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Acclaimed saxophonist Kelly brings her talents to IASD By CHAUNCEY ROSS
born daughter of Korean parents, and a princess in her own right in the alto sax world where she has a decade of professional association and experience. Kelly has recorded 10 CDs, done concerts on the most prestigious stages, performed at the 2009 presidential inauguration, played the national anthem at NBA playoff games and sat in with a top late-night TV show house band. Downbeat Magazine readers voted her latest CD, “Trying to Figure It Out,” the No. 2 new jazz record of 2016. Toss that in with rising star, jazz artist of the year, outstanding jazz act and other top accolades, mix in some rave reviews, magazine cover photos and a solid internet presence, and Kelly is
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Chalk up another educational and entertainment coup for the Indiana Area School District music department. The faculty has landed a nationally acclaimed and internationally celebrated saxophonist for the annual artistin-residence program for jazz music students. Singer, writer and performer Grace Kelly will be in Indiana next week, for almost three days of teaching and playing — a whirlwind schedule that features a public concert April 12 at the Indiana Area Junior High School auditorium. This is 2017’s Grace Kelly, 24 years old, a New England-
a coveted commodity for a small-market school to pin down for an extended stay. Music teacher Jason Olear said Indiana pitched Kelly’s booking people about coming to town a year ago, right after the last artist-in-residence program. He crossed his fingers, hoped for the best and waited four months for an answer. “We threw it out to them, just half-guessing … and she said yes,” Olear said. “We just stopped dead in our tracks!” To Indiana’s credit, Kelly has been in town before. She performed in the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Lively Arts’ Ovations! series in 2014 and knows something of the town. That the senior high has Continued on Page 10
GRACE KELLY, who will visit with students at Indiana Area schools next week as a Jazz Artist in Residence, will perform a public concert at 7:30 p.m. April 12 in the junior high school auditorium. gracekellymusic.com
Arcadia man sentenced in homicide By SEAN YODER syoder@indianagazette.net
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FIREFIGHTERS SEARCHED for survivors Sunday in Mocoa, Colombia.
Search for survivors continues in areas of Colombia hit by floods By ALBA TOBELLA Associated Press
MOCOA, Colombia — Jose Albeiro Vargas last saw his grandson the night a fierce rain unleashed havoc on this small city surrounded by rivers and mountains in southern Colombia. From what Vargas has been able to gather, the torrents of mud, water and debris unleashed on the city of Mocoa by the rainswollen river swept away his 18-month-old grandson, Jadir Estiven. On Sunday, Vargas was searching for the boy and the infant’s young mother, his daughter. The baby’s father survived. “They were hit by the strongest avalanche,” said Vargas, a clothing store
owner who was so tired from the search effort that he could barely open his eyes. He is far from the only person in Mocoa searching desperately for young loved ones. At least 43 children were among the confirmed dead from the devastating flood, according to President Juan Manuel Santos. Santos later wrote on his Twitter account that he had been informed the overall death toll had increased to 254. The young may have been particularly vulnerable in this disaster because nearly all were in bed when the floods surged through the city of 40,000 Friday night and early Saturday. Maria Cordoba, 52, said two of her nephews, ages 6
and 11, were killed when their house was destroyed. “The mother as well was totally beaten up” but managed to save her 18-monthold baby, she said while at the river trying to clean items she salvaged from her home. The death toll from the flood, one of the worst natural disasters to strike the country in years, was expected to rise as many people were injured or remained unaccounted for, and bodies were still being pulled from the thick mud, tree limbs and debris that covered much of the city. The deluge smashed houses, tore trees out by the roots and washed cars and trucks away. Search-and-rescue teams combed through the debris
and helped people who had been clawing at huge mounds of mud by hand. “People went to their houses and found nothing but the floor,” said Gilma Diaz, a 42-year-old from another town who came to search for a cousin. Dozens stood in the door of a hospital, hoping for news of family members who were not on the list of those confirmed dead or injured. Others frantically knocked on relatives’ doors, hoping to find someone with information about their loved ones. A rescue worker in an orange jumpsuit emerged from one search area with the body of an infant wrapped in a towel. Not far away, Abelardo Solarte, a Continued on Page 10
FBI corruption probe in Pa. had more in its sights By MARC LEVY Associated Press
HARRISBURG — Fresh revelations show how federal authorities tried to use disgraced former state Treasurer Rob McCord to implicate others in a broad payto-play investigation of Pennsylvania government, but it leaves the question of whether the FBI probe is effectively finished. The investigation dates to 2009, when the FBI set up a fake company with phony executives who began hiring lobbyists in Harrisburg and making campaign contributions. It has thus far produced charges against four people, including McCord and John Estey, a one-
Fight expected on court nominee By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A Senate panel is opening a weeklong partisan showdown over President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee with Democrats steadily amassing the votes to block Neil
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time chief of staff to former Gov. Ed Rendell. Ripples of fear washed through Pennsylvania’s political circles two years ago when federal authorities began to notify people that they had been recorded or targeted. But the investigation may be at an end. “If I were a betting man, I would bet there’s nothing else, because (otherwise) you would see it,” said Jeffrey Lindy, a Philadelphia-based defense attorney and a former federal prosecutor. Testimony in the just-ended bribery trial of a wealthy suburban Philadelphia investment adviser, Richard Ireland, answered some questions about the federal Continued on Page 10
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The Arcadia man accused of shooting and killing his roommate in May was sentenced in county court this morning to 17½ to 35 years in prison. Judge Thomas Bianco said the sentencing was in the standard range for the offense and the pre-sentencing investigation results, and that he saw no reason to mitigate the sentence. David Yingling, 62, had pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree murder in the killing of Elwood Skillman, who was 50 years old at the time of his death. State police investigators said Yingling shot Skillman in the residence at 302 Arcadia Road, Montgomery Township, either late May 1 or early May 2. The body was found in an upstairs bedroom where it had been
for days before an offduty Cherry Tree police officer was tipped off about the possible murder, according to court papers. Yingling was taken into custody on May 6. Trooper Timothy Lipniskis, state police criminal investigator, said during the preliminary hearing in October that Yingling laid out a version of the shooting while being questioned at the police barracks in Indiana and admitted to the crime. He said Yingling told them at the time that Skillman had been picking on his younger brother, Kenneth, who David Yingling’s daughter said had special needs all of his life. According to court testimony, David Yingling was the caretaker for his brother and became upset with Skillman when he learned he had been abusive toward Kenneth. Authorities said SkillContinued on Page 10
Obituaries on Page 4 HENRY, Kathryn, 54, Homer City HENRY, Randy, 65, Indiana JOINER, Carl, 90, Northern Cambria KOVALCIK, Mary Jo, 94, Indiana LONG, Richard, 76, Marion Center STEWART, Buddy, 86, Indiana
Inside RUSSIAN MEDDLING The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says there’s no question Russia was involved in the U.S. presidential election. Page 3
ON THE AGENDA President Donald Trump said that the United States is prepared to act alone if China does not take a tougher stand against North Korea’s nuclear program. Page 7
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Theft Someone stole a firearm from a vehicle parked on South 14th Street between Philadelphia and Church streets, Indiana Borough police reported. Investigators withheld the name of the person who reported the theft. The weapon disappeared between 3 p.m. Friday and 5 p.m. Saturday, according to the report.
Campus investigations The following is a summary of the most recent criminal incidents listed in the daily report pages of the public Indiana University of Pennsylvania campus police log. • Drug abuse sale or possession (possession of marijuana) and other offenses (paraphernalia possession) at 8:50 p.m. March 9 on the third floor of Stephenson Hall. At least one suspect was referred for adjudication through the IUP Office of Student Conduct (OSC). Police did not release the suspect or suspects’ name(s). • Disorderly conduct and drunkenness at 3:17 a.m. March 24 in the library. IUP police cited Thomas G. Heyward III, of Pittsburgh, with public drunkenness and disorderly conduct. • Larceny-theft at 8 p.m. March 15, reported at 2:30 p.m. March 24, in the men’s restroom on the first floor of Davis Hall. The case was closed. • Drug abuse sale or possession and other offenses at 5:06 p.m. March 24 in the parking lot at the Hadley Union Building. Campus police charged Kalle E. Cooper, of Lansdale, Montgomery County, with possession of a small amount of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. • Drunkenness at 9:18 p.m. March 24 on Garman Avenue near Wallwork Hall. University police cited Adam M. McQuillan, of Johnstown, Cambria County, with underage drinking and public drunkenness. • Liquor law violations at 9:46 p.m. March 24 on the first floor of Northern Suites. IUP police cited Emily Wright and an unidentified juvenile, both of Gibsonia, Allegheny County, with underage drinking. • Liquor law violations at 10:20 p.m. March 24 on the second floor of Stephenson Hall. At least one suspect was referred to OSC. Police did not release the name(s) of the suspect(s). • Drunkenness and liquor law violations at 10:25 p.m. March 24 on Garman Avenue near Wallwork Hall. IUP
police cited Megan A. Kunsch of Birdsboro, Berks County, with underage drinking and public drunkenness. • Liquor law violations at 10:33 p.m. March 24 on the second floor of Northern Suites. At least one suspect was referred to OSC. Police did not release the name(s) of the suspect(s). • Disorderly conduct, drunkenness and liquor law violations at 10:54 p.m. March 24 on a sidewalk at Wallwork Hall. Campus police cited Kyle M. Meyer, of Erie, Erie County, with underage drinking and public drunkenness. • Liquor law violations at 11:02 p.m. March 24 on Grant Street at Wallwork Hall. Campus police cited Mackenzie Thayer, of Kane, McKean County, with underage drinking. • Liquor law violations at 2:15 a.m. March 25 on the third floor of Northern Suites. At least one suspect was referred to OSC. Police did not release the name(s) of the suspect(s). • DUI and other offenses at 4:26 a.m. March 25 on South 13th Street at Oakland Avenue. Evidence was sent to a crime lab for analysis. • IUP police cited Kenan Mack, of Solon, Ohio, with violation of the Indiana Borough open container ordinance. No other details were provided. • Drug abuse sale and possession and other offenses at 1:18 p.m. March 25 on Garman Avenue near Wallwork Hall. Charges were filed. A suspect was not identified on the police log. • Drunkenness, liquor law violations and vandalism at 4:50 p.m. March 25 on the ground floor of the library. Campus police cited Stan Heath, of Bedford, Bedford County, with underage drinking, public drunkenness and criminal mischief. • Drunkenness and liquor law violations at 5:33 p.m. March 25 on West Avenue at the Hadley Union Building parking lot. Police cited Samantha Augustine, of Glenshaw, Allegheny County, with underage drinking, public drunkenness and violation of the open container ordinance. • Disorderly conduct, drunkenness and other offenses at 7:17 p.m. March 25 on a sidewalk outside Eicher Hall. IUP police cited Mecca K. WrightSpruill, of Pittsburgh, with public drunkenness, disorderly conduct, violation of the open container ordinance and scattering rubbish. • Drunkenness and liquor law violations at 8:15 p.m. March 25 on Garman Ave. near McDonald’s Restaurant. University police cited John A. Franklin, of Grasonville, Md., with underage drinking and public drunkenness. • Disorderly conduct, drunkenness
Man jailed after frat house knife incident By The Indiana Gazette An Indiana man was jailed early Sunday after police said he went after the residents of a fraternity house with a knife. Danish Ali, of Indiana, entered a house along the 200 block of South Seventh Street at 3:43 a.m. Sunday and tried to attack the residents, Indiana Borough
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LOTTERY and liquor law violations at 9:37 p.m. March 25 in a parking lot near Hadley Union Building. IUP police cited Brodyn R. Beauchat, of Titusville, Crawford County, with underage drinking, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct (no legitimate purpose). • Campus police cited Zackary R. Colon, of Edinburg, Lawrence County, with a violation of the borough open container ordinance. The police log provided no information on the time, date or place of the incident. • Disorderly conduct at 9:49 p.m. March 25 on Garman Avenue. IUP police cited Nathan D. Gardner, of York, York County, with disorderly conduct (tumultuous behavior). • IUP police cited Bernard B. King Jr., of Jefferson Hills, Allegheny County, with violation of the open container ordinance. No other details were provided. • Liquor law violations at 10:53 p.m. March 25 on the third floor of Northern Suites. At least one suspect was referred to OSC. Police did not release the name(s) of the suspect(s). • DUI, drug abuse sale or possession and other offenses at 12:16 a.m. March 26 on Oakland Avenue at South 11th Street. Evidence was sent to a crime lab for analysis. • Drunkenness at 12:20 a.m. March 26 on a sidewalk at University Towers. Police cited Shawn P. Gail, of White Oak, Allegheny County, with public drunkenness. • Drunkenness at 12:35 a.m. March 26 on Garman Avenue. Police cited Jeremy Robert Bosick, of North Versailles, Allegheny County, with public drunkenness. • Drunkenness at 2:11 a.m. March 26 on the lobby of Wallwork Hall. IUP police cited Bryce M. Waldron, of Northern Cambria, Cambria County, with underage drinking and public drunkenness. • Liquor law violations at 2:52 a.m. March 26 on a sidewalk near Suites on Maple East. At least one suspect was referred to OSC. Police did not release the name(s) of the suspect(s). • DUI at 3:30 a.m. March 26 in a parking lot at Wallwork Hall. Evidence was sent to a crime lab for analysis. • Larceny-theft at 2:21 p.m. March 26 in a parking lot along Pratt Drive. The case is under investigation. • Incident at 2:47 p.m. March 26, reported at 10:11 a.m. Wednesday on the second floor of John Sutton Hall. Campus police charged Prosper Stephane Louvila of Grant Street, Indiana, with making terroristic threats and two counts of harassment.
911 REPORT From the log of the Indiana County Emergency Management Agency:
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HARRISBURG (AP) — These Pennsylvania lotteries were drawn Sunday: Cash 5: 01-13-29-30-41 Pick 2 Day: 2-2 Pick 2 Evening: 3-1 Pick 3 Day: 4-0-3 Pick 3 Evening: 9-1-1 Pick 4 Day: 6-9-0-1 Pick 4 Evening: 4-6-1-0 Pick 5 Day: 5-6-1-3-4 Pick 5 Evening: 6-9-4-2-4 Treasure Hunt: 04-09-1319-22
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says there’s no question Russia was involved in the U.S. presidential election and insists President Donald Trump would fully support strong action against the Kremlin once investigations are complete. Speaking in television interviews broadcast Sunday, Nikki Haley contended there is no contradiction between her tough stance and Trump’s repeated public statements seeking to minimize Russia’s role. She said Trump “has not once” told her to stop “beating up on Russia.” She joins Defense Secretary James Mattis as Trump administration officials who have forcefully called out Moscow for its actions during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign. “We don’t want any country involved in our elections, ever,” Haley said. “We need to be very strong on that.” Russian President Vladimir Putin has vehemently denied that his country meddled in the 2016 contest between Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton. While Trump himself has said he believes Russian operatives hacked Democratic Party emails during the election, he has repeatedly lambasted as “fake news” any suggestion that he or his staff had connections to Russia. Trump continued his attacks over the weekend, tweeting: “It is the same Fake News Media that said there is ‘no path to victory for Trump’ that is now pushing the phony Russia story. A total scam!” He added on Sunday: “The real story turns out to be SURVEILLANCE and LEAKING! Find the leakers.” U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that Russia tried to help Trump’s campaign effort. The FBI, as well as congressional committees, is investigating whether the Russian government coordinated with Trump associates during the campaign. The White House is also trying to quell a firestorm over its behind-the-scenes role in helping the Republican chairman of the House intelligence committee, Rep. Devin Nunes, view secret intelligence reports that he says pointed to inappropriate leaking. Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the panel, went to the White House on Friday to view materials that he said were “precisely the same.” He declined on Sunday to describe the con-
tents, but criticized the unorthodox disclosure to Nunes, suggesting that the material was more likely an “effort to deflect attention” and “create a cloud through which the public cannot see.” “Whenever they see the president use the word ‘fake,’ it should set off alarm bells,” Schiff said. “I think that’s really what is going on here.” Trump as president persuaded Haley to leave the governorship of South Carolina to represent the U.S. at the United Nations. She said she was “beating up on Russia” over issues such as its actions in Crimea and its dispute with Ukraine. When asked if she believes Trump should publicly take a harder Russia stance, she said: “Of course, he’s got a lot of things he’s doing.” “There’s no love or anything going on with Russia right now,” Haley said. “They get that we’re getting our strength back, that we’re getting our voice back and that we’re starting to lead again, and, honestly, at the United Nations, that’s the No. 1 comment I get is that they’re just so happy to see the United States lead again.” Sen. John McCain, RAriz., who chairs the Armed Services Committee, said it was indisputable that Rus-
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Trump, Rand Paul talk health care on golf course By CATHERINE LUCEY Associated Press
NIKKI HALEY ... U.S. ambassador to U.N. sia attempted to influence the U.S. election, reiterating his call for a special select committee. But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he didn’t think another review was necessary, citing the bipartisan work from the Senate Intelligence Committee. “I think they clearly laid out that they’re going wherever the facts take them,” McConnell said, referring to Republican chairman Richard Burr of North Carolina and Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the panel. “We don’t need yet another investigation. We know the FBI is looking at it from their perspective.” Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s press secretary, said Russia was not worried about what any U.S. investigation might reveal. “We insist that any blaming that Russia could have been interfering in domestic affairs of the United States is slander,” he said. Haley, Peskov and McCain appeared on ABC’s “This Week,” Haley also was on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Schiff spoke on CNN’s “State of the Union,” and McConnell appeared on “Fox News Sunday” and NBC’s “Meet The Press.”
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump brought Sen. Rand Paul to his Virginia golf course on Sunday to talk health policy with the outspoken critic of the failed plan to repeal and replace so-called Obamacare. The outing to Trump National Golf Club came hours after Trump tweeted that talks on replacing the law have been going on and “will continue until such time as a deal is hopefully struck.” He added that anyone who thinks the effort is dead “does not know the love and strength in R Party!” Trump golfed and discussed policy with Paul and budget director Mick Mulvaney, said White House spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham. Paul came out strongly against the House GOP legislation, and its collapse humiliated Trump in the early days of his administration. After their golf excursion, Paul struck a positive tone, calling it a “great day” with the president. “I continue to be very optimistic that we are getting closer and closer to an agreement on replacing Obamacare,” said the Kentucky senator, who fell to Trump in the 2016 Republican presidential primary. Trump talked about
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POLICE LOG
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Randy Henry
Kathryn Henry Kathryn D. Henry, 54, Homer City, died Friday, March 31, 2017. Friends will be received on Saturday from 6 to 8
p.m. at the John A. Lefdahl Funeral Home to celebrate her life. A full obituary will appear in the Wednesday edition.
Carl Joiner Carl Joiner, 90, of Northern Cambria, went home to be with the Lord Saturday April 1, 2017, at home in the presence of his loving family. Born Feb. 9, 1927, in Pine Township, he was the son of Doyle and Jessie (Stuby) Joiner. Carl was a lifelong dairy farmer. He was a quiet, caring, gentle man who loved children, a devoted husband, father, grandfather and greatgrandfather who will be sadly missed by all. He is survived by his loving wife of 67 years, Bertena (Fleming) Joiner; children Sharon, wife of Keith Rearick, of Clymer; Barbara, wife of the Rev. Fred Catchpole, of Clymer; Sandra, wife of Walter Schroth, of Indiana; Carla, wife of the Rev. Robert Kester, of Belmont, Ohio; Gary (Melissa) Joiner, of Alverda; Craig Joiner, of Northern Cambria; and Eric (Holli) Joiner, of Northern Cambria; 17 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren; and sisters Lynn (Daryl) Joiner, of Northern Cambria; Dorothy Meyer, of
North Carolina; Lucille (Ron) Kuzemchak, of Indiana; Eleanor Emerick, of Pennsylvania; and Beatrice Wilson, of Ohio. He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers, Fred and William Joiner. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Moriconi Funeral Home Inc., Northern Cambria. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Independent Country Church, formerly Mt. Union Church, with the Rev. Fred Catchpole and the Rev. Robert Kester, sons-inlaw, officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
Mary Jo Kovalcik Mary Jo Kovalcik, 94, of Indiana, formerly of Vandergrift, passed away Friday, March 31, 2017, at Indiana Square Care Home. Born Jan. 3, 1923, in Braddock, she was the daughter of the late Ignacious and Bernice Oginski Malicki. Mrs. Kovalcik was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Gertrude Catholic Church in Vandergrift and for the last 10 years, while she lived in Indiana, she was a member of St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church. Mrs. Kovalcik was also a member of the Catholic Daughters of America and the Rosary Society. She enjoyed knitting and doing ceramics. She is survived by three children: Frank A. Kovalcik, Jr. and wife Susan, of Indiana; Robert P. Kovalcik, of Lewes, Del.; and Kathline M. Kovalcik and husband Michael Weinberger, of La Canada Flintridge, Calif.; four grandchildren: Sam and Max Weinberger; Jessi-
ca Karras and husband Nick; and Danny Mock; one great-granddaughter, Angelina Karras; and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Frank A. Kovalcik Sr.; and siblings Leona Pulnar, Stanley Malicki, Jean Scalis, Chester Malicki, Eugene Malicki, Bernice Mazur and Monica Urban. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Robinson-Lytle Inc. A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church. Interment will be in Greenwood Memorial Park, Lower Burrell. The family kindly suggests memorial contributions be made to St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church, 200 Clairvaux Drive, Indiana, PA 15701. www.robinsonlytleinc. com
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Dr. Randy S. Henry, DMD, 65, of Indiana, passed away Sunday, April 2, 2017, at his residence. A son of the late John A. and Virginia I. Wentze Henry, he was born June 29, 1951, in Pittsburgh. Dr. Henry was a dentist in Indiana. He was a graduate of Hempfield High School and Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in biology and a master’s degree in bio chemistry. Dr. Henry went on to graduate from the University of Pittsburgh Dental School. He was a kind-hearted man and a man of faith. Dr. Henry was an avid Steelers fan and enjoyed music (The Beatles), watching television, especially “Jeopardy!” and talk shows. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Sheila Engle Henry, of Indiana; two chil-
dren: Brian S. Henry and wife Lisa (Kwisnek), of Indiana; and Lisa A. Henry, of Pittsburgh; a brother, Terry A. Henry and wife Louise, of Greensburg; a granddaughter, Julia Henry; and numerous brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews. Friends will be received from 1 to 3 p.m. and from 5 p.m. until the time of the funeral service at 7 p.m. Wednesday at RobinsonLytle Inc., with the Rev. Robert Bartlebaugh officiating. Interment will be in Oakland Cemetery at the convenience of the family. The family kindly suggests memorial contributions be made to the American Diabetes Association, Western PA Chapter, 100 W. Station Square Drive, Suite 1900, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. www.robinsonlytleinc. com
Richard Long Richard Leroy Long, 76, of Marion Center, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 1, 2017. Mr. Long, the son of William Clarence and Luella (Adams) Long, was born Jan. 16, 1941, in Twin Rocks. Richard attended Bethany Chapel. He loved the time he spent with his grandchildren, hunting and fishing. He will be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He is survived by his wife, Judy (Martin) Long; children: Brian (Tonya) Long, of Clymer; Kim (Ralph) Herring, of Corry; Gregory (Christi) Long, of Spartansburg; Sue (Leonard) Kinney, of Punxsutawney; and Antje (Nigel) Robson, of Perth, Australia; grandchildren: Joshua, Ashley, Courtney, Zachary and Christian Long; Krista, Kayla, Jordan
and Jenna Seeley; Ryan and Benjamin Long; and Sarah, Rebekah and Caleb Kinney; great-grandchildren: Blake, Ryleigh and Jace Long; Kevin Lewis; Olivia Krone; and Ariel Seeley; a brother, William Robert (Pearl) Long; and numerous nieces and nephews. Richard was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Alice; brothers John, Tom, and Don; and a grandchild, Rachael Seeley. Friends will be received on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at the John A. Lefdahl Funeral Home, of Indiana. An additional hour of viewing will be held Wednesday morning from 10 to 11 a.m., with the funeral service to immediately follow with the Rev. Brian King officiating. w w w. l e f d a h l f u n e r a l home.com
Buddy D. Stewart Buddy D. Stewart, 86, of Indiana, died on Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at Beacon Ridge Nursing Home. He was born in 1931 in Indiana to Harry and Hazel (Fyock) Stewart. Bud was a life member of both the VFW Post 1989 and of the Indiana Volunteer Fire Company as well as a member of the Indiana Elks. Bud enlisted in the U.S. Army and fought in the Korean War. He was a road foreman for PennDOT for 17 years and then worked for 23 years for Peoples Natural Gas. Bud enjoyed spending time with his two loving daughters. He also enjoyed all sports, and was an avid blackjack player.
He is survived by two daughters: Diane B. Sawyer and husband David, of Indiana, and Debra A. Stewart, of Boston; a sister, Jane George, of Indiana; and a brother, William Stewart, of Indiana. He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris; a sister, Mabel Kohler; and a brother, Charles Stewart. Visitation will be held on Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Bowser-Minich Funeral Home, of Indiana. Private burial will follow at the Oakland Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Indiana Volunteer Fire Association, 1555 Indian Springs Road, Indiana, PA 15701, or to a charity of one’s choice. www.bowserminich.com
DISTRICT COURT DOCKET By The Indiana Gazette The following defendants were named in criminal charges filed before Magisterial District Judge Jennifer Rega, of Blairsville. Criminal complaints and affidavits of probable cause are not evidence of guilt in a criminal case. Defendants are entitled to legal representation and have the right to question the witnesses and evidence presented against them during preliminary hearings in the district court and at trials in the county court of common pleas. Named were: • Michelle Lee Wickens, 34, Penn Run, charged Feb. 10 by the Indiana County District Attorney’s Office with misdemeanor counts of theft of services and theft by deception from Dec. 17 to Jan 6 at TriStar Motors, Burrell Township. Prosecu-
tors withdrew those charges, and Wickens instead pleaded guilty to a summary count of theft of services and was fined. • Demond William Smith-Cheatham, 20, Philadelphia, charged Feb. 12 by Indiana University of Pennsylvania police with a felony count of receiving stolen property and criminal conspiracy at 12:15 a.m. Feb. 12 at Grant Street, Indiana. A preliminary hearing is set for April 26. • Brian J. Eichelberger, 37, Blairsville, charged Feb. 14 by Blairsville police with two counts of theft Jan. 26 at East Market Street, Blairsville. A preliminary hearing is set for April 12. • Michael Richard Bungo, 28, Shelocta, charged Feb. 14 by state police with driving under the influence of alcohol and three summary vehicle violations at 3:02 a.m. Jan. 14 at McIntyre
Road and Church Street, Young Township. According to court records, Bungo had a blood alcohol content of 0.149 percent. A preliminary hearing is set for May 21. • Brian Alan Kutsch, 29, Blairsville, charged Feb. 16 by the Indiana County Sheriff’s Office with obstructing law enforcement, hindering apprehension, providing false information to law enforcement and disorderly conduct at 11:10 a.m. Feb. 14 in Blairsville. A preliminary hearing is set for April 26. Also charged in that incident was Natifah Gabrille Hercules, 22, of Blairsville, charged with obstructing law enforcement, hindering apprehension, providing false information to law enforcement and disorderly conduct. Prosecutors withdrew all but the disorderly conduct charge. Her-
cules pleaded guilty to that charge and was fined. • Christopher John Hopkins, 44, Marcus Hook, charged Feb. 16 by Blairsville police with harassment Jan. 4 and 5 in Blairsville. A preliminary hearing is set for April 26. • Bradley Joseph Shaffer, 18, Saltsburg, charged Feb. 23 by state police with DUI and a summary vehicle violation at 12:25 a.m. Feb. 4 at McIntyre and Neal roads, Young Township. According to court records, a blood test showed the presence of alprazolam and marijuana in his system. A preliminary hearing is set for April 12. • Jeremy Earl Henderson, 33, Saltsburg, charged Dec. 6 by state police with a felony count of retail theft at 6:50 p.m. Nov. 11 at Dollar General, Conemaugh Township. A preliminary hearing is set for May 24.
Russian subway blast kills 10, injures 50 ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — At least 10 people were killed and 50 others injured today when an explosion ripped through a subway train in St. Petersburg, the spokesman for the city’s governor told Russian television. President Vladimir Putin, who was visiting the city on an unrelated trip today, said investigators were looking into whether the explosion
was a terror attack or if there might have been some other cause. He offered his condolences to the families of those killed. Russia’s National AntiTerrorist Committee said an unidentified explosive device went off on a train that was traveling between two stations. Maxim Liksutov, Moscow’s deputy mayor, told Interfax that Moscow authorities were
tightening security on the subway in the Russian capital. The agency that runs the subway said several stations in the northern Russian city were closed and that an evacuation was underway. Social media users posted photographs and video from a subway station in the city center, showing people lying on the floor
outside a train with a mangled door. Frantic commuters reached into doors and windows, trying to see if anyone was there and shouting “Call an ambulance!” The explosion happened between Sennaya Ploshchad and Tekhnologichesky Institut stations. Putin was expected to hold talks with the Belarusian president later in the day.
PFA violation A 68-year-old man from West Palm Beach, Fla., violated a restraining order held by a 47-year-old Indiana woman at 11:44 a.m. Friday, state police reported. Troopers obtained a warrant for the arrest of Joseph Samuel Seriani at Indiana District Court and reported the investigation continues.
DUI State police stopped a 20-year-old man from Indiana for a traffic violation at 8:58 a.m. Sunday on Oakland Avenue at Indian Springs Road and suspected him of driving under the influence. Charges will be filed upon result of a blood test, troopers reported.
HOMER CITY
Harassment A 14-year-old boy carrying a baseball bat confronted a 44-year-old man at 12:17 p.m. Saturday at 555 E. Church St., according to state police at Indiana. Troopers reported the youth was cited with harassment at Homer City District Court.
CENTER TOWNSHIP
PFA violation State police reported Christine Kane, 42, of Brackenridge, Allegheny County, sent a letter to Michael Sprague, of North Water Street, who holds an active protectionfrom-abuse order against the woman. Troopers at Indiana reported the letter arrived at 4:33 p.m. Friday and is in violation of the court order. Investigators filed the violation papers against Kane at Homer City District Court.
BURRELL TOWNSHIP
Resisting arrest Travis Lenhardt, 18, was charged on March 6 by state police with resisting arrest, possession of a small amount of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia stemming from an incident at 8:07 a.m. that date at his residence. Troopers at Indiana reported Lenhardt argued with his parents while under the influence and struck a responding police officer. Lenhardt, of La Mantia Lane, was held at Indiana County Jail until March 10, when he posted $5,000 bond. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 19.
CANOE TOWNSHIP
Megan’s Law violation State police reported Thomas Walter Gleason, 76, of Rossiter, failed to report to state police as periodically required under terms of Megan’s Law. Gleason did not report to the state police Punxsutawney station before a March 6 deadline to verify his personal information as ordered Gleason, who is listed as a resident of Green Acres Personal Care Home, was convicted of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse on Jan. 19, 1990, and was placed on the Sexual Offender Registry on March 7, 2003, according to Pennsylvania’s Megan’s Law website. Troopers reported Thursday that Gleason had been located and that judicial proceedings have begun.
RAYNE TOWNSHIP
DUI State police halted a 23year-old Indiana woman at 2:27 a.m. Sunday for traffic violations on Route 119 near Craig Road and suspected her of DUI. Police withheld the woman’s name and re-
ported she would be charged upon result of a blood test.
CONEMAUGH TOWNSHIP
DUI A 25-year-old man was discovered asleep at the wheel of a vehicle with the motor running at 7 a.m. Saturday in the intersection of Elders Ridge and Nowrytown roads, state police reported. The motorist showed signs of intoxication and was sent to Indiana Regional Medical Center. Charges will be filed based on the result of a blood test, police said.
FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, WESTMORELAND CO.
Theft Dennis Rundle, of Bolivar, reported to state police that someone stole various items from his pickup truck between 7 p.m. March 25 and 1:30 p.m. Tuesday while it was parked at 107 Center St. Troopers at Greensburg gave no description of the missing property or an estimate of the loss.
Assault Three men got into a fight at 5 p.m. Saturday at 227 Johnston St., according to state police. The suspects are a 34year-old man from Ligonier and two men, ages 39 and 45, from New Florence. Charges against the men have not yet been filed.
KITTANNING TWP, ARMSTRONG CO.
DUI State police charged Larry Charles Grimsley Jr., of Clymer, with driving under the influence of controlled substances, driving under the influence of a combination of alcohol and drugs, and two summary traffic infractions at 5:55 p.m. Feb. 27 on Route 422 near Ceria Lounge. Grimsley, 34, was charged Tuesday in a criminal complaint filed at Rural Valley District Court.
BIG RUN, JEFFERSON COUNTY
Theft Somebody stole more than $6,400 worth of goods from a truck on March 3 while it had been left for repairs at a location along Main Street, state police reported. Police reported that a suspect is under investigation but has not been charged. No other details were released.
DERRY TOWNSHIP, WESTMORELAND CO.
Vandalism Somebody damaged a mailbox along Stewart Road between 1:30 and 5:30 p.m. Sunday, state police at Greensburg reported. Investigators said the mailbox may have been damaged by a vehicle attempting to turn around in the driveway.
INDIANA
Campus investigations • Vandalism at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the parking lot at the Hadley Union Building. The case was closed. • Harassment at 11:14 p.m. Wednesday on the first floor of Suites on Maple East. IUP police cited Taina Jeudin and Tahjae Freeman, both of Philadelphia, and a juvenile suspect from McKeesport, with summary counts of harassment. • Drug abuse sale or possession, liquor law violations and other offenses at 9:19 p.m. Thursday on the first floor of Wallwork Hall. The case is under investigation.
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More states look to teach the U.S. Constitution By MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press
NORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. — Should U.S. high school students know at least as much about the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Federalist papers as immigrants passing an American citizenship test? In a growing number of school systems, having such a basic knowledge is now a graduation requirement. But states are taking different approaches to combating what’s seen as a widespread lack of knowledge about how government works. Kentucky last week and Arkansas on March 16 became the latest of more than a dozen states since 2015 that have required the high school social studies curriculum to include material covered by the 100 questions asked on the naturalization exam. Lawmakers in other states, including Minnesota, are hoping to foster even deeper understanding of the fundamentals of American democracy by adding a full course to study its most important documents. “Rights might be inherent, but ideas need to be taught,� said Maida Buckley, a retired classroom teacher in Fairbanks, Alaska, who testified last year to an Alaskan legislative task force on civics education. “When you have a system of government that’s based on ideas, espoused in the Declaration of Independence and carried out with a working document in the Constitution, those ideas need to be taught.� It’s a bipartisan cause, and in many states such bills are jointly introduced by Republicans and Democrats. But proponents’ motivations vary from dismay about the lack of participation in local school boards and town halls to concerns about how Republican President Donald Trump and his supporters view the power of the executive branch. “We clearly have seen there is a serious civics deficiency in this country, all the way up to the top, the very top,� said Rhode Island
“IT GIVES us an entirely new perspective on all the events that are going on. You see all these things in the news, and especially about the election, and all the things that are going on with the executive orders he passed, the travel bans. Before this class, we wouldn’t have understood these things.� Megan Skinner, North Smithfield High School student Democratic state Rep. Gregg Amore, a longtime high school history teacher who is co-sponsoring legislation that contends the “survival of the republic� depends on Americans understanding its principles and history. A campaign by the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Joe Foss Institute has led many states to pass laws requiring students to know what’s on the citizenship test. “It’s not a panacea or silver bullet, but it’s a step forward,� said the group’s Lucian Spataro, who said 17 states have adopted the model or something similar. “You have to learn the basics before you can have the higher-level discussions.� Other civics education boosters say such a mandate is too simplistic. “If you do something like that, people are going to start teaching to the test and teaching a game of Trivial Pursuit,� said Charles Quigley, executive director of the Calabasas, Calif.-based Center for Civic Education. “Kids are already tested to death.� The Rhode Island bill, introduced by a Republican from North Smithfield, a conservative town where Trump is popular, is partly inspired by a ninth-grade class taught at North Smithfield High School. The honors class uses the “We the People� curriculum developed by Quigley’s group. Students participate in a national competition in which they must orally defend their ideas. On a March afternoon, teenagers stood at their classroom’s lectern one by one, debating whether a California police officer can search a suspected gang member’s smartphone without a warrant. As they argued, some
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cited language from the U.S. Constitution’s Fourth Amendment. Others looked to Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis’ 1928 dissenting opinion in a wiretapping case. Their teacher, Natalie O’Brien, gently prodded them to think critically and tap into more than 200 years of American history and legal philosophy. She didn’t tell them that, in 2014, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled in the California case that police may not generally search the cellphones of people they arrest without first getting search warrants. “Someone’s going to channel James Madison,
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In Trump country, loyalty remains Woman in hijab praises Christianity amid budget cuts I TULSA, Okla. — Rhonda McCracken is a kindergarten teacher and a Republican who voted for President Donald Trump. Now she’s wrestling with the consequences. McCracken’s deep-rooted conservatism is matched by a passion to support Tulsa Domestic Violence Intervention Services, a nonprofit that helped her flee an ex who she says beat and choked her, once until unconsciousness. She became teary as she described how staff members at the organization helped her and her son escape that relationship. “They saved my life, and my son’s,” she said, her eyes liquid. So she is aghast that one of Trump’s first proposals is to cut federal funds that sustain the organization. “My prayer is that Congress will step in” to protect domestic violence programs, she said. Here in Oklahoma, I’ve been interviewing many people like McCracken — fervent Trump supporters who now find that the White House is trying to ax programs they have depended on, to pay for Trump’s border wall and for increases in military spending. And they’re upset. “Why is building a wall more important than educating people?” asked Billy Hinkle, a Trump voter Nicholas Kristof who is enrolled in a program called writes a column Tulsa WorkAdvance that trains mostfor The New York ly unemployed workers to fill wellTimes. paying manufacturing jobs. Trump has proposed eliminating a budget pot that pays for the program. Another Trump supporter in the program, Tarzan Vince, put it this way: “If he’s preaching jobs, why take away jobs?” I came to Trump country to see how voters react as Trump moves from glorious campaign promises to the messier task of governing. While conservatives often decry government spending in general, red states generally receive more in federal government benefits than blue states do — and thus are often at greater risk from someone like Trump. Ezekiel Moreno, 35, a Navy veteran, was stocking groceries in a supermarket at night — “a dead-end job,” as he describes it — when he was accepted in WorkAdvance two years ago. That training led him to a job at M&M Manufacturing, which makes aerospace parts, and to steady pay increases. “We’ve moved out of an apartment and into a house,” Moreno told me, explaining how his new job has changed his family’s life. “My daughter is taking violin lessons, and my other daughter has a math tutor.” Moreno was sitting at a table with his boss, Rocky Payton, the factory’s general manager, and Amy Saum, the human resources manager. All said they had voted for Trump, and all were bewildered that he wanted to cut funds that channel people into good manufacturing jobs. “There’s a lot of wasteful spending, so cut other places,” Moreno said. Payton suggested that if the government wants to cut budgets, it should target “Obama phones” provided to low-income Americans. (In fact, the program predates President Barack Obama and is financed by telecom companies rather than by taxpayers.) Yet Democrats gleeful at the prospect of winning penitent voters back should take a deep breath. These voters may be irritated, but I was struck by how loyal they remain to Trump. I talked to many Trump voters about the impact if Trump’s budget cuts go through, and none regretted their votes in November. They all said that they might vote for Trump for re-election. “I don’t think I re-evaluate Trump,” Moreno said, adding that he just wants the president to re-evaluate his budget proposal. Judy Banks, a 70-year-old struggling to get by, said she voted for Trump because “he was talking about getting rid of those illegals.” But Banks now finds herself shocked that he also has his sights on funds for the Labor Department’s Senior Community Service Employment Program, which is her lifeline. It pays senior citizens a minimum wage to hold public service jobs. “This program makes sense,” said Banks, who was placed by the program into a job as a receptionist for a senior nutrition program. Banks said she depends on the job to make ends meet, and for an excuse to get out of the house. “If I lose this job,” she said, “I’ll sit home and die.” Yet she said she might still vote for Trump in 2020. And that’s a refrain I heard over and over. Some of the loyalty seemed to be grounded in resentment at Democrats for mocking Trump voters as dumb bigots, some from a belief that budgets are complicated, and some from a sense that it’s too early to abandon their man. They did say that if jobs didn’t reappear, they would turn against him. One recent survey found that only 3 percent of Trump voters would vote differently if the election were today (and most of those would vote for third-party candidates; only 1 percent said they would switch to voting for Hillary Clinton). Elizabeth Hays, 27, said her life changed during her freshman year in high school, when four upperclassmen raped her. Domestic Violence Intervention Services rescued her, she said, by helping her understand that the rape wasn’t her fault. She’s profoundly grateful to the organization — yet she stands by Trump even as she is dismayed that he wants to slash support for a group that helped her when she needed it most. “We have to look at what we spend money on,” she said, adding, “I will stand behind my president.”
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was sitting at the immigration of- ing to the 2015 State Department Refice this week with a client, fuming ports for Human Rights Practices, because the officer was taking “Female Genital Mutilation was a sewhat seemed like hours to fill out one rious problem in some parts of the form, stamp it and send us on our country. The predominant form of way. First World problems are my FGM was type II-removal of clitoris specialty, including worrying about and labia ... more than 50 percent of not being able to find a good latte, FGM is done before the age of five.” To calm my client, I tried to turn her missing the bus and running out of attention away from past and future my favorite brand of shampoo. I say “First World problems,” be- horror and asked about Aicha. She smiled and told me all cause I was sitting with a about how bright she is, woman who had undergone how much she loves Disone of the most barbaric ney princesses and how practices known to man: fehappy she is in school. To male circumcision. She was my amazement, that waiting to find out when her school is a Catholic one. next immigration hearing And in an almost surreal would be scheduled, and moment, I listened as a she was surrounded by devout Muslim woman in other people who were vica hijab and full-length tims of their own hellish hisdress explained to me, a tories, refugees from war, Catholic woman in legfamine, religious persecugings and an oversized tion and the brutal consesweater, how wonderful quences of political dissent. my own faith is, how good Unlike me, they all waited the nuns are and how she patiently with the dignity appreciates the way Aicha that comes from being a Christine M. is learning respect and supplicant for mercy. obedience. “They take So, while I waited, I en- Flowers is a good care of her,” she said. gaged “Salimata” in conver- lawyer and That led to a discussion sation. We spoke about her columnist for the of how children today lack daughter, a 6-year-old dy- Philadelphia respect for their elders. namo who is fluent in Eng- Daily News. Her Salimata said many of the lish, French and her moth- column is children in her village er’s native Mandingo. It was distributed by primarily for that child that MCT Information were taught by nuns, and it was very common in Salimata filed for asylum in Service. French-speaking Africa for the first place. She did not want “Aicha” to suffer the same bar- the first and most important educabarism she had been subjected to as a tional experiences to be imparted in 5-year-old. She remembered being Catholic school rooms with crucifixes taken by her grandmother to a room, on the wall. When I complimented along with seven or eight other girls, her on the generosity of her combeing held by neighbors, having her ments, particularly at a time of such legs pushed open and watching as cruel comments about Islam in this her mother’s mother used a dull knife country, she shook her head and said to cut into her genitals. There was the core of the faiths are similar in blood, there was crying and then a their mutual respect for life. She even quick attempt at bandaging the cruel shocked me by saying, “We believe and unnecessary wound. It hap- abortion is the taking of a human life, pened 40 years ago, but the memory too.” On the way home, I thought was seared into her adult conscience about the anomalous beauty of hearing a Muslim woman in a hijab tell like a dark tattoo on the soul. Salimata could not bear the me how much she appreciates my thought that this could happen to her faith and the profound value she daughter, and if she were forced to re- finds within its precepts and people. turn to Ivory Coast, it would. Accord- A woman who is fighting to protect
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her daughter from certain torture felt that my faith, above all others, offers the best hope to that child. And so I posted a comment on Facebook. And waited. It didn’t take long. The first few comments were kind, fist pumps of appreciation and solidarity for an anxious mother. There were also some mini-history lessons. But then, like the fetid humidity after a summer rain, comments started rolling in about Islam not being “a true religion,” about “apostasy,” about “violence,” about “deviation from the pure faith of Christians” and about “terror.” Indeed, the cutting of a little girl’s clitoris to keep her “virtuous” is terrorism. But it is not uniquely practiced by Muslims in Africa. And this particular Muslim had just spent an hour explaining how much respect she has for Christianity, to the point she is paying money she did not have to put her child in a Catholic school. Some people were unable simply to appreciate the serendipitous grace of that fact. I’m not immune to the anger that rises from the gut, engulfs the heart and enrages the brain when I hear about a jihadist attack. I am not stupid enough to believe religion is irrelevant to those incidents of blood and revenge. I despise the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the knee-jerk protectionism displayed by Muslims who refuse to march in the streets and condemn the killing. And don’t tell me they do it. If they do, it’s a whisper, not a roar. They need to climb to the top of the mountain and scream out against the evil creatures hiding under their banner. Even Bill Maher agrees Muslims are far too silent when crimes are committed in the name of Islam. But for every terrorist, there is a woman like Salimata — mothers who love their daughters as much as any Christian or Jew and have the grace and clarity of vision to know that when it comes to a child’s welfare, tribal loyalties are toxic. Aicha’s mother wears a hijab but respects and even adores other women who wear the veils of another creed. Deliberately failing to appreciate that is a sin, in any faith.
Probe into Russian tampering must be honest WASHINGTON — Forget about the denied by everyone, and clearly deHouse intelligence committee when signed to both back up the new presiit comes to investigating whether dent and obscure the Russian investiRussia stuck its snout into our elec- gation. The congressman claims he tion. The panel, as led by its Republi- had a secret nighttime meeting on can chairman, Devin Nunes of Cali- the White House grounds with a fornia, with the support of GOP lead- source who said there was incidental ership, has lost any credibility now surveillance of Trump by an official and in the future. agency eavesdropping on Nunes has capitulated to someone else. Was the President Donald Trump, meeting with one of the in whose pre-election uniformed Secret Service camp he was an early riser, guards who prowl the and seems to have no ingrounds? Was it a bunny tention of letting the Russgetting ready for the April ian connection bring down Easter egg roll? Or has that his hero’s presidency. too been canceled like so Meanwhile, Speaker Paul many other traditions? Ryan and others of the Maybe it was some guy with House Republican hierarkind of orange, goofy hair. chy have already poured What we do now know is enough whitewash on the that three well-placed White committee to satisfy Tom House aides compiled the Sawyer’s Aunt Polly for the material Nunes was prerest of her life. sented. The House, except In 50-some years of for impeachment, never has watching the political Dan Thomasson been good in delving into passing parade in this is former vice possible scandals of this town, I have never seen a president of size. more brazenly dishonest Members who face elecScripps Howard performance by a committion every two years are too Newspapers. tee chairman. Even if he vulnerable to partisan infludecides ultimately to re- His column is ence. The Senate is a far betcuse himself from leading distributed ter venue for getting at the the inquiry that now may by McClatchytruth and putting pressure or may not happen, the Tribune News on those who will. The leaddamage has been done, Service. ers of the bipartisan Senate with the smell of dishonintelligence committee — esty indelibly imprinted on the public Republican and Democrat — have nostrils. What an unbelievable per- pledged to put differences aside to formance. Only a sap would swallow work together on the disturbing alleNunes’ cloak-and-dagger research, gations of foreign influence in our which is obviously aimed at helping electoral process. That’s nice to hear, the Donald show Barack Obama since things haven’t always worked wiretapped his telephones — an alle- that way in the Senate. (Democratic gation not supported by evidence, leaders notoriously successfully
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pulled every string possible in saving then Vice President Lyndon Johnson in the notorious Bobby Baker case in the 1960s.) The six-year length of a Senate term provides a better cushion from partisan discipline and the ability to take a longer look at the evidence. The model for modern bipartisan Senate investigations of this magnitude was the Watergate Committee with Democratic Chairman Sam Ervin of North Carolina and Republican Vice Chairman Howard Baker of Tennessee sharing responsibilities equitably. Although the target, Richard Nixon, was of his party, the most famous line came from Baker, who set the tone by stating that it was the committee’s responsibility to determine, “What did the president know and when did he know it?” Nixon’s ultimate resignation turned on that point. The main complication of the Russian investigation, of course, is that it is considerably far more serious in its implications than anything yet seen. Even Nixon’s fall dealt with less threatening circumstances. That was a domestic challenge to the sanctity of the electoral process. These allegations, if true, would forever raise concerns about the security of our elections from disruption by a foreign power. To be a bit melodramatic, images of “The Manchurian Candidate” appear. Even if a clear conclusion can’t be reached, Americans need to know that every attempt possible was fairly and honestly made to determine the truth. Impossible? Perhaps. But with guys like Nunes around, perseverance and a proof of diligence are the only answers. Email: thomassondan@aol.com
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Police seek teen in sexual assault case CHICAGO (AP) — An arrest warrant has been issued for a second teenage boy in the sexual assault of a 15-year-old Chicago girl that was streamed live on Facebook, and further arrests are expected, police said Sunday. A day after announcing the arrest of a 14-year-old boy on sexual assault and child pornography charges, police said they were looking for a 15year-old suspect in the March 19 attack, which investigators have said involved five or six males. Investigators didn’t specify how many others would likely be charged, but they did say one adult male was among them. Commander Brendan Deenihan said that the victim saw one of the suspects, whom she knew, on the day of the attack. She said the suspect “lured” her into the home of one of the offenders in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the city’s West Side, where she also lives. Deenihan said there were multiple cellphone videos made of the attack, not just the one streamed live on Facebook that was viewed by about 40 people — none of whom reported it.
Girl struck, killed by subway train NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a 13-year-old girl trying to retrieve her cellphone after it fell onto New York City subway tracks was struck and killed by a train. It happened at a station in Queens on Sunday afternoon. Police said Deena Kadribasic climbed down onto the tracks and was struck by a southbound R train. The girl was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Tesla reports record deliveries of vehicles PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Electric car maker Tesla Inc. said it delivered a record 25,000 vehicles in the first quarter, up 69 percent from the same period last year. Tesla said Sunday that it delivered about 13,450 Model S cars and about 11,550 Model X SUVs. Tesla said another 4,650 vehicles were being transported to customers at the end of the quarter and will be included in second-quarter deliveries. Production in the first quarter totaled 25,418 vehicles, also a record, Tesla said. Tesla posted its first profit in three years in the third quarter of 2016, but it followed that with a $121 million loss in the fourth quarter. Analysts expect another loss for the first quarter.
Judge tosses 1968 mine explosion suit PITTSBURGH (AP) — A federal judge in West Virginia has tossed out a lawsuit filed by relatives of 78 miners killed in a 1968 mine explosion. The Pittsburgh PostGazette reported U.S. District Judge Irene Keeley in Clarksburg ruled Friday that laws at the time stipulated there was a two-year window to file a lawsuit after the disaster. The latest lawsuit filed in 2014 was based on a federal mine inspector’s memo written two years after the explosion at Consolidation Coal Co.’s No. 9 mine in Farmington indicating an alarm had been disabled. The families, who earlier had received $10,000 from the company, said they did not find out about the memo until 2008. The disaster led to passage of the federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act.
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IRAQIS WALKED through fog Sunday in a neighborhood on the western side of Mosul recently retaken by Iraqi security forces from Islamic State militants.
Trump: N. Korea will be on agenda with Xi By CATHERINE LUCEY Associated Press
POTOMAC FALLS, Va. — President Donald Trump says that the United States is prepared to act alone if China does not take a tougher stand against North Korea’s nuclear program. Trump’s comments in an interview with the Financial Times come just days before he is set to host DONALD Chinese President TRUMP Xi Jinping at his Mar-a-Lago estate in South Florida. The two are expected to discuss a number of issues, including North Korea, trade and territorial disputes in the South China Sea during their meeting on ThursXI day and Friday. “Yes, we will JINPING talk about North Korea,” Trump told the newspaper for a story that appeared Sunday on its website. “And China has great influence over North Korea. And
China will either decide to help us with North Korea, or they won’t. And if they do that will be very good for China, and if they don’t it won’t be good for anyone.” Trump said trade was the incentive for China to work with the United States. Still, he said the United States could “totally” handle the situation in North Korea without China’s help. Asked how he would tackle North Korea, Trump said: “I’m not going to tell you. You know, I am not the United States of the past where we tell you where we are going to hit in the Middle East.” While China provides diplomatic and economic support to its neighbor, it claims that its influence over Kim Jong Un’s government is limited. The relationship between the United States and China has been uncertain since Trump’s election. During his campaign he accused China of unfair trade practices and threatened to raise import taxes on Chinese goods and declare Beijing a currency manipulator, though it is unclear whether Trump will follow through with either threat. Trump told the newspaper that he doesn’t “want to talk about tariffs yet, perhaps the next time we
meet.” Nikki Haley, Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, also offered tough talk on China, saying on ABC’s “This Week” that the U.S. is pressing Beijing to take a firmer stand regarding North Korea’s nuclear program. U.N. resolutions have failed so far to deter North Korea from conducting nuclear and missile tests. Last year, the North conducted two nuclear tests and two dozen tests of ballistic missiles. “They need to show us how concerned they are,” Haley said of the Chinese. “They need to put pressure on North Korea. The only country that can stop North Korea is China, and they know that.” Asked what the U.S. would do if China doesn’t cooperate, Haley said: “China has to cooperate.” Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter, however, said he doubted that Beijing will cooperate. “I’ve been working on the North Korea problem since 1994,” Carter said on ABC. “And we have consistently asked Chinese leaders ... because they uniquely have the historical and the economic relationship with North Korea to make a difference. “They haven’t used that influence, and so it’s hard for me to be optimistic with that,” he said.
Kushner arrives in Iraq with Joint Chiefs chairman for visit By JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, flew to Iraq today with the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford. Kushner’s travel plans initially were revealed late Sunday by a Trump administration official who said Kushner wanted to see the situation there for himself and show support for Baghdad’s government. The official said Kushner had already arrived. But when presented with information indicating that was not accurate, the official said the timing of his arrival was unclear but confirmed that Kushner was scheduled to be in Iraq today. Such visits from high-ranking officials are typically kept secret out of security concerns. The administration official who provided the information late Sunday wasn’t authorized to speak about confidential meetings by name and demanded anonymity. Kushner’s arrival in midafternoon today, local time, with Dunford and Thomas P. Bossert, a presidential assistant for homeland security and counterterrorism, was announced by Capt. Greg Hicks, a spokesman for Dunford. “Gen. Dunford invited Mr. Kushner and Mr. Bossert to meet with Iraqi leaders and senior U.S. advisers and visit with U.S. forces in the field to receive an update on the status of the counter-ISIS (an acronym for the Islamic State group) campaign in Iraq and Syria,” Hicks said.
The spokesman added that Kushner was “traveling on behalf of the president to express the president’s support and commitment to the government of Iraq and U.S. personnel currently engaged in the campaign.” Kushner’s West Wing portfolio is robust. He has been deeply involved with presidential staffing, recently launched a task force meant to modernize government using lessons drawn from the private sector, and has played the role of shadow diplomat, advising on relations with the Middle East, Canada and Mexico. And though Kushner had no previous diplomatic or government experience, Trump also tasked him with trying to broker a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. “If you can’t produce peace in the Middle East, nobody can,” Trump told Kushner at a gala a few days before his inauguration. Kushner was also the latest Trump associate to be swept up into the ongoing probe into contacts with Russian officials. The White House confirmed last week that he had volunteered to be interviewed by the Senate intelligence committee. North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, the committee’s chairman, said that Kushner would likely be under oath and would submit to a “private interview” about arranging meetings with the Russian ambassador and other officials. Kushner is married to Trump’s oldest daughter, Ivanka. He was expected to have a major role in meetings later this week between Trump
and Chinese President Xi Jinping at Trump’s winter retreat in Palm Beach, Fla. The Iraq trip was first reported by The New York Times. Kushner’s trip began against a backdrop of an ongoing investigation into civilian deaths in an area of Mosul near the site of an airstrike by U.S.-led coalition forces last month. His visit marks an early foray for the Trump administration into the situation in Iraq and came just two weeks after Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said he was assured by the president the U.S. will accelerate its support for his country’s struggle against the Islamic State group. Al-Abadi met with Trump and Kushner in Washington recently and said he had the impression that the United States would take a more aggressive approach, although he did not say what that might entail. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis recently presented Trump with the outlines of a comprehensive approach to defeating IS and other extremist groups on a global scale, but specifics have yet to be worked out. Officials have indicated that the approach is unlikely to depart radically from the Obama administration’s strategy, at least with regard to ongoing efforts in Iraq and Syria. Iraq was part of the Trump administration’s original travel ban but was removed from the revised version after a request from the Pentagon and the State Department highlighting Iraq’s key role in fighting the Islamic State.
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — The custodian of a local shrine and his accomplices killed 20 devotees after intoxicating them in eastern Punjab province, police said Sunday, in what officials said was the outcome of a dispute over custodianship of the shrine. Senior police officer Mohammad Bilal said the shrine custodian in a village near the city of Sargodha some 200 miles north of Multan was arrested Sunday morning along with four others for killing worshippers with batons and knives. Bilal said another four people were in critical condition. A doctor at Sargodha hospital told Geo TV that the victims were killed while nude and the bodies bore multiple stab wounds and blunt weapons marks. Liaquat Ali Chatta, area government administrator, said Abdul Waheed and his four alleged accomplices were arrested and the matter was being investigated. Chatta said Waheed is a retired government employee and seemed “mentally unstable.” Chatta said the custodian was allegedly in the practice of “beating and torturing” devotees to “cleanse” them. He said Waheed had confessed to the murders. Zulfiquar Hameed, regional police officer for Sargodha and surrounding districts, said the main suspect’s confession and other relevant statements suggested the incident was the “outcome of jealousy and dispute over custodianship” of the shrine. “This man was afraid of losing prominence and that the position would go to somebody else,” said Hameed, who is heading the probe of the incident. “The issue of custodianship ends to this level of incident.” Rana Sanaullah, law minister for the Punjab provincial government, said an initial investigation showed that Waheed had a collection of followers who would regularly visit the shrine and face torture in the name of religious cleansing. The shrine was built about two years ago on the grave of local religious leader Ali Mohammad Gujjar. Shamsher Joya, a local police officer, said Waheed would come to the shrine twice a week from Lahore, and his followers would submit to “beating and torturing with a red hot iron rod.” Joya said Waheed divulged during the investigation that he had acted to kill the victims after unearthing a plot to poison him. Waheed alleged the plot was hatched by Asif Gujar, only son of the religious leader buried in the shrine, according to Joya. The 35-year-old Gujjar is among the 20 victims. Police said the victims were killed at a house adjacent to the shrine and their clothing was found burned.
News nonprofit launched NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook and Mozilla are among the companies and organizations launching a $14 million fund to promote news literacy and increase trust in journalism. The nonprofit, called the News Integrity Initiative, will be based at the City University of New York. It will run as an independent project of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. Others contributing to the fund include Craigslist founder Craig Newmark and the Ford Foundation. Recent polls show the public’s trust in the news industry at a low. False news and misinformation, often masquerading as trustworthy news and spreading on social media, has gained a lot of attention since the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Companies like Facebook are trying to address the issue.
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TODAY IN HISTORY By The Associated Press Today is Monday, April 3, the 93rd day of 2017. There are 272 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 3, 1942, during World War II, Japanese forces began their final assault on Bataan against American and Filipino troops who surrendered six days later; the capitulation was followed by the notorious Bataan Death March. On this date: In 1776, George Washington received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Harvard College. In 1860, the legendary Pony Express began carrying mail between St. Joseph, Mo., and Sacramento, Calif. (The delivery system lasted only 18 months before giving way to the transcontinental telegraph.) In 1869, Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16, premiered in Copenhagen. In 1882, outlaw Jesse James was shot to death in St. Joseph, Mo., by Robert Ford, a member of James’
gang. In 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was electrocuted in Trenton, N.J., for the kidnap-murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. In 1946, Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma, the Japanese commander held responsible for the Bataan Death March, was executed by firing squad outside Manila. In 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed the Marshall Plan, designed to help European allies rebuild after World War II and resist communism. In 1965, the United States launched the SNAP-10A nuclear power system into Earth orbit; it was the first nuclear reactor sent into space. In 1968, the day before he was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “mountaintop� speech to a rally of striking sanitation workers. In 1979, Democrat Jane M. Byrne was elected mayor of Chicago, defeating Republican Wallace D.
Johnson. In 1982, Maryland college student Stephanie Roper, whose car became disabled, was kidnapped, raped, tortured and killed by two men. (The case inspired creation of the Stephanie Roper Committee and Foundation to lobby for victims’ rights.) In 1996, Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski was arrested at his remote Montana cabin. An Air Force jetliner carrying Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and American business executives crashed in Croatia, killing all 35 people aboard. Former Cleveland Mayor Carl Stokes, the first black elected mayor of a major U.S. city, died at age 68. Ten years ago: President George W. Bush denounced Democrats for going on spring break without approving money for the Iraq war with no strings; he also criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for visiting Syria. An ex-con shot and killed his ex-girlfriend at the CNN headquarters complex in Atlanta before
being wounded by a security guard. (Arthur Mann was later convicted of murdering Clara Riddles and sentenced to life without parole.) A high-speed French train broke the world speed record for conventional rail trains, surpassing 357.2 mph. After a nine-year title drought, Tennessee’s Lady Vols captured a seventh national title, beating Rutgers 59-46. Five years ago: Mitt Romney tightened his grip on the Republican presidential nomination, sweeping primaries in Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington, D.C. In a speech to the annual meeting of The Associated Press, President Barack Obama accused Republican leaders of becoming so radical and rigid that even the late Ronald Reagan could not win a GOP primary if he were running today. Baylor finished off an undefeated season with an 8061 win over Notre Dame in the NCAA women’s basketball championship game.
One year ago: An international coalition of media outlets published the “Panama Papers,� thousands of pages of leaked documents relating to offshore accounts that revealed attempts by world leaders, celebrities and businesses to dodge taxes in their home countries. A southbound Amtrak train struck a piece of heavy equipment just south of Philadelphia and derailed; two Amtrak workers were killed. Jason Aldean beat Luke Bryan and Miranda Lambert for entertainer of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas; Chris Stapleton cleaned house in other categories. Today’s Birthdays: Actress-singer Doris Day is 95. Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl is 87. Conservationist Dame Jane Goodall is 83. Actor William Gaunt is 80. Songwriter Jeff Barry is 79. Actor Eric Braeden is 76. Actress Marsha Mason is 75. Singer Wayne Newton is 75. Singer Tony Orlando is 73. Comedy
Daughter-in-law’s visits always leave trail of petty theft DEAR ABBY: I can’t talk to anyone about this (including my husband) because they’ll think something’s wrong with me or I am making it up. When my son and his wife come to visit or we visit them, there’s always something missing from my house or from my suitcase (when we Dear Abby is visit written by them). Abigail Van When Buren, also they visit, known as it’s always Jeanne small Phillips, and items like was founded a china by her mother, teacup, a Pauline nut bowl Phillips. or a figurine. After we return from a visit, there’s always a piece
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Acclaimed saxophonist Kelly brings her talents to IASD Continued from Page 1 booked top performers almost every year since the late 1990s also earns the district some cred. And it couldn’t hurt that Kelly played five months in the Stay Human band alongside Indiana graduate Joe Saylor, the drummer on “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert on CBS TV. Kelly’s packed agenda provides a golden opportunity for student musicians. She’ll conduct in-school clinics for the senior high jazz ensembles and combos, give some instruction for the junior high jazz group, and play for the elementary level music students in Ben Saylor’s classes. After recess, Olear said, local musicians have invited Kelly to sit in Tuesday evening with retired teacher Nevin Saylor’s band at the RBG Grill at Park Inn in White Township. “Then Dr. (Kevin) Eisensmith from IUP has been in touch to have some IUP
students come over and work with her,” Olear said. “So it’s a pretty incredible experience to have somebody as prominent in the jazz world as Grace to work with kids from fourth grade on up through adults in our community and everything in between.” It hasn’t been all that long since the Indiana district’s jazz program began to grow to the kind that can attract performers like Kelly. “When Mr. (Nevin) Saylor started this, it was only a club at the senior high school and now has evolved into two senior high jazz groups and a junior high jazz ensemble,” Olear said. “Dr. (Jason) Rummel and I, when I was at the elementary schools, had an elementary ensemble. Ben Saylor now has that at his school. “So it has reached the masses. Even in the community we have the Westsylvania Jazz and Blues Festival and there are multiple
If you go Grace Kelly, 2017 Jazz Artist in Residence Showtime: 7:30 p.m. April 12 Hall: Indiana Area Junior High School auditorium Tickets: $5 at the door Advance: Contact Jason Olear, jolear@iasd.cc or (724) 463-8562, ext. 6
jazz ensembles in the community. We’ve had jazz artists come in and say what a music oasis our area is.” Maybe Indiana isn’t really such a twist for a performer like Kelly. “Grace’s tour schedule is kind of comical in that she’s touring all these big cities then leaving us and going right to Italy. So it’s kind of neat to see Indiana on her
tour schedule,” Olear said. Still, the local organizers plan to treat Kelly as a special visitor, and that means a lot of plans to figuratively roll out a red carpet. “The kids at the senior high have been great,” Olear said. “They want to help out, they’re making committees to welcome her and pretty up the school and do all they can to make it a special experience for Grace.” They’ve posted a daily countdown until Kelly’s arrival on the bulletin board and even plan some decorations for the school windows to greet her, Olear said. “I think they understand the gravity of that, so they’re really trying to make sure their horns are in the best shape. They even want to help clean up. It’s funny about some of the mundane tasks, they really want it to be an incredible experience, as do we.” Kelly gets to town Mon-
day night, starts Tuesday morning at the junior high, and finishes with a performance for students that afternoon. The workshops continue Wednesday at the senior high with an afternoon show for the student body, followed by the community concert in the evening. Thursday, she’s on a plane to Europe. “I’m pretty sure everybody in the district will at some point get to see her play,” Olear said. “But I think that in terms of having that kind of talent in the room playing with us, I’m not sure if they’re really sure what that will look like or sound like yet.” In another sense, Olear said, some students understand what it’s like to have top talent in their midst because they’ve seen IHS grads Joe Saylor, Philip Keuhn and Angelo Versace reach high levels of musical success. And some of Indiana’s
most talented kids will get to be featured with Kelly next week. “We have three singers on this concert who are all phenomenal, so it’s a unique situation. But as far as the kids’ response to all this, they’re waiting to see what that’s going to look like.” Tickets for Kelly’s public concert at 7:30 next Wednesday night are just $5 — an absolute steal, according to Olear. The economy precludes the school district from funding anything involved with Kelly’s visit, but the music department makes it go. “It’s all grant money that we seek out through Amy O’Neal, who makes us aware of what’s out there,” he said. “Certainly community support, the ticket sales, all goes toward this. And we welcome donations to keep this going because this is a once in a lifetime opportunity for these kids.”
Search continues in Colombia Continued from Page 1 48-year-old resident of Mocoa, held a child’s shoe as he helped clear debris. “You have no idea how many kids there are around here,” Solarte said. Jair Echarri, who came from a nearby town to help, also struggled to comprehend the loss of so many children. “I am a father and this breaks my heart,” he said. Santos, who visited Mocoa for a second straight day Sunday, declared the area a disaster zone. The president said the avalanche of water and debris also destroyed roads and bridges, knocked out power in half of the province of Putumayo, where Mocoa is located, and destroyed the area’s fresh water network, creating dangerous and unsanitary conditions. Mocoa is vulnerable to flooding. It is surrounded by the three rivers in a natural basin created by the surrounding mountains. The danger has grown worse in recent years because of deforestation, which eliminates some protection from runoff, and because many people built their homes close to the water. But the triggering event was rainfall of more than 5 inches that began late Friday. “The rain fell on Mocoa
with an intensity and force that was without precedent and devastating,” Santos said. “It rained in two hours what falls in a month in Bogota.” A 1989 hydrology report for the Agricultural Ministry warned that just such a disaster could happen unless steps were taken to reinforce the riverbanks, channel water away from the town and restore some of the forest. It was not immediately clear why those steps had not been taken. Juan Chanchi de Ruiz, 74, said the noise of the surging flood woke her up and gave her enough time to get to higher ground. Her house was unscathed, but several neighbors’ homes were heavily damaged and many people fled with some of their belongings. “Around here, there’s nobody. Everybody left,” she said. Colombian officials pledged aid to rebuild homes, and the attorney general launched an investigation into whether local and national authorities responded adequately to the disaster. Santos also said they would launch a health and vaccination campaign in the city to prevent an outbreak of disease. “Mocoa needs to rise up from this blow,” he said. “And it will.”
Man sentenced in homicide Continued from Page 1 man suffered gunshot wounds to the torso and chin as well as a fracture to his skull from a blunt object. Yingling’s daughter, Larissa Santell, said her father told her that Skillman had been threatening him, and that’s why he brought the guns into Skillman’s bedroom to confront him. Santell further said she was told that Kenneth Yingling had been suffering abuse at the hands of Skillman, such as wiping feces on his face and urinating on his bed. During testimony this morning, District Attorney Patrick Dougherty said that despite whatever reasons Yingling may have had to confront Skillman, there was still a man who was now dead. “He shot him twice, your honor,” Dougherty said to Bianco. “This was not an accident.” He said Yingling’s admissions to state police
didn’t excuse the conduct. Skillman’s son, Nathan, gave only a few words of testimony to Bianco, saying he was fine with whatever sentence was imposed. The rest of the testimony was inaudible. Santell told the Gazette after sentencing that the men in the house had been using meth, and that both Yingling and Skillman had long histories of drug use. She said she is now Kenneth Skillman’s guardian, and he has since been placed in a nursing home. “Kenny” has had brain damage since birth, and she said he operates at about an 8-year-old’s level. He is 73 years old. It was clear that her father killed Skillman, she said. She blames drug and alcohol use for the problems the men had and the resulting shooting. “You do drugs and alcohol your whole life, this is where it gets you,” she said.
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SUPREME COURT Justice nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch testified in March on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., during his confirmation hearing.
Fight expected on court nominee Gorsuch Continued from Page 1 near-party line vote. Intent on getting Trump’s pick on the high court, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is likely to change Senate rules so that Gorsuch can be confirmed with a simple majority in the 100-seat chamber, instead of the 60-voter threshold. “Neil Gorsuch will be confirmed this week,” McConnell said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, adding, “how that happens really depends on our Democratic friends. How many of them are willing to oppose cloture on a partisan basis to kill a Supreme Court nominee.” So far, 36 Democrats and one independent have announced they will vote to block the nomination on a procedural cloture vote — a parliamentary step to ad-
vance a legislative issue — and oppose the choice. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., who faces a tough re-election in a state Trump won handily, announced his opposition on Sunday. “With Judge Gorsuch on the bench, I am deeply concerned that dark money will continue to drown out the voices and votes of citizens, the Court will stand between women and their doctors, and the government will reach into the private lives of law-abiding Americans. These are not Montana values, which is why I cannot support this nomination,” Tester said in a statement. Another Democrat in a Republican-dominated state who is up for re-election next year, Sen. Joe Donnelly of Indiana, announced he would support
the president’s nominee. Donnelly called Gorsuch, 49, a federal appeals court judge based in Denver, “a qualified jurist who will base his decisions on his understanding of the law and is well-respected among his peers.” Democrats, led by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, have vowed to block the nominee, infuriating Republicans, who argue the action is exceedingly rare for Supreme Court choices. Schumer said Sunday he didn’t expect Gorsuch to receive the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster threat. Although such a change in Senate rules might seem procedural or obscure, it is known on Capitol Hill as the “nuclear option” because it would amount to a
dramatic departure from Senate norms of bipartisanship and collegiality. It would not be unprecedented. In 2013, Democrats were in the majority and upset about appellate court nominees getting blocked. They pushed through a rules change lowering the vote threshold on all nominees except for the Supreme Court — from 60 votes to a simple majority. In addition to Gorsuch, the Judiciary committee will be considering two other nominations — Rod Rosenstein to be deputy attorney general and Rachel Brand to be associate attorney general. If confirmed, they will be the No. 2 and No. 3 officials at the Justice Department under Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Corruption probe had more in its sights Continued from Page 1 investigation. The trial testimony also suggested the FBI had other people in its sights. The trial hinged on four days of testimony and hours of recordings by McCord, who recorded conversations for the FBI as Pennsylvania’s sitting treasurer before resigning and pleading guilty to two extortion counts in early 2015. With McCord on the stand, Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Consiglio brought up McCord’s Nov. 20, 2014, interview with the FBI. In it, McCord and agents reviewed what he knew about a half-dozen to a dozen people “on a whole array of topics,” Consiglio said. McCord’s testimony also revealed that he had made what he acknowledged were illegal promises — using Estey as a middleman — in exchange for campaign contributions to his failed campaign for governor in the Democratic Party’s 2014 primary.
McCord acknowledged that that included promises to help a campaign donor’s son land a government investment contract and offering to slow down a state payment to the competitor of a donor. He also revealed he had accepted passthrough campaign contributions from a contact in Scranton. Those donors have not been identified by authorities. It remains unclear whether the federal government will charge any of them, or whether any of them became FBI cooperators in exchange for leniency. The clock is ticking on a five-year federal statute of limitations. During the trial, federal investigators revealed that Estey, cooperating with the FBI, had taped conversations with McCord before agents tapped McCord’s phone calls for two months in the spring of 2014. McCord taped weeks more of calls for the FBI in late 2014 after he began cooperating. Ireland’s defense lawyer,
Reid Weingarten, asked McCord if he was asked to incriminate people every time he taped a phone call for the FBI. “I mean, let’s not beat around the bush,” Weingarten told McCord, who agreed. In an interview March 27, U.S. Attorney Bruce Brandler, the lead federal prosecutor for Pennsylvania’s 33county U.S. Middle District, would not say whether the investigation was continuing. “I could say this: Public corruption is a high-priority area for this office and for the Department of Justice as a whole, and that we will continue to investigate allegations of public corruption where ever they occur,” Brandler said. Besides McCord, Estey and Ireland, the investigation has yielded charges against former state treasurer Barbara Hafer, of White Township. Ireland was acquitted March 27 when U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III took the rare step of throw-
ing out his charges in midtrial. Hafer’s trial on a charge of lying to federal agents is scheduled to start June 12. Estey pleaded guilty last year to wire fraud and is scheduled to be sentenced April 11. Estey never testified, and much less has become public about how he cooperated with investigators. McCord pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted extortion and is awaiting sentencing. Once McCord’s sentencing date is scheduled, that most likely means the federal government is done with him as a witness, according to Lindy and other former federal prosecutors. During the trial, McCord told Weingarten that federal authorities had held out the possibility that he may yet testify in another trial. If, however, there isn’t another trial, “this is it, this is showtime for you. Right?” Weingarten asked. “I would hardly call it showtime,” McCord responded, “but yeah.”
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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Tiny Gonzaga has major aspirations By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer
GLENDALE, Ariz. — For those who follow college basketball, the idea that Gonzaga is playing North Carolina for the national title doesn’t seem all that strange. For those who don’t — or only get involved when it’s time to fill out a bracket — it still might. Gonzaga? Really? That a Jesuit school with 7,800 students based in Spokane, Wash., is going up against a behe-
moth from Tobacco Road in tonight’s NCAA final is testament to a coach with a stubborn streak, an administration that bought in to basketball and the modern-day realities of a sport that allows for little guys to reach the biggest stage. “I know you have to believe,” Gonzaga athletic director Mike Roth said. “The biggest drawback some other schools have is that someone in that hierarchy says, ‘We can’t do that,’ or ‘We can never be like ...’ Well, if that’s the
GONZAGA (37-1) vs. NORTH CAROLINA (32-7) 9 p.m. today TV: CBS case, then you probably can’t.” In the mid-1990s, Gonzaga was
a nothing program, an afterthought in the West Coast Conference with a dandy of mascot, the Bulldog, that wore a sailor’s cap. Changing the mascot was part of the equation. Dan Monson, a longtime assistant coach, got the top job and put some other pieces in place. He nabbed a group that included the scrappy forward with the awesome name, Casey Calvary. Gonzaga made the tournament in 1999 and pulled off upsets over Minnesota, Stanford and Florida
on the way to the Elite Eight. At that point, it was a Cinderella story, the likes of which we see almost every year when programs like Butler, VCU and George Mason come from out of nowhere and make anything look possible. But in Gonzaga’s case, 1999 marked the first in a string of 19 straight trips to the NCAA Tournament, the last 18 of which have come since Monson left for Minnesota and the current coach, Mark Few, took the helm. Continued on Page 12
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NCAA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
Pens jump into second place By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
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SOUTH CAROLINA’S A’ja Wilson held up the championship trophy after Sunday’s victory over Mississippi State.
Net Gain South Carolina wins first national title By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer
DALLAS — Dawn Staley hopes to pass along a piece of her first championship net to another aspiring African-American coach — the same as Carolyn Peck did for her years ago. Staley joined Peck as the only African-American coaches to win an NCAA women’s basketball championship Sunday night when South Carolina beat Mississippi State 67-55. Peck, who won a title at Purdue in 1999, gave Staley a piece of her net a few years ago when she was a commentator. Staley has held it close ever since. “I’ve had it in my wallet for years. She said, ‘When you win your national championship, just return it,’” Staley said. “I’m going to have to pass a piece of my net on to somebody else so they can share and hopefully ac-
complish something as big as this. I do have to give a shout-out to Carolyn Peck, and I will return her net, thankfully.” Staley proudly wore the net she cut down around her neck and still had it on hours later when she left the arena. “I’m going to enjoy it. It’s something that I’ve been coaching for 17 years now. I played college basketball, what, 25 to 28 years ago. It took that long,” Staley said. “I also want people to know that just because something takes a long time, I mean, you have to have patience, you have to persevere, stay with it. If something is a goal of yours to accomplish, you don’t give up on it. I never gave up on winning a national championship, no matter how hard it was, no matter what it looked like.” A’ja Wilson scored 23 points to help Staley get her first title. Staley made
the Final Four three times as a player at Virginia but never won. She also led the Gamecocks to the national semifinals two years ago before losing to Notre Dame. “It means that I can check off one of the things that had been a void in my career,” Staley said. “Something I wanted to do. It was one of two opportunities that I saw women play when I was younger: national championship games and Olympics. Those were things that I held dear and near to me growing up. Those were the things I saw and were shooting for.” Wilson, a native South Carolina player who was Staley’s biggest recruit ever, was the key. She was thrilled to help Staley get her first title. “I can’t put into words how much it meant to win the game for coach,” Continued on Page 12
PITTSBURGH — Mike Sullivan keeps insisting his team isn’t looking ahead. That the Pittsburgh Penguins haven’t let their eyes creep ahead to next week when their injury-riddled regular season ends and the real defense of their Stanley Cup begins. Sullivan’s team backed up its coach, even with another familiar face out of the lineup indefinitely. Jake Guentzel and Conor Sheary scored power-play goals, Scott Wilson picked up his eighth of the season and Penguins held off the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Sunday to move into second place in the Metropolitan Division with four games remaining. Matt Murray finished with 33 saves for the Penguins, including a dozen over the final 20 minutes as Pittsburgh beat the Hurricanes for a seventh straight time despite playing without veteran forward Chris Kunitz, who is out with a lower-body injury Sullivan described as “longer term.” No matter. The Penguins rolled on anyway thanks to Guentzel and Sheary on the second-power play unit and an energetic fourth line fueled in part by Wilson, a grinder who may have an expanded role with Kunitz out of the lineup. “For me, when guys step up at different times and
Keselowski wins at Martinsville By HANK KURZ JR.
YMCA swimmers head to nationals By JOE BACCAMAZZI jbaccamazzi@indianagazette.net
Five area swimmers are set to represent Indiana County at the YMCA National Championship in Greensboro, N.C., this week. Heading into the final competition of the season, Payton Rayko leads a group consisting of Indiana High girls, who were the Section 4 champions and WPIAL Class 2A runners-up, in three of four events, including a pair of individual races. The swimming and diving meet began this morning and runs through Friday, but the Indiana Piranhas won’t take to the starting blocks until Tuesday. After a five-year hiatus in which they failed to total enough qualifiers, the Piranhas took a step forward this season in hopes of returning to the championship. “With this group of girls, yes, their goal was to make it to nationals,” coach Marty Kessler said. “They had it in their sights.”
Rayko, who last month earned the Indians’ first WPIAL title since Rachel Zilinskas in 2010 with a time of 58.30 seconds in the 100 butterfly, will begin Indiana’s competition in the same event. She also qualified in the 200 freestyle and will join Kenzi Kessler, Kara Gibbon and Lindsey Griffith in the 200 medley freestyle. Harley Kessler is set to compete in the 100 breaststroke. The five Indiana swimmers, each of whom are underclassmen, and their coach view the trip mainly as valuable experience and an ideal trial run with hopes of returning stronger with even more teammates next year. But though they’ll be facing the best competition the national organization has to offer, the Piranhas are hoping to make an impression. “Our expectation is to go and just swim and do the best we can,” Kessler said. “These are competitive girls. They’re going to take it seriously. … We’re going to swim and just see how well we can do.”
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THE YMCA of Indiana County national qualifiers: first row, from left, Kara Gibbon and Harley Kessler; and second row, Payton Rayko, Kenzi Kessler and Lindsey Griffith.
different people make contributions each and every night, that’s a sign of a competitive team,” Sullivan said. Pittsburgh’s victory coupled with Columbus’ loss to Washington vaulted the Penguins into second place in the Metropolitan. The Blue Jackets will visit PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday in a showdown that could go a long way toward determining who will have home ice should the two teams meet in the opening round. “I think it’s going to set the tone if we play them in the playoffs,” Guentzel said. It’s a conversation the Hurricanes hoped to have this spring following a 13game point streak that propelled a late charge at the final wild-card spot. The surge stalled following a second loss in less than 24 hours. Jeff Skinner collected his 33rd goal of the season for Carolina and Justin Faulk’s fluky power-play goal halfway through the third period gave the Hurricanes momentum, but they couldn’t produce the tying goal. “We’re still fighting and still trying to get every point possible,” Faulk said. “It was a pretty good effort by the guys. We didn’t really sit back too much and we were still trying to play our game, which is huge. You don’t want to let last night’s loss linger too long and I don’t think we did that.” Continued on Page 12
going to forget,” said Keselowski, who had been the runner-up twice in the past MARTINSVILLE, Va. — four races here. Brad Keselowski had samKeselowski or Busch led pled success at Martinsville the last 160 laps and Speedway, but he had never swapped the lead several put everything together to times during a green flag get to Victory Lane. run that began with 64 laps He changed that Sunday to go. when he passed Keselowski had Kyle Busch with 43 the lead coming out laps to go and of the 14th and final pulled away to win caution, but Busch for the 23rd time in quickly slipped unhis career. derneath him to go “It felt like we back in front. Kewere due, and if you selowski stalked him ever can be, this is for 14 laps, the nose one of those tracks of his Ford inches and today was one from the rear of those days where bumper of Busch’s BRAD we persevered in a KESELWOSKI Toyota. special way,” KeWhen he finally selowski said. got around Busch again, he “The battle there with gradually pulled away, Kyle at the end was a lot of opening a lead of nearly fun to be a part of. I hope it two seconds as Busch’s car, was a lot of fun to watch.” dominant for much of the The victory came in team day, faded. The lead paid off owner Roger Penske’s at the end when Keselowski 1,000th start in NASCAR’s had to navigate around top series and gave Ford its lapped traffic. He won by first victory on NASCAR’s 1.8 seconds. oldest and smallest track “All we did was put four since 2002. It also made Ke- tires on, and when we did, it selowski the first two-time went to junk,” Busch said of winner this season in his his car. “I hate it for our fifth consecutive top-five guys. They’ve deserved all finish. year better finishes than “This is one I’m never Continued on Page 13 AP Sports Writer
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PITTSBURGH at BOSTON
ARIZONA CATCHER Jeff Mathis reached to catch a high-hopper hit by the Giants’ Joe Panik during the fourth inning of the Diamondbacks’ season-opening win Sunday in Phoenix.
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Cards top defending champs By The Associated Press Randal Grichuk hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning and a game-ending RBI single in the ninth, helping the St. Louis Cardinals top the Chicago Cubs, 4-3, in a wild prime-time opener Sunday night. Jose Martinez sparked the winning rally with a pinch-hit double against Mike Montgomery, who closed out Chicago’s World Series championship in November. Yadier Molina then was awarded the first no-pitch intentional walk in major league history, part of baseball’s offseason rule changes designed to speed up the game. With two outs and the bases loaded, Grichuk lined a 1-1 pitch into the gap in left-center for his second career game-ending hit. He was mobbed as he rounded first in the rain, and what was left of a sellout crowd of 47,566 cheered wildly. The Cardinals appeared set for a tidy 3-0 win before the Cubs rallied in the ninth. Ben Zobrist was hit by a pitch from Seung-hwan Oh and Jason Heyward singled before Willson Contreras hit a drive to left for a tying homer.
DIAMONDBACKS 6, GIANTS 5: Madison Bumgarner hit two homers, but Arizona scored twice with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning off new San Francisco closer Mark Melancon to beat the Giants. Derailed by a dreadful bullpen last year, the Giants started this season the same way — even after trying to solve the problem by bringing in Melancon on a $62 million, four-year contract. They wasted a recordbreaking performance by Bumgarner, who retired his first 16 batters and became the first major-league pitcher to hit two home runs on opening day. Arizona got a double and three singles after Melancon (0-1) retired his first two hitters in the ninth. A.J. Pollock singled in the tying run, and Chris Owings dumped a base hit into right field to end it. New Diamondbacks closer Fernando Rodney (1-0) gave up a run in a shaky ninth but got the victory. San Francisco took a 5-4 lead when Joe Panik led off the ninth with a triple and scored on pinch-hitter Conor Gillaspie’s sacrifice fly. Bumgarner struck out 11 with no
walks in seven innings. He gave up three runs and became the first Giants pitcher to go deep twice in one game since Jim Gott in 1985. RAYS 7, YANKEES 3: Chris Archer pitched seven solid innings, and Tampa Bay won the first game of the major league season, roughing up New York ace Masahiro Tanaka. Evan Longoria and Logan Morrison homered and drove in three runs apiece before a sellout crowd of 31,042 at Tropicana Field on opening day. Tanaka (0-1), who had baseball’s best ERA in spring training, was tagged for a career-worst seven earned runs in 2 2-3 innings. A first-time All-Star in 2015 who lost an AL-leading 19 times last season, Archer (1-0) limited New York to two runs and seven hits. He narrowly escaped a bases-loaded jam and turned a five-run lead over to a revamped bullpen. Alex Colome replaced rookie Austin Pruitt with the bases loaded in the ninth, yielding a sacrifice fly to pinch-hitter Chris Carter before finishing for a save.
Gonzaga has major aspirations Continued from Page 11 Counting his time as an assistant, Few has been at Gonzaga since 1989. “When we first started coaching, our boss, Dan Fitzgerald, would always say, ‘Don’t waste the school’s money on (recruiting) a Pac-10 player. We’re not going to beat those schools,’” Monson said. “To Mark, that was motivation. It would make him recruit the kid harder. That’s who he’s always been. He’s very smart and very stubborn, and for a coach, those are two really good qualities to have.” The team the Bulldogs face comes from the sort of school that is “supposed” to be here. North Carolina is a blueblood with five national titles. North Carolina is Dean Smith and Michael Jordan and James Worthy and Roy Williams. North Carolina is a campus with 28,000 students. North Carolina is embroiled with the NCAA in a long-running academic scandal, which, sadly, is as definitive a marker as any of a school’s status in the big time. “It’s easier to get here coaching at the places I’ve been coaching,” said Williams, who led Kansas to four Final Fours before taking the Tar Heels to five. “I don’t pat myself on the back too much about that.” Nor does Few.
But it’s different. It took Few’s urging for Gonzaga to supply the coach with resources he needed to stay successful. A few years into his tenure, Few and Roth met with the school president at the time, Robert Spitzer, who had previously been recalcitrant about upgrades to the basketball facilities. “He asked us, ‘What are things we need?’” Roth said. “Mark was emphatic. ‘We need a new arena.’ We were in a gym. You’re not going to recruit certain athletes to a gym.” A new 6,000-seat arena opened in 2004, and at around the same time, Gonzaga became the first West Coast school to charter flights to all its road games. Few’s winning percentage in the West Coast Conference over the last 10 years: .893. The perennial questions about whether Gonzaga really is legit playing in a middling conference with one, maybe two, threatening opponents each year is somewhat offset by the aggressive scheduling of nonconference games that the new arena made possible. This trip to the final has pretty much ended any residual second-guessing. Few dreamed about all this, then fought for it, then stuck around when other programs came calling. Stubborn? Sure. But when asked
why he has stayed put all these years, the son of a Presbyterian pastor in Creswell, Ore., boils it down to this: “My dad was 54 years at the same church. I think that’s probably instilled in my brain and soul. Why mess with happy? We’ve always had a great time up there.” Which takes it back to the question: What is Gonzaga? Roth touts it as “no different than most Catholic, Jesuit institutions: We’re a liberal arts school” with wellrespected education, business and engineering departments, among others. There’s a new student center on the 131-acre campus overlooking the Spokane River, and Gonzaga traditionally ranks in the top 10 in intramural sports participation. Daniel Incerpi, the president of the basketball team’s highly motivated booster club, grew up going to Catholic school and wanted a similar experience in college. He took a trip to Gonzaga, went to a basketball game, and the rest is history. “You get outside the Gonzaga bubble and everyone thinks our school is pronounced Gon-ZAWG-a (It’s GonZAG-a) and all we have is basketball,” he said. “The goal is to have that brand keep growing, and basketball is a great place to start.”
South Carolina wins women’s title Continued from Page 11 Wilson said. “She’s put in so much time and sweat into this. ... It really means something special to bring this back home for such a great person like Coach Staley.” Mississippi State had all the momentum on its side after a shocking win over UConn on Friday night that ended the Huskies’ record 111-game winning streak. The Bulldogs couldn’t muster the same effort against the Gamecocks. Morgan William, who had become the face of the tournament with the game-winner against the Huskies after a 41point performance against Baylor, was held to just eight points. South Carolina (33-4) turned a 10point halftime lead into a 45-31 advantage midway through the third quarter before the Bulldogs rallied. Mississippi State (34-5) slowly cut into its deficit, getting within 54-50 on Jazzmun Holmes’ jumper. That brought a huge cheer from the thousands of Mississippi State fans who made the eight-hour trip from Starkville, Miss. But that’s as close as the Bulldogs could get. The victory in front of a sellout crowd came one day after the Gamecocks men’s basketball team
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lost in the Final Four in Glendale, Ariz. Wilson, who grew up in South Carolina, blocked a shot on one end of the court and then hit a short jumper in the lane that started a 12-2 run to put the game away. Staley emptied her bench with less than a minute left and Wilson left with tears of joy. The junior center sees a repeat in the future for the Gamecocks, who return most of their core players. “Man, just be with us next year, we’re trying to be in this same spot next year, we’re going to see how it goes,” Wilson said after winning the most outstanding player award for the Final Four. The Gamecocks won the title without star center Alaina Coates, who hurt her ankle in the SEC Tournament. She didn’t even travel with the team to Dallas. “Our players never fretted, ‘La’ we got you a ring. We got you a ring,” Staley said of Coates. “Allisha Gray, Kaela Davis they all believed in it. They spent a year getting to know our team, getting to know our system. Got the opportunity to play and we become national champions.” It was the third loss for the Bulldogs
against the Gamecocks this season. Mississippi State dropped a game in South Carolina in the regular season as well as the SEC Tournament title game. “Today doesn’t define us,” said Mississippi State coach Vic Schaefer, who is 0-9 in his career against South Carolina. “It certainly doesn’t define this team or this season. We had a heck of a year. Obviously, we’ve had some hard times dealing with them. Today was no different.” No team had a tougher road to the championship than the secondseeded Bulldogs. They were trying to become the third team in NCAA history to beat three No. 1 seeds en route to the title. Tennessee did it in 1987 and Louisiana Tech accomplished the same feat a year later. The Bulldogs had already knocked off top-seeds Baylor and UConn to get to the championship game. This was the sixth time in NCAA Tournament history that teams from the same conference played for the national championship, including three by the SEC. Tennessee won both of those matchups, the last coming in 1996 when the Lady Vols beat Georgia.
When: 2:05 p.m. today, 7:10 p.m. Wednesday and 1:35 p.m. Thursday. Where: Fenway Park, Boston On the air: Root and 1160 WCCS-AM All-time series: Tied 10-10 Last meeting: The Pirates swept the Red Sox in a three-game home series in 2014, with Charlie Morton, Francisco Liriano and Gerrit Cole earning victories. Last season: The Pirates missed the playoffs and finished third in the National League Central at 78-83-1. The Red Sox won the American League East with a 93-69 record before being eliminated in the divisional round of the playoffs by the Cleveland Indians. Managers: Pirates: Clint Hurdle (seventh season, 509-462-1). Red Sox: John Farrell (fifth season, 339-309). About the Pirates: The Pirates missed out on the playoffs for the first time in three seasons after finishing 78-83-1. … After Andrew McCutchen experienced likely the worst season of his career, defensively and offensively, the front office opted to make some moves in the outfield. McCutchen has moved from center field to right, Starling Marte has shifted from left to center, and Gregory Polanco has moved from right to left. … Polanco had a breakout year last season, batting .256 with 22 home runs and 86 RBIs. … Jung Ho Kang has been placed on the restricted list as he continues to pursue a visa to return to the U.S. David Freese and offseason acquisition Phil Gosselin will most likely take Kang’s spot at third base. … Jameson Taillon, Chad Kuhl and Tyler Glasnow, who all made their MLB debuts last season, were awarded spots in the starting rotation. … Starting pitcher Ivan Nova signed a three-year contract in the offseason following a successful stint with the team after last season’s All-Star break. About the Red Sox: The Red Sox grabbed first place in the AL East before being swept by the Cleveland Indians in the divisional round of the AL playoffs. … Starting right fielder Mookie Betts finished second in MVP voting after batting .318 with 31 home runs and 113 RBIs. … Starting pitchers David Price and Drew Pomeranz will open the season on the disabled list after suffering injuries in spring training. … The Red Sox acquired starting pitcher Chris Sale in an offseason trade. Sale finished fifth in Cy Young voting last season. … Pablo Sandoval is starting at third base after missing much of last season with various injuries. … Rookie Andrew Benintendi won the starting job in left field after being called up late last season. … Mitch Moreland was signed as a free agent to become the starting first baseman. Probable Starters 2016 statistics • Today: Gerrit Cole (7-10, 3.88) vs. Rick Porcello (22-4, 3.15) • Wednesday: Jameson Taillon (5-4, 3.38) vs. Chris Sale (17-10, 3.34) • Thursday: Chad Kuhl (5-4, 4.20) vs. Eduardo Rodriguez (3-7, 4.71) Projected Lineups 2016 statistics Pirates Name Pos. Avg. HR RBI 1. Adam Frazier LF .301 2 11 2. Starling Marte CF .311 9 46 3. Andrew McCutchen RF .256 24 79 4. Josh Bell 1B .273 3 19 5. Josh Harrison 2B .283 4 59 6. Gregory Polanco DH .256 22 86 7. David Freese 3B .270 13 55 8. Francisco Cervelli C .264 1 33 9. Jordy Mercer SS .256 11 59 Bench: John Jaso (1B/OF), Phil Gosselin (utility), Alan Hanson (INF), Chris Stewart (C). Bullpen: Tony Watson (L, closer), Daniel Hudson (R), Felipe Rivero (L), Juan Nicasio (R), Antonio Bastardo (L), Trevor Williams (R), Wade LeBlanc (L). Red Sox Name Pos. Avg. HR RBI 1. Dustin Pedroia 2B .318 15 74 2. Andrew Benintendi LF .295 2 14 3. Mookie Betts RF .318 31 113 4. Xander Bogaerts SS .294 21 89 5. Hanley Ramirez DH .286 30 111 6. Jackie Bradley Jr. CF .267 26 87 7. Pablo Sandoval 3B .000 0 0 8. Mitch Moreland 1B .233 22 60 9. Sandy Leon C .310 7 35 Bench: Christian Vazquez (C), Brock Holt (utility), Steve Selsky (1B, OF), Chris Young. Bullpen: Craig Kimbrel (R, closer), Joe Kelly (R), Heath Hembree (R), Matt Barnes (R), Fernando Abad (L), Robbie Ross Jr. (R), Robby Scott (L), Ben Taylor (R).
Murray, Penguins outlast Hurricanes Continued from Page 11 Eddie Lack made 23 stops for the Hurricanes in his first start since being taken to the hospital with a strained neck last week, but Carolina is virtually assured of missing the playoffs for an eighth straight year. That hasn’t been an issue in Pittsburgh for over a decade. The Penguins have managed to hang around the top of the NHL’s toughest division anyway thanks in large part to their youthful depth, which was on full display again against the Hurricanes. Guentzel, a 22-year-old rookie, took a cross-ice feed from Chad Ruhwedel and slipped it by Lack 11:28 into the first to give the Penguins the lead. Skinner tied it less than two minutes later by pushing Elias Lindholm’s shot across the goal line. No matter. Wilson put the Penguins up to stay when he kept jabbing at a loose puck in the crease until it slipped by Lack 7:50 into the second. The 24-year-old Sheary made it 3-1 5:07 into the third with an easy power-
play goal after Patric Hornqvist found him alone in the right circle. Faulk drew Carolina within one when his shot from the point smacked off the glass behind the Pittsburgh net, hit Murray in the back then bounced into the goal, which Murray called “the worst bounce I’ve ever had in my life.” It hardly rattled Murray. Two days after allowing the tying goal in the dwindling seconds of regulation against the New York Rangers before emerging with a victory, he settled down to put the Hurricanes away. “They were playing a playoff type of game,” Murray said. “They played really well. I’m just glad we got the two points at the end of it.” NOTES: The Penguins went 2-for-2 on the power play. The Hurricanes were 1-for-2. ... Pittsburgh outscored Carolina 16-6 in four meetings this season. ... Former Carolina defenseman Ron Hainsey played 22:56 in his first game against the Hurricanes since being traded to the Penguins in February.
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SALTSBURG PLAYERS, from left, Frankie Plowman, Jordan Booth, Nick Porter and DeShawn Wofford, gathered with their teammates and the community at the River’s Edge on Saturday to celebrate the Trojans’ District 6 and Heritage Conference championships.
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Indiana places in tennis tourney Indiana placed eighth out of 10 teams in the Altoona Invitational team tennis tournament over the weekend. Erie Cathedral Prep won the event, which features teams from throughout the state. Zach Palko won three individual matches at No. 1 singles to finish a teambest fifth overall. Joey Bujdos picked up two wins at No. 2 singles to place sixth, and the doubles team of Pat O’Neal and Mitch Lewis also finished 6th. Indiana travels to Riverview for a section match Wednesday.
U-15 lacrosse team scores win Sam Fefolt registered a team-high seven points with four goals and three assists, and Indiana blanked visiting Plum, 90, in an under-15 Indiana Youth Lacrosse Association match that was played Saturday. Zak Wood added a pair of goals for Indiana. Joey Kuzneski had two assists, Dominic Groman and Kaden Duffee scored once apiece, and Tanner Agnello tacked on a goal and an assist. Ian Steele was the winning goalie. Indiana plays host to Central Westmoreland on Saturday.
Penns Manor slates camp KENWOOD — A basketball camp will be held at Penns Manor High School from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. June 12 to 16. The camp is open to players from any school district, male or female,
entering grades 3 to 7. Penns Manor coaches and players will provide instruction. Registration forms are available at www.pmhs.pennsmanor.org. For information, contact Jason Miloser at (724) 840-6796 or jasonmiloser@gmail.com.
Homer-Center schedules camps HOMER CITY — A basketball camp and a shooting clinic will be held at Homer-Center High School in June. The camp will run from June 12 to 16 from 8 to 11:30 a.m. for boys and girls entering grades 3 through 6 and from 12:30 to 4 p.m. for boys and girls entering grades 7 through 12. The clinic will run from June 19-23 from 8 to 10 a.m. for boys and girls entering grades 3 through 7 and from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for boys and girls entering grades 8 through 12. Registration forms can be obtained at www.homercenterbball.c om. For information, call (724) 541-5555 or (724) 357-0738.
Steelers scheduling basketball games The Pittsburgh Steelers Footballers basketball team is scheduling games for the 2017 season. The season began March 1 and runs through May. The team has served as a fundraiser to help groups raise money for more than 50 years. For information, contact Tom O’Malley at (412) 835-5936 or email tomalley@aol.com.
Hawks sweep past Gannon By The Indiana Gazette IUP banged out eight extra-base hits, and the Crimson Hawks snapped an 11-game losing streak with a sweep of host Gannon, 7-3 and 11-5, in a PSAC baseball doubleheader on Sunday. Gannon jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning before IUP cut the deficit to two, 3-1, on Matt Eperesi’s sacrifice fly in the top of the fifth. The Golden Knights held the advantage until the top the seventh, when Eperesi tied the game at 3all with a two-run homer. The Crimson Hawks then added four runs in the ninth on Dan Sepic’s bases-loaded walk, a Scott Hess’ two-run single and a single from Wes Carson to win in extra innings. Dillon Swanger earned the win with three scoreless innings of relief. In the second game, Sepic put IUP up 1-0 in the top of the first with a two-out solo home run to left field, and the Crimson Hawks increased the lead to 4-0 in the second on Chris Eisel’s three-run homer. Gannon tied the game with one run in the bottom of the frame and three in the third. IUP regained the lead in the top of the fifth on Cory Wheeler’s RBI double, and the Crimson Hawks increased their advantage to two, 6-4, when two runs scored on Carson’s fielder’s choice. Anthony Rigous then delivered an RBI single to push the lead to 7-4. Wheeler picked up another RBI in the sixth on a groundout that extended
the lead to 8-4. Rigous put the game out of reach with a two-run home run in the seventh. Eisel was 4-for-4 with three runs scored and four RBIs. Junior left-hander Dan Roan earned the win. He struck out four in three innings of relief. The Crimson Hawks improved to 5-13 overall and 2-4 in the conference. The team play again today at IUP. TENNIS: IUP extended its winning streak to seven matches with an 8-1 victory over Wayne State in non-conference play at Towpath Tennis Center in Akron, Ohio. With the win, the Crimson Hawks improve to 124 on the season. Wayne State took an early 1-0 lead in the match as Dasha Kuznetsova and Liz Ghellere defeated Jarka Petercakova and Luise von Agris 8-3 at first doubles before IUP swept the rest of the match. Raquel Gonzalez and Rachel Wood earned an 84 win at No. 2 doubles, and Sophie Butland and Kataya Minchenkova won 8-2 at third doubles. In singles play, Petercakova defeated Kuznetsova 6-0, 7-6 (8) at first singles, while von Agris topped Ghellere at second singles, 6-1, 6-4. Gonzalez earned a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Julia Walz at No. 3 singles. Minchenkova recorded a 6-2, 6-3 win over Lauren Hughes at fourth singles. Wood (6-2, 6-3) and Butland (6-3, 6-2) rounded out the wins. The Crimson Hawks travel to PSAC foe Mercyhurst on Wednesday.
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Keselowski wins at Martinsville Continued from Page 11 what we’ve been able to produce, and here’s another one today. Just frustrating season so far.” Busch led a race-high 274 laps and finished second, followed by Chase Elliott, Joey Logano and Austin Dillon. It was the first time NASCAR tried its new stage racing on a short track, and it provided some excitement. Martin Truex Jr. won the first stage in a three-lap sprint that featured lots of banging as drivers jostled to make the point-scoring top 10. Elliott won stage two when Ricky Stenhouse Jr., trying to get back on the lead lap, nudged Busch on the final lap of the stage, getting Busch just loose enough for Elliott to slide underneath him to score the regular-season points and coveted playoff point.
Busch said he has no problem with being bumped, as long as Stenhouse knows to expect the same treatment in reverse. “I actually was rolling into Turn 3 and was kind of going higher out of the way and was going to let (Stenhouse) back by and give him the lap,” Busch said. “That was my intent, and then he just drove through me and cost me my spot to (Elliott). I was trying to be a nice guy.” This week the series heads to repaved Texas, where most drivers will get their first look at the new surface in their first practice.
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Lexi Thompson heard fans chanting her name as she approached the 18th green, and it moved her to the brink of tears for the second time in an hour. Although she had lost her big lead at the ANA Inspiration on a four-shot penalty for a day-old rules violation, Thompson had gained the unabashed support of a crowd desperately willing her to overcome this bizarre break. Instead, So Yeon Ryu seized her opportunity to win the LPGA Tour’s first major of the year when she birdied the only playoff hole Sunday. Thompson had to settle for second place, a check worth roughly $155,000 less and widespread sympathy as the latest golfer to get blindsided in a major by the peccadillos of this fussy, fastidious sport. “It’s great to have the fan base that I do, and they really got me through the whole round,” Thompson said. “It’s unfortunate what happened. I did not mean that at all. I didn’t realize I did that.” The fans on the Dinah Shore Course largely shared the mixture of bewilderment and anger expressed by Thompson’s fellow golfers and most viewers online. The 22-year-old U.S. Olympian is the third major contender to be hit with a perplexing penalty for a violation of golf’s stringent rules in the past year. The decision reignited the debate about this sport’s baffling willingness to allow armchair refereeing — and renewed hope for common-sense rule changes that could be adopted as early as 2019. “Viewers at home should not be officials wearing stripes,” Tiger Woods tweeted. “Let’s go @Lexi, win this thing anyway.” Thompson was penalized for marking and moving her ball less than an inch before a 1-foot putt on the 17th green during her third round at Mission Hills Country Club on Saturday. After putting down a marker and picking up the ball, Thompson swiftly put it back — but not precisely in the same place, video review showed. The minor action went unnoticed live, but a television viewer spotted it and emailed tour officials while Thompson was playing the front nine on her final round with Suzann Pettersen on Sunday. After nearly two hours of agonizing over video of the moment, LPGA Tour rules official Sue Witters got the
LEXI THOMPSON unpleasant job of informing Thompson about her penalty after she left the 12th green. “Is this a joke?” Thompson asked. Even Witters understands the prevailing opinion about the ruling. “Sure, but what’s my choice?” she asked. “(Allow) a violation in the rules, and then it would be the opposite story: ‘Oh, they knew. Why didn’t they do anything about it?’” Sickening things have happened with regularity in majors lately. At the men’s U.S. Open at Oakmont last year, Dustin Johnson won despite playing the last seven holes without knowing his score. His ball had moved slightly while he lined up a putt on the fifth green, the USGA eventually hit him with a one-shot penalty after his round. A few weeks after that at the U.S. Women’s Open, Anna Nordqvist got a delayed two-stroke penalty during a three-hole playoff for accidentally touching the sand with her club in a bunker when a television cameraman spotted it. Brittany Lang won by — you guessed it — two shots. The two governing bodies of golf released a draft of modernized rules last month, attempting to simplify the arcana. The numerous proposed changes would eliminate some of the punishment for inadvertent mistakes and freak occurrences that don’t actually give an advantage to a competitor. But those changes haven’t been adopted yet, and Thompson was left with a crushing penalty for an action that easily could have been ignored under a more pragmatic interpretation of intent — a “reasonable judgment standard,” under the proposed rules.
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Helen Keller’s Miracle Imagine what life would be like if you could not see or hear. Imagine you did not know any way to communicate with other people. Imagine being shut inside a confusing world with no way to ask for help. Helen Keller lived in such a world. When she was 19 months old, she became very ill. The disease left her blind and deaf. But in the spring of 1887, a special teacher came to work with Helen. The progress they made together came to be known as Helen Keller’s “miracle.�
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Monday, April 3, 2017 — Page 17
3 generations wear wedding dress By ANNA MARIE LUX Janesville Gazette
JANESVILLE, Wis. — Even now, you can see the glow in Jessi Balsamo’s eyes when she talks about her wedding dress. “I could not stop looking at it when I got married,” Jessi said. Her mother, Sue Kotwitz, and her grandmother Jean Spaulding know how she feels. The Janesville women wore the same satin gown on their wedding days. Jessi celebrated her fifth wedding anniversary on Friday. She enjoys sharing the story of her dress, “which is all about tradition,” Jessi explained. “I knew I wanted to wear the dress before I even knew who I would marry. My grandmother and I have always been close.” Jessi teaches kindergarten at Janesville’s Monroe Elementary School and keeps photos of herself, her mom and her grandmother — all in the same gown on their wedding days — on her desk. “Our family is all about family,” Jessi said. She remembers when three generations gathered at her grandparents’ house every Sunday to share a meal. But long before Jessi admired the dress, her mother dreamed of wearing it. As a child, Sue stared long and hard at Jean’s wedding portrait. “I saw this queen,” Sue said. “I saw my mother wearing this beautiful satiny dress and holding red roses. I thought to myself, I want to wear that dress.” When Sue married Kevin Kotwitz on April 15, 1978, she fulfilled her dream. Sue looked lovely in the classic gown with lace around the waist, shoulders and chest. The ivory dress also has buttons down the
If you see these people today, be sure to wish them a happy birthday: ANGELA MAJOR/The Janesville Gazette
JESSI BALSAMO, Jean Spaulding and Sue Kotwitz, from left, each wore the same gown when they were married. back and sleeves that come to a triangle at the hands. The only alteration Sue needed was to shorten the dress. She will never forget how the long train somehow got caught on the church door. Fortunately, it was not damaged. When Jessi married Dave Balsamo, she did not need to alter the dress. “It fit perfectly,” Jessi said. Seeing Jessi in the dress brought Sue to tears. Each of Sue’s four daughters selected a different style wedding gown, from flouncy to elegant to traditional. “They chose what was perfect for them,” Sue said. Jean, 87, had no idea the gown she bought more than 60 years ago would be such a hit. “I had only $100 to spend on the dress,” Jean recalled. “It was the only dress I put on, and it fit like a glove. It also was my price.” On April 11, 1953, she married Raymond Spaulding in the classic dress. Her brother walked her down the aisle and later suggested they should have put roller skates on her because she walked so slowly.
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Later, when Jean saw her daughter in the dress, she was proud that Sue wanted to wear it. Jean was proud all over again when her granddaughter put it on. “You see yourself,” Jean said. “You think back to your own wedding day.” The vintage dress has been clean and pressed after each marriage. “We’ve had it profession-
ally packed every time we wore it,” Jessi said. Jessi has no children but wants the dress to be ready if another family member decides to wear it. Jessi’s grandmother is a little amazed at it all. “Looking back, I was pleased when I bought it,” Jean said. “Now I am more pleased that it went so far. It was the best $100 I ever spent.”
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HUMAN SERVICES CALENDAR ANNOUNCEMENTS • The Indiana County chapter of the American Red Cross is looking for donors. If you are 16 years of age or older, weigh at least 105 pounds and are in good health, you may donate blood every 56 days. Minors must have parental permission. No appointment is necessary. Call (800) REDCROSS for more information. • Have a loved one struggling with addiction? Are they resistant to getting into treatment? Want to get them help but not sure how? If you are interested in family intervention services, The Open Door is now offering alcohol and other drug interventions. For more information about costs and setting up an appointment, please call (724) 465-2605.
COMING EVENTS • An Evening Dinner and Entertainment will be held Thursday at the Twolick Valley Social Center, 450 Franklin St., Clymer. Dinner is at 5 p.m. with the Pine Grove Community Choir to perform at 6 p.m. The cost is $3.50. For more information, call (724) 254-9820. • Bump, Baby, & Beyond Expo, sponsored by The Children’s Advisory Commission of Indiana, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Indiana Mall. A vendor fair that features items for moms to be, daddies, babies, grandparents and young children. There will be 20-minute miniseminars on parenting topics and a basket party fundraiser that will benefit IndiKids and the Children’s Advisory Commission of Indiana County. For more information, visit www.childrensadvi sorycommission.org • A Basket Raffle, benefiting Indiana County Child Day Care Inc. and The Children’s Advisory Commission of Indiana County, will be held Saturday at the Indiana Mall, in the former Old Navy store. Doors open at 10 a.m. with drawings at 2:30 p.m. There will be 100plus baskets and special items. It will be held in conjunction with the Bump, Baby, and Beyond Expo and the Mall Spring Fashion Show. You do not need to be present to win. For more information, call (724) 463-8200, ext. 4218. • The second annual Indiana’s Got Talent begins at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Indiana Theater. The event benefits Hopeful Hearts, a service of the VNA of Indiana County. Cost is $12 for general admission, $10 for students and seniors and $6 for children ages 5 and younger. For more information and pre-sale tickets, visit www.indianaplayers.com or
www.hopefulheartspa.org. • Indiana Regional Medical Center Mobile Medical Unit holds Free Blood Pressure Screenings each month as follows: Tuesday — Mahoning Hills Social Center, 10 a.m.; Twolick Social Center, 12:30 p.m. Wednesday — Indiana Social Center, 10 a.m.; Brush Valley Fire Hall, 12:30 p.m. Thursday — Chestnut Hills Social Center, 10 a.m.; Saltsburg Social Center, 12:30 p.m. For more information, contact Amanda Augustine at (724) 3577497.
MEETINGS • Children’s Advisory Commission of Indiana County Meeting will be held at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday at CareerLink Building, 300 Indian Springs Road, White Township. For more information, call (724) 463-8200, ext. 4218. • The Indiana Drug Free Communities Coalition meeting will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday at the Citizens’ Ambulance Service Training Institute, 2712 West Pike, White Township. A free breakfast will be provided. For more information, contact Jennifer McCroskey at jm ccroskey@aicdac.org or by calling (724) 354-2746, ext. 309. • Community Support Program meeting begins at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Indiana Borough Building, Indiana. For more information, call Joe Budjos at (724) 349-3350 or (724) 548-3451.
CLASSES • Aging Services Inc. holds an hourlong aquatics water program for those 60 or older. The class is done in the shallow end of the pool, so knowing how to swim is not necessary. Cost is $4 per class. For more information and to register ahead of time, call (724) 349-4500 or (800) 442-8016. • Aqua Aerobics, designed to tone muscles and strengthen the cardiovascular system, is held at the Indiana County YMCA. Nonswimmers are welcome. For more information, call (724) 463-9622. • Childbirth Preparation is a four-part series is designed to prepare women at 32-36 weeks for giving birth. The class is offered from 6 to 9 p.m. four consecutive Tuesday evenings each month at Indiana Regional Medical Center’s Urgi Care Center, second floor, classrooms A and B. For information, call (724) 3577075. • First Step Joint Replacement Education is for patients anticipating a hip or knee replacement surgery at Excela Health, Latrobe.
Morning or evening sessions are available monthly on a rotating basis. For more information, call (724) 689-0100. • “Your Changing Body for Boys” addresses the emotional and physical changes of puberty for boys ages 10 to 13 and their parents. The class meets quarterly. For more information, call Excela Health at (877) 771-1234 • GROW (Generations Realizing Occupational Wellness), offered by Lenape Tech Adult Education Program for low income parents, discusses career strategies, household finances, stress management and more. For more information, call (724) 763-5915. • Preschool and Progressive Swim Classes are held in sevenweek sessions at the Indiana County YMCA. Preschool is for children ages 6 months to 5 years, and progressive is for children 6 years and older. Enrollment is limited. Call (724) 463-9622.
FAMILY SUPPORT • Adoption Support, Catholic Charities, meets based on need. For information, call (724) 4638806. • AL-ANON meets at 7 p.m. every Thursday at The Open Door in Indiana, address (724) 7265406, and 8 p.m. every Friday at Marion Center Presbyterian Church, (724) 397-8606, for family and friends of alcohol and drug addicts. • Breathe Pennsylvania, a support group for people with respiratory problems, meets at various dates and times at Healthy Lungs PA to help them understand their lungs and how to keep them healthy through education and support. For more information, call (800)220-1990. • The GAP Ministry will meet at the YMCA of Indiana County each Sunday beginning Sept. 18 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. A meal and fellowship will be at 6 p.m., service at 7 p.m., open share groups and step study groups at 8 p.m. followed with social time in the café. Call (724) 541-4875 or email jack iegreene01@gmail.com for more information. Meetings at the Cross Roads Community Church are based on need. Call Pastor Rusty at (724) 459-8181 for more information. • Divorce Care is offered in the fall at Grace United Methodist Church, 501 Seventh St., Indiana. For dates, more information and to register, call (724) 463-8535. • HIV/AIDS Support is offered two times monthly at UPMC Lee Regional Community Care Management for those living with HIV/AIDS. All support group
meetings are facilitated by a social worker. For more information, call (814) 524-3032 or (866) 4291583. • Men’s Anger Group, Catholic Charities, meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Greensburg. A registration screening is required. For more information, call (724) 463-8806 or (866) 409-6455. • NarAnon “Gardeners for Growth” family support group meets from 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. Wednesdays at The Open Door, 665 Philadelphia St. Visit www.nar-anon.org for help. • Parents of Children with Asthma can find information and support through Healthy Lungs PA at (800) 220-1990. Spinal Cord Injury Support Group meets at 2 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of the month at Center For Independent Living of South Central PA, Altoona. For more information, call (800) 2379009. • The Alice Paul House offers a safe place and support for victims of sexual abuse, domestic violence and other violent crimes. For support or more information, call (724) 349-4444.
GRIEF SUPPORT • Adult Grief Support is offered in six-week sessions. Dates and locations vary. For more information, call Excela Health Call Center at (877) 771-1234. • Bowser-Minich Bereavement Support Services offers lectures and grief seminars to public groups upon request. Call (724) 349-3100 or (888) 923-5550. • C. Frederick Bowser Funeral Home, Homer City, offers support services through an interactive website for bereavement and grief support literature at www. bowserfh.com. • Crossroads Community Church/Blairsville meets at 6 p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of each month September through May. There is a $25 registration fee for MOPS International. Scholarships are available. Call (724) 459-6209 for more information. • Curran Funeral Home Grief Support Group, 701 Salt St., Saltsburg. Call (724) 639-3911 for dates, times and location. • Graystone Church GriefShare is a 13-week seminar and support group for people who are grieving the death of someone close to them. Sessions are offered in the spring and the fall. Registration is not necessary, and participants may join at any time in the series. Call (724) 349-5556 for the date of the next session and more information.
• GRASP (Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing) helps families and individuals who are grieving due to a substance misuse death and provides support via phone and private meeting. For more information, call (724) 762-3344, email skelly17839@gmail.com or visit www.grasphelp.org. • John A. Lefdahl Funeral Home, White Township, offers a bereavement support group open to the public. Call (724) 463-4499. • Hopeful Hearts, a service of the VNA of Indiana County, is a child-focused family bereavement support center that provides peer support at no cost for all family members when someone close to the family has died. Families meet biweekly in a safe, caring and confidential environment. For more information about this program or volunteer opportunities, call Diane Giever at (724) 463-6340. • Pregnancy Loss Support Group provides support for families who are grieving the loss of their baby through miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth or newborn death. For more information, call (877) 771-1234. • Rairigh-Bence Caring and Sharing Grief Support Group offers a support group, in addition to a bereavement lending library with booklets, videos, etc. For time and date, call (724) 349-2000. • Richard Shoemaker Funeral Home Support Group, Blairsville, offers information and support by phone. For more information, call (724) 459-9115. • Resolve Through Sharing Bereavement Services are offered at Indiana Regional Medical Center, Obstetric Unit, for those suffering a neo-natal loss, miscarriage or tubal pregnancy. Trained counselors provide counseling and support and are available for private consultations by appointment. For more information, call (724) 357-7060. • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Support meets from 7 to 9 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month at Riverfront Place, 810 River Ave., Suite 160, Pittsburgh. Private meetings are also available at (412) 322-5680, ext. 4, or skelly17839@gmail.com. For more information, visit www.grasphelp.org. • VNA Grief Support is open to all of those coping with grief and loss. The group meets at 2:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month at VNA, 850 Hospital Road, White Township. Contact the Rev. Spiker at (724) 463-6340.
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Aldean wins top prize at Country Music Awards By MESFIN FEKADU
50th anniversary featuring Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and others, won video of the year. Brothers Osborne were double winners, while Morris, Jon Pardi and songwriter Lori McKenna also picked up trophies. Little Big Town won vocal
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Florida Georgia Line may have lost entertainer of the year to Jason Aldean, but the country duo owned the Academy of Country Music Awards, thanks to some help from the Backstreet Boys. The boy band brought the audience to its feet at the TMobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday night, singing their anthemic classic “Everybody (Backstreets Back),� and getting fans such as Carrie Underwood, Nicole Kidman, Tim McGraw and others out of their seats to sing and dance along. The audience grew even louder as the Florida Georgia Line members danced some of the memorable choreography alongside the five Backstreet Boys. FGL, which performed three times during the three-hour show, also sang its duet with the Backstreet Boys — “God, Your Mama and Me� — before bringing up the high energy. They also won two awards: single record of the year for “H.O.L.Y.� and music event of the year for “May We All� with McGraw. The duo helped kick off the ACM Awards, which started with separate performances full of energy, including a tribute to Chuck Berry featuring Joe Walsh, Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley. The trio performed “Johnny B. Goode� as audience members got out of their seats. “For the man that influenced every form of music, including country,� said Bryan of Berry, who died last month. Before that, all of the nominees for entertainer of the year sang their recent hits. A good number of the performers sang more than once during the show on CBS, including Bryan, Underwood, Keith Urban, Bentley, Maren Morris and Aldean, who won entertainer of the year for a second straight year. “Man, one of the Eagles just gave me an award,� he said, looking to Walsh. “I am so thankful. You guys don’t know how much I love getting up and doing what I do every day.� Urban, who had success with his genre-bending, Grammy-nominated album “Ripcord,� was the top nominee with seven,
group of the year, beating out Lady Antebellum, which had just performed on the show. “I just wanna be in Lady Antebellum’s band,� Kimberly Schlapman yelled. “Me, too,� screamed Karen Fairchild.
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BACKSTREET BOYS Brian Littrell, left, and Nick Carter, second from right, performed with Florida Georgia Line members Brian Kelley, second from left, and Tyler Hubbard at the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday in Las Vegas.
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JASON ALDEAN won the award for entertainer of the year. though he walked away empty-handed. But he shined onstage when he sang the soulful “Blue Ain’t Your Color� with a throwback, black-andwhite vibe, while the back of the stage was smoky and bright blue. As he switched to the upbeat, disco-flavored “The Fighter� — where he was joined by Underwood — the camera focused on Kidman, his actress-wife, who sang and danced along. Miranda Lambert also had a top-notch performance: She earned a standing ovation after she sang the slow, acoustic-sounding “Tin Man� as the crowd watched along seriously while she hit all the right notes and strummed her guitar. She won album of the
year for her double disc, “The Weight of These Wings,� and female vocalist of the year, beating Underwood, whom she hugged after hearing her name called. “Carrie can sing me under the table. We’ve agreed on that,� she said onstage. “And I’m glad to see females kicking (butt) these days. I’m so proud to be a part of that. So cheers to all of us girls out there.� The night featured comedy, including a play off the Academy Awards mishap during the best picture winner announcement in February. “This is odd. David?� asked “Entertainment Tonight� host Nancy O’Dell while holding the card with the name of the song of the year winner.
“Emma Stone, ‘La La Land,’� David Copperfield announced, as the audience laughed. The real winner was Thomas Rhett for “Die a Happy Man.� Rhett also won male vocalist of the year, beating out Urban, Aldean, Bentley and Chris Stapleton. In his seat, he shook his head after his name was announced. “I don’t have a whole lot of words except for: Everyone in this category are my idols,� said Rhett, who was teary-eyed and paused throughout his speech. “This is the most amazing award that I’ve ever received in my whole existence.� Sam Hunt performed his No. 1 hit, “Body Like a Back Road,� and he went into the audience to sit next to his fiancee to sing the song. Other performers included Reba McEntire, Rascal Flatts, Little Big Town, Kelsea Ballerini, and Faith Hill and McGraw, who sang a new duet. The music video for “Forever Country,� the medley celebrating the Country Music Association Awards’
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Memoriams
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NOTICE The Indiana Area School District is requesting sealed bids for renovations to Room 120, Digital Media Production and paving at the Indiana Area Senior High School. Additional information can be obtained by visiting the District’s website at www.iasd.cc or calling Mr. Jared Cronauer, Business Manager, at (724) 463-8713. Anise Markle Board Secretary 3/31, 4/3, 4/10
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Public Notices
NOTICE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION Business Corporation DEREK K. KOGET, ESQUIRE, MEYER, UNKOVIC & SCOTT LLP, Attorney(s), 535 Smithfield Street, Suite 1300, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Notice is hereby given that Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with respect to a business corporation which has been incorporated under the provisions of the Business Corporation Law of 1988. The name of the corporation is UNISQUARE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION. 4/3
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Sunshine Notices
NOTICE OF OPEN MEETING INDIANA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Notice is hereby given that the board of directors of Indiana Regional Medical Center will hold an open meeting on Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 12 noon, in Private Dining Room #2 on the IRMC Campus. This meeting will be open to the public. If you plan to attend, please call 724-357-7006 between the hours of 10am and 4pm, Monday through Friday, so that adequate seating can be available.
In Memory of Lisa A. McCrea April 3, 1986 In all the world we shall not find, a heart so wonderfully kind. So soft a voice, So sweet a smile; An inspiration so worthwhile. A sympathy so sure, so deep, a love so beautiful to keep. It is not the tears at the moment shed, but the unseen tears in the after years; that tells how the heart is torn, and the remembrances silently borne. Sadly missed by Dad & Mom, TJ, Mitzi & Family Rob, Kerri & Family
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Special Notices
The Edgewood Cemetery Association will be cleaning the Cemetery of all old decorations the week of April 3rd through April 8th.
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Houses For Sale
ARMSTRONG TWP: 209 Deer Run Lane, 3bdr, 3.5 ba, extra garage, on 4.38 acres, geothermal heat & air, finished base, rea, $210,000, Call (724) 465-7300 for appt.
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by Phillip Alder
DOUBLE FITS ARE DOUBLE THE FUN Steve Jobs said, “Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.” But if the doubles are back to back, you have one run scored and a man on second. At the bridge table, double fits are much better than single fits. But if your side has a double fit, so do the opponents. Each partnership will be able to win more tricks than the pointcount would suggest. In today’s deal, East-West have 17 points and NorthSouth 23, suggesting maybe seven winners for East-
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INDIANA: 1 bdr, Call Frank for details at (724) 422-3431 READ the Classified Public Notices and Sunshine Notices to learn about upcoming planning and budget meetings. The Indiana Gazette Classifieds... Hours: Monday - Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone 724-349-4949.
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West and nine for North-South. But East-West can win 11 tricks in diamonds and North-South 10 in spades. One difference is caused by the location of the heart king. If South held that card, the numbers would change to 10 for EastWest and 11 for North-South. The basic rule for a double fit is: Declare. In this auction, after a one-diamond opening and onespade overcall, West might have made a pre-emptive jump to three diamonds if permitted by his system. Over two diamonds, North cue-bid to show at least gameinvitational values in spades. Now East, despite only 11 highcard points, showed his second suit. Then South did likewise. These bids permitted both West and North to look more favorably upon their hands, with West leaping to five diamonds. North, though, knowing about the double fit, pushed on to five spades. West led the heart queen. He was nervous that an opponent might be void in diamonds. Then East-West took their tricks for down one. COPYRIGHT: 2017, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE
Unfurnished Apartments
1 BEDROOM apts, Homer City. Some util. included, non smoking/ no pets, (724) 479-9759
ATTRACTIVE 2 bdr unit, carpeted, appliances provided, central A/C, onsite parking, laundry, & storage bins. 10/mo. lease. $600/mo. Incl. garbage, water, & sewage. No pets. 724-840-4956. ATTRACTIVE, 1 bdrm apt., carpeted, appliances provided, A/C, on-site parking, laundry, storage bins. 10/mo. lease. Rent $475/mo. incl water, garbage, sewage. No Pets. (724) 840-4956.
COLONIAL MANOR 1 bdr furnished. & unfurnished. 2 bdr unfurnished. Call for info. (724) 463-9290. 9-4pm. colonialmanorindianapa .com
HOMER CITY: 1 bdr, 2nd fl., $350/mo plus utilities, no pets. 1 yr lease. Call (724) 463-2250
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HOMER CITY: 2 Bdrm, 1st floor, off St. parking, $550 mo. heat included. No pets. (724) 479-2294
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Business Property For Rent
2 GREAT CORNERS 285 Phila St , 2279 Warren Rd pkg, 2 high traffic areas! (724) 349-9270, M-F, 9-5
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Office Space For Rent
PRIME location in Indiana: approx. 1100 sq. ft, Philadelphia St., parking available, 1st floor, for more information & details Call (724) 549-1728
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Houses For Rent
FOR RENT
724-422-3750 HOUSE FOR 3 FALL 2017 SPRING 2018
11th Street, Indiana
Newly renovated, close to campus, parking included.
724-422-3750 2 BDRM Ranch, 1 car garage, $650 + util. No Pets, Non smoking. (724) 463-0339/ 724-463-6465
2 BDRM, $500/mo, 3 bdrm $750/mo, plus utilities & Dep. No pets, Non smoking. (724) 354-2317
2 BDRMS, 10 min. from Indiana & Blairsville. Appliances, laundry, nice. No pets, Non-smoking. $475+ util. 724-479-3738.
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CLYMER One bdrm, sec. dep., $475/mo. includes water, sewage & garbage No pets. 724-840-2315 HOMER CITY S.D.: Very nice 3 bdr, 2ba, finished base., appli. incld., no pets, no smoking, avail. 4/15, $700 mo + sec.dep. & util., Call (724) 388-9428
INDIANA: 1 bdr, total remodeled, private, appliances, $550 mo. + util. & sec. dep, no pets, non-smoking, Call (724) 910-3693 after 5pm DESCRIPTION brings results. Use adjectives in your classified ad.
ASTROGRAPH ❂✵✪ ❂ Your Birthday TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 2017 by Eugenia Last Don’t let impulse lead the way. You need to weigh the pros and cons of every situation you face this year and take a conservative approach to the way you deal with your professional and domestic relationships. Choose peace and love over discord. ARIES (March 21April 19) — If you desire change, you need to start within. Look for a simple alternative rather than make a big splash. Excess of any kind will be detrimental. TAURUS (April 20May 20) — You will get a push from someone anxious to see you make a decision or move. Don’t act hastily when dealing with personal or professional matters. Protect against emotional misunderstandings. GEMINI (May 21June 20) — When dealing with investments, negotiations and secretive matters, you need to slow down, tame your emotions and avoid making an impulsive move you will live to regret. Information offered to you should not be underrated. CANCER (June 21July 22) — You’ll be led astray by someone from your past. Don’t trust someone with your cash, ideas or valuable possessions. Common sense will help eliminate loss. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Aim to be original. Don’t let the words or actions of others disrupt your plans. Follow through with your intentions. It’s what you do, not what you say, that will have the biggest impact. VIRGO (Aug. 23Sept. 22) — Call in old debts. Don’t put up
with anyone trying to separate you from your money. If changes are required, find an efficient way to move forward. Stick to a set budget. LIBRA (Sept. 23Oct. 23) — Observe how others treat you and look over any contracts you have with individuals that are falling short of your expectations. Living beyond your means will catch up with you. SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — Taking part in challenging activities will be gratifying, but old injuries must be treated cautiously. Know your limitations and win without jeopardizing your health. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Overpaying to compensate for someone else’s mistake should not be considered. Offer suggestions, but don’t try to fix things on your own. Make changes based on what will make you happy. Protect your assets. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Refuse to get involved in situations that go against the way you do business. If you don’t like the way things are being done, walk away or change the format. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — If you work hard and stick to your plan, what you accomplish will be yours and yours alone. Don’t share personal information. An unexpected bill will set you back. PISCES (Feb. 20March 20) — You’ve got the right idea, so don’t let anyone mess with your plans. Avoid people showing signs of indulgence or unpredictable behavior. Protect the people you love. COPYRIGHT 2017 United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
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Help Wanted
FULL TIME N HERDSMAN for organic dairy in Southern Indiana County, PA.
Houses For Rent
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INDIANA: 2 bdr, garage, w/d, $650 mo + util, near Jr/Sr high, Available now (724) 349-9270, M-F, 9-5 INDIANA: 3 bdr ranch , garage, on 3 acres, 1/2 mile from Walmart, $980 month + util. Call (724) 840-2399
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Duplex For Rent
ERNEST: 2 bedroom. $625 month, free heat. (724) 422-3464 INDIANA Boro, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, Central air, off st parting, excellent condition. 724-388-5808
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Townhouses For Rent
INDIANA: 2 bdrm, 1 bath. No pets. $700 + util. Sec Deposit. 1 car gar. 1 year lease. (724) 388-4146
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Mobile Homes For Rent
INDIANA: 2 bdr In Mobile Home Community, $695 mo. + utilities, Will consider Sale! Call (724) 349-5500
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Help Wanted
ASSISTANT CHEERLEADING SPONSOR The Homer-Center School District is accepting applications for an assistant cheerleading sponsor for the 2017-2018 school year. Act 34 and 151 clearances and FBI Fingerprinting are required. Send a letter of application, resume and clearances to Mr. Jody Rainey, Prinicipal, Homer-Center High School, 70 Wildcat Lane, Homer City PA 15748 on or before April 14, 2017. EOE
FOSTER Families wanted who will open their hearts and home to foster children of all ages. Compensation, support and in home training provided. Call FCCY 800-747-3807. EOE
Business Opportunities
ENTREPRENEURS WANTED! Property and Casualty Insurance Agency For Sale. Affiliated with major national carrier. Great Business Opportunity! Please send inquires to: Hal Beimel (814) 594-4267 HalBeimel@allstate .com
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR Walking Carrier Needed to deliver newspapers daily (7 days a week). •HOMER CITY If you are at least 12 years old, and you have dreamed of owning your own business. Call Ron(724) 465-5555 ext 222.
HELP WANTED!! Cooks And Drivers Apply in Person at: Tom’s Pizza 11 S. 7th Street Indiana, Pa
Nurse Aide and Personal Care Attendant Anew Home Health Agency, Inc. is currently interviewing for full-time certified nurse aide and personal care attendant positions. Experience and references are required. Responsibilities include (not limited to) bathing, grooming, light housekeeping, laundry, meal set-up, and companion care. If you are looking for a rewarding career, this job is for you! Contact us at (724) 465-9224 for more information. EOE
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Water Truck Driver Huey Brothers Inc. is currently seeking Class A&B CDL Drivers with tanker endorsement. If interested stop and fill out an application at: 61 Smithport Road, Glen Campbell or call 814-952-9950.
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Work Wanted
MCNAVISH & SONS QUALITY Lawn Care Landscaping, Lawn Care, Spring clean ups Free Estimates Fully Insured. (724) 541-0680
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Cleaning Services
Only Chem-Dry® Carpet Cleaning uses “The Natural”® for a deep clean that’s also green and dries in 1-2 hours. CALL BRENDA AT CHEM-DRY® OF INDIANA COUNTY
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Household Goods
USED Kitchen Cabinets, various sizes, asking $175. Call (814) 952-6485 WHEELCHAIR/ Pottychair, $75. Call (814) 427-2944
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Appliances For Sale
WHITE Electric Whirlpool stove, self cleaning, Used very little. $180. (814) 938-6954
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Pets & Supplies For Sale
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ENTERPRISES, INC. • Lawn Care • Landscaping • Early Spring Cleanup • Mulching • Mowing • Excavating • Hydro-seeding • Paver Walkways • Retaining Walls
LADY’S RH Golf clubs, 2 drivers, 8 irons & putter, Nomad with bag and pull cart. $75 (724) 254-0704
FULLY INSURED
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LAWN FARM
Antiques
COLLECTIBLE Mickey Mouse & Friends bed spread. Over 35 years old. 104” length X 104.5” width. $65 obo. (724) 639-3051
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Public Sales
Machinery & Tools
KOHLER 15kw Natural Gas Generator, 208v 120v, 4 Cylinder Wisconsin Engine, includes transfer switch, $1,250. Call (814) 590 -8710 Household Goods
4 PIECE Bedroom Suite, light oak color, in good cond., late 60’s era, asking $200. Call (814) 845-7949 or (724) 762-6933
Sports Equipment For Sale
AB-CIRCLE with DVD, $30 Call (724) 549-1156
724-388-1072 or 724-465-5289
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ONLINE AUCTION! Well Maintained Golf Course Equipment/Supplies from Private Golf Course. 4/19 @ 1:00pm BID at: cowleyl.com 570-499-8883 PAAAU002923L PA128504
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Farm Products For Sale
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POOL Table, $40.00 Negotiable. Phone: (724) 459-8248 TEN Point Crossbow Shadow Ultra-Lite with ACUdraw and String Dampening System, asking, asking $800. Call (724) 726-5237
109 OATS, Straw, Ear Corn for livestock or wildlife. (724) 479-9178
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Lawn & Garden Tools For Sale
LAWN SPREADER, Scott’s, good condition, $20. (724) 465-8252
TROYBILT, 6 hp rear tine Rototiller, good running condition, asking $300. Call (724) 422-3957 ZERO Turn Mower 26hp,”Country Clipper”, 52’ deck, with bagger, 600hrs, good shape, $2,700. (724) 388-5056
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Miscellaneous For Sale
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LEGAL Reference Library by John Philip Mason, volumes 1, 2, & 3, paperback, never opened, asking $12/all. Call (724) 5411489 LENOX Collectibles, 7 pcs. of Easter & 5 pcs. of St. Patrick’s, Lg. Salad Bowl w/ uten. & 2 Lg. serv. trays, all in boxes $75/all obo, Call (724) 840-0123 or text
12 Large rolls of wide Satin Ribbon, assorted colors, $10/all. Call (724) 459-8861
NEW 6’ by 8’ Berber Carpet remnant, color wine, $15, (724) 465-4439
1952 The Blair yearbook, Free, good condition. (724) 295-4979
RAIN Barrel by Kool Scapes, 55 gallon, Resin Barrel Complete, asking $125. Call (724) 463-6282
36” STORM Door w/ Screen, full size, sandlewood color, asking $35, Call (724) 459-5803 ELECTRIC Invacare Patient Lift w/2 Harnesses, up to 450 lbs., includes 2 rechargeable battery packs, ex. cond. , $1,200, Call (814) 427-2944
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Wanted to Buy
KOONTZ Demolition looking to buy barns, log houses, & old lumber. Fully insured. Full clean up. Cash paid for good material. (814) 766-0182 Wanting to Buy Household Estate Furniture or Individual items, also buying Gold, Silver & Coins, (724) 840-1827
HOVERBOARD, like new, only used once, asking $200. Call (724) 422-3957
Swimming Pools For Sale
POOLS: 19’ x 31’ above ground, $899 installed FREE- site prep extra. 1-800-548-1923
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Parts & Accessories For Sale
HUSKY Weatherbeater black floor liners, front and back, mint condition for 2013-2017 Toyota 4 runner or Lexus GX 460 for $100. (724) 286-3044
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Autos For Sale
2007 DODGE Grand Caravan, 150,000k, asking $1,500 OBO, Call (724) 479-3171 after 5pm 2015 FORD Focus, 1 owner, 8,500 miles, 4 door, burgundy red color, asking $10,000. Call (724) 479-3614
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ATV For Sale
2002 POLARIS 325 Magnum 2x4, Adult Driven & Maintained, runs good, in great shape, Swisher Extra Heavy Duty Plow, winch, new battery, $2,000. (814) 590-8710
CUSHIONED Platform Rocker w/ foot stool, good condition, clean, asking $200 obo. Call (724) 349-0126 FRIGIDAIRE Dishwasher, Whirlpool over-the-range microwave oven. good condition, $150 each, $250 for both. (724) 349-9629 FUTON Bed w/ 2 drawer storage underneath, like new, asking $350 obo(724) 349-0126
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OCTAGONAL table with board, formica oak top, 4 swivel upholster teal chairs with sides. $50. (814) 749-7301 THOMASVILLE Dining Room Set w/8 chairs (2-Captain & 6 Reg), incld. china cabinet w/ glass doors, ex. cond. asking $1,000 obo. (724) 349-0126
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