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Women go big CHOOSE TO

Meet six 30-something women in Erie who chose to stay here, work here and make this a better community

AND STAY HERE

By Sarah Grabski • sarah.grabski@timesnews.com || Pam Parker • pam.parker@timesnews.com

When others chose to leave, they stayed.

When female friends, colleagues and acquaintances continued to move to cities like Pittsburgh, Denver and Nashville to develop their careers and start families, these women chose Erie for their futures.

They chose Erie to plant their roots, to make their marks, to take their risks.

And perhaps they did it against the odds, according to Erie Vital Signs, a project undertaken by Erie Community Foundation, United Way of Erie County, the Nonprofit Partnership and the Erie Regional Chamber & Growth. In 2010, Erie Vital Signs indicated there was a “brain drain” — or loss of young people — in the city. It reported the Erie area had more brain drain than the national average, a phenomenon that had been occurring for about a decade.

But brain gain is taking its place. The median age of full-time workers in Erie County was 35.4 for women and 35.6 for men in 2016, according to the United States Census Bureau

American Community Survey.

Take a quick look at most company directories in Erie County, and you’ll find the names of young 30-something females next to titles like chief executive, director and manager.

Why do they choose to stay in Erie? Why do they continue to choose Erie time again even though lucrative job offers may come in from bigger companies or other cities?

To kick off Women’s History month, the Erie Times-News asked women between the ages of 33 and 40 what made them choose Erie as home and what they hope for the future.

Over the next month, staff members and contributing writers will introduce readers to women who make a difference in Erie in honor of Women's History Month. Stories will appear on Sundays in the Living pages and on Thursdays in Showcase.

and Ed Palattella

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The unions had a charitable goal in mind, but they were also struggling to get any work done because of frequent visits from groups and organizations that would come calling in search of donations.

The community service

Arming teachers isn’t the way to stop school shootings, Fairview schools Superintendent Erik Kincade told students last week.

He said “the only person I want in the school with a gun is” the student resource officer, and he said Fairview High School teachers who attended a meeting Thursday on gun violence “went to school to study math or Spanish, not to be a security guard.”

Kincade was invited to address the Fairview High School’s Students for Change group after classes Thursday.

The group was organized to consider possible solutions to gun violence after the Oct. 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas. Its membership has grown since 17 students and faculty were killed Feb. 14 by a 19-year-old gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Since the Florida shooting, President Donald Trump has

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Employee-controlled fund charts new course

Rob Celeski counts himself as lucky.

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SENECA, VILLA WIN D-10 HOOPS TITLES

By Valerie Myers

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By Jim Martin

New job, new city — no matter the circumstances, how do you find new friends when you have to start over?

Millcreek district exploring options; Erie, Fairview districts opposed

Erie businesswomen talk about making the choice to remain in Erie. Back row, from left, are: LeAnna Nieratko, 33, general manager of the Whole Foods Co-op; Abby Skinner, 37, grant writer for the City of Erie; Wei-Shin Lai, 40, CEO of AcousticSheep. Front row, from left: Ashley Matson, director of the Mother Baby Unit at MageeWomens, UPMC Hamot; Chanel Cook, 39, outreach services manager for the Erie County Public Library; and Kristi Bailey, 33, director of business development services for the Erie Federal Credit Union.

The General Electric Employees Community Service Fund is changing how they donate

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Fresh out of high school nearly 30 years ago, he went to work at GE Transportation, where he works to this day as a welder.

As much as Celeski enjoys the work, he’s even happier during the time company payshimtospendworkingon the sixth floor of GE Transportation’s Building 42.

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During the hours he spends there, it’s his job to help give away millions of dollars he’s helped to collect as chairman of the General Electric Employees Community Service Fund.

It’s a job that’s evolved a great deal since the company’s unions formed the organization in 1949.

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Want to work for the mayor? Smile Pat Howard

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henever professional duty or personal business takes me to Erie City Hall, I feel a psychic weight settle when I walk in and faint relief when I leave.

I don’t know whether it’s the Soviet architecture, the generally unkempt appearance inside or the peculiar land-that-time-forgot vibe.

If you can assign a demeanor to a building, that one is tired, sloppy and sullen.

But that’s hardly the disposition of the new boss on the fifth floor. Mayor Joe Schember is upbeat, energetic and optimistic.

The guy could (and perhaps does) say “golly” or “gosh” without irony.

Among his campaign promises was to bring verve to our town’s governmental nerve center. Some esprit de corps. A culture of service.

I assumed he’d do that by supervision, persuasion and force of example. It turns out he has a tape measure.

At his weekly news conference on Thursday, Schember said he’d instituted what he calls “the 20-10 rule” for city

employees. It asks them to smile and make eye contact when they are within 20 feet of another person, and to say “hello” if the encounter closes within 10 feet.

That codification of good humor leads me to a couple of conclusions.

One is that I’m glad his honor is doing something, anything, to encourage the denizens of City Hall to snap out of it. The second is that I probably couldn’t work for the guy.

It’s been a blessing that the gig I chose leaves more room than most to be, well, eccentric. I’ve lightened up over the years, but I still have a deficit of warm and fuzzy that I’m pretty sure is permanent.

So I did some back-ofthe-napkin calculations on life under Schember’s 20-10 rule. I figure it would exhaust my annual quota of smiles and eye contact in about a week and a half.

I doubt that many people would deny — at least outside of those who report to work there — that City Hall in general could use a heaping dose of the work culture the mayor pledges to instill. Judging by personal experience and an avalanche of anecdotal evidence, the customer service revolution never really took root there.

Schember said he’s been modeling what he wants.

“I actually enjoy it so

much now that I’m actually practicing the 20-10 rule when I walk on downtown streets,” he said.

I’m sure many of the people he encounters are heartened that the new mayor is such a personable fellow. I imagine others think he’s a touch daft.

The need to transform the ethos of City Hall is hardly a new notion. In 2006, a committee of business leaders brokered by the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership was set up to critique the city’s finances and operations amid its fiscal struggles.

In 2007, a report from the group concluded that the culture of City Hall was “way behind the times” in terms of energy, efficiency, innovation and a focus on service. In response, the people who had been asked to weigh in were in effect rebuked and invited to mind their own business.

I think back also to an experience I had about that time. I’d done a cleanup of the clutter choking my home office and other corners of the house, and on garbage night I deposited a good many more bags than usual curbside.

When I woke up, all of our neighborhood’s garbage was gone. Except mine. I called City Hall to inquire about whether I should take it personally. I ended

up connected to a woman whose effect and tone were almost as if she’d been trained to telegraph how spectacularly uninterested she was in my little problem.

Finally she told me she’d put me on “the list.” I remember thinking: There’s a list?

The garbage disappeared later that day. The bad impression lingered.

That was quite a while ago. But I’ve had enough experiences and heard enough stories since then to believe that Schember’s emphasis on City Hall’s culture is well placed.

So my inner curmudgeon aside, it’s welcome that the mayor is working early on to break that mold. If exhorting city workers to offer up a smile, a greeting and a look in the eye helps get it done, so be it.

I’m thinking about doing a little research in the form of strolling through City Hall to test how much employees there are taking Schember’s 20-10 directive to heart. I might even try to get with the program and return those gestures in kind.

Forgive me in advance if it feels a little forced. I’m smiling as hard as I can.

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THE LOOK BACK Today’s highlight in history: On March 4, 1793, George Washington was sworn in for a second term as president of the United States during a ceremony in Philadelphia.

On this date: In 1193, Saladin, the Muslim warrior who opposed the Crusades, died in Damascus.

In 1681, England’s King Charles II granted a charter to William Penn for an area of land in North America that later became Pennsylvania.

In 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.

In 1893, Grover Cleveland was inaugurated for his second, non-consecutive term as president.

In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge’s inauguration was broadcast live on 21 radio stations coast-to-coast.

In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt took office as America’s 32nd

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Happy birthday: Want to see your name listed here? Send an email to Pat Howard at pat. howard@timesnews.com.

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS Former Congressional Budget Office director Alice Rivlin is 87. Actress Paula Prentiss is 80. Movie director Adrian Lyne is 77. Singer Shakin’ Stevens is 70. Author James Ellroy is 70.

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March 4, 1993: White House spokesman George Stephanopoulos announces that an “American national linked to a fundamentalist group” has been arrested for the Feb. 26, 1993, World Trade Center bombing that killed six people and injured more than 1,000.

Stephanopoulous says the man had rented a van from a Jersey City rental company in his own name. The van was loaded with explosives detonated in a parking area under the trade center. Mohammad Salameh is taken into custody after trying to claim a refund on the rental.

president.

In 1943, “Mrs. Miniver” won six Academy Awards, including best picture and best actress for Greer Garson (whose 5½-minute acceptance speech became the butt of industry jokes). James Cagney won best actor for “Yankee Doodle Dandy.”

In 1952, Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis were married in San Fernando Valley, California.

In 1968, “Romeo and Juliet,” Franco Zeffirelli’s film adaptation of the Shakespeare play starring Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey, premiered in London. “We’re Only in It for the Money,” a satirical concept album by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, was released by Verve Records.

In 1977, some 1,500 people were killed in an earthquake that shook southern and eastern Europe.

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PENNSYLVANIA House races in full swing, layered with uncertainty

By Marc Levy The Associated Press

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s congressional races are in full swing, while Republicans are waging legal battles in federal courts in an effort to block a new map of 18 districts imposed by the state Supreme Court.

That has added a layer of uncertainly to fields of candidates that already went through upheaval when the state’s high court redrew boundaries last month, putting the homes of some congressional hopefuls into different districts or forcing them to rethink their candidacy.

Primary fields are crowded, and dozens of people are collecting signatures to get on primary election ballots.

Some candidates are running in districts where they don’t live in order to improve their chances of winning.

Some dropped out, while others decided to run in their new district or seek another office.

The fields are dynamic: on Friday alone, several candidates dropped out or announced that they would run in a different district.

The election has national implications, as Pennsylvania Democrats believe the court’s map gives them an improved playing field to win seats

Republicans who controlled the Legislature and governor’s office in 2011 redrew the districts in an effort to get Republicans elected. They drew bizarrely contorted boundaries that are very effective: Republicans won 13 of 18 congressional seats in three straight elections in a stretch when Democrats won 18 out of 24 statewide elections in Pennsylvania.

in Congress and boost the party’s chances at erasing the GOP’s U.S. House majority in the fall election.

What are the big dates?

The deadline for candidates to file 1,000 signatures of qualified registered voters is March 20. The primary election is May 15.

What’s going on with the lawsuits?

At the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Samuel Alito has given the new map’s defenders — the Democratic voters who successfully challenged Pennsylvania’s congressional map in state courts — until Monday to respond to a Republican effort to block its use.

Republicans argue that the court overstepped its authority in throwing out the six-year-old Republican-drawn map, and gave lawmakers too little time to craft their own replacement.

Republicans are

also asking a panel of lower federal judges to immediately throw out the map. The next hearing in that case is Friday.

The state Supreme Court’s ruling was indeed novel: Constitutional law scholars say they know of no other state court that has ever thrown out congressional district boundaries over a partisan gerrymandering claim without an express state constitutional provision prohibiting partisan favoritism in redistricting.

What happened with the old map?

The Democratic majority on Pennsylvania’s high court ruled that its boundaries violated the elections clause of the state Constitution, which guarantees that elections “shall be free and equal.” Justice Debra Todd wrote that a map of congressional districts violates that clause when neutral line-drawing standards, such as compact and

contiguous districts, are subordinated for unfair partisan political advantage.

Republicans who controlled the Legislature and governor’s office in 2011 redrew the districts in an effort to get Republicans elected.

They drew bizarrely contorted boundaries that are very effective: Republicans won 13 of 18 congressional seats in three straight elections in a stretch when Democrats won 18 out of 24 statewide elections in Pennsylvania.

Where are the hot races?

Twelve incumbent congressman and dozens of other people have filed to run. Some primary fields are jampacked, driven by a rush to fill six open seats, the most in Pennsylvania in four decades, as well as by seats that are more competitive under the court’s new map.

Two Republican incumbents are facing difficult re-election contests in increasingly liberal districts: Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick in the Bucks County-based 1st District and Rep. Ryan Costello in the Chester County-based 6th District.

Democratic primary fields are particularly crowded in the Montgomery

County-based 4th District, the Delaware County-based 5th District, the Allentownbased 7th District, the Harrisburg-based 10th District and the suburban Pittsburghbased 17th District.

Two of those five districts are home to a Republican incumbent: Rep. Scott Perry in the 10th and Rep. Keith Rothfus in the 17th.

But both districts were made more competitive under the court’s new

map. A Democratic victory in the 5th or 7th District will mean that Democrats captured a formerly Republican seat.

Meanwhile, Republican primary fields are crowded in two districts — southwestern Pennsylvania’s 13th District and eastern Pennsylvania’s 9th District — where Republican candidates are heavily favored and the Republican incumbent is not running for re-election.

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NATION&WORLD Va. leads push to expand DNA databank

By Denise Lavoie The Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. — Before Jesse Matthew killed 18-year-old University of Virginia student Hannah Graham, authorities say he left a trail of DNA evidence linking him to a 2005 rape and the 2009 slaying of another female student.

That link could have been uncovered when Matthew was convicted of trespassing in 2010, but authorities didn’t take a DNA sample.

Virginia law didn’t call for it.

For Sue Graham, that’s one of the most painful aspects of her daughter’s slaying: knowing that her killer could have been locked up and unable to prey on her if only police had been able to take that DNA sample.

Graham and her husband, John, have been lobbying Virginia lawmakers to add trespassing and several other misdemeanors to the list of crimes that trigger mandatory DNA collection. It’s part of a nationwide movement to expand DNA databanks by including misdemeanors ranging from shoplifting to trespassing to destruction of property.

Currently, 42 states and the District of Columbia collect DNA for certain sexual misdemeanor convictions.

At least 26 states, including Virginia, collect DNA for a limited number of non-sexual misdemeanors. Three states — New York, Wisconsin and Utah — collect DNA for large

John Graham, left, and his wife Sue Graham, pose in the hallway leading to the Speaker’s office in the General Assembly Building, Jan. 2017 in Richmond, Va. [BOB BROWN/RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH VIA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

numbers of misdemeanors.

Had police swabbed the inside of Matthew’s cheek after his trespassing conviction, that DNA sample could have connected him to the 2009 slaying of 20-yearold Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington. Her case remained a mystery for years, until Matthew was charged with killing Graham. Matthew pleaded guilty to the two slayings in 2016.

“He was flying under the radar. Had his DNA been tested in 2010, he would have been convicted of those offenses, and I have no doubt Hannah would be alive

today,” Sue Graham said.

“It’s a hard thing to have to acknowledge.”

Proponents of increasing the number of crimes requiring DNA samples say it’s simple logic: more samples mean more likely “hits” — matches of DNA left at crime scenes to samples in a databank — and more crimes solved or prevented.

But opponents say making DNA samples mandatory for crimes as minor as shoplifting or trespassing is going too far.

“We have the highest degree of sympathy for anyone who’s lost a loved one through a violent crime,

but subjecting hundreds of thousands of people to law enforcement scrutiny who haven’t committed that kind of offense and never will is a problem,” said Bill Farrar, a spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia.

In 1989, Virginia became the first state in the nation to require certain offenders to give DNA samples for a databank. The state has added offenses, and the number of samples in the databank had grown to about 441,500 by the end of June 2017.

Virginia law already requires DNA collection upon

conviction for 14 misdemeanors, most related to sexual offenses. Two pending bills would add up to seven more, including: assault and battery; assault and battery against a family or household member; trespassing; concealing merchandise; destruction of property; obstruction of justice; and the theft of property valued at less than $200.

In New York, authorities began collecting DNA in 1996, initially only from people convicted of homicide and some sex offenses.

In 2012, the state created an “all crimes” databank, requiring DNA samples from anyone convicted of all felonies and more than 200 misdemeanors.

DNA samples taken because of the expansion have produced nearly 1,800 investigative leads. Of those, 95 were linked to homicides, according to the New York Division of Criminal Justice Services. Spokeswoman Janine Kava said the agency does not track how many of those leads resulted in arrests or convictions.

Richard Aborn, president of the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, said the expanded databank has benefited crime victims and defendants.

“DNA helps exonerate the innocent, holds offenders accountable, prevents future crimes, provides justice for survivors, and helps solve crimes — especially cold cases that have been unresolved for decades,” Aborn said.

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A worker at a Ukrainian gas station Volovets controls a valve, Oct. 2015 in western Ukraine. Russia’s state natural gas monopoly Gazprom said Saturday it is beginning efforts to end its contract to supply gas to Ukraine, raising concerns about downstream gas supply to European countries. Much of Russia’s gas to Europe is shipped via Ukraine’s pipeline system. A gas dispute in 2009 significantly cut supplies to Europe in frigid winter weather. [PAVLO PALAMARCHUK/AP FILE]

An exterior view of the offices of the Vatican bank IOR in Vatican City. Vatican prosecutors have indicted the former president of the Vatican bank and his lawyer on embezzlement charges, holding them responsible for losses of more than $62 million from real estate sales. The trial of Angelo Caloia and his lawyer is due to begin March 15. They deny wrongdoing. A third suspect died while under investigation. [DOMENICO STINELLIS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation’s “The Emoji Movie” has received Hollywood’s most famous frown, the Razzie Award, for worst picture of 2017, making it the first animated feature in 38 years to earn the top dishonor. The film landed four of the 10 Razzies given out this year, also taking worst screenplay, worst director, and worst screen combo, which was given to “any two obnoxious emojis” from the movie. [SONY PICTURES ANIMATION VIA AP FILE]

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Moore seeks donations to legal defense fund

Man killed by West Virginia deputies held paint sprayer

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An Ohio man has been convicted for at least the sixth time for publicly exposing himself.

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports a Hamilton County jury deliberated several hours Friday before convicting 50-year-old Gerald Fornshell of felony public indecency.

Prosecutors say the Lebanon man exposed himself last July to a 21-year-old woman at a Cincinnati Half Price Books store after spotting him earlier that day at a bookstore in Mason. The woman says she pities Fornshell but thinks there should be stricter laws for repeat offenders.

Fornshell’s attorney says he has bipolar disorder. Fornshell told investigators he doesn’t remember exposing himself.

Former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore has issued a plea for money to pay legal bills, saying his “resources have been depleted.”

In a Thursday post on his campaign’s Facebook page, Moore asked for contributions to his legal defense fund. Moore has sent regular fundraising emails for the fund since losing the 2017 election to Sen. Doug Jones, a Democrat. However, the link to the donation site indicated that Moore had raised just $32,000 of a $250,000 goal.

Moore lost the election amid accusations that he pursued romantic and sexual relationships with teens as a man in his 30s. Moore denied accusations of sexual misconduct.

Authorities in West Virginia say a man who was fatally shot by deputies several days earlier was holding a paint spray gun and not a firearm.

The Charleston GazetteMail reports the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that Randall Beymer threatened the deputies with a black “paint can gun.” Deputies described the sprayer as having a pistol-type grip and “a trigger assembly that closely resembled a handgun.”

The sheriff’s office said five deputies are on administrative leave as an internal investigation continues.

The office released its first statement last Sunday, a day after the shooting.

Yemeni medical officials say fighting outside the capital between Shiite rebels and forces loyal to an internationally recognized government has killed more than 55 people on both sides.

The officials said Saturday that the clashes took place in Nihm district, about 30 miles northeast of the rebel-held capital, Sanaa. Dozens were also wounded over the past 24 hours, they added.

They also said fighting killed at least 25 people on both sides along Yemen’s west coast.

The rebels, known as Houthis, seized Sanaa in September 2014 after they drove out the government of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi.

TwoSpanishskiersdiedSaturday after being swept away by an avalanche in the French Pyrenees, authorities said.

The prefecture in the southwestern Hautes-Pyrenees region said the two men were part of a group of four Spanish tourists and a guide who were doing backcountry skiing Saturday in an off-piste area in Aragnouet, near the Spanish border.

Myriel Porteous, an official with the prefecture, told The Associated Press an investigation has been opened to examine what set off the avalanche. She said two women and the Spanish guide managed to get out of the avalanche on their own.

Man convicted of indecent exposure for sixth time

Fighting outside Yemeni capital kills 55, wounds dozens

Two Spanish skiers killed in avalanche in French Pyrenees

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New headaches for Mideast hopes Turmoil surrounds Trump, Netanyahu ahead of meeting this week in Washington

By Matthew Lee and Josh Lederman The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Under the best of circumstances, a Mideast peace deal is the Holy Grail of diplomacy, a goal that has eluded American presidents for generations.

With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set to visit Washington this coming week, the mix of politics, personalities and historical grievances that has stood in the way of Israeli-Palestinian peace is even more combustible than normal.

President Donald Trump’s point man for mediation, Jared Kushner, is in the middle of a political firestorm, his plan remains a mystery and the Palestinians aren’t even speaking to the White House. If

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting Jan. 28 at the World Economic Forum in Davos. [EVAN VUCCI/ ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO]

that weren’t enough, Netanyahu and Trump are both distracted by mushrooming legal investigations at home.

It’s all contributing to an intensified pessimism in the U.S., Israel and the West Bank about prospects for a Trumpbrokered initiative to succeed.

Kushner and a small team have spent the past year preparing a muchawaited blueprint for peace, but no details have

More flooding expected as deadly nor’easter moves on

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Areas from Maryland to Maine remained under flood warnings. Officials in eastern Massachusetts, where dozens of people were rescued from high waters overnight, warned of another round of flooding during high tides expected around noon.

As Saturday’s midday high tide arrived, heavy surf crashed into the cliffs along Cape Cod Bay in Bourne, Massachusetts, drawing dozens of onlookerstowatchchurning brown waves take big bites out of the eroding coastline.

“We’ve been here a long time and we’ve never seen it as bad as this,” said Alex Barmashi, who lives in the hard-hit village of Sagamore Beach.

Up the coast in Scituate,

Massachusetts, Becky Smith watched as ocean waters started to fill up a nearby marina’s parking lot from her vantage point at the Barker Tavern, a restaurant overlooking the harbor.

“It looks like a war zone,” she said, describing the scene in the coastal town near Boston where powerful waves dumped sand and rubble on roads and winds uprooted massive trees. “It’s a lot of debris, big rocks and pieces of wood littering the streets.”

Residents in other coastal areas, meanwhile, bailed out basements and surveyed the damage while waiting for power to be restored, a process that power companies warned could take days in parts.

More than 2 million homes and businesses remained without power Saturday.

“The rest of today will be clean up,” said Miles Grant, after he secured a generator to run a pump to remove standing water from his basement in Marion, Massachusetts.

“Usually when you think of bad weather in New England, you think of snow.Butit’sbeenallwind and coastal flooding.”

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emerged. Many in the region wonder whether the vaunted plan will ever come.

On the surface, Israel’s relationship with the White House has never been better, buoyed by the Jewish state’s thunderous support for Trump’s decision to relocate the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem and recognize the disputed city as Israel’s capital. The announcements only reinforced Palestinians

impressions of Trump as biased against them.

“A mediator will have to mediate between two semi-equal parties. Otherwise it’s not a mediation process,” said Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian ambassador to Washington, in a recent Associated Press interview. “You have to level the field and level your relationship between the two sides in order to be an honest mediator.”

The world may soon be able to judge for itself.

The Trump administration’s peace proposal is near completion, according to U.S. officials, but faces an uncertain future as Kushner, the Trump son-in-law leading the effort, recently lost his top-secret security clearance. Former negotiators say Kushner’s downgraded status probably will severely impair his ability to do the job.

Beneath the veneer of U.S.-Israeli unity, there is lingering disagreement and suspicion.

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Police: Gun belonged to suspect’s dad

By Rick Callahan The Associated Press

A 19-year-old student suspected of fatally shooting his parents at a Central Michigan University dormitory had been acting so strangely the day before the killings that campus police talked to his mother and then took him to a hospital for suspected drug abuse, authorities said Saturday.

University police Chief Bill Yeagley told reporters that James Eric Davis Jr.’s parents had just picked him up from that hospital and brought him to his dorm to pack up for spring break when Friday’s shooting happened. He said the gun used in the shooting belonged to Davis’ father, James Davis Sr., a parttimepoliceofficerintheChicago suburb of Bellwood.

Yeagley would not say whether the father had brought the gun to the university’s campus in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, when picking up his son, but he noted that Davis Jr. can be seen on video in the dorm’s parking lot with the gun before he entered the residence hall where his parents were shot around 8:30 a.m.

“We can make a lot of assumptions, but I’m not going to make those assumptions. But Icantellyouforsurethatthegun came from outside, in the parking lot, with (Davis Jr.) through the building,” Yeagley said.

Davis Jr. has been charged with two counts of murder and a weapons charge in the shootings, university spokeswoman Heather Smith said Saturday.

He remained under guard Saturday at a hospital where he was taken following his arrest, but will be moved to the Isabella County jail when he’s discharged, Yeagley said.

Yeagley declined to say whether drugs were found in Davis Jr.’s system. He also

Law enforcement officers search a wooded area for a suspect involved in a shooting at a Central Michigan University residence hall on Friday in Mt. Pleasant, Mich. [MATTHEW DAE SMITH/LANSING STATE JOURNAL VIA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

would not say what type of gun wasusedorwhetheritwasDavis Sr.’s service revolver. But he did say that it would have been a violation of campus policy for Davis Sr. to bring a gun on campus because only law enforcement on active duty or those with special permission can do so.

Davis Jr. was arrested without incident shortly after midnight following an intensive daylong search that included more than 100 police officers, some heavily armed in camouflage uniforms, authorities said. Authorities found him aftersomeone aboard a train spotted a person along railroad tracks in Mount Pleasant, and called police, Yeagley said.

Yeagley said Davis Jr. was under guard at a hospital Saturday and would be moved to the Isabella County jail when he’s discharged.

Mount Pleasant is about a 285-mile drive from the family’s hometown of Plainfield, Illinois. The shooting occurred on a day when parents were arriving to pick up students at the university for the beginning of a weeklong spring break.

Yeagley said witness statements and video indicate that at the time they were shot, Davis Jr.’s parents were in his fourthfloor dorm at the campus’ Campbell Hall “simply packing up for spring break.”

He said police had first come into contact with Davis Jr. on

Thursday morning when he came running into a community police officer’s office in his dorm “very frightened” and “not making a lot of sense.”

“He said someone was out to hurt him, someone was going to harmhim,andtheofficercalmed him down and tried to gain more information about what was going on. ... Mr. Davis was very vague and he kept talking about someonehaving a gun,” Yeagley said,addingthatDavisJr.saidhe had not actually seen the person with a gun.

“We said, ‘How do you know he was going to hurt you if you didn’t see a gun?’ He was saying things like, ‘It’s just a feeling. I know it,’” the chief said.

Davis Jr. eventually talked

about riding in a dorm elevator with the person,and police went to talk to the individual Davis Jr. had identified. Yeagley said that when officers determined that the person posed no threat — and reviewed video from the elevator that showed Davis Jr. and that person laughing — Davis Jr. said he was fine and was leaving campus Friday for spring break.

Hours later, officers spotted Davis Jr. in a dorm hallway with his suitcases, Yeagley said.

When officers tried to talk to him, he again wasn’t making sense, Yeagley said, adding that the student was acting “in a fashion that isn’t reasonable or logical.” They asked Davis Jr. to call his parents, which he did. An officer then spoke to Davis’ mother, Diva Davis, told them about her son’s behavior, their concerns about possible drug use and asked her whether he had a history of drug use, Yeagley said.

“The mother said she too was concerned this could be drugs,” he said.

Followingtheshooting,police released a photo of Davis Jr. and urgedthepublictocall911ifthey saw him but also warned that he shouldn’t be confronted.

Yeagley said Davis Jr. had not been previously identified by campus officials as someone that others on campus were concerned about.

“Mr. Davis was not ever reported, and we had no interaction that we’re aware of with him in any negative fashion — with anybody — prior to this incident,” he said.

University President George E. Ross said the shooting had left the campus and surrounding community traumatized.

“There were thousands of people who were sheltering in place yesterday and they will be dealing with this for the rest of their lives,” he said.

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Tariff talk provokes urgency GOP scrambles into action after president announces steep charges on steel and aluminum imports

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By Lisa Mascaro The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress have learned to ignore President Donald Trump’s policy whims, knowing whatever he says one day on guns, immigration or other complicated issues could very well change by the next.

But Trump’s decision to seek steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports has provoked rarely seen urgency among Republicans, now scrambling to convince the president that he would spark a trade war that could stall the economy’s recent gains if he doesn’t reverse course.

The issue pits Trump’s populist promises to his voters against the party’s free trade orthodoxy and the interests of business leaders. Unlike recent immigration and gun policy changes that require legislation, Trump can alter trade policy by executive action.

That intensifies the pressure on Republican lawmakers to change his mind before he gives his final approval for the penalties as early as this coming week.

Trump on Saturday showed no sign of backing away, threatening on Twitter to impose a tax on cars made in Europe if the European Union responds to the tariffs by taxing American goods.

He also railed about “very stupid” trade deals by earlier administrations and said other countries “laugh at what fools our leaders have been. No more!”

House Speaker Paul Ryan,

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks to reporters as he arrives at the office of Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who is moderating bipartisan negotiations on immigration, Jan. 25 at the Capitol in Washington. [J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

R-Wis., called Trump after the president’s surprise announcement, and continues to hope the White House will reconsider the decision.

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., and others have offered the president their own private counsel. Some are appealing to his desire for a robust stock market and warning that the trade penalties could unravel some of the gains they attribute to the tax bill he signed last year.

Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, tried one of the most direct lines that lawmakers have to the White House: talking to Trump through cable TV news.

“The president has not yet issued these tariffs,” Brady told Fox News on Thursday, hours after Trump announced the tariff targets. “He’s been continuing to listen.”

Listening to various

viewpoints, though, has never been the gripe against Trump.

Unlike President Barack Obama, who often irked lawmakers for lecturing them during meetings, Trump retains a level of popularity among Capitol Hill Republicans in part because he’s more than happy to invite lawmakers in and hear them out.

But problems have arisen when members of the legislative branch leave the White House under the impression Trump was on their side — or at least willing to consider their views — only to find out later that his support drifted away.

The dynamic played out repeatedly during last year’s health care debate over replacing the Affordable Care Act. This past week, Trump publicly belittled a modest gun background check bill from the second-ranking GOP Senate leader, John Cornyn of Texas, during a televised White

House meeting. Democrats appeared giddy with the president’s praise of gun control proposals, while Republicans fumed.

“I love the president, but people disagree sometimes,” said Sen. John Kennedy, R-La. True to form, Trump’s flirtations with gun control showed signs of subsiding by week’s end. A day after his meeting with lawmakers, the president tweeted that he had a “Good (Great!) meeting” in the Oval Office with the National Rifle Association.

The gun lobby’s executive director also tweeted afterward that Trump and Vice President Mike Pence “don’t want gun control.”

It’s unclear what gun control measures, if any, Trump may endorse. But his backand-forth on the matter was reminiscent of his waffling on immigration this year.

Earlier this year, with a government shutdown looming, Trump welcomed lawmakers for a meeting at the White House to discuss immigration law changes. During the televised session, he told them he would take the political “heat” and sign into law whatever Congress could agree to pass.

Two days later, Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., dashed to the White House to present their bipartisan agreement. But the session ended in heated exchanges after Trump rejected the bill and used crude language to question why the U.S. would want to welcome

immigrants from Africa and some other nations.

“Let’s talk about two Trumps — the Tuesday Trump and the Thursday Trump,” Graham said later during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. “Tuesday we had a president that I was proud to golf with, call my friend.”

“I don’t know where that guy went. I want him back,” Graham said.

Republicans, who hold a majority in the House and Senate, have largely learned to take these setbacks in stride. They all but shrug off the president’s policy pivots, just as Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., often decline to comment on the Trump tweet of the day.

But on trade tariffs, Republicans say the stakes are too high for them to sit back and wait for Trump to change his mind. Indeed, their relentless public condemnation of the tariffs was notably sharper than their typical handling of the president’s policy whims.

Not wise, said Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. A “big mistake,” said Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Penn. “Kooky,” said Sasse.

Trump, after the White House’s own internal deliberations, proposed a 25 percent tariff on imported steel and 10 percent on aluminum. That quickly sparked global warnings of retaliation and left the financial markets reeling.

Republican lawmakers, and some outside groups, want Trump to at least consider a more targeted approach, or exemptions for countries that engage in what they view as fair trade practices.

“We’re all urging the president, look, continue to narrow this to these unfairly targeted products,” Brady said.

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LeAnna Nieratko

Chanel Cook

When LeAnna Nieratko encounters a challenge, she finds herself thinking of her grandmother.

“She was the general manager at the Yacht Club and that was a long time ago, before that was really a thing that a woman would be in such a position,” Nieratko said. “She had to be extra tough because she had to retrofit herself to a men’s style of leadership in a men’s club.”

Nieratko, 33, is the general manager of the Whole Foods Co-Op, 1341 W. 26th St., a position she’s held since 2016.

She was born and raised in Erie, graduated from Gannon University and then lived in Nashville; Bowling Green, Kentucky; Youngstown, Ohio; and Grove City. “At the time I decided to come here, I got a job offer simultaneously with a company in Columbus, Ohio,” she said.

Nieratko was employed at the time with Bath and Body Works and was invited to open a “flagship” store with the company, meaning she would be managing one of the company’s largest, most visible stores in Columbus.

“I was faced with the choice to further my corporate career or move back here (to Erie) where I was from and where my boyfriend at the time was,” she said.

It wasn’t too difficult a choice for her.

“Once I got here, I decided if this is the community I’m going to raise my family in, I want to be engaged and I can’t do that from a corporate position,” she said. “That’s why the co-op fits me so well. It’s community-owned. I have deep roots in Erie and I knew it was the

Chanel Cook has always considered herself the underdog.

“Erie is the home of the underdog and I consider myself to be the underdog rather than a statistic,” said Cook, 39, the outreach services manager for the Erie County Public Library. “For me, it’s about the people and the mindset.”

As a female, minority and single mom, Cook continues to find her niche in the city where she was born and raised and earned degrees from Gannon and Mercyhurst universities.

She moved to Cleveland after college but returned here to raise her newborn daughter with family support.

She began working for U.S. Rep. Phil English, then joined the staff of U.S. Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper, who is now Erie County executive.

Dahlkemper recruited her when she became county executive. “I ended up working for the county executive, the director of administration, and the solicitor, so I was really busy,” she said. She learned how to lobby for change. “My job was ultimately restructured, with pay grade and title changes. I’d been advocating for myself for some time,” she said. “Although it didn’t impact me, it benefited my successor, also a woman.”

She also recommended the county designate a diversity officer, a position that was ultimately denied by Erie County Council. “Although it was denied by council, it did help the county executive, her directors, and our HR department think and

LeAnna Nieratko, 33, is the Whole Foods Co-Op general manager.. [GREG WOHLFORD/ERIE TIMES-NEWS]

best place to take my skill set and a place I could be impactful.”

What truly drew her back to the city was the opportunity to rebuild it.

“Erie has everything or at least has the potential for everything and we’re in this interesting stage where we get to be builders,” she said. “A lot of people that have left, they go somewhere that already has an infrastructure and they kick back and relax. I want to be a part of rebuilding this community and seeing it change.”

She got married and has started her family here. She is a stepmother to Lilly, 9, and mother to Lyle, 3, and Rosie, 20 months.

“It’s also such a cool environment to raise kids, especially young girls,” she said. “I can show them they can do anything they want to do.”

Abby Skinner Abby Skinner has always thought of Erie as her “destination city.”

Skinner, 37, is the city of Erie’s grant writer, a position created by new Erie Mayor Joe Schember’s administration in January.

She grew up in Warren County and recalls taking trips to Erie for vacations and shopping with her family. After college and graduate work, she took up an interest in grant writing and served as a grant writer for the Warren County Historical Society, for the Regional Center for Workforce Excellence and for the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership.

“Either in a volunteer capacity or actually being employed by an organization, it’s something I’ve really been passionate about and have been consistently doing over my entire career,” she said.

After three years in Erie, Skinner said she learned a lot about leadership and how her involvement with nonprofits has allowed her to grow personally and professionally. “I’ve been involved in a lot of wonderful leadership with the nonprofits I’ve worked with and here at the administration in City Hall,” she said. She was impressed by her involvement with the Northwest Pennsylvania

Abby Skinner, grant writer for the City of Erie. [CONTRIBUTED PHOTO]

Area Health Education Center and working with Patty Stubber. “They partner with everyone — medical professionals, local universities, health care ... it was a wonderful experience,” she said.

Skinner is also making a big commitment to her “destination city” this year. “I’m very excited to buy a house downtown. I started looking once the weather got nicer, and I’m looking forward to moving close to the office,” she said.

Ashley Matson One of the youngest nursing directors at UPMC Hamot at age 34, Matson is the director of the Mother Baby Unit at Magee-Womens. Born and raised in Erie, she thought she wanted to be “a college fashion design major and go to New York City.” Instead, she looked for a career that could bring her back home.

“I love Erie. I love everything it has to offer,” she said. She got into nursing when there was a big need for nurses and the women’s hospital was about to open at Hamot. “It was perfect timing,” she said.

Matson had good role models.

“I was brought up by two strong women,” she said. “My grandmother was the widowed mother of six, and my mother was a single mom for the first eight years of my life. It’s all about the way you want to look at your future.”

The married mom of three, ages 7, 4 and 2, Matson and her husband Dan believe “there’s a resurgence here,” she said. Her husband is a member of Local 449 Steamfitters union and has a hands-on job in an

Ashley Matson, director of the Mother Baby Unit at UPMC Hamot Magee Womens. [CONTRIBUTED PHOTO]

industry experiencing many retirements. “We’re not going anywhere.

We’re in it for the long haul and we live right next door to my mother,” she said.

Chanel Cook, outreach services manager for the Erie County Public Library. [CHRISTOPHER MILLETTE/ERIE TIMES-NEWS]

operate differently. That was a proud moment for me,” she said.

Knowing her experience and skill set, Erie County Public Library’s Executive Director Erin Wincek offered her a position with the library. “My daughter will soon attend college and I needed to prioritize time with her,” Cook said. “The promotion was a good move for us.”

What she’s been most proud of her during her professional career in Erie is her ability to create diversity where it wasn’t before.

“Showing people that differences are OK, whether it’s differences in thought, skin color, religion, perspective,” she said. “At the core, we’re all humans so we need to remember that a little bit of humanity and a little bit of humility go a long way.”

Wei-Shin Lai Wei-Shin Lai, M.D., 40, joked that she didn’t fit in with the rest of these 30-somethings. But Lai started AcousticSheep, headphones that are comfortable enough to sleep in, while still in her 20s in 2007. She came to Erie because her husband was born and raised in the area, and they had a goal of bringing technology jobs to Erie. “We started the company and brought a lot of young blood, technology and interesting, good jobs to the area,” she said.

“We really have a West Coast type of management,” she said.

Lai felt there was a job gap between older baby boomers and millennials, and she and her husband wanted to bridge that gap. Staying in Erie has been easy because her family loves the snow, the seasons and the lake.

She said her son is also getting a very good education at Erie Day School.

“I like to think that our company is helping to set an example of what’s achievable in Erie. With the talent here, we can grow and recruit more people. It might take five to 10 more years, but the city is making a comeback,” she said.

Wei-Shin Lai, CEO of AcousticSheep LLC. [FILE PHOTO/ERIE TIMES-NEWS]

Lai came to Erie as a physician and thought that she would benefit the world as a doctor, but instead, she is helping people all over the world sleep better. “It doesn’t matter what I’m doing. My role is to help people, and this is the definition of feeling fulfilled, having happiness and success. It all has to do with how you’re contributing,” she said

Kristi Bailey Kristi Bailey cherishes her daily commute from McKean to Erie. The drive might take upwards of an hour in some cities, but she completes it twice daily in around 25 minutes.

“There’s never traffic and it’s just a place to decompress after a long day on the ride home or to get ready for my day coming up on the way in,” said Bailey, director of business development and services at Erie Federal Credit Union and president of the Young Erie Professionals. “I can live outside of the city and still feel a part of the city.”

Bailey, 33, realizes how lucky she is to do this. In fact, it qualifies as one of the reasons she planted roots in Erie to establish her family and her career. She has two children — Noah, 5, and Quinn, 16 months.

The Erie native and her husband John are planted in the region. After graduating from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania with a degree in communications, she decided to search for a job in Erie.

“I’ve never had the want or the desire to go elsewhere,” she said. “I was fortunate enough to land a job early on in my career here and have chosen to remain here since.”

But there were offers. Her husband received a job offer in South Carolina he was seriously considering. “You obviously think of those opportunities, but what I always

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come back to is that what else would I be looking for?” she said. “So many people bash Erie and people my age move away. There is so much to do in Erie and I always ask, ‘What is it exactly that you’re looking for that this city doesn’t have to offer?’”

She is invested in the development of young professionals in Erie.

In 2017, she decided to get involved with Young Erie Professionals after seeing the organization decline over the past few years.

“So many young people in Erie want to be involved, but they just don’t know how,” she said. “I felt like I could step up and organize this and make it happen.”

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Members of Students for Change, a group at Fairview High School concerned about gun violence, said they are considering participating in a nationwide walkout on April 20, the anniversary of the killings at Columbine High School in Colorado in 1999. Other area schools have registered to participate in the 17-minute National School Walkout on March 14 to remember the Feb. 14 shooting deaths of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

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called for weapons training for selected teachers, saying they should have the opportunity to have guns in school to protect students.

Millcreek Township schools Superintendent William Hall said at a School Board meeting Monday that he is considering a variation on that idea for ensuring the safety of the Millcreek School District’s 6,820 students.

Other local school superintendents, including Kincade, who oversees 1,600 students, and Erie schools Superintendent Brian Polito, who oversees 11,500 students, are pushing back against Trump’s proposal.

Polito said the Erie School District, the region’s largest, is working on ways to tighten security at its 15 school buildings, but he said arming teachers is not under consideration.

“We don’t think it is a good idea,” Polito said. “We don’t think putting more guns in schools is a solution to gun violence.”

Teachers in some states, including Ohio and Texas, already are permitted to have guns in school. Kincade told students of an Ohio schools superintendent he met at a conference who said that he “was packing,” and of signs in the windows of some Ohio schools warning visitors that staff had access to guns.

That’s not what Kincade wants to see here.

“I love my job as superintendent of the Fairview School District.

But if someone told me that teachers would be carrying guns now in our schools, I’d probably quit my job. I wouldn’t want to work in that environment,” Kincade said.

The Pennsylvania Senate in July passed a bill that would allow local school districts to decide whether teachers

The local schools registered for the March 14 walkout, according to the event’s website, are, as of Friday:

Fairview High School students discuss school safety with schools Superintendent Erik Kincade, seated at right, and Principal Matthew Lane, standing at right. Student Tim Kill, seated next to Kincade, leads the school’s Students for Change group considering gun violence issues. [VALERIE MYERS/ERIE TIMES-NEWS]

with concealed carry permits would be permitted to carry guns at school. The legislation has been stalled in the state House and has been strongly opposed by Gov. Tom Wolf and the Pennsylvania State Education Association, the largest teachers’ union in the state.

Bill Kuhar, president of the 865-member Erie Education Association, which is part of the PSEA, believes guns are best left to the Erie School District’s police force. All the members of the district’s 18-member police force, composed of five full-time and 13 parttime officers, are armed.

“As a military veteran with 25 years of service and a teacher, I think it isn’t a good idea,” Kuhar, who teaches at Wilson Middle School, said of arming teachers. “The expense to do it properly would be untenable. Resources should be going to educate our kids.

“It is a safety concern with having more weapons in the buildings,” Kuhar said. “We have armed police officers in our buildings. They are capable of doing the work that has to be done.”

Fairview’s Students for Change also opposes arming teachers, said Fairview High School junior Tim Kill, who organized the student group.

“I think this is extremely important to talk about because it’s a polarizing issue right now. Students for Change stands against arming teachers, and it was a relief to hear Dr. Kincade say the same,” he said.

The Millcreek School District has been exploring the idea of arming someone in all of the district’s 10 school buildings, Hall said Monday.

That person could be a teacher, military veteran or someone else with appropriate training, he said.

Hall said that he has asked the district’s solicitor to explore union, insurance and other issues that would need to be addressed before any decision is made.

“And I think we’d probably survey people, too, to see how they feel about it,” he said.

The Millcreek School District currently employs an armed Millcreek police officer at McDowell High School and plans to employ a second armed police officer, at McDowell Intermediate High School, next school year, Hall said.

School districts are taking other measures to keep students safe, including improving security at school buildings, the local superintendents said.

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District is focused on boosting security measures at the schools’ entrances and exits when students arrive in the morning and leave in the afternoon.

The doors to the schools are locked, the offices must buzz visitors to get in, but Polito said the district needs to be certain the doors are secure all day.

Polito also said the district and the city of Erie police are exploring the possibility of creating an office for a city police officer at Erie High, mainly to build a relationship between the students and the Erie police. And Polito said the district, which hopes to renovate some schools, is exploring a redesign that would funnel visitors directly into each school’s office once they are buzzed in.

“We will be looking at things, when we do the renovations, to tighten security,” Polito said.

The Fairview School District has secure entrances at its three schools and has made

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safety improvements in recent renovations, including installing hardened glass at the high school. In Millcreek, Hall said on Monday that the district has made safety improvements and is finishing construction of more secure entrances at all district schools and making the walkway between McDowell High School and McDowell Intermediate more secure.

At the Fairview School District, Kincade tried to put the recent events in perspective.

As frightening as school shootings are, they’re

Millcreek Township School District McDowell High School Wattsburg Area School District Seneca High School Union City Area School District Union City High School Also, students at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania plan on participating in the National School Walkout on March 20 because the school is on spring break during the week that includes March 14.

For more information, go to www.actionnetwork. org/event_campaigns/ enough-national-schoolwalkout.

still proportionately rare, Kincade told the students.

“You should realize that your chances of being involved in a school shooting are slim,” Kincade said. “There’s a better chance that you will be hit by a car in the parking lot.”

Valerie Myers can be reached at 878-1913 or by email. Follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNmyers.

Ed Palattella can be reached at 870-1813 or by email. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNmyers.

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ROLL CALL WASHINGTON -- Here's how area members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending Friday.

House Post-Parkland dispute over gun bills: The House on Tuesday voted, 228-184, to block an attempt by Democrats to force floor consideration of two gunsafety bills. One (HR 3464) would prevent a firearms dealer from selling a weapon before completion of a federal background check. The second bill (HR 4240) would, in part, expand criminal and mental-health background checks to cover all firearms transactions except those among family members, friends and hunting partners. This vote was conducted after Republican leaders, who control the House agenda, declined to immediately bring gun legislation to the floor following a Feb. 14 mass shooting at a Parkland, Fla., high school. A yes vote was in opposition to allowing floor debate on the two

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fund, which would collect voluntary contributions from the paychecks of hourly employees and distribute money to charitable causes, emerged as a powerful, but often unseen philanthropic powerhouse in Erie — one that’s donated an estimated $25 million since its inception, Celeski said.

But for a variety of different reasons, he said, the challenge of collecting that money and the process of distributing it have changed dramatically in recent years.

The challenge of collecting it should come as no surprise.

Celeski, who meets with new employees to discuss the voluntary withholding program and the company’s 50 percent match, is having fewer of those meetings these days.

While Scott Slawson, president of Local 506 of the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America at GE Transportation, said the Erie plant has added a handful of workers in recent months, the trend has been largely negative. The company shed about 1,500 Erie-based employees in 2016 and has announced plans to eliminate more than 500 jobs this year.

Worries about the

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bills. U.S. Rep Mike Kelly, R-3rd Dist.: Yes. U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-5th Dist.: Yes.

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prosecution of sex traffickers more difficult. A yes vote was to send the bill to the Senate. Kelly: Yes. Thompson: Yes.

Online sex trafficking: Voting 388-25, the House on Tuesday passed a bill (HR 1865) stipulating that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act can be used to prosecute websites that facilitate prostitution and sex trafficking even if they do not produce the content. The bill would deny protection in federal, state and local courts to websites such as Backpage whose business model is to advance the sex trade. But critics including the Department of Justice said it has an overly broad reason-to-know standard that would imperil the free speech of innocent third parties, and therefore make

Capital reserves for megabanks: Voting 245-169, the House on Tuesday passed a bill (HR 4296) that would direct federal banking regulators to redefine rules under which America's 10 largest banks hold capital as a cushion against future losses. At present, the risk for determining the megabanks' reserves is based largely on past performance. This bill would base risk instead on current and projected performance, disregarding previous management mistakes. The change would free up hundreds of billions of dollars that the banks could use for purposes such as lending,

announcement in November that parent company General Electric planned to sell GE Transportation haven’t helped either. Celeski said he’s had a few employees ask to cancel their regular withholding.

Recently, he said, two employees approached him together. He took it as a bad sign, as if they were looking for support in a challenging task.

“When someone gets out, I take it personally,” Celeski said.

For years, the largest shareofwhatthecommunity service fund collected was turned over to the United Way of Erie of Erie County. But Celeski, who sits on the United Way board, said that’s no longer automatically the case.

Celeski said both he and his board have been concerned about the United Way’s defunding of certain nonprofits and the speed at which that process has taken place.

The United Way has made it clear that it’s moving in a different direction as it continues a focus on anti-poverty initiatives that began in 2012.

Along with corporate contributions and donations from salaried employees, the community service efforts have contributed millions to the United Way over the years.

“I had a guaranteed seat on their board (because) we gave them so damn much money,” he said.

A final decision hasn’t been made, but it will likely be different this year, he said.

“It won’t be a lot if they get anything,” he said.

“They should know how it feels to have the carpet pulled out from underneath you.”

These changing dynamics have left Celeski and his board to make more of their own decisions.

In some cases, he said, the community service fund is trying to pick up the slack and to support some of the organizations that are in the process of losing United Way support.

Celeski said he finds the process satisfying, even life changing as he’s listens to pleas for assistance, meets with board members and looks for ways to help. Recent contributions have included $40,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Erie and $15,000 for the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle campaign.

“I have sat down and cried before,” he said.

“Some of the guys in the shop, they bust my balls.

But have helped put back millions of dollars in the community. I believe in helping people who are less fortunate.”

Along with the community service fund, he’s become a fan and a supporter of a long list of organizations, including the Muscular Dystrophy Association, S.O.N.S. of Lake Erie and less well known groups such as

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paying dividends or buying back stock. But critics said it could potentially lead to failures and taxpayer bailouts of banks deemed too big to fail. A yes vote was to send the bill to the Senate.

Kelly: Yes. Thompson: Yes. Wells Fargo exclusion: The House on Tuesday defeated, 185-228, a Democratic bid to prevent benefits under HR 4296 (above) from going to any megabank found to have engaged in a pattern of fraudulent acts against its customers. The measure was directed mainly at Wells Fargo, which paid fines and is under Federal Reserve sanctions after having admitted to systematically defrauding millions of customers in recent years. A yes vote was to adopt the Democratic motion. Kelly: No. Thompson: No.

Senate Russell Vought confirmation: By a vote of 50-49, with Vice President Pence casting

Connecting Hands.

After having hip replacement surgery, Celeski spent time in Erie’s overflow homeless shelter where he became familiar with the smelly challenges of cold, wet boots.

The community service fund solved the problem with a pair of commercial boot dryers bought for $2,400.

“It was a game changer,” Celeski said.

“Having dry feet is huge.”

It’s the kind of investment Celeski favors, a special project, not a contribution to the general fund, but something that makes a mark.

It’s the sort of work he loves, the kind of thing he hopes he and his fellow union workers can keep doing for years to come, whether the company is called GE Transportation or something else.

“The people of this place have put a lot of money back into this community.”

Some of them, he said, are just waiting for their chance to start giving.

Celeski, who talks to each new employee, remembers one new arrival who was living in his car when he was hired for one of Erie’s bestpaying industrial jobs.

“This guy was excited,” Celeski said. “He couldn’t wait to start giving back.”

Jim Martin can be reached at 870-1668 or by email. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter. com/ETNMartin.

the deciding vote, the Senate on Wednesday confirmed Russell Vought as deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget. Vought held Republican staff positions in the House, including one under Pence when he was a congressman, and served for seven

years as vice president of Heritage Action, the political arm of the Heritage Foundation. A yes vote was to confirm the nominee. Sen. Bob Casey, Jr., Democrat: No. U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, Republican: Yes.

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Mostly male Oscar nominees reflect dearth of women in film

By Sandy Cohen The Associated Press

LOSANGELES—Academy Awards voters made history this year when they nominated Rachel Morrison for the cinematography Oscar — the first woman so recognized in the organization’s 90 years. Greta Gerwig is also up for best director, only the fifth woman nominated in Oscar history.

Yet in nearly every Oscar category, nominees are overwhelmingly male.

Three of the 24 awards have no female nominees at all.

Outside of acting, 77 percent of this year’s Oscar nominees are male, accordingtoarecentstudy by the Women’s Media Center. And because the academy can only recognize films that have been released in theaters, the gender-based disparity among Oscar nominees reflects how vastly underrepresented women are in Hollywood.

The Oscar nominations are in line with actual employment statistics, said Women’s Media Center president Julie Burton. Citing the most recent Study of Women in Television & Film produced annually out of San Diego State University, she said women were only three percent of composers and eight percent of supervising sound editors.

No women are nominated for best score or visual effects this year. There is one woman, Mary H. Ellis, included among the 25peoplenominatedinthe two sound categories.

“In Hollywood, on every level of decisionmaking, there are far more men calling the shots, making the deals, and hiring and firing, than there are women, and this power imbalance is reflected in the employment and nomination gender gap,” Burton said. “Women cannot get

Greta Gerwig, writer/director of the film “Lady Bird,” poses at the 2018 Writers Guild Awards, Feb. 11 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. [CHRIS PIZZELLO/ INVISION/ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO]

through the door, and if they can’t get through the door, they can’t be recognized and rewarded for their excellence and impact.”

Andbecausewhomakes movies influences what’s in them, the dearth of women in all areas of filmmaking means “male voices and perspectives are largely responsible for what we see on screen,” she added.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences chief Dawn Hudson said the academy, which bestows the Oscars, has actively sought to diversify its membership in recent years. It has pledged to double the number of women and people of color in its ranks by 2020, and she noted, the number of women on its board has more than tripled since 2011.

“We look to the rest of the film community to follow suit,” she said.

“Boys Don’t Cry” director Kimberly Peirce, who has long been active with the academy and the directors’ guild, said there have been concerted efforts within both organizations to open doors to more women.

“When there is a culture of men doing something, they do tend to bring more men in. Like likes like,” she said. “That’s why it’s so important to me to hire people of color, hire

No criminal charges filed in fatal shooting Times-News staff

The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General on Friday ruled that no criminal charges will be filed against a Fredonia man in the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Meadville resident Corey Shipton in Crawford County in September.

“The Office of Attorney General looks carefully and takes seriously all referrals to the agency, not the least of which are those involving gun violence,’’ said Joe Grace, a spokesman for the Office of Attorney General. “After reviewing the facts and the law on this matter, a determination was made that the use of deadly force was justified and as such, criminal charges were not appropriate.”

Shipton was found dead outside a residence

in the 5100 block of Wheeler Road in Conneaut Township after state police were sent there on Sept. 16 to investigate a report of a domestic violence incident, which occurred sometime between 7 p.m. and 7:44 p.m.

Investigators said a physical domestic dispute was occurring between Shipton and Jessie Bacon, 35, of Linesville.

Before troopers reached the residence, Dustin Coffey, 27, of Fredonia, whom police said is a friend of Bacon’s, arrived at the residence to assist Bacon.

During an ensuing altercation, Coffey fired a gun and struck Shipton. Police recovered the pistol that Coffey used at the scene and a pellet rifle that Shipton had.

IN BRIEF

Suspect arrested in box cutter stabbing Erie police took a 77-year-old man into custody as a suspect in a stabbing Saturday afternoon on the city’s east side.

Officers were called to a residence at 317 Parade Street at 5:26 p.m.

Police found the

stabbing victim — a man — in a downstairs apartment. The victim was stabbed in the upper chest with a box cutter and was taken to UPMC Hamot for treatment, police said.

The suspect fled the scene, but was taken into custody by police a short time later.

Times-News staff

women, because those people are going to get experience and they’re going to work, and they’re going to hire people like them. But also they’re going to hire the best people.”

Visibility is key. Seeing women and people of color in various aspects of entertainment makes other women and people of color think such work is possible for them, too.

That’s what inspired San Francisco-based visual effects artist Charmaine Chan to create her documentary series, “Women in Visual Effects.” Chan has interviewed more than 60 female visual effects artists in the U.S. and U.K. and posted the videos online as a way to show the faces of the women in the industry.

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Two years later, county still waits Executive order by Trump prohibited expansion of NOAA’s marine sanctuary program

By Matthew Rink matthew.rink@timesnews.com

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration placed the waters of Lake Erie and Presque Isle Bay onto a list of new sites to be considered

for a federal marine sanctuary designation

on Feb. 22, 2016.

Two years later, Erie County’s application, along with six other applications, has yet to enter the formal designation process.Andanexecutiveorder signed last year by President DonaldTrumpraisesquestions about when — or if — it ever will. In an order that expanded

offshore drilling for oil and gas, Trump also prohibited the expansionordesignationofany national marine sanctuary.

Ellen Brody, Great Lakes regional coordinator for NOAA’s Office for Marine Sanctuaries, said eight sites were included in NOAA’s inventory, two of which are undergoing the lengthy process of being officially designated a marine sanctuary: An 875-square-mile section of

Lake Michigan off of Wisconsin and a 14-mile section of the Pontiac River’s Mallows Bay in Maryland.

“WegottotheMarylandand Wisconsin(sites)earlyoninthe processandwedecidedtomove forwardwiththosetwo,”Brody said.“Itisalengthyprocess.We publishedourdraftdocuments a year ago and at some point in the near future are planning on publishingourfinaldocuments for those. We have not had

conversations about starting a designation for another nomination on our list.”

NOAA, which oversees 14 marinesanctuariesnationwide, had not accepted applications fornewsanctuarydesignations in20years.Marinesanctuaries are federally protected waters that can include reefs, deep canyons,shipwrecksandother underwater sites.

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Animal attractions

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uriosity about strange noises in the night nearly 15 years ago set off a chain of events that led to Erie nativeLisa Owens Viani’s induction into the World Owl Hall of Fame this weekend.

Owens Viani received the honor at the 16th Annual International Festival of Owls, where she also served as a keynote speaker, for establishing Raptors are the Solution (RATS) in 2011, with the goal of ending avoidable raptor deaths caused by rodent poisons.

It’s a long way from scouring the streets of her adopted hometown — Berkeley, California — to track down the source of one of the oddest, and some would say scariest, sounds in nature. The “strange hissing” that caught Viani’s attention came from baby barn owls telling their parents they were hungry.

The investigation led Owens Viani to learn that there were nearly a dozen pairs of the owls living in the city with a population of about 120,000. It was a lifechanging moment. “Here we are in this urban area, and we have these amazing creatures living with us,” she said. She shared her wonder by leading a successful effort to have the Berkeley City Council adopt the barn owl as the official city bird.

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Erie’s business development officer brings ‘proactive approach’ to job

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Erie Zoo members Lourdes Jasso, 34, her daughter Ramona Reyes, 4, and son Diego Reyes, 7, watch orangutan Joseph eat a tortilla at the Erie Zoo on Saturday. [GREG WOHLFORD/ERIE TIMES-NEWS]

Erie Zoo hosts annual reopening celebration

By David Bruce david.bruce@timesnews.com

Brantley Gredler might be a young man of few words, but the 23-monthold knows what to do when he spots

an Amur tiger at the Erie Zoo. He roars.

“Brantley doesn’t say too much, but he loves growling at the animals,” said his mother, Stephanie Gredler, 27, of Harborcreek Township. “We came to the zoo last year but he was pretty young. He was more excited See ZOO, B2

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Peach Street business owner Emily George said a video surveillance system that another local business donated to her has her feeling better about the safety and security of her shop, her employees and her customers.

Chad Neely, vice president of Neely Communications Inc. in the city, offered the four-camera system to George and began installing it at Pointe Foure Vintage Boutique on Friday after reading about a Feb. 4 break-in at the

business, which sits at 2508 Peach St. in the city's Independence Hill retail district.

"I just felt that we should try and help," Neely said. "I know they're trying to revitalize the district, and I was thinking about what we could do to help the community out, help a business owner doing the same thing I do."

"It's absolutely incredible," George said, adding that the amount of support the greater community has given her since the break-in "is pretty awesome."

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A river otter sits outside at the Erie Zoo in Erie on Saturday.

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His job is to help create jobs

By Kevin Flowers kevin.flowers@ timesnews.com

Brett Wiler loves to knock on doors.

After all, that’s how you get them to open.

Mayor Joe Schember is counting on Wiler, 36, to bring energy, persistence and knowledge to his position as the city’s dedicated business development officer — a new post that Schember promised to create within his fledgling administration.

Wiler, who began working for the city on Feb. 19, most recently worked as director of research, grants and business outreach at Erie Regional Chamber & Growth Partnership.

He focused on business retention and attraction, as well as assisting new entrepreneurs.

The Erie Times-News recently sat down with Wiler to discuss his approach regarding economic development; how his posiWiler tion syncs with Erie Refocused, the city’s long-range, comprehensive development plan; and how his efforts can help create a better business climate within city limits.

Q: What are your directives from Mayor Schember and Chris Groner?

A: I think you’ve heard the mayor say that he wants 70 percent of my time focusing on our existing business base, ensuring that they’re poised to expand and grow right here in Erie.

Twenty percent of the time he wants me to work with entrepreneurs and risk takers and innovators to make sure we’re giving them tools to start businesses here. And 10 percent is a

About Brett Wiler • Age: 36 • Occupation: Business development officer for the city of Erie • Education: Bachelor’s degree in business administration from John Carroll University; master’s degree in public administration from Gannon University.

• Experience: Former director of research, grants and business outreach at Erie Regional Chamber & Growth Partnership.

• Personal: Married with two children.

Watch video of Brett Wiler discussing his job with city government: GoErie.com/ Videos

business attraction component, whether that’s investment, relocation or expansion. Those are the clear directives.

Economic development 101 is going out, knocking on doors, talking to business owners and decision makers and having candid conversations about their obstacles, challenges and market opportunities. And then, from that, linking them with the resources available.

Q: Tell people why you believe that you’re a good fit for this position. Itemize the skills you possess that aid business development.

A: First and foremost, to do this job you have to love business and have a certain level of business acumen. Any given day, I’m meeting with the laundromat, the screen printer, the contract manufacturer, the technology startup. A diverse set of businesses in a diverse set of markets. I have to be able to go in there and talk with them and understand the basic business functionalities. And I can do that.

If I don’t know what I’m talking about, they’re not going to have any confidence in working with me. I have that level of interest and business

(knowledge).

Further, I have a thorough understanding of the resources available in the region. I take a lot of pride in understanding the resources and programs out there, and I’ve built relationships with those program and resource providers.

Q: Give me an example of a situation where you believe you helped attract, retain or develop a business, and how your personal skill set helped you accomplish that.

A: Just this week we met with a company that is looking to expand their physical footprint.

There’s some complications with a rail line and some zoning. So we’re working with some regional partners to address that. I’m working with an entrepreneur who wants to open a restaurant and he’s low on equity. So I’ve been able to introduce him to lenders in the region who maybe don’t require as much equity as other folks. I’ve talked to a company that’s looking to, perhaps, expand their building, improve their building, letting them know that (tax breaks) discussions are ongoing and that could be an incentive or a tool for them down the road.

I’ve met with six companies already this week, and a bunch more on the slate.

Q: How do you identify new business opportunities or potential partnerships? What is the methodology that works?

A: There’s two components to this. One is sort of this reactive component. We field calls, we get inquiries, people call us and say “Hey, I’ve got a challenge.” And we provide prompt response and follow up to them.

There’s also the proactive component of it, right? And I think you need to be strategic about your proactive outreach. We take a look at macroeconomic

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plowing worked Friday and was up really early (Saturday), salting and re-salting so people could get around easily."

Many of the zoo's animals were outside despite the cold weather.

The Amur tiger, whose species is found in Russia

and China, tried to avoid the snow in its enclosure, while the Canadian lynxes had no qualms stepping through it to stand near people taking their photos.

Madelynn Dragosavac, her friend Emily Boylan, and Dragosavac's

mother, Meghan, were among the people watching the lynxes.

The three women had traveled from Cambridge Springs for the celebration.

"We try to come every year for this," said Meghan Dragosavac, 41.

"It's fun to see the animals in the snow. When the storm came, I was excited because there would be snow."

A few animals remained inside Saturday morning due to the cold and slippery conditions, Walsh said.

"The rhinos and the giraffe won't be outside," Walsh said Saturday morning. "They are so tall and big, if they slip on the ice it could be

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Not everyone came to the zoo to see the animals. The zoo also was offering enrollment in its zoo education classes and summer camp at a 15 percent discount Saturday. Walsh said some classes might be sold out by the end of the day.

The zoo will be open daily from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Daily admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors 62 and older, $6 for children ages 2 to 12, and free for children younger than 2.

David Bruce can be reached at 870-1736 or by email. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ETNbruce.

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use of poison. The first step is assessing the environment where the problem is taking place and eliminating food, cover and access. If that doesn't do the trick, snap or electronic traps should be employed so rodents that have consumed poison aren't running around or left dead for raptors to eat.

Today, RATS is a volunteer side gig for the Mercyhurst Prep grad who ended up on the west coast to dance with the San Francisco Ballet. She finds time for RATS work in between her job in communications at San Francisco State University and visits to Erie, where her parents remain.

Owens Viani encourages Erities who think there aren't owls and other raptors in the city to reconsider by pondering her experience in Berkeley.

The birds are here, but it takes effort to spot them. And Erie's raptors, as well as its beloved winter visitors — the snowy owls — are most certainly eating rodents we've poisoned.

Should Erie choose to adopt a resolution asking businesses to refrain from selling rodent poisons that can harm snowy owls and other raptors, it would "probably be the first city in Pennsylvania to do this," Owens Viani said.

Of course, each of us could just choose to do the right thing. The birds will handle the rest.

"We need to let these animals to their job in the ecosystem," Owens Viani said.

"This is what they are designed to do.

They will help us if we don't poison them."

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about it this year."

Subfreezing temperatures and nearly a foot of snow on the ground didn't stop the Gredlers and about 20 other people from being at the zoo when it opened its gates Saturday morning for the zoo's annual reopening celebration.

The zoo officially opened Thursday.

Saturday's festivities included free admission and carousel rides, and free chicken sandwiches from a fast-food chain. About 3,000 people were expected to attend, said Emily Walsh, the zoo's director of communications.

"We have been working hard to get ready for this after the storm," Walsh said. "Our man who does all the

Publicity surrounding the campaign led residents to contact Owens Viani about birdrelated issues. She started to become aware of the impact of rodent poison when she got a call about several dead Cooper's hawks and then was asked by an animal rescue outfit to raise several baby barn owls. The hawks and the baby owls' parents had eaten rodents that had been poisoned.

"I realized that if this happened where I am, it is probably happening everywhere," she said.

RATS was established in 2011 to keep it from continuing.

The organization has completed a grantand donation-funded awareness campaign of posters and billboards on and around San Francisco Bay-area public transportation vehicles and hubs, and plans a similar effort in Vancouver. It has also worked with numerous municipalities to pass resolutions asking businesses to stop selling rodent poisons that harm raptors.

RATS' website is a clearinghouse of educational and advocacy information, and the group has also produced a Claymation video that helps to explain what's at stake to kids.

It's unclear how many raptors die each year from eating rodents that have consumed poison, but research does provide insight regarding the extent of the issue.

Audubon cites a California study that found rodenticides in 92 percent of raptors, as well as a New York study that found the poisons in 49 percent of 12 raptor species.

Owens Viani points out that rodent problems can be eliminated without the

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From left, Sharon Groters, 28, Nicole Justka, 26, and Groters’ cousin Jelecia Jansen, 13, pose with Perry Penguin at the Erie Zoo in Erie on Saturday.

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trends and try to identify high-growth industries and target those companies and make sure they have the tools they need to grow.

We might also recognize an industry in a downtown, and outreach to ensure we can help them avoid layoffs or diversify their customer base.

Q: Are there any fundamental differences between your work for the city and the work you did previously at the Regional Chamber?

A: This position, I believe, will evolve over time. In its current state, I think the focus is on business outreach, and that was largely the backbone of my previous job.

I think my direct tools are a little bit different here at the city. We have loan funds, we are rolling out (a) micro-grant program. We have tax incentives. My direct tools at the Chamber were different.

Whatever the company needs, I’m going to make suggestions and refer them to a resource that can help.

Q: I’ve heard from people who look at this position with skepticism and doubt that a business development officer will make a difference in terms of helping Erie’s economy. What’s your response to that?

A: First of all, that motivates me. Changes are not going to happen overnight, but I think that those in the local economic development system who know me know I’m passionate, they know I’m hard working, and I’m going to go out and do my best.

There’s a lot of momentum right now in the city. We’re looking to leverage that and build upon that. Time will tell.

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Fishing license fee increase discussed Times-News staff

Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Executive Director John Arway outlined a proposed fishing license fee increase and program initiatives to about 75 anglers Saturday afternoon in a public sportsmen’s forum at the Bayfront Convention Center.

“Everybody has there own perspectives about what priorities should be for us,’’ Arway said. “We want to tell our story to make sure people understand what we do.’’

Several Fish and Boat Commission officials discussedtheirparticular programs and services they offer during the 2½-hour meeting that included a questionand-answer session.

Officialsalsodiscussed funding challenges, staff reductions and the need to adopt a budget for the fiscal year, which begins in July, that addresses ways to generate additional revenue.

The commission is proposing a $6 fishing license fee increase, which would be implemented in 2019, followed by an annual 3 percent increase in license fees in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, Arway said.

“If they (state legislature) would pass it, we’d be able to implement it

in 2019 if they would do it,” Arway said. “I can’t predict the state legislature, but the vibes I get from the anglers and boaters is they support it. When the customer supports increasing fees, that should tell you something.’’’

Arway said commission staff has been reduced during the past several years from 432 to 366.

“We just can’t cut anymore staff without losing programs,’’ Arway said.

Skyrocketing increases in health care and pensions in the past few years have forced the Commission to cut expenditures, Arway said.

Arway said proposed closings of three fish hatcheries, including the Union City hatchery, would save $2 million in the next budget.

Officials with the Save Our Native Species (S.O.N.S.) of Lake Erie fishing advocacy group support an in increase in fishing license fees.

“It’s needed,” S.O.N.S. President Jerry Skrypzak said. “Like everything else in our society, costs have gone up, and in order for the Commission to provide the services that fishermen and boaters need, they need to get increase in licenses so they can

Corry student faces terror threat charges Times-News staff

A 19-year-old Corry Area High School student is facing charges of five counts of terroristic threats after police accused the man of making threats of wanting to bring a gun to the school and shoot it up on Monday.

Police arrested Scott R.S. Perkins, of the 100 block of of Mead Avenue in Corry. He was charged with four counts of terroristic threats against students and one count of terroristic threats against the school district.

Investigators said Corry students sent a Facebook message to a Corry Area School District teacher on Saturday to report that the man had made a threat that he intended to become a shooter and shoot up the school on Monday.

The teacher notified Corry Area School District administration, whocontactedtheCorry Police Department.

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Neely’s donation is the latest bit of support that hascometoIndependence Hill as residents and shop owners continue work at enhancing the retail stretchnorthofWest26th Street.

The Feb. 4 burglaries at Pointe Foure and at Fat Lenny’s, 2408 Peach St., spurred Meghann Legler, manager of Haggerty’s Bar & Dinor on West 26th Street,toorganizeafundraiser to generate money topayforadditionalsecurity, such as lighting and alarms, in Independence Hill. The Feb. 25 event

Investigators said Perkins made a statement about becoming a school shooter and told his friends because he cared for them and did not want them in school Monday so they would not get hurt.

Investigators said Perkins made the threat to shoot up the school Friday night after a fight that occurred in Corry, where several students heard him make the threat.

Corry police interviewed Perkins on Saturday. After consulting with the Erie County District Attorney’s Office, police arrested Perkins.

Police said Perkins does not legally own a gun and does not have access to guns at his residence.

Police and the school district will be take measures starting Monday to ensure the safety of school students and faculty at Corry Area High School and all school properties. attracted 200 people to the King’s Rook Club and raised a little more than $4,400, Legler said.

Shesaidshewillpresent the money to a group of Independence Hill business owners at a meeting on Monday, and they will discuss what to do with it.

Options include dividing the money up among the businessownersorputting themoneytowardthelocal match for a $10,000 grant theneighborhoodreceived from the Erie County Gaming Revenue Authority through the Sisters of St. Joseph Neighborhood Network, Legler said.

TheMissionMainStreet grant,whichwasawarded in January, will be used for facade, signage and

Linda Lee Szoszorek

Linda Lee Szoszorek (Wagner), of Erie, Pennsylvania, died Thursday, March 1, 2018, with her family at her side. A brave three-time breast cancer warrior, Linda’s enduring faith, love, devotion and beauty will live on in our hearts forever.

Linda was born April 24, 1940, in Erie to Lester K. Wagner and Mary (Baierski) Wagner. A 1958 graduate of Harbor Creek High School, Linda was a member of the Honor Society and lead drum majorette for three years. She was voted “best figure” by her class and performed as the vocal soloist at her graduation ceremony.

Following high school, Linda worked in the Society Department (morning edition) at the Times Publishing Company and wrote a weekly column for young people.

While there, she met the love of her life, a handsome young advertising executive named Gerald (Jerry) Szoszorek. In addition to her job at the newspaper, Linda worked as a fashion model for local department stores, including Trask, Prescott & Richardson Company, Carlisle’s and The Boston Store. She also worked as a commercial model for several local firms, including Eriez Magnetics. A true beauty both inside and out, Linda was awarded several titles, including Erie County Rose Queen (1959), Miss Posture Perfect (Chiropractic Association), Miss Air Power and more.

Linda and Jerry were married on May 13, 1961, when she began her most important role as a full-time wife and mother. In addition to her love of family, she had a passion for gardening, birds and animals. She was especially devoted to her puppies, Foxy and Sugarplum.

Linda was an active member of the Asbury Woods Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Linda was preceded in death by her husband, Jerry, and both of her parents. She is survived by her four children: Sherry Lee Szoszorek, Tammy Lee Polanski (husband Frank) and Scott Szoszorek, all of Erie, and Brian Szoszorek (wife Liza) of Denver, Colorado; grandson Frank Genovese (wife Amanda); great-grandchildren Vince and Adelina Lee; sister Shirley Mae Swan; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Family and friends are invited to call from 3 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 8th at Brugger Funeral Homes & Crematory, 1595 West 38th Street, Erie. A memorial service will immediately follow, and all are welcome to attend.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Regional Cancer Center at 2500 W 12th Street, Erie, PA or the Anna Shelter at 1555 E. 10th Street, Erie, PA. Condolences may be expressed at www.bruggerfuneralhomes.com.

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Erie County officials, having worked through an application process that County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper had described at the time as long and arduous, were following recommendations of the county’s long-rangeplan,Emerge 2040. The hope was to protect more than 100 shipwreck sites in the Lake Erie Quadrangle, while expanding local tourism, drawing more divers and researchers to the area, and attractingNOAAresources.The Lake Erie Quadrangle would encompass 76.6 miles of Erie County and Pennsylvania shoreline and 759 square miles of Lake Erie’s central basin.

Brody said she has been instructed to refer all questions about Trump’s executive order to the Department of Commerce’s Public Affairs division. An officialfromtheDepartment of Commerce did not immediately return calls other improvements, officials said during the grant announcement.

The Sisters of St. Joseph NeighborhoodNetworkis kicking in $2,000, which will put Independence Hill business owners less than $4,000 away from the local match if they use theproceedsfromtheFeb. 25fundraiser,saidHeather Caspar, the network’s executive director.

Caspar said the end product of the grant is really a strategic plan for revitalizing the business district. Officials have talkedaboutmurals,lighting “and definitely some traffic-calming measures,” she said.

“There is a lot of interest in that stretch of Erie.

seeking comment.

“We are not supposed to handle these questions,”Brodysaid.“They are being handled at the Department of Commerce level.

“I will say this, our program was really excited about the Lake Erie nomination,” she added. “It was a great nomination. It had great opportunity for partnerships. Our program is consumed with these two designations, and we just haven’t had the conversation about what happens next.”

Gary Lee, director of administration for Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper, said the county is hopeful it can receive the federal designation in the future.

“Because it has been put on hold, there’s been no movement on our end,” Lee said, referring to the president’s executive order.

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A lot of people hope to see it flourish,” Caspar said.

The burglaries at Pointe Foure and Fat Lenny’s remain under investigation by the Erie Bureau of Police, who have recovered the cash register stolenfromGeorge’sstore.

DetectiveSgt.EarlMatson said police are also investigating a break-in at a building in the 2400 block of Peach Street where a door was forced open and tools were stolen sometime Jan. 25 or 26; and some recent thefts from vehicles in the area.

Tim Hahn can be reached at 870-1731 or by email. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ETNhahn.

Anna M. (Saturday) D’Aurora

Anna M. (Saturday) D’Aurora, age 93, of Erie passed away peacefully Friday, March 2, 2018 at home with her family at her side. She was born November 30, g 1924 in North Kingsville, Ohio the daughter of the late Paul and Mary Vendetti Saturday.

A lifelong resident of Erie, Anna was a member of St. Paul’s RC Church and also belonged to their Rosary Altar Society. She and her husband Jim enjoyed playing bingo, both at St. Paul’s and at Seneca Irving where they had made many friends. She was an excellent baker, cook who was known for her raviolis, and she enjoyed crocheting.

Her greatest joy was following the activities of her two great-grandsons.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters; Carmel Vitale and Florence LaRiccia and by three brothers; Paul, Anthony, and Dominick Saturday.

Anna is survived by her husband of 69 years, James J. D’Aurora along with her daughter, Debra Mercer and her husband David of Erie. She is the grandmother of Melissa Hall and her husband Gregory of Greene Township, Pa., and the great-grandmother of Tyler and Carter Hall. She is the sister of Mary Lou Culbertson of Ashtabula, Ohio and is also survived by several nieces and nephews.

Anna’s family would like to thank Interim Healthcare and AseraCare Hospice for the wonderful care and compassion shown to their mother during her illness.

Friends are invited to call at the Quinn Funeral Home, West 9th & Liberty St. on Monday from 2-5 & 7-9 p.m. and are invited to attend Prayer Services there Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. followed by a Funeral Mass at 10:00 a.m. in St. Paul’s RC Church. Entombment will be in Gate of Heaven Mausoleum.

Memorials may be made to St. Paul’s RC Church, 1617 Walnut St., Erie, PA 16502.

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Marguerite I. Craig Platz

Marguerite I. Craig Platz, age 92, of Platea, peacefully made her way to heaven at home surrounded by her family on Thursday, March 1, 2018.

She was born in Albion, on February 18, 1926, a daughter of the late Ross and Pearl Hogoboom Craig.

“Marge” or “Marg” graduated from Albion High School. She worked at Marx Toys and was a stay at home mom before she discovered her gift of working with special needs children. She worked as a teacher’s aide teaching these children for 30 years.

She was a member of the Federated Church in East Springfield and enjoyed the fellowship at the Gold Circle. She loved Jesus and exemplified His love in her care for everyone she met.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death in 2002 by her husband, Lawrence “Lucky Platzie” Platz, whom she married on February 12, 1949, a son, David Platz, and three sisters, Ruth McDonald, Mary Devore and Betty Schmidt.

She is survived by her daughter, Rose (Bill) Kuhn, grandchildren, Raiichelle Kuhn (Rick), Danielle Thompson (Terrance), Marcelle (Jeff) Risjan all of Platea, Christina (Rob) Powell, and David (Samantha) Platz, both of Girard. She is further survived by her daughter in law, Ellen Platz and her sons, Eric, Matthew and Carl Neary; two sisters, Sarah Craig of Fairview and Anna Schmidt of Springfield, as well as several great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Friends may call at the Burton Funeral Home, 525 Main St. East on Wednesday from 11 a.m. until the time of the service at 1 p.m. with Rev. Ed Huntley officiating.

Burial at Hope Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Federated Church, 11995 Main St, East Springfield, PA 1641 or the Platea Volunteer Fire Department, 10012 Maple St, Girard, PA 16417.

Condolences may be sent to www.Burtonfuneralhomes.com.

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Marilyn S. (Tennant) Ames

Marilyn S. (Tennant) Ames, age 77, of Wesleyville, passed away Saturday, February 24, 2018, at UPMC Hamot. Born in Bradford, Pa., on November 16, 1940, she was a daughter of the late John and Wilma (Toothman) Tennant.

She had been a registered nurse at the Lutheran Home for over twenty years and was a member of Harborcreek Baptist Church. She was on bowling teams, she loved shopping trips and eating out.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Carolyn Hoch.

Survivors include a son, Gary Ames, and his girlfriend Leslie and a daughter, Dawn Stitt, all of Erie; two grandchildren, Bethany Dunlap, and her husband Jon and Bobbi Jones and her partner John McKenna; three greatgrandchildren, Isaiah Jones, Mackynzie McKenna and Emily Dunlap; and a close family friend, Janet Scharrer.

Friends may call at Brugger Funeral Homes & Crematory, 1595 West 38th Street, at Greengarden Boulevard, on Sunday from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., at which time a service will be officiated by Pastor David Roach, of the Harborcreek Baptist Church. Private burial will be in Erie County Memorial Gardens.

Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 2 Chatham Center, Suite 1520, 112 Washington Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.

Condolences may be expressed at www.bruggerfuneralhomes.com.

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OBITUARIES Robert “Bob” M. Fabrizio

James Edward Conners of Lawrence Park passed away on Thursday, March 1, 2018, just two months short of his 100th birthday.

Born on May 23, 1918, in Old Town, Maine, he was the son of the late James Albert and Alice May Oliver Conners. He loved Maine with all his heart.

He graduated from Old Town High School in 1936 where he was Class President all through high school.

Following graduation he worked at the P.C.F. until he enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1941. Serving for three years, he was entitled to wear the American Area Campaign Ribbon, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Ribbon, the World War II Victory Ribbon, and the European-African-Middle Eastern Ribbon.

Upon returning to Maine following World War II, he enrolled at the University of Maine/Orono where he graduated in 1949 with a Bachelor of Science of Education. A lifelong learner with a curious mind, he returned to school and graduated from Gannon University in 1973 with a Master of Education in Guidance and Counseling.

He taught at Mary Snow School in Bangor, Maine, and was principal of the Cushing School where he was a beloved presence and is remembered by his students to this day. In the mid-1950s, he went to Europe and taught in the military schools in the American section of Berlin where he met Margaret McKenzie of Erie, and they married in 1959.

After teaching in the Canal Zone in Panama, he moved to Erie where he taught in the Erie School District until he was 75 years old whereupon he received a letter from the School District naming him the “grandfather” of the District.

A Lifelong Boston Red Sox Fan, he was ecstatic to see his team break the curse and win not only one but three World Series in his lifetime.

He was a member of St. Mark’s Roman Catholic Church in Lawrence Park and the Lions Club. He served as a Lawrence Park Commissioner for 16 years and was on the Erie County Planning Commission and active in the Erie County Democratic Party. He was also the director of Camp Notre Dame for five summers. While in Maine, he was chairman of the Penobscot County Democratic Party and was invited to President John F. Kennedy’s inauguration.

In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his siblings: Margaret Craven Conners Grindle; and his twin brothers John and William Kennedy Conners.

He is survived by his wife, Margaret, of Lawrence Park; and his children, William Kennedy Conners of Lawrence Park; Anne Conners and her spouse Austin Donaghy of Cushing, Maine, and his daughter, Sheila “Happy” Conners of Erie and her partner, Jay Ortiz.

He doted on his only grandchild, Samantha Kirk, of Erie who was the light of his life and of whom he was inordinately proud. In Maine, he is survived by his cousins, Barbara Conners and Mary Ann Prugh; and his nieces Carol May and Margaret Baker and their children; and his nephew James Grindle.

The family would like to thank the staff at the Pennsylvania Soldiers’ & Sailors’ Home for the care he received there.

Friends may call at the Russell C. Schmidt & Son Funeral Home, Inc., 5000 Wattsburg Rd. on Monday from 4 to 7 p.m. and are invited to a funeral service there the following morning at 10:00 a.m. At his request his ashes will be sprinkled in Penobscot Bay, Maine from a boat pointing towards Spain.

Donations in his name can be made to the Greater Erie Area Habitat for Humanity, 413 East 9th St. Erie, PA 16503.

Please visit www.SchmidtFuneralHomeErie.com to sign the Book of Memories.

Robert “Bob” M. Fabrizio, 92, of Erie, passed away on Thursday, March 1, 2018, at Sarah A. Reed Retirement Center. He was born on April 23, 1925, in Erie, a son of the late Florindo and Rosalia DiFilippo Fabrizio.

Bob was in the United States Army during World War II. He served in the European Theater, participating in the Rhineland and Central European Campaigns and fought in the Battle of Colmar Pocket with the 572nd Anti Aircraft Artillery AW Battalion.

He had worked as a dispatcher / office manager for Trans American Freight Lines and Consolidated Freightways.

Bob was a member of Saint Paul Church and sang in their choir. He was also a member of the Erie Maennerchor Club, Seinbenbuerger Club and Sunflower Club.

He was a New York Yankee and Pittsburgh Steelers Fan. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Nick, Ugo, and Rudolph Fabrizio; and four sisters, Carmella Pallotta, Ida Arnold, Yolanda Caserta, and Molly Fabrizio.

He is survived by his wife, Betty Jane Bucci Fabrizio; one daughter, Linda Behn (Gary) of Erie; three sons, Thomas Fabrizio (Ruth Ann) of Erie, Robert Fabrizio (Janet) of Pittsburgh, Pa., and David Fabrizio (Rachel) of Sherman Oaks, Calif.; one sister, Betty D. Fabrizio of Erie; 15 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

He is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

Friends are invited to call at the John R. Orlando Funeral Home, Inc., 2122 Raspberry Street, on Sunday from 3 to 6 p.m. may attend a Service there on Monday at 9:30 a.m. followed by a Funeral Mass at Saint Paul RC Church, 1617 Walnut Street, at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery.

Bob’s family would like to thank Sarah Reed and Southern Care Hospice for their love and care.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Pl., Memphis, TN 38105, or to the Alzheimer’s Association, 1600 Peninsula Dr., Ste. 15, Erie, PA 16505.

To send condolences, visit www.orlandofuneralhome.com.

Michael W. Bond

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Michael W. Bond, 64, of Edinboro, was called to heaven on March 1, 2018, after a twoyear battle with ALS. He was born in Erie, on June 23, 1953, the son of William (Diane) Bond of Naples, Fla. and the late Audrey (May) Bond.

Michael served his country for 23 years with both the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Coast Guard Reserves, and fought in Operation Desert Storm.

He was a member of American Legion Post 494 in Girard.

Michael graduated from Edinboro University and worked as a paramedic prior to joining the sales teams of Sunrise Medical and Insight Medical. His favorite job was driving school bus for the General McLane School District.

He had a passion for Harley motorcycles and enjoyed spending time vacationing in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Recently, Michael was honored with the ALS Association of WPA 2017 Monessa Tinsley-Crabb Voice of Courage Award for his efforts to advance ALS causes.

Michael was also a Lay Eucharistic Minister for St. Augustine Episcopal Church in Edinboro.

In addition to his father Michael is survived by his wife of 34 years Karen, sons Michael (Kimberly) and grandchildren McKenzie, Meredith, Allie and Gianni, of Vineland, N.J., Justin (Janelle Shollenberger) and grandson Matthew, of Waterford, Nathan (Katie Donovan) of Warren, Pa., and daughter Meagan (Morgan Reimann), of Grand Island, N.Y., one sister Deborah (John) Neenan, of Harborcreek and three brothers Dana (Doris) Bond, of St. Mary’s, Pa., and William (Amy) and Curtis (Jennifer) Bond, both of Erie. He is also survived by a number of loving nieces and nephews.

Friends may call at the Glunt Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., 210 Erie Street, Edinboro, on Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A funeral mass will be held on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at St. Augustine Episcopal Church, 427 Plum St., Edinboro, with Fr. David Fulford officiating.

Burial will be in Edinboro Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the ALS Assoc./WPA, 416 Lincoln Dr., Pittsburgh PA 15209. To send condolences please visit www.gluntfuneralhome.com.

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Joan C. “Jo Ann” (Schultz) Schuhwerk

Joan, of Reading, PA, passed away on February 27, 2018, after a brief illness. Born on July 26, 1931, in Erie, Pa., Joan was the daughter of the late Cyril D. Schultz, Sr. and Alma B. (May) Schultz.

Joan was the beloved wife of Norman J. Schuhwerk for 59 years.

Joan was a graduate of the former Mercyhurst Seminary and attended the former Edinboro State Teachers College. She was employed in the payroll departments of General Electric (Erie) and Boscov’s Department Stores for several years.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by her five daughters: Rebecca, wife of Gregory Shemanski, Caroline, wife of Timothy Ingles, Mary Jo, wife of Ronald Alexander; Kathryn, and Melody, wife of Louis Kelley and eight grandchildren: Stephanie and Michael Shemanski, Amanda and James Alexander, Hallie Ingles, and Patrick, Elizabeth, and David Kelley. Joan also had many nieces, nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews.

Joan was predeceased by her parents, brothers: Donald F. Schultz and Cyril D. “Bud” Schultz, Jr., and her sister-in-law Sarah Schultz.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. Catharine of Siena Roman Catholic Church Memorial Fund, 2427 Perkiomen Ave., Mount Penn, PA 19606, or to the charity of one’s choice in memory of Joan C. Schuhwerk.

Online condolences may be made at www.beanfuneralhomes.com.

Michael Edward Southworth

Michael Edward Southworth, age 75, resident of Cambridge Springs, Pa. since 1943, died Thursday, March 1, 2018 at Crawford County Care Center, Saegertown, Pa. Born in Buffalo, N.Y. on March 9, 1942, he was the son of the late Lawrence Duane Southworth and Edna Mae Johnson Southworth.

He received his high school education at both Cambridge Springs and Townville Schools and enlisted in the US Navy in 1959. As a medical corpsman, he served during the Cuban Missile Crisis aboard the USS Essex. Following the service he furthered his education at Edinboro University, Gannon University and at St. Petersburg Junior College in Florida. In 1971, he was business owner and operator of Mikes News and Grill located on South Main Street in Cambridge Springs. In November of 1983, he and his parents became founding members of the Cambridge Springs Art Center and a School of the Arts both located in the Arcade Building in downtown Cambridge Springs. In November 0f 1993, he along with his mother became sole owners of the Arcade and began extensive renovations of the historical building. In 1994, they opened two additional businesses there - Arcade Antiques and an indoor flea market. In 2001, the Arcade was sold. Mike was a very talented guitarist, singer, and songwriter. As a professional musician, he played throughout the country. He enjoyed writing, oil painting, and was knowledgeable of Cambridge Springs history. Mike was a nursing home volunteer and enjoyed visiting those who were resident elders.

Surviving family members include two daughters - Stacy Michelle Harlaff and Story Lynette Southworth-Maxwell, both of Florida. He also leaves behind three grandchildren and three sisters - Barbara Vought and her husband, Kimber of Kure Beach, N.C.; Dr. Bonita Wilcox and her husband, James of Cambridge Springs; and Lynn Weaver and her husband, Thomas of Waterford.

Friends may call at the Van Matre Family Funeral Home in Cambridge Springs on Tuesday, March 6th from 12:00 noon until 2:00 p.m. Funeral services will begin at 2:00 p.m. there with Reverend Rod Beardsley, pastor of Cambridge Springs First Baptist Church and Reverend James Callender, pastor of the First Church of God in Cambridge Springs officiating. Interment will be in Cambridge Springs Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Hermitage House Shelter, 237 South Main Street, Cambridge Springs, PA 16403.

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Wesley T. Wilson

Wesley T. Wilson, of Sarasota, Fla., and Highlands, N.C., passed away on February 15, 2018 in Sarasota.

He was born in Erie, Pa., and moved to Sarasota in 1953 from North East, Pa. He went to Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville, Ga., and graduated from Riverview High School in Sarasota. Upon graduation he attended Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science receiving his Funeral Directors degree. Mr. Wilson was in business with his father, Dean M. Wilson, who ran Wilson Funeral Home in Sarasota which later became Toale Brothers Wilson Chapel.

Mr. Wilson moved to Highlands, N.C. in 1986 and became owner of Le Pavillon Women’s Apparel Store with his wife Phyllis Wilson. Mrs. Wilson predeceased him in 2010.

He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Sarasota, Highlands United Methodist Church in Highlands, N.C., Cary B. Fish Lodge (Phoenix) 346 F&AM of Sarasota, Scottish Rite Valley of Tampa, Fla., charter member of Sahib Shrine Temple in Sarasota, member of the Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, Sertoma Club of Sarasota, Village Green Golf Club, member of the Highlands Chamber of Commerce, and a board member of First Union National Bank of Highlands.

He is survived by his sister-in-law Sandra (Scott) Culleny of Nokomis, Fla.; nephew Steven Culleny of Nokomis; brother-in-law Steve Shivley of Beckley, W. Va.; Cousins Dennis Jones of Dunnellon, Fla., and Patricia Macaulay of Marietta, Ga.; Friends Barbara Welch of Highlands, N.C., the Toale Family and John Savary of Sarasota.

Friends are invited to attend a graveside service at North East Cemetery, North East, Pa., on Wednesday March 7, 2018 at 11 a.m. Rev. Erie Leonard, pastor of Park United Methodist Church will officiate.

Local funeral arrangements are under the care of the W. Tad Bowers Funeral Home, 92 S. Lake St., North East, Pa. To send condolences, please visit www. bowersfuneralhome.com.

In lieu of flower, please direct memorial contributions to: Tidewell Hospice Philanthropy, 5955 Rand Blvd., Sarasota, FL 34236 or the Shriner’s Hospital for Children, 12502 USF Pine Drive, Tampa, FL 33612.

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OBITUARIES Virginia (Ginny) Stephens Pompeani

Donald Gregory Minch

Donald Gregory Minch, “Butch”, passed away on Sunday, February 25, 2018, after a brief stay on the Avenue of Honor, VA Medical Center, Erie Pa. He was born on April 16, 1940 in Pittsburgh Pa., son of the late Harry J. and Catherine C. Minch.

He joined the USMC at 17, served a year in Okinawa and served aboard a Navy ship on the Mediterranean where he saw action in Beirut Lebanon in 1958. Butch re-entered the Marine Corps to serve in the war in Vietnam, serving in A company 3rd Tank battalion, USMC where he drove an M48 tank (Patton tank) in Con Thien during the TET offensive in 1968. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, swimming and canoeing with his wife, friends, brother, nephews and uncle. He was usually seen with his loyal dog Thor. Butch retired from Parker-White Metal in 2003.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his beloved wife of 45 years, Janice Randall Minch, and his older brother Harry E. Minch.

He is sadly missed by his sister, Evelyn Minch (Toshiro Nakamura), his uncle, Ed Minch (Mary), his nephews, Steve Eagley, (Jen), and two grandnieces, and Jason (Debbie) and three grandnephews, and niece, Jess Minch Barber (Bobby) and three grandnieces.

He will be missed by his friends at the Edinboro and Albion VFWs, American Legion Post 615, and his friend Denny Adamson for their visits to the casino.

Butch supported the Museum of the USMC in Quantico, Va., where he toured with his sister and husband after visits to Arlington National Cemetery where their brother is buried. Two commemorative bricks are laid side by side in the park at the museum, engraved with Butch and his brother Harry’s names and ranks. If you ever visit this beautiful museum, look for the bricks, #’s 28930 and 28931.

To make a donation in his memory, Butch supported several charities, especially Toys for Tots, DAV, and Wounded Warriors. The family thanks the hospice at VA in Erie for their wonderful care during his final days. There is no viewing, and funeral arrangements are private. The Mattera Funeral Home, 188 East State Street, Albion, handled the funeral arrangements. To light a memory candle or leave a condolence, please visit www.matterafuneralhome.com

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Shirley J. Westcott

Shirley J. Westcott, age 91, of Lawrence Park, passed away peacefully in the home of her daughter on Wednesday, February 28, 2018, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Lawrence Park on October 12, 1926, daughter of the late James and Ruth Harris Dalglish.

Shirley was a graduate and valedictorian of the Lawrence Park High School Class of 1944. Her keen passion for languages, reading, and the arts then took her to Grove City College where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1948 and became certified to teach French, English, Spanish and History.

Upon graduation from Grove City, she took a job as copywriter for the former Trask’s Department Store in Erie, was married to David R. Westcott, and started a family.

Shirley found her true passion in life when she began her teaching career at Lawrence Park High School in 1963 as a French teacher. When the Lawrence Park and Wesleyville communities merged to form the Iroquois School District in 1966, she went on to become a much-loved and well-respected teacher of French and English as well as a mentor to her peers and students. She was honored in 2016 to be inducted into the Legends of Iroquois Academic Hall of Fame. Throughout her teaching career, which she joyfully referred to as “the gig of a lifetime,” she advised many student groups, coached the Speech and Debate team as well as the Academic Challenge team, ran the clock at the home basketball games, and even enjoyed a stint as a girls’ basketball coach.

Her retirement in 1991 afforded her the time to travel, attend Elderhostels, and become active in several organizations. She was the Public Policy chair for the Erie Branch of the American Association of University Women in 1993 and 94, she led book groups, and she was an active volunteer at St. Paul’s Food Pantry.

Most of all, she indulged her passion for reading, learning, and music. She subscribed annually to the Erie Philharmonic Symphonic Concert Series. In that respect, her life was like a well-loved symphony to be played over again and again in the memories of those who love her.

Shirley was preceded in death by her husband, David R. Westcott; a granddaughter, Adrianne Cipriani; and her brother, Robert Dalglish. She is survived by her six children, Nora Westcott-Trench (Stuart), Molly Cipriani (Carl), David Westcott (Robin), Janet Laboda (Pete), James Westcott and Michael Westcott (Janet); 15 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, two great, great-grandchildren, one niece and two nephews.

We would be remiss if we did not mention her dear friends, Marjorie McLean and Marg Atkin, who survive her as well.

Friends may call at the Dusckas-Taylor Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc., 5151 Buffalo Road (at Hannon Rd. in Harborcreek Twp.) on Monday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. and are invited to attend a Funeral Service at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Paul, 134 West 7th Street, on Tuesday at 11 a.m. conducted by the Very Rev. John P. Downey. Memorials may be made to the Cathedral of St. Paul Food Pantry, 134 W 7th St, Erie, PA 16501 or to the Haven Fund at Brevillier Village, 5416 East Lake Road, Erie, PA 16511, where she lived and received loving care for the last year of her life.

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William Doehrel

Virginia (Ginny) Stephens Pompeani, 91, of Erie passed away peacefully after a brief illness on Friday, March 2, 2018 surrounded by her loving family.

Virginia was born on January 12, 1927 in Erie, the daughter of the late Arthur L. and Margaret (O’Connor) Stephens, Sr. She attended Strong Vincent and Mercyhurst Prep, and graduated from Mercyhurst College in 1948 with a degree in Home Economics.

She taught at Academy and East High Schools before retiring in 1984.

Virginia was a member of St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church, and enjoyed an active social life with her many treasured friends. She enjoyed gardening,cooking, and entertaining at her home, and spent 27 warm winters as a “snowbird” in Pensacola Beach, Fla. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her four siblings; Margaret (Peggy) Bakley, Nora Jean (Norge) Downey, Arthur Stephens, Jr. and Susan Boyce.

She is survived by her devoted husband of 65 years, Hugh Pompeani; one daughter Sue Pompeani Palka (Joe) of Gaithersburg, Md., and two sons, Rick Pompeani (Ann) and Phil Pompeani (Ayca Land) all of Erie. Virginia is also survived by her cherished grandchildren; Elizabeth Palka Minukas (Mike) and Nora Palka, and Dr. David Pompeani (Katie), Mark, Meredith, and Nick Pompeani. She is further survived by one great-granddaughter, Anastasia Grace Minukas along with many devoted nieces and nephews.

Friends are invited to call at the Quinn Funeral Home, West 9th & Liberty St. on Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. and Wednesday from 2-4 & 6-8 p.m. and are invited to attend Prayer Services there Thursday at 10:30 a.m. followed by a Funeral Mass at 11:00 a.m. in St. Jude Catholic Church. Burial will be in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Church, 2801 W.6th St., Erie, PA 16505 or Our Lady of Mercy Church, 837 Bartlett Rd., Harborcreek, PA 16421.

William Doehrel, formerly of Erie, passed away on February 21, 2018, at the age of 88, at his home in San Antonio, Texas.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Herman and Peg Doehrel.

He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Elaine Presogna; his daughters, Cindy (Steve) Rehwaldt and Renee (Rick) Rhodehamel; his grandson, Wade Harris and family; step-grandson, Jason Terry and family; step-granddaughter, Monica Rehwaldt; a sister-in-law, Carmie Presogna; a sister, Dianne (Bill) Cross and family; and a brother, James (Darlene) Doehrel.

Burial will be at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio on March 14th.

William F. McMaster

Frances E. Kudlak Perry, age 96, of Lawrence Park, passed away peacefully, on Sunday, February 25, 2018, at her residence. She was born in Austin, Pa., on Feby 11,, 1922,, daughter of the late John and Frances ruary Lachwiec Kudlak.

Frances worked for General Electric for many years prior to her retirement. She was a longtime member of St. Mark the Evangelist R.C. Church.

Frances was preceded in death by her husband, Anthony F. Perry in 2005. She was the last surviving member of her family.

Survivors include her sons, James A. Perry and his wife, Susan, of Erie and Albert J. Perry of Culebra, Puerto Rico; one granddaughter, Kristin Perry and her husband, Stephen, of Pierre, S.D.; and several nieces and nephews.

The family wishes to thank Asera Care for their loving care given to Frances.

Services and burial, at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, were private and held at the convenience of the family. Arrangements were handled by the Dusckas Funeral Home, Inc., 2607 Buffalo Rd.

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William F. McMaster, age 85, of Erie, passed away Friday March 2, 2018 at Rolling Field Nursing Home.

He was born in Brookville, Pa., on January 8, 1933, a son of the late Samuel D. and Faye Rerick McMaster.

Bill served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He was a mechanic for Jim Musolfe Auto Service for 25 years at 11th and Peach St. and then his own business in Winterhaven, Fla. Bill enjoyed tinkering and fixing things.

He was a loving, caring and wonderful husband. He had a great sense of humor and enjoyed traveling. Bill was always ready to give a helping hand to anyone who needed it. He was always singing around the house, mostly hymns and funny songs to get a laugh. He enjoyed taking the young ones to the amusement parks He was a member of Elmwood Avenue Presbyterian Church and the Etowah Presbyterian Church in North Carolina, where he received a letter of thanks in appreciation for his presence and effort in sharing the work of caring for the church and delivering food collected for those in need.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his children, Ronald McMaster, Kevin Myers and Tammy Myers; brothers, Samuel and Sherman McMaster and his sister, Louise Oserao.

Bill is survived by his wife of 47 years, Judith Oberlander McMaster; daughters, Pamela Myers of Albion and Kimberly (Dave) Patterson of Erie and sister, Florence Brown of Winterhaven, Fla. He is further survived by many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Bill leaves behind his good friend Larry Zaczyk and his little buddy “Chase”, his adored Shih tzu.

Friends may call at the Burton Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., 602 W. 10th St., Erie on Wednesday, from 11 a.m. until the time of the service at 1 p.m. with Rev. Daniel Hoffman officiating.

Burial will be at Laurel Hill Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Erie Shriners Hospital, 1645 W 8th St, Erie, PA 16505 Condolences may be sent to www.Burtonfuneralhomes.com.

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Beulah V. Garver

Beulah V. Garver, age 76, of Erie, died Thursday, March 1, 2018 at Saint Vincent Hospital. Born in Clarion County, Pa., on March 9, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Michael DeSanto and Sadie Custer DeSanto.

Beulah lived in Erie most of her life and retired from the Erie School District where she worked as a custodian for 20 years. If she wasn’t cleaning her house or baking her famous baked beans or cookies, she was looking forward to camping, which she did every summer with her brother and family. Beulah enjoyed time spent with her family and the people at the Friday night auctions that she loved to attend.

Beulah was preceded in death by her husband, Melvin Garver Sr., her son, Roger Garver, and her granddaughter.

Family members that survive include two sons, Melvin (Maggie) Garver of Erie, and Matthew (Kathy) Garver of Cambridge Springs; 15 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Sam DeSanto of Waterford, and Charles (Carolyn) DeSanto of Hawthorn, Pa.; and many nieces and nephews.

Friends may call at Van Matre Funeral Home in Waterford on Monday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. The funeral will be held there Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. officiated by Rev. Gene Kennett. Burial will follow in Waterford Cemetery.

To share condolences, please visit www.vanmatrefuneralhome.com.

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David A. Massella

David A. Massella, 63, of Erie, passed away Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at Walnut Creek Healthcare and Rehabilitation. He was born July 22, 1954 in Erie, a son of the late Ercole and Susan Cionco Massella.

David was a graduate of Tech Memorial High School Class of 1972.

He worked for the City of Erie for 37 years.

David had a great sense of humor and was a Pittsburgh Steelers fan.

He is survived by his daughter, Erica R. Lewandowski (Joe); son, Vincent D. Massella (AnneMarie); four grandchildren, Sam and Dean Massella and Joey and Beau Lewandowski all of Harborcreek; and sister, Ines M. Massella of Erie. He is also survived by many cousins.

Friends are invited to call at the John R. Orlando Funeral Home, Inc., 2122 Raspberry Street, on Monday from 5 p.m. until the time of the Funeral Service there at 8 p.m. To send condolences visit www.orlandofuneralhome.com.

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Frances E. Kudlak Perry

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Kenneth John Mosier

Kenneth “Ken” J. Mosier, age 57, of Millcreek Township, passed away Friday, March 2, 2018 in N.C. Arrangements will be announced by The Dusckas-Martin Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., 4216 Sterrettania.

Martha Nesbitt-Patrick

Martha Nesbitt-Patrick, age 87, of Erie, passed away Friday, March 2, 2018. Arrangements are being handled by the Dusckas Funeral Home, Inc., 2607 Buffalo Rd.

Sister Mary Alice Reed, SSJ

Sister Mary Alice Reed, SSJ, age 90, of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern Pennsylvania, died on March 2, 2018. The full obituary will be announced Monday by the Francis V. Kloecker Funeral Home, Inc.

Jeffrey A. Dilley

Jeffrey A. Dilley, 53, passed away February 28, 2018 at UPMC Shadyside Hospital in Pittsburgh. Complete arrangements will be announced Monday by the Carl A. Slomski & Son Funeral Home Inc., 2101 Ash St.

Marjorie E. Urch Altsman

Marjorie E. Urch Altsman, 79, of Erie, passed away Friday, March 2, 2018. Funeral arrangements will be announced Monday by the Russell C. Schmidt & Son Funeral Home, Inc., 5000 Wattsburg Rd.

John “Murphy” C. Berarducci

John “Murphy” C. Berarducci, 98, of Erie passed away Friday, March 2, 2018 at Pleasant Ridge Manor.

Arrangements by the John R. Orlando Funeral Home, Inc., 2122 Raspberry St. will be announced on Monday.

Robert Allen Specht

Robert Allen Specht, born in Erie, Pa., on October 14, 1930, died in Palm Harbor, Fla., on February 26, 2018. Curlew Hills Memory Gardens is handling services.

Bernard S. Aleksandrowicz

Bernard S. Aleksandrowicz, 93, of Erie, passed away on March 2, 2018 at LECOM Senior Living. Arrangements will be announced Tuesday by the Garr Funeral Home, 459 E. 12 th St., Erie, Pa 16503.

Peter J. Vella

Peter J. Vella, age 76, of Erie, passed away, Friday March 2, 2018 at Pleasant Ridge Manor West. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Burton Funeral Home, 2532 Norcross Rd., Erie.

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T H O U G H T F O R T O DAY “Keep the circus going inside you, keep it going, don’t take anything too seriously, it’ll all work out in the end.” — David Niven

ANOTHER VIEW

Saint Vincent again investing in Erie’s future The issue: New cancer center planned Our view: Health care helps lift Erie

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t the Erie Downtown Partnership’s annual meeting on Wednesday at the Bayfront Convention Center, there was a lot of buzz about the unprecedented private investment being made in the region’s urban core.

Erie Insurance CEO Tim NeCastro was there as one of the faces of it. Erie Insurance is building a $135 million office building on East Sixth Street, part of more than half a billion dollars in development underway or planned in Erie. NeCastro and Erie Insurance also have taken the lead in raising $25 million (so far) in private capital to remake a nearby area of downtown Erie via the Erie Downtown Development Corp.

“The time is now,” NeCastro told those attending. Yes, it is.

Just a day after that upbeat gathering, another of Erie’s anchor institutions upped the ante. Saint Vincent Hospital and its parent organization, Allegheny Health Network, announced that Saint Vincent would build a $25.6 million cancer center on the southwest corner of West 25th and Myrtle streets.

The announcement solidifies plans made public when Saint Vincent and UPMC Hamot announced in January that they would be ending their joint ownership of the Regional Cancer Center, 2500 W. 12th St., after more than three decades. Hamot has said it also intends to develop its own cancer center.

The pending development of competing cancer centers is a piece of the larger competition between Erie’s two biggest hospitals and their Pittsburgh-based parent organizations. That competition will only heighten with the approach of the July 1, 2019, expiration of a consent decree between Highmark Inc., the parent of Allegheny Health System, and UPMC that will cut off in-network access for Highmark subscribers to UPMC Hamot and its physicians.

Saint Vincent’s new venture is only the latest investment in Erie by the health-care giants. Saint Vincent is currently engaged in a $115 million construction project that includes a new emergency department and operating rooms. UPMC has committed $111 million to build a seven-story medical tower that will include expanded intensivecare, imaging and emergency care capacity as well as room for future growth.

The corporate absorption of the former Hamot Medical Center and Saint Vincent Health Center understandably caused a lot of trepidation among people concerned about the loss of local control. In the case of Saint Vincent, merging with Highmark meant the end of a mission by the Sisters of St. Joseph, who founded it in 1875.

But the result has been large-scale investment in Erie that probably wouldn’t have happened, at least at that scale, if the hospitals had remained independent.

That investment is a key part of what made the mood so good at the Erie Downtown Partnership’s meeting last week.

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Female athletes get short shrift from the Times-News This has been on my mind for a while now, but I see the recent coverage of the Erie High girls basketball team as the last straw and something needs to be said. On the front page of the sports section on Feb. 24, I see “McDowell comeback bid falls short vs.

Allderdice." I turn to the next page to find what I was looking for and see “Eaddy propels Erie High to first state win.”

Not really a huge surprise because earlier in the week, in the Wednesday edition, although both on the front of the sports page, the larger picture at the top represented the boys game and the smaller picture below showed a picture from the girls game.

Why does the Erie TimesNews constantly upstage the girls' coverage with boys' teams, even when the girls are the victors? More than 40 years after Title IX and with more than 50 percent of high school girls participating in high school sports, why are girls’ achievements placed as an afterthought? How can the fact the boys’ team lost be more important than the girls' team continuing to advance toward the PIAA state championship? How would you feel, if your win was a footnote in the coverage of a losing team?

I was a spectator at both games, and the girls game was far more exciting. Overall there was much better shooting, better passing and even higher scoring. The boys failed to score in the first few minutes of the game and, in my opinion, that was not due to either team's amazing defensive prowess.

Please be aware that the readers of your sports pages are not entirely the stereotypical cigar-smoking men of the 1950s. Women, mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers are reading them. They are being clipped and posted on the walls of bedrooms and locker rooms. Please give the girls credit when credit is due. I don’t think that is too much to ask.

— Katie Raezer, Erie

Ken Nelson ......................President and Publisher Doug Oathout .............................. Executive Editor Pat Howard .......Editor/Opinion and Engagement Lisa Thompson ..............................Editorial Writer Matt Martin.............................Editor/Online News Jeff Kirik ............................................ Sports Editor

How do I love the Y? Let me count the many ways The Young Men’s Christian Association is the best of all worlds. I say that because Jesus is welcome at the Y

seven days a week. I can go as a Christian or non-Christian and be encouraged with compassion and friendship there. “Love is patient, love is kind” (1 Corinthians, 13:4).

The challenge is to practice the presence of God daily.

I am treated with love on Valentine's Day and every day at the Y. I have a place to work out on the track yearround with great classes including yoga, tai chi and meditation. And there is a great pool, steam room and sauna.

There is even free coffee.

There was also Sunday church to attend, but not at the Y now. In the distant past, there was a church there known as Fellowship Baptist Church.

The Y was founded as a sacred place of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Even with the great "us" of God of the Holy Trinity.

It is so recorded in John 17:21.

In the entrance of the eastside Y, there used to be a sign proclaiming “the mind, body, and spirit." Those of faith can still identify with it. It is before heaven that we are identified with a makeover of repentance, new birth and growth in Christ as the family of God. Our new identity gives us eternal hope once and for all (John 3:16).

— Elmer D. Hess, Harborcreek

This divided nation seems headed for real trouble Abraham Lincoln wrote that “a house divided against itself cannot stand.” Our democracy is about to test that statement. Don’t many of you feel as though our president and the United States Congress no longer represent the American people? Does it really matter what their name or party is?

Have you lost confidence in their ability to lead or legislate with fairness and impartiality?

How easy it has been for our nationally elected officials to play us against one another to achieve their (or some lobbyist's) political goals. Whether it is an issue like gun control, the opioid crisis, health care, immigration, race, gender abuse — all of these topics have been used to deliberately divide the nation.

Those in authority seem untouchable. They are being protected by executive and legislative position, fraternity and rules. They live to serve their private interests over this country’s needs.

In a bit of irony, haven’t our leaders already built a border wall of privileged security for themselves at our expense?

Clearly, it does not seem like one vote, one demonstration, one written letter will alter the status quo in Washington. Is democracy dying or can a collective effort of public sentiment effect change?

If the current government continues to do nothing, I send "thoughts and prayers" to them in anticipation of the coming storm.

— Thomas Fetterman, Girard

My family worked hard, did not sponge off others I am a U.S. citizen. I love my country and my flag. I respect my president, although I don't agree with him 100 percent of the time. He is our president and needs all the help he can get to get the country back on the right path.

I worked my entire life, sometimes two or three jobs, to support myself and my family.

I never asked for nor received any government assistance. I never earned any outrageous salary, just enough to get by on.

My wife worked until we had children, and then stayed home with them through their early years. She went back to work after the kids were old enough to be on their own. We didn't have the best of everything, and they didn't get all of the fad things that some parents seem to think their kids need. But we had the necessities. We taught them respect both for people and property. They both put themselves through college, with just a tiny bit of help from us. They worked to pay their college loans, which they are still paying on, but don't really complain and feel as though the world owes them a living.

Needless to say, we are very, very proud of these kids in what they have accomplished without any government assistance whatever. The point is that our government seems to think that I and millions of other taxpayers need to support untold numbers of kids and adults who are struggling a bit. When these folks find out that they don't have to work, or take responsibility for their own well-being and/ or actions, they just lay back and let the government dole out trillions to support them.

— Robert Wurst, Erie

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ANOTHER VIEW

Abortion issue illustrates that all politics are now national

Michael Gerson

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n the evidence of an October 2017 vote — concerning legislation that would have restricted abortions after 20 weeks’ gestation — there are three pro-life Democrats in the House.

On the evidence of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s decision not to endorse one of those representatives — Dan Lipinski of Illinois — many Democrats wish the count was zero.

This is not, of course, the official Democratic position. When Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez declared last April that support for abortion rights was a litmus test for Democrats, some elected members of the party pushed back, forcing the head of the DCCC to say, “there is not a litmus test for Democratic candidates.”

But this is done with a theatrical wink and nod.

According to a January

count by Vice News, there isn’t a single, serious prolife Democrat running in the 91 House districts that Democrats hope to flip to their column this year. The 2016 Democratic platform called for the repeal of the Hyde Amendment, which prevents federal funds from paying for most abortions.

And there are only three Democratic senators — Indiana’s Joe Donnelly, West Virginia’s Joe Manchin and Pennsylvania’s Bob Casey — who have less than a 100 percent lifetime score from the Planned Parenthood Action Fund.

Does this pro-choice orthodoxy hurt Democrats politically? In some places, surely. It is a safe bet that a pro-life Democrat running in the recent Alabama Senate election would have beaten the epically tainted Roy Moore by a healthier margin.

But Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report points out two complicating factors: First, the heterodoxies of local candidates seem to matter less and less in the way Americans make political choices. Increasingly, Walter says, “all politics is national.” Voters believe that support

for any Democrat — even a more conservative Democrat — is actually support for the Nancy Pelosi-Chuck Schumer team. “Somewhere along the way,” argues Walter, “the idea that each district is different went by the wayside.”

She calls this the “Starbucksization” of American politics. Voters are choosing a national brand instead of a local variant.

Lipinski’s primary challenger, activist Marie Newman, is particularly explicit on this point. “No matter how you feel personally (on abortion),” she says, “you have to vote to support the Democratic Party values.”

Think on that a moment.

Newman is contending that Democrats, whatever their deepest moral beliefs on a matter of life and death, have an obligation to toe the party line.

It is the complete triumph of political tribalism.

Second, Walter points out that the political battlegrounds in American politics have shifted.

The Democratic targets of opportunity in the 2018 midterms are generally not, for example, in the rural House districts of Georgia; they are in the upscale suburbs of Atlanta. As they

are in Charlotte, Richmond, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Orange County. “The action is among suburban Republicans,” says Walter, which makes outreach to social conservatives less urgent than it might otherwise be.

The Democrats’ solidification as a pro-choice party is, in the end, a function of the ideological polarization of both parties. At one point, the GOP and the Democratic Party both had liberal and conservative wings. Now they generally flap wildly with one. The geographic sorting of the parties also figures heavily.

President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore, who learned to win elections in relatively conservative border states, wanted abortion to be “safe, legal and rare.” With the effective collapse of the Democratic Party in such places, fewer rising Democratic officials gain office through moderation on cultural issues.

The end of two-wing parties encourages a certain attitude toward politics, which Walter summarizes as: “We shouldn’t have to sacrifice anything to win.” In this ideologically unforgiving environment, it is difficult to imagine,

say, abortion-reduction measures — conceding the likely continued legality of the procedure while encouraging (and funding) practical help for women who wish to keep a child — gaining much legislative traction.

This trend also narrows the ideological range of American politics. The absence of a pro-life option in the Democratic Party leaves some compassionate and reform conservatives utterly homeless as they wait on the recovery of GOP sanity. And it leaves no place for many Catholics wishing to be consistently faithful to their church’s social teaching — pro-life and pro-poor, against euthanasia and against the dehumanization of migrants. It is not a small thing that neither party cares to accommodate the social agenda of Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis.

Meanwhile, the partisans count another achievement: making American politics more generic and bitter. Enjoy your political Starbucks.

Michael Gerson is a Washington Post columnist.

Email him at michaelg erson@washpost.com.

Hope Hicks told the truth about lying for President Trump

Dana Milbank

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or a brief but glorious moment, we had Hope.

On Tuesday, White House communications director Hope Hicks did what for the Trump White House was extraordinary, if not unprecedented: She admitted to lawmakers that working for President Donald Trump required her to lie.

On Wednesday, she announced her resignation.

There was no connection made between those two events by Hicks or by the president in announcing her departure, which was characterized as entirely voluntary and under consideration for some time.

Yet, whether the two events were connected or not, Hicks had done something that is incompatible with serving in this administration: She told the truth about the lies.

Trump has been racking up whoppers faster than Norwegians won Olympic medals. The Washington Post’s Fact Checker team, which has had to staff up to keep pace with the prodigious presidential output, clocks him averaging nearly 5.9 false or misleading claims a day. Those around him, in turn, are forced to lie as they repeat the president’s untruths, or to justify his falsehoods.

There are lies, damned lies — and then there is the Trump administration.

Perhaps inadvertently, Hicks drew attention to this when the 29-year-old former model and fashion adviser to Ivanka Trump, who had no experience in politics before joining the Trump campaign, spoke about lying for Trump.

To be sure, Hicks admitted only to telling “white lies,” as The New York Times put it, and “after

Outgoing White House Communications Director Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump’s closest aides and advisers, arrives to meet behind closed doors with the House Intelligence Committee at the Capitol on Tuesday. [SCOTT APPLEWHITE/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

extended consultation with her lawyers” she asserted that she had not lied about the Russia probe.

Still, this is a considerable admission, for when you are the communications director for the president of the United States, your white lies are rather more consequential than the usual white lies of the “yes, I’m listening,” “you look great” and “I was stuck in traffic” variety.

What’s important is Hicks recognized she was lying.

It’s exceedingly rare for an official in the Trump White House to admit to making a false statement, and even then it is almost always blamed on incomplete information.

To admit to lying — that is, knowing the truth but saying the opposite — means Hicks knew the difference between fact and fiction.

The president, I’m

convinced, doesn’t see such a distinction. He believes what he is saying in the moment — whatever it is — even if it is easily disproved or contradicts what he has said previously.

Hence, he isn’t necessarily “lying.” He just may not know truth from fiction — which is hardly reassuring.

This is how Trump can say, with apparent sincerity, that a record number of people attended his inauguration, that Hillary Clinton won the popular vote because of fraud, that President Barack Obama bugged Trump Tower, that the tax cuts would cost him a fortune, that he saw thousands of Muslims celebrating the 9/11 attacks in New Jersey, that there are 30 million immigrants in the United States illegally, that Ted Cruz’s father was involved in the Kennedy assassination.

But if the president

is confused about reality, that can’t be true of all of the people around him and supporting him who surely know better but are moved to falsify.

Lying spreads like influenza among those in Trump’s orbit. Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. Rick Gates pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. Alex van der Zwaan pleaded guilty to lying about his communications with Gates. Paul Manafort has been indicted over alleged lies to banks. Jared Kushner couldn’t get a security clearance after repeated failures of disclosure.

Then we have the likes of Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, joining with Trump in a feedback loop of falsehood. “’School shooting survivor says he quit @ CNN Town Hall after refusing scripted question,’”

Trump tweeted last week after hearing this allegation on Carlson’s Fox News show. “Just like so much of CNN, Fake News.”

But the question wasn’t scripted. The survivor’s father, Glenn Haab, has now admitted he doctored an email from CNN to make it look that way. CNN had said the allegation was bogus last week, but Carlson — and Trump — didn’t much care what the truth was as they amplified the false charge.

That’s why, under the category of baby steps, the admission by Hicks that she was lying for Trump was heartening. She knew that there was such a thing as truth, and that she was not telling it.

And, just like that, she’s gone.

Dana Milbank is a Washington Post columnist.

Contact him on Twitter, @Milbank.

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DISTRICT 10 CHAMPIONSHIPS

Champions!

Seneca High School teammates celebrate winning the District 10 Class 3A basketball championship over Northwestern at Mercyhurst Athletic Center on Saturday. [GREG WOHLFORD/ERIE TIMES-NEWS]

Villa Maria celebrate winning the District 10 Class 4A basketball championship over Mercyhurst Prep at Mercyhurst Athletic Center on Saturday. [GREG WOHLFORD/ERIE TIMES-NEWS]

Defense helps Villa Maria dominate, cruise to 4A crown

Seneca girls hold off Northwestern for D-10 title D-10 girls basketball

By Tom Reisenweber tom.reisenweber@timesnews.com

Jordan Klick was handed a tough defensive assignment Saturday as she had to guard standout Edinboro recruit Monica Brown.

Klick did her job, and in the final seconds, she made one last defensive play to seal the win for Seneca.

Klick stole the ball as Northwestern was going up for a game-tying 3-pointer as Seneca defeated the Wildcats 45-42 for the District 10 Class 3A girls basketball championship at the Mercyhurst Athletic Center.

“The first two games we had Kenna Brady on (Brown), and we thought

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she might be too comfortable with Kenna on her, so we changed things up,” said Seneca coach Steve Carter.

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Not playing a game for almost three weeks might affect most teams.

Villa Maria, however, was in championship form on Saturday.

The Victors’ signature defense didn’t allow a point for more than 15 minutes as Villa Maria routed rival Mercyhurst Prep 57-27 to win the District 10 Class 4A girls basketball championship Saturday at the Mercyhurst Athletic Center.

“Defense is something we hang our hat on every year, and I think we got better on offense as the season went on,” said Villa coach Doug Chuzie. “We had a lot to learn

Gannon men advance to PSAC title game Golden Knights upend host East Stroudsburg in semifinals Times-News staff

EAST STROUDSBURG — Jair Green scored 25 points and Frank Webb had a double-double as Gannon overcame a tumultuous trip

to East Stroudsburg to beat Shippensburg 81-70 in the PSAC men’s basketball semifinals Saturday at East Stroudsburg University.

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Victors’ Chen, Trojans’ Nuzback key contributors at championship meets

DISTRICT 10 GIRLS SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday’s medalists for the District 10 girls swimming meet at the S.P.I.R.E. Institute in Geneva, Ohio. Individuals and relays in all-capitals automatically advanced to the March 14-17 PIAA meet at Bucknell University in Lewisburg:

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GENEVA, Ohio — Villa Maria’s Jasmine Chen and McDowell’s Jordan Nuzback didn’t swim against each other during this weekend’s District 10 competition, yet still enjoyed similar experiences by its conclusion.

Each was a freshman appearing in their inaugural meet at the S.P.I.R.E. Institute.

Each won events.

Each will have chances at more victories during next week’s PIAA action at Lewisburg.

Chen was a newcomer to Villa’s latest Class 2A team championship. After starting in two of Villa’s first-place relays on Friday, she qualified for a third state event as the silver medalist for Saturday’s 100-yard breaststroke.

Chen was timed at 1 minute, 7.66 seconds to the 1:04.41 of Mercyhurst Prep gold medalist Mary Claire Stark.

Such results helped the Victors compile 442 points.

Fairview was second with 358.

“I’ve trained in USA Swimming, so this (meet) wasn’t nerve-wracking,” Chen said.

“But USA Swimming seems to be more about individual times. This was more about what a team can do.”

The McDowell girls also were easy Class 3A titlists.

The Trojans won the last three of Saturday’s five largeschool races for a final count of 625 points.

“I’m really happy I get to go to states as a freshman,”

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Nuzback said. “It’s so great to swim with (teammates) and help them accomplish their goals, too.”

Nuzback is bound for Bucknell University as the district’s fastest 3A swimmer in the 100 butterfly, which she won Friday, and then Saturday’s 100 backstroke. She received her second gold medal in 58.82 seconds.

Nuzback’s third was as a leg of the Trojans’ victorious 400 freestyle relay (3:43.15).

Lexi Pierce, another McDowell freshman, also won titles during each day of her initial district meet.

Saturday’s was in the 100 breaststroke (1:07.15).

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came through as the district’s best 3A female in the 500 free.

Ellsworth, who made history as the Royals’ inaugural swimming titlist in Friday’s 200 free, was first back in swimming’s marathon race at 5:29.54.

The Victors were this weekend’s best 2A team even though they didn’t have a first-place individual or relay on Saturday.

The district’s small-school session began and ended with record efforts.

Grove City’s Emma Wilson lowered the 100 freestyle standard to 51.22. Mercyhurst Prep great Rylee Klomp set the former record of 51.70 in 2012.

Fairview, which finished second to Villa, swam the district’s 2A best-ever time in the 400 free relay to 3:35.45.

Rowan Hayes, Halle Myers, Ellie Kraus and anchor Grace Kocjancic were the Tigers responsible for the event’s best time since Mercyhurst’s 3:36.19 in 2012.

Fairview had another winner in Cassidy Burns, who completed the 100 backstroke in 59.12. Her title was bracketed by those for the Lakers’ Mary Claire Stark in the 100 breast (1:04.41) and Caroline Upham of Iroquois in the 500 free (5:21.71).

“I’ve been trying to get to states every year,” Upham said. “I guess now that I’m a

Team: 1. Villa Maria (VM) 459, 2. Fairview (Fv) 363, 3. Grove City (GC) 261½, 4. Mercyhurst Prep (MP) 154, 5. Harbor Creek (HC) 148, 6. Oil City (OC) 136½, 7. Slippery Rock (SR) 129, 8.

Girard (G) 101, 9. Franklin (Fr) 99, 10. Sharon (Sh) 92, 11. Iroquois (I) 87, 12. Titusville (Tv) 69, 13. Corry (Cy) 57, 14. General McLane (GM) 56, 15. North East (NE) 41, 16. Rocky Grove (RG) 1.

100 freestyle: 1. EMMA WILSON (GC) 51.22 (DISTRICT RECORD); 2. SYDNEY SHERMAN (VM) 53.06; 3. Grace Kocjancic (Fv) 53.21; 4.

Allison Ahl (Cy) 54.02; 5. Ellie Kraus (Fv) 54.28; 6. Madi Matthews (Fr) 54.34.

500 freestyle: 1. CAROLINE UPHAM (I) 5:21.71; 2. LEAH PRISCHAK (VM) 5:21.92; 3. Gwen Elsey (Hy) 5:22.40; 4. Erin Ingalls (HC) 5:25.61; 5. Taylor Shaner (SR) 5:28.99; 6. Claire Timon (Fv) 5:31.90.

100 backstroke: 1. CASSIDY BURNS (Fv) 59.12; 2. MADDIE SONGER (Sh) 59.38; 3. Bella Agresti (VM) 59.76; 4. Zoe Snyder (G) 1:00.53; 5. Audra Carnes (Fv) 1:01.27; 6. Mary Trese Squeglia (VM) 1:01.44.

100 breaststroke: 1. MARY CLAIRE STARK (MP) 1:04.41; 2. JASMINE CHEN (VM) 1:07.66; 3.

Nancy Wise (GC) 1:08.29; 4. Rowan Hayes (Fv) 1:08.63; 5. Katy Rose (VM) 1:08.73; 6. Olivia Sanders (VM) 1:10.24.

400 freestyle relay: 1. FAIRVIEW (ROWAN HAYES, HALLE MYERS, ELLIE KRAUS, GRACE KOCJANCIC) 3:35.45 (DISTRICT RECORD); 2. VILLA MARIA (KELLY FESSLER, ELLEN MERCATORIS-MORRISON, LEAH PRISCHAK, BELLA AGRESTI) 3:36.81; 3. Grove City 3:45.28.

CLASS 3A GIRLS

TEAM: 1. McDowell (Mc) 625, 2. Warren (W) 236, 3. Meadville (Mv) 208, 4. Erie High (E) 112 100 freestyle: 1. ERIN McCARTNEY (Mv) 55.28; 2. Celia Fortebraccio (Mc) 55.70; 3. Uriahe DeVore (Mc) 55.96.

500 freestyle: 1. CASSIE ELLSWORTH (E) 5:29.54; 2. Kate Baker (Mc) 5:37.25; 3. Sharon Liu (Mc) 5:42.58.

100 backstroke: 1. JORDAN NUZBACK (Mc) 58.82; 2. Lydia Latimer (W) 1:00.48; 3. Bryanna Gollmer (Mc) 1:04.38.

100 breaststroke: 1. LEXI PIERCE (Mc) 1:07.15; 2. Sydney McGarry (Mc) 1:11.57; 3. Paige Johnson (W) 1:14.10.

400 freestyle relay: 1. McDOWELL (URIAHE DeVORE, CELIA FORTEBRACCIO, JORDAN NUZBACK, EMMA LOUIE) 3:43.15; 2. Meadville 3:55.49; 3. Warren 4:12.26.

senior, I’m tired of waiting.

I’ve put in a lot of work in the pool, so to finally see it come to fruition means a lot.”

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Trojans’ Bolmanski sets district record in 3A 500 free

DISTRICT 10 BOYS SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday’s medalists for the District 10 boys swimming meet at the S.P.I.R.E. Institute in Geneva, Ohio. Individuals and relays in all CAPITALS automatically advanced to the March 14-17 PIAA meet at Bucknell University in Lewisburg:

By Mike Copper mike.copper@timesnews.com

GENEVA, Ohio — Bobby Bolmanski’s time in Saturday’s 500-yard freestyle will stand as District 10’s Class 3A boys record for at least a year.

However, the McDowell senior will attempt to swimit signficantly faster during next week’s PIAA meet.

Bolmanski lowered the district’s large-school standard for the 500 free from 4 minutes, 37.35 seconds to 4:36.64 Saturday at the S.P.I.R.E. Institute’s natatorium.

Even better, according to the Gannon University recruit, was that he set it with ample energy left for laps at Bucknell University’s Kinney Natatorium.

“Hopefully, I can go even below 4:30,” Bolmanski said, “I went 4:32 last year at states, and this (record time) was on a cheap taper. I think I can go a lot faster.”

Bolmanski, who also anchored McDowell’s victorious 400 free relay on Saturday, won three events in his last local appearance as a varsity swimmer. He also won Friday’s 200 free to sweep the 3A distance races.

Those three gold medals for Bolmanski were part of McDowell’s easy first-place run in the team standings.

The Trojans totaled 523 points to Meadville’s 234.

The Cathedral Prep Ramblers, considered serious contenders for the PIAA’s Class 2A team title, hope that meet at Lewisburg ends like Saturday’s did in Ohio.

Prep, led by senior Alec

CLASS 2A BOYS

Bobby Bolmanski, left, shakes hands with teammate Matthew Lee after setting the District 10 Class 3A 500 freestyle record Saturday at the S.P.I.R.E. Institute’s natatorium. He lowered the district’s largeschool standard for the 500 free from 4 minutes, 37.35 seconds to 4:36.64. [MIKE COPPER/ERIE TIMES-NEWS]

Thomas and sophomore Ethan Neff on Saturday, compiled 510 points. The Grove City Eagles were second at 240.

“States is the big picture,” Neff said. “I know I’m already moving on from (Saturday), hopefully to still do some faster races.”

Neff is already a PIAA champion. As a freshman, he led off Prep’s first-place effort in the 2A boys 200 medley relay.

Neff was a district titlist in that Friday event. He and Thomas also ended it Saturday when they swam the first half of the Ramblers’ victorious 400 free relay.

They were followed off their lane’s starting block by junior Robbie Maholic and anchor Michael Rahner for a combined time of 3:12.38.

Thomas left S.P.I.R.E. for the last time as a four-time district winner. His third was for Saturday’s 100 free, which the St. Bonaventure University recruit completed in 46.64.

Neff also won the 100 backstroke (51.90) before his 400 free relay appearance.

Thomas chose to skip Saturday’s 500 free, his favorite race, in order to contribute to Prep’s postseason relay results.

That opened first place for Saturday’s marathon race to the likes of Robert Shotts.

The Harbor Creek junior not only took advantage of Thomas’ absense, but also upset Titusville top seed Shane Steffy for his first career district crown.

Shotts was timed at 4:49.89 to Steffy’s 4:52.27.

“This was a long time coming,” Shotts said. “I’m glad it finally happened.”

Charlie Nesbit completed the list of Saturday’s 2A winners with a record in the 100 breaststroke.

Nesbit, a Grove City senior, completed his race in 58.81. Franklin’s Brian Frederick held the former standard of 59.24 since 2011.

“Honestly, I was very nervous,” Nesbit said, “but I went out and did what I could. There was a lot of stuff stored up in me, so I let it loose.”

Bolmanski’s 500 free record was the most notable of McDowell’s sweep of Saturday’s 3A events.

The Trojans had three other individual victors in Jacob Fleming in the 100 free (42.94), Ryan Snyder in the

Team: 1. Cathedral Prep (CP) 526, 2. Fairview (Fv) 256, 3. Grove City (GC) 252, 4. Titusville (Tv) 191, 5. Harbor Creek (HC) 162, 6. Franklin (Fr) 142, 7. General McLane (GM) 135, 8. Corry (Cy) 122, 9. Mercyhurst Prep (MP) 89, 10. Rocky Grove (RG) 87, 11. (tie) Slippery Rock (SR) and Oil City (OC) 74, 13. North East (NE) 43, 14.

Iroquois (I) 39½, 15. Sharon (Sh) 34½, 16. Union City (UC) 17, 17. Girard (G) 13 100 freestyle: 1. ALEC THOMAS (CP) 46.64; 2.

CONNOR RAKOW (Fr) 47.95; 3. Luke Edmonds (GM) 48.17; 4. Thomas Uht (CP) 48.40; 5. Mason Thayer (Fv) 48.60; 6. David Anderson (Cy) 48.89 500 freestyle: 1. ROBERT SHOTTS (HC) 4:49.89; 2. SHANE STEFFY (Tv) 4:52.27; 3. Matthew Wegley (CP) 4:58.40; 4. Mitch Cizmek (CP) 5:02.86; 5. C.J. Girts (CP) 5:04.03; 6. Zach Dickson (CP) 5:04.03 100 backstroke: 1. ETHAN NEFF (CP) 51.90; 2.

ZACH TITUS (Tv) 53.53; 3. Gavin Ferry (CP) 54.61; 4. Michael Rahner (CP) 55.30; 5. Robbie Maholic (CP) 56.01; 6. Heston Suorsa (SR) 56.20 100 breaststroke: 1. CHARLIE NESBIT (GC) 58.81 (DISTRICT RECORD); 2. NED MURPHEY (Fv) 59.70; 3. John Paul Stark (CP) 1:00.62; 4. Andrew Campbell (CP) 1:01.24; 5. Teddy Murphey (Fv) 1:01.25; 6. Mason Baganski (Fv) 1:01.31 400 freestyle relay: 1. CATHEDRAL PREP (ALEC THOMAS, ETHAN NEFF, ROBBIE MAHOLIC, MICHAEL RAHNER) 3:12.38; 2. GROVE CITY (WILL RASTATTER, WILL HANNON, CHARLIE NESBIT, BEN McKNIGHT) 3:12.60; 3. Titusville 3:19.46

CLASS 3A BOYS

TEAM: 1. McDowell (Mc) 523, 2. Meadville (Mv) 234, 3. Warren (W) 212, 3. Meadville (Mv), 4.

Erie High (E) 149 100 freestyle: 1. JACOB FLEMING (Mc) 47.94; 2. Eric Marn (Mc) 51.22; 3. Jacob Lawrence (Mc) 51.90 500 freestyle: 1. BOBBY BOLMANSKI (Mc) 4:36.64 (DISTRICT RECORD); 2. John Vieira (Mc) 4:45.15; 3. Marty Kaverman (Mc) 5:23.42 100 backstroke: 1. RYAN SNYDER (Mc) 53.48; 2.

Josh Merchbaker (Mv) 55.61; 3. Andrew Beyer (W) 55.64 100 breaststroke: 1. AUSTIN INTRIERI (Mc) 1:00.55; 2. Nate Busko (Mc) 1:02.71; 3. Stephen Ashbaugh (W) 1:03.13 400 freestyle relay: 1. McDOWELL (JACOB FLEMING, RYAN SNYDER, JOHN VIEIRA, BOBBY BOLMANSKI) 3:15.25; 2. Meadville 3:33.58; 3.

Erie High 3:35.14

100 back (53.in ) and Austin Intrieri in the 100 breast (1:00.55).

John Vieira joined Fleming, Snyder and Bolmanski for McDowell’s 400 free relay (3:15.25).

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Slippery Rock beats Harbor Creek girls at buzzer Rockets win D-10 Class 6A final; both teams advance to PIAA first round

By Chuck Pora Contributing writer

MEADVILLE — Harbor Creek fell victim to intensive defensive pressure by Slippery Rock late in the fourth quarter and lost on a buzzer-beater, 47-45 in the District 10 Class 5A girls championship game at Meadville High School on Saturday.

With the Huskies up 45-36 at the 4:20 mark, Slippery Rock turned up

its defense, and went on a nine-point run to tie the game at 45-all with 1:48 remaining.

After a steal by Jenna Heitzenrater, the Rockets held for a final shot, and after a timeout, senior Macy McCall scored at the buzzer to earn the fourth-ever D-10 crown for Slippery Rock. “ I t w a s a heartbreaker,” Harbor Creek coach Mark Corey said. “We knew we had a tough opponent in Slippery Rock, but they had a tough opponent in us, too. Our girls couldn’t have played

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any harder, and they gave it their all, but it just came down to the last second.”

“We gave it our very best effort,” said junior Ali Benim, who scored a game-high 23 points, putting her over the 1,000-point mark for her career. “We were all in, and we were focused, but it just came down to the little things at the end.”

Altoona knocks out Erie High in PIAA subregional Royals end successful first season at 18-2 Times-News staff

SLIPPERY ROCK — Jamiya Eaddy had another big playoff game for Erie High, but Altoona was too tough in a 56-46 win in a PIAA Class 6A girls basketball subregional Saturday at Slippery Rock University.

Altoona (20-4) moves on to the PIAA first round, while Erie finished the season 18-2.

The Mountain Lions went up 19-15 after the first quarter and kept adding to its lead, which expanded to 36-25 at halftime and 50-36 after three quarters.

The Royals couldn’t put together enough of a comeback in the final eight minutes.

Bridgid Fox led Altoona with 20 points, while Caranda Perea had 18, Olivia Hudson had 10 and Shaina Lear scored five.

All four girls are at least 5 feet 10 inches tall, with Perea, Lear and Fox all

over 6 feet.

Eaddy scored 26 points for the Royals, while Roshay Benjamin added 10 and Hanna Harmon scored five.

Erie High completed a successful first season with 18 wins, a Region 6 championship and District 10 Class 6A championship. The Royals not only picked up their first playoff win in program history, but they also picked up their first PIAA playoff winby defeating Allderdice 68-55 in a subregional.

Video review added to soccer laws by FIFA Panel votes to add VAR to rules ahead of this summer’s World Cup

By Graham Dunbar The Associated Press

ZURICH — In one of the most fundamental changes ever to soccer’s 155-year-old rules, FIFA approved video review on Saturday and cleared the way to use it at the World Cup in June.

World soccer’s panel overseeing the laws of the game voted to add video assistant referees (VAR) despitemixedresultsfrom trials in top-level games.

The panel, known as IFAB, voted unanimously to begin updating the game’s written rules to include VAR and let competition organizers ask to adopt it — with FIFA next in line this month.

The decision “represents a new era for football with video assistance for referees helping to increase integrity and fairness in the game,” IFAB said in a statement.

FIFA must take a further decision on using VAR at the World Cup in Russia, which kicks off June 14.

That should be on March 16 when the FIFA Council chaired by President Gianni Infantino meets in Bogota, Colombia.

Infantino has long said World Cup referees must get high-tech help to review key decisions at the 64-game tournament.

Video review can overturn “clear and obvious errors” and “serious missed incidents” by match officials involving goals, penalty awards, red cards, and mistaken identity.

Still, Infantino also acknowledged on

FIFA president Gianni Infantino listens during a news conference Saturday in Zurich, Switzerland. Infantino has long said World Cup referee should have high-tech help. [ENNIO LEANZA/KEYSTONE VIA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

Saturday the VAR system “is not perfect.” In 18 months of trials worldwide, reviews have been slower than promised and communication is often unclear in the stadium.

“VAR at the World Cup will certainly help to have a fairer World Cup,” Infantino said at a news conference after the IFAB meeting. “If there is a big mistake, it will be corrected.”

Infantino said FIFA must have “the ambition to get close to perfection” even if some coaches, players and fans were not yet convinced by video review.

VAR has often created confusion in the first full season of live trials which now include more than 1,000 games worldwide. Top-tier competitions which opted to use it include Germany’s Bundesliga and Italy’s Serie A. Several games at the 2017 Confederations Cup, FIFA’s World Cup warm-up tournament in Russia, also left many in the stadium unsure what match officials were doing. Communication was unclear during reviews lasting minutes instead of a handful of seconds, which was the

target suggested in 2016 when the protocol for using VAR was shaped and trials began.

“We have to speed up reviews,” the CEO of England’s Football Association, Martin Glenn, acknowledged after taking part in the decision.

“Communications to the crowd has to be better.

People in the crowd aren’t sure what is happening.”

UEFA has already ruled out using VAR in the Champions League next season, and the English Premier League is also waiting to see if the system can prove itself essential.

Still, the International Football Association Board’s approval was expected on Saturday because FIFA controls four of the eight votes.

The four British soccer associations, which created IFAB in 1886, have one vote each, and six are needed to approve an idea.

FIFA’s historical reluctance to embrace technological help for referees changed at the 2010 World Cup, after an England goal was not given despite Frank Lampard’s shot clearly crossing the German goal-line. Germany went on to win the last 16 game 4-1.

Slippery Rock coach Amber Osborn said she told her players to be more aggressive on defense in an effort to overcome the Huskies’ nine-point lead midway through the fourth quarter, and it paid off.

“We were playing not to lose instead of playing to win, and I told them not to be as cautious on defense, and deny the ball,” said Osborn, whose Rockets (20-4) next play Thomas Jefferson in the first round of the PIAA playoffs on Saturday.

“We made some turnovers at bad times,

and it gave them the momentum,” Benim said.

After baskets by Heitzenrater, Emma McDermott and Hallie Raabe, the Huskies’ lead had been trimmed to 45-43 with 2:30 left in the fourth, and McDermott’s layup tied it at 45-45 with 1:48 left.

McCall’s gamewinning basket came after she took an inbounds pass from Maryann Ackerman and found herself open underneath after a broken play.

“That wasn’t supposed to be the play,

I was supposed to get it to Hallie (Raabe), but I found myself open, and fortunately I was able to score,” McCall said.

“I’ll take it,” Osborn said.

As D-10 runner-up, Harbor Creek (20-5) stays alive, and will face Chartiers Valley in the PIAA first round on Saturday.

Raabe led Slippery Rock with 12 points, followed by McDermott with 10.

Junior forward Latisha Baker added 10 points for the Huskies, and she was also tough defense and on the boards.

Cambridge Springs earns spot in PIAA playoffs Blue Devils win D-10 Class 2A 3rd-place game Times-News staff

MEADVILLE — Cambridge Springs shook off a bad first quarter to rally for a 58-49 win over Maplewood in a District 10 Class 2A girls basketball thirdplace game Saturday at Meadville High School.

Cambridge Springs (21-4) moves on to the PIAA first round against ChartiersHouston, while Maplewood ends the season 19-6.

Maplewood went out to a 16-8 lead after the first quarter

behind eight points

by Jordan Roser before Cambridge Springs scored 19 points in the second.

Julia Mailliard scored eight of her 14 points in the second quarter, while Abby Wescott finished with 11 points and Ashton Hoover scored 10.

Isabelle Snyder paced the Tiges with 15 points, and Maggie Hunter and Roser had 11 apiece.

Ke n n e d y C a t h o l i c , West Middlesex girls w i n D - 1 0 t i t l e s : The

Kennedy Catholic and West Middlesex girls basketball won their respective District 10 championships on Saturday with convincing wins

at Slippery Rock University.

Kennedy Catholic started the day with a 62-49 win over Farrell in the Class 1A game. Sophomore standout Malia Magestro led the Golden Eagles (18-5) with 32 points.

Kennedy Catholic has won eight straight D-10 titles.

The final game of the Slippery Rock tripleheader had West Middlesex (21-4) routing Reynolds 40-20 for the D-10 Class 2A title.

Makennah White had 1 5 points and 15 rebounds for the Big Reds, who won their third straight D-10 championship.

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Prep rolls to title in Northwest Region Ramblers have 4 champs, 4 third-place finishers; McDowell's Boyd wins

By Ryan Kuhn Contributing writer

ALTOONA — It was another dominant performance in a memorable season for the Cathedral Prep wrestling team.

Three returning state medalists won Northwest Region Class 3A titles for Prep and a fabulous freshman won another championship as the Ramblers coasted to the team title among 28 teams Saturday at Altoona High School.

In addition to four champions, Prep had four thirdplace finishers as all eight earned spots in next week's Yates PIAA Class 3A tournament in Hershey. (The top three finishers in each weight class earn trips in the state DeBoe tournament.)

Prep, which earlier rolled to the District 10 title, finished with 189 points to easily Starocci outdistance second-place Mifflin County (125.5) on Saturday.

"I thought we had a great tournament. We had nine kids go fourth or better," Prep coach Mike Hahesy said. "We're just going into next weekend trying to do our best."

McDowell placed 10th and

had one champion and one runner-up, while General McLane had two secondplace finishers on the way to an 11th-place finish.

Prep was led by its outstanding veteran trio of Carter Starocci, Luigi Yates and Kawaun DeBoe. S t a ro c ci , w h o w a s a state runner-up in 2017, showed why he is unbeaten as a junior. The junior 160-pounder pinned Selinsgrove's Coy Bastian in 3:09 in the title match to move to 42-0 this season.

It continues a season during which he earlier won a prestigious Powerade title after claiming a pair of national championships last summer.

Starocci had an uncharacteristically close match in the semifinals when he won a 5-1 decision over State College's Ian Barr.

After recording a pair of pins Friday, Yates continued to shine in the 182-pound weight class Saturday.

Yates won a 14-2 major decision over Bald Eagle Area's Dylan Bisel in the semifinals. He then secured the title with an 11-4 victory over Shikellamy's Josh Krieger to move to 41-5 for the season.

DeBoe, a pinning machine at heavyweight, earned another pin over Meadville's Nick Morelli in 1:16 in the finals to improve to 39-1. It was his third straight fall of the tournament. He earned a pin in 1:34 over Jacob Edwards of Central Mountain in the semis.

"My expectations are to dominate everybody every time I step on the mat," DeBoe said. "I feel like I'm at the right spot to compete next weekend at states."

Prep freshman Paniro

Johnson claimed the title at 120 pounds by recording a 13-3 major decision over General McLane freshman Matt Leehan.

Earlier in the semifinals, Johnson had beaten Chase Chapman of PhilipsburgOsceola, also by a major decision, 15-5. Johnson opened the tournament with a pin Friday.

Leehan was impressive leading up to the finals. He won by fall in his first three matches, including a pin in 4:43 of Clearfield's Matt Ryan in the semifinals. He will advance to the PIAA meet, along with teammate Andrew Brest.

Brest settled for second place in the regional after Altoona's Matt Sarbo pinned him at 3:45 of the 106-pound championship match. Brest reached the final by tagging Nicholas Bryan of Philipsburg-Osceola with a 17-2 technical fall in the semis.

McDowell's Jeffrey Boyd was the only other Erie County Class 3A champion.

He claimed the 132-pound title with a 3-2 decision over Central Mountain's Seth Andrus.

Boyd pulled out another close match in the morning semifinals with 2-1 win over Dalton Woodrow of DuBois.

McDowell had a second finalist in 138-pounder Leno Ciotti. He settled for second place when he lost a 5-2 decision to Bald Eagle Area's Seth Koleno in the final.

Prep's Ben Tirpak (113), Tyler McKinney (126), Andrew Stark (132) and Dorian Crosby (195) each wrestled back to claim a coveted spot in Hershey next week.

Tirpak beat Warren's Ryan Madigan 7-1 in the thirdplace match, and McKinney

claimed a 9-7 sudden victory over Hunter Weitoish of Philipsburg-Osceola in their third-place bout. Stark beat Mifflin County's Logan Wise 10-5 to take third at 132. Crosby claimed a 7-2 third-place decision over Philipsburg-Osceola's Brandon Anderson.

NORTHWEST REGION CLASS 3A WRESTLING TOURNAMENT Saturday’s results at Altoona (Top three finishers advance to PIAA meet) TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Cathedral Prep (CP) 189, 2. Mifflin County (MC) 125.5, 3. Central Mountain (CM) 122.5, 4. Bald Eagle Area (BE) 107.5, 5. Phillipsburg-Osceola (PO) 80, 6. DuBois (Du) 79.5. 7. Altoona (A) 75, 8. Meadville (Me) 63.5, 9. Clearfield (Cl) 61.5, 10. McDowell (McD) 54.5, 11. Selinsgrove (Se) 53, 12. General McLane (GM) 51.5, 13. Shikellamy (Sh) 51, 14.

State College (SC) 44.5, 15. Warren (W) 39.5, 16. Hollidaysburg (H) 38, 17. St. Marys (SM) 34, 18. Williamsport (Wi) 28.5, 19. Bellefonte (B) 23, 20. Carrick (Ca) 21, 21. Erie High (EH) 20, 22. Allderdice (Al) 7, 22. Punxsutawney (P) 7, 24. Westinghouse (We) 4, 25. Brashear 2, 26.

Obama 0, 26. Oil City 0, 26. Perry 0.

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES 106: Matt Sarbo (A) F Andrew Brest (GM), 3:45 113: Christian Fisher (MC) DEC Johnathan Shreffler (CM), 8-1 120: Paniro Johnson (CP) MD Matt Leehan (GM), 13-3 126: Ed Scott (Du) DEC Cade Balestrini (Sh), 7-2 132: Jeffrey Boyd (McD) DEC Seth Andrus (CM), 3-2 138: Seth Koleno (BE) DEC Leno Ciotti (McD), 5-2 145: Kolby Ho (Du) DEC Garrett Rigg (BE), 9-4 152: Gage McClenahan (BE) DEC Trey Kibe (MC), 5-1 160: Carter Starocci (CP) F Coy Bastian (Se), 3:09 170: Trent Hidlay (MC) TF Zach Becker (SM), 23-8 4:18 182: Luigi Yates (CP) DEC Josh Krieger (Sh), 11-4 195: Cole Urbas (SC) DEC Luke McGonigal (Cl), 1-0 220: Nate Schon (Se) DEC Parker McClellan (A), 9-3 285: Kawaun DeBoe (CP) F Nick Morelli (M), 1:16 THIRD-PLACE MATCHES 106: Vincent Rinella (Me) DEC Cooper Gilham (BE), 7-1 113: Ben Tirpak (CP) DEC Ryan Madigan (W), 7-1 120: Derek Burk (MC) DEC Matt Ryan (Cl), 3-2 126: Tyler McKinney (CP) DEC Hunter Weitoish (PO), 9-7 SV 132: Andrew Stark (CP) DEC Logan Wise (MC), 10-5 138: Nathan Swartz (H) DEC Justice Jones (C), 9145: Logan Long (CM) DEC Kishawn Higgins (CP), 5-1 152: Matt Johnson (PO) MD Nick Rinella (Me), 11-2 160: Hunter Wright (Cl) F Ian Barr (SC), 2:08 170: Tanner Weaver (CM) DEC Ian Klinger (PO), 10-5 182: Mason McCready (H) DEC Dylan Bisel (BE), 5-3 SV 195: Dorian Crosby (CP) DEC Brandon Anderson (PO), 7-2

220: Mahlik Houtz (CM) DEC Kross Todaro (MC), 3-1 285: Nate Simmers (A) F Matt Starr (Du), 2:08

CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINALS 106: Matt Sarbo (A) F Marco Paropacic (SM), 0:58; Andrew Brest (GM) TF Nicholas Bryan (PO), 17-2 5:08 113: Christian Fisher (MC) F Ben Tirpak (CP), 5:03; Johnathan Shreffler (CM) MD Ryan Madigan (W), 10-1 120: Paniro Johnson (CP) MD Chase Chapman (PO), 15-5; Matt Leehan (GM) F Matt Ryan (Cl), 4:43 126: Ed Scott (Du) F Hunter Weitoish (PO), 1:22; Cade Balestrini (Sh) DEC Tyler McKinney (CP), 5-0 132: Jeffrey Boyd (McD) DEC Dalton Woodrow (Du), 2-1; Seth Andrus (CM) F Jordan Wagner (A), 0:56 138: Seth Koleno (BE) F Austin Chess (Me), 3:38; Leno Ciotti (McD) F Justice Jones (Ca), 5:19 145: Garrett Rigg (BE) DEC Kishawn Higgins (CP), 6-4; Kolby Ho (Du) MD Logan Long (CM), 22-8 152: Gage McClenahan (BE) MD Matt Johnson (PO), 10-0; Trey Kibe (MC) F Nick Rinella (Me), 1:08 160: Carter Starocci (CP) DEC Ian Barr (SC), 5-1; Coy Bastian (Se) DEC Owen Balas (W), 8-3 170: Zach Becker (SM) DEC Ian Klinger (PO), 9-4; Trent Hidlay (MC) F Arlan Pulliam (EH), 4:31 182: Josh Krieger (Sh) DEC Mason McCready (H), 6-3; Luigi Yates (CP) MD Dylan Bisel (BE), 14-2 195: Luke McGonigal (Cl) F Brandon Anderson (PO), 0:58; Cole Urbas (SC) F Izsak Kerner (Du), 3:52 220: Nate Schon (Se) F Kross Todaro (MC), 3:06; Parker McClellan (A) TF Adam Young (Sh), 16-0 4:25 285: Nick Morelli (Me) DEC Nate Simmers (A), 6-2; Kawaun DeBoe (CP) F Jacob Edwards (CM), 1:34 CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS 106: Cooper Gilham (BE) DEC Marco Paropacic (SM), 5-2; Vincent Rinella (Me) MD Nicholas Bryan (PO), 8-0 113: Ben Tirpak (CP) DEC Clayton Leidy (SC), 7-5; Ryan Madigan (W) F Jared Zartman (Sh), 0:57 120: Derek Burk (MC) DEC Chase Chapman (PO), 7-2; Matt Ryan (Cl) DEC Cole Stewart (B), 4-3 126: Hunter Weitoish (PO) DEC Ryan Smith (B), 4-0; Tyler Mckinney (CP) MD Hayden Butterfield (McD), 12-4 132: Andrew Stark (CP) DEC Dalton Woodrow (Du), 7-2 SV; Logan Wise (MC) F Jordan Wagner (A), 4:15 138: Nathan Swartz (H) F Austin Chess (Me), 3:23; Justice Jones (Ca) DEC Marques McClorin (CP), 3-1 145: Kishawn Higgins (CP) DEC Ethan Richner (B), 5-4; Logan Long (CM) DEC Deven Abbott (EH), 7-6 152: Matt Johnson (PO) DEC Caleb Freeland (Cl), 7-1; Nick Rinella (Me) DEC Albert Taylor (CP), 5-2 160: Ian Barr (SC) DEC Asher Corl (CM), 4-3; Hunter Wright (Cl) F Owen Balas (W), 3:49 170: Ian Klinger (PO) F Jeremiah Nash (We), 1:32; Tanner Weaver (CM) MD Arlan Pulliam (EH), 14-2 182: Mason Mccready (H) DEC Jacob Krepps (MC), 3-0; Dylan Bisel (BE) MD Nate Powley (W), 10-2 195: Brandon Anderson (PO) DEC Tanner Riggle (CM), 4-2; Dorian Crosby (CP) DEC Izsak Kerner (Du), 3-2 220: Kross Todaro (MC) F Josh Hubler (PO), 1:07; Mahlik Houtz (CM) DEC Adam Young (Sh), 4-3 285: Nate Simmers (A) F Jordan Smith (PO), 1:56; Matt Starr (Du) DEC Jacob Edwards (CM), 3-2

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anybody. I want to keep to my style no matter who I’m wrestling,” said Sallott, who scored four early points to take control of his final match and led 6-0 after two periods. “I would have liked to have scored more.”

Sallot was joined on top of the podium by the Reynolds trio of Gary Steen (106 pounds), Beau Bayless (113) and Cole Matthews (138), who led the Raiders to the team title with 153.5 points.

Harbor Creek was next with 93 points.

Isaac Crowell’s title at 120 pounds sparked Fort LeBoeuf to fifth overall with 54 points. He edged Brockway’s Anthony Glasl 3-1.

“I knew coming into it there wasn’t really any pressure. I had already made states,” Crowell said. “I just went out there and had fun.”

Saegertown’s Cody Mulligan continued his quest for back-to-back state championships with a titleclinching win over Fort LeBoeuf’s Julian Gorring in the 182-pound final.

Union City’s Gavin Henry captured the 170-pound crown with a 7-0 victory over Mercer’s Will Chess.

Tye Varndell of Cambridge Springs avenged a loss to Saegertown’s Kenny Kiser in last weekend’s D-10 final by earning a 5-1 win in the 126pound regional final.

Sallot was on top of his game from the outset in his title match.

“But I’ve still got room to improve,” said Sallot, who will be joined at the state meet in Hershey by five fellow Huskies as the top four in each weight class advance to the PIAA meet in Hershey.

Nick Oosterkamp rebounded from a

Harbor Creek’s Sam Sallot gets back points against Rocco Bartolo of Reynolds on Saturday during the first period of the 132-pound title match at the Northwest Region Class 2A tourney in Sharon. Sallot claimed a 9-3 decision. [VICTOR FERNANDES/ERIE TIMES-NEWS]

quarterfinal loss in the 126pound class to end the day with back-to-back wins, including a 4-2 decision against Kaeden Berger of Reynolds in the third-place match.

Lucas Folmar used a late push to beat Jarod Miller of Reynolds 5-1 and secure third place at 195 pounds.

Shane Watkins outlasted Corry’s Tyler Burlew 4-3 in overtime to earn a thirdplace finish at 170.

Collin Askins netted edged Lakeview’s Max Wills 3-1 in overtime to finish third at 285 pounds.

The Huskies’ Jason Bratt also advances to the state meet for the Huskies with his fourth-place showing. He erased a late 1-point deficit against Julian Smith of Coudersport before falling 3-2 in overtime at 160 pounds.

Iroquois’ Joe Galvin advanced to the final but settle for second place after a 9-4 loss in the 160-pound final.

Fort LeBoeuf’s Trenton Pace also moved on to states with a third-place finish, and Northwestern’s Caiden Mooney claimed a spot by

finishing fourth at 132.

Sallot will be there too with one goal in mind— perfection.

“Hopefully it’s next week on Saturday in the state finals,” he said.

Victor Fernandes can be reached at 870-1716 or by e-mail. Follow him on Twitter at Twitter. com/ETNfernandes.

NORTHWEST REGION CLASS 2A WRESTLING TOURNAMENT Saturday’s results at Sharon (Top four finishers advance to PIAA meet) Team results: 1. Reynolds (R) 153.5, 2. Harbor Creek (HC) 93, 3. Brookville (B) 64, 4. Greenville (Gre) 62.5, 5. Fort LeBoeuf (FLB) 54, 6.

Saegertown (Sa) 46, 7. Cambridge Springs (CS) 37, 8. Jamestown (J) 36, 9. Curwensville (Cu) 35, 9. Ridgway (Ri) 35, 11. Brockway (Br) 34.5, 12.

Union City (UC) 34, 13. Eisenhower (E) 27, 13.

Coudersport (Cou) 27, 15. Port Allegany (PA) 26.5, 16. Mercer (M) 26, 17. Kane (K) 24, 18.

Lakeview (L) 23, 19. Slippery Rock (SR) 20, 2 0.

Sharpsville (Sh) 19, 21. Bradford (Bra) 18.5, 22. Conneaut Area (CA) 16, 22. Iroquois (Ir) 16. 24. Northwestern (Nw) 15.5, 25. Redbank Valley (RV) 15, 26. Corry (Co) 14, 27. Cochranton (Coc) 12, 27. North East (NE) 12, 29. Oswayo Valley (OV) 10., 29. Titusville (Ti) 10, 31. Smethport (Sm) 9, 32. Clarion (Cl) 8, 33. Grove City (GC) 6, 34. Maplewood (Ma) 4, 35. Sharon (Sha) 2, 36 (tie) Cameron County 0, Commodore Perry 0, Johnsonburg 0, Keystone 0, Seneca 0, Youngsville 0.

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES 106: Gary Steen (R) DEC Chase McLaughlin (J), 5-0 113: Beau Bayless (R) DEC Blake Passarelli (Cu), 5-2 120: Isaac Crowell (FLB) DEC Anthony Glasl (Br), 3-1 126: Tye Varndell (CS) DEC Kenny Kiser (Sa), 5-1 132: Sam Sallot (HC) DEC Rocco Bartolo (R), 9-3

138: Cole Matthews (R) F Lukas McClain (Ri), 5:28 145: Caleb Hetrick (B) DEC Hunter Michaels (R), 6-5 152: Alec English (K) DEC Peyton Hearn (CA), 3-1 160: Jacob Kallenborn (PA) DEC Joe Galvin (Ir), 9-4 170: Gavin Henry (UC) DEC Will Chess (M), 7-0 182: Cody Mulligan (Sae) DEC Julian Gorring (FLB), 6-0 195: Brendan Calvin (Gre ) DEC Clay Verbanac (CS), 2220: Jacob McMaster (Gre) MD Khalil Messai (J), 13285: Steve McClure (Cu) DEC Colby Whitehill (B), 1-0

THIRD-PLACE MATCHES 106: Logan Jaquay (E) DEC Bryent Johnson (Sm), 5-0 113: Dylan Pesock (Oswayo Valley) DEC Mason Songer (RV), 1-0 120: Andrew Ischo (R) DEC Aarron Gelvin (Gre), 2-0 126: Nick Oosterkamp (HC) DEC Kaeden Berger (R), 4-2 132: Tyler Thompson (Bra) MD Caiden Mooney (Nw), 12-1 138: Brock Salvatore (Sh) DEC Dontae Constable (B), 5-1 145: Logen McClain (Ri) F Michael Doerflinger (SR), 4:40 152: Trenton Pace (FLB) DEC Spencer Head (E), 3-0 160: Julian Smith (Cou) DEC Jason Bratt (HC), 3-2 170: Shane Watkins (HC) DEC Tyler Burlew (Co), 4-3 182: Garrett McClintick (Br) MD Elijah Ayers (Cou), 11-0 195: Lucas Folmar (HC) DEC Jarod Miller (R), 5-1 220: Tyler Zebrovious (L) DEC Tom Wurster (Cl), 6-2 285: Collin Askins (HC) DEC Max Wills (L), 3-1 CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINALS 106: Gary Steen (R) DEC Logan Jaquay (E), 6-2; Chase McLaughlin (J) DEC Bryent Johnson (Sm), 5-2 113: Blake Passarelli (Cu) DEC Hunter Thompson (Ti), 9-6; Beau Bayless (R) TF William Burgess (UC) 120: Isaac Crowell (FLB) DEC Cabe Park (B), 11-7; Anthony Glasl (Br) DEC Andrew Ischo (R), 5-2 126: Tye Varndell (CS) DEC Steven Sorbin (B), 4-2; Kenny Kiser (Sa) DEC Kaeden Berger (R), 7-2 132: Sam Sallot (HC) DEC Tyler Thompson (Bra), 4-2; Rocco Bartolo (R) DEC Bryce Barclay (Ri), 3-2 138: Lukas McClain (Ri) DEC David Kudrick (Cou), 7-2; Cole Matthews (R) F Joe Perry (Co), 0:30 145: Hunter Michaels (R) DEC Dillon Keane (Bra),

7-4: Caleb Hetrick (B) F Michael Doerflinger (SR), 2:39 152: Alec English (K) F Luciano DeRose (Ti), 3:49; Peyton Hearn (CA) DEC Spencer Head (E), 3-2 160: Joe Galvin (Ir) DEC Julian Smith (Cou), 2-1; Jacob Kallenborn (PA) DEC Joshua Christner (Gre), 3-2 170: Will Chess (M) DEC Tyler Burlew (Co), 7-4; Gavin Henry (UC) DEC Shane Watkins (HC), 5-0 182: Cody Mulligan (Sa) TF Elijah Ayers (Cou); Julian Gorring (FLB) DEC Garrett McClintick (Br), 5-0 195: Clay Verbanac (CS) DEC Jarod Miller (R), 4-2; Brendan Calvin (Gre) DEC Lucas Folmar (HC), 4-3 220: Jacob McMaster (Gre) DEC Tyler Zebrovious (L), 5-2; Khalil Messai (J) DEC Tyler Cook (B), 8-3 285: Colby Whitehill (B) MD Collin Askins (HC), 12-2; Steve McClure (Cu) DEC Max Wills (L), 3-1

CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS 106: Logan Jaquay (E) F Caiden Eastman (NE), 3:51; Bryent Johnson (Sm) DEC Joe Gabler (HC), 7-2 113: Mason Songer (RV) DEF Hunter Thompson (Ti); Dylan Pesock (Oswayo Valley) DEC William Burgess (UC), 1-0 120: Aarron Gelvin (Gre) F Cabe Park (B), 1:32; Andrew Ischo (R) DEC Mike Gabler (HC), 7-6 126: Nick Oosterkamp (HC) DEC Steven Sorbin (B), 6-2; Kaeden Berger (R) DEC John Wheeler (Nw), 1-0 132: Tyler Thompson (Bra) DEC Noah Blankenship (K), 4-3; Caiden Mooney (Nw) DEC Bryce Barclay (Ri), 7-5 138: Dontae Constable (B) DEC David Kudrick (Cou), 2-1; Brock Salvatore (Sh) F Joe Perry (Co), 1:57 145: Logen Mcclain (Ri) DEC Dillon Keane (Bra), 7-3; Michael Doerflinger (SR) DEC Mason Karpinski (Gre), 3-1 152: Trenton Pace (FLB) F Luciano DeRose (Ti), 1:51: Spencer Head (E) DEC Cameron Prebble (Sh), 12-7 160: Julian Smith (Cou) DEC Tyler Greer (GC), 6-4; Jason Bratt (HC) DEC Joshua Christner (Gre), 5-3 170: Tyler Burlew (Co) DEC Vito Pilosi (SR), 8-1; Shane Watkins (HC) DEC Bryce McCloskey (R), 3-0 182: Elijah Ayers (Cou) DEC JD McFadden (Ma), 10-4; Garrett McClintick (Br) MD Kaleb Kamerer (SR), 8-0 195 Jarod Miller (R) DEC Elijah Hilliard (SR), 4-0; Lucas Folmar (HC) DEC Xavier Molnar (B), 6-3 220: Tyler Zebrovious (L) F Dom Viscuso (HC), 1:46; Tom Wurster (Cl) DEC Tyler Cook (B), 4-2 285: Collin Askins (HC) DEC Matt Long (UC), 9-3; Max Wills (L) DEC Derek Skeehan (R), 2-1

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Edinboro University’s Sean Russell, left, wrestles Rider University’s J.R. Wert at 125 pounds during the Eastern Wrestling League championships at Edinboro University on Saturday. [GREG WOHLFORD/ERIE TIMES-NEWS]

’Boro gets 3 EWL champs

Scots qualify 4 for NCAAs as they finish 3rd in team race

By Joe Cuneo Contributing writer

EDINBORO — Edinboro wrestler Sean Russell had his eyes on something bigger than his third individual title at 125 pounds during Saturday’s Eastern Wrestling League championships at McComb Fieldhouse.

“Beforethematch,Iwas lookinguphowmanyfourtime EWL winners there have been,” the redshirt junior Russell said. “I’m hopingthatImightbeable to join them next year.”

In the meantime, however, Russell made it three in a row with his defeat of Rider University’s J.R. Wert, 6-0, in the opening finals match at 125 pounds Saturday.

Unfortunately for the host Fighting Scots, the lead Russell staked them to was short-lived.

With 81.5 points, Lock Haven claimed its first EWLteamtitlesince1997.

RiderUniversityedgedthe Scots for second place, 72.5-72.

Despite the disappointing finish, the Scots placed four individuals in the NCAA tournament, scheduled for March 15-17 in Cleveland.

“Just like our whole season, there was good and there was bad and we were searching for consistency,” Edinboro coach Tim Flynn said. “I think it kind of played out the way people expected, but we didn’t take the initiative to step up.”

Entering the tournament, Edinboro had won the team championship in three of the previous four seasons. Edinboro andRidertiedfortheEWL regular-season dual title with 5-1 records.

Edinboro’s team title hopesmomentarilygained a jolt when Billy Miller and Korbin Myers strung together back-to- back winsat285and133,respectively. The wins each gave Miller and Myers their second straight NCAAqualifying EWL titles.

Miller captured the crown with a 4-2 decision overLockHaven’sThomas Haines in a rematch of last year’schampionshipbout.

The nationals figure to be a homecoming of sorts forthePerry,Ohio,native, who unleashed a yell and fist pump following his

win to put a cap an injuryriddled season.

“He’s (Haines) a really goodopponent,soregardless of who I was going to wrestle,Ireallyjustwanted a big win,” Miller said.

“I’ve been injured much of this season and I knew I woulddowhateverIhadto to win this match.”

At133,Myers’4-0decision over Bloomberg’s third-seededAndySchutz was the culmination of a dominating tournament for the redshirt sophomore.

“I’’ve progressed a lot this season,” Myers said.

“It’s the right time of the year to be at my peak and I feel ready for nationals.”

Edinboro also saw a pair of wrestlers fall in the finals.

In his bid for a second straight league title and NCAAqualification,Edinboro’s Ty Schoffstall, the No. 1 seed at 174, lost to Rider’sDeanSherry,16-12.

Schoffstallisstilleligibleto qualify with a wild-card bid.

Another top-seeded Scot, Andrew Shomers, had eyes on his first EWL title at 157 but made a just a52secondappearanceina lossviafalltoLockHaven’s Alex Klucker in the finals.

Shomers’runner-upfinish was still good enough to earn division’s second NCAA qualifier.

In his EWL tournament debut, Rider freshman Ethan Laird, a General McLane graduate, lost in the finals to Clarion’s Dustin Conti, 4-2. Laird can still qualify for the NCAA with a wild-card bid.

EASTERN WRESTLING LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday’s results at Edinboro Team standings: 1. Lock Haven (LH) 81.5, 2.

Rider (R) 72.5, 3. Edinboro (E) 72, 4. Clarion (C) 58, 5. Bloomsburg (B) 28, 6. Cleveland State (CS) 25.5, 7. George Mason (GM) 17.

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES 125: Sean Russell (E) DEC Jr Wert (Rider University) 6-0 133; Korbin Myers (E) DEC Andy Schutz (B) 4-0 141: Evan Cheek (CS) F Brock Zacherl (C) 2:52 149: Ronnie Perry (LH) DEC Taylor Ortz (C) 8-3 157: Alex Klucker (LH) F Andrew Shomers (E) 0:52 165: Chad Walsh (R) DEC Chance Marsteller (LH) 2-1 174: Dean Sherry (R) DEC Ty Schoffstall (E) 16-12 184: Corey Hazel (LH) DEC Greg Bulsak (Clarion University) 6-1 197: Dustin Conti (C) DEC Ethan Laird (R), 4285: Billy Miller (E) DEC Thomas Haines (LH) 4-2 SECOND-PLACE MATCHES 125: Ibrahim Bunduka (GM) DEC Jr Wert (R), 8-4 157: Andrew Shomers (E) DEC Bj Clagon (R), 14-7 165: Chance Marsteller (LH) MD Max Wohlabaugh (C), 10-2 174: Ty Schoffstall (E) NC Dom Rigous (C), LATE 184: Greg Bulsak (C) DEC Trevor Allard (B), 6-4 197: Ethan Laird (R) NC Tristan Sponseller (LH), LATE THIRD-PLACE MATCHES 125: Ibrahim Bunduka (GM) DEC Luke Werner (LH) 3-1 133: Anthony Cefolo (R) DEC DJ Fehlman

(LH) 7-1 SV 141: Kyle Shoop (LH) DEC Tyson Dippery (R) 7-1 149: Gary Dinmore (R) DEC Jensen Lorea (E) 5-3 157: BJ Clagon (R) MD Kevin Laubach (B) 14-5 165: Max Wohlabaugh (C) DEC Georgio Poullas (CS) 6-4 184: Trevor Allard (B) DEC Nick Corba (CS) 3-1 SV 285: Matt Voss (GM) DEC Mauro Correnti (R) 3-2

CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINALS 125: Sean Russell (E) DEC Ibrahim Bunduka (GM) 2-0; Jr Wert (R) DEC Gavin Park (C) 4-1 133: Korbin Myers (E) F Dj Fehlman (LH) 4:30; Andy Schutz (B) DEC Anthony Cefolo (R) 10-6 141: Brock Zacherl (C) DEC Kyle Shoop (LH) 6-1; Evan Cheek (CS) DEC Tyson Dippery (R) 6-4 SV 149: Ronnie Perry (LH) TF Justin Yorkdale (GM) 19-4 5:54; Taylor Ortz (C) F Gary Dinmore (R) 6:57 157: Andrew Shomers (E) MD Avery Shay (C) 9-0; Alex Klucker (LH) DEC Bj Clagon (R) 8-3 165: Chance Marsteller (LH) DEC Georgio Poullas (CS) 7-3; Chad Walsh (R) MD Fritz Hoehn (E) 13-2 174: Ty Schoffstall (E) MD Jared Siegrist (LH) 12-3; Dean Sherry (R) DEC Dom Rigous (C) 11-4 184: Corey Hazel (LH) DEC Trevor Allard (B) 7-4; Greg Bulsak (C) DEC Nick Corba (CS) 5-3 SV 197: Ethan Laird (R) DEC Dylan Reynolds (E) 5-3; Dustin Conti (C) DEC Tristan Sponseller (LH) 5-2 285: Billy Miller (E) MD Toby Cahill (C) 12-0; Thomas Haines (LH) DEC Matt Voss (GM) 4-2 CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTERFINALS 125: Sean Russell (E) TF John Martin (CS) 23-6 4:27; Ibrahim Bunduka (GM) DEC Luke Werner (LH) 7-4; Gavin Park (C) DEC Willy Girard (B) 6-3 133: Korbin Myers (E) F Roshaun Cooley (C) 1:38: 133 Andy Schutz (B) F Andrew Coghill (CS) 0:54; Anthony Cefolo (R) F Trevor Mello (GM) 1:49 141: Kyle Shoop (LH) DEC Nate Hagan (E) 8-1; Evan Cheek (CS) F Tejon Anthony (GM) 6:48; Tyson Dippery (R) TF Shawn Orem (B) 18-0 1:34 149: Justin Yorkdale (GM) MD Ryan Ford (CS) 13-2; Taylor Ortz (C) TF Braden Stahlnecker (B) 17-2 4:22; Gary Dinmore (R) DEC Jensen Lorea (E) 4-1 157: Avery Shay (C) DEC Ryan Yorkdale (GM) 2-0; Alex Klucker (LH) DEF John Vaughn (CS); BJ Clagon (R) MD Kevin Laubach (B) 12-1 165: Chance Marsteller (LH) MD Garrett Griffith (GM) 14-4; Georgio Poullas (CS) DEC Max Wohlabaugh (C) 5-2; Fritz Hoehn (E) MD Nate Newberry (B) 10-1 174: Ty Schoffstall (E) TF Levko Higgins (GM) 19-4 5:27; Dean Sherry (R) MD Gabe Stark (CS) 12-4; Dom Rigous (C) DEC Kyle Murphy (B) 2-0 184: Trevor Allard (B) F Austin Harrison (GM) 6:50;; Greg Bulsak (C) DEC Zach Ancewicz (E) 3-0; Nick Corba (CS) MD Wayne Stinson (R) 13-0 197: Ethan Laird (R) DEC Eli Spencer (GM) 6-5; Tristan Sponseller (LH) MD John Kelbly (CS) 13-0; Dustin Conti (C) DEC Logan Womelsdorf (B) 7-4 285: Toby Cahill (C) DEC Collin Kelly (CS) 7-6; Matt Voss (GM) DEC Mauro Correnti (R) 3-2; Thomas Haines (LH) MD Bruce Graeber (B) 10-0 CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS 125: Luke Werner (LH) DEC Gavin Park (C) 6-2; Ibrahim Bunduka (GM) DEC Willy Girard (B) 14-8 133: Anthony Cefolo (R) DEC Roshaun Cooley (C) 9-4; Dj Fehlman (LH) TF Trevor Mello (GM) 16-0 3:20 141: Tyson Dippery (R) DEC Nate Hagan (E) 8-2; Kyle Shoop (LH) MD Tejon Anthony (GM) 9-0 149: Gary Dinmore (R) DEC Ryan Ford (CS) 8-4; Jensen Lorea (E) DEC Justin Yorkdale (GM) 6-5 157: BJ Clagon (R) MD Ryan Yorkdale (GM) 13-5; Kevin Laubach (B) F Avery Shay (C) 2:41 165: Max Wohlabaugh (C) MD Fritz Hoehn (E) 12-3; Georgio Poullas (CS) DEC Nate Newberry (B) 13-6 174: Dom Rigous (C) DEC Levko Higgins (GM) 6-2; Kyle Murphy (B) DEC Jared Siegrist (LH) 5-0 184: Nick Corba (CS) TF Austin Harrison (GM) 15-0 5:13; Trevor Allard (B) DEC Zach Ancewicz (E) 6-1 197: Tristan Sponseller (LH) F Eli Spencer (GM) 1:46; Dylan Reynolds (E) DEC Logan Womelsdorf (B) 4-1 285: Matt Voss (GM) DEC Collin Kelly (CS) 5-3; Mauro Correnti (R) MD Toby Cahill (C) 11-3 CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS 125: Luke Werner (LH) DEC John Martin (CS) 8-2 133: Trevor Mello (GM) DEC Andrew Coghill (CS) 10-6 141: Tejon Anthony (GM) MD Shawn Orem (B) 13-3 149: Jensen Lorea (E) MD Braden Stahlnecker (B) 13-1 157: Kevin Laubach (B) M FOR John Vaughn (CS) 165: Max Wohlabaugh (Clarion University) MD Garrett Griffith (GM) 8-0 174: Kyle Murphy (B) DEC Gabe Stark (CS) 10-3 184: Zach Ancewicz (E) DEC Wayne Stinson (R) 4-3 197: Logan Womelsdorf (B) DEC John Kelbly (CS) 9-3 285: Mauro Correnti (R) DEC Bruce Graeber (B) 2-1

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Edinboro women roll into PSAC Tournament title game Fighting Scots eclipse 100 points in semifinal rout of West Chester Times-News staff

INDIANA, Pa. — Michelle Jahn got Edinboro off to a quick start with four 3-pointers in the first quarter and Michaela Barnes finished with a careerhigh 29 points Saturday as the 11th-ranked Fighting Scotsadvanced to the PSAC Tournament championship game with a 106-78 drubbing of West Chester at the Kovalchick Complex.

Edinboro (25-3) will play Millersville (18-11), which stunned top-seeded Indiana (Pa.) 89-86 in triple overtime in the other semifinal, in Sunday's championship game. The winner there will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, though the Fighting Scots, who are ranked fourth in the Atlantic Region, are virtually assured a bid win or lose.

Any suspense was over

early Saturday when Jahn helped the Scots open a 28-10 lead.

Jontay Walton Barnes started the game with a 3-pointer, and the Scots quickly built the advantage to 9-0 on layups by Ciara Rosten, Whitney Allen and Barnes. After West Chester's Mia Hopkins broke the streak with a 3-pointer, Jahn connected on three consecutive shots from downtown to make it 18-3. She added a fourth 3-pointer before Barnes added a three-point play in the final minutes of the quarter.

Edinboro connected on 11-of-15 shots, including 5-of-5 from outside the arc, in the quarter, and finished the half 21-of-33 from the field while building a 60-34 cushion. The 106 points marked the first time the Scots cracked the 100-point barrier since a 104-82 win over West Chester in the 2014 PSAC semifinals.

Women’s basketball PSAC semifinals Edinboro 106 West Chester 78 PSAC championship At IUP Edinboro vs. Millersville Today, 3 p.m.

Rosten posted her 18th double-double of the season with 13 points and 13 rebounds, while Walton finished with 19 points and a career-high nine assists.

Jahn did not score after the first quarter, finishing with 12 points.

Hopkins' 16 points led four players in double figures for West Chester (23-5), which had come into the game with an 18-game winning streak.

Note: This will be Edinboro's first appearance in the PSAC final game since 2014.

The Fighting Scots defeated Millersville in their only meeting this season, 83-63 at McComb Fieldhouse back on Nov. 18.

Wolverines end Spartans’ 13-game winning streak The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Mo Wagner scored 14 of his 15 points after a dreadful first half and fifth-seeded Michigan moved within a game of its second straight Big Ten Tournament title with a 75-64 victory over topseeded Michigan State in the conference semifinals Saturday, ending the No. 2 ranked Spartans’ 13-game winning streak.

Muhammad-Ali AbdurRahkman and Zavier Simpson also had 15 for the No. 15 Wolverines (27-7), who were also the last team to beat Michigan State (294), when they did it on Jan. 13.

Michigan was just too balanced and quick for Michigan State, putting five players in double figures.

Duncan Robinson added 13 points off the bench, Charles Matthews had 12 and Wolverines lit up the Spartans’ defense, hitting 12 of 18 from the field and making 20 of 27 free throws in the final 20 minutes Miles Bridges had 17 points to lead Michigan State before fouling out late. Jaren Jackson Jr. added 13 and Cassius Winston had 11, but the Spartans only crossed into double figures with the Michigan band revving the Maize and Blue faithful at Madison Square Garden with yet another version of “Hail To The Victors.”

This was a rivalry game that both teams wanted and it showed in the opening minutes. There were two scrums after hard fouls, a technical foul was called against the Spartans’ forward Nick Ward and referee Gene Steratore — yeah, the guy who led the officiating crew at the Super Bowl — lectured both Tom Izzo of Michigan State and John Beilein of Michigan after the nonsense. And that was just in the opening 4:24.

Michigan trailed 29-26 at the half, but used a 10-2 burst to open the second half and take a 36-31 lead it never lost.

Wagner, who was 0 for 7 in the first 20 minutes had three baskets and a free throw, with a drive to the hoop seemingly getting him going.

Michigan State would get

Michigan’s Moritz Wagner celebrates as time winds off the clock at the Wolverine’s Big Ten tournament semifinal victory against Michigan State Saturday in New York. [JULIE JACOBSON/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

within two points a couple of times and was within 50-47 when Bridges hit a 3-pointer with 8:28 to go. However, Abdur-Rahkman and Simpson sandwiched layups around a missed jumper by Bridges to ignite a 7-2 spurt that Robinson capped with two free throws for a 57-49 edge with 5:23 left.

Michigan State never got closer than five points the rest of the way.

No. 1 VIRGINIA 62, NOTRE DAME 57: Devon Hall scored 17 points in his final game at John Paul Jones Arena and No. 1 Virginia outlasted Notre Dame 62-57 on Saturday.

Ty Jerome added 13 points for the Cavaliers (28-2, 17-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who won their fifth in a row.

Bonzie Colson, playing in just his second game since missing 15 with a broken foot, had 24 points and 14 rebounds for the Irish (18-13, 8-10).

Martinas Geben added 14 points and 10 rebounds.

No. 3 XAVIER 65, DEPAUL 62: Trevon Bluiett scored 22 points, and Xavier set a school record for regular-season wins while clinching the top seed in the Big East with a 65-62 victory over DePaul on Saturday. The Musketeers (27-4, 15-3 Big East) hung on for their 12th win in 13 games after DePaul’s Eli Cain and Max Strus missed 3-pointers in the closing seconds. That ended Villanova’s four-year run of first-place finishes.

Bluiett became the school’s all-time leader in 3-pointers, making four to give him 310 in his career.

No. 4 VILLANOVA 97, GEORGETOWN 73: Jay Wright moved into a tie atop Villanova’s career wins list with 413 in No. 4 Villanova’s

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97-73 win over Georgetown on Saturday night. Wright improved to 413-165 since he took the job in 2001 and has led the Wildcats to the 2009 Final Four and 2016 national championship. He matched Al Severance, who went 413-201 from 1936-1961. Wright can top Severance with a win in the Big East Tournament. The Wildcats head to Madison Square Garden as the No. 2 seed after their run of four straight regular-season conference titles was ended

by Xavier. There’s little worry on the Main Line that Villanova can’t make a deep run in the postseason. The Wildcats (27-4, 14-4 Big East) beat champion Xavier twice this season and will surely be a No. 1 or 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

OKLAHOMA STATE 82, No. 6 KANSAS 64: Kendall Smith scored a career-high 25 points and Mitchell Solomon had 16 points and seven rebounds to help lead Oklahoma State to an 82-64 victory over No. 6 Kansas in the regular season finale for both teams on Saturday. The Cowboys’ home fans rushed the court at the final buzzer as Oklahoma State finished the season with three wins in their final four games. Smith, who had scored just nine points in each of his two previous outings, hit 20 for the seventh time this season and for the fifth time in the last nine contests. Oklahoma State (18-13, 8-10 Big 12) swept the season series from Kansas, marking the first time that the Jayhawks have been swept in a home-and-home since 200304, a span of 103 series.

Travel problems hit Gannon, Edinboro teams Times-News staff

The winter storm that moved through Pennsylvania on Thursday night wreaked havoc on the Edinboro and Gannon men's basketball teams' travel plans Friday.

As a result, the PSAC was forced to delay the time of their men's semifinal games Saturday in East Stroudsburg not once, but twice.

Because of the weather conditions and travel problems, Edinboro and Gannon were unable to reach their lodgings in East Stroudsburg on Friday night.

Edinboro's basketball Twitter account reported that the team bus was

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After the two teams played an even first half, Shippensburg's Dustin Sleva scored on a layup with 18 minutes, 31 seconds to play to tie the game at 38.

Gannon responded with a 12-0 run as Green, Damon Miraud and Evan Phoenix hit jumpers and Webb and Zay Jackson hit back-to-back 3-pointers.

The Raiders couldn't get the deficit down below seven points, and one final stretch put the game away for the Golden Knights.

Gannon led 75-67 with 1:45 to play and Jake Biss was going in for a breakaway dunk. Miraud hustled down the floor and blocked the attempt off the backboard. The Golden Knights worked the ball ahead and Phoenix connected on a dunk to put Gannon up 77-67 on a four-point swing.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL MEN

PSAC Tournament Saturday Semifinals (at E. Stroudsburg) No. 2 (West) Gannon 81, No. 3 (East) Shippensburg 70 No. 1 (East) E. Stroudsburg vs. No. 4 (West) Edinboro, late Sunday Championship (at E. Stroudsburg) No. 2 (West) Gannon vs. E. StroudsburgEdinboro winner, 5 p.m.

GANNON 81, SHIPPENSBURG 70

Shippensburg 34 36 — 70 Gannon 38 43 — 81 SHIPPENSBURG (23-7, 17-6): Kellem 5-7 0-0 13, Biss 1-1 0-0 3, Talley 0-1 0-0 0, McCarthur 1-10 1-2 3, Council 0-0 0-0 0, Sleva 11-24 4-6 28, Conner 1-5 0-0 3, Castello 7-14 4-4 20, Span 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-62 9-12 70.

GANNON (22-8, 17-6): Webb Jr 5-10 1-2 12, Phoenix 8-13 0-0 16, Jackson 4-10 4-4 14, Williams 3-10 0-0 6, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Ogbuagu 0-1 0-0 0, Green 8-19 6-6 25, Miraud 4-6 0-0 8, Fustine 0-1 0-0 0, Mills 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 32-71 11-12 81.

3-point goals: S 9-30 (Kellem 3-5, Biss 1-1, Talley 0-1, McCarthur 0-6, Sleva 2-8, Conner 1-4, Castello 2-5), G 6-15 (Webb Jr 1-2, Jackson 2-4, Williams 0-2, Green 3-6, Fustine 0-1).

Rebounds: S 30 (Sleva 12), G 47 (Webb Jr 12).

Assists: S 17 (Conner 5), G 14 (Two players

stuck three times and eventually broke down.

The players, according to the tweet, then had to walk to a nearby hotel where no rooms were available.

"Team sleepover in a hotel conference room," the tweet read.

The Tweet ended, "WE WON’T GIVE UP!" The GannonShippensburg game originally was scheduled for Saturday at 1 p.m. but was moved back to 5 p.m. and then again to 7 p.m.

The Edinboro-East Stroudsburg game originally was scheduled for 3:30 p.m. before being moved back to 7 p.m. and then 9 p.m. The game did not end in time to appear in this edition.

Biss responded with a 3-pointer with 53 seconds left, but that would be the final points for Shippensburg, which is in a battle with Gannon for an NCAA bid.

The Raiders were seventh in the latest Atlantic region rankings, while Gannon was 10th. What doesn't help either team is Virignia Union upset Virginia State for the CIAA title, and Charleston upset West Liberty for the MEC title. Virginia State and West Liberty were the top two teams in the rankings and will get in, while Virginia State and Charleston get automatic bids, leaving out two atlarge teams.

Gannon can grab an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament with a win on Sunday.

Webb had 12 points, 12 rebounds and five assists for Gannon, while Phoenix had 16 points and seven rebounds and Jackson added 14 points.

Sleva led Shippensburg with 28 points and 12 rebounds, while John Castello had 20 points and eight rebounds.

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WOMEN

PSAC Tournament Saturday Semifinals (at IUP) No. 2 (West) Edinboro 106, No. 1 (East) West Chester 78 No. 3 (East) Millersville 89, No. 1 (West) IUP 86, 3OT Sunday’s championship (at IUP) No. 2 (West) Edinboro vs. No. 3 (East) Millersville , 3 p.m.

EDINBORO 106, WEST CHESTER 78 Edinboro 28 32 17 29 — 106 West Chester 10 24 13 31 — 78 EDINBORO (25-3): Barnes 7-13 15-15 29, Walton 5-15 4-5 16, Rosten 6-14 1-2 13, Jahn 4-4 0-0 12, Vaughn 4-8 3-3 12, Shaffer 4-5 1-2 10, Allen 3-4 1-2 8, Thompson 2-4 2-2 6, Fischer 0-0 0-0 0, Whitmer 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 35-68 27-31 106.

WEST CHESTER (23-5): Hopkins 5-12 4-7 16, Speller 6-13 1-2 14, Bruno 3-17 5-8 13, Troisi 6-10 1-2 13, Fisher 3-11 2-3 8, Boehner 1-7 3-4 6, Anderson 2-5 1-2 5, Jefferson 1-2 0-0 3, Power 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-77 17-28 78.

3-point goals: E 9-15 (Jahn 4-4, Walton 2-4, Shaffer 1-1, Allen 1-2, Vaughn 1-3, Barnes 0-1), WC 7-26 (Hopkins 2-6, Bruno 2-10, Jefferson 1-1, Speller 1-3, Boehner 1-4, Troisi 0-1, Anderson 0-1).

Rebounds: E 51 (Rosten 13), WC 36 (Troisi 10).

Assists: E 23 (Walton 9), WC 15 (Bruno 5).

Attendance: 341.

BRIEFS HIALEAH, FLA.

Hialeah Park owner, breeder Brunetti dies John Brunetti, a horse breeder and the owner of historic Hialeah Park since 1977, has died at 87.

Hialeah says on its website that he died at his home Friday in Boca Raton.

As Hialeah’s owner, Brunetti feuded with nearby Gulfstream Park and Calder Race Course for the best racing dates. When the state of Florida stopped assigning dates in 1989, Hialeah found itself unable to compete with the other

tracks, and its prominence quickly faded.

Hialeah opened in 1925 and its heyday was a showplace for celebrities, pink flamingos and many of the sport’s greatest horses. A statue of Citation stands as a reminder of the track’s past.

Hialeah continued in recent years with quarter horse racing and a casino.

Brunetti remained active in local business, and was active through his support of medical research and higher education.

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Otters rout Petes behind big 3rd period Erie staves off elimination from playoff race for 1 more day

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Up next Erie at Mississauga Today, 2 p.m.

The Erie Otters’ reign as OHL champions was extended another day Saturday when Patrick Fellows’ goal 5:01 into the third period snapped a tie and started a sixgoal onslaught in a 9-3 rout of the Peterborough Petesat the Erie Insurance Arena.

The Otters would have had their slim playoff hopes extiniguised with a loss and a Windsor victory. Now, Erie finds itself 11 points behind the Spitfires with six games left in the reguilar season. Even if Erie were to go 6-0 down the stretch, Windsor would need just one point in its seven remaining games to eliminate the Otters from playoff contention.

The puck was dropped at 7:05 and in the back of the Otters’ net at 7:06.

Logan DeNoble got Erie’s night to an inauspicious start when he put a shot past goalie Anand Oberoi at the 45-second mark.

DeNoble’s 26th goal held up as the lead until the 7:32 mark, when Maxim Golod tied it for the Otters. Peterbropopugh h a d ju s t ki l le d o f f a penalty to Cole Fraser when Golod beat Hunter Jones for his 10th goal of

HOCKEY OHL

WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division

W LOTL SLPTS Kitchener 40 19 2 0 82 London 34 23 2 2 72 Owen Sound 32 22 2 5 71 Guelph 28 25 4 4 64 Erie 21 31 7 3 52 West Division Sault Ste. Marie 51 6 2 2106 Sarnia 42 15 4 1 89 Windsor 29 27 3 2 63 Saginaw 27 25 8 0 62 Flint 17 39 3 2 39 EASTERN CONFERENCE East Division Hamilton 41 16 3 3 88 Kingston 32 19 6 3 73 Oshawa 31 27 3 0 65 Ottawa 28 25 5 3 64 Peterborough 22 33 3 3 50 Central Division Barrie 37 21 2 1 77 Niagara 28 23 7 3 66 North Bay 28 25 7 2 65 Mississauga 28 30 1 2 59 Sudbury 15 37 8 0 38 Note: OTL is overtime loss; SL is shootout loss.

Saturday’s games Erie 9, Peterborough 3 Guelph 8, Owen Sound 3 Hamilton 4, Oshawa 1 Windsor 4, Saginaw 0 Sudbury at Flint, late Kingston at Barrie, late Sunday’s games Kingston at North Bay, 2 p.m.

Peterborough at Niagara, 2 p.m.

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the season.

The teams exchanged quick goals late in the period. Nick Robertson netted his 13th to give the Petes the lead at 16:56, but Stephane Patry tied it again with his fourth of the season 35 seconds later, and the teams went into the first intermission tied at 2-2.

The Otters took their first lead of the night late in the second period. Fellows was 16 seconds into serving an interference penalty when Ivan Lodnia scored short-handed to make it 3-2. The Petes answered in the third period as Cole Fraser’s third goal of the season tied it at 2:44.

After Fellows gave Erie the lead for good, the Otters poured it on down the stretch with goals from Chad Yetman at 17:51, Golod at 19:14, Joseph Mack at 19:30 and Emmett Sproule at 19:43.

The Otters hit the road immediately folllowing the game and will play in Mississauga at 2 p.m.

Sunday.

London at Ottawa, 2 p.m.

Erie at Mississauga, 2 p.m.

Kitchener at Guelph, 2 p.m.

Owen Sound at Sarnia, 2:05 p.m.

Windsor at Sault Ste. Marie, 2:07 p.m.

Sudbury at Saginaw, 5:30 p.m.

OTTERS 9, PETES 3

Peterborough 2 0 1 — 3 Erie 216—8 1st period: 1. Peterborough, DeNoble 26 (Timleck, Black) :45; 1. Erie, Golod 10 (Fellows, Patry) 7:32; 2. Peterborough, Robertson 13 (Beraldo, Timleck) 16:56; 2. Erie, Patry 4 (Lodnia) 17:31. Penalties — Fraser (P) unsportsmanlike conduct, 5:28; Hinz (P) interference, 10:46; Lajeunese (E) roughing, 12:26.

2nd period: 3. Erie, Lodnia 22 sh (Yetman) 16:01. Penalties — Henry (E) holding, 11:12; Fellows (E) interference, 15;45.

3rd period: 3. Peterborough, Fraser 3 (McNamara) 2:44; 4. Erie, Fellows 11 (Duff, Timmermans) 5:01; 5. Erie, Poddubnyi 14 pp (Patry, Headrick) 16:48; 6. Erie, Yetman 9 en (Fellows) 17:51; 7. Erie, Golod 11 (Fowler, Poddubnyi) 19:14; 8. Erie, Mack 6 (Sproule, Patry) 19:30; 9. Erie, Sproule 4 (Mack) 19:43. Penalties — DeNoble (P) cross-checking-fighting, 13;08; Lodnia (E) instigator-fighting-misconduct, 13:08; bench penalty (P), too many men, 16:32.

Shots on goal: Peterborough 7-13-7—27; Erie team 9-7-12—28.

Goaltenders: Peterborough, Jones 2-8-0-0 (27 shots, 19 saves); Erie, Oberoi 9-8-3-1 (27 shots, 24 saves).

Power plays: Peterborough (0-3); Erie (1-3).

Referees: Nick Gill, Jesse Wilmot.

Linesmen: Cory Hooper, Ryan Holmstead.

Attendance: 4,221.

B AY H AW K S WAT C H Erie BayHawks (23-19) at Iowa Wolves (18-21) When: Sunday, 4 p.m.

Where: Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa Scouting the BayHawks: Erie is currently on top of the Southeast Division, having extended its lead by two games following Friday's 110-106 home win over Lakeland. The BayHawks are the third seed in the Eastern Conference playoff picture, trailing top-seeded Westchester by 4½ games while also trailing Fort Wayne by three games for the second seed. ...

Sunday's road game will be the BayHawks' lone regular season matchup against the Wolves. ...

Raphiael Putney, who had 17 points and three blocks in Friday's win, leads Erie with 16.0 points and 2.4 blocks per game. Jeremy

Evans is scoring 15.5 points per game while leading the BayHawks in field-goal percentage (64.2) and rebounds per game (10).

Josh Magette averages 15.1 points and a G League-best 10.1 assists per game.

Scouting the Wolves: Iowa is coming off a 101-96 road loss to Salt Lake City on Thursday. The Wolves are third in the Midwest Division and 10th in the Western Conference. ...

Anthony Brown leads the team with 19.7 points per game and has averaged 38.2 minutes per game.

Amile Jefferson is third on the team with 17.8 points per game and leads the Wolves with 12.6 rebounds per game. Melo Trimble is fourth with 16.9 points per game, but leads Iowa with 5.4 assists per game.

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Mercyhurst women win CHA championship Lakers beat Robert Morris, earn automatic bid to NCAA Division I tournament Times-News staff

BUFFALO — The Mercyhurst women’s hockey teamisnotfinishedyet,thanks largely to Emma Nuutinen.

The Finnish forward, who scored the game-winning overtime goal in a 3-2 victory over Syracuse on Friday night, had two goals and an assist Saturday to lead the Lakers to a 5-3 win over No. 9 Robert Morris in the CHA championship game at HarborCenter. The victory gives Mercyhurst (18-14-4) an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

The Lakers will find out Sunday night where they are headed for the opening round of the tournament.

After scoring her team’s lone goal in the first period, Nuutinen had the last of three Mercyhurstgoalsinthesecond period as the Lakers turned a

COLLEGES BASEBALL

Non-conference At Auburndale, Fla. Game 1

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022 000 1 — 5 - 8 - 1 Gannon 000 202 0 — 4 - 8 - 3 2B: G — Colosi, Callaway. HR: W — Debruier, G — Nicolia. IP-H-R-ER-BB-SO: W — Bebout (W) 6-8-4-3-2-6, Beals 0-0-0-0-0-0, Hovorka (Sv) 1-0-0-0-0-1; G — Cricks 4-7-4-3-3-5, Phelps (L) 3-1-1-0-3-5.

Walsh 1-3; Gannon 7-6 Game 2 Gannon 010 740 1 — 13 - 16 - 0 Walsh 000 200 0 — 2 - 7 - 3 2B: G — Mori 2, Beach, Pieszak. HR: W — Holiga. IP-HR-ER-BB-SO: G — Judy (W) 4-6-2-2-2-5, Callaway 1-00-0-3-2, Yough 1-1-0-0-0-0, Hegedus 1-0-0-0-0-0, W — Shenefield (L) 3.2-9-8-6-1-2, Frate 1-4-4-3-1-2, McBride 0.1-1-0-0-0-0, Clark 1-1-0-0-1-1, Saunier 1-1-1-1-1-2.

2-1 deficit into a 4-2 lead.

Alexa Vasko had a goal and twoassistsfortheLakerswhile RachelMarmen hada goal and an assist.

The Lakers fell behind twice in the opening 20 minutes.

With Marmen serving a trippingpenalty,EmilyCurlettgot Robert Morris on the board, beatingLakersgoalieKennedy Blair at 6:43 to give the Colonials the early lead.

Curlett, though, took a hooking penalty at 11:10, and the Lakers got even on the power play. Nuttinen got the goal, her seventh, on assists from Marmen and Vasko at 13:04. The deadlock lasted just 61 seconds before BrittanyHowardrecordedher25th goaloftheseasontorestorethe Colonials’ advantage.

The Lakers took over in the middle period. Vasko tied the game with an unassisted goal at 4:36 before Marmen gave Mercyhurstitsfirstleadwitha goal at 9:01. Nuutinen capped off the outburst eight minutes later.

Jennifer MacAskill aqdded

At Washington, Pa. Case Western 100 100 040 — 6 - 9 - 1 Allegheny 100 100 000 — 2 - 2 - 3 2B: CW — Maue, Lott, A — Chutko. 3B: A — Flaherty.

IP-H-R-ER-BB-SO: CW — McConihe 4-1-2-2-5-4, Brown (W) 5-1-0-0-3-5, A — Deagan (L) 7.2-8-6-3-1-5, Perry 1.1-1-0-0-2-3.

TRACK & FIELD

NCAC Indoor Championships at Crawforsville, In. Women 1 mile run: Forner (A) 5:05.22 3,000 meter run: Hevener (A) 10:21.73 Men 1 mile run: Hughes (A) 4:14.53 3,000 meter run: Hughes (A) 8:40.99 Weight throw: Williams (A) 16.81m

MEN’S TENNIS Non-conference MEN

an insurance goal midway throughthefinalperiodbefore Blair was beaten by Jessica Gazazola on a power play at 16:23.

Blairstopped31-of-34shots in picking up the victory.

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MERCYHURST 5, ROBERT MORRIS 3 Mercyhurst 1 3 1 — 5 Robert Morris 2 0 1 — 3 1st Period: 1. Robert Morris, Curlett 9 pp (Lague, Gebhard) 6:43; 1. Mercyhurst, Nuutinen 7 pp (Marmen, Vasko) 13:04; 2. Robert Morris, Howard 25 (Rennie) 14:05. Penalties — Marmen (M) tripping, 6:14; Curlett (RM) hooking, 11:10.

2nd Period: 2. Mercyhurst, Vasko 1 (unassisted) 4:36; 3. Mercyhurst, Marmen 2 (Tanskanen, Nuutinen) 9:01; 4. Mercyhurst, Nuutinen 8 (Paddock) 17:05. Penalties — Frappier (M) roughing, 13:34; Isbell (M) checking, 20:00.

3rd Period: 5. Mercyhurst, MacAskill 6 pp (Frappier, Vasko) 11:18; 3. Robert Morris, Gazzola 6 pp (Fraser) 16:23. Penalties — Hine (M) cross-checking, 4:07; Fraser (RM) holding, 7:01; Curlett (RM) checking, 9:19; Howard (RM) goalie interference, 12:09; MacAskill (M) roughing, 14:23; Lague (RM) slashing, 19:53.

Shots on Goal: Mercyhurst 6-11-8—25; Robert Morris 15-11-8—34.

Goaltenders: Mercyhurst, Blair 11-7-1 (34 shots, 31 saves); Robert Morris, Milne-Price 20-6-4 (25 shots, 20 saves).

Power play: Mercyhurst (2-6); Robert Morris (2-5).

Referees: C.J. Haliman, Jason Brown.

Linesmen: Michael Bontatibus, Daniel Kelly.

Attendance: 562.

EDINBORO-5 CHARLESTON-4 Singles: Albanese (E) def. Lakemon 7-6, 4-7, 7-5; Fernandez (E) def. Tayer 6-3, 7-5; Andrews (C) def.

Santos 6-1, 7-5; Gratch (C) def. Roettger 6-1, 6-2; Mboko (E) def. Lepetit 6-3, 6-1; Prince (C) def. McCoy 6-4, 6-1.

Doubles: Albanese-Santos (E) def. Lakemon-Tayer 8-2; Fernandez-Mboko (E) def. Prince-Gracin 8-6; AndrewsBerry (C) def. Roettger-McCoy 8-6.

Edinboro 5-1, Charleston 3-2

WOMEN’S WATER POLO

Non-conference Indiana Classic at Bloomington, In. VA. MILITARY—8 MERCYHURST—2 Goals: VMI — Dolitsky 2, Barkley 2, DelBondio 2, Scott, Rivas; M — Kunst 2.

VMI 6-0; Mercyhurst 4-2 CAL LUTHERAN—7 MERCYHURST—5 Goals: C — Wulfestieg 3, Hirn 2, Roed, Meek; M — Byrnes, Moshinsky, Maldonado, Glass, Hershey.

Cal Lutheran 7-2; Mercyhurst 4-3

Crosby scores in OT, Penguins slip by Islanders The Associated Press

PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby finished off a 2-on-1 by burying a shot past Chris Gibson 3:48 into overtime to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders on Saturday.

Derick Brassard’s first goal with Pittsburgh tied it with less than nine minutes to go in regulation. The Penguins killed off a penalty early in the extra period before Crosby’s 22nd goal of the season helped Pittsburgh snap a three-game losing streak.

Patric Hornqvist added his 18th goal of the season for the Penguins. Phil Kessel picked up two assists to become the sixth American-born player to reach 400 career assists.

Tristan Jarry overcame an ugly start to finish with 25 saves.

Brandon Davidson scored his first goal with New York since being acquired in a trade last week, and Anders Lee added his team-leading 31st. Gibson was spectacular at times in his first NHL start in nearly two years.

He finished with 47 saves but couldn’t get a handle on Crosby’s winner. The Islanders have dropped six straight.

The Penguins were coming off an ugly 8-4 setback in Boston on Thursday night, one that extended their losing streak to three and blunted their recent surge toward the top of the Metropolitan Division. Coach Mike Sullivan, rarely hesitant to shake things up during even the slightest of downturns, opted for minor tweaks instead of major ones.

Pittsburgh called up forward Dominik Simon and

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ Derick Brassard (19) celebrates his goal with Dominik Simon (12) and Phil Kessel (81) in the third period against the New York Islanders in Pittsburgh on Saturday. It was Brassard’s first goal as a Penguin since being acquired in a trade from the Ottawa Senators. [AP PHOTO/GENE J. PUSKAR]

put him on the third line, and defenseman Chad Ruhwedel earned his first start since Dec. 27. Other than that, Sullivan kept the status quo, confident his team’s issue isn’t personnel but performance. If the play in front of his team’s net improved, Sullivan figured the rest would take care of itself.

Not exactly.

The Islanders took the lead just 1:11 into the game when Jarry lost his edge trying to backpedal, fell on his rear and watched helplessly as the rolling puck slipped underneath his pads and into the net.

The advantage held nearly 40 minutes thanks to Gibson. Making just his fifth NHL start and first since

April 10, 2016, Gibson spent the first two periods trying to make up for lost time.

The Penguins peppered the net for long stretches but didn’t break through until Kessel set up Hornqvist with a slick backhand pass that Hornqvist tapped in for his first goal since signing a five-year contract extension on Tuesday.

Lee put New York back ahead 4:59 into the third when his chip from in front went wide of the net only to carom off Pittsburgh defenseman Jamie Oleksiak and past Jarry.

Brassard responded by camping himself in front of Gibson and jamming home a rebound 11:29 into the third to set up a frantic finish.

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SCOREBOARD 258-668, Ryan Astemborski 247-660, Pat Andrychowski 577, Steve Filutze 289, Matt Trojanovich 258, Kenny Eisert 257, Quintin Samler 256, Joe Harvey 254, Nate Moore (all times p.m. unless indicated) 245, George Cook 240, Missy Pollack 220, Sue Johnson 212, Brittany Miller 210. Team: TV Shoot Birds 146-3140, Lakeshore Auto 3015, AUTO RACING Team #9 3010.

3:30 — NASCAR, Monster Energy Cup GREENGARDEN: TJ MITCHELL 275-715, Series, Penzoil 400, at Las Vegas, WFXP Andrew Knittel 698, Lee Eighmy Jr. 246COLLEGE BASKETBALL 244-694, Bob Grygier Jr. 257-687, Nick Noon — Cincinnati at Wichita St., WSEE Kightlinger 247-686, Danny Mackowski Jr. Noon — Patriot League, first semifinal, Holy 247-684, Bany Orozco 255-677, Mike Duke Cross at Colgate, CBSSN 1 — Big South Tournament, final, Liberty at 257-676, AJ Kaye 244-675, Joe Selleny 255-674, Paul Marnella 254-671, Dave Radford, ESPN Stile 666, Philip Harris Jr. 665, Cristin 2 — Missouri Valley championship, TBA vs.

Grzegorzewski 225-581, Bryana Hayes Loyola-Chicago, at St. Louis, WSEE 2 — Patriot League, first semifinal, Boston U. 224-576, Mike Komorek 267, TJ Merski 264, Mike Thompson 246, Bob Stile 243, Debbie at Bucknell, CBSSN Enzbrenner 234, Andrea Dinardo 215, Jen 2 — SMU at South Florida, ESPNEWS 3 — Atlantic Sun Tournament, final, Lipcomb Cagnoli 211, Cindy Daubert 202. Team: CYS Club 1145-3168, Barnhart Transportation at Florida Gulf coast, ESPN 3146, Builders Hardware 3129, AJK Bayview 4 — UConn at Houston, CBSSN 4:30 — Big Ten Tournament, final, Michigan 1102-3116, Northwest Bank 21145-3109, Eighmy Edge Pro Shop 3071, The UPS Store vs. Purdue, at New York, WSEE 3062, Huge Midgets 3053.

4:30 — Tulane at UCF, ESPNU NORTH EAST: GREG UTEGG 280-754, LES 9:30 — MAAC Tournament, second semifiYOKOM 258-709, Don Farnham 257-691, nal, at Albany, N.Y., ESPNU Rick Queer 245-687, Mark Orton 680, Terry GOLF Lindstrom 243-669, Terry Lindstrom 668, 5 a.m. — European PGA Tour, Tshwane Mike Knight 265-660, Sam Jones 253-607, Open, final round, at Waterkloof, South Jon Jones 280, Jon Jones 268, George Africa, GOLF Thomas 257, Mark Cettell 256, Jim Luke Noon — PGA Tour, WGC-Mexico 255, Jon Jones 254, Chris Belson 249, Eric Championship, final round, at Mexico City, Maynard 246, Les Yokom 246.

GOLF 2 — PGA Tour, WGC-Mexico Championship, SAINT MARY’S: Cory Van Arsdale 268-699, Ryan Gates 257, John Chrzanowski 255, final round, at Mexico City, WICU 4:30 — Champions Tour, Cologuard Classic, Tyler Yauger 254, Jim Schreiner 248, Tim Szczksny 247, Ray Schlaufman 246, Matt final round, at Tucson, Ariz., GOLF Grow 245, Ray Smith 241.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1 — Spring training, Astros vs. Cardinals, at SENIORS Palm Beach, Fla., MLB EASTWAY: Ted Grimm 242-232-213-687, NBA Butch Perino 246-214-223-683, Steve 8 — 76ers at Bucks, ESPN Dylewski 222-276-671, Dave Ogle 258-207NHL 661, Mike Haines 222-211-215-648, Mike 7 — Red Wings at Wild, NBCSN Rick 245-222-637, Don Sutter 214-226SOCCER 625, Tom Sieberkrob 214-226-622, Jerry 8:30 a.m. — Premier League, Brighton & Newcamp 202-203-205-610, John Covello Hove Albion vs. Arsenal, NBCSN 11 a.m. — Premier League, Manchester City 204-210-607, Ron Palombi Sr. 234-203-601, Jerry Bank 203-214-600, Dan Sharp 239, vs. Chelsea, NBCSN Stan Niemic 233, Steve O’Neil 222, Dave Noon — Women, She Believes Cup, United Erdely 215, Ken Peterson 214, Gary Jasper States vs. France, at Harrison, N.J., ESPN2 214, Dennis Fisher 212, Bill Mackey 211-204, 5 — MLS, Los Angeles FC at Seattle, ESPN 7:30 — MLS, New York City FC at Sportsing Bill Peterson 210, Jim Winkelbauer 209-224, Scott Anderson 207, Dick Pottorf 207, Bob Kansas City, FS1 Matlock 206, Larry Will 205, Russ Cerami 10 — MLS, Portland at L.A. Galaxy, FS1 203, Frank Wieser 203, Ed Green 202.

RUGBY EASTWAY: (Thursday league) BUTCH 2 — English Premiership, Worcester PERINO 227-243-248—718, Mike Rick 224Warriors vs. Leicester Tigers, NBCSN 208-257—689, Bob Hanes 205-257-223—685, TRACK & FIELD Mike Haines 219-262—666, Bill Ditch 2114 — IAAF World Indoor Championships, at 212-231—654, John Covello 246-208—642, Birmingham, England (same-day tape), Tom Lowes 242-207—638, Dan Foor 220NBCSN 220—628, Bryan Tuten 213-228—625, Jim WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Murosky 202-210-213—625, George Guthrie Noon — Atlantic 10 Tournament, final, 217-203-201—621, Al Warren 204-225—602, St. Joseph’s vs. George Washington, at Mark D’Aurora 235—600, Jack Chandley Jr. Richmond, Va., ESPNU 1 — Big East Tournament, first quarterfinal, 226—600, Marion Fuller 222-194-176—592, Bob Demchak 209, Bob Kowalewski 213, Butler vs. Marquette, at Chicago, FS2 2 — ACC Tournament, final, Notre Dame vs. Jim Burek 224, Ted Grimm 216, Gerry Abbey 209, Steve Abt 201, Jerry Fijal 215, Ed Louisville, at Greensboro, N.C., ESPN2 Green 212, Tom Saunders 220, Don Sutter 2:30 — AAC Tournament, second quarterfi228, Richard Daugherty 212, Steve Heubel nal, E. Carolina vs. S. Florida, at Uncasville, 214, Doug Guasparl 200, Ed Rick 212, Jim Conn., ESPNU 3 — Big 12 Tournament, first semifinal, TCU Winkelbauer 206-204, Jerry Newcamp 201-214, Bill Warren 226-202, Mike Henry vs. Baylor, at Oklahoma City, FS1 246, LeRoy Warren 202, Ryan Hayes 228, 3:30 — Big East Tournament, second Gene Thomas 204, Jim Dyer 206, Jim King quarterfinal, St. John’s vs. Creighton, at 204, Jim Radel 200, Tom Denning 214, Jim Chicago, FS2 Kosko 201, Jared Daly 211-216, Ray Laughlin 4:30 — SEC Tournament, final, TBD vs.

211, Scott Anderson 243, John Finazzo 208, Mississippi St., at Nashville, Tenn., ESPN2 Nick Woznicki 201, Ross Cerami 208, Len 5:30 — Big 12 Tournament, second semifiDeCarolis 211, Bill Bucklin 211, Carmel nal, TBD vs. Texas, at Oklahoma City, FS1 6:30 — AAC Tournament, third quarterfinal, Campanelli 204, Phyllis Zimmer 179, Francis Macrino 180, Pat Molly 177.

Tulane vs. UConn, at Uncasville, Conn., GREENGARDEN: Frank Miller 217-0253ESPNU 7 — Big Ten Tournament, final, TBD vs. Ohio 206-676, George Knittel 206-236-213-655, John Covello 242-210-631, Jack Pianta St., at Indianapolis, ESPN2 7 — Big East Tournament, third quarterfinal, 211-212-202-625, Vincent Gardner 224-208624, Tony Nichols 219-209-609, Howard TBD vs. DePaul, at Chicago, FS2 9 — Pac-12 Tournament, final, teams TBA, at Harper 256-609, Rosie Tuten 182-200-164546, Vince Jaskiewicz 258, Mark Wattle Seattle, ESPN2 227, Roger Kaveney 224, John Derosa 216, 9:30 — Big East Tournament, fourth Gene Thomas 215, Mark Wattle 214, Frank quarterfinal, Villanova vs. Georgetown, at Miller 211-200, Jack Kaminski 209-201, Chicago, FS2 Stan Niemic 203, Gary Miller 201, Ruth Ann Blystone 185, Becky Sienkiewicz 183, April RADIO Wygant 178. Joan Hersperger 178. Laura COLLEGE BASKETBALL Lombardozzi 172-165, Ruth Ann Blystone 5 — PSAC Championship, Gannon 167, Dee Pierkowski 161. vs. E. Stroudsburg-Edinboro winner, WJET-AM/1400 JUNIORS MLB SPRING TRAINING EASTWAY: HAYDEN STIPPICH 268-258-774, 2:59 — Indians vs. Brewers, WFUN-AM/970 KAITLYN KLEIN 288-223-679, JESSICA NBA G LEAGUE HARVEY 221-624, Savannah Prather 590, 4 — Erie BayHawks at Iowa Wolves, Nick Simon 218-206-561, Andrea Fracassi WFNN-AM/1330 212, Isiah Biitner 166, Amanda Petroff 161, OHL Connor Wolf 156.

2 — Erie Otters at Mississauga Steelheads, GREENGARDEN: Tristen Davis 194-161-472, WRIE-AM/1260 Larry Wetzel III 197, Cliff Morehouse 188, WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Joshua Taylor 188,. Lindsey Dukicvh 177, 3 — PSAC Championship, Edinboro vs.

Koenya Sadowski 160, Shaelyn McGill 146, Millersville, WFSE-FM/88.9 Tony Mele 136, Joshua Blystone 130, Tres Palacio 108, Jacob Forshee 104, Randi Taylor 99, Giavanna Saunders 88.

WESTWAY: Seth Rose 235-263-677, Eli Woodard 232-601, Johanna Rinderle 233, SUNDAY’S SCHEDULE Anthony Schiller 213, Kaleb Tabarjar 165, No events scheduled Logan Manross 163, Starr Bacher 1258, Zander Kitcey 135, John Powierzo 122.

Junior Scholarship Tournament: Hayden Stippich 227-233-210-670, Garrett Clark 255, Killian Kilpatrick 224, Seth Rose 215, Tommy Lytle 212, Lauren Lytle 202.

SUNDAY’S SCHEDULE MEN’S BASKETBALL PSAC Championship At East Stroudsburg, Pa. Gannon vs. E.Stroudsburg-Edinboro winner, 5 p.m.

NASCAR MONSTER ENERGY

ON THE AIR

HIGH SCHOOLS

COLLEGES

AUTO RACING

Pennzoil 400 Lineup Friday’s qualifying; race Sunday At Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Car number in parentheses) 1. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 191.489 mph 2. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 190.248 MEN’S LACROSSE 3. (41) Kurt Busch, Ford, 190.067 Non-conference 4. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 189.980 Limestone at Mercyhurst, noon 5. (42) Kyle Larson, Chev., 189.447 Mercyhurst NE vs. Kalamazoo Valley CC, at 6. (9) Chase Elliott, Chev., 189.175 Leesburg, Fla., 2 p.m.

7. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 189.148 Mercyhurst NE vs. Glen Oaks CC, at 8. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 189.102 Leesburg, Fla., 4:30 p.m.

9. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota, 188.719 10. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 188.640 BASEBALL 11. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 188.469 Non-conference 12. (21) Paul Menard, Ford, 188.442 Mercyhurst NE at Patrick Henry CC (DH), 13. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 188.838 11 a.m.

14. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chev., 188.712 Penn St. Behrend vs. Elizabethtown, at Fort 15. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford, 188.607 Pierce, Fla., 2 p.m.

16. (3) Austin Dillon, Chev., 188.442 Case Western at Allegheny, 3 p.m.

17. (24) William Byron, Chev., 188.363 18. (19) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 187.865 SOFTBALL 19. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 187.846 Non-conference 20. (88) Alex Bowman, Chev., 187.441 Penn St. Behrend vs. Concordia (Ill.) at 21. (95) Kasey Kahne, Chev., 187.305 Clermont, Fla., 9 a.m.

22. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chev., 187.246 Mercyhurst vs. Hillsdale, 9 a.m.

23. (38) David Ragan, Ford, 187.162 Penn St. Behrend vs. Emmanuel (Mass.) at 24. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 186.413 Clermont, Fla., 11:30 a.m.

25. (31) Ryan Newman, Chev., 187.650 Mercyhurst vs. Upper Iowa, 11:30 a.m.

26. (43) Darrell Wallace Jr., Chev., 187.546 27. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chev., 186.916 MEN’S VOLLEYBALL 28. (37) Chris Buescher, Chev., 186.335 Non-conference 29. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford, 186.123 Penn St. Behrend at John Jay, noon 30. (51) Cole Custer, Ford, 185.982 31. (13) Ty Dillon, Chev., 185.312 WOMEN’S WATER POLO 32. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 185.027 Mercyhurst vs. Santa Clara, at Bloomington, 33. (15) Ross Chastain, Chev., 183.418 Ind., 9:15 a.m.

34. (72) Cole Whitt, Chev., 182.272 Penn St. Behrend at Chapman, 2 p.m.

35. (23) Gray Gaulding, Toyota, 179.241 Mercyhurst vs. Hartwick, at Bloomington, 36. (00) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chev., 176.292 Ind., 4:45 p.m.

37. (55) Joey Gase, Chev., 173.628

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PSAC Championship At Indiana, Pa. Edinboro vs. Millersville, 3 p.m.

BOWLING

NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK

Stratosphere 200 Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Lap length: 1.50 miles (Start position in parentheses) EASTLAND: ANDREW SERAFINE 246-717, 1. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 134 laps, 0 rtg, CAROLYN DeMARTINO 202-289-663, Kent 0 pts Sivillo 268-692, Nick Kightlinger 248-677, 2. (3) Johnny Sauter, Chev., 134, 0, 42 Scott Cohick 249-655, Greg Ebner 245-646, 3. (6) Brett Moffitt, Toyota, 134, 0, 43 Bany Orozco 243-642, Dan DeMartino 642, 4. (8) Grant Enfinger, Ford, 134, 0, 35 Andrew Felice 287, Nick Kightlinger 258, 5. (2) Stewart Friesen, Chev., 134, 0, 49 Ryan Patterson 256, Jim Merva 255, Curtis 6. (18) Dalton Sargeant, Chev., 134, 0, 31 Prue 248, Cody Jacobs 246, Steve Roberts 7. (15) Ben Rhodes, Ford, 134, 0, 42 244, Cindy Atwell 221, Christine King 217, Joan Bujnowski 207, Carolyn DeMartino 204, 8. (14) Cody Coughlin, Chev., 134, 0, 31 9. (17) Justin Fontaine, Chev., 134, 0, 28 Helen Renaud 203, Kim Stachewicz 203, 10. (13) Austin Hill, Chev., 134, 0, 27 Helen Renaud 201. Team: Team Eastland 11. (7) Justin Marks, Toyota, 134, 0, 26 1053-1006-3013, Real Audio 1053, Suicide 12. (5) Noah Gragson, Toyota, 134, 0, 40 Monkies 1047, 13. (4) Spencer Davis, Toyota, 134, 0, 34 Slovak Club 1044, Stiff Squirrels 1034.

14. (20) Wendell Chavous, Chev., 134, 0, 23 EASTWAY: ERIC WILSON 258-248-743, 15. (10) Myatt Snider, Ford, 133, 0, 37 CHERYL ORMSBEE 219-227-630, GINNY 16. (19) Austin Wayne Self, Toyota, 133, VEREB 243-615, Rich Posten 688, Rich Hoffer 245-685, Gary Hain 683, Troy Parrett 0, 21 17. (16) Jordan Anderson, Chev., 133, 0, 20 278-680, Kurt Pound 242-669, Rick Kuhn

AREA SCORES

18. (24) Robby Lyons, Chev., 133, 0, 19 19. (22) Michel Disdier, Chev., 132, 0, 18 20. (23) Bayley Currey, Chev., 132, 0, 17 21. (9) John Hunter Nemechek, Chev., 130, 0, 0 22. (26) Mike Harmon, Chev., 127, 0, 15 23. (31) BJ McLeod, Chev., 123, 0, 0 24. (27) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chev., 123, 0, 13 en-25. (25) Josh Reaume, Chev., 119, 0, 12 g-26. (30) Norm Benning, Chev., 118, 0, 11 27. (28) Tommy Regan, Chev., 112, 0, 10 a-28. (11) Justin Haley, Chev., 75, 0, 13 b-29. (12) Matt Crafton, Ford, 40, 0, 9 el-30. (32) Mike Senica, Chev., 28, 0, 7 v-31. (21) Joe Nemechek, Chev., 23, 0, 6 el-32. (29) Scott Stenzel, Chev., 5, 0, 5 KEY: accident (a), brakes (b), electrical (el), engine (en), garage (g), vibration (v)

Race Statistics Winner’s average speed: 122.658 mph.

Time: 1 hour, 38 minutes, 19 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 0.437 seconds.

Caution Flags: 5 for 25 laps.

Lead Changes: 14 among 7 drivers.

Lap Leaders: K.Busch 1-15; S.Friesen 16-20; N.Gragson 21-32; G.Enfinger 33-35; K.Busch 36-39; G.Enfinger 40; K.Busch 41-42; S.Friesen 43-68; B.Moffitt 69-70; K.Busch 71-83; B.Moffitt 84-108; K.Busch 109-114; D.Sargeant 115-117; J.Fontaine 118-119; K.Busch 120-134 Top 10 in Points: 1. J.Sauter, 148; 2.

B.Moffitt, 109; 3. G.Enfinger, 108; 4.

N.Gragson, 107; 5. B.Rhodes, 103; 6.

S.Friesen, 101; 7. S.Davis, 94; 8. D.Sargeant, 92; 9. M.Crafton, 84; 10. M.Snider, 84.

NASCAR XFINITY

Boyd Gaming 300 Results Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Lap length: 1.50 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (2) Kyle Larson, Chev., 200 laps, 0 rtg, 0 pts 2. (1) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 200, 0, 47 3. (12) Justin Allgaier, Chev., 200, 0, 43 4. (8) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 200, 0, 0 5. (6) Elliott Sadler, Chev., 200, 0, 39 6. (3) Daniel Hemric, Chev., 200, 0, 38 7. (16) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 200, 0, 39 8. (7) Tyler Reddick, Chev., 200, 0, 43 9. (4) Cole Custer, Ford, 200, 0, 38 10. (11) Spencer Gallagher, Chev., 200, 0, 27 11. (9) Matt Tifft, Chev., 200, 0, 26 12. (10) Austin Dillon, Chev., 200, 0, 0 13. (19) Michael Annett, Chev., 200, 0, 24 14. (5) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 200, 0, 0 15. (17) Ryan Truex, Chev., 200, 0, 22 16. (18) Kaz Grala, Ford, 200, 0, 21 17. (24) Alex Labbe, Chev., 200, 0, 20 18. (14) Ross Chastain, Chev., 199, 0, 19 19. (13) Ryan Reed, Ford, 199, 0, 18 20. (23) Joey Gase, Chev., 197, 0, 17 21. (29) Josh Williams, Chev., 197, 0, 16 22. (20) Jeremy Clements, Chev., 196, 0, 15 23. (26) Garrett Smithley, Chev., 196, 0, 14 24. (37) Vinnie Miller, Chev., 196, 0, 13 25. (33) Tommy Joe Martins, Chev., 195, 0, 12 26. (34) BJ McLeod, Chev., 195, 0, 11 27. (27) Matt Mills, Chev., 194, 0, 10 28. (39) Josh Bilicki, Toyota, 189, 0, 9 29. (21) Ryan Sieg, Chev., engine, 185, 0, 8 30. (40) Stephen Leicht, Toyota, 185, 0, 7 31. (38) Mike Harmon, Dodge, 183, 0, 6 s-32. (30) Chad Finchum, Chev., 140, 0, 5 g-33. (25) Timmy Hill, Dodge, 134, 0, 4 a-34. (15) Austin Cindric, Ford, 132, 0, 3 en-35. (35) David Starr, Chev., 78, 0, 2 s-36. (31) Spencer Boyd, Chev., 70, 0, 1 ol-37. (36) Morgan Shepherd, Chev., 24, 0, 1 v-38. (28) JJ Yeley, Chev., 18, 0, 1 b-39. (32) Jeff Green, Chev., 15, 0, 1 a-40. (22) Dylan Lupton, Ford, 5, 0, 1 KEY: accident (a), brakes (b), engine (en), garage (g), oil leak (o), suspension (s), vibration (v) Race Statistics Winner’s average speed: 131.884 mph.

Time: 2 hours, 16 minutes, 29 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 0.881 seconds.

Caution Flags: 6 for 29 laps.

Lead Changes: 10 among 6 drivers.

Lap Leaders: C.Bell 0; K.Larson 1-42; C.Bell 43-48; K.Larson 49-94; R.Blaney 95-127; K.Larson 128-135; C.Custer 136-139; J.Allgaier 140-151; K.Larson 152-186; T.Reddick 187-189; K.Larson 190-200 Top 10 in Points: 1. T.Reddick, 123; 2.

E.Sadler, 123; 3. C.Bell, 100; 4. J.Allgaier, 95; 5. S.Gallagher, 89; 6. R.Reed, 88; 7.

B.Jones, 86; 8. R.Truex, 85; 9. D.Hemric, 84; 10. M.Tifft, 69.

GOLF WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS

Mexico Championship Par Scores Saturday at Club de Golf Chapultepec Mexico City Purse: $10 million Yardage: 7,345; Par: 71 Third Round Shubhankar Sharma 65-66-69—200 -13 Tyrrell Hatton 70-68-64—202 -11 Phil Mickelson 69-68-65—202 -11 Sergio Garcia 68-65-69—202 -11 Rafa Cabrera Bello 66-67-69—202 -11 Pat Perez 68-67-68—203 -10 Dustin Johnson 69-66-68—203 -10 Brian Harman 68-67-68—203 -10 Xander Schauffele 65-68-70—203 -10 Justin Thomas 72-70-62—204 -9 Tony Finau 68-70-68—206 -7 Marc Leishman 69-68-69—206 -7 Charley Hoffman 70-66-70—206 -7 Jordan Spieth 70-67-69—206 -7 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 66-69-71—206 -7 Brendan Steele 69-66-71—206 -7 Kevin Kisner 70-71-66—207 -6 Jhonattan Vegas 70-68-69—207 -6 Bubba Watson 69-66-72—207 -6 Kyle Stanley 71-65-71—207 -6 Adam Hadwin 70-71-67—208 -5 Jon Rahm 67-71-70—208 -5 Ross Fisher 71-68-69—208 -5 Rickie Fowler 68-70-70—208 -5 Adam Bland 70-67-71—208 -5

CHAMPIONS TOUR

Cologuard Classic Par Scores Saturday at Omni Tucson National (Catalina Course) Tucson, Ariz.

Purse: $1.7 million Yardage: 7,207; Par: 73 Second Round Tommy Tolles 65-70—135 Scott Dunlap 65-71—136 Steve Stricker 66-70—136 Rocco Mediate 72-65—137 Doug Garwood 69-68—137 Gene Sauers 67-70—137 Mike Goodes 70-68—138 Kirk Triplett 69-69—138 Woody Austin 68-70—138 Billy Andrade 70-69—139 Bart Bryant 70-69—139 Jeff Maggert 69-70—139 Michael Bradley 69-70—139 Mike Small 66-73—139

Scott Jamieson, Scot.

Erik Van Rooyen, S. Afr. Thomas Aiken, S. Afr. Victor Perez, Fra. Shaun Norris, S. Afr. Adilson da Silva, Braz.

Daniel van Tonder, S. Afr. Sebastian Gros, Fra.

67-69-67—203 68-68-67—203 65-71-67—203 69-68-68—205 66-72-67—205 67-72-66—205 67-72-66—205 69-70-66—205

BASEBALL MLB SPRING TRAINING AMERICAN LEAGUE W New York 8 Boston 7 Kansas City 5 Detroit 6 Houston 6 Cleveland 6 Chicago 5 Tampa Bay 5 Minnesota 4 Los Angeles 4 Baltimore 4 Seattle 3 Toronto 3 Oakland 2 Texas 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago Milwaukee Miami San Diego Washington Los Angeles San Francisco Colorado St. Louis New York Atlanta Cincinnati Pittsburgh Arizona Philadelphia

W 6 7 6 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2

L 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 5 4 4 5 5 6 5 5

Pct. 0.889 0.700 0.714 0.667 0.667 0.667 0.556 0.500 0.500 0.500 0.444 0.375 0.333 0.286 0.286

L 1 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 7 8

Pct. 0.857 0.778 0.750 0.625 0.500 0.444 0.444 0.375 0.375 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.286 0.300 0.200

Saturday’s games Baltimore 4, Philadelphia (ss) 2 Miami 1, N.Y. Mets 0 N.Y. Yankees 5, Boston 3 Atlanta 9, St. Louis 2 Tampa Bay 7, Detroit 4 Washington 8, Houston 1 Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia (ss) 3 Toronto 13, Minnesota 8 L.A. Dodgers 14, Arizona 6 Chicago White Sox 9, Kansas City 5 Chicago Cubs 7, Cincinnati 4 San Diego 10, Oakland 4 San Francisco (ss) 13, Cleveland 4 San Francisco (ss) 9, Texas 4 Milwaukee 6, Colorado 5 L.A. Angels vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 8:40 p.m.

Sunday’s games Boston vs. Baltimore, 1:05 p.m.

Detroit vs. Washington, 1:05 p.m.

Houston vs. St. Louis, 1:05 p.m.

Miami vs. Atlanta, 1:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota, 1:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay vs. N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

Toronto vs. Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m.

Washington vs. N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

Cleveland vs. Milwaukee, 3:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs. Cincinnati, 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.

San Diego (ss) vs. Chicago White Sox, 3:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Texas, 3:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona, 3:10 p.m.

Colorado vs. L.A. Angels, 3:10 p.m.

Oakland vs. San Diego (ss), 3:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay 012 022 000 — 7 11 0 Detroit 200 200 000 — 4 6 1 Archer, Murray (2), McGowan (3), De Leon (4), Banda (5), Alvarado (6), Wood (7), Kolarek (8), Gibaut (9), and Moore; Zimmermann, Lewicki (3), Soto (5), Coleman (5), Turnbull (6), Stumpf (8), Saupold (9), and McCann, Greiner. W — De Leon 0-0. L — Soto 0-0. Sv — Gibaut. HRs — Moore; Martinez, Castellanos.

• Tampa Bay ace Chris Archer didn’t make it out of the second inning in his second start. Archer set down just four batters and allowed two runs on two hits and two walks. C.J. Cron doubled in a run and scored for the Rays. Victor Martinez and Nicholas Castellanos both hit two-run home runs for Detroit.

LOTTERY RESULTS Drawings for Saturday, March 3 Pennsylvania Day Drawings (Wild: 1): Pick 2: 9-2 Pick 3: 4-1-7 Pick 4: 9-7-4-2 Pick 5: 7-2-6-7-4 Treasure Hunt: 5-7-18-25-29 Night Drawings (Wild: 1): Pick 2: 1-3 Pick 3: 8-9-1 Pick 4: 2-8-6-6 Pick 5: 4-1-2-4-4 Cash 5: 3-15-28-34-43 Match 6: 7-15-26-29-37-44 Ohio Day Drawings: Pick 3: 5-6-2 Pick 4: 8-2-0-0 Pick 5: 6-3-4-5-7 Night Drawings: Pick 3: 2-8-9

Saturday’s games Delaware 115, Canton 106 Texas at Sioux Falls, late Raptors at Wisconsin, late Agua Caliente at Salt Lake City, late Oklahoma City at South Bay, late Sunday’s games Westchester at Lakeland, 3 p.m.

Windy City at Long Island, 3 p.m.

Maine at Greensboro, 4 p.m.

Fort Wayne at Austin, 4 p.m.

Erie at Iowa, 4 p.m.

Reno at Northern Arizona, 5 p.m.

Memphis at Santa Cruz, 9 p.m.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL MEN’S BASKETBALL THE AP TOP 25 RESULTS/SCHEDULE

Friday’s Games No. 2 Michigan State 63, Wisconsin 60 No. 8 Purdue 82, Rutgers 75 Penn State 69, No. 13 Ohio State 68 No. 15 Michigan 77, Nebraska 58 Davidson 63, No. 17 Rhode Island 61 Saturday’s Games No. 1 Virginia 62, Notre Dame 57 No. 15 Michigan 75, No. 2 Michigan State 64 No. 3 Xavier 65, DePaul 62 No. 4 Villanova vs. Georgetown, late No. 5 Duke vs. No. 9 North Carolina, late Oklahoma State 82, No. 6 Kansas 64 No. 7 Gonzaga vs. Loyola Marymount, late No. 12 Texas Tech 79, Texas Christian 75 No. 14 Auburn 79, South Carolina 70 No. 16 Tennessee vs. Georgia, late Syracuse 55, No. 18 Clemson 52 No. 19 Arizona vs. California, late Texas 87, No. 20 West Virginia 79, OT No. 21 Nevada at San Diego State, late No. 22 Saint Mary’s vs. Pepperdine, late Florida 80, No. 23 Kentucky 67 No. 24 Middle Tennessee vs. Marshall, late Today’s Games No. 10 Cincinnati at No. 11 Wichita State, noon No. 25 Houston vs. UConn, 4 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL THE AP TOP 25 RESULTS/SCHEDULE

Friday’s Games No. 2 Mississippi State 81, Kentucky 58 No. 4 Louisville 73, Virginia Tech 70 No. 5 Notre Dame 83, Virginia 47 No. 6 Oregon 84, Colorado 47 No. 8 South Carolina 73, No. 12 Tennessee 62 No. 9 UCLA 77, California 74 Arizona State 57, No. 10 Oregon State 51 No. 11 Florida State 73, Miami 69 No. 13 Ohio State 82, Rutgers 57 No. 19 Georgia 55, No. 14 Missouri 41 No. 15 Texas A&M 75, No. 24 LSU 69 No. 16 Stanford 69, Southern California 59 No. 17 Maryland 67, Indiana 54 No. 23 North Carolina State 51, No. 18 Duke 45 No. 22 Belmont 63, Jacksonville State 53 No. 25 Mercer 81, Samford 44 Saturday’s Games No. 2 Mississippi State vs. No. 15 Texas A&M, late No. 3 Baylor 83, Kansas State 54 No. 4. Louisville 64, No. 23 North Carolina St. 59 No. 5. Notre Dame 90, No. 11 Florida State 80 No. 6 Oregon vs. No. 9 UCLA, late No. 7 Texas vs. Iowa State, late No. 8 South Carolina vs. No. 19 Georgia, late No. 13. Ohio State vs. Minnesota, late No. 16. Stanford vs. Arizona State, late No. 17. Maryland vs. Nebraska, late No. 21 Green Bay 62, Northern Kentucky 49 No. 22. Belmont 63, UT Martin 56, OT Today’s Games No. 10 Cincinnati at No. 11 Wichita State, noon No. 25 Houston vs. UConn, 4 p.m.

Pick 4: 1-1-4-7 Pick 5: 4-8-2-8-0 Cash 5: 8-11-20-21-37 Lotto: 1-8-18-27-33-49 Kicker: 219374 New York Midday Drawings: Daily: 5-4-2 WinFour: 3-8-0-6 Night Drawings: Daily: 9-6-8 WinFour: 8-5-0-2 Late drawings: Friday, March 2 New York Take 5: 8-9-12-19-35 Multistate lotteries Mega Millions: 24-28-42-60-64 Mega Ball: 8 Megaplier: 4

Columbus at San Jose, 9 p.m.

Monday’s Games Calgary at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Arizona at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

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All times Eastern EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W Toronto 44 Boston 44 Philadelphia 34 New York 24 Brooklyn 20 Southeast Division W Washington 36 Miami 32 Charlotte 28 Orlando 19 Atlanta 19 Central Division W Cleveland 36 Indiana 35 Milwaukee 33 Detroit 29 Chicago 21

L 17 19 27 39 43 L 27 30 35 43 44 L 25 27 29 33 41

PCT. .721 .698 .557 .381 .317 PCT. .571 .516 .444 .306 .302 PCT. .590 .565 .532 .468 .339

GB — 1 10 21 25 GB — 3½ 8 16½ 17 GB — 1½ 3½ 7½ 15½

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Houston San Antonio New Orleans Dallas Memphis Northwest Division Portland Oklahoma City Minnesota Denver Utah Pacific Division Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Sacramento Phoenix

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PCT. .787 .581 .574 .302 .295 PCT. .581 .578 .576 .548 .516 PCT. .778 .541 .443 .306 .297

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W 48 36 35 19 18 W 36 37 38 34 32 W 49 33 27 19 19

Friday’s Games Orlando 115, Detroit 106, OT Philadelphia 110, Charlotte 99 Golden State 114, Atlanta 109 Chicago 108, Dallas 100 Denver 108, Memphis 102 Indiana 103, Milwaukee 96 Toronto 102, Washington 95 Oklahoma City 124, Phoenix 116 L.A. Clippers 128, New York 105 Utah 116, Minnesota 108 Saturday’s Games Memphis at Orlando, late Denver at Cleveland, late Philadelphia (ss) 001 000 200 — Detroit at Miami, late 3 10 0 Boston at Houston, late Pittsburgh 000 010 30x — 4 7 0 L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, late Lively, Morgan (4), Kilome (5), Suarez Oklahoma City at Portland, late (6), Leibrandt (7), Rios (7), Curtis (8), and Utah at Sacramento, late Knapp, Cabral; Nova, Kontos (4), Smoker (13), Santana (9), Stilson (10), Crick (11), Today’s Games McKinney (12), and Cervelli, Stallings. W — Phoenix at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m.

Stilson 0-0. L — Leibrandt. Sv — McKinney.

Charlotte at Toronto, 6 p.m.

HRs — Knapp; Osuna Indiana at Washington, 6 p.m.

• Pittsburgh ace Ivan Nova made his second New Orleans at Dallas, 7 p.m. start and pitched three innings, allowing Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. one run on three hits while striking out Brooklyn at L.A. Clippers, 9 p.m. two. Jose Osuna hit his first home run in his New York at Sacramento, 9 p.m. only at-bat, a pinch-hit two-run shot in the Monday’s Games seventh as the Pirates scored three times to Detroit at Cleveland, 7 p.m. win for just the second time this spring.

Milwaukee at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

San Francisco (ss) 140 000 305 — NHL 13 19 0 Boston at Chicago, 8 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland 001 102 000 — 4 3 4 Memphis at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Atlantic Division Beede, Okert (4), Moronta (5), Johnson (6), GP W L OT PTS GF GA Orlando at Utah, 9 p.m.

Gregorio (7), Dominguez (8), Kelly (9), and Tampa Bay 66 45 17 4 94 240 182 Portland at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Garcia, O’Conner; Tomlin, Otero (3), Belisle Boston 62 39 15 8 86 207 157 (4), Hill (5), Ramirez (7), Ogando (8), Head 66 39 20 7 85 218 185 Toronto (9), and Gomes. W — Beede 0-1. L — Tomlin Florida 62 31 25 6 68 185 198 0-0. HRs — Sands, Hernandez, Williamson, Detroit 64 26 28 10 62 169 189 Davis, Schroder; Encarnacion, Urshela.

Montreal 64 25 29 10 60 166 198 • Austin Jackson had two hits, includOttawa 63 22 31 10 54 173 223 PREGAME.COM LINE ing a double, drove in a run and scored Buffalo 65 20 34 11 51 154 211 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION twice leading off for San Francisco. Mac Today Metropolitan Division Williamson had three hits, including his LINE O/U UNDERDOG GP W L OT PTS GF GA FAVORITE third home run, and drove in three runs for 2½ 222½ Phoenix Washington 64 36 21 7 79 198 191 at Atlanta the Giants’ split squad. Cleveland starter Philadelphia 65 34 20 11 79 196 189 at Washington 3½ 208½ Indiana Josh Tomlin pitched two innings in his Pittsburgh 65 36 25 4 76 212 198 at Toronto 9 219½ Charlotte second start. He allowed five runs on six hits New Jersey 65 33 24 8 74 191 196 New Orleans 3½ 223½ at Dallas and a walk, while striking out four. Edwin Columbus 65 32 28 5 69 172 184 Philadelphia 1 209½at Milwaukee Encarnacion homered for the first time for Carolina 65 29 25 11 69 174 195 New York 2 215 at Sacramento the Indians — a two-run shot.

N.Y. Islanders 65 29 29 7 65 211 234 at L.A. Clippers 8 226 Brooklyn N.Y. Rangers 65 29 30 6 64 186 207 COLLEGE BASKETBALL WESTERN CONFERENCE Today Central Division OPEN UNDERDOG GP W L OT PTS GF GA FAVORITE Nashville 64 41 14 9 91 210 165 at Wichita St. 1 Cincinnati NBA G LEAGUE Winnipeg 64 38 17 9 85 217 173 SMU 8½ at South Florida Eastern Conference Dallas 65 37 23 5 79 193 171 at Memphis Atlantic Division 13 East Carolina Minnesota 65 36 22 7 79 200 189 at Tulsa W L PCT GB 1½ Temple Colorado 64 35 24 5 75 202 189 at Houston Westchester 27 14 .659 — 16 UConn St. Louis 66 35 26 5 75 180 176 Raptors 25 17 .595 2½ at UCF 6½ Tulane Chicago 65 28 29 8 64 185 189 Long Island 23 18 .561 4 William & Mary 1 Towson Pacific Division Maine 17 25 .405 10½ 5 UNC-Wilmington GP W L OT PTS GF GA Hofstra 1½ Ill.-Chicago Vegas 64 41 18 5 87 222 178 Milwaukee Central Division 6 IUPUI San Jose 65 35 21 9 79 194 180 Oakland W L PCT GB Los Angeles 66 36 25 5 77 192 165 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Fort Wayne 25 15 .625 — Anaheim 65 32 21 12 76 180 180 Today Grand Rapids 22 20 .524 4 Calgary 66 32 25 9 73 185 195 FAVORITE Wisconsin 19 22 .463 6½ LINE UNDERDOG LINE Edmonton 64 27 33 4 58 181 213 at Anaheim Windy City 19 22 .463 6½ Off Chicago Off Vancouver 65 24 32 9 57 176 214 at Florida Canton 18 25 .419 8½ Off Philadelphia Off Arizona 63 19 34 10 48 153 208 Nashville -127 at Colorado +117 2 points for a win, 1 for OT loss. Top three Southeast Division Vegas -115 at New Jersey teams in each division and two wild cards W L PCT GB +105 per conference advance to playoffs Erie 23 19 .548 — Winnipeg -114 at Carolina +104 Lakeland 20 20 .500 2 at Minnesota Off Detroit Off Friday’s Games Greensboro 13 28 .317 9½ at San Jose -150 Columbus +140 Montreal 6, N.Y. Islanders 3 Delaware 13 29 .310 10 Updated odds available at Pregame.com Carolina 3, New Jersey 1 Florida 4, Buffalo 1 Western Conference Winnipeg 4, Detroit 3 Midwest Division Colorado 7, Minnesota 1 W L PCT GB N.Y. Rangers 3, Calgary 1 Sioux Falls 23 18 .561 — Ottawa 5, Vegas 4 Oklahoma City 22 20 .524 1½ BASEBALL Nashville 4, Vancouver 3, OT Iowa 18 21 .462 4 American League Anaheim 4, Columbus 2 Memphis 17 26 .395 7 BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with INF Saturday’s Games Danny Valencia on a minor league contract.

Tampa Bay 7, Philadelphia 6, SO Pacific Division TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to terms with Dallas 3, St. Louis 2, OT W L PCT GB RHP Nick Tepesch on a minor league contract.

Chicago 5, Los Angeles 3 South Bay 26 16 .619 — Montreal at Boston, late Reno 23 17 .575 2 N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, late Santa Cruz 20 21 .488 5½ HOCKEY Ottawa at Arizona, late Northern Arizona 20 22 .476 6 American Hockey League Toronto vs. Washington, late Agua Caliente 19 23 .452 7 BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS — Loaned F Matt N.Y. Rangers at Edmonton, late Gaudreau to Worcester (ECHL).

Today’s Games Southwest Division SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Reassigned F Brady Nashville at Colorado, 3 p.m.

W L PCT GB Shaw to Colorado (ECHL). Recalled F Michael Joly Philadelphia at Florida, 3 p.m.

Austin 26 16 .619 — from Colorado.

Chicago at Anaheim, 4 p.m.

Rio Grande Valley 24 18 .571 2 Vegas at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Texas 23 18 .561 2½ COLLEGES Detroit at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Salt Lake City 14 29 .326 12½ Winnipeg at Carolina, 7 p.m.

FAU — Named Brian White athletic director.

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HSBC Women’s World Championship Saturday at Sentosa Golf Club (Tanjong Course) Singapore Purse: $1.5 million Yardage: 6,718; Par: 72 Third Round Nelly Korda 70-66-65—201 -15 Danielle Kang 68-64-70—202 -14 Brooke M. Henderson 68-72-65—205 -11 Minjee Lee 71-66-68—205 -11 Michelle Wie 67-73-66—206 -10 Jin Young Ko 72-67-67—206 -10 Jessica Korda 68-70-68—206 -10 Marina Alex 69-67-70—206 -10 Jenny Shin 71-68-68—207 -9 Charley Hull 70-68-69—207 -9 Ha Na Jang 70-68-69—207 -9 EUROPEAN PGA Tshwane Open Leading Scores Saturday at Pretoria Country Club Waterkloof, South Africa Purse: $1.25 million Yardage: 7,081; Par: 71 Third Round George Coetzee, S. Afr. 67-64-68—199 Mikko Korhonen, Fin. 68-64-69—201 Sam Horsfield, Engl.

68-69-64—201 Felipe Aguilar, Chile 65-67-71—203

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OUTDOORS Trip west was out of this world experience

by Berkshire Hathaway.

No chance the Sage of Omaha was going to miss the second most powerful railroad in America.

Meteor Crater was not one of our planned stops.

We did not even know it was there until we started seeing signs along the roadside. Jeri was first to see the signs, and called for the side trip. We were not disappointed.

It is truly impressive.

The park-like area by the crater is private land, but it is very nice.

Costs are reasonable.

The meteor that created the crater hit northern Arizona about 50,000 years ago. It was traveling at a speed approaching 40,000 mph. The impact released about the same amount of energy as the explosion of 20 million tons of TNT. You almost certainly have seen pictures of Meteor Crater.

When someone wants stereotypical crater photos, this is where they come.

At least one movie and numerous documentaries have been filmed or taped here. For a while the crater was used for astronaut training because the terrain is similar to the moon and some other planets.

Meteor Crater is the best preserved and first positively identified meteor crater on earth.

Mike Bleech Editor’s note: This is part of a series of columns

by Mike Bleech about a trip through the western states he recently took with his wife, Jeri.

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eluctantly leaving Big Bend National Park after a great breakfast, we drove north, which is pretty much the only way to drive from Big Bend. Other than more human presence, the landscape does not change a lot for many miles, unless you look closely.

“Where to next?” I asked. Numerous miles of highway had already passed. In the southwest, generally you have plenty of time to plan your next turn. However, never miss that turn or you may wind up three states from where you intended to be.

“Roswell!” my wife, Jeri, replied. Judging from the tone and volume in her reply, I believe visiting Roswell, New Mexico, was one of her main goals in this journey. So I’ll let her tell this story.

“When on vacation, why not see all you can see? Vacations go in all directions, and we may never be in that corner of New Mexico again.

“With Roswell, I was not

Meteor Crater was not a preplanned stop on the trip, but certainly provided a memorable experience.

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disappointed. I expected to see alien references everywhere. There were street light globes shaped like alien heads, merchants took advantage of the theme in store windows. I rather liked the museum.

It displayed documentation and newspaper articles with any reference to UFOs through the many years.

It was a fun place to see.

“I like to break up the points of interest with other novel features during vacation.

“One particular display in the museum will bring out the bright eyes in anyone.

A well-constructed flying

saucer and aliens periodically gets the lights, fog and sound treatment, making it a great mood setter.

“For us, a pair of ‘Ancient Aliens’ TV show fans, Roswell is a must see. Along with the fun, touristy stuff, there is some pretty strong evidence of a UFO crash with alien bodies. The crash was officially reported, then the story was officially changed. There were witnesses. Yes, it could be an elaborate hoax. And the core of the moon may be made of green cheese.”

From Roswell we again pointed the vehicle westward. It was on this

leg of our journey where I began taking notice of the amount of train traffic. It seemed that most of the time we could see a train, sometimes two trains, going one way or another. This, I thought, may be a good investment opportunity, so we started watching for the name of the railroad.

None of the many train engines were labeled by anything more than letters that stand for something. We finally made those letters out to be BNSF, the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway, which is owned

Mike Bleech can be reached by e-mail at mikeb73@verizon.net.

Read more of his columns at nwpaoutdoors.com.

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Participants learn teamwork and job skills while assisting with conservation-related projects that benefit the refuge. Projects include trail maintenance, construction and help with special events.

Applications are available at the refuge headquarters, 11296 Wood Duck Lane, and from high school guidance counselors. The application deadline is April 10. The public drawing of successful applicants is April 17 at 10 a.m. at the refuge headquarters.

For more information, call 814-789-3585.

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Tickets may be purchased at the door or at eriesportshow.com for $8.

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Two piping plover programs are set for March in Erie.

“Plovers and Maquettes, and Fun, Oh My!” is the title of a family-friendly program at the Erie Art Museum on March 11 from 1 to 4 p.m. On March 16, Presque Isle Audubon hosts a piping plover talk by a Pennsylvania Game Commission wildlife biologist at 7 p.m. at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center.

After an absence of half a century, piping plover nested and had chicks in 2017 on the shores of Presque Isle State Park, the only habitat in the state that can support the shorebirds.

During the Art Museum’s free program, Presque

Isle Audubon member and shorebird monitor Mary Birdsong will share her images and stories about piping plovers at 1 p.m.

Then at 2 p.m., visitors can tour Kids as Curators, an exhibit created by local middle school students who worked with artist Kathe Umlauf. A sculptor known for her ability to connect animal characteristics and the human condition, Umlauf will lead a hands-on workshop where you can create your own animal sculptures — plovers, anyone? — out of recycled material.

The free,Presque Isle Audubon program features state Game Commission wildlife biologist Cathy Haffner, who worked with plovers at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore,

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Harbor Creek graduate Mandel wins PSAC Track Scholar Award

YO U R S P O R T S BASEBALL

• The McDowell High School Baseball Annual Skills Camp will take place Saturday, March 10, from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. at McDowell Intermediate High School. The camp is for grades 2-8. Cost is $50 through March 6 and $70 thereafter. Download application at mcdowellbaseball.com. For information, call Mike Hayes at 814-602-7382.

• Erie Youth Athletics, featuring members of the Erie city community, is launching Little League Baseball and Little League Softball leagues this season.

League teams and players will have the opportunity to qualify for the Little League International Tournament and will get other Little League benefits, such as access to the Little League University online training and education website. Registration is now open through March 10 at Erieyouthathletics. siplay.com by clicking on the registration banner and following the instructions. The fee is $100 per player, with a $50 refund after the registration fundraiser. For information, send an email to Russell McGranor at Erieyouthathletics@gmail.com.

McDowell grad Smiley helps coach Hobart to strong season Times-News staff

EDINBORO— IUP junior and Harbor Creek graduate Noah Mandel was named the PSAC Men’s Indoor Track and Field Champion Scholar last Mandel week.

The award, which is modeled after the NCAA’s Elite 89 award, honors the student-athlete with the top grade-point average who is competing at the PSAC championships.

Mande l, a dist ance runner, has earned a 3.948 GPA as an exercise science major.

• The Boys and Girls Baseball in Erie Inc. baseball program is conducting player registrations for its 2018 seasons. Registration will take place at the Administration Building, 1740 W. 21st. St., on the following dates: March 16 (6-8 p.m.), March 17 (2-4 p.m.) and March 21 (5-7:30 p.m.). The organization features leagues for Instructional Level (ages 4-7), 1-B Level (8-10) and 2-B Level (11-14). The cost is $50 per player ($25 for registration and $25 for program raffle tickets). For information, call Steve Franklin at 602-8496 or send an email to sf6794@ hotmail.com.

BASKETBALL

• The Erie Irish girls travel basketball club will hold tryouts at the Prep & Villa Events Center. Grade 7 tryouts will be March 5 from 6-7:30 p.m. Grade 8 tryouts will be March 5 from 7:30-9 p.m. Register at www.erieirishaau.com. For information, contact Doug Chuzie at 814-490-3643.

• McDowell will host boys basketball tournaments April 6-8 and May 4-6 at McDowell High School. The tourneys are for grades 3-12 and are $225. Teams are guaranteed at least three games. For information, contact Cliff Beck at 814-882-1230 or by email at ericbeck@roadrunner.com.

• Much Game Athletics will host its 11th annual Oil City Elementary Boys Basketball tournament March 10-11. This will be a combined division of fifth and sixth grade, and the round-robin format guarantees each team three games. For information, send an email to Jeffrey Polley at poo653@hotmail.com.

Basketball • Former McDowell and University of Buffalo basketball standout Sean Smiley was a member of the coaching staff that guided Hobart College to the Liberty League regularseason conference title.

• Much Game Athletics will host its 18th annual Oil City Junior High Boys Basketball tournament March 15-18. There will be separate divisions for seventh, eighth and ninth graders, and the roundrobin format guarantees each team three games.

For information, send an email to Jeffrey Polley at poo653@hotmail.com.

BOWLING

• The 39th annual Eastland Open bowling tournament will take place Sunday, March 11. First place is $1,500 guaranteed. The entry fee is $70. For information or reservations, call Pat Malone at 814-825-5990.

As an assistant coach, Smiley was one of those honored when Hobart Smiley was selected as the Liberty League Co-Coaching Staff of The Year.

Smiley helped Hobart to a 21-5 overall record for the highest winning percentage in program history (.808). The Statesmen led the league in scoring (80.5 points per game), scoring margin (plus-10.8), fieldgoal percentage (.462), field-goal percentage defense (.402), rebounding margin (plus-3.3) and steals (8.3 spg).

Thanks to a programrecord, 15-game winning streak, Hobart won the Liberty League regularseason title by four games over the runner-up.

The all-time leading scorer for McDowell, Smiley joined the Hobart coaching staff before the 2017-18 season. He previously served as an assistant coach at the University at Buffalo and Bishop Verot High School in Fort Myers, Florida.

• Gannon’s Zay Jackson was named the PSAC West player of the week for the second time this season.

Jackson was dominant in two Gannon wins, averaging 27 points, including a career-high 29-point effort against Clarion. He then added a 25-point outing against Slippery Rock to help Gannon clinch the second seed and a first-round bye in the PSAC tournament.

Volleyball • Tyler Herrmann, a Penn State Behrend junior, was namedtheAMCCvolleyball athlete of the week after he helped the Lions to a pair of wins.Afterrecording10digs and eight kills against Thiel, hepiledup15killsand13digs in a 3-2 win over Penn State Altoona. Herrmann also added five blocks and four aces on the week.

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Wheelchair basketball

• Gannon’s C h e l s e a Cowan has been named the

• The Edinboro wheelchair basketball team will be seeded fifth in the 41st annual National Wheelchair Basketball Association Intercollegiate Tournament, marking the program’s highest ranking in a decade.

The Fighting Scots will open March 15 when they face No. 4 Missouri in the first round. The teams have split two games this season.

Edinboro’s Kevin Atherley is averaging 12.0 points and 9.9 rebounds per game. Chayse Wolf leads the Scots with 12.1 ppg.

ECAC athlete of the week following the Golden Knights’ victory over King in Bristol, Tennessee.

Cowan Cowan recorded scores of 9.77 in the compulsory pyramid, 9.75 in the compulsory toss and 9.7 in the pyramid inversion. She also won her heat in the quad pass with a score of 7.9.

Gannon improved to 2-0 overall and 1-0 in ECAC competition.

FOOTBALL

• The seventh annual Erie Area Coaches Clinic will be held Saturday, March 10, at 9 a.m. at the Avalon Hotel. The clinic offers a full day of football coaching instruction from some of the area’s finest high school and college coaches. Cost is $20 per person and $100 per staff and includes a luncheon, beverages, door prizes and more. The clinic is open to college, high school, junior high and youth coaches. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. For information, contact Matt Melle at melle@mtsd.org or 814-823-2471, or check out the website at eriecoachesclinic.org.

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LACROSSE

• Boys from all area schools and of all skill levels are invited to a series of free lacrosse skills clinics Saturdays through the end of March. The clinics are for boys, grades 5-8, including beginners. These clinics are geared to teach boys foundational lacrosse skills, as well as teamwork and leadership. The clinics will take place Saturdays from 7-9 a.m. at McDowell’s North Gym. Register at trojanlacrosse. org or get more information from Derek Hayes at derekhayes814@gmail.com.

SKATING

• The 18th annual Gliding Stars adaptive ice-skating show, featuring 80 special-needs “handicapable” children and adults, is scheduled for March 24 at 7 p.m. at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. Former World champion skater and three-time Olympian Todd Eldredge will be the special guest. Tickets are $10 in advance and may be purchased at John V. Schultz Furniture Store, 7200 Peach St. Tickets will be $12 at the door. For information, call Linda Althof at 882-6926.

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Turner Kurt, Cambridge Springs Highlights: Kurt was a top scorer and leader throughout his career with the Blue Devils. The 6-foot 7-inch senior forward is a 1,000-point scorer and led Cambridge Springs to the District 10 Class 2A championship game before falling to West Kurt Middlesex. Kurt is averaging 18.2 points per game this season, including 29 against Cochranton and 26 against Eisenhower and twice against Cochranton.

Ashton Hoover, Cambridge Springs Highlights: Hoover has stepped up as a sophomore this season as the fourth-leading scorer for the Blue Devils.

She is averaging 7.6 points per game and has helped Cambridge Springs reach the PIAA Class 2A playoffs as the Hoover third-place team from District 10. Hoover, a forward, had a season-high 19 points in a playoff win over Mercer, and she had 17 points against Saegertown, 13 against Union City and 12 against Maplewood.

Cody Mulligan, Saegertown Highlights: Cody Mulligan completed a career sweep of gold medals in District 10 Class 2A tournaments.

The Edinboro University recruit received his fourth during last weekend’s meet at Sharon.

He pinned Greenville’s Wassim McClinton 48 Mulligan seconds into their 182pound quarterfinal and fell Maplewood’s J.D. McFadden 3:08 into their semifinal. Mulligan then capped his district career with a 7-2 decision vs. Fort LeBoeuf’s Julian Gorring in their title match. He was 33-3 going into the Northwest Region 2A tournament.

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Villa Maria (19-4) won its fourth straight D-10 championship and 22nd overall. The Victors also extended their winning streak over Mercyhurst Prep to 10 in a row. The Lakers ended the season 19-5.

The Victors and Lakers were trading buckets in the first quarter as Villa led 13-10.

The Victors’ swarming defense took over from there.

After Mercyhurst Prep made two free throws on a technical foul on Emily Bauer for bumping a player as she was getting up after a play, the Lakers did not score a point until Megan Lutterbaugh drilled a 3-pointer with 6 minutes, 53 seconds

H.S. BASKETBALL DISTRICT 10 GIRLS PLAYOFFS CLASS 1A

Championship Saturday At Slippery Rock University Kennedy Catholic 62, Farrell 49

CLASS 2A

Semifinals Reynolds 47, Cambridge Springs 39 West Middlesex 71, Maplewood 35 Championship Saturday At Slippery Rock University West Middlesex 40, Reynolds 20

Third-place game Saturday At Meadville High School Cambridge Springs 58, Maplewood 49

CLASS 3A

Semifinals Northwestern 57, Sharpsville 50 Seneca 43, Greenville 39 Championship Saturday At Mercyhurst University Seneca 45, Northwestern 42

SENECA 45, NORTHWESTERN 42

Northwestern 8 6 13 15 — 42 Seneca 11 10 11 13 — 45 Northwestern (15-9): Wheeler 6 5-5 19, Brown 3 6-8 14, Robertson 2 0-0 4, Sawin

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Villa Maria freshman Ava Waid, right, drives near Mercyhurst Prep sophomore Miranda Bly during Saturday’s D-10 championship game.

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left in the fourth quarter.

“After a long 19-day layoff, we were prepared cominginandknewwhat we were facing,” said Villa Maria guard Addy Cross. “We were super excited to play. We had to play hard, play smart and play together, and it really showed on the court.”

Villa’s 29-0 run was too much for the Lakers to overcome as the Victors move on to the PIAA first round against Blackhawk at a site and time to be determined.

“This is awesome winning D-10 for the fourth year in a row,” said Richmond recruit Molly Mraz. “It’s crazy to think about this being our last D-10 game. Defense is what won us the game.

We’ve been focusing on it in practice the past three weeks knowing it would be a big key in the game.”

1 1-2 4, Sherman 0 1-5 1, Bucci 0 0-0 0, Froehlich 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 13-20 42.

Seneca (16-9): Troutman 6 4-6 17, Sonney 6 4-5 16, Brady 4 1-4 9, Klick 1 1-2 3, Kent 0 0-0 0, Juli Wilczynski 0 0-1 0, Hartman 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 10-18 45.

3-point goals: NW 5 (Wheeler 2, Brown 2, Sawin 1), S 1 (Troutman 1).

CLASS 4A

Semifinal Mercyhurst Prep 76, Oil City 37 Championship Saturday At Mercyhurst University Villa Maria 57, Mercyhurst Prep 27

VILLA MARIA 57, MERCYHURST PREP 27

Villa Maria 13 19 13 12 — 57 Mercyhurst Prep 10 2 0 15 — 27 Villa Maria (19-4): Palermo 7 2-2 17, Cross 4 1-2 9, Waid 3 1-1 7, Majewski 2 0-0 5, Creager 1 2-2 4, Bauer 1 0-0 3, McKnight 0 3-4 3, M. Mraz 0 3-4 3, LaZar 0 2-3 2, Brown 0 2-2 2, Post 1 0-0 2, Denny 0 0-0 0, Labonte 0 0-0 0, O. Mraz 0 0-0 0, Kelly 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 16-20 57.

Mercyhurst Prep (19-5): Thompson 3 0-0 6, Pasko 1 2-2 5, Lutterbaugh 1 2-3 5, Bly 1 2-2 4, Chermack 2 0-0 4, Stoicovy 1 0-0 3, Carson 0 0-0 0, Spizarny 0 0-0 0, Spano 0 0-0 0. Totals 9 6-7 27.

3-point goals: VM 3 (Bauer 1, Palermo 1, Majewski 1), MP 3 (Pasko 1, Lutterbaugh 1, Stoicovy 1).

CLASS 5A

Semifinals Slippery Rock 75, Warren 60 Harbor Creek 45, Hickory 39

Sydney Palermo had another dominant effort for the Victors with 17 points, while Cross scored nine and Ava Waid added seven.

Emily Thompson led Mercyhurst Prep with six points, while Kaitlyn Pasko and Lutterbaugh had five apiece.

“I kept stressing that you can’t take anything for granted,” Chuzie said about Villa winning a fourth straight D-10 title. “It’s emotional for me because these seniors have created a culture of winning with four straight titles. They have perseverance, and this is a group that is willing to put the time in and prepare each and every game.”

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Championship Saturday At Meadville High School Slippery Rock 47, Harbor Creek 45

SLIPPERY ROCK 47, HARBOR CREEK 45

Harbor Creek 10 13 15 7 — 45 Slippery Rock 12 6 13 16 — 47 Harbor Creek (20-5): Benim 10 0-0 23, Baker 5 0-0 10, Babay 2 0-0 5, Prokopchak 1 2-2 4, Williamson 1 0-0 2, Soles 0 1-2 1, Cass 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 3-4 45.

Slippery Rock (20-4): Raabe 3 5-7 12, McDermott 5 0-0 10, McCall 4 1-1 9, Kadlubek 3 0-0 6, Heitzenrater 3 0-0 6, Ackerman 2 0-0 4. Totals 20 6-8 47.

3-point goals: HC 4 (Benim 3, Babay 1, Cass 0), SR 1 (Raabe 1).

Third-place game Saturday At Meadville High School Hickory 62, Warren 61

HICKORY 62, WARREN 61

Hickory 8 18 16 20 — 62 Warren 13 16 12 20 — 61 Hickory (16-8): Crow 6 2-4 17, DeJulia 8 0-0 16, White 5 0-0 12, Aikins 3 4-4 10, Roesch 2 3-4 7, Brest 0 0-0 0, Davis 0 0-1 0, Daniels 0 0-2 0. Totals 24 9-15 62.

Warren (12-13): Loutzenhiser 10 8-10 30, Stuart 3 2-2 8, Wilson 2 2-3 6, Hultberg 3 0-0 6, Lupole 2 0-0 4, Alanna Hultberg 2 0-0 4, Wood 1 0-0 3, Citro 0 0-0 0, Childress 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 12-15 61.

3-point goals: H 5 (Crow 3, White 2), W 3 (Loutzenhiser 2, Wood 1).

CLASS 6A

Championship Erie 43, McDowell 33

a run at us in the second half, and we had to be mentally strong.”

Seneca (16-9) and Northwestern (15-9) move on to the PIAA first round on Friday.

The Bobcats play Laurel and the Wildcats get Brookville at sites and times to be determined.

The Bobcats seemed to be in control in the second half with a 12-point lead. Part of Seneca’s success was limiting Brown to one point in the first half.

“I was looking forward to guarding her all week,” Klick said. “It was a tough challenge and she’s a good player, but we got the job done on defense.”

Northwestern started chipping away at the deficit.

Brown started getting free off screens and scored eight points late in the third quarter and five in the fourth.

Olivia Sonney countered Brown with eight points in the fourth quarter Sonney hit a jumper with 1 minute, 25 seconds left to give Seneca a 41-37 lead before Brown connected on two free throws to make it 41-39.

Sonney then hit a fadeaway jumper to get the crowd on its feet with the Bobcats up 43-39.

“We didn’t rebound the ball well in the first half, and we did a better job in the second half,” Sonney said. “That led to more points and keeping them from scoring.”

Brown came down and fearlessly drilled PIAA subregional Erie 68, Allderdice 55 PIAA subregional Saturday At Slippery Rock University Altoona 56, Erie 46

ALTOONA 56, ERIE 46

Altoona 19 17 14 6 — 56 Erie 15 10 11 10 — 46 Altoona (20-4): Fox 7 5-7 20, Perea 6 3-5 18, Hudson 4 1-5 10, Lear 2 1-2 5, Stevens 1 0-0 3. Totals 20 10-19 56.

Erie (18-2): Eaddy 10 5-6 26, Benjamin 2 4-4 10, Harmon 2 1-5 5, Henderson 1 0-0 3, Gore 1 0-0 2. Totals 16 10-15 46.

3-point goals: A 6 (Perea 3, Fox 1, Hudson 1, Stevens 1), E 4 (Benjamin 2, Henderson 1, Eaddy 1).

DISTRICT 10 BOYS PLAYOFFS CLASS 1A

Semifinal Jamestown 63, Commodore Perry 40 Championship Kennedy Catholic 81, Jamestown 27

CLASS 2A

Semifinals Cambridge Springs 64, Cochranton 40 West Middlesex 42, Wilmington 38 Championship West Middlesex 52, Cambridge Springs 44

Third-place game Wilmington 57, Cochranton 45

Seneca’s Jodan Klick shoots late in the second half against Northwestern. [GREG WOHLFORD/ERIE TIMES-NEWS]

a 3-pointer to make it 43-42 with less than one minute to go.

Seneca ran the clock down, using several timeouts when they were in trouble, before Vanessa Troutman was fouled with 17 seconds left. She made one, but Northwestern threw the ball away after grabbing the rebound. Troutman went back to the line after Brown had to foul her to stop the clock.

It was Brown’s fifth foul with 6.3 seconds left. Brown is one of Northwestern’s top 3-pointer shooters.

Troutman made one to give Seneca a 45-42lead.

After a Northwestern timeout, Christie Sawin took the inbounds pass and was going up for a 3-pointer when Klick took the ball away and the buzzer sounded with Seneca winning its third District 10 championship in program history.

“I was thinking that we couldn’t let them score,” said Klick about CLASS 3A

the final play. “We wanted this so bad after getting here last year and losing. We came back strong and kept our heads up knowing we could do this.”

Troutman led Seneca with 17 points, while Sonney had 16 and Brady scored nine.

Julia Wheeler led Northwestern with 19 points and Brown finished with 14.

For the Bobcats, winning D-10 was for more than the team andschool but for Sophie Dernar as well. She died in August of 2016 and would have been on the basketball team this year.

“This means everything. We did it for Sophie,” Sonney said. “We finally won D-10. I’m so proud of my team.”

Tom Reisenweber can be reached at 870-1707 or by email. Follow him on Twitter at twitter. com/ETNreisenweber.

CLASS 1A BOYS

Semifinals Greenville 64, Mercyhurst Prep 49 Fairview 46, Sharpsville 40

10-1 Kennedy Catholic vs. 7-5 Propel 10-2 Jamestown vs. 9-2 Elk County Catholic

Championship Fairview 46, Greenville 29

10-1 Sharon vs. 7-6 Valley 10-2 Hickory vs. 7-3 Belle Vernon 10-3 Grove City vs. 7-2 Quaker Valley 10-4 Fort LeBoeuf vs. 7-1 New Castle

Third-place game Mercyhurst Prep 70, Sharpsville 55

CLASS 4A BOYS

CLASS 5A

10-1 Cathedral Prep vs. 7-3 Trinity

CLASS 4A

CLASS 2A GIRLS

Championship Sharon 71, Hickory 66

CLASS 3A GIRLS

Semifinals Hickory 66, Fort LeBoeuf 50 Sharon 53, Grove City 44

Third-place game Grove City 49, Fort LeBoeuf 38

CLASS 5A

Championship Cathedral Prep 45, Meadville 39 PIAA subregional Carrick 72, Meadville 58

CLASS 6A

Championship McDowell 56, Erie 44 PIAA subregional Allderdice 60, McDowell 53

10-1 West Middlesex vs. 7-6 Leechburg 10-2 Reynolds vs. 7-3 Serra Catholic 10-3 Cambridge Springs vs. 7-2 Chartiers-Houston 10-1 Seneca vs. 7-5 Laurel 10-2 Northwestern vs. 9-1 Brookville

Saturday’s games:

CLASS 2A BOYS

10-1 West Middlesex vs. 7-6 Springdale 10-2 Cambridge Springs vs. 7-5 Leechburg 10-3 Wilmington vs. 9-1 Ridgway or Coudersport 10-4 Cochranton vs. 7-1 Sewickley Academy

CLASS 3A BOYS

10-1 Fairview vs. 7-6 Shady Side Academy 10-2 Greenville vs. 7-4 North Catholic 10-3 Mercyhurst Prep vs. 9-1 Karns City

CLASS 1A GIRLS

10-1 Kennedy Catholic vs. 6-3 Portage 10-2 Farrell vs. 7-2 West Greene

CLASS 4A GIRLS

10-1 Villa Maria vs. 7-4 Blackhawk

PIAA PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND Friday’s games:

CLASS 5A GIRLS

10-1 Slippery Rock vs. 7-5 Thomas Jefferson 10-2 Harbor Creek vs. 7-3 Chartiers Valley 10-3 Hickory vs. 7-2 Oakland Catholic

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Drivers studying Vegas to prepare for playoff return

Sharma holds his nerve and the lead in Mexico The Associated Press

By Greg Beacham The Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — NASCAR’s annual early-season trip to Las Vegas Motor Speedway i s a n u n d e r s t a nd a b l e favorite for many teams and drivers. This year’s event, however, is about getting much more than a few hands of blackjack and the checkered flag.

For the first time, everybody is coming back to Vegas in six months for the opening race of the playoffs.

Each turn in Sunday’s Monster Energy Cup Series race should provide experience and data to the drivers hoping to dominate the postseason this fall.

“There is definitely some added importance to this race with (Las Vegas) being in the playoffs,” said Kyle Larson, who excelled in practice this week at the track where he finished second to eventual Cup champion Martin Truex Jr. last year.

Ryan Blaney drives along pit road Friday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Blaney won the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race. [ANDREA CORNEJO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNA VIA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

“Hopefully we have a strong race, and if not, you know what you need to go back and work on to be better when you come back later in the year to benefit your playoff run,” Larson added. “Not that this race when it was just a stand-alone event wasn’t important, but anytime you can race at a track that you are going to come back at in the final 10, it’s got

some added importance to it.”

While other tracks have downsized their NASCAR ambitions when faced with smaller crowds in recent years, Las Vegas has been eager to host a second race for several years, confident in its local fan base and the visiting fans who plan a vacation weekend around the March race.

MEXICO CITY — Shubhankar Sharma held his never totheendandheldatwo-shot lead going into the final round of the Mexico Championship.

Now the 21-year-old from India has one last round to hold off a few of golf’s biggest names.

Sharmastretchedhisleadto as many as four shots Saturday at Chapultepec Golf Club untilhestarteddroppingafew shots late on the back nine.

After clipping a tree and going into the bunker on the 18th, he holed a 15-foot par putt for a 2-under 69.

That left him 18 holes away from capping off his amazing rise. Just three months ago, Sharma had yet to win a tournament outside India’s developmental circuit, didn’t have a European Tour card and was No. 462 in the world.

A victory in this World Golf Championship would be his thirdinhislasteightstartsand likely put him in the top 25.

His biggest test might come from the names on the leaderboard.

Phil Mickelson played bogey-free for a 65 that will

put him in the last group with Sharma and Tyrrell Hatton of England, who had a 64. Also two shots behind were Masters champion Sergio Garcia and Rafa Cabrera Bello, who each had a 69.

Another shot back was Dustin Johnson, the No. 1 playerintheworldanddefendingchampion,whomanageda 68despiteplayingthepar5son the back nine in 1 over.

Sharma, the only two-time winner on the European Tour thisyearwholeadstheRaceto Dubai, didn’t blink.

Even so, there was some emotionpackedintothosetwo shortfist-pumpswhenhispar putt dropped on the final hole.

He was at 13-under 200.

Mickelson,comingoffthree straight top 10s for the first time since 2009, is in his best positionyet.Hisdriversaren’t as wild, he is making more key putts to keep the round going and his iron game is solid as ever.

“It’s been a long time since my game’s been back to this point,” Mickelson said. “I’m back playing some of my best golf again. It will start to click andgetbetterandbetterasthe year goes on.”

Wolfpack’s Bradley Chubb pushing to go in top five

By Michael Marot The Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — Bradley Chubb would normally be content relying on game tapes to make his case to scouts.

There, he insists, they will find a big man with edgerushing skills and enough power to stuff the run. Watch

enough of footage and it just might convince those NFL executives that Chubb is the best defensive player in this year’s NFL draft.

But this is no typical week for North Carolina State’s star defensive end. He’s participating in the NFL’s annual scouting combine in Indianapolis, answering questions and dropping

names.

“I try to take Khalil Mack and Von Miller and put them into one person,” Chubb said Saturday. “I’m a high-motor, high-energy guy.”

If team executives concur, his name could be one of the first three called in April.

Naturally, Chubb describes himself as the best player in Indy this weekend and who’s

going to argue with a 6-foot4, 269-pound man.

Not the deep, diverse quarterback group, which did its on-the-field workouts Saturday and will likely spend the next few years trying to escape Chubb’s grasp.

Not the highly touted running back class, which includes Saquon Barkley and Chubb’s own cousin, Nick,

who will be running away from a lineman who posted 25 sacks and 54.5 tackles for loss over the past three seasons.

Sure, there are questions.

Is he big enough to hold up against the NFL’s massive tackles, does he have enough moves to make an immediate impact, can he make a smooth transition to the more physical pro game?

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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with steel and aluminum executives in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Thursday. From left, John Ferriola of Nucor, Trump, and Dave Burritt of U.S. Steel Corporation.[EVAN VUCCI/ASSOCIATED PRESS]

By Damian Paletta Washington Post

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday continued bucking his advisers and GOP leaders by acknowledging for the first time he could be triggering a global trade war by imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum.

And a few hours later he said that this was just the beginning, promising "RECIPROCAL TAXES" against any country that has an import duty on U.S. goods or services.

In a series of Twitter posts, the first of which was launched before 6 a.m., Trump argued that the United States was being ripped off by other countries because the U.S. imports more goods from other countries than it exports to them.

Many economists and trade experts have said this is how free trade works, particularly because the United States is the world's wealthiest nation and wants access

to foreign markets. But Trump believes that this is a reflection that importers take advantage of weak U.S. trade policies.

"When a country (USA) is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good, and easy to win. Example, when we are down $100 billion with a certain country and they get cute, don't trade anymore-we win big. It's easy!," he tweeted.

Trump is imposing the steel and aluminum tariffs by utilizing a legal provision that allows the White House to take steps if it can argue that imports threaten the national security of the United States. Trump's comments on Thursday and his Twitter posts on Friday made no mention of national security but, instead, referenced what he said was an unfair dynamic where the U.S. buys more from other countries than those nations buy from the U.S. See TRADE, D2

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Michael J. Mankosa,executivevicepresidentofglobal technology at Eriez Manufacturing, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

Membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to "engineering research, practice, or education, including significant contributions to "the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing/implementing innovative approachestoengineeringeducation," according to the organization.

MankosaearnedhisdoctorateinminingandmineralsengineeringfromVirginiaPolytechnicInstituteand State University in 1990. His graduate work focused on modeling, design, instrumentation and control of process equipment. Throughout his career, Mankosa has published more than 100 articles in prominent scientific and technical journals, obtained over 30 process and equipment patents and received more than $2 million in research funding.

The Sears Hometown Store of Erie, located at 7200 Peach St., has been named a 2018 "Sears Hometown Premier Store" for consistently offering the highest level of customer service, and for outstanding store performance and quality standards.

As part of this honor, each Premier store is given the opportunity to participate in special events throughout the year and to order customers any product from the entire merchandise selection offered by Sears Holdings Corp.

Qdoba Restaurant Corp. has filed a lawsuit against Eriebased Scott Enterprises, claiming that the company, which owns numerous hotels, restaurants

President Donald Trump said he plans to impose 25 percent tariffs on steel and 10 percent on aluminum imports.

If he gets his way, the policy could have sweeping ramifications across the globe.

Here are some of the likely winners and losers.

Winner: U.S. steelmakers: Producers such as Nucor Corp., AK Steel Holding Corp. and U.S. Steel Corp. will reap the benefits.

They have aggressively lobbied for trade defenses against what they see as unfair competition from China, Russia and South Korea.

A tariff around the level currently discussed 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminum from all countries — is expected to drive up U.S. steel prices.

Domestic hot-rolled coil, an industry benchmark, has already rallied in anticipation, reaching about $780 a metric ton, according to Metal Bulletin prices.

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and Splash Lagoon Indoor Water Park, terminated its contract with Qdoba three years early.

According to the suit filed in the Erie County Common Pleas Court, Qdoba claims it filed a 10-year agreement with Scott Enterprises in June 2010 to operate a restaurant at 7165 Peach St. for 10 years.

Seven years later, on June 15, 2017, Scott Enterprises sought permission to break the agreement early.

In the lawsuit, Qdoba said it agreed to the early termination provided that Scott paid an amount equal to the royalties and marketing fees that would be lost due to the early closure.

The company is seeking damages of at least $113,925.

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TRADE From Page D1

In a subsequent Twitter post, Trump threatened to hit any country in the globe with "RECIPROCAL TAXES" if it has an import duty on U.S. goods or services. It's unclear what this means or how it would work.

The Twitter post suggests Trump is not worried about the blowback from enacting a protectionist trade agenda. It could mean that he is equally willing to walk away from efforts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement and try to terminate that pact if he doesn't get terms that he demands later this year.

Global stock markets fell sharply Friday on both worries over Trump's planned tariffs and his cavalier comments on a possible trade war. Losses in Asia were led by Japan's Nikkei, which closed down 2.2 percent. In Europe, Germany's DAX was off by more than 2 percent in midday trading.

France's CAC 40 and the FTSE 100 in London also slumped.

Trump has made numerous assertions about enacting a nationalist trade agenda since the 2016 campaign, but senior advisers prevented him from following through on many of his instincts before this week.

On Thursday, Trump shocked much of Washington and the world by announcing he would impose tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports, with details to be ironed out by next week. The announcement

TARIFFS From Page D1 Loser: U.S. neighbors:

While China has long been the bogeyman of the steel industry and scorned by politicians for flooding the market with cheap products, it's not the biggest seller into the U.S. That title goes to Mexico, Canada and Brazil.

It's complicated: U.S. factory workers: Republicans in steelmaking states like Pennsylvania, Indiana and Michigan will have a good message to take home in the 2018 midterms. Protecting blue-collar workers was one of Trump's key election promises, and this could be a success for the party, despite delays in their other legislative ambitions.

In the longer term, there could be mounting pressure for manufacturers who have to pay more for steel and aluminum. They employmoreworkersthan steel and aluminum mills, and Anheuser-Busch InBev has already urged

Polishing operators John Arrington, left, and Will Cramer, right, shown in this 2012 file photo, polish aluminum wheels before they’re packaged for shipping at Accuride Erie on Erie’s east side. The company makes aluminum wheels for tractor trailer trucks. [FILE PHOTO CHRISTOPHER MILLETTE/ ERIE TIMES-NEWS]

won support from some labor groups, including the AFL-CIO, but drew alarm from numerous business groups and sent the U.S. stock market tumbling.

Canadian officials said the steel and aluminum tariffs would be unacceptable and that they would retaliate if it affected their exports to the United States. A number of other countries also expressed alarm. German politician Bernd Lange, who heads the trade committee at the European Parliament, shot back: "With this, the declaration of war has arrived."

Eswar Prasad, professor of trade at Cornell University, said Trump's embrace of broad and stiff import restrictions

had little precedent in the past 100 years. He said Trump could succeed in limiting U.S. imports but it could come at the cost of limiting U.S. exports, hurting growth and trade around the world.

"What we have seen in the last 24 hours is something much, much broader, and could escalate into very high levels of tariffs that affect a lot of trading partners," he said. "There is no immediate historical precedent to this."

But some of Trump's supporters in the tariff decision said they were undeterred. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, speaking to CNBC, said the impact of the increase would be broad but not as painful as many companies are alleging, holding

Trump to reconsider. The Budweiser brewer said higherU.S.aluminumtariffscouldcostthousandsof U.S.jobsandraisecostsby millions of dollars.

Loser: Asia steelmakers: Shares of steelmakers JFE Holdings Inc. and Kobe Steel Ltd. are already showing signs of stress.

The Bloomberg World Iron/SteelIndexof65producers around the world is headed to a third straight loss.

Loser: Global relationships: Other countries are already talking about the possibility of retaliation. In China, one of President Xi Jinping's top economic advisers has been dispatched to the U.S. in attempt to defuse tensions. China is investigating U.S. imports of sorghum and studying whether to restrict shipments of U.S. soybeans.

The European Union has said it will take action if "unjustifiably hit" by the tariffs.

Loser: South East Asia: South East Asian markets probably will have to absorb the redirected steel flows. The global steel industry has been

described as a game of whack-a-mole — when exports are blocked in one country,theyendupshifting somewhere else.

One way this could play out: Asian companies that usedtosellsteeltotheU.S. could find their product uncompetitive because of thetariffs.Soinstead,they have to turn to other marketsintheregiontooffload the product.

Loser: U.S. aluminum users: For makers of beer cans, airplanes, cars and other materials the consequences of the tariffs "could be severe" as they face higher cost, with limited ability to pass that on totheirconsumers,Darwei Kung, the head commodities portfolio manager at Deutsche Asset Management. They also stand to lose market share as overseas suppliers bring into the U.S. their products at cheaper cost, he said.

For U.S. auto dealers hit by flattening sales in recent months, the timing of metal tariffs couldn't be worse, according to Cody Lusk, president of the group that represents non-U.S. brand retailers.

up soup and soda cans that he said would be hardly impacted.

He said other countries would only lose if they vowed to respond with tariffs on U.S. agricultural products, as it would drive up costs for their own consumers.

"This is scare tactics by the people who want the status quo, the people who have given away jobs in this country who have left us with an enormous trade deficit," he said.

A number of Republicans on Thursday said Trump likely hadn't thought through the repercussions of these tariffs, warning that countries would respond by imposing tariffs on U.S. farm exports in a way that punishes American businesses that have nothing

to do with the steel and aluminum industries.

Trump and some of his senior advisers have accused China of flooding the world with cheap steel and aluminum in a way that forced many U.S. smelters to close because they could not compete with the Chinese on low prices. Trump believes that tariffs, even on steel produced by other countries, will help revive the U.S. steel and aluminum industries.

But trade wars are unpredictable and escalate quickly.

White House National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn tried to prevent Trump from pursuing the tariffs but was bulldozed by other advisers who thought the changes were necessary

BRUCE From Page D1

Call or email at least two funeral homes and ask for their prices.

Federal law requires them to provide this service, according to the Funeral Consumers Alliance. If you visit a funeral home, they must provide you with a general price list and many of them will gladly mail it to you.

This doesn't mean you have to pay for a funeral ahead of time.

Pre-paying might make sense for some families but others might want to put that money in a risk-free account.

Resist pressure to overspend on items or services you don't need. It's

not necessary to have the fanciest casket or most elaborate funeral to honor a loved one, the Federal Trade Commission said.

Embalming, which can cost about $700 according to the National Funeral Directors Association, isn't usually needed if the body will be buried

and would fulfill promises Trump made while campaigning, according to people familiar with the talks.

It could not be immediately learned what Trump believes a "trade war" will look like and how it will be easy for the United States to win.

Typically, trade wars result when countries increasingly shut off access to their markets, escalating barriers in a way that hurts exporters in both nations. The United States exported $1.5 trillion in goods and services last year and imported $2.3 trillion in goods and services, according to the Census Department. The threelargest U.S. trading partners are China, Canada and Mexico. or cremated within two days of death. Ask if the cemetery requires a vault for the casket.

You also aren't required to buy the casket from the funeral home you use, the Funeral Consumers Alliance said. They are required by law to accept a casket from an outside vendor and can't charge you a fee for doing so.

Shopping for funeral services should be like making any other major purchase. Be prepared, start early and know what you want to buy.

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PERSONAL FINANCE

Never feel stupid about money again

Stock market’s down . . .

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. . . Should you be concerned?

By James Royal, Ph.D. NerdWallet.com

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ews that the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down several hundred points sends shivers down the spine of even the most weathered investor.

Like the tale of Eskimos having dozens of words for “snow,” investors have many words for a decline in the stock market.

These words distinguish the length and severity of the fall, though their definitions are not etched in stone.

• A dip is any brief downturn from a sustained longer-term uptrend. For example, the market may go up 5 percent, linger, and come down 2 percent over a few days or weeks.

• A crash is a sudden and very sharp drop in stock prices, often on a single day or week. Sometimes a market crash foretells a period of economic malaise, such as the 1929 crash when the market lost 48 percent in less than two months, kicking off the Great Depression. But that’s not always the case. In October 1987 stocks plunged 23 percent

in a single day, the worst decline ever, before roaring back over the next year. Crashes are rare, but they usually occur after a long-term uptrend in the market.

• A correction is often defined as a 10 percent drop in the market from recent highs.

• A bear market is a long, sustained decline in the stock market. Once losses surpass 20 percent from the market’s most recent high, it’s considered to be a bear market.

Why the market crashes At the most basic level, the market declines because investors are more motivated to sell than to buy. That’s simple supply and demand, but it doesn’t explain why investors are selling.

While the reasons for a one-day drop may vary, a longerterm decline is usually caused by one or several of the following reasons: • A slowing or shrinking economy: This is a solid, “fundamental” reason for the market to decline. If the economy is slowing or entering a recession, or investors are expecting it to

slow, companies will earn less, so investors bid down their stocks.

• Lack of “animal spirits”: This old phrase refers to the surges of investor emotion and risk-taking during a bull market.

As they see the chance for profits, people jump into the market, pushing stock prices up.

• Fear: In the stock market, the opposite of greed is fear.

If investors think the market is going to fall, they’ll quit buying stocks, and sellers will have to lower their prices to find takers.

• Outside (and outsize) events: This miscellaneous category consists of everything else that might spook the market: wars, attacks, oil-supply shocks and other events that aren’t purely economic.

These reasons often work together. For example, as the economy overheats, some investors see a slowdown in the future and want to sell before a stampede of investors flees the market. So they sell, pushing stocks lower and dampening animal spirits. If the move down persists long enough, it may make investors fearful, sending stocks still lower.

HOW LONG WILL THE SELL-OFF LAST? That’s a billion-dollar question. If you knew that, you could time the market and become rich.

Still, there are some guideposts for how long crashes, corrections and bear markets last.

(We’ll skip dips for now; there are just way too many of them.)

• In the last four corrections since the 2008-09 global financial crisis, the average decline was 15.3 percent over three and a half months.

• In the three bear markets since 1987, the average decline has been 46.5 percent over 1.4 years.

• In contrast, the last three bull markets have lasted nearly nine years on average. Downturns tend to be short-lived, especially relative to uptrends.

A lot of smart people have a secret: They feel stupid about money.

“One of the most common things I hear from clients is, ‘I feel like I should understand this better, and I’m embarrassed to show you this,’” says Linda Leitz, a certified financial planner and co-owner of Peace of Mind Financial Planning Inc. in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

But it’s better to admit what you don’t know than to let fear of looking foolish drive you into bad decisions. When they’re afraid to ask “dumb questions,” people don’t get the information they need to make good choices, and they can get talked into the wrong financial products, Leitz says. Or they avoid money decisions altogether.

“I see this issue a lot. It generally comes in the form of paralysis,” says Christina Empedocles, a certified financial planner and owner of Insight Personal Finance in San Francisco. “People are embarrassed to find themselves adults without a clue about what to do with their money, and they’re afraid of reaching out.”

So they delay doing anything, sometimes for years. “There’s this long period of agonizing,” she says.

Realize you’re not alone If you feel like you should know more about managing money than you do, join the club.

“We imagine our friends and our neighbors know so much more and are doing so much better than we are,” Empedocles says. “Since people hesitate to share this vulnerability, they don’t realize that a lot of people are in the same boat. … The first thing I do with new clients is to normalize this issue, so they realize they aren’t alone.”

That realization can serve as a jumpstart. In the personal finance workshops she leads, Empedocles says participants start to come to life when they realize they’re not the only ones who don’t know what a Roth IRA is.

Start with what you know: yourself Think about your big goals and concerns. Once you can articulate those, it will be easier to move forward. Maybe you want to pay down student loan debt, or start a college fund for the kids or retire in 20 years.

Don’t let shame over past mistakes and inaction keep you stuck.

“Don’t worry about what you should have done,” Leitz says. “Look at what you can do now.”

Choose financial advisors carefully It might make sense to work with a financial advisor if you’re overwhelmed, dealing with a big life event such as divorce, or feeling financially insecure.

Above all, understand how the advisor is paid. Some advisors are paid commissions for products they sell. Fee-only advisors charge a percentage of your assets, a flat fee or by the hour.

Ask advisors to explain terms in everyday language, says Cristina Guglielmetti, a certified financial planner and president of Future Perfect Planning in New York. “Or repeat what they say in your own words to make sure you understand it.”

Best practices for safe online banking

By Margarette Burnette NerdWallet.com

Online banking is safe when secure bank technology on the back end is met with alert consumers on the front end. As an account holder, you have a role in making sure accounts are protected.

• Don’t respond to emails that

seem too good — or bad — to be true. Large-scale data breaches get

the headlines, but criminals also work on a smaller scale by attacking consumers directly. For example,

fraudsters often use so-called phishing scams, in which they send out emails pretending to represent a financial institution in the hopes of hooking an unsuspecting consumer.

If you reply, the criminal could use the information to illegally make purchases or withdraw money from your account.

• Skip public Wi-Fi for private banking. The security of your private home network is ideal. If you have to log in while away from home, consider using your cellular data plan instead of Wi-Fi, or a virtual private

network, known as a VPN. However you choose to log in, check for web page encryption by making sure the address on the browser starts with “https.” The “s” signals that the page is secure.

• Keep anti-virus software current on your home computers and mobile devices.

• Choose an institution that uses industry-standard security. An example is multifactor authentication. When logging in, instead of just asking for a username and password, the financial institution requires you

to provide another piece of information, or factor, to verify yourself. It could be a unique passcode sent to your smartphone as a text message, or even your own fingerprint. The point is it’s another layer, one not so easy to steal.

• Change passwords regularly.

Use combinations that are difficult to guess, such as a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols. The more complex the password, the harder it will be to crack and the more likely it will provide protection against hackers.

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-7.9 -6.0 12.73 13 1.4 0.68 1.2 6.4 15.81 17 2.4 0.66 -1.0 -7.0 -14.62 12 3.0 2.00 -2.4 -9.8 -.04 18 1.4 1.48 -9.9 -7.1 58.43 26 2.1 3.12 -0.7 -4.7 6.43 81 3.6 1.56f -11.5 -22.4 -48.93 11 4.0 0.36 -7.8 -2.0 42.15 35 1.6 2.40 14.1 55.1 58.33 6 3.2 2.52m -4.0 -4.2 -5.41 15 1.6 1.68f 2.1 3.3 93.50 44 ... ...

-3.9 -0.5 18.21 27 2.8 1.94 3.9 11.5 31.78 20 1.8 1.00 1.1 -6.4 -3.37 30 2.9 3.36 -1.8 2.3 -7.35 18 3.4 0.48 -4.3 -3.3 24.91 20 0.8 2.00 -8.2 12.4 82.60 ... ... ...

-4.5 5.4 6.57 12 4.5 1.44 -2.8 -16.7 -12.09 5 5.8 0.60a -2.6 -19.2 -50.84 ... 3.4 0.48 -0.7 -3.1 -5.02 16 2.5 0.52 -5.3 -5.8 23.03 25 2.3 4.12f -1.2 8.5 13.02 19 2.8 0.44 -0.7 0.7 -11.10 12 3.9 6.00 -1.7 0.9 12.33 19 3.2 1.90f -6.6 -4.8 -11.81 25 2.9 1.04e 0.0 22.6 63.07 18 3.7 2.44f -8.0 -10.9 -8.75 21 5.5 3.64f -12.5 -8.2 8.11 20 1.9 1.64 13.7 20.7 -3.91 10 5.0 1.51 -8.5 -13.9 18.67 25 2.7 4.04 -1.1 8.8 47.90 67 1.8 1.68 -1.3 0.0 40.14 48 2.8 0.54 -1.3 -8.9 -14.52 15 3.3 1.66 8.7 3.9 24.08 25 8.5 1.48 -2.8 -4.3 15.96 21 2.1 2.88f -1.9 -0.5 -4.31 18 4.1 0.68f -1.0 -2.1 7.05 21 ... ...

-1.7 9.1 25.66 15 1.9 3.00 -8.6 17.4 -41.67 19 ... ...

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-1.3 -5.4 27.99 96 6.0 3.76 12.3 -23.7 -64.86 ... ... ...

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t 4-wk. -2.04% t YTD -1.16%

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FAMILY AB American Century American Funds

2,800 2,700

-1.35% (wkly)

V

Russell 2000

-1.03% (wkly)

t 4-wk. -0.91% t YTD -0.15%

LocalFunds

StocksRecap 32.30

S&P mid-cap

Wk Name Last Chg SiriusXM 6.30 +.03 SnapInc A n 18.01 +.56 SwstAirl 57.81 -.18 SwstnEngy 4.47 +.73 Sprint 5.29 -.01 Square n 46.02 +1.16 SP HlthC 83.64 -1.72 SP CnSt 53.74 -.61 SP Engy 66.95 -1.85 SPDR Fncl 28.47 -.63 SP Inds 75.15 -2.57 SP Tech 67.68 -.61 SP Util 48.94 -1.41 StanBlkDk 152.56 -8.38 Starbucks s 56.93 +.79 TAL Educ s 36.10 -2.75 TOP Shi rs .14 -.05 Target 75.15 -.26 TevaPhrm 19.16 -.88 3M Co 230.37 -6.65 Transocn 9.48 -.22 21stCFoxA 36.37 -1.64 Twitter 33.00 +.34 US OilFd 12.37 -.40 USSteel 45.39 +1.87 VEON 2.87 -.05 Vale SA 13.39 -.81 ValeantPh 14.88 -3.80 VanEGold 21.49 -.48 VnEkRus 23.24 -.52 VanE JrGld 31.73 -.18 VangEmg 47.28 -1.37 VangFTSE 44.14 -1.26 Vipshop 18.21 -.74 WeathfIntl 2.58 -.42 WellsFargo 57.41 -1.76 Yamana g 2.95 YumBrnds 80.29 +.49 Zynga 3.53 -.07

FUND NAV ReltvValA m 5.80 EmMktsInv 12.61 CptWldGrIncA m 51.88 EuroPacGrA m 56.78 TheNewEcoA m 47.53 BNY Mellon AsstAllcM 12.63 NtnSTMnBdM 12.70 BlackRock GlbAllcIncInvC m 17.76 Dreyfus StratValA f 39.92 WldwideGrA f 52.67 Elfun Divers 18.49 Inc 11.15 IntlEq 22.21 Trusts 62.00 TxExInc 11.34 Fidelity BCGrowth 92.66 Balanced 23.94 Contrafund 127.99 EqIncome 59.33 Fidelity 46.90 Frdm®2010 16.01 GrStrategies 42.34 LowPrStk 54.14 PennsylvnMnInc 10.93 Puritan 23.59 Fidelity Select NaturalGas 21.72 Transportation 98.69 Franklin Templeton IncA m 2.30 Janus Henderson ContrarianT 19.55 GlobalSelectT 16.98 GrowthAndIncT 55.08 OverseasT 32.79 ResearchT 47.58 Mairs & Power GrInv 117.16 Neuberger Berman LgCpValInv 30.63 Oakmark EqAndIncInv 32.09 GlbInv 32.98 GlbSelInv 19.14 IntlInv 28.20 IntlSmCpInv d 17.42 Inv 85.34 SelInv 46.91 T. Rowe Price IntlDiscv d 72.87 IntlStk d 18.51 NewEra 34.44 NewHorizons 55.24 USAA SciTech 28.13 Vanguard 500IdxInv 249.24 BalIdxInv 34.62 HCInv 205.55 HYTE 11.21 HiDivYldIdxInv 33.42 LTTE 11.40 MdCpIdxInv 42.28 PALTmTEAdm 11.34 PrmCpAdmrl 137.94 SmCptlstIdxInv 70.41 TrgtRtr2025Inv 18.44 TrgtRtr2030Inv 33.57 TrgtRtr2035Inv 20.67 TrgtRtrIncInv 13.46 TtBMIdxInv 10.48 ValIdxInv 41.14 WlngtnInv 41.44 WlslyIncInv 26.25 WndsrIIInv 37.50 WndsrInv 23.48 Waddell & Reed Adv AstStrA m 8.68 ContinentalIncA m 9.74 HiIncA m 6.69 HiIncY 6.69 SciTechA m 16.71 SmCpA m 16.39

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-2.0 -1.6 -1.0 -2.4 -2.0 +0.2 +0.3 -0.2 -0.2 +1.8 +0.8

PERCENT RETURN 1MO 1YR RANK -3.3 +12.8 1 -1.4 +37.5 1 -2.4 +19.3 2 -2.5 +24.4 3 +0.3 +31.1 1 -1.6 +12.4 1 +0.1 +0.6 4 -1.9 +8.3 3 -3.4 +8.5 3 -3.2 +17.2 3 -2.2 +10.5 2 -0.5 +1.1 3 -4.8 +16.2 4 -1.9 +17.5 5 ... +2.8 4 +0.1 +30.6 1 -1.5 +11.5 1 -0.7 +28.3 2 -4.6 +6.0 5 -1.3 +19.9 4 -1.3 +8.6 1 -0.8 +15.6 4 -2.9 +15.3 1 +0.1 +3.1 2 -1.8 +13.1 1 -7.0 -18.8 5 -3.7 +11.9 4 -2.5 +2.5 5 +0.1 +5.5 5 -2.6 +23.2 1 -3.2 +16.8 1 -3.6 +23.0 1 -0.9 +18.9 4 -4.4 +6.7 5 -2.8 +7.5 4 -2.6 +8.6 3 -4.9 +17.6 3 -5.4 +14.0 4 -5.9 +20.6 1 -4.1 +16.4 5 -3.3 +17.0 1 -5.3 +9.6 5 -2.3 +33.3 2 -4.0 +19.3 5 -4.4 +5.1 3 +0.3 +26.8 1 +0.5 +29.5 4 -2.4 +15.1 2 -1.5 +9.1 3 -3.5 +7.7 4 +0.1 +5.6 1 -3.3 +9.9 3 +0.1 +4.1 2 -1.9 +12.0 2 +0.1 +4.4 1 -1.2 +23.4 3 -1.5 +10.6 2 -1.9 +11.1 1 -2.0 +12.3 2 -2.3 +13.4 3 -0.9 +5.8 2 -0.4 +1.0 4 -3.3 +10.7 2 -2.6 +8.8 3 -2.0 +5.1 4 -3.8 +9.9 3 -2.2 +12.0 1 -2.7 +12.2 -3.4 +8.0 -0.7 +5.1 -0.7 +5.4 -2.9 +31.0 -0.5 +22.2

5YRS* RANK +12.8 1 +7.5 1 +10.5 2 +8.5 2 +16.1 2 +7.8 3 +0.5 4 +4.9 4 +13.1 1 +9.3 3 +7.2 4 +2.0 2 +5.8 4 +14.6 3 +2.4 3 +18.6 1 +10.1 1 +16.5 2 +10.2 4 +13.8 4 +6.2 2 +14.0 2 +12.2 2 +2.7 1 +10.4 1 -6.0 3 +16.0 1 +5.6 2 +9.3 4 +10.6 2 +14.4 1 +1.8 5 +15.0 3 +11.3 5 +11.3 3 +9.2 1 +10.7 2 +11.5 1 +9.1 1 +8.3 4 +14.9 1 +13.6 2 +13.2 1 +7.4 3 +1.8 2 +17.6 1 +20.9 3 +14.3 1 +9.0 2 +15.8 3 +3.6 1 +12.9 1 +3.1 1 +13.1 1 +3.3 1 +18.3 1 +12.5 2 +8.5 1 +9.2 1 +9.9 2 +4.5 2 +1.5 4 +13.3 1 +9.6 1 +6.2 2 +11.7 3 +12.9 1 +3.8 +7.7 +5.2 +5.5 +15.6 +14.2

RATING HHHHI HHHHI HHHII HHHHI HHHII HHHII HHIII HHHII HHHHI HHHII HHHII HHIII HHHII HHHII HHHHH HHHHH HHHHI HHIII HHHII HHHII HHHHI HHHII HHHHH HHHII HHHHI HHHII HIIII HHIII HHHHI HIIII HHIII HHHII HHIII HHHHI HHHHI HHHHH HHHHH HHIII HHHHH HHHHI HHHII HHHII HHHHH HHHII HHHHI HHHHH HHHII HHHHH HHHHH HHHHI HHHII HHHHH HHHHH HHHHI HHHHI HHHHI HHHHI HHHHI HHHII HHHHH HHHHH HHHHH HHHII HHHII

* – annualized. NA - not available

Fri Wk NAV Chg

Fund AMG YacktmanI d 22.74 -.35 American Century UltraInv 45.91 -.64 American Funds AMCpA m 33.01 -.38 AmrcnBalA m 26.98 -.39 AmrcnHiIncA m10.24 -.03 AmrcnMutA m 40.60 -.80 BdfAmrcA m 12.59 -.01 CptlIncBldrA m 61.53 -1.09 FdmtlInvsA m 62.77 -1.55 GrfAmrcA m 51.89 -.84 IncAmrcA m 22.98 -.41 InvCAmrcA m 40.94 -.87 NewWldA m 67.97 -1.45 NwPrspctvA m 44.59 -.91 SmCpWldA m 56.58 -.85 TxExBdA m 12.81 +.01 WAMtInvsA m 45.68 -1.01 Baird AggrgateBdInstl 10.61 -.02 CorPlusBdInstl 10.96 -.03 BlackRock EqDivInstl 22.57 -.54 GlbAllcIncInstl 19.82 -.27 GlbAllcIncInvA m19.70 -.26 HYBdInstl 7.68 -.03 StrIncOpIns 9.97 -.03 Causeway IntlValInstl d 16.48 -.59 DFA EMktCorEqI 23.73 -.53 EMktSCInstl 24.39 -.39 EmMktsValInstl 32.28 -.79 FvYrGlbFIIns 10.80 +.01 IntlCorEqIns 14.36 -.43 IntlSmCoInstl 21.16 -.57 IntlSmCpValIns 22.56 -.67 IntlValInstl 20.22 -.66 OneYearFIInstl 10.25 -.01 RlEsttSecInstl 31.51 -.78 TAUSCorEq2Instl18.17 -.31 USCorEq1Instl 22.96 -.40 USCorEqIIInstl 21.60 -.37 USLgCo 20.92 -.42 USLgCpValInstl 38.86 -.79 USSmCpInstl 35.46 -.50 USSmCpValInstl37.12 -.53 USTrgtedValIns 24.46 -.35 Delaware Inv ValInstl 21.44 -.42 Dodge & Cox Bal 107.12 -1.66 GlbStk 13.81 -.42 Inc 13.60 ...

IntlStk 46.09 -1.52 Stk 205.29 -5.01 DoubleLine CorFII 10.78 -.02 TtlRetBdI 10.46 -.01 TtlRetBdN b 10.45 -.02 Edgewood GrInstl 31.52 -.57 FPA Crescent d 35.00 -.51 Federated BdA f 9.02 -.06 StratValDivIns 5.69 -.15 Fidelity 500IdxIns 94.39 -1.90 500IdxInsPrm 94.39 -1.90 500IndexPrm 94.38 -1.91 AsstMgr50% 18.22 -.18 BalancedK 23.94 -.30 Cap&Inc 10.23 -.07 ContrafundK 127.94 -1.80 DiversIntl 39.47 -1.14

OtherFunds

Fri Wk Fund NAV Chg EmMkts 22.18 -.67 ExMktIdxPr 62.24 -.64 FltngRtHiInc 9.64 -.01 Frdm®2020 16.57 -.20 Frdm®2025 14.42 -.19 Frdm®2030 18.12 -.30 Frdm®2035 15.34 -.29 Frdm®2040 10.77 -.21 GroCo 17.93 -.27 GroCo 192.16 -2.94 GroCoK 192.16 -2.93 IntlGr 16.08 -.43 IntlIdxPremium 42.61 -1.19 IntlVal 10.57 -.30 InvmGradeBd 10.97 -.01 InvmGradeBd 7.73 -.01 LowPrStkK 54.09 -1.10 Magellan 107.58 -2.76 OTCPortfolio 116.81 -.75 StkSelorAllCp 44.90 -.71 StratInc 10.95 -.02 TotalBond 10.41 ...

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Sudoku Puzzles Fill in the grid so that all nine rows across, all nine columns down and all nine 3x3 boxes contain the numbers 1 through 9, each used only once. There is no math involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.

Puzzle 1

Puzzle 2

Your Astrograph/March 4

Cryptoquip

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) Take hold of whatever situation you face.

Don’t cave under pressure or give in to someone trying to manipulate you. Be your own master and strive for personal gain.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Your personal relationships must be handled with diplomacy. Be willing to listen to people and assess situations before you say something or take action. Get along with others.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Don’t feel that you must make a sudden decision, change or move just because someone else does.

Participate in events that include relatives to discover more about your ancestry.

GEMINI(May21-June20)Not everyone will be happy with the changes you make, but keep moving forward if you are pleased. Energy spent on self-improvement will pay off and attract praise from someone who counts.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) You are best off ironing out any emotional issues that surface before things escalate into a feud. Refuse to let an outsider interfere in your personal life.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Make positive changes at home. Move things around or set aside space for a project you want to pursue.

Spending time with children, engaging in physical activities

and socializing with like-minded people are favored.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) A change in your financial situation is apparent and dependent on your spending habits. Impulse-buying should be stifled before you end up in debt.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Impulsive actions should be avoided. Look carefully at every situation you face. Ask those affected by your decisions to make suggestions or offer preferences if you want to face less disapproval.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Listen and learn. Now is not the time to retaliate. Walk away from situations that don’t feel right. Focus on being the best you can be and spending time with the ones you love.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) Protect your reputation. Someone will try to make you look bad or use personal information against you. Walk away from anyone who tries to manipulate you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Listen carefully and be reluctant to make an abrupt move just because someone is imploring you to make a change. Aim for greater stability.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Don’t spend what you don’t have. Going into debt to impress someone or while investing in something risky should be avoided. Keep your money in a safe place.

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Ask the Fool

Double Taxation

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Are stock dividends really taxed twice? — C.K., Richmond, California They are, indeed.

To understand how, imagine that the Tattoo Advertising Co. (ticker: YOWCH) generates $100 million in sales, and after subtracting various expenses, keeps $20 million, which gets taxed. The U.S. federal corporate tax rate has recently been 35 percent and was reduced to 21 percent starting in 2018. Many companies shield much of their income, with some paying an effective rate in the single digits — or lower!

Tattoo Advertising can do many things with its post-tax earnings. It can buy more equipment, hire more workers, pay dividends to shareholders, buy back and retire some of its own shares (which boosts the value of remaining shares) and so on. Any dividends it pays, though, are generally considered taxable income for shareholders. That’s how dividends get taxed twice.

The double taxation is why some investors prefer to see a company using its money to build more value for shareholders without paying out dividends. It’s also why some companies opt to repurchase shares, rewarding shareholders in a taxfree way. Repurchasing shares is wasteful, though, when a stock is overpriced. *** Where does the money go when a stock falls in value? — S.R., Columbus, Indiana No one necessarily gains directly when a company’s stock price drops.

Imagine you own shares of Porcine Aviation (ticker: PGSFLY) and its shares drop 10 percent one day. You haven’t technically lost any money, unless you sell the stock. (After all, they could rebound.) The shares are less valuable, though, because the market views them as less valuable due to some development or news. A stock’s price typically just reflects the last price someone was willing to pay for it.

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Where Stocks Come From If you’ve ever wondered where stocks come from, here’s an explanation: Imagine the Home Surgery Kits Co., which aims to offer operations that can be performed in the comfort of your home. It will start small, but to grow, it will need to hire more employees and buy more equipment. For that, it needs cash.

Home Surgery Kits can get that cash in several ways. It can borrow money from a bank. It can issue bonds, which involves borrowing money from individuals or institutions and promising to pay them back with interest. It can find some wealthy people or companies interested in investing in the new homesurgery industry. Or it can “go public” via an initial public offering (IPO), issuing shares of stock.

To go public, it will need to hire an investment bank, which underwrites stock and bond offerings.

The bankers will study Home Surgery Kits’ business. If they think the company is worth, say, around

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Want more information about stocks?

Send us an email to foolnews@fool.com.

$300 million, they might recommend (based on the company’s needs) that it sell 10 percent of its business as stock, issuing 1 million shares priced at $30 per share. Once it’s announced that the company is going public, if people are scrambling to buy shares, the bank might increase the opening price, while a lack of interest could cause the price to be lowered — or Home Surgery Kits might even postpone or cancel the offering.

If all goes as planned, $30 million will be generated. The investment bank will typically keep about 7 percent, a hefty sum, for its services, and Home Surgery Kits will get the rest. From now on, people will buy and sell Home Surgery Kits (ticker: OUCHH) shares from one another on the market, typically through brokerages. Home Surgery Kits will not receive any more proceeds from these shares — it got its money when it issued them.

As a public company now, Home Surgery Kits will have obligations to its shareholders and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). For example, it will have to report earnings quarterly and have its reports regularly audited.

Name That Company I trace my roots back to the 1925 incorporation of the Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. I focused first on Ohio farmers, then farmers in other states and eventually city dwellers, too. In the 1930s, I broadened my scope to include life insurance and property insurance. I changed my name in 1955 to one you might recognize today. It reflected my increased range of operations and my destiny to serve customers in all 50 states. Today, based in Columbus and owned by my policyholders, I’m an insurance giant offering pet insurance, boat insurance, annuities, mortgages and more. Who am I? Think you know the answer? We’ll announce it in next week’s edition.

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Hurt by Frequent Trading

Dollars and Cents From Tencent

Years ago, a co-worker came into my office with a marvelous story of how he was making lots of money with an investment adviser who was buying and selling stocks for him.

Not long after, I sent this “adviser” my money, and he assured me he was investing it to make me rich.

I later discovered the adviser was just trading frequently and racking up some very high brokerage fees.

I didn’t even know what investing on margin was, but he had me doing it, and soon I was getting notices that my stocks were being sold to cover losses as various stocks were going down.

It was a very expensive lesson. I learned there are questionable advisers who don’t have your best interest in mind. I also learned that the No. 1 person with your best interest at heart is you, and not to invest in anything you don’t understand. — F., online The Fool Responds: Some financial professionals do have conflicts of interest, such as if they’re compensated for selling you on certain investments. Others may simply not be skilled investors. Many investors without much confidence in their holdings will jump in and out of them every time they run across new and exciting investments. Such frequent trading will rack up commission costs — and can boost your tax bill, too.

Some advisers are great, however, though being in charge of your own money is smart, too.

If you’re looking for stocks that have huge growth potential, the Chinese tech sector is a great starting point. One of the world’s fastest-growing economies, China features an expanding middle class and increasing internet engagement. A particularly appealing Chinese tech stock is Tencent Holdings (NASDAQ: TCEHY).

It’s the largest video-game publisher worldwide, generating more than $10 billion in revenue from games last year. Hit titles such as “League of Legends” are racking up hundreds of millions of monthly active users and demonstrating longevity that’s the envy of competitors. Its “Honor of Kings” is China’s most popular mobile game — and perhaps the most-played video game in the world.

Tencent is postitioned to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of ongoing industry growth, and its combination of gaming and social media businesses WeChat make it an early power player in e-sports — competitive multiplayer videogame playing.

The tech giant’s growth opportunities in categories such as e-commerce, ride hailing, cloud services and online payment processing make it well worth considering for the long-term portfolios of risk-tolerant investors. (The Motley Fool owns shares of and has recommended Tencent Holdings.)

LAST WEEK’S TRIVIA ANSWER I trace my roots back to Atlanta in 1886, when a pharmacist served drinks made from a syrup he created. I loaded ammunition in World War II. Today I’m the world’s largest beverage company, with more than 500 brands. I employ more than 700,000 people, and my offerings are enjoyed more than 1.9 billion times a day around the world. Twenty-one of my brands generate more than $1 billion in annual revenue. They include Dasani, Powerade, Minute Maid, Simply, Fuze tea, vitaminwater, Gold Peak, smartwater and Schweppes. My ticker symbol is a hit in the boxing ring. Who am I? (Answer: Coca-Cola) Want to Invest? Email us at foolnews@fool.com, and we’ll send you some tips to start investing. Sorry, we can’t provide individual financial advice.

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Tax scammers use refund ruse

By Susan Tompor Tribune News Service

Wait, what? You didn’t file your income tax return yet but suddenly, somehow you spotted a bunch of money in your bank account from a refund?

Seriously?

Believe it or not, criminals are using real bank accounts in a fast-spreading scam that could gain more traction as we move into prime refund season, according to the Internal Revenue Service.

“It’s super-sophisticated,” said Luis Garcia, a spokesperson for the IRS in Detroit. “If you haven’t filed your taxes — especially if you’re not expecting a refund — and money shows up in your account, don’t touch it.”

Last summer, the IRS reported that cybercriminals had been targeting tax professionals. According to the IRS, 177 tax professionals or firms reported data thefts involving client information relating to thousands of tax filers from January through May 2017. Much of that theft started with a phishing e-mail sent to the tax professional posing as a potential client to gain access to the professionals’ computer systems and collect the personal information of existing clients.

After stealing the data from tax professionals, criminals could have your bank account number if you requested direct deposit of a refund earlier.

Now, the crooks who file fake tax returns to steal refund cash could be giving the IRS your bank account information for direct deposit of fraudulent refunds.

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How do the crooks then get the cash?

One scheme includes an automated call that claims that you’re a willing participant in tax fraud and demands that you return the money. Of course, if you follow their directions, you’re handing the money over to the crooks.

Garcia said some people could be caught off guard by such calls, especially when they suddenly spot a deposit from the U.S. Treasury in their account.

“It’s jarring when somebody calls you and they know your bank account,” Garcia said.

The IRS is set to begin issuing tax refunds as of Feb. 27 for many early filers who receive the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Additional Child Tax Credit.

So the ID thieves who filed fake returns claiming those credits will be looking to collect soon — if they used your bank account for direct deposit.

As part of the crackdown on tax-related ID fraud, the IRS has been taking extra steps to avoid depositing refunds onto suspicious prepaid cards. That’s why the scam could involve a new twist.

After the money hits your account, a con artist might pose as a debt collection official working on behalf of the IRS. The crook might say the refund was deposited in error and they ask the taxpayer to forward the money to their collection agency.

Don’t do it.

Or a robocall claims to be from the IRS and threatens the person with an arrest

warrant unless refund money is turned over. Some calls talk about “blacklisting” the Social Security number of the real taxpayer — if the taxpayer doesn’t follow the appropriate steps to return the refund cash.

Don’t do it.

“This isn’t your refund,” Garcia said. “You’re the victim of tax fraud. But don’t complicate things by not returning that money to the IRS — not the scammers.”

What should you do? Contact your bank. Don’t plan to spend the money. Follow the proper steps to return the fraudulent refund to the IRS. Some consumers have reported that their bank accounts ended up being frozen as banks try to deal with this odd criminal twist. Your account could have to be closed to prevent

fraudsters from gaining access.

The IRS said taxpayers who receive an erroneous refund should contact the Automated Clearing House department of their bank.

The bank would return the erroneous refund directly to the IRS. The taxpayer should contact the IRS at 800829-1040 for an individual filer or 800-829-4933 for a business.

You’re going to want to file a Form 14039, Identity Theft Affidavit when you file your own tax return to state that you were a victim of a tax preparer data breach. Once a victimized taxpayer tries to file his or her own return electronically, they may fear that their tax return will be rejected because a 2017 return bearing their Social Security number has already been filed.

Tax fraud remains a threat, even though the IRS said the number of tax returns with confirmed identity theft declined by 32 percent to 597,000 returns in 2017, compared with 883,000 returns in 2016.

A spokesperson from Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, said its fraud detection program includes providing suspicious activity reports to the IRS and validating internet protocol addresses to block high-risk transactions from suspect geographies.

But experts say cybercriminals are always developing new lines of attack, like the direct deposit scam. So if you’re hit, it’s important to take action.

The IRS outlines the steps to take to return an erroneous refund in its “Tax Topic Number 161 — Returning an Erroneous Refund.” See www.irs.gov.

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COMMUNITY ALBUM

Pajama party As part of its Catholic Schools Week celebration, St. James School held Pajama Day recently. Teachers and students not only wore their pajamas to school, but also collected children’s pajamas and cash donations. The school community donated more than 70 pairs of pajamas and $500 to support families at SafeNet, an Erie agency that provides services to people victimized by domestic violence and relationship abuse. [CONTRIBUTED PHOTO]

A leap for the gold Erin Griffey Taylor has been awarded the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can attain. Her Gold Award project was helping create a frog room, “Ribbit Exhibit,” at the Erie Zoo. She painted a mural on all walls of the “Ribbit Exhibit” with the expertise and creativity of Libby Burnett, art teacher at the Charter School of Excellence, some of Burnett’s students, as well as some younger Girl Scouts. She also built custom cabinets for the frog vavariums, made a frog playpen, and helped out on Frog Day at the zoo educating the public about the close relationship between frogs and our environment. The project took about 120 hours to complete. Taylor is the daughter of Scott and Karol Taylor, of Erie. She is a McDowell High School graduate and a freshman at the Pennsylvania State University-University Park, majoring in pre-veterinary and biomedical sciences. She is a member of the Penn State Blue Band. Taylor wishes to thank her cookie customers over the years. Her cookie profits allowed her to mostly fund her project and also experience wonderful trips and adventures each year while she was in Girl Scouting.

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It’s all for the animals Members of Brownie Troop 36650 held a supply drive to benefit Because You Care animal rescue organization in McKean as the last step in earning their Philanthropist badges, which requires helping an organization that serves the community. Troop members who visited the adoption center to deliver the donations were, from left, Clair Fuller, Arianna Molina, Hailey Exley and Gabby Sanko. [CONTRIBUTED PHOTO]

PJs and a bedtime story St. Luke School’s 3-year-old preschoolers, 4-year-old preschoolers and pre-K children held a pajama drive and collected 43 pairs of pajamas for the children served by Erie County Children and Youth Services. They also worked with Scholastic Books, which matched the number of pajamas collected with books, and 43 pairs of pajamas and books were collected. [CONTRIBUTED PHOTO]

Making wishes come true During the Erie County Technical School’s eighth annual Walk for Wishes, a community fundraiser to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation and to help grant a wish for an Erie County resident, students raided $7,389.77. This donation enabled an 8-year-old boy to fulfill his wish to meet John Cena, the World Wrestling Entertainment champion. Since starting the Walk for Wishes project in 2009, ECTS has raised nearly $50,000 and has helped grant 12 wishes. Shown, from left, are: Michael Slupski, transition center, Harbor Creek High School; Alyssa Dunmire, health assistant, McDowell High School; Joe Tarasovitch, principal, ECTS; Jan Stork, executive director, Make-A-Wish Greater Pennsylvania and West Virginia; and, Jason Tomlin, graphic communications, McDowell High School. [CONTRIBUTED PHOTO]

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NRA not worried about being spurned Washington Post

The National Rifle Association is, like AAA or AARP, a bundle of bargains, a smorgasbord of savings on insurance policies, motel rooms, bottles of wine and prescription drugs. But unlike the nation’s other interest groups that boast millions of members, the NRA also unabashedly embraces controversy, lunging into battle with fiery rhetoric and no-holdsbarred political attacks.

The NRA touts itself with the slogan, “Saving Freedom, Delivering Value,” promising its 5 million faithful that “It pays to be a member!” But that piece of the NRA bundle has shrunk in recent days, as a slew of major companies have responded to a groundswell of anti-gun activism by canceling their discounts and other affinity deals with the gun lobby.

The businesses that have cut ties with the NRA include big brand names such as car rental giant Enterprise, Delta Air Lines, MetLife insurance and the bank behind an NRA Visa credit card.

Despite that unprecedented pressure from corporate America, the NRA is unlikely either to lose a significant number of members or to see its influence diminished, according to those who have studied the organization.

Supporters and critics alike say the NRA is cushioned against this kind of pushback because its members sign up not for financial gain but for a chance to be part of a cultural vanguard.

“Nobody’s joining NRA to get a discount at Hertz,” said Richard Feldman, a

former NRA lobbyist who is president of the Independent Firearm Owners Association. “Joining NRA is like making a religious commitment; it’s a statement about where you stand not just on guns, but on one view of what it means to be an American. It’s a powerful symbolic move.”

In some ways, the success of the NRA, as with its peers among the nation’s largest interest groups, depends on finding and winning over a steady stream of likeminded members.

“The whole package is not that different from AARP or the Sierra Club,” said Thomas Holyoke, a political scientist at Fresno State University who studies interest groups. But as the NRA has adopted more absolutist positions against gun regulations and has embraced more radical political language, “the NRA is really becoming the opposite of AAA, which no one joins for their political positions.”

All large membership groups are valuable to big business, which craves the organizations’ membership lists as reliable sources of potential customers and marketing targets. That creates a symbiotic relationship in which both sides tend to eschew controversy, trying to keep their ties clean and neutral.

Other interest groups have occasionally hit a speed bump of controversy. For example, AARP, the retired people’s lobby, suffered through a spate of membership card burnings in 2003, after the organization endorsed a Medicaid bill that some senior citizens argued would do more to help drug ompanies than provide security for the elderly.

Wayne LaPierre, CEO of the National Rifle Association, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, on Feb. 22. [ANDREW HARRE/ BLOOMBERG]

But the NRA has embraced conflict as few other huge membership groups have dared to. And the organization’s approach has grown ever more caustic, from NRA leader Wayne LaPierre’s 1995 warning that “jackbooted government thugs” were amassing power to strip gun owners of their constitutional rights, to the late Charlton Heston’s scalding address to NRA members in 2000, telling Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore that his firearm would be taken only “from my cold dead hands.”

The wave of corporate moves to separate from the NRA following the massacre of high school students in Parkland, Fla., last month is unique in its size, but it is far from the first time businesses have felt compelled to distance themselves from the group.

“The pattern goes like this: A horrific event happens, a corporate player takes a stand and they’re praised by the general public and squished like a bug by the NRA and their core following,” said Josh Sugarmann, author of a history of the

NRA and executive director of the Violence Policy Center, a pro-gun control group. “It remains to be seen if this time is any different. All these companies aren’t making these decisions out of any ideological commitment; they’re reading the situation and seeing the power of social media.”

In the 1980s, some companies decided not to make deals with the NRA for membership benefits because executives or boards didn’t want their brands associated with a divisive issue such as the role of firearms in the country. Only after several other banks declined an affiliation with the NRA, the First National Bank of Omaha agreed to sell NRAbranded credit cards, which give NRA members 5 percent back on gas and sporting goods purchases. Now, that bank has pulled out of the deal.

The NRA did not respond to a request for comment.

The group issued a statement saying that “the loss of a discount will neither scare nor distract one single NRA member from our mission to stand and defend the

individual freedoms that have always made America the greatest nation in the world.”

As a culture warrior that has mastered the art of advancing its interests through brutal rhetoric and intense tribalism, the NRA, like President Trump, has become a master of gaining and maintaining power with the fervent support of an engaged minority.

But the NRA faces existential pressure as well - a steady decline in the percentage of U.S. households that own firearms and a reversal of fortunes of some major gun manufacturers.

In addition, the decisions

by Dick’s Sporting Goods, Walmart, and Kroger stores not to sell guns to anyone under 21 represent a big blow to an industry that puts a premium on winning over young people as gun owners.

Those challenges mean that one of the NRA’s most valuable assets, its membership roll, becomes an ever more important part of its business model. The money’s not too bad, either; in one credit card affiliation deal, the NRA got 0.5 percent of all purchases made on the card.

Many of the businesses now distancing themselves from the group likely will return eventually, because that list of 5 million members is just that valuable, Feldman said.

“When I was working on the Hill for NRA, I’d ask congressmen, would you rather have the maximum contribution we can make or a mailing to your district? And it was never a question,” the former lobbyist said. “It was one of the greatest lists in the country, and they wanted that access.”

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HER TIMES Unusual baby shower is hope for the future

“Friends, be they casual work compadres or lifelong confidants, are the glue that hold many a woman together.”

Here’s what one woman did to plan for her future family — with or without a partner.

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ast night, Stephanie Montgomery planned to hold a baby shower for herself. Well, sort of.

It was called Steph’s Eggstravagant Event — kind of an egg shower/ fundraiser. That’s right, egg — not baby.

But it was all for a good cause. She’s trying to raise the $10,000 to $15,000 to freeze her eggs.

Why? The single 36-year-old is a successful career woman— a full-time vocational specialist at Stairways, a Realtor with Agresti Real Estate, a skincare sales specialist with Rodan and Fields, a spin instructor at LECOM and a certified school psychologist who does contract work — but she worries about her ability to become a parent if and when she’s ready.

“My mom used to tease me that I should freeze my eggs 10 years ago,” she said with a laugh. Montgomery explained that she hoped to someday meet her soulmate and start a traditional family.

She’s still hoping to find that life partner and do everything the old-fashioned way, but as the biological clock ticks, she’s worried that if she wants to have children, she might have to take her mother’s joke more seriously. Time and statistics might not be on her side. Or are they?

A New York Times article, in January, said that 86 percent of women ages 40 to 44 are mothers, according to census data from Pew Research Center. And 55 percent of never-married women ages 40 to 44 have at least one child.

The problem is timing. The older you get, the lower your fertility and the greater the chance of risk. Acting now, while “my fertility level is great,” is important to success, Montgomery said. “I’d like to take the chance now. It reduces the pressure.”

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Finding new

friends

A job change or move can remove us from our circle of friends. When you have to start over, what do you do?

By Heather Cass Contributing writer

It’s easy to make and keep friends when we’re young and free, bonding over shared secrets and long heartto-heart conversations at sleepovers. But once partners, professions and parenthood enter the equation, our girlfriends are often the first to go. It’s understandable.

Life is full and overwhelming, and the last thing many of us have time for is a fourhour dinner with a friend.

Yet, it is the thing we probably need most. Girlfriends fill our reserves back up— they make us laugh, they inspire us, they give us practical advice, they boost our confidence, they let us know we are not alone and assure us that we are not screwing everything up. They know the good, bad and ugly about us and like us anyway.

But what’s a woman to do if, after the parenting years, she looks up and realizes she’s lost her tribe? Or if mid-life, she leaves a long-term job

Ohio woman who was sold young finds family in Ireland

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peace in the familiar sights of her home.

So she said goodbye and left for London, disappearing into the streets of “The Old Smoke” in 1956.

Atthesametimeonthe other side of the Atlantic Ocean, Mary’s daughter, Kathleen, was settling into her new home in Youngstown, Ohio.

Kathleen was sold for $10,000 to a family

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Mary Sullivan said goodbye to her family for the last time on a bridge in Bennekerry, Ireland.

She had to leave; her newborn daughter was taken from her by the Catholic Church and sold to a family in the United States. Heartbroken, she found no See ADOPTION, E3

and finds herself trying to make friends as a thirtyor forty-something?

Jennifer Kelly, of Harborcreek, has spent most of her life at Harbor Creek High School. First as a student, then a secretary and, later, as a business/computer teacher.

Last year, at 44, she decided to leave education and enter the corporate world, taking a position as an executive assistant at Great Lakes Insurance Service Group in Erie. She left behind coworkers, including many who

were decades-long friends who had become like family.

“It was hard to leave friends that I saw on a daily basis, hung out with and attended school functions with,” Kelly said. “The career change was definitely a little intimidating. Not only was I new to this office, but I was taking on a completely new role.”

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Take control of your health The tests say you're fine, but you know better. Stand up for yourself - it's your health.

HEALTH TIPS Jot notes about your health in a notebook or online calendar.

It can be difficult to remember what happened when or which symptoms appeared first, but if you make a habit of keeping track, you’ll have an easy reference.

Did you know that HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, which safeguards the privacy of medical records) gives you the right to obtain copies of all of your medical records? You also have the right to view, usually at the provider’s office, your original medical records. (Providers are allowed to withhold certain types of medical records, including psychotherapy notes.)

By Heather Cass Contributing writer

In the 19th century, women’s health problems were frequently labeled hysteria.

This was especially true if the symptoms were vague, infrequent or included any form of psychological stress.

Once diagnosed as hysterical, women were often committed to an asylum for the rest of their lives.

We’ve come a long way since then. And, yet, if you talk to any adult woman today, it’s likely that she can recount at least one time that she felt her health concerns were ignored, dismissed or misdiagnosed.

Pam Farrell, 44, of Edinboro, experienced menorrhagia, abnormally heavy periods, for more than 10 years.

“It was so bad that I had to call off work because I couldn’t leave the house,” she said. “All the tests the doctor did came back normal and he suggested a partial hysterectomy. My insurance wouldn’t cover it, though, so I just learned to live with it.”

Farrell lived with it for five more years until she saw a new doctor who scheduled an internal sonogram and found a large polyp in her uterus. Two weeks later, she had minor surgery to remove it and her problem was solved — after 15 years.

How to be heard Unfortunately, Farrell’s story is not an anomaly.

Women are far more likely to live with long-term health issues, suffer from chronic pain and wait longer for a proper diagnosis.

The reasons for this are numerous and complicated.

Some studies have shown that a gender bias may exist in treating women’s pain, but deeper, cultural issues come into play, too.

“Many women are strong champions for their kids, their partner, their parents, their pets, but not themselves,” said Debbie DeAngelo, R.N.C., B.S.N., an Erie holistic health coach.

“They don’t make their needs a priority, and this can delay them from seeking early treatment and prohibit thorough communication with clinicians.”

And when it comes to successful treatment, it all boils down to effective communication with health-care providers.

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Women must be advocates for their own health.

“You cannot take care of someone else or a whole family unless you’re well in terms of mind, body and spirit,” said Danielle Hansen, D.O., geriatrician at LECOM Institute for Successful Aging.

Here are some tips for effective appointments with health-care providers Don’t delay treatment. “I often hear women say they have allowed an issue to persist for weeks or months before coming to my office,” said Dr. Lydia Travnik, a family physician at Allegheny Health Network Health + Wellness Pavilion: West Side in Erie. It’s understandable. Women have so many time constraints, especially during the middle ages of life. But, Travnik says, “unaddressed issues often compound with time, causing further complications. It’s important for women to be proactive.”

Understand how appointments work. “The way

appointments are organized fall into several categories, including preventative (physicals), acute (problem-based concerns) or follow-up visits,” Travnik said. “Don’t expect to cover preventive topics and problems in one visit, as it makes it difficult to thoroughly address all aspects of preventative medicine.” As a guideline, Travnik said you can expect to address about three issues during one visit.

Ask for the time you need.

“When you call your doctor to schedule an appointment, let the office staff know if you have more than one concern or if you have significant medical decisions or options to be

discussed, so they can allot more time,” DeAngelo said.

Bring an extra set of ears.

If you’re anxious, overwhelmed, or have difficulty communicating in a healthcare setting, bring a friend or family member with you. Even if you have no trouble talking with your doctor, it can be helpful to have another person there who can help you remember or understand what your provider said.

Organize your thoughts.

Communicating succinctly requires some pre-appointment work. “Write down pertinent information like specific symptoms, when they began and what aggravates or improves them,” DeAngelo said. “Bring an updated medication and allergy list as well as the names and contact info for other healthcare providers who are treating you.”

Streamline and prioritize questions. “Show your

written list of questions to your doctor at the beginning of the appointment, so he or she understands the nature of your concerns and knows how to address them,” DeAngelo said. Be prepared to write down the answers and ask for educational handouts you can review when you get home.

Be honest. Share all your symptoms and answer your physician’s questions honestly. “Don’t hide anything, even if you think it doesn’t matter, may not be related, or it makes you uncomfortable to discuss,” Hansen said. Doctors need to know all the details to make an accurate diagnosis.

Summarize. “At the end of your appointment, summarize what you think your doctor has told you by saying something like, ‘Ok, let me see if I’ve understood you correctly,’” DeAngelo said.

Use the tools they offer you.

Nearly every health care provider or facility has a patient portal where patients can access test results, refill medication, and email physicians or office staff.

Get a second opinion. It’s your right and, in many cases, advisable to get a second opinion on any procedures or treatments, especially if you’re uncertain about whether it’s the best course of action.

Be persistent. If your provider hasn’t gotten back to you, don’t wait. Call, fax or email. It’s your health and your life. Take control.

Trust your gut Health care providers may be the experts in their fields, but patients are the experts about their individual bodies, Hansen said.

Women often know when something is not right, even if they don’t know what exactly it is.

“I believe we all have an intuitive sense that can guide us,” DeAngelo said.

“It’s just that we often let our brain override our gut, and we ignore it.”

DeAngelo’s intuition saved her life, propelling her to seek help for a seemingly benign health issue.

“Ultimately, this led to a very early stage ovarian cancer diagnosis, despite test results and medical opinions to the contrary,” she said.

“I’m so grateful I followed my gut and overrode my nurse-brain that was telling me it was probably nothing.”

The moral of DeAngelo’s story: Trust your gut and don’t stop until it’s satisfied.

Do you need an advocate?

The healthcare system can be complex, confusing and intimidating. This

has given rise to the role of a health advocate.

“Health advocates can be as informal as an appointed friend or relative who attends appointments and coordinates your medical care or as formal as a paid independent professional to manage your care,” DeAngelo said.

“From accompanying you to medical appointments and documenting questions and answers to locating a specialist to disputing bills, they act on your behalf.”

Health advocates are typically individuals with a nursing or other health background, and prices vary according to their role and responsibilities.

“Look for someone who is trustworthy, detailoriented, and has a calm demeanor and diplomatic communication skills,” DeAngelo said.

Today, many hospitals employ patient advocates or representatives to enhance the patient care experience and quality. These advocates often handle complaints and intervene to bridge the gap between patient and hospital staff. Their services are free to patients.

Should you break up with your doctor?

Switching providers is always an option, but is it the best one?

DeAngelo suggests that you first identify the source of your dissatisfaction. “Many patients cite the lack of time with their doctor during an appointment as their biggest complaint,” she said.

“This is usually the result of overscheduling, which may not be very different elsewhere. Another challenge is computers in the exam room, which can lead to a lack of eye contact that makes patients feel they’re not being listened to.”

Before changing doctors, consider voicing your concerns about what is bothering you. If you don’t feel comfortable doing it directly to the doctor, write him or her a letter, or ask to speak with the office manager.

“Also, keep in mind that you aren’t the only one who may feel frustrated by the time constraints surrounding your appointment,” DeAngelo said.

“Often, clinicians wish they could spend more time with their patients, too.”

Heather Cass is a freelance writer and publications manager at Penn State Behrend in Erie.

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In his book “Banished Babies,” journalist Mike Milotte estimated approximately 4,000 “banished babies” are believed to havebeenillegallyadopted from Ireland, including those from mother and baby homes.

Mary first entered the home after becoming pregnant outside of marriage in 1953; she gave birth to Kathleen in 1954.

For Kathleen, escaping the mother and baby home meant escaping a life of societal shaming, isolation and forced labor. Unfortunately for her, while the material elements of her life improved significantly in America, she was still a victim of isolation.

Kathleen Sullivan — who now lives on the West Side — still remembers the day she found out she was adopted.

“When I was very young, my brother said to me ‘That woman in the other room? She isn’t your mother.’ And I was so distraught I ran to her and told her what he’d said. She said ‘I’ve been telling you since you were a baby that you were adopted,” Kathleen said. “From that point on I had a hole in my heart. I questioned my identity.”

Kathleen grew up believing that her birth mother had abandoned

her, and felt unwelcome and unwanted by her new family in Youngstown.

She longed for a home she didn’t know and a family she assumed didn’t exist and, being painfully shy, rarely left the family’s home in Brownlee Woods.

In public, her father would introduce her as his “adopted daughter” — a demoralizing experience for her each time it happened — and before the end of his life he confirmed one of her long-held suspicions.

In the final year of his life, Kathleen asked her adopted father, bound to his bed where he would eventually die, whether or not he ever really wanted her.

“No, I didn’t,” he said.

Though her life was filled with hurdles, Kathleen eventually graduated from Cardinal Mooney High School, married, and had two children, Dennis and Kevin McKenney.

Starting a family of her own was the beginning of a long process of learning how to feel loved again. But it also resulted in Kathleen getting to the bottom of some of the questions that had haunted her throughout her life.

Kathleen’s oldest son, Dennis, became aware of his mother’s painful upbringing early in his life, and as he grew the

countless people start GoFundMe accounts to save for vacations and other fun events. She From Page E1 said she has supported dozens of friends’ weddings, showers, stags In the past four years, and baby showers.

Montgomery has been a Before she embarked on doting aunt. She began this unusual fundraiser, to look at her future as she asked the opinion a mother more seriof good friends and got ously. “I asked my OB/ their support. “From GYN about egg freezing there, I just started and found out what it planning,” she said. costs,” she said. There As the day of the is no insurance coverparty neared, she said age, and she started to she hoped to have at seriously research the least 200 people, payprocess. She is not alone. ing $15 each, attend her On her Facebook page, event. She also has a Montgomery refers to GoFundme site at www. a National Public Radio gofundme.com/stephsand Society for Assisted eggstravagant-benefit.

Reproductive TechThe initial egg harnology study that says vesting is just the beginfreezing eggs has gained ning. The eggs have to quickly in popularity. be stored, and in vitro Only about 500 women fertilization would be froze their eggs in 2009, required to implant but fertility clinic Eggthe eggs at a future Banxx predicts 76,000 date. All of those have women will have frozen added costs, and there their eggs by 2018. is no guarantee that Making the deciit will be a success. sion to throw herself a A 2016 Fertility and party took some guts, Sterility study that but she said she’d seen found 137 women who

decided to use eggs they had frozen at age 36 had “a 30 percent likelihood of achieving a live birth.”

In contrast, Human Reproduction stated that women should have a 60 percent success rate, but predictions and real numbers often differ — substantially.

Montgomery believes it’s all worth it. “There are risks on both sides, and I weighed these out before making this decision. ... Waiting for the right person to come along could ultimately result in a lost opportunity because my biological clock could stop ticking before that occurs. For me, I would rather risk having the hope and chance of having a family on my terms, minus the pressure,” she said.

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in Ohio who wanted to adopt an Irish child from a Catholic family.

She arrived in New York City on an Aer Lingus flight from Dublin with 10 other children, all intended for “adoption”

by American parents.

Though life in the U.S. would prove hard and, for many years, loveless, Kathleen’s theft was a cruel mercy compared with the fate she escaped in Ireland.

Kathleen was born in St. Patrick’s Mother and Baby Home in Dublin, Ireland. Mother and baby homes were built by the Catholic Church to house unwed mothers and their children. Once the women gave birth to their children, the nuns who ran the home would separate the mother and child, and enter the women into a year of unpaid labor as payment for the nuns’ midwife services. The children were often given up for adoption without the mother’s consent, or, in the case of Kathleen, sold to another country. In 1952 the Irish government passed the Adoption Act, which set rules for the legal adoption of children, including the need for

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reality of what his mother endured inspired him to begin searching for clues to her true heritage.

McKenney spent time gathering documents and researching the mother and baby homes, and eventually learned of the services of Clodagh Malone.

Malone volunteers as a search angel — an individual who helps adopted children locate their birth families and vice versa — and is based in Ireland.

Like Kathleen’s mother, Malone was a survivor of the St. Patrick mother and baby home, and when McKenney informed her of Kathleen’s case, she agreed to help.

Malone began her search in Mary’s

hometown of Carlow, Ireland — a little more than an hour southwest of Dublin — and asked around about Kathleen’s family, which her birth certificate listed as the “O’Sullivans.”

By happenstance, Malone had recently met a Magdalene Laundry survivor named Maureen Sullivan, who also happened to be from Carlow, and who would have been alive when Kathleen’s mother lived in the city.

“I called Maureen and asked her if they’d ever heard of any O’Sullivans in town. She said there weren’t any, there was only her family, the Sullivans,” Malone said. “So Dennis sent Maureen a photo of his mother and

Maureen sent us a photo of herself, and we were shocked by how similar they looked. We thought they were sisters.”

Though not sisters, DNA testing confirmed that the women were first cousins. Kathleen’s last name was changed by the nuns to make finding her through official records more difficult.

Maureen also revealed that she had memories of Kathleen’s mother.

Speaking on the phone, she told Kathleen she wasn’t abandoned after all but was taken from her mother and sold.

“It’s been wonderful to get to know Kathleen and Dennis,” Maureen said. “It’s really a dream come true.”

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like hanging out with the people you spend all day with, but you will see a different side of people outside of the work environment. When you make time for purely social activities, such as the occasional happy hour, you can form deeper connections.

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Rekindle relationships.

Are there old friends you regret losing touch with over the years?

Reach out to them on social media or through mutual friends. You already have history with them, which gives you common ground to start as you get reacquainted.

Join an exercise class or workout group. This is

a win-win because you can make friends and get fit, too. Workout friends not only keep you accountable and make exercise more fun, but they make you want to want to work out. “I’ve made my best friends, both male and female, through Team Adrenaline, an outdoor workout group led by chiropractor Steve Krauza,” Kelly said.

“We do things with our T.A. friends all the time, and I’m in the best shape of my adult life.”

Make friends a priority.

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Diversify. Don’t limit yourself to friends your age. It’s great to have friends who are at the same life stage as you are, but there is true value in having friends older than you who have the wisdom, experience and perspective to guide and help you.

They’ve just been where you are and can help you through it. It’s also energizing and fulfilling to have younger friends that you can mentor and draw energy from.

Meet up with some groups. Browse www.

meetup.com for groups in the Erie area that may share your interests.

There is an outdoor adventure group, a book lovers group, an herbal study group, an Erie “Momterourage” group and many more that post activities and opportunities to, well, meet up. Don’t see any groups you’re interested in? Start one.

Check out the Welcome Club of Erie. With nearly

200 paying members ($20 a year), monthly luncheon meetings, and more than a dozen subgroups (knitting, bridge, gardening, horseback riding and others.), the Welcome Club of Erie offers something for every woman. “Honestly, I could be busy every single night of the week with all the activities the club has going on,” said Leslee Burns, the club’ membership coordinator.

Burns moved to Erie five years ago when her husband took a new position at Erie Insurance. “I’ve lived in a

lot of places over the years, but I’ve never met a group like this,” she said. “It’s really wonderful.” The club is not all newcomers: “Many of our members are women who are just looking for friends to golf or do things with.”

(Visit https://thewelcomecluboferie.weebly. com for more info.)

Listen and follow up. If you’re unsure how to strike up a conversation with a potential friend, try this: “What are you up to this weekend?”

This question not only gives you information about what that person enjoys and how they spend their time, but it also gives you an opening for a follow-up conversation the next time you see them. People like people who take an interest in their lives.

Start walking/running. Invite a coworker,

neighbor or casual friend to walk with you at lunchtime, after work, or in the evenings after the kids go to bed.

You’ll end up forging friendship over shared miles. If you’ve ever wanted to run, try the Her Times Women’s 5K training program, a weekly training group for runners/walkers of any ability. The group meets weekly at Presque Isle, usually beginning in July, to train for the HT5K in October. Many of the women who have attended have remained friends for years.

Get involved. Join any club or sports league that interests you— the Erie Runners Club, a book club, Friends of the Tom Ridge Environmental Center, a bocce league, or the church

down the street. “Now that our kids are grown, my husband and I have been able to find friends who share our interests and it has created better relationships,” Kelly said. “We’ve made friends with people through motorcycle riding, cycling, working out, hunting and more.

Commonalities are the key to creating meaningful friendships.”

Friend acquaintances on social media. You may

be reluctant to friend people you don’t know well, but social media can give you valuable insight. Kelly cited Instagram and Facebook for helping her find common ground with her new coworkers: “Connecting with them

on social media allowed me to see mutual friends or interests we share, which helped spark conversation.”

Attend after-hours work events. You may not feel

“As an adult, I’ve come to appreciate friendships more than I did when I was younger,” Kelly said. “My husband is my best friend, but you really need girlfriends to share things with — joys, sorrow, excitement, accomplishments, failure.

They are the ones who can talk you off the cliff, make big problems seems smaller, or just be there to listen to you when there’s nothing they can do to remedy the situation.”

Heather Cass is a freelance writer and publications manager at Penn State Behrend in Erie.

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that really helped me in transitioning.”

She sought out ways to connect with her new coworkers. “I eat lunch every day with a group of people from my office and we have great conversations, the majority of which aren’t workrelated. We laugh a lot.

We’ve had a girl’s night happy hour and there have been opportunities to do things socially outside work hours.”

Friends, be they casual work compadres or lifelong confidants, are the glue that hold many a woman together.

If you’re in need of more laughter and support in your life (what woman isn’t?) here are some tips on finding and making friends as an adult. Spoiler: They all require putting yourself out there, risking rejection or awkwardness, but it’s OK, it’s all fodder for hilarious conversation when you find the one(s) you want to spend time with.

Volunteer. There is no shortage of organizations in the Erie area that can use your help and it’s a great way to connect with other people who are passionate about the same things that you are.

Love animals? Put in a few hours a week at a shelter or join an animal rescue group and help with fundraising.

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MUSIC&BOOKS 1980s trio Bananarama to reunite for tour

By Glenn Gamboa Newsday (TNS)

Bananarama’s Keren Woodward scoffs at the idea that the ‘80s “Cruel Summer” trio set out to be feminist icons.

“We didn’t think about it,” says Woodward, calling from her home in Yorkshire, England, on a break from rehearsals for the group’s reunion tour. “But the idea that we were any less than our male equivalents didn’t cross my mind either.”

Maybe that mindset alone was enough to set Woodward — along with her childhood friend Sara Dallin and Siobhan Fahey, who Dallin met in college while they studied journalism — on a groundbreaking path in post-punk England in 1981. After all, their first single was sung in Swahili and their style threw the formula for girl group successes out the window.

There was no Diana Ross in Bananarama. No Supremes.

Dallin, Fahey and Woodward sang most of their songs in unison, without harmonies, creating a gang vocal effect.

It was a sound that caught on almost immediately in England, where their run of top-selling singles once landed them in The Guinness Book of World

Records as the most successful female group.

And when they finally broke America in 1983, with the smash “Cruel Summer,” it was also on their own terms. The video, filmed in Brooklyn, featured the trio in overalls and T-shirts working as mechanics in a garage under the Brooklyn Bridge — about as far from the traditional glammedup divas in sequined gowns as you could get.

“We were completely DIY and very opinionated,” Woodward says.

“We weren’t the type that sat back or do what we’re told … . We never listened to many people.”

Woodward says that behavior would be expected from their male counterparts. But they were seen as upstarts, especially since Bananarama wrote or cowrote most of their hits, unlike many pop stars, and even occasionally touched on social issues. “We were termed as difficult,” she says. “But that didn’t affect my enjoyment of it.”

Actually, joy brought Bananarama back together.

Even though Fahey left the group somewhat acrimoniously to launch her own band Shakespears Sister in 1988, they all stayed in

From left, Bananarama’s Siobhan Fahey, Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward pose for a portrait. [WENDY CARRIG]

touch. And in the summer of 2016, the trio and their families got together at Fahey’s Los Angeles home and started singing and dancing around her kitchen.

“It became a kitchen disco,” says Woodward, adding that they regretted that the original Bananarama never toured, though Dallin and Woodward have regularly hit the road since 1989.

“We had such fun together … . It just seemed idiotic that we

hadn’t done it. We thought, if you don’t do it now, when are you going to do it?”

The original Bananarama announced 15 shows for their first tour of the United Kingdom last fall and immediately had to add eight more shows to meet demand. “We were taken aback,” Woodward says. “It was phenomenal, beyond all expectations.”

Dallin, Fahey and Woodward had such a fun time revisiting their heyday

— including some songs like “I Can’t Help It” and “More Than Physical” that they had never performed before — that they decided they would perform a handful of American shows as well, starting on Feb. 20, in Los Angeles. “What we most enjoyed was reworking some of the old songs now that we’re performing them with a band,” Woodward says. “It changes the dynamics of a song in a live environment.”

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Vance Joy delivers on ‘Nation of Two’

The Wall Street Journal’s list reflects nationwide sales of hardcover books for the week ending Feb. 18

By Mark Kennedy The Associated Press

‘Nation of Two’ Vance Joy (Atlantic)

If ukuleles make their way back onto the pop charts, you can probably thank Vance Joy. The Australian singersongwriter delivers an exciting sophomore effort with “Nation of Two,” a 13-track collection in which he proves he isn’t too cool to play a little uke, banjo or even that guitar-ukulele hybrid known as a guitalele.

Joy, born James Keogh, had a breakout hit with 2013’s ukulele-led “Riptide” and became the opening act for Taylor Swift. This is his time to really shine — and he seizes it.

The sensitive strummer links up with several veteran songwriters — including three tunes with Dave Bassett and three with Dan Wilson — for an album of very personal love songs. Joy

is all over the CD, writing or co-writing every song and even contributing to the cover art.

The clear standout track is the alt-rock anthem “We’re Going Home” but other beauties include the uke-led ditty “Saturday Sun,” the slow-burning “Alone With Me” and the achingly beautiful “I’m With You.” If you yearn for music by Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers and even early Ed Sheeran, these are your jams — earthy, folky and honest. Joy’s songs are nicely not overly produced, allowing a little charming vocal strain every once in a while.

Joy’s co-writers tend to elevate his songs into something a bit more substantial, whether it’s with a brass section or strings, pushing him to go bigger. The four tunes he is credited with writing alone are clearly the weakest, but also the most personal.

BOOK REVIEW

Scenery is remembered from ‘The Hush’

By Oline H. Cogdill The Associated Press

‘The Hush: a Novel’ John Hart (St. Martin’s Press)

Series, or sequels to a novel, work because the stories have a continuity that invests the reader in the characters’ next adventures. Interest can be maintained a few years between stories, but the more that years pass, the less the momentum survives.

That’s one of the drawbacks of “The Hush,” which picks up the story of Johnny Merrimon, who was introduced in John Hart’s Edgar-winning 2009 novel, “The Last Child.” In the previous novel, 13-year-old Johnny was obsessed with finding the man who killed his twin sister, Alyssa. The quest took Johnny into hearts of darkness no child should ever know about.

In “The Last Child,” Johnny’s vivid character was comparable to Scout Finch in

“To Kill a Mockingbird.”

“The Hush” picks up Johnny’s life 10 years later. While Johnny’s backstory isn’t too difficult to catch up with, “The Hush” is so disconnected to “The Last Child” that it barely works as a sequel.

The decade has been difficult for Johnny, who became a minor celebrity whose exploits with a killer were detailed in a truecrime book. But the 23-year-old now is a near hermit, whose infrequent visits to the small North Carolina town for supplies bring stares and speculation about “the darker currents that ran beneath” Johnny’s persona.

“The Hush” is strongest when Hart concentrates on the evocative setting, heightened by a strong sense of place with Hush Arbor. But the magical realism aspects do not resonate and become increasingly far-fetched.

FICTION 1. “The Great Alone” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Press) 2. “Dog Man and Cat Kid (Dog Man 4)” by Dav Pilkey (Graphix) 3. “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio (Knopf Books for Young Readers) 4. “The Woman in the Window” by A.J. Finn (William Morrow) 5. “Dark in Death” by J.D. Robb (St. Martin’s Press) 6. “The Getaway” by Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books) 7. “Pete the Cat: Valentine’s Day is Cool” by Kimberly and James Dean (HarperFestival) 8. “Still Me” by Jojo Moyes (Viking/Dorman) 9. “Love from The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle (Grosset & Dunlap) 10. “Look for Me” by Lisa Gardner (Dutton) NONFICTION 1. “Fire and Fury” by Michael Wolff (Henry Holt & Company) 2. “12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos” by Jordan B. Peterson (Random House Canada) 3. “Enlightenment Now” by Steven Pinker (Viking) 4. “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck” by Mark Manson (HarperOne) 5. “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” (Piggyback) 6. “StrengthsFinder 2.0” by Tom Rath (Gallup) 7. “Astrophysics for People in a Hurry” by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Norton) 8. “All-American Murder” by James Patterson and Alex Abramovich (Little, Brown) 9. “All the Pieces Matter” by Jonathan Abrams (Crown Archetype) 10. “Obama: An Intimate Portrait” by Pete Souza (Little, Brown) FICTION E-BOOKS 1. “The Great Alone” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Press) 2. “Look for Me” by Lisa Gardner (Dutton) 3. “An American Marriage” by Tayari Jones (Algonquin Books) 4. “The Woman in the Window” by A.J. Finn (HarperCollins) 5. “Code to Zero” by Ken Follett (Penguin) 6. “Dark in Death” by J.D. Robb (St. Martin’s Press) 7. “Three Wishes” by Liane Moriarty (HarperCollins) 8. “Still Me” by Jojo Moyes (Viking/Dorman) 9. “The Wife Between Us” by Greer Hendricks (St. Martin’s Press) 10. “Reed” by Sawyer Bennett (Random House) NONFICTION E-BOOKS 1. “Enlightenment Now” by Steven Pinker (Viking) 2. “12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos” by Jordan B. Peterson (Random House Canada) 3. “A Higher Call” by Adam Makos and Larry Alexander (Penguin) 4. “The Black Count” by Tom Reiss (Crown/Archetype) 5. “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck” by Mark Manson (HarperOne) 6. “Fire and Fury” by Michael Wolff (Henry Holt & Company) 7. “The 22 Strategies of War” by Robert Greene (Penguin) 8. “American History Revised” by Seymour Morris, Jr. (Crown/Archetype) 9. “The Chinese Takeout Cookbook” by Diana Kuan (Random House) 10. “Elephant Company” by Vicki Croke (Random House)

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PEOPLE, ETC. Erie native enjoys Olympic adventure Meg Loncharic

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ot long past, the 2018 Winter Olympics provided the experience of a lifetime for a former hometown gal now back in the states.

A Vail, Colorado, resident with Erie ties, Susan Johnson, whose maiden name was Merrifield, worked behind the scenes throughout her stay in South Korea.

She was hired by the International Olympic Committee to coordinate the radio control, scheduling and jury information flow for alpine skiing. Including travel, her Olympic experience ran Feb. 4-26.

The Olympics had her mom, Millcreek Township’s Santa “Sandy” Merrifield, ecstatic from the start of the Games via colorful accounts of Susan’s awesome experiences.

Observations on worldwide competitors, Korean climate and traditional cuisine, and more arrived daily in blurbs texted, emailed and phoned, with lots of photo images.

Sandy Merrifield obliged us with a few of those reports.

She said that, in a change of plans, Susan stayed in Yongpyong doing radio relay at the slalom venue for the men’s and women’s slalom and giant slalom rather than going to Jeongseon for the speed events.

“They (the organizing committee) decided it would be best to leave everyone in place at each mountain,” Susan shared.

“My hotel room has two levels and a small kitchen.

It did not have a bed. I was told Koreans sleep on mats on the floor. …

The floor has in-floor heat which is nice. I have found seven TV channels in English. They have a lot of food programming,

Erie native Susan Johnson was hired to help with the skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. She is shown here at a Nordic ski jump venue. [CONTRIBUTED PHOTO]

but it is all in Korean.”

At the 2018 Winter Games, Susan played an important role assisting the organizing committee.

She told her mother that “most of the volunteers seem to be Korean university students. They would translate my announcements from English to Korean and repeat them on the radio so that the Korean course workers would be updated.” For her part, she was assigned two Koreans to work with her in radio control.

Staff and volunteers were offered free tours, time permitting, including daily visits to the Demilitarized Zone for those so inclined. She opted instead for traveling to the coast to get some sand for her sand collection.

Much to her surprise, U.S. Vice President Mike

Pence, the South Korean

president and the North Korean dictator’s sister were all at her hotel.

Another high note: She got to watch Lindsey Vonn capture the bronze medal in the downhill competition.

The 33-year-old alpine skier from St. Paul, Minnesota, is one of the most decorated American female skiers of all time. Susan also witnessed Mikaela Shiffrin, 22, win her second Olympic gold medal in the giant slalom. Shiffrin, who was born in Vail, works out at the same gym.

Susan was first introduced to downhill skiing and cross-country trails during her McDowell High School years participating in after-school ski bus trips to Peek’n Peak Resort.

It’s no surprise that after college she held a plum

job at Vail Ski Resort in Colorado. Her husband, Greg Johnson, worked at Beaver Creek Ski Resort in Colorado for 22 years and last year was named vice president of mountain operations at Vail.

Susan was born in Erie and attended the University of Colorado in Boulder, studying pre-med and graduating with a degree in biology in 1982.

She and Greg met in college and were married in 1986 at the chapel in Vail with a reception at Beaver Creek. Greg was born in Portland, Oregon, but lived about four years in Australia, then in Wenatchee, Washington. He earned a business degree at Colorado University.

Both had worked at Copper Mountain ski resort for 12 years and then landed jobs at Vail and Beaver Creek. He is the chief of race of the Birds of Prey World Cup race every year at Beaver Creek.

Susan was the senior director of finance for Vail. She also did radio control for the World Cup in Aspen as well as every year for the Birds of Prey World Cup. She retired last year at age 55.

Although both are adept at skiing and snowboarding, they’ve also done extensive traveling and sailing.

They celebrated their 31st wedding anniversary last year by climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, the highest point in Africa at 19,340 feet.

Susan’s father, Charles Merrifield, a former General Electric engineer, passed away in 2000.

She has a brother, Mark Merrifield, retired from Exxon, who lives in Houston, Texas, and a sister, Kim Merrifield Smith, who lives in Wichita, Kansas.

They followed their sibling’s Olympic updates and personal experiences by email.

If you watched the closing ceremony in thePyeongchang Olympic

Stadium— estimated 35,000 spectators; $1,000 per ticket— you got a sense of the magnitude of it all.

Susan was on her way back home by then. It was a 20-hour journey via Seoul, San Francisco and Denver, then a 75-mile drive to Vail and suburban Avon.

Adding a few final thoughts to her time on location, for a photo labeled Team Captain’s Meeting, she wrote: “At the front on the dais is the ‘Jury’ or collection of race officials— one or more coaches from each country that represent their athletes for the race. We had 78 countries, including some you do not associate with alpine skiing race such as Kenya, Malaysia, Cypress, Malta and Puerto Rico. The racer from Puerto Rico trains at Ski and Snowboard Club Vail.”

One night before her departure, a group that included North Korean coaches stopped by the race office. “When I signed up to come to South Korea, I did not imagine that I would meet and have my photo taken with North Koreans,” she said in an email to her mother. “They liked the Coca-Cola and we gave them some to take with them. It felt like a corny Coke commercial! The truth is world peace and understanding is one of the ideals of the Olympic Games and this Olympics delivered.”

We all lived to see it, a nation slightly larger than Florida brought a record number of countries together for a dazzling display of hope, solidarity and sports exuberance.

Susan Johnson’s interaction with international participants in South Korea is sure to live on in memory.

POSTSCRIPT: Consistency works better when it’s linked to persistency.— Life’s Little Handbook of Wisdom (Barbour Book).

Meg Loncharic can be reached at newsmeg@aol.com.

Condo complex newcomer spreading nasty rumors Jeanne Phillips Dear Abby: My wife and I live in a beachfront condo complex with a population of mostly retired people who are friendly and active.

Last year a divorced woman moved in and was welcomed into the

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community. Although she has been invited to social gatherings and outings, she rarely attends.

My wife and I went out of our way to try to make her feel comfortable.

We had her to dinner in our home and asked her to join us for several outings. I also volunteered to do chores in her home, always accompanied by my wife.

Recently she confided to us that she has never really had any friends. She complains that she’s not

included and has criticized most of the residents at various times. Some of the things she says are cruel and unwarranted, including about people she doesn’t know. She seems to enjoy trying to turn people against each other.

At a recent event, when a couple we know well entered the room, the wife came up to me and kissed me on the cheek.

She later did the same to my wife, who was standing across the room.

That’s how she greets most people she knows.

Later our “friend” told my wife I had been flirting with the other woman and she had seen me kiss her. A week later I learned she had told the woman’s husband I flirted with his wife, which was untrue.

How do we react to this new neighbor? Should we confront her, distance ourselves from her, and/or warn others about her critical behavior and lying?— Miffed in Mississippi

Dear Miffed: The answer to all three of your questions is yes. And when you and your wife talk to your friends about this toxic woman, be sure to caution them that if they ever hear anything negative about anyone else from her, to always check with the person she is talking about to determine if what she said is true.

Write Dear Abby at www.dearabby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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The Oscars and politics Brando was the first to use this stage to make a point

By Hillel Italie The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Should any of this year’s Oscars winners use the occasion to promote a political cause, you can thank — or blame — Marlon Brando.

Brando’s role as Vito Corleone in “The Godfather” remains a signature performance in movie history. But his response to winning an Academy Award was truly groundbreaking. Upending a decades-long tradition of tears, nervous humor, thank-yous and general good will, he sent actress Sacheen Littlefeather in his place to the 1973 ceremony to protest Hollywood’s treatment of American Indians.

In the years since, winners have brought up everything from climate change (Leonardo DiCaprio, “The RevIn this March 27, 1973, file photo, Sacheen Littlefeather, enant,” 2016) to abortion tells the audience at the Academy Awards ceremony (John Irving, screenplay that Marlon Brando was declining to accept his Oscar winner in 2000) to equal as best actor for his role in “The Godfather.” The pay for women (Patricia move was meant to protest Hollywood’s treatment of Arquette, best supportAmerican Indians. [ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO] ing actress winner in 2015 for “Boyhood”). appear likely at the Finch in “To Kill a Mock“Speeches for a long ceremony. Winners at ingbird,” said nothing time were relatively quiet January’s Golden Globes about the film’s racial in part because of the citing the treatment of theme even though he control of the studio sys- women included Laura frequently spoke about tem,” says James Piazza, Dern and Reese Withit in interviews. When who with Gail Kinn wrote erspoon, who thanked Sidney Poitier became “The Academy Awards: “everyone who broke the first black to win best The Complete History their silence this year.” actor, for “Lilies of the of Oscar,” published Honorary Globe winField” in 1964, he spoke in 2002. “There had ner Oprah Winfrey, in of the “long journey” been some controversy, a speech that had some that brought him to the like when George C. encouraging her to run stage, but otherwise Scott refused his Oscar for president, noted made no comment on for ‘Patton’ (which that “women have not his milestone. When came out in 1970). But been heard or believed Jane Fonda, the most Brando’s speech really if they dare speak the politicized of actresses, broke the mold.” truth to the power of won for “Klute” in Producers for this those men. But their 1972, her speech was year’s Oscars show time is up. Their time is brief and uneventful. have said they want to up. Their time is up.”

“There’s a great deal emphasize the movies Before Brando, winto say, but I’m not going themselves, but between ners avoided making to say it tonight,” she the #MeToo movement news even if the time was stated. “I would just like and Hollywood’s general right and the audience to thank you very much.” disdain for President never bigger. Gregory Political movements Donald Trump, politiPeck, who won for best from anti-communism cal or social statements actor in 1963 as Atticus to civil rights were

WHEN TO WATCH The 90th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, air live on Sunday, with red-carpet coverage starting at 6:30 p.m. followed by the actual awards ceremony at 8 p.m., on ABC.

mostly ignored in their time. According to the movie academy’s database of Oscar speeches, the term “McCarthyism” was not used until 2014, when Harry Belafonte mentioned it upon receiving the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. “Vietnam” was not spoken until the ceremony held April 8, 1975, just weeks before North Vietnamese troops overran Saigon. No winner said the words “civil rights” until George Clooney in 2006, as he accepted a supporting actor Oscar for “Syriana.” Vanessa Redgrave’s fiery 1978 acceptance speech was the first time a winner said “fascism” or “anti-Semitism.”

Political or social comments were often safely connected to the movie.

Celeste Holm, who won best supporting actress in 1948 for “Gentleman’s Agreement,” referred indirectly to the film’s message of religious tolerance. Rod Steiger won best actor in 1968 for the racial drama “In the Heat of the Night” and thanked his co-star, Poitier, for giving him the “knowledge and understanding of prejudice.” The ceremony was held just days after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., whose name was never cited by Oscar winners in his lifetime, and Steiger ended by invoking a civil rights anthem: “And we shall overcome.”

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HEALTH Sidestep kidney stones

Debbie DeAngelo

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idney stones.

The very phrase makes most people wince, whether they’ve had them or not.

Horror stories abound regarding kidney stones for good reason. They can be excruciatingly painful.

People who have passed them desperately hope that it’s a case of “one and done,” while those who’ve never had them want to prevent the first episode.

These crystalline shards form when specific substances in the urine become concentrated and pool together, eventually congregating into stones.

As they flow through the urinary tract, they can get stuck and obstruct the flow of urine.

Here are three pointers to help you sidestep a subsequent, or first, encounter with kidney stones.

Hydrate. An inadequate fluid intake is one of the biggest contributing factors in the development of kidney stones.

Infrequent urination allows some of the stone-forming minerals to collect in the kidneys and urinary tract.

Unless your doctor has restricted your fluid intake, drink enough liquids— primarily water— to keep your urine clear to very pale yellow. If it’s dark, drink up.

Pucker up. Studies indicate that lemonade and limeade lower the risk of stone formation.

The naturally occurring citrate in lemons and limes is believed to be similar to some medications used to treat chronic kidney stones.

There’s one caveat — excess sugar can increase the likelihood of stones.

Make your own refreshing beverage to sip throughout the day by squeezing the juice from fresh lemons or limes and using a low-calorie natural sweetener such as stevia or monk fruit.

Know your stone. Not all kidney stones are alike. They can consist of different minerals and substances.

Once the lab determines the chemical makeup, your doctor can advise you on dietary restrictions and guidelines.

For example, some people may need to limit meat consumption while others may need to limit certain vegetables.

Debbie DeAngelo, R.N., is certified in women’s health and a holistic health coach. She can be reached at debbie@ healthonheels.com.

Organ donations rise due to overdose deaths Medical advances make it possible to do transplants in opioid-related deaths

By Marion Renault More Content Now

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wo days before he died of a drug overdose, Tony Shires stripped off his shirt in the middle of Circleville’s Pumpkin Show to sop up his 5-year-old nephew’s bloody nose.

Even when he was high, Tony was looking out for others, said sister Kelsey Shires, 27.

“That’s just who he was. If you didn’t have a dollar and he had just one in his pocket, he would end up without a dollar,” she said.

Tony Shires, 28, of Clintonville, Ohio, had been sober from heroin for six years.

In 2017, he went to treatment for Xanax and suboxone dependency and was clean for 51 days before he relapsed and overdosed on heroin Oct. 23.

Even in death, he was generous. Because he was an organ donor, his kidneys, pancreas and liver saved three strangers.

“That was what he wanted.

People can judge, but he could be the one who saved your dad, your whoever,” said his wife, Amanda Shires, 27.

“When it’s a hard day I think, ‘It’s not only bad. Something good did come out of it.’ ” Last year was a record one across the board for the group Shires donated to, Lifeline of Ohio, central Ohio’s regional organ-donation organization.

The nonprofit group saw a 37 percent increase in organs transplanted, as well as a record number of donors and recipients.

The jump in activity stems, in part, from soaring rates of drug overdoses.

Nationwide, the number of eventual organ donors who died of drug overdoses has more than doubled over the past three years, according to United Network for Organ Sharing, a nonprofit group that operates the United States’ only organ procurement and transplantation network.

In Lifeline of Ohio’s service area — which encompasses 37 Ohio counties and two in West Virginia — a quarter of the 2017 organ donors died from overdoses in 2017, up from nearly 12 percent the previous year.

“That’s a drastic increase,” said Andrew Mullins, Lifeline’s director of partner services. “We know

When Amanda Shires’ husband, Tony, died of an opioid overdose last October, the family decided to donate his organs. Drug addiction doesn’t necessarily harm organs, experts say. [ERIC ALBRECHT/DISPATCH]

Opioid overdoses • Overdose deaths usually occurs when oxygen cannot reach the brain, leaving most organs unaffected. The drugs and blood are flushed from the organs when they are removed from the body.

• Opioid overdoses accounted for more than 42,000 deaths in 2016, more than any previous year on record. An estimated 40 percent of opioid overdose deaths involved a prescription opioid.

—CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

the drug epidemic that’s sweeping our state, and donation has had an effect on transplant rates.”

Shires’ family members said they were surprised Tony could still be a donor.

He took his first oxycodone pill after an eighth-grade football injury and was battling a heroin addiction by the age of 18.

Although drug overdoses halt a person’s breathing or stop the heart, drug addiction doesn’t necessarily harm organs, said Becki Brown, a family services coordinator for Lifeline.

Medical tests performed at the time of death confirm which of a patient’s organs are viable for transplant.

“There’s a lot of misconceptions about donations,” Brown said. “Once people ask and learn, they’re almost always supportive.”

There are no costs or age limits for organ and tissue donation.

Senior citizens, newborn babies, people with poor eyesight, cancer survivors and even those with diabetes or hepatitis can donate.

To be eligible for donation, a person has to be in the hospital, on a ventilator and declared brain dead.

This happens in only 1 percent of all deaths in the U.S., according to Lifeline.

A single person can potentially save eight lives through heart, kidney, liver, pancreas, lung and small intestine donations.

They also can help heal more than 50 others by donating skin tissue for burn victims, veins for people with chronic pain, tendons for athletes or corneas for the vision-impaired.

Today, about 115,000 Americans are waiting for a life-saving transplant, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing.

“With medical advances, organs that historically wouldn’t be able to be transplanted now can be,” Mullins said. “It’s becoming more of a cultural norm. More people are saying ‘Yes, why wouldn’t I be a donor?’”

Years before his final donation, Tony Shires volunteered to give his grandmother one of his kidneys when she needed a transplant.

His mother, Beth Vermillion, 51, said it’s painful to square the devastation of the ongoing opioid epidemic with its potential for increasing organ donations.

“Although the pain is still there and it doesn’t fill the void of him not being there, he did some good.

I’m proud of my son,” she said.

Lifestyle affects your heart health From Mayo Clinic News Network

Heart disease can be improved — or even prevented — by making certain lifestyle changes. The following changes can help anyone who wants to improve heart health: Stop smoking. Smoking is a major risk factor for heart disease, especially atherosclerosis. Quitting is the best way to reduce your risk of heart disease and its complications.

Control your blood pressure. Ask your doctor for a blood pressure measurement at least every two years. He or she may recommend more frequent measurements if your blood pressure is higher than normal or you have a history of heart disease. Optimal blood pressure is less than 120 systolic and 80 diastolic, as measured in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg).

Check your cholesterol. Ask your doctor for a baseline cholesterol test when you’re in your 20s and then at least every five years. You may need to start testing earlier if high cholesterol is in your family.

If your test results aren’t within desirable

ranges, your doctor may recommend more frequent measurements. Most people should aim for an LDL level below 130 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL), or 3.4 millimoles per liter (mmol/L). If you have other risk factors for heart disease, you should aim for an LDL below 100 mg/ dL (2.6 mmol/L). If you’re at very high risk of heart disease — if you’ve already had a heart attack or have diabetes, for example — aim for an even lower LDL level — below 70 mg/dL (1.8 mmol/L).

Keep diabetes under control. If you have diabetes, tight blood sugar control can help reduce the risk of heart disease.

Move. Exercise helps you achieve and maintain a healthy weight and control diabetes, elevated cholesterol and high blood pressure — all risk factors for heart disease. If you have a heart arrhythmia or heart defect, there may be some restrictions on the activities you can do, so talk to your doctor. With your doctor’s OK, aim for 30 to 60 minutes of physical activity most days of the week.

Eat healthy foods. A heart-healthy diet based on fruits, vegetables and whole

grains — and low in saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium and added sugar — can help you control your weight, blood pressure and cholesterol.

Maintain a healthy weight. Being overweight increases your risk of heart disease. A BMI of less than 25 and a waist circumference of 35 inches (88.9 centimeters) or less is the goal for preventing and treating heart disease.

Manage stress. Reduce stress as much as possible. Practice techniques for managing stress, such as muscle relaxation and deep breathing.

Deal with depression. Being depressed can increase your risk of heart disease significantly. Talk to your doctor if you feel hopeless or uninterested in your life.

Practice good hygiene. Stay away from people with infectious diseases such as colds, get vaccinated against the flu, regularly wash your hands, and brush and floss your teeth regularly to keep yourself well.

Also, get regular medical checkups.

Early detection and treatment can set the stage for a lifetime of better heart health.