenger. “Nine gold medals, words can’t even describe what he’s done for the sport.” So much of that is because the show isn’t over when he’s through running. After crossing the line for the last time, Bolt pumped his fist in the air, slowed down and took off those famous gold spikes. He huddled with his teammates and they prayed. Then, a final, luxurious lap around the track. “I’ll stay up late tonight,” Bolt said when asked how he’d celebrate. All week, when asked a hundred different ways if this really is his last Olympics, he kept saying yes. He said it once more as Friday night turned into this morning. “Yeah, this is the last one, guys,” said the champion, who turns 30 on Sunday, the same day the Olympic cauldron is extinguished. Going so soon? It leaves the world to ponder: Without Bolt on the track, how will things ever be the same?

U.S. extends lead Continued from Page 13 Even when things don’t go well, for the most part, they turn out all right. When the U.S. was knocked out of the women’s 4x100 after dropping the baton, it appealed to get back in, ran a oneteam race against the clock and earned a spot. The team made the most of a second chance by winning gold Friday. “It’s fun to be able to share that story, that crazy story, with these other ladies,” said Tianna Bartoletta, who added that gold with the one she took in the long jump. Courtney Okolo has been watching in a lounge at the Olympic Village. She’d been raring to go, waiting all week for Friday to roll around to run in the 4x400 relay team. The Americans advanced easily to the final. While waiting, she’d been watching her suitemates come home with medal after medal. Then again, she has some pretty powerful roommates — Nia Ali, who was second in the hurdles, and Bowie, who also took silver in the 100 and bronze in the 200. “I’ve done nothing but watch my teammates win gold, win silver, win SPORTS PROGRAMS on TV tonight

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New documentary questions Canada seal hunt By WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press

BOSTON — It’s not an easy movie to watch: Hunters clubbing seals to death and bloodying the otherwise pristine ice of the Canadian Arctic. But for the Cape Codbased International Fund for Animal Welfare, “Huntwatch� — a new documentary about the fight to end commercial seal hunts — is a story that needs to be told. The film, which premieres next month on Discovery, very nearly was doomed to oblivion. It includes grainy footage that had languished for nearly five decades in the basement of the group’s global headquarters in Yarmouth Port, Mass. “We really just want people to watch the film, look at all sides of the issue, and decide if this hunt still should be happening,� said IFAW spokeswoman Kerry Branon, a co-producer on the film. Indigenous people still harvest seals for food in Canada, but the bloody slaughters chronicled in “Huntwatch� involve white hunters looking to cash in on the pelts of young harp seals and provide for their families. Despite long-standing bans on the trade in fur and other seal products strictly enforced by the U.S., the

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A SEAL HUNTER, right, threatened a cameraman with a knife during the filming of a seal hunt in Canada in 1997. European Union and much of the rest of the world, Canada still subsidizes an annual hunt. Animal rights groups are still pressuring the Canadian government to phase out the practice, which was the Cape Cod organization’s founding campaign. Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans won’t budge, spokesman Frank

Stanek told The Associated Press. “The government of Canada believes in the sustainable use of a renewable resource such as the harp seal,� Stanek said, calling the harvest “an important economic and cultural activity.� He said officials are “committed to maintaining existing markets for Canadian

seal products and supporting the development of potential new markets.� IFAW’s Richard Moos, who co-produced the film with Branon, said the seal slaughter ought to have ceased for good many decades ago for the same reason that ended whaling at the turn of the 19th century: There’s no longer a viable market for it.

But old traditions die hard. “It’s like trying to get Americans to stop eating apple pie. It’s so wrapped up in their identity of being sealers,� Moos said. “Huntwatch� is directed by renowned animal rights activist Brant Backlund and narrated by “Deadpool� actor Ryan Reynolds, a Canadian. It was screened

earlier this year at film festivals in New York; Boulder, Colo.; Newport Beach, Calif.; and Middlebury, Vt. Discovery and Lionsgate plan to distribute it internationally, starting with a limited theatrical run in New York City and Los Angeles and its premier on Discovery at 10 p.m. on Sept. 22. “From the get-go, I wanted to make sure the film didn’t feel like a one sided propaganda piece,� Backlund said in a statement. “The Canadian seal hunt is a very complicated issue with no easy answer.� Another challenge: Toning down the gore. “Some of the footage in our archive is incredibly disturbing, so we had to find a way to make the film watchable,� he said. “We worked very hard at finding lighter moments and human drama, trying to focus in on the characters to tell the story of their experiences around the seal hunt.� “Huntwatch� was culled from more than 3,000 film reels, tapes and photographs in various formats dating to 1969 that documented the Canadian hunts. Branon and Moos found much of it in the cellar around 2009 as they were consolidating their archives on Cape Cod. “We want to start a conversation,� Moos said. “Things are changing. People are waking up.�

Newcomer comes of age in indie darling ‘Morris From America’ By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer

LOS ANGELES — Newcomer Markees Christmas had a lot of firsts making “Morris from America,� a coming-of-age tale about a single father and his 13year-old hip-hop-loving son who both move to Heidelberg, Germany. Not only was it his first film, his first time in Germany and his first trip on a plane, it was also the first time he had even considered acting professionally. Christmas, who grew up in the Baldwin Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, came to writer-director Chad Hartigan’s attention through some comedic YouTube videos that his Big Brother mentor had made. Hartigan reached out, Christmas auditioned — one of maybe 50 kids who were called in — and he got the part. When his mom told him, she assumed he was joking. But, just like that, at age 15, Christmas was cast as the title character of an indie film that would go on to win awards at the Sundance Film Festival. It hit theaters in limited release Friday. Craig Robinson, known for playing Darryl on “The Office� and as a comedic standout in films like “This is the End� and “Hot Tub Time Machine,� had already signed on to play Morris’ father, Curtis — a recently widowed soccer coach who is trying to be both a friend and a parental figure to Morris in this tricky transitional period. Christmas was a fan of Robinson’s work, even if he didn’t know his name. He said it seemed awkward because most of Robinson’s films he had seen were R-rated and definitely things he “wasn’t supposed to be watching.� Robinson, seated next to Christmas on a recent afternoon, said the first time they met, he thought “that’s my little brother now.� Although there are comedic elements in the film, it’s a rare dramatic turn for Robinson. Both the actor and various critics have referred to Curtis as being a particularly “woke� father — the kind who doesn’t stress about his son’s cursing or smoking, but rather about why he didn’t call to say he’d be late. Christmas was worried, though, that his actual family would not be as understanding as his onscreen one. “I didn’t know how my mom was going to look at this movie. I didn’t know if she was going to be like, ‘You do this in real life? You

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PROMOTING THEIR film “Morris From America� are Craig Robinson, left, and Markees Christmas. curse in real life? You smoke in real life?’ I thought that’s how it was going to be. I was scared. I was like, ‘You can’t see this,’� Christmas said. Yet he caved and “let� Mom accompany him to a screening at the San Francisco International Film Festival. “I was like, ‘You’ve got to know that there’s a line between Markees and Morris.

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NOTICE For Sale by Sealed Bid, 12x24 Portable Bridge, the bridge folds in half for transporting. HS 25-44 Load Cap. 45 Ton 5 Axle Semi Comp. Weight of the Bridge is 7 tons, it has a 10 M.P.H. maximum speed restriction. Sold “as is� condition. For more information call 724-726-8229. Sealed bids will be received by Young Township 2nd class of Indiana County, 1412 Park Drive, Clarksburg, PA 15725 until 6:00 pm on September 12, 2106. All bids shall be clearly marked “Bid for Letting of September 12, 2016�. Bids will be opened on September 12, 2016 at the Board of Supervisors monthly meeting. The Municipality reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids. Young Township 2nd Class Cristy Laurenti, Secretary 8/15, 8/16, 8/17, 8/18, 8/19, 8/20, 8/21

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BLAIRSVILLE: Modern 2 bdr, full kit., C/A, W/D, lrg bath, Private parking, $600/mo (724) 459-6314 BORO: Very nice! 4 bdrm, 1.5 bath. $850/mo plus utilities, incl. garbage. Sec dep. No pets. (724) 840-2683 COLONIAL MANOR 1 bdr furnished. & unfurnished. 2 bdr unfurnished. Call for info. (724) 463-9290. 9-4pm. colonialmanorindianapa .com DOWNTOWN Homer City 2 & 3 bdr avail., incl. w/d, prk & util except elec. $550-$650 724-388-2681

INDIANA: 1 bdrm, $525 mo. Util incl, No pets, No smokers. Available now! (724) 349-9270, M-F, 9-5

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2 & 3 BDR Apartments for rent. Call (814) 525-8077 1-3 BDR Apartments Westgate Group Apartments: Quiet community near campus and shopping. Pet friendly! Free parking! W/D on site. Gym and pool access. Call 888-516-9172 for a tour & customized quote! AFFORDABLE - 2 bdrms with A/C, laundry room & off-st. parking. $595/mo. incl. water, trash & sewage. 50% discount on 1st mo. rent. 724-910-0921 ATTRACTIVE 2 bdr in Homer City, N/P, N/S, $550/mo + elec., Call (724) 388-3337 ATTRACTIVE 2 bdrm unit, carpeting, appliances, air, on-site laundry, & storage. $625/mo. Rent incl water, garbage & sewage. No pets, handicap accessible. (724) 762-3702 BLAIRSVILLE, Lrg 3 bdr, 3 bath, off St. prkg, $675/ mo + util. No pets, Non smoking. 724-216-3494

INDIANA Boro: 2 bdrm, partially newly renovated, $650 mo. + some util. w/d & pkg incl. (724) 388-2681

BLAIRSVILLE Derry Twp 2 bdr, $500/mo + sec. dep. & util. No pets, Non smoking. 724-459-8248 HOMER CITY: 2 bdr, a/c, nice yard, deck, $575mo + utilities, H.C. Schools, Call 724-388-2589

INDIANA: 3 bdr ranch on 2 private acres, close to walmart, $950/mo. Call (724) 840-2399 INDIANA: 3bdr 2 bath, large 2 car garage, large lot. $750 + ultilities. Call 724-840-2683 INDIANA: 5445 Rte. 286 Hwy W., 3 bdr, 1 ba, ranch style, gar, $695/mo + sec. deposit, Call (724) 695-1965, (724) 272-7288 INTOWN: Very nice 3 bdr, c/a, w/d, all appl., garage, pets neg., $995 mo.+ util. 724-388-9836 MARION CENTER: Sparkling clean newly remodeled small house quite neighborhood. $380/mo incl. some util. Call (724) 349-9026

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Open Interviews. Mon. Aug. 22nd, Tues. 23rd & Wed. 24th. 9:30am 3:30pm. Postitions available assisting adults with Intellectual Disabilities. We are looking for people who are honest, mature, dependable, and professional. These positions involve assisting individuals with activities of daily living, medication administration, driving agency vehicles, insuring their health and safety. Competitive pay, excellent benefits. All applicants must have driver’s license, Clean driving record & Criminal History. Post employment drug test required. Call (724) 349-1420 or apply at: Community Living and Learning, Inc. 1430 Route 286 Hwy E Indiana, PA 15701 ADA, EOE

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FULL-TIME COMMERCIAL LOAN PROCESSING REPRESENTATIVE II A Loan Processing Representative II is responsible for all aspects of commercial loan documentation from processing the application, underwriting, creating applicable loan documents, upload of new loans to the system and document review. Previous loan documentation, Laser Pro, Excel and Word experience is necessary. This person should possess 2 years of banking experience in a related field.

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diamond suit in isolation, if you have to play it with no idea who holds the queen, what would you do? When North responded with a three-heart transfer bid, South made a superaccept by jumping to four spades. This showed four- or five-card support, a good hand for spades and a doubleton somewhere. North took a shot at slam. At first glance, because of the annoying mirror distribution, it seems that declarer must find the diamond queen to get home. However, the contract is a certainty if played correctly. South should win with dummy’s club ace, draw trumps, and cash his heart winners. Then he leads his last club to endplay an opponent. Whoever takes that trick must either lead a diamond, finding the queen, or concede a ruff-and-sluff. If South must play diamonds himself, he should start with his jack. If West covers or noticeably pauses, he gives the game away. Or, if he plays low smoothly, declarer wins with dummy’s king and finesses through East on the way back. COPYRIGHT: 2016, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE

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WILL Do small paint jobs, pressure washing decks, houses, mobile homes also will do general landscaping. (724) 248-9460

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LPN’s Part-Time/Casual Primarily Mon.-Fri. daylight hours for VNA Extended Home Care private duty homecare in Indiana County. Missing one-on-one relationships? Apply today for a personally rewarding position. • Holiday/Shift Differential • Paid Mileage/ Travel Time Call: 724-463-1102 Mon.-Fri. 7am-4:30pm Fax: 724-463-1744 Email: lrichardson@ vnaindiana.org 850 Hospital Road Suite 3000 Medical Arts Building Indiana, PA 15701 www.vna indianacounty. com

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REGISTERED NURSES Punxsutawney Area Hospital has the following positions available: RN- Operating Room: Full time position with flexible hours depending on the schedule. Primarily day shift with call required on nights, weekends and holidays. Interested candidates should have a thorough knowledge of sterile technique and basic operating room procedures and equipment. Previous OR or Surgical Services preferred. RN- Surgical Services: Full time position available working primarily in the Short Procedure Unit and PACU. Flexible schedule with call required. Minimum one year experience in ambulatory surgery with experience in IVCS prefered. PAH offers a highly competitive salary and benefit package. Interested candidates can complete an on-line application at www.pah.org or application can be made to: Human Resources Punxsutawney Area Hospital 81 Hillcrest Drive, Punxsutawney, PA 15767 E-mail: hr@pah.org (814) 938-1856 E.O.E.

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Antiques

ANTIQUES / Vintage student school desk, $150 obo. (724) 388-5859

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Baby Needs

BABY CRIB, dark maple with spindles on the side. Only used for 2.5 months. $75. (724) 421-7397

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Machinery & Tools

DOVER water distiller counter model. $75 new, now $30. Call (724) 783-7522 VINTAGE table saw and joiner combo, solid table. Asking $175. Call (724) 349-4183

AUCTION

REAL ESTATE & CONTENTS

WED, SEPT. 7 @ 6:00 PM 223 E. Elm St., Homer City, PA

From Main St., take E. Church St, right on Greeley, left on E Elm Photos at auctionzip.com (ID #1496) At 6pm - Furniture, Appliances...a few small items... Be on time! At 7pm - A two story, frame, single family dwelling on a 50’x131’ +/- level lot with all public utilities. The first floor has a LR, DR, kitchen, full bath, open front porch and rear deck. The second floor has 3 bedrooms. There is a Rheem gas HE forced air furnace and Rheem gas HW tank both installed Nov. 2012. TERMS: $2,500 deposit at the time of auction. Balance by 10/24/16. Sold subject to Seller confirmation of the high bid. Inspect real estate by appt. only or 1 hour before the auction. Call Today for a Bidder’s Information Packet! Do not overlook the possibility for a personal residence or rental property. OWNERS: Richard and Loreen Derry (Owners have moved and want the property sold!!) Announcements at auction take precedence over printed information.

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MIKE CHARNEGO

CAI Auctioneer - Appraiser AU-1659-L Homer City, PA • 724-479-2481 E-mail: auctionmike@verizon.net Member: National & PA Auctioneers Association

AUCTION TUES., AUG. 23 @ 5:30 PM QUALITY INN & SUITES

1545 Wayne Avenue, Indiana, PA 15701 Items moved from apartment for convenience. Photos at auctionzip.com (ID #1496) Note: All items are in excellent condition. Do not miss these quality items. FURNITURE & APPLIANCES: Thomasville 4 Pc. BR Set: Double/Queen 4 Post Bed, Chest of Drawers, Dresser w/Tri-Mirror, Night Stand; Thomasville 3 Pc. BR Set: Double/Queen Bed, Dresser, Chest of Drawers; 2 Simmons Pillow-Top Mattress & Foundation Sets; Beautiful Lighted China Cabinet; Custom-Made Entertainment Center; Maple Kitchen Table, 6 Chairs, 2 Ext. Boards; Samsung Flat Screen TV; Modern Roll-Top Desk; Hitchcock Chair; Table & Floor Lamps; Queen Anne-Style Coffee and End Tables; Microwave; Small Kitchen Appliances; Hoover Upright Sweeper and More! HOUSEHOLD: Westmoreland Sterling Flatware Set, John & Priscilla Pattern, Service for 12; 2 Dinnerware Sets; Many Pcs. of Costume Jewelry & Boxes; Pots & Pans; Cookbooks; Party-Lite Decorative Items; Linens; Blankets; Cleaning Supplies; 2 Metal Shelving Units; Folding Aluminum Table; Drying Rack; Storage Totes; General Kitchen Items - Glassware, Flatware; Vintage Quilt; Etc. COINS, MEDALS, FDC’S: 1976 Mint Sewn Bag of $50.00 Lincoln Cents; Franklin Mint Silver Mini-Ingot Car Collection; FM Christmas Cards & Medals; Sets of First Day Covers In Albums and More! TERMS: Cash or check with photo ID. Immediate removal of items. Bring a truck. OWNER: Lillian Rebovich - Personal Care Home Resident POA: S&T Wealth Management Announcements at auction take precedence over printed information.

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Household Goods

2 BASSETT Oak End Tables, drawer, door & built in magazine rack, paid $275 ea. will sell both or $100 obo. Call (724) 465-7725 ENTERTAINMENT center solid cherry wood, 80” H x 36” W x 21” D, excellent condition. Asking $550. Call (724) 349-1625 FLEXSTEEL Sofa, tan in color. Good condition. Free! Pick up only! Call (724) 465-5743 GE Profile Stove-top, black. Asking $200. Call (724) 762-3846 KENMORE side by side fridg. black, 32” w with ice maker. Asking $350. Call (724) 762-3846 MAYTAG Front loader Washer/Dryer w/pedestal. Asking $350 each. Call (724) 762-3846 QUEEN Size sofa bed. Good condition. Asking $100. Call 724-459-9427 REFINISHED 42” X 62” Executive desk with glass top and all new hardware. $250 obo. Contact Dave for more information at 724-771-7272.

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Farm Products For Sale

KENNEBEC POTATOES 50lbs-$15, Sweet corn $5/doz. K-Farms 1019 School Rd Clymer. 724-422-0833 Lone Oak Farm: Raw Milk, Eggs, and Produce. Open Mon.-Sat. 5:30-8p.m. Marion Center, Call 856-872-4418 SWEET Corn, mulch hay, oats, straw, round bales. (724) 479-9178 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.

AUCTION SALE WED., AUG 24 3:00 P.M. 285 Anderson Avenue, Indiana Watch for arrows at Philadelphia & N. 3rd St. to sale site. Excellent 7 pc. dinette set with large 2 pc. hutch, sofa, loveseat & chair, king size bed, Speed Queen washer, Amana heavy duty elec. dryer, oak Mission chair, 4 stack bookcase, RCA radiola 17, cabinet radio, small freezer, pair green lemonade pitchers & lids, CD-Jazz collection, sugar & creamer collection, glass celery collection, coffee grinder, lamps, metal cabinets, elec. heater, other useful household items, Craftsman self-propelled mower, Toro leaf blower, Yard Machine snow blower, alum. stepladder, elec. cords, hedge trimmers, sand bags, shop vac, garden tools, Rubbermaid storage shed, cast iron table, patio furniture. Partial listing, large sale. Home is being sold. For photos go to auctionzip.com #1010. Nice clean useful items. Refreshments & restroom on grounds. TERMS: Cash or check subject to approval. No out-of-state checks. OWNER: Ray & Kate Greenawalt

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Household Goods

SOFA And double recliner loveseat, burgundy, $150. obo. (724) 762-4208

WED., AUG. 31 @ 6:00 PM

173 Heshbon Road, Blairsville, PA 15717

TWO Swivel rocker recliners, blue. Asking $125 each. Call (724) 762-3846 WHIRLPOOL 27” double oven, black, conventional. Electric. Asking $300. Call (724) 762-3846

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Appliances For Sale

OLD RETRO Fridg., works great , no shelving, would make terrific beer miester, asking $85 obo. Call (724) 525-5000

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Musical & Stereo Equipment For Sale

ACCORDION With case, $150. Call (724) 465-7679 THE Indiana Gazette online at Website indianagazette.com

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Pets & Supplies For Sale

ASPCA DOG Kennel, excellent cond., Size, 28”l x 21”w x 22”h, asking $40. Call (724) 840-7608 BRAND New fish tank 55 gal. Asking $50 OBO Call (724) 349-1883

ATTENTION... ADS FOR FREE PETS Your beloved pet deserves a loving, caring home. The ad for your free pet may draw response from individuals who may sell your pet for research or breeding purposes. Please screen respondents very carefully when giving away your pet. Your pet will thank you! This message compliments of

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MUST BE SOLD TO SETTLE THE ESTATE!!! OWNER: Estate of Kenneth E. Boruch ADMIN.: Rebecca J. Boruch-Gibbons ATTY.: Wayne Kablack “Your Real Estate Auction Professional”

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CAI Auctioneer - Appraiser AU-1659-L Homer City, PA • 724-479-2481 E-mail: auctionmike@verizon.net Member: National & PA Auctioneers Association

REAL ESTATE AUCTION Office Condominium THURS., AUG. 25 @ 6:00 PM 1177 S. 6th Street, Indiana, PA 15701

(Rt. 954 - White Twp.) Call or Email for a Bidder’s Information Packet. Photos at auctionzip.com (ID #1496) This is your opportunity to buy a 1,195 sq. ft. office condominium unit known as “Unit A” in a building with six other condominiums with common areas. It is presently divided into rooms used for a waiting area, treatment, private office, business office, lab, restrooms and storage. Can be adapted to other business use. The unit is serviced by a gas forced air furnace and central AC. The building is on an approx. 0.99 AC lot with paved parking lot, pond, on-site sewage system, walks, lighting and road sign. Do not overlook the potential this property presents for professional office or business use. TERMS: $3,000 down at the time of auction, balance due by October 10, 2016. Sold subject to confirmation of the bid. Inspect real estate by appointment or 1 hour before the auction. CALL TODAY. OWNER: Bijai B. Singh, MD Owner retired and says ... SELL ... SELL ... SELL!!! Announcements at auction take precedence over printed information.

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CAI Auctioneer - Appraiser AU-1659-L Homer City, PA • 724-479-2481 E-mail: auctionmike@verizon.net Member: National & PA Auctioneers Association

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Pets & Supplies For Sale

JACK RUSSELL Puppies ready now. Call (814) 257-8449

WIRE Dog crate, like new, 19” W, 17”H & 24” L, $20. (724) 479-9926

MALTESE Mixed Puppies, born 7/2, black & white, 2 males, 7 females, $100/obo, (724) 254-4250

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SALES

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INDIANA: 110 Rural Gardens Ct. 8/20 & 8/21; 8-3pm. Plus sz women’s clothing, fishing gear, purses, coats, households. Much more CHEAP!

West Wheatfield Twp.

Location is off Rt. 259. 11 miles East of Blairsville OR 6 miles West of Armagh OR 5 miles South of Brush Valley. CALL OR EMAIL FOR A BIDDER’S INFORMATION PACKET Photos at auctionzip.com (ID #1496) 4 parcels with a total of 1.7 +’- Acres which contain 2 houses and 3 garages. Houses have some utilities and are in need of repair. You can buy this property at YOUR PRICE!!! TERMS: Deposit of $1,000 or 10% of the bid, whichever is greater, at the time of auction, balance due by 10/17/16. Sold ABSOLUTE ... NO RESERVE! Inspect real estate by going to the property at any time or 1 hour before the auction.

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Sports Equipment For Sale

API Climbing Treestand. Grand Slam Supreme. Asking $150. Call (724) 726-5237 MENS R.H. Golf Clubs 1,3 & 5 woods. 3-pw irons, lee treveno staff model. $100 w/bag & cart. Call (724) 254-0704 NEW In Box Ruger American, caliber 30.06 black synthetic. $350. Call (724) 388-6779

Miscellaneous For Sale

A Testimony of a Florida high Wicked Witch who thru the Grace of God became a born again Christian! Asking $10. Call (724) 801-8261 AVON Ruby Red dishes, $200. (724) 397-8124 HEIRLOOM Ornament collection, baby’s first Christmas, dated 2014 yellow duck, brand new never used. Asking $5. Call (724) 541-1489 KENMORE Upright vacuum cleaner with hepa filter, good condition, $15. (724) 467-0556

RUGER 10/22 synthetic stock, $190. Mossberg 20 guage O/U, $250. (724) 463-6466

OLD RECORDS: Aprox. 300. Some country, oldies & rock in roll. $200 for all or make offer. (724) 349-0879

WESLO Caden treadmill. 1.5 hsp/8mph. Good condition. Asking $50. Call (724) 479-3812

QUART sized canning jars, regular mouth, 2 dozen, $15.00. Call (724) 349-2265

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Miscellaneous For Sale

2 METAL Outdoor chairs, no rust, good condition, $40 for pair. (724) 254-2239

INDIANA: 1630 Warren Rd, Indiana, Sun. 8/21; 9-3pm. Maytag washer & dryer, Refrigerator, 2 bedroom sets, livingroom & dining room furniture, kitchen dishes, cutlery, utensils, Cash only! For info call 724-327-6559

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1/2” GLASS polished edge, approx 64” x 34”. Very nice. Asking $100. Call (724) 525-6600

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Miscellaneous For Sale

SEARS Car rooftop carrier. Good condition. Asing $30. Call (724) 479-3812 Set of Mining Lockers, good cond. 18”d & 6’ 6” with legs also a lighted glass show case 4’ x 2 ‘d 1 shelf, $100 /all . Call (724) 541-4228 VCR With remote control, $25. (724) 459-8861

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Parts & Accessories For Sale

SMALL pickup truck tool box. Fits bed width of 48 1/2 or larger. Asking $35. Phone 724-388-8887

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Autos For Sale

2008 NISSAN Altima, great condition, for info call (724) 388-3889 ‘03 MONTANA Extended van, w/electric chair lift, 1 owner, dealer maintained, 81K. Asking $3,000. Call (724) 465-7755 WANTED old cars from 1930’s through 1970’s’. Any make, model or cond. Muscle cars, street rod, wagon or anything unique. Call (724) 290-1356

SHELOCTA: 245 Carahan Ln off N. Ridge Rd. Watch for signs. 8/19, 8/20; 8-4pm. Antiques, households, name brand clothing (all sizes), blue-rays, DVD’s, video games, WII system, furniture, snow plow & winch for Craftsman garden tractor, Fisher Price power wheels, Artic Cat 12 volt car, & lots more.

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