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Envoy: Gadhafi seeks crisis end U.S. agrees to NATO’s request for American airstrike extension.

By BEN HUBBARD and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press

BENGHAZI, Libya — An envoy of Moammar Gadhafi told Greece’s prime minister Sunday that the Libyan leader was seeking a way out of his country’s cri-

sis two weeks after his government’s attacks to put down a rebellion drew international airstrikes, Greek officials said.

Abdul-Ati al-Obeidi, a former Libyan prime al-Obeidi minister who has served as a Gadhafi envoy during the crisis, will travel next to Turkey and Malta in

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a sign that Gadhafi’s regime may be softening its hard line in the face of the sustained attacks.

The U.S. agreed to NATO’s request for a 48-hour extension of American participation in coalition airstrikes against targets in Libya, and U.S. lawmakers cautioned Sunday the allies need to know more about the rebels fighting Moammar Gadhafi’s forces before providing them with weapons.

Two weeks into the assault on Gadhafi, Republican lawmakers expressed concern that a stalemate could leave him in control of portions of Libya and with access to stockpiles of chemical weapons.

The U.S. is shifting the combat role to Britain, France and other NATO allies, but American air power is still in demand.

Air Force AC-130 gunships and

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Area vets will tour patriotic D.C. sites

Crestwood senior sponsors “Vets to D.C.,” which will fund trip to nation’s capital.

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Delaware River basin residents see chance to profit, but those downstream fear pollution.

PHILADELPHIA — Debate over setting conditions to allow natural gas drilling in the Delaware River basin is pitting landowners in Northeastern Pennsylvania who want to profit from the commonwealth’s drilling boom against people downstream who are “These are concerned about the possidecisions ble environmental impact that are The Delagoing to ware River Baaffect mul- sin Commisa New Jertiple gen- sion, sey-Pennsylvaerations.” nia agency that oversees withCollin O’Mara Delaware official drawals and water quality in the watershed drained by the 330-mile-long river, proposed regulations in December that would open widescale drilling for the first time but with generally stricter rules than in the rest of Pennsylvania. The agency is taking public comments until the middle of the month.

The issue has divided landowners seeking to take advantage of the boom and those concerned about the environment.

Louis Matoushek, for one, is upset that the panel halted production on his land in Wayne County three years ago after a company had already drilled a well.

“They changed the rules in the middle of the game,” he told The Philadelphia Inquirer.

But in Philadelphia about 150 miles downstream, Christopher Crockett, who is in charge of planning for the city’s water department, fears the effect on the drinking water for millions of people in Philadelphia and its suburbs.

“We want to make sure we have the science before the policy,” he said.

Before the commission acted, thousands of acres were leased and seven wells drilled in Northeastern Pennsylvania, but none were fracked — a process of injecting millions of gallons of water into the ground to free the gas.

Environmental advocates had urged the commission to wait for a study to assess the impacts, as

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arrison Levi, Kingston, works on his stained-glass window pattern Sunday at the Jewish Community Center in Wilkes-Barre, as part of the Kristallnacht Project, in remembrance of the many stained-glass synagogue windows that were smashed in then-Nazi Germany in 1938. For the story, see Page 3A.

Blazick cites his experience in handling civil cases Mountain Top attorney was motivated to run for county judge because of the corruption probe.

By SHEENA DELAZIO sdelazio@timesleader.com

pened,” Blazick said. “… People call us the laughing stock.”

Blazick, of Mountain Top, has worked for the past two years in his private practice, handling a variety of cases including insurance coverage, medical malpractice and construction disputes.

In 2010, Blazick was appointed by thenPresident Judge Chester Muroski to assist in an investigation ordered by the state Supreme Court to determine whether corruption influenced former Judge Mark Ciavarella’s judicial decisions.

Blazick said the investigations consisted of preliminary objections granted involving

WILKES-BARRE – Attorney Mike Blazick ran for Luzerne County judge in 2009 because he was motivated by the ongoing corruption probe and indictments of several judicial figures.

Two years later, Blazick told The Times Leader endorsement board last Tuesday, that is why he’s running again for one of six open seats on the county bench.

“I want (us) to get away from what’s hap- See BLAZICK, Page 12A

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with two games in Dayton, Ohio. It will end tonight in Houston when Butler and Connecticut battle for college basketball’s ultimate prize. The Bulldogs and Huskies will begin their dog show at 9:23 p.m. on CBS. Las Vegas says take UConn to win the school’s third national title. But Butler came within a cruel bounce of winning last year’s championship, and really, how can you pick against a team that plays in the gym where the movie “Hoosiers” was filmed?

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WRIGHT TWP. – Crestwood High School senior Jenna Neubauer sponsored “Vets to D.C.,” an all-expenses-paid veterans’ trip to Washington, D.C., departing today, for people like Al Finn.

Finn, 70, of Mountain Top, who served in the U.S. Army from 1959-62, was sta- V E T S T R I P tioned at T O D . C .

Fulda Gap on the bor- To donate to next der with the year’s Washington, D.C., trip for veterformer ans, contact “Vets Communist to D.C.,” 13 IndeEast Germa- pendence Road, ny as a tank Mountain Top, PA commander 18707 or visit in the 3rd www.vetstodc.webs.com. Checks Armored Di- should be made vision dur- payable to Mouning the Cold tain Post 781.

War. The gap was the obvious tank invasion route for Communist forces if they had decided to invade the West.

Finn watched as men, women and children tried to cross from behind the Berlin Wall. He saw and heard the gunfire that ensued. He witnessed a child lying for hours in agony before Russian forces dragged the body out of sight.

But Finn has never seen any of the memorials built in his and other service personnel’s honor at the nation’s capital.

Through speaking to veterans such as Finn, Neubauer,18, began to understand the meaning of sacrifice.

She has spent countless hours organizing and raising funds for her senior project, “Vets to D.C.,” which will provide transportation and meals to veterans on the trip today.

Veterans will visit the National World War II, Korean Veterans and Vietnam Veterans memorials, the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial and the FDR See VETS, Page 12A

season this Thursday when they travel to Allentown to play the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. The IronPigs, if you remember, are the Phillies’ Triple-A ballclub and used to be known around these parts as the Red Barons when they played in Moosic. So it’s like a matchup of the old home team vs. the new home team at the old home team’s new home. … Or something like that. If you are so inclined to make the trek down the Turnpike, the game starts at 7 p.m.

prohibited. It’s not an official holiday, but grabbing a brewski to celebrate seems like the proper thing to do.

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>> IT’S JUST A FLESH WOUND: They’re knights of the round table, they dance whenever they’re able, they’ll do routines and chorus scenes with footwork at the Scranton Cultural Center this weekend. They dine well here in Camelot, they eat ham and jam and present the Monty Python-inspired musical “Spamalot.” If you can somehow find a shrubbery to appease the Knights of “Ni,” and find your way across the Gorge of Eternal Peril, check out the silliness. Showtimes are Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 1 and 6 p.m.

April 7, hoist a cold one for Thomas H. Cullen and Pat Harrison. Who, you ask? Well, the mere fact that you CAN hoist a beer these days is because of those two 1930s-era lawmakers. It was the Cullen–Harrison Act of 1933 that ended Prohibition and made bendin’ the ol’ elbow legal again in the United States. Years later, some enterprising soul invented National Beer Day to mark the day Prohibition was

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a Race for Wishes celebration from 7 to 10 p.m. this Friday at the Mohegan Sun Casino at Pocono Downs – which is just where you’d expect a night of horse racing, food and frivolity to be held. It’s a Kentucky Derby-themed fundraiser that benefits a fantastic cause. Do the math on that one: Racing, fun and great food, AND it’s to help fulfill the wishes of sick children. … Sounds like the perfect evening

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Taylor Swift takes entertainer of year Overall winner Miranda Lambert matched her win total from last year.

By CHRIS TALBOTT AP Entertainment Writer

LAS VEGAS — Taylor Swift captured entertainer of the year at the Academy of Country Music awards Sunday night, beating out the likes of Keith Urban, Brad Paisley and the night’s overall winner, Miranda Lambert.

“The House That Built Me” helped Lambert quickly match her win total from last year’s Academy of Country Music awards on Sunday night, while Lady Antebellum took home three trophies, including as artist and producer on album of the year “Need You Now.” The two acts, who are the best of friends, celebrated on stage after Lambert, winner of last year’s album of the year award for “Revolution,” announced the winner.

“Thank you, Miranda Lambert, for winning this last year and not being in the category this year,” Lady A’s Charles Kelley said.

They were named vocal group of the year a few moments later.

Swift had been nominated for four awards; it was her only win of the night, but it was the biggest one. An excited and nervous Swift said she was losing her mind after getting the award.

It was the first time 21-yearold had won the night’s most prestigious honor; the award is voted on by the fans.

“The House That Built Me,” written by Allen Shamblin and Tom Douglas, won song, single record and video of the year Sunday night. It mirrors a difficult time in Lambert’s life, but those times are over and the song has helped Lambert’s star rise to new heights. It helped her win the Grammy for best female country performance and it also won Country Music Association’s song of the year award as well.

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said after winning single record, “thank you for writing the song of the year.”

Brad Paisley claimed his fifth straight top male vocalist of the year award.

“This is way too many for me,” Paisley said before joking, “I don’t know who got paid what. No, I’m kidding, kidding. It’s all very fair.”

Sugarland won vocal duo of the year for the second time.

The Band Perry claimed the best new artist award moments after singing their hit “If I Die Young.” It was the trio of two brothers and one sister’s second win after taking home top new vocal duo or group before the awards.

They were competing with Eric Church for top new artist.

“We believe that country music is the peeple’s music,” Kimberly Perry said. “And it is our greatest desire to be their band.”

Zac Brown Band, up for five awards, took home vocal event of the year with Alan Jackson for their collaboration on “As She’s Walking Away.”

Paisley kicked off the ACMs with a little help from friends: Three members of the iconic group Alabama joined Paisley on his new song “Old Alabama,” bringing the crowd at the MGM Grand to its feet Sunday night. It was one of several big collaborations during the show. Steven Tyler and Carrie Underwood rocked out to “Undo It” then segued to the Aerosmith classic “Walk This Way,” and later, Rihanna, sporting a flaming orange pixie haircut, performed her song “California King Bed” with Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles.

The show opened with cohost Blake Shelton singing a slow song to what appeared to Lambert, his fiance.

But as the camera panned in on a blonde draped over a couch, it revealed the show’s other co-host, Reba McEntire in a blonde wig.

“All right, Blake,” she said, “that’s enough rehearsing for your wedding night. We’ve got a show to do. Focus!”

way, police took into custody two juvenile males for underage drinking and possession of alcohol. The boys were issued citaMESHOPPEN – State police tions and released into the cuson Friday captured a wanted tody of their guardians. Two man found in a hollowed-out, wooden, box spring frame under other boys were not charged and were released. a mattress in the bedroom of a • Ronald Kripp, 42, of Oxford residence on Fairview Street where his girlfriend tried to hide Street, was taken into custody Saturday on a charge of criminal him.

State police said a warrant for trespass after a homeowner on Luzerne Street said she saw him felony burglary was out for leaving her residence. Kripp was Bernard Gillespie, 34, of Wilarraigned by District Judge liamsport. Lycoming County Joseph Halesey and committed also issued a warrant for Gilto the county prison for lack of lespie for a probation violation.

At the time of his arrest, state $5,000 bail.

• Wendy Butts of Montourspolice said he had a small amount of marijuana, a smoking ville told police Sunday that the paint and a tire on her 2009 bong and a hypodermic needle Toyota Prius were damaged on him. while it was parked at the U.S. He was committed to the Army Reserve Center on StewWyoming County Correctional ard Road.

Facility pending transfer to • Four teenage males fled the Lycoming County.

China House Buffet restaurant His girlfriend, Jennifer Dietrick, 33, of Muncy, was charged Sunday without paying for their with hindering apprehension or meals. The teenagers fled in a black 1990s model Dodge sedan prosecution. State police said with a Pennsylvania license she knew of the warrants for Gillespie and gave false informa- plate that might read HND0347.

Anyone with information is tion about his whereabouts on Friday and on prior attempts to asked to contact Hanover Township police at 570 829-1254 or apprehend him.

Luzerne County 911.

• A green plastic box containHANOVER TWP. – Township ing 250 rounds of .45-caliber police reported the following: ammunition fell off a car Sunday • An employee of Emerald afternoon as it drove away on Anthracite on Front Street said South Main Street. A witness Friday that utility poles on the property were brought down to told police a dark green conversion van stopped to pick up remove three transformers and the box and then drove away. copper wire.

Anyone with information is Police are trying to locate a black pickup truck that had two asked to contact Hanover Township police at 570-829-1254 or men in it that was seen leaving Luzerne County 911. the area. Anyone with information is asked to contact Hanover DORRANCE TWP. – David Township police at 570 825-1254 Eugene Michno, 52, of Blue or Luzerne County 911.

Ridge Trail, said someone tried • While investigating the to enter his residence the afterreport of a broken window Satnoon of March 25. urday at the Morbid Curiosity Michno said he heard the store on the Sans Souci Park-

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The Chicago Theatre was the scene Sunday for Charlie Sheen’s performance in which the 45-yearold former ’Two and a Half Men’ star continued his month-long, 20-city tour.

Sheen uses different format

“Because I had millions to blow. I hundreds who remained.

After bad night in Detroit, It wasn’t clear when the former ran out of things to buy.” actor changes to talk-show Early on, Sheen urged the “Two and a Half Men” star lost style as tour goes to Chicago. crowd in an obscenity-laced the audience, but there were

By CARYN ROUSSEAU Associated Press

CHICAGO — After being heckled and booed in Detroit, Charlie Sheen changed up his road show for his second stop, using a talk show-style format with an interviewer asking the actor questions about his life.

The changes seemed to help.

Unlike in Detroit, audience members weren’t leaving in droves Sunday and seemed more receptive to the actor.

As in Detroit, Sheen received a standing ovation when he took to the stage at the historic 3,600seat Chicago Theatre. Some audience members chanted “Detroit sucks.”

During the show, Sheen smoked cigarettes and answered questions from a master of ceremonies, talking about his marriages, his career and his life with the women he calls his “goddesses.”

“They have not disallowed me everything that makes me happy.

Period. The end,” Sheen said of the former porn star and an actress who live with him.

Sheen also had some snappy comebacks for the interviewer.

Asked how many times he had been married, he said, “Seventhousand. That’s why I’m broke.”

Asked why he’s “paid for sex” in the past, Sheen responded, handles on several doors shake while he was at home. After trying to enter the house, the person entered Michno’s vehicle at the rear of his residence and removed items. Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact state police at Hazleton at 570 459-3890.

statement “not to become (exple- many awkward moments.

Sheen, known for his wild partive) Detroit tonight. Let’s show Detroit how it’s (expletive) tying and rampant drug use, said he thought Detroit would be a done.”

Before the show, audience good place to tell some stories members said they had low ex- about crack cocaine. The remark pectations based on what they prompted loud, immediate boos.

At another point, Sheen heard and read about the inaugural performance in Sheen’s “My showed a short film he wrote, directed and proViolent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not “We figured we’d duced years ago called “RPG.” He an Option” tour.

“We figured we’d try it out and see sat in the front row to watch the flick, try it out and see what happens, which starred a what happens, and if much younger it’s bad, we’ll leave,” and if it’s bad, Johnny Depp. said Katie Iglehart, we’ll leave.”

Again, more boos.

23, of Chicago.

Katie Iglehart But the show acSheen’s Detroit Of Chicago tually started off show began with with a bang. thunderous apAfter a video monplause but ended 70 minutes later. In between, Sheen tage of movie clips — Sheen in tried to appease his audience “Wall Street” and “Platoon” set to a with rants, a rapper and a ques- guitar solo — the star emerged to tion-and-answer session, ulti- raucous applause and a standing mately concluding the first show ovation. The cheering increased as the goddesses took the stage. was “an experiment.”

When the goddesses locked Some fans predicted a premature end for the monthlong trek. lips in front of him, Sheen “No way” the show makes it smirked. He had the crowd in the through all the dates, said Bob palm of his hand.

“I don’t see a single empty Orlowski, a lawyer from Plyseat,” he said. mouth, Mich..

That quickly changed.

“He’s not suited for this,” said As the showed bogged down, Orlowski, 46. “It wasn’t funny.”

Sheen’s publicist, Larry Sol- an audience member booed, ters, declined to comment. prompting Sheen to reply, “I’ve Sheen, 45, reappeared after the already got your money, dude.”

Things only got worse. house lights went up to thank the Hovan and committed to the Wyoming County Correctional Facility for lack of $25,000 bail.

WILKES-BARRE – City police reported the following: • Brandon Michael Marsola of Swetland Lane, West Wyoming, was charged with public drunkenness early Sunday morning after an officer saw FORTY FORT – James Dale him walking on North Main Hunter of Dallas was arrested on evidence of driving under the Street yelling obscenities into a influence early Sunday morning cell phone, police said.

• John Monseur of Parrish on the Cross Valley Expressway.

Street said Sunday afternoon State police said Hunter was driving in an erratic manner and that someone entered his property on Hutson Street and reshowed signs of intoxication moved copper pipes. when stopped. He was arrested The basement of the building and given a breath test. sustained water damage as a result. There was no estimate HAZLE TWP. – State police available on the total loss and are investigating a hit-and-run damage. crash that occurred Friday • Jessica Angelen Spino of morning at the traffic light on South Sherman Street will be state Route 924 and the northcharged with hindering apprebound ramp to Interstate 81. hension Sunday afternoon after A Nissan Sentra driven by police said she slammed the Yonas Birhanu, 26, of Butler Township, was stopped at a red door in the face of an officer looking for a wanted man at her light in the eastbound left turnresidence. ing lane waiting to enter the City police said they were interstate when his car was dispatched to assist Wilkesstruck in the rear by a black Barre Township police in the SUV, which fled. Birhanu, who apprehension of David Vanseco was not injured, provided a whose vehicle was parked in the partial Pennsylvania license driveway of Spino’s residence. plate J3147.

Vanseco was found hiding under a blanket in the residence, poLACEYVILLE – State police lice said. and members of the U.S. MarSpino was taken into custody shals Service apprehended Rafe Alan Seiler, 34, who was wanted and later released.

• Police said Rais George in Indiana.

Richards of Hanover was While serving the arrest warcharged with public drunkrant Friday morning, state police saw a handgun and a sawed- enness late Saturday night after he called Luzerne County 911 off shotgun in the residence, and asked to see police, who authorities said. Seiler was found him on East Northamparrested and charged with reton Street. Richards was found ceiving stolen property for the to be highly intoxicated, police handgun and prohibited offensaid. sive weapons for the shotgun, • Jonathan Housenick of Pine state police said. Seiler was arraigned by District Judge John Run Road said Saturday night

that an XO Vision 7-inch touch screen was stolen from his vehicle while he was working at the Arena Bar & Grill on Coal Street.

He said a passenger-side window was broken to gain entry.

The estimated damage and loss was $350.

• Amanda Noll of Garnett Lane said Saturday that her residence was burglarized between March 25 and March 28 while she was away. Noll said a Dell computer mouse, keyboard and hard drive, approximately 300 DVDs, a radio and 50 compact discs were taken. There was no estimate available on the damage and loss.

• Desalegn Tafera of Light Street, Bloomsburg, will be charged with violating a protection from abuse order for having contact with Rahel Alemu of Plymouth Avenue on Saturday night, police said.

Alemu went to police headquarters to report that Tafera followed her from her residence to a convenience store on Carey Avenue, made contact with her and yelled at her before fleeing, police said.

• Donna Lee Baldrica of Hill Street was charged with public drunkenness after police said she was walking in traffic in the area of Hill Street and Park Avenue on Saturday night.

Police said she tried to kick a passing vehicle and was staggering in the roadway. When contacted, she was found to be highly intoxicated, taken into custody and taken to police headquarters, where she was held until she was sober.

• A $1,500 Power Cable generator was reported stolen from a storage trailer near the intersection of Scott and Laird streets. The theft occurred between March 1 and Friday after a padlock on the trailer was cut.

HARRISBURG – No player matched all five winning numbers drawn in Sunday’s “Pennsylvania Cash 5” game so the jackpot will be worth $225,000.

Lottery officials said 38 players matched four numbers and won $366 each; 1,939 players matched three numbers and won $12 each; and 25,096 players matched two numbers and won $1 each.

•None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Saturday evening matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 06-22-34-43-45 Powerball: 23 Power Play: 2 Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have won or shared the $187 million jackpot. The prize goes to an estimated $218 million for Wednesday.

Tickets that match the first five numbers, but miss the Powerball, win $200,000 each, and there were seven of those. They were sold in: Colorado(1), Connecticut(1), Florida (1), Indiana (1), Kentucky (1), New Jersey (1) and New York (1).

There were two Power Play Match 5 winners in North Carolina (1) and North Dakota (1).

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Observing tragedy with artwork Glass creations memorialize victims of the Holocaust

By STEVEN FONDO Times Leader Correspondent

WILKES-BARRE -- The Jewish Community Center sponsored a program on Sunday called “Putting the Pieces Back Together” as an observance of Kristallnacht, a major turning point of the Holocaust.

“Kristallnacht means ‘the Night of Broken Glass,’” said Rabbi Larry Kaplan of Temple Israel. In 1938, the German Nazi government had stepped up its

crackdown on Jews and Jewish businesses “What essentially took place were riots attacking Jewish businesses and burning temples. It was really the beginning of the end for the Jewish people in Germany.”

Event organizer Abby Kruger said, “We’re trying to observe some of the tragedies of the Holocaust. Kristallnacht was an event where there was glass shattered everywhere, and we’re

symbolically putting the pieces back together to reformulate the Jewish communiTo see additional ty in a positive photos, visit way.” www.times The JCC will be leader.com. working together with renowned Jewish artist Gary Rosenthal and The Kristallnacht Project to submit a small 12by-12-inch window composed of colorful glass shards that will become part of a much larger stained-glass collective to be displayed nationally.

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“We’re symbolically putting the pieces back together to reformulate the Jewish community in a positive way.”

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corporate 6 million pieces of beautifully fused glass to commemorate the 6 million victims of the Holocaust.

“The children will also be creating textile tapestry windows, made up of small objects and mementos that are special or signif-

Samuel Schwartz, Kingston, finishes his stained-glass pattern Sunday at the Jewish Community Center in Wilkes-Barre.

icant to them.” Kruger said.

“These tapestry windows commemorate those that were shattered during Kristallnacht.”

The finished artwork will be

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1st U.S. female rabbi will speak at JCC Event is sponsored by Elly and Murray Miller of Kingston Township.

Chief Gathering will address Dallas Twp. zoning hearing board about plans to build metering station.

By JOHN KRISPIN jkrispin@timesleader.com

Rabbi Sally J. Priesand will bring the story of her journey from young Jewish woman to America’s first female rabbi to the area Sunday at the Jewish Community Center of Wyoming Valley.

It is estimated that, after Priesand’s monumental achievement in the Reform Jewish community, 1,000 women rabbis have followed in Priesand her footsteps.

The event is sponI F YO U G O sored by Elly and MurRabbi Priesand ray Miller of Kingston will share her Township. Elly Miller rabbinic journey had first met Priesand at at 11:30 a.m.

Sunday at the a bas mitzvah of a young JCC of Wyoming woman who, at the adValley. Everyone vice of Priesand, became is invited to attend. There will a cantor, one of the first steps in becoming a rabbe no admission fee. For addition- bi. al information, “I was a teacher all my contact Barbara life and never met a feSugarman at male rabbi,” said Elly 824-4646.

Miller. “My husband and I went (to the bas mitzvah), and after the ceremony waited in the lobby and told the woman rabbi how much I was happy to meet her. She wanted to be invited to our community.”

According to a JCC press release, Priesand earned her status as a pioneer on June 3, 1972, when she was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Elly Miller knows that, without the efforts and the kindness of the local Jewish community and the area community, events such as might not occur.

“I just wanted to thank Rick Evans and Barbara Sugarman, who had the most to do with making this happen,” she said.

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Tyler Wood gets some lip gloss applied by her mom, Keri Wood, Shavertown, in the dressing room before a spring fashion show at Appletree Terrace Newberry Estate sponsored by Prince of Peace Church, Dallas.

Model opportunity Prince of Peace Church’s fashion show raises funds and brings together families for fun.

By JANINE UNGVARSKY Times Leader Correspondent

DALLAS -- On the day after her 7th birthday, Tyler Wood was sporting a beautiful flowered dress but had no butterflies in her tummy, even though she was about to walk the runway as a model for the first time.

“I’m excited,” the Shavertown firstgrader said.

Wood was one of15 first-time models showing off the latest fashions at the first Prince of Peace Step into Spring Fashion Show. Close to 100 people enjoyed hors d’oeuvres and desserts at Appletree Terrace at Newberry Estates while checking out the latest spring fashions from local stores.

“People are ready to forget about winter and look at some pretty clothes,” said event committee member Ann Russin. “We wanted to have a fundraiser that would appeal to a wide variety of people who could have a fun social afternoon with good food and good fellowship.”

The models were all church parishioners, including Beverly Cushner, Heather Hules and Michele Fagula, who spent the last moments before the event started helping each other choose shoes and figure out how to hide price tags on their accessories. All joked about how they offered to help with the show and somehow found themselves “volunteered” to model.

“At first I laughed and thought it was a joke,” said Cushner. “We’re all nervous and inexperienced, but we’re having fun trying things on, and we’re doing it for God and Prince of Peace.”

Despite their nerves, the models all

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seemed to be having fun on the stage, including Jack Barr, 5½, who struck a surfing pose as he showed off a colorful bathing suit. Barr said he was modeling to help his mom, Abby Barr, who was also modeling “in case she gets scared.”

“I think the show is a really good thing,” said mom. “I think it’s going to give us a chance to show what our church is all about – family.”

The event was a family affair for many of the attendees, with many sharing the afternoon with mothers, daughters, sisters and aunts. Falls resident Kathy Hoffman brought daughter Cassie, 3½, to her first fashion show.

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Building a new chance and a home out of misfortune Lisa Bartlow and her son are citing that I’ve been given this opportunity, for me and my latest to receive Habitat for son.”

The Edwardsville home was Humanity home.

By SARA POKORNY spokorny@timesleader.com

EDWARDSVILLE -- Three and a half years ago, Lisa Bartlow was involved in a devastating car crash that left her permanently handicapped, out of work, and living with her parents as she tried to get back on her feet.

Today she can walk proudly through her home, located across the street from her job, with the knowledge that she’s truly blessed and on the path of recovery.

Lisa and her 9-year-old son, Ian, are the latest partner family to receive a house from Wyoming Valley Habitat for Humanity. The Bartlow house is the 17th for the organization.

“This is the first house I’ve ever owned,” Lisa said. “It’s so ex-

displayed at a Holocaust memorial event in May. For further information, call Barbara Sugarman or Gina Malsky of the JCC at 824-4646.

donated to Habitat by Bazil Grabovsky, whose family purchased it in 1952.

Habitat renovated the house according to Lisa’s needs. They made sure all cabinets were accessible for her 5-foot-tall frame, and they also installed handrails on the front porch and throughout the home to help her move around easily.

As part of the program, Lisa was required to put in volunteer hours.

“I believe Lisa finished her hours in record time,” said David Doty, Habitat’s partner family mentor.

Lisa not only put in hours at her own home, but helped at a site in Wilkes-Barre as well as the habitat office.

Karen Evans Kaufer, area Habitat executive director, refers to this as “sweat equity,” or time spent volunteering with Habitat.

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“It connects the family to the house and to their community,” she said. “It’s also a good way for our many volunteers to put a face on the people that they’re helping.”

In addition to this requirement, partner families must have the ability to repay a no-interest, 20-year mortgage.

Kaufer said many believe Habitat houses are handouts, but these requirements ensure that’s not that case.

“We refer to them as handups,” she said. “We’re giving a family the opportunity to enrich the way they live.”

“This woman capitalized on the hand-up from day one,” said Doty.

Lisa worked on the house since September.

“It was incredible to work on what I could think of as my home,” she said, “and learn how to do different things, like

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New homeowner Lisa Bartlow, right, gets a hug from Wyoming Valley Habitat for Humanity Partner Family Mentor David Doty, left, as Executive Director Karen Evans Kaufer looks on at a dedication ceremony in Edwardsville on Sunday afternoon.

spackle, sanding, painting.”

She was also floored by the other volunteers.

“It really is amazing to know that people have that much

heart and they’re willing to give their time to others,” she said.

“I’ve been near tears so many times during this whole experience.”

DALLAS TWP. – Resident Jane Tolomello plans to attend the Dallas Township zoning hearing tonight to express her concerns about Chief Gathering LLC’s latest proposal to build a natural gas metering station near her home on Fairground Road.

“It’s going to be within feet of my home,” said Tolomello, who owns the Snooty Fox Consignment Shop in Shavertown. “It will be in my community, near my business, by where my daughter goes to school.”

Representatives from Chief Gathering W H A T ’ S will provide testimony N E X T before the three-member zoning board at 7 The Dallas p.m. in the Dallas Mid- Township dle School auditorium. Zoning The company ap- Board will hold a hearplied for special zoning ing at 7 exceptions for the con- tonight in struction of two meter- the Dallas ing facilities, two flow Middle control buildings, a School audi100-foot communica- torium for Chief Gathtions tower, a 10-foot ering LLC’s flare and an 8,000-gal- application lon mercaptan tank on for special a site off of Hildebrandt zoning exRoad, about one-third ceptions to of a mile from the Dal- build a natural gas las School District metering campus. station off of In a press release, Hildebrandt Chief’s Vice President Road. of Public Affairs Kristi Gittins said the metering facility is an important aspect of transporting the natural gas that flows into the Transco interstate pipeline used to heat homes and businesses.

She said the metering facility needs to be placed near the point of transfer from the Chief pipeline to the Transco line, and the station’s purpose is to measure the quality of the gas.

Earlier this year, Chief submitted plans to the township for the location of a proposed seven-unit compressor station on the Hildebrandt Road site.

Parents flooded the Dallas Middle School auditorium in February to express their concerns, which included worries about air and noise pollution.

“It’s toxic,” said Tolomello, who said she’s joined the Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition as a result of these developments in Dallas Township. “If this is approved, there could be a lot more industry to this area.”

After listening to the concerns of state Sen. Lisa Baker, R-Lehman, and state Rep. Karen Boback, R-Harveys Lake, the company announced plans to relocate the compressor station to a “more rural area of Dallas Township.”

“Chief made a commitment and will not build its Luzerne Compressor Station within a mile of Dallas schools,” stated Ted Wurfel, Chief’s vice president of environmental, regulatory and safety affairs.

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WASHINGTON—House Republicans’ 2012 federal budget proposal will include significant changes to Medicare, shift control of Medicaid to the states and aim to chop more than $4 trillion from the deficit over the next decade, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said Sunday.

Ryan’s broad overview of the plan, which is to be announced on Tuesday, included a combination of entitlement changes and spending cuts that amount to a significantly different approach to deficit and debt reduction than that advocated by President Barack Obama.

Obama’s plan, proposed in February, would cut $1.1 trillion from the deficit over 10 years through a combination of increased revenues and targeted budget cuts.

He did not suggest structural changes to

the nation’s social safety-net programs — Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

Republicans said that plan ignored the primary drivers of the escalating debt and deficits, as well as the solutions proposed by a commission Obama appointed to draft a deficit-reduction plan.

In contrast, the Republican budget would change entitlement programs as recommended by the commission.

The proposal would rework Medicare by offering seniors a choice of private plans and restructure Medicaid funding into block grants distributed to the states, while apparently leaving Social Security unchanged, Ryan said. The changes would not affect current recipients of Medicare, he said.

The Wisconsin Republican declined to offer savings estimates, but said the plan would go further than the commission’s

“We believe in exceeding the goals put out by the president’s debt commission.”

Paul Ryan House Budget Committee Chairman

recommendations, which proposed nearly $4 trillion in deficit reduction through 2020.

“We believe in exceeding the goals put out by the president’s debt commission,” he said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”

The commission’s plan was rejected by both Democrats, who said it cut too much, and some Republicans, who would not sign on to its call to increase government revenues Ryan said the House Republican plan would call for “pro-growth tax reform,” although he was not specific. He indicated the plan included lower tax rates.

YUMA, ARIZ.

Feds: 3 more jets cracked

investigators say inspectors F ederal have found subsurface cracks in

three more Southwest Airlines planes.

Similar cracks are suspected of triggering a fuselage rupture that forced a Boeing 737-300 to make an emergency landing in Yuma, Ariz. The 15-year-old jet in the Arizona incident had about 39,000 takeoff and landing cycles.

The airline had said earlier Sunday that it found such cracks in two of their planes. A National Transportation Safety Board member says a third plane was discovered to have the cracks as well.

Board member Robert Sumwalt says Boeing is developing a “service bulletin” strongly suggesting immediate checks on all similar models with comparable flight time and age.

The cracks found in the three planes developed in two lines of riveted joints that run the length of the aircraft.

SANAA, YEMEN

Protest turns violent

Thousands of women calling for the ouster of Yemen’s longtime ruler were attacked on Sunday by police with sticks and rocks, setting off a furious battle with male protesters that left several people hurt, activists said.

The women were marching down a main street in the southern town of Taiz shouting “peaceful! peaceful!” when they were attacked, activist Ghazi al-Samei said.

Three young men suffered serious gunshot wounds when police opened fire, said a protester.

Army tanks and armored cars stopped other demonstrators from entering Taiz, the site of some of the largest and angriest protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s rule.

Protesters have been camping out in main squares throughout Yemen for weeks, demanding Saleh immediately leave power after 30 years.

HANOI, VIETNAM

Ailing turtle to be treated An ailing giant turtle considered sacred by many Vietnamese was captured in a lake in central Hanoi on Sunday by rescuers who hope to give it medical attention.

Thousands of onlookers cheered as the mammoth creature was pulled in after escaping capture last month.

It took 50 workers two hours to net the turtle.

The reptile is estimated to weigh 440 pounds and is one of the world’s most endangered freshwater turtles.

Scientists say it is at least 80 years old, but many Vietnamese believe, as legend has it, that it is the same mythical creature said to have helped Vietnamese King Le Loi fend off the Chinese nearly six centuries ago.

NORRIDGE, ILL.

Fall from coaster deadly A 3-year-old boy died Saturday after falling out of a roller coaster at a suburban Chicago amusement park, police said.

The boy was sitting near the front of the Python Pit roller coaster at the Go Bananas amusement park when he got underneath the ride’s safety bar, Norridge Police Chief James Jobe said. He suffered head injuries in what Jobe described as “a tragic accident.”

The boy was on the ride with his twin brother when he fell out of the coaster while it was moving, Jobe said.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office said the boy died at the park.

Police said a state inspector was at the scene.

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A couple watch the site where coffins of victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami were buried Sunday in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

Polymer Japan’s new hope Mixture seen as cure for nuke water leak. Plant reveals 2 workers died.

By RYAN NAKASHIMA and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press

TOKYO — Engineers pinned their hopes on chemicals, sawdust and shredded newspaper to stop highly radioactive water pouring into the ocean from Japan’s tsunami-ravaged nuclear plant Sunday as officials said it will take several months to bring the crisis under control, the first time they have provided a timetable.

Concrete already failed to stop the tainted water spewing from a crack in a maintenance pit, and the new mixture did not appear to be working either, but engineers said they were not abandoning it.

The Fukushima Da-ichi plant has been leaking radioactivity

since the March 11 tsunami carved a path of destruction along Japan’s northeastern coast, killing as many as 25,000 people and knocking out key cooling systems that kept it from overheating. People living within12 miles of the plant have been forced to abandon their homes.

The government said Sunday it will be several months before the radiation stops and permanent cooling systems are restored. Even after that happens, there will be years of work ahead to clean up the area around the complex and figure out what to do with it.

“It would take a few months until we finally get things under control and have a better idea about the future,” said Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency spokesman Hidehiko Nishiyama. “We’ll face a crucial turning point within the next few months, but that is not the end.”

His agency said the timetable

“We’ll face a crucial turning point within the next few months, but that is not the end.”

is based on the first step, pumping radioactive water into tanks, being completed quickly and the second, restoring cooling systems, being donewithina matter of weeks or Hidehiko months.

Nishiyama Every day Safety brings some spokesman new problem at the plant, where workers have often been forced to retreat from repair efforts because of high radiation levels. On Sunday, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. announced it had found the bodies of two workers missing since the tsunami.

Radiation, debris and explosions kept workers from finding them until Wednesday, and then the announcement was delayed several days out of respect for their families.

TEPCO officials said they believed the workers ran down to a basement to check equipment after the magnitude-9.0 earthquake that preceded the tsunami. They were there when the massive wave swept over the plant.

“It pains us to have lost these two young workers who were trying to protect the power plant amid the earthquake and tsunami,” TEPCO Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata said in a statement.

On Saturday, workers discovered an 8-inch crack in a maintenance pit at the plant and said they believe water from it may be the source of some of the high levels of radioactive iodine that have been found in the ocean for more than a week.

outsiders to make money

Strapped for cash, cities are reluctant to raise taxes on their own residents.

By TIM MARTIN Associated Press

LANSING, Mich. — Out-oftowners would be wise to drive carefully when passing through Fraser, a suburb about 15 miles northeast of Detroit.

The city this year began charging non-residents who cause wrecks for the public safety and emergency response time involved in the accident. The fee "You’re is one of many revenue-raising not welideas being come here considered by cities nation- — outsidewide dealing rs not welwith budget come." problems.

Jay Middleton Reluctant to Tax recipient raise taxes on their own residents, local governments are looking increasingly at out-of-towners. But critics complain the fees amount to taxation without representation, or double taxation, since those people already pay for roads and public safety services in their own communities. And unsuspecting out-of-town motorists who’ve have faced the bills say they send a hostile message.

"You’re not welcome here — outsiders not welcome," said Jay Middleton, a Mount Laurel, N.J., resident who fought a "crash tax" charged in a Philadelphia suburb.

"That’s what it says to me."

Middleton got caught up in the "crash tax" issue after a fenderbender while moving his daughter home from college a few years ago. Radnor Township, Pa., billed him $276.08 for the police time.

The concept of governments hitting up visitors for cash isn’t new.

States often charge nonresidents more than locals for hunting and fishing licenses on the theory visitors don’t pay the regular taxes used to support parks and recreation systems. A number of cities impose income taxes on suburbanites who come into a city to work. Omaha, Neb., planned a commuter fee that critics called a "wheel tax" before state lawmakers moved to block it this year.

Across Michigan, cities are struggling to fund their emergency services. The state has lost more than 4,500 police officers and firefighters in the past decade, mostly because of lower tax revenues during the recession and the state’s economic decline.

Fraser, a town of about 15,000 in southeast Michigan, has lost 13 public safety officer positions since 2006 — a drop of 25 percent.

"I think we are now at the point where it’s push versus shove," Fraser city manager Richard Haberman said.

Battle mounts to remove incumbent Ivory Coast leader Sporadic gunfire rang out in central Abidjan on Sunday.

U.N. moves employees.

By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI and MARCO CHOWN OVED Associated Press

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — The United Nations mission in Ivory Coast began moving some 200 employees out of the main city Sunday after repeated attacks on its headquarters, as fighters loyal to the internationally recognized president prepared for a battle to oust the incumbent leader.

Sporadic gunfire rang out in central Abidjan on Sunday, and residents for the most part stayed in their homes. Residents of the commercial capital

have been restricted to their homes since forces supporting internationally recognized president Alassane Ouattara began their assault of Abidjan on Thursday. Electricity has been cut intermittently and the water was shut off citywide Sunday morning, though a few women could be seen on the street filling basins with water from the lagoon.

“There is an in-country relocation of some 200 of our staff in order to ensure their safety in the currently challenging security environment. There are no plans to evacuate them from the country,” said Nicholas Birnback, a spokesman for the U.N. Peacekeeping Department.

A U.N. employee said they were taken by helicopter from

On Saturday, incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo called on his supporters to descend into the streets to form a human shield around the presidential palace. Boatloads of youth were ferried into the center of town and have been coursing the streets carrying rudimentary weapons such as two-byfours and metal bars.

Ouattara’s camp reports that the vast majority of the military has defected to his side, leaving only a small contingent of fightAP PHOTO ers to defend Gbagbo.

Thousands of pro-Ouattara A photo provided by the French Defense Ministry shows troops amassed on the city’s French soldiers patrolling Saturday in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. northern edge Sunday.

The U.N. reported that elite the U.N. base in downtown Bouake.

The person asked not to be Republican Guard forces have Abidjan to the airport. Another helicopter will take them from named because they are not au- repeatedly attacked its convoys there to the northern city of thorized to speak to the press. and patrols.

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By RALPH NARDONE Times Leader Correspondent

WILKES-BARRE -- A decadesold tradition started by a group of mothers at King’s College in 1948 continued on Sunday as the Reginas at King’s College held its annual penny auction.

This year’s gathering aimed to raise about $3,000 in scholarship funds that will be awarded to a needy King’s College student from Northeastern Pennsylvania.

Auction master of ceremonies and president of the Reginas Eileen Eustice said that about 200 players attended the auction, all vying for a long list of prizes donated by the club members and local businesses.

Prizes included $20 restaurant coupons, gift certificates from local retailers valued up To see additional to $100, beauty photos, visit aids, $200 diswww.times counts on jewelry leader.com. purchases, baskets of cheer, $30 passes for golf excursions, electronics, $72 bus trip tickets to Atlantic City, auto-care services, food and more.

The student beneficiary of the money raised by the auction must be from a local community, Eustice said. The college administration will make the choice as to whom will receive the money based on their need, she added.

At this time there are about 40 Dolores McGeehan, Regina member, said the auction has members of the Reginas with been going on for more than 40 open invitations for new memyears. “It started by a group of bers, she added.

The auction included 37 mothers with $1,000,” she said.

Reginas Club president Eileen Eustice calls out bidders’ numbers during Sunday’s penny auction at King’s College.

The event was organized by the Reginas Club to raise money for student scholarships.

Regina Hrichison, club member, said there were almost enough prizes for all players, however, the “luck of the draw” determined who received what.

About three quarters of the players are regular participants, Hrichison said.

“They look forward to this year after year,” she said. The Reginas are seeking to attract more players, she said, through promotions and by word-of-mouth.

“It’s exciting,” she said.

“There’s nothing like winning.”

Eustice said the Reginas appreciate the donations from the more than 60 local businesses that provided the prizes for the PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER auction. She also thanked the college for helping the Reginas progames, each with three or four joyed refreshments and a fun mote the event and for allowing prizes to win. Items were won for comfortable gaming environ- the group to take advantage of the facilities on campus. prices as low as 20 cents up to $1. ment.

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Prince Harry gets royal attention

Female fans prefer young brother over heir to throne

By RAPHAEL G. SATTER Associated Press

LONDON — He’s been filmed trekking through the Arctic, gives a smoldering look from the cover of a men’s magazine and is being targeted by legions of young women who only a few years ago would have been lusting after his older brother.

With all the attention being paid to Prince Harry, you might forget that Prince William’s the one getting married.

“He’s a cool guy, he’s an action man, and he obviously enjoys quite a good time,” said Robert Johnston, associate editor at GQ magazine, which featured a front page, black-and-white photo of the 26year-old royal. “It’s quite a potent mix.”

This week’s magazine shows a pensive prince, square-jawed and tousle-haired, his lips curling into a smile. GQ’s story covers Harry’s

high-profile polar expedition with Walking With The Wounded, a U.K. charity devoted to helping injured veterans.

It’s work that has commanded a fair amount of television time given the dramatic crises gripping the Middle East, North Africa, the Ivory Coast and Japan.

Camera crews have tracked the prince as he goes through his punishing Arctic training, plunging into ice-cold water and struggling across the fields of blinding snow on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. Clips of Harry, sporting stylish sunglasses and a wisp of stubble, have played better than those of his balding older brother, who was last pictured in faded green overalls showing his grandmother around a Welsh helicopter bay.

The British monarchy’s female fans have noticed.

“Will’s a bit more like Charles, more serious.

Harry’s a bit more like Di.”

“Will’s a bit more like Charles, more serious. Harry’s a bit more like Di,” his popular and glamorous mother, said Katie Steward, a 44-year-old bartender who planned to Katie Steward watch the royal Bartender wedding procession on April 29.

She put Harry’s charm down to his rebelliousness, but her friend, Emma Dunthorne, a 42-year-old teaching assistant, put it more succinctly.

“Everybody likes a bad boy,” she said.

Even those with little interest in the royalty, like 19-year-old student Sasha O’Connor, who was sitting with friends at nearby cafe, said they’d prefer Harry.

“William looks more and more like his father every day,” O’Connor said.

It isn’t unusual for the younger siblings of royalty to get sexier coverage than their throne-bound relatives.

Prince Andrew was always seen as much more of a party-happy playboy than older brother Prince Charles, so much so that he once labored under the nickname “Randy Andy.”

Queen Elizabeth II’s younger sister, the late Princess Margaret, was a1950s fashion icon, her easy glamour contrasting with the queen’s tasteful-but-conservative style.

Johnston said younger siblings often had it easier because they aren’t as completely captive to their royal roles.

But Harry’s guy-next-door act has occasionally gotten him booed off the stage.

Many stories about the prince still mention his late-night London clubbing, his infamous strip club visit, his marijuana use, and the AP PHOTO time he made a front page appearance in the nation’s biggest-selling Britain’s Prince Harry, gestures, during training for the Walking daily, cupping his hands around a with the Wounded expedition, on the island of Spitsbergen, Thursday.

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Thousands watch eagles hatch live online Site crashes briefly Saturday after first eaglet emerged. A second hatched Sunday.

By TIMBERLY ROSS Associated Press

A live video feed from northeast Iowa with a bird’s-eye view of eagle eggs hatching has attracted more than 100,000 followers — so many that the site crashed temporarily Saturday after the first eaglet came out.

The camera, sponsored by the Raptor Resource Project, shows a nest 80 feet up in a tree overlooking a trout stream at the Decorah Fish Hatchery, where a pair of eagles is welcoming their brood.

Three eggs were laid in late February, and the first eaglet started to emerge from its shell Friday. Bob Anderson, the project’s executive director, said the second hatched about 5:30 a.m.

Sunday and the third is expected in about three days.

“The world loves it,” said Anderson, who controls the camera angle with a joystick from a nearby shed.

Viewers can watch the adult eagles feed the hatchlings and trade shifts sitting on the nest. Anderson recently took on two volunteers to help man the camera so he could get some sleep and respond to hundreds of e-mails from eagle fans around the world.

He said he got more than 500 emails from Saturday night to Sunday morning.

Anderson said a spike in traffic overloaded the site Saturday, and it was down for about two hours.

“I have had bird cams for 20 years ... I’m in shock, I’m in awe,” Anderson said of its popularity.

The camera is about the size of a grapefruit and is camouflaged with leaves. It’s equipped with an infrared light — which the eagles can’t detect — for nighttime

viewing.

Sue Thomas, 66, has been watching the nest from her home in Great Britain. She checks in first thing in the morning — even though it’s still dark in Iowa and the eagles are sleeping.

Thomas, who enjoys watching birds in her own back yard, said her favorite shots of the eagles are when the adults stand up, revealing the little ones below. She saw one of the adults feeding shreds of what appeared to be a rabbit to the first chick.

“It’s just lovely to see what the little baby eagles are doing,” Thomas said. "It’s amazing to see creation going on in such a happy way."

Anderson said teachers log on for class projects and about 23 volunteers staff the site’s chat room for 12 hours daily.

The pair of eagles have raised eight chicks since they built the nest four years ago.

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STEPHEN F. DYSLESKI, 88, of Wilkes-Barre, died Saturday afternoon, April 2, 2011, at Golden Living Center, Plains Township.

Funeral arrangements are pending from the Bednarski & Thomas Funeral Home, 27 Park Ave., Wilkes-Barre.

VERONICA A. MILLS, 95, of the Brookside section of Wilkes-Barre, died Saturday afternoon, April 2, 2011, in the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital following an illness.

Funeral services for Miss Mills will be announced in Tuesday’s edition of the newspaper from the John V. Morris Funeral Home, 625 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre.

ANN YACKOSKI, 90, of Plains Township, died Saturday, April 2, 2011, at the Wesley Village Campus in the Partridge-Tippett Nursing Facility, Jenkins Township.

Funeral arrangements are pending from the Simon S. Russin Funeral Home, Plains Township.

DAVID KAUFMAN, of WilkesBarre, died Sunday evening, April 3, 2011, in Hospice of the VNA, Heritage House, Wilkes-Barre. He was a member of Bais Menachem, and had great love and reverence for the Rebbe Menachem M. Schneerson.

A graveside funeral service will be held at 2:30 p.m. today in B’nai Jacob Cemetery, Darling Street, Wilkes-Barre. Arrangements are by Rosenberg Funeral Chapel, Wilkes-Barre.

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argaret (Peggy) Tracy, 74, of Pittston, died Sunday, April 3, 2011, in Hospice Community Care at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre, after a courageous battle with cancer.

Born in Pittston, on December 5, 1936, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Cecelia Carey Coyne.

Peggy attended Pittston Area High School, and for many years worked in the local garment industry. She was recently employed by Wyoming Area School District.

She was a member of St. John the Evangelist Church, Pittston.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Brian Tracy; sisters, Patricia Patte and Jean Wall; and brothers, Joseph and Robert Coyne.

Surviving are her devoted husband of 46 years, Michael Tracy; daughter, Christine Schoener, and husband, Philip, West Pittston; son, Sgt. Maj. USMC Patrick Tracy, and his wife, Janet, North Carolina; grandchildren, Sonia, Danielle, Jake, and Nathan; sisters, Nancy Shymanski and husband Carl, Larksville, and Mary Lou Boswell and husband, Bill, Anaheim, Calif.; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

The family would like to thank Hospice Community Care for the

professional and compassionate care shown to Peggy.

Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday from the Peter J. Adonizio Funeral Home, 802 Susquehanna Ave., West Pittston, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in St. John the Evangelist Church, Pittston. Interment will be held at the parish cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Memorial donations may be made to Hospice Community Care at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre, 601 Wyoming Ave., Kingston, PA 18704.

Online condolences may be made at www.peterjadoniziofuneralhome.com

ancy Edith Demko, 76, of Wilkes-Barre Township, died Saturday, April 2, 2011, at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Her husband of 53 years is Louis Demko Jr., Wilkes-Barre Township.

Born July 11, 1934, in WilkesBarre, she was a daughter of the late Francis and Lottie Woidzik Ihnat.

Nancy was a graduate of West Hazleton High School, class of 1952.

She was an electronics technician retiring from RCA, Mountain Top. She was also a member of Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church, Wilkes-Barre.

Surviving, in addition to her husband, Louis, are three children, Louis David, Kathy, and Susan Demko-Jasterzenski and husband James; three grandchildren, Leah, James, and Mercedes Jasterzenski; and sister, Marie Napolsky.

Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday from the Simon S. Russin Funeral Home, 136 Maffett St., Plains Township, with a Divine Liturgy and Requiem Services

at 9:30 a.m. in Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church, North River Street, Wilkes-Barre, with the Rev. Orest Kunderevych, pastor, officiating. Interment will follow in the parish cemetery, Plains Township. Family and friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. A Parastas Service will be held at 8 p.m.

Memorial gifts may be made to Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church, 635 N. River St., Wilkes-Barre, PA. 18705.

Rose Garuba April 2, 2011 Garuba died Saturday, April R ose 2, 2011, at Hospice Community

April 3, 2011 “Betty” A. King, of CenE lizabeth termoreland, died peacefully,

Sunday, April 3, 2011, at her home, surrounded by her loving family and friends.

Betty was born in Kingston, on August 17, 1943, a daughter of the late Stephen and Marie Goble Yurish.

She was a 1961 graduate of West Side Central Catholic, and a member of the Church of the Nativity BVM, Tunkhannock.

Betty was a devoted wife, mother, and caregiver to her late sister Marie Yurish. She enjoyed working in her garden, playing cards with her family and friends, weekend trips to the family cabin, fishing, knitting, and most of all spending time with her grandchildren.

Surviving are her husband of 45 years, John J. King; son, Stephen, and wife JoDee King, Little Silver, N.J.; daughters, Kelly King, Olyphant, Pa., and Shannon and husband Jason Schuckers, Sweet Valley; sisters, Kathleen and husband Albert Finarelli, Hunlock Creek; Christine and husband Barry Pizzano, Dallas; grandchildren, Stephen Fitzgerald, Pieter Quackenbush, Madison and Jack King, and Landon and Mason Schuckers.

The family would like to sincere-

ly thank the staff at Hospice of the Sacred Heart for making her last days comfortable.

Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday from the Sheldon-Kukuchka Funeral Home Inc., 73 W. Tioga St., Tunkhannock, with Mass of Christian Burial at11a.m. at the Church of the Nativity BVM, Tunkhannock. Interment will be in Saint Nicholas Cemetery, Shavertown. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Sacred Heart, 600 Baltimore Drive, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.sheldonkukuchkafuneralhome.com.

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ary Catherine Cardimona, 83, of the Parsons section of Wilkes-Barre, went to be with her beloved husband, Nicholas “Nick,” in Heaven on Saturday morning, April 2, 2011.

She was born May 6, 1927, in Wilkes-Barre a daughter of the late Kenneth and Julia Remensnyder. A graduate of Coughlin High School, class of 1945, she was employed in the garment industry until her retirement.

Mrs. Cardimona was a member of St. Benedict’s Church (formerly St. Dominic’s Church), Wilkes-Barre.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her brother, Kenneth Remensnyder; and sister, Ann Remensnyder.

Surviving are her son Charles Cardimona, and his wife, Nancy, with whom she resided; son Joseph Cardimona and his wife, Patricia, Plains Township; daughter, Marita Harding, and her husband, Thomas, Plymouth; as well as grandchildren, Nicholas Cardimona and his wife, Angela Bree, Parsons, and Casey Harding, Plymouth.

The funeral will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday from the E. Blake Collins Funeral Home, 159 George Ave., Wilkes-Barre.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. in St. Benedict’s Church. Interment will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Gift of Life Donor Program, 401 N. Third St., Philadelphia, PA 19103; or to Prescription Assistance Fund, c/o Medical Oncology Associates, 382 Pierce St., Kingston, PA 18704.

Condolences can be sent to the family at www.eblakecollins.com.

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David Saul Crecca David Saul Crecca, of Lake Ariel, died Tuesday, March 29, 2011.

Born in Scranton, David was a son of the late Saverio and Jeanne Romanowski Crecca.

He was a proud graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, N.Y. His happiest years were spent in the food service industry in California, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.

May he walk in the sunshine of his Savior’s love with his beloved companions, Rocky and Sara, and know that he is loved.

David is survived by a sister, Christine Perugino, and her husband, Denis; a nephew, Michael Mascali; and a niece, Nicole Mascali.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m.

Wednesday in St. Mary’s Church, Ledgedale, Pa. Friends may call from 9:30 until the time of Mass at the church on Wednesday. Interment, St. Mary’s Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the SPCA. To send the family an online condolence, please visit www.jameswilsonfuneralhome.com.

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Rosemary Jacobs Lynch April 2, 2011 Jacobs Lynch, of R osemary Wilkes-Barre, died Saturday,

April 2, 2011, at Little Flower Manor, Wilkes-Barre.

She was born on July 28, 1930, in Wilkes-Barre, a daughter of the late Matthew J. and Ethel Conway Jacobs. She was a graduate of St. Ann’s Academy Wilkes-Barre.

Rosemary was married 39 years, to the late Senior Chief Petty Officer E. James Lynch.

She was previously employed by Fowler, Dick, & Walker, The Boston Store, and retired from the Diocesan Guild Studios, Wilkes-Barre.

As a young woman, Rosemary spent summers life guarding at the Miner Park Pool, where she had fond memories of working with returning veterans with aqua therapy.

Rosemary was a member St. Therese Roman Catholic Church, Wilkes-Barre. She was an active member of many parish functions, including the bazaar committee, plant stand chairwoman, choir, and Altar and Rosary Society. Rosemary had the distinction of being the first baby girl baptized in the current church location.

She was preceded in death by her husband, E. James Lynch; brother, John X. Jacobs; sisters-in-law Millie Jacobs, Dorothy Jacobs, and Elizabeth Schmaltz; and brother-in-law, Joseph Smith.

Surviving are daughters, Mary Kathleen Williams and husband Robert B, Wilkes-Barre; Patricia A., Wilkes-Barre; son, James F., WilkesBarre; grandchildren, Christine Stuffick and husband Andrew, Mechanicsburg, Pa.; Nicholas J. Williams, Wilkes-Barre; great-grandchildren, Drew Christopher and Luke Edward Stuffick, Mechanics-

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She was married to the late Samuel J. Garuba, who passed in March 2010.

Born in Pittston, Rose was a daughter of the late Serafino and Mary Milazzo Rollo.

She was a member of Mt. Carmel Parish, educated in Pittston schools, and prior to her retirement she was employed in the local garment industry.

Rose was a loving mother and grandmother, who had a special place reserved in her heart for her great-grandchildren, Zachary and Nina Rose.

She was preceded in death by her brothers Charles and Ralph, and sister Ann Lopez.

Rose is also survived by her daughter, Rose Mary Colarusso, Exeter; granddaughter, Kim Meighan, West Wyoming; brother Leonard, Bridgeport, Conn.; and sister Jennie Rollo, Wesley Village; as well as several nieces; nephews and cou-

sins.

The funeral will be at 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday in Mt Carmel Church, William St., Pittston. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Adonizio Funeral Home, 251 William St., Pittston. Those attending the funeral are asked to go directly to the church Wednesday morning.

Memorial contributions may be made in Rose’s name to the American Cancer Society, 57 N. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701.

Josephine Wojnar April 3, 2011 Josephine F. Wojnar, 93, of Warrior Run, died Sunday, April 3, 2011, at Hospice Community Care, Inpatient Unit, Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre.

She was born in Ashley, on March 19, 1918. She was a daughter of the late Anthony and Josephine Zakrzewska Namiotka. She was a graduate of Ashley High School, class of 1936.

Josephine resided in Warrior Run for most of her life, where she was a member of the Warrior Run Fire Auxiliary, and served as its chaplain.

She was a member of Holy Family Church, Sugar Notch.

Josephine was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Vincent A. Wojnar; sisters, Edna Wojnar, Alice Koslowski, Lottie Ruda, and Anna Riscavage.

Surviving are her sons, Vincent A. Wojnar, Mountain Top; Anthony V. Wojnar, Mountain Top; and Ronald J. Wojnar, San Antonio, Texas; as well as 10 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday from the George A. Strish Inc. Funeral Home, 105 N. Main St., Ashley. A Mass of Christian Burial is at 9:30 a.m. in Holy Family Church, with the Rev. Joseph Kakareka officiating. Interment will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township. Family and friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and from 8 to 9 a.m. Wednesday.

Robert E. Collmier burg, Pa.; brothers, Matthew T. Jacobs, and wife Sandra, WilkesBarre; Joseph M. Jacobs and wife Edith, Wilkes-Barre; and sister-inlaw Virginia Smith, Wilkes-Barre; as well as many nieces and nephews and cousins.

Rosemary was a devoted mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend to all who were fortunate to know her.

The family would like to thank the staff of Little Flower Manor for the wonderful care, kindness, and compassion Rosemary received. A special thank you to Rita Rovinski for being a source of comfort to Rosemary in her last days.

The funeral will be held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday from The Jacobs Funeral Service, 47 Old River Road, Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Therese Church, 25 Old River Road, WilkesBarre. Interment will be in Saint Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

In Rosemary’s honor, memorial donations may be made to Little Flower Manor.

April 3, 2011 Robert E. Collmier, 76, of Plains Township, formerly of the North and East End sections of WilkesBarre, died Sunday, April 3, 2011, in Wesley Village, Jenkins Township.

Mr. Collmier was born in WilkesBarre, a son of the late William and Kathleen Moran Collmier.

He attended Holy Saviors Elementary School and James M. Coughlin High School, WilkesBarre.

Mr. Collmier served in the Marine Corps for some time, and was later employed by McCarthy Tire Service, Wilkes-Barre, and by the H. Merritt Hughes Funeral Home Inc., Wilkes-Barre.

Prior to his retirement in 1999, he had been with the Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority, Hanover Township, for more than 25 years.

Bob was a member of the Catholic Community of Northeast WilkesBarre, and of the Donegal Society.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Douglas E. Collmier; a brother, William Collmier; and sisters, Laverne Conway, Celene Masters, and Adelaide Drew.

Bob is survived by his wife of 53 years, Carol Zaremski Collmier, at home; a daughter, Mrs. Pamela Findora, and her husband, John, Jenkins Township; a sister, Mrs. Roberta Kopstys, Wyoming; as well as several nieces and nephews.

Funeral will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday from the H. Merritt Hughes Funeral Home Inc., 451 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, with a funeral Mass at 2 p.m. in St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Wilkes-Barre.

Interment will be in St. Mary’s Assumption Byzantine Rite Catholic Cemetery, Dallas. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. A Christian Wake Service will be held Tuesday.

The Collmier family also wishes to thank the staff of Amedysis Hospice and of Wesley Village for their kindness and special attention to Mr. Collmier during his last illness.

FUNERALS ANSWINI- Dolores, memorial Mass 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Ss. Peter & Paul Church, Plains Township.

Friends may call at Ss. Peter & Paul Church from 9 a.m. until time of Mass.

ANZALONE- Angelo, funeral 9 a.m. today from the Peter J. Adonizio Funeral Home, 802 Susquehanna Ave., West Pittston. Mass of Christian Burial 9:30 a.m. in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Pittston.

BASTEK – Edward, blessing service and committal 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Thomas P. Kearney Funeral Home Inc., Old Forge. Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

BROWN – Charles, funeral 10 a.m. today from the Earl W. Lohman Funeral Home Inc., 14 W. Green St., Nanticoke.

CARDIMONA – Mary, funeral 9:30 a.m. Tuesday from the E. Blake Collins Funeral Home, 159 George Ave., Wilkes-Barre. Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m. in St. Benedict’s Church. Friends may call 4 to 8 p.m. today.

DELLARTE – Anthony, funeral 9 a.m. today from the Howell-Lussi Funeral Home, 509 Wyoming Ave., West Pittston. Mass of Christian Burial 9:30 a.m. in Immaculate Conception Church, West Pittston.

EVANS – Michael, funeral and Panachida 9 a.m. today from the Michael J. Mikelski Funeral Home, 293 S. River St., Plains Township.

Office of Christian Burial with Divine Liturgy 9:30 a.m. in St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church, Wilkes-Barre.

GALKA – Walter, funeral 11 a.m. today from the Richard H. Disque Funeral Home Inc., 672 Memorial Highway, Dallas.

JUZWIAK- John, funeral 11:30 a.m. today from the Mark V. Yanaitis Funeral Home, 55 Stark St., Plains Township. Friends may call 10 a.m. until the time of services.

LUCZAK- Helen, funeral 10 a.m.

Tuesday from the Charles V. Sherbin Funeral Home, 630 Main Road, Hanover Green, Hanover Township.

Mass of Christian Burial at the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church, Buttonwood. Friends may call 4 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

MAZZA – Carmella, funeral 9:15 a.m.

Tuesday from the Thomas P. Kearney Funeral Home Inc., 517 N. Main St., Old Forge. Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m. at St. Mary of the Assumption Church, Old Forge.

Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

MELNYK – Marian, Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m. today in Ss. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church, Wilkes-Barre. Friends and relatives are welcome to meet directly at the church.

OLEXA – Anna, funeral 9:30 a.m. today from the Betz-Jastremski Funeral Home Inc., 568 Bennett St., Luzerne. Rite of Christian Burial 10 a.m. in St. Nicholas Byzantine Church, Swoyersville.

RASH- Margaret, funeral 9:30 a.m. today from the Charles V. Sherbin Funeral Home, 630 Main Rd., Hanover Green, Hanover Township.

Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m. in The Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church, Buttonwood.

SIZE – James, funeral 9 a.m. today from the Thomas J. Hughes Funeral Home Inc., 1240 St. Ann St., Scranton. Mass of Christian Burial 9:30 a.m. in Holy Rosary-St. Anthony Parish, Scranton.

SMOCHARSKI – Stephen, funeral 9:30 a.m. Tuesday from the George A. Strish Inc. Funeral Home, 211 W. Main St., Glen Lyon. Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m. in Holy Spirit Parish/St. Adalbert’s Church, Glen Lyon. Friends may call 5 to 7 p.m. today.

VALENTA – Catherine, funeral 9:30 a.m. today with a Funeral Mass in Our Lady of Hope Parish, 40 Park Ave., Wilkes-Barre.

WILCOX – Robert, funeral 9:30 a.m.

Tuesday from the Kiesinger Funeral Services Inc., 255 McAlpine St., Duryea. Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Church, Avoca.

Friends may call 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today.

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County nursing homes’ cost eyed

Study: Restless leg may hike heart risks

People with frequent leg movements during sleep were likely to have thick hearts.

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Medical Writer

County governments are deciding whether to get out of the nursing home business.

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ERIE — County governments across Pennsylvania are trying to decide whether to get out of the nursing home business, citing the cost of the facilities and competition from private homes.

At one time, 50 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties operated nursing homes, but fewer than half — 33 — do now, according to the Pennsylvania Depart“It’s like ment of Health. reassessLuzerne ment ... a County closed down Valley controCrest Nursing versial is- Home in Plains Township sevsue.” eral years ago John Stoffa to cut costs and Northampton is currently tryCounty ing again to sell executive the property.

Lackawanna County officials say the $13.4 million sale of the 272-bed Lackawanna County Health Care Center to Miamibased Millennium Management LLC last year allowed the county to balance its budget and pay off about $6 million in nursinghome debt.

“Some counties ... feel very strongly that the county should be in the nursing home business,” said Michael J. Wilt, executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of County Affiliated Homes. “Others say we can’t afford it, we keep losing money. But everybody feels the financial pressure.”

The proposed sale of Northampton County’s 725-bed Gracedale is a hot political issue in the Lehigh Valley. County Executive John Stoffa and other officials say the county can no longer operate the Nazareth facility due to an aging building, multimilliondollar operating losses, increased competition from private nursing homes and expensive wage and benefit packages.

Northampton officials hired a law firm to solicit bids for the nursing home from potential buyers. But a citizen petition effort to try to let voters decide the issue in the May primary has prompted a court fight.

“It’s like reassessment ... a controversial issue,” Stoffa told the Erie Times-News. “A lot of people are opposed to it. They think you are getting rid of the poor or elderly and it gets to be emotional.

Erie County officials are pondering the future of the county’s two nursing homes known as Pleasant Ridge Manor. Council members are considering a $60 million plan to combine the homes into a new facility. Consultants have said it would cost about $11 million to renovate both existing homes to meet new federal requirements and compete with private nursing homes.

Not every county, however, is backing away from such operations.

Schuylkill County Commissioner Mark Scarbinsky said officials there have no plans to stop operating the 142-bed Rest Haven nursing home.

Crystal Tlatenchi, 9, reads a book during Saturday’s Hispanic Outreach Program at the McGowan School of Business at King’s College.

Providing an early opportunity to learn King’s College offers Hispanic Outreach Program to teach basic literacy.

By B. GARRET ROGAN Times Leader Correspondent

WILKES-BARRE – Hispanic parents of pre-schoolers can now give their children a better start in school and help them keep up, thanks to a King’s College program.

For the past few weeks, King’s, through its Hispanic Outreach Program, has been offering basic literacy classes for Hispanic families with preschoolaged children.

The point of the class is to encourage basic English language skills for parents to, in turn, teach to their children in order to prepare them for kindergarten.

The classes were offered for the first time over the summer of 2010. King’s decided to offer them again after receiving a grant from the Target Foundation.

Teresa Sosa, originally of Mexico but residing in the U.S. for the last 20 years, teaches the classes as part of an internship through King’s.

“We concentrate on basic things like colors, seasons and the ABCs,” she explained. “Children need to know these things for kindergarten, but sometimes the parents don’t know them in English.”

Sosa is joined by Migdalia Toribio, formerly of the Dominican Republic but, who like Sosa, has lived in the U.S. for the past two decades, in providing instruction to parents with limited English skills.

The classes, which generally last about 75 minutes, are taught bilingually and the material is similar to what children are taught in kindergarten. The two women review the alphabet in English and review common kindergarten vocabulary words in Spanish before translating them into English.

Materials such as activity books and DVDs are also distributed in order to emphasize the repetition of the information at home.

Parents are encouraged to attend the classes with their children, who are given snacks as they review basic English language skills with a member of the program.

Brother George Schmitz of the Hispanic Outreach Program pointed out that the classes are just some of the educational opportunities that King’s provides. “Our ESL (English as a Second Lan-

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guage) courses are well attended. We also offer high school and middle school mentoring programs,” he said.

The sessions are held twice each week, Saturdays at the college’s McGowan School of Business and Sundays in the cafeteria of St. Nicholas School on South Washington Street.

For this session, 12 different Hispanic families in the community have attended the classes, with seven attending regularly.

Schmitz hopes to offer the classes again if enough interest is shown.

The classes began the week of March 6 and ended Sunday.

Anyone interested in attending future classes can contact the King’s College Hispanic Outreach Program at (570) 2088021.

NEW ORLEANS — The nighttime twitching of restless legs syndrome may be more than an annoyance: New research suggests that in some people, it could be a sign of hidden heart problems.

People with very frequent leg movements during sleep were more likely to have thick hearts — a condition that makes them more prone to cardiac problems, stroke and death, the study by Mayo Clinic doctors found.

“We are not saying there is a cause-and-effect relationship,” just that restless legs might be a sign of heart trouble that doctors and patients should consider, said Dr. Arshad Jahangir, a heart rhythm specialist at the Mayo Clinic Arizona in Scottsdale.

He led the study and gave results Sunday at an American College of Cardiology conference in New Orleans.

Restless legs syndrome is thought to afflict millions, though there’s argument about just how many. Some doctors think its seriousness has been exaggerated, possibly to help sell treatments.

The syndrome gained more scientific respect several years ago, when several genes were linked to it. And doctors have

long known that other types of sleep disturbances such as sleep apnea raise the risk of heart problems.

The new research suggests the same may be true of the syndrome, famously referred to as “the jimmy legs” in an old “Seinfeld” episode.

The study is one of the first to look at how the syndrome affects health “other than the nuisance that it is,” said the cardiology college’s president, Dr. Ralph Brindis of the University of California, San Francisco.

It involved 584 people diagnosed with the syndrome by a neurologist based on four widely used criteria. Participants were given an imaging test that allowed heart thickness to be measured three ways, and were kept overnight so their sleep could be monitored.

Afterward, researchers divided them into two groups based on the frequency of leg twitches.

The 45 percent who twitched at least 35 times per hour were more likely to have the thickheart condition than the other 55 percent of study participants who kicked less often.

Looking at all study participants about three years later, researchers saw that those with severely thick hearts — about a quarter of the total group — were more than twice as likely to have suffered a heart problem or to have died.

The study was funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and a private grant.

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New heart valve fix shows promise Report says patients can have aortic valve placed through a tube in an artery.

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Medical Writer

NEW ORLEANS — Cardiologists are reporting a major advance: A long-awaited study suggests that many people with a bad aortic valve, the heart’s main gate, can avoid open-heart surgery and have a new one placed through a tube in an artery instead.

There is a downside — a higher risk of stroke — and uncertainty about how long these valves will last.

Still, doctors “The fact predicted that if that it’s the new valve not open- wins federal appatients heart sur- proval, would embrace gery sells it as they did balloon angioitself.” plasty, which Dr. Craig Smith has allowed milColumbia lions to have University and clogged arteries New York- fixed without an Presbyterian operation.

Hospital “The fact that it’s not openheart surgery sells itself, and the rest gets lost in the mix,” said Dr. Craig Smith, heart surgery chief at Columbia University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

He led the study and gave results Sunday at an American College of Cardiology conference in New Orleans.

Dr. Michael Crawford, chairman of the meeting and cardiology chief at the University of California, San Francisco, called it “a historic event” that would dramatically change practice. “As good as surgery is, patients just don’t want it,” he said.

The aortic valve can stiffen and narrow with age, making the heart strain to push blood through it. Severe cases are treated with surgery to replace the valve, but that’s risky for many older people who have this problem. Without an operation, half die within two years.

The study tested a way to wedge in a new valve without surgery. Dr. Edward McNulty, a cardiologist at the University of California, San Francisco, explained how it works: Through an artery in the groin or the chest, “a new heart valve is literally crimped on a balloon and advanced across the narrowed, older, diseased heart valve. The balloon is inflated and the new valve left in place.”

A test of this gentler approach in people too sick for surgery found it greatly improved survival, doctors reported last fall. The new study involved nearly 700 people eligible but at high risk for surgery.

Their median age was 84, and they were randomly assigned to get valves replaced through surgery or the new way. Here’s how much people dread this operation: 28 people withdrew from the study or refused treatment once they learned they had been placed in the surgery group.

In the end, both groups did very well.

After one year, about 24 percent of the artery patients and 27 percent of the surgery patients had died — comparable results in a study this size and considerably fewer than researchers had predicted.

However, strokes and other neurological problems were twice as common in the artery-treated group — 8 percent versus 4 percent. Previous studies also found more strokes with the artery approach.

Other complications were a trade-off: Major bleeding and new cases of a fluttering heartbeat called atrial fibrillation were more common after surgery; there were more blood-vessel problems with the artery approach.

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Questions persist one year after Gary Wayne Quarles died in W.Va. disaster that killed 29

Family can’t get past son’s death, mine blast

By VICKI SMITH Associated Press

NAOMA, W.Va. — Gary Quarles kneels on his living room carpet and unrolls the 4-foot-long map that he has studied so many times, trying to understand why his son died in the Upper Big Branch mine.

As a coal miner with 34 years underground, Quarles explains how things worked before the Massey Energy mine in Montcoal exploded a year ago Tuesday.

He sees the pace of the longwall cutting machine, the places it was forced to slow down. And he sees where his 33-year-old son Gary Wayne Quarles was working with crewmates Grover Skeens and Joel Price, and their supervisor, Rick Lane.

They are identified on paper as Victims 9-12.

And they’re not where they were supposed to be.

They were, Gary Quarles believes, running for their lives, trying to escape after something went wrong near the end of their 101⁄2-hour shift.

But no matter how often he looks at the map, no matter how many meetings he attends or how many investigators he talks to, he still has questions.

The explosion killed 29 men in all. It was the deadliest U.S. coal mining accident since1970, and it remains the target of civil and criminal investigations. But a year later, there are still questions.

Federal investigators believe the explosion started when teeth on the mining machine Gary Wayne had been running created

a spark that ignited a small amount of methane gas. They theorize highly explosive coal dust that had been allowed to accumulate in the mine mixed with the methane to create a blast so powerful it turned corners and rounded a 1,000-foot-wide block of coal, packing the power to kill men more than a mile away.

Virginia-based Massey denies any wrongdoing, blaming a sudden inundation of natural gas that overwhelmed all safety systems.

Gary Quarles doesn’t believe the machine’s teeth or his son’s actions had anything to do with the blast. Any time the cutting drum digs into sandstone, he says, “what you got is a ring of fire, no matter if you got dull bits or new bits.”

Quarles talks with people he considers the best longwall operators in the country, and one told him air flow would have been critical: With enough fresh air, methane isn’t a problem. With enough air, a “pop-up” doesn’t become a disaster.

So Quarles attends the occasional meetings with Massey or with Mine Safety and Health Administration investigators, awaiting answers. And he goes to counseling instead of work, his old life now on hold.

Gary Wayne was his best friend and his only child, conceived when Gary’s wife, Patty, was just 15.

“He made us grow up really fast, and he turned us into who we are,” she says.

Patty, a homemaker, still keeps an immaculate house. But she’s just going through the motions.

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Gary Quarles points to a map of a coal mine where his son Gary Wayne Quarles was found dead a year ago.

She rocks slightly in a recliner, dark hair still wet from a shower she didn’t bother getting until midafternoon, and describes her life now: “You go to bed and you get up and you go back to bed.”

Gary nods. He recalls the day a relative told him to pull himself together, to get out and have a little fun.

“There’s no fun to be done now,” he says, eyes filling with tears. “It’s like the life been sucked right out of me.”

A changed man For 34 years, Gary Quarles worked underground. Like his son, his last day on the job was April 5, 2010.

Since then, the thought of returning to Massey’s Parker Peerless mine has become a paralyzing combination of fear, heartbreak and guilt. He no longer has

it in him to continue what he thought would be a lifelong career.

“It lays on my mind because I’ve always worked, I’ve always provided. And I kind of wonder how things is going to go down the road, how hard things is gonna be,” he says.

He talks to a psychiatrist about his anxiety and tries to accept reassurance that it’s natural.

Besides, he has another job now: In private meetings with the other victims’ families, he has emerged as an unofficial spokesman, along with friend Clay Mullins, whose brother Rex was also killed. Mullins, who quit Upper Big Branch three years before the blast to work for Patriot Coal Corp., hasn’t returned to work, either.

The two men testified at a congressional hearing about how

Massey handled safety.

Mullins told the panel Massey’s mandate was to run coal at any cost. Quarles talked about how at Massey mines, people on the surface would alert the men underground when a federal inspector arrived.

And yet, Quarles is conflicted.

Massey is treating him well — sending him a check every two weeks even though he doesn’t report for duty.

Massey, however, may soon cease to exist. Alpha Natural Resources of Abingdon, Va., is trying to buy the company for $7.1 billion in a deal expected to close later this year.

When that happens, will Gary Quarles still have a paycheck?

Quarles figures he might be offered the chance to return, but he doesn’t think Massey would want him. “They always preach safety and never do it,” he says, “and I believe I’d make them walk the line.”

Son was uncomplicated Gary Wayne Quarles was a simple man devoted to his children, Rabekka and Trevor.

His parents’ living room was always full of photos, but now it’s a shrine.

Gary and Patty still imagine him lumbering across the yard from his doublewide, hollering through their front door after work, sitting down to dinner with his dad.

Gary Wayne had been working as much overtime as he could, sending paychecks to his ex-wife, “keeping just enough to get by,” his mother says.

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EARLY TWO weeks after U.S. and European jets started pounding forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s, President Barack Obama finally broke his silence on what’s being labeled as the third Western war on the Muslim world.

The U.S. leader tried to explain to Americans why the United States had to get involved in Libya. And ever the suave and persuasive orator that he is, Obama managed to do so.

Indeed, even as the United States, France and Britain come under fire for Libyan strikes, some of which have ended up killing civilians, it’s not possible to ignore the fact that the West was offered a perfect opportunity – excuse? – to intervene in the Arab country by the Libyan strongman himself who unleashed despicable savagery against his people.

Of course, given the long

and sordid history of Western machinations in the region, it’s but natural everyone is suspicious of its intentions. How can anyone forget what happened – and is still happening – in Afghanistan and Iraq?

This is why many suspect the Western interest in Libya is driven by the oil factor.

It has taken Uncle Sam eight years and more than 5,000 American lives, not to mention more than a million Iraqi lives and destruction of an ancient civilization, to realize the absurd and unjust nature of its foreign policy. Nonetheless, this is a welcome change in the U.S. policy, if it’s indeed a change.

Does it mean the United States finally has realized that it’s not the lord of all it surveys and regime change is not its job but rather the job of the Libyan people? We’ll wait and see.

Arab News Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

QUOTE OF THE DAY “The job market is kicking into full gear.”

Mark Zandi The chief economist for forecaster Moody’s Analytics assessed a better-than-expected unemployment report last week that showed employers added 216,000 jobs in March. The manufacturing sector reported its fifth consecutive month of job growth.

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AFETY MUST BE ensured for the workers on the front line of the battle to contain the nuclear crisis triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

As of this writing in late March, the Nos. 1-4 reactors at the Fukushima plant are still in dangerous and volatile conditions. It is imperative to restore the cooling systems for these reactors and their spent fuel pools to stabilize the situation.

Completing the mission will take at least a month, according to one estimate.

Some 700 employees of TEPCO and affiliated compa-

nies are working at the Fukushima power station. Many of them come from communities in the quake-hit areas.

Some of them have had their houses swept away by the tsunami. Some of them can get only one or two hours of sleep in a chair a day.

A system should be created swiftly to ensure that the people engaged in the heroic efforts to defuse this national crisis will receive all the possible support from both the government and the private sector, including from the nuclear power industry, nuclear safety experts and medical institutions.

The Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo

Motorists and cell phones: Driving under the influence “HELLO? … No you’re not interrupting. I was just on my way to work and reading this crazy article in The Times Leader on my iPhone. … What article? I’ll email the link after I hang up.

“It’s some nonsense about how WilkesBarre banned cell phone use while driving.

Who knew? “… OMG, I couldn’t agree more! Who do they think they are, stomping on my civil liberties? Someone should sue. I mean, I’m not hurting anyone.

“Maybe I’ll text my attorney. I’m sure I’ll have enough time before I get to work. I’m just coming down Blackman Street now and turning onto Main … Look at that jerk on the sidewalk screaming at me, something about ‘it’s red,’ I think. Don’t know what he’s going on about. I should take a picture and post it on my Facebook page; he looks so insane. I mean, LOL if you saw it! – HEY, UP YOURS, BUD! “No, sorry, I wasn’t talking to you. Some dweeb just beeped at me. … I don’t know why.

I was swerving to avoid a pothole and he nearly hit me. If he’d just watch where he’s going, that kind of stuff wouldn’t happen.

Everyone knows this is pothole season.

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MARK GUYDISH COMMENTARY “… What did the article say? Funny stuff, like how the city doesn’t know if it actually cited anyone for violating that stupid law, and how they lump all traffic violations together and don’t bother tracking which ones are for cell phone use. Typical. “… What do I mean? C’mon, it’s another example of our tax dollars not at work. Lazy cops can’t even tell us how they spend our money. Not that it makes any sense trying to enforce the dumb law. I mean, if they start pulling over people, I’ll just start putting my phone on speaker and keep it out of sight.

HOLD ON! “… What? Oh, some idiot pedestrian just walked right out onto the road like he had the right-of-way or something. I swear, I don’t know where their heads are at. What am I, invisible in my bright red, 2 ton car? I nearly turned the twit into a hood ornament. Probably some unemployed bum. I mean, why else would he be out walking in the middle of nowhere? “… Where was he? Um … I was coming

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needs with public safety and concern for the environment.

If wind and solar energy were capable – as the stunt monkeys inaccurately claim – of providing reliable, affordable, on-demand, base-load electricity to the Ontario grid, who wouldn’t be in favor of shutting down all nuclear plants tomorrow?

But that’s just not realistic.

And so we have tough decisions to make in a province where 50 percent of our power comes from nuclear energy, balancing safety with energy and environmental concerns.

The Ottawa Sun, Canada

Editorial Board RICHARD L. CONNOR Editor and Publisher JOE BUTKIEWICZ Vice President/Executive Editor

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Mark Guydish can be reached at 829-7161 or via email: mguydish@timesleader.com.

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HE STUNT monkeys from Greenpeace showed up in Courtice, Ontario, to do what they always do. After all, the stunt monkeys are nothing if not predictable.

This time, they chained themselves to a table – other times it’s a gate, or a tree or a piece of equipment – to disrupt public hearings into Ontario Power Generation’s plan to build new reactors at the Darlington Nuclear Station.

Greenpeace pulls these stunts because it has nothing constructive or realistic to offer to solve complex problems such as balancing our energy

through that annoying intersection at Wood Street. I hate that place; the traffic light seems so pointless … What color was it? It must’ve been green, there was no traffic coming off Wood.

“You know what really ticked me off about the article? There are people trying to get the state to ban cell phone use while driving. As if. Maybe when they pry my phone from my cold, dead hand, right?

“WHOA! “Sorry, some sand-for-brains just ripped across the road in front of me as I came up to Northampton. He drove right through the intersection as if he owns the road. Some of these nimrods should never get a license; they just don’t pay any attention, like I’m not even there.

“Hey, I’ve gotta hang up soon, I’m almost there. I’m going through Public Square. I kind of like it. Since it’s all one-way, you can sort of zip right through without worrying about the lights.

“Oh, man, now you made me miss my turn into the parking lot. I have to go around the block. … No, No, I can still talk. Just don’t distract me again.”

o we remember when President Bush invaded Iraq? Our liberal friends condemned him, called him names, etc.

I wonder what their thoughts are now that we are bombing a sovereign nation that posed no immediate threat to the United States. We are supporting a rebel group that is attempting to overthrow the ruler of that nation.

I wonder what our government would do if a bunch of disgruntled rebels (militia) decided to overthrow President Obama?

Funny how quiet the national networks had been on the fact that Obama didn’t get the approval of Congress to start bombing a sovereign nation.

I read recently that we have launched 160 Tomahawk missiles and have spent a total of $9 billion to enforce the no-fly zone over Libya.

If only Japan had half of that for emergency assistance. Or our own people.

I find it hard to believe that we can’t stop a bunch of ragtag pirates from capturing ships near Somalia, but we can attack a nation!

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Questions for writer who said belief ‘irrational’

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n a recent letter, a spokesman for the NEPA Freethought Society said that belief in an omni-god is “irrational.” He apparently comes to this conclusion because the Earth doesn’t suit him.

His points are infused with implicit theology of his own that seems to say something like “if a God exists, he must create a perfect world where everyone must be happy.” His argument is not science versus theology. Christians know where they got their theology. Where does he get his? How does he justify his presumptions?

Similarly, his points are based on the idea of “bad design.” If bad design is a

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pointer to non-design, then one must justify what the original purpose of the proposed designer is! Justin Vacula, the spokesman, must justify his theological presuppositions.

There also is a problem of optimizing a design across multiple goals. For example, a laptop computer could be much more powerful if you didn’t care if it weighed 50 pounds. Earth is similar, in that there are tradeoffs. We get rain to grow our food, but we get floods. Earthquakes, caused by tectonic plate shifts, are part of the natural order that makes life on Earth possible.

This is, in turn, caused by atomic reactions inside the Earth’s core. Without it, life on Earth would not be possible.

He also says that the universe is ultimately indifferent to human life. Vacula’s arguments neglect the cosmological finetuning argument and the anthropic principle. These show that Earth is exquisitely suited for human life.

Vacula is right about donating to charitable organizations such as the Red Cross.

But, he gives us no ethical foundation by which he is informed to do one thing or the other. In the Bible’s book of Micah, Chapter 6, Verse 8, we are directed by the Lord’s requirement “to do justice and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.” James Sinclair Wright Township

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Memorial – all during the Cherry Blossom season in the nation’s capital.

U.S. Reps. Lou Barletta and Tom Marino will also meet the veterans upon their arrival near the National World War II Memorial this afternoon.

“I consider it an honor to be able to greet these men and women, the young heroes of yesteryear, as they arrive in Washington, D.C., (today). I am glad that they will be able to see in person the wondrous monument to their courage and sacrifice,” said Marino.

Barletta, who said he hasn’t seen many of the memorials himself, said he’s proud to know a young person from his district took on such a project. “(The trip is) very important,” he said. “I believe this will be very meaningful to the veterans to see a young student putting together a trip like this …

I’m sure it will make the hearts of these veterans proud as well.”

Neubauer organized a pancake breakfast, an American Legion dinner-dance and other events to raise money for the trip. Between trying to manage school, a babysitting gig and having a social life, Neubauer said the senior project was quite a challenge.

To date, Neubauer has raised more than $6,200 since November toward her cause – enough for two buses to accommodate about 85 veterans and their family members, as well as breakfast, lunch and dinner. She’s even planning to use excess funds to plan another trip next year.

a bank of which former Judge Michael Conahan had been a board member.

“There was an appearance of impropriety ... it was an easy decision,” Blazick said, after reviewing records and transcripts from court proceedings.

Blazick said he feels he is set apart from the other 15 candidates because he is the “most experienced” with handling large civil cases.

Shortly after graduating from Temple University School of Law, Blazick said, he went to work for a large Philadelphia law firm.

From there, Blazick went to work for Hourigan, Kluger & Quinn law firm in Kingston, where he represented injured people in complex product liability and major medical malpractice claims.

Two years later, he began his private firm in Wilkes-Barre, where he has practiced in 14 different counties over the last two years, including in federal court.

“The key to being a good judge is being able to jump in, apply the principles of law, ask good questions,” Blazick said. “The ability to learn and reason are important aspects.”

Blazick said he expects to spend between $40,000 and

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Jenna Neubauer of Mountain Top, a student at Crestwood High School, second from right, organized a fundraiser called "Vets to DC" to provide an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington for local veterans. Some of the veterans from the American Legion Post 781 in Mountain Top helping Jenna with fundraising are, from the left, Chet Buff, Bill Heckman, John Columbo and Al Finn.

Neubauer’s parents are Dennis and Kathy Neubauer of Mountain Top. “If no one takes it over next year (at the school), and if Jenna goes to (college) locally, we’ll do it next year,” said Dennis.

Community outreach has been the key in garnering enough funds to allow veterans to attend the trip. Neubauer, who was even nominated for the Daughters of the American Revolution’s Community Service Award as a result of her efforts, said she was amazed by the community’s response to her project.

“The community has been PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER great,” she said. “It shows that everyone does appreciate veter- Jenna Neubauer, right, and classmate Ashley Knesis make bag ans.” lunches at Jenna’s house for the trip to Washington, D.C.

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A-10 Thunderbolts and Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers will continue to attack Gadhafi’s troops and other sites through this evening. These aircraft are among the most precise in the American arsenal.

“From the Libyan envoy’s comments it appears that the regime is seeking a solution,” Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas said in a statement after the meeting in Athens.

The foreign minister said the Greek side stressed the international community’s call for Libya to comply with the U.N. resolution that authorized the airstrikes and demanded Gadhafi and the rebels end hostilities.

The message, Droutsas said, was: “Full respect and implementation of the United Nations decisions, an immediate cease-fire, an end to violence and hostilities, particularly against the civilian population of Libya.”

Gadhafi’s government has declared several cease-fires but has not abided by them.

Few other details of the Athens talks were released publically.

On Friday, the Libyan envoy had said Gadhafi’s government was attempting to hold talks with the U.S., Britain and France in an effort to halt the international airstrikes that began March 19 and which have pounded Libya’s troops and armor and grounded its air force.

Gadhafi’s superior forces had been close to taking the rebel capital of Benghazi in eastern Libya before the international military campaign.

Rebel forces made up of defected army units and armed ci-

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New York is doing. The industry, however, urged action, citing the region’s need for an economic boost and the national market for clean-burning, domestic energy.

The commission says the shale areas of the basin, which includes portions of New York, could have 15,000 to 18,000 wells at some point, built on about 2,000 well pads encompassing up to 12,000 acres, plus more land for pipelines and infrastructure.

But 15 million people from Philadelphia to New York use the water, and some pristine areas of the river north of Trenton have been federally designated for extra oversight.

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Libyan rebels pray Sunday before shelling pro-Gadhafi positions just outside Brega, Libya. A Libyan rebel leader says the rebels want to install a parliamentary democracy.

vilians have since seized much of Libya’s eastern coast, but have been unable to push westward toward the capital, Tripoli.

On Sunday, Gadhafi’s forces pressed on with attacks against Misrata, the last key city in the western half of the country still largely under rebel control despite a weeks-long assault.

Government troops besieged civilian areas for around two hours Sunday morning with Grad rockets and mortar shells and lined a main street with snipers, said a doctor in the city.

Two shells landed on a field hospital, killing one person and injuring 11, he said. The attacks, including tank fire, began again after nightfall, he said. He did not want to be identified by name out of fear for his security.

A Turkish ship carrying 250 wounded from Misrata docked in Benghazi on Sunday. The boat, which carried medical supplies, was also expected to

pick up around 60 wounded people being treated in various hospitals in Benghazi, as well as 30 Turks and 40 people from Greece, Ukraine, Britain, Uzbekistan, Germany and Finland.

A leader of the rebel movement, meanwhile, sought to ease concerns from Western governments about its character and goals, emphasizing in an interview that the rebels will not allow Islamic extremists to hijack their plans to install a parliamentary democracy in place of Gadhafi’s four-decade rule.

The issue takes on added importance as Western officials debate whether to send the rebels weaponry in an attempt to help them gain the upper hand over Gadhafi’s superior troops.

“Libyans as a whole — and I am one of them — want a civilian democracy, not dictatorship, not tribalism and not one based on violence or terrorism,”

said Abdel-Hafidh Ghoga, vice chairman of the opposition’s National Provisional Council.

The council, based in Benghazi, was formed to represent the opposition in the eastern Libyan cities that shook off control of the central government in a series of popular uprisings that began Feb. 15.

In Washington, the chairman of the Intelligence Committee in the House of Representatives was among several key lawmakers cautioning that the U.S. and its allies needed to know much more about the rebel forces before providing them with weapons.

Mike Rogers, a Republican from Michigan, said on NBC television’s “Meet the Press” that there may be strains of al-Qaida within the rebel ranks and the NATO-led coalition in the campaign against Gadhafi should proceed with caution before arming them.

FRANKLIN TWP. – Spring cleanup for residents will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 6 and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 7.

Residents are asked to bring items to the Municipal Building.

The township’s Road Department and volunteers can assist in emptying vehicles. Proof of residency will be required.

The following conditions and limitations apply: $20 will be assessed for the first pickup load, $25 for a second load, trailers will be charged additional fees.

Residents are asked to have either the exact amount of cash or a check. Each household will be limited to up to four tires at $3 per tire. Tires must be removed from rims and be clean, not cut or busted-off rims. They must be normal car tires. No truck tires or small tires.

Non-acceptable items: hazardous waste, chemicals, any type of wire or cable, coils of any kind, propane tanks or bottles, compressed cylinders or closed cylinders of any kind, drums with any liquids, containers with any liquids, batteries, brush, trees, stumps, leaves, grass, animal or human waste, household garbage, cinder blocks, shingles, sheet rock, or other building materials, chain- link fence, wire,

Effect of weight, smoking on breast cancer risk studied FASHION

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Medical Writer

Smoking raises the risk of breast cancer for healthy-weight and overweight women but not for those who are obese, new research suggests.

It’s a first-of-its-kind finding, and even if other studies confirm it, it doesn’t mean that smoking is safe for women who weigh way too much, researchers say.

“Smoking is a strong risk factor for many other diseases other than breast cancer,” including lung cancer and heart disease,

said Juhua Luo, a West Virginia University scientist.

She led the study and presented results Sunday at a meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Orlando, Fla. Obesity has long been recognized as a risk factor for breast cancer, but research tying smoking to breast cancer is much weaker. In March, Luo published results of a study that found a16 percent higher risk of breast cancer among postmenopausal women who smoke or used to smoke versus those who never did.

The 76,628 women were in a government-funded, decadeslong study called the Women’s Health Initiative, and 3,378 breast cancer cases occurred.

Luo’s new study looks closer at these same women according to body mass index, a measure of height and weight.

Those who were healthyweight or merely overweight, with BMIs under 30, were more likely to develop breast cancer if they smoked; the risk was 16 percent higher for those smoking for 10 to 29 years and 25 percent high-

er for those who smoked 30 to 49 years.

However, researchers saw no added breast cancer risk in obese smokers (BMI of 30 or above) compared to nonsmokers who weighed that much.

Researchers had no explanation for the results. Many breast cancers are fueled by estrogen, and fat tissue makes that hormone. So it could be that obesity is contributing so much risk already that a smaller risk from smoking is less apparent in these women.

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thought it would be a good outing for us together,” said Hoffman.

Exeter Township resident Annie Sonday was accompanied by her three nieces, Lara and Daria Whyne, ages 9 and 11, and Erica Kline,14.

“I want to see something that goes, ‘Bam!’ and really stands out,” said Daria.

“It’s a girls’ day, definitely,” said Sonday. “I think it’s a unique fundraiser, and fun.”

Friends Debra Ganz and Martha

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$50,000 for the primary election, and that as in 2009, he will not accept campaign contributions from attorneys.

“I’m not comfortable with that process. I feel it’s been a problem for a long time,” Blazick said.

If elected, Blazick said he would like to expedite the “tremendous” backlog of civil cases by creating a case management program.

That program would assign litigators several dates in which they would appear in court, so that the case doesn’t bounce around from judge to judge.

Blazick said he would also support a unified system for all state courts to follow so that attorneys don’t have to learn several local rules for each court in which they appear.

Pennsylvania, which has seen landowners enriched and businesses profit from the portion of the massive Marcellus Shale underneath the commonwealth, is pressing ahead. But Delaware and New Jersey, with no shale and therefore less to gain, have been cautious.

“These are decisions that are going to affect multiple generations,” said Delaware’s Collin O’Mara, secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. “It’s better to get it right than to do it fast.”

John Plonski, assistant New Jersey commissioner for water resources and the state’s commissioner on the interstate panel, said New Jersey “has always taken the position that our primary responsibility is to protect the integrity of the Delaware River.” filled or partially filled paint cans.

Appliances: $5 each for refrigerators, stoves, freezers, air conditioners and dehumidifiers, with documentation that all Freon and other gases have been removed.

Doors must be removed from refrigerators and freezers.

Small items and broken glass must be placed in cardboard boxes. Metal must be separated from landfill items.

Acceptance or rejection of all items not listed above is at the discretion of the Franklin Township Supervisors. Visit www.ftwp.com for more information.

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Cost is $25. Residents and landlords may apply for a permit during regular business hours, Monday through Friday.

Upon making an application, an inspection of the premises will be scheduled by the code enforcement officer. Residents and landlords with questions about the occupancy permit requirement may contact the Borough Administrative Office at 779-1011, or the code enforcement officer at 779-4901.

Tilghman were enjoying the food and hoping to win one of more than a dozen gift baskets that were raffled off.

“We saw the ad and thought this would be a nice thing to do on a spring afternoon,” said Ganz.

The Rev. John Major, rector at Prince of Peace, called the event a success.

“This was a fun event not just for our parish community but for our neighborsandthelargercommunity. The food was good, the models were near professional and the kids were outstanding,” said Major.

“This really was a nice way to step into spring for our parish and for our larger community.

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ONE LAST DANCE 66 games later, two teams left chasing championship BUTLER UNIVERSITY BULLDOGS vs.

UNIVERSITY of CONNECTICUT HUSKIES 9:23 p.m., Today TV Coverage: 9 p.m., CBS

Butler guard Shelvin Mack has led the Bulldogs back to their second straight national championship game. Butler plays Connecticut tonight.

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OUSTON — Butler coach Brad Stevens loves an underdog, whether it’s his team back in the Final Four or Connecticut making an unprecedented fivegames-in-five-nights run through the Big East tournament.

Wait, what?

A Big East team as an underdog? The coach at tiny Butler cheering for big, bad UConn?

Welcome to the bizarro world of college basketball in 2011 — a sport where not only is anything possible, but where nothing quite makes sense. A sport in which the story of a small school from a small conference making a run to a title is no more rare than that of the late-season

Connecticut’s Kemba Walker scored 18 points Saturday night to help lift UConn past Kentucky, 5655. The Huskies will face Butler tonight for the national title.

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This one’s about the dog

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HOUSTON — Once the fat little English Bulldog stumbled, drooled and slipped his way off the floor it was over. It is mathematically impossible to actively root against an over-skinned, panting, dumpy little puppy.

Seldom has a mascot so appropriately embodied his school. Butler is the cute little team we all desperately want to win. And its dog is the deciding factor of a nearly impossible decision: Who to root for in David vs. David?

How do you pick between Underdog 1 vs. Underdog 2?

The answer is the dog.

Butler’s 70-62 win against Virginia Commonwealth in the first national semifinal game really

had no losers. This game is all about the final tonight, and whether either can actually do this.

Quick show of hands, who had Butler in the national title game in consecutive years? The same number who had TCU winning the Rose Bowl?

Butler is to college basketball what TCU is to college football. But because basketball has this silly little thing called a tournament, Butler can finish off what TCU has fought for nearly a decade.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Even Maya Moore’s magic wasn’t enough for Connecticut this time.

Sophomore guard Skylar Diggins scored 28 points and hot-shooting Notre Dame upset UConn 72-63 on Sunday night, ending the brilliant career of Moore and the Huskies’ quest for a third straight national championship.

Ten years after their last title, the Irish will be playing NOTRE DAME for another one Tuesday night against Texas A&M, which beat Stanford 63-62 in CONNECTICUT the first semifinal.

Notre Dame was 0-3 against its Big East rival this season but the Irish had all the answers this time for the Huskies, who lost for just the second time in three seasons.

Notre Dame had already beaten Tennessee in the NCAA tournament, ending a 20-game skid against the Volunteers.

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set records. We still have some work to do. We’ve had some mental misSYRACUSE, N.Y. – takes the past couple of There’s been lots of games you don’t want to reason for cheer in the have.’’

Wilkes-Barre/ScranPaul Thompson, Corey ton locker room this Potter and Geoff Walker season.

PENGUINS also tallied for the PenStill, the three bursts guins, and Thompson’s of applause that wafted score was his first as a out of the Penguins’ pro. Goalie Brad Thiesroom in Syracuse late CRUNCH sen made 23 stops.

Sunday afternoon In a season that so far were tinged with a lithas produced barely a tle extra enthusiasm. blemish, his team’s man“I told them they up attack was one area have a couple of days Hynes wants to polish. off,’’ W-B/S coach Entering play Sunday, it John Hynes explained.

It was a good call. The Pens was ranked 22nd in the 30-team AHL, at 16.6 percent. earned it.

But the Penguins found the Keven Veilleux scored twice and the Penguins buried three mark for three power-play power-play goals to edge the scores against Norfolk on host Crunch 5-3 at the Ononda- Wednesday and matched that season-high Sunday. Two from ga County War Memorial.

The win was their fifth in a Potter and Walker in the third row and gave the team 113 left the Crunch behind for good.

The final 20 minutes started points, which ties an all-time with the teams tied at 2-2. But franchise record.

“We’re just trying to concen- with the Penguins on a 5-on-3 trate on how we play, having power play, Potter whistled a good work habits,’’ Hynes said of the mark. “We’re not trying to See PENGUINS, Page 4B

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Pictured are members of the Upstate Velo Club. From row, from left: John Novak, James Pitman, Phil Cable, Amy Coop. Back row: Jude Cooney, Jesse Gydosh, Tony Baldo, Dan Ellis, Tom Meighen, Booey Hottenstein,Dave Novak, Like Lukas, Mike Adsit, Jim Kotz, Eddie Ellard, Stijn Amundson, Kristin Patchel, Brian Hazenshi, Mary Stella Stabinski and Drew Jubis,

Upstate Veto Club upstages Lehigh Northeastern Pennsylvania bikers team captures the Wheelman Cup in Berwick.

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of the Wheelmen Cup. The Lehigh Wheelmen bikers had won the training event that traditionally kicks off a new season of bicycle racing in Northeastern and East Central Pennsylvania, 22 times over the past 24 years. Dutch Wheelmen, of Bloomsburg, had been the only team other than Lehigh to win the cup before Sunday – scoring victories in 1989 and 1990.

So there was plenty of reason to celebrate.

“It feels great to win over Lehigh, a team that has dominated this event for many

BERWICK – Not this year … … not this year, Lehigh Those words had to be on the lips of local cycling fans on Sunday at Berwick Test Track Park as they watched the Upstate Velo Club – sponsored by Hi-Tech Flooring and featuring bikers from Northeastern Pennsylvania – win the 25th anniversary running See CYCLING, Page 4B

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Cliff Mailloux, of Mountain Top, earned All-American status in three events at the United States Ski Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association National Championships.

Mailloux helps team capture national titles Cliff Mailloux, of Mountain Top, helped The College of Idaho win the men’s team and combined national titles at the United States Ski Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association National Championships this past weekend in Sun Valley, Idaho.

Mailloux, along with teammates Zach Tomlinson and Skylar Herbert, earned All-American honors. Mailloux earned AllAmerican status in the Slopestyle, Halfpipe and Combined.

On the first day of competition, Mailloux, a junior, placed 15th in Skier X and then finished third in Slopestyle competition.

“The nature of the (Slopestyle) course was tough – as it rained all night, making the track harder than a bowling ball,” said assistant coach, Don Deters. “It was an X-Games style course, but the snowboards sounded like road graders. I told the guys to be sane, do what you can do – thanks to the points system that takes the best of two runs, we were successful.”

Mailloux finsihed the competition by placing second in the halfpipe competition.

L O C A L C A L E N D A R Monday, April 4 H.S. BASEBALL (4:15 p.m.)

Tunkhannock at Berwick Wyoming Area at Wyoming Valley West Pittston Area at Nanticoke Holy Redeemer at Coughlin Crestwood at Hazleton Area H.S. SOFTBALL (4:15 p.m.)

Tunkhannock at Berwick Wyoming Area at Wyoming Valley West Pittston Area at Nanticoke Holy Redeemer at Coughlin Crestwood at Hazleton Area H.S. BOYS VOLLEYBALL (5:45 p.m.)

Wyoming Area at Crestwood Nanticoke at Dallas Abington Heights at Berwick Lake-Lehman at Hazleton Area Tunkhannock at North Pocono H.S. GIRLS SOCCER (4:15 p.m. unless noted) Dallas at Berwick Lake-Lehman at Delaware Valley Hazleton Area at Nanticoke Coughlin at Crestwood (7 p.m.)

COLLEGE BASEBALL (3:30 p.m.)

Wilkes at DeSales Albright at Misericordia COLLEGE GOLF King’s at FDU-Florham, 12 p.m.

King’s vs. Scranton at FDU-Florham, 12 p.m.

Misericordia at Lebanon Valley, 12:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 5 H.S. BASEBALL

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Meyers at MMI Wyoming Seminary at GAR West Side CTC at Hanover Area Northwest at Lake-Lehman H.S. SOFTBALL (4:15 p.m.)

Crestwood at Coughlin Meyers at MMI Wyoming Seminary at GAR West Side CTC at Hanover Area Northwest at Lake-Lehman H.S. BOYS TENNIS (4:15 p.m.)

Hazleton Area at Holy Redeemer Wyoming Valley West at Berwick Coughlin at Wyoming Seminary Crestwood at Wyoming Area Dallas at Tunkhannock GAR at MMI Meyers at Pittston Area H.S. TRACK (4:15 p.m.)

Holy Redeemer at Wyoming Area Nanticoke at Lake-Lehman GAR at Northwest Hanover Area at Meyers H.S. BOYS VOLLEYBALL (5:45 p.m.)

Holy Redeemer at Meyers Pittston Area at Coughlin West Side Tech at Delaware Valley Wyoming Valley West at Hanover Area H.S. GIRLS SOCCER (4:15 p.m.)

North Pocono at Pittston Area Hanover Area at Honesdale MMI at Wyoming Area Meyers at GAR COLLEGE BASEBALL Susquehanna at King’s, 4 p.m.

COLLEGE SOFTBALL Keystone at King’s, 3 p.m.

Wilkes at Scranton, 4 p.m.

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BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Recalled LHP Zach Britton from Norfolk (IL). Placed LHP Brian Matusz on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 30.

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Released OF Preston Mattingly.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Placed 3B Evan Longoria on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of INF Felipe Lopez from Durham (IL).

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Placed RHP Jair Jurrjens on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 25. Recalled LHP Mike Minor from Gwinnett (IL).

HOCKEY

National Hockey League COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Activated LW Kristian Huselius from injured reserve. Assigned RW Maksim Mayorov to Springfield (AHL).

OTTAWA SENATORS — Reassigned D Andre Benoit and D Patrick Wiercioch from Binghamton

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Chris Kirk (67).

Lefty is hoping he can repeat some history at Augusta this week. He’s the last player to win the week prior to a Masters victory, capturing the BellSouth Classic in 2006 before earning his second green jacket. The Houston Open became the run-up event to Augusta in 2007.

Mickelson won for the fifth straight time when he’s shot 63 or better in at least one of the rounds. He tied the course record with a 63 on Saturday, his lowest round in two years.

The victory has an emotional tug for Mickelson. Dr. Tom

Sprint Cup Series Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 Results Sunday At Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Va. (Start position in parentheses) 1. (9) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 500 laps, 99 rating, 47 points, $200,786.

2. (26) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 500, 102, 43, $118,200.

3. (11) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 500, 133.4, 43, $150,416.

4. (27) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 500, 97.6, 40, $135,733.

5. (21) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 500, 110.3, 40, $123,461.

6. (24) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 500, 90.5, 38, $123,461.

7. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 500, 110, 38, $127,564.

8. (14) David Ragan, Ford, 500, 91.1, 36, $90,525.

9. (15) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 500, 111.1, 36, $126,583.

10. (12) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 500, 84.9, 34, $88,625.

11. (17) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 500, 114.9, 34, $134,461.

12. (5) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 500, 118.7, 33, $123,350.

13. (4) Joey Logano, Toyota, 499, 81, 31, $87,650.

14. (6) A J Allmendinger, Ford, 499, 96.4, 31, $114,811.

15. (8) David Reutimann, Toyota, 499, 94, 29, $105,958.

16. (20) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 499, 64.9, 28, $118,675.

17. (13) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 499, 72, 27, $104,139.

18. (23) Carl Edwards, Ford, 499, 70.6, 27, $119,816.

19. (22) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 498, 70.3, 25, $102,508.

20. (2) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 498, 88.3, 25, $117,325.

21. (33) Greg Biffle, Ford, 498, 66.8, 23, $90,200.

22. (39) Ken Schrader, Ford, 497, 48.7, 22, $91,383.

23. (34) Robby Gordon, Dodge, 497, 56, 21, $90,033.

24. (32) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 495, 68.9, 20, $82,625.

25. (40) Tony Raines, Ford, 493, 37, 19, $74,825.

26. (37) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 493, 40.5, 0, $85,608.

27. (7) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 489, 64.3, 17, $100,970.

28. (42) Hermie Sadler, Chevrolet, 488, 34, 0, $81,325.

29. (19) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 487, 60.3, 15, $103,141.

30. (29) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 486, 46.6, 14, $83,572.

31. (10) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 476, 59.6, 13, $96,220.

32. (35) Michael McDowell, Toyota, 470, 47.7, 12, $69,725.

33. (36) David Gilliland, Ford, 468, 38.2, 11, $70,450.

34. (28) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 462, 49.9, 10, $114,783.

35. (25) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 460, 43.7, 0, $77,325.

36. (30) Casey Mears, Toyota, 457, 52.8, 8, $69,275.

37. (31) Travis Kvapil, Ford, drive shaft, 443, 34.7, 0, $69,200.

38. (16) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, overheating, 261, 43, 6, $69,150.

39. (3) Kasey Kahne, Toyota, accident, 219, 73.4, 6, $78,100.

40. (18) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, accident, 219, 41.5, 4, $77,025.

41. (41) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, brakes, 33, 29.4, 3, $68,975.

42. (38) Mike Skinner, Toyota, brakes, 31, 28.3, 0, $68,895.

43. (43) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, brakes, 25, 27.4, 0, $68,418.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 74.195 mph.

Time of Race: 3 hours, 32 minutes, 41 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 0.727 seconds.

Caution Flags: 11 for 72 laps.

Lead Changes: 31 among 12 drivers.

Lap Leaders: J.McMurray 1-31; K.Kahne 32; R.Newman 33-34; D.Hamlin 35-54; J.Johnson 55-77; Ky.Busch 78-107; D.Hamlin 108; J.Johnson 109-123; D.Hamlin 124-133; C.Bowyer 134-176; D.Hamlin 177; J.Johnson 178-204; D.Hamlin 205; C.Bowyer 206-250; J.Gordon 251-256; C.Bowyer 257-259; D.Hamlin 260-314; Ky.Busch 315-320; J.Gordon 321-324; R.Newman 325; A.Allmendinger 326-331; C.Edwards 332-334; K.Harvick 335; Ky.Busch 336-352; D.Hamlin 353; Ky.Busch 354-364; J.Gordon 365-391; Ky.Busch 392-466; K.Harvick 467; Ky.Busch 468-479; D.Earnhardt Jr. 480-496; K.Harvick 497-500.

Top 12 in Points: 1. Ky.Busch, 219; 2. C.Edwards, 214; 3. J.Johnson, 207; 4. Ku.Busch, 205; 5. K.Harvick, 204; 6. R.Newman, 203; 7. J.Montoya, 201; 8.

D.Earnhardt Jr., 199; 9. M.Kenseth, 195; 10. M.Martin, 181; 11. T.Stewart, 180; 12. J.Gordon, 170.

NASCAR Driver Rating Formula A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race.

The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.

NCAA Tournament Glance All Times EDT FINAL FOUR At Reliant Stadium Houston National Semifinals Saturday, April 2 Butler 70, Virginia Commonwealth 62 Connecticut 56, Kentucky 55 National Championship Monday, April 4 Butler (28-9) vs. Connecticut (31-9), 9 p.m.

NCAA Women NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament All Times EDT FINAL FOUR At at Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis National Semifinals Sunday, April 3 Texas A&M 63, Stanford 62 Connecticut (36-1) vs. Notre Dame (30-7), (n) National Championship Tuesday, April 5 Texas A&M (32-5) vs. Connecticut-Notre Dame winner, 8:30 p.m.

Buchholz, a radiation oncologist at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, has been treating Mickelson’s wife and mother, Amy and Mary, who were both diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009.

Buchholz and about 30 members of his staff were in the gallery all weekend, and Mickelson gave Buchholz the flag from the 18th hole after his round.

Kraft Nabisco Championship RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Stacy Lewis held off defending champion Yani Tseng to win the Kraft Nabisco Championship by

CAMPS/CLINICS

By ROXY ROXBOROUGH BOXING REPORT: In the WBO welterweight title fight on May 7 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Manny Pacquiao is -$800 vs. at Shane Mosley +$550.

BASEBALL Favorite

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Favorite

American League ( 9.5 )

Tigers

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National Basketball Association All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct y-Boston ....................... 53 23 .697 x-Philadelphia .............. 40 37 .519 New York ...................... 38 38 .500 New Jersey .................. 23 53 .303 Toronto ......................... 21 55 .276 Southeast Division W L Pct y-Miami ......................... 54 23 .701 x-Orlando ...................... 48 29 .623 x-Atlanta........................ 44 33 .571 Charlotte ....................... 32 44 .421 Washington .................. 20 56 .263 Central Division W L Pct y-Chicago....................... 56 20 .737 Indiana............................ 35 43 .449 Milwaukee ...................... 31 45 .408 Detroit ............................. 26 50 .342 Cleveland ....................... 15 61 .197 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct x-San Antonio ................ 58 19 .753 x-Dallas .......................... 53 23 .697 New Orleans .................. 44 33 .571 Memphis ........................ 44 33 .571 Houston.......................... 41 36 .532 Northwest Division W L Pct x-Oklahoma City.......... 50 26 .658 x-Denver ....................... 47 29 .618 Portland......................... 44 32 .579 Utah............................... 36 41 .468 Minnesota..................... 17 60 .221 Pacific Division W L Pct y-L.A. Lakers................ 55 21 .724 Phoenix......................... 37 39 .487 Golden State ................ 33 44 .429 L.A. Clippers................. 30 47 .390 Sacramento.................. 22 54 .289 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Saturday's Games Chicago 113, Toronto 106 Memphis 106, Minnesota 89 Milwaukee 93, Philadelphia 87, OT Golden State 99, Dallas 92 L.A. Clippers 98, Oklahoma City 92 Sunday's Games San Antonio 114, Phoenix 97 Denver 95, L.A. Lakers 90 Sacramento 106, Utah 97 Boston 101, Detroit 90 Washington 97, Charlotte 91 Miami 108, New Jersey 94 New York 123, Cleveland 107 Toronto 102, Orlando 98 Houston 114, Atlanta 109 New Orleans 108, Indiana 96 Dallas at Portland, (n) Monday's Games No games scheduled Tuesday's Games San Antonio at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Washington, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Toronto at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Chicago, 8 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Denver, 9 p.m.

Golden State at Portland, 10 p.m.

Utah at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

GB — 131⁄2 15 30 32 GB — 6 10 211⁄2 331⁄2 GB — 22 25 30 41 GB — 41⁄2 14 14 17 GB — 3 6 141⁄2 331⁄2 GB — 18 221⁄2 251⁄2 33

H O C K E Y American Hockey League All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA x-Portland.............. 75 44 23 6 2 96 264 223 x-Manchester........ 77 43 25 3 6 95 244 199 Connecticut........... 77 39 30 2 6 86 211 212 Worcester.............. 77 36 29 4 8 84 206 235 Providence............ 77 35 36 3 3 76 198 244 Springfield ............. 76 33 38 2 3 71 221 243 Bridgeport ............. 76 27 38 4 7 65 203 254 East Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA y-Penguins .......... 77 56 20 0 1 113 252 177 x-Hershey ............. 77 45 24 3 5 98 250 205 x-Charlotte............ 77 42 26 2 7 93 255 235 Norfolk................... 75 37 24 8 6 88 246 213 Binghamton .......... 77 40 29 3 5 88 248 216 Syracuse............... 77 32 38 3 4 71 203 241 Albany.................... 76 32 39 1 4 69 211 266 Adirondack ........... 75 28 37 4 6 66 182 238 WESTERN CONFERENCE North Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Manitoba................ 78 43 28 1 6 93 216 201 Hamilton ................ 76 41 26 2 7 91 215 187 Lake Erie ............... 76 41 27 3 5 90 210 196 Abbotsford ............ 75 36 29 4 6 82 178 201 Toronto .................. 77 35 31 1 10 81 214 211 Grand Rapids........ 76 35 31 2 8 80 222 239 Rochester.............. 76 31 36 5 4 71 207 245 West Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA x-Milwaukee.......... 76 42 20 6 8 98 215 185 x-Houston.............. 79 45 28 1 5 96 234 209 Texas ..................... 76 40 26 4 6 90 208 202 Peoria .................... 77 40 29 3 5 88 212 210 Oklahoma City...... 77 38 28 2 9 87 233 226 Chicago ................. 77 38 29 4 6 86 249 249 San Antonio .......... 76 39 30 4 3 85 220 229 Rockford................ 76 34 33 4 5 77 199 235 x-Clinched Playoff Berth y-Clinched Divisional Title NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss.

Sunday's Games Manitoba 3, Toronto 2 Connecticut 4, Portland 2 Penguins 5, Syracuse 3 Albany 3, Binghamton 2, SO Worcester 2, Providence 1 Peoria 4, Milwaukee 3 Rockford 5, Texas 1 Monday's Games Rochester at Adirondack, 7 p.m.

Norfolk at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Hamilton at Abbotsford, 10 p.m.

Tuesday's Games Springfield at Bridgeport, 11 a.m.

Portland at Worcester, 7 p.m.

Rockford at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Hamilton at Abbotsford, 10 p.m.

three strokes, earning her first LPGA Tour title in the year’s first major.

Lewis shot a 3-under 69 to finish at 13-under 275, rallying from an early two-stroke deficit while going head-to-head with the world’s top-ranked player.

She punctuated a tenacious back nine at Mission Hills with an improbable par putt from the fringe on the 17th hole, prompting a celebration in the raucous gallery.

Tseng shot a 74 with four bogeys, losing focus in her quest for her fifth worldwide title already this year. Lewis bogeyed the 15th hole to allow Tseng to

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HUMBLE, Texas — Phil Mickelson outdueled Scott Verplank on Sunday to win the Houston Open, his first victory since last year’s Masters.

The win moved Mickelson’s world ranking to No. 3, while Tiger Woods dropped to No. 7.

It’s the first time Mickelson has been ahead of Woods in the rankings since the week before Woods won the 1997 Masters for his first major championship.

Mickelson shot a 65 in the final round to finish 20-under par, three ahead of Verplank (68) and second-round leader

All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Philadelphia............. 79 46 22 11 103 247 210 x-Pittsburgh ................ 79 46 25 8 100 225 192 N.Y. Rangers .............. 79 42 32 5 89 223 190 New Jersey ................. 78 36 37 5 77 163 196 N.Y. Islanders ............. 79 30 37 12 72 220 250 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA y-Boston ...................... 78 44 23 11 99 235 184 Montreal....................... 79 42 30 7 91 208 204 Buffalo.......................... 79 40 29 10 90 232 220 Toronto ........................ 79 37 32 10 84 213 240 Ottawa .......................... 79 30 39 10 70 183 243 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Washington ............. 79 46 22 11 103 216 192 x-Tampa Bay ............... 79 44 24 11 99 235 232 Carolina ....................... 79 38 30 11 87 225 232 Atlanta.......................... 78 33 33 12 78 214 252 Florida.......................... 79 29 38 12 70 190 220 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA y-Detroit....................... 79 46 23 10 102 255 231 Nashville...................... 79 42 26 11 95 209 188 Chicago ....................... 78 42 28 8 92 246 214 St. Louis ...................... 79 36 33 10 82 232 229 Columbus.................... 79 34 32 13 81 210 246 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA z-Vancouver................ 79 52 18 9 113 254 181 Calgary ........................ 80 40 29 11 91 242 233 Minnesota ................... 79 37 34 8 82 198 224 Colorado...................... 78 29 41 8 66 218 275 Edmonton.................... 78 24 43 11 59 186 256 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-San Jose .................. 78 46 23 9 101 234 201 Los Angeles ................ 78 45 27 6 96 213 185 Phoenix ....................... 79 42 25 12 96 224 217 Anaheim ...................... 78 44 29 5 93 225 227 Dallas........................... 77 38 28 11 87 210 221 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference Saturday's Games Boston 3, Atlanta 2 Tampa Bay 3, Minnesota 1 Detroit 4, Nashville 3, OT Los Angeles 3, Dallas 1 Toronto 4, Ottawa 2 Montreal 3, New Jersey 1 Carolina 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 Washington 5, Buffalo 4, OT Pittsburgh 4, Florida 2 Edmonton 4, Vancouver 1 San Jose 4, Anaheim 2 Sunday's Games N.Y. Rangers 3, Philadelphia 2, SO Buffalo 2, Carolina 1, OT Detroit 4, Minnesota 2 St. Louis 6, Columbus 1 Tampa Bay 2, Chicago 0 Calgary 2, Colorado 1 Dallas at Anaheim, (n) Monday's Games Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at San Jose, 10 p.m.

Tuesday's Games Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Washington at Toronto, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Colorado at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Columbus at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

G O L F PGA Tour Houston Open Scores Sunday At Redstone Golf Club, Tournament Course Humble, Texas Final Round Phil Mickelson (500), $1,062,000 ...................................70-70-63-65—268 Chris Kirk (245), $519,200.........66-69-69-67—271 Scott Verplank (245), $519,200 73-65-65-68—271 Steve Stricker (123), $259,600 .67-72-67-69—275 Aaron Baddeley (123), $259,600 ......................................73-65-66-71—275 Robert Allenby (95), $205,025..68-72-67-69—276 David Hearn (95), $205,025 ......69-70-66-71—276 Greg Chalmers (75), $159,300 .70-73-66-68—277 Matt Kuchar (75), $159,300 .......72-70-67-68—277 Brandt Jobe (75), $159,300.......69-72-68-68—277 Padraig Harrington (75), $159,300 ......................................68-69-70-70—277 Hunter Mahan (75), $159,300 ...70-71-66-70—277 Chad Campbell (58), $114,067.71-70-71-66—278 Gary Woodland (58), $114,067.71-70-69-68—278 Anthony Kim (58), $114,067 .....72-64-69-73—278 Louis Oosthuizen (54), $94,40072-69-70-68—279 Webb Simpson (54), $94,400 ...72-72-66-69—279 Tim Petrovic (54), $94,400 ........70-68-71-70—279 Charles Howell III (50), $71,508 ........................................69-75-69-67—280 Nick O’Hern (50), $71,508.........65-74-72-69—280 Josh Teater (50), $71,508..........65-72-73-70—280 David Mathis (50), $71,508........70-70-70-70—280 J.J. Henry (50), $71,508 ............73-70-65-72—280 Charley Hoffman (45), $47,790.72-68-72-69—281 Ben Crane (45), $47,790 ...........70-68-73-70—281 Michael Thompson (45), $47,790 ........................................72-69-70-70—281 John Senden (45), $47,790.......72-69-70-70—281 Michael Putnam (45), $47,790..70-69-69-73—281 Ben Curtis (45), $47,790............70-70-68-73—281 Lee Westwood (0), $35,843 ......68-72-74-68—282 Charl Schwartzel (39), $35,843 74-67-71-70—282 Tommy Gainey (39), $35,843 ...68-73-70-71—282 Jimmy Walker (39), $35,843 .....63-74-72-73—282 Nathan Green (39), $35,843 ......67-73-69-73—282 Vaughn Taylor (39), $35,843.....68-71-69-74—282 Johnson Wagner (33), $27,189 69-67-76-71—283 Cameron Beckman (33), $27,189 ........................................69-74-67-73—283 Alex Cejka (33), $27,189 ...........71-70-69-73—283 Ben Martin (33), $27,189 ...........73-66-70-74—283 Zack Miller (33), $27,189 ...........68-74-67-74—283 Nate Smith (33), $27,189 ...........69-72-66-76—283 Troy Merritt (27), $20,060 ..........72-71-71-70—284 Michael Bradley (27), $20,060 ..71-71-72-70—284 Joseph Bramlett (27), $20,060..73-68-72-71—284 Bill Lunde (27), $20,060.............68-71-73-72—284 Scott Piercy (27), $20,060 .........71-72-69-72—284 J.B. Holmes (27), $20,060.........73-71-67-73—284 Kent Jones (22), $15,458 ..........72-72-68-73—285 John Rollins (22), $15,458.........67-71-72-75—285 Brian Davis (22), $15,458 ..........71-72-67-75—285

Free Kids 10–and-Under Tennis Clinic, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 9 at the Rock Rec Center. Tim Haus, head tennis pro at Valley Tennis & Swim Club, will be conducting the free Quickstart tennis clinic for children age 10-and-under. Quickstart Tennis is a play format that utilizes a smaller court, lighter, smaller racquets, and softer tennis balls that enables young players to learn to play tennis much faster.

For more information, contact The Rock Recreation Center at 6962769, or emailtherockreccenter@bmha.org.

Wyoming Valley CYC will be offering weekday afternoon and Saturday morning swim lessons starting Monday. Also starting is the CYC Spring/Summer swim team. For more information, call Jeni at 823-6121, ext 292, or visitwww.wyomingvalleycyc.org.

GOLF King’s College Football coach Jeff Knarr has announced the Monarchs will be hosting the King’s Football Golf Classic June 12 at Blue Ridge Trail Golf Club in Mountain Top. The event will serve as a fundraising event for the King’s football program and is open to the general public, including alumni, family and friends of the program. Registration is scheduled for noon with a shotgun start slated for 1:30 p.m. Entry includes greens fees, carts, long-drive contest, closest to the pin contests, and an auction to bid on various items that will benefit the football program. Dinner will also be provided.

A variety of sponsorship levels are also available. For additional information, go to the football team page atwww.kingscollegeathletics.com.

King’s College Men’s Soccer coach Mark Basset announced the Monarchs will be hosting their fifth annual Alumni Game/Golf Outing the weekend of April 16-17. On Brendan Steele (18), $13,885 ...67-72-77-70—286 Charlie Wi (18), $13,885 ............74-70-71-71—286 Keegan Bradley (18), $13,885 ..70-73-71-72—286 Steve Elkington (18), $13,885...68-71-73-74—286 Ernie Els (18), $13,885 ..............71-72-69-74—286 Ross Fisher (0), $13,885 ...........71-70-69-76—286 Kris Blanks (13), $13,216...........69-74-73-71—287 Billy Mayfair (13), $13,216 .........69-74-71-73—287 Blake Adams (13), $13,216 .......72-72-67-76—287 Boo Weekley (9), $12,685 .........72-72-72-72—288 Kyle Stanley (9), $12,685...........70-74-71-73—288 Retief Goosen (9), $12,685 .......70-74-71-73—288 Jim Renner (9), $12,685 ............71-73-70-74—288 Fred Couples (9), $12,685.........71-72-71-74—288 D.A. Points (9), $12,685.............70-72-71-75—288 Kevin Stadler (2), $11,918.........71-73-72-73—289 Jim Herman (2), $11,918 ...........73-68-75-73—289 Marc Leishman (2), $11,918 .....69-75-71-74—289 Robert Garrigus (2), $11,918 ....68-72-75-74—289 Roland Thatcher (2), $11,918....77-67-69-76—289 Andres Romero (2), $11,918.....73-70-70-76—289 Steve Marino (2), $11,918 .........72-70-71-76—289 Francesco Molinari (0), $11,387 ........................................69-71-74-77—291 Cameron Tringale (1), $11,387.74-70-66-81—291 Fabian Gomez (1), $11,210.......71-72-73-79—295 Made cut; did not finish Paul Goydos (1), $11,033................71-71-75—217 Jarrod Lyle (1), $11,033...................68-76-73—217 Marc Turnesa (1), $10,856..............68-76-74—218 Chez Reavie (1), $10,679 ...............72-71-76—219 Erik Compton (0), $10,679 ..............70-74-75—219

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Mississippi Gulf Resort Scores Sunday At Fallen Oak Golf Club Biloxi, Miss.

Final Round Tom Lehman (240), $240,000 ........67-64-69—200 Nick Price (117), $117,333..............68-69-67—204 Jeff Sluman (117), $117,333...........66-66-72—204 David Frost (117), $117,333 ...........68-67-69—204 Olin Browne (70), $70,400 ..............70-68-67—205 Jay Haas (70), $70,400....................69-68-68—205 Fred Funk (51), $51,200 ..................70-68-68—206 Hale Irwin (51), $51,200 ..................70-68-68—206 Steve Lowery (51), $51,200 ............69-68-69—206 Mark Calcavecchia (42), $41,600 ..70-67-70—207 Bob Tway, $36,800...........................70-70-68—208 Russ Cochran, $36,800 ...................70-69-69—208 Michael Allen, $28,800 ....................73-67-69—209 Peter Senior, $28,800 ......................69-69-71—209 Phil Blackmar, $28,800....................71-68-70—209 John Morse, $28,800 .......................70-67-72—209 Mark O’Meara, $28,800 ...................69-68-72—209 Mark Brooks, $21,216......................70-72-68—210 Ian Woosnam, $21,216 ....................71-69-70—210 J.L. Lewis, $21,216 ..........................72-68-70—210 Chien Soon Lu, $21,216 ..................74-66-70—210 John Cook, $21,216 .........................70-69-71—210 Jim Rutledge, $17,200 .....................72-70-69—211 Bobby Clampett, $17,200 ................71-68-72—211 Tom Pernice, Jr., $14,267 ...............70-74-68—212 Bill Glasson, $14,267 .......................69-74-69—212 Don Pooley, $14,267........................75-66-71—212 Ted Schulz, $14,267 ........................69-70-73—212 Gil Morgan, $14,267 .........................70-69-73—212 Keith Fergus, $14,267......................72-67-73—212 David Eger, $10,800 ........................75-70-68—213 Tom Jenkins, $10,800......................70-73-70—213 Chip Beck, $10,800 ..........................72-71-70—213 Dana Quigley, $10,800 ....................73-70-70—213 Tom Byrum, $10,800........................74-69-70—213 Bobby Wadkins, $10,800 ................69-72-72—213 Tim Simpson, $8,480 .......................71-72-71—214 Tom Purtzer, $8,480 ........................70-72-72—214 Loren Roberts, $8,480 .....................76-67-71—214 Morris Hatalsky, $8,480 ...................71-71-72—214 Robert Thompson, $8,480 ..............74-67-73—214 Mark McNulty, $7,200 ......................76-69-70—215 Keith Clearwater, $7,200 .................71-72-72—215 Dan Forsman, $7,200.......................68-72-75—215 Tommy Armour III, $5,600...............76-69-71—216 Roger Chapman, $5,600 .................72-72-72—216 Larry Mize, $5,600............................73-70-73—216 Jim Gallagher, Jr., $5,600 ...............72-69-75—216 Jay Don Blake, $5,600 .....................71-70-75—216 Tom Kite, $5,600 ..............................74-67-75—216 Mike Reid, $5,600.............................71-69-76—216 David Peoples, $3,960.....................78-67-72—217 Mike Goodes, $3,960 .......................72-72-73—217 Mike Hulbert, $3,960........................73-70-74—217 Hal Sutton, $3,960............................70-72-75—217 Vicente Fernandez, $3,360 .............73-74-71—218 Sonny Skinner, $3,360 ....................76-68-74—218

pull within one stroke, but Tseng bogeyed the next two.

Lewis’ putt on the 17th broke abruptly to the left and dropped straight home, with Lewis raising her fist in celebration. After sinking her final 3-foot putt on the 18th, Lewis raised her arms in disbelief before hugging Tseng and her caddie, and several players quickly doused her with beer.

Lewis and her family then took the Kraft Nabisco’s traditional winner’s leap into Poppie’s Pond, holding hands while running to the water, where Lewis and her caddie did modified cannonballs.

Saturday, the Alumni Game will take place at 5 p.m. at McCarthy Stadium in the Betzler Athletic Complex. Following the game, the Alumni Social will be held afterward at The Frog Pond. On Sunday, the Alumni Golf Tournament will be held at Sugarloaf Golf Club with dinner to follow.

MEETINGS Hanover Area Cheerleading Booster Club, 7 p.m. Thursday in the high school cafeteria.

Luzerne County Girls Softball,7 p.m.

Monday at the Press box at the Ashley field.

REGISTRATIONS/TRYOUTS Forty Fort Pioneers Soccer, registrations in the Forty Fort Borough Building basement on the following dates and times: Monday, 6-8 p.m.; April 10, 1-4 p.m.; April 17, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. For more information, e-mail info@fortyfortpioneers.org or contact Susan 650-3071.

Upper 90 Soccer Training Academy will be holding tryouts for Boys U15 to U17 travel teams on April 11, April 13, and April 18. Anyone interested should contact Rob Havard, Director of Coaching, at 814-3374 orrobhav13@msn.com.

Wilkes-Barre Cosmos Soccer Club will be having registration for the fall season today and April 9, 10, 16 and 17 at Stanton Lanes from 2 to 5 p.m. and May 11-12 at the concession stand at Coal Street Park from 5 to 7 p.m. Players must be 4 years old by Aug. 1,2011. If you have any questions, call Tom at 8235488 or emailwilkesbarrecosmos@gmail.com.

Bulletin Board items will not be accepted over the telephone. Items may be faxed to 831-7319, emailed to tlsports@timesleader.com or dropped off at the Times Leader or mailed to Times Leader, c/o Sports, 15 N, Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0250.

T E N N I S Sony Ericsson Open Results Sunday At The Tennis Center at Crandon Park Key Biscayne, Fla. Singles Men Championship Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, def. Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Doubles Women Championship Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, and Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, def. Liezel Huber, United States, and Nadia Petrova (3), Russia, 7-6 (5), 2-6, 10-8 tiebreak.

S O C C E R Major League Soccer All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE ..............................................................WLTPtsGFGA Philadelphia ........................................ 210 6 2 1 New England ...................................... 102 5 4 3 New York............................................. 102 5 2 1 Chicago ............................................... 101 4 4 3 Sporting Kansas City ......................... 111 4 8 8 Toronto FC.......................................... 111 4 5 5 Columbus............................................ 111 4 3 3 D.C....................................................... 120 3 5 7 Houston ............................................... 012 2 2 3 WESTERN CONFERENCE ..............................................................WLTPtsGFGA Colorado.............................................. 300 9 8 2 Los Angeles ........................................ 211 7 4 5 Real Salt Lake .................................... 200 6 5 1 Vancouver ........................................... 111 4 7 6 San Jose.............................................. 111 4 4 3 Seattle.................................................. 022 2 3 5 Chivas USA ........................................ 021 1 3 5 Portland ............................................... 021 1 2 6 FC Dallas ............................................ 021 1 1 5 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Friday's Games Columbus 2, FC Dallas 0 Saturday's Games Toronto FC 1, Chivas USA 1, tie Vancouver 3, Sporting Kansas City 3, tie New York 1, Houston 1, tie New England 1, Portland 1, tie San Jose 2, Seattle FC 2, tie Los Angeles 1, Philadelphia 0 Sunday's Games Colorado 4, D.C. United 1 Wednesday, April 6 New England at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Friday, April 8 Colorado at FC Dallas, 9 p.m.

Saturday, April 9 Chicago at Seattle FC, 4 p.m.

New York at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at New England, 7:30 p.m.

Columbus at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.

Toronto FC at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 10 Vancouver at Houston, 7 p.m.

B O X I N G Fight Schedule National TV in parentheses April 8 At Hyogo, Japan, Hozumi Hasegawa vs. Johnny Gonzalez, 12, for Hasegawa’s WBC featherweight title;Toshiaki Nishioka vs. Mauricio Munoz, 12, for Nishioka’s WBC junior featherweight title;Takahiro Ao vs. Humberto Gutierrez, 12, for Ao’s WBC junior lightweight title.

At Montreal (ESPN2), David Lemieux vs. Marco Antonio Rubio, 12, WBC middleweight title eliminator.

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PHILADELPHIA — Roy Oswalt pitched six strong innings against his former team and Ryan Howard homered and drove in four runs to help the Philadelphia Phillies complete a season-opening, threegame sweep with a 7-3 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday.

Oswalt (1-0), who spent 10 years with the Astros before a midseason trade to Philadelphia last year, allowed two runs on five hits while striking out six and walking one in his first start against his former club. It was the first walk by the Phillies’ heralded starters this season — Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee didn’t issue a free pass in their starts.

Mets 9, Marlins 2

MIAMI — Willie Harris and Ike Davis homered, knuckleballer R.A. Dickey picked up where he left off last year and the New York Mets beat the Florida Marlins to win their season-opening series.

Dickey (1-0) allowed an unearned run and five hits, struck out seven and walked three. The right-hander went 11-9 with a 2.84 ERA last season with the Mets, easily the best year of his career.

Reds 12, Brewers 3

CINCINNATI — Ryan Hanigan hit two of Cincinnati’s four homers on a windy afternoon, finishing with a career-high four hits, and the Reds completed an emphatic seasonopening sweep by overpowering the Milwaukee Brewers.

five and walked one. He didn’t allow a baserunner after Danny Espinosa singled to lead off the second, getting 18 consecutive outs.

Cardinals 2, Padres 0

ST. LOUIS — Jaime Garcia threw a four-hitter with a career-best nine strikeouts, moving beyond a shaky spring as the St. Louis Cardinals avoided a season-opening sweep at home with a victory over the San Diego Padres.

Yadier Molina’s RBI single up the middle off Dustin Moseley (0-1) in the fifth inning was the difference for St. Louis, which hasn’t been swept by the Padres at home since 1980.

Moseley allowed only four hits in seven strong innings for San Diego, which missed a chance to open 3-0 for only the fourth time in franchise history and the first time since the 1984 team that went on to win the NL pennant.

Pirates 5, Cubs 4

CHICAGO — Pedro Alvarez drive in two runs with an infield single off closer Carlos Marmol in the ninth inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied for a victory over the Chicago Cubs to take two of three in the opening series of the season.

With the Cubs leading 4-3, Pittsburgh’s Garrett Jones led off the ninth with a walk against Marmol (0-1) and Neil Walker singled before Lyle Overbay sacrificed to put runners at second and third.

Dodgers 7, Giants 5

LOS ANGELES — Marcus Thames tripled in the go-ahead run during a four-run seventh WASHINGTON — Tim inning and the Los Angeles Hudson pitched seven solid innings in another strong start Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants, taking three against Washington and Brian of four from the defending McCann had four RBI in the Atlanta Braves’ victory over the World Series champions.

The Dodgers scored all four Nationals. runs off reliever Dan Runzler Hudson (1-0) gave up one (0-1). run and three hits, struck out Braves 11, Nationals 2

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Boesch matched a career high with four hits, scored four runs and had a sacrifice fly for the Tigers, who were without No. 3 hitter Magglio Ordonez.

Jorge Posada smashed a pair of two-run homers, Mark Teixeira connected for the third straight game and Robinson Cano hit his first of the season for New York.

Indians 7, White Sox 1

CLEVELAND — Orlando Cabrera hit a two-run homer and assisted in the majors’ first triple play of the season, helping the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox for their first victory.

Rangers 5, Red Sox 1

ARLINGTON, Texas — Ian Kinsler and Nelson Cruz became the first set of teammates to homer in each of the first three games in a season, and Matt Harrison pitched Texas to a sweep of its season-opening series.

David Murphy and Mike Napoli also homered as Texas’ first three hits — and four of five — were solo shots.

Twins 4, Blue Jays 3

TORONTO — Danny Valencia and Denard Span homered, and Minnesota held on to avoid a three-game sweep.

Jose Bautista hit his second homer of the season but it wasn’t enough for the Blue Jays, who left the bases loaded

in the ninth when Adam Lind grounded out against closer Joe Nathan.

Orioles 5, Rays 1

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Zach Britton pitched six sharp innings in his major league debut and J.J. Hardy hit a tworun double, leading Baltimore to the season-opening threegame sweep.

Britton (1-0) allowed one run and three hits, struck out six and walked three. Recalled before the game from Triple-A Norfolk, Britton had around 30 family members and friends in attendance.

Royals 12, Angels 9

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Matt Treanor hit a three-run homer with two outs in the 13th inning, sending the Royals to their third straight victory in their last at-bat.

Kansas City tied it with two runs in the ninth off Fernando Rodney, who started the inning and walked the bases full. With one out, Wilson Betemit doubled just in front of a diving Vernon Wells in left-center, tying it at 9.

Athletics 7, Mariners 1

OAKLAND, Calif. — Mark Ellis drove in three runs to back Gio Gonzalez’s strong 2011 debut and Oakland avoided a season-opening weekend sweep.

Coco Crisp hit an RBI triple in the third inning and missed hitting for the cycle by a home run. Hideki Matsui doubled to start the second for his first hit with the A’s after an 0-for-7 start and added an RBI single in a four-run seventh. It also gave the slugger a combined 2,500 hits between his career in Japan and the major leagues.

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2 1 .667 ⁄2 Cleveland..........................

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1 3 .250 21⁄2 Saturday's Games Chicago White Sox 8, Cleveland 3 Toronto 6, Minnesota 1 Kansas City 5, L.A. Angels 4 N.Y. Yankees 10, Detroit 6 Baltimore 3, Tampa Bay 1 Texas 12, Boston 5 Seattle 5, Oakland 2 Sunday's Games Cleveland 7, Chicago White Sox 1 Detroit 10, N.Y. Yankees 7 Minnesota 4, Toronto 3 Baltimore 5, Tampa Bay 1 Texas 5, Boston 1 Kansas City 12, L.A. Angels 9, 13 innings Oakland 7, Seattle 1 Monday's Games Detroit (Porcello 0-0) at Baltimore (Arrieta 0-0), 3:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Baker 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Nova 0-0), 7:05 p.m.

Seattle (Bedard 0-0) at Texas (Holland 0-0), 8:05 p.m.

Tuesday's Games L.A. Angels at Tampa Bay, 6:40 p.m.

Boston at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

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1 3 .250 2 Saturday's Games Washington 6, Atlanta 3 Chicago Cubs 5, Pittsburgh 3 San Diego 11, St. Louis 3 San Francisco 10, L.A. Dodgers 0 Philadelphia 9, Houston 4 Cincinnati 4, Milwaukee 2 N.Y. Mets 6, Florida 4, 10 innings Colorado 3, Arizona 1 Sunday's Games Cincinnati 12, Milwaukee 3 N.Y. Mets 9, Florida 2 Atlanta 11, Washington 2 Philadelphia 7, Houston 3 St. Louis 2, San Diego 0 Pittsburgh 5, Chicago Cubs 4 Arizona at Colorado, ppd., rain L.A. Dodgers 7, San Francisco 5 Monday's Games Atlanta (Beachy 0-0) at Milwaukee (Narveson 0-0), 2:10 p.m.

Arizona (Saunders 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Wells 0-0), 2:20 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Morton 0-0) at St. Louis (Lohse 0-0), 8:15 p.m.

Tuesday's Games Arizona at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

San Francisco at San Diego, 6:35 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Houston at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at Florida, 7:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUNDUP

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STANDINGS/STATS

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B O X S C O R E S Tigers 10, Yankees 7

Detroit

New York ab r h bi ab r h bi AJcksn cf 3 2 0 0 Gardnr lf 5 0 0 0 Santiag 2b 5 1 2 1 Jeter ss 4 0 0 0 Boesch dh 4 4 4 4 Teixeir 1b 5 1 2 1 MiCarr 1b 5 2 3 4 AlRdrg 3b 5 0 1 0 VMrtnz c 5 0 0 0 Cano 2b 5 2 1 1 Raburn lf 5 0 2 1 Swisher rf 3 2 3 1 Kelly rf 4 0 0 0 Posada dh 5 2 2 4 JhPerlt ss 4 1 3 0 Grndrs cf 4 0 0 0 Inge 3b 4 0 0 0 Martin c 4 0 3 0 Totals 39101410 Totals 40 712 7 Detroit .............................. 203 022 001 — 10 New York ......................... 022 020 100 — 7 E—Raburn (1). DP—New York 1. LOB—Detroit 6, New York 9. 2B—Santiago (1), Raburn (1), Swisher (1), Martin (1). HR—Boesch (1), Mi.Cabrera 2 (2), Teixeira (3), Cano (1), Posada 2 (2). SB—A.Jackson (1). SF—Boesch.

IP H R ER BB SO Detroit Scherzer W,1-0 .......

5 9 6 6 2 6 Coke H,1 ..................

2 2 1 1 0 0 Benoit H,1 ................

1 1 0 0 0 1 Valverde S,1-1 ........

1 0 0 0 1 0 New York P.Hughes L,0-1 .......

4 5 5 5 2 1 Colon ........................

4 6 4 4 1 5 Chamberlain ............

1 3 1 1 0 1 WP—Coke.

Umpires—Home, C.B. Bucknor;First, Dan Iassogna;Second, Dale Scott;Third, Jerry Meals.

T—3:20. A—40,574 (50,291).

Twins 4, Blue Jays 3 Minnesota

Toronto ab r h bi ab r h bi Span cf 4 1 2 1 YEscor ss 2 0 0 1 Nishiok 2b 4 0 1 1 JRiver dh 4 0 1 0 DYong lf 5 0 0 0 J.Nix pr 0 0 0 0 Mornea dh 4 0 1 0 Bautist rf 4 1 2 1 ACasill pr-dh 0 0 0 0 Lind 1b 5 1 1 0 Cuddyr 1b 4 0 1 0 A.Hill 2b 4 0 0 0 Kubel rf 3 1 2 0 Encrnc 3b 4 0 0 0 Repko pr-rf 0 0 0 0 Snider lf 4 1 2 0 Valenci 3b 3 1 1 1 Arencii c 3 0 0 0 Butera c 4 1 1 0 McCoy cf 3 0 2 0 Tolbert ss 4 0 1 1 Totals 35 410 4 Totals 33 3 8 2 Minnesota .......................... 001 020 001 — 4 Toronto............................... 000 101 001 — 3 E—Nishioka (2), Valencia (1), Encarnacion 2 (3).

DP—Minnesota 2, Toronto 2. LOB—Minnesota 8, Toronto 10. 2B—McCoy (1). HR—Span (1), Valencia (1), Bautista (2). S—Y.Escobar. SF—Y.Escobar.

IP H R ER BB SO Minnesota Blackburn W,1-0 ..... 52⁄3 6 2 1 1 2 Mijares H,1 .............. 1⁄3 0 0 0 2 1 Capps H,1................

1 0 0 0 0 0 Perkins H,1 ..............

1 0 0 0 0 1 Nathan S,1-1............

1 2 1 1 2 0 Toronto Cecil L,0-1................

5 6 3 3 2 3 Janssen ....................

1 2 0 0 0 1 Frasor .......................

1 0 0 0 0 1 Rzepczynski ............ 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 Camp ........................ 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Rauch .......................

1 1 1 1 1 0 Mijares pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

HBP—by Rzepczynski (Kubel).

Indians 7, White Sox 1 Chicago

ab r h bi Brantly cf 3 0 1 1 ACarer ss 4 0 0 1 Choo rf 3 0 0 0 CSantn 1b 4 0 2 0 Hafner dh 4 2 1 0 OCarer 2b 4 2 3 2 T.Buck lf 4 1 1 0 Hannhn 3b 2 1 0 0 Duncan ph 1 0 1 2 Everett 3b 0 0 0 0 Marson c 3 1 2 1 Totals 31 1 7 1 Totals 32 711 7 Chicago.............................. 001 000 000 — 1 Cleveland ........................... 000 002 23x — 7 E—Hannahan (1). LOB—Chicago 7, Cleveland 7.

2B—Pierzynski (1), Marson (1). HR—O.Cabrera (1). S—Pierre, Brantley. SF—Brantley, A.Cabrera.

IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Danks L,0-1 .............

6 6 2 2 1 8 Ohman...................... 11⁄3 2 3 3 1 1 Humber ....................

0 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Thornton................... 2⁄3 Cleveland Masterson W,1-0 ....

7 7 1 1 2 0 Sipp H,1 ...................

1 0 0 0 0 2 C.Perez ....................

1 0 0 0 0 0 Humber pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.

HBP—by Masterson (Beckham). WP—Danks.

Umpires—Home, Mark Wegner;First, Chris Guccione;Second, Mike Winters;Third, Mike Everitt.

Pierre lf Bckhm 2b A.Dunn dh Konerk 1b Rios cf Quentin rf Przyns c AlRmrz ss Vizquel 3b

ab 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 3

r 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

h bi 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0

Cleveland

Orioles 5, Rays 1 Baltimore

ab 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4

r 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0

h bi 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 2

Tampa Bay

ab r h bi BUpton cf 4 0 1 0 EJhnsn ss 4 0 1 1 Zobrist 2b 3 0 1 0 MRmrz dh 4 0 0 0 Shppch c 3 0 0 0 Jaso ph 1 0 0 0 SRdrgz 3b 3 0 1 0 FLopez ph 1 0 0 0 DJhnsn 1b 4 0 0 0 Joyce rf 2 1 0 0 Fuld lf 2 0 0 0 Totals 36 511 5 Totals 31 1 4 1 Baltimore ............................ 100 000 301 — 5 Tampa Bay......................... 001 000 000 — 1 E—Mar.Reynolds (1). DP—Tampa Bay 1. LOB— Baltimore 5, Tampa Bay 6. 2B—Mar.Reynolds 2 (2), Hardy (2), B.Upton (2), Zobrist (1), S.Rodriguez (1).

SB—Ad.Jones (1). CS—B.Upton (2).

IP H R ER BB SO Baltimore Britton W,1-0 ...........

6 3 1 1 3 6 Berken H,1...............

1 0 0 0 0 3 Ji.Johnson H,1 ........

1 1 0 0 0 0 Rupe .........................

1 0 0 0 0 0 Tampa Bay W.Davis L,0-1.......... 61⁄3 8 4 4 1 3 C.Ramos .................. 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 J.Cruz .......................

1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 A.Russell.................. 2⁄3 Sonnanstine............. 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Umpires—Home, Laz Diaz;First, Scott Barry;Second, John Hirschbeck;Third, Wally Bell.

T—2:42. A—17,408 (34,078).

BRorts 2b Markks rf D.Lee 1b Guerrr dh Wieters c AdJons cf MrRynl 3b Pie lf Hardy ss

Rangers 5, Red Sox 1 Texas ab r h bi ab r h bi Ellsury cf 4 0 0 0 Kinsler dh 1 1 1 1 Pedroia 2b 4 0 1 0 MiYong 2b 4 0 2 1 AdGnzl 1b 4 0 0 0 Hamltn cf 3 0 0 0 Youkils 3b 3 1 0 0 ABeltre 3b 4 0 0 0 Ortiz dh 4 0 2 0 N.Cruz rf 4 1 1 1 Lowrie ss 4 0 0 0 DvMrp lf 4 1 2 1 Crwfrd lf 4 0 2 1 Napoli c 3 1 2 1 Sltlmch c 3 0 0 0 Morlnd 1b 3 0 0 0 DMcDn rf 2 0 0 0 ABlanc ss 3 1 1 0 Totals 32 1 5 1 Totals 29 5 9 5 Boston ................................ 000 000 100 — 1 Texas.................................. 011 010 11x — 5 E—Harrison (1). DP—Boston 2, Texas 1. LOB— Boston 6, Texas 4. 2B—Mi.Young (1), A.Blanco (1).

HR—Kinsler (3), N.Cruz (3), Dav.Murphy (1), Napoli (2). CS—Kinsler (1), Dav.Murphy (1).

IP H R ER BB SO Boston C.Buchholz L,0-1 .... 61⁄3 5 4 4 2 3 D.Reyes ................... 2⁄3 2 0 0 0 1 Papelbon..................

1 2 1 1 1 3 Texas Harrison W,1-0........

7 5 1 1 2 8 Oliver H,1 .................

1 0 0 0 0 1 Feliz ..........................

1 0 0 0 0 0 HBP—by Papelbon (Kinsler). WP—Harrison.

Umpires—Home, Brian Runge;First, Marvin Hudson;Second, Tim McClelland;Third, Ted Barrett.

T—2:41. A—46,326 (49,170).

AP PHOTO

New York Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey delivers a pitch against the Florida Marlins in the first inning of game in Miami Sunday. Dickey went 6 innings, allowing just one unearned run as the Mets defeated the Marlins, 9-3.

Boston

Royals 5, Angels 4 Los Angeles

ab 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 2

r 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0

h bi 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0

Kansas City

ab r h bi AEscor ss 5 0 2 1 MeCarr cf 4 0 0 0 Gordon lf 4 0 0 0 Butler dh 4 2 2 0 Kaaihu 1b 3 0 0 0 Francr rf 4 1 2 0 Betemt 3b 4 1 1 0 Dyson pr 0 1 0 0 Aviles 3b 0 0 0 0 Treanr c 3 0 1 1 Getz 2b 4 0 3 2 Totals 35 411 4 Totals 35 511 4 Los Angeles....................... 000 103 000 — 4 Kansas City ....................... 000 021 02x — 5 DP—Los Angeles 1, Kansas City 1. LOB—Los Angeles 9, Kansas City 8. 2B—Callaspo (1), Aybar 2 (3), Butler (1). HR—Tor.Hunter (2). SB—A.Escobar (1). S—Bourjos.

IP H R ER BB SO Los Angeles E.Santana ................ 62⁄3 7 3 3 2 6 Takahashi H,1 ......... 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Jepsen L,0-1 BS,1-1 ......................

1 4 2 2 0 0 Kansas City 7 4 4 2 2 Davies ...................... 51⁄3 Texeira .....................

1 2 0 0 1 0 Crow W,1-0.............. 12⁄3 2 0 0 1 2 Soria S,1-1...............

1 0 0 0 0 0 WP—E.Santana.

Umpires—Home, Paul Nauert;First, Doug Eddings;Second, Dana DeMuth;Third, Kerwin Danley.

T—2:45. A—17,328 (37,903).

MIzturs 2b HKndrc 1b Abreu rf TrHntr dh V.Wells lf Callasp 3b Aybar ss BoWlsn c Bourjos cf

Athletics 7, Mariners 1 Seattle

Oakland ab r h bi ab r h bi ISuzuki rf 3 0 1 0 Crisp cf 5 1 3 1 Figgins 3b 4 0 0 0 Barton 1b 3 1 0 0 Bradly lf 4 0 1 0 DeJess rf 4 1 0 0 Cust dh 4 0 1 0 Wlngh lf 4 2 1 0 Smoak 1b 3 0 1 0 Matsui dh 4 1 2 1 Olivo c 3 0 0 0 KSuzuk c 3 0 1 1 Lngrhn cf 4 1 2 1 M.Ellis 2b 3 0 1 3 Ryan ss 1 0 0 0 Kzmnff 3b 3 1 2 1 LRdrgz ph 1 0 0 0 Pnngtn ss 3 0 0 0 JWilson 2b 2 0 0 0 AKndy ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 30 1 6 1 Totals 32 710 7 Seattle ................................ 010 000 000 — 1 Oakland.............................. 001 101 40x — 7 E—Ryan (1), Barton (3). DP—Seattle 1, Oakland 2.

LOB—Seattle 8, Oakland 8. 2B—Bradley (1), Smoak (2), Crisp (1), Willingham (1), Matsui (1), K.Suzuki (1). 3B—Crisp (1). HR—Langerhans (1).

SB—J.Wilson (1). S—J.Wilson, Pennington. SF— Kouzmanoff.

IP H R ER BB SO Seattle Fister L,0-1 .............. 52⁄3 8 3 2 0 2 Lueke........................ 2⁄3 2 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 Pauley....................... 2⁄3 Wilhelmsen ..............

1 0 0 0 0 1 Oakland G.Gonzalez W,1-0..

7 6 1 1 4 4 Blevins......................

2 0 0 0 1 3 HBP—by Pauley (K.Suzuki), by Fister (Barton).

Umpires—Home, Paul Emmel;First, Rob Drake;Second, Gary Darling;Third, Bruce Dreckman.

T—2:44. A—22,292 (35,067).

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B O X S C O R E S Phillies 7, Astros 3

Houston

Philadelphia ab r h bi Mrtnz cf 4 0 1 1 Herndn p 0 0 0 0 Gload ph 1 0 0 0 Kndrck p 0 0 0 0 Polanc 3b 4 2 2 0 Rollins ss 3 1 2 0 Howard 1b 5 1 3 4 Ibanez lf 4 0 0 0 BFrncs rf 5 2 3 1 Ruiz c 3 1 0 0 Valdez 2b 3 0 1 0 Oswalt p 2 0 0 0 Victorn AnRdrg p 0 0 0 0 ph-cf 2 0 1 1 DelRsr p 0 0 0 0 Bourgs ph 1 0 0 0 Melncn p 0 0 0 0 Michals lf 1 0 0 0 Totals 33 3 7 2 Totals 36 713 7 Houston.............................. 000 101 001 — 3 Philadelphia....................... 401 002 00x — 7 DP—Philadelphia 1. LOB—Houston 6, Philadelphia 11. 2B—Hall (1), C.Johnson (1), Polanco 2 (2), Howard (1). HR—Pence (1), Howard (1), B.Francisco (1). S—Valdez.

IP H R ER BB SO Houston Norris L,0-1..............

4 6 5 5 1 7 Abad .........................

1 1 0 0 0 0 An.Rodriguez .......... 1⁄3 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 Del Rosario.............. 2⁄3 Melancon .................

1 2 0 0 0 0 Fulchino ...................

1 1 0 0 2 1 Philadelphia Oswalt W,1-0...........

6 5 2 2 1 6 Herndon ...................

2 1 0 0 0 0 K.Kendrick ...............

1 1 1 1 1 0 HBP—by Oswalt (Ca.Lee).

Umpires—Home, Hunter Wendelstedt;First, Brian Knight;Second, Jerry Layne;Third, Bob Davidson.

T—2:46. A—45,562 (43,651).

Bourn cf AngSnc ss Pence rf Ca.Lee lf Fulchin p Hall 2b Wallac 1b CJhnsn 3b Quinter c Norris p Inglett ph Abad p

ab 3 4 4 3 0 4 3 4 4 1 1 0

r 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

h bi 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pirates 5, Cubs 4 Pittsburgh

Chicago ab r h bi ab r h bi Tabata cf 5 2 3 0 SCastro ss 4 1 3 0 GJones rf 4 1 2 0 Barney 2b 4 1 1 1 Walker 2b 5 1 1 0 Byrd cf 5 1 1 0 Overay 1b 4 0 2 1 ArRmr 3b 3 0 2 0 Alvarez 3b 5 1 3 3 C.Pena 1b 2 0 1 2 Diaz lf 5 0 1 0 Soto c 4 0 0 0 Jarmll c 4 0 1 0 ASorin lf 4 1 1 1 Cedeno ss 4 0 2 1 Marml p 0 0 0 0 Ohlndrf p 3 0 1 0 Colvin rf 3 0 0 0 Crotta p 0 0 0 0 Garza p 3 0 0 0 Bowker ph 1 0 0 0 K.Wood p 0 0 0 0 Karstns p 0 0 0 0 RJhnsn lf 1 0 0 0 Hanrhn p 0 0 0 0 Totals 40 516 5 Totals 33 4 9 4 Pittsburgh .......................... 011 010 002 — 5 Chicago.............................. 000 211 000 — 4 E—Cedeno (1), C.Pena (1). DP—Pittsburgh 2, Chicago 2. LOB—Pittsburgh 10, Chicago 8.

2B—C.Pena (1). 3B—S.Castro 2 (2). HR—A.Soriano (1). CS—Tabata (1). S—Overbay, C.Pena.

SF—Barney.

IP H R ER BB SO Pittsburgh Ohlendorf .................

6 8 4 4 4 3 Crotta........................

1 0 0 0 0 1 Karstens W,1-0 .......

1 0 0 0 0 0 Hanrahan S,2-2 .......

1 1 0 0 0 1 Chicago Garza........................

7 12 3 3 0 12 K.Wood H,1 .............

1 2 0 0 0 1 Marmol L,0-1 BS,1-2 ......................

1 2 2 2 1 0 WP—Ohlendorf.

Reds 12, Brewers 3 Milwaukee

Cincinnati

ab r h bi ab r h bi 4 1 2 2 Stubbs cf 3 1 1 1 Heisey Gomez cf 4 0 0 0 ph-cf 2 1 1 0 Braun lf 4 1 1 1 Phillips 2b 6 2 3 3 Fielder 1b 3 0 0 0 Votto 1b 4 1 1 0 Axford p 0 0 0 0 Ondrsk p 0 0 0 0 Loe p 0 0 0 0 Chpmn p 0 0 0 0 McGeh 3b 4 0 2 0 Rolen 3b 3 0 1 1 Kotsay rf 4 0 0 0 Cairo ph-1b 1 0 1 1 YBtncr ss 4 0 0 0 Gomes lf 4 2 2 1 Kottars c 4 0 1 0 Bruce rf 5 1 1 0 Wolf p 1 1 1 0 Hanign c 4 3 4 4 Reed ph 1 0 0 0 Janish ss 5 1 2 1 Kintzlr p 0 0 0 0 Arroyo p 2 0 1 0 JFrncs Stetter p 0 0 0 0 ph-3b 2 0 1 0 Morgan ph 1 0 0 0 Green p 0 0 0 0 Almont 1b 1 0 0 0 Totals 35 3 7 3 Totals 41121912 Milwaukee........................ 101 001 000 — 3 Cincinnati ......................... 020 414 10x — 12 E—Y.Betancourt (1). DP—Milwaukee 1. LOB—Milwaukee 6, Cincinnati 11. 2B—Weeks (2), McGehee (1), Kottaras (1), Wolf (1), Rolen (1), Janish (1), Arroyo (1). HR—Weeks (2), Braun (2), Phillips (1), Gomes (1), Hanigan 2 (2). SB—Gomes (1), Bruce (1). S—Arroyo. SF—Rolen.

IP H R ER BB SO Milwaukee Wolf L,0-1 ................

4 10 6 6 2 5 Kintzler ..................... 11⁄3 4 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 Stetter....................... 2⁄3 Green .......................

1 2 1 1 2 0 Axford ....................... 2⁄3 2 0 0 0 0 Loe ............................ 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati Arroyo W,1-0 ...........

7 6 3 3 0 5 Ondrusek .................

1 1 0 0 0 3 Chapman .................

1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP—by Arroyo (Fielder). WP—Ondrusek. Balk— Kintzler.

Umpires—Home, Tony Randazzo;First, Dan Bellino;Second, Brian Gorman;Third, Larry Vanover.

T—3:06. A—24,805 (42,319).

Weeks 2b

Mets 9, Marlins 2 New York

Florida ab r h bi ab r h bi JosRys ss 6 1 2 0 Coghln cf 4 0 0 0 Harris lf 5 2 1 2 Infante 2b 4 1 2 1 DWrght 3b 3 0 0 0 HRmrz ss 5 0 1 0 I.Davis 1b 5 2 2 1 GSnchz 1b 5 0 3 1 Pagan cf 2 1 0 1 Morrsn lf 2 0 0 0 Duda rf 3 1 1 0 J.Buck c 5 0 1 0 Hairstn ph-rf 1 0 0 1 Bonifac 3b 5 0 2 0 DnMrp 2b 3 1 1 1 Cousins rf 3 1 0 0 Capuan p 0 0 0 0 Vazquz p 0 0 0 0 DCrrsc p 0 0 0 0 Mujica p 0 0 0 0 Beltran ph 1 0 0 0 DMrph ph 1 0 0 0 Byrdak p 0 0 0 0 Sanchs p 1 0 1 0 TBchlz p 0 0 0 0 Helms ph 1 0 0 0 Thole c 3 0 1 0 Choate p 0 0 0 0 Dickey p 2 0 0 0 Hayes ph 1 0 1 0 Hu 2b 2 1 0 0 R.Webb p 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 9 8 6 Totals 37 211 2 New York ........................... 304 000 020 — 9 Florida ................................ 001 000 100 — 2 E—Choate (1), H.Ramirez (1), Bonifacio (1). LOB— New York 11, Florida 14. 2B—Jos.Reyes (1), Dan.Murphy (1), Thole (1), G.Sanchez (3), J.Buck (2), Bonifacio (1). HR—Harris (1), I.Davis (1). SB—Harris (1). S—Dickey. SF—Infante.

IP H R ER BB SO New York Dickey W,1-0 ...........

6 5 1 0 3 7 Capuano................... 2⁄3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 D.Carrasco H,1 ....... 1⁄3 Byrdak ......................

1 2 0 0 0 1 T.Buchholz...............

1 1 0 0 1 1 Florida Vazquez L,0-1 ......... 21⁄3 6 7 4 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 Mujica ....................... 2⁄3 Sanches ...................

4 0 0 0 1 2 Choate ......................

1 1 2 0 2 1 R.Webb ....................

1 1 0 0 0 1 HBP—by Sanches (Duda). WP—Dickey. PB— Thole.

Umpires—Home, Greg Gibson;First, Todd Tichenor;Second, Gerry Davis;Third, Sam Holbrook.

T—3:21. A—18,936 (38,560).

Braves 11, Nationals 2 Atlanta

ab 5 4 4 0 5 5 4 5 3 2 1 0 1 0

r 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0

h bi 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 4 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Washington

ab r h bi Dsmnd ss 4 0 0 0 Werth rf 2 1 0 0 L.Nix ph 1 0 0 0 Zmrmn 3b 3 0 0 0 Cora 3b 0 0 0 0 AdLRc 1b 3 0 1 1 Stairs ph 0 0 0 0 Morse lf 4 0 1 0 Ankiel cf 3 0 0 0 Brdrck p 0 0 0 0 Gaudin p 0 0 0 0 Storen p 0 0 0 0 WRams ph 1 0 0 0 Espinos 2b 3 1 2 0 IRdrgz c 3 0 0 0 Zmrmn p 2 0 0 0 Coffey p 0 0 0 0 Slaten p 0 0 0 0 HrstnJr cf 1 0 0 1 Totals 391112 9 Totals 30 2 4 2 Atlanta .............................. 100 020 260 — 11 Washington ..................... 100 000 010 — 2 E—Espinosa (1). DP—Atlanta 1. LOB—Atlanta 8, Washington 4. 2B—Prado 2 (2), McLouth (1), C.Jones (2), Espinosa (2). 3B—Ale.Gonzalez (1).

SB—McCann (1). SF—Prado.

IP H R ER BB SO Atlanta T.Hudson W,1-0......

7 3 1 1 1 5 Venters.....................

1 1 1 1 0 0 Linebrink ..................

1 0 0 0 2 1 Washington Zimmermann L,0-1 .

6 4 3 2 3 2 Coffey ....................... 2⁄3 1 2 2 1 1 Slaten........................ 1⁄3 1 0 0 1 0 Broderick.................. 2⁄3 2 4 4 1 0 Gaudin ...................... 1⁄3 4 2 2 0 0 Storen.......................

1 0 0 0 0 0 WP—T.Hudson. Balk—Broderick.

Umpires—Home, Mike DiMuro;First, Andy Fletcher;Second, Tim Welke;Third, Jim Reynolds.

T—2:47. A—22,210 (41,506).

Prado lf-3b McLoth cf C.Jones 3b MaYng pr-lf McCnn c Uggla 2b Heywrd rf AlGnzlz ss Fremn 1b THudsn p Hinske ph Venters p Hicks ph Linernk p

Dodgers 7, Giants 5 San Francisco Los Angeles ab r h bi ab r h bi Torres cf 4 0 0 0 Furcal ss 4 2 2 1 FSnchz 2b 4 1 2 0 Carroll 2b 3 1 1 1 Huff rf 5 1 2 0 Ethier rf 3 0 1 1 Posey c 4 0 1 1 Kemp cf 4 1 1 2 PSndvl 3b 4 1 1 1 Uribe 3b 4 0 1 0 Burrell lf 3 1 1 1 Loney 1b 4 1 1 0 Belt 1b 3 0 0 1 Barajs c 4 0 0 0 Tejada ss 4 0 1 0 Thams lf 3 0 1 1 Zito p 2 0 0 0 Gwynn pr-lf 1 1 0 0 Fontent ph 1 0 0 0 Kuroda p 2 0 0 0 Runzler p 0 0 0 0 Miles ph 1 1 1 1 Romo p 0 0 0 0 Kuo p 0 0 0 0 Mota p 0 0 0 0 Guerrir p 0 0 0 0 JaLopz p 0 0 0 0 Broxtn p 0 0 0 0 Rownd ph 1 1 1 1 Totals 35 5 9 5 Totals 33 7 9 7 San Francisco.................... 010 001 111 — 5 Los Angeles....................... 300 000 40x — 7 LOB—San Francisco 8, Los Angeles 4. 2B—Huff (1), Tejada (1), Furcal (1). 3B—Carroll (1), Thames (1). HR—P.Sandoval (1), Burrell (2), Rowand (1), Kemp (1). S—F.Sanchez.

IP H R ER BB SO San Francisco Zito ............................

6 3 3 3 2 5 Runzler L,0-1........... 1⁄3 4 4 4 0 1 Romo ........................ 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 Mota.......................... 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 Ja.Lopez .................. 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles Kuroda W,1-0 ..........

7 6 3 3 0 5 Kuo ........................... 2⁄3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 Guerrier H,2............. 1⁄3 Broxton S,3-3 ..........

1 2 1 1 0 0 HBP—by Kuroda (Torres). Balk—Mota.

Umpires—Home, Adrian Johnson;First, Gary Cederstrom;Second, Lance Barksdale;Third, Fieldin Culbreth.

T—3:03. A—50,896 (56,000).

Cardinals 2, Padres 0 San Diego

St. Louis ab r h bi ab r h bi Bartlett ss 4 0 1 0 Theriot ss 4 0 1 1 OHudsn 2b 4 0 1 0 Jay lf 3 0 1 0 Cantu 1b 3 0 0 0 Pujols 1b 4 0 0 0 Ludwck lf 4 0 0 0 Brkmn rf 3 1 1 0 Headly 3b 2 0 0 0 Rasms cf 3 0 0 0 Denorfi rf 3 0 0 0 YMolin c 3 0 1 1 Maybin cf 3 0 0 0 Schmkr 2b 3 1 2 0 Hundly c 3 0 1 0 JGarci p 3 0 0 0 Mosely p 1 0 1 0 Descals 3b 3 0 1 0 Hawpe ph 1 0 0 0 Grgrsn p 0 0 0 0 Totals 28 0 4 0 Totals 29 2 7 2 San Diego .......................... 000 000 000 — 0 St. Louis ............................. 000 010 01x — 2 E—Bartlett (1). DP—San Diego 1, St. Louis 2.

LOB—San Diego 4, St. Louis 4. SB—O.Hudson (1).

CS—Schumaker (1). S—Moseley.

IP H R ER BB SO San Diego Moseley L,0-1..........

7 4 1 1 1 2 Gregerson................

1 3 1 1 0 1 St. Louis J.Garcia W,1-0 ........

9 4 0 0 2 9 WP—Moseley.

Umpires—Home, Mark Carlson;First, Tim Timmons;Second, Jeff Kellogg;Third, Eric Cooper.

T—2:03. A—36,414 (43,975).

T H I S D A T E I N B A S E B A L L April 4 1974 — The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Atlanta Braves 7-6 in 11 innings before a crowd of 52,000 at Riverfront Stadium. In his first at-bat, Hank Aaron hit a three-run homer off Jack Billingham. It was his 714th, tying Babe Ruth’s career record. The Braves had considered keeping Aaron on the bench for the season-opening series in Cincinnati so that he could attempt to tie the record four days later in Atlanta. But commissioner Bowie Kuhn would not allow it and ordered the Braves to put Aaron into the lineup for at least two of the three games.

1988 — George Bell became the first player to hit three home runs on opening day, leading the Toronto Blue Jays past the Kansas City Royals 5-3. Bell, bitter throughout spring training with his move to designated hitter, homered three times in that role off Bret Saberhagen.

1994 — Chicago’s Karl Rhodes hit three solo home runs off Dwight Gooden in a 12-8 loss to the New York Mets on opening day at Wrigley Field. Rhodes became the second player to homer three times in an opener.

1998 — Mark McGwire tied Willie Mays’ National League record by hitting a home run in each of his first four games of the season. McGwire launched a towering three-run shot in the sixth inning of an 8-6 victory over the San Diego Padres.

1999 — America’s pastime opened in Mexico for the first time. The Colorado Rockies beat the Chicago Cubs 8-2 in baseball’s first season opener away from the United States and Canada.

2001 — Hideo Nomo became the fourth pitcher in major league history to throw a no-hitter in both leagues in Boston’s 3-0 victory over Baltimore. Nomo, who threw the first no-hitter in Colorado’s Coors Field on Sept. 17, 1996, for Los Angeles, walked three and struck out 11 in the first no-hitter in the 10-year history of Camden Yards. Nomo joined Cy Young, Jim Bunning and Nolan Ryan as the only pitchers with no-hitters in both leagues.

2003 — Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs became the 18th player to hit 500 career homers, connecting for a solo shot in a 10-9 loss to Cincinnati. He became the fifth player to reach 500 homers before his 35th birthday. Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Jimmie Foxx were the others.

S A T U R D AY ’ S L A T E B O X E S Rockies 3, Diamondbacks 1 Arizona

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King’s sweeps Wilkes in doubleheader action In the second game, Wilkes trailed 11-2 by the third inning. Tyler Marino, a graduate of Meyers, had a two-run double in Wilkes’ four-run fourth.

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WILKES-BARRE TWP. – The King’s softball team defeated Wilkes twice on Sunday at the Betzler Athletic Complex.

King’s won the first game 10-3 followed by an 8-0 win in five innings.

In the first game, Wilkes jumped out to a 3-0 advantage in the third inning. But the Monarchs tied the game with three runs in the bottom half of the inning. In the fourth, Kaitlin Siegfried had a tworun single, and King’s added another run on an Amanda Cardone single.

King’s added six more runs in the fourth to seal the win.

Cardone led the Monarchs in the opener, going three for five with two RBI. King’s quickly took a 4-0 lead in the first inning of the second game. Nanticoke Area grad Jenn Harsnischfeger moved the lead to 6-0 with an RBI single in the second. The game was halted in the fifth inning after King’s reached an 8-0 lead.

Harnischfeger ended the game with two hits, while Brittany Haight threw a onehitter in the contest.

COLLEGE WOMENS TENNIS Wilkes 6, NYU 3

The Wilkes womens tennis team defeated NYU on Sunday as Rebekah Shanaman and Victoria Bybel won in singles action.

Melanie Nolt and Ally Kristofco as well as Katie Lynn and Alexis Donner won in doubles play for the Colonels.

Alvernia 6, King’s 3

The King’s women’s tennis team lost to Alvernia on Sunday after losing all three doubles contests and spliting the six singles matches.

Rachel Hoffangle, Maria Cometa, and Nicole Molino were victorious in singles play for the Monarchs.

Elizabethtown 9, Misericordia 0

The Misericordia womens tennis team was swept on the road at Elizabethtown on Sunday.

Misericordia sweeps Elmira

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Misericordia defeated Elmira twice on Sunday with scores of 2-1 and 4-3.

In the first game, Hollie Sarnak, Caitlin Cromley and Nicole Boccia each had two hits. In the second contest, both Sarnak and Cromley hit two-run home runs in the win.

The Wilkes men’s tennis team lost to NYU on Sunday picking up only one match win at No. 1 doubles.

Evan Katz and Wes McCollum won the Colonels’ only contest with an 8-6 win.

NYU 8, Wilkes 1

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COLLEGE BASEBALL

Marywood 21, Wilkes 9

Misericordia sweeps King’s

Keri Meerholz scored five goals, but the host Marywood defeated Wilkes on Sunday.

Meerholz first goal cut the Marywood lead to 2-1 before the Pacers pulled away the rest of the match. Wilkes scored four goals in the last 9:06, but the deficit was too large for a comeback.

The Misericordia baseball team defeat King’s twice on Sunday, scoring 28 runs over the two games. The Cougars won 10-6 in the first match and 18-6 in the second game.

In game one, Jared Turner and Joey Troxell each had an RBI for King’s in the second inning, but Misericordia responded with four runs in the inning. The Monarchs took back the lead with three runs, two of which came on a second double by Turner.

Misericordia scored six runs in the sixth for the win.

In the second game, the Cougars opened with an eight run fourth inning, including a grand-slam from Andrew Tressa.

Eastern 18, King’s 7

The King’s womens lacrosse team fell to Eastern on Sunday after trading leads before the Eagles pulled away for the win.

Teraya Overton and Sarah O’Doherty tied the game for King’s at 2-2. After finding itself down again, goals by Krystina Villareal and Amanda Harney tied the game at 4-4.

Wilkes loses two at DeSales

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The Wilkes baseball team lost both games of a doubleheader at DeSales on Sunday, including an 4-3 extra inning loss in the first game and a 12-7 loss in the nightcap.

Tay Sidler drove in two runs in the first game for the Colonels.

Widener 24, Wilkes 5

Lee Blair scored two goals, yet Wilkes fell to Widener on Sunday. J.R. Lauri, Nicholas Santillo and Andrew Bath each scored one goal in the loss.

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years,” said Booey Hottenstein, a member of the Upstate Velo winning team. “It feels good to have a great group of guys who work well together as a team. It makes a difference when everyone works so well as a unit. We should be in for a great season.”

Upstate Velo Club Team No. 2 (Hottenstein, 18, of Kingston; Luke Lukas, 16, of Courtdale; John Novak, 19, of Tunkhannock; David Novak, 17, of Tunkhannock; and James Pitman, 24, of Milford) won the 5-Mile Time Trials, finishing in 11 minutes, and 52.78 seconds.

Lamprey Systems of Bethlehem (Greg Ahert, Roland Ettle,

Jeff Hetrick) finished second in the five miler, clocking in at 12:02.64. Cycledrome of Trexlertown (Steve Baumbach, Larry Detris, Mike Holub, Jon Ruiz, Austin Dvaco) finished third in 12:31.16.

The Time Trials featured groups of five bikers from the same club working together to cover the five-mile course as fast as they could. The teams would ride in lines with each racer taking turns picking up drafts from the frontrunner. Points were awarded to the top three teams.

The 42-mile race consisted of sprints over every third lap.

Points were awarded to the top three teams after each sprint.

And double points were awarded to the top teams at the half-way point.

Upstate Velo won nine of the

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magic conjured by a power program with one of the nation’s best players.

Butler and Connecticut will meet tonight in the national title game — the eighth-seeded Bulldogs trying to finish the deal after coming oh-so-close last season and the third-seeded Huskies (31-9), led by Kemba Walker, talking about shocking the world with their 11th straight victory after a regular season that foreshadowed none of this.

“We were all rooting for UConn because it was a great story,” Stevens said, “a lot of fun to follow.”

As is Butler, the team from a 4,500-student campus in Indianapolis that practices at Hinkle Fieldhouse, used as the backdrop for the classic movie “Hoosiers” — the based-on-reality melodrama in which tiny Hickory High stares down the biggest schools in Indiana and wins the state championship. On its second try.

What seemed impossible in that movie is becoming more the norm, at least in the college game. Last season, Butler (28-9) came one desperation heave from toppling Duke to become the first true mid-major to win the championship. This season, Butler wasn’t even the biggest longshot at the Final Four. That was VCU, an 11th seed that fell to the Bulldogs in Saturday’s semifinal.

As recently as 2008, the NCAA tournament landed all four No. 1 seeds in the Final Four. This year, there wasn’t a

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in his first AHL goal at the 8:46 mark of the second to break a 1-1 deadlock.

After the contest, that same biscuit was safely tucked away in the left pocket of his jacket.

“It’s nice to get one here in the first weekend. It gives you more confidence at this level,’’ Thompson said. “It’s about trying to earn some respect from these guys. They’ve been going at it all year. As you get accustomed to it (the AHL), you become part of the team, and you want the same thing those guys want.’’

Which, right now, is just a little rest.

“Any time you earn some time off, it’s a good thing,’’ Thompson said.

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shot from the high slot that screened Crunch netminder Timo Pielmeier to break the tie.

Potter said two or three weeks’ worth of work has finally settled in new power-play units.

“The last couple of weeks, that’s something we’ve been working on. That’s going to be huge for us down the stretch,’’ Potter said. “The guys on the power play are starting to get used to each other.’’

Walker doubled the cushion at the 10:31 mark. He freed himself on the left side of the crease to swat a bid past Pielmeier.

“Some of it’s chemistry,’’ Hynes said of the more dangerous power play. “We’ve tried several different things. We had so many lineup changes over the past few months. Good work habits have been the difference.’’

As if the Penguins needed any more offensive options, Thompson, a free agent forward out of the University of New Hampshire, appears to be raising his hand in that area. He joined the team last week, recorded an assist in each of his first two games with the Penguins and then fired 14 sprints in the 42-miler. And when the final points were totaled, Upstate Velo (Hi-Tech Flooring) finished with 90 points. Lehigh Wheelmen (Bike Line), of Allentown, finished second with 62 points. Lamprey Systems, of Bethlehem, placed third with 51 points.

The winning team gets to keep the cup for a year.

Phil Cable, acting race director, was excited about his club’s victory and the overall success of this year’s event.

“We’re really excited about having such a good turnout for our first race of the season,” said Cable. “We were the only club at this event to field an all-women team.”

The all-women team (Mary Stella Stabinsky, 34, of Plains Township; Kerry Potter, 38, of

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single 1 or 2 for the first time in the 33-year history of seeding.

UConn coach Jim Calhoun said this has been the natural progression since the NCAA started limiting scholarships and new NBA rules triggered a flood of players who would come to college for one year, then declare for the draft.

“It’s as close to parity as there can be,” Calhoun said. “It certainly can occur in a tournament a lot more than it could playing a Saturday night, then Big Monday. It’s just the nature of things.”

If anyone can say they’ve mastered it this season, it’s UConn.

Led by Walker, the junior guard on the verge of becoming the best player to ever put on a Huskies uniform, Connecticut won five games in five nights against Big East competition to win the postseason tournament. A remarkable accomplishment in any conference, but especially the Big East — the 16-team behemoth that placed a record 11 teams in the tournament this year. Maybe because of the grueling nature of its regular season, the Big East wore down and had a terrible showing, only moving two teams into the second weekend.

But Connecticut is still standing, a testament to Walker’s playmaking ability and Calhoun’s ability to adjust on the fly to the fatigue that has predictably set in.

“Our code has been very simple: ‘The hell with it, let’s just go play basketball,”’ Calhoun said.

“Well, we wouldn’t be doing all the things we did last night defensively to Kentucky if we just kind of rolled the thing out there. We worked very hard on it. But we worked on it in a different way.”

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Penguins ........................................... 0 2 3 - 5 Syracuse ........................................... 1 0 2 - 3 First Period: 1, Syracuse, Bonino 11 10:53. Penalties-Green Syr (delay of game), 3:17; Boulerice Wbs (tripping), 5:33; de Gray Syr (holding), 11:34.

Second Period: 2, W-B/Scranton, Veilleux 11 (Petersen, Walker), 5:03 (PP). 3, W-B/Scranton, Thompson 1 (Petersen, Street), 8:46. PenaltiesMcGrattan Syr (roughing), 3:21.

Third Period: 4, Syracuse, Bonino 12 (Maroon, Salters), 1:29. 5, W-B/Scranton, Potter 7 (Hutchinson, Petersen), 6:33 (PP). 6, W-B/Scranton, Walker 11 (Petersen, DeSantis), 10:31 (PP).

7, Syracuse, Deschamps 13 (Green), 16:37. 8, WB/Scranton, Veilleux 12 (Petersen, DeSantis), 18:35. Penalties-DiPenta Syr (interference), 6:00; Deschamps Syr (tripping), 6:26; Bonino Syr (roughing), 10:17; Guenin Syr (slashing), 11:59; Lerg Wbs (holding), 13:52; Strait Wbs (tripping), 16:00; Palmieri Syr (high-sticking), 16:27.Shots on Goal: W-B/Scranton 8-12-10-30. Syracuse 79-10-26.Power Play Opportunities: W-B/Scranton 3 / 8; Syracuse 0 / 3.

Goalies: W-B/Scranton, Thiessen 33-7-1 (26 shots-23 saves). Syracuse, Pielmeier 15-17-1 (30 shots-25 saves). A - 4,886 Referees - Chris Brown (86), Jarrod Ragusin (42). Linesmen - Justin Prusak (70), Derek Sylvester (76).

Wyoming; Kristin Patchell, 30, of Scranton; Amy Koop, 37, of New York City) did well. They even beat one of the men’s teams in the Time Trials.

Notes: Berwick Test Track Park once was a military tank manufacturing testing ground 25th anniversary running of the Wheelmen Cup results Participating teams: Lamprey Systems of Bethlehem, Lehigh Wheelmen (Bike Line) of Allentown, Dutch Wheelmen of Bloomsburg, Cycledrome of Trexlertown, Upstate Velo Club (Hi-Tech Flooring) of NEPA. Team Trials (5 miler) 1st place: Upstate Velo Club (Hi-Tech Flooring) of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Team #2 (Luke Lukas, 16, Courtdale, John Novak, 19, Tunkhannock, David Novak, 17, Tunkhannock, Booey Hottenstein, 18, Kingston, James Pitman, 24, Milford) 11:52.78.

2nd place: Lamprey Systems of Bethlehem (Greg Ahnert, Roland Ettle, Jeff Hetrick) 12:02.64.

3rd place: Cycledrome of Trexlertown (Steve Baumbach, Larry Detris, Jon Ruiz, Austin Dvaco) 12:31.16.

42 Mile Race featuring a sprint every three miles 1st place: Hi-Tech Velo, NEPA, 90 points.

2nd place: Lehigh Wheelmen, Allentown, 62 points.

3rd place: Lamprey Systems, Bethlehem, 51 points.

Timing and results: Bob Kelley and Art Nissen (Upstate Velo Club members). Acting race director: Phil Cable.

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time defending champions.

Moore finished with 36 points, including 12 straight as she tried to rally the Huskies from a 12point deficit in the final 6 minutes, but it wasn’t enough.

The four-time All-American and AP player of the year was overshadowed by Diggins, the South Bend native who felt right at home in Conseco Fieldhouse, where she led her high school to three straight championships.

Now she can add a NCAA championship to that list with a victory Tuesday night.

“We had to be poised, I mean, we had to try to make Maya take tough shots, and I think she did,” Diggins said. “And at the end we said, ’We have to stay poised on defense and we have to execute on offense.’ We showed a lot more poise than we did in the first three games against Connecticut.”

Trailing 34-26 early in the second half, Diggins’ three-point play started a 15-4 run by the Irish. Devereaux Peters’ added her own three-point play that gave Notre Dame a 38-37 advantage — its first lead since midway through the first half.

Diggins capped the burst with

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Butler guard Shawn Vanzant said. “We’re both smaller schools and we’re always the underdog.”

Both are private schools located in residential areas of large cities. Both were actually founded through the Disciples of Christ church. Both are in midmajor conferences that are routinely deemed unworthy of the affection shown for the leagues that have guaranteed TV deals with the four lettered. “We both beat Wisconsin, too,” Butler center Andrew Smith said. Here is little Butler, killing theory after theory.

You have to have at least three pros to win a title Butler may have one.

Guard Shelvin Mack, who scored 24 points, hitting five 3-pointers, is Butler’s best chance at a pro off this team. He has been a major pain for every team in this tournament, and if Butler wins the title he will be the Final Four MVP. Center Matt Howard, who scored 17 points and had eight rebounds, is a wonderful college player. He just looks 45, and like he’s calling “next” for a game at the YMCA. Howard, who was 11 of 12 from the foul line on Saturday, may get a shot in Europe.

There is no one else on this team that will get a sniff from The Association.

You have to be in a power conference to win a title “Conferences don’t matter,” Vanzant said.

Maybe he is right.

Here is Butler, carrying the flag for the Horizon League, the Mountain West Conference, the Colonial Athletic Association, the Big West, the SWAC, the MEAC and.... all the other little schools that never got a chance to get here.

They know it, too.

“We have to do it for everyone,” said Smith, whose seven rebounds were part of a collective effort that saw Butler outrebound VCU 48-32.

“It’s not just us. It’s all of these mid-major programs. It would mean a lot for us to be able to do this for schools like us.”

VCU forward Jamie Skeen, who did all he could scoring 27 points, was candid when he said

“We had to be poised, I mean, we had to try to make Maya take tough shots, and I think she did. And at the end we said, ‘We have to stay poised on defense and we have to execute on offense.’ We showed a lot more poise than we did in the first three games against Connecticut.”

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another three-point play that made it 41-38 with 13:17 left and brought the pro-Irish crowd to its feet and left Geno Auriemma’s team reeling.

The Irish extended their lead to 47-40 a few minutes later before UConn cut the deficit to four on Bria Hartley’s 3-pointer.

Brittany Mallory and Natalie Novosel hit consecutive 3-pointers to make it a 12-point game with just over 7 minutes left.

Moore did her best to try to rally her young team, but the Huskies fell short. he would not be a Butler fan on Monday night. He doesn’t like rooting for teams that just beat him.

Count him in the minority.

Even his teammate, Bradford Burgess, said he thought it was important that Butler win on Monday night to prove the midmajor can win it.

“We’ve shown how far midmajors have come,” Burgess said.

Perhaps that’s why the postgame interview for VCU didn’t exactly feel like a wake. The Rams recognize what they just did. No other NCAA at-large team received the on-air bashing that VCU did.

VCU embarrassed teams from the Pac-10, the Big East, the Big Ten, the ACC and the Big 12 en route to this Final Four appearance.

“We sent the message that we’re good enough to make it this far and we outplayed five BCS teams in this tournament,” Rams coach Shaka Smart said.

It was the team from the little Horizon League the Rams couldn’t handle.

The only unfortunate part for Butler is that this is not done.

The Bulldogs have demonstrated they can win five in this tournament. They really need to win six.

And watching Kentucky play UConn, I don’t know how Butler can win that game. Both teams are bigger, stronger, faster and more athletic. Both teams have guaranteed pros.

It was the same thing said about Boise State against Oklahoma in football. Or what some people, but not as many, said about TCU against Wisconsin.

Tonight, the crowd at cavernous Reliant Stadium will most certainly be pro UConn.

But most of the millions watching on TV will be pro Butler, hoping the cute fat little dog can finally do it.

Marc Engel is a columnist from The Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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Djokovic beats Nadal

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — Novak Djokovic has won his fourth consecutive tournament, beating top-ranked Rafael Nadal 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) in a grueling final at the Sony Ericsson Open.

Djokovic has won 26 consecutive matches since December.

His record of 24-0 in 2011 is the best to begin a year since Ivan Lendl started 25-0 in 1986.

The No. 2-ranked Djokovic was pushed to the distance by Nadal on a sunny, 85-degree afternoon Sunday. They played for nearly 31⁄2 hours, and it was Djokovic who looked fresher at the finish.

He pulled a forehand winner cross-court on the final point for his second Key Biscayne title.

He also in 2007.

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Granstrom captures slalom crown

WINTER PARK, Colo. — Colby Granstrom broke up Tommy Ford’s monopoly at U.S. championships, winning the slalom with an excellent final run in snowy conditions.

Julia Mancuso couldn’t add to her career mark of 13 U.S. titles, skiing off the course on the first run in the women’s race Sunday.

She won the super-G and giant slalom earlier this week.

Granstrom, of Lake Stevens, Wash., cruised through a technical course in a combined time of 1 minute, 42.67 seconds, beating Ford by 1.33 seconds.

Seppi Stiegler took third on the mushy course.

The day was still a success for Ford. He captured the crown in the combined, which meshes the times from the super-G that Ford won Saturday and the slalom. Ford has won six national titles in the last two years.

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Dialed In, Zito win Florida Derby

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — Dialed In has won the $1 million Florida Derby, likely cementing his status as a major contender in the upcoming Triple Crown season.

Dialed In made up more than 10 lengths to win, covering the mile-and-an-eighth at Gulfstream Park in 1 minute, 50.07 seconds. Shackleford, a 60-1 long shot that went to the lead early and nearly stayed there until the end, was second with To Honor and Serve in third.

It’s the third Florida Derby win for trainer Nick Zito, who also became the second to win Gulfstream’s biggest race in back-to-back years.

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Texas unveils ‘Longhorn Network’

AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas unveiled the name of its new television network Sunday, keeping it simple by calling the channel the Longhorn Network, or LHN. Texas struck a 20-year, $300 million deal with ESPN to create the network, which is scheduled to launch in August. It had been nicknamed the “Longhorn Network” when first announced and officials agreed the name best captured the brand of the university.

Texas and ESPN have yet to sign a deal with cable or satellite distributors. Sunday’s announcement was supposed to include a short promotional video for reporters, but it didn’t work.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Texas A&M’s defense was good enough to take down two No. 1 seeds.

They’ll find out Tuesday if it’s good enough to win a national title.

The Aggies rallied from a 10-point deficit in the final six minutes Saturday, and Sydney Colson drove the length of the floor and found Tyra White for a layup with 3.3 seconds left to give Texas A&M a 63-62 victory — and its first trip to the title game in a thrilling finish that included five lead changes in the final minute.

After Sydney Carter stole Stanford’s final pass, the Aggies leapt for joy.

“It shows our competitiveness, our toughness, we love each other like sisters,” White said. “We weren’t just happy to be here, we wanted to win.”

Beat either Notre Dame or twotime defending champ Connecticut on Tuesday night and Texas A&M (32-5) would leave Indianapolis with an improbable national championship.

White scored 18 points, and AllAmerican Danielle Adams had 16 points to help the Aggies end Stanford’s winning streak at 27 in a row.

The Cardinal (33-3) were lead by Nnemkadi Ogwumike’s 31 points and Jeanette Pohlen had 11, but went home empty-handed from the Final Four for a fourth consecutive year.

None of those games were as exciting as this one, though.

A&M trailed 54-44 with 6:01 left to go. Adams started an 8-0 run with two free throws and Colson — who woozily went to the bench after a hard screen earlier in the half — finally gave Texas A&M a 59-58 lead by

making two free throws with 53 seconds left.

Eighteen seconds later, Adams was called for a foul on Ogwumike. The upset Adams got up and started running toward the Aggies bench, with one of the referees telling her to calm down.

Ogwumike made both shots to give Stanford a 60-59 lead.

A&M came back with White’s layup with 19 seconds to go, only to have Ogwumike answer with a tough layup with 9 seconds left that gave Stanford a 62-61 lead.

The Aggies, without a timeout, immediately got the ball to Colson, who raced up the floor and dished to the cutting White for the winner.

AP PHOTO “It’s time to make history,” Colson said. “Forget that you’re tired and just Texas A&M’s Danielle Adams celebrates push through it and I think it’s exact- her team’s 63-62 win over Stanford in the women’s Final Four in Indianapolis. ly what we did.”

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Knicks clinch postseason spot

Harvick wins with late charge

Spurs 114, Suns 97 NEW YORK — The New SAN ANTONIO — George York Knicks are back in the Hill scored 29 points and the playoffs, clinching their first San Antonio Spurs stopped the postseason berth since 2004 longest skid of Tim Duncan’s with a 123-107 victory over the 14-year career, beating Phoenix Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday to end a six-game losing streak. behind 28 points from Amare Stoudemire.

Celtics 101, Pistons 90 Shortly after Charlotte’s BOSTON — Kevin Garnett home loss to Washington, the scored 23 points and Boston Knicks snapped an 11-game got a rare, brief and potentially losing streak against the Cava- final glimpse of Shaquille liers to secure their spot. They O’Neal. are seventh in the Eastern Paul Pierce scored 22 points Conference, but closed within and Rajon Rondo added 14 11⁄2 games of the 76ers, with a assists for the Celtics. game in Philadelphia this week.

Heat 108, Nets 94 Carmelo Anthony scored 25 NEWARK, N.J. — LeBron AP PHOTO points and Chauncey Billups James had 31 points and 11 added 23 for New York, which The Cleveland Cavaliers’ J.J. Hickson shoots over the New York rebounds, and Miami opened a Knicks’ Jared Jeffries during the second half of Sunday’s NBA was tied with Minnesota for 16-point first-quarter lead and game at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Knicks won, the NBA’s longest playoff abnever looked back.

123-107. sence. The Knicks evened their Dwyane Wade added 18 record at 38-38 as they try to points despite a first-quarter Rockets 114, Rockets 109 end an even longer drought, a Charlotte’s postseason hopes. thigh injury and Chris Bosh franchise-worst stretch of nine After a 1-35 start away from HOUSTON — Kevin Martin had 16 as the Heat won their straight losing seasons. home that threatened to match scored 35 points and Luis third straight and eighth in an NBA record for futility, the Scola added 12 of his 15 in the nine games.

Nuggets 95, Lakers 90 Wizards followed a victory at second half to lead the HousLOS ANGELES — Danilo Utah last week by building a ton Rockets to their seventh Raptors 102, Magic 98 Gallinari scored 22 points, 19-point third-quarter lead in a straight home win.

TORONTO — DeMar DeRo- ragged game in which each Kenyon Martin scored six of Scola made a jumper from zan scored 24 points and Jerhis 18 in the final 3:24, and the team dressed only nine players. the top of the key with 1:32 ryd Bayless had 21 top help Denver Nuggets hung on for remaining to make it 107-104.

Toronto snap a six-game losing Kings 106, their sixth straight win.

He buried another one from streak.

Jazz 97 Kobe Bryant scored 28 the same spot about a minute Leandro Barbosa added 14 points for the Lakers, who SACRAMENTO, Calif. — later to stretch the lead to points for the Raptors, James snapped a nine-game winning Tyreke Evans had 24 points 109-105. Houston made five Johnson and Sonny Weems streak to fall 21⁄2 games behind and 10 assists to help Sacrafree throws after that to secure each had 11, and Reggie Evans mento end a two-game losing San Antonio in the Western the win. finished with 17 rebounds.

Conference. Los Angeles has streak.

Hornets 108, Pacers 96 six games left to try and overRookie DeMarcus Cousins Wizards 97, Bobcats 91 take the Spurs and earn homeadded 17 points, nine reNEW ORLEANS — Trevor CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ancourt advantage throughout bounds, six assists and five Ariza scored 19 points and dray Blatche had 25 points and steals before fouling out in the Chris Paul shook off a minor the playoffs. The Lakers face 17 rebounds, Jordan Crawford the Spurs for the fourth and game’s final minute for the knee injury with 18 points and added 23 points and Washingfinal time this season on April Kings. Francisco Garcia had 17 eight assists to lead the New ton made it two straight road 12 in their next-to-last regularpoints and Marcus Thornton Orleans Hornets to a win over the Indiana Pacers. season game. wins while putting a dent in scored 15.

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Rangers top Flyers on Wolski’s shootout goal

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PHILADELPHIA — Wojtek Wolski’s shootout goal lifted the New York Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday.

Wolski’s goal came in the second round of the shootout after Erik Christensen had scored for New York in the first.

Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist stopped Nikolay Zherdev and Claude Giroux on the Flyers’ shootout chances.

The Rangers picked up two points to remain in eighth place in the Eastern Conference playoff race. New York leads ninth-place Carolina by two points and trails seventh-place Buffalo by one. All three teams have three games left.

Bryan McCabe and Ruslan Fedotenko scored for the Rangers in regulation and James Van Riemsdyk and Zherdev had the

Flyers’ goals.

The Atlantic Division-leading Flyers pulled even with the Washington Capitals atop the Eastern Conference.

Tanguay had a goal and an assist, and the Calgary Flames boosted their postseason chances with a win over the Colorado Avalanche.

Sabres 2, Hurricanes 1 RALEIGH, N.C. — MarcAndre Gragnani scored 2:56 into overtime to lift Buffalo over Carolina.

Chris Butler also scored and Jhonas Enroth made 35 saves for the Sabres, who won a tense matchup with a postseason feel — and plenty of playoff implications.

Buffalo, which has 90 points, kept hold of seventh place in the Eastern Conference and put the Hurricanes’ playoff hopes in peril.

Red Wings 4, Wild 2 DETROIT — Nicklas Lidstrom scored and Jimmy Howard made 27 saves, helping Detroit beat Minnesota and clinch the Central Division title.

Darren Helm, Tomas Holmstrom and Johan Franzen also scored for the Red Wings.

Detroit has won nine division titles in 10 seasons and 14 since the 1991-92 season when Lidstrom was a rookie.

Flames 2, Avalanche 1 DENVER — Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 34 shots, Alex

Blues 6, Blue Jackets 1 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Patrik Berglund scored twice and Jaroslav Halak had 23 saves to lead St. Louis over Columbus.

Chris Porter, Andy McDonald, Alexander Steen and Carlo Colaiacovo also had goals, with Chris Stewart, Matt D’Agostini and Vladimir Subotka each adding two assists for the Blues, who have earned points in five of six games.

Lightning 2, Blackhawks 0 CHICAGO — Backup Mike Smith made 31 saves for his first shutout in more than a year, and Vincent Lecavalier scored a power-play goal in the first period before leaving with an injury in Tampa Bay’s win over Chicago.

Stars 4, Ducks 3 ANAHEIM, Calif — Mike Ribeiro scored twice and the Dallas Stars helped their playoff hopes with a victory over the Anaheim Ducks.

The Associated Press

MARTINSVILLE, Va. — It was supposed to be a showdown between Denny Hamlin and Jimmie Johnson, the only two drivers able to win at tricky Martinsville Speedway of late.

Instead, the end of Sunday’s race became a battle among the unexpected.

First it was Kyle Busch, a master at seemingly every short track except this one, in the lead. Then, with a bump to get to the front came Dale Earnhardt Jr., loser of 99 consecutive races.

But closing quickly was Kevin Harvick, Harvick driving for a Richard Childress Racing team that hadn’t won at Martinsville since 1995.

The race went to Harvick for the second consecutive week in another come-from-nowhere victory. He passed Earnhardt with four laps remaining, and knew denying NASCAR’s most popular driver the win might not have been, well, popular.

“As I was catching him, I’m like, ’Man, I’m going to be the bad guy here,”’ Harvick said. “I’ve got to do what I’ve got to do. I know the fans want to see him win. I want to see him win. It would be great for the sport and I think today went a long ways to showing how competitive (Earnhardt) can be and that’s what we need.

We all need him to win.

“But I’m not going to back down.”

Earnhardt settled for second and still has not won since Michigan in June 2008, his first season with Hendrick Motorsports. But he’s running much better this season, and Sunday pushed him to eighth in the standings, the highest he’s been since Texas this time last year.

“I am frustrated. I got close,” Earnhardt said. “I ain’t won in a long time. I was thinking at the end I was meant to win the damn race.”

Busch was third. And the favorites? Well, they were nowhere near the leaders during the action-packed final 20 laps.

Hamlin and Johnson had combined to win the last nine races at Martinsville, and ran most of the day as if one of them would again make the trip to Victory Lane.

Both failed to finish inside the top 10.

Johnson was flagged for speeding on pit road late, finished 11th, and was irritated with NASCAR over what he thought was a bogus penalty.

“I wasn’t speeding,” he insisted. “They didn’t like how it looked, the way I managed my timing lines. There is just no way.

It won’t do me any good to have a conversation (with NASCAR), it isn’t going to matter.”

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