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Who’s in the news There is good news today in The Indiana Gazette about these area people: Maziee Fry, Justin Long, Betty Ray, Luke Slade, Natalie Sasala, Bobby Jones.

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CRITIC KILLED: A charismatic former deputy prime minister turned Russian opposition leader was gunned down late Friday near the Kremlin./Page 11 DIGGING DEEPER: A liberal media watchdog has ordered its researchers to comb through years of Bill O’Reilly’s writings, radio and television shows and public appearances to find examples of inconsistencies./Page 12 SENIOR CARE PROPOSAL: Gov. Tom Wolf said Friday he wants more seniors to obtain health care in their homes instead of a nursing facility./Page 13

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Deaths Obituaries on Page 4 CALIGIURE, Fred, 74, Blairsville HARVEY, Russell William Sr., 82, Blairsville JAMES, Betty A., 84, Brush Valley McADAMS, Sarah F., 74, Rochester Mills STEYER, Louis A., 92, Florida, formerly of Indiana STINEMAN, Frances “Fran,” 81, Indiana

Index Classifieds ...............24-26 Comics/TV....................23 Dear Abby .....................15 Entertainment..............16 Family .............................7 Lottery.............................2 Religion ...........................8 Sports.......................17-22 Today in History...........15 Viewpoint .......................6

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INDIANA PLAYERS celebrated with their student cheering section after beating Beaver Falls, 62-61, in the WPIAL Class AAA boys’ basketball championship game Friday night at the University of Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center. Below, earlier in the evening, Blairsville’s Laurel O’Barto, left, and Chelsey Koren helped lead the Bobcats to a 43-31 victory over eight-time defending champion Bishop Guilfoyle in the District 6 Class A championship game at St. Francis University’s De Gol Arena. The Blairsville boys look to make it a Bobcat sweep tonight when they take on West Branch for the District 6 Class AA title at St. Francis. Coverage begins on Page 17.

Indians capture WPIAL title By MATTHEW BURGLUND mburglund@indianagazette.net

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PITTSBURGH — Memories will fade over time, and the stories told about Friday night will undoubtedly change. But one thing will remain, no matter how much time passes: The Indiana Indians are champions of the WPIAL. Riley Stapleton banked in a shot

with 1.5 seconds left to play, giving Indiana a thrilling 62-61 win over Beaver Falls on Friday in the WPIAL Class AAA title game at the University of Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center. The championship is the first for Indiana, which had never advanced beyond the first round of

McClure announces commissioner candidacy Bradley McClure has announced his intent to run as a Democratic candidate for Indiana County commissioner. McClure has lived in Indiana County all his life and currently resides in Young Township with wife Valerie and son Bradley, and he has two stepchildren, Nick and Sheena Stewart. A graduate of Apollo-Ridge High School, McClure is a veteran of the United States Navy. He has served as a Young Township supervisor for the past eight years and is currently serving his second term as township chairman. “With strong roots in Young Township, I have strived to serve and improve this community and will strive to do the same for all of Indiana County,” he said. McClure is an equipment operator for the International Union of Operating Engineers and has been employed there for more than 15 years. “I understand the commit10% Off Indiana Tax Service. (724) 762-4714 Find News Updates On Our Facebook Page

the tournament before this year. “It was just awesome to show that Indiana can compete with some of the top schools in the state,” said junior forward Jake Zilinskas, who scored 14 points for the Indians. “We wanted to make that statement tonight.” Continued on Page 10

Actor Nimoy dies at 83 By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN New York Times News Service

Leonard Nimoy, the sonorous, gaunt-faced actor who won a worshipful global following as Mr. Spock, the resolutely logical human-alien first officer of the Starship Enterprise in the television and movie juggernaut “Star Trek,” died Friday at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles. He was 83. His wife, Susan Bay Nimoy, confirmed his death, saying the cause was end-stage chronic Continued on Page 10

BRADLEY McCLURE ... Democrat ment to bring new businesses and jobs to the area and help keep our local businesses productive,” he said. McClure is a member of the board of the Saltsburg American Legion and serves on the honor guard. He has been an active member of the Coal Run Volunteer Fire Department for more than Continued on Page 10 Blast Notice, Estate, Permit Renewal, Revised Permit, Fictitious Name, Adoption And Bid Notices In Today’s Classifieds

WASHINGTON — Bordering on dysfunction, Congress passed a one-week bill late Friday night to avert a partial shutdown of the Homeland Security Department, as leaders in both political parties quelled a revolt by House conservatives furious that the measure left President Barack Obama’s immigration policy intact. The final vote of a long day and night was a bipartisan 357-60 in the House, a little more than an hour after the Senate cleared the measure without so much as a roll call. That sent the legislation to the White House for Obama’s signature, which the president provided just a few minutes before midnight, capping a day of bruising political battles and rhetoric to match. “You have made a mess,” House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said at one point to Republicans, as recriminations filled the House chamber and the midnight deadline neared for a partial shutdown of an agency with major anti-terrorism responsibilities. Even some Republicans readily agreed. “There are terrorist attacks all over world and we’re talking about closing down Homeland Security. This is like living in a world of crazy people,” tweeted Rep. Peter King of New York, a former chairman of the Homeland Security Committee. Hours after conservatives joined with Democrats to vote down a three-week funding measure, 224-203, the Senate presented a one-week alternative to keep open the agency, which has responsibility for border control as well as anti-terrorist measures. That amounted to a take-it-or-leave it offer less than three hours before the deadline. Some Republican opponents — members of a “Freedom Caucus” — sat together in the chamber as the vote total mounted in the legislation’s favor. This time, Pelosi urged her rank-and-file to support the short-term measure, saying it would lead to passage next week of a bill to fund the agency through the Sept. 30 end of the budget year without immigration Continued on Page 10

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LEONARD NIMOY, best known for playing Spock on “Star Trek,” died Friday.

Deputy Phil aims to highlight safety By CAITLIN BIRCH news@indianagazette.net

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State police at Indiana charged Joel Phoebus, 27, of West Lebanon, with aggravated assault. Police said Phoebus struck Anthony Pluekhan, of Indiana, in his face Jan. 1 at the Holiday Inn, fracturing Pluekhan’s left orbital bone.

Indiana police said Targen Sayeah, 20, of Norristown, was seen concealing a knit cap as he left the Co-Op Bookstore along Pratt Drive at 11:07 a.m. Feb. 20. Police said when Sayeah was arrested, officers found a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia in his possession.

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Assault Indiana University of Pennsylvania police arrested Amira Small, 18, of York, following a fight between Small and her boyfriend at 2:39 a.m. Friday in the Northern Suites. Police charged Small with simple assault, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief and placed her in the

911 REPORT From the log of the Indiana County Emergency Management Agency:

FRIDAY • 1:11 a.m.: Fire standby, Sherman Street, Clymer. Clymer fire department on standby in station for Marion Center Fire Department. • 4:29 p.m.: Automatic fire alarm, Kiski School. Saltsburg Fire Department dispatched by Westmoreland County. • 5:32 p.m.: Vehicle accident, Route 981. Tunnelton and Saltsburg fire departments dispatched by Westmoreland County.

Free gardening program scheduled Becky Griffith, of Shadowwood Gardens, will present a free program on gardening at 6:30 p.m. March 13 at the Saltsburg Borough building, 320 Point St. She will talk about what’s new for 2015 and answer general gardening questions. All interested gardeners are welcome. Call (724) 668-8808 or visit www.saltsburgherbal.org for more information.

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Hit-and-run A male hit-and-run driver, operating either a white or blue sedan, hit two vehicles along the 800 block of Garman Avenue about 1:48 a.m. Friday. Indiana police said “JKL” are the first three letters of the registration plate on the hit-and-run vehicle, which

should have damage to the driver’s side. Anyone with information on the crashes is asked to contact Indiana police at (724) 349-2121.

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Theft State police at Indiana charged Andrew Pierson, 24, of Johnstown, and Brenton Troup, 26, of Indiana, with theft, theft from a vehicle and receiving stolen property. Police said the pair took a Smith and Wesson shotgun from the trunk of a vehicle between Feb. 13 and 15 at 1099 Poulos Road. Police said that address is the residence of Ed Chapman, 62, and the vehicle belonged to him. The shotgun was later recovered.

The following defendants have been named in criminal charges filed before Magisterial District Judge Guy Haberl, of Indiana. 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: • Gabriel W. Aiken, 23, Philadelphia, charged Jan. 30 by Indiana Borough police with possession of a small amount of marijuana at 9:58 p.m. Jan. 22 in the 100 block of South Sixth Street. Police observed a vehicle turn right without signaling and initiated a traffic stop. Upon contact, police detected the smell of marijuana. Aiken, a passenger in the vehicle, turned over a baggie of marijuana to police. The case awaits preliminary hearing. • Tianna R. Deyarmin, 18, Byers Road, Indiana; Ashley N. Simms, 22, Ashley Drive, Indiana; and Frederick J. Moran, 24, Sugar Avenue, Shelocta, charged Jan. 30 by Indiana Borough police with possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia at 9:59 p.m. Jan. 24 in the 400 block of

Philadelphia Street. Police responded to a report of a stolen iPad sold to Wired Pawn Shop. A suspect was reported to be parked in front of the shop. Upon arrival, police observed two occupants in the vehicle with the operator, Simms, making furtive movements. A stamp bag of heroin was in plain view within the vehicle on the passenger seat where Deyarmin was sitting. Deyarmin told police she had a syringe in her sweatshirt pocket. Simms told police she was hiding her “heroin kit” under the driver’s seat and had a stamp bag of heroin on her person. Moran was detained inside of the shop. The stolen iPad was being investigated by the state police. Moran had heroin and paraphernalia on his person. The case awaits preliminary hearing. • Joseph M. McClucas, 28, Windber, Somerset County, charged Jan. 30 by Indiana Borough police with possession of a small amount of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and a summary driving infraction at 10:13 p.m. Dec. 28 in the 100 block of South Carpenter Avenue. Police observed a vehicle with an inoperable headlight and initiated a traffic stop. Upon contact, police detected the smell of marijuana. The case awaits preliminary hearing. • Jay M. Pettina, 23, Aaron Lane, Indiana, charged Jan.

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LOYALHANNA TOWNSHIP, WESTMORELAND COUNTY Jeffrey Snider, 33, of Saltsburg, was not hurt in a onevehicle crash at 5:23 p.m. Friday on Route 981. State police at the Kiski Valley station said Snider was driving north and was unable to negotiate a curve in the road. His vehicle went down an embankment and hit a tree.

EAST WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP State police at Indiana said Brittany Smith, of Johnstown, lost control of her vehicle as she was driving east on Route 22 near West Philadelphia Street at 7:50 a.m. Friday. Police said her vehicle hit a guiderail and a traffic sign. She was not hurt, according to police.

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30 by Indiana Borough police with resisting arrest, obstructing emergency services, disorderly conduct — unreasonable noise, disorderly conduct — creating a hazardous/physically offensive condition and public drunkenness at 1:24 a.m. Jan. 30 at 653 Philadelphia St. Police responded to a report of an unresponsive female on the staircase landing between the first and second floors of H.B. Culpeppers bar. Police cleared the staircase so that emergency personnel would have room to render aid. Pettina attempted to climb the stairs to the second floor and repeatedly refused the request of police to stay on the first floor. Pettina was arrested when emergency services arrived and actively resisted when police attempted to handcuff him. The case awaits preliminary hearing. • Marissa N. SingletonMillar, 19, Stable Road, Indiana, charged Jan. 30 by Indiana Borough police with DUI, underage drinking and two summary driving infractions at 8:25 a.m. Dec. 20 in the 00 block of South Taylor Avenue. Police observed a vehicle traveling the wrong direction on a one-way street and initiated a traffic stop. Singleton-Millar had a blood alcohol content of 0.148 percent, court papers show. The case awaits preliminary hearing.

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HOSPITAL NOTES INDIANA Feb. 27, 2015 Births Cheyenne Marie Juart and Herman Clark, New Florence, a girl; Melissa Irene Cline and Will Cline, Vandergrift, a girl; Heather Eve Hess and Christian Hess, Lucernemines, a boy; Angela Rose Danko and Anthony Wells, Chambersville, a girl Admissions Tony M. Black, Aultman; Melissa Irene Cline, Vandergrift; Angela Rose Danko, Chambersville; Rocco J. DeChurch, Indiana; Heather Eve Hess, Lucernemines; Cheyenne Marie Juart, New Florence; Lawrence Donald Patterson, Clymer Discharges Lenora Lagoda, Blairsville; Patricia Ellen Walker, Apollo

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‘Black Madam’ testifies during injection trial By MARYCLAIRE DALE

mean that to be cocky.� Her Black Madam moniker, she said, came PHILADELPHIA — A from many lucrative years Gothic hip-hop artist running an escort service charged with killing a Lon- employing male, female don break dancer with an and transgender sex workillegal buttocks injection ers. name-dropped her way “It’s set up like a friendly through testimony Friday, date, but I’m not naive saying one of the celebrities about what goes on,� she who sought her out became said. “They’re doing some“a walking billboard� for thing. It’s not just escorther work. ing.� Pa d g e - V i c t o r i a She said she kept Windslowe claimed half their take and model Amber Rose made good money. started receiving inBut she stopped jections from her after her father died before she became in 2003 because she famous and contin“didn’t feel good ued until two days about it anymore.� before the 2011 The names she death of dancer used on bank cards Claudia Aderotimi. and mail deliveries PADGEShe said under before and after VICTORIA cross-examination Aderotimi’s death that Kanye West WINDSLOWE included birth name dropped Rose off Forrest Gordon, the for one procedure when the more feminine Foreest two were dating and that Leona Gordon and Foreest she was supposed to per- Leona Giordani. form a “correction� on Nicki “I thought it sounded like Minaj that never happened. a movie star name, so I Representatives for Rose liked it,� she said of the last and Minaj did not immedi- name. ately respond to emails reShe acknowledged that questing comment. police found a fake passWindslowe, 45, who re- port, Social Security card turns to the stand Monday, and New York driver’s litalked of the dizzying array cense during searches of of names, addresses, ca- some of the five Philadelreers and identities she has phia-area properties linked assumed in the 20 years she to her in the years before acknowledges doing under- her 2012 arrest. ground cosmetic surgery Windslowe is charged on the side. with third-degree murder Clients from rappers to in the death of the 20-yearstrippers to fellow trans- old Aderotimi, who was ingender women paid thou- jected with low-grade silisands to plump their poste- cone at a Philadelphia airriors, Windslowe said. port hotel. “Amber was like a walking Doctors have told jurors billboard,� she said of Rose, during the two-week trial who was raised in Philadel- that the syringe hit a vein phia. “She brought a lot of and sent silicone to the girls from VH1.� woman’s lungs. Two other Asked by Assistant Dis- women testified they spent trict Attorney Carlos Vega months in the hospital with why they would choose an similar injuries after visits unlicensed practitioner with Windslowe, including over a Los Angeles plastic one who received an injecsurgeon, Windslowe said, “I tion on a dining room table was the best, and I don’t at a “pumping party.� Associated Press

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2 jailed, 1 sought in fatal overdoses GREENSBURG (AP) — Authorities have arrested two people and are looking for a third in connection with several fentanyl-laced heroin overdoses that killed 22 people in western Pennsylvania last year. Prosecutors said Friday they’ve charged three people in the death last year of Christina Donati-Racioppo. The Westmoreland County resident died after using a bag of heroin that contained a concoction of heroin laced with the narcotic fentanyl. Investigators say Demetrius Houser, 19, and Kristy Guzzi, 31, have been arrested and charged with delivery resulting in death, possession of a controlled substance and related charges. Authorities are still looking for Derek Miller, 32, in connection with the case. It’s unclear if the defendants had lawyers who could comment on the charges.

Toronto-bound jet lands in Pa. JOHNSTOWN (AP) — A Toronto-bound jet with 35 people aboard made an emergency landing in Pennsylvania because of smoke from a shorted-out cabin light. Air Canada Express Flight 7316 landed safely at around noon Friday at JohnstownCambria County Airport. No injuries were reported. A spokeswoman for flight operator Air Georgian said the captain of the twin-engine Bombardier CRJ opted to land out of an abundance of caution. She says the electrical problem turned out to be minor. Flight 7316 left RaleighDurham International Airport in Morrisville, N.C., at around 11:15 a.m. and was due at Toronto Pearson International Airport just after 1 p.m.

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Son accused of attacking father MONONGAHELA (AP) — Police said a Pennsylvania man who was angry that his disabled father wouldn’t get out of bed attacked him with a set of mounted antlers. Arthur Benoit III, 26, of Monongahela, faces a preliminary hearing March 10 on charges including assault and terroristic threats. Police charged Benoit this week over the Feb. 17 altercation at the home he shared with his father. Police said Benoit became angry when his dad wouldn’t get out of bed that morning. Police said he broke his father’s wheelchair and cellphone before hitting him in the legs and head with the antlers. Online court records don’t list an attorney for Benoit. He remained in the Washington County Jail on Friday, unable to post $10,000 bond.

Ex-hospice exec indicted for fraud By JOE MANDAK

indictment said. Such treatment often includes pain medications and management. Officials with the hospice center didn’t return a call for comment. Thursday’s indictment wasn’t the first time an executive at the center has faced federal charges. Dr. Oliver Herndon, 43, formerly of McMurray, pleaded guilty in November to submitting claims for Horizons Hospice patients who weren’t terminally ill or for services not provided. He faces sentencing in that case on July 14 before a federal judge in Pittsburgh. Herndon is already serving 11 years, three months in prison stemming from a previous federal court conviction in Pittsburgh. In that case, he acknowledged overprescribing drugs — mostly the painkillers oxycodone and oxymorphone — without a legitimate medical purpose and with health care fraud relating to his private practice in neighboring Washington County.

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PITTSBURGH — The former head of a Pittsburgharea hospice used patients who weren’t terminally ill to collect millions of dollars in false Medicare and Medicaid billings, according to a federal indictment. Former Horizons Hospice chief operating officer Mary Ann Stewart, 47, was indicted in Pittsburgh on one count of health care fraud and four counts of lying to a federal grand jury. The indictment contends the alleged fraud cost the government unspecified millions of dollars from January 2008 through August 2012 at the facility in Monroeville. The indictment alleges she conspired with unnamed “others known to the grand jury,� but federal prosecutors aren’t saying whether anyone else might be charged. Stewart had her staff admit patients who weren’t terminally ill to the hospice, so she could bill the government insurance programs for endof-life medical services, the

Priest on leave over allegations HOLLIDAYSBURG (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest in western Pennsylvania has been placed on leave due to sexual misconduct allegations dating back more than three decades. The Diocese of AltoonaJohnstown placed the Rev. Robert Kelly, 66, on leave Friday from his role as the pastor of Saints Peter & Paul Parish in Philipsburg. The priest hasn’t been charged criminally. A spokesman for the archdiocese says the allegations involving minors were first made several years ago. The accusations were recently re-evaluated, and the bishop decided to place Kelly on leave.

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OBITUARIES Fred Caligiure Fred Caligiure, 74, of Blairsville, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, at his home. Born April 23, 1940, in Pittsburgh, he was a son of Henry F. and Josephine (Bonura) Caligiure. He was a member of Mount Tabor United Methodist Church. Fred was a U.S. Air Force veteran and was employed with New York Life as a financial adviser. He was a sportsman who enjoyed hunting, fishing and shooting. Fred is survived by his loving wife of 23 years, the former Linda Anderson; his loving mother, Josephine, Greensburg; loving daughters Cindy Huth and fiance, Tom Sylvia, Richland; Sheryl, married to John Rupert, Avonmore; and Julie, married to Bill Rause, Greensburg; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brothers Phillip Caligiure and wife

Nancy, Ohio; and John Caligiure and wife, Joanne, Pittsburgh; brother-in-law Barry Anderson, married to Jane, Portage; and sister-inlaw Sylvia Kormanik, Allentown. He is also survived by aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews and Fred’s special mountain family. He was preceded in death by his father. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Jon A. Meese Funeral Home, Seward. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Seward United Methodist Church with the Rev. John Mize officiating. Private interment will be in Prospect Cemetery, Portage. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Mount Tabor United Methodist Church. Please visit www.meese funeralhome.com.

Richard Dunmire Richard Thomas Dunmire, 63, of Torrance, died Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, at Excela Health Latrobe Hospital, Latrobe. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at James F.

Ferguson Funeral Home Inc., Blairsville, where a funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Monday with the Rev. Joseph Luzier officiating. www.jamesfergusonfuneral home.com

Russell Harvey Sr. Russell William Harvey Sr., 82, of Blairsville (Derry Township), passed away Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, at LifeCare of Pittsburgh, Monroeville. The son of James S. and Margaret (Tarter) Harvey, he was born July 31, 1932, in Patton Township, Allegheny County. Mr. Harvey graduated from Turtle Creek High School in 1951 and was a veteran of the Army, having served during the Korean War. Prior to his retirement in 1990, he was employed by Blairsville Westinghouse for 35 years. He was a member of The United Presbyterian Church, Acacia Lodge #355 F&AM and the VFW Post #5821, all of Blairsville. He enjoyed traveling and camping with his family. Surviving are his wife of 58 years, Susie A. (Stewart) Harvey, whom he married June 30, 1956; a daughter, Susie J. Cotti, of Blairsville; two sons, Russell W. Harvey Jr., of Tampa, Fla., and Randy L. Harvey, of Anchorage, Alas-

ka; two grandchildren, Michelle Linsenbigler and Randy L. Harvey Jr.; and a great-granddaughter, Emily Harkleroad. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Margaret Unterreiner. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Shoemaker Funeral Home Inc., 49 N. Walnut St., Blairsville. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at The United Presbyterian Church, 137 N. Walnut St., Blairsville, with the Rev. Timothy R. Monroe officiating. Interment will be in the Blairsville Cemetery, Blairsville. Acacia Lodge #355 F&AM will have services in the funeral home at 7 p.m. Sunday. Military services will be accorded by the Blairsville VFW Post #5821 and the American Legion Post #0407. To view the online obituary, sign the guest registry or send condolences, visit www.shoemakerfh-monu ments.com.

Betty James Betty A. James, 84, of Brush Valley, passed away Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, at Indiana Regional Medical Center. She was born in 1930 to John and Fleda (Yarnall) Clevenger, in Brush Valley. She graduated from Brush Valley School in 1948. She worked for Seasonall for 23 years before her retirement in 1991. She enjoyed taking pictures, cooking, making candy, going for long rides and sightseeing. She is survived by two daughters and a son: Peggy Timko, Waterman; Diane James, Shelocta; and John James, Brush Valley; eight grandchildren; 15 greatgrandchildren; seven greatgreat-grandchildren; two brothers, Alex Clevenger and wife Ruth, Penn Run; and Carl Clevenger and wife Peg, Brush Valley; a sister, Pearl McCullough, Seward; two sisters-in-law, Jane Larrick and Helen Clevenger; numerous nieces and nephews; and special friend Bill Rainey, Dayton. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband,

Herbert James, in 1984; two grandchildren, Chucky and Bucky Palmer; a great-grandchild, Tina Piraino; two sonsin-law, James Timko and Harry McCurdy; and three brothers, Roy, Frank and Howard Clevenger. Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the BowserMinich Funeral Home, Indiana. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home with the Rev. Robert White officiating. Burial will be in Brush Valley Lutheran Cemetery. www.bowserminich.com

TOMORROW’S FUNERAL LUDWIG, Carole L., 7 p.m., Kenneth A. Stuart Funeral Home, New Florence

ICCAP to distribute food The Indiana County Community Action Program will distribute food next week at the following locations:

TUESDAY • Black Lick, Burrell Township: Black Lick Presbyterian Church, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Pine Township: Heilwood Volunteer Fire Department, 9:30 a.m. to noon • Blairsville: Blairsville Presbyterian Church, noon to 1 p.m.

THURSDAY South Mahoning, West Mahoning, Smicksburg, North Mahoning, Plumville: Presbyterian Church, Main Street, Plumville, 10 a.m. to noon People registering for the first time should arrive at the pantry a half-hour before the end of the pantry. Contact the ICCAP food bank at (724) 463-7440 with any questions.

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Sarah McAdams Sarah F. McAdams, 74, of Rochester Mills, passed away Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, at Indiana Regional Medical Center. A daughter of the late Edward Ross and Margaret Adair Hilty, she was born March 18, 1940, in Heshbon. Mrs. McAdams was a homemaker. She enjoyed fishing, flower gardening, baking, putting puzzles together, playing cards and being with her family. She is survived by her husband of 46 years, Richard D. McAdams, of Rochester Mills; six daughters: Betty Powell and husband Robert, of Indiana; Tracy McCacharen, of Clymer; Tammy Skiba, of Rochester Mills; Regena White and husband

Dave, of Punxsutawney; Rickie Weaver and husband Paul, of Indiana; and Susan McAdams, of Dixonville; a brother, Blair Hilty, of Indiana; a sister, Margaret Jones, of Indiana; 25 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Edward Hilty and Floyd Hilty; and three sisters, Grace Brandingler, Ida Baxter and Betty Rice. Friends will be received from 11 a.m. until the time of the funeral service at 1 p.m. Monday at Robinson-Lytle Inc., with the Rev. Ronald Wallace officiating. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery. www.robinsonlytleinc.com

Frances Stineman Frances “Fran” Stineman, 81, of Indiana, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. The daughter of the late Gordon W. Cunningham and Mary Frances (Nagle) Cunningham, she was born in Indiana and lived there most of her life. Fran graduated from Indiana Area High School. She then went on to receive her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1976, then her master’s degree in psychological counseling from IUP in 1979. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, in higher education administration, in 1984. She retired from IUP in 1998 as the director of the College of Business Advisement Center. Fran liked to spend time with her family playing bridge, reading and doing crossword puzzles. She loved to help people and was very involved within the Indiana community. Fran held several positions on the board of directors for the Indiana Players Inc. She spent countless hours working with the Indiana Players, directing many shows and children’s productions. She also held theater workshops, printed fliers, sold ads, sewed drapes, created costumes and did just about anything anyone would ask of her. She received an honorary life membership from the Indiana Players for her 25 years of dedicated service. Fran was a member of the Indiana County chapter of the IUP Alumni Association for more than 15 years. She held many offices including treasurer, secretary and hostess for the annual August corn fest. She served on the mayor’s Traffic Study Commission and the Commission on Culture and the Arts for Indiana Borough. She worked with the James Stewart Museum’s opening celebration and made the drapes for their small movie theater. She was also a judge for the Miss IUP Scholarship Pageant for many years. In 1995, the Indiana Arts Council gave her the Support of the Arts Award for her work with the Indiana Players Inc. Fran was a member of the

MONDAY • Musical Mondays, 10:30 a.m.: “Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!” Especially for pre-readers. We’ll celebrate the creative genius of Dr. Seuss through stories and songs as we wave colorful scarves and make wonderful noises with Mr. Brown. (Children’s department) • Brown Bag Concert Series, noon to 1 p.m.: Anthony Frazier, folk singer. Join local musician Anthony Frazier for a family program of favorite folk songs to listen to and sing along with. Come for a foot-tapping, hand-clapping good time. Children are welcome. Bring your lunch, if you’d like, and enjoy the music. Beverages will be provided. (Community Room) • Talk About with Tom, 7 p.m.: “Great Ideas.” March is National Idea Month. We will talk about some of the greatest ideas and inventions ever. What would you like to see invented? How are ideas made into reality? Refreshments will be served. (Reading Area) • Play mahjong, 7 p.m.: Adults who like to play mahjong are invited to the library on Mondays at 7 p.m. for the next two months to enjoy the game with other enthusiasts and to refine their skills. New players who wish to learn the basics are welcome as well. Dr. Ron Emerick will offer guidance and suggestions on ways to improve your skills. Contact Joanne Mast at (724)465-8841, ext. 6, for more information.

TUESDAY Toddler Tales, 10:30 a.m.: “Boats Afloat.” Especially for children age 18 months to 3 years. Today’s “Very Ready Reading Program” features stories, songs and action rhymes about sailboats, tugboats, blue boats and rowboats. These activities will identify different types of boats and introduce many new words to our young audience. (Children’s department)

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following organizations: president of the Retired Faculty Association; IUP University Senate; APSCUF Scholarship Committee; Degree Audit Advisory Committee; IUP Troubleshooting Committee; Robert E. Cook Honors College Applicant Screening Committee; IUP Co-op Bookstore Committee; Association of Retarded Citizens of Indiana County; and Indiana Arts Council. She was theater manager and children’s workshop director for Indiana Players Inc. In 1999, she was awarded the AAUW Notable Women award. One of her biggest accomplishments was receiving her black belt at the age of 60 in Tang Soo Do karate. Fran is survived by her children James Stineman (Renee), of Indiana; and Cindy Drahnak, (Craig), of Penn Run; five grandchildren: Hailey Stineman, Breann Stineman, Sweetsage Barrera, Suzanne Drahnak and Mallory Drahnak; and brother Harold Cunningham, of Indiana. She was preceded in death by her parents, Gordon and Mary Frances Cunningham; three sisters: Mary Louise Owens, Marcella Bouton and Joanna Woods; two brothers: Bernard John and Eugene; and former husband John Stineman. As per Fran’s wishes, there will be no visitation. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. March 15 at the Bowser-Minich Funeral Home, Indiana. The family kindly suggests that memorial contributions may be made to VNA Hospice of Indiana County.

Louis Steyer Louis A. Steyer, 92, died Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, in Florida. Louis was born and raised in the South Side area of Pittsburgh. A World War II veteran, he served in Germany and was later part of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Having retired from J&L Steel, he enjoyed more than 30 years of retirement in Indiana and Florida. He was a longtime Steelers fan. Surviving are his wife of 67 years, Margaret (Peggy) Steyer; two children, daughter Diana Criscito and son Robert; grandchildren Tana, Scott and Bill Kutchell, and Jason, Peggy and Anni Steyer; great-grandchildren Matt, Mason and Lorelei Kutchell and Brooke, Teagan and Quinn Steyer; and a greatgreat-granddaughter, Abbey. Preceding Louis in death were his parents and a great-

The Indiana Free Library will offer the following lineup of free programs next week:

grandson, Chris. Friends will be received from 12 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the John A. Lefdahl Funeral Home, Indiana. A funeral Mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. Monday at the St. Bernard Roman Catholic Church, Indiana. Interment in the Ruffner Cemetery will be private. www.lefdahlfuneralhome. com

• Preschool Story Time, 10:30 a.m.: “Food, Fabulous Food!” Especially for children ages 3-5. This is part of “The Very Ready Reading Program.” Food is always a popular topic with children, so we will read some classic picture books and sing songs that every child will enjoy. (Children’s department) • Knitting Club, 10:30 a.m.: Learn to knit or improve your skills. Beginners are welcome. Experienced knitter Celesta Capizzi will be on hand to teach and provide guidance to both beginners and more experienced knitters. New knitters are welcome. (Community Room) • Wednesday Evening Story Time, 6:30 p.m.: This program will feature books and action rhymes about sailboats, tugboats, blue boats and rowboats. These activities, along with a craft, will identify different types of boats while introducing many new words. (Children’s Department) • Knitting Clinic, 7 p.m.: Need help with a knitting project? Join Pat Simkins Wednesday for advice, tips and techniques. This is not a formal knitting class, but a clinic to help solve specific problems. Drop-ins are welcome. (AV area, first floor)

THURSDAY • Book Babies, 10:30 a.m.: “Let’s Make Music and Dance!” Especially for little ones from birth to 18 months. This is part of “The Very Ready Reading Program.” Sharing and repeating nursery rhymes teaches sounds, rhythm, rhyme and new vocabulary words, which is important in language development. We’ll start with the book “Cat Goes Fiddle-iFee,” which uses an old English nursery rhyme to name all the animals a farm boy feeds on his rounds. Then we’ll sing, bounce and clap our hands to many favorite nursery rhymes. (Children’s department) • Pins and Patches Quilting Group, 1 to 3 p.m. Beginners and experienced quilters are welcome. No experience is necessary. Experienced quilter Jan Keating will be on hand to teach and provide guidance. (Community Room) The Indiana Free Library is located at Ninth and Philadelphia streets. Check out www.indianafreelibrary.org for updates, or call the library at (724) 465-8841 to learn more about these and other programs.

Santorum wants 10,000 U.S. ground troops to fight ISIS By JILL COLVIN Associated Press

OXON HILL, Md. — Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, who is considering another presidential run, called for putting 10,000 U.S. troops on the ground to fight the growth of the extremist group that calls itself the Islamic State. Speaking at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland on Friday afternoon, Santorum accused President Barack Obama of failing to understand the gravity of the threat. Santorum called for a two-pronged strategy that includes ground forces to provide advice, training and intelligence, as well as additional airstrikes. “We need to hit ISIS, to defeat them. If ISIS wants to establish a seventh century caliphate, well let’s oblige

them by bombing them back to the seventh century,” he said to applause. The reaction from the libertarian-leaning crowd was less enthusiastic when he called for the arming of Kurds in Iraq and an increase in foreign aid to Jordan and Egypt to help with the fight. Santorum followed Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who had argued that American taxpayer dollars should not be going to nations that challenge the United States. Santorum won 11 states when he ran in the 2012 primary and said he’d stood apart from his rivals because of his focus on the working class. “I won because I stood for someone — the little guy, the American worker,” he said. “And if we’re going to win in 2016, we need to stand for the little guy, too.”

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Panel: Bombing trial to stay in Boston By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer

BOSTON — Publicity hasn’t jeopardized Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s right to an impartial jury, a federal appeals panel said, and jury selection and opening statements can proceed next week as scheduled in the city where the deadly explosions occurred almost two years ago. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel said in a 21 ruling Friday that U.S. District Judge George O’Toole Jr. correctly denied Tsarnaev’s requests on three occasions to move the trial and that the judge acted within his discretion, especially given the “particularly unusual� timing with jury selection already underway. “The process has been thorough and appropriately calibrated to expose bias, ignorance and prevarication,� the majority said of the judge’s almost daily sessions with potential jurors that began nearly two months ago. Chief Judge Sandra Lynch and Judge Jeffrey Howard said that the ongoing jury selection process did not suggest pervasive prejudice and that it was not clear and indisputable that pretrial publicity required a change of venue. Furthermore, they said, the defense did not demonstrate irreparable harm if the trial remained in Boston. “Any high-profile case will receive significant media attention,� the majority opinion said. “Knowledge, however, does not equate to disqualifying prejudice. Distinguishing between the two is at the heart of the jury selection process.� The judges also noted that other high-profile terrorism cases such as the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the prosecution of Zacarias Moussaoui, the man who became known as the “20th hijacker� from the Sept. 11 attacks, occurred in the district where the crimes occurred. In his dissent, Judge Juan Torruella agreed with Tsarnaev’s lawyers that intense media coverage of the case and the large number of people personally affected by the deadly attack made it impossible for him to find a fair and impartial jury in Massachusetts. Three people were killed and more than 260 were injured when twin bombs exploded near the marathon finish line on April 15, 2013. “If a change of venue is not required in a case like this, I cannot imagine a case where it would be,� Torruella wrote. “If residents of the Eastern Division of the District of Massachusetts did not already resent Tsarnaev and predetermine his guilt, the constant reporting on the Marathon bombing and its aftermath could only further convince the prospective jurors of his guilt.�

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Drug lord captures don’t lower trafficking By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and KATHERINE CORCORAN Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — It’s another big score for the Mexican government, which has been tearing through its list of most-wanted drug lords in recent years. Still, no one expects drug trafficking or violence to decrease after the capture of Servando “La Tuta� Gomez, a former grade-school teacher whose Knights Templar cartel once terrorized the western state of Michoacan. Crime will only shift around as the now weakened cartel regroups, or even splinters, as has happened with some of Mexico’s drug gangs after the killings or capture of top leaders. Others continue business as usual after top leadership hits. “Dismantling them was a necessary step, but that does not end the problem of insecurity,� Alejandro Hope, a Mexico City-based security analyst, said of the Knights Templar. “The next part is more complicated. There are still small groups, remnants, which will be extorting, robbing and perhaps even producing methamphetamine.� Gomez, 49, was arrested early Friday as he left a house in Morelia, the capital of Michoacan, along with eight bodyguards and associates toting a grenade launcher, three grenades, an Uzi machine pistol and assault rifles, National Security Commissioner Monte Alejandro Rubido said. They were taken without a shot fired after a monthslong intelligence stakeout, in which Gomez’s associates were identified when they gathered for his birthday

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FEDERAL POLICE escorted a man identified as Servando “La Tuta� Gomez, leader of the Knights Templar cartel, Friday in Mexico City. Feb. 6 with cakes, soft drinks and food. Rubido said the key break came months ago when agents identified one of Gomez’s most-trusted messengers, a group of people who apparently supplied him with food, clothing and medicine when he earlier hid out in the remote mountains of his home state. Gomez’s quasi-religious criminal band once exercised what Interior Secretary Miguel Angel Osorio Chong called “absolute control� over Michoacan. It orchestrated politics, controlled commerce, dictated rules and preached a code of ethics around devotion to God and family, even as it murdered and plundered. But the cartel lost power when the federal government took over the state to

try to restore order in January 2014 after vigilantes began fighting the gang. Other Knights Templar leaders were captured or killed over the past year as authorities kept up the hunt for Gomez, who had a $2 million reward on his head. President Enrique PeĂąa Nieto’s government, which took office a little over two years ago, has been aggressive in capturing drug lords, including the biggest capo, Joaquin “El Chapoâ€? Guzman of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, a year ago. In all, 10 top leaders of various cartels have been captured or killed in the last six years, six of them under PeĂąa Nieto. Of Mexico’s top criminal leaders, only Ismael “El Mayoâ€? Zambada of the Sinaloa Cartel remains at large.

“We are advancing, we are responding, we are having major apprehensions of the most wanted, most dangerous criminals,â€? PeĂąa Nieto said Friday, congratulating and thanking the federal forces that helped apprehend Gomez. “Overall, we continue to work toward a Mexico of peace that we all want.â€? But the arrests, even those hitting the powerful and international Sinaloa Cartel, seem to have had little effect on the flow of drugs. Seizures at the U.S.-Mexico border have fluctuated since 2010, when 2.7 million pounds were seized, to a high of 3.1 million in 2011 and down to 2.3 million pounds in 2014, according to U.S. government figures, the only way to estimate flows of drugs. “It’s a dangerous proposi-

tion to suggest Knights Templar is dismantled,� said David Shirk, associate political science professor at the University of San Diego. “It may take six months or a year, but this is a group of illegal actors that has staying power. Their roots go back to ’80s and ’90s. They just had different stages. The names change and the leaders change, but the problems in many ways persist.� Indeed, the Knights Templar grew out of the La Familia cartel, where Gomez started out transporting marijuana before becoming a top leader about a decade ago. The cartel initially portrayed itself as a crusader gang, protecting communities from the Zetas cartel. Witnesses said La Familia trained its recruits in ultra-violent techniques like beheading and dismembering victims, and it frequently ambushed soldiers and federal police. The government hit La Familia hard, starting in the administration of President Felipe Calderon in late 2006. Officials declared the cartel beaten in 2010 after allegedly killing its leader, Nazario Moreno. But La Familia fled to the neighboring states of Guerrero and Mexico, where it now fights other regional gangs for control of the lucrative and growing heroin trade. Moreno, who actually hadn’t died, then started Knights Templar with Gomez and took an even stronger hold on Michoacan. After Moreno was finally killed last year and Gomez going on the run, the Knights Templar too is now operating in Guerrero, at least in the city of Ciudad Altamirano, extorting protection payments from small business owners.

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No realistic threat to U.S. from ISIS t’s the Ebola panic all over Wood explains, “except in again. Except they’re call- light of a sincere, carefully ing it ISIS this time. OMG! considered commitment to OMG! We’re all going to die! returning civilization to a Cable TV news networks seventh-century legal enviwon’t be happy until they’ve ronment, and ultimately to got the whole country hiding bringing about the apocain the basement, glued to lypse. ... They refer derisively Wolf Blitzer’s lugubrious to ‘moderns.’” team of terrorism experts Rather like cracked “End warning of theoretical, if not Times” thinkers in our own downright imaginary, threats tradition, ISIS believes that it to America’s shopping malls can force God’s hand and and vital fast-food industry, bring about the apocalypse while square-jawed pundits by re-establishing a Muslim on Fox News and MSNBC de- “caliphate,” and then luring bate nomenclature and the “crusaders” into battle. counsel manly resolve. A glance at the map, howHardly a day passes in this ever, reveals that ISIS has bacountry without a sically conquered mass shooting all the thinly popepisode or a toddlerulated desert terinvolved homicide, ritory it can reayet ISIS has them in sonably hold. It a tizzy. Even “Hardcan maintain a ball’s” excitable semblance of Chris Matthews has control only caught war fever. through stark Again. brutality and terSometimes I wish ror. It’s basically a they had the collecrag-tag, pickuptive intelligence of based militia my wife’s personal lacking any kitten. Martin’s an means of attackorange tabby the big ing the United dogs found abanStates unless we doned on a gravel make it easy for Gene Lyons is road in the woods them by re-ina columnist for last year. Now that vading Iraq. the Arkansas he’s too big to sit on ISIS has no air Democrather head comfortforce, no navy, no ably, he sometimes real artillery or Gazette. His watches ballgames armored column is with me. brigades apart distributed by Mostly, he ignores the Newspaper from captured the TV. But the other Iraqi gear it can’t Enterprise day, Martin got so effectively service excited during a Ra- Association. or repair. The zorback basketball game that Turks could crush ISIS he jumped from the ottoman whenever they choose, but and tried to capture a player choose not to act for fear of running across the screen. I empowering the hated Assad believe he pounced three regime in Syria and/or its times before concluding that Iranian Shiite allies (themwhat looked like prey was a selves protecting Baghdad). Meanwhile, President two-dimensional illusion. Martin’s career as a basket- Obama’s tactics for confronting ISIS may not be very ball fan ended abruptly. Clearly, ISIS is no mere illu- exciting in the action/advension. But it’s definitely more ture film sense, but they’re of a TV show than an existen- nevertheless surrounded on tial threat to national securi- all sides. Writing in Vox, Zack ty. However, when I see polls suggesting that a growing Beauchamp cites a consenmajority of Americans now sus of informed observers: “If supports sending ground you want to understand troops back into Iraq (and what’s happening in the MidSyria?) to fight yet another ul- dle East today, you need to timately unwinnable war appreciate one fundamental against “evildoers,” I wonder fact: ISIS is losing its war for if we’re capable of learning the Middle East.” anything as a nation. U.S. airstrikes have blunted Yes, the organization’s sick- the terrorists’ ability to ening “snuff videos,” as blog- launch effective attacks. ger Digby aptly calls them, Many are foreign fighters are uniquely infuriating. drawn by the lure of charisSadistically choreographed matic ideology and seemingand slickly produced, ISIS’s ly dramatic victories who stonings, beheadings and now find themselves far from live burnings elicit exactly home, “outgunned, outnumthe fear and revulsion they’re bered and friendless.” The very theological certimeant to. The immediate impulse is to exterminate all the tude that attracts young jibrutes. Until I gave it 10 sec- hadists has also made the strategically onds’ thought, I could even movement sympathize with an Arkansas dumb. Attacking the Kurds politician’s call to nuke the was criminally stupid. Drawing Jordan into the fight SOBs. But look at it this way: The could also prove a fatal error. “ISIS has staked its entire videos are also symptomatic of madness and increasing political project on one theodesperation. As President ry,” Beauchamp explains. Obama has suggested, ISIS is “They are the true revival of clearly more of a criminal the early Islamic caliphate, death cult than a military or- destined not only to mainganization. For a Western tain and expand their theoanalogy, think Jim Jones or cratic state but to bring on David Koresh in the wilder- the apocalypse. Once you ness. understand that, ISIS’s blunWhat’s more, for all the ders look less like miscalcumessianic delusions in ISIS’s lations and more like inprimitive theology, as ex- evitable results of its animatplained in Graeme Wood’s ing ideology.” epic exegesis in The Atlantic, An ideology that cannot the organization has already but fail, if the U.S. has the political maturity to remain checkmated itself. “Much of what the group calm until that happens. eugenelyons2@yahoo.com does looks nonsensical,”

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ver the past centuries, Western diplomats have continually projected pragmatism onto their ideological opponents. They have often assumed that our enemies are driven by the same sort of national interest calculations that motivate most regimes. They have assumed that economic interests would trump ideology and religion — that prudent calculation and statecraft would trump megalomania. They assumed that the world leaders before 1914 would not be stupid enough to allow nationalist passion to plunge them into a World War; that Hitler would not be crazy enough to start a second one; that Islamic radicals could not really want to send their region back into the 12th century; that Sunnis and Shiites would never let their sectarian feud turn into a cataclysmic confrontation in places like Iraq. The Obama administration is making a similar projection today. It is betting that Iran can turn into a fundamentally normal regime, which can be counted upon to put GDP over ideology and religion and do the pragmatic thing. The Iran nuclear negotiations are not just about centrifuges; they are about the future of the Middle East. Through a series of statements over the last few years, President Barack Obama has made it reasonably clear how he envisions that future. He seeks to wean Iran away from the radicalism of

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the revolution and bind it sands of centrifuges. All reinto the international eco- strictions on its nuclear pronomic and diplomatic sys- gram would be temporary tem. By reaching an agree- and would be phased out ment on nukes and lifting over a decade or so. Accordthe sanctions, Iran would re- ing to some reports, there emerge as America’s natural will be no limits on Iran’s partner in the region. It has ballistic missiles, no resoluan educated middle class tion of Iran’s weaponizing that is interested in prosper- activities. ity and is not terribly antiMonitoring and enforceAmerican. Globment would rely on al integration an inspection would strengthregime that has en Iranian modbeen good, but leaky. erates and reinMeanwhile, the force democratic United States has tendencies. offended its erstOnce enwhile allies, like Ismeshed in the rael, Saudi Arabia global system, and Egypt, without Iran would work being sure that Iran to tame Hezbolis really willing to lah and Hamas supplement them. and would coThere is a chance operate to find that Iran’s regional solutions in rivals would feel the Gaza, Iraq and need to have their Syria. There David Brooks own nuclear prowould be a more grams and we stable balance of writes a regular would descend into power between column for The a spiral of proliferathe major powtion. ers. In exchange New York Times. All of this might for good global be defensible if Iran is really citizenship, Iran would be willing to switch teams, if rericher and more influential. To pursue this détente, ligion and ideology played Obama has to have a nu- no role in the regime’s thinkclear agreement. He has ing. But it could be that Iran made a series of stunning has been willing to be an insacrifices in order to get it. ternational pariah for the In 2012, the president vowed past generation for a reason. that he would not permit It could be that Iran finances Iran to maintain a nuclear terrorist groups and destaprogram. Six U.N. Security bilizes regimes like Yemen’s Council resolutions but- and Morocco’s for a reason. tressed that principle. But, if It could be that Iran’s leaders reports of the proposed deal really believe what they say. are correct, Obama has It could be that Iranian leaders are as apocalyptically abandoned this policy. Under the reported frame- motivated, paranoid and work, Iran would have thou- dogmatically anti-American

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Environmental voices in Obama’s ear n the South they ask, “Who’s your da, is involved. It is not hard to make a daddy?” In the North, “Where did pipeline safe, and this one would be you go to college?” engineered as no other has. In Washington we ask this very real So a rather mundane issue resulted question, “Who’s advising him?” Wash- in a presidential veto of a congressionington believes in advisers, who are al effort to move the project. often the authors of big decisions But a core of dedicated environmenmade by others. talists saw it as a wedge. Their target When George W. Bush was not then and never has was running for president been the pipeline, but rather the first time, I raised the the Alberta oil sands project, question about his lack of where much of the oil would knowledge in foreign polioriginate. By cutting off delivcy. One of his staunch superies of the oil to the U.S. marporters countered, “He’ll ket, they hoped to wound the have good advisers.” project and eventually close it Advisers come in all down. shapes and sizes in poliI am no fan of the oil sands — tics. A trusted aide may which used to be called “tar shape a senator’s undersands” — project. I think it is standing of an issue, and abusive of the earth. It involves set the legislator on a path massive surface mining and that later might be regrethas so scarred the region that ted but cannot be rethe great pit can be seen from versed. “Flip-flop” is a space. It is also a contributor to deadly accusation in pubair pollution. lic life. It is not a pretty business Llewellyn King is When President Obama executive wringing the oil from the makes a decision, one producer and sands. However, not building wonders on whose advice? host of “White the pipeline will not close Who started the locomo- House Chronicle” down the oil sands project as tive rolling down the track? on PBS. His environmentalists have hoped. This week, one wonders column is Only low prices can do that. who led Obama to end- written for Hearst The Canadians are angry. lessly delay a decision on Newpapers. They feel betrayed by the White the Keystone XL pipeline? House and stigmatized by outThere are 2.5 million side forces like the Natural Remiles of pipe buried in the ground in sources Defense Council (NRDC), the U.S., 190,000 of which carry crude which has been a relentless antagonist oil. The Keystone XL pipeline would of the pipeline and the oil sands projhave carried crude for 1,179 miles. It ect. should have been a no-brainer for the The question is who persuaded State Department, which has jurisdic- Obama? In November 2011, Canada’s tion because a foreign country, Cana- minister of natural resources, Joe Oliv-

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er, told me at an energy meeting in Houston that he had been told privately that the pipeline deal was done, and he was expecting Obama to sign off on a State Department decision in weeks. But it did not happen. One or more people in the White House — Obama takes advice from a small circle of advisers in the White House rather than his cabinet secretaries — was able to sow doubt in the president’s mind about the pipeline. The results: More oil moves by rail car, which is resulting in accidents in Canada and the United States. An ally is offended, and there is bad blood that will affect other trade issues. Thousands of construction jobs in the Midwest are lost. Obama looks bad, the captive of a very small part of the constituency that elected him. There is an echo here of the folly of the president in abandoning the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. On the surface, Obama bowed to the wishes of Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., then Senate majority leader. It has been accepted by the nuclear industry as a cold, hard political gift to a vital ally. But as time has gone on, the nuclear spent fuel has piled up at the nation’s power plants, as the cost of the abandonment has risen — it stands at $18 billion. One has to wonder whether one of Obama’s advisers, with an agenda of his or her own, did not whisper to the president, “Harry Reid is right.” There are no winners on the pipeline issue, just as there were no winners on Yucca Mountain, except those who are celebrating in places like NRDC. On sparkling, organically grown apple juice, perchance? lking@kingpublishing.com

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as their pronouncements suggest they are. It could be that Iran will be as destabilizing and hegemonically inclined as all its recent actions suggest. Iran may be especially radical if the whole region gets further inflamed by Sunni-Shia rivalry or descends into greater and greater Islamic State-style fanaticism. Do we really want a nuclear-capable Iran in the midst of all that? If the Iranian leaders believe what they say, then U.S. policy should be exactly the opposite of the one now being pursued. Instead of embracing and enriching Iran, sanctions should be toughened to further isolate and weaken it. Instead of accepting a nuclear capacity, eliminating that capacity should be restored as the centerpiece of U.S. policy. Instead of a condominium with Iran that offends traditional allies like Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Israel, the U.S. should build a regional strategy around strengthening relations with those historic pillars. It’s hard to know what’s going on in the souls of Iran’s leadership class, but a giant bet is being placed on one interpretation. March could be a ruinous month for the Middle East. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel could weaken U.S.-Israeli relations, especially on the Democratic left. The world might accept an Iranian nuclear capacity. Efforts designed to palliate a rogue regime may end up enriching and emboldening it.

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Saturday, February 28, 2015 — Page 7

STUDENTS OF THE MONTH

CLUB NEWS

RUVINI NAVARATNA

JORDAN VALENTIN

MATTHEW COOK

NATALIE SASALA

BOBBY JOHNS

Ruvini Navaratna was named the Junior Women’s Civic Club Girl of the Month for January. She participates in various math and science-related activities. In school, she is president of the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science Club and a member of the math team. She has participated in the Indiana University of Pennsylvania mathematics competition, American Mathematics Competition. Ruvini won first place in the Westinghouse Science Honors Institute exam. Additionally, she received the Women in Science Day Award at Seton Hill University. In the Pennsylvania Statistics Poster Competition, she earned an honorable mention for a team project. In the summer, she completed the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University and completed and presented a computer science research project along with her team. She has played girls’ tennis. She participates in the Student Government Association as corresponding secretary, and quiz bowl. She is senior class representative. Outside of school, Ruvini enjoys volunteering and does so regularly for Indiana Regional Medical Center and the local American Red Cross. For the Pittsburgh Buddhist Center, she ran the Kids Corner website. Ruvini plans on attending a four-year university to earn a degree in electrical and computer engineering. After earning a bachelor’s degree, she plans on completing further studies to pursue a career in a major company with the hopes of designing the latest electronics.

Jordan M. Valentin was named the Kiwanis Club Outstanding Indiana County Technology Center Student of the Month for February. He is a senior at the ICTC in the culinary arts program and attends the Indiana Area Senior High School. Jordan’s parents are Volker Valentin, who resides in Florida, and Sheila Fox, with whom Jordan resides in Indiana. She is currently a member of the National Technical Honor Society and SkillsUSA. He is also the president of the culinary arts program. Jordan is in the Indiana’s A Capella and men’s choirs. He is currently serving as the secretary of the A Capella Choir. He is also on the cross country and baseball teams and is a member of the Handball Club. Jordan has been employed at Italian Village Pizza since 2014. His responsibilities include cooking and operating the dining room register. His plans include attending Indiana University of Pennsylvania Academy for Culinary Arts in Punxsutawney, majoring in the culinary arts program, followed by the advanced baking and pastry program. He is also interested in receiving a bachelor’s degree in hospitality management.

Matthew A. Cook has been named the Kiwanis Club Outstanding Indiana County Technology Center Student of the Month for March. He is a senior at ICTC in the machining technology program and attends Homer-Center High School. Matthew resides with his parents, Dave and Christy Cook, in Homer City. He is the president of the machining technology class. Matthew was a member of SkillsUSA in 2012 and 2013. He has been a member of Varsity Club and the varsity baseball team since 2011. He has also been a member of the varsity football team since 2012 and the varsity basketball team since 2014. Matthew has earned his OSHA Certification. After graduation, he plans to enroll in a four-year machining program or engineering program at a college in addition to playing baseball.

Natalie G. Sasala has been named the Kiwanis Club Outstanding Indiana County Technology Center Student of the Month for April. She is a senior at the ICTC in the cosmetology program and attends Homer-Center High School. Natalie resides with her mother, Erin Collins, in Homer City. She has been a member of SkillsUSA since 2012. She is currently secretary of the cosmetology class. Natalie was a member of the Youth & Government Club from 2010 through 2012. She has been a member of the Varsity Club and the varsity softball team since 2012. For the past two years Natalie has been a lifeguard at the Homer City pool. She has First Aid and CPR certifications. Natalie’s plans are to attend the Make-Up Designory in New York and become a makeup artist.

Bobby L. Johns has been named the Kiwanis Club Outstanding Indiana County Technology Center Student of the Month for May. He is a senior at ICTC in the welding technology program and attends Penns Manor Area High School. Bobby resides with his parents, Kathie and Bob Johns Sr., in Clymer. He is currently a member of SkillsUSA. Bobby is a volunteer fireman in Clymer. His plans are to become a structural welder and join the union.

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If you see these people today, be sure to wish them a happy birthday: • Dorie Benamati, Penn Run • Honda Boyer, Hillsdale • Maziee Fry, New Florence • Kathryn Greiner, Patton • Heather Hazley, Indiana • Kathryn Kopchick, Indiana • Justin Long, Clymer • Barbara Machak, Hernando, Fla. • Helen Louise Ober, Commodore • Betty Ray, Elderton • Lisa Renz, Homer City • Luke Slade, Home • Karen Timko, Coral • Katelyn Yonosick, Homer City The Gazette would like to wish you a “Happy Birthday!” To have a name added to the list, call (724) 465-5555, ext. 265. If you leave a message, be sure to spell out the first and last name of the person celebrating their special day and remember to tell us the day and the town where they live. Messages left with incomplete information will not be run on the list.

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Reunions with childhood pals help adults feel like kids By LESLIE MANN Chicago Tribune

They’re grown-ups now, ages 45 to 59, scattered across the country. They include an attorney, chef, coach and publisher. But once every year, they travel to various locales to become kids again, short-sheeting each other’s beds and dousing showering roommates with ice water. “When we’re together, things like status, jobs and incomes don’t matter,” said Larry Genkin, 49, of Sarasota, Fla., of his reunions with his mischievous buddies from Camp Comet in Waynesboro, who met in the 1970s. “(They) love you for who you are. It’s magical.” Count Genkin among the people who take time to reunite with childhood friends, a ritual that takes much planning and some placating, but pays off, bigtime. “We laugh and laugh,” said Katy Lenn, 54, of Eugene, Ore., of the women she meets every two years for a weeklong reunion. “We do something different every time, like ‘glamping’ (a fancy version of camping) or staying on a B&B boat.” When together, the teacher, upholsterer and librarian (that’s Lenn) “are still high-schoolers from Elgin, Illinois,” she said. The upholsterer brings their group scrapbook, which grows with each trip. “It’s like the clock hasn’t advanced,” said David Auerbach, 38, of Dallas, talking about the 30 childhood friends he joins for five days each June at Camp Ojibwa in Eagle River, Wis. Now in their 30s and 40s, they met at the camp as kids. (Auerbach’s group has an arran-gement with the camp’s owner to meet there before it officially opens to youngsters.) They wake up to 8 a.m. reveille, sleep in bunk beds and build campfires. “We try not to talk about what’s going on in the world,” said Auerbach, admitting to one concession to adulthood: They ditch some of the mess-hall meals for fish-fries at Wisconsin supper clubs. “I have sisters, but these people are my family, too,” said New York City psychiatrist Philip Muskin, 66, of his sixth-grade buddies from Brooklyn, who have reunions at each other’s homes. “If they need me, I’m there. If I need them, they’re there.” Although the men and women in Muskin’s group lead diverse lives, and make their living as doctors, lawyers, retailers, etc.,

“they’re the people who know who you really are,” he said. “My buddies know I’m really a nerd who sucked as an athlete.” Unlike get-togethers with friends made later in adulthood, Muskin said that seeing our childhood friends “allows us to re-experience some of the fun stuff, like — for us — ’60s music, and put the bad stuff in perspective. It brings you back to the days when life was fun, when you didn’t have so many obligations and pressures. When I was that age, all I had to worry about was grades and girls.” However, reuniting with childhood friends is not about reliving the past, Muskin added. “It’s about seeing the value of it and sharing it,” he said. “Our childhood friends give us perspective our relatives and professional colleagues cannot.” “They’re the first ones there when one of our parents dies, and also the first ones there to tell you when you’re screwing up,” said Angela Topetzes Strelka, 55, of her 14 grade-school friends from Milwaukee. Over annual lunches at their homes, and fundraisers that group members support, they coach one another through life’s trials and tribulations. “Four of us did a charity mud run,” she said. “When I didn’t think I could make it over a tall wall, others from my group were on the other side telling me I could do it. I did.” “We see each other through thick and thin — job loss, divorce, teens in rehab, death of parents,” said Andrea Martone, 60, of Sarasota, Fla., who still gets together with pals from her Port Washington, N.Y., junior high. “If one of us has a problem, it’s everyone’s problem.” So tight are the bonds among the reunion-goers, others — as in, significant others — rarely join them. “When we loosened our ‘no spouses’ rule, some spouses came, but didn’t come back because it was no fun for them,” Genkin said. Ditto for Muskin’s group. “Ours was all-boys in 1987 and still is,” Auerbach said. Topetzes Strelka said some of their mothers attend her group’s reunion because they share neighborhood roots. “But when we tried to include our daughters, that didn’t go over well,” she said. “They didn’t grow up together.” Between get-togethers, the friends keep in touch by email or phone. “We email

often — just silly things,” said Muskin. “One sends us pictures of his backyard because many of us who live in the city don’t have backyards.” But although social media makes it easier to connect between reunions, it’s not the same as meeting face to face. Which is why the reunion attendees make the effort, knowing that sometimes life will get in the way. “We missed a few reunions because of babies or sick parents,” Lenn said of her group’s members. “That’s OK. We’re still together.” Indeed, Muskin said that retaining these friendships bolsters well-being. “These are the connections that keep us healthy,” he said. With older friends, there’s the added gift of a support system reaching back to youth, and an understanding of each other’s history. “Some people are afraid they’ll be judged because they didn’t become millionaires,” Muskin said, “but your old friends are incredibly accepting. These are the people who knew you when you were a nobody. They don’t care what you do for a living or if you’re blue-collar or white-collar. To my old friends, I’m not a psychiatrist. I’m the kid who got suspended for shooting the history teacher with a squirt gun.” It’s never too late to begin reunions with your childhood buddies. Follow these tips from veteran participants: • Agree on timing, be it every year or every five years, so everyone can plan time away from work and family. • Designate an organizer. Then trust her to handle the details, Martone said. • Make it a destination reunion, if everyone can afford it. Distancing yourselves from jobs and families can help you leave your troubles and obligations behind. • Exploit social media to reconnect, and arrange reunions, with old friends. Thanks to sites like meetup.com and dating sites, it is no longer “forward” to approach people out of the blue. • Initiate a tradition at the reunion. Lenn’s group of high school friends meets in a different state each time, then drops in unannounced on an old schoolmate. “We’ve seen people including a priest in Minnesota and a psychologist in Michigan — all very surprised!” she said. • Include or exclude partners, as long as everyone agrees.

Catholic Daughters Ct. St. Bernard 339 Indiana held its monthly meeting Thursday, Feb. 12, in the St. Bernard’s Social Hall with Regent Josephine Valenti presiding. Gloria Kanick led the rosary for shut-ins and those in rest homes. Vice Regent Letty Calvetti gave the opening prayer for deceased members and their families. Valenti announced the state convention was to be held Tuesday through today at Trevose. Elected delegates were Valenti and Mary K. Moreau. It was voted to put a halfpage ad in the convention booklet. Grandmother Corps member Kanick reported on the soup pickup, which will be held this weekend. Donations are also being accepted. Mary Ann Donatelli reported for Lisa Avolio on the Breakfast in Bethlehem, which was held Dec. 13. There were 164 children and adults attending the breakfast and program. A cupcake cake was made for Jesus’ birthday and enjoyed by all the children. Father Federline was the narrator. Sabina Fiala thanked everyone for collecting the coupons and for trimming and collecting the right ones. She appreciates it very much. A total of 19 pints of blood was collected at the bloodmobile held Jan. 29 at St. Bernard’s Social Hall. Working the collection were Mary Pearce, Valenti, Linda Stewart and Veronica Brennan along with the Knights of Columbus. Legislation chairwoman Kanick stated March for Life was well represented by Indiana and the Greensburg Diocese. There will be a representation for March for Marriage in Washington, D.C. She also spoke on religious freedom in support of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Directive and many diocesan lawsuits against the Health and Human Services mandate. She also reported on a DCCW service project called CAPS of Love. This is a two-fold benefit, one, the environment will be cleaner, and, two, proceeds go to buying wheelchairs for handicapped children. During the pro-life march in January, a Mass was held by Bishop Brandt at the Bishop Connare Center. The support was great. A special thank-you was given to welfare chairwoman Mary Violi for sending out the Mass cards. Fiala and Moreau visited rest homes and Valenti sent valentine wishes to CDA members in rest homes. Trish Dalecki, chairwoman of the Communion breakfast, announced it will be held after the 9:30 a.m. Mass March 15 at the Rustic Lodge, White Township. The cost is $20 and is open to all women of the parish. Reservations will be taken in the St. Bernard’s narthex this weekend; the deadline is Friday. Kanick, chairman of the St. Joseph’s Day Celebration, stated it will begin at 6:30 p.m. March 19 in the St. Bernard’s Social Hall. Bake your favorite breads and pastries and come and share. Julie Receski reported the group sang Christmas carols, and each member was given a bag full of goodies and a candle. CDA members helping were Receski, Mary Micco, Coleen Bowser and Jean Lenz. Ray Micco made the pizzelles, and Moreau made the beautiful Christmas bags. Father Ted Ramett was co-celebrant of the Mass. The group traveled to different rest homes and delivered socks for the senior patients. After Holy Thursday Mass on April 2, the Catholic Daughters will say the rosary. Plan to attend. A special thank-you was given to chairwomen Barbara Norland, Marlene Buggey and their committee for the delicious Valentine’s refreshments, potted plants and gifts. Winners were Fiala, Valenti, Bowser, Buggey, Elayne Busovicki, Letty Calvetti and Jean Blakley. The good of the order winner was Mary Ann Donatelli. Kanick gave the closing prayer. The next meeting will be after the Communion breakfast on March 15 at the Rustic Lodge, White Township. Make a reservation and join the Catholic Daughters.

Religion

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The ending is sure Revelation 19-22 “These words are trustworthy and true.� — Revelation 22:6 NIV My friend George Caylor and his wife, JoAnne, once met the late actor Charlton Heston when he visited Lynchburg, Va., where they live. Now George is not one to pass up an opportunity to meet someone like Heston, whose career included lead roles in such movies as “The Ten Commandments,� “El Cid� and “Ben-Hur,� for which he won an Academy Award in 1959. Heston regaled them with the story of filming the famous chariot race in “BenHur.� Refusing to use a double for the scene, Michele Huey’s the actor had praccolumn ticed for appears every months. Saturday. He was Email trying descomments to perately to michele win the huey@yahoo. race when com. director William Wyler drew him aside. “Chuck,� he said, “the plot has been written! You win! Just stay on the chariot!� What a reminder for believers! We, too, often feel as though we’re running a desperate race — and losing. Jostled about, thrown from one side to the other, bouncing every which way, we try to stay on our feet and maintain control. We take our eyes off the finish line to see what the enemy is up to. And we do have an enemy — an unseen adversary who does whatever he can to trip us up, sidetrack us, get us to doubt our faith. If we abandon that faith, he’s won. Have no doubt: This enemy is real, and he means business. “For we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood,� Paul wrote the Ephesian believers, “but against persons without bodies — the evil rulers of the unseen world, those mighty satanic beings and great evil princes of darkness who rule this world; and against huge numbers of wicked spirits in the spirit world� (Ephesians 6:12 LB). Indeed, our adversary prowls around like an insatiable lion, looking for his next meal (2 Peter 5:8). One of his favorite strategies is to get you to take your eyes off the finish line and look in the rearview mirror — at your past. Your sin. Your guilt. Your shame. “How could God ever forgive me for what I’ve done?� you wonder. Don’t fall for that trick. Your sin, guilt and shame have been washed away forever by the blood of Jesus. As the saying goes, “When Satan reminds you of your past, remind him of his future.� The race may be fierce, but the outcome is certain: You win; the devil loses (Revelation 20:10). If you’re a believer in Jesus (see 1 John 5:11-12), your victory was sealed over 2,000 years ago on a hill outside Jerusalem by none other than God’s own Son. So if you’re being tossed about in this race called life and it seems as though you’re losing, remember: The plot has already been written! The ending is sure! You win! All you have to do is stay on the chariot. When doubt steps up in my life chariot and I try to take over the reins, remind me, Lord, that You are in control. My victory is certain, for You won it for me on Calvary. Help me to keep my eyes fixed on the finish line. Amen. A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. — Proverbs 25:11

GOD, ME AND A CUP OF TEA

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CHURCH BRIEFS

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Guest speaker The Presbyterian Church of Atwood and the Presbyterian Church of Plumville will welcome the Rev. Dr. Peter Bower on Sunday. His sermon will be “Jesus’ First Passion Prediction,� based on Mark 8:31-38. Bower will lead the worship service at Atwood at 9:30 a.m. and at the Plumville church at 11 a.m. Plumville will celebrate the sacrament of Communion during their worship service.

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THE LIGHTHOUSE, Morning Star Ministries Church was founded on Aug. 10, 1986. Name: The Lighthouse, Morning Star Ministries Founded: Aug. 10, 1986 History: Sept. 18, 1986, when a large building in Starford was purchased for the ministry. At that time, the name was Morning Star Ministries, selected from Verse 22:16 in the Bible book of Revelation: Jesus said, “I am the root and offspring of David, the bright and morning star.â€? In 2005, after 18½ years in Starford, a new church was built on Route 240 in Cherry Tree and named The Lighthouse, Morning Star Ministries. In 1976, the Rev. Zene Fleming was inspired to build a lighthouse (as the steeple for the church) for the Cherry Tree area. Fleming was the father of current Pastor Wilda Brown. When the ministry began, membership was 25; now membership has grown to 200.

The Hopewell United Methodist Women are making homemade candy Easter eggs. The following types are available: peanut butter, maple nut, all nut, coconut, and fruit and nut. They are available in milk chocolate or white chocolate for $9.50 per pound or $5 per half-pound. To order, call Jodi Cunkelman at (724) 4590127 or Elaine Harris at (724) 459-6803 by today.

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PASTORS KENNETH E. and Wilda M. Brown minister at The Lighthouse, Morning Star Ministries Church. Children’s teachers: Kim Naugle, Jen Lapso, Joanne Rice and Linda Lapso Service times: Sunday morning worship, 10 a.m.; adult Bible teaching and ministry in the word, 11 a.m.; children and youth classes, 11 a.m.; Sunday evening evangelistic service, 7 p.m., with children’s program during

Founders and Pastors: Kenneth E. Brown and Wilda M. Brown Youth Pastor: Cindy Rummel

the evening service. Wednesday evening, adult Bible study, children’s powerhouse team, youth classes and activities at 7 p.m. Church address: 4886 Route 240 Highway, Cherry Tree, PA 15724 Phone: (814) 948-5765

If you would like your church featured in the spotlight, call Rebecca Singer at (724) 465-5555, ext. 258.

Message spread through dance By ANNA MARIE LUX

pears as more of a dance. You will see it predominantly in African-American churches.� The Emmanuel group called Anointed Movement performed recently for people who attended the annual Martin Luther King Day celebration at Blackhawk Technical College. For some, the dance form was new. “Have an open mind,� Jenkins said before the performance. “We want the message of Christ to be received through our dance. We hope people take time to hear the words and see God in the kids.� Praise dancers wore white shirts, colorful ties and bow ties, black slacks, gloves and white face makeup. Their steps included ballet, hip-hop and moves strictly for praise dance. Jenkins first learned the form of worship in church about 15 years ago. “It took a while to catch on because it was different,� she said. “In 2015, the ministry will be rapidly growing. We hope to host a concert that will be strictly praise dance this year.� Sierra Patterson, 21, has been a praise dancer since childhood.“When I’m dancing and miming, my heart is open,� Patterson said. “I am an empty vessel to be used by God to minister to his people. If one person realizes who God is or how good he is because of my dance, then my job is done.�

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“Even though your winds blow “I want you to know “You cause me no alarm “Cause I’m safe in his arms.� — Greg O’Quin, “I Told the Storm� BELOIT, Wis. — Markisha Jenkins raised her arms, swayed her head and swung around in the sanctuary of Emmanuel Baptist Church to the rhythm of a powerful song. As she danced to a recording of Greg O’Quin’s “I Told the Storm,� young people followed her lead. Outside, a frigid wind whipped blowing snow. Inside, dancers used their bodies to warmly express the word and spirit of God. “This is not a performance,� Jenkins explained. “It is God speaking to our audience through our movements and the song of our choice.� They call it praise dance. Jenkins leads the two-year-old ministry, which is a combination of dance and mime. She practices regularly with students, ages 5 to 25, at the Beloit church. Both her daughters, Ke’Zhiah and LiTavia, are in the group. “The movements are very staccato-like traditional mime,� Jenkins said. “But it ap-

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Lenten soup luncheons will be held from noon to 1:15 p.m. Tuesdays, through March 24, at Zion Lutheran Church, Sixth and Church streets, Indiana. Every Tuesday, three different soups, including a vegetarian selection, will be offered, along with Carol Guba’s artisan bread and dessert. Takeouts will be available. Diners will be asked to make free-will offerings to benefit the church’s Community Food Pantry. Tuesday’s soup menu are cream of red bell pepper soup (vegetarian), chicken and quinoa soup, and Mediterranean fish soup. â??â??â?? DERRY — The Derry Area Ministerial will hold Lenten luncheons from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesdays, through March 25. Each luncheon will be followed by a short worship service. The schedule is: Continued on Page 9

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The 21st annual Lenten fish fry will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Fridays, through March 27, in the social hall at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Church, White Township. There will be fish fillets, baked cod, fish sandwiches, shrimp, pierogies and more. Eat in or take out. All major credit cards are accepted. Proceeds benefit St. Bernard Regional Catholic School. For more information or to place takeout orders, call (724) 465-2210, ext. 20.    KENT — Lenten fish, seafood and pierogi dinners will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Fridays, through March 27, in the church hall at Church of the Good Shepherd, 100 Good Shepherd Drive, Kent. The cost is $10 for adults, $4 for children ages 6 to 12 and free for ages 5 and younger. Takeout is available. All are welcome. For more information, call (724) 4793881.

Women’s group meeting DAYTON — The Women’s Association at Dayton Glade Run Presbyterian Church will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the church, 2534 DaytonSmicksburg Road, Dayton. Program: “Bring a Friend.” For more information, call (814) 257-8666.

Grit Guys Bible studies The Grit Guys will hold a series of Lenten Bible studies, “The Road Less Traveled,” on Fridays through March 27, in the back dining room at Eat ’N Park restaurant, White Township. Free coffee will be available at 6:45 a.m. The Bible teacher of the morning will begin at 7 a.m. A Dutch-treat breakfast will follow at 7:30 a.m. The speakers will be: • Friday — The Rev. Tim Beitzel, Full Gospel Assembly • March 13 — The Rev. Brett Dinger, Black Lick United Methodist Charge • March 20 — Pastor Joseph Smith, Indiana Wesleyan • March 27 — Dr. John Kuehn, Laity Word of Grace Fellowship On the last Friday of Lent, known as Good Friday, the Grit Guys will be encouraged to attend the annual YMCA Good Friday Breakfast at the

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HOMER CITY — A nut, poppy seed and apricot roll sale will be held March 21 and 28 at St. Mary’s Holy Protection Byzantine Catholic Church, 279 Yellow Creek St., Homer City. Rolls are $10 each. To order, call (724) 8407673, email judyholliday@ gmail.com or Facebook Judy on or before March 16. Provide a phone number when

Chicken dinner ROBINSON — The Helping Hands of the Robinson Evangelical United Methodist Church will hold a chicken dinner from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 8 in the church fellowship hall, 332 Mary St., Robinson. The cost is $8 for adults, $3 for children ages 5 to 12 and free for ages 4 and younger. Takeouts are available.

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Continued from Page 8 • Wednesday: St. Martin Catholic Church • March 11: St. Joseph’s Catholic Church • March 18: Alpha Lion’s Den • March 25: Derry Presbyterian

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Nimoy, known as Spock from ‘Star Trek,’ dies Continued from Page 1 obstructive pulmonary disease. Nimoy announced last year he had the disease, attributing it to years of smoking, a habit he had given up three decades earlier. He had been hospitalized earlier in the week. His artistic pursuits — poetry, photography and music in addition to acting — ranged far beyond the United Federation of Planets, but it was as Mr. Spock that Nimoy became a folk hero, bringing to life one of the most indelible characters of the last half-century: a cerebral, unflappable, pointy-eared Vulcan with a signature salute and blessing, “Live long and prosper” (from the Vulcan “Dif-tor heh smusma”). Nimoy, who was teaching Method acting at his own studio when he was cast in the original “Star Trek” television series in the mid-1960s, relished playing outsiders, and he developed what he later admitted was a mystical identification with Spock, the lone alien on the starship’s bridge. Yet he also acknowledged ambivalence about being tethered to the character, expressing it most plainly in the titles of two autobiographies: “I Am Not Spock,” published in 1977, and “I Am Spock,” published in 1995. In the first, he wrote, “In Spock, I finally found the best of both worlds: to be widely accepted in public approval and yet be able to continue to play the insulated alien through the Vulcan character.” “Star Trek,” which had its premiere on NBC on Sept. 8, 1966, made Nimoy a star. Gene Roddenberry, the creator of the franchise, called him “the conscience of ‘Star Trek’” — an often earnest, sometimes campy show that employed the distant future (as well as some special effects that appear primitive by today’s standards) to take on social issues of the 1960s. His stardom would endure. Although the series was canceled after three seasons because of low ratings, a cultlike following — the conference-holding, costumewearing Trekkies, or Trekkers (the designation Nimoy preferred) — coalesced soon after “Star Trek” went into syndication. The fans’ devotion only deepened when “Star Trek” was spun off into an animated show, various new series and an uneven parade of movies starring much of the original television cast, including — besides Nimoy — William Shatner (as

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GREG DONOVAN, a former Beverly Hills greeter, paid his respects at Leonard Nimoy’s Hollywood Walk of Fame Star in Los Angeles on Friday. Captain Kirk), DeForest Kelley (Dr. McCoy), George Takei (the helmsman, Sulu), James Doohan (the chief engineer, Scott), Nichelle Nichols (the chief communications officer, Uhura) and Walter Koenig (the navigator, Chekov). When director J.J. Abrams revived the “Star Trek” film franchise in 2009, with an all-new cast, including Zachary Quinto as Spock, he included a cameo part for Nimoy, as an older version of the same character. Nimoy also appeared in the 2013 follow-up, “Star Trek Into Darkness.” His zeal to entertain and enlighten reached beyond “Star Trek” and crossed genres. He had a starring role in the dramatic television series “Mission: Impossible” and frequently performed onstage, notably as Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof.” His poetry was voluminous, and he published books of his photography. He also directed movies, including two from the “Star Trek” franchise, and television shows. And he made records, singing pop songs as well as original songs about “Star

Candidacy announced Continued from Page 1 28 years and is also a member of Pennsylvania Free Masons Lodge 431 in Saltsburg. “I am running for Indiana County commissioner to be a voice of the smaller towns that make up Indiana County,” he said in a release. “As township supervisor, I have seen how smaller townships struggle to bring businesses to their communities and keep their children in Indiana County after graduating. My wife Valerie and I own a small pizza shop in Young Township and would like to see other small businesses have opportunities to open within our Indiana County communities. I will support not only small business but all union jobs and union workers.” If elected, McClure says he will

focus on creating more jobs and bringing new businesses to Indiana County. His other priorities include lowering property taxes, strengthening local agriculture, development of local gas supply, public education and maintaining and improving the 911 system. “I will work with local agencies that help support programs for the elderly, disabled citizens and all in need,” he said. “I will have an open door policy and encourage anyone to contact me with their concerns. “My responsibility as township supervisor is to ensure the health, welfare and safety of the citizens. I would like the opportunity to not just serve the people of Young Township but all of Indiana County as your next Indiana County commissioner.”

Indians capture title Continued from Page 1 Stapleton scored the gamewinner when he took a feed from his younger brother, Dylan, and found himself all alone under the hoop with the clock rapidly counting down. The basket capped a comeback from a nine-point deficit for Indiana, which trailed 50-41 with six minutes to play. Backed by a rowdy student cheering section and a community crowd far outnumbering Beaver Falls’ supporters, the Indians took center stage last

night against a team with a long winning tradition that included nine previous WPIAL championships. “Maybe this was the basketball gods saying ‘you can’t have everything,’” said Beaver Falls coach Doug Biega. Riley Stapleton gave a lot of credit to the crowd, which at times had a part in distracting the Tigers. “You can’t lose when your fan base is like that,” he said. “You just know that you’re gonna win. It’s just an unbelievable feeling.”

Fire destroys Beyer home By The Indiana Gazette BEYER — Firefighters from three departments had to contend with extremely cold temperatures early Friday morning while battling a stubborn fire that destroyed a two-story vacant home at the intersection of Routes 85 and 954 in Beyer. William Hutchison, chief of the Plumville Volunteer Fire Company, said the building was fully engulfed in flames when the first units arrived on the scene after the alarm sounded at 12:54 a.m. Hutchison said the home was owned by Kevin Windows. It’s not known what started the fire,

and a state police fire marshal was asked to investigate. Hutchison said the metal roof on the house collapsed onto the burning wood underneath. Firefighters could not extinguish all the smoldering ruins and the department was called back to the scene for multiple rekindles later in the day Friday and at 2:12 a.m. today. No one was injured even though firefighters had to work on icy surfaces that quickly formed in the sub-zero temperatures. Volunteers from the Marion Center and Perry Township (Jefferson County) departments also responded to the alarm.

Trek,” and gave spoken-word performances — to the delight of his fans and the bewilderment of critics. Born in Boston on March 26, 1931, Leonard Simon Nimoy was the second son of Max and Dora Nimoy, Ukrainian immigrants and Orthodox Jews. His father worked as a barber. From the age of 8, Leonard acted in local productions, winning parts at a community college, where he performed through his high school years. In 1949, after taking a summer course at Boston College, he traveled to Hollywood, though it wasn’t until 1951 that he landed small parts in two movies, “Queen for a Day” and “Rhubarb.” He continued to be cast in littleknown movies, although he did presciently play an alien invader in a cult serial called “Zombies of the Stratosphere,” and in 1961 he had a minor role on an episode of “The Twilight Zone.” His first starring movie role came in 1952 with “Kid Monk Baroni,” in which he played a disfigured Italian street-gang leader who becomes a boxer. Nimoy served in the Army for two

years, rising to sergeant and spending 18 months at Fort McPherson in Georgia, where he presided over shows for the Army’s Special Services branch. He also directed and starred as Stanley in the Atlanta Theater Guild’s production of “A Streetcar Named Desire” before receiving his final discharge in November 1955. He then returned to California, where he worked as a soda jerk, movie usher and cabdriver while studying acting at the Pasadena Playhouse. He achieved wide visibility in the late 1950s and early 1960s on television shows like “Wagon Train,” “Rawhide” and “Perry Mason.” Then came “Star Trek.” Nimoy returned to college in his 40s and earned a master’s degree in Spanish from Antioch University Austin, an affiliate of Antioch College in Ohio, in 1978. Antioch University later awarded Nimoy an honorary doctorate. Nimoy directed the movies “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock” (1984) and “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home” (1986), which he helped write. In 1991, the same year that he

resurrected Spock on two episodes of “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” Nimoy was also the executive producer and a writer of the movie “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.” He then directed the hugely successful comedy “Three Men and a Baby” (1987), a far cry from his science-fiction work, and appeared in made-for-television movies. He received an Emmy nomination for the 1982 movie “A Woman Called Golda,” in which he portrayed the husband of Golda Meir, the prime minister of Israel, who was played by Ingrid Bergman. It was the fourth Emmy nomination of his career — the other three were for his “Star Trek” work — although he never won. Nimoy’s marriage to actress Sandi Zober ended in divorce. Besides his wife, he is survived by his children, Adam and Julie Nimoy; a stepson, Aaron Bay Schuck; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and an older brother, Melvin. In later years, he rediscovered his Jewish heritage, and in 1991 he produced and starred in “Never Forget,” a television movie based on the story of a Holocaust survivor who sued a neo-Nazi organization of Holocaust deniers. In 2002, having illustrated his books of poetry with his photographs, Nimoy published “Shekhina,” a book devoted to photography with a Jewish theme, that of the feminine aspect of God. His blackand-white photographs of nude and seminude women struck some Orthodox Jewish leaders as heretical, but Nimoy asserted that his work was consistent with the teaching of the kabbalah. His religious upbringing also influenced the characterization of Spock. The character’s split-fingered salute, he often explained, had been his idea: He based it on the kohanic blessing, a manual approximation of the Hebrew letter shin, which is the first letter in Shaddai, one of the Hebrew names for God. “To this day, I sense Vulcan speech patterns, Vulcan social attitudes and even Vulcan patterns of logic and emotional suppression in my behavior,” Nimoy wrote years after the original series ended. But that wasn’t such a bad thing, he discovered. “Given the choice,” he wrote, “if I had to be someone else, I would be Spock.”

Bill will avoid security lapse Continued from Page 1 add-ons. Aides to Speaker John Boehner promptly said there had been no such promise made. Taken together, the day’s roller-coaster events at the Capitol underscored the difficulty Republicans have had so far this year in translating last fall’s election gains into legislative accomplishment — a step its own leaders say is necessary to establish the party’s credentials as a responsible, governing party. Republicans gained control of the Senate in November’s balloting, and emerged with their largest House majority in more than 70 years. Further demonstrating GOP woes, House GOP leaders abruptly called off a vote on a major education bill that had attracted significant opposition from conservatives as well as Democrats and the White House. Aides attributed that decision to the need to work separately on rounding up enough votes

to pass the funding measure for Homeland Security. For their part, tea party conservatives in the House unflinchingly defended their actions. “It does not make any difference whether the funding is for three weeks, three months or a full fiscal year. If it’s illegal, it’s illegal,” said Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala. He referred to a pair of immigration directives issued by Obama. The first, in 2012, lifted the threat of deportation from many immigrants brought to the country illegally as youngsters. Another order last fall applied to millions more who are in the United States unlawfully. The unexpected House defeat of a three-week spending bill was accomplished by 52 conservatives upset by the deletion of the immigration provisions, alongside solid opposition from Democrats who wanted the agency funded through Sept. 30. That set an unpre-

dictable chain of events in motion. Homeland Security officials circulated a lengthy contingency plan indicating that about 30,000 employees could expect to be furloughed without passage of funding legislation. Then the White House announced Obama had spoken with Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid. Moments later, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky strode onto the Senate floor and swiftly gained approval for the seven-day measure. The Senate had waited all day to play its part in the funding of the agency. Earlier, a largely symbolic attempt to advance legislation that would repeal Obama’s immigration directive of last fall failed on a vote of 57-42, three short of the 60 required. That separate proposal was “common-sense legislation that would protect our democracy from the egregious example of ex-

ecutive overreach we saw in November,” said McConnell, who successfully led his rank and file in recent days to a decision to pass Homeland Security legislation without immigration-related provisions. Some House Republicans said the entire strategy of passing a short-term measure and seeking negotiations on a longerterm bill that included changes in Obama’s immigration policy was flawed. They noted that Senate Democrats had demonstrated their ability to block any challenges to Obama’s immigration policies, and that the president had vowed to veto them in any event. “Some folks just have a harder time facing political reality than others,” said Rep. Charlie Dent, RPa., speaking of other Republicans. Associated Press writers Charles Babington, Andrew Taylor, Matthew Daly and Laurie Kellman contributed to this report.

Deputy Phil aims to highlight safety Continued from Page 1 as vehicle and Internet safety, bullying, and drugs and alcohol. “I have found when you’re able make children laugh while you’re teaching them important rules, they remember it,” said Sgt. Loretta Lentz. “When you are involved in a program year after year the children grow up with you and it makes a lasting impression that you care about their safety.” The program also informs children about the importance of stranger awareness. This annual topic is illustrated with an activity to represent safety rules children are to use when dealing with strangers; Don’t Go, Run, Yell and Tell. “It’s hard being a kid anymore,” Fyock said. “Some kids may look at us in a

negative light because of what our job entails, but were there to help them.” Lentz said the children are reminded to practice basic safety habits every day so they become automatic. “Things like seat belts, crossing the street, riding their bike with the proper safety equipment and not talking to strangers — It’s not only important for themselves but also to remind their family to be safe, too,” Lentz said. This year Deputy Phil will be accompanied by his “special pal,” Turbo the Turtle, who will talk to children about making healthy choices such as eating right, drinking plenty of water, exercising and getting enough rest. Turbo, an avid skateboarder, will reinforce the significance of wearing a helmet and address the

issue of bullying. The purpose is to have children understand the importance of accepting each other’s differences and that it’s OK to talk to an adult if they or someone else is being bullied. Fyock said they want to keep the program going as long as possible. “The schools let us come back every year, and that tells you something about them,” he said. “We have to work together for the children’s benefit.” Lentz said the children not only recognize the deputy from year to year but also that the Sheriff’s Office is there to help them when they need it and keep them safe. “The Deputy Phil Program has been a wonderful program for our community. It has benefited our children and has been

praised by parents and teachers alike,” she said. “It is our honor to continue to provide safety awareness and education to our children.” Along with the assembly activity, the program coordinates a poster contest with the Sheriff’s Office. Students submit drawings depicting different safety lessons they’ve learned and the winning student’s drawing is featured on the front cover of the program’s activity books for the following year in Indiana County. The grand prize winner is also presented with a $50 check, a bicycle, a helmet and a junior deputy Tshirt. “The program is very rewarding,” said Fyock. “When we’re out in public and kids come up and talk to us — it makes us feel good.”

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Obama to host Afghan leaders WASHINGTON (AP) — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah are to visit the White House next month, and Ghani has accepted an invitation to speak to a joint meeting of Congress at a time when the Obama administration is weighing whether to slow the pace of U.S. troop withdrawals from the country. The White House said Friday that Ghani and Abdullah will visit March 24. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said that during a working lunch the leaders will discuss security, economic development and reconciliation efforts between the Taliban and the Afghan government. Ghani will also meet with Secretary of State John Kerry at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland.

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Car bombs leave 27 dead in Iraq BAGHDAD (AP) — Car bombs targeting a crowded market and Shiite militia checkpoints north of Iraq’s capital killed 27 people today, authorities said, as the country’s prime minister vowed to punish Islamic State militants who smashed ancient artifacts in a northern city. The first bombs exploded near the market in the town of Balad Ruz, 45 miles northeast of Baghdad, killing 11 people and wounding 50, police and hospital officials said. A suicide car bomber later attacked a checkpoint manned by Shiite militiamen near the city of Samarra, killing eight Shiite fighters and wounding 15, authorities said. A second suicide bomber attacked another Shiite militia checkpoint just south of Samarra, killing eight fighters and wounding 16, police and hospital officials said.

Lawmaker repays office décor costs WASHINGTON (AP) — Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock repaid $40,000 from his personal checking account for redecorations to his congressional office in the style of the TV show “Downton Abbey,” according to financial records reviewed by The Associated Press. Schock paid $35,000 earlier this month to the owner of the Illinois decorating firm Euro Trash, and $5,000 more on Thursday, the records showed. His official House expense account had previously paid the group for its services. Schock, a rising star in the Republican Party, has been under scrutiny for using taxpayer money to pay for the redecorating, as well as using his official and campaign funds for flights on donor-owned planes and concert tickets.

Wild giant panda population on rise BEIJING (AP) — Wild giant pandas in China are doing well. The latest census by China’s State Forestry Administration shows the panda population has grown by 268 to a total of 1,864 since the last survey ending in 2003. Nearly three-quarters of the pandas live in the southwestern province of Sichuan. The remaining pandas have been found in the neighboring Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. Ginette Hemley, senior vice president of wildlife conservation for World Wildlife Fund, credited efforts by the Chinese government for the increase. The survey shows 1,246 wild giant pandas live within nature reserves. There are 67 panda reserves in China, an increase of 27 since the last survey.

A WOMAN placed flowers today at Red Square in Moscow, the site where Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was killed Friday.

Prominent Putin critic shot dead near Kremlin By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press

MOSCOW — Russia’s top investigative body said today it is looking into several possible motives for the killing of prominent opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, including an attempt to destabilize the state, Islamic extremism, the Ukraine conflict and his personal life. A statement from the body, the Investigative Committee, did not address the possibility seen as likely by many of Nemtsov’s supporters — that he was killed for being one of President Vladimir Putin’s most adamant and visible critics. Nemtsov, 55, was gunned down Friday near midnight as he walked on a bridge near the Kremlin with a female companion. The killing came just a few hours after a radio interview in which he denounced Putin’s “mad, aggressive” policies and the day before he was to help lead a rally protesting Russia’s actions in the Ukraine crisis and the economic crisis at home. After his death, organizers canceled the rally and instead called for a demonstration to mourn him on Sunday in central Moscow. The city gave quick approval for that gathering, in contrast to its usual slow and grudging permission for opposition rallies. The Investigative Committee said it was looking into whether Nemtsov had been killed as a “sacrificial victim for those who do not shun any method for achieving their political goals,” a suggestion echoing the comments by Putin’s spokesman and other Russian politicians that the attack was a “provocation” against the state. It also said it was considering whether there was “personal enmity” toward him in his domestic life. Statecontrolled TV and Kremlin-friendly media outlets today gave considerable attention to Nemtsov’s companion,

identifying her as a Ukrainian model 30 years his junior and showing photos of her in alluring poses. The Investigative Committee said the pair was headed for Nemtsov’s apartment. The statement also said it was investigating whether the killing was connected to the Ukraine conflict, where Russia-backed separatists have been fighting Ukrainian forces since last April, or whether there was a connection to Islamic extremism. Nemtsov had been one of Putin’s most visible critics and his death hit other members of the opposition hard. The mourning march on Sunday BORIS could serve to galvaNEMTSOV nize the beleaguered and marginalized opposition, or it could prove to be a brief catharsis after which emotions dissipate. Through the morning, hundreds of people came to the site of Nemtsov’s death to lay flowers. Nemtsov was working on a report presenting evidence that he believed proved Russia’s direct involvement in the separatist rebellion that has raged in eastern Ukraine since April. Moscow denies backing the rebels with troops and sophisticated weapons. Putin ordered Russia’s top law enforcement chiefs to personally oversee the investigation of Nemtsov’s killing. “Putin noted that this cruel murder has all the makings of a contract hit and is extremely provocative,” presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in remarks carried by Russian news agencies. President Barack Obama said the Russian people “lost one of the most dedicated and eloquent defenders of their rights.”

German Chancellor Angela Merkel praised Nemtsov’s courage in criticizing Kremlin policies, and urged Putin to ensure that the killers are brought to justice, her spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said. Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev echoed the suggestion that the killing was a provocation. “It’s an attempt to push the situation into complications, maybe even to destabilizing the situation in the country,” he was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency. Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov agreed. “It’s a provocation; for big fires, sacrificial figures are necessary,” Interfax quoted him as saying. Nemtsov frequently assailed the government’s inefficiency, rampant corruption and Ukraine policy. In an interview with the Sobesednik newspaper, Nemtsov said earlier this month that his 86-year old mother was afraid that Putin could have him killed. Asked if he had such fears himself, he responded: “If I were afraid I wouldn’t have led an opposition party.” Speaking on radio just a few hours before his death, he accused Putin of plunging Russia into crisis by his “mad, aggressive and deadly policy of war against Ukraine.”

Former Prime Minister Mikhail

Kasyanov said he was shocked. “In the 21st century, a leader of the opposition is being demonstratively shot just outside the walls of the Kremlin!” “This is a monstrous tragedy and a loss for us all,” Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition figure, said on his Facebook page. He is currently on a 15-day jail sentence for handing out leaflets without authorization. Associated Press writers Vladimir Isachenkov and Laura Mills in Moscow and Jake Pearson in New York contributed to this report.

U.S., Cuba cite progress on restoring ties By BRADLEY KLAPPER Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The United States and Cuba claimed progress Friday toward ending a half-century diplomatic freeze, suggesting they could clear some of the biggest obstacles to their new relationship within weeks. After Friday’s talks in Washington, the second round of U.S.-Cuban discussions in the last month, diplomats of both countries spoke positively about fulfilling the promise made by Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro in December to restore embassies in each other’s capitals. The U.S. even held out hope of clinching a deal in time for April’s summit of North and South American leaders, which Obama and Castro are expected to attend, however unlikely that appeared. “We made meaningful progress,” Roberta Jacobson, the State Department’s senior envoy to Latin America, told reporters, calling the negotiations “open, honest and sometimes challenging, but always respectful.” Her Cuban counterpart, Josefina Vidal, indicated she received assur-

ances that the U.S. would move on two of the biggest hurdles remaining: Cuba’s inclusion on the U.S. state sponsor of terrorism blacklist and its inability to conduct normal banking operations in the United States. She expressed confidence that progress would be made on both priorities “within the following weeks.” Cuba’s 33-year status on the terrorism list appeared the biggest hurdle, with Vidal saying the issue needed to be resolved if the Cold War foes were to improve ties. Washington is reviewing the designation, which stems from Havana’s support decades ago for the Basque separatist group ETA and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Latin America’s oldest and strongest rebel group. The U.S. has yet to make a decision, but all signs point toward Cuba being taken off the list. American officials say they should make their recommendation ahead of the six-month schedule set out by Obama in December. And the administration has supported Cuba’s hosting of peace efforts between FARC and Colombia’s government.

At a news conference earlier Friday with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Secretary of State John Kerry emphasized his government’s position that the discussions on re-establishing embassies were technical and distinct from the U.S. legal examination of Cuba’s record on terrorism. “That’s one set of fairly normal negotiations with respect to movement of diplomats, access, travel, different things,” Kerry told reporters. “The state sponsorship of terrorism designation is a separate process. It is not a negotiation. It is an evaluation that is made under a very strict set of requirements, congressionally mandated, and that has to be pursued separately.” Cuba cannot get off the list immediately. If the State Department recommends removal and Obama sends such a decision to Congress, the communist country would only come off after a 45-day waiting period. That makes it practically impossible for the embassies to be reconstituted in Havana and Washington in time for the Summit of the Americas in Panama, if Cuba sticks to its position.

TYRONE, Mo. — Residents in a remote area of southern Missouri are trying to come to grips with what could cause a man to kill seven people, including four of his own relatives, in a nighttime shooting spree that spanned four homes. The shooter, identified by authorities as Joseph Jesse Aldridge, 36, used a .45-caliber handgun to kill two people each at three homes, one person at another, and then himself, in a reign of violence that began late Thursday night. All of the victims lived in or near the tiny, unincorporated town of Tyrone in the rolling hills of Missouri’s Ozarks region, about 40 miles from the Arkansas border. All of the victims were adults. Texas County Sheriff James Sigman said people generally have felt safe in small towns like Tyrone. The motive for the shooting was still under investigation Friday. The few people in town willing to talk about it knew little about Aldridge, described as somewhat reclusive in an otherwise tight-knit area. Some said they’d seen him around and talked to him, but not enough to form an opinion. Bud Goodman, 71, of nearby Houston, grew up in Tyrone. He knew all of the victims but little about Aldridge. “I just don’t know what he was doing,” Goodman said. Police are still trying to figure that out, too. Around 10:15 p.m. Thursday, a 15-year-old girl, wearing only a nightgown and no shoes in near-zero temperatures and with cuts on her legs from running through thickets and hardened snow, pounded on a neighbor’s door. “She was crying so hard,” the neighbor, who declined to be identified out of concern for his safety, said. “I finally got out of her, ‘My mom and dad have been shot.’” The girl called 911 from the neighbor’s home. Sigman said that as officers responded to that call, they received word of another shooting. The victims at both addresses were related to each other, and to Aldridge. Authorities identified them as two couples, Garold Dee Aldridge, 52, and his wife, Julie Ann, 47; and Harold Wayne Aldridge, 50, and his wife, Janell Arlisa, 48. Both men were cousins of Joseph Aldridge, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Jeff Kinder. At some point over the next few hours, Joseph Aldridge killed two more men and another woman at two different locations, Sigman said, and injured another woman. Names of those victims, and details about the woman’s injuries, were not released. The case took another strange twist when authorities went to the home that Joseph Aldridge shared with his 74-year-old mother, Alice. She was found dead at the home, but apparently of natural causes, authorities said. An autopsy was planned to determine if her death was related to the shooting spree. She had been under a doctor’s care and appeared to have been dead at least 24 hours, Texas County Coroner Tom Whittaker told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Whittaker speculated that the son “came home and found her deceased and then for whatever reason went on a rampage and started killing people.” Sigman said many of the residents of Tyrone are Aldridges. Police, worried that other relatives might be targeted, reached out to all of them, along with family members in other towns, while they searched for Joseph Aldridge in the early hours of Friday. Sigman said he was confident there were no more victims. Around 5:30 a.m. Friday, in neighboring Shannon County, some 25 miles from Tyrone, Joseph Aldridge was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted wound inside a GMC pickup. Sigman said the truck was running and in the middle of a twolane highway.

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O’Reilly’s partisan critics step up their attack By DAVID BAUDER AP Television Writer

NEW YORK — Following several stories questioning Bill O’Reilly’s past reporting, a liberal media watchdog has ordered its researchers to comb through years of the Fox News Channel host’s writings, radio and television shows and public appearances to find examples of inconsistencies. O’Reilly is squarely in the crosshairs of Media Matters for America, an illustration of how the media is subject to the same political campaigns as politicians. Fox is standing behind O’Reilly, but the extent to which cable news’ most popular personality is damaged may depend on how many more stories come out. “It’s a moving target,” said Bradley Beychok, Media Matters president, on Friday. “It’s too early to tell what the end of this is.” The effort began a week

ago, after Mother Jones mag- said he had exaggerated an azine reported that O’Reilly incident where he said he’d claimed to be in a “war zone” been attacked by protesters while reporting on the Falk- during the 1992 Los Angeles lands War in Argentina more riots. Instead, they said he than 30 years ago for CBS had argued with one man. News, when instead he covMedia Matters, an organiered an anti-government zation formed 11 years ago demonstration more than by David Brock, has an $11.2 1,000 miles away from the million operating budget front. Other reports soon fol- and a mission devoted to lowed: combating conservative • Media Matters media. It has 45 requoted police researchers on staff ports, witnesses and and, as first outlined former O’Reilly coin Politico, assigned workers to rebut most of them to O’Reilly’s assertion O’Reilly’s dossier that he was outside after the Mother the home of John F. Jones article hit. Kennedy assassin Lee “This is not helpful Harvey Oswald’s to his brand,” Beyfriend when the chok said. “His brand BILL friend killed himself is that he’s a truthO’REILLY by shotgun. teller and we’ve had • Media Matters said numerous examples of O’Reilly suggested he witwhere he’s not telling the nessed the assassination of truth.” four nuns in El Salvador when he had not. • The Guardian quoted former O’Reilly colleagues who

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Internet activists mock Comcast PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Internet activists took an aerial jab at Comcast to celebrate new government rules affecting the Philadelphia-based corporation. A plane towed a banner Friday past company headquarters that said, “Comcast: Don’t Mess With the Internet.” It featured a picture of Grumpy Cat and the hashtags SorryNotSorry and NetNeutrality. The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to impose strict regulations on Internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon. The rules aim to enforce net neutrality, the concept that companies shouldn’t block or slow Web traffic or create paid fast lanes. The net neutrality groups Fight for the Future, Demand Progress and Free Press supported the decision. They hired the plane. Comcast says the FCC shouldn’t oversee the Internet using regulations designed for the 1930s phone system. A representative didn’t comment on the stunt.

Wolf proposes more in-home care for seniors PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf said Friday he wants more seniors to obtain health care in their home instead of a nursing facility. In an event at the AARP office in downtown Philadelphia, Wolf told about 30 people that his upcoming 201516 state budget plan would expand home- and community-based, long-term care for an additional 5,500 peo-

Pa. paper names new editor NEW CASTLE (AP) — A longtime writer and editor at the New Castle News has been named the newspaper’s top editor. Dan Irwin’s appointment was announced this week by publisher Sharon Sorg. Irwin started at the News in 1978 as a sports writer. After 10 years in sports, he served as a copy editor, assistant managing editor and lifestyle editor. Sorg said the new editor’s familiarity with the area and its readers is a great asset. Irwin succeeds Tim Kolodziej.

ple. The Democrat said the proposal would make longterm care for seniors more convenient and personal. “Seniors have spent their lives working hard to provide for their families,” Wolf said, noting that avoiding nursing-home care for that many people would save taxpayers $162 million a year. “They’ve worked hard to build their communities and

they should be able to enjoy their golden years in the homes that they built in the communities that they built,” he said. The state plans to increase the Department of Human Services’ budget by $32 million and add about $7 million to the Department of Aging, Wolf said. The new money would allow the departments to add employees,

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TODAY IN HISTORY By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, Feb. 28, the 59th day of 2015. There are 306 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 28, 1940, the first televised college basketball games were broadcast by New York City station W2XBS as Pittsburgh defeated Fordham, 57-37, and New York University beat Georgetown, 50-27, at Madison Square Garden. On this date: In 1844, a 12-inch gun aboard the USS Princeton exploded as the ship was sailing on the Potomac River, killing Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur, Navy Secretary Thomas W. Gilmer and several others. In 1861, the Territory of Colorado was organized. In 1915, actor-comedian Zero Mostel was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. In 1942, the heavy cruiser USS Houston and the Australian light cruiser HMAS Perth were attacked by Japanese forces during the World War II Battle of Sunda Strait; both were sunk shortly after midnight. In 1953, scientists James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick announced they had discovered the double-helix structure of DNA. In 1960, a day after upsetting the Soviets at the Winter Games in Squaw Valley, Calif., the United States won its first Olympic hockey gold medal by defeating Czechoslovakia, 9-4. In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai issued the Shanghai CommuniquÊ, which called for normalizing relations between their countries, at the conclusion of Nixon’s historic visit to China. In 1975, 42 people were

killed in London’s Underground when a train smashed into the end of a tunnel. In 1986, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was shot to death in central Stockholm. (The killing remains unsolved.) In 1993, a gunbattle erupted at a religious compound near Waco, Texas, when Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents tried to arrest Branch Davidian leader David Koresh on weapons charges; four agents and six Davidians were killed as a 51day standoff began. In 1995, Denver International Airport opened after 16 months of delays and $3.2 billion in budget overruns. In 2013, Benedict XVI became the first pope in 600 years to resign, ending an eight-year pontificate. (Benedict was succeeded the following month by Pope Francis.) Ten years ago: In Santa Maria, Calif., the prosecution and defense gave opening statements in the sexual molestation trial of Michael Jackson, who was later acquitted. A U.S. District Judge, Joan Humphrey Lefkow, discovered the bodies of her husband and mother inside her Chicago home. (An unemployed electrician confessed to the murders in a suicide note.) A suicide car bombing targeting security recruits killed 125 people in Hillah, Iraq. Lebanon’s proSyrian prime minister, Omar Karami, resigned amid large anti-Syria street demonstrations in Beirut. Five years ago: Sidney Crosby scored the winning goal in overtime to give Canada a 3-2 victory over the United States in the final event of the Vancouver Olympics. Canada earned its

14th gold medal, the most by any country at any Winter Olympics. The American silver was the 37th medal won by the United States at the games, also the most by any country at any Winter Olympics. (The U.S. won the medals race for the first time since 1932.) One year ago: Delivering a blunt warning to Moscow, President Barack Obama expressed deep concern over reported military activity inside Ukraine by Russia and warned “there will be costs� for any intervention. Today’s Birthdays: Architect Frank Gehry is 86. Actor Gavin MacLeod is 84. Actor Don Francks is 83. Singer Sam the Sham is 78. Actor-director-dancer Tommy Tune is 76. Hall of Fame auto racer Mario Andretti is 75. Actor Frank Bonner is 73. Actress Kelly Bishop is 71. Actress Stephanie Beacham is 68. Writer-director Mike Figgis is 67. Actress Mercedes Ruehl is 67. Actress Bernadette Peters is 67. Former Energy Secretary Steven Chu is 67. Actress Ilene Graff is 66. Nobel Prizewinning economist Paul Krugman is 62. Comedian Gilbert Gottfried is 60. Basketball Hall of Famer Adrian Dantley is 60. Actor John Turturro is 58. Rock singer Cindy Wilson is 58. Actress Rae Dawn Chong is 54. Actress Maxine Bahns is 46. Actor Robert Sean Leonard is 46. Rock singer Pat Monahan is 46. Author Daniel Handler (aka “Lemony Snicket�) is 45. Actress Tasha Smith is 44. Actor Rory Cochrane is 43. Actress Ali Larter is 39. Country singer Jason Aldean is 38. Actor Geoffrey Arend is 37. Actress Michelle Horn is 28. Actress Madisen Beaty (TV: “The Fosters�) is 20. Actress Quinn Shephard is 20. Actor Bobb’e J. Thompson is 19.

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Nimoy leaves legacy beyond science fiction By DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer

LOS ANGELES — Leonard Nimoy didn’t just leave a lasting impression on the science-fiction world, he also left his mark on science itself. Seth Shostak, who researches the possibility of real-world extraterrestrial life as the senior LEONARD astronomer NIMOY at SETI Research, recalled that Nimoy was regularly willing to lend the organization a helping hand. When he was asked to narrate a planetarium introduction or appear as a guest at an event, Nimoy did so graciously and never charged. “That struck me then, and it strikes me now,� said Shostak. “If you play a famous alien, you might have little interest in how science is searching for real aliens, but Nimoy was actually interested in the science — and he was always willing to help us out.� Remembrances poured in from beyond the entertainment spectrum after news spread Friday about the death of the 83-year-old actor, who played the halfalien, half-human Spock in “Star Trek� films, TV shows and video games. NASA, Virgin Galactic, Intel and Google all sent messages, as did other groups motivated

by Nimoy and his role as the truth-seeking science officer. “Leonard Nimoy was an inspiration to multiple generations of engineers, scientists, astronauts and other space explorers,� said NASA administrator Charles Bolden. “As Mr. Spock, he made science and technology important to the story, while never failing to show, by example, that it is the people around us who matter most.� NASA posted a photo online taken in 1976 of Nimoy and his “Trek� cast mates in front of NASA’s real-life space shuttle Enterprise, parked outside the agency’s manufacturing facilities in Palmdale, Calif. Samantha Cristoforetti, an Italian astronaut aboard the International Space Station, similarly tweeted her condolences from space. “Live Long and Prosper, Mr. #Spock!� she wrote. Don Lincoln, a senior physicist at Fermilab, said he was inspired to go into science not just because Nimoy’s portrayal of the logical Mr. Spock but also because of “In Search of...,� the curious 1970s TV series hosted by Nimoy that was dedicated to mysterious phenomena. “Despite the fact he worked in fiction, anyone who can inspire that many people to look into the sky and wonder has done something really important for mankind,� he said. Lincoln noted that “Trek� and the character of Spock, armed with his Vulcan nerve pinch and phaser set to

stun, provided the world with a dynamic look at someone interested in science. “The fact is that Spock was a cool geek,� said Lincoln. “Scientists are not always portrayed as being very strong. Usually, they’re the guy with the tape on their glasses and their pants too high. He was clearly a person who had desirable components beyond just being smart.� Nimoy’s commitment to astronomy frequently warped from beyond the Alpha Quadrant and into the real world. He and his wife, Susan, donated $1 million to the renovation of the iconic Griffith Park observatory complex overlooking Los Angeles. The observatory’s theater is named after Nimoy. “Mr. Nimoy was committed to people, community and the enlarged perspective conferred by science, the arts and the places where they meet,� the observatory said in a statement. “The theater honors Nimoy’s expansive and inclusive approach to public astronomy and artful inspiration.� The actor, director and photographer narrated several films focusing on astronomy, including a 2012 short film about NASA’s Dawn mission and the 1994 IMAX documentary film “Destiny in Space.� “All I can say is if and when we pick up a signal, it’ll be wonderful if the real aliens are half as appealing as Mr. Nimoy was as Spock,� said Shostak of SETI Research.

Willis laments sudden end to ‘Wake’

Pregnant teen needs support and guidance, not rejection DEAR ABBY: My best friend from school is pregnant. Her baby’s father is practically nonexistent, and she has no other friends besides me and one other person. I am the only one so far who knows about her pregnancy. She hasn’t told her dad and her grandparents because she’s scared they’ll kick her out. She has nowhere to Dear Abby is go. My parwritten by ents have Abigail Van told me to Buren, also cut her off. known as Jeanne Phillips, What and was found- should I ed by her moth- do? — UNSURE IN er, Pauline TEXAS Phillips. D E A R UNSURE: Because your friend is afraid to tell her family, she should talk to a counselor at school. The family will have to know soon because her pregnancy will become obvious, and she will need prenatal care so her baby will be born healthy. I don’t agree with your parents that you should “cut her off.� She needs friends right now — and you can learn much from watching this scenario from the sidelines. Stress to her how important it is that she graduates from high school, because if she keeps her baby, she will need to be able to support it. Your state department of social services should also be contacted for guidance. DEAR ABBY: I am engaged to a man, “Keith,� who has numerous female “friends.� I suspect they are something more. Recently, during my second pregnancy, one of his “friends� decided to follow me, but would never say a word to me. When I tell Keith I am uncomfortable with these women, he says I have “no right to dictate his personal life.� I want to know if I’m wrong for not wanting to have to deal with these “friends,� even if they were his friends before we got together. — ADRIFT IN LOS ANGELES DEAR ADRIFT: Listen to

DEAR ABBY

your gut. If one of Keith’s “friends� was stalking you, your feelings about her are probably accurate. You have already had at least one child with your fiance. Recognize that Keith won’t change much if you manage to drag him to the altar. If he is telling you now that your feelings don’t matter (“you have no right to dictate his personal life�), I hope you realize this is how his attitude will be forever. Personally, I wouldn’t wish a life with someone this selfabsorbed on anyone I cared about. But if more of the same is what you are prepared to settle for, then all anyone can do is wish you luck. DEAR ABBY: Two friends decide to take a road trip to Miami. One lives in New York and the other in North Carolina. They agree to use the New Yorker’s car and split the cost of the gas. The New Yorker says the

amount to be split is the cost of the fuel from New York to Miami and back to New York. The North Carolinian says the cost to be split should be from North Carolina to Miami and back to North Carolina. Which is fair? — ROAD WEARY DEAR ROAD WEARY: Really? If you two can’t agree on your own, I have a suggestion for you: Cancel the trip. If you do, it may save the friendship.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bruce Willis is not saying “Yippie-ki-yay� about the cancellation of his latest film. A spokesman for Willis told The Associated Press Friday that production of “Wake� was suddenly halted this week when financing fell through, and the actor is concerned that crew members who joined him “in good faith� are left jobless. Publicist Paul Bloch said the company responsible for financing the film didn’t deliver the promised funds, so production of the action-thriller was indefinitely suspended. Shooting began earlier this month in Cleveland.

Benaroya Pictures did not return calls and emails seeking comment Friday. “Wake,� about a man who gets caught up in the siege of a remote island while attending his brother’s wake there, was also to star

Ben Kingsley and Ellen Burstyn. Willis, meanwhile, has several other films upcoming, including the comedy “Rock the Kasbah,� co-starring Bill Murray, due out in November.

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Rock camps make dreams come true By JEFF BAENEN Associated Press

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TADEJ BRDNIK will perform with Essential Graham: Martha Graham Dance Company, at 8 p.m. Monday in Fisher Auditorium on the IUP campus.

Graham dancers coming to IUP By JAN SHELLENBARGER news@indianagazette.net

Recognized as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, Martha Graham created a pioneering dance movement based on the expressive capacity of the human body. Continuing to advance that vision since 2005 is the company’s artistic director, Janet Eilber. “Martha Graham always had an appetite for the new and was all about the future,� Eilber said. “She knew the audiences were changing and growing and she had to step in front of it.� Essential Graham: Martha Graham Dance Company will come to IUP Monday for an 8 p.m. performance at Fisher Auditorium. One way the dance company has expanded on communicating their love of dance with the audience is borrowed from the way museums are managed, by building on the old while enhancing the displays with new and innovative pieces. “Museums have a core collection of classics which will always have an audience, but you need to surround them with the work of other artists,� Eilber said, “whether of the same era or brand-new artists that resonate with that core collection.� With a background of performing in films, on television, and when she first joined the company, as a principal dancer working closely with Martha Graham, Eilber focuses on creating new forms of audi-

ence access to the Graham masterpieces. “At the beginning of the show I come out and do a spoken introduction to the audience about things to look for and which pieces are going to be performed,� she said. “It all ties in with the educational aspect of our goals in the company.� Tadej Brdnik, a principal dancer with the company since 1996, grew up in a small town in Slovenia and is grateful for the education he has received throughout his career, which he repays by teaching others. Brdnik has taught both nationally and internationally in Europe and Asia. In the United States, he has taught at Treehouse Shakers in New York City, a nonprofit dance and theater group for children up to 18 years old, and is a visiting artist in the New York Public School system. “Teaching gives me a sense of hope for the future,� Brdnik said, “plus it’s a good checkpoint to work with different generations and get different viewpoints.� Brdnik said his philosophy is “the artist is only as good as his ability to pass his skill on to others.� Tickets for Monday’s show can be purchased at iuptickets.com or at the HUB ticket office, (724) 3571313. Regular-priced tickets are $26, tickets for senior citizens and groups of 15 or more are $22, and tickets for I-Card holders, students and children are $14.

Stolen dress believed recovered By TAMI ABDOLLAH Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — A white dress that strongly resembles the custom gown taken from Lupita Nyong’o’s hotel room earlier this week turned up Friday under a bathroom sink in the same hotel, a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s official said. The dress found at a West Hollywood hotel “greatly resembles� the pearl-adorned Calvin Klein Collection by Francisco Costa dress the actress wore to Sunday’s Academy Awards, sheriff’s

spokeswoman Nicole Nishida said. Detectives were trying to verify whether the recovered dress is the same one Nyong’o wore, she said. One of the actress’ representatives reported the dress was stolen from her room at the London Hotel late Wednesday. The recovery of the dress was first reported by TMZ.com, which said that a person claiming to have taken the gown gave the celebrity website information about where to find the dress.

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. — A Minnesota band camp is giving baby boomers and younger musicians a chance to prove they are never too old to rock and roll. Since 2009, Rock Camp for Dads has allowed hundreds of dads — and moms — to unleash their inner Jimi Hendrix without the hassle and costs of organizing a band. Tom Hammersten, 52, an insurance company underwriter, recently sang lead vocals in a Lollapalooza-style band at Rock Camp. The married father of three also has performed in an Allman Brothers tribute band, an ’80s music group and a British punk rock band at camp. “It’s something different all the time. You’re not playing the same songs over and over

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TOM HAMMERSTEN, 52, an insurance company underwriter from Edina, Minn., performed on Jan. 31 at Bunker’s Bar in Minneapolis. and over again,� Hammersten said. Rock Camp offers 10 courses a month. All amps, drum kits and microphones are provided — all campers have to bring is their guitar, bass,

drumsticks and desire. Campers range in age from late 30s to early 60s (since the camp serves alcohol, campers must be at least 21 years old) and are divided into three levels — Rock 101

for beginners up to Rock 301 for advanced musicians. After four weeks of rehearsing with their new bandmates, campers hit the stage for a real gig. “By the end, you’re a really tight band. It’s really magical,� said Mitch McMillen, Rock Camp’s owner and cofounder. Mark and Kathleen Stoehr recently fronted a Fleetwood Mac band at Rock Camp. The married couple met 30 years ago during a community theater production of “Hair.� “You can see somebody who comes in here and you think, ‘Looks like somebody’s grandpa,’� said Mark Stoehr, 55. But, he continued: “Just because you’re old doesn’t mean ... you can’t rock. It’s true.� Online: http://www.rockcampfor dads.com

Netflix dealt winning hand with ‘House of Cards’ By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer

SAN FRANCISCO — Even if it never wins another award, “House of Cards� already ranks among the most influential series in television history. The political drama launched Netflix’s expansion into original programming two years ago, a risky bet that might have toppled the Internet video service had “House of Cards� flopped and squandered its estimated $100 million investment. Instead, the show was an immediate hit with viewers and critics, giving Netflix the financial clout and creative firepower to further transform how we watch and define “television.� And it spurred other online services such as Amazon.com Inc. and Google’s YouTube to spend more on their own original content to create shows that rival those produced by broadcast and cable channels. Season 3 debuted early Friday, giving fans a chance to see Frank and Claire Underwood continue their machinations, now from a hardwon White House perch. The show marks just one of more than 20 original series or movies that Netflix is scheduled to show this year. Producing that much original content would have seemed like a long shot before “House of Cards� first established Netflix as more than a convenient and cheap way to watch recycled TV series and movies previously released on DVD. Launched in February 2013, “House of Cards� was among the first major series to release an entire season at once, a move that fed into viewers’ desire to devour several episodes at a time instead of having to wait a week to see another installment. Many analysts now view “House of Cards� and Netflix’s other award-winning series released a few months later — “Orange is the New Black� — as turning points in the company’s evolution, similar to the impact “The Sopranos� and “Sex and the City� had for HBO. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings now regularly likens the company to

the HBO of the Internet. Just how many Netflix subscribers have watched “House of Cards� remains a mystery because the company has refused to reveal the viewership of any of its series. But this much is clear: “House of Cards� came along at a pivotal juncture for Netflix. The Los Gatos, Calif., company was still recovering from a subscriber backlash triggered in mid-2011 by a dramatic increase in its prices and a bungled attempt to spin off its DVD-by-mail

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INDIANA PLAYERS hoisted the WPIAL championship trophy on the court at the University of Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center on Friday night.

IHS claims first title in dramatic finish By MATTHEW BURGLUND mburglund@indianagazette.net

PITTSBURGH — A hundred years from now, Riley Stapleton will still have a place in Indiana folklore. In quite possibly the biggest boys’ basketball game in school history, Stapleton made the biggest shot. It was the kind of shot kids dream about and that Hollywood movies are made of. Stapleton took a dish from his younger brother, Dylan, and banked in the game-winning points with 1.5 seconds left , lifting the Indians to their first WPIAL Class AAA championship with a stunning 62-61 win over Beaver Falls on Friday night at the Peterson Events Center. “We knew the whole time, even though we had a lot of doubters out there, that this was the day we were going to win the WPIAL championship,”

“WE KNEW the whole time, even though we had a lot of doubters out there, that this was the day we were going to win the WPIAL championship. We woke up and just knew it, and we went out and did it.” Jake Zilinskas, Indiana senior said Indiana forward Jake Zilinskas. “We woke up and just knew it, and we went out and did it.” Riley Stapleton’s basket capped a furious Indiana comeback, when the Indians erased a nine-point deficit in the final six minutes, thanks to 3-pointers by Blake Shields and Dylan Stapleton,

some key free throws by Zilinskas and Kevin Jack, and a wild final play in which the Stapleton brothers seemingly made something out of nothing. “We preached focus, intensity and the desire to win,” said Dylan Stapleton. “Whenever we got down … we just said to ourselves, ‘We’re not giving up.’ We play with a lot of heart and we play for each other.” Indiana was down by one, 61-60, after Zilinskas made two free throws with 25 seconds left. Then, while putting fullcourt pressure on the Tigers, Jack went after a loose ball and the referees called it a held ball, giving possession to Indiana with 20 seconds remaining. Indiana coach Greg Lezanic called a timeout and set up the simplest of plays. He had Dylan Stapleton take the ball at the top of the arc and the rest of the Indiana players spread the floor and get out of his way. Dylan Stapleton let Continued on Page 18

RILEY STAPLETON went up for the winning basket after taking a feed from his younger brother, Dylan, left, who shoveled off a pass before Beaver Falls’ Zach Duffy (3) and Donovan Jeter could defend.

Blairsville 43, Bishop Guilfoyle 31

Bobcats end Marauders’ run as champs By JUSTIN GERWICK jgerwick@indianagazette.net

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NICOLE BOYER (4) celebrated the Bobcats’ victory with fellow senior Chelsey Koren.

LORETTO — After wrapping up their season with an eightgame winning streak and grabbing their third consecutive Heritage Conference title, the Blairsville Bobcats had one goal in mind. “Right now we want to go for three wins in the District 6 playoffs, and then we’ll worry about the rest,” said Blairsville coach Ralph McGinnis following a season-capping win over Purchase Line. The Bobcats checked off that next box on their list of goals by knocking off powerhouse Bishop Guilfoyle, 43-31, in the District 6 Class A girls’ championship at St. Francis University’s DeGol Arena on Friday.

The win was a phenomenal feat, considering the Marauders had won eight consecutive District 6 titles prior to Friday night’s game. “We snapped that streak,” said Blairsville guard Laurel O’Barto. “We said that we were going to, and we knew that we could. It feels so great, because they are a great team. It just feels awesome.” After losing out in the semifinals of last year’s playoffs against Bellwood-Antis, Blairsville’s season-long journey back to the big show called for an emotional response. “I was crying a little bit because I’m so happy,” said O’Barto. “It’s just awesome.” The three-point loss in last season’s playoffs was something that fueled the Bobcats (23-2) as

they progressed through another successful season. Despite going 16-0 in the Heritage Conference for the third season in a row, earning a bid to the title game was always on the Bobcats’ minds. “I think that loss really helped motivate us this year to work hard during the summer and fall and then to get out here and work hard during the season,” said McGinnis. “That’s why we amped up our schedule to play bigger games so that we would be ready for this type of environment.” The Bobcats’ only losses of the season came against Class AA teams Delone Catholic and Bishop McCort. After earning the No. 1 seed in the playoffs, the Bobcats worked Continued on Page 18

“WE SNAPPED that streak. We said that we were going to, and we knew that we could. It feels so great, because they are a great team. It just feels awesome.” Laurel O’Barto, Blairsville senior

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Saltsburg 67, St. Joseph’s 54

Trojans earn berth in state tournament By JOE BACCAMAZZI sports@indianagazette.net

HOLLIDAYSBURG — Saltsburg continued its march through the postseason Friday when the Trojans outwitted the St. Joseph’s Wolves at Hollidaysburg Senior High School. Saltsburg sophomore forward Frankie Plowman scored nine points in just over two minutes to help bury St. Joseph’s in a 67-54 victory in the District 6 Class A boys’ consolation game. After falling to Bishop Carroll just two days prior, the Trojans (12-11) advanced to the PIAA playoffs. Saltsburg will play the winner of tonight’s contest between ClarionLimestone (22-3) and Cameron County (23-2) in the first round. This time, Saltsburg, the fifth seed, scored the game’s first points and never gave up the lead to 10thseed St. Joseph’s. Although the Trojans made it look easy in the end, the game was much closer than the score indicated. “I just keep telling them to keep competing,” said Saltsburg coach

Donnie Stitt. “Like the last month, month and a half, we have been struggling shooting the ball, and I actually thought we hit shots tonight.” The Trojans took a comfortable 31-20 halftime lead, outshooting the Wolves 4-0 from beyond the 3point arc. Saltsburg made 5 of 7 free throw attempts before the half. St. Joseph’s was 6-for-13. “The difference was they made plays,” said St. Joseph’s coach Richard Ciambotti. “Saltsburg made some great plays down the stretch. Our guys fought and battled to get back into the game there in the third quarter and expended a lot of energy.” It was a whole new ballgame after the two teams returned from the locker room for the second half. The Wolves closed the gap to 37-32 midway through the third quarter, largely because of senior guard Garrett Bastardi, who scored four field goals in under four minutes, but it was another St. Joseph’s veteran who garnered most of Saltsburg’s attention.

Senior forward Michael Jabco, who surpassed 500 points on the season Friday, scored 20 points, but he had only six in the second half. After Jabco scored 35 against Saltsburg conference foe Homer-Center in the quarterfinals, Stitt was well aware of the Wolves’ lethal scoring threat. “We started off the game in just a 2-3, and we were shadowing Jabco everywhere he went,” said Stitt. “Then in the middle quarters, we went to a box-and-one and just tried to follow him everywhere he went. We knew he’s their top gun.” Turnovers and poor decisionmaking by the Trojans allowed St. Joseph’s to close the gap. At the end of the third quarter, Saltsburg was clinging to a slim 42-40 lead. Then the floodgates opened. Plowman drilled two three 3pointers to start the quarter, sparking a 20-3 run in which six Saltsburg players contributed baskets. “Frankie’s definitely a streaky shooter and he caught fire,” said Stitt. “Really, the last three or four weeks, he’s been the only one to

consistently make his shots. Those kids relish in those type of moments. Like I said, I know they’re young, but I always tell them, ‘If you’re open, you’ve got to shoot the ball,’ and he was open and he shot. And thank goodness for us they went in.” Plowman jump-started the Trojans’ late surge, but it was sophomore guard Skylar Sphon who helped put the exclamation point on the game and set up Saltsburg’s final field goal. With less than four minutes remaining, surrounded by a trio of defenders, Sphon blindly passed the ball behind his back to wide-open sophomore guard Dan Shirley below the rim. Shirley dropped in the easy layup, extending the lead to 62-43, cementing the lead that Saltsburg tirelessly fought to defend. All that was left for the Trojans to do was drain the clock and take advantage of the free throw opportunities St. Joseph’s was forced to give them. “That’s tough because they extended that lead again and went back into the zone, and obviously

we weren’t hitting anything from the outside,” said Ciambotti. “Once that happened, it was just kind of desperation mode. And that was the story of the game. They made their free throws. Hats off to those guys.” Saltsburg finished 12 of 22 from the foul line, with five of those points scored in the game’s final minutes. Four Trojan players ended with double-digit points: Plowman (12), Sphon (11) and sophomore guards Dan Shirley (12) and Nick Porter (16). In total, Stitt’s statetournament-bound shooters totaled seven 3-point shots. The Trojans pocketed plenty of playoff experience, and their postseason will continue in the state playoffs. “I’ve got a bunch of young kids. The whole team’s back (next year),” said Stitt. “We’re all back next year, and I think that’s what motivates them. We’re young. We’re learning. This is a great experience, and it’s a heck of an accomplishment for these kids to get to the state playoffs.”

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THE BLAIRSVILLE BOBCATS posed with their prize after beating Bishop Guifoyle for the District 6 Class A title Friday night. Team members are, first row, from left, Shelby Oswald, Laurel O’Barto, Chelsey Koren, Kia Clayton, Nicole Boyer, Carrine Moore and Rena Enterline; and second row, Taylor Koches, Jazmin Shields, Catherine Martin, Emily Oswald, Mikala Misleany, Baylee Riggle, Allyson Smathers and Emily Small.

Blairsville ends Guilfoyle’s run Continued from Page 17 their way to the championship game with blowout wins over eighth-seeded Claysburg-Kimmel and fourth-seeded Portage. Despite facing a talented and more experienced team in third-seed Bishop Guilfoyle, the Bobcats saw no reason to change their game plan. “We wanted to do what got us here,” said McGinnis. “We wanted to pressure man-to-man, switch when we have to switch and keep people from shooting 3s.” Beating the Marauders didn’t come quite that easy, but the Bobcats didn’t stray from accomplishing their goals. The Marauders (17-5) stuck with the Bobcats throughout the first half, trailing just 8-5 after the first quarter and dropping in another 10 points in the second quarter. A buzzer-beating tip-in by Nicole Boyer at the end of the second quarter put the Bobcats ahead 22-15 entering halftime. But the Bobcats had to travel an unfamiliar road in the second half. With seniors Chelsey Koren and Kia Clayton in foul trouble, the Bobcats had to toe the line on defense and work the clock on offense. Luckily for the Bobcats, they

had other senior players to rely on. “Last year that would have been the end of us,” said McGinnis. “We only had two players score in the Bellwood-Antis game and we lost. If I would’ve lost (O’Barto) it would’ve been bad.” But O’Barto never shied away from the spotlight. The senior guard stepped up her game and scored eight of her game-high 13 points in the third quarter as the Bobcats’ lead grew to 11 points, 34-23, entering the fourth quarter. Koren finished with nine points despite her limited play. Freshman Rena Enterline added eight points, and senior Nicole Boyer contributed seven. O’Barto, tasked with guarding Marauders leading scorer Lili Benzel, had to step up her defensive game as well. Benzel was held to just eight points after coming into the game averaging 20-plus points. The only player on Bishop Guilfoyle to reach double figures in scoring was Anna Audley, who scored 10. “I just had to have the confidence that I could stop her,” said O’Barto. “At least hold her to fewer points than she normally has. My teammates helped out on that with the switching and talking. So it wasn’t just me, it was every one of us —

every single one of us.” It took every single one of the Bobcats working together in the fourth quarter to secure the victory. With a 12-point lead, 39-27, and 3:17 remaining in the game, the Bobcats set out to burn the clock. With no shot clock in high school basketball to worry about, the Bobcats worked the ball around the perimeter of the court and extended each offensive possession over a minute. “Once we had the lead, I was a little nervous,” said McGinnis. “We haven’t done that very much. We had to spread that floor out there and use it, and it was run to perfection. The girls were unbelievable doing it.” With another goal accomplished, the Bobcats have one more lined up. “Now we have to get the next goal, which is to win a state playoff game,” said McGinnis. “I’m not worried about game two, three, four and five. I just want to get that first one because we haven’t done that yet. These girls want it bad.” The Bobcats will play Cameron County in the first round of the PIAA playoffs. Cameron County (15-10) finished fourth in District 9.

Crimson Hawks set to open playoffs By TONY COCCAGNA tonyc@indianagazette.net

The old saying goes that “You can’t have it both ways.” Then there’s that universal thinking in sports that “It’s hard to beat a team three times.” The IUP Crimson Hawks hope they can have it both ways. They need to beat a team for the third time this season to advance in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference playoffs so they can face a team that has beaten them twice. IUP (23-5) plays host to Pitt Johnstown (12-14) in the first round of the PSAC playoffs this evening. The Hawks need a win to advance to Tuesday’s quarterfinals at Mercyhurst (20-7). “Sometimes the temperament of the players changes because they’ve had success against a team,” IUP coach Joe Lombardi said, “and they might not have the same intensity playing the third time. Often the team that loses twice is very anxious and might have an edge in that third game. If you’re on the winning side, they maybe lose a little respect or don’t feel as challenged, so that can have an impact on the players and how they approach a team mentally.” This is the first time in six seasons that IUP isn’t going into the conference tournament as a division champion. IUP

PSAC PLAYOFFS Pitt Johnstown at IUP 7 p.m. today tied with Mercyhurst for second place behind Gannon in the PSAC West, and the Lakers earned the second seed by virtue of their two three-point wins over the Hawks. But can IUP, a program that has compiled seven straight seasons of more than 20 wins and won three of the previous five conference championships, be considered an underdog? “We don’t play the underdog role up too much,” Lombardi said. “But I think our guys feel like since we finished tied for second that they have a lot to prove still. They may be more motivated to prove something rather than feel like we have to play over our heads to do this or do something unbelievable to win this tournament.” IUP beat Pitt Johnstown by double figures in each game, by 15 points, 88-73, at home on Jan. 21 and by 13 points, 7865, last Saturday. In the first game, Pitt Johnstown’s A.J. Leahey, a 6-foot-7 sophomore who ranks third nationally in 3-point shooting at 51.7 percent, scored 19 points. In the second, Ian Vescovi, a 6-9 senior center, scored 28. “We have to do a better job playing one-on-one defense on Vescovi,” Lom-

bardi said. “He’s going to score. He’s a good player, and I don’t expect to stop him every time, but we have to slow him down and do a better job making some defensive plays. Leahey, I thought we contained him pretty well from having big nights shooting 3s. And we have to make sure the other guys don’t get easy shots as we’re focusing on those two because the other guys can hurt you.” Pitt Johnstown has put up some impressive offensive numbers: The Mountain Cats average 73.9 points per game and shoot 46.2 percent from the field, including a conference-high 41.7 percent from 3-point range. One of their shortcomings, though, is on defense. Pitt Johnstown has allowed 72.8 points and 45.1 percent shooting. IUP shot 48.8 percent, its season average, in the two matchups. The Crimson Hawks average 75.5 points, tops among the nine PSAC West teams. IUP, by contrast, yields only 61.8 points per game, which ranks eighth nationally. “I don’t think either team has changed a lot in the last week,” Lombardi said. “They exposed some of our weakness, and we exposed theirs. When you play a team that close together you get a chance to make adjustments. We’ll make adjustments, and we’ll see if they shore up what we took advantage of.”

Continued from Page 17 the clock run down to about 10 seconds before making a move, and he stumbled to the right and nearly lost the ball. He recovered and tried going to his left, but he lost his balance again and started to fall. Riley Stapleton, who was left unguarded by the Tigers, dashed to the paint, and Dylan flicked a one-handed pass to him as the crowd gasped in anticipation. Riley Stapleton went up and banked in a short bucket to send the Indiana crowd into a frenzy and stun the Beaver Falls supporters. “Riley and Dylan have played together forever,” Lezanic said. “They know each other, obviously. But these guys are drilled (that) when you go to the hoop, we need somebody on the back side for the little dish. As it turns out, Dylan never got to the hoop, and he kind of made a shovel pass that I think (Ben) Roethlisberger would have been proud of.” Some other thoughts on the winning basket: “I didn’t really plan on losing the ball,” Dylan said. “But Coach told me to get the ball and try to create, and (we were) lucky enough that they played help-side defense and my brother was right there.” “(Dylan) was just like an animal falling all over the place,” Riley said. “I was wide open and I just saw him glance and he threw the ball as he was falling and it landed right in my hands.” “The ball was loose,” said Beaver Falls coach Doug Biega. “If we had been a little bit quicker to it, we might have gotten the steal.” “Riley was right where he was supposed to be,” said Lezanic. “Game over.” The buzzer sounded after Riley Stapleton scored, but the referees gathered and agreed that Biega had called for a timeout before the clock expired. They put 1.5 seconds back on the clock, and the Tigers had a last, desperate shot at the win. But Donovan Jeter’s inbounds heave, intended for Josh Creach, was off the mark and Dylan Stapleton batted it away. The buzzer sounded again, and the Indians celebrated a win unlike any other in the program’s history. “This will go down as the best night of my high school career,” Jack said, “no matter what happens the rest of the way out.” If the Indians were supposed to be timid when the game started, they didn’t show it. Zilinskas hit an open jumper on Indiana’s first possession, starting a spurt in which the Indians made their first six shots and led 11-2 just three minutes into the game.

“They shot the ball so well in that first half that they kind of had us on our heels initially,” Biega said. “No matter how good you are defensively, when a team shoots like that, they are very tough to defend.” Beaver Falls, which has won nine WPIAL championships in its storied history, fought back and cut the deficit to four by the end of the quarter. The Indians kept the hot hand a while longer, though, and they entered the break with a 32-28 lead that would have felt more comfortable had the Tigers’ Keyan Gibson not made a 3-pointer at the first-half buzzer. “We’ve come out pretty fast every game this year,” Jack said. “But just to come and show we can play with these guys was huge.” The good feelings didn’t last long for Indiana, though. After making 13 of 27 shots (48 percent) in the first half, they went cold in the third quarter, making just 3 of 11. Beaver Falls, meanwhile, made 8 of its 15 shots to take a commanding 46-41 lead. Creach, a lanky sophomore who finished with a game-high 26 points, added two quick buckets to start the fourth quarter, and Beaver Falls led by nine, 5041. Backed by its large and boisterous student crowd, Indiana refused to go away, though, and Dylan Stapleton hit a 3-pointer, followed by one from Shields the next trip down the floor, and Beaver Falls’ lead was down to three. “I was thinking, If you have an open shot, just make it,’” Shields said. “We have to cut this lead down.” From there, the teams traded buckets and the tension continued to build with every trip down the floor. And when Zilinskas made two free throws with 25 seconds to play, the stage was set for Riley Stapleton’s heroics. It turned out to be a night that will be talked about for years. For a school that had never been this far, that’s an important thing because there was a time when Indiana boys’ basketball games were treated with apathy. But now, with a championship in their pockets, the Indians are the toast of the town. Up next is the state tournament. Indiana will play Friday against South Fayette, starting the grueling schedule that could ultimately lead to the PIAA championship. But those are thoughts for another day. For now, the Indians just want to celebrate their latest win, an unlikely one that came down to the biggest shot in the biggest game in decades, if not ever. “We’ll refocus,” Lezanic said. “But tonight, we just want to think about tonight.”

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LOCAL SCOREBOARD HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL DISTRICT 6 PLAYOFFS (Seeds in parentheses) CLASS A BOYS First Round Bishop Guilfoyle 63, Williamsburg 53 St. Joseph’s Catholic 67, Glendale 61 Quarterfinals Saltsburg 38, Ferndale 36 St. Joseph’s 75, Homer-Center 70 Bishop Carroll 63, Bishop Guilfoyle 28 Portage 53, Moshannon Valley 49 Semifinals Wednesday’s Games Bishop Carroll 70, Saltsburg 30 Portage 51, St. Joseph’s 33 Consolation Friday’s Game Saltsburg 67, St. Joseph’s Championship Friday’s Game Bishop Carroll 65, Portage 34 CLASS AA BOYS First Round Blairsville 81, Southern Huntingdon 45 Bishop McCort 40, Penns Valley 34 Bellwood-Antis 63, Penn Cambria 54 Cambria Heights 44, Tyrone 32 Central Cambria 52, Westmont Hilltop 47 Ligonier Valley 62, Juniata 52 Mount Union 63, Central Martinsburg 50 West Branch 74, Bald Eagle Area 72 Quarterfinals Blairsville 57, Mount Union 47 West Branch 58, Ligonier Valley 39 Central Cambria 47, Cambria Heights 41 Bellwood-Antis 59, Bishop McCort 57 Semifinals Blairsville 62, Central Cambria 46 West Branch 54, Bellwood-Antis 53 Consolation Friday’s Game Bellwood-Antis 62, Central Cambria 52 Championship Today’s Game At St. Francis University Blairsville (4) vs. West Branch (2), 7 p.m. CLASS AAA BOYS First Round Huntingdon 36, Bellefonte 33 Semifinals Tuesday’s Game Hollidaysburg 50, Johnstown 37 Wednesday’s Game Somerset 56, Huntingdon 54 Championship Today’s Game At St. Francis University Hollidaysburg (2) vs. Somerset (1), 2:30 p.m. CLASS AAAA BOYS Championship State College 58, Altoona 57 CLASS A GIRLS First Round Homer-Center 62, Penns Manor 36 Saltsburg 44, Williamsburg 41 Claysburg-Kimmel 54, Conemaugh Valley 49 Quarterfinals Bishop Guilfoyle 68, Homer-Center 45 Blairsville 75, Claysburg-Kimmel 16 Portage 53, Juniata Valley 40 Bishop Carroll 45, Saltsburg 30 Semifinals Bishop Guilfoyle 53, Bishop Carroll 30 Blairsville 54, Portage 23 Championship Friday’s Game Blairsville 43, Bishop Guilfoylle 31 Consolation Saturday’s Game Portage (4) vs. Bishop Carroll (2) at Central Cambria HS, 1 p.m. CLASS AA GIRLS First Round Penns Valley 59, Philipsburg-Osceola 41 Southern Huntingdon 49, Purchase Line 41 Central Cambria 49, Ligonier Valley 46 Quarterfinals Tyrone 46, Penns Valley 40 Bellwood-Antis 74, Southern Huntingdon 25 Westmont Hilltop 39, Central Martinsburg 31 Bishop McCort 57, Central Cambria 29 Semifinals Bellwood-Antis 53, Tyrone 34 Bishop McCort 50, Westmont Hilltop 41 Consolation Friday’s Game Westmont Hilltop 56, Tyrone 47 Championship Today’s Game At St. Francis University Bishop McCort vs. Bellwood-Antis, 5:30 p.m. CLASS AAA GIRLS Semifinals Forest Hills 52, Johnstown 32 Juniata 51, Huntingdon 41 Championship Today’s Game At St. Francis University Forest Hills vs. Juniata, 1 p.m. CLASS AAAA GIRLS Semifinal Altoona 51, Hollidaysburg 35 Championship Altoona 46, State College 45

WPIAL PLAYOFFS CLASS AAAA BOYS First Round North Allegheny 42, Penn-Trafford 36 Bethel Park 80, McKeesport 73 Chartiers Valley 64, Butler 39 Upper St. Clair 61, Latrobe 59 Fox Chapel 49, Pine-Richland 35 Hempfield 65, Gateway 56 Mount Lebanon 77, Norwin 60 North Hills 48, Plum 42 Quarterfinals North Allegheny 65, Bethel Park 63 Fox Chapel 44, Hempfield 39 Chartiers Valley 65, Upper St. Clair 50 North Hills 37, Mount Lebanon 33 Semifinals Chartiers Valley 78, North Hills 53 North Allegheny 71, Fox Chapel 44 Championship Today’s Game At Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh North Allegheny vs. Chartiers Valley, 9 p.m.

CLASS AAA BOYS Preliminary Round Laurel Highlands 47, Montour 43 Highlands 89, West Shamokin 55 Knoch 45, Greensburg Salem 37 Southmoreland 50, West Allegheny 44 First Round Mars 90, Laurel Highlands 54 Ambridge 84, Uniontown 69 Highlands 77, West Mifflin 76 Indiana 57, Central Valley 48 Beaver Falls 68, Knoch 51 South Fayette 77, Steel Valley 58 Hampton 77, Southmoreland 48 New Castle 80, South Park 64 Quarterfinals Ambridge 46, Mars 45 Beaver Falls 69, South Fayette 46 Indiana 71, Highlands 54 New Castle 78, Hampton 61

Semifinals Indiana 54, Ambridge 45 Beaver Falls 52, New Castle 49 Championship Friday’s Game Indiana 62, Beaver Falls 61

CLASS AA BOYS Preliminary Round Ford City 52, Frazier 50 Laurel 76, Waynesburg 50 Avonworth 67, Chartiers-Houston 46 Shady Side Academy 61, Riverside 53 First Round Aliquippa 61, Ford City 26 Bishop Canevin 63, Apollo-Ridge 54 Greensburg Central Catholic 61, Laurel 53 Lincoln Park Charter 66, Avonworth 41 Neshannock 71, Washington 69 Sacred Heart 72, Charleroi 36 Quaker Valley 80, Brownsville 42 Seton-LaSalle 57, Shady Side Academy 52 Quarterfinals Aliquippa 74, Bishop Canevin 51 Greensburg Central Catholic 59, Neshannock 49 Quaker Valley 64, Lincoln Park 55 Seton-La Salle 60, Sacred Heart 54 Semifinals Aliquippa 85, Greensburg Central Catholic 61 Seton-LaSalle 80, Quaker Valley 63 Championship Today’s Game At Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh Aliquippa vs. Seton-LaSalle, 1 p.m.

CLASS A BOYS Preliminary Round Serra Catholic 67, Geibel Catholic 38 First Round North Catholic 63, Winchester 51 Jeannette 66, Riverview 42 Vincentian 82, Imani Christian 55 Cornell 67, Jefferson Morgan 55 Sewickley Academy 60, Serra Catholic 50 Eden Christian 60, Clairton 46 Monessen 76, St. Joseph 47 California 46, Union 44 Quarterfinals Monessen 73, California 38 Eden Christian 38, Sewickley Acad. 35 Jeannette 55, North Catholic 50 Vincentian Academy 87, Cornell 73 Semifinals Jeanette 52, Eden Christian 40 Monessen 85, Vincentian Academy 73 Championship Friday’s Game Monessen 52, Jeannette 46

CLASS AAAA GIRLS First Round Bethel Park 51, Hempfield 36 Pine-Richland 56, McKeesport 43 Norwin 66, Plum 48 Shaler 63, Upper St. Clair 38 Penn-Trafford 45, Seneca Valley 43 Penn Hills 65, Mount Lebanon 42 North Allegheny 67, Latrobe 21 Baldwin 34, Gateway 28 Quarterfinals Bethel Park 58, Pine-Richland 42 North Allegheny 41, Baldwin 27 Norwin 48, Shaler 36 Penn Hills 40, Penn-Trafford 22 Semifinals Penn Hills 52, Bethel Park 39 Norwin 60, North Allegheny 52 Championship Today’s Game At Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh Penn Hills vs. Norwin, 7 p.m.

CLASS AAA GIRLS Preliminary Round Ringgold 77, Greensburg Salem 57 Ford City 50, Ellwood City 40 Beaver 58, Derry 14 South Park 64, Hopewell 51 McGuffey 68, Deer Lakes 44 First Round Beaver Area 51, Hampton 36 Blackhawk 60, Ringgold 40 Chartiers Valley 46, Ford City 31 Elizabeth Forward 54, Mt. Pleasant 43 McGuffey 64, Indiana 54, OT South Fayette 66, Ambridge 43 South Park 52, Mars 34 Trinity 46, Belle Vernon 45 Quarterfinals Blackhawk 83, Trinity 44 Chartiers Valley 54, Beaver Area 40 South Fayette 48, South Park 45 Elizabeth Forward 67, McGuffey 51 Semifinals Blackhawk 64, Chartiers Valley 52 South Fayette 66, Elizabeth Forward 63 Championship Today’s Game At Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh Blackhawk vs. South Fayette, 3 p.m.

CLASS AA GIRLS Preliminary Round West Shamokin 43, Charleroi 32 Frazier 56, Apollo-Ridge 53 Washington 46, Shenango 39 Freedom 43, Brentwood 38 Beth Center 59, Avonworth 45 First Round Seton-LaSalle 65, West Shamokin 36 Neshannock 39, Shady Side Academy 24 Carlynton 52, Frazier 22 Sacred Heart 65, Washington 34 Burrell 60, Freedom 19 Chartiers-Houston 54, Mohawk 37 Greensburg Central Catholic 64, Beth Center 33 Bishop Canevin 53, Riverside 21 Quarterfinals Bishop Canevin 54, Greensburg Central Catholic 46 Burrell 66, Chartiers-Houston 38 Carlynton 58, Sacred Heart 46 Seton-LaSalle 60, Neshannock 43 Semifinals Seton-LaSalle 40, Carlynton 35 Bishop Canevin 32, Burrell 30 Championship Friday’s Game Seton-LaSalle 51, Bishop Canevin 35

CLASS A GIRLS First Round Vincentian 69, Winchester Thurston 40 Imani Christian 53, Aliquippa 39 North Catholic 67, Ellis School 36 Jefferson Morgan 53, Cornell 42 California 63, Sewickley Academy 37 Quigley Catholic 66, St. Joseph 45 Riverview 47, Fort Cherry 28 Serra Catholic 54, Geibel Catholic 28 Quarterfinals Vincentian 84, Imani Christian 31 Quigley Catholic 52, Serra Catholic 35 North Catholic 67, Jefferson Morgan 27 Riverview 42, California 38 Semifinals North Catholic 41, Riverview 40 Vincentian 68, Quigley Catholic 46 Championship Today’s Game At Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh North Catholic vs. Vincentian, 11 a.m.

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FRIDAY’S SCORES BOYS DISTRICT 5 TOURNAMENT Class A Consolation McConnellsburg 49, Conemaugh Twp. 45 Championship Shanksville-Stoneycreek 48, S.Fulton 33 DISTRICT 9 TOURNAMENT Class AAA Championship Clearfield 57, Punxsutawney 33 DISTRICT 10 TOURNAMENT Class A Championship Kennedy Catholic 48, Farrell 46 Class AA Championship West Middlesex 66, Fairview 34 Class AAA Consolation Meadville 58, Girard 54, OT Championship Erie Cath. Prep 41, Erie Strong Vincent 40

GIRLS DISTRICT 5 TOURNAMENT Class AA Championship Everett 43, North Star 39 DISTRICT 9 TOURNAMENT Class A Third Place Elk Co. Catholic 61, Cameron County 45 Class AAA Championship Punxsutawney 39, Bradford 29

FRIDAY’S BOYS’ BOX SCORES WPIAL CLASS AAA CHAMPIONSHIP INDIANA 62, BEAVER FALLS 61 Beaver Falls — 61 Turner 4 1-2 9, Leak 0 0-0 0, Gibson 4 0-0 11, Creach 12 2-3 26, Jeter 6 0-3 12, Duffy 1 0-0 3, Totals 27 3-8 61 Indiana — 62 D.Stapleton 5 2-2 14, Shields 4 2-2 12, R.Stapleton 4 0-0 9, Jack 2 2-2 8, Zilinskas 7 2-2 14, McConnell 0 3-4 3, Gatti 0 0-0 0, Totals 22 11-12 62 Beaver Falls 13 15 18 15 — 61 Indiana 17 15 9 21 — 62 3-point field goals: Gibson 3, D.Stapleton 2, Shields 2, Jack 2, Duffy, R.Stapleton

DISTRICT 6 CLASS A CONSOATION SALTSBURG 67, ST JOSEPH’S 54 Saltsburg — 67 Shirley 4 4-7 12, Plowman 3 3-6 12, Zimmerman 2 2-2 7, Porter 6 3-5 16, Booth 4 0-0 9, Sphon 5 0-2 11, Totals 24 12-22 67 St. Joseph’s — 54 Bastardi 6 3-6 15, Jabco 8 4-7 20, Shearer 1 1-2 4, Chirieleison 1 0-2 2, Kresovich 2 0-0 5, Lipscomb 3 2-4 8, Totals 21 10-21 54 Saltsburg 13 18 11 25 — 67 St. Joseph’s 8 12 20 14 — 54 3-point field goals: Plowman 3, Zimmerman, Porter, Booth, Sphon, Shearer, Kresovich.

FRIDAY’S GIRLS’ BOX SCORE DISTRICT 6 CLASS A CHAMPIONSHIP BLAIRSVILLE 43, BISHOP GUILFOYLE 31 Bishop Guilfoyle — 31 R.Lewis 2 2-4 7, Adams 0 2-3 2, Audley 4 2-5 10, Benzel 3 0-0 8, Taddei 1 0-0 2, B.Lewis 1 0-0 2, Totals 11 6-12 31 Blairsville — 43 Boyer 3 0-0 7, Enterline 3 2-2 8, Clayton 1 1-1 3, O’Barto 4 4-4 13, Martin 1 0-0 3, Koren 3 3-6 9, Moore 0 0-0 0, Totals 15 10-13 43 Bishop Guilfoyle 5 10 8 8 — 31 Blairsville 8 14 12 9 — 43 3-point field goals: R.Lewis, Benzel 2, Boyer, O’Barto, Martin.

HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING WPIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS CLASS AA FRIDAY’S RESULTS At Canon-McMillan High School TEAM KEY A—Avella; AVON—Avonworth; BE— Beaver; B—Bedford; BENT—Bentworth; BB—Berlin Brothersvalley; BC—BethCenter; BL—Blairsville; BURG— Burgettstown; BURR—Burrell; CAL— California; CH—Cambria Heights; CAR— Carlynton; C—Central; CC-Central Cambria; CHART—Chartiers Houston; CR—Chestnut Ridge; CT—Conemaugh Township; DA—Derry Area; EF— Elizabeth Forward; EC—Elwood City; E— Everett; FC—Fort Cherry; FH—Forest Hills; FA—Freedom Area; G—Glendale; HIGH—Highlands; HFH—Hope for Hyndman; H—Huntingdon; I—Indiana; J—Jeannette; JM—Jefferson Morgan; JUN—Juniata; KO—Keystone Oaks; K— Kittanning; L—Laurel; LV—Ligonier Valley; MC—Marion Center; MCG— McGuffey; M—Meyersdale; MV— Moshannon Valley; MP—Mount Pleasant; MU—Mount Union; NB—Northern Bedford; NS—North Star; PC—Penn Cambria; PV—Penns Valley; R— Richland; SHA—Shade; S—Somerset; SA—South Allegheny; SF—South Fayette; SH—Southern Huntingdon; SOUTH— Southmoreland; SP—South Park; SS— South Side; SUM—Summit Academy; TM—Tussey Mountain; T—Tyrone; U— United; V—Valley; W—Washington; WB—West Branch; WG—West Greene; WH—Westmont Hilltop; WS—West Shamokin; Y—Yough TOP 10 TEAM STANDINGS 1. Chestnut Ridge 48; 2. Berlin Brothersvalley 45.5; 3. Huntingdon and Jefferson-Morgan 37; 5. Burrell 30; 6. Ligonier Valley 29.5; 7. Blairsville 25; 8. South Fayette and Southmoreland 24; 10. West Branch 23. INDIVIDUAL RESULTS PRELIMINARIES 106—Campbell, CH, dec. Cardelone, FC, 7-2; Broadway, DA, pinned Brode, TM, 5:39; Christie, WH, dec. Bitner, MP, 30; Pirl, LV, pinned DUnn, SF, 4:25; Dovshek, BENT, pinned Furr, NS, 1:13; Griffiths, SOUTH, pinned Yearick, PV, 4:30; Burkett, CR, pinned Jo. Boozel, MU, 4:48; 113—Alberts, EC, dec. Flaherty, E, 5-1; Couteret, WB, dec. Miscovich, MP, 42; Williams, CR, pinned Harris, V, 3:14; Clark, NB, dec. Bechtold, BURR, 5-1; Link, PC, pinned Charles, Y, 1:17; Keiper, FH, maj. dec. Lambie, SOUTH, 14-5; Benson, H, pinned G. Nicolella, MCG, 2:48; 120— Wano, DA, dec. Cole, S, 3-0; McDermitt, BURG, pinned Wiles, MC, 3:04; Christie, BURR, dec. Childers, NB, 7-1; Andrews, WH, dec. T. Nicolella, MCG, 5-0; Swab, C, pinned Mihelchik, MP, 2:38; Howard, JM, tech. fall MCCall, FH, 19-3, 5:22; 126—

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HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING Ostrowski, CC, dec. Jeffrey, BURR, 10-3; Decker, PV, dec. Harris, MCG, 9-4; Hernandez, SA, dec. Hobson, CR, 4-3; Neely, BENT, dec. Rouser, R, 4-3; Novak, MP, dec. Helsley, NB, 3-0; Kepple, DA, pinned Bro. Biddle, C, 3:18; Law, FH, maj. dec. Kustock, CHART, 12-3; 132—Gilson, JUN, pinned Bails, 1:43; Trimmer, AVON, dec. Deremer, CR, 4-2 OT; George, R, dec. Roberts, BURR, 9-3; Ging, SF, dec. Stover, E, 6-2; Komara, FA, maj. dec. Hurd, PV, 11-2; Swank, BB, dec. Dorian, WH, 3-0; 138—Hoenstine, C, dec. Witwicki, CAR, 6-0; Clark, LV, pinned Hrsko, CHART, 3:59; Replogle, NB, pinned Desmond, MCG, 2:37; Claar, CR, maj. dec. Steel, MU, 9-1; Myers, SOUTH, dec. Scott, H, 7-0; Costas, NS, maj. dec. Mitchell, BENT, 11-1; Opdenhoff, CC, pinned Campbell, CAL, 1:43; 145—Brown, MV, pinned Jamison, JM, 3:51; McKenzie, M, dec. Zundel, SOUTH, 1-0; Stewart, MC, dec. Ward, FA, 8-4; Patrick, LV, maj. dec. Telorico, BE, 16-6; Mears, MP, dec. Mostoller, NS, 10-4; Templeton, FH, pinned Kusich, A, 1:13; Baney, H, dec. Hemminger, S, 5-2. 152—Hurd, PV, dec. Richey, MCG, 4-2 OT; Greenwald, BURR, dec. Farabaugh, PC, 4-2 OT; Strasiser, NS, 7-2; Crouse, CR, pinned Troutman, JV, 3:13; Charlesworth, MP, dec. Bry. Biddle, C, 7-2; Fabian, S, dec. Jenkins, SA, 3-1; Oliver, H, pinned Datz, SOUTH, 2:55; 160—Wagner, H, dec. Vukovich, K, 4-1; Walters, WH, dec. Koha, JM, 8-2; Hillegass, CR, maj. dec. Garner, L, 18-9; Fochtman, BB, maj. dec. Thomas, MV, 12-3; Stay, BC, dec. Green, WB, 8-7; Petit, V, dec. Charlton, NS, 5-3; Doak, BL, pinned Sutter, SOUTH, 1:39; 170—Coles, SOUTH, dec. Graham, E, 12-10; Brett, B, pinned Duncan, K, 1:06; Walsh, BC, dec. Driskel, PC, 8-2; Bulsak, SP, pinned Mock, BA, 1:03; Slippey, WB, pinned Donahue, I, :30; McKee, BURG, pinned Pecze, BL, 2:41; Ta. Cahill, BB, pinned Black, KO, 1:17; 182—Brown, BC, pinned Beaver, CR, 2:21; Beltz, SF, dec. Waksmunski, CH, 6-0; Hutzell, M, pinned Grimm, CHART, 2:48; McDonald, BB, dec. Boone, SS, 3-2; Glover, WS, pinned Carbaugh, SH, 2:42; Foster, JUN, maj. dec. Moses, BURR, 17-8; Bowlen, JM, dec. Wilson, BA, 7-2; 195—Fourier, EF, pinned Connor, NS, :50; To. Cahill, BB, tech. faall Husic, BURG, 17-1, 5:31; Orr, I, dec. Norris, H, 9-5; Scherer, BURR, dec. Rigney, MU, 3-0; McDowell, WB, dec. Culberson, SF, 8-2; Hamilton, MV, pinned Main, WG, 3:30; Buttry, CR, pinned Patterson, JM, 1:08; 220—Hitchens, SA, pinned Pepper, BB, 2:22; Sever, Y, dec. Hockenberry, MU, 6-3; Eller, S, pinned Graham, A, 2:38; Smith, M, dec. VanNorman, WG, 5-0; Sinclair, EC, won by injury default over Jones, WH, 6:33 OT; Oliver, U, pinned McIntyre, FC, 2:27; Robb, K, tech. fall Carlheim, G, 16-0, 3:05; 285—Ness, G, dec. Gloady, W, 5-3; Collins, BB, pinned Seinstraw, MCG; Winfield, SH, pinned McClaurin, SUM; Deitman, U, dec. Lind, MP, 3-1; Beistel, SOUTH, pinned Brown, SHA, :40; Wolfe, JM, pinned Colyer, T; Davis, CR, pinned Smith, BL, :23. QUARTERFINALS 106—Teasdale, JM, maj. dec. Campbell, CH, 21-9; Christie, WH, maj. dec. Broadway, DA, 10-0; Pirl, LV, pinned Dovshek, BENT, 3:26; Burkett, CR, maj. dec. Griffiths, SOUTH, 10-0; 113—Murin, CC, tech. fall Alberts, EC, 19-4, 4:31; Couteret, WB, dec. Williams, CR, 6-4 OT; Link, PC, dec. Clark, NB, 9-4; Keiper, FH, dec. Benson, H, 9-8; 120—Glorioso, H, pinned Wano, DA, 1:46; McDermitt, BURG, dec. Christie, BURR, 5-0; Andrews, WH, dec. McCoy, CR, 8-3; Howard, JM, tech. fall Swab, C, 20-4, 3:41; 126— Gabriel, B, dec. Ostrowski, CC, 6-2; Decker, PV, dec. Hernandez, SA, 4-3; Novak, MP, dec. Neely, BENT, 1-0; Law, FH, dec. Kepple, DA, 2-0; 132—Phillippi, DA, tech. fall Gilson, JUN, 18-2, 4:36; Trimmer, AVON, dec. George, R, 5-2; Ja. Boozel, MU, pinned Ging, SF, 4:48; Komara, FA, dec. Swank, BB, 6-5; 138— Carr, SF, dec. Hoenstine, C, 7-1; Clark, LV, tech. fall Replogle, NB, 19-3, 5:15; Myers, SOUTH, dec. Claar, CR, 2-1; Opdenhoff, CC, tech. faall Costas, NS, 16-1, 5:20; 145—Sanders, J, dec. Brown, MV, 7-2; Stewart, MC, pinned McKenzie, M, 5:46; Patrick, LV, dec. Mears, MP, 3-2; Baney, H, dec. Templeton, FH, 6-4; 152—Wentzel, SP, pinned Hurd, PV, 2:38; Greenwald, BURR, pinned Strasiser, NS, 2:51; Crouse, CR, pinned Charlesworth, MP, 3:52; Oliver, H, pinned Fabian, S, 3:33; 160—Walker, SF, dec. Wagner, H, 3-0; Walters, WH, dec. Hillegass, CR, 1-0; Fochtman, BB, dec. Stay, BC, 7-1; Doak, BL, maj. dec. Petit, V, 17-6; 170—Niebauer, CH, pinned Coles, SOUTH, 2:42; Walsh, BC, maj. dec. Brett, B, 14-3; Bulsak, SP, dec. Slippey, WB, 5-0; Ta. Cahill, BB, pinned McKee, BURG, 2:53; 182—Hazel, PV, dec. Brown, BC, 6-4; Beltz, SF, dec. Hutzell, M, 6-4; McDonald, BB, dec. Glover, WS, 9-5; Bowlen, JM, dec. Foster, JUN, 7-1; 195—Thompson, BL, pinned Fournier, EF, 2:57; To. Cahill, BB, dec. Orr, I, 12-5; Scherer, BURR, pinned McDowell, WB, 5:49; Buttry, CR, pinned Hamilton, MV, 3:05; 220—Maines, WB, dec. Hitchens, SA, 10-4; Sever, Y, dec. Eller, S, 3-2; Smith, M, dec. Sinclair, EC, 2-1 OT TB; Robb, K, dec. Oliver, U, 70; 285—Beattie, BURR, pinned Ness, G, 1:40; Collins, BB, dec. Winfield, SH, 3-1 OT; Beistel, SOUTH, maj. dec. Deitman, U, 14-5; Wolfe, JM, pinned Davis, CR, 3:16. FIRST-ROUND CONSOLATIONS 106—Bittner, MP, dec. Brode, TM, 4-2 OT; Furry, NS, maj. dec. Dunn, SF, 12-0; Yearick, PV, dec. Jo. Boozel, MU, 1-0; 113—Miscovich, MP, dec. Harris, V, 2-1; Bechtold, BURR, dec. Charles, Y, 4-3; G. Nicolella, MCG, pinned Lambie, SOUTH, 2:07; 120—Wiles, MC, dec. Childers, NB, 7-4; Mihalchik, MP, dec. McCall, FH, 4-0; 126—Hobson, CR, dec. Harris, MCG, 6-3; Helsley, NB, pinned Rouser, R, 2:53; Bro. Biddle, C, dec. Kuslock, CHART, 6-2; 132—Deremer, CR, dec. Roberts, BURR, 9-2; Hurd, PV, dec. Dorian, WH, 1-0; 138—Hritsko, CHART, dec. Desmond, MCG, 4-3; Scott, H, dec. Steel, MU, 4-2; Mitchell, BENT, pinned Campbell, CAL, 2:51; 145—Zundel, SOUTH, dec. Ward, FA, 6-5 OT UTB; Mostoller, NS, dec. Talorico, BE, 9-8; Kusich, A, dec. Hemminger, S, 6-0. 152—Farabaugh, PC, dec. Bonzo, FA, 5-0; Bry. Biddle, C, dec. Troutman, JV, 5-3; Jenkins, SA, dec. Datz, SOUTH, 5-3; 160—Garner, L, dec. Kniha, JM, 6-5; Green, WB, pinned Thomas, MV, 2:07; Charlton, NS, maj. dec. Suter, SOUTH, 154; 170—Driskel, PC, pinned Duncan, K, 3:54; Mock, BA, pinned Donahue, I, 2:19; Pecze, BL, pinned Black, KO, 1:37; 182— Grimm, CHART, dec. Waksmunski, CH, 10; Boone, SS, dec. Carbaugh, SH, 8-4; Wilson, BA, pinned Moses, BURR, 3:19; 195—Norris, H, pinned Hucik, BURG, :40; Culberson, SF, dec. Rigney, MU, 6-2; Patterson, JM, dec. Main, WG, 5-4; 220— Hockenberry, MU, pinned Graham, A, :52; VanNorman, WG, won by injury default over Jones, WH; McIntyre, FC, dec. Carlheim, G, 7-5; 285—Steinstraw, MCG, pinned McLaurin, SUM, 4:33; Lind, MP, pinned Brown, SHA, :41; Smith, BL, pinned Colyer, T, 1:25.

Sports hours 8 to 11 p.m.

Seven punch tickets to state tourney By CARLY KROUSE ckrouse@indianagazette.net

CANONSBURG — The first day of the regional tournament gives wrestlers an opportunity to gain some momentum before making that final push toward states. This year, however, some wrestlers are already guaranteed a spot in the state tournament after Day One. Seven area wrestlers advanced to the Class AA Southwest Regional semifinals and punched their tickets to the PIAA tournament after Friday’s first-round and quarterfinal-round action at Canon-McMillan High School. “Going into the semifinals knowing that I’m going to states is a great feeling,” said Blairsville’s Drew Doak, who is heading to the state tournament for the fourth time. “It feels good, but now I have to keep pushing toward my goal tomorrow, which is to win the tournament.” Six wrestlers in each weight class advance to states, whereas in the past, only the top five moved on. “The pressure’s off now because no matter what happens after you make the semifinals, you’re going,” Marion Center coach Chris Stewart said. “Last year, we had a sixth-place finish, and it was no fun.” Blairsville’s Scott Thompson (195 pounds) and Doak (160), Derry’s Micky Phillippi (132), Ligonier Valley’s Logan Pirl (106), Dalton Clark (138) and Robby Patrick (145) and Marion Center’s Isaac Stewart (145) won in the quarterfinals and are vying for a spot in the regional championship. Thompson, the top seed and regional runner-up the past two seasons, had a firstround bye before pinning Elizabeth Forward’s Luke Fournier in 2 minutes, 57 seconds. Doak, a three-time runner-up at regionals, pinned Southmoreland’s Sean Suter in 1:39, then beat Valley’s Philip Petit 17-6 in the quarterfinals. Both Blairsville wrestlers are undefeated. “It feels very good, and I feel like I wrestled pretty well,” Doak said. “I was able to push the pace in the third period of my last match, and that was definitely a good thing going into tomorrow. The rest of the matches will be tougher kids and tougher pairings, but if I can outwrestle them in the third period, I should be good to go.” Isaac Stewart fell just short of states last season with a sixth-place finish, but he topped Freedom’s Dean Ward 8-4 and pinned Meyersdale’s Brady McKenzie in 5:46 to guarantee himself at least sixth place this year. “We had two weeks to prepare, and we’re just going at it the best we can,” Chris Stewart said of his son. “He was a little sluggish in the first match, but then he came back and wrestled really well. Tomorrow’s a different day, and he’s going to have a really tough match in the semis.” Ligonier Valley freshmen Pirl and Patrick continued to make a name for themselves, with Pirl recording two falls

in his first two matches and Patrick winning by major decision and decision in his first two. Both won District 6 championships two weeks ago. Clark, in his second regional tournament, won by fall in the first round and technical fall in the quarterfinals. Phillippi, the top seed who was the regional champion at 120 pounds last year, received a first-round bye and then easily beat Avonworth’s Darion Trimmer by technical fall, 18-2. “When you get to that level and you’re seeded, you get used to it,” Derry coach Mike Weinell said of Philippi’s bye. “The hard part for him is that he wants to wrestle at all times, so we have to calm him down and wait for his match to come. It’s not a bad thing. It’s a good thing for us that he has a bye, but he wishes he could wrestle in that first round to get warmed up. “We wish we could’ve wrestled better today, but we had some tough matches. It’s nice to know that (Phillippi) is through, now we just need to get the other three there, too.” Derry’s Shawn Broadway (106) Cole Wano (120) and Stone Kepple (126), West Shamokin’s Brenden Glover (182), Indiana’s Trent Orr (195) and United’s Tyler Oliver (220) and Andrew Deitman (285) each won in the round of 15 before losing in the quarterfinals. They were set to wrestle in the consolation rounds this morning for a shot at a spot on the podium and a trip to states. “He’s going to have to come out firing in the losers’ bracket because if you get one more loss, then you’re out,” Indiana coach Tony Donatelli said of Orr. “He has the capability of doing it, it’s just a matter of putting it all together at the right time. He knows what he has to do, so it’s just a matter of executing when it comes time.” Marion Center’s David Wiles (120) and Blairsville’s Nick Pecze (170) and Jake Smith (285) dropped their first-round matches but bounced back with wins in the consolations. “We have one going to Hershey already, and with David still alive, who knows what will happen tomorrow,” Chris Stewart said. “These matches are going to get tougher, so we’ll try our best and see what tomorrow brings.” Indiana freshman Alex Donahue (170) was ousted after being pinned in the first two matches. Donatelli wasn’t disappointed, though. “For him to be a freshman in that upper weight and make it this far, that’s impressive,” he said. “He’s had a great season, and I was very happy with how he performed.” Indiana’s Bobby Bell missed the tournament after suffering whiplash and a concussion during last week’s semifinal match at the WPIAL tournament. Sam Garner of Laurel took Bell’s spot in the bracket. Garner took seventh at the WPIAL tournament, and Bell was sixth.

AROUND THE AREA By The Indiana Gazette

HC boosters look for coaches HOMER CITY — The Homer City Area Athletic Booster Club is looking for coaches for its Youth Legion and Junior Little League baseball programs for the 2015 season. For information about managing or serving as an assistant coach, call Mark Bertig at (724) 479-0844.

Homer City players eligble for Legion Homer City Legion will not field an Indiana County Senior Legion baseball team this season, but players from that recruitment area are eligible to play for other teams.

Players will be assigned to a team that is closest to their home address. Players must register by March 15. For information, contact Barry Thomas at (724) 6393905.

Todd Bird Club meets Tuesday ERNEST — The Todd Bird Club will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Blue Spruce Lodge at Blue Spruce County Park. Patrick Snickles, the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s wildlife education supervisor, will present a program on the American woodcock. The meeting is open to the public. For information, visit www.toddbirdclub.org.

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TODAY BASKETBALL COLLEGE MEN Iowa at Penn State, 6 p.m. PSAC Playoffs First round Pitt Johnstown at IUP, 7 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS District 6 Class AA championship At St. Francis University Blairsville vs. West Branch, 7 p.m.

TRACK AND FIELD COLLEGE MEN AND WOMEN PSAC Indoor Championships At Edinboro IUP participating

WRESTLING HIGH SCHOOL BOYS Southwest Regional tournament At Canon-McMillan High School Local athletes participating, 10 a.m.

SUNDAY BASKETBALL COLLEGE MEN Pitt at Wake Forest, 6:30 p.m.

COLLEGE WOMEN Wisconsin at Penn State, TBA Clemson at Pitt, 2 p.m.

TENNIS COLLEGE WOMEN IUP vs. Tiffin, 3 p.m.

TRACK AND FIELD COLLEGE MEN AND WOMEN PSAC Indoor Championships At Edinboro IUP participating

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TODAY ATHLETICS 4 p.m. — USA Indoor Championships, NBC Sports AUTO RACING Noon — NASCAR: Sprint Cup, final practice for QuikTrip 500, FS1 2 p.m. — NASCAR: Xfinity Series, Hisense 250, FS1 5:30 p.m. — NASCAR: Truck Series, Hyundai Construction Equipment 200, FS1 BASKETBALL Noon — College: Georgetown at St. John’s, CBS Noon — College: Michigan at Maryland, ESPN Noon — College: Louisville at Florida State, ESPN2 Noon — College: East Carolina at UCF, ESPN News Noon — College: Missouri at Georgia, ESPNU 12:30 p.m. — College: Rhode Island at La Salle, NBC Sports 2 p.m. — College: North Carolina at Miami, CBS 2 p.m. — College: Northern Iowa at Wichita State, ESPN 2 p.m. — College: Dayton at VCU, ESPN2 2 p.m. — College: Cincinnati at Tulane, ESPN News 2 p.m. — College: Villanova at Xavier, Fox 4 p.m. — College: Arkansas at Kentucky, CBS 4 p.m. — College: Iowa State at Kansas State, ESPN2 4 p.m. — College: Oklahoma State at Texas Tech, ESPN News 4 p.m. — College: West Virginia at Baylor, ESPNU 4 p.m. — College women: Baylor at Iowa State, Root 5 p.m. — College: Texas at Kansas, ESPN 6 p.m. — College: Tennessee at Florida, ESPN2 6 p.m. — College: Iowa at Penn Staet, ESPNU 7 p.m. — High school boys: District 6 Class AA championship, Blairsville vs. West Branch, WLCY-FM 106.3 7 p.m. — College: PSAC playoffs, Pitt Johnstown at IUP, WQMU-FM 92.5 7 p.m. — College: Syracuse at Duke, ESPN 8 p.m. — College: Boise State at San Diego State, ESPN2 8 p.m. — College: Tulsa at Memphis, ESPNU 9 p.m. — College: Arizona at Utah, ESPN 10 p.m. — College: BYU at Gonzaga, ESPN2 10 p.m. — College: New Mexico at Fresno State, ESPNU Midnight — College: UC Irvine at UC Santa Barbara, ESPN2 Midnight — College: CIAA championship (same-day tape), ESPNU GOLF 1 p.m. — PGA: The Honda Classic, third round, Golf 3 p.m. — PGA: The Honda Classic, third round, NBC 1 a.m. — Honda LPGA Thailand, final round, Golf HOCKEY 8 p.m. — NHL: Rangers at Flyers, NBC WINTER SPORTS 2:30 p.m. — USSA Grand Prix, NBC Sports

SUNDAY ATHLETICS 4 p.m. — USA Indoor Championships, NBC Sports AUTO RACING 1 p.m. — NASCAR: Sprint Cup, QuikTrip 500, Fox BASKETBALL 1 p.m. — NBA: Clippers at Bulls, ABC 1 p.m. — College women: Texas at West Virginia, ESPN2 2 p.m. — College: SMU at UConn, CBS 3 p.m. — College women: North Carolina at Duke, ESPN2 3:30 p.m. — NBA: Cavaliers at Rockets, ABC 3:30 p.m. — College: Marquette at Providence, FS1 4 p.m. — College: Michigan State at Wiconsin, CBS 5 p.m. — College women: South Carolina at Kentucky, ESPN2 6:30 p.m. — NBA: Thunder at Lakers, ESPN 6:30 p.m. — College: Pittsburgh at Wake Forest, ESPNU 7 p.m. — College: Oregon at Stanford, FS1 8:30 p.m. — College: Arizona State at Colorado, ESPNU 9:30 p.m. — College: Washington State at UCLA, FS1 GOLF 5 a.m. — PGA European: Joburg Open, final round, Golf 1 p.m. — PGA: The Honda Classic, final round, Golf 3 p.m. — PGA: The Honda Classic, final round, NBC HOCKEY 5 p.m. — NHL: Blue Jackets at Penguins, Root, WQMU-FM 92.5 8 p.m. — NHL: Ducks at Stars, NBC Sports SOCCER 7 a.m. — Premier League: Manchester City at Liverpool, NBC Sports 9 a.m. — Premier League: Everton at Arsenal, NBC Sports WINTER SPORTS 2:30 p.m. — USSA Grand Prix, NBC Sports

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FRIDAY’S SCORES MEN EAST Brown 75, Penn 69 Canisius 72, Fairfield 65 Cornell 57, Harvard 49 Dartmouth 84, Columbia 71 Iona 79, Manhattan 75 Marist 69, St. Peter’s 67 Quinnipiac 73, Siena 63 St. John Fisher 90, Ithaca 75 Yale 81, Princeton 60 MIDWEST Akron 70, Ohio 58 Valparaiso 56, Cleveland St. 53 TOURNAMENTS American Southwest Conference Semifinals Concordia-Austin 72, Hardin-Simmons 66 CIAA Semifinals Livingstone 83, Bowie St. 65 Winston-Salem 88, Fayetteville St. 70 CUNYAC Championship Baruch 90, Brooklyn 83, 2OT MIAC Conference Tournament Semifinals Bethel (Minn.) 75, St. Olaf 67 Gustavus 83, St. Thomas (Minn.) 79 Midwest Conference Tournament Semifinals Grinnell 98, Monmouth (Ill.) 89 St. Norbert 85, Ripon 74 NJAC Championship Richard Stockton 65, William Paterson 61 North Atlantic Conference Semifinals Colby-Sawyer 79, Castleton 76, 2OT New England Coll. 63, Husson 48 Southern Athletic Association Quarterfinals Birmingham-Southern 94, Oglethorpe 69 Centre 90, Berry 74 Hendrix 73, Sewanee 71 Rhodes 68, Millsaps 46

WOMEN EAST Creighton 71, Georgetown 62 Dartmouth 60, Columbia 50 Drexel 54, Elon 51 Harvard 60, Cornell 54 NJIT 78, St. Joseph’s (NY) 35 Penn 75, Brown 58 Princeton 67, Yale 49 Siena 58, Canisius 54 St. John Fisher 90, Stevens Tech 61 Villanova 71, Providence 62 SOUTH James Madison 82, Northeastern 47 Virginia St. 69, Shaw 47 W. Carolina 86, UNC-Greensboro 80 MIDWEST Indiana St. 71, Evansville 53 Loyola of Chicago 67, Illinois St. 53 Missouri St. 72, N. Iowa 70 S. Illinois 72, Bradley 66 Seton Hall 77, Xavier 60 St. John’s 60, Butler 49 Wichita St. 80, Drake 59 SOUTHWEST UTEP 88, Louisiana Tech 75 FAR WEST Arizona St. 46, Utah 42 Colorado 66, Arizona 51 TOURNAMENTS Appalachian Athletic Conference Semifinals Milligan 90, Union (Ky.) 72 Tenn. Wesleyan 68, Point (Ga.) 45 CIAA Semifinals Lincoln (Pa.) 57, Livingstone 55 CUNYAC Championship Baruch 60, Brooklyn 39 HCAC Conference Tournament First Round Bluffton 57, Manchester 50 Rose-Hulman 53, Franklin 36 Midwest Conference Tournament Semifinals Cornell (Iowa) 66, Carroll (Wis.) 65 St. Norbert 61, Illinois College 51 North Atlantic Conference Semifinals Castleton 82, Colby-Sawyer 62 ODAC Quarterfinals Emory & Henry 93, Randolph-Macon 81 Old Dominion Athletic Conference Quarterfinals E. Mennonite 77, Bridgewater (Va.) 66 SLIAC Conference Tournament Semifinals Fontbonne 67, Webster 61 Spalding 72, MacMurray 71 Southern Athletic Association Quarterfinals Berry 67, Sewanee 64 USA South Conference Tournament Semifinals Greensboro 61, LaGrange 57 Maryville (Tenn.) 54, Ferrum 41 WIAC Conference Tournament Semifinals Wis.-Oshkosh 65, Wis.-Eau Claire 36 Wis.-Superior 58, Wis.-Stevens Pt. 36

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 37 21 .638 — Boston 23 33 .411 13 Brooklyn 23 33 .411 13 Philadelphia 13 45 .224 24 New York 11 46 .193 25½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 46 12 .793 — Washington 33 26 .559 13½ Miami 25 32 .439 20½ Charlotte 23 33 .411 22 Orlando 19 41 .317 28 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 37 22 .627 — Cleveland 37 23 .617 ½ Milwaukee 32 26 .552 4½ Indiana 24 34 .414 12½ Detroit 23 35 .397 13½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 41 16 .719 — Houston 40 18 .690 1½ Dallas 39 21 .650 3½ San Antonio 35 23 .603 6½ New Orleans 31 27 .534 10½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 38 19 .667 — Oklahoma City 32 27 .542 7 Utah 22 35 .386 16 Denver 20 38 .345 18½ Minnesota 13 44 .228 25 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 45 11 .804 — L.A. Clippers 38 21 .644 8½ Phoenix 31 28 .525 15½ Sacramento 20 36 .357 25 L.A. Lakers 16 41 .281 29½ Friday’s Games Philadelphia 89, Washington 81 Indiana 93, Cleveland 86 Atlanta 95, Orlando 88 Golden State 113, Toronto 89 New York 121, Detroit 115,2OT Boston 106, Charlotte 98 New Orleans 104, Miami 102 Chicago 96, Minnesota 89 Houston 102, Brooklyn 98 L.A. Clippers 97, Memphis 79 Utah 104, Denver 82 San Antonio 107, Sacramento 96 L.A. Lakers 101, Milwaukee 93 Portland 115, Oklahoma City 112 Today’s Games Detroit at Washington, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Toronto at New York, 7:30 p.m. Memphis at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Brooklyn at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. San Antonio at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Milwaukee at Utah, 9 p.m. Sunday’s Games L.A. Clippers at Chicago, 1 p.m. Cleveland at Houston, 3:30 p.m. Portland at Sacramento, 6 p.m. Charlotte at Orlando, 6 p.m. Philadelphia at Indiana, 6 p.m. Golden State at Boston, 6 p.m. Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m. New Orleans at Denver, 8 p.m.

PSAC FINAL REGULAR-SEASON STANDINGS MEN West Division Conf. Gannon*(1) 18-4 Mercyhurst*(2) 17-5 IUP*(3) 17-5 Slippery Rock*(4) 14-8 Edinboro*(5) 12-11 Pitt Johnstown*(6) 9-13 California 9-13 Clarion 7-15 Seton Hill 6-16 East Division Conf. East Stroudsburg*(1) 16-6 West Chester*(2) 14-8 Kutztown*(3) 14-8 Millersville*(4) 11-11 Lock Haven*(5) 10-12 Shippensburg*(6) 9-13 Mansfield 9-13 Bloomsburg 6-16 Cheyney 1-21 *-clinched playoff berth ()-playoff seed

Overall 20-8 20-7 23-5 19-9 14-12 12-14 14-14 10-16 7-19 Overall 18-9 16-12 17-11 15-13 10-16 13-13 11-15 10-16 2-25

PLAYOFFS Saturday’s Games Games at 7 p.m. Pitt Johnstown at IUP, 7 p.m. Edinboro at Slippery Rock Shippensburg at Kutztown Lock Haven at Millersville Tuesday’s Games Pitt Johnstown-IUP winner at Mercyhurst, 7 p.m. Edinboro-Slippery Rock winner at Gannon, 7 p.m. Shippensburg-Kutztown winner at West Chester, 7 p.m. Lock Haven-Millersville winner at East Stroudsburg, 7 p.m. Friday, March 6 Semifinals at highest remaining West seed Highest remaining East seed vs. lowest remaining West seed, 5 p.m. Highest remaining West seed vs. lowest remaining East seed, 7 p.m. Saturday, March 7 Championship Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.

WOMEN West Division Conf. IUP*(1) 20-2 California*(2) 19-3 Gannon*(3) 18-4 Edinboro*(4) 16-6 Seton Hill*(5) 8-14 Slippery Rock*(6) 7-15 Pitt Johnstown 7-15 Mercyhurst 6-16 Clarion 1-21 East Division Conf. Bloomsburg*(1) 20-2 West Chester*(2) 18-4 Shippensburg*(3) 14-8 Kutztown*(4) 10-12 Lock Haven*(5) 10-12 East Stroudsburg*(6) 10-12 Millersville 8-14 Cheyney 4-18 Mansfield 2-20 *-clinched playoff berth ()-playoff seed

Overall 24-2 23-4 20-6 19-7 12-16 11-15 10-16 9-19 2-25 Overall 23-3 22-4 18-10 11-15 11-15 11-15 11-16 4-23 3-23

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EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 61 40 16 5 85 167 135 N.Y. Islanders 63 41 20 2 84 202 174 N.Y. Rangers 60 38 16 6 82 190 148 Tampa Bay 63 38 19 6 82 207 167 Detroit 60 34 15 11 79 176 156 Pittsburgh 61 35 17 9 79 176 152 Washington 63 33 20 10 76 184 159 Boston 61 30 22 9 69 161 160 Florida 61 26 22 13 65 145 172 Philadelphia 62 26 25 11 63 164 181 Ottawa 59 26 23 10 62 167 161 New Jersey 62 25 27 10 60 139 164 Columbus 60 26 30 4 56 157 189 Toronto 61 25 31 5 55 170 185 Carolina 60 23 30 7 53 137 159 Buffalo 62 19 38 5 43 120 207 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 62 41 14 7 89 188 147 Anaheim 63 39 17 7 85 186 176 St. Louis 61 39 18 4 82 190 152 Vancouver 61 35 23 3 73 174 162 Chicago 63 37 21 5 79 183 150 Los Angeles 61 29 20 12 70 164 157 Winnipeg 63 31 20 12 74 174 170 Minnesota 61 32 22 7 71 173 160 Calgary 62 33 25 4 70 175 160 San Jose 62 30 24 8 68 173 177 Colorado 62 27 24 11 65 166 179 Dallas 62 27 25 10 64 195 207 Arizona 62 20 35 7 47 137 210 Edmonton 62 18 34 10 46 142 206 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Friday’s Games Colorado 5, Dallas 4, SO Boston 3, New Jersey 2, OT N.Y. Islanders 2, Calgary 1 Carolina 3, Washington 0 Tampa Bay 4, Chicago 0 Anaheim 4, Los Angeles 2 Today’s Games Buffalo at Florida, 3 p.m. Detroit at Nashville, 3 p.m. Carolina at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m. New Jersey at Columbus, 5 p.m. Arizona at Boston, 5:30 p.m. Toronto at Montreal, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Colorado, 10 p.m. St. Louis at Edmonton, 10 p.m. Ottawa at San Jose, 10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Los Angeles at Winnipeg, 4 p.m. Tampa Bay at Florida, 5 p.m. Columbus at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Toronto at Washington, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Dallas, 8 p.m. St. Louis at Vancouver, 9:30 p.m.

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Friday At PGA National (Champion Course) Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Purse: $6.1 million Yardage: 7,140; Par: 70 Partial Second Round Play suspended by darkness Patrick Reed 67-67—134 Luke Donald 69-67—136 Russell Knox 69-68—137 Daniel Summerhays 71-68—139 Robert Garrigus 70-69—139 Paul Casey 69-70—139 Jamie Donaldson 68-71—139 Jason Dufner 71-69—140 Scott Stallings 71-70—141 Robert Allenby 72-69—141 George McNeill 72-70—142 Marc Leishman 73-69—142 Jonas Blixt 71-71—142 Ben Martin 70-72—142 Brooks Koepka 78-64—142 John Peterson 74-68—142 William McGirt 71-71—142 Kevin Kisner 74-68—142 Jamie Lovemark 72-70—142 Ricky Barnes 74-69—143 Andres Gonzales 73-70—143 Derek Fathauer 74-69—143 Jon Curran 71-72—143 Scott Pinckney 73-71—144 Tim Wilkinson 73-71—144 Camilo Villegas 73-71—144 Robert Streb 73-71—144 Stephen Gallacher 73-71—144 Patrick Rodgers 75-69—144 Blayne Barber 75-69—144 Will MacKenzie 72-73—145 Brian Stuard 73-72—145 David Hearn 70-75—145 D.A. Points 71-74—145 Boo Weekley 73-72—145 Harris English 71-74—145 Justin Rose 73-72—145 Luke Guthrie 72-74—146 Justin Hicks 73-73—146 Ernie Els 77-69—146 Retief Goosen 72-74—146 Billy Horschel 75-71—146 Jhonattan Vegas 71-76—147 Scott Brown 71-76—147 Rory McIlroy 73-74—147 Tony Finau 74-73—147 Alex Cejka 70-77—147 Francesco Molinari 73-74—147 Justin Thomas 71-76—147 Freddie Jacobson 70-77—147 Brice Garnett 76-72—148 J.J. Henry 74-74—148 Billy Hurley III 73-75—148 Bo Van Pelt 79-69—148 Shawn Stefani 75-73—148 Alex Prugh 72-76—148 Ryan Armour 72-76—148 Andres Romero 78-71—149 Carlos Ortiz 77-72—149 Lucas Glover 70-79—149 Erik Compton 72-77—149 Graham DeLaet 75-75—150 Vijay Singh 74-76—150 Ken Duke 73-77—150 Jerry Kelly 72-78—150 Andrew Putnam 78-73—151 Dustin Johnson 77-75—152 Jim Renner 75-77—152 Max Homa 74-78—152 Bae Sang-moon 77-76—153 Charl Schwartzel 79-74—153 Wes Homan 74-79—153 Morgan Hoffmann 80-WD Second-Round Leaderboard Score Thru Brendan Steele -8 4 Patrick Reed -6 18 Jim Herman -5 3 Ian Poulter -4 8 Luke Donald -4 18 Padraig Harrington -4 6 Russell Knox -3 18 Martin Flores -3 5 David Lingmerth -2 3 Daniel Summerhays -1 18 Brian Harman -1 7 Jason Kokrak -1 6 Robert Garrigus -1 18 Sean O’Hair -1 9 Paul Casey -1 18 Brendon de Jonge -1 4 Daniel Berger -1 9 Jamie Donaldson -1 18

Friday At Siam Country Club (Pattaya Old Course) Chonburi, Thailand Purse: $1.5 million Yardage: 6,568; Par: 72 Second Round a-amateur Stacy Lewis 66-64—130 Amy Yang 67-66—133 Caroline Masson 70-66—136 Jenny Shin 70-66—136 Ariya Jutanugarn 67-69—136 Mirim Lee 67-69—136 Sandra Gal 71-66—137 Catriona Matthew 71-66—137 Cristie Kerr 68-69—137 Lee-Anne Pace 71-67—138 Yani Tseng 66-72—138 Michelle Wie 73-66—139 Shanshan Feng 70-69—139 Azahara Munoz 69-70—139 Mo Martin 68-71—139 Lexi Thompson 68-71—139 a-Budsabakorn Sukapan 67-72—139 Brittany Lang 66-73—139 Chella Choi 71-69—140 Danielle Kang 72-69—141 Kim Kaufman 72-69—141 Karrie Webb 72-69—141 Jessica Korda 70-71—141 Hee Young Park 70-71—141 Mika Miyazato 69-72—141 Sun Young Yoo 75-67—142 Hyo Joo Kim 72-70—142 Anna Nordqvist 72-70—142 a-Paphangkorn Tavatanakit 72-70—142 Thidapa Suwannapura 71-71—142 Line Vedel 71-71—142 Suzann Pettersen 67-75—142 Ilhee Lee 72-71—143 Beatriz Recari 72-71—143 Na Yeon Choi 71-72—143 Mina Harigae 71-72—143 Karine Icher 71-72—143 Meena Lee 71-72—143 Sei Young Kim 70-73—143 Christina Kim 69-74—143 Lizette Salas 67-76—143 Eun-Hee Ji 71-73—144 Brittany Lincicome 71-73—144 Julieta Granada 70-74—144 Moriya Jutanugarn 70-74—144 Inbee Park 70-74—144 Caroline Hedwall 68-76—144 Pornanong Phatlum 74-71—145 Haru Nomura 73-72—145 Belen Mozo 72-73—145 Carlota Ciganda 76-70—146 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 73-73—146 Pernilla Lindberg 73-73—146 Austin Ernst 72-74—146 Gerina Piller 72-74—146 So Yeon Ryu 72-74—146 Ai Miyazato 71-75—146 Paula Creamer 70-76—146 Morgan Pressel 76-71—147 Mariajo Uribe 75-72—147 Mi Jung Hur 73-74—147 Mi Hyang Lee 72-75—147 Cheyenne Woods 73-75—148 Haeji Kang 72-76—148 Angela Stanford 73-76—149 Jennifer Johnson 75-75—150 Katherine Kirk 74-76—150 S.Santhiwiwatthanaphong 76-76—152 Se Ri Pak 76-78—154 Jane Park 79-76—155

SCORING LEADERS Through Friday GP John Tavares, NYI 63 Patrick Kane, Chi 61 Jakub Voracek, Phi 62 Nicklas Backstrom, Was 63 Alex Ovechkin, Was 63 Sidney Crosby, Pit 57 Evgeni Malkin, Pit 56 Vladimir Tarasenko, SL 61 Tyler Johnson, TB 61 Jamie Benn, Dal 62 Tyler Seguin, Dal 55 Ryan Getzlaf, Anh 60 Claude Giroux, Phi 61 Rick Nash, NYR 59

G 29 27 19 18 39 20 24 31 23 23 29 19 18 37

A 35 37 45 46 23 42 37 29 37 37 30 40 41 21

Pts 64 64 64 64 62 62 61 60 60 60 59 59 59 58

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Saturday’s Games Games at 7 p.m. Seton Hill at Edinboro Slippery Rock at Gannon Lock Haven at Kutztown East Stroudsburg at Shippensburg Tuesday’s Games Seton Hill-Edinboro winner at IUP, 7 p.m. Slippery Rock-Gannon winner at California, 7 p.m. Lock Haven-Kutztown winner at Bloomsburg, 7 p.m. East Stroudsburg-Shippensburg winner at West Chester, 5 p.m. Friday, March 6 Semifinals at highest remaining Eest seed Highest remaining East seed vs. lowest remaining West seed, 5 p.m. Highest remaining West seed vs. lowest remaining East seed, 7 p.m. Saturday, March 7 Championship Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.

BASEBALL MLB — OF Juan Pierre announced his retirement. American League OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Claimed OF Alex Hassan off waivers from Baltimore. Placed RHP A.J. Griffin on the 60-day DL. TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with LHP Alexander Claudio; RHPs Lisalverto Bonilla, Jon Edwards, Jerad Eickhoff, Spencer Patton, Anthony Ranaudo and RHP Nick Tepesch; Cs Jorge Alfaro and Tomas Telis; INFs Hanser Alberto, Rougned Odor and Jurickson Profar; and OFs Michael Choice, Delino DeShields, Ryan Rua and Jake Smolinski on one-year contracts. American Association FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Traded INFs Frank Salerno and Jared Schlehuber, RHP Brian Ernst and cash to New Jersey (Can-Am) for OF Joe Dunigan. LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Signed LHP Lars Liguori. WICHITA WINGNUTS — Signed RHP Jake Negrete and LHP Jhonathan Ramos. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DETROIT PISTONS — Assigned F Quincy Miller to Grand Rapids (NBADL). NBA Development League IDAHO STAMPEDE — Claimed F Quan Prowell from the available player pool. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Named Nicole Gustafson vice president for public policy and governmental affairs. ARIZONA CARDINALS — Released DT Darnell Dockett. ATLANTA FALCONS — Released WR Harry Douglas, OL Justin Blalock and DE Jonathan Massaquoi. BALTIMORE RAVENS — Terminated the contract of DE Chris Canty. CHICAGO BEARS — Signed TE Zach Miller to a one-year contract extension. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Terminated the contract of DE Robert Geathers and WR Greg Little. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Agreed to terms with QB Josh McCown. DETROIT LIONS — Re-signed LS Don Muhlbach to a one-year contract. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Released WRs Brian Hartline and Brandon Gibson. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Released G Charlie Johnson. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Released OL Todd Herremans. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Re-signed OT Tom Compton. Signed DE Ricky Jean Francois. Released DE Stephen Bowen and DL Barry Cofield Jr. Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Released DB Eric Samuels. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Fined San Jose F Logan Couture $5,000 for slew-footing. ANAHEIM DUCKS — Reassigned G Jason LaBarbera to Norfolk (AHL). Recalled G Igor Bobkov from Utah (ECHL) to Norfolk. BOSTON BRUINS—Recalled G Jeremy Smith from Providence (AHL). Recalled G Adam Morrison from South Carolina (ECHL) to Providence (AHL). CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Acquired D Kimmo Timonen from Philadelphia for a 2015 second-round draft pick and a conditional 2016 fourth-round draft pick. Placed D Johnny Oduya on injured reserve. COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Placed LW Matt Calvert on injured reserve. Recalled C Brian Gibbons from Springfield (AHL). DALLAS STARS — Assigned G Henri Kiviaho from Texas (AHL) to Idaho (ECHL). LOS ANGELES KINGS — Assigned D Derek Forbort to Manchester (AHL). MONTREAL CANADIENS — Assigned D Jarred Tinordi to Hamilton (AHL) and F Stefan Fournier from Hamilton to Wheeling (ECHL). PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Assigned F Jean-Sebastien Dea and D Harrison Ruopp from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) to Wheeling (ECHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Fined Real Salt Lake investoroperator Dell Loy Hansen $150,000 for comments made during a radio interview. COLLEGE FLORIDA — Reinstated F Dorian FinneySmith to the men’s basketball team. MEMPHIS — Named Troy Reffett cornerbacks coach. MORGAN STATE — Named Mike Fanoga defensive coordinator. WOFFORD — Named Shane Calvert men’s assistant soccer coach.

NCAA DIVISION II ATLANTIC REGION RANKINGS Top eight after conference playoffs earn NCAA tournament bids Records through Sunday against Division II teams MEN Overall In region 1.West Liberty, W.Va. 23-2 23-2 2.IUP 22-5 22-5 3.Gannon 19-8 19-8 4.Mercyhurst 20-7 20-7 5.Bowie St., Md. 21-7 20-6 6.Fairmont St., W.Va. 18-9 18-9 7.Slippery Rock 16-9 16-9 8.Concord, W.Va. 18-8 17-7 9.Glenville St., 17-9 17-9 10.Wheeling Jesuit, W.Va. 17-8 17-7

WOMEN Overall In region 1.Livingstone, N.C.* 23-1 23-1 2.IUP 23-2 23-2 3.Bloomsburg 22-3 22-3 4.California 22-4 22-4 5.Charleston, W.Va. 20-5 20-5 6.Gannon 19-5 19-6 7.West Chester 21-4 21-4 8.Fairmont St., W.Va. 21-6 21-6 9.Johnson C. Smith, N.C. 19-6 19-6 10.Edinboro 18-7 18-7 *-Livingstone forfeited 18 games due to use of ineligible player, which is not reflected in the rankings.

ON THIS DATE FEB. 28 1922 — In the first formal college conference basketball tournament, North Carolina beats Mercer 40-26 to win the Southern Intercollgiate Conference championship. 1940 — College basketball is televised for the first time. Station W2XBS transmits a basketball doubleheader from New York’s Madison Square Garden: Pittsburgh vs. Fordham and New York University vs. Georgetown. 1960 — The U.S. hockey team scores six goals in the third period to beat Czechoslovakia 9-4 and win the gold medal in the Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, Calif. 1967 — Wilt Chamberlain misses his first field goal in four games to end his NBA record shooting streak of 35 consecutive field goals, during Philadelphia’s 127-107 victory over Cincinnati at Syracuse, N.Y. 1971 — Jack Nicklaus wins the PGA Championship by beating Billy Casper by three strokes. 1981 — Houston’s Calvin Murphy makes the last of his 78 consecutive free throws against San Diego, setting what was then an NBA record. 1986 — Baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth gives one-year drug suspensions to Dave Parker of the Cincinnati Reds, Keith Hernandez of the New York Mets, Joaquin Andujar of the Oakland Athletics, Lonnie Smith of the Kansas City Royals, Enos Cabell of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Jeff Leonard of the San Francisco Giants and Dale Berra of the New York Yankees. After conditions are met the suspensions are reduced. 1987 — Los Angeles Lakers broadcaster Chick Hearn calls his 2,000th consecutive game for the club, a streak spanning 22 years. 1999 — Venus and Serena Williams become the first sisters to win WTA Tour events on the same day. Venus wins the IGA SuperThrift Tennis Classic in Oklahoma City after Serena takes her first title on the WTA Tour at the Gaz de France Open.

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REMAINING FREE AGENTS NEW YORK (AP) — The 23 remaining free agents: AMERICAN LEAGUE BOSTON (1) — Ryan Dempster, rhp. CHICAGO (1) — Paul Konerko, 1b. CLEVELAND (1) — Jason Giambi, 1b. DETROIT (1) — Phil Coke, lhp. KANSAS CITY (2) — Raul Ibanez, of; Josh Willingham, of. LOS ANGELES (2) — Sean Burnett, lhp; John McDonald, ss. NEW YORK (2) — Rich Hill, lhp; Derek Jeter, ss. SEATTLE (2) — Joe Beimel, lhp; Chris Young, rhp. NATIONAL LEAGUE ATLANTA (1) — Ryan Doumit, c. LOS ANGELES (2) — Josh Beckett, rhp; Kevin Correia, rhp. MIAMI (1) — Rafael Furcal, ss. MILWAUKEE (2) — Lyle Overbay, 1b; Francisco Rodriguez, rhp. NEW YORK (1) — Bobby Abreu, of. PHILADELPHIA (1) — Mike Adams, rhp. ST. LOUIS (1) — Mark Ellis, 2b. WASHINGTON (2) — Scott Hairston, of; Rafael Soriano, rhp.

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BOXING FIGHT SCHEDULE Today At Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Carl Frampton vs. Chris Avalos, 12, for Frampton’s IBF super bantamweight title; Denton Vassell vs. Viktor Plotnikov, 12, for the vacant IBF Inter-Continental welterweight title. At O2 Arena, London, Dmitry Chudinov vs. Chris Eubank Jr., 12, for the interim WBA middleweight title; Tyson Fury vs. Christan Hammer, 12 for Fury’s WBO international heavyweight title; Liam Walsh vs. Joe Murray, 12, for Walsh’s British and Commonwealth junior lightweight titles; Frank Buglioni vs. Ivan Jukic, 12, for Buglioni’s WBO European super middleweight title; Ahmet Patterson vs. Glenn Foot, 10, welterweights. March 6 At Echo Arena, Liverpool, England, Zolani Tete vs. Paul Butler, 12, for Tete’s IBF super flyweight title; Richar Abril vs. Derry Mathews, 12, for Abril’s WBA lightweight title; Kevin Satchell vs. Luke Wilton, 12, for Satchell’s European and Commonwealth flyweight title; Jazza Dickens vs. Josh Wale, 12, for the vacant British junior featherweight title. At MGM Grand, Las Vegas (ESPN2), Tony Harrison vs. Antwone Smith, 10, junior middleweights; Ievgen Khytrov vs. Jorge Melendez, 10, middleweights; Rau’Shee Warren vs. Javier Gallo, 10, bantamweights. At Belasco Theater, Los Angeles (FS1), Joseph Diaz vs. Geovanny Delgado, 10, junior featherweights. March 7 At Macau (HBO2), Amnat Ruenroeng vs. Zou Shimin, 12, for Ruenroeng’s IBF flyweight title; Glen Tapia vs. Daniel Dawson, 10, junior middleweights for Tapia’s WBO NABO super welterweight title; Ik Yang vs. Patomsuk Pathompothong, 12, for Yang’s IBF Pan Pacific super lightweight title; Rex Tso vs. Michael Enriquez, 10, junior bantamweights; Aston Palicte vs. Ismael Garnica, 10, junior bantamweights. At MGM Grand, Las Vegas (NBC), Keith Thurman vs. Robert Gurrero, 12, for Thurman’s WBA welterweight title; Adrien Broner vs. John Molina, 10, junior welterweights.

AUTO RACING NASCAR SPRINT CUP FOLDS OF HONOR QUIKTRIP 500 After Friday qualifying; race Sunday At Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Ga. Lap length: 1.54 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 194.683. 2. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 193.792. 3. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 193.623. 4. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 193.4. 5. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 193.137. 6. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 192.949. 7. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 192.942. 8. (9) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 192.313. 9. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 192.206. 10. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 192.14. 11. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 191.483. 12. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 191.403. 13. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 192.326. 14. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 192.313. 15. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 192.146. 16. (51) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 192.033. 17. (18) David Ragan, Toyota, 191.496. 18. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 191.291. 19. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 190.935. 20. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 190.692. 21. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 190.653. 22. (55) Brett Moffitt, Toyota, 190.646. 23. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 190.424. 24. (95) Michael McDowell, Ford, 189.558. 25. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 189.513. 26. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 189.493. 27. (32) Mike Bliss, Ford, 189.351. 28. (34) Joe Nemechek, Ford, 189.183. 29. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 188.906. 30. (23) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 188.187. 31. (62) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 188.117. 32. (33) Brian Scott, Chevrolet, 187.837. 33. (98) Josh Wise, Ford, 183.881. 34. (30) Ron Hornaday Jr., Chevrolet, 181.147. 35. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet. 36. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota. 37. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 38. (41) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 39. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 40. (26) Jeb Burton, Toyota, Owner Points. 41. (35) Cole Whitt, Ford, Owner Points. 42. (7) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 43. (40) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, Owner Points. Failed to Qualify 44. (66) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet. 45. (83) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota. 46. (46) Michael Annett, Chevrolet. 47. (29) Reed Sorenson, Toyota.

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ELKS HOOP SHOOT WINNERS

INDIANA ELKS Lodge No. 931, under the direction of Greg Lezanic, recently held its local Hoop Shoot. The winners were, from left, Johnathan Gearhart, 12- and 13-year-old boys; Gillian Williams, 12-13 girls; Greg Kenning, 10-11 boys; Hope Cook, 10-11 girls; Trevor Todd, 8-9 boys; and Lydia Miller, 8-9 girls. They advanced to the district shoot held at tHomer-Center High School.

THE ELKS West-Central District Hoop Shoot was held at Homer-Center High School under the direction of Greg Lezanic of Indiana Lodge No. 931 and Kevin Talmadge of Kittanning Lodge No. 203. The winners were, from left, Sara Sawhook, Leechburg Lodge, 10- and 11-year-old girls; Chris Sickenberger, Latrobe Lodge, 10-11 boys; Hope Cook, Indiana lodge, 10-11 girls; Ryan Sickenberger, Latrobe Lodge, 12-13 boys; and Danielle Grieble, Punxsutawney Lodge, 8-9 girls. Absent from photo, Trevor Todd, Indiana Lodge, 8-9 boys. They advanced to the state championships, which will be held in State College.

HOCKEY TOURNAMENT PLACEWINNERS

THE INDIANA RED MITES team took second place and the Indiana White Mites took fourth place in the Cleveland Rock and Roll Cup. Team members are, first row, from left, Brayden Rado and Luke Rowe; second row, Ryan Bell, Brooks Stormer, Tyler Yount, Jayce Learn, TJ Smith, Ethan Shank and Sam Ewing; and third row, Carter Mock, Zachary Lockard, Gianna Brody, Garrett Goodrich, Philip Bell, Ben Lundberg, Kayden Park, Jackson Albert and Mason Ploskunak.

THE INDIANA CHIEFS Squirt hockey team took second at the Cleveland Rock and Roll Cup tournament. Team members are, first row, from left, John Coucknas and Jayden Learn; second row, Payton Firestone, Adam Ball, Will Berzonsky, Sam Barley, Jon Berzonsky and Ricky Lias; and third row, Isaac Myers, Ash Lockard, Andrew Kobak, Rafe Grove, Colton Rayko, Jack Mock, Denton Park and Nathan Wood.

WRESTLING PLACEWINNERS

INDIANA WRESTLERS placed at various tournaments recently. Placing at the Westmont Hilltop tournament were, from left, Kaitlyn Marshall, Sam Marshall, Brody Wilson, Brooks Fordyce, Garrett Greene, Jack Julin and Max Julin. Absent from photo: Bradley Petras and Brock Petras.

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Sprint Cup team’s car stolen from hotel parking lot By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer

HAMPTON, Ga. — When Travis Kvapil got the call Friday, he figured someone on his race team was playing a joke. “They said there was trouble with the car,” Kvapil said. “I thought we could figure it out when we got in the garage area. They’re like, ‘No, the car is gone.’” The No. 44 NASCAR Sprint Cup car owned by small-budget Team XTREME was stolen from a hotel parking lot near Atlanta Motor Speedway, police said, forcing Kvapil to withdraw from this weekend’s race before he even got a chance to qualify. The $250,000 race car was still missing late in the afternoon, and police were hoping the public could assist in the search. The owner of one NASCAR sponsor offered a pit pass to every race the rest of the year to anyone who helped locate the high-powered Chevrolet. “It’s insane,” said team owner John Cohen, who didn’t have a backup car to run in Atlanta. For a few hours, the team held out hope of the car being found in time for qualifying Friday, but it was forced to withdraw when it missed NASCAR’s mandatory inspection. The Sprint Cup race is Sunday. “It’s really bizarre,” Kvapil said. “You can handle maybe getting a flat tire, or getting caught up in a wreck, or a blown engine, something that actually happens on the race track. Or you don’t qualify, because you don’t have enough speed. But to not even get a chance ... that’s pretty disheartening.” It was an especially tough blow for Team XTREME, which doesn’t have the funding of major multi-car operations such as Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing. Despite a wreck in qualifying, the team managed to make the field for the season-opening Daytona 500 with Reed Sorenson behind the wheel. He finished 32nd in the race. Sorenson switched to a different team for the Atlanta race, prompting Team XTREME to hire Kvapil, a one-time Sprint Cup regular who had only five starts in the top NASCAR series last sea-

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TRAVIS KVAPIL waited in the garage area Friday at Atlanta Motor Speedway after he was forced to withdraw from Sunday’s Sprint Cup race. son and was looking to make his first appearance of 2015. “I was excited to be part of a small team and trying to build up with them,” Kvapil said. “Personally, it’s a big setback.” A trailer with the red race car inside was hitched to a black 2004 Ford F-350 pickup truck parked outside a hotel in Morrow, Ga., about 15 miles south of Atlanta and a short drive from the speedway, police said. Surveillance video showed the truck and trailer being driven out of the parking lot around 5:30 a.m., Morrow police Detective Sgt. Larry Oglesby said. The team, which had been working 18-hour days to get the car ready for Atlanta, was scheduled to leave for the track at 5:45 a.m., and a crewman had been outside a few minutes before the theft, smoking a cigarette. “I’ve been doing this since 1979,” crew chief Peter Sospenzo said. “I’ve probably been to 1,200 hotels and 1,200 race

tracks. Never once has this happened. It’s crazy. But there’s a first for everything, I guess.” The trailer is plain white with no markings. The person who stole it likely didn’t realize the race car was inside, and may have thought it was lawn equipment or something else he could easily sell, Oglesby said. “Hopefully they’ll open this one up and say, ‘Oh no, this isn’t what we thought,’ and will drop it off at the nearest vacant lot or apartment complex or somewhere,” he said. Normally, the car would have been transported using the team’s hauler, an 18-wheel tractor trailer. But, with a winter storm moving through the Southeast this week, Cohen sent the hauler to Atlanta earlier in the week. Back at the shop, the team was still working on the car, a different version than the one that ran under restrictor-plate rules in Daytona. It was sent separately to Atlanta late Thursday after the storm cleared out, accompanied by Sospenzo and six other crew members. “My whole plan backfired,” said Cohen, who has been running a Sprint Cup car since 2012 and is one of the few African-Americans involved in NASCAR’s top series. In addition to the race car, the trailer also contained a spare engine valued at $100,000 and racing equipment valued at $17,500, according to a police report. Even so, Cohen vowed the team would return for next weekend’s race in Las Vegas. Kvapil said the thieves probably won’t be able to cash in on their surprising haul. “There’s really no use for it out in the general public,” he said. “I hope they realize that and will leave it somewhere where the police can find it.” The theft gave NASCAR star Jeff Gordon a new perspective. When his crew chief was complaining about the way the No. 24 car was running before practice, Gordon told him, “It would be a lot worse. Our car could’ve been stolen.” Then Gordon turned serous, saying: “I hate it for Travis and those guys. I hope they get to the bottom of it.”

13 fail qualifying inspection By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer

HAMPTON, Ga. — Joey Logano is on quite a roll, following up his victory in the Daytona 500 by taking the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. NASCAR is on the defensive after 13 drivers — including four former champions — didn’t even get on the track for qualifying Friday after failing to pass inspection. Four-time Cup winner Jeff Gordon, who is retiring at the end of the season, called the situation “absolutely embarrassing.” Logano led the final session of qualifying with a blistering speed of 194.683 mph, taking advantage of temperatures in the 40s as the sun set on the 1.54-mile trioval. He has never been a strong qualifier in Atlanta, but he’s on quite a roll after his victory last weekend in the biggest race of the year. “I don’t know what’s going on,” a beaming Logano said. “Everything is going well for me lately. I’m trying to keep the train rolling.” Daytona runner-up Kevin Harvick

(193.792) will start on the outside of the front row, knowing he’s got his work cut out to keep up with the pole sitter. “They’re running good,” Harvick said. “They’re on top of the heap right now.” But most of the attention was on those who didn’t get a chance to qualify. Gordon and former champs Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart and Matt Kenseth were stuck in the paddock, even after NASCAR pushed back the start of qualifying by 15 minutes in hopes of clearing everyone. “I don’t know what to say about today,” Stewart tweeted. “Spent all of our practice working on qualifying. Didn’t even get a chance to make a lap. Frustrating!” He added, “If we would have known this was going to happen, we could have worked on the race setup. Was a total waste of a day at the track.” Gordon said it was the first time he’s ever missed out on qualifying because of an inspection issue. “This is absolutely embarrassing. I feel so bad for my guys,” he said. “To not even get a chance to go out on the race track is ridiculous. The fans deserve an apology.” At least Stewart and the other big

names will be in the race based on their points from last season, albeit starting near the back of the field. That wasn’t the case for Mike Wallace, Matt DiBenedetto, Michael Annett and Reed Sorenson, who were bumped out of the 43-car field without getting a chance to take a lap. Sprint Cup director Richard Buck said the teams were pushing the limits on a new rules package, which reduced horsepower and drag, all in an effort to get more grip on a high-speed track that is notoriously tough on tires. He said each of the 47 cars got a chance to go through the inspection line at least once, and some were inspected as many as three times. David Ragan was among those who did get to make a qualifying run. He will start 17th in his first race filling in for injured Kyle Busch in the No. 18 car. “We did see where teams were pushing it. That’s their job, trying to get every bit they can,” Buck said. “Our goal is to make sure everybody has a fair opportunity to get through there.” He said NASCAR would be working with the teams to make sure what happened in Atlanta doesn’t occur at future races.

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Players get education on blood clots By The Associated Press TORONTO — The doctor told Tomas Fleischmann he might never play hockey again. Blood clots that began in his leg had moved to his lungs and threatened not only his career but his life. Goaltender Tomas Vokoun’s left leg was almost 4 inches bigger than his right because of a clot. Surgery was required to drain the blood and he never played another NHL game. A week after NBA star Chris Bosh’s season ended because of blood clots, Kimmo Timonen of the Philadelphia Flyers was on the verge of returning after his own diagnosis over the summer at home in Finland. On Friday, he was traded to Chicago. Reasons vary, but with better awareness, more athletes are being diagnosed with and treated for blood clots. “It’s getting more common,” said Fleischmann, a Florida Panthers forward who has played almost four years since clots were found in his lungs. “I think it’s one thing you’ve got to be watching and be careful about in the hockey world right now.” Hockey’s history with blood clots — in players’ legs (deep vein thrombosis) and lungs (pulmonary embolism) — goes back 80 years. Montreal Canadiens great Howie Morenz died of complications from a fractured leg when he crashed into the boards. The career of former Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Dmitri Yushkevich was cut short because of thrombosis in the early 2000s. Jed Ort-

meyer played 345 NHL games despite a clotting disorder. Since Fleischmann’s 2011 diagnosis of a clot in both lungs, Vokoun, Timonen and Pascal Dupuis of the Pittsburgh Penguins have missed time with similar issues. Vokoun had a genetic condition that worsened with travel. For Timonen, a blocked shot combined with a hereditary blood disorder kept him off the ice. Dupuis had to stop playing after complications from major knee surgery led to clotting in his lungs. During his time off, Timonen spoke with Fleischmann about managing life with blood clots. “Somebody called me Dr. Timonen,” the 39-year-old defenseman said Wednesday. “The minimum was six months to be on blood thinners, and obviously I have a lot of time to really do some researching and see what’s the deal with it.” There’s no substantial evidence to suggest athletes, especially in a contact sport like hockey, are more likely to have blood clots than other people, Dr. William Geerts of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, told The Canadian Press. With one out of every 1,000 people getting a clot each year, the condition is not more prevalent in hockey players, but Geerts said trauma from injuries could play a factor. “It’s possible that really intense athletic activity could induce some clotting,” he said. “In many people there are risk factors that would apply to all of us. So if I break my ankle, then I could get a blood clot, too, just like an athlete

could.” Dupuis remains out with what Penguins team physician Dr. Dharmesh Vyas said could have been a life-threatening condition if untreated. But deep vein thrombosis, in effect, ended Vokoun’s career. But hockey wasn’t on Vokoun’s mind when it first happened. “I was worried about being able to live a normal life and actually enjoy all the things I have a chance to enjoy now: retirement and being with my family and all that,” he told the CP from his South Florida home. Like Vokoun, Timonen’s quality of life in retirement is expected to be fine, though he’ll be on blood thinners, as he’s been for the past several months. With bleeding an immediate concern in returning to the ice, Timonen is now off blood thinners, also known as anticoagulants. “If you hit your head on the ice and you’re not on anticoagulants, you could have a little bruise on the brain,” Geerts said. “If you’re on anticoagulants and you hit your head on the ice to the same degree, you can have a pretty significant bleed.” Fleischmann is treated after practices and games and takes injections to control his condition. “It’s great to see him not just coming back to hockey, because obviously he had a great and long career,” said Vokoun, who played nine seasons with Timonen in Nashville. “But, more importantly, being healthy and hopefully being able to enjoy everything his hard effort earned when he’s going to be

Westbrook injured late in loss PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — After the Portland Trail Blazers overcame Russell Westbrook’s third straight triple-double, Damian Lillard sensed his team was recapturing its form of earlier this season. Oklahoma City can only hope it didn’t lose Westbrook along with the game. Lillard and LaMarcus Aldridge each scored 29 points and Portland rallied to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 115112 Friday night. Aldridge added 16 rebounds. Westbrook, who fell and was hit in the face by the knee of onrushing teammate Andre Roberson in the final seconds, had 40 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists. He became the first player to string together three triple-doubles since LeBron James in 2009. Westbrook, who had a noticeable imprint on his right cheek, did not speak to reporters following the game while he was evaluated. There was no immediate word on his condition.

Hill leads Pacers with triple-double INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — George Hill took center stage with the biggest stars sitting. Hill finished with 15 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists and capped the first triple-double of his career with three free throws in the final 30 seconds to seal the Indiana Pacers’ 93-86 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. With LeBron James out because of a sore back, Kyrie Irving back in Cleveland with an injured left shoulder and Paul George on the bench with a broken right leg, Hill delivered one of his most memorable performances.

Bulls get good news on Rose’s surgery CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bulls can breathe a little easier. They expect Derrick Rose to return this season from his latest knee surgery. General manager Gar Forman said the star point guard will miss four to six weeks after the operation to fix a medial meniscus tear in his right knee. Forman described it as a quick outpatient procedure and said Rose was able to walk out of the hospital. Rose played in only 10 games last season before having surgery for a similar injury in November 2013, cutting short his long-awaited comeback from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. He had the meniscus reattached in that operation.

McCown signs with Cleveland CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns have yet another new quarterback, and this one has a familiar last name. Josh McCown, who went 1-10 as Tampa Bay’s starter last season, agreed to terms on a three-year contract with Cleveland. McCown’s younger brother, Luke, played for the Browns in 2004 — one of 22 different starting quarterbacks the Browns have used since 1999. McCown will likely compete for the starting job, but if he doesn’t win it, he can serve as a mentor for Johnny Manziel and Connor Shaw. Or possibly be a backup if the Browns sign another veteran in free agency or draft one of the top college prospects in this year’s draft. McCown’s signing also likely means the Browns have decided not to re-sign Brian Hoyer, who won 10 games for them the past two seasons.

Blackhawks trade for Timonen CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks acquired defenseman Kimmo Timonen from Philadelphia on Friday for a 2015 second-round draft pick and a conditional 2016 fourth-rounder. Timonen is set to return after being sidelined all season because of blood clots discovered in his leg and lungs last summer. The 39-year-old native of Finland has been expected to retire after this season, although the trade could change his plans. In 1,092 NHL games, he has 117 goals and 454 assists. He ranks third among active NHL defensemen with 571 points while playing for Nashville and Philadelphia.

McIlroy misses Honda Classic cut PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Rory McIlroy’s first PGA Tour event in five months lasted only two days. His road to the Masters hit a speed bump Friday in the Honda Classic when the world’s No. 1 player managed only one birdie in the rain, stumbled badly down the stretch and headed home for the weekend after a 4-over 74, the first time in nearly a year he had consecutive rounds over par. He shot 73 in the first round. Patrick Reed recovered from a double bogey early in his round by playing bogey-free the rest of the way for another 67. He was the clubhouse leader at 6-under 134. None of the late starters had enough light to play more than 12 holes before the second round was suspended by darkness. Brendan Steele birdied all four holes he played and was at 8 under. • CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — Top-ranked Lydia Ko broke the course-record with a career-best 11under 61 today to take the second-round lead in the New Zealand Women’s Open. The 17-year-old New Zealander, coming off a victory Sunday in the Women’s Australian Open, broke the Clearwater record of 63 set last year by Mi Hyang Lee in her victory. Ko rebounded from an opening bogey with an eagle on the par-5 second and birdied Nos. 4-7, 9-13 and 18. She had a 13-under 131 total. England’s Charley Hull was second at 10 under after a 64. SPORTS PROGRAMS on TV tonight

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NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Rules and Regulations, and the Clean Streams Law, notice is hereby given that A.B.M. Mining Company, Inc., 3330 Johnston Road, Smicksburg, PA 16256 has made application to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for the purpose of renewing its existing surface coal mine permit and related NPDES permit. The current permit, #32990104, was issued on February 8, 2000 and will expire on February 8, 2015. This renewal does not contain revisions to the existing operation. The receiving streams for the permit area are unnamed tributaries to Little Mahoning Creek. The operation is located in Grant Township, Indiana County and is known as the Stitt Operation. The permit area is situated just northeast of the village of Deckers Point, east and north of T-788, and northeast of T-786. The Rochester Mills U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute topographic map contains the area described. A copy of the application is available for public inspection at the DEP address listed below. Written comments, objections, or a request for public hearing or informal conference may be submitted to the PA Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of District Mining Operations, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931-4119 within 30 days following the date of the last (4th) publication date of this notice and must include the person’s name, address, telephone number, and a brief statement as to the nature of the objection(s). 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21

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NOTICE In Re: Adoption of Aaliyah Ann Swartz, a minor, No. A-14-139 in the Orphans’ Court Division of The Court of Common Please of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. To: Unknown Birth Father of Aaliyah Ann Swartz, who was born on January 19, 2013, in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. A Petition has been filed asking the Court to put an end to all rights you have to the child, Aaliyah Ann Swartz. The Court has set a hearing to consider ending your rights and the rights of Jelisa Swartz, to the child, Aaliyah Ann Swartz. That hearing will be held in Orphans’ Court, 1700 Frick Building, 437 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219 on Wednesday, April 8, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. You are warned that even if you fail to appear at the scheduled hearing, the hearing will go on without you and your rights to the child may be ended by the Court without your being present. You have the right to be represented at the hearing by a lawyer. You should take this paper to your lawyer at once. If you do not have a lawyer or cannot afford a lawyer, go to or telephone the office set forth below to find out where you can get legal help. If you cannot afford to hire a lawyer,pleasee advise the office of that when you telephone or visit. LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE The Allegheny County Bar Association 11th Floor, Koppers Building 426 7th Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (412) 261-5555 This is to inform you of an important option that may be available to you under Pennsylvania law. Act 101 of 2010 allows for an enforceable voluntary agreement for continuing contact or communication following an adoption between an adoptive parent, a child, a birth parent and/or a birth relative of the child, if all parties agree and the voluntary agreement is approved by the court. If you are interested in learning more about this option for a voluntary agreement, contact your attorney or LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE, The Allegheny County Bar Association, 11th Floor, Koppers Building, 436 7th Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (412) 261-555. DEBORAH L. LESKO Esquire Attorney for Petitioner 373 Vanadium Road Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15243 (412) 276-4200 2/14, 2/21, 2/28

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NOTICE INVITATION TO BID The Developer (also referred to as the Owner), Blairsville Community Development Authority, will receive sealed Bids for the Blairsville Riverfront Village and Condominiums Infrastructure - Phase 1 project until 6:00 p.m. local prevailing time on Friday, March 13, 2015, at the office of the Blairsville Community Development Authority, 130 West Market Street, Blairsville, PA 15717, at which time and place the Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud for the Infrastructure Construction contract for the project. Bid results will be made available to those Contractors who submit a bona fide Bid. The Work includes the erosion control, subsurface site preparation, drainage, and underground utilities for two (2) future condominium buildings located on the east side of Liberty Street between Brown Street and South Alley in Blairsville, PA. The Work also includes: new street lights along Liberty Street between South Alley and Campbell Street; new receptacles at bottom of existing street light poles along Market Street between Spring Street and Water Street; primary underground conduits for electric/phone/cable; secondary underground conduits and wire for electric from transformer to existing electric panel serving existing Market Street street lights; two (2) new transformers; secondary electrical service to the existing sanitary sewage pump station; and electrical conduit for future restroom building. Copies of the Bidding Documents, including Drawings and Technical Specifications, may be reviewed and obtained at the office of the Civil Consultant, Johnston Engineering, 541 Philadelphia Street, Indiana, PA 15701, beginning on Monday, March 2, 2015. Incomplete sets of Bidding Documents will not be issued. Payment for the Bidding Documents will be $45.00 per set or $20.00 per CD with all checks made payable to “Johnston Engineering�. A non-refundable shipping and handling charge of $25.00 per set or $10.00 per CD will be added for each set or CD of Bidding Documents that is mailed to Bidders. The Owner and Civil Consultant assume no responsibility for delay or loss due to mailing. There will be no refund for returned Bidding Documents. A certified check, made payable to the order of “Blairsville Community Development Authority�, or a satisfactory Bid Security (Bid Bond) executed by the Bidder and an acceptable surety, in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the total Bid, shall be submitted with each Bid to guarantee the Bidder’s entrance into a contract if given the award. No Bid Security shall be waived or returned because the Bidder has failed to or cannot comply with any requirements set forth in the plans, specifications, or any applicable statutes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or any applicable municipal ordinances. A Bid may not be modified, withdrawn or canceled by the Bidder within sixty (60) calendar days following the time and date designated for the receipt of Bids, without the written consent of the Owner. The surety must be a Guarantee or Surety Company acceptable to the U.S. Government as published in U.S. Treasury Circular No. 570 and must be licensed to do business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. PA Prevailing Wage Rates will apply to all portions of this project. Current wage rates are included in the project manual. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids or to waive any informalities in the Bidding. Blairsville Community Development Authority Jon Herby Board President 2/28

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NOTICE Barbor, Sottile & Darr, P.C., Attorney ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE Letters of Administration on the Estate of Darlene R. Meekins, Late of Cherryhill Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, deceased, having been granted the undersigned, those having claims against said estate are requested to present them duly authenticated and those knowing themselves to be indebted are requested to make prompt payment. Administratrix: RuthAnn Phillippi 104 W. Elm Street Homer City, PA 15748 2/14, 2/21, 2/28

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NOTICE Public Notice Blasting Notice Original Fuels, Inc., PO Box 343, Punxsutawney, PA 15767, proposes to conduct overburden blasting in compliance with all State and Federal Laws (as written within the “Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977�) at its surface coal mining operation located: Township: Perry County: Jefferson Permit No.: 33120102 On the lands of Myra Davis, Frank Powell, Lindsey Coal Mining Co., and Joseph Brentzel Between the hours of: Sunrise to sunset every day except Sunday from March 6, 2015 to March 8, 2016. Warning signs will be placed at every entrance to the operation, and, at least one (1) minute but not more than two (2) minutes prior to detonation, a warning signal of three (3) blasts, each lasting approximately five (5) seconds, will be sounded. One prolonged ten (10) second signal will be blown as an all-clear signal. Access road barricades will be erected prior to each detonation. Rain, lightning, or other atmospheric conditions, or operator, or public safety, are considered emergency situations and may require unscheduled detonation. If this occurs, identical warning and precaution measures will be taken. FIKE ASSOCIATES INC. 2/28

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NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that ABM Mining Company, Inc., 3330 Johnston Road, Smicksburg, PA 16256 has made application to the Bureau of District Mining Operations, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931-4119, for a revision to their existing 36.0 acre permit, SMP #32120104, in Grant Township, Indiana County as shown on the U.S.G.S. 7-1/2’ Rochester Mills quadrangle map. The purpose of the revision is to add 0.7 acres of mining area and 4.9 acres of support area on State Game Lands 262 to their existing 36.0 acre permit. The permit is situated north and west of T-932, Walker Road, and south of SR-1034, Gipsy Road, on the properties of ABM Mining Company, Sharon L. Horsford & Wm. Knapp, and the PA Game Commission. ABM Mining Company, Inc. proposes to continue to surface mine bituminous coal, conduct blasting activities, and discharge treated water to unnamed tributaries to Rairigh Run and Rairigh Run and an unnamed tributary to Little Mahoning Creek. Access to the site will continue to be via an existing access road directly onto T-932, just south of the intersection with SR-1034. As part of this permit revision, the operator is also requesting to change the post mining land use of a portion of the PA Game Commission property from “Forestland� to “Unmanged Natural Habitat�. This change is being done at the request of the landowner. A copy of this application for revision has been placed on file for public review at the Bureau of District Mining Operations, 286 Industrial Park Road, Ebensburg, PA 15931-4119. Anyone wishing to submit comments or requests for an informal conference concerning this permit revision should write to the PA Department of Environmental Protection, at the addres listed above, within thirty (30) days of the final publication of this notice stating his or her name, address, telephone number, and the nature of their objection(s). This application is made in accordance with the provisions of the Act of June 22, 1937, P.L. 1987, as amended. 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21

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NOTICE SIMPSON, KABLACK & RIVOSECCHI, P.C., ATTORNEY TRUSTEE’S NOTICE Jean W. Beatty, deceased, died on November 22, 2014, a resident of White Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. At the time of the Decedent’s death, there existed the J. Harold Beatty and Jean W. Beatty Living Trust under an instrument dated August 23, 1990. Those having claims against the Decedent or her Estate are requested to present them duly authenticated for settlement and those knowing themselves to be indebted are requested to make prompt payment. Glenn C. Beatty, Trustee 105 North 7th Street Indiana, PA 15701 2/14, 2/21, 2/28

NOTICE The United School District is requesting sealed bids on the following for the 2015-2016 school year: Art Supplies, Athletic Equipment & Supplies, Janitorial Supplies, Industrial Arts Equipment & Supplies, and Vo-Ag Supplies. Specifications and bid list may be obtained on our website www.unitedsd.net. On our homepage under “District� from the drop down menu, choose “Business Office�. You will finds on the left hand side “Bid Information�. Please click on this link which contains the catalog bid lists. You may also obtain the information by contacting the United School District, Business Office, 10780 Rt 56, Highway East, Armagh, PA 15920 or by calling 814-446-5615 Ext. 3306 or 3308. Bids will be accepted until 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. The Board reserves the right to accept or reject any part of or all bids received. Thomas Kalinyak Board Secretary/ Director of Finance 2/14, 2/21, 2/28

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NOTICE FICTITIOUS NAME NOTICE Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application for registration of a fictitious name, as follows: The fictitious name is Delaney Subaru Hyundai. The address of the principal office or principal place of business to be carried on under or through fictitious name is 125 Lenz Road, Indiana, PA 15701. The names and addresses of the persons who are parties to the registration are Delaney Chevrolet, Inc., John J. Delaney, John F. Delaney and Thomas H. Delaney, 626 Water Street, Indiana PA 15701. An application for a fictitious name is to be in the Department of State, under the Fictitious Names Act, 54 PA C.S. § 311 (g). 2/28

NOTICE HOLSINGER, CLARK & ARMSTRONG NOTICE Letters Testamentary of the Estate of Anna P. Fedash, late of Indiana County, having been granted the undersigned, those having claims against said estate are required to present them duly authenticated for settlement, and those knowing themselves to be indebted are required to make prompt payment. Walter Fedash 1416 Hoffman Road Indiana, PA 15701 2/14, 2/21, 2/28

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INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR MOTOR ROUTE

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR Walking Carrier Needed to deliver newspapers daily (7 days a week). •Blairsville Boro North Side North Spring North Liberty North Walnut (Approx. 40 papers) Start immediately If you are at least 12 years old, and you have dreamed of owning your own business. Call Joe (724) 465-5555 ext 222.

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR Walking Carrier Needed to deliver newspapers daily (7 days a week). •Dayton Area (Approx. 30 customers) Start immediately If you are at least 12 years old, and you have dreamed of owning your own business. Call Joe (724) 465-5555 ext 222.

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CAREER Opportunity with an established Indiana area business. Work in a fast-paced team environment. You will be challenged to quickly and effectively react to resolve customer issues as well as communicating with those who are responsible to ensure customer satisfaction. Box 2855 c/o The Indiana Gazette P.O. Box 10, Indiana, PA 15701.

Cleaning Company Positions in the following areas: BLAIRSVILLEMonday thru Friday, 8 hours, after 5:00 p.m. Trash, Vacuum, Sweep, Mop and buffing Floors. Monday thru Friday, 4 hours, After 6:00 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 5-6 Hours, After 4:00 p.m. Indiana, Rte 286 AirportWednesday and Friday, 4 hours, after 5:00 p.m. Call (724) 537-0705

Available Now! •Plumville •Smicksburg •Dayton If you have reliable transportation, valid driver’s license & auto insurance, call Roque. (724) 465-5555 ext 254

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Phone: 724-349-1924 x399• Toll Free: 1-800-709-7896

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829 ROSE STEET., INDIANA

Newly remodeled 1 bedroom apartment. Water, sewage, & off-street parking included in rent. On-site laundry.

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911 WATER ST., INDIANA 1 bedroom apartment with eatin kitchen, stove, refrigerator and off-street parking.

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CLUNE (COAL RUN RD): 2 bedroom, $500.00 plus utilities, no pets, non smoker , gas heat. 724-388-1356

$715 mo. 2 Bedroom, 1 or 1 1/2 Bath 900 sq. ft. Heat Included Indoor Parking Available. HEATHERBRAE APARTMENTS

Unfurnished Apartments

1 BDRM Apt, new carpet/ paint, $400/ mo + elec., Call 724-459-7494

2ND Floor, 2 bdrm apt. on N. 9th St., $650/mo. water, garbage & sewage incl. Tenant pays gas, elec, cable and tele. Free off street parking space. Ava. March 1st. Call (724) 541-3373

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Do you love children? If so, consider becoming a foster parent. In home training, support and compensation will be provided every step of the way. Call FCCY 1-800-747-3807. EOE

FISCAL TECHNICIAN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR MOTOR ROUTE

Available Now! •Elderton •Shelocta If you have reliable transportation, valid driver’s license & auto insurance, call Roque. (724) 465-5555 ext 254

FT Position with benefits at The Open Door. Must be proficient in Quickbooks & Excel. Experience with AP, AR, cash receipts and GL. Minimum requirement graduate of a 2 yr program with concentration in accounting. Send cover letter & resume with 3 references to The Open Door, 665 Phila. St, Ste 202, Indiana, PA 15701. Attn: L Martin, CFO before 3/3/15. EOE/AA

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IRON CHEFS FRONT OFFICE ASSISTANT / DENTAL ASSISTANT Large nonprofit organization is in need of a front office assistant / dental assistant in our Indiana Dental Center location. Previous experience in dental office setting is required. Candidate must be flexible and possess excellent customer service skills, competitive salary available. Please forward resumes to: Human Resources at P.O. Box 716 Sharon, Pa 16146 or e-mail to www. primary-health.net

HOME CARE NEEDED For female senior citizen in Homer City in generally good health with limited mobility. Qualified individual to assist with basic daily needs – bathing, toileting, food prep and exercise. Must have reliable transportation, available for multiple evening and weekend shifts. Must be a dependable & responsible individual w/good work ethic & previous experience performing assisted transfers. Modest degree of physical ability and strength required. Serious inquiries only call (724) 422-5509 between 9am - 5pm.

The Ironwood Grill is currently seeking day & night time kitchen & pizza staff to work in our fast paced kitchen. Apply in person: Ironwood Grill 1830 Oakland Avenue, Indiana.

NOW HIRING BUS DRIVERS! $$$

READ YOUR AD THE FIRST DAY IT APPEARS Report any errors by calling the Gazette Classifieds in time for the next edition of the the newspaper. The Gazette will only be responsible for errors the first day that an ad appears. Your ad will be corrected for the next day if you call before the deadline. Deadline is 1:00 Monday through Friday for the following day. Weekend deadline is Friday at 1:00 p.m. for Saturday and Sunday. Monday deadline is 4:00 on Friday Phone (724) 349-4949 Monday Friday 8-5. The office is closed on Saturdays.

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No Experience Required! FREE PAID training provided by STA. We want YOU to drive with us. Call 724-349-3944 or stop in, 395 East Pike Rd., Indiana Terminal TODAY! ADS that work pay for themselves. Ads that don’t work are not cost effective. We can help you create an appealing descriptive ad to bring results. Call the Indiana Gazette Classifieds at (724) 349-4949.

Plant Electrician & Plant Mechanic Needed for a busy Coal Processing Plant in Shelocta, PA. There are two separate positions available. Both positions are responsible for the safe and efficient maintenance of equipment and plant facility. Qualified candidates must possess current MSHA Surface Electrical certification, Low / Medium Voltage (Surface) part 77.103, High Voltage (Surface) part 77.103, and Methane Detection / Oxygen Deficiency (Surface). Candidates must pass the company’s written and practical testing. Both positions offer very competitive wages and benefits. Qualified candidates should apply at http://www.murrayenergycorp.com/careers/ under Pennsylvania Surface Electrician or Surface Mechanic. For any questions please contact Tim at timbaum@coalsource.com.

106A HERITAGE RUN RD, INDIANA Spacious 2 bedroom apartment with washer/dryer and off-street parking. Available March 1, 2015.

760/month

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1499 PHILADELPHIA ST., INDIANA Spacious 2 bedroom apartment with eat-in kitchen, balcony, and off-street parking

575/month

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352 GRANT STREET, INDIANA 1 bedroom apartment. Convenient location. Sewage & trash included. Off-street parking & on-site laundry.

550/month

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Get ‘em today!

Call Gazette Classifieds today: 724.349.4949

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ASTROGRAPH â?‚âœľâœŞ â?‚ Your Birthday SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2015 by Eugenia Last This is the year for you to put some serious thought and effort into learning new skills. You can improve your financial position by becoming more attractive to current or potential employers. Don’t hold back. Updating your credentials will lead to greater success. PISCES (Feb. 20March 20) — Fend off boredom by getting involved in fun activities. Any lighthearted group situation will provide you with amusement and entertainment. Love and romance are in the stars. ARIES (March 21April 19) — You can reduce tension if you resist the urge to blurt out the first thought that comes to mind. Be mindful of the feelings of others or you’ll tarnish your reputation. TAURUS (April 20May 20) — Strive to find an equal balance between your personal and professional life. Too many pending problems will deter your focus and hinder productivity. Don’t obsess over the inevitable. GEMINI (May 21June 20) — Take a good look at your current position. Reflect on what has worked for you in the past and what you want to achieve in the future. Stop wasting time. CANCER (June 21July 22) — Your heightened sensitivity will trigger emotional discord. To avoid quarrels, find a place where you can spend some alone time to help settle your nerves and reconsider your position. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Hidden information will result in poor assessments. Don’t rely on what others tell you. Do some

scrupulous investigating to determine which details you need to know to make a good decision. VIRGO (Aug. 23Sept. 22) — Idle time will leave you bored and out of sorts. Strive to accomplish something. Engaging in a hobby, uncluttering your place and reorganizing personal paperwork will all bring you satisfaction. LIBRA (Sept. 23Oct. 23) — Don’t blame others if you aren’t happy. Take the initiative to follow your dreams. Advance your education, cultivate influential contacts or do whatever it takes to get the ball rolling. SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — Your loyalty and determination will make you an important ally to a worthwhile cause. Your willingness to help others will open many doors. You will learn much and gain many friends.

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NOW HIRING MECHANIC Full Time 2 years mechanic experience. Experience in companies within the oil and gas industry a plus. Apply online: www.Nuverra. com/careers Call 877-920-7724

NOW HIRING: Bartenders, Servers, Experienced Line Cooks. Fill out application at Whitey’s Peetza & Eatery, 368 1st St. Coral, PA

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PART TIME POSITION In The Indiana Gazette Circulation Department. Duties include data processing and customer service work, light dock work and newspaper delivery. Must be available for various hours 7 days a week. Interested candidates may send resume or letter of interest to: The Indiana Gazette Circulation Dept., P.O. Box 10, Indiana, PA 15701 via e-mail: rseckar@indiana gazette.net, Or stop at the Gazette for an application for employment.

PLANT/OFFICE DUTIES. Part Time Position. Indiana Gazette Distribution Dept, Must be dependable, detail oriented, have basic computer and math skills, capable of lifting up to 40 lbs, process valid PA drivers license and reliable transportation. Some weekends required. Will train. Apply in person at 899 Water St, Indiana, PA. 15701

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Patient Coordinator Indiana Total Therapy, LLC has an immediate opening for a full time Patient Coordinator. Experience with medical office procedures including scheduling, medical authorizations, and insurance billing preferred. Must have a pleasant personality and be able to multitask in a fast paced environment. Please fax resumes to : 724-357-6984 Attention: Joni Milchak, Human Resource Services

A NEW group of people are looking at the Indiana Gazette classifieds every day. Don’t you want them to see your ad? We can offer suggestions to give readers a reason to call you first. Phone us at (724) 349-4949.

Indiana County custom electronics manufacturer looking for a motivated individual to join our Production team! Responsibilities include: testing and quality control on RF communications equipment. Duties include tuning & testing of circuit boards & products; setup & operation of electrical & RF test equipment, troubleshoot failure mode, document & repair non-conforming boards & products. Position requires sitting for long periods of time and ability to lift up to 50 pounds. Successful applicants will have 2+ years prior experience in similar manufacturing environment. Associates degree in Electrical Engineering preferred. Position is a full-time, daylight position with a 4/10 work schedule. We offer a competitive salary and full benefits package, which includes health, vision, dental, 401k and bonus incentive plan. Pleasee send resume with salary requirements or visit us to fill out an application. n.

Apply in person at 11 South 7th St., Indiana between 11-4 pm. No phone calls.

Kristen Graf Quintech Electronics & Communications, Inc. 250 Airport Road Indiana, PA 15701 Visit us online at: www.quintechelectronics.com

CAREGIVER Available with experience and references. (724) 599-4652

Will Do HOUSE CLEANING Call or Text Candy (724) 388-6636 Painting & Wallpaper

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CONAIR Pro standing hair dryer, for shop or elderly. $65. Call (724) 349-3794

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ELECTRIC breaker box 150amp, main breaker, 8 different breakers, $150 Call (724) 463-0398

LEATHER Winter Jacket with fur trimmed hood, Red size 12. $75. Call (724) 349-6881 PURSES: New & like new leather. $10/ea. qty of 20. Call (724) 465-4584 between 9am - 6pm.

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LEXINGTON Wicker Dresser with glass top and mirror, 58�X19�. Excellent condition. Moving Must Sale! $75. (724) 422-5040 SET of old stone wear dishes, service for 8, never used $30 (724) 459-8861

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Appliances For Sale

WILLIAMS Appliance, 30 years. Selling quality new & used. (724) 397-2761.

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Pets & Supplies For Sale

BEAGLE PUPPY: 4 months old, male, NKC & ARHA, $200.00 Call (724) 397-2901

FLORAL arrangement $20 (724) 541-3583 PROPANE space heater, ventless, has artificial logs over top of burner, thermostat, blower & remote, looks like old heating stove. $100. Call (724) 664-0420 RHEEM 40 Gallon hot water tank, hardly used, $125. (814) 845-7842 SCHOOL DESK: desk & chair attached with storage under chair. $25 Call (724) 349-6194

FOUR SHELTIES puppies born Jan. 4th, 3 females, 1 male, sable, beautiful markings, $300 w/o papers, $600 w/papers (724)639-3140 Leave a msg if no answer will call back.

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

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Lawn & Garden Tools For Sale

JOHN DEERE 43 front blade, taken off 212 John Deere tractor. $100. Call (724) 664-0420

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Call Classifieds today to place your Action Ad. (724) 349-4949 INVERSION TABLE: Iron Man Gravity 1000, slightly used, owners manual included. $100. Call (724) 349-6932 SIGNED Jerome Bettis rockie card $50 obo (724) 840-9697 Bicycles For Sale

TREK Navigator, women’s 7 speed bike, 2 years old. Used less than 50 miles, $150 obo. (412) 613-1167

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WITH NO GOOD SPOTS, LEAD TO THE HONORS April Bloomfield, an English chef best known for holding a Michelin star at two New York City restaurants, The Spotted Pig and The Breslin, said, “Food’s delicate. You have to handle it with finesse. You can’t just be a big ogre.� Many bridge contracts require handling with finesse. This can involve taking a finesse or two. Alternatively, declarer might have to get the timing just right — which is also arguably the number-one factor in cooking. This week, we have been looking at deals in which a tempting finesse is not the Wanted to Buy

right play. Here is a last example that is slightly different because there is no finesse available. South is in three notrump, and West leads the spade queen. What should declarer do? This auction is surely the most common in the game. Declarer starts with six top tricks: two spades, three hearts and one club. He does not have time to establish dummy’s club suit because he will lose three spades, one diamond and two clubs. Instead, South must collect three diamond tricks; regular readers will have no trouble finding the right line. Declarer should lead twice toward the hand with the two honors. So, after winning the first trick with dummy’s spade king, South should play a low diamond to his king. When he wins the trick, he crosses to the dummy with a heart and leads another diamond toward his hand. Here, East’s ace pops up and declarer has his nine winners. If, though, West takes the trick with his ace or South wins the second diamond trick in his hand, he would have to hope that the diamonds are splitting 3-3. COPYRIGHT: 2015, UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE

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BUYING Junk cars. Call us McCarthy Auto. (724) 349-2622

STANDING TIMBER: select cutting, 5 acres or more, full payment before cutting begins. Call (814) 525-6847 WANTED Car Lift, 4 ft, shop press, metal bender Call (724)354-5126 or (724)549-5555

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WANTED MOTORHOME 20-22 foot, price according to condition (724) 354-5126 / (724) 549-5555

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Autos For Sale

2007 MINI Cooper S: manual trans, 38K, grey, 4 cycl, exc. cond., sunroof, ac, heated seats, 4 new tires, pwr windows & locks. $11,000 Call (724) 840-0877

Sports Equipment For Sale

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ALUMINUM ladder 35 feet w/extension support asking $195 obo. (724) 479-8194

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Get your personal paperwork in order. Search for something you missed that will improve your financial picture. Scrutinize any contracts or commitments that are coming due.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — Give yourself the day to rest and relax. Free yourself from routine strife. A long walk, a chat with an old friend or time spent by yourself will refresh and clear your mind. COPYRIGHT 2015 United Feature Syndicate, Inc.

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BIOTHERAPEX Liver Enzyme Rejuvenation. 11 sealed btls. 60 tabs each. Exp. 2/16. Paid $189.95 for 12 btls will sell for $90. Call (724) 479-9145

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CHRISTMAS dishes set of 4, new. $8.00 Call (724) 254-0325 COINS: Wheat pennies, 149 rolls, $500 for all. (724) 676-4408

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