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April Austin embraces her daughter Jasmine Austin, 6, as she wakes her up in September to get her ready for school at the Extended Stay America hotel in Springdale. Austin and her four children stayed in the two-bed hotel room for fi ve days while trying to obtain other housing. ALBERT CESARE / THE ENQUIRER

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Find interactive radar, storm warnings, live storm chaser video, school closings and global weather searchable by city or ZIP code at Cincinnati.com/weather.

Good Morning! After a beautiful Saturday, we can expect some isolated thunder for your Sunday. We start out dry this morning with temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. But, this afternoon, a very weak frontal boundary will dip into the area from the north. This front will set off a few isolated to widely scattered showers and thunder which should dissipate during the early evening hours with the loss of daytime heating. Expect high temps later today in the upper 80s to near 90 degrees. This same weak front will be in the area on Monday as well, so a few isolated showers will once again be possible. — Jeff Creighton

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LOTTERIES OHIO

(Drawings: July 13) Pick 3 (early): 7 0 3 Pick 4 (early): 8 0 6 2 Pick 5 (early): 5 9 5 2 7

THE NATION w- weather: s- sunny, pc- partly cloudy, sh- showers, t- thunderstorms, r- rain, sf- snow flurries, sn- snow, i- ice.

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IN THE SKY

FULL July 16

LAST July 24

NEW July 31

(Drawings: July 12) Pick 3 (late): 5 4 4 Pick 4 (late): 2 9 4 7 Pick 5 (late): 0 0 5 0 3 Rolling Cash 5: 6 20 30 36 38 Classic Lotto: Saturday’s jackpot was an estimated $17.9 million.

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KENTUCKY

(Drawings: July 13) Pick 3 (early): 0 9 8 Pick 4 (early): 9 7 8 4 (Drawings: July 12) Pick 3 (late): 2 8 5 Pick 4 (late): 8 5 7 5 Cash Ball: 9 21 24 29, 20

INDIANA Cold

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Stationary Showers T-storms

RIVER LEVELS RIVER

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Snow

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Licking (Falmouth) Little Miami (Milford) Great Miami (Hamilton) Whitewater (Brookville)

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ALMANAC From Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport through 5 p.m. yest.

TEMPERATURE High/low ........................... 90/62 Normal high/low ............... 86/66 Record high ............... 103 (1936) Record low .................. 50 (1975) HUMIDITY High .................................... 83% Low ..................................... 28% PRECIPITATION Last 24 hours ...................... 0.00” Month to date .................... 0.02” Normal month to date ........ 1.57” Year to date ...................... 35.63” Normal year to date ......... 24.19”

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AIR QUALITY Pollution............................ 120/US Main pollutant .....................Ozone Mold............................. 2463/High Pollen ..................................6/Low Main pollen ................ unspecified

(Drawings: July 13) Daily 3 (early): 3 5 5 (SB: 3) Daily 4 (early): 0 9 1 7 (SB: 3) (Drawings: July 12) Daily 3 (late): 1 3 7 (SB: 4) Daily 4 (late): 4 5 7 0 (SB: 4) Cash 5: 7 10 31 35 41 Hoosier Lotto: Saturday’s jackpot was an estimated $41.8 million.

MEGA MILLIONS

(Drawings: July 12) 8 25 38 56 59 Megaball: 7 Megaplier: 2 Tuesday’s jackpot is an estimated $137 million.

POWERBALL

Saturday’s jackpot was an estimated $194 million.

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Kings Island worker alleges boss harassed her multiple times Rachel Berry

Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

For approximately nine months, a female employee of Kings Island said she endured sexual harassment from her supervisor, according to a lawsuit fi led last month.

Her direct supervisor, Jeff Nelson, referenced her body, on one instance saying, “Your boobs are looking bigger,” the lawsuit says.

It also alleges he slapped her buttocks on at least fi ve occasions and sang sexually explicit songs to her.

In the complaint fi led in federal court in Cincinnati, the employee says Nelson asked if she wore a bikini to her son’s Make-A-Wish trip and made other comments like, “you’re my girl, and I’m going to keep you with me,” and “[i]f you were my girl, I’d cook you.”

The employee worked as a Coaster Crew Carpenter. The lawsuit says Nelson’s behavior aff ected her ability to do her job and she asked him to stop, but he continued to touch her and make sexual innuendos.

When she refused his advances, Nelson became physically aggressive,

the lawsuit says. She alleges that at one point he threw pistachio shells and yelled at her while she was working.

On another occasion while she was in his truck with him, Nelson began driving aggressively at high speeds, “putting (her) safety at extreme risk,” the lawsuit says.

The employee said she tried to report Nelson’s actions to his supervisor, Mark Steelman. Whenever she attempted to broach the subject, Steelman would walk away or change the subject, according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit also states that he made a cutting gesture, bringing his hand across his neck, which the employee interpreted to mean Nelson wouldn’t be punished, and Steelman didn’t want to hear about his behavior.

The employee is suing for sexual harassment and a hostile work environment. Her attorney declined to comment.

An attorney for Cedar Fair, the company responsible for Kings Island, directed The Enquirer to offi cials at Kings Island.

Chad Showalter, spokesman for Kings Island, said he could not comment on pending legal matters.

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Local vet clinic handles MRI for Chira the tiger physical cause to her seizures, no tumors or brain lesions, which ruled out surgery as treatment. Instead, zoo caregivers put Chira on anti-seizure medicine, and she is monitored around the clock. Potential hazards have been removed from her environment to avoid injury if she has a seizure.

Chira was born in 2017 in a litter of three female cubs, and she has been separated from her sisters since medication can only reduce, not eliminate seizures. “Their reaction to a seizure is diffi cult to predict. They could hurt her in the process of trying to help her,” said senior Night Hunters keeper Michelle Kuchle, who has cared for the three tigers since they were born.

Chira is on display at the zoo, and visitors who see her should alert staff if they notice signs of a seizure.

International Tiger Day is July 29.

Malayan tigers are endangered with fewer than 500 left in the world due to habitat destruction, fragmentation and poaching.

Anne Saker

Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

When an animal at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is ill, caregivers reach for tools in human medicine to fi nd answers. Chira, one of the zoo’s endangered Malayan tigers, was suff ering seizures, so she underwent magnetic resonance imaging.

Last month, zoo caregivers took the 2-year-old tiger, clocking in at 240 pounds, to MedVet Cincinnati on Red Bank Road for the testing. Chira’s seizures this year have mystifi ed zoo staff , and an MRI would give then a look inside her head, neck and brain.

The zoo often asks outside providers across Cincinnati for help with animals, perhaps most famously in 2017 when neonatal nurses from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center attended to Fiona, the Nile hippo born prematurely. The Christ Hospital has given ultrasounds to pregnant zoo gorillas technology. Dentists, eye doctors and other specialists also have made zoo calls.

Chira, though, needed an MRI “to help rule in or out a physical abnormality in her brain that could be the cause of her seizures,” said zoo Veterinary Director Mark Campbell. “MedVet agreed to provide equipment and highly trained personnel to help us achieve this goal.”

Veterinarians at MedVet on Red Bank Road handle Chira before the tiger undergoes an MRI to look for the causes of her seizures. PROVIDED

MedVet is a chain of employeeowned veterinary hospitals with 24 locations across the Midwest, Texas and the western United States. The Red Bank Road location has off ered other care to Cincinnati Zoo animals including cardiology, ophthalmology and radiology. Veterinary surgeon Karl Maritato recently removed a cancerous

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Will Commissioner Portune run again in ’20?

Jason Williams Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Long-time Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune has started to face the reality that his debilitating health issues might force him to retire next year.

He suff ered a severe neck injury after a fall in the spring, and political insiders have been speculating ever since whether the Democrat will run for re-election in 2020.

“It’s a fair question,” Portune told Politics Extra. “I know there’s all sorts of rumors out there, and they all need to be put to rest. It’s a question that I need to answer defi nitively, and I will do that in more than a timely manner.”

Portune would like to have a fi nal decision made about his political future before the December fi ling deadline. He added that no one is pressuring him to call it quits.

But Portune isn’t denying the fact his health is not good. He doesn’t have feeling on the right side of his body after he had surgery in April. That came a year after Portune had to have his left leg amputated because of a cancerous tumor.

Portune, 60, was released from Drake Center in late May, but the workaholic still hasn’t been able to get back to the offi ce full-time. Portune’s rehabilitation process is ongoing, and he said his attendance at board of commissioners’ meetings may continue to be sporadic.

“In all respects, I’m still considered homebound,” Portune said. “I’m making progress. It’s slow. I have to be careful not to overdo it. I’m not going to mince words: This has been a real

ordeal. It’s a lot harder than anything I’ve been through before.”

Meanwhile, 2020 campaigns are heating up. There is a Republican vying for Portune’s seat – former Mariemont Councilman Andy Black.

If Portune retires, Democrats could turn to state Rep. Brigid Kelly as the potential successor. Kelly had risen to the No. 2 Democrat in the Statehouse, but she lost her leadership role in January amid the party’s division over who should be the Speaker of the House.

Back home, however, Kelly is still highly regarded. Commissioner could be a nice next step for the former Norwood councilwoman, a pragmatic and policy-focused politician who’s respected by the establishment and far left factions in her party.

Portune was fi rst elected commissioner in 2000.. He’s one of the most popular elected offi cials in Greater Cincinnati, having appealed to voters for consistently taking a stand against the Bengals’ stadium deal.

His hard-line stance against the worst stadium deal for taxpayers in American history is undoubtedly part of his legacy. Another part of his legacy: His resiliency and work ethic.

Portune has been an inspiration to thousands of residents for his ability to continue to serve in public offi ce despite having major health problems for 16 years. In 2003, he was diagnosed with benign tumors in his spinal column. The tumors later ruptured, and paralyzed Portune from the chest down.

Portune still worked round-theclock, rarely took a vacation and never wanted sympathy. His positive outlook has helped make him so popular among voters that Republicans have

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MICROSCOOPS THE BUZZ: Another 2020 race is underway. Loveland Democrat Sara Bitter is running against Mount Lookout conservative Tom Brinkman in Ohio’s 27th House District. It’ll be Bitter’s second campaign, after she lost last year in Ohio’s red-leaning 7th Senate District to incumbent Steve Wilson. Though the race wasn’t close, Bitter raised $100,000 and received the coveted Fraternal Order of Police endorsement. Democrats see Brinkman’s East Side suburban district as a big opportunity in an election cycle where college-educated moms will be a target voting bloc. Bitter is a disability rights advocate and former assistant in Bill Clinton‘s White House. ... ❚ Look for Pleasant Ridge Democrat Gabe Davis to offi cially launch his campaign for Hamilton County prosecutor next week. It’ll be a quiet launch for the former federal prosecutor, who plans to hold the traditional, rally-like kickoff event in September.

In his fi rst political campaign, Davis will challenge long-time incumbent Joe Deters. ... ❚ Could there be a third Democrat to jump into the 2020 primary race for

Ohio’s 1st Congressional District?

Walnut Hills alum John Paszterko is exploring a run. Paszterko (pronounced PAS-ter-koh) hasn’t been involved in local politics, so not much is known about him. According to his LinkedIn and Facebook profi les, Paszterko is a West Point graduate and spent 61⁄ 2 years as an Army infantry offi cer. He has a master’s degree from Georgetown University and is currently a senior operations manager for Amazon.com. ... ❚ Speaking of that congressional race, Democratic candidate Kate Schroder has gotten her campaign off to a good start. More than 300 people showed up to her launch party at Wiedemann’s Brewery in St. Bernard on Tuesday night. That energy and enthusiasm translated into a big fi rst day of fundraising – $140,000, according to a campaign offi cial. It’s unknown what Schroder’s primary opponent, Mason’s Nikki Foster, has raised in the wake of her campaign launch on July 1. Foster’s campaign spokeswoman told Politics Extra: “We don’t have numbers to share at the moment.”

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Two Ohio police leaders advocate for safe-injection site in Philly Terry DeMio

Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Outside America, there are places where people can go with their drugs and inject them under the supervision of medical caregivers who will revive them if they overdose.

Newtown police Chief Tom Synan, a member of the Hamilton County Heroin Coalition, supports the idea.

So does Dan Meloy, the former Colerain Township public safety director.

At least, in Philadelphia.

"I think we need to be open and to try new alternatives that reduce the impact that this and other drug epidemics have on our community," Synan said. Neither he nor Meloy is advocating for a safe injection site in the Cincinnati region. though.

The two Southwest Ohio leaders are among 64 local, state, Synan and federal criminal justice offi cials from 27 states and the District of Columbia who signed a legal brief in favor of Safehouse, a privately funded nonprofi t that's trying to Meloy open the fi rst-in-thenation supervised drug-consumption site, in Philadelphia.

U.S. Attorney William McSwain fi led a lawsuit in February to stop Safehouse from opening the overdose prevention site, an attempt to curb opioid deaths in the city.

"Normalizing the use of deadly drugs like heroin and fentanyl is not the answer to solving the epidemic," McSwain said at a news conference.

Safehouse lawyers fi led the brief Wednesday showing law enforcement support for its proposed overdose prevention site.

The legal brief was coordinated by Fair and Just Prosecution in alliance with the Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP), a nonprofi t group of police, judges and other criminal justice professionals who support proven solutions to public safety problems.

Neither Synan nor Meloy are certain that safe-injection sites will help allay the opioid epidemic, although no one has died in such locations.

And thousands of lives have been saved.

Insite in Vancouver, British Columbia, opened the fi rst supervised injection site in North America in 2003. "There have been millions of visits and thousands of overdoses to Insite since it opened," said Tiff any Akins, a spokeswoman for the site.

"And there has never been a death there.

A person at a consumption site in Vancouver, British Columbia, holds sterile injection equipment. PROVIDED

In this 2017 photo, booths line the Cactus "safe injection site" in Montreal, where drug addicts can shoot up using clean needles, get medical supervision and freedom from arrest. A similar facility is planned for Philadelphia. PAUL CHIASSON, AP

"Supervising people gives us a chance to keep people alive, so that we can connect them to the care and support they need," she said.

Meloy has been at the forefront of other harm-reduction eff orts in Hamilton County. He now heads QRT National, a nonprofi t that promotes the use of Quick Response Teams that visit surviving overdose victims and guide them into treatment.

He and Synan said their support of supervised drug-consumption sites is about what's best for communities as well as individuals.

"We are talking about public safety. Contact with people (who inject drugs)," Meloy said. "First responders and needle sticks. HIV, hepatitis C. All those things."

Synan and Meloy are speakers for LEAP, which is why they were aware of the brief. The organization has been at the forefront of an eff ort to move away from the war on drugs in the United States. They say the old approach simply doesn't work.

"We have built more prisons, have more people in prison, because of drug-related incidents," Synan said, "yet have more people using and dying from drugs than ever in our country.

"I believe that overdose prevention sites may be an opportunity to take the burden of the mass number of overdoses off police, EMS, fi re and hospitals ... and put it into a system that is designed to handle such incidents, allowing fi rst responders to get back to more enforcement than overdose revival," he said.

Meloy supported other harm-reduction projects in Colerain Township as opioid overdose deaths exploded in the region.

He started the fi rst Quick Response Team, and as his nonprofi t takes the eff ort national, Meloy has talked to, trained and otherwise

helped communities across the country start their own teams.

Other Ohioans who signed the brief are Carter Stewart, former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, and former Ohio Attorney Gen-

eral Jim Petro.

Meloy said the opioid epidemic is nowhere near its end, no one can see an end to it, and people are still dying.

Every day, opioid overdoses alone kill about 130 people, the National Institute on Drug Abuse notes.

That's why, Meloy said, every idea should be considered.

Of supervised consumption sites, he said: "This is a concept that's working elsewhere. If you say no, we will never know if there's a way to learn from it here."

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Another side of Marian Spencer: A love story Marian Spencer with her husband, Donald.

Marian, a former vice mayor of Cincinnati and a civil rights hero, died July 9.

She was 99.

Byron McCauley Columnist USA TODAY NETWORK

Marian Spencer adored Donald Spencer, even more than 60 years after their wedding day.

I saw it with my own eyes on Valentine's Day, 2007 at a friend's house with fi ve other couples.

Donald died on May 4, 2010. Each time I saw Marian any time after that, the light in her eyes seemed dimmer.

But on that night, the fi rst time I met her in an intimate setting, she was smitten. Donald, an accomplished jazz musician, played the piano for us, but it really seemed more like a collection of love songs to Marian. Look at the picture attached to this column. Look at Marian's face. Both were well into their 80s then. Just look at them.

That was the whole point of the night.

How do you keep the music playing?

How do you make it last?

How do you keep the song from fading Too fast?

Those are not my words. They were written by Michel Legrand, Marilyn Bergman, and Alan Bergman. Those lyrics became a hit song for James Ingram and Patti Austin in 1983. Power-

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ful lyrics, even today, when about half of the marriages in America end in divorce.

The Spencers were married in 1940.

They had an old-fashioned grit.

We were in our 30s and 40s. They had forgotten more in their marriage than any of us had experienced. And some of us were already struggling in our young marriages. Kids, bills, careers. We had dinner and dessert. We tried to inhale their wisdom, too much in one sitting. But it was at the piano that we experienced the gravity of the moment.

Donald played a medley of songs. I don't remember the exact titles or words. I just remember the delight on

Marian's face. And our exultation just to be in their presence.

When they awoke, Donald serenaded Marian.

Every morning.

More than 60 years and ya'll still make googly eyes?

The lessons: Forgive. Love when it's hard. Try to understand one another.

Talk. Give. Take. Forgive again. And forgive some more. That's how you make a marriage work.

Marian was feisty. We all know this by now. But she was full of grace and dignity. Without sharing details, she told us about a moment she dispatched from her home a bold lady asking to see her husband. She sum-

moned Donald home immediately.

They had a talk. That was that. The matter was settled. Our takeaway was to watch for pitfalls, fi x them, forgive and move forward.

Before that night, I knew who the public Marian Spencer was, and then only on a cursory level. The civil rights champion. The integrationist. The politician. The granddaughter of a slave.

She was a formidable woman in this town.

That night, through loving touches, easy smiles, knowing looks and a gleam in her eye – we saw a woman head over heels in love with her husband. We saw a woman who – without even knowing it – set an expectation for us and our relationships. You will have challenges, but you can make it through.

I interviewed Marian two years ago in the Avondale home that Donald designed and built in the 1950s. She spoke of him as if he was still there. A pillow had his date of birth and death written on it. Family pictures with him in it were on walls and tables.

I'd like to think she is with him now.

The music never ends.

Byron McCauley is an Enquirer columnist. Email him at bmccauley@enquirer.com. Phone: (513) 768-8565.

Twitter: @byronmccauley.

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The 30th annual Bastille Day celebration in Historic Downtown Montgomery on Saturday.

Montgomery’s Bastille Day

A Cincinnati Circus Co. performer juggles.

The Sycamore Community Band performs on Saturday. PHOTOS BY MADELEINE HORDINSKI

The scene at Montgomery’s Bastille Day event.

cincinnati.com ❚ SUNDAY, JULY 14, 2019 ❚ 11A

Ripley’s podcast is local, believe it or not Sarah Horne

Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

With attractions around the world and books sold for a wide age range, Ripley’s Believe It or Not is a household name. The next venture for Ripley’s? A new podcast, and wouldn’t you believe it, it’s being produced in the Greater Cincinnati area.

It’s called the Believe It or Notcast.

Ryan Clark and Brent Donaldson, two Cincinnatians, teamed up to create it.

New episodes release every Tuesday morning. They produce the show out of Herzog Studios in downtown Cincinnati.

That’s intriguing In one episode of the podcast, listeners meet Father Vincent Lampert, who is an offi cial exorcist for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. He has assisted in over 40 exorcisms.

So far, that was Donaldson’s favorite episode, with Lampert explaining what it was like to be in a room with someone thought to be demonically possessed. He would even try to replicate the sounds he heard during the experience.

“That was pretty intense,” Donaldson said.

In another episode, Clark and Donaldson talk with people who consider

Ripley’s Believe It or Notcast co-hosts Ryan Clark and Brent Donaldson, illustrated by Ripley’s cartoonist, John Graziano. RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT!

themselves vampires, due to being convinced that they have to ingest human blood to avoid getting sick.

Let’s make a podcast Clark and Donaldson had been friends long before the podcast even became an idea. They both previously worked at Northern Kentucky University together, where Donaldson was editor-in-chief of the university’s magazine.

They had planned to do a podcast together about higher education, however, Clark ended up taking a job at Xavier. Donaldson did a podcast for NKU. “I had a background in sorta audio engineering from recording music in

the past, so I kinda put that toward the audio editing that goes into a podcast and it went really well,” Donaldson said.

Later, Donaldson went on to work at Gardner Business Media and Clark became a freelance writer for a variety of places, including Ripley’s.

“One of the places I really love to write for the most is Ripley’s Believe It Or Not website,” Clark said. “I’ve been doing that for the last two years and I love it. It’s just awesome. To travel around the country and fi nd weird and fascinating and inspiring stories.

It is just a blast.”

While working for Ripley’s, Clark realized they didn’t have a traditional weekly podcast and brought it up to his editor.

She told him that they didn’t have the manpower to have one at the time so she forgot about the idea, Clark said.

However, around Thanksgiving, his editor approached him again. This time asking Clark more about his idea and if he could begin working on it.

That’s when Clark reached out to Donaldson with questions about podcasting.

“He called me or maybe sent me a text last October basically saying something to the eff ect of ‘how do you do a podcast,’” Donaldson said.

While talking about the idea, it was decided that the two would work on it together, combining Clark’s knowledge of Ripley’s and journalism with Donaldson’s background in audio production and journalism. “(It) has entailed talking to really interesting people and being creative with the content of the show itself,” Donaldson said. “I’ve talked to some people that I doubt I would have talked to in day-to-day life.

“You know, life can be weird and I think that all of us have this innate sense that we are unique and a little bit weird sometimes. I think that’s why people connect with Ripley’s,” Donaldson said.

The launch of the Believe It or Notcast came a week after the rebuilt Ripley’s TV show debuted on Travel Channel. That airs Sundays at 9 p.m.

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Frampton revisits his old hometown, hits Chris Varias

Special to Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

There has never been a reason to contemplate the fi nite nature of “Baby, I Love Your Way,” considering that the song has been spun infi nitely on classic-rock radio since the beginning of time, or at least the last 40plus years.

But with the news of a physical ailment possibly forcing Peter Frampton into retirement from the stage, each live performance of “Baby, I Love Your Way” is now a countdown to the end.

Frampton, the English rocker who called Indian Hill home from 2000 to 2013, returned to Riverbend on Friday to play what could be his last show in Cincinnati.

He has a muscle disease called inclusion body myositis. Frampton wants to stop playing guitar before IBM takes greater eff ect, so this likely could be his last North American tour.

Despite the grim circumstances, the show was celebratory. Frampton barely mentioned his condition.

“I feel that love,” he said after playing “Baby, I Love Your Way.” “I feel it on the internet after I made the announcement about my health. You guys are gonna cure me. I know it.”

That’s all he said about it.

Instead, he played and played and played. The 69-year-old singer and his four-piece band did over two hours, with Frampton’s only brief break coming before the encore. Returning to Cincinnati seemed to energize him.

“You are the biggest crowd of every amphitheater that we played on this tour,” he said. The show drew 10,000, according to a Riverbend spokesperson.

The show hit upon all of the highlights of his career: the early days as a member of Humble Pie, his landmark album “Frampton Comes Alive,” the 2007 Grammy-winning instrumental album “Fingerprints.”

He has a current highlight, as well: his latest album, “All Blues,” is sitting atop Billboard’s blues-album chart.

He played a couple songs off that one, including an instrumental version of “Georgia on My Mind.” He said he saw Steve Winwood sing that song live in concert with the Spencer Davis Group when Winwood was 16 and Frampton 15.

He discussed the friendship he forged with the late Chris Cornell and dedicated an instrumental version of Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” to Cornell, his widow and their children.

There was an Alvin Lee story, too.

Years ago Frampton ran into the late Ten Years After guitarist in the Bahamas, where Frampton had traveled to write songs for an album. Instead of getting to the business of writing, he and Lee went on a two-week bender.

When he came out of it, Frampton wrote two songs in one day: “Show Me the Way” and “Baby, I Love Your

Peter Frampton Finale, The Farewell Tour at Riverbend Music Center. After 50 plus years of touring Frampton has announced this upcoming tour will be has last. PHOTOS BY JOE SIMON FOR THE ENQUIRER

Way.” Those, plus “Do You Feel Like We Do” – the three singles from “Frampton Comes Alive” – were highlights of the show.

And there was more Cincinnati reminiscing. Frampton mentioned his aff ection for the Mariemont loca-

tion of Graeter’s Ice Cream and said he was crushing some Graeter’s backstage. “I had to loosen my belt a notch,” he joked. “I always look forward to coming here to Cincinnati, because it has been my home for many, many years.”

One word that wasn’t uttered was “farewell.” Frampton closed the show with a version of the Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” When the song ended, he addressed the crowd for the last time: “Thank you!” he said. “I can’t say goodbye.”

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Lawmakers place bets on sports gambling bills Jim Provance (Toledo) Blade

COLUMBUS – Lawmakers are doubling-down on their eff orts to bring legal sports gambling to Ohio as they move multiple bills to legalize the activity through the General Assembly.

Competing bills have been introduced in the state House and Senate that head in diff erent directions – one placing its bets with the state’s four Las Vegas-style casinos and seven racetrack slots parlors, and the other potentially adding some 1,200 Veterans of Foreign Wars, Elks, and other veterans groups and fraternal lodges to that mix.

One would put the Ohio Casino Control Commission in charge. The other would make sports betting an extension of the Ohio Lottery Commission.

And then there are the possibilities of a ballot question for voters to consider amending the state constitution or doing nothing so that Ohio sits out this latest gambling expansion.

“The purpose of doing this is to make it legal, make it constitutional, follow the (federal) wire act, and provide funding for gambling addiction services and education,” said state Rep. Dave Greenspan, R-Westlake, who sponsored House Bill 194 with Rep. Brigid Kelly, D-Hyde Park.

“The revenue is not going to be that

signifi cant – $30 million, rising eventually to $60 million and $100 million,” he said. “It’s not going to be, as people have projected, hundreds of millions of dollars for the state.”

It’s been a year since the U.S. Supreme Court opened the door for states to pursue legal wagering on the outcomes of games, point spreads, individual player performance, and other elements of professional and collegiate sports.

Ohio is looking to join a handful of other states – including neighboring Pennsylvania, West Virginia and, most recently, Indiana – that have acted to legalize, regulate and tax betting that’s gone on legally for decades in Las Vegas and illegally just about everywhere else.

The House bill could come to a vote in that chamber in coming weeks, but the General Assembly is expected to recess for the summer by June 30.

That means a bill would likely not reach Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk until fall at the earliest.

State Sens. John Eklund. R-Chardon, and Sean O’Brien, D-Bazetta, introduced Senate Bill 111 in March. It has yet to be assigned to a committee, let alone have a hearing.

It would hand authority to regulate sports wagering to the Ohio Casino Control Commission. Such betting could take place at Ohio’s four voterapproved Las Vegas-style casinos, in-

cluding Jack Cincinnati Casino, and seven racetrack slots parlors.

In contrast, House Bill 194 would grant regulatory authority to the lottery that voters originally approved in 1973, but has since been expanded to include Keno, Powerball, MegaMillions and racetrack slots.

Neither Eklund nor O’Brien returned multiple calls for comment for this story. But in an opinion column published by the Columbus Dispatch, Eklund criticized the idea of giving regulatory authority to the lottery commission.

“If Ohio is to legalize sports gaming, it should be done under the authority of an existing agency that has a demonstrated track record of eff ectively monitoring, controlling, and policing casino-based gambling operations,” he wrote.

“We cannot, in my view, treat sports wagering like Keno or lotteries that, and have been, dealt with by the lottery commission and its corps of very able (for what they do) agents around the state.”

While the lottery commission would write the rules under the House bill, it would contract with the casino commission to enforce those rules.

“The bill is written broadly so that the lottery commission has wide breadth of authority so that we do not have to come back and have the legislature change this as the industry

evolves,” Greenspan said. “The other thing to keep in mind is that the casino commission only regulates. It does not operate. It only has four (privately owned) facilities. They do not regulate racinos.

“The lottery commission is a regulator and an operator. They are also engaged with the racinos.”

By housing sports betting within the lottery commission, all profi ts would be constitutionally reserved for K-12 education. Revenue generated under Senate Bill 111 would go into the state’s general budget.

Both bills would allow for mobile betting, such as via the tnternet or cellphone app.

Eric Schippers, Penn National Gaming senior vice president of public affairs and government relations, recently told the House Finance Committee that black market, off -shore sports betting represents at least a $150 billion-a-year business.

“If the state chooses to ignore this reality and limit this opportunity to only in-person betting, it not only will be rewarding the illegal off shore operators, it will be leaving signifi cant tax revenue on the table,” he said.

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Legislators say no to relaxed marijuana laws Patrick Cooley Columbus Dispatch

A group calling for the decriminalization of marijuana is taking its case from Ohio’s municipalities to the Statehouse.

But despite some success at the local level, they’ve found a less-receptive audience in the Republican-controlled Legislature.

The Ohio Sensible Movement Coalition has successfully backed “no fi ne, no time” ballot measures in 12 communities since 2015, including Toledo, Logan and Newark. Those cities passed local ordinances that eliminated legal penalties for possession of less than 200 grams of marijuana.

Cincinnati’s City Council approved a “no fi ne, no time” law this year, and the Columbus City Council was mulling reducing penalties for small quantities of pot. The coalition hopes to get the issue on the ballot in 12 other communities this fall.

Coalition members have met with legislators to discuss statewide decriminalization in recent weeks, armed with the belief that public opinion is on their side. Sensible Movement Coalition Executive Director Chad Thompson said the ballot measures indicate Ohioans favor relaxed marijuana laws.

“That is exactly what is going to change the situation on the state lev-

el,” Thompson said.

He wants to make misdemeanor marijuana off enses akin to jaywalking, a law that is rarely enforced.

Legislators who met with the coalition members expressed concerns.

State Sen. Bill Coley, a Republican from Liberty Township in Butler County, worries decriminalizing marijuana would lead to more impaired driving. That would put traffi c cops in a diffi cult position, he said, because breath tests exist to measure someone’s blood alcohol level, but there is no such test available for marijuana.

“It just would not be prudent at this time to change the law,” Cole said.

State Sen. John Eklund cited an increase in marijuana-related traffi c deaths in Colorado, which have more than doubled since the state legalized the drug in 2013. The black market for pot also persists in Colorado despite legalization, Eklund pointed out. Marijuana traffi cking arrests have not dropped in Colorado or California, which legalized the drug in 2016.

Marijuana advocates argue that there is no proof the increases are connected to legalization.

“They were very thoughtful in their presentation, but my reaction was, ‘no, thank you.’” Eklund, a Republican from northeastern Ohio, said of the coalition.

Advocates for decriminalization argue that marijuana laws dispropor-

tionately harm minority communities, which suff er the bulk of marijuana-related arrests, even though surveys show they are no more likely to use the drug than whites. That claim is backed by numerous studies.

Toledo, advocates say, saw a signifi cant drop in marijuana arrests after voters approved a “no fi ne, no time” law in 2015. A judge struck down parts of the law in 2016 on the grounds that it confl icts with state and federal law, but Thompson argued that the measure succeeded in sending a message to city offi cials.

Toledo’s municipal court handled more than 1,000 marijuana-related arrests per year leading up to “no fi ne, no time” in 2015. It handled fewer than 500 in each of the years that followed.

Offi cers can still make marijuana arrests at their discretion, Toledo’s police chief said in a letter to the department following the vote, but they should take a number of factors into account fi rst, including the will of city voters, 70% of whom approved the measure.

Marijuana has never been a priority for Toledo police, department spokesman Kevan Toney said.

Results were diff erent in some smaller cities. Newark voters approved a “no fi ne, no time” law in 2016, but Law Director Doug Sassen said the city’s police and prosecutor con-

tinue to charge off enders under state law.

When they took their oath of offi ce they swore to uphold all federal, state, and local laws, Sassen said.

Offi cials in Logan worry that the small city in Hocking County could lose out on state and federal grants if they decline to enforce marijuana laws, Logan police Capt. Ryan Gabriel said. City voters approved a “no fi ne, no time” bill in 2016.

Logan police issue between 50 and 100 misdemeanor marijuana citations per year, mostly from traffi c stops, Gabriel said. That fi gure hasn’t changed since the “no fi ne, no time” bill. Police are charging off enders under state law.

Thompson said municipalities have the right to supersede the Ohio Revised Code thanks to home rule laws that give cities and towns the authority to set their own ordinances.

Case Western Reserve University law professor Jonathan Entin disagreed with that notion.

“I think that the state in this regard is going to supersede any local law,” said Entin, who has written about home rule in Ohio.

But Entin said local decriminalization campaigns have symbolic value by sending the message that legislators are out of step with public opinion.

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STEM degrees are gaining steam in Kentucky Morgan Watkins

Louisville Courier Journal USA TODAY NETWORK

Kentucky’s college students have been racking up more degrees in the science, technology, engineering and math fi elds while earning fewer degrees in education and the arts, a new report shows.

The rising interest in STEM careers could pay off for students and their families, thanks to the job growth projected for the science and technology sectors.

“This generation is very fi nancially savvy,” said Deana Epperly Karem of Greater Louisville Inc., the metro chamber of commerce. “I think they’re going to where the potential money is.”

At Kentucky colleges, there was a 45.4% jump in the number of undergraduate credentials earned in the STEM fi elds from the 2013-14 academic year through the 2017-18 term, according to a Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education report released this week. At the graduate level, there was an 85.3% boost in STEM credentials awarded.

But on the fl ip side, Kentucky saw a 13.2% drop in the number of bachelor’s degrees students earned in education over those fi ve years. And students’ waning interest in becoming teachers could hurt future generations’ ability to prepare for college.

K-12 education is the “mother of all professions,” giving students the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in whatever career they choose, said Eddie Campbell, president of the Kentucky Education Association.

However, becoming a teacher isn’t as attractive a career option as it was 20 years ago, Campbell said. Nationally, 1 in 10 U.S. college students were majoring in education about a decade ago, but today fewer than 1 in 20 are doing so.

Overall, the state’s postsecondary education council is on track to meet its goal of getting 60% of Kentuckians to possess a high-quality college-level credential by 2030.

Here are some other takeaways from the council’s report: ❚ The number of undergraduate credentials awarded increased 2.8%

for the 2017-18 academic year. ❚ There was a fi ve-year, 2.9% decrease in the number of undergraduate credentials students earned in the health fi eld, with a 16.3% drop in such associate degrees. ❚ But the number of bachelor’s degrees and graduate-level credentials students earned in health rose 26.3% and 5.8%, respectively, over the fi veyear period. ❚ Although there was a fi ve-year, 13.2% dip in bachelor’s degrees awarded for education, graduate-level credentials in that fi eld rose 8.6%. ❚ In the arts, the number of bachelor’s awarded declined 4.2% over fi ve years, and the number of graduate credentials earned by students fell 6%. ❚ The overall number of college credentials earned by underrepresented minority students increased 23% over fi ve years. ❚ Undergraduate credentials earned by low-income students rose 3.7%.

Interest in STEM soars The number of STEM credentials awarded at public and private colleges in Kentucky rose across the board, from short-term certifi cates to graduate degrees.

Karem, GLI’s senior vice president of regional economic growth, said governments, businesses, schools and chambers of commerce have collectively encouraged students to pursue STEM careers, and their years-long efforts seem to be succeeding.

She also credited students with recognizing the opportunities in those growing fi elds.

“They see what’s coming,” she said.

“And whether they’re wanting to do gaming or they’re wanting to do bio research, they have grown up in a generation where technology is the norm, and I think that has had a direct impact on their interest level in pursuing science and technology.”

Telly Sellars, Jeff erson Community and Technical College’s dean of technical education, said there’s high demand for manufacturing and information technology training, and students’ interest in JCTC’s nursing and paramedic-centric programs is rising, too.

Plus, initiatives like Jeff erson County Public Schools’ Academies of Louisville are helping kids fi nd (and get a head start on) a career earlier in life, Sellars said.

Katie Adamchik, the University of Louisville’s director of exploratory and transition advising, said a degree’s fi nancial prospects have always been of concern, especially to fi rst-generation, low-income and minority students.

And many people starting college today feel like they have to fi gure out a viable career path fast.

“There’s just so much pressure.

There’s pressure from families and from society to pursue certain paths ... and students are concerned about student debt and college aff ordability,” said Adamchik, who earned her doctorate at U of L.

‘All degrees matter’ State government wants to foster Kentuckians’ interest in STEM careers.

For example, it included incentives for awarding STEM degrees in the new performance-based formula it uses to divvy up money among Kentucky’s public universities.

However, Aaron Thompson, president of the Council on Postsecondary Education, emphasized the general value of higher education, which benefi ts people no matter what subject they study. “All degrees matter in Kentucky,”

he said.

Research shows people who get a bachelor’s have a better chance of doing well economically, regardless of what they studied, than those who lack one, according to Ashley Spalding, senior policy analyst for the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy.

To build on the state’s success so far, Spalding said Kentucky must work to ensure college is aff ordable or risk undermining its progress. (The Federal Reserve recently estimated that outstanding student loan debt totals nearly $1.6 trillion.)

“We need to really be vigilant in making sure that low-income students and students of color aren’t left behind,” she said.

Thompson said the greater number of degrees underrepresented minority students have been earning is a positive sign, although there’s plenty more work to do to support them.

As for the decline in arts degrees being earned, Thompson suggested one factor could be the cuts public universities made to their arts programs amid repeated decreases in state funding.

“The value of art is huge,” Thompson said, adding that his own son is an art major. But even he supported diffi cult decisions to slash support for Kentucky State University’s arts programs when he worked there due to budget constraints.

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Border refugees fi nd peace in Indiana Christian agency helps young migrants by connecting them to foster families Holly V. Hays

Indianapolis Star USA TODAY NETWORK

INDIANAPOLIS – Clean socks and underwear. A fresh set of pajamas.

When the doorbell rings in the middle of the night, Lauren’s fi rst priority for the tired child on the other side of the threshold is giving them a clean outfi t and a place to sleep.

Since March, Lauren and her family have worked with Bethany Christian Services to take in children who have crossed the southern U.S. border unaccompanied. By the end of June, the program had fostered 10 unaccompanied minors in Indianapolis, mainly young boys from Guatemala and Honduras.

IndyStar is withholding Lauren’s last name to help shield the identity of the children she is caring for.

When they arrive in Indianapolis, the children are often exhausted, sometimes confused and rarely have anything substantial in their possession. But in her home, Lauren works to give them the same experience as any other child in Central Indiana, providing relief and support after a potentially traumatic journey to the U.S. “Our home is just a safe place – a safe place for them to be, to rest, to feel loved and to feel safe,” Lauren told IndyStar. “And so, that’s just what we focus on in the time we have together.”

Some 1,400 miles from the southern border, Hoosiers can feel insulated from the crisis along the Rio Grande.

But the issue is closer to home than some might think.

For Lauren, her husband and their three children, it was an opportunity to make a diff erence in the face of an issue much larger than themselves.

“We realized once these faraway problems arrive at your doorstep ... you realize that this is bigger than just something that you committed to,” Lauren said. “It’s a huge problem that you have now brought into your household and you are now working as part of.”

A chance at survival For these children, the journey to Indianapolis is often long and complex.

Many of the unaccompanied minors detained at the border are coming to the U.S. from the Central American countries of Guatemala (54%), Honduras (26%) and El Salvador (12%), according to 2018 data provided by the federal Offi ce of Refugee Resettlement.

Three percent are from Mexico.

During the same time period, these children overwhelmingly have been boys, mostly ages 15-17.

There are many ways children could travel from their home country to the U.S.-Mexico border. Families some-

Lauren, whose family is fostering children who have crossed the southern U.S. border unaccompanied, holds the shoes that children typically wear when they arrive. Bethany Christian Services is working with the Office of Refugee Resettlement to place children in foster homes until they are reunited with loved ones. JENNA WATSON/INDYSTAR

times pay to have their child taken to the border by a guide. Young children and older siblings often travel in pairs or join groups from nearby cities.

There are trains, cars, walking trails.

Wendy Vogt, an associate professor of anthropology at IUPUI who has spent most of her career studying migration patterns in Central America and Mexico, said it’s a dangerous road to travel. Migrants are often at risk of violence, sexual assault, robbery, extortion.

Still, many feel it’s a risk worth taking.

“People know, even with knowing and understanding that they will likely encounter violence along their journey, that it’s still a better chance of survival than if they were to stay home, in their home communities,” Vogt said.

Once at the border, unaccompanied minors are taken into custody by the Department of Homeland Security before being turned over to the Offi ce of Refugee Resettlement. It’s during that period that they’re likely to be held in the detention camps making national headlines for overcrowding and poor conditions.

Once in Refugee Resettlement’s custody, the child is placed in a shelter facility, foster care, group home, secure facility or treatment center. The goal is to unite that child with a sponsor in the U.S., be it a relative or close family friend.

Attorney Megan Pastrana of the Indiana Immigration Law Group said sponsors are required to submit to fi ngerprinting and background checks with the federal government and create a care plan in case that individual somehow becomes unable to care for the child.

It’s a commitment that proves to be risky for sponsors who are also living

in the U.S. without legal permission.

“If they don’t have status, they’re going to be fi ngerprinted, all their information is going to be taken, a fi le is going to be made, and that information will be shared with the Department of Homeland Security,” she said. “So, the Department of Homeland Security could decide, if this individual is here without status, they could decide to start proceedings against the person and put them into a deportation proceeding.”

Violence at home During the past fi scal year, U.S. Border Patrol agents detained nearly 400,000 people attempting to cross the border and saw more than a 40% increase in families detained at the southern border.

The increase in families and young people crossing the border is rooted in the intense poverty, violence and instability they’re seeing in their home countries, Vogt said.

“We’re not talking about economic migrants anymore – people who are coming to seek a better life and to get a job,” she said. “We’re talking about asylum seekers now.”

Violence and unrest in Central America have continued to escalate since the civil wars of the 1970s and 1980s, she said, and cooperative relationships between police, security forces, drug cartels and gangs have left residents disillusioned with the governments that are supposed to be there to protect them.

“So, there’s this culture of impunity throughout Central America, that people just have nowhere to turn in terms of safety,” Vogt said. “And they really see their only option as attempting to come to the United States to seek asy-

lum as their one chance of fi nding safety for them and for their children.”

The crisis, Vogt said, does not exist at the southern border in the way Americans may think. Yes, there is an infl ux of migrants, but the issues begin much farther south and work their way up.

And problems haven’t stopped once migrants reach the border. Detention facilities there have been criticized for months because of overcrowding and unsanitary conditions.

Late last month, the House and Senate passed $4.6 billion in humanitarian aid to replenish housing facilities, although Democrats say it doesn’t do enough to protect children in the custody of the U.S. government, citing reports that highlighted inadequate food and medicine and a lack of soap and diapers.

‘They did not do anything to deserve the circumstances’ Lauren and her husband knew their family of fi ve had the space to take in more children and felt compelled to use their resources for good. Their family has fostered eight of the 10 children involved in Bethany’s program.

“We feel like all we can do is help one kid at a time and focus on that each day and keep our heads down a little bit to just that level,” Lauren said.

“Because it can feel really overwhelming when you look at the whole problem as a whole and not knowing where to start.”

Sometimes the children have been able to squirrel away money or hang on to a few scraps of paper with family members’ names and contact information. Other times, they arrive at See MINORS, Page 17A

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Lauren’s home with nothing more than a small draw-string bag, a pair of cheap slip-on shoes and a snack they were given for the fl ight.

There are moments that are heartbreaking.

Some have cried themselves to sleep at night. Some are intimidated by having an entire room to themselves. Some need extra pillows and stuff ed animals to sleep next to, because they’re not accustomed to having a bed of their own. Some have expressed surprise at wearing a diff erent outfi t each day instead of putting on the same clothes.

But there are also moments that show compassion can transcend cultural boundaries.

“There have been some really sweet moments where our kids will put an arm around our foster kids, and it’s like they’ve just always been there,” Lauren said. “They’ve always been brothers.”

Organizations like Bethany Christian Services foster children who have come to the country unaccompanied, as well as those who have been separated from their families at the border.

It was Bethany Christian Services that fostered a boy who, at 4 months old, was removed from his family when he and his father crossed into the U.S. The infant’s family was trying to seek asylum in the U.S. from ethnic

A boy plays on the levee along the dry Rio Grande between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, on July 4. MARK LAMBIE/ THE EL PASO TIMES VIA AP

persecution in Romania, according to the New York Times, and went fi rst to Mexico City, where they hired a smuggler to take them to the U.S. border.

The organization’s Indianapolis transitional foster care program, which launched in late March, could foster 18 children at capacity, said Tamara Timm, Bethany Christian Services foster care outreach coordinator.

However, due to a lack of foster families, the program can only support fi ve children at a time.

The organization does not promote or support family separation, Timm said, but is ready to step up and bridge the gap as the minors’ sponsors are lo-

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“These children are children. They have a right to be children. And they did not do anything to deserve the circumstances, they did not ask for this to happen to them,” Timm said. “They have the right to be in homes and they should be in families, and they deserve to be with their families.”

‘The connection of love’ Lauren and her family try to ignore the politics and noise surrounding the issues at the border.

“We just focus on the kids that arrive at our house,” Lauren said. “We fo-

cus on loving them, making sure they have a safe place to land, and celebrating with them when they get to be reunifi ed with their family, which is the ultimate goal.”

It’s not about trying to “Americanize” the children, she said. She just wants to give them as much as she can in the time they’re together.

So, they join her three sons at sporting events. They go to the pool. They introduce the foster children to ice cream and french fries. They also try to prepare Central American dishes at least once a week. They listen to Spanish music.

When the children are unifi ed with their sponsors, Lauren sends each child to their sponsor with a photo book. It’s a way to honor the time they spent together.

It can be exhausting to have up to six children in her house at once. There have been cultural diff erences and language barriers to overcome. It can be emotionally taxing to care for a child who has experienced violence and trauma.

But seeing the joy when the child is reunited with their loved one makes it all worth it.

“It’s been an absolute honor and privilege to be able to walk alongside these kids and their families, and the graciousness and hospitality extended from their families to ours has just been overwhelming,” Lauren said.

“It’s the connection of love ... we both care for and love and want what’s best for their kids.”

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Flooding danger still high as Barry weakens River no longer expected to top New Orleans levee

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Doug Stanglin and Adrianna Rodriguez USA TODAY

Hurricane Barry pushed ashore on the Louisiana coast on Saturday and quickly weakened to a tropical storm. But its torrential downpours still promised the risk of “life-threatening” inland fl oods in Louisiana and Mississippi, the National Weather Service said.

Barry, which earlier packed just enough sustained winds at 75 mph to qualify as the nation’s fi rst hurricane this season, struck near Intracoastal City, about 150 miles west of New Orleans, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Moving overland, Barry dropped to 70 mph, falling back to tropical storm status while remaining a threat into next week from heavy rain.

Forecasters said Barry could unload 10 to 20 inches of rain through Sunday across a swath of Louisiana that includes New Orleans and Baton Rouge, as well as southwestern Mississippi, with pockets in Louisiana getting 25 inches.

NHC Director Ken Graham warned that slow-moving rain cells would create especially dangerous fl ooding conditions in southeastern Louisiana, as well as Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi and parts of Tennessee this week.

“When you put that much rain down in areas around Baton Rouge and Mississippi, those rivers and creeks are fi lling quickly,” he said.

Graham urged residents to heed local authorities and stay off the roads when the fl ooding begins.

“That is just an amazing amount of moisture,” he said on Facebook Live, pointing to a weather data board. “That is off the chart.”

Graham said that in the past three

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Karon Hill, left, and Celeste Cruz battle the wind and rain from Hurricane Barry as it neared landfall Saturday in New Orleans. DAVID J. PHILLIP/AP

years, inland fl ooding has accounted for 83% of the deaths during tropical cyclones, half of those in vehicles.

The hurricane brings a tornado threat, too. The highest-risk area is on the east side of the storm, along the Mississippi coast, and Mobile Bay. As the storm drew closer Saturday morning, the Coast Guard said it was rescuing more than a dozen people stranded by fl ooding on a remote Louisiana island that has been shrinking for years.

Petty Offi cer Lexie Preston said some of the people were on rooftops on the Isle de Jean Charles, about 45 miles south of New Orleans. He said four people and a cat were removed

by helicopter and a boat was heading to the area to help get the rest of the people off the island.

Anthony Verdun chose to ride it out in his home in Isle de Jean Charles despite watching the water rise 8 feet in 10 minutes near his raised house.

Verdun, noting his refrigerator was still stocked with a fresh catch of fi sh from Friday, said he waved off a Coast Guard helicopter Saturday that hovered above his house, one of the highest on the island.

Contributing: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY; Andrew J. Yawn, Leigh Guidry, Nick Siano, Lafayette Daily Advertiser; Greg Hilburn, Monroe NewsStar; The Associated Press

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Islamic extremists blew up the gate of a Somali hotel with a car bomb and took over the building for more than 14 hours Friday, leaving 26 people dead before Somali forces who attacked the hotel overnight killed the attackers.

The victims included a prominent journalist.

Three Kenyans, three Tanzanians, two Americans and a Briton also were among the dead, said Ahmed Madobe, the president of Jubbaland regional state, which controls Kismayo.

Fifty-six people were injured in the hotel attack, Madobe said.

At least four al-Shabab assailants attacked the Asasey Hotel, beginning with a suicide car bomb at the entrance gate and followed by an assault by gunmen who stormed the hotel, which is frequented by politicians, patrons and lawmakers.

The attack lasted more than 14 hours before troops shot dead all attackers inside the compound, said Col. Abdiqadir Nur, a local police offi cer.

Al-Shabab, Somalia’s Islamic extremist rebels, claimed responsibility for the attack. Al-Shabab, which is allied to al-Qaida, often uses car bombs to infi ltrate fortifi ed targets such as the hotel in Kismayo.

Canadian journalist Hodan Nalayeh and her husband, Farid Jama Suleiman, died in the attack, independent radio station Radio Dalsan said.

Friday’s attack in Somalia started with a suicide car bomb before gunmen stormed the building. AP

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Barr said the Justice Department and the Bureau of Prisons are “all in

in terms of making it work.”

Trump has touted the overhaul as a rare bipartisan eff ort to address concerns that too many Americans were imprisoned for nonviolent crimes as a result of the drug war. Jared Kushner, the president’s son-inlaw, helped persuade him to support the measure and clashed with former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who did not see criminal justice reform as a top priority.

In the culinary skills class at Edgefi eld, aspiring chefs told Barr about how they earn restaurant-level food preparedness and safety certifi cates so they can try to fi nd work in the future.

Inmate-chef Eddie Montgomery helped prepare a spread of chicken, blackened fi sh, green beans and mashed potatoes, which he off ered to Barr, while explaining how the program was “top notch.”

“It’s delicious,” the attorney general said.

During a tour that lasted nearly three hours, Barr also met with a prison psychologist, inmates who act as mentors in faith and drug-treatment programs, and instructors who help prisoners create résumés and participate in job fairs.

The Justice Department has been working to meet the deadlines set by Congress for the First Step Act and is expected to unveil a risk-assessment tool this week that will help to evaluate inmates and could speed up their release.

“I’m impressed with how it’s going,” Barr said of the First Step Act’s implementation.

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EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Leroy Nolan spent the past 26 years behind bars at a federal prison for a drug conviction. In the prison factory, he makes T-shirts, backpacks and other products that are sold to government agencies, nonprofi ts and others.

But what has become a decadeslong routine for Nolan, 67, at FCI Edgefi eld, a prison in rural South Carolina, will change Friday when he walks out the front door. He is among about 2,200 federal inmates who will be released that day by the federal Bureau of Prisons under a criminal justice reform measure signed into law last year by President Donald Trump.

The measure, known as the First Step Act, gives judges more discretion when sentencing some drug offenders, eases mandatory minimum sentences and encourages inmates to participate in programs designed to reduce the risk of recidivism, with credits that can be used to gain an earlier release.

On a visit this past week to Edgefi eld – a facility with a medium-security prison and minimum-security camp – Attorney General William Barr saw some of the programs, from computer skills to cooking, auto mechanic training and factory work. He met with prison staff and inmates, including some who will be released early under the First Step Act.

William Barr’s recent visit to a federal prison in South Carolina signaled a policy shift since his fi rst stint as attorney general in the 1990s. SUSAN WALSH/AP

Barr’s visit signaled a policy shift since his fi rst stint as attorney general in the 1990s, when he exuded a tough-on-crime approach, advocating for more severe penalties, build-

NATION & WORLD WATCH Census Bureau seeks teacher ‘ambassadors’ for accurate count

African American museum’s founder discovered dead in car

EU supports Iraq-proposed conference on US-Iran tensions

Ukrainian TV station struck by rocket-propelled grenade

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The U.S. Census is seeking Illinois school teachers to spread the word about an accurate census count in 2020. The Illinois State Board of Education said that the Census Bureau’s Statistics in Schools program invited pre-K through 12th grade teachers to serve as “ambassadors” to educate students about the importance of an accurate population count and take that information home to families.

All teachers may take advantage of free classroom activities off ered by the census.

BATON ROUGE, La. – Police in Louisiana said the founder of an African American history museum was found dead in the truck of a car. Baton Rouge police Sgt. L’Jean McKneely said Saturday that investigators are waiting for a coroner to determine a cause of death for 75-year-old Sadie Roberts-Joseph. He said her body was found Friday afternoon. Roberts-Joseph was the founder and curator of the Baton Rouge African American Museum, which features African art, exhibits on growing cotton and black inventors.

BAGHDAD – The European Union supports an Iraqi proposal to hold a regional conference amid rising tensions between the United States and Iran. Iraq is an ally of the rival nations, which are on a collision course as the Iran nuclear deal threatens to unravel. Iraq off ered to mediate between Tehran and Washington, while Iran pressed European parties to the nuclear agreement to off set the effects of U.S. sanctions. Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini said the priority is to avoid escalation and any miscalculations.

MOSCOW – An unidentifi ed assailant fi red a rocket-propelled grenade at a Ukrainian television station in the capital, Kiev, damaging the building. No one was hurt in the attack Saturday. Authorities classifi ed the attack as an act of terrorism. The target was the Ukraine 112 television station, a network considered by some to be pro-Russian. On Thursday, Ukraine’s prosecutor general threatened legal action if the network airs a new Oliver Stone documentary that features an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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The Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command is investigating the leak of private memos written by Britain’s ambassador to the U.S. that were published in the Mail.

The leak led to Wednesday’s resignation of Ambassador Kim Darroch, who had criticized U.S. President Donald Trump in the leaked confi dential cables. Trump said his administration would no longer work with Darroch.

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Robert Stachler, prominent local attorney, 89 James Pilcher and Sharon Coolidge Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Robert Stachler, one of Cincinnati's most well-known lawyers who defended former Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose, worked closely with the Cincinnati Bengals and handled many other famous cases, died Thursday.

Stachler, who lived in Newtown, was 89 and died after a long illness, according to offi cials at his former law fi rm Taft, Stettinus & Hollister.

"Bob was a wonderful man that I cherished," Bengals owner Mike Brown told The Enquirer on Friday.

"He was a man of remarkable judgment and always saw clearly what the issues were.

"Without exception his advice was the best you could have gotten."

Stachler is credited with helping grow one of the largest law fi rms in town as head of the litigation practice at Taft.

"Bob Stachler literally built our fi rm's litigation practice," said Stuart Dornette, a partner at the fi rm who also helped represent the Bengals. "He trained generations of trial lawyers in the preparation, courage and determination on behalf of our clients that are required to be a trial attorney."

Even though he made his career as a lawyer, sports were a major theme throughout his life. Stachler played football in high school in Dayton, where he bragged about coming "from the wrong side of the tracks" and then at the University of Dayton.

Longtime Cincinnati lawyer Robert Stachler, who defended Pete Rose and worked with the Cincinnati Bengals, died on July 11. PROVIDED

He also served in the Army for the 101st Airborne Division, fi ghting in the Korean War. Stachler joined Taft in 1957 after fi nishing at the top of his class at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. He was also president of the Cincinnati Bar Association from 1984-85.

“He was a legendary litigator and trial lawyer, and a lion of our legal community. We are all deeply saddened by his passing. He will be missed,” said bar association president Joe Heyd.

Dornette also related how Stachler represented former Cincinnati Reds outfi elder Vada Pinson, who was on trial for assaulting a local newspaper reporter. It was early in Stachler's career and his tactics raised the ire of the newspaper's publisher at the time.

But after stating his case to his superiors, Stachler was encouraged to

continue and eventually won an acquittal for Pinson.

He was involved in many other controversial cases, including the defense of former Cincinnati Police Chief Carl Goodin in 1976.

Stachler gave the closing argument in the case, which included charges of bribery, extortion, tampering with evidence and perjury.

Goodin was convicted by the jury, but the case was later thrown out on appeal, with higher courts ruling there wasn't enough evidence to go to trial in the fi rst place.

Stachler joined Rose's legal team in the late 1980s to help fi ght the charges of gambling brought by Major League Baseball. Rose had sued baseball to stop the investigation as well as the possible banishment that was coming.

As part of the process, Stachler deposed then-commissioner Bart Giamatti, trying to show that Giamatti already had his mind made up about the case and could not rule fairly when it came to Rose.

The former Reds star and manager, who still holds the league's record for most number of hits as well as other records, eventually agreed to a lifelong ban from the game.

As for the Bengals, Dornette said the relationship with the team was Stachler's "great love."

Stachler represented the Bengals in a major precedent-setting case involving former Bengals running back Boobie Clark. During a game in 1973, Clark hit opposing defender Dale Hackbart of the Denver Broncos in the back after a play was over.

Hackbart, who retired due to the injury shortly after that game, sued Clark and the Bengals. A federal appeals court eventually decided that a lawsuit could go forward and the U.S. Supreme Court allowed that decision to stand, creating the precedent that a player could sue if they could prove an injury was due to an intentional act that was against the rules.

"It rewrote the law for responsibility on the fi eld," Brown said. "Before it was every man for himself. If you are out there you assume the risk."

Due to the ruling, "you had to play fully within the rules and the player could be held responsible and the team as well," Brown said.

Hackbart later settled with the Bengals for an undisclosed amount and the Broncos paid for the surgery to repair his injured neck.

Another fallout from the lawsuit: the NFL required all teams to have Xray machines on site at stadiums during games to better diagnose injuries.

Stachler is survived by his wife Betty, fi ve children (Tom, John, Rob, Kelly and Britt) and 17 grandchildren.

The Mass of Christian Burial will take place at noon July 19 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Hyde Park, with visitation there prior to the service from 10 a.m. to noon. Burial will take place at Gate of Heaven cemetery.

There will then be a celebration of life held at Ivy Hills Country Club at 3 p.m. the same day.

Rememberances can be given to the Alzheimer's Association of Greater Cincinnati or the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

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Benefits the Jimmy V Foundation. eventbrite.com.

Macy’s 2019 United Way Golf Outing 2 p.m., Glenview Golf Course, 10965 Springfield Pike, Glendale. $75. 513579-7108. Benefits United Way. eventbrite.com.

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Crafted: Local Food, Beer & Music Festival 3-7 p.m., Sawyer Point, 705 E. Pete Rose Way, Downtown. $25$85. Benefits League for Animal Welfare. craftedfest.com.

Great Kids Great Smiles Bearcat Alumni Flag Football Game 6 p.m., Haubner Field, 3649 Whiteoak Drive, White Oak West. Benefits Great Kids Great Smiles. eventbrite.com.

Hats Off To Transforming Families noon, Four Bridges Country Club, 8300 Four Bridges Drive, Liberty Township. Benefits Transforming Families Ministries. eventbrite.com.

IKRON Summer of Love 1969 Fun Run/Walk 5K 9:30 a.m., International Friendship Park, 1135 Riverside Drive, Downtown. eventbrite.com.

Junk in the Trunk Street Market 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Downtown Rising Sun, Main St., Rising Sun. Free admission.

Information: Amber 812-551-5152.

Proceeds benefit Ohio County Historical Society. enjoyrisingsun.com.

The RoastMary 6-10 p.m., Columbia Performance Center, 3900 Eastern Ave. Columbia-Tusculum. $20. Benefits Rosemary’s Babies. artsinohio.com.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 17

3rd Annual Cincinnati Kosher BBQ Cook-Off and Festival 2-7 p.m., Adath Israel Congregation, 3201 E. Galbraith Road, Amberley. Free admission. cincinnatikosherbbq.com.

British Car Day 8 a.m.-4 p.m., William Harbin Park, 1300 Hunter Road, Fairfield. $5 adults, free children. Benefits Aubrey Rose Foundation. bccgc.com.

The Cornament 1-3 p.m., Swine City Brewing, 4614 Industry Drive, Fairfield. Registration $40 per team of 2.

Benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of Butler County. bbbsbutler.org/ events/cornament.

FPCC Annual Golf Outing 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m., The Mill Course at Winton Woods, 1515 W. Sharon Road, Springfield Township. Benefits FPCC Leadership Grants.

Glier’s Goetta Pub Crawl 6-10 p.m., The Banks, 120 E Freedom Way, Downtown. $10. Benefits Dragonfly Foundation. eventbrite.com.

MONDAY, JULY 15 Pappy Raffle for Free Showers Florence Christian Church, 300 Main St., Florence. Benefit for renovations to expand public shower and laundry for our unsheltered, homeless, and under-served neighbors.

Peace Builders Potluck 6 p.m., Peaslee Neighborhood Center, 215 E. 14th St., Over-the-Rhine. eventbrite.com.

THURSDAY, JULY 18 Rockin’ the Roebling 6-10 p.m., Schmidlapp Event Lawn, 115 Joe Nuxhall Way, Downtown. Free. $1 of every Moerlein beer sold will be donated to the Cincinnati Parks Foundation. eastersealstristate.org/tailgatebash.

Skating With The Greeks 6:30 p.m., The Place, 3211 Lina Place, White Oak. Benefits The Greater Cincinnati National Pan-Hellenic Council. eventbrite.com.

FRIDAY, JULY 19 Grethel’s Grand Gala 7 p.m., Oasis Golf Club & Conference Center, 902

SATURDAY, JULY 20 Brian Dulle Memorial Ride 10 a.m., Powder Keg Harley-Davidson, 2383 Kings Center Court, Mason. $25, $5 passenger. Benefits Maddie’s Hope, the Brian Dulle Scholarship Fund and the Mourning Stripe. dullememorialride.com.

An Evening To Celebrate the Life of Paul Stewart 7:30 p.m., Southgate House Revival, 111 E. Sixth St., Newport. southgatehouse.com. Memorial celebration for member of Red Math and Junta.

Celestial Sips: Moon Landing 50th Anniversary 8-11 p.m., Cincinnati Observatory, 3489 Observatory Place, Hyde Park. $75, $65 members.

Ages 21-up. Reservations required.

513-321-5186. Benefits the Cincinnati Observatory. cincinnatiobservato-

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Quakes stir up talk of Nevada nuclear dump State ranks fourth in US for temblors ASSOCIATED PRESS

LAS VEGAS – Recent California earthquakes that rattled Las Vegas have shaken up arguments on both sides of a stalled federal plan to entomb nuclear waste beneath a longstudied site in southern Nevada.

Wyoming Republican Sen. John Barrasso said last week that his legislation to jump-start the process to open the Yucca Mountain project is based on studies that take seismic activity into account, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

Spent nuclear reactor fuel is stored at 121 sites in 35 states, and Barrasso, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said the earthquakes showed the need to move spent radioactive waste from places where it is currently stored above ground to a more secure repository.

“This doesn’t change my view,” Barrasso said. “We need to fi nd a permanent location for the storage of nuclear waste. I think it’s much safer in Yucca Mountain than in a hundred diff erent locations.”

Nevada offi cials disagree, and the 6.4 magnitude and 7.1 magnitude tremors over the July Fourth holiday appeared to have bolstered arguments by opponents of the radioactive waste repository.

Recent California earthquakes have shaken arguments on a stalled federal plan to entomb nuclear waste beneath Yucca Mountain. JOHN LOCHER/AP FILE

U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, a Democrat from Las Vegas and a longtime Yucca Mountain storage foe, immediately labeled the second shake “yet another reminder of how dangerous it would be to make Nevada the dumping ground for the nation’s nuclear waste.”

Democratic U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen said the temblors “highlight the very

real dangers” the state would face with nuclear waste storage.

U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, a Democrat whose congressional district includes Yucca Mountain and North Las Vegas, cited a state tally of 621 seismic events greater than magnitude 2.5 within a 50-mile radius of Yucca Mountain during the past 43 years.

“Earthquakes can be dangerous enough in their own right; adding the possibility of a nuclear waste spill in the aftermath is not a risk I am willing to take,” Horsford told the Review-Journal.

Yucca Mountain is about 90 miles northwest of the Las Vegas Strip and 108 miles east of Ridgecrest, California, where the Fourth of July earthquakes originated. It was designated

by Congress in 1987 as the site for the nation’s nuclear waste.

The project was shelved in 2010 under pressure from two Democrats, then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and President Barack Obama. They said nuclear waste should be stored in a state that wants it.

A recent state-by-state ranking by the U.S. Geological Survey showed Nevada fourth in seismic activity, behind Alaska, Wyoming and Oklahoma, and just ahead of California.

Horsford, Titus and Rep. Susie Lee, a Democrat, were instrumental in lobbying colleagues to vote against a spending bill to continue the process to build Yucca Mountain. Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, the only lawmaker from Nevada on the House Appropriations Committee, voted against that legislation, producing a bipartisan defeat and a large hurdle for the Trump administration and proponents to revive the legal process to develop the Nevada repository next fi scal year.

Pence says ‘crisis is real’ after migrant centers tour VP sees the best, worst of Texas detention centers Michael Collins and John C. Moritz USA Today Network Austin Bureau

WASHINGTON – With television cameras in tow, Vice President Mike Pence toured a pair of border patrol facilities in Texas on Friday, encountering at one the foul odor of cages crowded with men.

On his fi rst stop, at a processing center for migrants just outside McAllen, Texas, Pence said he “couldn’t be more impressed” by what he described as “the compassionate work”

by Border Patrol agents.

“Every family that I spoke with told me they were being well cared for,” he said.

The other stop, at an outdoor portal at the McAllen Border Station, offered a diff erent picture.

A reporter traveling with Pence described a horrendous stench in the facility and said that nearly 400 men were housed in sweltering cages so crowded it would have been impossible for all of them to lie down. Some of the detainees shouted to reporters

that they had been held 40 days or longer and complained that they were hungry.

“This is tough stuff ,” Pence said. “I was not surprised by what I saw. I knew we’d see a system that was overwhelmed.”

The trip to the Texas border by Pence and a group of Republican senators comes amid reports of dangerously overcrowded conditions at some facilities detaining migrants who cross the border illegally. At least six migrant children in border facilities have died since December.

Slamming Democrats who have called the situation on the border “a manufactured crisis,” Pence said the U.S. has “a moral obligation” to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws that he said are exacerbating the problem.

“The facts are, we have a crisis on our southern border that is being driven by human traffi ckers who are exploiting loopholes in American law to entice vulnerable families to make the long and dangerous journey north,” he said.

Pence called for Democrats to fund more Immigration and Customs Enforcement beds and said he had pushed for more Department of

“This is tough stuff,” Vice President Mike Pence said of his visit to Texas.

“I was not surprised by what I saw.”

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Homeland Security spending because of the situation, including a $4.6 billion humanitarian aid package that he negotiated.

“The crisis is real,” he said.

As Pence was touring the facilities, House Democrats held a hearing on what they said were inhumane conditions they found when they toured another detention facility in Clint, Texas.

Independent investigators for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security visited Border Patrol facilities in western Texas in May and found dozens of migrants packed into spaces so tight that some had to stand on toilets.

After visiting fi ve facilities in June, the inspector general released a report describing dangerously overcrowded conditions. But Republicans have questioned such fi ndings. President Donald Trump said last week that the facilities are “beautifully run.”

A reporter traveling with Pence described seeing detainees lying on kindergarten-like napping mats on the fl oor, covered with a thin tinfoillike blanket. In one room, the intake facility, a crowd that appeared to be more than 100 people sat on benches.

Most appeared dirty, and offi cials said they were waiting for showers and had been brought in earlier Friday.

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Study: A little soda boosts risk of cancer N’dea Yancey-Bragg USA TODAY

Even a small increase in sugary drink consumption might increase one’s risk of cancer, a study shows.

Drinking about 3.4 ounces per day of sugary drinks was associated with a 22% increased risk of breast cancer and an 18% increased risk of cancer overall, according to an observational study published in the peer-reviewed British Medical Journal.

Sugary drinks in the study include 100% fruit juices, soft drinks, sports drinks, energy drinks and hot beverages with more than 5% sugar.

“Given the large consumption of sugary drinks in Western countries, these beverages would represent a modifi able risk factor for cancer prevention, beyond their well established impact on cardiometabolic health,” study authors wrote.

Researchers said the link between sugary drinks and cancer might be partly explained by their eff ect on weight gain, since obesity is a risk factor for several types of cancer.

They said more research needs to be done.

The research found no link between artifi cially sweetened beverages and an increased cancer risk.

9 cities targeted in immigration raids Trump says crackdown could begin Sunday Rafael Carranza Arizona Republic USA TODAY NETWORK

TUCSON, Ariz. – Immigration raids are expected to begin as early as Sunday in several major American cities, President Donald Trump said.

It’s part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration, and the plans have sown fear in migrant communities around the U.S. The cities targeted are Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York and San Francisco. Each was part of a one-year program that allowed the Department of Justice to fast-track the adjudication of cases through the normally sluggish immigration court system.

Trump initially claimed that “millions” of immigrants would be deported when he stunned immigration offi cials in mid-June by announcing the raids ahead of time, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement offi cials have said the raids would be smaller in scope.

The roundups are expected to target about 2,000 migrants, most of whom have been ordered deported, according to Claudia Valenzuela with the American Immigration Council, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofi t advocacy organization.

The primary focus is on individuals who have received standing deportation orders after missing court hearings. Immigration judges ordered that they be deported “in absentia.”

Valenzuela said a concern is that, in many instances, the families did not receive court notices, were summoned for nonexistent dates, or

didn’t know how to navigate the complex U.S. immigration system.

After ICE offi cers detain someone, what happens next depends on whether the individual has a deportation order. Ruben Reyes, a board member with the American Immigration Lawyers Association, said migrants who have fi nal deportation orders have little recourse.

Deportations from the U.S. depend on the home countries of the migrants. Under binational agreements, Reyes said, deportees from Mexico and Canada can be removed as quickly as the same day of their arrest.

Mexican migrants are sent back to one of 11 repatriation points along the U.S.-Mexico border or fl own to Mexico City.

The process is diff erent for countries that don’t share a border with the U.S. The 2,000 targeted migrants likely come mostly from Central American countries, which makes it more challenging to deport them quickly, Valenzuela said. ICE has up to three months to deport someone; on average, it takes one to two months.

In these cases, it’s likely the U.S. government will try to move much more quickly, she added.

In the past, immigration sweeps largely have focused on adults or on businesses, but the raids expected to begin Sunday will include children who traveled with family members to the U.S. “To proactively go to homes to arrest children, we’ve never seen it in this way,” Valenzuela said.

Individuals with deportation orders don’t have a right to go before court, Valenzuela said. Their only recourse is to reopen the deportation order, which means asking the court to step in and stop the deportation while the motion is pending.

A image taken Thursday shows Barry, then a tropical storm, bearing down on the Gulf Coast. CHRISTINA KOCH/NASA VIA AP

Scientists watching for Barry’s damage John Flesher

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Hurricane Barry could aff ect the environment of the Gulf coast and Lower Mississippi Valley in numerous ways, from accelerating runoff of farmland nutrients to toppling trees and damaging wildlife habitat and fi sheries, scientists say.

But the extent of the damage – and whether it will be at least partially off set by benefi ts such as disruption of the notorious Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” – is hard to predict, they say.

That’s because the region faces a rare one-two-three punch: the storm’s anticipated tidal surge and torrential downpour, combined with recordhigh water levels in the Mississippi River.

“We don’t know how the system is going to respond to all this because it’s so unusual,” said Melissa Baustian, a coastal ecologist with the Water Institute of the Gulf in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

One of the wettest-ever springs in the nation’s heartland engorged the Mississippi, sending massive volumes of water southward toward the Gulf.

Levees and dams were breached and

millions of acres of cropland fl ooded in the Midwest. Barry threatened to hurl a storm surge of up to 3 feet onto coastal regions. And forecasters said the hurricane could stall inland and dump up to 2 feet of rain.

Rainfall washes manure and chemical fertilizers from Midwestern corn and soybean fi elds into streams, smaller rivers and eventually the Mississippi. The nutrients – especially nitrogen – overfeed aquatic plants that eventually die and decompose, leaving a large section of the Gulf with little or no oxygen each summer. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted that this year’s dead zone will be roughly the size of Massachusetts.

Yet even if this year’s oxygen-depleted area winds up smaller than expected, historical data suggests that Barry will fl ush additional nutrients into the Mississippi and other Gulf tributaries, leading to bigger dead zones in the long run.

The surge of fresh water also endangers oysters, brown shrimp, speckled trout and other fi sh that require particular salinity levels, said David Muth of the National Wildlife Federation’s Gulf Restoration Program.

Earl David “Dee” Arnold Jr. - - Earl David “Dee”Arnold Jr., beloved husband of 62 years to Elizabeth “Sis” E. Arnold. Loving father of Teri Mundy (Mike), Judy Reitenbach (Mark), Earl D. Arnold III (Susan) and Tim Arnold (Laurin).

Devoted Grandfather of Roger Rusty Nienaber Jr. (Chrissy), Mark Nienaber (Kristie), Sara Van Slambrook (Greg), Matthew Reitenbach, Julie McCarthy (John), Michael Reitenbach, Earl D. Arnold IV (Tara), Dustin, Erica (John), Ethan (Jolie), Evan (Morgan), Elizabeth (Tony), Ian (Emily), Kyle (Lindsay), Emily (Brandon). Dear Friend of Betty Barlow. Great-Grandfather of 24. July 2, 2019. Age 93 years. Mass of Christian Burial at Guardian Angels Church, Mt. Washington, on Friday, July 19, at 11:00 A.M. Friends my visit at the church on Friday from 9:30-11:00 A.M. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Hospice of Cincinnati, Queen City Hospice or Guardian Angels Church. Dee served in The Navy during WWII. His career span 68 years at Earl D. Arnold Printing Company as Entrepreneur and Owner. T P WHITE & SONS Funeral Home serving the family.

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Obituaries Name Abeling, William *Adler, Marilyn *Arnold Jr., Earl David *Baker, Frankie Alfred *Ball, Carl *Beil, Earl *Bertis, David Borntrager, Paul E. *Boylan, John Patrick Browning, Ilda Buddenberg, Marlene A. Dorsey, Jr., Leopolin Dunker, Ruth Knight Dunlap, Carol Jean Ferraris , Judith *Fulcher, Judith Ann Gaines, Lucy *Gartner, Len *Groene, Ruth Grow, Shelby Hawke, Donald Hofstetter, Joseph Daniel Hollis, Donald Mitchell *Horstmeyer, Evelyn Hults, Della Hutchinson, Patricia Jackson, Anita Jamison, Carl *Jane A., Hornsby *Jarvis, Norma Johnson, William Edward Johnson, Donald M. *Jones, Sandra Lee *Kinman, Elizabeth Lehmkuhl, Donald M. *Leidecker, Vella *Lemieux, Betty *Lewis, Virginia Lovett, Norma Lucas, John William *Mallard, Booker James

Age 75 92 93 56 91 94 60 79 53 93 86 94 104 84 76 72 87 72 92 24 87 62 76 86 98 60 59 70 91 91 78 63 63 101 80 87 80 82 83 68 91

Town, State Cincinnati Newport Dillsboro, IN. Villa Hills Glendale Cincinnati Delhi Twp. Rising Sun, IN. Cincinnati Norwood Green Twp. Green Twp. West Chester Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Lebanon Cincinnati Cincinnati Vandalia Amelia Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Newtown Edgewood Cincinnati Cincinnati Taylor Mill Florence Cincinnati New Albany, IN Cincinnati Cincinnati Sharonville Cincinnati Cincinnati

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Name Age Town, State Mallard, Booker 91 Cincinnati McCreary, James 81 Cincinnati *McDonald, Dr. James Louis 83 Auburn Hills, MI McIntire, James D. 46 Cincinnati Meece, Eugene 89 Mt. Orab *Middleton, Clyde 91 Ft. Mitchell` *Miller, Howard W. 76 Morrow Montgomery, Paul W. 66 Cincinnati Moser, Joshua Matthew 27 Cincinnati *Murphy, Marie 95 Western Hills *Nagy, Loretta 92 Milford Neace, Loranzo Q. 90 Waynesville *Obrecht, Robert J. 91 Cincinnati Otis, Mary Evelyn 63 Harveysburg *Palmer, Geraldine H. - Cincinnati *Pitmon, John LeeAndrew 32 West Chester Plummer, Robert Allen 75 Florence Price, Karen R. 51 Cincinnati Pullens, Robert 74 Cincinnati *Putnam, Helen Adele 89 Burlington Reid, Daniel 70 West Chester *Ringo, Mary Lou 87 Crestview Hills *Roesch, Gertrude B. 92 Cincinnati *Roetting, Sharron 75 Cincinnati *Schavel, Emalee F. 86 Newtown *Schmitt (nee Scott), Nancy L. 79 Cincinnati Spencer, Marion 99 Cincinnati *Stachler, Robert 89 Cincinnati *Steiner, Duke Albert 20 Cincinnati Stevens, Shirley Ann 57 Mt Orab Uva, Nicholas L. 83 Cincinnati *Wagner, Gloria 95 Cincinnati *Walter, Mary Frances - Cincinnati Walter, Mary F. 97 Amelia Washington, Velma Arleah 43 Cincinnati *Weber, June K. - Georgetown, TX *Wetzel , Harold P. 94 Cincinnati *Wilder, William D. 98 Kenwood *Wiley, Robert Raymond 81 Montgomery *Zumwalt, Marion 84 Covington

Death Date Arrangements 06-Jul Walker Funeral Home 10-Jul Walker Funeral Home 12-Jul ModetzFuneralHome&CremationService,Silverbell Chapel 05-Jul Walker Funeral Home 13-Jul Evans Funeral Home - Goshen 12-Jul Linnemann Funeral Homes 08-Jul Mihovk Rosenacker, Evendale 11-Jul Preston Charles Funeral Home 06-Jul FuneralHome-RalphMeyer&DetersFuneralHome 09-Jul Rebold 01-Jul SpringGroveEldenGoodFuneralHome 12-Jul Stubbs-ConnerFuneral,Waynesville 12-Jul Radel Funeral Service 09-Jul Advantage Cremation Care --TP White&Sons FuneralHome 06-Jul Mueller Funeral Home 06-Jul Chambers & Grubbs, Florence 08-Jul Preston Charles Funeral Home 20-Jun Preston Charles Funeral Home 10-Jul Serenity Funeral Care 24-Jun Advantage Cremation Care 11-Jul LinnemannFuneralHomeErlanger 11-Jul ShortenandRyanFuneralHome 09-Jul Spring Grove Funeral Homes 01-Jul 09-Jul 09-Jul J.C. Battle and Sons 11-Jul Geo.H.Rohde&SonFuneralHome 11-Jul Weil Funeral Home 02-Jul Advantage Cremation Care 12-Jul Tufts Schildmeyer - Loveland 10-Jul HodappFuneralHome-CollegeHill 06-Jul 06-Jul Advantage Cremation Care 08-Jul Preston Charles Funeral Home 27-Jun 12-Jul Paul R. Young 10-Jul Mihovk Rosenacker, Evendale 09-Jul Strawser Funeral Home 11-Jul ConnleyBrothersFuneralHome

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Marilyn Adler - - ADLER, Marilyn, nee Roberts,

age 92, passed away July 12, 2019, beloved wife of the late Ernest W. Adler, devoted mother of Mark (Vicki) Adler and Steven (Marjorie) Adler, loving grandmother of Lindsay (Mark) Schmulen, Julie (Jason) Isaacs, Jeffrey (Mallory) Adler and Lori Adler, great grandmother of Ellie, Jack and Lyla Schmulen and Tali Adler. Graveside services Sunday, July 14 at 12:00 Noon at United Jewish Cemetery, 7885 Ivygate Lane, Montgomery, OH 45242. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to the charity of one’s choice would be appreciated. Weilfuneralhome.com

Carl Ball

David Bertis

DILLSBORO, IND. - Carl Ball, beloved husband of the late Imelda M. (nee Engel) Ball. Devoted father of Maureen (Jeffrey) Eller and Dayle (Jim) Farmer. Loving grandfather of Erin (David) Dalessandro, Daniele Eller, Ross Baecker, Lauren (Chris) Simpson and Kurt (Anna) Baecker. Great grandfather of Dominic, Marisa, Rosalia, Tyler, Ciera, Corbin, Coleton, Emma, Owen and Luke. Preceded in death by his siblings Leroy Ball and Arlene (nee Ball) Rohr.

Also survived by nieces and nephews. Carl passed away on Monday, July 8, 2019 at the age of 91. Visitation at Frederick Funeral Home, 2553 Banning Rd., on Tuesday (July 16) from 8:30 a.m.- 9:30 a.m., followed

by Mass of Christian Burial at St. James Church (White Oak) at 10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to DAV, PO Box 14301 Cincinnati, Ohio 45250 or Lung Association, 4050 Executive Park Dr. Suite #402, Cincinnati, Ohio 45241. Special condolences may be expressed at frederickfh.com

- - David Walter Bertis, 60, passed away on Saturday, June 29, 2019 in Spokane, Washington. Dave worked as an Operations Service Manager for Delta Airlines from 1985-2019. A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, July 19, 2019 in Spokane, WA, and another in Cincinnati on Saturday, September 21, 2019. In lieu of flowers, please send a donation in Dave’s name to Habitat for Humanity. For full obituary see www.HennesseyValley.com.

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John Patrick Boylan CINCINNATI - On Wednesday, the 3rd of July 2019, John Patrick Boylan passed away at the age of 53.

John was a loving father to three wonderful children, deeply devoted son and brother, and a caring and consistent friend to many.

John was born on the 9th of August 1966, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Peter and Melanie Boylan. After spending most of his youth in Dallas, Texas, he received his BS in Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin, and his MBA from the New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business. John spent nearly all of his adult life in Houston as a finance professional and entrepreneur in the energy industry.

John was an avid outdoorsman, often found hiking in the mountains of Colorado, hunting and fishing in South Texas or sitting outside with friends talking about life, both casually and deeply. He was a thoughtful, calming influence on everyone around him and possessed a contagious intellectual curiosity. Later in life, through the experiences of his children, John became involved in the John Austin Cheley Foundation, as a

trustee, Treasurer and Board Chair. He developed a passion for helping economically disadvantaged youth participate in high quality residential summer camp programs across the USA. John is survived by and is most proud of his three children, Elizabeth (age 21), John (20) and Camille (19); as well as his parents, Pete and Melanie; brother, Pete; sister-in-law, Debbie; two nieces; two nephews; and dozens of cousins. Influential in his life, John was preceded in death by his sister, Chris, and was a loving uncle to her daughter, Rebecca.

A memorial service and celebration of John’s life is to be conducted at half past five o’clock in the afternoon, on Saturday, the 29th of July, at St. Francis Xavier Church, 611 Sycamore Street, in Cincinnati.

In lieu of customary remembrances, John’s family asks that memorial contributions in his honor be directed to the Cheley Foundation at www. cheleyfoundation.org We will miss John’s commitment to his family, friends and community deeply.

Please visit Mr. Boylan’s online memorial tribute at geohlewis.com where words of comfort and condolence may be shared electronically with his family.

Judith Ann Fulcher

Ruth Groene

WEST CHESTER - Judith Ann Fulcher born August 25, 1946, passed away on June 27, 2019. She was a resident of Westchester, Ohio since 1970, and most recently Fairfield, OH. She was a member of St. Anne’s Episcopal Church. She held a Masters of Science degree from Miami University. Retired after 30 years in social work, her most recent job was Executive Director of Catholic Social Services of Butler County. Judith was also a nun for 4 years in the mid sixties. Her favorite hobby was writing poetry. She was predeceased by her older brother, Ed Fulcher and younger sister, Ginny Wilke. She is survived by three siblings, Sandy (Ron) Weadick of Richmond, IN, Patty (John) McCann of Dayton, OH and Mike Fulcher of Casstown, OH; two nieces, three nephews and numerous great nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to your favorite charity. A Memorial Service will be held at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church (6461 Tylersville Rd, Westchester, OH) on Saturday, August 10th at 11 am. Arrangements in the care of Newcomer Kettering Chapel. To leave a message for the family, visit www.

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CINCINNATI - Ruth M. Groene, beloved wife of the late Donald J. Groene. Devoted mother of Donn Groene (Alison) and Lynn “Missy” Schwallie. Loving grandmother of Monnica Kraft (Daniel). Greatgrandmother of Isabelle, Juliette and Evelynn Kraft. Dear sister of James and Paul Meiners and Kathryn Behrends. Departed on July 10, 2019 at the age of 92. Visitation will be held Tuesday, July 16 from 10:00 until Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 am, St. Mary’s Church, 2853 Erie Avenue Cincinnati 45208. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to a charity of one’s choice.

Condolences may be expressed at www.gilliganfuneralhomes.com.

Len Gartner CINCINNATI - Len Gartner passed away July 12, 2019, in Cincinnati, at the age of 72. Len had a passion for music. He was a founding member of Finneytown’s “The Us Too Group” (formed in 1966), which produced several hit songs that cracked the WSAI charts. He followed in his fathers footsteps with a career as an attorney; then resurrected his musical career by joining the local band Deja vu where he was the drummer/singer. Len is survived by his wife, Katey; 2 sons, Christian (Monique) Gartner and Kevin (Stacie) Gartner; mother, Helen; 7 siblings, Julie, Vicki, Kathy, Nelle, Valerie, Teddy, and Larry; and 6 grandchildren, Alex, Allie, Bradley, Ashley, Andrew, and McKenzie. He is preceded in death by his father.

Visitation at 9 a.m. on Thursday July 18, 2019 and Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church, 400 Nilles Rd. Fairfield, 45014.

Condolences may be offered at www.avancefuneralhome.com

Evelyn “Evie” Horstmeyer VANDALIA - Evelyn P. “Evie” Horstmeyer (nee Berger). Beloved wife of the late James Horstmeyer.

Loving mother of Steve (Annie) Horstmeyer, Cindy (Bill) Fout, Mary Jo (Don) Shrout and Gale (Mike) Smith. Cherished grandmother of Seth (Shannon) Horstmeyer, Jessica (Andrew) Doss, Katie (Justin) Shepard, Ryan (Carrie) Shrout, Lance Fawley and Heather Smith. Great grandmother of Lydia, Keira, Molly, Henry, Lincoln, Grace, Jack and Owen. Passed away July 10, 2019 at the age of 86. Friends will be received Sunday, July 28 from 1-2:30 PM in the Tufts Schildmeyer Funeral Home, 129 N. Riverside Ave., Loveland, where a Celebration of Life Service will follow at 2:30 PM. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association. www.tuftsschildmeyer.com

Hornsby Jane A. NEWTOWN

- Age 91. Wife of the late Orville Hornsby.

Loving mother of Barbara (Earl) Hammack, Charles Jr. (Sondra) Marshall. Step mother of Teresa Roberts and the late William (surviving wife Diane) Hornsby, late Donna Kraag and the late Greg Hornsby. Grandmother of Bart (Karen), Brett (Jessica) Hammack, Brooke (Kyle) Yockey, Chad and Tyler Marshall. Numerous greatgrandchildren. Family will receive friends Wed. from 9:30 AM until 10:30 Mass of Christian Burial St. Veronica Church Mt. Carmel. Memorials are preferred to Hospice of Cincinnati. Moore Family Funeral Homes

Vella Leidecker NEW ALBANY, IN - Passed peacefully on Tuesday July 9th. She is the devoted wife of the late Don P. Leidecker. Dear sister of Clara Buck (Hal), Eunice Bryant (Larry), Phyllis Laker (Bob), brothers Earl Collins (Alice), Earnest Collins (Elizabeth), Raymond Collins (Carolyn) and Galley Collins (Cindy). Loving aunt of numerous nieces and nephews. Family and friends are invited to a visitation on Tuesday July 16th from 11 AM until time of Blessing Service at 1 PM, all at the Dalbert, Woodruff & Isenogle Funeral Home 2880 Boudinot Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45238.

To express your condolences, visit www.dwifuneralhome.com

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Virginia Lewis

Booker James Mallard

Loretta Nagy

CINCINNATI - Virginia “Ginny” B. (nee Haddix), passed away with family by her side July 12, 2019. Age 82. She was born March 5, 1937 in Norwood, Ohio to the late Tom and Kathryn Haddix. Caring sister of Una Wirthlin and Rita Spencer the late Tom and John Haddix, loving mother of Toni (Ron) Shinkle, Tom Lewis, Teri Capozzolo, Tammy (Ray) Wahlert and Tracey (Mike) Dorsey. Cherished grandmother of 7 and great-grandmother of 2.

Ginny was a long time resident of Reading Ohio. She was employed

by General Electric for 36 years and was with Miami University for 14 years. Memorial gathering will be held Tues. July 16th, 2019 at 10:00AM at Rest Haven Memorial Park, Park View Mausoleum, 10209 Plainfield Rd. (45242). In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of Cincinnati. Mihovk-Rosenacker Funeral Homes serving the family. www.mrfh.com

CINCINNATI - Booker James Mallard was born on November 21, 1927. He departed this life on July 6, 2019. Wake: 10:00 am. Funeral: 11:00 am at Shiloh Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 3660 Washington Ave., Cinti., OH 45229. Burial will be at Vine Street Hill Cemetery, 3701 Vine St., Cinti., OH 45220.

Flowers can go to Walker Funeral Home, 2625 Gilbert Ave., Cinti., OH, 45206. Cards can be sent to 3939 Standish Ave., Cinti., OH 45213.

MILFORD - Loretta Teresa, nee’ Gresko, born in Patton PA. Moved to Cleveland OH after HS then Cincinnati after retirement. Passed peacefully at home on July,1st, 2019 at the age of 92. Loving mother of James (Carolyn Veerjee) Nagy and Pamela (Dan Dermody) Nagy; grandmother to Omar Veerjee, Molly Emerson (Robert), Brian Dermody (Katie) and James Dermody. Exemplary mother, respected businesswoman, avid reader, skilled gardener, appreciated hostess by family, friends and co-workers.

Loretta was predeceased by husband Joseph F. Nagy and by her 12 brothers and sisters: Mike, George, Edward, William, Theodore, Leo, Richard and Nicholas Gresko, and sisters Margaret Sovich (Mickey), Leona Kovezsdi (Michael), Katherine Falatic and Barbara Wade (Ronald); and brother and sister-in-law Alex and Helen Nagy. A Memorial Gathering will be held Sunday, July 21st, 2019 from 2pm to 4pm at the Spring Grove Funeral Homes Elden Good ( Hyde Park) 2620 Erie Ave, Cincinnati, Ohio 45208.

Marie Murphy

Betty Lemieux CINCINNATI - Betty J. Lemieux, age 80, passed away peacefully on July 5, 2019, surrounded by family. Beloved wife of Lawrence Myron Lemieux for 62 years. Cherished mother of Cherie (Kevin) Maue, Larry (Kathy) Lemieux, Katie (Tim) Westrich Baumann, and Chris Hawk. Proud grandmother of Bryan, Tyler, Nathan, Ryan (Mallorie), Tanner, Lauren, Anna, Jenn, Jake (Catie), Nick, Morgan, Rebecca (Kyle), and Zach. Great-grandmother of Aiden and Troy. Dear sister of Judy (Dale) Marta and treasured cousin to Carol, Mary, Jim, Nancy and Lois. She will also be remembered fondly by numerous nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Celebration of Life will be held at Whitewater Crossing Christian Church, 5771 St. Rt. 128, Cleves, OH 45002, on July 20 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial donations to National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center (NPDPSC) for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease research or VITAS Hospice.

Dr. James Louis McDonald AUBURN HILLS, MI - McDonald,

Dr. James Louis, age 83 of Auburn Hills, Michigan. July 12, 2019. Beloved husband of Josephine; dear father of Peter (Elaine) McDonald, Julia Cox, and Anne (Dean) Ortel; loving grandfather of nine, and two great granddaughters; brother of Thomas (Sharon) McDonald. Visitation Wednesday July 17, 2019, 3-9 p.m. with a 7 p.m. prayer service at the Modetz Funeral Home, 100 E. Silverbell Rd., Orion, Michigan.

Funeral Mass Thursday July 18, 2019 ,10 a.m. with an instate time of 9:30 a.m. at St. Irenaeus Catholic Church, 771 Old Perch Rd., Rochester Hills, Michigan. Interment Oakview Cemetery, Royal Oak, Michigan. Suggested memorials to the American Cancer Society of Michigan Online guestbook www. modetzfuneralhomes.com

Howard W. Miller MORROW - Devoted husband of Marianne Miller (nee Bauer) for almost 54 years. Loving father of Wilbert H. (Lisa) Miller and Christian M. Miller. Cherished grandfather of Jessica and Emily.

Departed on July 8, 2019 at the age of 76. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Howard’s name to Duquesne University. Condolences at www.mrfh.com

WESTERN HILLS - Marie D Murphy (nee Hart), beloved wife of the late Charles Wm Murphy, loving mother of Robert (Sharon) Murphy, Marie (John) Leon and Charles Patrick Murphy, grandmother of 8 and a great grandmother. Retired from the Kroger Company. Died, Tuesday, July 9, 2019 age 95. Private services at the convenience of the family. Please make donations to the American Cancer Society, 2808 Reading Rd, Cincinnati (45206). Arrangements entrusted to Rebold, Rosenacker & Sexton Funeral Home. Condolence may be shared and donations completed online at www.rebold.com

Robert J. Obrecht CINCINNATI - Robert J. Beloved husband of the late Catherine M. (Nee: Bell) Obrecht. Devoted father of Tim (Mary) Obrecht and Mary (William) Gentry. Cherished grandfather of three. Dear brother of the late Chester Obrecht. Passed away on July 12, 2019 at the age of 91. Visitation will take place on Thurs. July 18th, at Holy Family Church from 9:00am until the time of the Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00am. If so desired, memorials may be made to Hospice of Cincinnati P.O. Box 633597 Cincinnati, OH 45263-3597. Radel Funeral Home serving the family 451-8800 or www.radelfuneral.com

Geraldine H. Palmer (nee Halford) CINCINNATI - Geraldine H. Palmer (nee Halford) wife of the late Jack T. Palmer, beloved mother of Donna (Steve) Johnson, Michael Jack Palmer, and Joyce P. (Edward) Geng, dear grandmother of Rachel, Thomas, Christian, and the late Jeffrey. July 2, 2019. Age 85 years. Residence Anderson Twp. Memorial Service at Anderson Hills United Methodist Church, 7515 Forest Rd., Anderson Twp. on Fri. July 19, at 10:30 AM. Memorials to Hospice of Cincinnati. T P WHITE & SONS Funeral Home serving the family.

Gertrude B. Roesch CINCINNATI - Gertrude B. Roesch, born October 11, 1926, passed away July 11, 2019.

The family of Gertrude will be receiving friends at St. Susanna Catholic Church (616 Reading Rd., Mason, OH 45040) on Thursday, July 18, 2019 from 9:30 AM until time of memorial mass beginning at 10:00 AM. Services in care of Shorten and Ryan Funeral Home. Condolences may be left at shortenandryan.com.

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John LeeAndrew Pitmon

Sharron Roetting

Duke Albert Steiner

WEST CHESTER - 32, cherished son of Carol Werling and the late John Pitmon; loving father of Bailey Pitmon; dear brother of the late Valerie Danber, Chip Frey, Nikki Von Stein, Mimi Werling, Julie Weiss, Susie Pitmon, Linda Lusk, Jeanne Prows; uncle to many nieces and nephews; and friend of Erin Rosselot, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, July 6, 2019. The most important thing in John’s life was his daughter, Bailey, who he adored. Visitation at Mueller Funeral Home, 6791 Tylersville Road, Mason, OH, 45040 on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 from 6-8 PM. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Michael Church, 11144 Spinner Ave., Sharonville, OH 45241 on Thursday, July 18, 2019 at 10:00 AM. For full obituary, visit muellerfunerals. com.

CINCINNATI - Sharron Ruth Roetting, beloved wife of Andrew Roetting passed away on July 9, 2019. She is survived by her two loving children Dave (Michelle) Roetting and Bonnie (Richard) Webster. Cherished grandmother to Devin Draman, Grant Webster, Tyler Roetting, Grace Webster, and great grandmother to Roman Draman. She is preceded in death by her oldest grandson Joshua Draman. Visitation will be at Spring Grove Funeral Homes on Thursday, July 18, at 5pm with service to follow at 7pm. Interment will take place at Spring Grove Cemetery at a later date.

CINCINNATI - Although the earth has lost an amazingly kind soul, heaven has gained one of the sweetest humans. Duke Albert Steiner, born on June 17, 1999, passed away July 11, 2019. We know he is playing a round of poker with his late father, Rick Steiner, looking down on us together. Duke was a graduate of Indian Hill High School in Cincinnati, and was attending Indiana University, where he was a member of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity. Duke was a gentle, sweet young man with unrivaled wit and infectious charisma. He put a smile on everyone’s face with whom he came in contact. He will be deeply missed. He loved the outdoors, spending time with his friends, family, and of course, his hometown Cincinnati Reds. Duke is survived by his beloved brother, Ace, his mother Rachel Janeice Steiner, sister Jaclyn Montgomery, as well as his cousins Joey Steiner, Ricky Steiner, and Meredith Steiner-Burns, and his Aunt and Uncle Ellen and Corky Steiner. Services Weil Funeral Home, 8350 Cornell Road, Monday, July 15, 1:00 P.M. Visitation begins at the funeral home at 12:00 Noon. A gathering to celebrate Duke’s life we will held at 4044 Rose Hill Ave, Cincinnati Oh 45229 following the service.www.weilfuneralhome.com

Emalee F. Schavel NEWTOWN - Emalee F. Schavel, 86, philanthropist and wife of the late Louis “Tick” Schavel, passed away July 1 at AngelsCare Family Home in Newtown. Born February 14, 1933 in Butler County, Ohio, she was the only daughter of the late James and Mary Prout.

Her son, Richard Fields, preceded her in death. She is survived by her beloved granddaughter Samantha (Jason) Kinney, and a great-grandson Waylon, of North Carolina.

Emalee grew up in Northern Kentucky, and attended Newport High School. She was a paralegal, and she and her husband owned a popular Cincinnati restaurant, The Barn Rib Pit, which closed in the 1980’s. She and Tick owned race horses and loved the sport.

Emalee was a regular attendee of Covenant-First Presbyterian Church and participated in the book club and knitting groups there. She was active in many philanthropic groups, including the Cincinnati Opera, Greater Rivers Girl Scout Council, YWCA and Salvation Army.

Her favorite arts activity was with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, where she endowed the orchestra’s principal bassoon chair. She became great friends with William Winstead, who held that position until retirement. Winstead said, “I witnessed the enormous satisfaction that she derived from her deep philanthropic connection to the Cincinnati community. Thankfully, her spirit will live on through her many involvements.”

Her granddaughter was a frequent caller and visitor and said,“Grandma was a guiding voice for me in many ways. She always did what she wanted, when she wanted. That’s one of the things that made her so fun to be around. She lit up any room she walked into, and always had something funny to say. I am thankful for the time I was able to spend with her.”

Her family wishes to thank AngelsCare Family Home and Queen City Hospice for their loving care.

A memorial service will be held at Covenant-First Presbyterian Church, 717 Elm Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 on Saturday, July 20 at 11 am. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the church in her memory.

Robert Stachler CINCINNATI - Robert George Stachler passed away Thursday, July 11th at his home in Newtown Ohio, at the age of 89. Born in Steubenville and raised in Dayton, OH, where he earned his nickname “Spike” on the gridiron and in the boxing ring, Bob was a Class of 1947 graduate of Chaminade High School where he is enshrined in both the Athletic Hall of Fame and the Distinguished Alumni. He attended the University of Dayton on a football scholarship, graduating in 1951. He was admitted to the University of Cincinnati College of Law, but his legal education was delayed by the Korean War, where he completed his service as a First Lieutenant with the 101st Airborne Division.

He graduated at the top of his class from UC College of Law in 1956, and joined the law firm of Taft, Stettinius and Hollister, rising to become the head of the firm’s litigation practice from 1974 through his retirement in 2000. Bob’s dedication, determination and dogged ability to never back down from a fight led him to represent innumerable Fortune 500 companies and well-known local Cincinnati businesses and personalities,

including his beloved Cincinnati Bengals. Perhaps best known for his scorching deposition of Bart Giamatti and eventual restraining order against Major League Baseball in the Pete Rose case, Bob was a pillar of excellence in the Cincinnati legal community.

Preceded in death by his daughter Deborah Ann Lahrmer, mother Anna Klosterman Stachler, father Leo P. Stachler and brother Lee Stachler, Bob leaves behind his beloved wife of 63 years, Betty Jo (Kincaid), his sons Thomas (Patti), Robert (Corinne), John (Kelly) and daughter, Kelly Britt (Kent), seventeen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, whom he loved very much.

The Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 12:00 noon Friday, July, 19th at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Hyde Park, with visitation there prior to the service from 10-12. Burial will take place at Gate of Heaven Cemetery. There will then be a celebration of life held at Ivy Hills Country Club at 3:00 the same day. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to the Cincinnati Chapter of the American Alzheimer’s Association, 644 Linn St., # 1026, Cincinnati, OH 45203 or the Cincinnati VFW, 36 E. 7th St. # 225, Cincinnati, OH 45202. Condolences to rohdefuneral.com.

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Nancy L. Schmitt (nee Scott) CINCINNATI - Nancy L. (nee Scott) Schmitt beloved wife of the late Ollie Schmitt, loving mother of Doug (Steff) Schmitt, Melissa Schmitt, Alison (Jeff) Cline, dear Grammy of Gabby Schmitt, sister of Sue Stiegler. Died Tuesday, July 9, 2019 age 79. Nancy donated her body to The UC College of Medicine.

A Memorial mass will be held at 10:00 am at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Church on Tuesday, July 16th.

In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations be made to the Ollie Schmitt Foundation, c/o Melissa Schmitt 3335 Emerald Lakes Dr. 3A, Cincinnati, Ohio 45211.

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Harold P. Wetzel

Gloria Wagner (nee Bulgarelli) CINCINNATI - WAGNER, Gloria

“Nana” (nee Bulgarelli) loving wife of the late Donald “Papa” Wagner.

Dear mother of Pam (Jim) Regulski and Paula (John) Hennessy.

Grandmother of Shannon, Michael, Eric, Sean and Colleen. Great grandmother of Brad, Emily, Alex and Alena. Gloria passed away on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at the age of 95. Visitation at Hodapp Funeral Home, 6041 Hamilton Avenue, College Hill, 45224 on Monday, July 15 from 5-8 PM followed by a Memorial Blessing on Tuesday, July 16 at 10 AM. Interment Arlington Memorial Gardens, Mt. Healthy, Ohio, 45231. Condolences at hodappfuneralhome.com

CINCINNATI - Harold P. Wetzel beloved husband of the late Marian Wetzel for over 66 years. Dear father of Christine (Mike Gantt) Wetzel, Timothy Wetzel and Carolyn “Carrie” (Kevin Norwood) Wetzel. Loving brother of the late Mary (Bill) Peck.

Passed away Friday, July 12, 2019. Age 94 years.

Harold retired from Stockton, West, Burkhart Advertising after 42 years of service. Visitation will be held at Paul R. Young Funeral Home, 7345 Hamilton Avenue, Mt. Healthy on Wednesday, July 17 from 12 Noon until time of funeral service at 2 PM. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to the Cincinnati Art Museum, Development 953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202 or to Hospice of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 633597, Cincinnati, OH 45263-3597. Condolences may be shared at paulyoungfuneralhome.com

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Mary Frances Walter

Robert Raymond Wiley MONTGOMERY - Robert Raymond Wiley, Bob age 81 passed away peacefully on 7/9/2019 at Hospice of Cincinnati in Blue Ash after a sudden illness.

He was born in 1938 in Cleveland, OH to Howard and Norma Wiley and was a long-time resident of Montgomery, OH. Bob is a 1965 graduate of Rocky River High School then attended Denison University where he got his undergrad in teaching and to Univ of Cincy for his master’s degree. In 1965, Bob married Anita Clark who passed away in 2016. He is survived by daughters, Lisa Sackett (John) Tricia Paddock (Brian) and grandchildren, Corinne Sackett, Bradley Sackett, Luke Paddock, Ryan Paddock, brother Bill Wiley (Pat) and nieces, and nephews. A memorial service will be announced at a later date. Please see www.strawserfuneralhome.com for full obit.

CINCINNATI - Mary Frances Walter entered into eternal life on Saturday July 6, 2019. She is preceded in death by her parents: Charles R. S., and Frances (Doll) Walter, her seven brothers: Charles (Ceil), Raymond, Robert, Rev. Leo J. MM, Paul (Mary Alice), Bernard (Wanda) and Herbert. She is survived by her sister-in-law, Jean W. Walter, and several generations of nieces and nephews.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held on July 23, 2019 at Saint Thomas More Church, Withamsville at 10:00 am, preceded by visitation at 9:30.

Memorial Contributions may be made to: Grace Hospice, Maryknoll Fathers, or Saint Thomas More Parish.

KENWOOD - Beloved husband of Dottie Wilder (nee Maphet) for 77 years. Devoted father of William (Linda Fike) Wilder Jr., Jill Wilder, Jenny Wilder, Tim (Lisa Parks) Wilder and Julie (Greg) Doppler. Cherished grandfather of Beth Jansen, Ryan Theodore, Sarah (Jeff) Soule, Chase Doppler, Kyle (Melanie) Doppler, and Laura Doppler. Great-grandfather of Deborah, Lauren, Tyler, Scott, Alli, Jayla and Jensen. Great-greatgrandfather of 3 and great uncle to many nieces and nephews. Bill was preceded in death by his siblings.

Departed on July 10, 2019 at the age of 98. Visitation will be held on Monday, July 15th from 12:30 pm until time of Funeral Service at 1 pm, all at Mihovk Rosenacker Funeral Home, 10211 Plainfield Road, Evendale. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to United Pompe Foundation or Hospice of Cincinnati. Condolences may be expressed at www.MRFH.com

June K. Weber GEORGETOWN, TX - June Kathlyn Weber passed away peacefully surrounded by family on June 27, 2019, in Georgetown, Texas. June is survived by her husband of 69 years, Cornelius I. Weber. June and “Cornie” lived a long and happy life together.

They had six children, three of which preceded her in death: Ann Mori; James Weber; and John Weber; and three of which survived her: Eric (wife, Dana Whitledge) Weber of Atlanta, Georgia; Robert (Karen) Weber of Glendale, Ohio; and Mary (Steve) Meyer of Georgetown, Texas. She was also survived by her son-law, Kenji Mori of Tokyo, Japan; her brother, James Carroll of Cedar Falls, Iowa; 17 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and dearly loved in-laws, nieces and nephews.

Born June 24, 1928, in Frederika, Iowa, to Claude E. and Amelia A. Carroll; she was the youngest of ten children. An excellent student, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, where she met her husband, Cornelius. They married on November 23, 1949. June worked as a chemist until Cornie graduated with his PhD in 1960. In 1963, the family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where they lived for 55 years. Once there, June spent her time creating a wonderful home for her husband and children. She was an avid reader, an incredible baker, an accomplished seamstress, a generous hostess,

and had an amazing ability to create beauty in the day to day details of life. She also served her community, and co-founded a food pantry and clothing shop in an underserved area of Cincinnati, which is still open.

After her children were grown, she traveled the world with her husband and shared many hours of fun with her grandchildren playing cards and Scrabble, and passing on to them her many talents.

June will be remembered most for her devotion to and love for her husband, Cornelius; her love for and service to her family; her generosity to all around her; her wonderful sense of humor; her sharp mind; and her loyal friendship. She often said of herself that she believed that you could have a lot of fun, and still follow the rules. We say of her, “Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies…” We will be forever thankful for her life and love.

A Graveside Service will be held August 3rd at Wilson Grove in Sumner, Iowa. A Memorial Service will be held August 17th at Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Cincinnati, Ohio. Visitation with the family at 10:00 am, Service at 11:00 am, with lunch following.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to a charity of your choice, or to one of these organizations: Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, 1950 Nagel Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio 45255 SEM Food Pantry, 1260 Columbus Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45255 For further information, please contact www.gabrielsfuneral.com

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Joshua and Jared Ravenscraft founded New Frontier Outfi tters. RICHARD ADAM JONES/PROVIDED

Appalachian style goes international Kentucky clothing line builds a cult following Alfred Miller

Louisville Courier Journal USA TODAY NETWORK

To complete his look, Barney Willemse needed an authentic American trucker hat.

But for 20-year-old Willemse – an insurance company worker by day and an aspiring country music artist by night – that wasn’t going to be easy.

Willemse lives in the Netherlands and has never even been to the U.S., he told the Courier Journal.

Then, scrolling through Instagram one day, Willemse saw it: A hat of blue mesh and foam, and on the front, a

New Frontier caps were inspired by 1970s- and ’80s-era trucker hats.

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square patch emblazoned with orange-hued mountains and the words: “New Frontier Outfi tters.” The hat was from Kentucky.

Founded by brothers Jared and Josh Ravenscraft in Morehead, Kentucky, New Frontier Outfi tters is slow-

Getting you home in time for what matters.

ly building a cult following among enthusiasts of retro-outdoors wear and seekers of American blue-collar chic.

Avid hikers and skiers themselves, the Morehead natives told the Courier Journal they grew up feeling alienated by outdoors brands. The “big boys” of the industry – Patagonia and North Face – were focused on the American West, said Jared Ravenscraft, 26.

But Eastern Kentucky, and Appalachia more generally, off ers its own beauty, he said, along with a reminder of a basic love of the outdoors.

Out West, it seems everyone sports the most expensive equipment, whereas in, say, Kentucky’s Red River Gorge, it’s “simpler,” said Ravenscraft.

“There are really no brands in See CLOTHING, Page 2D

To work as an aide in an assistedliving center in Ohio requires empathy, compassion and very little training.

About 20 hours, to be exact.

In Kansas, it’s much diff erent.

Aides there must take a 90-hour class and pass a test. North Carolina requires aides to take 80 hours of instruction. But there are other states, such as Montana, that say training is needed, but don’t specify how much.

The number of assisted-living centers in the United States has jumped more than 150% in the past 20 years, fueled by an increase of residents with cognitive issues, a willingness of facilities to take more frail patients and families who wish to avoid nursing homes.

But while the centers’ clientele has See OVERSIGHT, Page 2D

Deloitte Cincinnati USA 100 The application period for the 2019 Deloitte Cincinnati USA 100, an annual program saluting top local privately held businesses based on revenue and their leaders, will close Aug. 1.

At an awards luncheon in the fall, the region’s 100 largest private companies are celebrated, and a local business leader is honored with the Carl H. Lindner Award for Entrepreneurial and Civic Spirit.

Winners receive coverage in The Enquirer and on Cincinnati.com, which can provide additional visibility to prospective clients and customers, partners, investors and employees.

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Judge gives bizarre ruling to send message Strictly Legal Jack Greiner Guest columnist

I have been writing this column for a while now, and I’ve seen some odd rulings. But a recent decision from a Virginia trial court may be the most bizarre one I’ve ever seen. And it was, fortunately, set aside on appeal. But it begs the question of just what exactly a judge’s role is in a jury case.

Dr. William Sroufe, a Superintendent in a Virginia school system, removed a school principal named Muriel Waldron from her position. He based his decision on her failure to ensure her direct reports properly applied Virginia Alternative Assessment Programs (VAAP) to students with special instructional needs.

Waldron fi led a defamation suit against Sroufe because the letter in which he made that allegation found its way to the local media. Sroufe moved to dismiss the case, arguing

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Appalachia … that we really felt like were speaking to us, saying the things we wanted to say,” he said.

The brothers decided to do something about it.

The summer after Josh Ravenscraft graduated from high school in 2016 and Jared Ravenscraft earned his bachelor’s degree from Morehead State University, the brothers worked as janitors in the local high school.

They wanted to scrape together just enough money to start with something small – hiking hats “for people to go out and adventure in,” said Jared Ravenscraft. The fi rst designs were inspired by retro ski badges as well as their father’s collection of ’70s- and ’80s-era trucker hats found stashed away in the back of a closet, they said.

That year, when an order for a hat came in, the brothers would hop in Jared Ravenscraft’s Jeep and personally deliver it to buyers, they recalled.

Brisk sales that Christmas season, especially after the opening of their online store, persuaded them to keep at it.

Handwritten notes in shipments helped the brothers develop a bond with customers, said 38-year-old Matthew Hedgecoth, a fan of New Frontier Outfi tters from Crossville, Tennessee.

“They’re kind of like a family,” Hedgecoth told the Courier Journal.

“You’re kind of joining a tribe.”

Today, New Frontier Outfi tters has

that whether a person properly applied the VAAP standards was a matter of interpretation, and inherently, an opinion. Because opinions can’t be proven false, they can’t support a defamation claim. The circuit court denied the motion and allowed the case to proceed to trial.

At the trial, Sroufe had a star witness – Waldron, the plaintiff . On cross-examination, she admitted Sroufe’s point – that the question of whether the VAAP applied to a particular student was a matter of opinion.

Not surprisingly, Sroufe again asked the court to dismiss. Surprisingly, the court denied the motion, because, in its words “I want to see what the jury will do.” The judge did note, however, that if the jury “comes back and gives her two million dollars, I will be the villain and most likely set it aside.”

The jury did not award two million dollars, but it did return a verdict of $500,000. Sroufe, who apparently does not know the meaning of the

a brick-and-mortar store in Morehead with outposts in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, and Cave Run Lake in Kentucky. The brothers say they regularly ship hats, shirts and other gear across the country and the world.

They’ve been helped in part by some informal celebrity endorsements.

Actor Channing Tatum visited their Morehead store in 2017 and was later seen wearing a New Frontier Outfi tters hat in an “Entertainment Tonight” interview.

And just last month, country artist Tyler Booth wore a New Frontier Outfi tters shirt featuring the brand’s “Journey On” slogan for a Waylon Jennings tribute performance in Nashville.

But perhaps the brand’s biggest coup has been their association with Grammy-nominated country group Midland, which shares a retro aesthetic with New Frontier Outfi tters.

Midland’s broad appeal has meant New Frontier Outfi tters orders from faraway locales, including Sonora, Mexico, where Mike Zapata says he and his oldies band, Los Hijos de Frank, sport the Ravencrafts’ hats and other retro apparel he fi rst spotted Midland wearing.

The brothers approached Midland after a show, recalled Luke Cutchen, who plays guitar for the band when on the road. The brothers’ earnestness reminded him of his days before Midland’s rise when he was working at a guitar shop in Texas, he told the Courier Journal.

“They’re two kids from Kentucky doing right,” said Cutchen. “It’s good.

It’s inspiring.”

word quit, once again asked the judge to set aside the verdict. And here’s where it gets really bizarre. In his order denying the motion, the judge ruled the statement was non-actionable opinion.

Despite that fi nding, the judge decided “[t]his jury indicated it was mad as heck. [It] didn’t quite direct its anger in the right way and at the right time legally, but its voice needs to be heard a little bit longer. My hope is that this verdict will be taken seriously and productively addressed in the months ahead while this case is on appeal. ... Accordingly, and in light of the foregoing, and with the full expectation that I will be reversed by a unanimous Supreme Court of Virginia, I hereby affi rm the verdict.”

So, just to be clear: A judge knowingly issued a legally defective order for no reason other than to send a message. What that message is precisely is a mystery.

But clearly, the judge’s ability to see the future is pretty strong. The Vir-

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changed dramatically, there have been few eff orts to systemically reevaluate staffi ng or training guidelines necessary to properly serve residents. This has led some advocates of the elderly to renew the call for federal oversight of the facilities, much like nursing homes.

For instance, nearly half of the nation’s states lack extensive training programs for the facilities’ employees, with most requiring some form of a job orientation and less than a dozen hours of instruction.

When it comes to staffi ng, the differences are even more stark. Thirtyeight states leave the amount of personnel needed to care for residents up to individual facility owners.

In Ohio, facility owners must make sure “suffi cient numbers of staff ” are present to meet residents’ needs.

That’s diff erent than in South Carolina, where one aide or staff member must be present for every eight residents during the day.

“This is an enormous problem,” said Kristine Sundberg, the president of Elder Voice Family Advocates in Minneapolis. “(Federal oversight) would be better, of course. It would provide for greater consistency.”

But the nation’s leading voice for assisted-living centers disagrees, fearing federal oversight would push “paperwork over patients.”

“We believe that states are better equipped to help assisted-living centers adapt and customize the care

ginia Supreme Court indeed reversed his decision. It noted that “[e]nsuring that defamation suits proceed only upon statements which actually may defame a plaintiff , rather than those which merely may infl ame a jury to an award of damages, is an essential gatekeeping function of the court.”

And more to the point, “[a] court’s power to render an erroneous judgment is not an invitation to judges to render one in knowing and conscious disregard for the law, with the assumption that someone else higher in the judicial hierarchy will correct it later.”

We seem to be at a point where robust debate gets branded “defamation” and where bruised feelings get held up as “damages” by lawyers out to make a buck. The last thing we need are decisions that treat the law more like a guideline than a rule.

Jack Greiner is managing partner of Graydon law fi rm in Cincinnati. He represents Enquirer Media in First Amendment and media issues.

needed,” said Rachel Reeves, a spokeswoman for the National Center for Assisted Living in Washington, D.C. “The states off er greater fl exibility. They can see what is best for residents and deal with those issues.”

Industry offi cials also see a potential cost to federal oversight: The expense of hiring more staff could be passed on to residents.

Nursing homes rely on Medicaid, in most cases, to pay for the services for residents. In large part, that’s why the federal government oversees the facilities.

Assisted-living centers, meanwhile, are mostly private pay. But Medicaid provides waivers for a small, but growing fraction of residents in 42 states.

In Ohio, the waivers pay a facility about $1,500 to $2,100 a month per resident for care and services. Residents must pay for room and board.

Medicaid spent $47.8 million for Ohio residents using the waiver in fi scal 2016, according to the most recent fi gures available from the Ohio Department of Medicaid. Currently, about 5,500 residents receive the waiver.

Because Medicaid’s role is increasing in assisted living, advocates for the elderly say the U.S. Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, which oversees nursing homes, should also monitor assisted-living facilities.

And that leads some to consider the advantages of federal oversight.

“There would be consistency across all the states that way,” said Tracy Bowen, the long-term care offi cial from Mississippi.

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Couple’s large age gap brings challenges to retiring Simply Money Amy Wagner & Nathan Bachrach Guest columnists

Question: Joseph and Tasha in Fort Thomas: There’s about a 14-year age gap between us, which is making retirement planning a little diffi cult.

Can you help?

A: Navigating through retirement decisions can be complicated enough when two partners are close to the same age, so a 14-year diff erence can defi nitely make it trickier. And this is a problem a fair number of Americans are dealing with: according to the U.S. Census Bureau, there’s an age gap of 10 years or more in almost 9% of marriages.

You both fi rst need to decide if you’re going to retire together or stagger the dates. From there, you need to discuss what your situation will look like and how you’ll deal with your new reality. If the older one is retiring and the younger will keep working, how will that dynamic change your rela-

tionship? Will the younger one get resentful of the older one’s free time? If you’re retiring at the same time, will your savings be enough to last both of your lifetimes?

From a more practical standpoint, you usually should run your retirement numbers with the younger spouse front and center. For instance, when deciding when to claim Social Security, the older one should generally try to wait as long as possible to claim, thus increasing the survivor benefi t. There’s also a special rule for your situation when taking out Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) from an IRA. If the younger one is the sole benefi ciary of the older one’s IRA, use the Joint Life and Last Survivor Expectancy table (Table II), not the usual Table III. This table is specifi cally for spouses with a 10 year or more age gap. It will calculate a smaller RMD so you won’t draw down your money as quickly.

In some cases, like with health care, you could actually view your age gap as a positive. If you stagger retirement dates, the younger one can continue working and keep their employer’s health care plan, covering both of you until you’re both Medicare eligible.

Likewise, as long as one of you keeps working and bringing in an income, the less you’ll have to pull from your retirement savings.

Here’s The Simply Money Point: Your situation can present some unique retirement planning challenges. A fi duciary fi nancial adviser – someone who’s obligated by law to work in your best interest – can help you fi gure out the best ways to coordinate your goals so you can both have a fulfi lling retirement.

Question: Ronald from Delhi Township: I’m 49 and want to retire at 60, but I still have about 20 years left on my mortgage. What’s the best way for me to pay it off faster?

A: We applaud your goal. In most cases, we recommend having a mortgage paid off by the time retirement arrives. Eliminating such a huge recurring payment can give any retirement budget a little more breathing room.

You have a couple of options. The fi rst is to simply increase your monthly payment and tell your lender the extra cash should go to principal. How much can that save? Here’s an example: paying an extra $500 a month towards principal on a 30-year mortgage for a $250,000 house at a 4% interest rate

would cut the life of the loan almost in half, according to LendingTree.

Another option? Switch your monthly payment to bi-weekly payments. By making half of your mortgage payment every two weeks, you end up making the equivalent of 13 monthly payments every year (one extra than the normal 12). Using the same example as above, this strategy would eliminate four years off the loan.

You could also refi nance down to a 15-year loan, assuming you can lock in a lower interest rate. However, closing costs and other fees could make this the costliest option.

The Simply Money Point is that the method you choose really depends on your mortgage rate and how much you have left to pay. Talk with your lender to get guidance on how to pinpoint the timing.

Every week, Allworth Financial’s Nathan Bachrach and Amy Wagner answer your questions in their Simply Money column. If you, a friend or someone in your family has a money issue or problem, feel free to send those questions to yourmoney@enquirer .com.

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Spencer improved Cincinnati by being its moral conscience The life of Cincinnati civil rights legend Marian Spencer was fi lled with being the “fi rst” and “only” black woman to achieve countless honors and public roles. Her true legacy will be measured by the people and the town she inspired to be better and do better.

Spencer died in a Cincinnati hospice on Tuesday. She was 99 years old.

She was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, the granddaughter of a former slave, and moved to Cincinnati in the 1930s to attend the University of Cincinnati with her sister, Millie.

In a 2017 interview, Spencer told The Enquirer that her grandfather was a primary motivator, delivering daily lessons on things such as voting and social responsibility.

“You can do anything you want to do. Don’t let anybody tell you diff erently,” he would say.

Clearly, she took that to heart, and Cincinnati would never be the same.

Spencer was petite in stature but had an outsized approach to issues and her work.

She often said her most signifi cant accomplishment was helping to wage a legal battle with Coney Island amusement park to desegregate the park and allow blacks to swim in its huge Sunlite swimming pool in 1955. A popular radio jingle promoted summer fun at the pool, so she called the park to see if she could bring her children, off ering, “We’re Negroes and I would not like to have them refused.”

“She said, ‘No, they can’t come.

They can’t come. We can’t admit Negroes,’ ” Spencer said. “And then she added, ‘but I don’t make the rules.’ ” Spencer said, “I know you don’t make the rules, honey, but I’m going to fi nd out who does.”

Spencer led a multiracial coalition of citizens and civil rights leaders who protested at the gates of Coney Island while legal action worked its way through the courts. NAACP Legal Action v. Coney Island marked a signifi cant infl ection point for social advancement in Cincinnati. That was in 1955, when civil rights activists were often met with violence or worse and the courts were usually not on their side. Blacks were fi nally allowed to swim in the pool in 1961.

“I think I was so angry that you have to go through the courts to take your children to a recreational facility that you had to pay to get in,” Spencer said.

“It didn’t make sense, you know, it

Today, it would be helpful for all of us to reflect on how Marian Spencer took on the tough, hard work of challenging Cincinnati institutions but in a thoughtful manner. She appealed to our city’s sense of decency and helped us all move forward together. ENQUIRER FILE

didn’t make any common sense for me as the mother of two little boys who I didn’t want to feel that they were different than anybody else.”

Spencer’s pluckiness would be on display many times over during the course of her career, having helped to found Home Opportunities Made Equal, worked with the NAACP on busing issues, become the fi rst black woman on the City Council in 1983.

She was also named a Great Living Cincinnatian in 1998, a founder of the Cincinnati Chapter of Jack and Jill of AmericaInc. and a past president of the Cincinnati Chapter of The Links Inc. The Cincinnatus Association created Donald and Marian Spencer “Spirit of America” Awards to recognize advocates of inclusion. Just weeks ago, Spencer, her voice as clear as a bell, spoke to people at the event by phone.

A Cincinnati public school was named after her and her husband, Donald. Children are assigned to write essays about her, which now takes on a more powerful meaning.

Retired federal Judge Nathaniel Jones, who fi rst met Spencer in the 1970s, called her Cincinnati’s “redeemer.” Today and in the coming days, there will be many tributes from community leaders, politicians, friends and family.

All are important, especially today, as politicians can’t seem to agree on much and citizens seem to be losing respect for one another over the most insignifi cant things.

Today, it would be helpful for all of us to refl ect on how Marian Spencer took on the tough, hard work of challenging Cincinnati institutions, but in a thoughtful manner. “Civility” is what we used to call that style, grace and respectful approach. She appealed to our city’s sense of decency and helped us all move forward together.

If Cincinnati needs to be reminded of its moral conscience, it can always look to Spencer’s legacy as its light post.

This editorial was written by Enquirer Editorial Board member Byron McCauley on behalf of the Enquirer Editorial Board, which includes Opinion Editor Kevin S. Aldridge, Vice President/News and Editor Beryl Love, Consumer Marketing Director Denette McCloskey, Senior News Editor for Content Michael Perry and President Eddie Tyner.

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Detained immigrants should be treated with humanity, grace I am horrifi ed at the reports of what is happening at our borders. Families are being separated and are put into concentration camps. By defi nition, that is what is happening. Conditions are better in prison for people who commit the most heinous of crimes.

How could we do this to people who are seeking asylum? How can we not care about people on a human level?

Women are being told to drink out of toilets. Men are packed so tightly in cells that they can’t lie down to sleep. People are soiling themselves and being denied food, water, deodorant and soap. Donations are being turned away. Guards are making racist comments on Facebook. I will not stand by during this time in history and let this happen. Children are dying! Something has to happen and it has to happen now.

Regardless of how Sen. Sherrod Brown, Sen. Rob Portman and Rep. Brad Wenstrup feel about immigration, they have to allow people basic human rights and treat them with humanity and grace. If they have any love in their heart, I implore them to go see for themselves what these conditions are like and do something about it. We can’t be on the wrong side of history, we’re better than that. And we’ve seen it happen before. I want to be able to tell my children where I stood on this issue.

Kathleen Bray, Mount Auburn

Few immigrants qualify for asylum What happens to illegal aliens after they are caught at the southern U.S. border? Since December 21, 2018, Department of Homeland Security reports releasing at least 190,500 illegal aliens into the interior of the country. They are released if they agree to show up for an asylum hearing. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has released results of a pilot study with the Department of Justice which reported that only about 13% of these released illegal aliens actually show up for their hearings. It further reported that of these 13% who show up for hearings, only about 12% are found to qualify for asylum.

George Moss, Columbus

Let businesses pay student loan as write-off With so many college tuition debt elimination plans fl ying around from presidential hopefuls, I thought I’d throw my two cents into the discussion.

Please note, I have no desire to run for offi ce, nor do I off er my two cents to pay another’s voluntary debt.

With college debt at nearly $1.5 trillion and mounting, I think the left side of the aisle has a valid speaking point for 2020, and the best solution may be a vote infl uencer for many. College debt anxiety aff ects not only recent college graduates, but nearly 20% of all college debt is held by the older Millennials and the Gen X population. I don’t think simply “erasing” a voluntary obligation, as off ered by many in Washington, D.C., is the answer though.

If Congress really wants to support and off er a solution to those laden with college debt, then allow businesses to pay off student debt as an expense item.

This approach is no diff erent than paying for ongoing training, utilities or supply expenses. This would allow businesses to reduce income (and the associated taxes) and payroll taxes associated with a traditional employee pay increase or bonus. Additionally, the employee is not burdened with the added income tax exposure.

Off ering the incentive of direct debt repayment to student lenders would be a massive benefi t to many employees. As an employer of approximately 20 young college graduates (most of whom carry college debt), I would relish the opportunity to use direct debt repayment as a retention and recruiting tool for my small business.

Obvious stipulations would need to be put in place such as annual benefi t caps per employee, secondary education accreditation requirements, graduation requirements, etc. There are holes in my thinking, I’m sure, but it takes the power and control of paying down college debt away from those willing to simply “erase” it. What will they conveniently “erase” next? Terrible idea.

Allowing businesses to compete for employees with the added incentive of direct college debt repayment while reducing tax exposure would be benefi cial to businesses, employees and certainly the lenders. Maybe someone in Congressman Bob Latta or Sen. Rob Portman’s offi ce gets a whiff of this and takes it the rest of the way.

Eric Anderson, Findlay, Ohio

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E.J. Dionne Columnist

WASHINGTON – When President Barack Obama conceived of the Affordable Care Act, he did everything he could to bring Republicans to his side. He created a system that was market-friendly and drew on ideas that members of the GOP had endorsed in the past.

His conciliatory eff orts bought him nothing except a long delay in getting a bill through the Senate, a lag that nearly killed the entire enterprise.

You might think that Republicans would move on and accept Obamacare. After all, they failed to repeal it in President Donald Trump’s fi rst year in offi ce and then lost the House of Representatives in an election in which voters named health care the No. 1 issue – putting aside, of course, the importance of Trump himself. Those who listed health care backed Democrats overwhelmingly.

But, no, the notion that the evil federal government might succeed in helping Americans with modest incomes get health insurance is, in the eyes of the right, a calamity. If this plan continues to deliver, folks might begin to get the idea that the GOP’s

anti-government propaganda campaign is nothing but a cover for policies that cut taxes on the rich and do as little as possible for Americans who lack money and infl uence.

So, having lost in a democratically elected branch of government and having been beaten in a democratic election, Republicans concluded: The heck with democracy! Let’s get some conservative judges to override Congress, ignore the popular will, and get rid of this thing through the back door.

First, in a ruling legal scholars generally saw as wacky, Reed O’Connor, a right-wing district court judge, astonished the country in December by throwing out the Aff ordable Care Act altogether. (Fortunately, the decision was stayed pending further litigation.) O’Connor’s reasoning was that Congress undercut the constitutionality of the law by eliminating a tax penalty on those who failed to buy health insurance. Chief Justice John Roberts hung his 2012 opinion validating the constitutionality of the ACA on Congress’ power to tax, so O’Connor’s pretext was that once the tax went, the whole structure collapsed.

Pause and marvel at the gall of conservative jurisprudence. Conservatives say they are strict constructionists and believe in reading statutes

closely. But Congress didn’t ditch the ACA – it had affi rmatively decided not to. It merely undid a small piece of the law. Too bad, said O’Connor. What Congress did or didn’t do makes no diff erence. And if abruptly throwing some 20 million people off their health plans isn’t the “judicial activism” conservatives regularly bemoan, what is?

The ACA’s penalty was aimed at enforcing a mandate that everyone buy health insurance, which, by the way, was originally a GOP idea. One of the most popular provisions of the ACA prohibits price discrimination against those with preexisting conditions. But to achieve this goal, the law imposes the mandate to spread the cost of coverage as widely as possible.

The requirement’s purpose was to make sure that health insurance markets would not be destabilized if mostly the sick bought into the system.

On Tuesday, a three-judge federal panel heard the appeal of O’Connor’s decision and, once again, partisanship ruled on the bench. The two Republican appointees, Jennifer Walker Elrod and Kurt Engelhardt, expressed skepticism about the obvious: that if Congress had wanted to repeal the law, it would have. Engelhardt, a Trump appointee, disingenuously

said that Congress could easily fi x it.

“They could do this tomorrow,” he said.

Right. Years of struggle to reform health care go down the drain. But, says Engelhardt, no problem. You can order up a new health care law the way you get a hamburger at a fast-food joint. The arrogance of conservative judges knows no bounds.

The third judge on the panel, Carolyn Dineen King, a Democratic appointee, was silent during the 90-minute hearing. But if the two GOP judges act on the views they expressed, it’s hard to see the ACA emerging whole from the circuit court.

And we have reason to shudder over what the Supreme Court might say.

For now, Democrats should shelve their arguments about “Medicare for All,” defend Obamacare, and cry from the heavens over the conservatives’ eagerness to rip health insurance from people who need it. But if the ACA does fall, Republicans will have sent a message: No matter how much Democrats compromise, the GOP will wreck their work. By fi ghting the most middle-of-the-road ways of getting people coverage, Republicans could thus pave the way to the “socialized medicine” they claim to hate.

E.J. Dionne is on Twitter: @EJDionne.

Women’s team deserves champion-level pay Eugene Robinson Columnist

WASHINGTON – The superb athletes of the U.S. women’s national soccer team, once again winners of the World Cup, shouldn’t be paid as much as their counterparts on the men’s team. The women should be paid more. A lot more.

If the fi eld of sports is truly a meritocracy, there should be no argument about value or compensation. The men’s team played decently Sunday night, losing 1-0 to Mexico in the fi nal of the regional Gold Cup tournament.

By contrast, the women’s team, hours earlier, became champions of the known world for a record fourth time, dispatching a talented Netherlands squad 2-0 in a display of power and precision that took one’s breath away.

Marching through the World Cup like Sherman through Georgia, the team scored 26 goals and surrendered only three. Captain Megan Rapinoe, who scored the Americans’ fi rst goal Sunday, won the Golden Boot for being the tournament’s top goal-scorer and the Golden Ball for being the most

valuable player. Purple-haired and proudly lesbian, Rapinoe can be brash – she said earlier that if the team won, she wouldn’t be “going to the [bleeping] White House” to shake hands with President Donald Trump. But boy, I mean girl, does she ever walk the talk.

The second U.S. goal will be featured in highlight reels for years. Midfi elder Rose Lavelle dribbled straight up the pitch, juking and stutter-stepping until Dutch defenders were spun in circles, creating just enough space for herself and then blasting a powerful left-footed shot into the back of the net. Pele and Maradona did it just as well; nobody ever did it better.

The women’s team made this incredible run while all 28 members of the squad were simultaneously pursuing a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation, alleging they are paid less than the men’s national team and given less support – despite their far better record. The men’s team has never won the World Cup, and last year did not even qualify for the quadrennial men’s tournament.

The Washington Post’s “Fact Checker” column found it diffi cult to do an apples-to-apples pay comparison without more data, which the soc-

cer federation chooses not to share.

But the Post did fi nd that the women’s team may be earning as much money for the federation as the men’s team, or even more. And the Post found such a massive disparity in bonus payments that the men get more for losing a World Cup match than the women get for winning one.

One of the biggest sources of revenue for the federation is merchandising. Nike Chief Executive Offi cer Mark Parker said on an earnings call last month that “the USA Women’s home jersey is now the No. 1 soccer jersey, men’s or women’s, ever sold on Nike.com in one season.” And the demand for sports bras has made Nike, for the fi rst time, the biggest seller of bras in North America, Parker said.

As the team held aloft the golden World Cup trophy Sunday in Lyon, France, some fans in the stadium chanted, “Equal pay! Equal pay!”

It takes guts to sue one’s employer.

It takes something beyond guts to then go out and perform the way this team did, slicing through the World Cup fi eld like a hot knife through butter.

The quality of play in international women’s soccer has improved dramatically over the past decade; it’s no long-

er the United States vs. the Also-Rans, as it was two decades ago in the heyday of Mia Hamm and Brandi Chastain. This year, the U.S. team had to be in its sharpest form to beat the competition. Yet not for a single minute did they trail their opponents.

Preliminary television ratings indicate that more U.S. viewers watched Sunday’s fi nal match than watched the men’s World Cup fi nal last year (in which France beat Croatia). Sunday’s fi nal was, in fact, the most-watched soccer match in this country at least since the 2015 women’s fi nal, which was also won by the U.S. team (over Japan).

There’s one thing missing from the women’s game: the histrionics.

There’s much less writhing on the ground over dubious injuries, much less operatic pleading with the referee, much less juvenile gamesmanship.

One has to wonder whether men might inherently be too emotional to play this game the right way.

There’s no question about the U.S. women’s team, though. The soccer federation needs to pay them what they’re worth.

Contact Eugene Robinson at eugene robinson@washpost.com.

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National equilibrium lost and restored George Will Columnist

“Time has upset many fi ghting faiths.”

– Oliver Wendell Holmes, dissenting, Abrams v. United States (1919) WASHINGTON – In this moment of dueling political hysterias (”The fascists are at the gates!” “The socialists are within the gates!”), it is reassuring to remember that America has quickly recovered from some previous plunges into overheated anxiety. David Maraniss understands this.

He is a Washington Post editor, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, a best-selling biographer (of Vince Lombardi, Roberto Clemente, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama) and author of books on the 1960 Summer Olympics, late-1960s turmoil (“They Marched into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967”) and contemporary Detroit. Now, in “A Good American Family,” he has tackled his most diffi cult subject: his parents.

They were communists.

Being a communist was never not foolish, and was always reprehensible, especially after the broad outlines of Stalin’s terror (including the engi-

neered famine in Ukraine) in the 1930s were known, or knowable. And after American communists proved themselves to be plastic people, following Moscow’s zigzagging line before and after the German-Soviet “nonaggression” pact of Aug. 23, 1939, and then the Soviet invasion of Finland. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, however, Elliott and Mary Maraniss paid more dearly than they should have for affi liating, from a safe distance, with the most murderous of all the 20th century’s fi ghting faiths.

In the postwar years, some congressmen became crusaders, wielding the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). There are such activities, but it is not Congress’ job to ferret them out. And some crusaders were conspicuously unqualifi ed to judge others’ fi delity to American ideals. They included vociferous racists, one chairman who would go to prison for embezzlement, and one who had been present at the 1915 Georgia lynching of Leo Frank, a Jew who had moved to Atlanta from Brooklyn and who almost certainly was innocent of the murder for which he was convicted.

Elliott had been a “red diaper baby”: His father was a “Wobbly” (a member of the radical Industrial Workers of the World). Elliott grew up in Brooklyn,

where he was a Boy Scout and where socialists were run-of-the-mill moderates. Then he (like another Brooklyn boy from Abraham Lincoln High School, the future playwright Arthur Miller) went to the University of Michigan. There he met David’s mother, 17 and already a communist, at an event welcoming two Michigan graduates home from fi ghting fascists in the Spanish Civil War, including Mary’s older brother.

David writes that his father, a fl edgling journalist writing for the campus newspaper, had to have seen stories about the Moscow show trials. Decades later, Elliott would say he had been “stubborn in my ignorance and aggressive in my prejudices.” Yet he enlisted one week after Pearl Harbor, and volunteered to command an African American unit in the segregated Army. “He was,” his son writes, “a patriot in his own way.”

A few stealthy Americans – Alger Hiss, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and others – gave important aid and comfort to communism. The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) did not. It fi rst ran a presidential candidate in 1924, when he won 36,386 votes, 0.1% of the popular vote. It last ran a candidate in 1984, when he received 161 fewer votes than the 1924 candidate.

But when in 1952 HUAC came to Detroit, which then was the epicenter of the labor movement, to expose and shame communists, its star witness was a gray-haired, 49-year-old grandmother and FBI informant who named Elliott as member of the CPUSA. Elliott, then with the Detroit Times, was immediately fi red and launched into years of wandering with his family, seeking work. He caught on with the Cleveland Plain Dealer, but was fi red in 1954 when the paper learned of his HUAC appearance. David writes, “The FBI made it clear that its agents would follow him wherever he went and whenever he applied for a job.”

Soon, however, the national fever broke, he found employment with the Madison, Wis., Capital Times, and he died at 86 in 2004 “a permanent Midwesterner.” Elliott’s son writes of him, “I can appreciate his motivations, but I am confounded by his reasoning.”

This was, David Maraniss says, “a book I had to write.” His professional ethic is to “follow the truth wherever it takes you and I knew this would take me to places that were uncomfortable.” His readers will admire his emotional equilibrium, and can take comfort from this story of national equilibrium lost and restored.

Contact George Will at georgewill@ washpost.com.

Hey critics, America is greater than ‘just OK’ Marc A. Thiessen Columnist

WASHINGTON – Maybe President Donald Trump was right that we needed a “Salute to America” last week, because apparently some Americans have lost sight of the greatness of our country. Case in point: To mark Independence Day, the New York Times posted a video op-ed challenging what it called the “mythology” of American greatness. “America may once have been the greatest,” the Times video declares, “but today, America, we’re just OK.” The video is like a caricature of how conservatives think the left sees America – except it isn’t a caricature; it’s real. It’s a straw man come to life.

The video cites statistics showing that other developed countries, such as Luxembourg, Sweden and Norway, have lower poverty rates or better education and health care outcomes than America. And as for our “kick-ass democracy,” the Times says, it’s not that big a deal because “a lot of countries have freedoms.”

Put aside for a moment all the mis-

leading data the video uses to show America is not so great. The fact is, all the freedom and progress those other countries enjoy today would not be possible without the United States.

The reason that “a lot of countries have freedoms” today is because our Founding Fathers pioneered the principle of popular sovereignty, where governments answer to the people instead of the other way around. At the time of our founding, the rest of the world was ruled by monarchs. Our founders established the fi rst country in human history that was built on an idea – the idea of human liberty.

For most of our history, American democracy was a global outlier. In 1938, on the eve of World War II, there were just 17 democracies. It was not until 1998 that there were more democracies than autocracies.

That dramatic explosion of freedom didn’t just happen. It was the direct result of the rise of the United States as a global superpower. The U.S.-powered victory over Nazi tyranny in World War II and our triumph over Soviet tyranny in the Cold War defeated the hateful ideologies of fascism and communism, and unleashed a wave of freedom that has spread across the world.

Today, 4.1 billion people live in democracies. (Of those who do not, four out of fi ve live in China.)

The unprecedented expansion of liberty has produced unprecedented prosperity. Last September, the Brookings Institution reported that “for the fi rst time since agriculture-based civilization began 10,000 years ago, the majority of humankind … some 3.8 billion people, live in households with enough discretionary expenditure to be considered ‘middle class’ or ‘rich.’ ” None of that would be possible without the Pax Americana guaranteed by U.S. military. Americans liberated a continent, rebuilt much of it from the rubble of war with the Marshall Plan, and then stood watch on freedom’s frontier and prevented a Soviet tank invasion across the Fulda Gap. And today, the only thing that stops North Korea from invading South Korea or China from invading Taiwan is American military might.

So, let’s be clear: Every country that enjoys democratic governance owes its birth of freedom to our Founding Fathers, and the continued existence of their democracy to the U.S. military.

Today, for all its fl aws, America re-

mains the freest, most innovative, most prosperous country in the history of the world. We invented the light bulb and the iPhone. We put a man on the moon and a rover on Mars. We are a nation of unparalleled military power and unlimited opportunity. There’s a reason we have a crisis on our southern border; millions want to come here so that they can share in the abundance of American prosperity.

The men and women who fl ew those fi ghters and bombers over the Mall last week make it all possible.

They provide the critical foundation of peace and security upon which our freedom, and the freedom of all the world’s democracies, is built. Maybe Luxembourg scores better on some measures, but no one is counting on Luxembourg to secure the peace of the world. Trump was right to shine a spotlight on our military members and to remind those who have lost sight of it that the United States is not simply the greatest nation; we are indispensable. Without us, the world would be mired in the darkness of totalitarianism rather than the light of liberty.

That is better than “just OK.” Follow Marc A. Thiessen on Twitter: @marcthiessen.

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Goetta-stuff ed jalapeno poppers are offi cially a thing Goetta-stuffed Jalapeno Poppers 12-15 fresh jalapenos Cooking with Caitlin

1 pound goetta

Kelly Trush & Caitlin Steininger

1 cup heavy whipping cream

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You have never known four everyday ingredients to come together as explosively as they do in this simple recipe.

With fl avor and spice, these babies will get your attention.

Goetta and jalapenos roast together beautifully and melty cheese is the perfect compliment.

With just a drizzle of the creamy cheese sauce and in appetizer portions, these poppers make for a savory treat. Tucked into the bun of a hot dog smothered in the sauce, however, they become a full-fl edged splurge. Top a trio of peppers with a fried egg for an extra kicky way to start your Sunday.

3 cups shredded sharp cheddar

Instructions: 1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

2. Prepare your jalapenos: Cut off the stems, halve lengthwise and use a small knife to remove all the seeds and membranes.

3. Cut the goetta into at least as many matchsticks as you have jalapeno halves. Roll into a shape that will fi ll the hollowedout peppers. Press the goetta into the jalapenos and then line them up on a cookie sheet; repeat until

These jalapeno poppers feature a goetta fi lling. CARA HUMMEL/SPECIAL TO THE ENQUIRER all of the jalapenos are fi lled.

4. Place the cookie sheets into the preheated oven and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the jalapenos are tender and the goetta is golden brown and crispy.

5. While the poppers are baking, pour the heavy whipping cream into a small pot, turn to high heat

and bring to a boil. When the cream is boiling, whisk in the shredded sharp cheddar, whisking continuously as it melts; remove from the heat.

6. When the poppers are fi nished cooking, transfer to a platter and drizzle with the cheese sauce. Serve warm.

Prep time: 30 minutes.

Cook time: 20 minutes.

Yields: 1 dozen servings.

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Some time ago we came in contact with a non-Amish family with 13 children, eight of them being adopted.

With us being foster parents pursuing adoption, we immediately felt drawn to them. We ordered some books they had written, which proved to be a blessing, giving us some helpful insights on caring for children with traumatic backgrounds.

Long story short, they invited us to join their family for a couple of days in Maryland. “We do it all the time,” Tami, the lady of the house assured us, “We are happy to host families with adopted children and for those who are working on adoption, then we’re happy to answer any questions you may have and work on whatever areas needed.”

Daniel was optimistic right off the bat and said we should make plans to hire a driver and make the 11-hour trip.

After all, why not learn from those with more experience? “We’ll travel through the night so the children won’t get as bored,” Daniel and I decided. On Thursday evening we were on our way with the eight-passenger minivan packed full of children, an-

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ticipation, plenty of clothes and activities for along the way. I was in my glory, everyone was clean and bathed, with the four children in pajamas since we’d be traveling all night. As you can imagine we did have some challenging moments during the night but I felt blessed knowing that God will provide in spite of our lack of sleep.

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After breakfast when I off ered to do the dishes, Tami kindly told me to not worry about it and just go spend time with the children. “We’ll get started with our day, then after a while we’ll come and chat with you and answer any questions you may have. In the meanwhile, we will observe your interaction with the children, and you may note our lives as well.” I accepted her gracious off er and settled down in the family room with Lincoln logs and blocks. A couple years ago I would most likely have freaked out over having someone in my presence just to watch our interaction with our children, but now I felt deeply blessed to have others with more experience there to guide us.

After a while, Tami and her husband took seats close to where we were playing with the children. Soon we were asking them all sorts of questions. Step by step they explained what has been the most helpful for them in dealing with challenging behavior from those who have been

abused and neglected or have had a traumatic past. It was a blessing to be able to share some of the challenges we have faced with our foster children then hear how God has brought them through all they have faced with their family. Only God could transform such traumatic situations into a home so full of love and joy. Our children just loved their children. Together they looked at books, played games, licked popsicles, and the likes.

It was hard to leave, but soon we were on the road again. This time we left at bedtime and arrived at Daniel’s family’s house in Danville, Ohio at 3 a.m. We crashed out, grateful for a couple hours of sleep before daybreak. The following day we saw lots of friends at church, caught up on news with family and told them of our visit with the Razvi family and some things we gleaned there. By bedtime we were the road once more, this time headed for home. By 3 a.m. I was tucking the children into their own beds and we quickly unloaded everything so the driver could be on his way.

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Cincy Shakes: Miss Holmes Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, 1195 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine. Box office 513-3812273. Runs July 19-August 4.

Grease Walton Creek Theater, 4101 Walton Creek Road, Columbia Township. $20, $15 students. Box office 513-684-1236. Runs July 12-28.

Mamma Mia! Theatre 42, 2752 S. US-42, Lebanon. Runs July 19-27.

Pippin Warsaw Federal Incline Theater, 801 Matson Place, East Price Hill. $29, $26 students and seniors. 513241-6550. Runs July 10-Aug. 4.

Family theater

Bugsy Malone Jr. Loveland Stage Company Theater, 111 S. 2nd St., Loveland. $20. 513-443-4572. Summer youth production. Runs July 12-21.

Cocktails with Mimi 12:15 p.m. July 14, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 106 Maple St., Reading. $10, free ages under 12.

Shakespeare in the Park: Romeo and Juliet 1-3 p.m. July 14, Carnegie Center, 3738 Eastern Ave., ColumbiaTusculum.

Shakespeare in the Park: A Midsummer Night’s Dream 7:30-9:30 p.m. July 19, Mount Healthy City Park, 1541 Hill Ave., Mount Healthy.

Shakespeare in the Park: Romeo and Juliet 7-9 p.m. July 20, Summit Park, 4335 Glendale-Milford Road, Blue Ash. Shakespeare in the Park: A Midsummer Night’s Dream 7-9 p.m. July 21, Washington Park, 1230 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine.

Dinner theater

Summer Dinner Theatre: Church Girls, The Musical Northern Kentucky University Fine Arts Center, Stauss Hall, 1 Nunn Drive, Highland Heights. $40. Ticket must be purchased at least 2 days in advance. Includes play and buffet dinner. Runs July 5-21.

Murder Mystery Dinner 6-10 p.m.

July 19, Vinoklet Winery & Restaurant, 11069 Colerain Ave., Colerain Township. $59.51.

Dinner Theater: All Shook Up Olde Star Mall Theatre, 1418 N. Main St., Williamstown. $29-$39. Runs July 12-20.

Opera

Cincinnati Opera: Ariadne Auf Naxos School for the Creative & Performing Arts, 118 W. Central Parkway, Overthe-Rhine. Runs July 6-14.

Cincinnati Opera: Porgy and Bess Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Over-theRhine. Runs July 20-28.

Opera Rap: Blind Injustice 7 p.m. July 17, Allen Temple A.M.E. Church, 7030 Reading Road, Swifton Commons.

Free, but tickets required. Limit 4 per household. 513-241-2742.

Gilda Wabbit’s Big Gay Opera Show 8-9 p.m. July 18, Below Zero Lounge, 1120 Walnut St., Over-the-Rhine.

Classically trained chanteuse and hilariously irreverent drag queen takes audiences on a journey through important operas and the pop culture they inspired.

Miss Holmes opens July 19 at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company in Over-the-Rhine. PROVIDED

Comedy

Chad Thornsberry July 17, Funny Bone Comedy Club, 7518 Bales St., Liberty Township.

Greg Stone Go Bananas, 8410 Market Place Lane, Montgomery. $8-$14.

Runs July 18-21.

Laughs at Taft’s: The Chill Seekers Comedy Tour 8 p.m. July 20, Taft’s Brewpourium, 4831 Spring Grove Ave., Spring Grove Village.

Laughter is the Best Medicine 8 p.m.

July 16, Go Bananas, 8410 Market Place Lane, Montgomery. $20.

Quinn Patterson July 18, Funny Bone Comedy Club, 7518 Bales St., Liberty Township.

Sheryl Underwood Funny Bone Comedy Club, 7518 Bales St., Liberty Township. Runs July 19-20.

The RoastMary 6-10 p.m. July 20, Columbia Performance Center, 3900 Eastern Ave., Columbia Tusculum. $20. Roast celebrates Rosemary Oglesby-Henry, CEO & Founder of Rosemary’s Babies.

Uncanny Comedy Hour 7-9 p.m. July 18, Wave Pool, 2940 Colerain Ave., Camp Washington. Free. Hosted by Andy Glasper.

Improv/Open Mic

Comedy Anarchy Open Mic Sundays, MOTR Pub, 1345 Main St., Over-theRhine. Free.

Comedy in the Courtyard 8-9:30 p.m.

July 18, The Righteous Room, 641 Walnut St., Downtown.

Comedy Sports 7-9 p.m. July 20, Falcon Theatre, 636 Monmouth St., Newport. $7-$10.

ComedySportz Friday Night Match 8-10 p.m. July 19, Memorial Hall, 1222 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine. $12, $9 kids.

Improvised Girl Talk 8 p.m. July 20, Brew House, 1047 E. McMillan St., Walnut Hills.

Intro to Improv Workshop 4 p.m. July 14, Clifton Performance Theatre, 404 Ludlow Ave., Clifton.

Raiders of the Lost Laughs: Stand Up Comedy Open Mic July 14, Urban Artifact, 1660 Blue Rock St., Northside.

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Ohio food truck makes it to fi nal four on Food Network show Sarah Horne

Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

From a restaurant to a food truck, one couple and their best friend take on “The Great Food Truck Race” for a chance at $50,000.

Head chef Drew Ballard, his fi ancée and head cocktail waitress Jess Sarra, and best friend and head bartender Travis Day went out of their comfort zone by creating and running their own food truck.

Specifi cally created for the show, the Dayton, Ohio-based team introduced their truck, Rolling Indulgence, which competes on the show each Sunday at 9 p.m. on Food Network.

After a second place in Fort Myers, Rolling Indulgence rolls on to the fi nal four round in Fort Lauderdale.

In total, the three contestants have a combined 40 years of experience going into the competition.

Ballard and Day are not only roommates but have been friends for 11 years. Ballard and Sarra have known each other for 13 and been together for seven.

“We all really live together, work together and really hang out together,” Day said.

“Our dynamic together, and our family bond does not only strengthen our ability to adapt to situations ... but we know what each other is going to

The Rolling Indulgence team on the Food Network’s ‘The Great Food Truck Race’ fi lming in Fort Myers.

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do,” Ballard said. “It dramatically helps us be successful because the most successful restaurants are a family.”

For example, Ballard said even when the three aren’t looking at one another, they know each other well enough to know what the other is doing.

Ballard was the one to originally sign the group up to compete in the show. He was in New York City with Sarra when he received a phone call from the network while preparing himself to propose to Sarra.

Ballard originally missed the call, as he was preoccupied preparing himself for what he was going to say to her in a few hours. That’s when he saw the missed call and rushed to tell Sarra that Food Network had called.

They had a conversation for about 45 minutes about the exciting news before continuing their evening.

“A few hours later, we go to the top of the Empire State Building and we get engaged. Feb. 4, 2019, is kinda the day our whole lives changed. Both a call from Food Network and we got engaged on the same day ... so the emotions were all over the place,” Ballard said.

After coordinating with their bosses, the three were given permission to leave to go on the show.

They then came up with the concept for Rolling Indulgence and started traveling around selling their food.

Throughout the competition, the team has faced successful weeks and diffi cult ones. After fi nishing seventh out of nine in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the mentality became “survive and advance,” Day said.

Later in the competition, while in Hilton Head, the three contestants got some confi dence after fi nishing third.

“We got some confi dence going ... like you know what, we actually do belong here and we can do this,” Day said.

As the competition went on, they

began to fi nd that the competition was less about competing with the other contestants, and more about competing with themselves.

“It didn’t become a competition of all the teams against each other but a competition against ourselves. We formed this huge family,” Day said.

Those on the show continue to stay connected even after a group left or shooting the show ended.

“We do multiple Facebook Live videos together where we all jump on the same videos together, and we are in a group chat together on Instagram so every day we are talking to each other about whatever is going on in each other’s lives,” Day said.

Every time a team got eliminated on the show, the other surviving teams would throw a going away party for them and plan to keep in contact.

The hardest part about moving on was knowing that your friend just got eliminated, Day said.

While the fi nal result of how Rolling Indulgence did is still a secret, all members of the team agreed they would do it all over again.

“I feel in love with so many of the people we met there, and it was really a rewarding experience,” Sarra said.

Ballard, Sarra and Day plan to continue working together in the future.

We’ll see what that means on a Sunday soon.

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Cincinnati restaurant openings and closings of 2019 Polly Campbell

Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Trying to keep track of what’s new and what’s gone away in the restaurant world? There are so many. It’s a precarious world, this restaurant business, and the fi rst half of the year saw plenty of closings. But there were also a lot of exciting openings.

BTW, people often ask me what happened when a restaurant closes. I almost never know the answer. Could be landlord troubles, that’s a popular one these days. Could be terrible employees, or just a hard time fi nding them. Or a terrible location. Or any number of wrong choices or events no one can control. Each one is a small tragedy for someone.

First, the goodbyes.

Restaurant closings in 2019 The Anchor was a seafood restaurant in OTR that opened in the whitehot restaurant scene of 2012. It’s a rare restaurant these days that specializes in fi sh. Probably because it’s expensive and people have a fairly narrow taste in that area. If you miss the lobster rolls, I think you’ll be satisfi ed with Court Street Lobster Bar. For more refi ned seafood dishes, try Eighth and English in O’Bryonville Campanello’s Downtown closed

Campanello’s Italian restaurant at 414 Central Avenue, Downtown, has closed.

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after a hundred years as a grocery store and restaurant. I felt bad about this one because I’d been meaning to go there for a while and learn more about its story. It used to be a spot for lunch with Enquirer colleagues, back when reporters took a lunch hour. If you miss the red-and-white tablecloth, classic Italian-American atmosphere and food, go to Scotti’s or Pompilio’s.

MidiCi was a wood-fi red pizza restaurant with locations around the country. It was pretty good, but there are plenty of other fi ne wood-fi red pizzas in town, from A Tavola to Joe’s Napoli to Camparossa.

Boi na Braza left Carew Tower, saying it would re-open. I haven’t

heard anything about a new location yet. Meanwhile, if you have a craving for a Brazilian buff et and all the meat you can eat, you could go to Rodizio Grill in Liberty Center, though it’s not as good.

Habits, open since 1980 on Oakley Square, closed and said they were moving to the laundromat across the street. Again, not sure what’s going on there. There are lots of similar bars if you feel like a beer and a burger, though their potato rags were unique.

Maybe they’ll bring the rags back to the laundromat.

Terry’s Turf Club didn’t really close, but Terry Carter, the original owner, sold it. It’s now just The Turf Club. I haven’t been, but I understand

the menu is still pretty similar.

Injoy was an assemble-to-order Indian bowl place in OTR that called it quits in June. There was a similar place in Hyde Park called Indi-Go but it is also not around anymore. I can’t even fi nd a mention of it on the internet. Did I really eat there or did I imagine it? Meanwhile, there are a lot of Indian restaurants, and isn’t an Indian lunch buff et kind of an assemble-toorder concept?

A couple of places at Newport on the Levee closed, including Bar Louie.

If you miss it and its burger night, there are two more, in Oakley Station and Anderson Township. Mitchell’s Fish Market closed January. It has another location in West Chester. If you miss going to Newport on the Levee, know that it was recently sold and they will be announcing new restaurant tenants over the next months.

Hathaway’s in Carew Tower said it was going to close, but it didn’t. It’s still open.

Now, on a happier subject, these are new restaurants that have opened so far this year. Probably not all of them. Let me know what I left out.

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CAROLYN HAX

Mike Hughes

Spouse wants them to get healthy together

Special to Cincinnati Enquirer

Sunday

“Masterpiece: Grantchester” seasonopener 9 and 10 p.m., PBS. For three summers and 18 episodes, James Norton has been Sidney, the crime-solving vicar in a little British village.

Monday

“Great Shark Chow Down” 10 p.m., National Geographic. What's it like to watch 200 sharks devour a whale carcass? Or to see 700 reef sharks on a feeding frenzy? Scientists and cinematographers relive fi ve mass shark events. For “Sharkfest” – copying “Shark Week,” which starts July 28 on Discovery – this sets a pattern: Every night (starting today) has “When Sharks Attack” at 8; and every weekday has a new special at 10.

Tuesday

“Pandora” debut 8 p.m., CW. Instantly orphaned in 2199 by an air strike on her village, Jax enrolls in the Space Training Academy.

Wednesday

“Suits” season-opener and “Pearson” debut 9 and 10 p.m., USA. As usual, “Suits” offers a blur of schemes and cynicism, in this case interrupted by a smidgen of romance (Harvey and Donna) and integrity (refusing to remove Robert Zane's name from the fi rm). .

Thursday

“Elementary” 10 p.m., CBS. Jonny Lee Miller has become the perpetual Sherlock Holmes. Robert Downey Jr. has been Holmes twice ... Basil Rathbone did it 14 times ... Benedict Cumberbatch, 15 ... Jeremy Britt, about 43.

Friday

“Killjoys” season-opener 10 p.m., Syfy. “Killjoys” starts its fi fth and fi nal season. A smart (and sometimes funny) show, it views Dutch, a tough, intergalactic bounty hunter.

Now there's new trouble: Everyone on a moon (Westerley) is under a collective delusion.

Saturday

Moon-landing anniversary To re-create 1969, try BBC America; it reruns Walter Cronkite's CBS coverage, from 9-11 p.m. and 2-4 a.m. Or view that coverage precisely 50 years afterward on www.cbsnews.com/live; that's 4:17 p.m. for the landing, 10:56 p.m. for setting foot on the moon.

Others have key reruns. That's on CNN, Discovery, History, Smithsonian and KCET. Also, HBO has “First Man” (2018) at 8 p.m. and 12:25 a.m.

Dear Carolyn: My husband and I have both gained signifi cant weight since we’ve been married, but I’m trying to mitigate that with diet and exercise. He isn’t, and every time I try to talk about it, he makes me feel like the bad guy for bringing it up.

Look, we’re both approaching 40, and I know we’ll never be the “twinks” we were when we met, but I’d like to be better than I am, and I am fi nding it very diffi cult to get healthy without his support.

He’s pre-diabetic. He has sleep apnea. His sex drive is nowhere near what it was when we met. And it’s frustrating because all of this is correctable and he’s refusing to even try.

It’s like he doesn’t care.

I love my husband. I will never “fat-shame” him, and I know my weight struggles aren’t his issue. But I would fi nd it a lot easier to tackle this if he were more supportive, and if he would try to be healthier, too. I don’t

know what to do, short of giving him an ultimatum: It’s me or the sugar, dude. Take your pick.

– Anonymous I wouldn’t do that – not unless you’re ready to lose.

Not because he likes sugar better or because you’re not somehow worth it to him, but because food is a formidable opponent that fi ghts dirty.

For one, you two can’t just banish food from your lives and start over; you can’t move away from it or spend time only with friends who abstain from it. You’re in its presence at least two or three times a day as you fi ght it, and the rest of the time it’s calling to you from the kitchen.

And, a lot of it is engineered to tempt or outright addict you.

And, our bodies are wired to hold onto fat harder whenever we try to get rid of it. And poor nutrition and inactivity can lead toward depres-

sion, which can lead to poor nutrition and inactivity.

And so on, as you’ve no doubt discovered as you go through this yourself. So consider that even you feel overmatched without his support, yet you’re so much further along emotionally than he is: You’ve made the decision to tackle this, and started making diffi cult changes.

He’s just not there yet and won’t get there on borrowed motivation; he needs his own. A lot of it. Anything he does in response to an ultimatum won’t really be his.

It’s not hopeless, necessarily. It’s just that, if he does change, it’s going to be on his schedule, for his reasons.

Email Carolyn at tellme@washpost.com, follow her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/carolyn.hax or chat with her online at noon Eastern time each Friday at www.washingtonpost.com.

1933: All German political parties, except the Nazi Party, were outlawed.

1966: The city of Chicago awoke to the shocking news that eight student nurses had been brutally slain during the night in a South Side dormitory. Drifter Richard Speck was convicted of the mass killing and condemned to death, but had his sentence reduced to life in prison, where he died in 1991.

1980: The Republican national convention opened in Detroit, where nominee-apparent Ronald Reagan told a welcoming rally he and his supporters were

determined to “make America great again.”

2016: Terror struck Bastille Day celebrations in the French Riviera city of Nice as a large truck plowed into a festive crowd, killing 86 people in an attack claimed by Islamic State extremists; the driver was shot dead by police.

2017: A Russian-American lobbyist said he attended a June 2016 meeting with President Donald Trump’s son that was billed as part of a Russian government effort to help the Republican campaign.

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is July 14. On this date in: 1789: In an event symbolizing the start of the French Revolution, citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison and released the seven prisoners inside.

1798: Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a federal crime to publish false, scandalous or malicious writing about the U.S. government.

1921: Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were convicted in Dedham, Massachusetts, of murdering a shoe company paymaster and his guard. (Sacco and Vanzetti were executed six years later.)

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beautiful felafels authentically garnished with pickled vegetables. It’s hard to fi gure it from the name, but Street City Pub is an Irish pub Downtown that follows the usual formula, with Guinness, some Irish dishes and others that just sound Irish. Comfort Station, a bar in Walnut Hills from the owners of Sundry and Vice is presenting an imaginative cocktail menu.

Oddfellows, a bar on Elm Street near Rhinegeist, plus Mikey’s Late Night Slice, next door. LoCoBa, with beer, coff ee and light food from Cleveland’s Platform Brewing, opened in OTR. CHX in Pendleton serves chicken nuggets and calls them banties and also serves them in sammies. Crzy Monk from the owner of Lalo and Huit serves Asian dumplings Downtown. Rinds, Wines, Swines, a cute little place in O’Bryonville serving homemade charcuterie, sandwiches and wines. The Pickled Pig in Walnut Hills also smokes and cures meat and pickles vegetables for sandwiches at lunch. High Grain, a brewery and restaurant opened in the old city hall of Silverton.

There is apparently never enough barbecue: Mission BBQ, where they play the national anthem at lunch and celebrate veterans, opened in Mason, and Sugarfi re Smokehouse, based in St. Louise, opened a restaurant in Florence.

Tortilleria Garcia brought their fresh, made-on-site tortillas to College Hill, along with their taqueria menu.

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annah Anderson in the kitchen of an old bank on the corner of Woodburn and Montgomery. The menu is adventurous and seasonal, and there’s a secret bar in the basement.

Social OTR is a project of Findlay Market, with the purpose of providing restaurant training jobs for people who have employment barriers. The menu is eclectic, mostly small plates and a couple of larger entrees.

Lonely Pine in Pleasant Ridge has an unusual concept: steak served casually in a small spot. With a retrowestern feel.

Ripple Wine Bar opened in Covington in March. They have a great wine selection by the glass and a nice menu that accommodates nibbling with a drink or a full restaurant meal.

I fell in love with The Baker’s Table in Newport. It’s a coff ee shop/breakfast and lunch place/bakery. So homey and welcoming whether you’re by yourself or with a group.

Fausto opened quite recently in the Contemporary Art Center, starting with lunch, which feels very suave and big-city Dinner will be added July 22. It’s from the Ferrari brothers, Cincinnatians who left home to make a name in San Francisco but have come back.

Taglio OTR is the second location of a second concept from the owners of A Tavola. Unlike A Tavola’s classic

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Neapolitan pizza, Taglio features a Detroit style with a thick crust that is both spongy and crisp. Very cheesy.

Sugar Whiskey Sis is a sister restaurant to Agave and Rye, next door in Covington. Their drink theme is moonshine and the decor is oversize kitschy art of famous people. They used to serve fried pies, but now it’s the Agave and Rye taco menu.

Fiery Hen, Downtown, from the owner of Court Street Lobster Bar, serves Nashville hot chicken at heat levels from mild to incendiary and a good hot catfi sh sandwich.

Libby’s Southern Comfort in Covington is owned by the son of the owner of Greyhound Tavern. It has

the same southern bent as that older restaurant, but with a smaller, hipper menu. It’s all about the fried chicken here.

Olio Italian is a bit hidden, on the second fl oor of The Kenwood Collection, with a classic Italian menu in a simple, elegant dining room.

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Best shrubs for screening The homes got bigger. The lots got smaller. Our need for privacy increases as these two facts merge.

There are many varieties of plants available for the purpose of screening for privacy. Some are evergreen while others lose their leaves in the fall. The following are some of the best of each group.

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Norway, Colorado and Serbian Spruce are evergreen trees that will get quite large over time. The pine family has not faired well in the tristate over the last 25 years. It’s the same story with Canadian Hemlocks.

All of the above varieties, when planted in suitable soil, get larger each year.

The height is usually not a problem, but the spread is. Each year, these plants take up one or more feet of yard. Remember they are all wider at the bottom than the top. Trimming is not an option. They only maintain up to two years of growth at a time. Keep trimming and you run out of needles.

Many of these spruce, pine and hemlock are being planted on 6 to 8 ft centers. They should be planted on 15 to 20 ft centers realizing the yard will be reduced considerably and the trees at close spacing will be growing into each other within 5 to 8 years. And now you have a jungle and will have to start cutting off the lower branches – and there goes the screening. Great evergreens that only take 4 feet of your yard (for years) would be Taxus Hicksii, Emerald Green Arborvitae, and upright junipers. Evergreens as a group grow slower than deciduous shrubs, making the entire evergreen

family more expensive than those leaf droppers, but they are green twelve months of the year.

Ninety percent of Mother Nature is leafl ess in the winter. I believe we put too much emphasis on evergreens.

Nobody, including yourself, looks at yours or anybody else’s landscape in the winter. We mentally tune out the yard during the cold months. Add to the fact that a lot of shrubs still provide screening without the leaves due to the massive amount of twig growth. Deciduous shrubs also provide spring and fall color, most do well in sun to shade, are faster growing,

Dwarf Burning Bush: Maintain by pruning, 6 feet or higher taking up no more than 4 feet of yard using shears, has dense twig growth while leafl ess and has great fall color.

Viburnum Willowwood or Alleghany: These bloom twice a season and are semi evergreen. Prune to desired height and spread. Great in full sun to full shade, competes well with other tree roots.

Clethra: Very narrow growing.

Prune to desired height. Has white or pink fl owers for weeks in late spring and has great fall color.

Forsythia, Wiegela and Deciduous Viburnums (By Variety): Flowering shrubs that provide spring color, fast growing and maintained to size by your pruners.

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THURSDAY, July 18 Jimmy Buffett 8 p.m., Riverbend Music Center, 6295 Kellogg Ave., Anderson Township. ticketmaster.com.

Greg Stone Go Bananas, July 18-21, 8410 Market Place Lane, Montgomery. $8-$14.

2019 SummerSing Chamber Choir July 18-21, Christ Church Cathedral, 318 E. 4th St., Downtown. Information: 513-428-2224. collegiumcincinnati.org.

Cincinnati Reds vs. St. Louis Cardinals July 18-21, Great American Ball Park, 100 Joe Nuxhall Way, Downtown.

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TUESDAY, July 16 John Paul White 8 p.m., Southgate House Revival, 111 E. Sixth St., Newport. southgatehouse.com.

WEDNESDAY, July 17 Third Eye Blind & Jimmy Eat World 7 p.m., PNC Pavilion, 6295 Kellogg Ave., Anderson Township.

Crown Jewels of Jazz: Marc Fields Quartet 6:30-8:30 p.m., St. Aloysius Orphanage, 4721 Reading Road, Bond Hill. Free.

Macy’s Kids Festival 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Cincinnati Zoo, Avondale. $1. $10 parking. cincinnatizoo.org.

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Tequila Fest 6-10 p.m., Fountain Square, 520 Vine St., Downtown. $125 VIP, $55 (cash only at gate).

FC Cincinnati vs. New England Revolution 6 p.m., Nippert Stadium, 2700 Bearcat Way, Clifton.

Price Hill Creative Community Festival July 19-20, Firehouse, 3120 Warsaw Ave., Price Hill.

Apollo 11: First Steps Edition 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Robert D. Lindner Family Omnimax Theater, 1301 Western Ave., Queensgate. $9.

Butler County Fair July 21-27, 1715 Fairgrove Ave., Hamilton. gettothebc.com.

Schutzenfest: America’s Longest Running German Fest July 19-21, Kolping Center, 10235 W. Mill Road, Springfi eld Township.

Ladyfolk Festival 6 p.m., Stanley’s Pub, 323 Stanley Ave., ColumbiaTusculum. $10 advance. Ages 21up. 513-884-2794. cincyticket.com.

Burlington Antique Show 6 a.m.-3 p.m., Boone County Fairgrounds, 5819 Idlewild Road, Burlington. $6 early bird, $4, free ages 12-under. burlingtonantiqueshow.com.

St. William Parish Festival July 19-21, St. William, 4108 W. 8th St., West Price Hill. Friday is ages 18-up only.

Crafted: Local Food, Beer & Music Festival 3-7 p.m., Sawyer Point, 705 E. Pete Rose Way, Downtown. $25-$85. craftedfest.com.

Cin City Reptile Show 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Holiday Inn, 5800 Muhlhauser Road, West Chester. $7, free under 10.

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Morris Robinson, left, performed the role of the Grand Inquisitor in LA Opera’s 2018 production of “Don Carol.” He is seen here with and Ferruccio Furlanetto as King Philip II. Robinson, who is the Cincinnati Opera’s artistic advisor, will be seen in the role of Porgy when the company opens “Porgy and Bess” at Music Hall on July 20. CORY WEAVER/LOS ANGELES OPERA

How this football star transitioned into an opera singer David Lyman

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hen you write about Morris Robinson, there are certain things you’re obligated to mention.

First – the reason for this story – is that he will soon appear as Porgy in the Cincinnati Opera’s production of “Porgy and Bess,” opening July 20.

But there are other aspects of his life that leap out at people, especially those who know him only for his arresting stage presence and his imposing singing voice.

First is that Robinson was a football player in college. A really good one; fi rst team All-Southern Conference, fi rst team Kodak All-American, fi rst team Sports Network All-Amer-

When: July 20-28 Where: Springer Auditorium, Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine Tickets: $35-$195 Information: 513-241-2742; cincinnatiopera.org

ican. There’s more, but you get the idea.

For some reason, people fi nd it hard to imagine that a guy who is suffi ciently cultured to sing Verdi and Mozart and Puccini could care about something like football. Well, not only did he play football, but he still cares deeply about it.

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Robinson, center, is seen here as Osmin in Los Angeles Opera’s 2017 production of Mozart’s “The Abduction from the Seraglio.” With him are Brenton Ryan, left, as Pedrillo and Joel Prieto as Belmonte.

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He talks about his beloved Atlanta Falcons’ 2017 collapse in Super Bowl LI in the present tense. And though he insists that opera is now his fi rst love, he has strict rules about opera rehearsals during football season.

“My schedule during football season is, I’m not available Thursday night, not available Saturday. Not available Sunday. And not available Monday night.”

For those uninitiated to the quirks of football scheduling, those rehearsal no-go zones synch with 95 percent of college and pro football games.

The other oft-mentioned oddity about his career is that he didn’t begin formal voice training until he was 30. He’d spent plenty of time singing as a kid, fi rst in the choir at the church where his father preached, then later as a member of the Atlanta Boy Choir and a student at Atlanta’s performing arts high school.

But when he graduated from The Citadel in 1991, he wasn’t drafted by the NFL. Instead, he entertained off ers from multinational corporations, launching him on a path that would take him to positions at 3M, followed by Exxon and Monsanto.

Unusual? Perhaps. But then, this is 2019. Increasingly, the old rules no longer apply, not even in a fi eld that seems rooted in tradition, the way opera is.

When he fi nally decided to pursue opera, you might have thought he would make a beeline for an opera like “Porgy.” It is, after all, the bestknown American opera. And it is immersed in the memorable melodic territory Robinson is so fond of. The fact that it is fi lled with roles for African-American singers would seem to have attracted him, too.

But Robinson has never been one to follow the predictable path. So in truth, he spent nearly 20 years avoiding “Porgy and Bess.”

“I didn’t see it as an opportunity,” says Robinson. “I’d already sung German and Italian repertoire for 17 years before I did my fi rst Porgy. I had made a choice – a strategic choice. If done too early, one gets pigeonholed by a role like Porgy.”

So what changed?

“La Scala,” he says, invoking the name of Italy’s most famous opera house. To many, it is the great opera house. When La Scala came calling, it was time for Robinson to reconsider his hesitance.

“Well, you know, La Scala is ... La Scala. People notice those sorts of things. I could almost hear them saying ‘Your fi rst Porgy was at La Scala?’ ” Though he rarely spoke of it, Robinson had always had another concern about Porgy.

Typically, the role is sung by a bass-baritone, a singer who has a slightly lighter and brighter voice than Robinson’s. But after studying the role in more depth, an older and smarter Robinson believed he had the vocal range to do the role.

So, too, did Cincinnati Opera artistic director Evans Mirageas, a longtime fan of Robinson.

“To be honest, I wasn’t the person to think of Morris in the role,” says Mirageas, who gives that credit to the artistic leadership at La Scala. “But what Morris brings to the stage that few other singers can, I think, is a passion and earnestness. Porgy is the most noble person in this opera. He has the purest emotions and the most genuine morals. He is the conscience of “Porgy and Bess.” He embodies the core value of this opera, which is that love is allpowerful. And that, I believe, is right up Morris’ alley.”

Evans Mirageas, the Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director of Cincinnati Opera and a champion of bass Morris Robinson, who will sing the role of Porgy in the company’s July 20-28 production of “Porgy and Bess.” PHILIP GROSHONG/PROVIDED

Cincinnati Opera artistic advisor Morris Robinson is seen here as Ferrando in the company’s 2015 production of “Il Trovatore.” PHILIP GROSHONG/PROVIDED

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50TH ANNIVERSARY

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Moon phase: new moon

Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, lunar module pilot, poses beside the U.S. flag that astronauts placed on the moon. The ladder from the module is visible at left.

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ifty years ago, a Saturn V rocket pierced the horizon above Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, vaulting NASA’s Apollo 11 mission to the moon and expanding humanity’s reach beyond the sky. ❚ But after fi ve more missions to the lunar

surface, the voyages came to an end. And today, not only is the United States years away from a return to our crater-pocked neighbor, but the country lacks the capability to launch humans altogether.

The spacefl ight landscape, however, is changing as space-obsessed billionaires and dozens of private companies see exploring the frontier of space as a growth market.

NASA has a new goal, too: return to the moon by 2024 with help from the commercial sector on a rocket that draws inspiration from the mighty Saturn V itself.

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“It still needs to be demonstrated that the private sector can step up and make major contributions to get people on the surface by 2024,” said John Logsdon, a space policy expert and professor at George Washington University. “But I think it’s technically feasible to carry out the initial lunar mission in 2024 if everything falls into place.”

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Moon phase: Waxing Crescent

“Technical challenges are not the reason we are not currently on the moon. The reason we’re not at the moon right now is because of the political risk.”

Jim Bridenstine NASA Administrator

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In the 50 years since Apollo 11’s eight-day voyage, the basics of rocketry have remained largely the same: liquid propellants, towering vehicles of aluminum and carbon, orbital mechanics and even launch sites. But the human element — safely taking people beyond the International Space Station in low-Earth orbit — remains up for grabs.

The gap in crewed spaceflight The Apollo program’s fi nal fl ight in 1972 marked the last time humans set foot on the surface of another world.

“We leave as we came and, God willing, we shall return with peace and hope for all mankind,” Apollo 17 Commander Eugene Cernan said as he became the last — or as he liked to say, the “most recent” — human to leave footprints in the fi ne, charcoal-gray dust.

Saturn V itself would be fl own for the Skylab space station until 1973, after which three leftover vehicles were donated to museums around the country. But well before the rocket’s retirement and while humans were still exploring the lunar surface, NASA was already working on its next spacecraft.

In the 1960s and 1970s, NASA envisioned a fl eet of reusable delta-wing spacecraft that would launch vertically, deploy payloads and build space stations, then return to land horizontally. Unlike previous rockets, this space shuttle wouldn’t be discarded into the ocean after every launch, potentially saving money and decreasing turnaround time between missions.

The fi ve that did make it into production were Atlantis, Challenger, Columbia, Discovery and Endeavour.

In the end, the space shuttle saw a 30-year run, deployed spacecraft like the Hubble Space Telescope and, perhaps most notably, provided the platform to build the International Space Station. But it wasn’t without tragedy — with the loss of Challenger and Columbia in 1986 and 2003 and the lives of the 14 astronauts on board.

The program’s end in 2011 was the last time astronauts would launch

from American soil.

“We claim we’re number one in space, but I don’t how we do it when we don’t have the capability to put a man in space,” said 96-year-old Ike Rigell, a World War II veteran and deputy director of launch vehicle operations during the Apollo program. “I think all of us are very frustrated.”

Today, NASA purchases seats on Russian Soyuz rockets for transporting astronauts to the ISS. The in-between plan: support the country’s growing commercial industry and leverage its lean effi ciency for future crewed missions to the station and beyond.

The surge in commercial space SpaceX. Blue Origin. Virgin Galactic. Northrop Grumman. Lockheed Martin. Boeing. Sierra Nevada. Rocket Lab. These companies and dozens more have emerged in the country’s burgeoning commercial space industry.

They do everything from launching rockets to supplying complex components and rocket engines. NASA is relying on their help for all of its operations — from the ISS to the 2024 moon missions.

Some were selected under contract from NASA to deliver supplies and, eventually, humans to the ISS. Others have come about due to Silicon Valley investing. Yet others are self-funded by billionaires who have lofty goals of changing humankind’s relationship with day-to-day life itself.

But today’s companies aren’t just competing for NASA contracts.

SpaceX, for example, launches payloads for dozens of companies and agencies, all while operating at a profi t and from the same pad as Apollo 11.

Since the day NASA opened its doors in 1958, Logsdon said, it has contracted out 90% of its work to private companies, essentially making them extensions of the government.

Today’s environment is diff erent, though.

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emerged. It just wasn’t there,” he said.

NASA’s current contracts to take astronauts back to the ISS from American soil — awarded to Boeing and SpaceX and valued at billions — are still underway. Crewed fl ights were scheduled to begin this summer, but technical delays have pushed back those missions to late this year or early next year.

For the 2024 moon missions, however, the agency is asking for much more than crewed fl ights to a station some 250 miles above Earth’s surface.

Instead, it wants humans vaulted 250,000 miles to a foreign body in hardware that is still on the drafting table.

NASA’s top offi cial is confi dent that the 2024 mission is achievable with the right budget and procurement strategy.

“We’re going to go with our commercial partners,” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said at the Florida Institute of Technology in May. “Instead of NASA purchasing, owning and operating the systems as we have done traditionally, in many cases we are going to be able to buy services from commercial companies that have customers that are not NASA. We want that. That is good for us.

“Then we can focus your tax dollars on the things that only NASA can do, where there are not yet commercial opportunities,” he said.

One of those things: The Space Launch System.

The 2024 goal SLS is essentially NASA’s modern take on Saturn V. It features an even more powerful core stage that uses recycled space shuttle main engines to propel an Orion spacecraft to deep space, something the agency believes commercial companies are not yet ready for.

But SLS and Orion have a heavy burden: take humans back to the moon by 2024. That task has been intensifi ed in recent months by the Trump administration and has taken on the name Artemis, the Greek goddess of the moon and, fi ttingly, twin sister of Apollo. The new program will also aim to put the fi rst woman on the moon.

“Technical challenges are not the reason we are not currently on the moon,” Bridenstine said. “The reason we’re not at the moon right now is because of the political risk.”

With changing administrations and budgets, Bridenstine said, keeping NASA’s focus on one mission since the space shuttle program has been

Flight controllers celebrate the successful conclusion of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission on July 24, 1969. NASA

diffi cult. But this time, he expects his agency to stay on track.

“In order to retire the political risk, we’re going to go fast,” he said, noting that he recently requested an additional $1.6 billion to speed up Artemis eff orts for a 2024 landing.

The Artemis program has a threepronged hardware approach to putting humans back on the lunar surface: ❚ First, astronauts would launch from Kennedy Space Center in an Orion spacecraft secured to an SLS rocket. ❚ They would arrive at Gateway, a platform orbiting the moon designed as a waypoint for people and command center for surface missions. ❚ Using a dedicated lunar lander, astronauts would descend to the surface.

“The Gateway can be positioned in a variety of orbits around the moon, allows for access to entire lunar surface and supports development of a reusable human lander system,” NASA’s associate administrator for human exploration William Gersten-

maier said in April. “Resiliency and reusability are key for sustainable human lunar exploration, and that’s what the Gateway gives us.”

Many of the 2024 mission’s variables, such as exact lunar lander hardware and details around robotic missions that would go before humans, are still up in the air. But plans for Artemis are in the works and must begin with Artemis-1, an uncrewed test launch of Orion no sooner than late 2020.

After 2024, NASA’s plans call for a four-year gap before returning in 2028. That’s when the agency hopes to kick off “sustainable” missions, a large part of which could be made possible by the presence of water ice on the moon.

“In 2009, we learned that there are hundreds of millions of tons of water ice on the south pole of the moon,” Bridenstine said. “That means there’s life support. We’re talking about air to breathe, we’re talking about water to drink.”

“But even better,” Bridenstine said, “we’re talking about rocket fuel. Hy-

drogen and oxygen is the same rocket fuel that powered the space shuttle main engines and the same rocket fuel that will power the engines on the SLS rocket.”

The attraction to water ice has farther-reaching implications, too, including Mars. NASA eventually hopes to use the moon as a platform for sending humans deeper into space.

The case for Mars is most intensely advanced by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who believes the spread of humanity needs to be inevitable, not just a hope.

“Fundamentally, the future is vastly more exciting and interesting if we’re a space-faring civilization and a multi-planet species than if we’re not,” Musk said in 2017 at the International Astronautical Congress in Australia. “It’s about believing in the future and thinking the future will be better than the past. I can’t think of anything more exciting than going out there and being among the stars.

That’s why.”

Contact Emre Kelly at aekelly@fl oridatoday.com or 321-242-3715. Follow him on Twitter at @EmreKelly.

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F L I G H T S O F A P O L L O A MISSION-BY-MISSION LOOK AT THE APOLLO PROGRAM Apollo I

Apollo 8

First planned manned Apollo mission Crew: Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee Date: Jan. 27, 1967 Summary: Launch pad fire inside the capsule kills crew.

First crewed mission beyond Earth’s orbit, flying to lunar orbit and then returning to Earth Crew: Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders Launched: Dec. 21, 1968 Returned: Dec. 27, 1968

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Unmanned test flight of Saturn V rocket Launched: Nov. 9, 1967

First crewed test of the Apollo system’s lunar module Crew: James McDivitt, David Scott and Russell Schweickart Launched: March 3, 1969 Returned: March 13, 1969

Apollo 5 Unmanned Saturn 1B launch to test Lunar Module Launched: Jan. 22, 1968

Apollo 6 Unmanned test of Saturn V rocket Launched: April 4, 1968

Apollo 7 First crewed Apollo space flight Crew: Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham Launched: Oct. 11, 1968 Returned: Oct. 22, 1968

Apollo 10 Second mission to orbit the moon and return to the Earth Crew: Thomas Stafford, John Young and Gene Cernan Launched: May 18, 1969 Returned: May 26, 1969

Apollo 11 First moon landing; first men to walk on the moon Crew: Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz”

Aldrin and Michael Collins Launched: July 16, 1969 Landed on moon: July 20, 1969 Returned: July 24, 1969

Apollo 12 Landed and explored moon’s Ocean of Storms Crew: Charles Conrad, Richard Gordon and Alan Bean Launched: Nov. 14, 1969 Landed on moon: Nov. 19, 1969 Returned: Nov. 24, 1969

Apollo 13 A spacecraft malfunction prompted an aborted planned lunar landing.

Crew: James Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise Launched: April 11, 1970 Returned: April 17, 1970

Apollo 14 Landed and explored Fra Mauro on the moon Crew: Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell Launched: Jan. 31, 1971 Landed on moon: Feb. 5, 1971 Returned: Feb. 9, 1971

Apollo 15 Explored moon’s Hadley Rille; first use of lunar rover Crew: David Scott, Alfred Worden and James Irwin Launched: July 26, 1971 Landed on moon: July 30, 1971 Returned: Aug. 7, 1971

Apollo 16 Explored moon’s Descartes highlands Crew: John Young, Thomas Mattingly and Charles Duke Launched: April 16, 1972 Landed on moon: April 20, 1972 Returned: April 27, 1972

Apollo 17 Explored the moon’s Taurus-Littrow; final Apollo flight Crew: Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt Launched: Dec. 7, 1972 Landed on moon: Dec. 11, 1972 Returned: Dec. 19, 1972

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MOON MOVIES

A big star on the big screen The moon made its fi lm debut in a 1902 black and white silent French fi lm called “Le Voyage Dans la Lune (a Trip to the Moon).” And a year before astronauts walked on the moon, “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) told the story of astronauts on an outpost on the moon. As far as the 1969 mission to the moon itself, it’s been seen on the big screen in many phases before but never with the richness of Todd Douglas Miller’s “Apollo 11” (2019). — NASA and Associated Press

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THE PEOPLE OF APOLLO

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hey were young — in many cases, just out of high school or college and beginning to chase their dreams in the most exciting fi eld they could imagine. ❚ They were driven, angry by the sight of the world’s fi rst artifi cial sat-

ellite, Sputnik, in the sky in 1957, angry at being bested by the Russians. ❚ And they were inspired — in most every case, by President John F. Kennedy’s stirring 1961 challenge to the nation to land a man on the moon before the end of the decade. ❚ Fifty years after Neil Armstrong’s famous step in 1969 onto the lunar surface, these veterans of the space race realize their place in history much more acutely now. After all, back then they were the age of people now called millennials. They were young people doing their jobs without the luxury of 20-20 hindsight and historical context.

But given the hundreds of thousands of people it took to achieve Kennedy’s goal six years after his assassination, countless stories of what went on behind the scenes to make Apollo 11 a reality haven’t been told.

And on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, these people, now ranging in age from their 70s to their 90s, off er an invaluable pathway to the past.

“It’s amazing when you realize, when you start looking at all this, that I came into this world, to Earth, and I was a part of making history ... a lot of people come to Earth and they don’t do anything with their lives and they leave,” said Myrtle Wilcox, who was hired by NASA in the Apollo era and retired as a supply specialist 31 years later.

“But, it’s a lot to be said for people

who contribute to society in a good way, in a positive way.”

For Wilcox, it almost didn’t happen. She grew up in the small town of Mims, across the Indian River from the Space Center. After graduating from an all-black high school, she was accepted into a summer Youth Opportunity Program at NASA. “I didn’t know anything about the program,” she admitted — but the program for low-income students got her foot in the door at the space agency when being black or a woman could have gotten her shown the door for many jobs, period.

Bob Freeman, in contrast, came to what’s now called the Space Coast of Florida with stars in his eyes.

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Canaveral on the news every evening, and I very much wanted to be a part of that and felt like that I could be,” he said.

Freeman got hired as an intern engineer and “off I went,” he said.

The stories of the people who worked on Apollo are diff erent, from their backgrounds and education to the diverse roles they fi lled. ❚ Yet they’re the same, in triumphing over heartbreaking setbacks, like the horrifi c Apollo 1 fi re that killed three astronauts and temporarily enveloped the U.S. space program in dismay and doubt.

“The program was questionable after that,” said John Tribe, who was hired as a propulsion engineer in 1961 and is a former chief engineer for Boeing at Kennedy Space Center.

“Immediately afterward there were a lot of people saying, ‘Why don’t we just turn off this whole moon program? We’re killing people.’ The attitude of the astronauts and the attitude of the program management was such that we were going to fi x this program and go on.”

Other setbacks were more personal. The heartaches endured as families and marriages were neglected over work duties that consumed those dedicated to “the mission.”

“When my youngest daughter got married, I was going through some of her things stored in the attic to see what she’d take with her, and I found a little notebook she had,” recalled Ike Rigell, NASA’s chief engineer and deputy director of the Apollo space program launches.

“It said, ‘Oh joy, my dad’s having supper with us tonight.’ That kind of hit me. It was so rare. I’d come home, get my meal out of the oven and warm it up. It was full-time. Even when you’re home, you get a lot of calls.”

But for everyone involved in making Apollo a reality, it was the chance of a lifetime.

There’s the one-time janitor, who fought discrimination and proudly worked his way up to logistics lead for United Launch Alliance — but never convinced his father that man walked on the moon.

The secretary, whose father told her that if she knew shorthand and typing, she’d always fi nd a job. She not only landed a job, she stayed on with NASA through Apollo 15.

The structural engineer, who did tests on lunar module parts and worried: “Will the window be OK if you worked on the window? Or worked on the landing pad? Will it not tumble over when it lands on the moon?”

The England-born propulsion en-

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gineer who would work all of the Apollo missions and stay on through the shuttle program — but spent the night of the moon landing with his often-alone family at home, watching on TV as part of an enraptured global audience.

Four hundred thousand people worked to land an American on the moon. They joined the Apollo program for various reasons: the opportunity to push rocket science into a

new realm, a patriotic duty to beat the Soviet Union, a job that felt more important than anything they’d ever done, a chance to work near the beach.

“The value of the Apollo program, setting a goal like John Kennedy set, with the kind of a timeline that we had, forced us to create,” said Lee Solid, former Rockwell VP of the Florida Space Systems Division.

“And it released the creative juices

of people, of ordinary people. We had to develop new technologies, we had to develop new materials, we had to develop new kinds of sensors, we had to develop all kinds of new things, but setting a goal like that forced folks to create.”

Turn to Page 10 to meet some of those People of Apollo. To learn more of their stories, go online to fl oridatoday.com/moonlanding.

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50 years ago, Apollo 11 took us all to the moon F

ive decades after the Apollo 11 mission that landed the first astronauts on the lunar surface, the U.S., China, other nations and private companies are planning to return to the moon. Here’s a look at the historic 1969 mission that captivated the world: Communion on the moon Aldrin held a private communion service aboard the lunar module shortly after landing. He ate a small piece of bread, drank a tiny vial of wine and read from the Gospel of John.

… but China was the first to land on the far side

As the U.S. and the Soviet Union vied to be the first to put humans on the moon, unmanned craft gathered information on the best places to land. Landing sites of U.S. and Soviet missions of the 1960s and 1970s and of a Chinese mission in 2013:

China successfully landed an unmanned craft on the side of the moon that faces away from Earth on Jan. 3, 2019. The craft deployed a robotic lunar rover.

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APOLLO 17 Moon dust smelled awful After the astronauts tracked lunar dust into the lunar module, Armstrong described it as smelling like “wet ashes in a fireplace.”

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Aug. 25, 2012 Neil Armstrong dies in Cincinnati at age 82.

His ashes are buried at sea.

March 2013 A team backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos recovers pieces of Apollo 11’s rocket engines from 3 miles deep in the Atlantic.

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Total time on moon 21 hrs., 38 min., 21 sec.

Moon rocks brought back 47.8 lbs | 4.7 billion years old

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Splashdown 12:50:35 p.m. ET July 24, 1969

1:54 p.m. ET After sleeping, Armstrong and Aldrin fire the lunar module’s ascent engine and rejoin Collins in orbit.

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Taller than the Statue of Liberty at 363 feet, the Saturn V rocket that launched the Apollo moon missions generated 7.6 million pounds of thrust at liftoff. Its energy output would have been enough to power New York City for 75 minutes.

1:09 a.m. ET July 21 Armstrong reenters lunar module.

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Duration of EVA on moon 2 hrs., 31 min.

10:56 p.m. ET Armstrong steps onto the surface of the moon.

11:11 p.m. ET Aldrin joins Armstrong on the surface.

They photograph a commemorative plaque on the lunar module and deploy scientific experiments.

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First step on moon 10:56:15 p.m. ET July 20, 1969

4:17 p.m. ET, July 20 The lunar module lands on the moon. “The Eagle has landed,” Armstrong tells Mission Control.

The moon’s near side was focus of early exploration...

Apollo 11 astronauts, left to right: Neil Armstrong, mission commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, lunar module pilot.

Pre-launch 4:15 a.m. ET July 16, 1969 Astronauts are awakened.

They eat a breakfast of scrambled eggs, steak, orange juice, toast and coffee.

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Astronauts explored an area smaller than a football field Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin went outside the lunar module only once. The EVA, or “extravehicular activity,” on July 20, 1969, lasted 2 hours, 31 minutes, and covered an area about 248 feet by 177 feet, a space that would fit inside a football field.

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October 2017 Apollo 11’s command module begins a tour of four U.S. museums for “Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission.”

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Feb. 5, 2019 Buzz Aldrin is honored at the State of the Union address.

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June 7, 2019 Michael Collins, in an interview, says NASA should bypass the moon and go to Mars.

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Bob Freeman Age: 71 Background: NASA engineering tech, second stage, Saturn V. Quote of note: “I recall the fi rst time moving through the Vehicle Assembly Building and actually seeing the rocket on the mobile launch pad inside the VAB and I recall looking up, all the way to the top. And I’m still jiggly just thinking about it and I recall just going out and touching the rocket. I said, ‘I’m here. This is it. This is the Saturn V that is going to take man to the moon,’ and I was very excited.”

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John Tribe Age: 83 Background: Arrived in Florida in 1961 as a propulsion engineer working on the Atlas rocket; former chief engineer for Boeing at Kennedy Space Center.

Quote of note: “And now we’re talking about building this immense new rocket at this time that we didn’t even know what it would look like ... put three men on top of it and send it to the moon. We didn’t even know how to do it. We didn’t know whether we’d do lunar orbit, or earth orbit, or multiple launches. We didn’t have a launch site. It was a daunting prospect to think we’re going to do this in nine years.”

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Anthony Vespa Jr.

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Background: Hired as a NASA power and sequential systems engineer in 1963; retired in 1997 as deputy director for safety, reliability and quality assurance at Kennedy Space Center.

Background: Hired in 1965 by NASA as a clerk-stenographer; worked through Apollo 15.

Background: Hired in 1964 as a structural test engineer for the LEM (lunar excursion module), working for Grumman Aerospace Engineering in Bethpage, New York. Retired in 1994.

Quote of note: “Nobody in the room breathed for the last minute. Then touchdown. One of the experiences in life that you will never forget — and you will never have enough words to express.”

Quote of note: “The Saturn V is my favorite rocket. It takes 9 seconds to clear the tower and it’s like 9 minutes because it keeps going, keeps going.

Your eyes just never leave it, and you know your co-workers are inside. I’d never have enough courage to do that. I can’t even bungee jump. They can compartmentalize that and they’re just focused on their duty.”

Quote of note: “To this day I’m excited about it, but I’m mad because I’m not working on Mars. I wish I could work on something right now for Mars, go to the fi nal assembly area, design and develop whatever we’re going to do to get there.”

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Lee Solid Age: 83 Background: Rockwell VP of the Florida Space Systems Division Quote of note: “That 9 seconds was like an eternity. You want that thing to lift off. It’s cranking away. It’s making this incredible noise. You really want to see that movement. You’re antsy. That’s an emotional moment, when those engines start and it seems like it’s boiling there forever. It slowly starts moving. You’re ‘go, go go’!”

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Background: First worked as a janitor at Kennedy Space Center in 1964 and retired as logistics lead for United Launch Alliance in 2000.

Background: NASA supply specialist

Background: NASA’s chief engineer and deputy director of the Apollo space program launches.

Quote of note: “It changed my life because it made me a better person than who I am. When I retired there, it was after 20 years as a union lead.

Union lead is top of the line. This is where I got a chance to stand my ground. ... You had challenges every day going out there being a lead — and I was the only black lead in logistics for 17 years.”

Quote of note: “It took everybody to come together and do their part.

That’s how we accomplish anything. If I don’t do my part, then somebody will have to come in to do my part to make this happen, to come together and make it happen.”

Quote of note: “We had a great team.

One thing about the space team I think is signifi cant, we were all young.

When you’re young, you’re not afraid of failure. That was the entry into the space program.”

Background: NASA flight crew equipment specialist Quote of note: “Since Buzz was flying center console, center seat, we stayed at the elevator while the other two crewmen went around and got inserted into the vehicle ... Of course, he’s fully suited up and he can’t hear anything, and I’m not on communications with him. When they gave me the word, I tapped him on the shoulder, ‘Hey, it’s your turn,’ and off we went to get him installed in the vehicle. We were out there, just a few people in that moment in time, seeing these guys and thinking, they’re going to the moon — going into the unknown.”

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Neil Armstrong “I was certainly aware that this was a culmination of the work of 300,000 or 400,000 people over a decade and that the nation’s hopes and outward appearance largely rested on how the results came out. With those pressures, it seemed the most important thing to do was focus on our job as best we were able to and try to allow nothing to distract us from doing the very best job we could.”

— Neil Armstrong, in a 2001 NASA interview

About Armstrong BORN: Aug. 5, 1930, in Wapakoneta, Ohio DIED: Aug. 25, 2012, in Cincinnati, Ohio, after complications from cardiovascular procedures.

HIGHER EDUCATION: Bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering, Purdue University, and master of science in aerospace engineering, University of Southern California

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BEFORE NASA: Naval aviator in Korean War and research pilot for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, NASA’s predecessor. He tested experimental jet planes.

BEFORE APOLLO 11: Command pilot for the Gemini 8 mission in 1966, performing the fi rst successful docking of two vehicles in space. It became a nail-biter, however, when a thruster became stuck because of a short circuit. Armstrong saved the mission. “Neil never blinked, even with the best we could throw at him,” said former KSC director Jay Honeycutt, whose job was to put the Apollo 11 crew through lunar landing simulations.

APOLLO 11 ROLE: Commanded the mission, landed the Eagle spacecraft on the surface of the moon and at 10:56 p.m. on July 20, 1969, became the fi rst man to set foot on the moon.

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” Armstrong declared.

POST-NASA HIGHLIGHT: Worked at NASA headquarters and later taught aeronautical engineering at the University of Cincinnati.

POSTHUMOUS REQUEST: After Armstrong’s death, his family said: “For those who may ask what they can do to honor Neil, we have a simple re-

President Richard Nixon was in the central Pacifi c recovery area to welcome the Apollo 11 astronauts aboard the USS Hornet after their historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. Confi ned to the Mobile Quarantine Facility are, from left, Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot.

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quest. Honor his example of service, accomplishment and modesty, and the next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink.”

Michael Collins “Far from feeling lonely or abandoned, I feel very much a part of what is taking place on the lunar surface. I know that I would be a liar or a fool if I said that I have the best of the three Apollo 11 seats, but I can say with truth and equanimity that I am perfectly satisfi ed with the one I have.

This venture has been structured for three men, and I consider my third to be as necessary as either of the other

two. I don’t mean to deny a feeling of solitude. It is there, reinforced by the fact that radio contact with the Earth abruptly cuts off the instant I disappear behind the moon; I am alone now, truly alone, and absolutely isolated from any known life. I am it. If a count were taken, the score would be three billion plus two over on the other side of the moon, and one plus God knows what on this side.”

Source: “Carrying the Fire” by Michael Collins (1973)

About Collins BORN: Oct. 31, 1930, in Rome, Italy HIGHER EDUCATION: Bachelor of science, U.S. Military Academy at

West Point BEFORE NASA: Experimental flight test officer at the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

BEFORE APOLLO 11: After serving as backup pilot on the Gemini VII mission, Collins was pilot of the Gemini 10 flight in 1966.

APOLLO 11 ROLE: Collins piloted the command module Columbia, remaining in lunar orbit while Eagle descended to the surface with his two crewmates.

POST-NASA HIGHLIGHT: Director of the Smithsonian lnstitution’s National Air & Space Museum in Washington.

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Moon phase: First Quarter

“I slowly allowed my eyes to drink in the unusual majesty of the moon. In its starkness and monochromatic hues, it was indeed beautiful. But it was a different sort of beauty than I had ever before seen. Magnifi cent, I thought, then said, ‘Magnifi cent desolation.’ ” Buzz Aldrin

Apollo 11 lunar module pilot

Force jet fi ghter pilot in Korean War. He flew 66 combat missions and shot down two MIG 15 aircraft.

BEFORE APOLLO 11: Flew on the fourday Gemini 12 mission in 1966 with Jim Lovell, the last flight of that program, and spent a then-record of 5 hours and 30 minutes spacewalking.

He also carried with him a slide rule in case he had to do any calculations while in orbit.

Apollo 11 astronauts (left to right) Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Neil A. Armstrong, commander, are showing a two-pound moon rock to Frank Taylor, director of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. NASA

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Buzz Aldrin “I slowly allowed my eyes to drink in the unusual majesty of the moon. In its starkness and monochromatic hues, it was indeed beautiful. But it was a different sort of beauty than I had ever before seen. Magnifi cent, I thought, then said, ‘Magnifi cent desolation.’ It was a spontaneous utterance. An oxymoron that would take on ever-deeper dimensions of meaning in describing this new environment. “… Then, for the fi rst time since stepping on the surface, I looked upward, above the LM. It was not an easy

thing to do in a pressurized suit, inflated as stiff as a football, with a gold sun visor jutting out from my helmet. But I managed to direct my view homeward, and there in the black, starless sky, I could see our marble-sized planet, no bigger than my thumb. I became all the more conscious that here we were, two guys walking on the moon, our every move being watched by more people than had ever viewed one single event.”

Source: “Magnifi cent Desolation,” by Buzz Aldrin (2009)

About Aldrin BORN: Jan. 20, 1930, in Montclair, New Jersey

NAME: Aldrin was born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. The nickname “Buzz” came from his younger sister who mispronounced the word “brother.” Buzz stuck, and in 1988 Aldrin legally changed his fi rst name to Buzz, dropping Edwin altogether.

MOON LINK: Aldrin’s mother, Marion, had the maiden name Moon.

HIGHER EDUCATION: Bachelor of science, U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and doctorate in science degree in aeronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

His thesis: “Line-of-sight guidance techniques for manned orbital rendezvous.”

BEFORE NASA: Decorated U.S. Air

APOLLO 11 ROLE: Lunar module pilot and second man to set foot on the moon.

POST-NASA HIGHLIGHT: Author, advocate on behalf of mental illness, sober more than 40 years and avid speaker on behalf of human space exploration, championing organizations that sought to inspire the next generation of explorers. He advocates for a mission to Mars.

FAME: In the 1990s, the character Buzz Lightyear of “Disney’s Toy Story” was named in Buzz’s honor. He played himself dozens of times on TV and in movies, including “The Simpsons,” “30 Rock,” “Big Bang Theory” and the third “Transformers” movie, “Dark of the Moon.” He also participated in “Dancing with the Stars” in 2010. And, yes, the moonwalker did the moonwalk much to the audience and social media’s delight. Before he danced, Aldrin received a message of encouragement from the crew of the International Space Station.

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Moon phase: Waxing Gibbous

WHAT THEY LEFT BEHIND The fi rst manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 11, launched from Kennedy Space Center in 1969. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin Jr. left all manner of gear — and footprints — on the lunar surface. Michael Collins orbited the moon in the command module during the moonwalk. NASA

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hen the Apollo 11 astronauts set foot on the moon for the fi rst time in July 1969, they left more than their footprints behind. ❚ The things they left, which remain there today, ranged from scientifi c

to sentimental to practical. In all, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left more than 100 objects on the lunar surface. These are among the most interesting:

1. Lots of footprints While not technically objects, the footprints left by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin represent the most poignant evidence of the fi rst human activity on the moon. Because there is no weather on the lunar surface, the footprints remain there today.

NASA has drafted guidelines to protect the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 landing sites, including setting the areas as “off limits” for subsequent landings. The eff orts aim to prevent future missions from disturbing lunar dust and destroying the footprints

and abandoned equipment from these historic missions.

2. The Apollo 11 “Eagle” lunar landing module descent stage When the Eagle landed on the moon and then lifted off to carry Armstrong and Aldrin back to the command module, part of the landing module stayed behind. The descent stage remained on the moon’s surface to act as a launch pad when the module lifted off .

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Moon phase: Full moon

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A plaque was affi xed to one of the landing module’s legs, which read, “Here men from the planet Earth fi rst set foot on the Moon July 1969, A.D. We came in peace for all mankind.”

3. Mementos honoring fallen space explorers The Apollo 11 crew brought a patch from the Apollo 1 mission to honor Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chafee, the astronauts who lost their lives when a fi re swept through the Apollo 1 command module during a training exercise at Kennedy Space Center.

The astronauts also left medals honoring the late Russian cosmonauts Vladimir Komarov and Yuri Gagarin.

4. Messages of hope and peace One of the more fascinating objects left on the moon by the Apollo 11 mission was a silicon disc with messages of goodwill from leaders in 73 countries. The disc was about the size of a half-dollar coin, with the words inscribed microscopically around the edge.

The disc bears the words “From Planet Earth, July 1969” in the center.

It also lists the names of the members of Congress who signed legislation making the Apollo 11 mission possible, and the names of top NASA offi cials.

5. An American flag While it’s commonly thought the placement of a U.S. fl ag on the moon was the country’s way of “claiming” the moon, the act was merely a symbolic gesture, according to NASA. Astronauts would plant more fl ags during subsequent missions to the lunar surface. The current condition of these fl ags is a subject of speculation.

Satellite imagery has apparently revealed at least some of the Apollo mission fl ags are still standing, although Buzz Aldrin said he saw the Apollo 11 fl ag knocked over by the blast from the landing module’s engines as it took off .

It has been theorized that the fl ags left on the moon during the Apollo era have since faded to white under the harsh ultraviolet light from the sun.

6. Experiments A collection of science experiments called the Early Apollo Scientifi c Experiment Package stayed on the lunar surface after the astronauts departed. One experiment measured

The Apollo 11 lunar module was a two-part spacecraft. Its lower, or descent stage, had the landing gear, engines, and fuel needed for the landing. This photograph shows a close-up of the module on the lunar surface. NASA

the moon’s seismic activity. Another monitored the eff ects of lunar dust on other equipment.

A third experiment, the only one from Apollo 11 that’s still active, was the fi rst portion of the Laser Ranging Retrorefl ector. This is a series of special mirrors designed to refl ect laser beams sent through large telescopes on Earth. This data helps scientists measure the distance between the

Earth and the moon, and track the moon’s orbit.

7. Tools and trash Because the amount of weight the landing module could carry back was limited, Apollo 11 astronauts had to discard gear to make room for samples. They left hammers, scoops, measuring devices and many other

tools on the lunar surface. To maximize space, they also left their waste bags. According to reports, the six Apollo missions left 96 bags of human waste on the moon.

Later missions even left Lunar Roving Buggies on the surface to make room for samples. NASA collected nearly 850 pounds of moon rock and soil samples during the Apollo program.

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RELIVE HISTORY

The Apollo 11 mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center on a Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969, and safely returned to Earth on July 24. In this photo, the ascent stage, leaving the moon, is seen back-dropped by Earth prior to its rendezvous with the command module. NASA

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‘I guess we can just sleep in our van if we have to.’

Solomon Austin, 4, and Jasmine Austin, 6, rest after school on Sept. 14, 2018, at the rental home where they were temporarily staying in Over-The-Rhine.

A place to call home They had 4 addresses in 4 months. Through it all, this mother held on to one dream.

Story by Mark Curnutte | Photography by Albert Cesare Cincinnati Enquirer | USA TODAY NETWORK

The face of the clock radio casts a soft orange light through the hotel room. It reads 5:51 a.m.

April Austin is already out of bed. Genea Bouldin, a month shy of turning 18 and the oldest of four children, is right behind her mother.

In the next 45 minutes, April and Genea will make sure the youngest three are fed and dressed for school.

Six-year-old Jasmine and 4-year-old Solomon don’t want to get up. Genea sits

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on the edge of the bed and pulls clean socks onto their feet.

She heats Toaster Strudel in the microwave. Gerald, who’s 12, takes the pastries from the oven and places them on napkins for Jasmine and Solomon.

After they eat, Genea takes a quiet moment to repaint three of Jasmine’s fi ngernails.

The sky is still dark when they tumble out of Room 302 of the Extended Stay America hotel in Springdale and down

two fl ights of concrete stairs. As their mom straps the youngest two in a 2004 Honda minivan, Genea and Gerald run through the lobby to grab a granola bar and muffi n and drop them into their backpacks.

When time and money are tight, every little thing matters more.

The family’s fi rst stop will be Withrow University High School. Genea is a senior. Gerald is in seventh grade.

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April Austin leads her children Jasmine Austin and Solomon Austin into John P. Parker School in Madisonville on Sept. 14, 2018. She takes her two older children to Withrow University High School before dropping off the two younger children.

lic Schools’ Project Connect program serves an average of 3,000 students whose families are experiencing homelessness. In 2018-19, April’s four are among that number.

The family lives at four addresses the fi rst four months of school. They live in this hotel room for fi ve days.

The hotel stay is the lowest of the low. It’s worse for April than staying in a homeless shelter. She spends money she doesn’t have. The bill comes due and must be paid in full.

It is not their fi rst bout with homelessness.

Children in such families normally fall two to three years behind their peers in school, and half of the time they’re fl eeing domestic violence.

April’s four also count among the estimated 27,500 children growing up in poverty in the city of Cincinnati.

They and the more than 93,000 impoverished children regionally in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky are more likely to be in poorer physical and mental health, have a lower sense of well-being, and they might live with the consequences for the rest of their lives.

April will spend the next nine months working to protect her children’s future.

Their unstable, uneven life sometimes overwhelms them.

The stakes are high. April was a teen mom who didn’t graduate from

high school. She focuses on seeing Genea through her senior year and on to college.

Gerald craves a relationship with a sometimes absent father.

Jasmine and Solomon suff er occasional mood swings and meltdowns.

Through it all, April keeps her focus on her children and fi ghts to give them a better life than the one she’s living.

❚❚❚ It’s late afternoon, Aug. 16, the second day of school. The family is in the upstairs living room of a shotgun house where McMicken Avenue bends sharply in the northwest corner of Over-the-Rhine.

April heats Hot Pockets sandwiches in the microwave for dinner.

Genea wears an orange “Withrow Class of 2019” uniform shirt over black leggings. Her thick hair is tied up in a bun. It’s a new high school. She had attended Miami Valley Christian Academy in Newtown her fi rst three years.

“How was it today?” April asks.

“All right,” says Genea, sitting down next to her mother.

Genea does her homework on her bed. She has to write in notebooks and lug a backpack fi lled with heavy textbooks. She does not have a computer or internet access at home like some of her classmates or many students at other high schools.

About this story Enquirer journalists Mark Curnutte and Albert Cesare followed this Cincinnati Public Schools family for the nine-month academic calendar starting in August 2018. April Austin agreed to grant ongoing access to her family even though nobody knew how their lives would unfold over the time we spent reporting.

Curnutte and Cesare were witness to memorable moments for Austin and her children both uplifting and discouraging.

Jasmine and Solomon push a pink plastic Barbie Doll car back and forth on a tattered tan rug between two couches.

Built in 1875, the house has sold for $5,000.

April keeps count. The address is the seventh for Genea since she started high school three years ago. The list includes two weeks in a homeless shelter near Batavia in Clermont County.

The family stayed with friends of her mother’s in Blue Ash and Avondale

– couch-surfi ng, Genea calls it – since her mom and her second husband separated in April.

A friend of April’s knows the man who owns the house on McMicken. He agreed to help her.

They fi nd crack pipes in kitchen drawers and cabinets when they move in July. A thorough cleaning by April and Genea reduces the odor of acrid smoke and stagnant alcohol.

The owner gives April two months’ free rent. She pays the utilities. Then rent will go up to $1,000. April doesn’t have the money. The family has to be out by Sept. 18.

April has no idea where they will move until a house in Madisonville is ready. A friend of a friend told her they could move in once repairs are fi nished, but no one seems to know when that will be.

Her mind spins.

I called the homeless shelters.

There’s no room. We’ve used up all of our options to double-up with relatives and friends.

There’s one option left.

I guess we can just sleep in our van if we have to.

❚❚❚ Friday, Sept. 14: At 7:41 a.m., the parking lot of John P. Parker School in Madisonville. First grader Jasmine pulls a math worksheet from her

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Solomon Austin attempts to look inside a box while his mother packs their belongings on Sept. 14, 2018, at their temporary residence in Over-the-Rhine.

backpack.

“I forgot to show this to you last night,” Jasmine says.

“OK, let’s do it,” says April, standing at the open sliding door of the van.

Just eight minutes later, Jasmine and Solomon walk hand-in-hand toward the front door.

With her children in school, April will make two stops designed toward relocating her family in Madisonville.

Her job will be there. So will the rehabbed house. The youngest two go to school in the neighborhood.

She drives fi rst to Tiny Steps Development Center on Whetsel Avenue to fi nalize her employment at the day care. She will have orientation Monday and start part-time on Tuesday at $12 an hour. It’s not enough to jeopardize her family’s government food and medical benefi ts.

She thinks as she steers through the streets of Madisonville: I feel trapped, like I can’t win. I don’t have many options.

She then goes to a self-storage location and fi nds out it’s running a special. The fi rst month’s rent is free, and the $33 charge for the second month is less than April expected. She also receives $20 worth of packing boxes at no cost.

April thinks of how rare a fi nancial break is, even 20 or 30 bucks:I‘ll treat the kids. I have a LaRosa’s Buddy Card in my purse. Two large pizzas in the restaurant for them right after school.

Gerald Bouldin, 12, carries cardboard boxes for his mother at their rented house on McMicken Avenue in Over-the-Rhine on Sept. 14, 2018. April Austin and her four children stayed at the rental house for two months.

They’ll be so excited.

April can’t remember the last time her family ate in a restaurant.

❚❚❚ The joy is fl eeting.

After having the early dinner, April’s plans for moving that evening fall apart.

At 4:49 that afternoon, her estranged husband, Brandon Austin, calls and says he is still working and can’t come over. Brandon, the father of Jasmine and Solomon, lives Downtown with his mother and has to help her tonight.

More bad news.

One of April’s sisters, who’d promised to let April use her pickup, is un-

able to make it to the house on McMicken.

April allows herself a few moments of frustration after she hangs up the phone.

She can’t get into subsidized housing. She has applications in, but is stuck on long waiting lists. Meanwhile, the bills keep piling up.

Her struggles don’t make sense.

She lets her mind wander: I am a good person. I love my children. I am a good mother. I don’t drink. I don’t smoke, don’t club, don’t hang out late.

My life revolves around my kids. It’s hard that I have family that won’t let all of us come in. It seems like we’re always moving. I am a strong person but I need help. I’m not going to cuss you out. I’m not going to be aggressive.

She lets out a deep sigh.

Wearing pink Mickey Mouse leggings and a matching pink top, April stands on the peeling white tile fl oor amid boxes and plastic bins in the fi rst-fl oor bedroom in the house on McMicken.

The door at the foot of the bed leads directly to the street.

She pulls open a dresser drawer and starts putting her clothes into a black plastic garbage bag. Solomon and Jasmine rest on the bed. April’s concerns are quiet as she starts to pack. Keeping busy, doing something, doing anything, can calm her mind.

April lifts from another drawer a portfolio fi lled with formal school por-

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traits and snapshots of her children.

Among them, she fi nds a photograph of Solomon pasted to a piece of blue construction paper.

She takes her time with the photos. The images help her mind escape to a happier past, even briefl y, from a present that feels hopeless.

Solomon has been writing in pencil since he was 2. My protector. What a good boy. So outgoing. He could be an actor or dancer, I know it.

April turns to a school portrait of Genea.

I feel so badly for her. We have moved more times than years she has been alive. She has done very well to be in 12th grade. She draws so beautifully. She is a gifted dancer.

Jasmine is asleep on the bed. April looks at her.

The little girls need a lot of attention. She is about drama and singing.

That sweet little voice. She belongs on stage.

She pulls a wallet-size photo of Gerald from the stack. Her thoughts turn to a young man who also is artistic, animated, very computer-oriented, gifted at science.

I’m worried. He is angry beneath his calm outside.

The respite ends.

April returns the photos to the portfolio and puts it on the bed. She unfolds a cardboard packing box and secures it with clear packing tape from a roll.

Solomon plays quietly with a miniature toy car at the foot of the bed.

April wishes she could lie down and fall asleep next to Jasmine.

Gerald Bouldin makes the bed at an Extended Stay America hotel in Springdale on Sept. 19, 2018.

❚❚❚ It takes April two days to fi nd help moving.

After a few back-and-forth phone calls, Brandon comes over Sunday morning. His white Kia minivan is parked in the driveway next to the silver Odyssey.

Six garbage cans overfl owing with plastic bags, loose pieces of clothing and paper waste line the McMicken curb like sentinels. A green turtleshaped plastic sandbox leans against the cans. Two plastic tricycles are parked beside the sandbox.

April is trying to throw out as much as possible to save on storage.

Her deadline to be out of the house is just two days away.

❚❚❚ The ironing board squeaks when April unfolds it in the kitchenette of the hotel room.

It’s a few minutes past 6 on the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 19, the family’s third here.

The scratching sound catches the attention of Jasmine, who’s sitting on the edge of a bed.

“I don’t want jeans,” the 6-year-old fi rst grader says.

“You’re going to the park today for a fi eld trip,” her mother says. “You don’t want mosquitoes to get you.”

End of discussion. Jasmine takes the pressed jeans from her mother and walks into the bathroom to change clothes.

Solomon turns onto his stomach

Vitamin D prescribed to Genea rests on the desk at an Extended Stay America hotel.

Genea Bouldin, 17, helps her sister Jasmine Austin paint her nails while getting ready for school at an Extended Stay America hotel.

and pulls the comforter over his head.

“Come on, big boy, we’ve got to get you ready for school,” says April, lifting her son to her before hugging him and kissing his cheek. “Here’s your clothes.”

Bleary-eyed, the child smiles.

April uploads a devotional to her phone and turns up the volume. A female preacher’s recorded voice fi lls Room 302.

The room is quiet, except for the preacher’s breathless exhortations.

“I am a success-oriented individual,” the preacher says.

Gerald sits at the dinette, where he drinks a juice box and eats a Toaster Strudel.

“The Lord says, ‘I drive away depression and oppression and demon-

ic spirits.’ “ Genea massages gel into her hair.

“I want today to be the day where I see God’s fi nished product in my life.”

April wets a washcloth and wipes fruit fi lling and frosting from the corners of Solomon’s mouth.

Genea and Gerald have to be at school in 25 minutes. This school is 17 miles away.

❚❚❚ The storefront church in a Mount Healthy strip mall is awash in waves of organ swells.

April and her four children fi ll the fourth row of chairs from the small altar that’s ringed by red curtains.

April and Genea sing. Solomon

rests his head on Gerald’s lap and falls asleep. Jasmine sits on Genea’s lap. April is on her feet more than she sits.

“Your word, Daddy God!” she shouts.

Overseer Pastor Waymond Dean is in the pulpit, and April feels like his sermon is meant just for her.

“God, everything is hard, but glory, glory, glory to you,” the pastor, Bible in hand, says as he prowls the low altar. “You angry? You messed up in the head? You hurting? Get closer to God!” April often thinks of what her faith has done for her.

She says she met Jesus when she was 7, that God helped her through the hardest times of emotional and physical abuse and neglect. God was there when she was suicidal at 12.

And when she was pregnant with Genea at 15. April planned the pregnancy. She says now that she knew that she could be a better parent than the adults in her life.

The service ends almost two hours after it started on a cool fall Wednesday night, Oct. 10.

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April buckles her youngest two into the silver minivan, steers out of the parking lot and turns north toward Forest Park and the family’s third home since the start of the school year.

April thinks constantly about school, about trying to give them as much stability as possible, so they can rest and learn.

She thinks as she turns the van north: Their future depends on it. I have to do this.

❚❚❚ With 3,300 square feet of living space, including 1,600 in the fi nished basement, the tan brick ranch spreads wide across the manicured lot in Forest Park.

April met the owner when they moved in. They call her Miss Clara.

She is the mother of April’s supervisor at the day care.

On Sept. 22, after six nights at $65 each in the Extended Stay hotel, April and her four children move into this house. They will stay here for more than a month.

The house in Madisonville still isn’t ready. No pressure, Miss Clara tells April. Stay here as long as you need.

Shortly after April and her children arrive, they are joined by Brandon Austin, her estranged husband.

Solomon Austin plays with toys on Oct. 10, 2018, at the house of a family friend in Forest Park, where April Austin and her four children stayed rent-free for a month while awaiting a permanent housing solution.

The couple are still trying to reconcile.

April and Brandon sleep in the guest room. Gerald and Solomon sleep in bunk beds in a room normally used by Clara Cuyler’s grandchildren. Genea and Jasmine share a queen-sized bed in a basement bedroom.

Solomon pushes toy cars across

the red carpet in the fi nished basement. Miss Clara watches him play.

She had to discipline him once when he was getting too wild. She made him sit in a timeout upstairs.

His behavior since has been perfect.

She is 61 and has a professional federal government job.

She is in a position to help.

Her daughter told her about April

Austin prepares a pizza for Solomon at the home of a family friend in Forest Park on Oct. 10, 2018.

and her children. Miss Clara prayed briefl y about opening her home to strangers.

She charges April no rent. The refrigerator and pantry are stocked with food when the family moves in.

The frozen pizzas, the Lunchables, the juice boxes, the apples and bananas – they mean something more to April.

They feel like understanding. They feel like she and her children are not being judged.

She can breathe. She can sleep.

Jasmine and Solomon are less emotional and happier. Gerald is less sullen.

Genea’s anxiety comes and goes, and the time at Miss Clara’s is a time of reduced worry for Genea. She concentrates better at school.

It’s like April and her children have known Miss Clara all of their lives.

Like she is family.

Like they are home.

❚❚❚ April is concerned about her 2004 minivan. It has almost 210,000 miles on it. The front brake rotors are bad.

They’ve gone from making a squealing sound to scraping. The estimated cost of replacement parts is $250.

April has to get the kids to and from medical appointments, regular checkups and frequent ear infec-

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Solomon Austin watches television on Nov. 27, 2018, on the floor next to a pile of personal items his family has yet to unpack. It is the fourth place the family has lived since school started in August.

tions. April has to get them to school.

Genea also has to get to her pre-surgical appointments at the Cleveland Clinic, 250 miles away.

April knows she has no money to pay for the brake repairs. She gambles they’ll hold up every time she backs out of her driveway.

She was able to get one of the back tires plugged. It had been leaking air and should be replaced. April can’t aff ord even a replacement used tire.

The van is more than transportation.

It’s also April’s backup plan for housing.

❚❚❚ The house in Madisonville that April has been waiting for is fi nally ready. The many repairs are complete. The family moves after fi ve weeks in Forest Park.

The most noticeable feature of the house on Simpson Avenue is its three doors in the front. Two are on the ground fl oor, and the upstairs door on the left used to lead to a porch roof that’s no longer there.

Unfi nished on the outside, the house is fi nished inside. April and the children move in alone. Brandon, who lived with them in Forest Park, is gone again. April asks him to leave.

The family has been in the Madisonville home a month, but are still

living among unpacked boxes. It is Tuesday night, Nov. 27.

There’s a private bedroom for April in the back of the fi rst fl oor, behind a sitting room.

Her daughters have their own room upstairs and sleep on daybeds.

The boys are in the front of the upstairs and sleep on mattresses on the fl oor.

The rent is $600 a month. April knows she won’t be able to pay it in

understands the family’s struggle and wants to help.

April sits at a glass-top table in the dining room. A friend gave her the table.

April is happy. She smiles and thinks, This is a way better situation.

We’re not bringing any of the chaos or anything bad here.

Genea leans against the dining room wall nearby.

The home is her 10th since she

‘I pray for my kids all the time. ... I love my children. They are my world. But I never thought life would be so hard every day.’

April Austin

full. Her landlord, “a friend of a friend,” will accept whatever she can pay.

She does manage to pay it in-full once – the month she moves in. Ninety percent of her take-home pay goes to food and gas for the van to drive her children to school and medical appointments.

April will later say her landlord in Madisonville is a Christian woman, like Miss Clara in Forest Park, who

started high school. She is happy, too.

Finally, a routine. Her family knows where it will be from week to week.

❚❚❚ Chaos does stay away. The fi rst three months in Madisonville are stable. It’s now Feb. 5.

April is able to get 20 to 30 hours a week at the day care.

She has enough money to rent a

small moving truck and has help to get a couch, chair hutch, vanity desk and bed frame out of storage.

She buys a used washing machine for $62 from the Salvation Army. She can’t aff ord a dryer.

She also buys the brake rotors at an auto parts store, and a friend installs them. A professional mechanic, he also changes the oil and again patches the troublesome back tire.

April notices the eff ects of stability on her children. Genea is historically not a good test-taker because of her anxiety. She’s less worried in Madisonville and performing better on her exams. She and the other children complete their homework at night, and they get to school on time more often than not in the morning.

❚❚❚ I’m so ready, Genea thinks as she climbs into the van’s passenger seat at 10:21 on the morning of March 21.

Her surgery is scheduled for the next morning at Cleveland Clinic.

She will undergo breast reduction surgery, to ease daily physical pain and partly to rule out cancer.

The surgery is medically necessary, the doctor said. Genea misses several weeks of school because of the pre-operation visits and tests at the Cleveland Clinic. April has to take the other three children. No one is

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At 18, Genea’s medical expenses are covered by Medicaid. Yet the drives to and from Cleveland exact a toll. Even if April makes the occasional stop.

She worries the van will break down on the road. She struggles at times to stay awake. Genea doesn’t have a license. April has to take the other three children with them. The trips stretch the family budget. April can’t aff ord to feed them in the hospital. They eat at McDonald’s on every trip.

April Austin grabs drinks for her children from a convenience store before the family's drive to Cleveland on March 21.

available to help her.

Genea and Gerald do their homework in the van on these fi ve-hour trips. They help Jasmine and Solomon with their work. The little ones color. Gerald plays a hand-held video game.

They sleep, everyone except April.

The day before surgery, April packs her family into the van and leaves the Madisonville house. The fi nal destination is Ronald McDonald House near the clinic.

The fi rst stop, though, is a laundry on Wooster Pike in Fairfax.

April fi lls two dryers with damp clothes she washed at home.

❚❚❚ Surgery begins at 8:30 a.m. March 22.

April and her three other children get on a shuttle back to the Ronald McDonald House. She slept about two hours the night before.

At 11:48 a.m., Gerald plays a video game in the lounge. Jasmine sits beside her mother on a couch.

At 12:16 p.m., April leads her chil-

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Genea Bouldin carries a box of chips from inside the rented house in Madisonville to the family van March 21 before leaving for her surgery.

dren down a hallway to a cafeteria.

There, she fi lls three containers with lunch meat, bread and chips from a buff et. Solomon sits at a table and takes off his coat.

“I want to eat here,” Solomon says.

“We have to go to the clinic,” April says.

“I just want to sit here,” he says.

Solomon takes off his coat. April walks to the table and softly says, “You have to put that back on.”

Solomon begins to cry. Big tears rolls down his cheeks.

❚❚❚ At 6:07 p.m., the surgery center sends a text: Genea is out of surgery.

The operation lasted seven hours and

seven minutes. The doctor removed 9 pounds of tissue. She is in recovery.

After sitting a couple of hours in the waiting room – Solomon and Jasmine play Connect 4 – April receives another text. Genea is out of recovery and will be wheeled soon to another room.

“You didn’t need a blood transfusion this time,” April says as she greets Genea on a gurney being wheeled toward her room.

“Really?” Genea says in a whisper.

A few minutes later, Genea eats Lorna Doone shortbread cookies and sips ginger ale through a straw.

Genea glances down to the foot of the bed and back up to her mother.

She says, “Wow, Mom, I can see my legs.”

April and her three children sleep well Friday night. They take the shuttle from the guest house back to the clinic. At 10:55 a.m. Saturday, March 23, they stand at Genea’s bedside.

Genea sits up. Her complexion is pale, her eyelids heavy. A drainage tube runs from her upper chest.

“My arms hurt,” she tells her mother. “They said my blood count is low. I have to stay another night.”

Genea reads messages on her phone from friends. A few minutes later, April takes Genea’s right hand and cradles it in both of hers. April begins to pray: “Lord God, you have turned things around. I thank you, Daddy God. Thank you, Lord God.” Genea closes her eyes and remains silent.

April worries again as she prays about Genea’s recovery. She’ll need to rest and remain still and won’t be able to return to school to fi nish the fi nal couple of months.

April makes a mental note: I need to follow through with the school and make arrangements for her to fi nish her classwork at home.

Solomon hugs Genea’s leg. Jasmine begins to cry and hugs her mother when she learns that Genea has to stay in the hospital for another night.

“I want her to come home with us,” Jasmine says through tears.

Genea dotes on her younger sister.

Paints her fi ngernails. Reads books to her. Helps her with homework. Takes her for walks to the library. Often holds her on her lap at church.

Jasmine will be singing in a couple of weeks in a talent show. April asks her if she wants to sing to her big sister. The child nods yes, sniffl es and wipes a tear from her eye. Jasmine holds her mother’s hand and begins in a voice that grows from a whisper.

“Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow, you’re always a day away.”

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April Austin sorts her family’s clothing at a local laundry in Fairfax on March 21.

It’s a few minutes before 7 on the evening of April 4.

April sits alone in her minivan outside of the Madisonville house. She weeps. She wants to make sure her children don’t see her.

The tire that has twice been patched has blown fl at.

She leans back in the driver’s seat in the dark van. She covers her eyes with the back of her right hand and thinks: I don’t know what I’m going to do. I can’t aff ord a new tire.

There’s nothing I won’t do for my kids. I pray for my kids all the time.

Daddy God, please help us. Thank you for getting us this far. We need you

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now. I love my children. They are my world. But I never thought life would be so hard every day.

A week later, April’s friend the mechanic locates what she describes as “a newer used tire” to replace the blown one.

Yet as one problem is fi xed another emerges: The lower control arms on the tire rods are cracked and need replacing.

❚❚❚ Genea sits at the glass-top table in the dining room with April. It’s a bright spring afternoon, April 29.

The family reaches its six-month anniversary of living in the house in Madisonville. April thanks God for the kindness of the landlord. The woman accepts even $100 or $200 a month from April for rent. Pay what you can, the landlord repeatedly says to April.

Genea is keeping up with her schoolwork. A teacher from Withrow coordinates her home-study. She’s not strong enough to be back in the building. She still has a lot of stitches.

Genea misses her friends and activities at school. Those are happy thoughts. They help her forget about the challenges of everyday life.

She says she misses her father, Gerald Bouldin, and wishes he’d call.

It’s really hard when I see Jasmine

April Austin buys her family matching shoes once a year. For 2019, the shoes are blue Air Jordans.

and Solomon with their dad, she says.

Genea says she feels better. Her doctor is pleased with the results and pace of recovery. Since her surgery, Genea’s migraines and the pain in her back have subsided and become more manageable. She doesn’t have the sharp pain of sciatica from her lower back down her legs.

She isn’t having to carry a backpack stuff ed with books. She can nap. She can concentrate well for longer of periods of time on her lessons without developing a migraine.

❚❚❚ April’s attempt to reconcile with her second husband, Brandon Aus-

tin, did not work. She fi les for divorce.

On April 30, she receives the order for child and medical support from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. He will be required to pay $383.50 a month in child support and contribute $35.62 a month for medical support.

That money would come close to doubling April’s monthly income.

She thinks of the possibilities.

Just maybe I will have enough money to get the two little ones into dance or acting lessons.

Maybe buy more fresh food instead of starches fi lled with preservatives.

Maybe I can aff ord Genea’s driver’s license and pay for her placement tests.

Maybe Gerald can play a sport or go to a science camp.

❚❚❚ Gerald serves a fi ve-day suspension during the fi rst week of May for leaving class without permission. His mother says he doesn’t disrupt fellow students or his teacher. Yet, he walks out of his classroom and off the Withrow campus. Administrators cannot fi nd him and call April.

She tells them Gerald is angry about not seeing his father.

Gerald, for his part, owns the be-

Nurse Kathy McClish checks the heartbeat of Austin’s baby during a prenatal appointment March 21 in Forest Park. Austin said she became pregnant while trying to reconcile with her estranged husband, Brandon Austin.

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April Austin comforts her daughter, Genea Bouldin, after surgery at the Cleveland Clinic on March 22.

havior. “I have to do a better job of controlling my emotions,” is all he will say about the incident.

Gerald is 12.

He is gifted academically in science, twice nominated for a NASA summer science camp. April says she cannot aff ord to send him.

He often fi nishes in-class work on paper or lab experiments in 10-15 minutes, well ahead of his classmates. He complains that he’s bored.

children’s books in a cloth bag that hangs from one of her shoulders. She takes the books she has read to Jasmine and Solomon and gets a batch of new ones they haven’t read.

The afternoon is hot and humid.

Gerald wears a jacket over a hoodie.

“You’re going to sweat and stink,” Genea says to her brother.

“I don’t like water. I put on cologne,” Gerald says.

“You middle-school boys – you put on cologne but you can’t hide the stink. You still stink.”

There’s a serious message behind Genea’s teasing.

She’s the oldest child. She’s always watching out for the younger ones and helping her mom.

❚❚❚ Puddles from a late afternoon rainstorm May 2 dot Simpson Avenue in Madisonville.

April is home with Solomon and Jasmine. They watch a cartoon on TV. April has yet to take down the artifi cial Christmas tree. Hanging from it now are pastel eggs and red hearts cut from construction paper that mark Easter and Valentine’s Day. Genea and Gerald leave the house to walk 20 minutes to the neighborhood’s branch library.

Gerald is still suspended.

Genea understands. She had her own academic slump earlier this year, but is less frustrated than her brother about her relationship with their father.

Genea attributes her brief academic downturn to the confl ict she and her mother had over a boy she wanted to date and how her crush on

❚❚❚ Austin watches her children play while waiting at the Cleveland Clinic on March 22 for her daughter to get out of surgery.

the boy distracted her. April said no.

The reason was simple: You have to graduate, April says.

Now, Genea has rebounded.

Genea and Gerald walk past Laurel Cemetery on Simpson. Sweeping rows of aging headstones rise high on their left up a slope that leads to a large tomb.

“I so wish I had my license,” Genea tells Gerald. She turns inward.

Gerald is silent. They walk on.

Like most privileges many of her peers take for granted, a driver’s license has fi nancially been out of Genea’s reach. She has hope. A license is not as expensive when you’re 18 compared with 16. It will cost her $21.75. That doesn’t count the $500 it would cost for driving school and road experience.

Genea walks on, carrying several

With the opening notes of “Pomp and Circumstance,” two rows of Withrow High School graduating students walk onto the concrete fl oor of Fifth Third Arena at the University of Cincinnati on May 22.

Genea stands out, despite possibly being the shortest person in her class.

She decorates the top of her black mortarboard in orange-and-white lettering: Made It Through Christ 2019.

Genea walks across the stage and receives her diploma. The gravity is not lost on her. Her mom didn’t graduate. Her dad didn’t, either.

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April Austin cries alone in her minivan April 4 outside of their Madisonville home after a tire blew. She didn’t want her children to see her desperation. “I don’t know what I’m going to do, I can’t afford a new tire,” she said.

She does a dance move at the top of the steps as a photographer captures the moment. Genea poses with her diploma on her hip.

In the stands, April begins to weep.

Solomon stands beside her, and April says to him, “We made it, didn’t we?

She made it. Sissy made it. The cycle is broken.”

The tears keep coming.

Through the most challenging times – the hotel stay, relying on the kindness of strangers for housing, unable to pay bills, Genea’s surgery, the seven round-trip drives to Cleveland that prevent April from working and getting paid – graduation is the moment April clings to for hope. She dropped out of Hughes High School at 15 and later got her GED through Cincinnati Job Corps.

Yet, Genea makes it. With her class.

The tears fl ow. April drops her face into her hands and thinks of their shared journey.

Genea is such a strong young woman. Smart. Tough. Resilient. Mature.

Respectful. Helpful. Unselfi sh. Humble. I could go on. I’m her mom, after all. Just so proud of her.

April never doubted Genea. She knows, though, what life and its circumstances can do to even the strongest among us.

She knows because that’s what happened to her.

Bouldin’s cap is decorated in the family’s rented Madisonville house before her graduation on May 22.

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Genea Bouldin, 18, lifts her brother Solomon, 5, during the Withrow University High School Bridge Walk celebration on May 16.

On Friday night, May 17, April gives birth to her fi fth child, a third son, Galileo Austin, at Good Samaritan Hospital. He weighs 6 pounds, 7.2 ounces and is 19 inches.

April takes him home to Madisonville. Galileo likes a baby seat April has in the living room under a heat lamp. Solomon often sits on a bench and keeps an eye on his baby brother.

Jasmine loves to hold him.

She became pregnant when she and Brandon Austin tried to reconcile in the fall. This child, unlike her fi rst, is not planned.

April didn’t know she was pregnant until midway through her second trimester. Overwhelmed, she was disappointed in herself for letting it happen.

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She prayed, Can’t I just have a miscarriage? I’d rather go through that pain than bring another child into this world.

Near the time that Galileo is born, April learns that a friend has a stillborn birth at 5 months. April’s perspective changes, and she thinks: I am grateful for the honor to be a mother. It’s a privilege. I believe in God. I have raised my children to know God on their own. I believe God provides.

At Genea’s graduation, April’s best friend, Tanika Moton, sits beside her and holds Galileo. He is wrapped in a blanket in the air-conditioned arena.

Genea is 18. She will be 36 when Galileo is her age. Genea looks forward.

She wants to have a family, too, Genea tells her mother. But not for a long time.

She wants to have a house fi rst.

Epilogue

April Austin and her children, Genea Bouldin, 18 at the time of this photo; Gerald Bouldin, 12; Jasmine Austin, 6; Solomon Austin, 5; and Galileo Austin, 1 week, pose for a family portrait on May 24.

April and Brandon Austin begin their divorce hearings July 3 in Hamilton County Domestic Relations Court.

He pays her $100 a week for the month leading up to the hearing. She says her fi rst husband owes her $30,000 in past-due child support. She will receive a certifi cate July 27 in early childhood education from Rasmussen College that she completes online.

Galileo is hospitalized for two days in July with seizure-like symptoms.

Doctors perform an ultrasound and electroencephalogram (EEG) to measure his brain wave patterns. All tests are negative, and he returns home weighing 12 pounds, up from 6 pounds, 7 ounces at birth.

Solomon graduates from preschool. During the fi rst week of summer vacation, he sprains an ankle jumping off the top of a playground slide. The urgent care doctor says he’ll be back to full speed in a week.

Jasmine earns all A’s on her report card and meets Bengals coaches and FC Cincinnati players in a special event at the zoo as a reward.

Gerald is happy to be spending increased amounts of regular time with his father. He’s reaching out to men at church who are talking with him. He performs a spoken word poem about his faith at a youth religious events.

He encourages his peers to be still and listen for God’s voice.

Genea travels for two weeks in Taiwan as part of an honors trip for 15 local high school students. She teaches English in a school there. She says she is fi nally going to get her driver’s license this summer and plans to attend the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash. She prepares for placement tests. She will study criminology. She wants to be a forensic scientist.

Galileo Austin, 1 week old, sleeps in a swing under the watchful eye of his brother Solomon on May 22. Galileo is April Austin’s fi fth child, and the third child from her second marriage.

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Sports

Xavier basketball Thirty years ago this season, Pete Gillen’s team made the Sweet 16 for the fi rst time in school history, 3C

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Kentucky is always a key to the title Success at Speedway good omen for drivers Jason Hoffman Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY SPORTS

Serena Williams congratulates Simona Halep on her Wimbledon title Saturday. Halep won in straight sets, denying Williams of a record-tying 24th Grand Slam title. Williams has now lost three straight Grand Slam fi nals in search of the record. Both are early entrants in the Western & Southern Open here beginning August 10. Story, 4C USA TODAY

In the eight Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races at Kentucky Speedway, only one winner hadn’t won a championship before the Quaker State 400 or in the same year as the race. That was Kyle Busch, the winningest driver in Kentucky Speedway history and the only driver to win at every track currently on NASCAR’s national touring series. Busch, a twotime Quaker State 400 winner, nabbed his fi rst victory in the inaugural 2011 race. Brad Keselowski (2012) and Martin Truex Jr. (2017) each took home their fi rst Crosley jukebox en route to Cup Series championships.

When asking drivers and crew chiefs why Kentucky’s victory lane is so exclusive – only three active drivSee SPEEDWAY, Page 4C

Reds: Don’t put off making deals John Fay

Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The Reds have delivered on their promise in one regard. It’s post-AllStar Break, and they’re in contention.

That hasn’t been the case since 2014.

Consider where they’ve been at the break in the National League Central the last six years: ❚ 2019: 4.5 back, fi fth place ❚ 2018: 13.5 back, fi fth place ❚ 2017: 9.5 back, fi fth place ❚ 2016: 21.5 back, fi fth place

❚ 2015: 15.5 back, fourth place ❚ 2014: 1.5 back, third place There can be some lessons learned for 2014, when the last embers of the good run that began in 2010 were dying. In ’14, the Reds lost seven straight and nine of 10 out of the break.

They really haven’t been a factor in the NL Central or Wild Card Race since.

A lot went bad for the ’14 team. Joey Votto, Homer Bailey and Mat Latos got hurt.

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NFL

Defensive line is an AFC North strength Tyler Dragon

Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Who are the best players in the AFC North? As the 2019 NFL season approaches, we have prognosticated the standout players at each position for our All-AFC North team.

This preseason all-division team is a projection on which players will excel this year. The selections are based on previous stats, circumstance and trajectory.

The picks will be revealed by position in a nine-part series. In the sixth installment, we name the All-AFC North defensive linemen and defensive ends: Browns defensive end Myles Garrett: The 2017 No. 1 overall pick is living up to his draft status. Garrett’s 201⁄ 2 career sacks are the most ever by a Browns player in his fi rst two seasons.

His size, quick fi rst step and athletic ability make him a handful for off ensive tackles.

Garrett still has room to improve on his technique and becoming an allaround defensive end. But the potential is there for the 6-foot-4, 272

pound pass rusher.

Cleveland’s acquisition of Olivier Vernon, another proven pass rusher, will help Garrett see less double teams and chip blocks.

Bengals defensive lineman Geno Atkins: Atkins’ seven Pro Bowl invitations are the most ever by a Bengals defensive player. He’s in prime position to receive another Pro Bowl envelop this year. Headlined by Atkins, Cincinnati’s front four is talented bunch. The interior defensive lineman is as disruptive as they come. He was the leader among AFC defensive tackles in sacks (10) last season. His 10 quarterback takedowns were the fourth most by a defensive tackle in all of the NFL. The three-technique defensive tackle has registered 335 tackles going into 2019 and his 71 career sacks are the most in franchise history by an interior defensive lineman.

Steelers defensive lineman Cameron Heyward: Heyward is coming off two straight Pro Bowl seasons.

He’s the anchor on Pittsburgh’s defensive line.

The ninth-year defensive tackle often wins his battle in the trenches and

has knack for always being around the football. Interior lineman in a 3-4 system rarely blow people away statistically, but Heyward’s impact is evident on tape.

Heyward’s recorded 96 tackles, 20 sacks and 3 forced fumbles the last two seasons. He’s currently in his prime and trending in the right direction.

Bengals defensive end Carlos Dunlap: Dunlap and defensive tackle Geno Atkins have combined for 1431⁄ 2 career sacks. Dunlap has 721⁄ 2 of those sacks.

The 6-foot-6 defensive end uses his size, length and athletic ability to rush the passer. His height has also given quarterback fi ts throwing the football. Dunlap’s 50 pass defl ections are the most ever by a Bengals defensive lineman.

Dunlap (a two-time Pro Bowler) and Atkins (a seven-time Pro Bowl) spearhead the Bengals’ defensive line.

DOLPHINS: Miami Dolphins assistant coach Jim Caldwell will take a leave of absence to address health issues that he says “require my full attention.”

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Caldwell will instead spend this season as a consultant.

The precise nature of his health issue was not disclosed by Caldwell or the Dolphins.

In a release issued by the Dolphins on Saturday, the 64-year-old Caldwell said, “I will be stepping back due to some medical complications that require my full attention.”

Miami coach Brian Flores said the team’s focus is on Caldwell’s health and providing him support. Flores also intends to take advantage of Caldwell’s 17 years of NFL coaching experience.

“With his knowledge and experience, Jim has been an invaluable member to our coaching staff and will continue to serve as a sounding board for me throughout the season,” Flores said.

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College basketball

Xavier slayed a giant and made history Adam Baum

Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

“It was special because no one thought we could win.”

It was the night before arguably the biggest basketball game in Xavier University history and Jamie Gladden couldn’t sleep.

“Every single year that March Madness starts, that game’s the fi rst thing I think about. When Xavier gets to the Sweet 16, I feel like I’m ready to play.

Thirty years went by really fast, but for me, it still feels like yesterday,” said Gladden, who was a freshman for the Musketeers back in 1989-1990.

Insomnia was a product of what awaited the following day on a Sunday inside the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Xavier, a six seed, was making its fi fth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and two days earlier, the Musketeers had won only the second NCAA Tournament game in school history, beating Kansas State 87-79 in the fi rst round of the 1990 tournament.

‘They’d never heard of Xavier’: The next test was No. 3 Georgetown, a program that won a national championship (1984) and was fresh off its seventh Elite Eight appearance the season prior. Conversely, Xavier had only made the tournament seven times in program history.

The Hoyas, led by legendary coach John Thompson Jr., had two future NBA stars in Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo, not to mention a solid pair of senior guards in Mark Tillmon and Dwayne Bryant.

“Georgetown was a Big East giant and I’m coming from New York and everyone wanted to play against them,” said Jamal Walker, a junior point guard that year for the Musketeers. “They had a following that was unbelievable.

“I remember the open practice before the game and people was just waiting to watch Alonzo and Dikembe work out, then we come in after them and we’re stumbling, falling, getting laughed at. It was funny, but I always knew we were gonna go at them.”

At the time, Georgetown had quickly become a perennial powerhouse and the Hoyas didn’t mind acting like it.

“Before the game, they were saying, ‘Where is Xavier?’ They were asking our players, ‘Are you guys from New Jersey or Connecticut?’ They’d never heard of Xavier. They didn’t know where we were from,” said Pete Gillen, Xavier’s head coach from 19851994.

“Our guys were ticked. They knew after the game where we were located.”

Walker, who Xavier fans still aff ec-

Tyrone Hill and company took down Alonzo Mourning and mighty Georgetown to make the Sweet 16 for the fi rst time in Xavier basketball history. PROVIDED/GREG RUST

tionately refer to as ‘Jumpin’ Jamal’ said, “Nobody knew who we were. I think when Georgetown was there, the open practice was packed and then once we came on everyone was leaving. That was good. That just put fuel in the fi re.”

‘We believed we could do it’: Confi dence is a curious thing, and for a program that had never made it to the second weekend of the tournament, Xavier believed.

“I will tell you we had no soft guys on our team,” said Michael Davenport, a junior guard on that team. “Jamal didn’t take any crap. I absolutely didn’t take any crap. Tyrone (Hill) and Derek (Strong) didn’t take any crap. It was like, bring it, you might be from Georgetown but we got something for you.”

Davenport said the night before the game, “The coaching staff made a lowlight tape of Georgetown, like a blooper reel video … and I remember us thinking we’re gonna win.

“At that point, we had an extreme amount of confi dence knowing that Tyrone and Derek were very unique big men. They could rebound, outlet the ball and then dunk at the other end. I think Alonzo Mourning could do that but Dikembe was not that type of big man so we did not think they could run with us.”

Twenty minutes into the game, it was clear Xavier wasn’t intimidated.

The Musketeers led 42-26 at the half.

“We were up 16 at the half and our kids were fi red up,” said Gillen. “I gave them some type of speech, hell and brimstone and fi re, spitting cotton. I’ll fi ght coach Thompson if I have to with a bat and he’ll probably kill me, but I gave them a speech and our kids played with fi re.

“Up 16 at the half and then I started

coaching and we only won by three, maybe I should have shut up and just let them play,” he laughed.

Walker said “You knew they were gonna make a run, our biggest thing was to maintain and hold onto it. We struggled in the second half. I know I did. I was tired as hell.

“Georgetown was relentless. Fullcourt press and me being from the east coast, I gotta dribble through everybody. Now I know better, pass the ball up the court and make it easier on yourself.”

Ahead of his time with his end-ofgame philosophy, Gillen had the Musketeers foul with the lead in the fi nal minute.

“We fouled at the end, which I’ve been doing for 20 years as a head coach,” said Gillen. “We fouled up three with 15 seconds left so they didn’t hit a three and we did that twice in the last 15 seconds – with maybe 11 seconds left and then again with four seconds to go.”

Walker, who hit a pair of foul shots in the closing seconds to help Xavier hang on 74-71, said the crowd that day was unforgettable. They came from all over, many to see the Hoyas, but what they ended up seeing was history – the fi rst ever Sweet 16 appearance in Xavier history.

“I think for some of us it sank in right away, but for me, it didn’t,” Gladden said. “It took days before I realized what actually happened. I had family members, friends from back home, everyone I knew watched that game.”

When the bus arrived back at their hotel, they were greeted by a mob of Xavier fans.

“I think it was the Embassy Suites and everyone was hanging over the banisters when we got there. It was unbelievable,” said Walker. “You really thought you won an NCAA championship but we just won a game.”

‘That was one of the best teams I’ve ever coached’: For any program to progress, at some point, a team needs to take the next step.

The 1989-1990 Musketeers broke down the door that had been holding them back and, in the process, gave confi dence to the teams that followed.

“It was a special team,” said Gillen.

“I had one at Providence that went to the Elite Eight in 1997 … those are the two best teams I coached.”

It was a Xavier team had three future NBA players on the roster.

Hill, Xavier’s all-time leading rebounder, and Strong were seniors and they both heard their names called a few months later in the NBA Draft.

Hill went 11th overall to Golden State, becoming the fi rst lottery pick in Xavier history, and Strong went in the second round to Philadelphia.

They played a combined 23 seasons in the NBA.

Aaron Williams, a freshman who came off the bench that year, went undrafted but eventually worked his way into the NBA, where he enjoyed a long career.

“I thought we’d have a good team but I didn’t dream that we’d make the Sweet 16,” said Gillen. “I didn’t think that far ahead. Some scouts were saying to me that our two big men – Tyrone and Derek – were the best tandem in the country. Jamal was a terrific point guard. Jamie was a nice combo guard. Michael was a great shooter.

Maurice Brantley was talented and Aaron Williams was a very good player.

“It was a special team and a special moment … it was special because no one thought we could win.”

The upcoming college basketball season will mark the 30th anniversary of that team and Xavier’s fi rst Sweet 16 appearance. Since then, Xavier’s made 21 NCAA Tournaments with seven more trips to the Sweet 16 and three Elite Eight appearances.

“The biggest challenge was to make them believe we belonged,” said Gillen. “We were like the little engine that could and we fi nally believed we could do it. That was a dream season and the dream continues at Xavier.”

Davenport laughed when reminded that was 30 years ago.

“I just turned 50 years old. We’re talking 30 years,” Davenport said. “It’s crazy. I don’t feel old. I don’t think of myself as old but I’m as old as I’ve ever been.

“I talk to my kids about life and how things are. I’ve been a non-athlete longer than I was an athlete. My perspective and my appreciation of what we were able to accomplish and what we did is way diff erent now with my adult lens than it was with my young adult lens.

“As I pull away from that as a 50year-old man working 50-55 hours a week, thinking about what we had as 15 guys, what we had as a coaching staff and what we were able to accomplish together is really special.”

Thirty years ago, Xavier was an unknown, scratching and clawing to be relevant.

Today, the Musketeers are a national brand, thanks, in part, to what happened three decades ago.

“The high schools that I work at there are a lot of students who know who Xavier is,” said Gladden, who now lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

“When I was a freshman at Xavier we could go places and people wouldn’t know who we were. Now, we’re known all across the country. It really amazes me when I see students walking the halls with Xavier gear on.

They’re extra excited to fi nd out I actually played there.”

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Serena caught Halep at top of her game Howard Fendrich ASSOCIATED PRESS

WIMBLEDON, England – Clutching her trophy 20 minutes after becoming Wimbledon’s champion, Simona Halep checked out the board inside Centre Court that lists tournament winners. Below all of the mentions of Serena Williams, her opponent in Saturday’s fi nal, there already was inscribed: “Miss S. Halep.”

Halep was not concerned with preventing Williams from winning a 24th Grand Slam title. All Halep cared about was winning her fi rst at the All England Club. And she played pretty much perfectly.

On top of her game right from start to fi nish, Halep overwhelmed Williams 6-2, 6-2 in stunning fashion for her second major championship. The whole thing took less than an hour as Williams lost her third Slam fi nal in a row as she tries to equal Margaret Court’s record for most major trophies in tennis history.

“I’m very sure,” Halep said, “that was the best match of my life.”

The No. 7-seeded Romanian made a mere three unforced errors, a remarkably low total and 23 fewer than Williams.

Not bad for someone who has been frank about how jittery she has gotten

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ers won there – most point to the preparation necessary to succeed in the Quaker State 400. Race week at Kentucky, like few others on the schedule, is off set – practice and qualifying take place during the heat of the day while the race is run mostly at night. That means drivers will be competing for the win in conditions they’ve only been able to prepare for on a simulator, which makes it somewhat of a guessing game. This year, with the addition of the new aero package by NASCAR, even more mystery will be added to the equation as teams try to solve the puzzle at Kentucky.

“Normally, I would tell you that teams don’t really need practice,” said Steve Letarte, former crew chief for Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. “Simulation (before heading to Kentucky) is going to really be tested. The teams that are fast and have good speed and the track fi gured out early in the week, it tells me that perhaps their off -track tools are the strongest.”

Early returns at Kentucky Speedway were a mixed bag by the time drivers completed qualifying. Daniel Suarez, driver of the No. 41 StewartHaas Racing Ford, and his teammate Aric Almirola, driver of the No. 10, found themselves at the front of the fi eld. Fords dominated the qualifying

in past big matches and began the day having lost nine of 10 matchups against Williams. But after losing each of her fi rst three major fi nals, Halep now has won two straight, including at last year’s French Open.

“She literally played out of her mind. Congratulations, Simona,” Williams said during the trophy ceremony. “It was a little bit ‘a deer in the headlights’ for me.”

Williams also lost in straight sets against Angelique Kerber in the Wimbledon fi nal a year ago, and against Naomi Osaka at the U.S. Open last September.

“I just have to fi gure out a way to win a fi nal,” Williams said.

The 37-year-old American hasn’t won a tournament since the 2017 Australian Open, when she set the professional-era record of 23 Grand Slam championships (Court won 13 of her titles against amateur competition).

Williams was pregnant when she won in Australia and then took more than a year off the tour; her daughter, Olympia, was born in September 2017.

Since returning to tennis, Williams has dealt with injuries but still managed to remain among the game’s elite. In part because of a bad left knee, she only had played 12 matches all season until Wimbledon.

“Just got to keep fi ghting,” Williams

with four of the top-fi ve positions.

“We haven’t done a lot (to the car).

It’s a big advantage when you unload the car off the hauler and it’s very fast out of the box,” Suarez said.

Suarez, in his third season in the Cup Series, said the proof that his team’s preparation paid off was that they spent very little time putting together the qualifying setup and still came in pole position. That preparation, Suarez said, included hours of simulator work as well as comparing notes from how the car reacted at other 1.5-mile tracks so far this year with the new aero package.

Almirola said the track off ered more options for drivers to seek out racing lines thanks to traction compound applied to the track, but wished the compound would’ve been applied to the entire width of the turns instead of the higher portions of the track.

Figuring out where the car can run and adjusting to higher levels of grip as the track cools throughout the night will prove key, but the winning team’s preparation will tell the tale of who best prepared and will be poised to win the title as the playoff s conclude in Homestead, Fla. Keselowski, the only former winner to start in the top fi ve, but Truex Jr. and Busch both started in the top 10. All three are in the top 10 of the Cup Series championship standings. ❚ For coverage of Saturday night’s Quaker State 400, go to Cincinnati.com.

“I’m very sure, that was the best match of my life,” Simona Halep said after beating Serena Williams for her fi rst Wimbledon title. GETTY IMAGES

said, “and just keep trying.”

Didn’t take long on Saturday for the 27-year-old Halep to demonstrate this was not going to be easy for Williams.

Not by any means.

Showing off the talents and traits that once lifted her to No. 1 in the rankings, Halep never really gave Williams a chance to get into the match.

“I’ve always been intimidated a little bit when I faced Serena. She’s an inspiration for everyone and the model for everyone,” Halep said. “Today, I decided before the match that I’m going to focus on myself and on the fi nal of (a) Grand Slam, not on her. That’s why I was able to play my best, to be

relaxed, and to be able to be positive and confi dent against her.”

Halep tracked down everything, as is her wont. She didn’t merely play defense, though, managing to go from retrieving an apparent point-ending stroke by Williams to lashing a winner of her own in a blink.

“I was over-hitting it, trying to go for too much,” Williams said. “She was getting just a tremendous amount of balls back.”

Her returns were exceptional, repeatedly getting back serves that left Williams’ racket at 115 mph or more.

On this cloudy, cool afternoon, with the temperature in the low 70s (low 20s Celsius), Halep began with a pair of service breaks and even delivered the match’s fi rst ace, at 106 mph, which put her out front 4-0 after 11 astonishing minutes.

Halep won 14 of the fi rst 18 points, with many in the crowd roaring for each of the rare ones that went Williams’ way. Halep produced eight winners before a single unforced error, avoiding a miscue until the seventh game.

Williams, in stark contrast, came out looking a bit tight, short-arming shots and accumulating nine unforced errors before conjuring up a single winner.

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Ninth Wimbledon title won’t be easy one Howard Fendrich ASSOCIATED PRESS

WIMBLEDON, England – If Roger Federer’s going to win a record ninth championship at Wimbledon, he’ll need to follow up a victory over Rafael Nadal with one over defending champion Novak Djokovic.

Federer has played both at the same Grand Slam tournament only once, at the 2011 French Open: He beat Djokovic in the semifi nals, but lost to Nadal in the fi nal.

As is the case with Nadal, Federer has faced Djokovic so many times over the years that each knows the other’s game so well. And as is the case with Nadal, Djokovic has managed to get the better of Federer headto-head so far.

“It’s the same like going into a Rafa match: I think the moment you’ve played somebody, probably, more than 15 times – especially in recent years, also, a few times – there’s not that much more left out there. Especially, you know where the players go when it really matters,” the No. 2seeded Federer said, looking ahead to Sunday’s fi nal, his 12th at the All England Club.

“How much can you still surprise somebody?”

This will be the 48th time Federer and Djokovic play against each other as pros, which is eight more than Federer vs. Nadal has happened.

It’s also the 16th showdown between Federer and Djokovic at a Grand Slam tournament, breaking a tie with Djokovic vs. Nadal for the most by a pair of men in the Open era, which began in 1968.

Djokovic leads 25-22 overall, 9-6 at the majors, 3-1 in Grand Slam fi nals and 2-1 at Wimbledon.

Plus, Djokovic has won their four

Roger Federer has played both Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic in the same grand slam only once, the 2011 French Open. He’ll face Djokovic in the title match today after defeating Nadal in the semifi nals on Friday. USA TODAY

most recent showdowns.

“At the end of the day, it comes very much down to who’s better on the day, who’s in a better mental place, who’s got more energy left,” Federer said, “who’s tougher when it really comes to the crunch.”

He is 8-1 in past fi nals at the grasscourt tournament he’s ruled the way no other man has. Two of those defeats were in 2014 and 2015 against Djokovic; the other came in 2008 against Nadal.

Federer and Nadal hadn’t played since then at Wimbledon until their semifi nal Friday.

This time, Federer came through, although he needed fi ve match points to secure his 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory.

“He is always able to do the most diffi cult things easy,” Nadal said about his longtime rival. “He’s able to move inside the court quicker than (any-

one). He puts pressure on the opponent all the time, because he has the ability to take the ball earlier than (anyone) else. That’s probably the most diffi cult thing to make happen, and he is able to do it so well.”

Federer did other things well against Nadal, including dulling his improved serve with superb returning.

Still, it’ll take that and more to get past the No. 1-seeded Djokovic, who is up to his usual body-bending, grind-

it-out excellence at the baseline, even winning a 45-stroke point while eliminating Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the semifi nals.

For Djokovic, this is his sixth Wimbledon fi nal as he chases what would be a fi fth trophy.

“Of course, I’m going to be excited and nervous and everything that you can think of,” he said. “I’m going to do my best to control that in some way and be able to portray my best tennis.”

There is history at stake whenever members of the Big Three fi nd themselves in a Grand Slam fi nal, which happens with remarkable frequency.

Whoever comes out on top Sunday, the 2019 Wimbledon title will be the 11th Slam in a row won by Federer, Djokovic or Nadal – and the 54th in the past 65.

Perhaps Federer, who turns 38 on Aug. 8, will extend his lead on the career list to a men’s-record 21 championships, which would leave him three ahead of Nadal, who is 33 years old, and six ahead of Djokovic, who is 32.

Or maybe Djokovic will push his total to 16, just two behind Nadal and four away from Federer.

“I am looking to make history in this sport,” Djokovic said. “Of course, I would love to have a shot at as many Grand Slam titles as possible. Those are probably the top goals and ambitions.”

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MLB STANDINGS

GAME SUMMARIES

TODAY’S PROBABLE PITCHERS

AMERICAN LEAGUE

HOME team in caps

All times Eastern

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W

L

New York Tampa Bay Boston Toronto Baltimore

58 53 50 34 27

31 39 41 58 63

Central

W

L

Minnesota Cleveland Chicago Kansas City Detroit

57 50 42 31 28

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W

Houston Oakland Texas Los Angeles Seattle

57 51 50 46 39

33 39 45 61 58 L

35 41 42 46 56

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GB

Strk.

Last 10

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.652 — W-1 7-3 .576 61/2 W-3 7-3 .549 9 W-5 6-4 .370 251/2 L-1 4-6 .300 311/2 L-2 5-5

32-14 26-22 21-22 18-30 11-32

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28-15 29-18 25-19 25-20 25-20 17-25 17-28 14-33 12-32 16-26

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.620 — L-2 7-3 .554 6 W-2 8-2 .543 7 W-3 4-6 .500 11 W-1 4-6 .411 191/2 L-2 2-8

33-14 27-20 31-17 23-21 19-29

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24-21 24-21 19-25 23-25 20-27

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L

Atlanta Washington Philadelphia New York Miami

55 48 47 40 34

37 42 44 51 55

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37-12 23-21 20-22 27-23 25-19 20-26 23-25 22-21 20-26 22-22

Blue Jays 2, YANKEES 1: Toronto center fielder Randal Grichuk hit a two-run single as the Blue Jays held off the Yankees.

ORIOLES 2, Rays 1 (Game 1): Stevie Wilkerson hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning and the Orioles beat the Rays.

CUBS 10, Pirates 4: Jon Lester homered, tied a career high with three RBIs and pitched effectively into the seventh inning to lead the Cubs past the Pirates.

White Sox at ATHLETICS (late): Oakland has hit 148 home runs this season, fifth in the American League.

Mets at MARLINS (late): Miami has hit 71 home runs this season, the lowest total in the league.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

AMERICAN LEAGUE Pitchers

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K

(Line: NYY -200) .357 1.26 3.18 .500 1.18 3.86

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0.0 96.1

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(Line: CLE -131) .615 1.11 3.00 .727 1.01 3.45

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48.2 90.0

33 81

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W-L

Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

TOR: Stroman (R) NYY: Tanaka (R)

18 18

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TB: () BAL: Cashner (R)

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(Line: ) .000 .00 .750 1.19

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MIN: Berrios (R) CLE: Bieber (R)

18 18

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Detroit at Kansas City, 2:15 p.m.

DET: Zimmermann (R) KC: Bailey (R)

10 18

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Houston at Texas, 3:05 p.m.

HOU: Verlander (R) TEX: Jurado (R)

19 9

(Line: HOU -220) 10-4 .714 0.81 5-4 .556 1.35

Chi. White Sox at Oakland, 4:07 p.m.

CWS: Lopez (R) OAK: Anderson (L)

18 18

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.333 .643

Seattle at L.A. Angels, 4:07 p.m.

SEA: Kikuchi (L) LAA: Suarez (L)

19 6

Twins at INDIANS (late): Cleveland has hit 116 home runs as a team this season. Carlos Santana leads the team with 20, averaging one every 15.9 at-bats.

N.Y. Mets at Miami, 1:10 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m.

D-backs at CARDINALS (late): St. Louis has hit 108 home runs as a team this season. Paul Goldschmidt leads the club with 16, averaging one every 20.9 at-bats.

AL LEADERS Through July 13 BATTING—LeMahieu, New York, .332; Devers, Boston, .327; Brantley, Houston, .321; Anderson, Chicago, .317; Moncada, Chicago, .313; Polanco, Minnesota, .311.

RBI—Trout, Los Angeles, 73; Bogaerts, Boston, 68; Abreu, Chicago, 66; Devers, Boston, 64; LeMahieu, New York, 64; DSantana, Seattle, 63.

HITS—Merrifield, Kansas City, 118; Devers, Boston, 114; LeMahieu, New York, 113; Polanco, Minnesota, 112; Brantley, Houston, 109.

DOUBLES—Castellanos, Detroit, 30; Bogaerts, Boston, 29; Devers, Boston, 26; Merrifield, Kansas City, 26; Brantley, Houston, 24; Buxton, Minnesota, 24.

HOME RUNS—Trout, Los Angeles, 29; Encarnacion, New York, 25; Soler, Kansas City, 24; Sanchez, New York, 24; Bregman, Houston, 23; 6 tied at 21.

NL LEADERS Through July 13 BATTING—McNeil, New York, .348; Bellinger, Los Angeles, .336; Yelich, Milwaukee, .330; Blackmon, Colorado, .326; Arenado, Colorado, .311; KMarte, Arizona, .310.

RBI—Bell, Pittsburgh, 84; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 71; Alonso, New York, 68; Freeman, Atlanta, 68; Arenado, Colorado, 67; Escobar, Arizona, 67; Yelich, Milwaukee, 67; Hosmer, San Diego, 63; 4 tied at 62.

DOUBLES—Bell, Pittsburgh, 30; Bryant, Chicago, 28; Freeman, Atlanta, 25; Harper, Philadelphia, 24; Peralta, Arizona, 24; Baez, Chicago, 23; Dahl, Colorado, 23.

HOME RUNS—Yelich, Milwaukee, 31; Alonso, New York, 30; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 30; Bell, Pittsburgh, 27; Renfroe, San Diego, 27; Moustakas, Milwaukee, 25; Reyes, San Diego, 25; Freeman, Atlanta, 23; 3 tied at 22.

Dodgers at RED SOX (late): Los Angeles has hit 147 home runs this season, sixth in the league.

Orioles 2, Rays 1 (Game 1)

Cubs 10, Pirates 4

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the 10th.

E: S.Anderson (2). LOB: San Francisco 1, Milwaukee 9. 2B: Pillar (19), Moustakas (19), Braun (16), Thames (11), Hiura (2). 3B: Yelich (3). HR: Slater (3), off C.Anderson; Longoria (13), off Burnes; Austin (8), off Hader; Crawford (6), off Hader; Posey (4), off Albers; Hiura (8), off Melancon. RBI: Posey 4 (26), Longoria 2 (39), Crawford (29), Slater 2 (11), Austin (20), Moustakas (54), Braun 2 (42), Thames 2 (38), Hiura 2 (14). SB: Belt (3). CS_Cain (5).

Runners left in scoring position: San Francisco 1 (Dickerson); Milwaukee 4 (Cain 2, Thames, C.Anderson). RISP: San Francisco 3 for 5; Milwaukee 4 for 12. Runners moved up: Gamel, Moustakas. GIDP: Arcia.

DP: San Francisco 1 (Panik, Crawford, Belt).

Pitching ip h r er bb so era

98.1 28.1

73 30

Friday Tampa Bay 16, Baltimore 4 N.Y. Yankees 4, Toronto 0 Boston 8, L.A. Dodgers 1 Minnesota 5, Cleveland 3 Texas 9, Houston 8 Kansas City 8, Detroit 5 L.A. Angels 13, Seattle 0 Oakland 5, Chicago White Sox 1 Sunday Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 1:05 p.m.

Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Cleveland, 1:10 p.m.

Detroit at Kansas City, 2:15 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 3:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Oakland, 4:07 p.m.

Seattle at L.A. Angels, 4:07 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Boston, 7:05 p.m.

Monday Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Detroit at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

Toronto at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m.

Houston at L.A. Angels, 10:07 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Tigers at ROYALS (late): The Royals are 15-25 against the rest of their division. Kansas City has hit 90 home runs as a team this season.

2.98 4.23

(Line: LAA -157) .400 1.45 4.94 .667 1.52 5.40

4-6 2-1

Rays at ORIOLES (late): The Orioles are 13-27 against opponents from the AL East.

Giants at BREWERS (late): Milwaukee has hit 156 combined home runs this season, most in the National League. Christian Yelich leads the club with 31, averaging one every 10 at-bats.

SCHEDULE

WSH: Sanchez (R) PHI: Arrieta (R)

16 18

NYM: deGrom (R) MIA: Alcantara (R)

5-6 8-7

18 17

.455 .533

(Line: NYM -180) 4-7 .364 1.09 4-8 .333 1.40

San Francisco at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.

SF: Beede (R) MIL: Chacin (R)

8 16

2-3 3-9

.400 .250

Arizona at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.

ARI: Greinke (R) STL: ()

(Line: ) 10-3 .769 0-0 .000

19 0

(Line: WAS -101) 1.33 3.66 83.2 1.46 4.67 108.0 110.0 101.1

138 70

(Line: MIL -168) 1.66 5.64 44.2 1.49 5.40 78.1

43 68

2.73 .00

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108

Pittsburgh at Chi. Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

(Line: CHC -168) .600 1.26 4.54 .462 1.35 4.19

71.1 101.0

57 84

Cincinnati at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

(Line: COL -112) .182 1.24 4.47 .538 1.64 5.32

92.2 86.1

99 48

(Line: ATL -128) 9-1 .900 1.05 2.42 2-2 .500 1.37 4.83

89.1 41.0

73 36

109.0 83.1

99 95

PIT: Williams (R) CHC: Quintana (L)

12 17

CIN: Mahle (R) COL: Senzatela (R)

3-2 6-7

17 16

2-9 7-6

0.92 .00

3.27 3.82

75 85

Atlanta at San Diego, 4:10 p.m.

ATL: Soroka (R) SD: Quantrill (R)

15 7

INTERLEAGUE

L.A. Dodgers at Boston, 7:05 p.m.

LAD: Ryu (L) BOS: Price (L)

17 16

10-2 7-2

(Line: BOS -114) .833 0.91 1.73 .778 1.14 3.24

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Friday Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh 3 Washington 4, Philadelphia 0 Boston 8, L.A. Dodgers 1 Miami 8, N.Y. Mets 4 San Francisco 10, Milwaukee 7, 10 innings Arizona 4, St. Louis 2 Colorado 3, Cincinnati 2 Atlanta 5, San Diego 3 Sunday Washington at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Miami, 1:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.

Arizona at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Cincinnati at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

Atlanta at San Diego, 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Boston, 7:05 p.m.

Monday San Francisco at Colorado, 2:10 p.m., 1 a.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

San Francisco at Colorado, 8:40 p.m., 2 a.m.

Nationals at PHILLIES (late): The Phillies are 24-23 against NL East teams.

Cubs catcher Willson Contreras gestures to the crowd after hitting a three run home run against the Pirates during the fi rst inning at Wrigley Field.

Astros at RANGERS (late): Texas has hit 130 home runs as a team this season.

Reds at ROCKIES (late): The Cincinnati pitching staff has a combined team ERA of 3.80, Tyler Mahle paces the staff with a mark of 4.57.

Braves at PADRES (late): San Diego has hit 140 home runs as a team this season.

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Mariners at ANGELS (late): Los Angeles has hit 134 home runs as a team this season.

Simmons ss Bour 1b Garneau c Thaiss 3b Rengifo 2b Totals

5 3 3 4 0 38

3 2 1 0 0 13

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0 2 1 1 0 7

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4 1 1 1 31 8 9 6

0 0 .226 4 6

E: Goodrum (12), Cuthbert (5). LOB: Detroit 7, Kansas City 4. 2B: Reyes (1), Castellanos (30), Dixon (8), Stewart (17), Merrifi eld (26), Soler (19), Lopez (10). HR: Cuthbert (5), off Turnbull; Maldonado (6), off Hardy; Soler (24), off Cisnero. RBI: Reyes (4), Castellanos (34), Cabrera (37), Dixon (35), Candelario (17), Gordon (56), Soler 2 (61), Cuthbert 2 (18), Maldonado (17).

SB: Merrifi eld (14), Mondesi (29). CS_Mondesi (4). SF_Gordon.

Runners left in scoring position: Detroit 2 (Castellanos, Candelario); Kansas City 2 (Soler, Maldonado). RISP: Detroit 3 for 13; Kansas City 1 for 6.

Runners moved up: Mercer, Dozier. GIDP: Stewart, Mercer, Maldonado.

DP: Detroit 1 (Mercer, Goodrum, Dixon); Kansas City 2 (Lopez, Mondesi, Cuthbert), (Mondesi, Cuthbert).

Pitching ip h r er bb so era

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4 4 4 4 2 4 3 31

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Pittsburgh

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E: Murphy (3), Williamson (3), Gordon (7).

LOB: Seattle 1, Los Angeles 10. 2B: Fletcher (16), Trout 2 (20), Simmons (14). HR: Trout (29), off Leake; Upton (4), off Markel. RBI: Trout 6 (73), Upton 2 (8), Simmons (24), Bour (26), Garneau 2 (4), Thaiss (1).

Runners left in scoring position: Los Angeles 7 (Trout 2, Ohtani 2, Upton 2, Calhoun). RISP: ; Los Angeles 7 for 20.

Runners moved up: Bour, Garneau.

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a-struck out for J.Gray in the 7th. b-struck out for S.Gray in the 8th.

E: Winker (2), Dietrich (1). LOB: Cincinnati 3, Colorado 7. 2B: Murphy (16), Desmond (23).

3B: Winker (2). HR: Suarez (21), off J.Gray; Dahl (13), off Hernandez; Murphy (8), off Hernandez. RBI: Winker (27), Suarez (55), Dahl (52), Murphy 2 (46). SB: Dahl (3). CS_Murphy (1). S_S.Gray, J.Gray 2.

Runners left in scoring position: Cincinnati 2 (Winker, Votto); Colorado 4 (Blackmon, Story, Arenado, McMahon). RISP: Cincinnati 0 for 5; Colorado 1 for 7. GIDP: McMahon.

DP: Cincinnati 3 (Casali, Dietrich), (J.Iglesias, Dietrich, Votto), (Casali, Votto); Colorado 1 (Wolters, Arenado).

Pitching iph r er bbso era

.294 .300 .270 .302 .235 .259 .317

LOB: Los Angeles 6, Boston 3. 2B: Betts (21), Devers (26), Vazquez (13), Holt (5). HR: Verdugo (10), off Rodriguez; Devers (17), off Maeda; Vazquez (15), off Maeda; Bogaerts (18), off Chargois. RBI: Verdugo (40), Betts (41), Devers 2 (64), Bogaerts 3 (68), Vazquez (42), Holt (18). SF: Betts.

Runners left in scoring position: Los Angeles 2 (Seager, Muncy); Boston 1 (Benintendi). RISP: Los Angeles 0 for 3; Boston 3 for 7.

Pitching ip h r er bb so era

Dodgers, fi nishing with a .290 batting 281 home runs and 1,010 RBI in 14 sea- June.

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McCarthy, BS, 1-2 1 2 1 1 0 0 5.26 2B: Ramon De Jesus; 3B: D.J. Reyburn.

T: 2:52. A: 36,579 (37,731).

Russell 2b 3 1 1 2 1 0 .244 Inherited runners-scored: Moronta 2-2. HBP: Newberry, W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3.48 T: 2:54. A: 43,140 (45,050).

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Baserunning Santander (1).

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A: 41,368 Tampa (50,398).

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Baserunning - SB: Pham (9).

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Umpires - HP: Gonzalez; 1B: Carapazza; 2B: Barber; 3B: Holbrook Game data - T: 3:02. Att: 22,596.

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AB R H BI BB SO Avg. 5 0

1 0

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GIDP: Newman, Reynolds, Russell.

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Pittsburgh Lyles, L, 5-6 Stratton Escobar

Z 4 7 7 3 5 3 3 z 2 4 0 0

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5 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 37

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.263 .282 .257 .251 .216

a-flied out for Bradley in the 9th.

E: Sano (8), Adrianza (6), Goody (1). LOB: Minnesota 7, Cleveland 5. 2B: Polanco (24), Sano (10). HR: Cruz (17), off Clevinger; Garver (14), off Clippard; Santana (20), off Gibson. RBI:

.059 .200 .252

3 1 3 4 2 32

0 0 0 0 0 3

0 0 0 1 0 6

0 0 0 2 0 3

0 0 1 0 0 2

1 0 2 3 1 12

.200 .252 .242 .256 .205

30; Bogaerts, Boston, 29; Devers, Boston, 26; Merrifield, Kansas City, 26; Brantley, Houston, 24; Buxton, Minnesota, 24.

HOME RUNS—Trout, Los Angeles, 29; Encarnacion, New York, 25; Soler, Kansas City, 24; Sanchez, New York, 24; Bregman, Houston, 23; 6 tied at 21.

24; Peralta, Arizona, 24; Baez, Chicago, 23; Dahl, Colorado, 23.

HOME RUNS—Yelich, Milwaukee, 31; Alonso, New York, 30; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 30; Bell, Pittsburgh, 27; Renfroe, San Diego, 27; Moustakas, Milwaukee, 25; Reyes, San Diego, 25; Freeman, Atlanta, 23; 3 tied at 22.

Orioles 2, Rays 1 (Game 1)

Cubs 10, Pirates 4

TB.................001 000 000 — 1 BAL ..............000 000 20x — 2

Pittsburgh ....000 011 110 — 4 Chicago.......701 200 00x — 10

Tampa Bay Meadows rf Heredia pr Pham lf Kiermaier cf Diaz 3b Lowe 1b Brosseau 2b Choi dh A. Garcia ph Wendle ss Zunino c Totals

Pittsburgh

AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Newman 2b Reynolds lf Marte cf Bell 1b Cabrera rf Osuna 3b Kang ss Diaz c Lyles p Stratton p a-Moran ph Escobar p b-Dickerson ph Holmes p e-Stallings ph Totals Chicago

5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 37 AB

0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 R

2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 H

0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 BI BB SO

.323 .333 .281 .301 .305 .345 .179 .268 .087 .000 .292 --.270 .000 .345

Schwarber lf Rosario p Cishek p Baez ss Bryant 3b-lf Rizzo 1b Contreras c d-Caratini ph-c Heyward rf Russell 2b Almora Jr. cf Lester p Kintzler p c-Garcia ph Bote 3b Totals

3 0 0 5 4 5 3 0 5 3 4 3 0 1 0 36

1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 10

2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 13

0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 10

.228 .000 .000 .290 .293 .275 .286 .289 .275 .244 .247 .250 --.286 .251

ab 2 0 3 4 4 3 3 2 1 3 3 28

r 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

h 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3

bi bb so avg 0 2 0 .292 0 0 0 .236 0 0 0 .283 0 0 0 .253 0 0 2 .274 0 1 1 .276 0 1 1 .345 0 0 2 .263 0 0 0 .274 0 0 0 .204 1 0 0 .185 1 4 6

Batting - HR: Zunino (5); RBI: Zunino (20); GIDP: Kiermaier; Pham LOB: 5.

Baserunning - SB: Pham (9).

Baltimore ab r h bi bb so avg Alberto 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .300 Ruiz 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Mancini 1b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .284 Nunez dh 4 0 1 0 0 2 .243 Severino c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .272 Villar 2b 3 0 2 0 0 1 .263 Santander rf 3 1 2 0 0 1 .283 Broxton cf 3 0 0 0 0 3 .192 Wilkerson lf 3 1 1 2 0 1 .217 Martin ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .162 Totals 31 2 7 2 0 13

Batting - HR: Wilkerson (8); RBI: Wilkerson 2 (23) LOB: 5.

Baserunning - SB: Santander (1).

Fielding - PB: Severino (8); DP: 2.

Pitching ip h r er bb so era Tampa Bay McKay 5 3 0 0 0 7 1.69 2 Kittredge H,2 /3 2 0 0 0 1 0.75 Poche L,2-2 BS,2 11/3 2 2 2 0 3 4.15 Pagan 1 0 0 0 0 2 1.70 Baltimore Brooks 22/3 0 0 0 0 2 4.75 Yacabonis 31/3 3 1 1 1 2 5.46 Armstrong 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.64 Bleier W,1-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7.00 Givens S,7 2 0 0 0 0 2 4.50

Bleier pitched to 1 batters in the 8th. HBP: Pham (by Brooks). Batters faced; pitchesstrikes: McKay 18; 86-61; Kittredge 4; 24-17; Poche 6; 35-25; Pagan 3; 11-8; Brooks 8; 32-17; Yacabonis 14; 61-33; Armstrong 2; 15-7; Bleier 4; 19-12; Givens 5; 22-16 Umpires - HP: Gonzalez; 1B: Carapazza; 2B: Barber; 3B: Holbrook Game data - T: 3:02. Att: 22,596.

Blue Jays 2, Yankees 1 TOR..............000 002 000 — 2 NYY..............000 000 001 — 1 Toronto

AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Sogard rf-2b 5 Galvis ss 3 Gurriel Jr. lf 4 Biggio 2b-1b 3 Guerrero Jr. dh 4 Grichuk cf-rf 4 Tellez 1b 4 1-Hernandez pr-cf 0 Drury 3b 4 Maile c 4 Totals 35 New York AB

0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 R

1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 8 H

LeMahieu 3b Judge rf Voit 1b Sanchez c Encarnacion dh Gregorius ss Hicks cf Torres 2b Gardner lf Totals

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 8

5 5 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 34

0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 9 BI BB SO

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3

1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 8

.295 .267 .296 .235 .249 .234 .228 .201 .219 .162

Avg. .330 .294 .277 .243 .217 .263 .236 .292 .253

1-ran for Tellez in the 9th.

LOB: Toronto 8, New York 11. 2B: Sogard (12).

RBI: Grichuk 2 (40), Judge (21). SB: Gurriel Jr. (4), Biggio (6).

Runners left in scoring position: Toronto 4 (Sogard, Galvis, Grichuk 2); New York 5 (Voit, Sanchez 3, Encarnacion). RISP: Toronto 1 for 7; New York 1 for 5.

Runners moved up: Guerrero Jr., Maile.

Pitching ip h r er bb so era

Toronto Richard Kingham

Biagini, W, 3-1 Mayza, H, 11 Phelps, H, 2 Hudson, S, 2-4

New York

Happ, L, 7-5 Ottavino Cortes Jr. Britton Hale

2 2 Z z 1 z 1 z 1 z

2 0 0 2 0 0

0 1 5.96 1 3 7.99

1 0 0 1 0 0

1 0 4.02 0 0 4.54

0 0 0

0 3 3.27

2 1 1

1 1 2.85

5 5 2 2 z Z 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Z z 1 0 0 1 1 0 0

1 5 4.93 0 1 1.77 1 3 4.54 0 0 2.41 0 0 2.63

Inherited runners-scored: Biagini 1-0, Phelps 1-0, Ottavino 2-2, Britton 1-0. HBP: Richard (Sanchez), Hudson (Encarnacion). WP: Hale.

Umpires: HP: Andy Fletcher; 1B: Ryan Blakney; 2B: Will Little; 3B: Joe West.

T: 3:32. A: 43,472 (47,309).

2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6

0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 9

Avg.

a-grounded out for Stratton in the 5th. b-out on fi elder's choice for Escobar in the 7th. cstruck out for Kintzler in the 7th. d-walked for Contreras in the 8th. e-singled for Holmes in the 9th.

E: Reynolds (2), Kang (7), Baez (11). LOB: Pittsburgh 6, Chicago 8. 2B: Bell (31), Schwarber (15), Baez (24), Heyward 2 (9). HR: Kang (9), off Lester; Marte (14), off Lester; Marte (15), off Rosario; Contreras (19), off Lyles; Lester (1), off Stratton. RBI: Marte 2 (50), Kang (21), Dickerson (19), Baez (63), Rizzo (59), Contreras 3 (55), Russell 2 (15), Lester 3 (5).

Runners left in scoring position: Pittsburgh 2 (Reynolds, Cabrera); Chicago 6 (Baez, Bryant 2, Heyward 2, Almora Jr.). RISP: Pittsburgh 0 for 4; Chicago 5 for 11.

GIDP: Newman, Reynolds, Russell.

DP: Pittsburgh 1 (Kang, Newman, Bell); Chicago 2 (Baez, Russell, Rizzo), (Baez, Russell, Rizzo).

Pitching ip h r er bb so era

Pittsburgh Lyles, L, 5-6 Stratton Escobar Holmes

Chicago

Lester, W, 9-6 Kintzler Rosario Cishek

Z 3 z 2 2 6 Z z 1 z Z

4 7 7 5 3 3

4 2 5.16 1 3 6.66

4 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0.00 1 3 4.85

8 3 3

0 6 3.74

0 0 0 3 1 1

0 0 1.96 0 1 5.23

0 0 0

0 0 2.68

Inherited runners-scored: Stratton 2-1, Kintzler 2-0, Cishek 1-0. PB_Diaz (7).

Umpires: HP: Nic Lentz; 1B: John Tumpane; 2B: Kerwin Danley; 3B: Ted Barrett.

T: 3:12. A: 40,286 (41,649).

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Giants 10, Brewers 7 (10) SF............000 022 011 4 — 10 MIL.............010 103 001 1 — 7 San Francisco

AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Belt 1b Posey c Longoria 3b Dickerson lf d-Solano ph e-Sandoval ph Pillar cf Crawford ss Slater rf Panik 2b S.Anderson p c-Austin ph Yastrzemski lf Totals Milwaukee

5 5 5 3 1 1 5 4 4 4 2 1 0 40 AB

1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 10 R

2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 10 H

Cain cf Yelich rf Grandal c Moustakas 3b Braun lf Thames 1b f-Saladino ph Hiura 2b Arcia ss C.Anderson p a-Dubon ph b-Gamel ph Aguilar 1b Totals

6 5 4 5 4 3 1 4 4 1 1 1 2 41

0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7

1 2 0 1 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 13

0 0 1 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 1 10 BI BB SO

0 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7

0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4

2 3 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 14

.239 .257 .237 .290 .289 .287 .246 .224 .389 .228 .118 .195 .242

Avg. .245 .330 .255 .262 .275 .263 .100 .276 .236 .000 .000 .250 .233

a-struck out for C.Anderson in the 5th. bgrounded out for Burnes in the 6th. c-homered for Watson in the 8th. d-struck out for Dickerson in the 9th. e-grounded out for Smith in the 10th. f-grounded out for Albers in

Reds Xtra Continued from Page 1C

The Reds tried to add at the deadline but didn’t. In retrospect, that’s probably when the Reds should have traded Johnny Cueto, Jay Bruce and Todd Frazier.

When the Reds were deciding whether to buy or sell at the deadline, then-general manager Walt Jocketty famously said: “Do you know who I work for?”

Jocketty worked for then – and Dick Williams works for now – the sometimes overly optimistic Bob Castellini.

It’s Bob’s team, and I can’t imagine him giving up on the season at this point. So the Reds will attempt to be buyers again. Williams has said as much every time he’s been asked

the fi rst inning at Wrigley Field.

Braves at PADRES (late): San Diego has hit 140 home runs as a team this season.

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Mariners at ANGELS (late): Los Angeles has hit 134 home runs as a team this season.

the 10th.

E: S.Anderson (2). LOB: San Francisco 1, Milwaukee 9. 2B: Pillar (19), Moustakas (19), Braun (16), Thames (11), Hiura (2). 3B: Yelich (3). HR: Slater (3), off C.Anderson; Longoria (13), off Burnes; Austin (8), off Hader; Crawford (6), off Hader; Posey (4), off Albers; Hiura (8), off Melancon. RBI: Posey 4 (26), Longoria 2 (39), Crawford (29), Slater 2 (11), Austin (20), Moustakas (54), Braun 2 (42), Thames 2 (38), Hiura 2 (14). SB: Belt (3). CS_Cain (5).

Runners left in scoring position: San Francisco 1 (Dickerson); Milwaukee 4 (Cain 2, Thames, C.Anderson). RISP: San Francisco 3 for 5; Milwaukee 4 for 12. Runners moved up: Gamel, Moustakas. GIDP: Arcia.

DP: San Francisco 1 (Panik, Crawford, Belt).

Pitching ip h r er bb so era

Simmons ss Bour 1b Garneau c Thaiss 3b Rengifo 2b Totals

San Francisco

Leake, L, 7-8 Festa Milone Wisler Gearrin Markel McKay

S.Anderson Moronta Watson Dyson Smith, W, 2-0 Melancon

56 4 4 12 1 1 1 10 0 1 10 0 11 1 1 12 1 1

Milwaukee

C.Anderson Burnes Claudio, H, 16 Hader Albers, L, 4-3

532 122 10 0 222 134

2 2 0 2 4

3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

8 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 3 0

4.48 2.88 3.28 2.25 2.17 4.30 4.27 8.22 4.23 2.40 4.50

S.Anderson pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.

Inherited runners-scored: Moronta 2-2. HBP: Watson (Braun). WP: Moronta.

Umpires: HP: Brian Gorman; 1B: Ben May; 2B: Mark Carlson; 3B: Tripp Gibson.

T: 3:33. A: 40,186 (41,900).

Athletics 5, White Sox 1 CHW .............000 000 001 — 1 OAK ...............120 001 10x — 5 Chicago

AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Garcia ss Moncada 3b Abreu 1b McCann c Jay rf Jimenez lf Reed dh Sanchez 2b Cordell cf b-Tilson ph Totals Oakland

5 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 1 36 AB

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 R

2 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 10 H

Semien ss Chapman 3b Olson 1b Davis dh Canha rf Grossman lf a-Pinder ph-lf Laureano cf Profar 2b Phegley c Totals

5 4 4 3 3 3 1 4 4 4 35

0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 5

2 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 13

1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 6 BI BB SO

1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5

0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2

1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5

.295 .313 .275 .316 .282 .242 .250 .248 .233 .241

Avg. .273 .268 .250 .237 .241 .264 .242 .267 .213 .249

a-struck out for Grossman in the 7th. b-struck out for Cordell in the 9th.

E: Garcia (6). LOB: Chicago 10, Oakland 8. 2B: Grossman (16). 3B: Semien (3). HR: Laureano (17), off Nova; Profar (11), off Nova; Canha (13), off Nova. RBI: Garcia (25), Semien (49), Davis (44), Canha (23), Laureano (48), Profar (41).

Runners left in scoring position: Chicago 5 (Moncada, Abreu, McCann, Jay 2); Oakland 5 (Semien, Olson, Profar, Pinder 2). RISP: Chicago 1 for 9; Oakland 2 for 11.

Runners moved up: Profar, Phegley. GIDP: Jimenez, Canha, Laureano.

DP: Chicago 2 (Garcia, Sanchez, Abreu), (Moncada, Sanchez, Abreu); Oakland 1 (Semien, Profar, Olson).

Pitching ip h r er bb so era

Chicago

Nova, L, 4-8 Minaya Osich Ruiz

Oakland

Fiers, W, 9-3 Petit Soria Hendriks, S, 6-7

6 10 4 4 Z 21 1 1 10 0 z 00 0 7Z z Z z

80 0 00 0 21 1 00 0

0 2 0 0

4 0 1 0

5.60 3.90 4.83 6.26

1 0 1 0

4 0 1 1

3.61 2.45 4.89 1.24

Inherited runners-scored: Osich 3-0, Ruiz 1-0, Petit 2-0, Hendriks 2-0. WP: Minaya. PB_Phegley (12). Umpires: HP: Larry Vanover; 1B: Alfonso Marquez; 2B: Chad Whitson; 3B: Dave Rackley. T: 3:10. A: 18,504 (46,765).

Angels 13, Mariners 0 SEA .............000 000 000 — 0 LAA..............720 011 20x — 13 Seattle

AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

M.Smith cf Crawford ss Santana rf Vogelbach 1b Narvaez dh Seager 3b Murphy c Nola c Williamson lf Gordon 2b Totals Los Angeles

4 3 3 3 2 3 3 0 3 3 27 AB

Fletcher 2b-3b Trout cf Ohtani dh Upton lf Calhoun rf

5 4 4 5 5

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R

2 2 1 2 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 H

3 3 1 2 0

0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 BI BB SO

0 6 0 2 0

1 1 1 0 0

1 0 1 2 3

.235 .272 .283 .236 .292 .199 .262 .296 .159 .263

Avg. .300 .307 .302 .281 .234

5 3 3 4 0 38

3 2 1 0 0 13

3 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 13 13

0 2 1 1 0 7

0 1 1 2 0 11

.292 .177 .268 .071 .260

E: Murphy (3), Williamson (3), Gordon (7).

LOB: Seattle 1, Los Angeles 10. 2B: Fletcher (16), Trout 2 (20), Simmons (14). HR: Trout (29), off Leake; Upton (4), off Markel. RBI: Trout 6 (73), Upton 2 (8), Simmons (24), Bour (26), Garneau 2 (4), Thaiss (1).

Runners left in scoring position: Los Angeles 7 (Trout 2, Ohtani 2, Upton 2, Calhoun). RISP: ; Los Angeles 7 for 20.

Runners moved up: Bour, Garneau.

Pitching ip h r er bb so era

Seattle

Los Angeles

Z8 7 112 2 z0 0 12 1 11 1 112 10 0

Cole Pena, W, 7-2

4 1 0 0 1 2 0

20 0 0 70 0 0

1 2 0 0 0 1 3

2 2 5 1 0 0 1

4.60 4.66 3.40 5.23 4.50 15.43 1.50

0 2 4.15 1 6 4.32

Inherited runners-scored: Festa 3-0, Milone 3-0. HBP: Festa (Trout). WP: Markel.

Umpires: HP: Paul Nauert; 1B: CB Bucknor; 2B: Ramon De Jesus; 3B: D.J. Reyburn.

T: 2:54. A: 43,140 (45,050).

Braves 5, Padres 3 ATL ...............300 010 010 — 5 SD .................000 001 011 — 3 Atlanta

AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Acuna Jr. cf Swanson ss Freeman 1b Donaldson 3b Markakis rf Riley lf McCann c Albies 2b Keuchel p Culberson lf Totals San Diego

4 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 0 32 AB

1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 R

1 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 8 H

Tatis Jr. ss Hosmer 1b Machado 3b Renfroe lf F.Reyes rf Mejia c Kinsler 2b Margot cf Lamet p a-Myers ph b-A.Allen ph c-Garcia ph Totals

4 5 5 3 3 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 33

0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3

2 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9

1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 3 9 BI BB SO

0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

1 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 6

1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 7

.291 .273 .306 .253 .286 .257 .258 .289 .091 .317

Avg. .330 .285 .271 .249 .257 .212 .214 .240 .000 .216 .256 .263

a-struck out for Lamet in the 5th. b-grounded out for G.Reyes in the 7th. c-struck out for Perdomo in the 9th.

E: Tatis Jr. (9). LOB: Atlanta 3, San Diego 9.

2B: Swanson (20). HR: Donaldson (19), off Lamet; Acuna Jr. (22), off Lamet; Donaldson (20), off Strahm; Machado (21), off Keuchel.

RBI: Acuna Jr. (54), Donaldson 4 (49), Hosmer (63), Machado (59), Mejia (7).

Runners left in scoring position: Atlanta 1 (Riley); San Diego 2 (Hosmer 2). RISP: Atlanta 1 for 2; San Diego 2 for 6.

Runners moved up: F.Reyes. GIDP: Freeman, Riley, McCann, F.Reyes, Mejia 2.

DP: Atlanta 3 (Albies, Swanson, Freeman), (Albies, Freeman), (Albies, Freeman); San Diego 3 (Machado, Kinsler, Hosmer), (Kinsler, Machado, Hosmer), (Kinsler, Machado, Hosmer).

Pitching ip h r er bb so era

Atlanta

Keuchel, W, 3-2 Sobotka Webb, H, 9 Jackson, S, 15-21

76 1 1 Z2 1 1 z0 0 0 11 1 1

San Diego

Lamet, L, 0-2 Munoz G.Reyes Strahm Perdomo

554 10 0 10 0 12 1 1 10

4 0 0 1 0

4 1 0 1

5 0 0 2

3.09 5.75 1.39 2.80

2 1 0 0 0

7 1 1 0 0

6.30 0.00 9.98 5.47 3.21

Inherited runners-scored: Webb 1-0. WP: Lamet, Sobotka. PB_McCann (5).

Umpires: HP: Dana DeMuth; 1B: Angel Hernandez; 2B: Chris Segal; 3B: Carlos Torres.

T: 3:03. A: 34,692 (42,445).

Rockies 3, Reds 2 CIN ...............000 001 100 — 2 COL...............000 001 02x — 3 Cincinnati

AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Winker lf Votto 1b Suarez 3b Puig rf Dietrich 2b Senzel cf J.Iglesias ss S.Gray p b-Ervin ph-lf Casali c Totals Colorado

4 4 4 4 4 3 3 1 1 3 31 AB

Blackmon rf Story ss Dahl lf Arenado 3b

about it.

But two words of unsolicited advice: Buy quick.

The Reds clearly need bullpen help posthaste. The fi rst game out of the break showed that. David Hernandez took the loss Friday night. He entered the game with a 2-1 lead and promptly gave up home runs to David Dahl and Daniel Murphy. With Amir Garrett on the injured list and Zach Duke gone, Hernandez is the de facto lefty specialist, even though Hernandez throws right-handed.

That’s not working. Left-handers are hitting .238 and slugging .442 against Hernandez over his career.

This year, lefties are hitting .349 and slugging .651 against Hernandez.

The fact that Garrett is not on the current road trip was a huge blow to the Reds. He’s been their best reliever by far. Take him out of the equation

4 4 2 4

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 R

1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 H

1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 8 BI BB SO

0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0

0 0 2 0

2 3 1 1

.250 .264 .248 .253 .216 .259 .286 .154 .280 .246

Avg. .326 .288 .309 .311

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Murphy 1b Desmond cf McMahon 2b Wolters c J.Gray p a-Tapia ph Totals

4 3 4 3 0 1 29

1 0 0 0 0 0 3

3 1 0 2 0 0 8

2 0 0 0 0 0 3

0 1 0 0 0 0 3

0 1 1 1 0 1 11

.283 .274 .252 .291 .057 .263

a-struck out for J.Gray in the 7th. b-struck out for S.Gray in the 8th.

E: Winker (2), Dietrich (1). LOB: Cincinnati 3, Colorado 7. 2B: Murphy (16), Desmond (23).

3B: Winker (2). HR: Suarez (21), off J.Gray; Dahl (13), off Hernandez; Murphy (8), off Hernandez. RBI: Winker (27), Suarez (55), Dahl (52), Murphy 2 (46). SB: Dahl (3). CS_Murphy (1). S_S.Gray, J.Gray 2.

Runners left in scoring position: Cincinnati 2 (Winker, Votto); Colorado 4 (Blackmon, Story, Arenado, McMahon). RISP: Cincinnati 0 for 5; Colorado 1 for 7. GIDP: McMahon.

DP: Cincinnati 3 (Casali, Dietrich), (J.Iglesias, Dietrich, Votto), (Casali, Votto); Colorado 1 (Wolters, Arenado).

Pitching iph r er bbso era

Cincinnati

S.Gray 75 1 1 3 9 3.42 Hernandez, L, 2-5, BS, 3-4 Z32 2 0 16.28 Lorenzen z00 0 0 1 3.72

Colorado

J.Gray Diaz, W, 2-2 Davis, S, 13-15

742 2 0 6 3.83 120 0 0 24.94 100 0 0 0 5.33

Inherited runners-scored: Lorenzen 1-0.

Umpires: HP: Eric Cooper; 1B: James Hoye; 2B: Jeremie Rehak; 3B: Mark Ripperger.

T: 2:40. A: 41,368 (50,398).

Rangers 9, Astros 8 HOU...............021 013 100 — 8 TEX.................110 110 221 — 9 Houston

AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Springer cf Altuve 2b Brantley lf Alvarez dh Gurriel 3b Reddick rf Chirinos c White 1b Straw ss Totals Texas

4 5 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 35 AB

1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 8 R

1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 9 H

Choo rf Calhoun lf Andrus ss Gallo dh Odor 2b Santana cf Cabrera 3b Guzman 1b Federowicz c Totals

4 5 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 37

2 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 9

2 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 10

0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 3 5 BI BB SO

1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 8

1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 5

2 1 1 2 3 1 3 2 2 17

.305 .256 .321 .363 .277 .292 .218 .224 .276

Avg. .294 .270 .304 .274 .194 .307 .225 .209 .222

Two outs when winning run scored.

E: Gurriel (4), Chirinos (4), Andrus (8). LOB: Houston 3, Texas 7. HR: Gurriel (15), off Chavez; Altuve (11), off Chavez; Alvarez (8), off Chavez; Alvarez (9), off B.Martin; Choo (14), off Cole; Santana (10), off Cole; Gallo (21), off Cole; Federowicz (4), off Harris; Guzman (8), off Rondon. RBI: Altuve (26), Alvarez 2 (27), Gurriel 2 (52), White 2 (18), Choo (37), Andrus (47), Gallo (48), Santana 2 (30), Guzman 2 (29), Federowicz (6). SB: Straw (6), Andrus 2 (21), Santana (10).

Runners left in scoring position: Houston 1 (Gurriel); Texas 4 (Gallo 2, Odor, Guzman).

RISP: Houston 3 for 5; Texas 2 for 8.

Pitching ip h r er bb so era

Houston

Cole Harris Pressly, H, 22 Rondon, BS, 3-3 Osuna, L, 3-2

Texas

Chavez Sampson B.Martin Leclerc Kelley, W, 5-2

654 4 z22 1 Z0 0 0 112 2 Z2 1 1 5z77 1 10 Z1 1 10 0 10 0

6 0 1 0 0

2 1 0 1 1

13 0 1 2 1

3.23 1.93 1.34 3.44 2.15

2 1 0 0 0

3 0 1 1 0

3.84 4.65 5.04 4.43 3.00

Inherited runners-scored: Pressly 2-1, Sampson 2-2. WP: Chavez, Sampson.

Umpires: HP: Rob Drake; 1B: Mike Muchlinski; 2B: Tim Timmons; 3B: Mike Winters.

T: 3:07. A: 32,322 (49,115).

Royals 8, Tigers 5 DET ...............103 001 000 — 5 KC..................113 000 21x — 8 Detroit

AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Reyes cf Castellanos rf Cabrera dh Dixon 1b Candelario 3b Goodrum 2b Stewart lf Hicks c Mercer ss Totals Kansas City

4 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 35 AB

2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 R

3 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 9 H

3 4 1 4 4 4 3 4

2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0

1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3

Merrifi eld rf Mondesi ss Gordon lf Dozier 3b Soler dh Cuthbert 1b Starling cf Lopez 2b

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 4 10 BI BB SO

0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0

1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0

1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0

.300 .282 .302 .243 .215 .232 .237 .194 .183

Avg. .306 .268 .274 .278 .243 .287 .000 .238

Maldonado c Totals

4 1 1 1 31 8 9 6

0 0 .226 4 6

E: Goodrum (12), Cuthbert (5). LOB: Detroit 7, Kansas City 4. 2B: Reyes (1), Castellanos (30), Dixon (8), Stewart (17), Merrifi eld (26), Soler (19), Lopez (10). HR: Cuthbert (5), off Turnbull; Maldonado (6), off Hardy; Soler (24), off Cisnero. RBI: Reyes (4), Castellanos (34), Cabrera (37), Dixon (35), Candelario (17), Gordon (56), Soler 2 (61), Cuthbert 2 (18), Maldonado (17).

SB: Merrifi eld (14), Mondesi (29). CS_Mondesi (4). SF_Gordon.

Runners left in scoring position: Detroit 2 (Castellanos, Candelario); Kansas City 2 (Soler, Maldonado). RISP: Detroit 3 for 13; Kansas City 1 for 6.

Runners moved up: Mercer, Dozier. GIDP: Stewart, Mercer, Maldonado.

DP: Detroit 1 (Mercer, Goodrum, Dixon); Kansas City 2 (Lopez, Mondesi, Cuthbert), (Mondesi, Cuthbert).

Pitching ip h r er bb so era

Detroit

Turnbull Soto Hardy, L, 1-1 Farmer Cisnero

Kansas City

Duffy Lopez McCarthy, BS, 1-2 Newberry, W, 1-0 Diekman, H, 14 Kennedy, S, 12-15

34 5 3 10 Z22 z0 0 12 1

4 0 2 0 1

3 0 1 0 0

1 3 1 1 0

3.59 7.24 4.42 4.29 3.60

26 4 3 10 12 1 10 0 10 0 10 0

4 0 1 0 0 0

2 1 0 1 0 0

3 3 0 1 1 2

4.64 6.35 5.26 3.48 5.06 3.50

Duffy pitched to 4 batters in the 3rd.

Inherited runners-scored: Farmer 1-0, Lopez 2-1. WP: Duffy, Hardy.

Umpires: HP: Marvin Hudson; 1B: Adrian Johnson; 2B: Quinn Wolcott; 3B: Gary Cederstrom. T: 3:07. A: 25,059 (37,903).

D-backs 4, Cardinals 2 ARI ...............000 100 120 — 4 STL ...............000 010 010 — 2 Arizona

AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Dyson lf Marte cf Escobar 2b-3b Walker 1b Jones rf Lamb 3b-1b Ahmed ss C.Kelly c Ray p a-Leyba ph Vargas 2b Totals St. Louis

4 4 4 4 4 2 4 3 2 0 0 31 AB

0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 R

0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 H

Edman 2b-cf 4 J.Martinez lf 3 DeJong ss 4 Goldschmidt 1b 4 Carpenter 3b 4 Fowler rf 4 Wieters c 3 Bader cf 2 b-Wong ph-2b 2 Ponce de Leon p 1 c-Munoz ph 1 Totals 32

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2

0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4

0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 8 BI BB SO

0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2

0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3

2 1 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 12

.252 .310 .295 .263 .260 .233 .265 .271 .059 .200 .252

Avg. .263 .282 .257 .251 .216 .250 .224 .203 .246 .000 .303

a-pinch hit for Hirano in the 8th. b-singled for Bader in the 8th. c-out on fi elder's choice for Gant in the 8th.

E: Ahmed (6), J.Martinez (3). LOB: Arizona 3, St. Louis 6. HR: Walker (18), off Ponce de Leon; Lamb (2), off Miller; Marte (21), off Gant; Wieters (6), off Ray. RBI: Marte 2 (55), Walker (46), Lamb (6), DeJong (37), Wieters (15).

Runners left in scoring position: Arizona 1 (Ray); St. Louis 2 (Goldschmidt, Wong). RISP: Arizona 0 for 2; St. Louis 1 for 5.

Runners moved up: C.Kelly, J.Martinez. GIDP: Ahmed 2. DP: St. Louis 2 (Carpenter, Edman, Goldschmidt), (Wong, Goldschmidt).

Pitching ip h r er bb so era

Arizona

Ray, W, 7-6 Hirano, H, 8 Lopez, H, 12 Holland, S, 15-19

6z2 1 1 Z0 0 0 12 1 0 10 0 0

2 0 0 1

8 1 1 2

3.81 4.01 1.54 3.19

Ponce de Leon Miller, L, 3-4 Gant Brebbia

6Z3 1 1 011 1 1z22 2 10 0 0

0 0 1 0

7 0 0 1

1.99 4.13 2.54 3.05

St. Louis

Miller pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

HBP: Ponce de Leon (Lamb), Brebbia (Lamb).

WP: Holland. Umpires: HP: Tom Hallion; 1B: John Libka; 2B: Adam Hamari; 3B: Todd Tichenor. T: 2:56. A: 44,960 (45,538).

Red Sox 8, Dodgers 1 LAD ..............010 000 000 — 1 BOS ...............110 001 50x — 8 Los Angeles

AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Seager ss Turner 3b Freese dh Bellinger rf Muncy 1b Pollock cf Verdugo lf K.Hernandez 2b A.Barnes c Totals Boston

4 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 32 AB

Betts rf Devers 3b

and the bullpen goes down several notches.

A big part of the second half fade for the 2014 team was J.J. Hoover’s struggles. He went 1-10 with a 4.58 ERA that year, a year he began as Aroldis Chapman’s setup man.

It’s impossible to know what’s available on the trade market as far as relievers. But it’s hard to fathom the Reds remaining in contention with the bullpen in its current form.

The Reds led the National League in bullpen ERA for much of the fi rst half.

They’re now fi fth at 4.10. The bullpen overall has not been overworked because starters have been eff ective and have eaten up innings by today’s standards. The Reds have thrown the 11th most bullpen innings in the NL. But Garrett is tied for sixth in the NL in appearances. Michael Lorenzen and Hernandez are tied for ninth.

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 R

0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 5 H

0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 12 BI BB SO

3 1 1 1 3 2 2 2

.274 .290 .301 .336 .262 .224 .306 .220 .203

Avg.

0 0 .273 1 1 .327

Bogaerts ss Martinez dh Benintendi lf Vazquez c Bradley Jr. cf Chavis 1b Holt 2b Totals

4 4 4 4 2 4 3 31

1 0 0 1 1 1 1 8

1 0 0 2 1 0 1 8

3 0 0 1 0 0 1 8

0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3

2 2 1 0 1 1 0 8

.294 .300 .270 .302 .235 .259 .317

LOB: Los Angeles 6, Boston 3. 2B: Betts (21), Devers (26), Vazquez (13), Holt (5). HR: Verdugo (10), off Rodriguez; Devers (17), off Maeda; Vazquez (15), off Maeda; Bogaerts (18), off Chargois. RBI: Verdugo (40), Betts (41), Devers 2 (64), Bogaerts 3 (68), Vazquez (42), Holt (18). SF: Betts.

Runners left in scoring position: Los Angeles 2 (Seager, Muncy); Boston 1 (Benintendi). RISP: Los Angeles 0 for 3; Boston 3 for 7.

Pitching ip h r er bb so era

Los Angeles Maeda, L, 7-6 Baez Chargois Rosscup

5 Z4 3 Z23 Z 12 1 10

Boston

Rodriguez, W, 10-4 J.Taylor Velazquez

3 3 2 0

75 1 1 10 0 0 10 0 0

1 0 1 1

7 0 1 0

3.82 3.32 4.82 5.00

2 10 4.43 0 1 3.93 0 1 5.52

Inherited runners-scored: Baez 1-0.

Umpires: HP: Phil Cuzzi; 1B: Bill Miller; 2B: Pat Hoberg; 3B: Gerry Davis.

T: 2:52. A: 36,579 (37,731).

Twins 5, Indians 3 MIN ..............100 000 310 — 5 CLE ..............000 300 000 — 3 Minnesota

AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Kepler rf Polanco ss Cruz dh Gonzalez lf Garver c Arraez 2b Sano 3b Adrianza 1b Buxton cf Totals Cleveland

5 4 4 2 4 4 4 3 4 34 AB

1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 8 5 4 8 R H BI BB SO

Lindor ss Mercado cf Santana 1b Kipnis 2b Ramirez 3b Bradley dh a-Luplow ph-dh Bauers lf R.Perez c Allen rf Totals

4 4 4 3 4 3 1 3 4 2 32

0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3

0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 6

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2

1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 12

.262 .311 .278 .253 .294 .386 .237 .285 .253

Avg. .292 .280 .297 .241 .221 .200 .252 .242 .256 .205

a-flied out for Bradley in the 9th.

E: Sano (8), Adrianza (6), Goody (1). LOB: Minnesota 7, Cleveland 5. 2B: Polanco (24), Sano (10). HR: Cruz (17), off Clevinger; Garver (14), off Clippard; Santana (20), off Gibson. RBI: Kepler (56), Polanco 2 (44), Cruz (47), Garver (36), Santana (53), R.Perez 2 (38). SB: Buxton (13), Ramirez (19).

Pitching iph r er bbso era

Minnesota

Gibson May Littell, W, 2-0 Harper, H, 6 Rogers, S, 13-16

3 Z4 3 1 z00 1 10 100 2 10

Cleveland

Clevinger Cimber, H, 9 Goody, H, 3 O.Perez, L, 2-2, BS, 2-2 Wittgren Clippard Cole

54 1 100 Z0 2 02 1 z00 111 1 10

1 1 5 4.03 0 0 2 2.94 0 1 1 5.02 0 0 1 2.84 0 0 3 1.73 1 0 0 1 0 1 0

2 0 1 0 1 0 0

6 3.99 0 2.97 0 2.45 0 3.38 1 3.21 0 3.38 1 3.86

Clevinger pitched to 1 batter in the 6th.

Inherited runners-scored: May 2-0, Cimber 1-0, O.Perez 2-2, Wittgren 1-0. HBP: Gibson (Allen), Cimber (Gonzalez).

Umpires: HP: Jerry Meals; 1B: Gabe Morales; 2B: Ron Kulpa; 3B: Marty Foster.

T: 3:44. A: 30,857 (35,225).

Marlins 8, Mets 4 NYM ............002 000 002 — 4 MIA...............004 003 01x — 8 New York

AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

McNeil rf 4 1 Davis lf 2 1 Alonso 1b 3 0 Ramos c 3 0 Cano 2b 4 1 Frazier 3b 4 1 Conforto cf 3 0 Rosario ss 4 0 Vargas p 2 0 b-Hechavarria ph 1 0 c-Nido ph 1 0 Totals 31 4 Miami AB R

1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 H

Rojas ss Granderson lf Cooper 1b B.Anderson 3b Castro 2b Ramirez rf Alfaro c Riddle cf C.Smith p a-Walker ph Puello rf Totals

0 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 8

3 3 4 3 4 2 4 3 2 1 0 29

0 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8

0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 11 BI BB SO

1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8

0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3

.348 .276 .277 .273 .240 .256 .241 .260 .083 .227 .253

Avg. .292 .191 .311 .252 .245 .287 .273 .197 .130 .265 .275

It should be noted that Cody Reed’s injury really hurt the Reds. Reed can go multiple innings, which is so valuable in blowouts either way. It saves the rest of the bullpen.

I don’t see any help coming from within the organization because the Reds have been steadfast in saying that injured left-hander Alex Wood will get ready as a starter. That makes sense long-term. But Wood could help the Reds quicker and fi ll a more needed role by coming back as a reliever. Lefties have hit .246 and slugged .324 against Wood in his career.

But back to 2014. It’s clear that the Reds can’t aff ord a 10-game swoon like they suff ered through in ’14, so it makes sense if they’re going to buy, do it now. If they wait till the July 31 deadline, it will likely be too late.

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Reds

No end in sight for the team’s off ensive struggles Bobby Nightengale Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY SPORTS

DENVER – When the Reds slumped throughout the fi rst month of the season, they were confi dent their off ense would improve. They have a talented lineup. Their off ense carried them last season with many of the same hitters.

The Reds have shown fl ashes of their off ensive potential, but they’ve cratered in the past month. They were tied for last in the National League in runs (92) during June. They’ve averaged 3.6 runs in their last 31 games, well below the MLB average (4.8 runs) this season.

In their last seven losses, they’ve totaled 13 runs. The bullpen has shown some cracks, but there isn’t much margin for error with an inconsistent off ense. The Reds rank 28th among 30 MLB teams in runs (370), 27th in batting average (.234), 25th in on-base percentage (.305) and 24th in slugging percentage (.405).

“We need to get on base more,” Reds manager David Bell said. “Every team I’ve been a part of, you always look at how you do in situations with runners in scoring position, and that’s important. You end up scoring a lot of runs that way. But it’s not always the case.

“In our case, you can always do better, but I think we’ve been pretty good in those situations. We just haven’t had enough of them. We need to create more opportunities by getting on base more consistently. That’s easier

Jesse Winker drove in one of the Reds’ two runs Friday with a triple.

The Reds were last in the NL in runs scored in June and are averaging 2.86 runs per game in July. USA TODAY

said than done.”

The Reds have a .267 batting average and .357 on-base percentage with runners in scoring position, ranking fi fth in the National League in both categories. The issue is they have the second-fewest at-bats with runners in scoring position in the Majors.

“I think our average in probably every other situation is probably well below average,” Bell said. “I do know with my eyes and statistically that we’re not getting on base as much as we will. That’s going to be the key to getting our off ense more consistent.”

Before the Trade Deadline, each game carries added importance.

Strong pitching has kept the Reds in the playoff mix, but the bullpen has struggled in the last two weeks.

The Reds averaged 3.85 runs per game in April; 5.32 runs in May; 3.83 runs in June; and 2.86 runs in July.

“When we’re not scoring runs, you can see the frustration because we’re trying,” Eugenio Suárez said. “We have to make adjustments. This game is about adjustments. You have to make the right adjustment. Personally, I try to swing at breaking balls in the dirt and try not to chase. I try to see a ball in the strike zone and put a good swing on it. That’s my goal and my adjustment every day.”

Hitters have cycled through hot streaks at various points of the season, but the Reds haven’t created a consistent off ense for a prolonged stretch since May. “It is frustrating,” Curt Casali said.

“You have to trick yourself into feeling good. Fortunately, we’re still in it. It’s July. There’s still a lot of season left.

We feel like we’re still at a point where we can climb a mountain and get this thing done.”

HERNANDEZ’S ROLE: David Hernandez allowed a pair of home runs in the eighth inning in the Reds’ 3-2 loss to the Rockies on Friday. He’s yielded a 24.75 ERA in his last six outings.

Will the Reds try to use him in more low-leverage situations until he starts pitching better?

“We’re always evaluating that,” Bell said. “David’s a good pitcher. Certainly, he knows what he’s capable of. We

STATISTICS

UP NEXT REDS VS. ROCKIES

(Not including Saturday night’s game) BATTERS

J.Iglesias Ervin Votto Senzel Puig Winker Suarez Casali Farmer VanMeter Peraza Dietrich Kemp Barnhart Schebler Gennett Team Totals PITCHERS

Reed Garrett Castillo Hughes Gray Roark Bowman Lorenzen Stephenson R.Iglesias DeSclafani Mahle Sims Duke Peralta Hernandez Herget Team Totals

know what he’s capable of. It is a game of adjustments. He’s going to make those and continue to get the opportunity.

“All year, for the most part, we’ve used Michael (Lorenzen), David and (Raisel) Iglesias, and Amir (Garrett) when he’s healthy, so we’ll continue to fi gure out that mix. Part of it is based on how they’re doing right now, but part of it based on how they’ve done all year too.”

FEELING BETTER: Scooter Gennett was scratched from Friday’s lineup because he felt sick between their full-squad workout at 2 p.m. local time and batting practice.

“Ill was probably the best way to say it,” he said. “I was sweating, I was cold the next minute, light-headed and other stuff . It was just very odd. I never experienced that before. I don’t know if it was altitude or what it is.”

Gennett was feeling better Saturday, participating in batting practice and infi eld drills. He was out of the lineup as the Reds gave him an extra day to recover and it gave José Peraza, a right-handed hitter, a chance to start against Rockies lefty Kyle Freeland.

WOOD REHAB: Making his second rehab start at Triple-A Louisville on Friday, Alex Wood tossed 51 pitches in two innings. He allowed four hits and two earned runs while striking out two.

“The reports were that he felt good,” Bell said. “He actually pitched better than the results. The next step is another start in Triple-A.”

AVG

OBA

.286 .280 .264 .259 .253 .250 .248 .246 .229 .222 .222 .216 .200 .191 .123 .100 .234 W

0 3 8 2 5 5 1 0 2 2 5 2 1 3 0 2 0 41

AB

.319 .345 .356 .321 .300 .326 .325 .337 .274 .340 .275 .343 .210 .290 .253 .100 .305 L

0 1 3 2 5 6 0 2 1 7 4 9 0 1 1 5 0 47

R

280 50 303 216 308 256 326 142 105 45 225 199 60 162 81 20 2930 ERA

1.42 1.70 2.29 3.19 3.42 3.51 3.64 3.72 3.90 4.06 4.26 4.47 4.91 5.01 5.96 6.28 40.50 3.77

H

32 6 44 33 40 38 43 16 13 3 23 36 4 18 11 0 370 G

3 42 18 35 18 17 15 41 27 36 17 17 1 30 28 41 1 88

GS

0 0 18 0 18 17 0 0 0 0 17 17 1 0 0 0 0 88

80 14 80 56 78 64 81 35 24 10 50 43 12 31 10 2 687 SV

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22

2B

3B

11 2 17 13 10 12 16 7 3 3 8 5 2 5 2 0 118

2 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 14

IP

6.1 37.0 106.0 36.2 97.1 92.1 17.1 46.0 32.1 37.2 86.2 92.2 7.1 23.1 22.2 38.2 0.2 781.0

HR

5 1 8 8 20 13 21 4 6 0 5 18 1 5 2 0 118 H

6 25 62 24 79 89 14 46 23 35 91 90 6 21 22 43 5 681

RBI

33 6 22 27 51 27 55 20 20 4 20 40 5 18 7 0 358 R

1 7 31 14 39 39 7 21 16 17 42 48 4 13 15 27 3 344

BB

13 5 41 20 18 24 35 19 5 6 11 22 1 23 14 0 260 ER

1 7 27 13 37 36 7 19 14 17 41 46 4 13 15 27 3 327

SO

43 21 73 56 74 49 98 42 38 15 36 55 19 50 27 6 772 HR

0 3 9 5 9 10 2 7 3 6 17 18 1 4 5 4 2 105

SB

CS

2 0 2 8 13 0 1 0 4 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 39

3 2 0 3 3 1 2 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 22 BB

1 20 53 11 36 30 9 12 14 17 26 25 1 18 8 13 0 294

E

6 1 4 2 1 2 10 2 2 0 5 1 0 1 1 0 46 SO

7 54 124 25 112 92 14 46 44 47 90 99 9 18 20 49 0 850

Game 3 of a 3-game series When: 3:10 p.m. Sunday Where: Coors Field TV/Radio: Fox Sports Ohio/ WLW-AM (700) The Skinny: The Reds have only one series win at Coors Field since 2012.

Mahle has surrendered at least three runs in seven of his last eight starts.

Mahle ranks fifth in the National League with 18 home runs allowed.

Senzatela owns a 5.87 ERA in seven home starts this season.

Pitching matchups Reds: Tyler Mahle Throws: Right Record: 2-9 ERA: 4.47 Rockies: Antonio Senzatela Throws: Right Record: 7-6 ERA: 5.32

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Game 30: Maloney’s epic 1965 no-hitter Mark Schmetzer

Special to Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Jim Maloney already was on his way to one of his two best majorleague seasons when he took the Wrigley Field mound on Aug. 19, 1965, to start for the Cincinnati Reds in the fi rst game of a Thursday doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs.

The right-hander, already in his sixth full major-league season at just 25 years old, would fi nish the 1965 season with a 20-9 record, a 2.54 earned-run average and 14 complete games in 33 starts.

The 6-foot-2, 190-pound Maloney, blessed with an overpowering fastball, also logged his fi rst career no-hitter, but it wasn’t easy. Against the Cubs on this day with the wind blowing in off Lake Michigan, he needed a staggering 187 pitches to complete 10inning no-hitter in a 1-0 win.

Maloney, a Fresno, California native, struck out 12, walked 10, hit a batter and went to a full count 13 times.

The Cubs left 10 runners on base, including the bases loaded three times, but they also managed to get the ball out of the infi eld just three times – all ending in routine fl y ball outs.

“I throw a lot of pitches in every game, somewhere around 135,” Maloney told writers after the game. “I wasn’t sharp as I might have been, but

Jim Maloney needed a staggering 187 pitches to complete 10-inning no-hitter in a 1-0 win over the Cubs. He struck out 12 batters and walked 10.

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when I had to make the pitch, I made the perfect pitch.”

Maloney had fl irted with no-hitters previously in his career, throwing three one-hitters, including one against the Milwaukee Braves in April 1965. He also threw 10 hitless innings against the New York Mets on June 14

of the 1965 season before giving up a home run to Johnny Lewis in the 11th inning of a 1-0 loss.

The Cubs mounted their fi rst rally in the third when Maloney walked the bases loaded with two outs before coaxing Billy Williams into a groundout.

Vada Pinson’s fi rst-inning single lifted the pressure of a no-hitter off Cubs starter Larry Jackson, but Maloney had to deal with it.

Going into the 10th, Maloney couldn’t believe he’d completed nine innings of no-hit pitching without a result for the second time in fewer than three months.

“My gosh, I thought, ‘Don’t tell me it’s going to happen again,’” he said.

The stalemate snapped when 5-11, 150-pound shortstop Leo Cardenas homered off the left-fi eld foul pole with one out in the 10th inning.

The Cubs mounted one more threat. Left-fi elder Doug Clemens walked to lead off the inning, but Billy Williams fl ied out to Tommy Harper before Maloney got Ernie Banks to hit a chopper to Cardenas, who fl ipped to Pete Rose to start a no-hitter-clinching double play. Catcher Johnny Edwards threw his glove into the air and other teammates jumped into Maloney’s arms.

Maloney’s no-hitter was the fi rst by a Cincinnati pitcher since Ewell “The Whip” Blackwell’s eff ort in a 6-0 win over the Boston Braves on June 18, 1847. He also became the fi rst pitcher in major-league history to rack up 10 innings of no-hit pitching in two games in one season.

Maloney paused to allow himself a bit of dreaming.

Game 29: The fi rst ‘offi cial’ game in 1869 Mark Schmetzer

Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The paragraph appeared in the “City Matters” column on the back page of the eight-page Cincinnati Enquirer May 4, 1869, edition: “The Cincinnati and Great Western Base-ball Clubs play the fi rst regular game of the season this afternoon at three o’clock, on the Union Grounds.

Both clubs will send forth the whole of their fi rst nines, and a very interesting game may be expected.”

With that, the debut of all-professional sports was announced.

The paragraph omitted the “Red Stockings” nickname of the Cincinnati team, the forerunner of the Reds, nor did it describe the unique nature of the team. Some baseball players before 1869 had been paid, usually by splitting gate receipts and mostly on an unoffi cial basis, maintaining a look of amateurism. Some teams had players on salary, including the Cincinnati Baseball Club, which paid four of its players in 1868. Between the 1868 and

1869 seasons, the men who ran the sport decided to legitimize the arrangement, creating two levels of the game – amateur and professional.

The Cincinnati Baseball Club, the offi cial name of the Red Stockings. jumped in with both feet, deciding to pay all of its players after paying four of them in 1868. Salary reports vary.

According to one source, the team lured superstar shortstop George Wright, the younger brother of Red Stockings center fi elder Harry Wright, from a New York squad with a teamhigh $1,400 salary. Harry Wright was paid $1,200, while pitcher Asa Brainard and third baseman Fred Waterman each received $1,100.

The rest of the starters – second baseman Charles Sweasy, left fi elder Andrew Leonard, fi rst baseman Charles Gould, catcher Doug Allison, right fi elder Cal McVey – each receiver $800 while the only substitute, Richard Hurley, was paid $600.

According to another list, Harry Wright was the highest-paid Red Stocking at $2,000, with George right behind at $1,800. Brainard remained

An illustration of the presentation of the championship bat to the Cincinnati Red Stockings when they returned from a victorious fi ve-week road trip in 1869. PROVIDED BY THE CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER

at $1,100, but Waterman was listed as being paid $1,000. The rest of the fi gures matched.

The Red Stockings played a couple of exhibition games before taking on Great Western, another local team, in the offi cial season-opener at the Red Stockings’ home fi eld near the site of where the Cincinnati Museum Center

now is located. Playing before a few hundred spectators, the Red Stockings broke open a 7-4 game with a 15run fourth inning on their way to a 45-9 win. George Wright, Leonard and the 18-year-old McVey all hit home runs at the unfenced Union Grounds.

The Red Stockings won three more games before embarking May 31 on an ambitious, 32-day trip East. The fi rst stop was Yellow Springs, Ohio, and the last was Wheeling, W.Va., and included games in Cleveland, Buff alo, Rochester, Syracuse, Troy, Albany, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C., where they visited President and Southwest Ohio native Ulysses S. Grant at the White House – the fi rst championship team to earn a Presidential audience.

The season also included a monthlong West Coast tour before the Red Stockings wrapped up the season at home with a 17-8 win over the Mutuals of New York. Cincinnati’s fi nal record? 57-0.

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REDS

Hernandez struggles prove costly again Bobby Nightengale Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

DENVER – David Hernandez watched his pitch sail over the fence in right-center fi eld, put his hands on his knees and bent over at his waist. It was a painful way to begin the second half of the season.

Entering in the eighth inning with a one-run lead Friday, Hernandez tried to elevate a fastball above the strike zone to Colorado Rockies outfi elder David Dahl. It caught the middle of the plate and Dahl tied the game with a 433-foot homer. With two outs and two strikes, Daniel Murphy crushed a slider over the wall for a back-breaking homer.

Hernandez had allowed two homers in 38 innings this year before his disastrous eighth inning. The pair of homers handed the Reds a 3-2 loss at Coors Field, spoiling a strong start from All-Star pitcher Sonny Gray. The Reds have lost three consecutive games.

“I’m just at a loss for words, really, for how it’s going,” Hernandez said.

“It’s probably been one of my toughest stretches I’ve been through. But I just have to pick it up and go tomorrow and be ready for tomorrow.”

That tough stretch? In Hernandez’s last six appearances, he’s yielded 11 runs and 13 hits in four innings. He owns a bloated 6.28 ERA. He’s spent most of the season in a set-up role, pitching in the seventh or

Starter Sonny Gray allowed one run and fi ve hits in seven innings, striking out nine. He left with a 2-1 lead but got a no-decision. USA TODAY SPORTS

eighth inning in close games. Despite Hernandez’s recent struggles, Reds manager David Bell was confi dent putting the game in his hands.

“Our bullpen has been so good all year,” Bell said. “David tonight, it wasn’t his night. David has been a big part of our success. He’s pitched well.

He’s going to get more opportunities.

He’s one of our guys that we go to. It didn’t work out tonight.”

Gray, who didn’t pitch in the AllStar Game on Tuesday, allowed one

run and fi ve hits in seven innings. He struck out nine and walked three in his fi rst career start in the high-altitude ballpark.

With a 1-0 lead in the sixth inning, Gray ran into trouble against the heart of the Rockies’ lineup. He issued a one-out walk to Dahl. Nolan Arenado followed with a single and Murphy hit an RBI double down the third-base line. Murphy’s double snapped Gray’s scoreless streak at 131⁄ 3 innings.

Gray walked the next batter to load

the bases and drew a visit from pitching coach Derek Johnson. Lefty reliever Wandy Peralta was warming up in the bullpen, but Bell said he liked the way Gray competes deep into his outings. After falling behind in a 2-0 count to No. 7 hitter Ryan McMahon, Gray induced an inning-ending double play.

“Sonny was outstanding,” Bell said. “He pitched out of trouble a couple of times. We gave him a few extra outs. He was able to get out of those situations. He was really good tonight.”

In Gray’s last three starts, he’s struck out 27 in 211⁄ 3 innings and allowed three runs and 13 hits. When he met with the media at the All-Star Game, he said he felt like he could pitch a lot better and throw deeper into games.

So far, so good.

“I feel good,” Gray said. “I feel confi dent. I feel good mentally, I feel good physically. I just feel like I’m throwing the ball pretty well.”

Despite committing two errors and a baserunning mistake when Jesse Winker was picked off third base, the Reds were in a position to win the series opener. Then the bullpen’s struggles continued. In the last 12 games, the Reds’ bullpen has given up 36 runs in 32 innings.

“It’s just a game that comes down to execution and when you don’t execute, you learn the hard way,” Hernandez said. ❚ Box score, 12C

REMEMBERING TYLER SKAGGS

Angels honor him with an unforgettable night Greg Beacham

ASSOCIATED PRESS

ANAHEIM, Calif. – When the Los Angeles Angels think about Tyler Skaggs in the months and years ahead, Andrew Heaney is grateful they’ll have the memory of one incredible night to assuage their sadness.

With Skaggs’ name and No. 45 on all of their jerseys Friday night, the Angels played practically perfect baseball throughout their fi rst home game since their 27-year-old teammate’s death.

After they completed a combined no-hitter and a 13-0 victory over Seattle, the Angels gathered on the fi eld and placed those No. 45 jerseys on the mound until it was more red than brown.

The Angels then stood reverently in a circle to pay one more tribute to the ebullient, lanky left-hander who defi nitely would have called them nasty.

“For us, it’s emotionally therapeutic,” said Heaney, Skaggs’ best friend

and fellow starting pitcher. “After the game, we ran out on the fi eld and everybody was celebrating. Like three hours earlier, I don’t know about everybody else, (but) I had tears in my eyes. You’re sort of reliving your bad memories, bad thoughts. Just for tonight, and maybe moving forward, it can change your mindset. When you think about him, you’re thinking about the loss of a friend, a teammate.

But moving forward, hopefully you think of his jersey, you think of his name, (and) it brings back positive memories.”

This too-good-for-Hollywood evening began with a touching pregame ceremony honoring Skaggs, who was found dead in his hotel room July 1 in Texas on the fi rst morning of a road trip.

The Angels and Mariners all stood solemnly on the Big A fi eld while Skaggs’ mother, Debbie, delivered a heartbreakingly perfect strike with her fi rst pitch.

When the game began, the Angels were fearless and nearly fl awless.

Taylor Cole opened with two per-

fect innings before Félix Peña pitched the game of his life, allowing just one walk in seven hitless innings. Together, they threw the 11th no-hitter in franchise history on the night before what would have been Skaggs’ 28th birthday.

“I know he’s here today, and he was looking over us, and he’s defi nitely a part of this,” said Cole, a 29-year-old reliever making only his 33rd career big-league appearance. “We love him, we miss him, and we’re always going to be there for him.”

The surreal details piled up as the Angels absorbed the enormity of their night.

As Mike Trout noted, they scored seven runs in the fi rst inning and fi nished with 13 runs and 13 hits – and Skaggs’ birthday is 7-13 – July 13th.

The last combined no-hitter in California was thrown in Oakland on July 13, 1991 – the exact day Skaggs, a California native, was born.

“Tonight was in honor of him,” Trout said. “He was defi nitely looking over us tonight. He’s probably up there saying we’re nasty. What an un-

believable game to be a part of. I’m speechless. This is the best way possible to honor him tonight. It was pretty crazy.”

Trout rarely swings at the fi rst pitch in any at-bat, yet he hit a thunderous 454-foot homer on the fi rst pitch he saw from Seattle’s Mike Leake in the fi rst inning. After an uncommonly slow trot around the bases, Trout pointedly looked up in the direction of Skaggs’ family in the stands.

The two-time AL MVP fi nished with two doubles and six RBI in the latest spectacular performance of his six-game tear since the death of his close friend.

“He wouldn’t want anything else,” Trout said. “When I think of him, it’s that joyful laugh. He wouldn’t want us to be upset. … Whenever you think of him, it’s tough to tell yourself he passed. But (after) tonight, when you think of Tyler, think of the day we wore his jersey to honor him and honor his family and honor Carli. Peña and Cole threw a no-hitter. Just positive thoughts.”

cincinnati.com ❚ SUNDAY, JULY 14, 2019 ❚ 11C

Golf

Tiger prepared in his own way Doug Ferguson ASSOCIATED PRESS

That was Tiger Woods in his red shirt on Sunday at the Masters. That was Tiger Woods slipping on the green jacket.

But it’s not the same Tiger Woods.

The evidence has less to do with how he plays – still plenty good to beat the best in the world on the biggest stage – and more to do with how often he plays.

The chanting and cheering Sunday afternoon at Augusta National sounded as though it would go on forever.

Woods, 11 years and four back surgeries removed from his last major, methodically worked his way around the back nine and beat a cast of contenders that included the last two major champions (Brooks Koepka and Francesco Molinari) and the No. 1 player in the world (Dustin Johnson).

It was his 15th major, and it started anew the countdown in his pursuit of Jack Nicklaus and his record 18 majors.

That now seems a lot longer than three months ago.

Woods has played just three tournaments – 10 rounds – since he won the Masters. For only the seventh time in his career, he went from one major to the next without having played in between, and then he missed the cut at Bethpage Black in the PGA Championship.

Unusual? Not anymore.

He goes into the British Open, which starts this week on a Royal Portrush links he has never seen, having not played since he shot 69 in the fi nal round at Pebble Beach on June 16. A good back nine allowed him to tie for 21st. He fi nished 11 shots behind Gary Woodland.

There were not many options.

Woods has not played the week after the U.S. Open since 2003. Instead of having the Quicken Loans National, which his foundation ran, the tour offered two new events in Detroit and Minnesota. The only time Woods has played a week before the British Open was in 1995, when he was still in college. He played the Scottish Open at Carnoustie ahead of the British Open at St. Andrews.

His only public activity since Pebble Beach was a social media post for Nike on Monday in which he says he is getting up at 1 a.m. because that would be 6 a.m. at Royal Portrush, and he wanted “to be prepared for the time change.”

“If you want to succeed, if you want to get better, if you want to win, if you want to accomplish your goals, well, it starts with getting up early in the morning,” he said.

The inactivity is another reminder that Woods is managing his health as much as his game.

Most telling was what he said at

148TH BRITISH OPEN PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland – Facts and figures for the British Open golf championship: Event: 148th Open Championship.

Dates: Thursday-Sunday Site: Royal Portrush.

Length: 7,344.

Par: 71.

The course: The club dates to a ninehole course in 1888, expanding to 18 holes a year later. Harry Colt designed the Dunluce Links in 1929.

Royal Portrush in 1951 hosted the only British Open not held in Scotland or England. To allow for the size of the championship, two holes from the Valley Links were used to create a new seventh and eighth holes on the Dunluce Links, while the previous 17th and 18th holes are now the site of the tented village.

Tiger Woods goes into the British Open having not played since he shot 69 in the fi nal round in the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach on June 16. USA TODAY SPORTS

Bethpage Black: “There are more days I feel older than my age than I do younger than my age,” he said.

What to expect at the fi nal major of the year?

Anything.

No one was more perplexed about his lack of competition going into the British Open than Padraig Harrington.

“If you’re serious about winning The Open, you’ve got to be playing tournament golf at least before it,” Harrington said. “You’d rather be playing links golf and being in a tournament than just on your own going into it.”

That was never the case with Woods.

In his younger days, Woods came over to Ireland with Mark O’Meara for a mix of links golf and fi shing, either at Portmarnock or Royal County Down, and sometimes to the south in Waterville. In a 10-year stretch since he fi rst went to Ireland, Woods won the Open three times and contended in three others.

“I think it has been instrumental in preparing for the British Open, not only for getting adjusted for the time, but also getting used to playing links golf,” he said in 2002 in Ireland, where he won a World Golf Championship.

“We play in all diff erent types of weather, which certainly makes it interesting. And I think it’s instrumental in my preparation for The Open Championship.”

Harrington wasn’t being as critical of Woods as the headlines suggested.

There is simply a diff erent way to prepare, and no one can argue with Woods’ results.

“I was always mightily impressed

when Tiger Woods would play in a major without playing the week before,” Harrington said. “I’d be a basket case if I didn’t play the week before.

Diff erent personalities. Completely diff erent.”

Woods fi nished last year with a victory in the Tour Championship, and he had been building toward that. He inched closer to contention two weeks before the British Open, and then had the lead briefl y on Sunday at Carnoustie and tied for sixth. He pushed Koepka all the way to the end in a runner-up fi nish at the PGA Championship.

And then he won at East Lake.

Since then?

He was clearly fatigued at the Ryder Cup, where he didn’t win a match, and after two months away from the game, he fi nished 17th against an 18man fi eld in the Bahamas. He played three tournaments in a fi ve-week stretch to start this year and fi nished nearly 11 shots out of the lead on average. And then he skipped Bay Hill, citing soreness in his neck. His explanation was simple. Sometimes he doesn’t feel that great, a product of age and injuries.

Woods lost in the quarterfi nals of Match Play, and two weeks later won the Masters.

In the three events since then, he missed the cut and fi nished 10 shots and 11 shots out of the lead.

“If I feel good, then I feel like I can play any venue,” Woods said at the U.S. Open. “When I’m stiff and not moving as well, it becomes a little bit more diffi cult.”

Which Tiger Woods will show up?

Odds are, not even he knows.

Field: 156 players.

Playoff (if necessary): 3 holes, aggregate score.

Prize money: $10.75 million.

Winner’s share: $1,935,000.

Defending champion: Francesco Molinari.

Last year: Francesco Molinari became the first Italian to win a major when he closed with a 2-under 69, playing the final 37 holes without a bogey at Carnoustie. A birdie on the final hole gave him a two-shot victory. Tiger Woods briefly had the lead on Sunday. Jordan Spieth had a share of the 54-hole lead and didn’t make a birdie in the final round. Seven players had a share of the lead at some point Sunday, and six were still tied on the back nine.

Last time at Royal Portrush: Max Faulkner built a six-shot lead through 54 holes and held on with a 74 for a two-shot victory over Antonio Cerda in the only British Open not held in Scotland or England.

Tiger Tales: Tiger Woods has played only three tournaments (two majors) and 10 rounds since he won the Masters.

Key statistic: Americans have a chance to sweep the majors for the first time since 1982.

Noteworthy: Support for a return to Royal Portrush began earlier in the decade when three players from Northern Ireland – Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke – won three of six majors.

Quoteworthy: “It’s hard to argue that this will be the finest piece of links land which The Open Championship is played. No other venue, I don’t think, has such pure links undulations throughout its 18 holes.” – European golf architect Martin Ebert.

Television (all times EDT): ThursdayFriday, 1:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 5-7 a.m. (Golf Channel), 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. (NBC); Sunday, 4-7 a.m. (Golf Channel), 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. (NBC).

12C ❚ SUNDAY, JULY 14, 2019 ❚ THE ENQUIRER

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-105 Washington -195 MIAMI -168 San Francisco OFF Arizona -168 Pittsburgh -109 Cincinnati OFF -200 -131 -136 -220 -158 -205

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HORSE RACING Belterra Park Results, Saturday 1st—$17,700, 3YO up, 1 1/16mi.

6 Peekacho (Tormey) 3.20 2.40 — 1 Gliding Alone (Leon) 2.80 — Off 12:37. Time 1:46.97. Fast. Scratched—High Powered, Spring Solo, Determinator. Also Ran—Mr Wrench It. $1 Exacta (6-1) paid $6.60. $0.5 Trifecta (6-1-5) paid $5.40.

2nd—$8,600, 3YO up F&M, 51/2f.

7 OldfshndAngl (Miranda) 8.40 3.80 2.80 3 DrtyDxieRd (De La Cruz) 4.60 3.20 4 Seductive (Ramos) 2.80 Off 1:07. Time 1:06.72. Fast. Also Ran—Cora Anne, a-Curious Ruth, Lucky Me Lucky You, Ivy O'Day, a-Alluring Approval. $1 Daily Double (6-7) paid $9.50. $1 Exacta (7-3) paid $16.30. $0.1 Superfecta (7-3-4-2) paid $12.94. $0.5 Trifecta (7-3-4) paid $18.50. a-Coupled.

3rd—$25,900, 3YO up, 6f.

2 Grand Strategy (Lagunes) 5.00 3.20 2.10 4 Firsthand Justice (Ramos) 7.80 3.80 7 Cigar Boat (Colon) 2.20 Off 1:37. Time 1:12.82. Fast. Also Ran—Honor the D, Tapjen, Heidi's Sinatra, Ms. Maxima. $0.5 Pick 3 (2/6-7-2) 3 Correct Paid $10.45. $1 Exacta (2-4) paid $15.40. $0.1 Superfecta (2-4-7-6) paid $7.39. $0.5 Trifecta (2-4-7) paid $14.10.

4th—$12,700, 3YO up F&M, 6f.

5 I'am a Hot Mess (Colon) 6.60 3.60 3.00 4 Hydra's Hope (Fadlovich) 5.80 5.20 2 b-Tiz Stella (De Leon) 3.80 Off 2:06. Time 1:14.44. Fast. Also Ran—Legend Bound, a-Queen City Kitty, Stillawaves, a-Ohio Rose, b-Lacey Mae, Highly Visible. $0.5 Pick 4 (6-7-2-5) 4 Correct Paid $34.80. $0.5 Pick 3 (7-2-5) 3 Correct Paid $12.35. $1 Exacta (5-4) paid $25.70. $0.1 Superfecta (5-4-2-7) paid $12.16. $0.5 Trifecta (5-4-2) paid $38.00. a,b-Coupled.

5th—$8,600, 3YO up, 51/2f.

1 Stnprksdlne (Miranda) 6.40 3.60 2.80 8 Show Biz (De La Cruz) 5.40 3.80 7 Groundspeed (McKee) 4.20 Off 2:34. Time 1:06.10. Fast. Also Ran—Rontos Society, Rocky Roma, J Dub, Tommy C Me, Utandream, Hoosier Zip. $0.5 Pick 3 (2-5-1) 3 Correct Paid $8.70. $1 Exacta (1-8) paid $20.80. $0.1 Superfecta (1-8-7-2) paid $79.87. $0.5 Trifecta (1-8-7) paid $50.40.

6th—$17,400, 3YO up, 1mi 70yd.

5 V Tach M. D. (McKee) 6.20 3.60 2.80 2 Bold Chrome (Lagunes) 4.20 3.00 7 Obtained (Ramos) 4.40 Off 3:03. Time 1:43.91. Fast. Scratched—Buckeye Warrior. Also Ran—Gigging, Time Traveller, Whole Lotta Run. $0.5 Pick 3 (5-1-5) 3 Correct Paid $20.45. $1 Exacta (5-2) paid $10.20. $0.1 Superfecta (5-2-7-3) paid $7.19. $0.5 Trifecta (5-2-7) paid $21.90.

7th—$12,800, 3YO up, 11/4mi.

9 Mark My Way (McKee) 9.00 5.60 3.40 11 Sabbatarian (Ulloa) 8.00 5.40 12 The Predictor (Orm) 4.00 Off 3:34. Time 2:07.52. Fast. Scratched—Adolfo, Bullet Bandit, Charm Offensive. Also Ran—Mansoor, Tuf Intensity, Congruity, Fabrication, Ferocious Tiger, Street Limit. $0.5 Pick 3 (1-5-9) 3 Correct Paid $38.70. $1 Exacta (9-11) paid $40.50. $0.1 Superfecta (9-11-12-7) paid $84.40. $0.5 Trifecta (9-11-12) paid $100.60.

8th—$7,700, 3YO up F&M, 6f.

2 Roses for Martina (Colon) 9.60 3.80 2.80 11 Gio's Cookie Star (McKee) 2.80 2.20 13 Settle a Score (Ouzts) 3.80 Off 4:04. Time 1:14.75. Fast. Scratched—Arian Rae, Run Like Rev, Rescue Baby. Also Ran—Miss Gavel, Here's to You, Mean Girl, Dekardo, Limit Money, Remembering Sophie, Diamonds for Jim, See My Vineyard. $0.2 Pick 6 (2-5-1-5-9-2) 4 Correct Paid $6.16. $0.5 Pick 4 (1-5-9-2) 4 Correct Paid $232.00. $0.5 Pick 3 (5-9-2) 3 Correct Paid $43.70. $0.5 Trifecta (2-11-13) paid $40.70. $0.1 Superfecta (2-11-13-3) paid $116.15. $1 Daily Double (9-2) paid $20.20. $1 Exacta (2-11) paid $11.70.

Belterra Park Entries Post time: Sunday, 12:35 p.m.

1st—$12,700, 3YO up, 6f.

Kinetic Art 121 Twilight King 121 Captain Riley 121 This Man Can 118 Into the Out 116 Rollin Inside Out 121

2nd—$16,900, 3YO up (NW1 X), 5f.

Classical Music 116 Tramore Bay 116 Mikeandchickdidit 121 Candy Exchange 121 Durrett Lane 121 Therhttobrarms 116 Gabe's Flag 123 3rd—$16,900, 3YO up, 1mi 70yd.

Falls Road 119 Willcat 125 Jerusalem 119 Forecastle 114 Why Stop Now 125 Drastic Measures 125 Frescas Fast Trick 125 4th—$13,300, 3YO up, 1mi.

Supercell 125 J Starr Link 119 Promised 119 Pressonregardless119 Payrollmaker 119 Imperial Express 125 Rigoletto 125 Del's Beauty 114 Brand New Key 119 Russian to Tapit 119 Hail Mary Pass 110 Juliano 125 5th—$9,100, 3YO up F&M, 1mi 70yd.

Pebble Slinger 120 Robotron 120 Rebecca's Raven 120 Buy Or Steal 120 Portrait of Emma 120 Zemo 115 W W Ace's Up 120 6th—$15,200, 3YO up F&M, 6f.

Star's Thalia 121 Cat's Rhythm 116 PrtyPnyPdy 121 Hot Pink 123 Conjuring 121 Radiant Bling 121 a-Heavenly Mine 121 a-Skymistress 121 a-Coupled.

7th—$15,500, 3YO up, 1mi.

Layin Low 121 Southwest Trail 121 Mount Calvary 121 Mr. Chow 121 Sagara 116 NrmndyCrsng 121 Murry Spur 121 Got Gold 121 Saint's Bro 121 8th—$15,200, cl3YO up, 6f.

Peg's Prince 121 Go Ranger Go 121 Street Factor 121 My Pardner Cal 121 Sir Leonidas 121 Henny Hefner 121 Bossy and Mobil 121 Albert's Hour 121 Lukeyontheloose 123 Belterra Park Entries Post time: Sunday, 12:35 p.m.

1st—$12,700, 3YO up, 6f.

Kinetic Art 121 Twilight King 121 Captain Riley 121 This Man Can 118 Into the Out 116 Rollin Inside Out 121 2nd—$16,900, 3YO up (NW1 X), 5f.

Classical Music 116 Tramore Bay 116 Mikeandchickdidit 121 Candy Exchange 121 Durrett Lane 121 Therhttobrarms 116 Gabe's Flag 123 3rd—$16,900, 3YO up, 1mi 70yd.

Falls Road 119 Willcat 125 Jerusalem 119 Forecastle 114 Why Stop Now 125 Drastic Measures 125 Frescas Fast Trick 125 4th—$13,300, 3YO up, 1mi.

Supercell 125 J Starr Link 119 Promised 119 Pressonregardless119 Payrollmaker 119 Imperial Express 125 Rigoletto 125 Del's Beauty 114 Brand New Key 119 Russian to Tapit 119 Hail Mary Pass 110 Juliano 125 5th—$9,100, 3YO up F&M, 1mi 70yd.

Pebble Slinger 120 Robotron 120 Rebecca's Raven 120 Buy Or Steal 120 Portrait of Emma 120 Zemo 115 W W Ace's Up 120 6th—$15,200, 3YO up F&M, 6f.

Star's Thalia 121 Cat's Rhythm 116 PrtyPnyPdy 121 Hot Pink 123 Conjuring 121 Radiant Bling 121 a-Heavenly Mine 121 a-Skymistress 121 7th—$15,500, 3YO up, 1mi.

Layin Low 121 Southwest Trail 121 Mount Calvary 121 Mr. Chow 121 Sagara 116 NrmndyCrsng 121 Murry Spur 121 Got Gold 121 Saint's Bro 121 8th—$15,200, cl3YO up, 6f.

Peg's Prince 121 Go Ranger Go 121 Street Factor 121 My Pardner Cal 121 Sir Leonidas 121 Henny Hefner 121 Bossy and Mobil 121 Albert's Hour 121 Lukeyontheloose 123

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Cincinnati

Winker lf Hernandez p Lorenzen p Votto 1b Suarez 3b Puig rf Dietrich 2b Senzel cf J.Iglesias ss S.Gray p b-Ervin ph-lf Casali c Totals Colorado

Blackmon rf Story ss Dahl lf Arenado 3b Murphy 1b Desmond cf McMahon 2b Wolters c J.Gray p a-Tapia ph Diaz p Davis p Totals

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E—Winker (2), Dietrich (1). LOB—Cincinnati 3, Colorado 7. 2B—Murphy (16), Desmond (23).

3B—Winker (2). HR—Suarez (21), off J.Gray; Dahl (13), off Hernandez; Murphy (8), off Hernandez.

RBIs—Winker (27), Suarez (55), Dahl (52), Murphy 2 (46). SB—Dahl (3). CS—Murphy (1).

S—S.Gray, J.Gray 2.

Runners left in scoring position—Cincinnati 2 (Winker, Votto); Colorado 4 (Blackmon, Story, Arenado, McMahon). RISP—Cincinnati 0 for 5; Colorado 1 for 7.

GIDP—McMahon.

DP—Cincinnati 3 (Casali, Dietrich), (J.Iglesias, Dietrich, Votto), (Casali, Votto); Colorado 1 (Wolters, Arenado).

Cincinnati

S.Gray Hernandez, L, 2-5, BS, 3-4 Lorenzen Colorado

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LEADERS PRIOR TO SATURDAY’S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING—LeMahieu, New York, .332; Devers, Boston, .327; Brantley, Houston, .321; Anderson, Chicago, .317; Moncada, Chicago, .313; Polanco, Minnesota, .311; Trout, Los Angeles, .307; Merrifield, Kansas City, .306; Andrus, Texas, .304; Alberto, Baltimore, .304.

RUNS—Betts, Boston, 78; Trout, Los Angeles, 73; Devers, Boston, 71; Bogaerts, Boston, 68; LeMahieu, New York, 65; Merrifield, Kansas City, 64; Bregman, Houston, 61; CSantana, Cleveland, 61; Semien, Oakland, 61; 2 tied at 60.

RBI—Trout, Los Angeles, 73; Bogaerts, Boston, 68; Abreu, Chicago, 66; Devers, Boston, 64; LeMahieu, New York, 64; DSantana, Seattle, 63; Soler, Kansas City, 61; Rosario, Minnesota, 60; Encarnacion, New York, 59; Sanchez, New York, 57.

HITS—Merrifield, Kansas City, 118; Devers, Boston, 114; LeMahieu, New York, 113; Polanco, Minnesota, 112; Brantley, Houston, 109; Semien, Oakland, 104; Andrus, Texas, 102; DSantana, Seattle, 102; Bogaerts, Boston, 99; Moncada, Chicago, 97.

DOUBLES—Castellanos, Detroit, 30; Bogaerts, Boston, 29; Devers, Boston, 26; Merrifield, Kansas City, 26; Brantley, Houston, 24; Buxton, Minnesota, 24; Polanco, Minnesota, 24; Choo, Texas, 23; AGordon, Kansas City, 23.

TRIPLES—Mondesi, Kansas City, 9; Merrifield, Kansas City, 7; Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 6; Gardner, New York, 5; Polanco, Minnesota, 5; 6 tied at 4.

HOME RUNS—Trout, Los Angeles, 29; Encarnacion, New York, 25; Soler, Kansas City, 24; Sanchez, New York, 24; Bregman, Houston, 23; 6 tied at 21.

STOLEN BASES—Mondesi, Kansas City, 29; Smith, Seattle, 23; Andrus, Texas, 21; Ramirez, Cleveland, 19; Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 17; Villar, Baltimore, 17; Hamilton, Kansas City, 16; Anderson, Chicago, 15; DGordon, Seattle, 15; Merrifield, Kansas City, 14.

PITCHING—Lynn, Texas, 12-4; German, New York, 11-2; Giolito, Chicago, 11-3; Gonzales, Seattle, 10-7; Morton, Tampa Bay, 10-2; Odorizzi, Minnesota, 10-4; Rodriguez, Boston, 10-4; Verlander, Houston, 10-4; 5 tied at 9.

ERA—Morton, Tampa Bay, 2.32; Minor, Texas, 2.54; Verlander, Houston, 2.98; Berrios, Minnesota, 3.00; Chirinos, Tampa Bay, 3.11; Giolito, Chicago, 3.15; Stroman, Toronto, 3.18; Cole, Houston, 3.23; Miley, Houston, 3.28; Bieber, Cleveland, 3.45.

STRIKEOUTS—Cole, Houston, 183; Sale, Boston, 153; Verlander, Houston, 153; Bauer, Cleveland, 149; Boyd, Detroit, 142; Morton, Tampa Bay, 142; Bieber, Cleveland, 141; Lynn, Texas, 134; Snell, Tampa Bay, 122; Giolito, Chicago, 120.

NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING—McNeil, New York, .348; Bellinger, Los Angeles, .336; Yelich, Milwaukee, .330; Blackmon, Colorado, .326; Arenado, Colorado, .311; KMarte, Arizona, .310; Dahl, Colorado, .309; Freeman, Atlanta, .306; Verdugo, Los Angeles, .306; Rendon, Washington, .304.

RUNS—Bellinger, Los Angeles, 70; Freeman, Atlanta, 70; Acuna Jr., Atlanta, 69; Bell, Pittsburgh, 69; Bryant, Chicago, 68; Story, Colorado, 68; Blackmon, Colorado, 67; Yelich, Milwaukee, 67; Rendon, Washington, 65; Arenado, Colorado, 61.

RBI—Bell, Pittsburgh, 84; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 71; Alonso, New York, 68; Freeman, Atlanta, 68; Arenado, Colorado, 67; Escobar, Arizona, 67; Yelich, Milwaukee, 67; Hosmer, San Diego, 63; 4 tied at 62.

HITS—KMarte, Arizona, 111; Freeman, Atlanta, 110; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 108; Arenado, Colorado, 107; Acuna Jr., Atlanta, 106; Blackmon, Colorado, 104; Baez, Chicago, 104; Escobar, Arizona, 104; Albies, Atlanta, 103; 3 tied at 102.

DOUBLES—Bell, Pittsburgh, 30; Bryant, Chicago, 28; Freeman, Atlanta, 25; Harper, Philadelphia, 24; Peralta, Arizona, 24; Baez, Chicago, 23; Dahl, Colorado, 23; Desmond, Colorado, 23; McNeil, New York, 23; 2 tied at 22.

TRIPLES—Blackmon, Colorado, 7; Escobar, Arizona, 6; Tapia, Colorado, 5; Tatis Jr., San Diego, 5; Dahl, Colorado, 4; Frazier, Pittsburgh, 4; KMarte, Arizona, 4; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 4; Rosario, New York, 4; Soto, Washington, 4.

HOME RUNS—Yelich, Milwaukee, 31; Alonso, New York, 30; Bellinger, Los Angeles, 30; Bell, Pittsburgh, 27; Renfroe, San Diego, 27; Moustakas, Milwaukee, 25; Reyes, San Diego, 25; Freeman, Atlanta, 23; 3 tied at 22.

STOLEN BASES—Dyson, Arizona, 20; Yelich, Milwaukee, 19; Turner, Washington, 17; Wong, St. Louis, 14; Acuna Jr., Atlanta, 13; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 13; Puig, Cincinnati, 13; Tatis Jr., San Diego, 13; Robles, Washington, 12; Story, Colorado, 12.

PITCHING—Strasburg, Washington, 11-4; Greinke, Arizona, 10-3; Ryu, Los Angeles, 10-2; Woodruff, Milwaukee, 10-3; Fried, Atlanta, 9-4.

ERA—Ryu, Los Angeles, 1.73; Castillo, Cincinnati, 2.29; Scherzer, Washington, 2.30; Greinke, Arizona, 2.73; Hamels, Chicago, 2.98; Davies, Milwaukee, 3.07; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 3.09; deGrom, New York, 3.27; Corbin, Washington, 3.34; SGray, Cincinnati, 3.42.

STRIKEOUTS—Scherzer, Washington, 181; Ray, Arizona, 145; Strasburg, Washington, 144; deGrom, New York, 138; Wheeler, New York, 130; Corbin, Washington, 129; Woodruff, Milwaukee, 126; Marquez, Colorado, 125; Castillo, Cincinnati, 124; Nola, Philadelphia, 124.

This Date in Baseball Compiled By PAUL MONTELLA July 14 1916 — St. Louis Browns pitcher Ernie Koob went the distance in a 17-inning 0-0 tie with the Boston Red Sox. Carl Mays went the first 15 innings for the Red Sox and Dutch Leonard finished.

1946 — Cleveland player-manager Lou Boudreau hit four doubles and a home run in the first game of a doubleheader against Boston, but Ted Williams connected for three home runs and drove in eight runs for an 11-10 Red Sox victory.

1956 — Mel Parnell of the Boston Red Sox pitched a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox for a 4-0 victory at Fenway Park.

1967 — Eddie Mathews of the Astros hit his 500th home run off San Francisco's Juan Marichal at Candlestick Park. Houston beat the Giants 8-6.

1968 — Hank Aaron got his 500th home run off Mike McCormick as the Atlanta Braves beat the San Francisco Giants 4-2.

1968 — Don Wilson of the Houston Astros struck out 18 Reds in a 6-1 victory over Cincinnati in the nightcap of a doubleheader.

1969 — Oakland's Reggie Jackson knocked in 10 runs in a 21-7 win over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Jackson had five hits in six at-bats, including two two-run homers and a double.

1970 — Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds scored on Jim Hickman's 12th-inning single after bowling over Cleveland's Ray Fosse at home plate to give the NL a 5-4 victory over the AL at Riverfront Stadium.

1972 — In a major league first, Bill Haller was the umpire behind the plate while his brother Tom was the catcher for the Detroit Tigers.

1995 — Ramon Martinez threw the first no-hitter of the season as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Florida Marlins 7-0. Martinez was perfect for 7 1-3 innings before walking Tommy Gregg.

2006 — Forty-one year-old Barry Bonds, the 41-year-old Steve Finley and Moises Alou, who turned 40 on July 3, became the first trio of 40-year-olds in baseball history to start in the same outfield in San Francisco's 5-3 victory over the Phillies. They combined to go 4-for-11 with two stolen bases and two runs scored.

2008 — Josh Hamilton of Texas, with a dazzling display of power, hit a record 28 homers in the first round of the All-Star Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium before he was beaten out by Minnesota's Justin Morneau in the finals.

2009 — The American League continued its dominance over the National League with a 4-3 win in the All-Star game. The AL is 12-0-1 since its 1996 defeat at Philadelphia — the longest unbeaten streak in All-Star history. Carl Crawford of Tampa, robbed Brad Hawpe of a go-ahead homer in the eighth and took home MVP honors.

2014 — Oakland Athletics outfielder Yoenis Cespedes became the first repeat winner of the All-Star home run derby in 15 years, powering his way past Cincinnati's Todd Frazier 9-1 in the final round.

2015 — Mike Trout became the first player in 38 years to lead off the All-Star Game with a home run, and the American League beat the National League 6-3 to secure home-field advantage in the World Series for the third straight time and 10th in 13 years. Trout also became the first player to be selected the game's MVP two years in row.

Today's birthdays: Lucas Giolito 25; Carson Kelly 25; Tim Locastro 27.

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Friday, July 12 New England 2, D.C. United 2, tie Los Angeles FC 3, Houston 1 San Jose 3, LA Galaxy 1

TENNIS Wimbledon Results Saturday Women's Singles Final (7) Simona Halep, Romania) def. (11) Serena Williams (United States) 6-2, 6-2.

Girl's Singles Final Daria Snigur, Ukraine def. (10) Alexa Noel, United States 6-4, 6-4.

Boy's Doubles Semifinal (7) Liam Draxl, Canada and Govind Nanda, United States def. Arthur Fery, Britian and Toby Samuel, Britain, 6-4 6-3.

(1) Jonas Forejtek, Czech Republic and Jiri Lehecka, Czech Republic def. (3) Martin Damm, United States and Toby Kodat, United States 6-2 3-6 6-3.

Girl's Doubles Semifinal Savannah Broadus, United States) and Abigail Forbes United States def. Aubane Droguet, France and Selena Janicijevic, France 6-1 6-1.

Kamilla Bartone, Latvia and Oksana Selekhmeteva (Rus) def. Polina Kudermetova, Russia and Giulia Morlet, France 7-6 (8-6) 7-5.

Men's Over 45 Doubles Group B Richard Krajicek, Netherlands and Mark Petchey, Britain def. Henri Leconte, France and Patrick McEnroe, United States 6-3 6-4.

Wimbledon Show Court Schedules At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club Sunday London Centre Court Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia vs. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland Court 1 Robert Lindstedt, Sweden and Jelena Ostapenko, Latvia vs. Ivan Dodig, Croatia and Latisha Chan (8), Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Barbora Strycova (3), Czech Republic vs. Gabriela Dabrowski, Canada, and Xu Yifan (4), China

AUTO RACING NASCAR Xfinity-Alsco 300 results Friday At Kentucky Speedway Sparta, Ky. Lap length: 1.50 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (5) Cole Custer, Ford, 200 laps, 0 rating, 52 points.

2. (2) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 200, 0, 55.

3. (8) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, 200, 0, 46.

4. (10) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 200, 0, 40.

5. (9) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 200, 0, 33.

6. (3) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet, 199, 0, 43.

7. (4) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 199, 0, 44.

8. (12) Ryan Truex, Chevrolet, 199, 0, 32.

9. (13) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 199, 0, 28.

10. (14) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 199, 0, 27.

11. (7) Riley Herbst, Toyota, 199, 0, 0.

12. (11) John H. Nemechek, Chevrolet, 198, 0, 26.

13. (18) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 198, 0, 24.

14. (1) Austin Cindric, Ford, 198, 0, 22.

15. (16) Gray Gaulding, Chevrolet, 198, 0, 22.

16. (28) Shane Lee, Toyota, 198, 0, 21.

17. (17) Brandon Brown, Chevrolet, 197, 0, 20.

18. (26) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 197, 0, 19.

19. (35) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 196, 0, 18.

20. (24) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 196, 0, 17.

21. (31) David Starr, Chevrolet, 195, 0, 16.

22. (27) Joey Gase, Toyota, 195, 0, 15.

23. (22) Matt Mills, Toyota, 194, 0, 14.

24. (23) Stephen Leicht, Chevrolet, 192, 0, 13.

25. (36) Vinnie Miller, Toyota, 190, 0, 12.

26. (30) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 185, 0, 11.

27. (37) Mike Harmon, Chevrolet, fuelpump, 178, 0, 10.

28. (29) Chad Finchum, Toyota, ignition, 154, 0, 9.

29. (19) Ronnie Bassett Jr, Chevrolet, vibration, 114, 0, 8.

30. (6) Brandon Jones, Toyota, engine, 106, 0, 22.

31. (38) John Jackson, Toyota, vibration, 82, 0, 6.

32. (25) Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet, fuelpump, 71, 0, 5.

33. (34) Camden Murphy, Chevrolet, electrical, 68, 0, 0.

34. (33) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, overheating, 55, 0, 3.

35. (15) Ray Black Jr, Chevrolet, clutch, 39, 0, 2.

36. (21) Jeff Green, Chevrolet, ignition, 25, 0, 1.

37. (20) Timmy Hill, Toyota, electrical, 18, 0, 1.

38. (32) Ja Junior Avila, Toyota, accident, 3, 0, 1.

TRANSACTIONS Saturday's Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Optioned RHP Phil Maton to Columbus (IL).

TEXAS RANGERS — Traded RHP Pete Fairbanks to Tampa Bay for 2B Nick Solak and assigned Solak to Nashville (PCL).

National League MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Optioned INF Mauricio Dubon to San Antonio (PCL). Selected the contract of RHP Jay Jackson from San Antonio.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Placed SS Sean Rodriguez on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Wednesday. Designated C Rob Brantly for assignment. Reinstated C J.T. Realmuto from paternity leave. Recalled OF Adam Haseley from Lehigh Valley (IL). Transferred RHP Pat Neshek to the 60-day IL.

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Custer cruised to his fi fth Xfi nity victory ASSOCIATED PRESS

SPARTA, Ky. – Cole Custer was never really challenged down the stretch.

He just acted like Christopher Bell was in his rear-view mirror, an approach that motivated him to keep a safe distance.

Custer grabbed an Xfi nity Serieshigh fi fth victory of the season Friday night with a win over Bell at Kentucky Speedway.

“He got a little close and I was defi -

nitely sweating a little bit,” said Custer, who fell backward off his car during the victory lane celebration. “He was defi nitely our competition there at the end, but we had the better car. I was sweating after that green fl ag pit stop because he closed in on me and I had trouble with lappers, but we had a good enough car to pull away.”

Custer, Bell and reigning series champion Tyler Reddick have dominated the series all year and fi nished 1-2-3 at Kentucky. Bell, who has four

France’s Julian Alaphilippe of celebrates on the podium after regaining the overall leader’s yellow jersey Saturday.

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wins this season, won the fi rst two stages and led 72 laps. Reddick, the series points leader and a three-time winner this season, didn’t lead a lap.

“We were able to win the two stages, so we got a couple more playoff points,” Bell said. “Just got to work on a couple more things and we’ll be good.”

It was Custer who dominated by leading 88 of the 200 laps in a Ford for Stewart-Haas Racing. He took the lead for the fi nal time on lap 155 and

beat Bell by 1.651 seconds.

Michael Annett and Chase Briscoe completed the top fi ve. Only the top fi ve cars fi nished on the lead lap.

Custer has now won consecutive races on 1.5-mile tracks following his win at Chicago two weeks ago. He’s won three of the last six races and has seven career wins in 88 Xfi nity starts.

Reddick leads the point standings by 67 over Bell.

De Gendt wins in Saint-Etienne, Alaphilippe back in yellow

“It’s been a bit of a nightmare,” Dixon said.

SAINT-ETIENNE, France – Thomas De Gendt won the eighth stage of the Tour de France after a long breakaway in the Massif Central as Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe claimed back the race leader’s yellow jersey with a well-timed move near the fi nish.

Defending champion Geraint Thomas was caught in a crash 15 kilometers from the end but escaped unscathed and crossed the fi nish line 20 seconds behind Alaphilippe.

The Frenchman fi nished the stage in third place in Saint-Etienne behind Thibaut Pinot.

Alaphilippe, who had lost his yellow jersey two days ago at the Planche des Belles Filles, made the most of the last of the seven climbs on the day’s program to attack alongside Pinot.

He went over the top in second position behind De Gendt and claimed fi ve precious bonus seconds before keeping the pressure in the fi nal kilometers leading to Saint-Etienne’s Geoff roy Guichard soccer stadium.

Bottas denies teammate Hamilton pole for British GP

Pagenaud captures pole for IndyCar race in Toronto TORONTO – Indianapolis 500 winner Simon Pagenaud will start from the pole for the IndyCar race through the streets of Toronto.

Pagenaud has been on a tear around Exhibition Place all weekend as his Team Penske Chevrolet has been consistently fast and he paced Saturday morning’s fi nal practice on the 11-Turn, 1.786-mile street course.

Then he took pole in qualifying, edging out reigning series champion Scott Dixon for the top starting spot in Sunday’s race.

“This is the best you can feel in racing, when you achieve what you expect,” said Pagenaud, who won the Indy 500 in May from the pole.

Dixon said after qualifying he’s been bothered almost a month with “tennis elbow” – an infl ammation of the tendons in the elbow – from working in the simulator and the discomfort has been problematic on Toronto’s rough street circuit.

SILVERSTONE, England – Valtteri Bottas was six milliseconds – 0.006 – faster than Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton on Saturday to take pole position for the British Grand Prix.

It will be the fi rst time since 2014 that Hamilton hasn’t started from the front at his home Formula One race as he chases a record sixth victory on Sunday.

Bottas opened the season by winning two of the fi rst four races but hasn’t even been on pole since the Spanish GP in May. “It was very good again,” Bottas said. “It reminds you why you do this.

It’s been pretty close all weekend and today with Lewis.”

Hamilton has a 31-point lead over Bottas in the championship standings.

Behind the Mercedes duo on the grid on Sunday will be Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.

Wiesberger takes two-shot lead into fi nal round of Scottish Open NORTH BERWICK, Scotland – Bernd Wiesberger will take a twoshot lead into the last round of the Scottish Open after carding 6-under 65 on Saturday.

At 20 under after three rounds, Wiesberger posted the lowest ever 54-hole total at the European Tour event, and the lowest of his career.

Eric van Rooyen of South Africa shot 67 to drop out of a tie for the lead to second at 18 under at The Renaissance Club.

France’s Romain Langasque (65) and Italy’s Nino Bertasio (bogey-free 67) were two shots back .

Former No. 1 Justin Thomas was eight shots off the pace following a 70, while Rory McIlroy was a shot further back after a 68 which included four birdies in fi ve holes from the fi fth but also three bogeys.

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