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Some parents and teachers can see an e-cigarette and never know what it is, yet the devices are now in the cross hairs of medical and health professionals who blame them for six deaths and hundreds of cases of lung illness. The devices are not allowed on local public school campuses, but because some of them are designed to look like USB flash drives, a parent or teacher can see one and not know what it really is. Some devices produce no visible vapor or scent, making it more difficult to detect their use among students. Colbert County High School Principal Melcha Satchel said the devices are easier to conceal than a pack of cigarettes or a canister of smokeless tobacco. “It’s something (students) can do in secrecy,” he said. “That’s causing an issue.” In Tuscumbia, Deshler High School Principal Gaylen Parker said he has confiscated a few devices. He said vaping activities on campus occur mostly in restrooms. “We’ve taken steps to prevent that as much as possible,” Parker said. Muscle Shoals Principal Chad Holden was an early, vocal advocate about learning the potential harmful effects of vaping long before these recent health concerns surfaced. “(The) 2017-18 school year was when we saw a big spike in

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vapes,” he said. “They doubled last year and we’ve had four instances already this year. It’s frustrating. These kids are so brazen they’re doing it in the classroom. It’s a really disrespectful thing, not to mention what they could be doing to their health. “The thing that concerned me the most was that students from all walks of life — boys and girls and kids across all demographics— were doing it and we knew so little about it. Now we know a little more than three years ago, but kids who’ve never picked up a cigarette are doing this because it seems cool. It concerns me for their health and well-being.”

Vaping, illness and death Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, are battery-operated devices that typically heat a flavored solution into a vapor, which is inhaled. Inhaling the vapor is called vaping, or Juuling — a term taken from the trademark name of a popular brand of e-cigarettes. The lure of these devices is understandable. Instead of the pungent, acrid smoke of traditional cigarettes, with its residual stale odor, e-cigarettes deliver a halo of vapor that quickly dissipates. The taste of the pods in the JUUL devices, for example,

This year, lawmakers approved the Alabama Literacy Act. To improve reading skills, it says that starting in 2021-2022 third-graders not reading proficiently can be held back. It also requires schools to conduct summer reading programs for struggling students. To properly fund the new law’s requirements, an additional $25 million is needed in the Collins 2021 budget, Mackey said Mackey explained that the summer reading program would cost a little under $4 million each year. The reading initiative also calls for a certain amount of reading specialists to help with the bottom 5% schools and English language learners. The department estimates that will cost an increase of $4.7 million to what is already allocated. Funding for professional

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Even though the 20192020 school year just began, officials at the Alabama State Department of Education are already discussing their education budget proposals for fiscal year 2021. State Superintendent Eric Mackey told reporters the main goal for this budget proposal is Mackey to get more money into classrooms. “The two big asks we had were for more teachers, making sure that the pay and benefits are good enough to recruit people into teaching and that teachers are well supported in the classroom,” Mackey said. At the K-12 state board of education monthly meeting Thursday, Mackey explained the budget priorities for 2021 include literacy, numeracy and STEM, preparing graduates, teacher quality and quantity, and unique populations.

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THOUGHT FOR TODAY “It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realise just how much you love them.” — Dame Agatha Christie (1890-1976).

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Robbie feels ‘lucky’ to become the face of Chanel perfume LOS ANGELES — Margot Robbie feels lucky to build upon the Chanel legacy as the face for the brand’s newest perfume. The “Once Upon a Time In Hollywood” star said she is ready to lead the campaign for the new Chanel Gabrielle Chanel fragrance. She spoke about her involvement as the company’s brand ambassador before hosting a private dinner on Thursday night to celebrate the launch of the perfume in Los Angeles. “It’s a time of my life where I’m settled into who I am as a woman,” she said. “I’m constantly creatively inspired by things happening around me and the people I’m meeting. In some ways, that translates to Gabrielle Chanel in a time when she was doing this I suppose.” Robbie said the new fragrance represents Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel in her earlier days when she was “creating and building something that’s still here today.” The 29-yearold Australian actress danced and twirled with white and gold veils to the tune of Beyoncé’s “Halo” in a recent commercial for the perfume. “She was building a legacy, but she was inspired by the world around her,” Robbie said of Chanel. Robbie joins Kristen Stewart and Keira Knightley as faces of the perfume empire.

New book focuses on Jackie Kennedy’s years as a reporter NEW YORK — “Camera Girl,” an upcoming book on Jacqueline Kennedy’s early years as a columnist, draws on newspaper archives and interviews with friends and colleagues.

“Camera Girl: How Miss Bouvier Used Imagination & Subversion To Invent Jackie Kennedy” is scheduled to come out in spring 2021, Gallery Books announced last week, which would have been the 66th wedding anniversary of Jacqueline and John F. Kennedy. The author is Carl Sferrazza Anthony, a leading historian of ﬁrst ladies whose previous books include “Kennedy White House.” Before marrying Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier was the “Inquiring Camera Girl” for the WashJacqueline ington Times Kennedy Herald from 1951-53. One of her interview subjects was Kennedy, who at the time was a senator from Massachusetts. They were married on Sept. 12, 1953.

Edmund White to receive honorary National Book Award Author Edmund White will receive an honorary National Book Award this fall. The 79-year-old White is among the most inﬂuential gay writers of the past half-century, known for works such as the novels “A Boy’s Own Story” and “The Beautiful Room is Empty.” The National Book Foundation announced last week that ﬁlmmaker-author John Waters will present White White with the 2019 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. The event will take place during the Nov. 20th awards ceremony.

Today’s highlight: On Sept. 15, 1963, four black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. (Three Ku Klux Klansmen were eventually convicted for their roles in the blast.)

On this date: In 1776, British forces occupied New York City during the American Revolution. In 1887, the city of Philadelphia launched a three-day celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Constitution of the United States. In 1935, the Nuremberg Laws deprived German Jews of their citizenship. In 1940, during the World War II Battle of Britain, the tide turned as the Royal Air Force inflicted heavy losses upon the Luftwaffe. In 1950, during the Korean conflict, United Nations forces landed at Incheon in the south and began their drive toward Seoul. In 1959, Nikita Khrushchev became the first Soviet head of state to visit the United States as he arrived at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington. In 1961, the United States began Operation Nougat, a series of underground nuclear

Today’s Birthdays: Britain’s Prince Harry is 35. Actor Forrest Compton is 94. Comedian Norm Crosby is 92. Actor Henry Darrow is 86. Baseball Hall of Famer Gaylord Perry is 81. Actress Carmen Maura is 74. Opera singer Jessye Norman is 74. Writerdirector Ron Shelton is 74. Actor Tommy Lee Jones is 73. Movie director Oliver Stone is 73. Rock musician Kelly Keagy (Night Ranger) is 67. Actor Barry Shabaka Henley is 65. Director Pawel Pawlikowski is 62. Rock musician Mitch Dorge (Crash Test Dummies) is 59. Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino is 58. Actor Danny Nucci is 51. Rap DJ Kay Gee is 50. Actor Josh Charles is 48. Singer Ivette Sosa (Eden’s Crush) is 43. Actor Tom Hardy is 42. Actress Marisa Ramirez is 42. Pop-rock musician Zach Filkins (OneRepublic) is 41. Actor Dave Annable is 40. Actress Amy Davidson is 40.

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explosions in the Nevada Test Site, two weeks after the Soviet Union resumed testing its nuclear weapons. In 1972, a federal grand jury in Washington indicted seven men in connection with the Watergate break-in. In 1981, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to approve the Supreme Court nomination of Sandra Day O’Connor. In 1985, Nike began selling its “Air Jordan 1” sneaker. In 2001, President George W. Bush ordered U.S. troops to get ready for war and braced Americans for a long, difficult assault against terrorists to avenge the Sept. 11 attack. Beleaguered Afghans streamed out of Kabul, fearing a U.S. military strike against Taliban rulers harboring Osama bin Laden. In 2008, on Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 504.48, or 4.42 percent, to 10,917.51 while oil closed below $100 a barrel for the first time in six months amid upheaval in the financial industry as Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection and Merrill Lynch & Co. was sold to Bank of America. Ten years ago: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the worst recession since the 1930s was “very likely over,” although he cautioned that pain — especially for nearly 15 million unemployed Americans — would persist.

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are anything but stale, with flavors that include “cool cucumber,” “fruit medley,” “mango,” and “mint.” That’s part of the problem, Holden said. “These things have no odor or have a fruity odor and don’t make you stink and that’s appealing to kids,” he said. Initially touted as a healthier alternative to traditional smoking, e-cigarettes have been blamed for 380 cases of lung disease associated with its use, according to information the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention emailed to the TimesDaily on Friday. Higher numbers of cases were initially reported because those cases were listed as “possible” and were still under investigation, according to the CDC statement. Six deaths have been confirmed in six states as of Friday: California, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota and Oregon, according to the CDC. Most troubling is the unknown: the specific cause of these illnesses and deaths. According to the CDC statement, “The investigation has not identified any specific e-cigarette or vaping product (devices, liquids, refill pods, and/or cartridges) or substance that is linked to all cases.”

Tackling the problem in schools More than 3 million U.S. high school students used e-cigarettes in 2018, a 78% increase, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Even before this latest health concern, e-cigarettes were considered unsafe for kids, teens and young adults because most contain nicotine, a highly addictive substance. According to the CDC, nicotine can harm adolescent brain development, which continues into the early to mid-20s. Also of concern is that young people who use e-cigarettes may be more likely to smoke cigarettes as adults. Vaping is especially worrying to local school administrators and teachers who are charged with keeping their students safe and their campuses smoke free. Smoke free includes free from vaping, too. Florence City Schools Superintendent Jimmy Shaw said supervision is

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essential to reducing vaping on school campuses. “To me, it is a new issue, yet it’s an old issue,” he said. “We’ve always had students who have tried to smoke at school. “It’s one of those things we try to address with . . . supervision— be visible, be in bathrooms, and just try to address it.” Florence High School Principal Rod Sheppard said school officials stress to students that vaping is dangerous. “It’s definitely something that’s a great concern to us, because of the epidemic across the United States,” Sheppard said. “We’re talking to students about making sure to make good decisions about things to avoid that are a detriment to your body.” In the Lauderdale County School System, Wilson High School Principal Gary Horton garnered attention recently when he removed some doors from bathroom stalls to discourage vaping after a student reportedly became ill. The doors were replaced, but the challenge to stay alert to vaping on campus continues. “It was a temporary solution to a problem that I felt like I needed to deal with for the safety of our kids because of the situation that occurred,” Horton said. He said he saw a decline in vaping on campus after he removed the stall doors, which were in two boys’ restrooms. “One week after that, to be honest, it slowed down,” he said.

don’t specifically address vaping, but include language that treats vaping violations the same as tobacco violations with the same penalties. The Florence School System policy categorizes the possession, sale or distribution of tobacco and any “facsimiles thereof” as a Class II offense that applies to both students and adults on school property and at any school-sanctioned activity. “The ‘facsimile’ of a cigarette allows us to be able to address vaping,” Shaw said. Punishment can include detention and in-school suspension for the first offense. “Repeatedly doing it could actually lead to alternative-school placement,” Sheppard said. Lauderdale County Schools policy prohibits the possession, distribution and sale of tobacco products anywhere on school property, on school buses and at any school event or trip. That also applies to electronic cigarettes, vape pens, hookah pens, e-hookah, vape pipes “and any similar type of device designed to deliver nicotine, flavor, and other chemicals via inhalation.” Lauderdale schools Superintendent Jon Hatton said the policy is “pretty standard.” “If they’re caught . . . they’ll go through the disciplinary process at each school,” he said. Muscle Shoals added policy language concerning vapes to its student handbook in 2017 and the Vaping and school next year added language to policies include any vaping technolMost local school policies ogy. Students caught with

interferences, what those interferences are and give From Page A1 them tiered support that they need … by third grade, development for teach- it won’t be an issue.” ers will cost about $4.9 Teacher quality million. The initiative also calls and quantity for a nine-month reading Recruiting and retaining coach in each K-3 school. more teachers has been a The department says it continued struggle for the needs $15 million more to Alabama school system, fully fund that section. but Mackey is hoping that Alabama House Edu- more classroom financial cation Policy Committee support and retirement Chairwoman Rep. Terri benefits will help. Collins, R-Decatur, One of the other larger sponsored the literacy asks that is in the 2021 act legislation. Thursday proposal is $1,000 per she said hadn’t seen the classroom for student department’s breakdown materials, up from the curof costs. rent $600. “We definitely want to “One of my passions make sure we’re funding it, for as long as I’ve been an but we also want to make educator is to give teachsure our funding is com- ers enough money to buy parably to other states who the stuff they need for their are making great gains with classrooms,” Mackey said similar legislation,” Collins during the meeting. told Alabama Daily News. The department also Mackey hopes that when wants to double the proit comes to implementing fessional development the reading initiative, all of amount per teacher from the focus won’t just be put $100 to $200. For texton the third-graders, but books in classrooms, catching problems early on they’re asking to increase to help the students before to $100 from the current they reach the third grade. $75, which Mackey said “Since it’s by third grade, hasn’t been increased in everyone only wants to talk years. about third grade, but the When it comes to class real focus needs to be on sizes, Mackey wants more pre-K, kindergarten and teachers to lower the stufirst grade,” Mackey said. dent-to-teacher ratio. For “If we can identify which kindergarten through third students have learning grades, the department

wants the divisor at 13.50 students compared to the current 14.25. For grades fourth through sixth, Mackey would like it to be at 19.70, it is currently at 21.03. Grades seventh through eighth will stay at 19.70. For grades ninth through 12th, he would like them at 17, not the current 17.95. Mackey said reaching these divisors would mean adding roughly 1,869 teachers statewide. “We can’t reduce the student-to-teacher ratio without more teachers,” Mackey said. Improving retirement benefits to a “Tier III” plan for new educations employees, including teachers and administrators, was also proposed during the meeting. It is the same proposal the department gave the Legislature last year that would offer more generous benefits than the Tier II plan, which lawmakers created for a scaled-back retiree package in 2013. Board member Jeffery Newman said during the meeting that fixing the retirement benefits is a major concern for him and something he thinks needs to be addressed soon. “If we don’t address this we are going to continue to see teacher shortage across the state,” Newman said.

a vaping device will spend three days in school suspension. If caught using the vape on school property the punishment is five days in school suspension. Holden said officials are thinking of increasing the punishment. “Last year we had 29 instances coded as tobacco, but 26 of them were vapes,” Holden said. “We have test kits that will determine if it has THC or CBD and they’re punished according to our drug policy. If nothing else, I hope this has gotten their attention.” Tuscumbia schools Superintendent Darryl Aikerson said no students have been referred to his office for expulsion or suspension over vaping. “We just don’t allow students to smoke or have any kind of e-cigarettes or smoking paraphernalia at all,” Aikerson said. “It’s part of our board policy.” In Sheffield, Superintendent Keith Davis said that during the summer officials emphasized vaping in the school policy. It is now a “step above the tobacco product use at school.” “Some vaping devices have been known to explode, so it’s a weapon in that case and has to be treated as such in our policy,” Davis said. “We take it seriously and expect our stakeholders to take it seriously.”

Public education and seeking solutions Vic Wilson is executive director of the Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools (CLAS). The organization provides advocacy for positive legislation for schools and is a watchful

This spring, the House approved the Tier III bill but after it was amended in the Senate to only apply to classroom teachers, it failed to pass the House again. “I think the Legislature overcorrected and so what we’re asking now is let that pendulum swing closer to the middle, so we’re not even asking for Tier III be equal to Tier I, but to be better than Tier II,” Mackey told reporters.

Special populations A brand new line item the department is proposing is the High Needs Special Education Grant Program that is used for students who need things like fulltime nurses or special medical transport. It would be in lieu of the current “Catastrophic Special Education Support Allocations” line item. Mackey is asking for a $25 million increase for those grants. Along with increasing the grant amount, the department also want to lower the threshold of who can apply. Alabama schools’ English language learners population grew from 25,000 to 29,000 in one year. The allocation per student in last year’s budget was $251, but Mackey is now asking that be bumped to $400 per student.

eye for legislation affecting schools. “This past year there was a bill regarding vaping that never got dealt with, but I expect it to come back strongly due to the preponderance of evidence related to vaping,” Wilson said. “It’s on everyone’s minds and the dangers associated with it are too great to ignore.” Vaping and its potential dangers are being addressed at the national level, too. On Monday, vaping giant Juul Labs was slapped in a letter from the Food and Drug Administration. The agency’s letter said the company had violated federal regulations because it has not received federal approval to promote and sell its vaping products as a healthier option. The FDA has been investigating Juul for months but had not previously warned the company, according to reports by the Associated Press. President Donald Trump last week announced he is seekingabanonnontobacco flavors of e-cigarettes. The Food and Drug Administration is working on guides to implement the ban, a process that could take several weeks to develop, according to media reports citing Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. Holden, in Muscle Shoals, said there’s a need not only for government involvement, but more parental oversight, too. “The government is going to have to look at enforcement of kids being able to buy these things,” he said. “Establishments not following the law are contributing to the problem.”

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He said the school has had “safety nights” where information about vaping is included. “We’re putting a whole generation of kids at risk if we don’t push back on this,” he said. “We have to band together and fight this thing.” Colbert schools Superintendent Gale Satchel said her district had meetings with families and students. “We learned some kids were doing it at home,” she said. “With that being the case, it’s even harder to fight it at school.” She said the school district had 10 cases countywide last year of vaping and confiscating vaping devices. “We’ve taken a more proactive stance and have gotten our school resource officers involved in learning more about it, like different types of vapes and flavors,” she said. “Our health care staff (school nurses) is taking it on as a concern and they’re responsible for the education of staff and students and parents. It’s a comprehensive problem and we all have to deal with it.” Wilson said a bill addressing vaping will come before the Alabama Legislature. “I anticipate there will be something on this very soon (and) we hope to be at the table at the beginning to draft positive legislation,” Wilson said. “This can’t go undealt with.” Horton, at Wilson High School, agrees. He said a permanent solution might include a combination of buying vape detectors, increasing visibility and providing more education about the dangers of vaping. He said restrooms are likely the most common place students at any school go to vape during the school day. While briefly removing restroom stall doors had a momentary impact for a specific situation, he said he’s “trying to come up with a better solution.” “I had preferred not to have the publicity because (vaping) is at all schools,” he said. “I just could not sit back and not do anything. Best solution? Maybe not. Temporary solution? Yes. “I can’t stop it completely, but we’ll work on it.” TimesDaily City Editor Sherhonda Allen and TimesDaily staff writers Russ Corey, Bernie Delinski, Kendyl Hollingsworth and Lisa Singleton-Rickman contributed to this report.

The total increase asked includes things like gradufor English language learn- ation rate, college and ers would be $4.4 million. career readiness, academic growth, academic New report card system achievement and chronic Also during Thursday’s absenteeism. meeting, the department The demographic unveiled the new design breakdowns of the stuof the online report card dent population not only system that allows anyone look at things like race and to look at a school system’s economic background but grade letter score, along also mention things like with a whole breakdown student with disabilities, of various achievement English language learners indicators. and migrants. Mackey said this new The federal Every Stusystem enables more trans- dent Succeeds Act requires parency for the department every state and district to and is easier to use and find publish a report card. Prior information. to ESSA, state lawmakers “The data has always in 2012 passed legislation been available on the requiring the department to department’s website, but assign grades to all schools. we wanted to make sure That law took several years it was easy for parents to implement. Collins and school administrators sponsored that legislation. to access,” Mackey told “I’m glad that we’ve got reporters. more transparency,” she The site enables compar- said Thursday about the isons of up to four different revamped site. school systems side by side. Collins said improveMackey said he hopes this ments could be made in the new system will be used by grading system, including, parents to “drill down” on as more schools improve, the information in order raising the scores required to find the best school for to be an A or B school. their children. “That could be done “What we want people to by the board to push that do is think about, well, if I continued improvement,” have a student who may fit Collins said. in one of these demographic Mackey said the report groups let me drill down card reflecting the 2018and see how that school is 2019 school year will be doing with children like my posted online on Oct. 18, child,” Mackey said. earlier than previous years’ The breakdown analysis postings.

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels launch drones on 2 big Saudi oil sites

By Jon Gambrell

The Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched drone attacks on the world’s largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia and a major oil field Saturday, sparking huge fires at a vulnerable chokepoint for global energy supplies. According to multiple news reports that cited unidentified sources, the drone attacks affected up to half of the supplies from the world’s largest exporter of oil, though the output should be restored within days. It remained unclear if anyone was injured at the Abqaiq oil processing facility and the Khurais oil field. The attack by the Iranian-backed Houthis in the war against a Saudi-led coalition comes after weeks of similar drone assaults on the kingdom’s oil infrastructure, but none of the earlier strikes appeared to have caused the same amount of damage. The attack likely will heighten tensions further across the Persian Gulf amid an escalating crisis between the U.S. and Iran over its unraveling nuclear deal with world powers. First word of the assault came in online videos of giant fires at the Abqaiq facility, 205 miles northeast of the Saudi capital, Riyadh. Machine-gun fire could be heard in several clips alongside the day’s first Muslim call to prayers, suggesting security forces tried to bring down the drones just before dawn. In daylight, Saudi state television aired a segment with its local correspondent near a police checkpoint, a thick plume of smoke visible behind him. Smoke from the fires could be seen by satellites. The fires began after the sites were “targeted by drones,” the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the state-run Saudi Press Agency. It said an investigation was underway. Saudi Aramco, the stateowned oil giant, did not respond to questions from The Associated Press. In a short address aired by the Houthi’s Al-Masirah satellite news channel,

In this image made from a video broadcast on the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya satellite news channel on Saturday a Saudi police cruiser sits in a parking lot as the smoke from a fire at the Abqaiq oil processing facility can be seen behind it in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia. [PHOTOS BY AL-ARABIYA VIA AP]

military spokesman Yahia Sarie said the rebels launched 10 drones after receiving “intelligence” support from those inside the kingdom. He warned that attacks by the rebels would only get worse if the war continues. “The only option for the Saudi government is to stop attacking us,” Sarie said. The rebels hold Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, and other territory in the Arab world’s poorest country. Since 2015, a Saudi-led coalition has fought to reinstate the internationally recognized Yemeni government. President Donald Trump called Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the wake of the drone strikes and expressed the United States’ readiness to cooperate with the kingdom in supporting its security and stability, according to a news release from the Saudi Embassy in Washington. Trump said recent attacks against Saudi staterun oil facilities have had a negative impact on the U.S. and global economies. The crown prince assured Trump that Saudi Arabia is “willing and able

to confront and deal with this terrorist aggression,” according to the release. The U.S. Embassy in Riyadh said it was unaware of any injuries to Americans. Saudi Aramco employs a number of U.S. citizens, some of whom live in guarded compounds near the site. “These attacks against critical infrastructure endanger civilians, are unacceptable, and sooner or later will result in innocent lives being lost,” U.S. Ambassador John Abizaid, a former Army general, said. Saudi Aramco describes its Abqaiq oil processing facility in Buqyaq as “the largest crude oil stabilization plant in the world.” The facility processes sour crude oil into sweet crude, then transports it onto transshipment points on the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea or to refineries for local production. Estimates suggest it can process up to 7 million barrels of crude oil a day. By comparison, Saudi Arabia produced 9.65 million barrels of crude oil a day in July. The plant has been targeted in the past by militants. Al-Qaida-claimed suicide bombers tried but

failed to attack the oil complex in February 2006. The Khurais oil field is believed to produce over 1 million barrels of crude oil a day. It has estimated reserves of over 20 billion barrels of oil, according to Aramco. There was no immediate impact on global oil prices as markets were closed for the weekend. Benchmark Brent crude had been trading at just above $60 a barrel. While Saudi Arabia has taken steps to protect itself and its oil infrastructure, analysts had warned that Abqaiq remained vulnerable. The Rapidan Energy Group, a Washingtonbased advisory group, warned in May that “a successful attack could lead to a monthslong disruption of most Saudi production and nearly all spare production.” It called Abqaiq, close to the eastern Saudi city of Dammam, “the most important oil facility in the world.” The Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies separately issued its own warning just last month. “Though the Abqaiq facility is large, the stabilization process is

In this image made from a video broadcast on the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya satellite news channel Saturday, a man walks through a parking lot as the smoke from a fire at the Abqaiq oil processing facility can be seen behind him in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia.

concentrated in specific areas . including storage tanks and processing and compressor trains — which greatly increases the likelihood of a strike successfully disrupting or destroying its operations,” the center said. The war has become the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. The violence has pushed Yemen to the brink of famine and killed more than 90,000 people since 2015, according to the U.S.-based Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, or ACLED, which tracks the conflict. Since the start of the Saudi-led war, Houthi rebels have been using drones in combat. The first appeared to be

off-the-shelf, hobbykit-style drones. Later, versions nearly identical to Iranian models turned up. Iran denies supplying the Houthis with weapons, although the U.N., the West and Gulf Arab nations say Tehran does. The rebels have flown drones into the radar arrays of Saudi Arabia’s Patriot missile batteries, according to Conflict Armament Research, disabling them and allowing the Houthis to fire ballistic missiles into the kingdom unchallenged. The Houthis launched drone attacks targeting Saudi Arabia’s crucial East-West Pipeline in May. In August, Houthi drones struck Saudi Arabia’s Shaybah oil field.

White House: bin Laden son killed in US operation By Zeke Miller The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The White House announced Saturday that Hamza bin Laden, the son of the late al-Qaida leader who had become an increasingly prominent figure in the terrorist organization, was killed in a U.S. counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. A statement issued in President Donald Trump’s name gave no further details, such as when Hamza bin Laden was killed or how the United States had confirmed his death. Administration officials would provide no more information beyond the three-sentence statement from the White House. American officials have said there are indications that the CIA, not the U.S. military, conducted the strike. The CIA declined comment on whether the agency was involved. The White House statement said Hamza bin Laden’s death “not only deprives al-Qaida of important leadership skills and the symbolic connection to his father, but undermines important operational activities of the group.” It said Osama bin Laden’s son “was responsible for planning and dealing with various terrorist groups.” The U.S. officials had

suspected this summer that Hamza bin Laden was dead, based on intelligence reports and the fact that he had not been heard from in some time. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters. Defense Secretary Mark Esper told Fox News Channel in a late August interview that it was “my understanding” that Hamza bin Laden was dead. A U.S. official familiar with the case who spoke on condition of anonymity about intelligence-gathering said bin laden was killed in the past 18 months. Confirming such a high-profile death can take a long time, said the official, who declined to say what led the U.S. to report bin Laden’s death with certainty. The younger bin Laden had been viewed as an eventual heir to the leadership of al-Qaida, and the group’s leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, had praised him in a 2015 video that appeared on jihadi websites, calling him a “lion from the den of al-Qaida.” Bin Laden’s death leaves Zawahiri with the challenge of finding a different successor. The U.S. government in February said it was offering $1 million for help tracking down Hamza bin Laden as part of the State Department’s Rewards for Justice program. The department’s notice said he

FILE - In this image from video released by the CIA, Hamza bin Laden, the son of of the late al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is seen as an adult at his wedding. [CIA VIA AP]

was married to a daughter of Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, an al-Qaida leader and Egyptian charged for his role in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa. They were said to have two children, Osama and Khairiah, named after his parents. He was named a “specially designated global terrorist” in January 2017, and he had released audio and video messages calling for attacks against the U.S. and its allies. To mark one 9/11 anniversary, al-Qaida superimposed a childhood photo of him over a photo of the World Trade Center. Video released by the CIA in 2017 that was seized during the 2011 U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden showed Hamza bin Laden with a trimmed mustache but no beard at his wedding. Previous

images have only shown him as a child. Hamza bin Laden is believed to have been born in 1989, the year of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, where his father became known among the mujahedeen fighters. His father returned to Saudi Arabia and later fled to Sudan after criticizing the kingdom for allowing U.S. troops to deploy in the country during the 1991 Gulf War. He later fled Sudan for Afghanistan in 1996, where he declared war against the U.S. As al-Qaida’s leader, Osama bin Laden oversaw attacks that included the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, as well as the bombing of the USS Cole off Yemen. He and others plotted and executed the

2001 attacks against the United States that led to the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan. U.S. Navy SEALs killed the elder bin Laden in a raid on a house in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in 2011. This past March, Saudi Arabia announced that it had revoked the citizenship of Hamza bin Laden. The kingdom stripped Osama bin Laden’s citizenship in 1994 while he was living in exile in Sudan when Hamza bin Laden was just a child. It was unclear where Hamza bin Laden was at the time of the Saudi action. Hamza bin Laden began appearing in militant videos and recordings in 2015 as an al-Qaida spokesman. “If you think that your sinful crime that you committed in Abbottabad has passed without punishment, then you thought wrong,” he said in his first audio recording. After the Sept. 11 attacks, a U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan sought to topple the Taliban, an ally of al-Qaida, and seize the elder bin Laden. He escaped and split from his family as he crossed into Pakistan. Hamza was 12 when he saw his father for the last time — receiving a parting gift of prayer beads. “It was as if we pulled out our livers and left them there,” he wrote of the separation.

Hamza and his mother followed other al-Qaida members into Pakistan and then Iran, where other al-Qaida leaders hid them, according to experts and analysis of documents seized after U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden. Iran later put the al-Qaida members on its soil into custody. During this time, Hamza married. In March 2010, Hamza and others left Iranian custody. He went to Pakistan’s Waziristan province, where he asked for weapons training, according to a letter to the elder bin Laden. His mother left for Abbottabad, joining her husband in his hideout. On May 2, 2011, the Navy SEAL team raided Abbottabad, killing Osama bin Laden and his son Khalid, as well as others. Saber and other wives living in the house were imprisoned. Hamza again disappeared. In August 2015, a video emerged on jihadi websites of al-Zawahri introducing “a lion from the den of al-Qaida” — Hamza bin Laden. Since then, Hamza had been featured in alQaida messages, delivering speeches on everything from the war in Syria to Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia on his first foreign trip as president. But he hadn’t been heard from since a message in March 2018, in which he threatened the rulers of Saudi Arabia.

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Still reeling from Thousands struggle to ﬁnd work after Dorian Dorian, Bahamas faces tropical storm BAHAMAS

By Danica Coto

The Associated Press

FREEPORT, Bahamas — Jobs are scarce, savings are running low and money is barely trickling in. As survivors of Hurricane Dorian enter week three of post-storm life, many in the northwestern Bahamas, known for its casinos, golf courses and mega yachts, worry they will be forced into deep poverty as they scramble to find work in the aftermath of the Category 5 storm that wreaked havoc on two islands. “People say, ‘You’re going to be all right,’ but those are mere words,” said Edna Gelin, who was the manager of a natural hair store in Freeport on Grand Bahama island that has been closed since being badly damaged by the storm. “It’s going to be bad because a lot of businesses were destroyed.” As the northwestern Bahamas struggles to recover from Dorian, residents braced for newly formed Tropical Storm Humberto, which was expected to hit two islands over the weekend that were already battered by Dorian. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm would hit the central and northwestern Bahamas with high wind and heavy rain. In the months prior to the hurricane, the unemployment rate of the tourism-dependent Bahamas had decreased slightly, but stood at 10% on the archipelago of some 395,000 inhabitants. On Grand Bahama it was 11% and had increased to 9% on nearby Abaco before Dorian slammed both islands, with people now trying to find any type of work after thousands lost their jobs. Carl Swann, an IT technician from Abaco, recently typed up his resume on his cellphone after hearing about several job leads in the capital, Nassau: assistant engineer, security guard and electronic salesman. However, he hasn’t secured any interviews yet and worries about his finances because he has nowhere to go and has been staying at a hotel for two weeks. “I’m wasting my money,” he said. It’s unclear how many

Mos Antenor, 42, drives a bulldozer while clearing the road after Hurricane Dorian Mclean’s Town, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Friday. [AP PHOTO/RAMON ESPINOSA}

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Members of the fire rescue team Task Force 8, from Gainesville, Florida, help remove a body one week after Hurricane Dorian hit The Mudd neighborhood in the Marsh Harbor area of Abaco Island, Bahamas, Sept. 9. [AP PHOTO/GONZALO GAUDENZI]

Bahamians affected by the hurricane have sought and obtained unemployment benefits, but the government has pledged to make it easier for evacuees to access those benefits. “That will be a big relief,” Labor Minister Dion Foulkes recently told reporters. “We’d like to stabilize as many families as we can as quick as possible.” He also said the government would soon announce new measures to help the nearly 5,000 people who were evacuated to New Providence, the most populous island in the Bahamas, from Grand Bahama and the Abaco islands after Dorian. The storm, however, has helped a handful of Bahamians. It has created job opportunities for workers such as carpenters, construction crews and people like Edley Edwards, a heavy machinery operator who was clearing debris on a recent afternoon at the eastern end of Grand Bahama, which was hit the hardest by Dorian. “We’ll be busy right straight through,” he said. “Just a little pushin’ to clear the road.” Before the storm hit, the Bahamas had 32,000 people who were selfemployed. Among them was Dewitt Henfield, a baker who operated out of his home. “I’m a bread man,” he

said as he stood in a line Friday outside an emergency operations center in Freeport seeking food, water, building supplies and other materials since the storm took everything he owned. “I have no money. That’s why we have to be in lines like these,” he said. “We’re wondering where our next meal is coming from.” Henfield and many others left unemployed by the storm said it has been hard to find a new

job because they have no longer has a car or clothes for interviews. The clients they once served are gone, too, added Melon Grant, a beautician who owned a business in Freeport called “Da Best of Da Best.” “Everybody lost their job, so nobody paying to get their hair done,” she said as she shook her head. “There’s no opportunity after the storm because everywhere is basically damaged. Right now it’s just hopeless.”

FREEPORT, Bahamas — Officials temporarily suspended aid efforts and closed airports in the Bahamas on Saturday as Tropical Storm Humberto threatened to lash the archipelago’s northwest region that was already hit by Hurricane Dorian two weeks ago. Humberto’s arrival coincides with a weekend visit to the Bahamas by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres aimed at supporting humanitarian aid efforts in the wake of Dorian, which reached the islands as a massive Category-5 storm and left thousands of people in need of food, water and shelter. Threatening to exacerbate the problem, winds and rains from Humberto could be expected

in Grand Bahama and the nearby Abaco islands, said chief meteorologist Shavonne Moxey-Bonamy. “I know it might be a bit of a disheartening situation since we just got out of Dorian,” she said. At 7 a.m., Humberto was located 30 miles east-northeast of Great Abaco island, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. It had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and was moving northwest at 7 mph. There was a tropical storm warning in effect for the northwest Bahamas, except for Andros Island, and 2 to 4 inches of rain was expected, with isolated amounts of 6 inches. “Rains are the biggest issue right now,” parliament member Iram Lewis said by telephone. “People are still reeling from the first storm.”

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FILE- In this May 3, 2018 file photo, Fred Warmbier, right, listens as his wife Cindy Warmbier, speaks of their son Otto Warmbier, an American who died in 2017 days after his release from captivity in North Korea, during a meeting at the United Nations headquarters. [AP PHOTO/FRANK FRANKLIN II]

Trump to have dinner with Otto Warmbier’s parents WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to have dinner Saturday with the parents of an American college student who died in 2017 shortly after being freed from captivity in North Korea. An administration official says Trump will host the parents of Otto Warmbier, who they say was tortured after being convicted of trying to steal a propaganda poster while in Pyongyang and imprisoned for months. The 22-year-old

Ohio native died days after being returned to the U.S. in a vegetative state. U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, who officials say is among the 15 candidates Trump is considering to replace ousted national security adviser John Bolton, will also join the dinner. Trump railed against North Korea after Warmbier’s death, but has softened his rhetoric as he has pursued nuclear talks with Kim Jong Un.

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Trump campaign courting reluctant voters By Zeke Miller, Sara Burnett and Alan Fram The Associated Press

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Ashley Arentz is a political unicorn. The 28-year-old Marine from Jacksonville, North Carolina, didn’t vote in 2016, and she wasn’t even registered to vote in the state. But there she was on Monday, standing in line for hours in the 90-degree heat waiting to enter President Donald Trump’s rally in Fayetteville. That made her a golden target for the volunteers in dayglow yellow T-shirts working to register new voters. Arentz said she likes the president because he’s “just being straightforward.” She filled out a registration form on the spot. Less than 14 months before Election Day, the president’s team is banking his reelection hopes on identifying and bringing to the polls hundreds of thousands of Trump supporters such as Arentz — people in closely contested states who didn’t vote in 2016. The campaign is betting that it may be easier to make voters out of these electoral rarities than to win over millions of Trump skeptics in the center of the electorate. It’s a risky wager borne of political necessity, and helps explain Trump’s provocative communications strategy, from his attacks on the media to his racially polarizing rhetoric. Trump, aides and allies

Ashley Arentz, 28, of Jacksonville, N.C., waits in line with friend Jonathan Ritter at a rally that President Donald Trump staged for Republican congressional candidate Dan Bishop, Sept. 9 in Fayetteville, N.C. [ALAN FRAM/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

say, knows he needs to fire up his supporters, and anger is a powerful motivator. “People trying to persuade swing voters are probably wasting their time because nearly all voters have already put their jersey on,” said GOP strategist Chris Wilson. “Trump needs to bring more of his fans onto the field.” Tens of millions of Americans choose not to vote in federal races every two years. The president’s campaign is determined to turn out the Trump supporters among them. It views them as an untapped stash of Republican support that can help him

overcome stubbornly low poll numbers and his difficulties in winning over voters in the shrinking political center. “There’s a new math spurred by a new candidate at the top of his ticket,” Trump campaign senior political adviser Bill Stepien told reporters. “And I think we need to throw out the old way we look at how elections are won and lost.” That’s not to say reaching them or getting them to vote for Trump will be easy. The surest predictor for whether someone will vote in the future is whether that person has voted in the

past. This political truism has long informed campaign strategies. Still, attempting to shape the electorate is nothing new. Barack Obama’s campaign in 2012 shocked Republican opponents when it attracted Democrats who didn’t vote in 2008. George W. Bush’s campaign relied on the same tactic in 2004. But both campaigns tried to expand their bases while also focusing on trying to claim more voters in the center. “The strategy was never one of simply looking at identifying red Republicans and getting them out to vote,”

said Karl Rove, Bush’s strategist. “It was also a campaign of addition and persuasion.” Trump’s gamble comes in deemphasizing the persuasion game as it focuses on boosting turnout. The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee have held events geared at reversing an erosion of support for the GOP among women and Latinos. But the central message of the campaign — as delivered by Trump, its de facto chief strategist and spokesman — is targeted at those who already support him. At campaign rallies such as the one in North Carolina, the Trump campaign, the RNC and an authorized super political action committee work the long lines outside to register voters. At a February rally in El Paso, Texas, the Trump campaign says, two-thirds of registrants had voted in two or fewer of the previous four federal elections. Before a June rally in Orlando, a geotargeted digital campaign by a Trump super PAC directed about 3,000 people to the state’s voter registration website. “We know from data gathered from rallies that a significant percentage of rally registrants and attendees have voted infrequently in federal elections, but they are motivated to come out to see President Trump,” said Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh.

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In this Sept. 13 photo released by California Highway Patrol, CHP officers with an officer from Madera County Animal Services, middle, use dog snares to capture an emu that was found wandering along California Highway 99, north of Madera, Calif. The Fresno Bee reported Friday that the bird was apprehended following a brief pursuit by California Highway Patrol officers. [CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL VIA

This Sept. 16, 2016 image made from a video shows the 18-karat toilet, titled “America,” by Maurizio Cattelan in the restroom of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. The toilet, valued at roughly 1 million pounds ($1.25 million), was stolen early Saturday from the magniﬁcent home in England where British wartime leader Winston Churchill was born. [ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE]

A man uses a canoe along a ﬂooded road after heavy raining Saturday in El Raal, near Murcia, Spain. Record rainfall claimed two more lives in southeastern Spain as it caused widespread ﬂooding, raising the overall death toll to six from the storms, authorities said Saturday. Emergency rescue workers saved thousands of people during the storm that slammed into the Mediterranean coastal regions of Valencia, Murcia and eastern Andalusia this week. [ALFONSO DURAN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

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MoviePass, the movie ticket subscription service that allowed subscribers to buy up to three movie tickets per month for a small fee, shut down Saturday. Its future is unclear. Helios and Matheson Analytics, the parent company of MoviePass, said Friday in a release that it was interrupting service for all its subscribers because its efforts to seek financing have not been successful. It says it’s “unable to predict if or when” MoviePass will continue. The company says it’s planning to study all options including the sale of the company in its entirety. MoviePass drew in millions of subscribers, initially luring them with a $10 monthly rate.

You stink, stay out! That’s the message from one Mississippi Delta convenience store to workers at a neighboring soybean oil mill. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports the convenience store has a sign on its door stating “Notice: Bad Smelling Oil Mill People Please Do Not Enter.” Anurag Randive, who manages the Greenwood store, says the sign was posted about three months ago after customers complained about the odor of employees from the Express Grain oil mill across the street. He says he’s prevented some odorous workers from entering. Randive says he hasn’t received any complaints.

A Florida fisherman will spend five weekends in jail after pleading guilty to misdemeanor animal cruelty for dragging a live shark by the tail from a boat. The Bradenton Herald reports that Robert Benac III will also pay a $2,500 fine, perform 250 hours of service at an animal shelter and lose his fishing license for three years. He had been set to go on trial Thursday for felony aggravated cruelty to animals. A second man, Michael Wenzel, accepted a similar plea earlier. The case gained national infamy when video surfaced of the men dragging the shark at high speeds behind their boat in 2017, shredding the animal.

Police in Congo have detained the former minister ofhealthamidaninvestigation into the use of Ebola funds as confirmedEboladeathsroseto near2,000andconfirmedcases of the virus exceeded 3,000 in the sprawling African nation. Former Minister of Health Oly Ilunga was taken into custody,policesaidinastatement Saturday. IlungaresignedinJulytoprotestPresidentFelixTshisekedi’s decision to take over the management of the response to the world’sseconddeadliestEbola outbreak,whichisongoingnow in eastern Congo, from Ilunga. Asheresigned,Ilungadeplored thelackofcooperationbetween him, the president and the prime minister in response to the deadly Ebola outbreak.

The British prime minister who called the 2016 Brexit referendum and then saw the public vote to leave the European Union, creating the nation’s prolonged political crisis, says he is sorry for the divisions it has caused. David Cameron said in an interview published Saturday that he thinks about the consequences of the Brexit referendum “every single day” and worries “desperately” about what will happen next. “I deeply regret the outcome and accept that my approach failed,” he said. “The decisions I took contributed to that failure. I failed.”

Discounted movie subscription service MoviePass shuts down

Stinky shoppers unoffended after store bans them

Fisherman gets 10 days for dragging live shark behind boat

Congo police detain ex-health minister in Ebola funds probe

Ex-PM David Cameron ‘sorry’ for creating Brexit divisions

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How a clean-cut Eagle Scout became a fentanyl drug lord

By Claire Galofaro and Lindsay Whitehurst

“Any moron can basically become a major drug kingpin by dealing in fentanyl. You can have Associated Press somebody with an IQ minus 100 who becomes SALT LAKE CITY — The an overnight multimillionaire.” pills arrived in thousands of mailboxes across the country, round and blue, with the markings of pharmaceutical-grade oxycodone stamped into the surface. Prosecutors would later call them “poison” — counterfeits containing fentanyl, a potent synthetic opioid that has written a deadly new chapter in the American opioid epidemic. They were shipped from the suburbs of Salt Lake city. That’s where a cleancut, 29-year-old college dropout named Aaron Shamo made himself a millionaire building a fentanyl trafficking empire with not much more than his computer and a few friends. For three weeks this summer, those suburban millennials climbed onto the witness stand at his federal trial and offered an unprecedented window into how fentanyl bought and sold online has transformed the global drug trade. There was no testimony of gangland murders or anything that a wall at the southern border might stop. Shamo called himself a “white-collar drug dealer,” drew in co-workers from his time at eBay and peppered his messages to them with smiley-face emojis. His attorney called

- Mike Vigil, former chief of international operations for the Drug Enforcement Administration

him a fool; his defense was that he isn’t smart enough to be a kingpin. How he and his friends managed to flood the country with a half-million fake oxycodone pills reveals the ease with which fenShamo tanyl now moves around the world, threatening to expand the epidemic beyond America’s borders: Powder up to 100 times stronger than morphine was bought from a laboratory in China and arrived in Utah via international mail; it was shaped into perfect-looking replicas of oxycodone tablets in the press that thumped in Shamo’s basement and resold online. Then it was routed it back into the postal system in thousands of packages addressed to homes across this country awash with prescription painkiller addiction. The largest civil litigation in history is testing how the pharmaceutical industry should be held accountable for inundating the country with billions of addictive pain pills, spreading mass

addiction that led to this. Purdue Pharma, maker of the blockbuster drug OxyContin, reached a tentative $12 billion settlement this week with about half the states and roughly 2,000 local governments. A trial of other pharmaceutical companies is scheduled for next month, in which communities will contend that their mass marketing of prescription painkillers sparked an epidemic. The crisis began in the 1990s, as prescription opioids paved the road to heroin, which led to fentanyl. It has killed tens of thousands of Americans since it appeared on the streets in 2013. There are two sources of supply. Mexican cartels and packages shipped direct from China, where it is produced in a huge and under-regulated chemical sector. There are many upstart dealers like Shamo, officials say. Seizure data shows trafficking quickly expanding worldwide. In 2013, four countries reported fentanyl seizures. By 2016: 16 countries. It is so potent, so easy to transport, large-scale traffickers no longer require

Rod and Tonya Meldrum hold a portrait Sept. 9 of their son Devin Meldrum, in Provo, Utah. He suffered from debilitating cluster headaches and fatally overdosed after taking a single fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pill purchased from a dark-web store run by Aaron Shamo, according to his family and authorities. Shamo was not charged in Meldrum’s death, and his lawyers have argued that and other alleged overdoses can’t be definitively linked to him. [AP PHOTO/RICK BOWMER]

sophisticated networks, said Mike Vigil, former chief of international operations for the Drug Enforcement Administration. All they need is a mailbox, internet access and people with an appetite for opioids. And consumption rates are rising from Asia to Europe to Latin America as pharmaceutical companies promote painkillers abroad. The profit margins for illegal fentanyl are irresistible. The DEA estimates a kilogram synthesized for a few thousand dollars could make a dealer more than $1 million. “Any moron can

basically become a major drug kingpin by dealing in fentanyl,” Vigil said. “You can have somebody with an IQ minus 100 who becomes an overnight multimillionaire.” By the time a seized package heading from China to Utah led investigators to Shamo, he had already made at least 458,946 potentially poisonous pills, the government said. They found $1.2 million stuffed in his sock drawer and in a safe, plus more tied up in online cryptocurrencies. Shamo built his drugtrafficking organization initially with his longtime

friend Drew Crandall. The pair began by selling Adderall, prescribed for attention deficit disorder, on the dark web — a wild, unregulated layer of the internet reached through a special browser. There are underground marketplaces where guns and drugs are traded and money is exchanged anonymously through cryptocurrencies. They expanded — peddling the club drug MDMA, magic mushrooms, date rape drugs, cocaine — all while barely having to leave the house. They bought a pill press and manufactured fake Xanax, the anti-anxiety medication.

Coal mine shutdowns bring new uncertainty By Mead Gruver Associated Press

GILLETTE, Wyo. — At two of the world’s biggest coal mines, the finances got so bad that their owner couldn’t even get toilet paper on credit. Warehouse technician Melissa Worden divvied up what remained, giving four rolls to each mine and two to the mine supply facility where she worked. Then mine owner Blackjewel LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on July 1. Worden figured the accounts would get settled quickly. “The consensus was: In 30 days, we’ll look back on this, and we made it through, and we’ll be up and running, and it’s a fresh start,” Worden said. What happened instead has shaken the top coalproducing region in the United States. Blackjewel furloughed most of its Wyoming employees and shut down Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr mines, the first idled by hardship since coal mining in the Powder

River Basin exploded in the 1970s. It’s a big hit to the region straddling northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana, where coal has quietly supported the economies of both states for decades and fuels a shrinking number of power plants in 28 states. Negotiations that could reopen the two Wyoming mines under new ownership are stalled more than two months later. Some 600 employees remain off the job. And doubts are growing about the long-term viability of the region’s coal mines. “I don’t think we’ll ever be that naive again,” said Worden, 44. Blackjewel, based in Milton, West Virginia, told its Wyoming employees this week that the mines might be running again soon and to let the company know if they wanted their jobs back. Worden said she felt little reassurance. She’s not the only one questioning long-held assumptions about Powder River Basin

The Eagle Butte mine just north of Gillette, Wyo. The shutdown of Blackjewel LLC’s Belle Ayr and Eagle Butte mines in Wyoming since July 1, has added yet more uncertainty to the Powder River Basin’s struggling coal economy. [AP PHOTO/MEAD GRUVER]

mines, which produce cleaner-burning coal less expensively than mines in other parts of the U.S. and weren’t widely thought of being at risk. But with coal in longterm decline, how the basin might eventually scale down production to a sustainable level has become a big question, said Rob Godby, director of the Center for Energy Economics and Public Policy at the University of Wyoming.

“The irony here — and it’s really a cruel irony — is everybody is focused on getting these miners back to work. But really the solution to creating a healthy industry is some mines close,” Godby said. For now, little appears changed in Gillette, a city of 30,000 at the heart of the basin of rolling grasslands where tattoo shops are abundant and big, latemodel pickup trucks still cruise the main drag.

This year, however, has been especially tumultuous. Three of the Powder River Basin’s nine producers — Westmoreland Coal, Cloud Peak Energy and Blackjewel — have filed for bankruptcy since March. Two others, Arch Coal and Peabody, say they will merge assets in the region. The turmoil comes as U.S. coal production is down over 30 percent since peaking in 2008. Utilities are retiring aging coalfired power plants and switching to solar, wind and cheaper and cleanerburning natural gas to generate electricity despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to prop up the coal industry. A decade ago, about half of U.S. electricity came from coal-fired power. Now it’s below 30 percent, a shift that heavy equipment operator Rory Wallet saw as utilities became less willing to lock in multiyear contracts for Belle Ayr mine’s coal. “The market’s changed,” Wallet said. “The bankruptcies all tie into that.”

Wallet, 40, who followed his father into the mine in 2008, said the recent closures and loss of his $80,000-a-year job surprised him. He has four children, and his wife’s job at a restaurant in Gillette is their main income while they await news about the mines. Blackjewel said Thursday that it was working on plans to restart the mines while pursuing their sale. There were no indications in federal bankruptcy court filings that the mines were set to reopen, however. “This is a fast-moving and sometimes unpredictable process, and accordingly, we do not have answers to all of your questions at this time,” the company’s statement said. Wallet is looking for a job and lobbying Wyoming lawmakers to fight harder to force Washington state to approve a port facility expansion that would allow more coal exports to Asia. “The ports are going to be a big deal. Asia is going to be a big deal,” Wallet said.

Collection of premier proverb scholar opens at UVM By Lisa Rathke The Associated Press

BURLINGTON, Vt. — From “Strike while the iron is hot” to “Been there, done that,” proverbs have been developed around the world for centuries, spread by word of mouth, writings, and nowadays social media. University of Vermont Professor Wolfgang Mieder, thought to be the world’s premier paroemiologist, has been studying the concise statements for 50 years, amassing thousands of books and writings that are now housed in a new unique library named after him at the school. “In my wildest dreams I never thought this would happen,” said Mieder, 75, a university distinguished professor of German and folklore, who’s thankful to find a home for his unique collection. The extensive library

of about 9,000 volumes ranges from collections of proverbs including German, Chinese, Turkish and Hungarian to thousands of books and dissertations on what proverbs are, their origins and function. It includes, of course, Mieder’s own writings. He is “one of the greatest proverb scholars of all times and the greatest of our generation,” said Dan Ben-Amos, a professor of folklore at the University of Pennsylvania, in an email. The energetic 75-yearold has written 246 books and 569 articles on proverbs, edited a scholarly annual called “Proverbium” and given 405 talks on his favorite topic in 21 countries, according to UVM. “Bolstered by his incredible library, his studies are about how movers and shakers of society make a difference, and shape movements, with

University of Vermont Professor Wolfgang Mieder stands among his vast collection of books on proverbs, now housed in a new library collection at the school in Burlington, Vt. [AP PHOTO/LISA RATHKE]

their speech,” said Simon Bronner, a distinguished professor emeritus of American studies and folklore at Pennsylvania State University, who is now a dean and professor at the University of Wisconsin. Mieder’s working definition of a proverb is: a concise statement of an apparent truth which has

currency. They can be religious or secular. Among his favorites: “Different strokes for different folks,” which people may remember from a television show or song. “I like that proverb because for once it’s not prescriptive. It doesn’t tell you what to do,” he said. “It tells you to be reasonable,

to realize that people have different priorities, different thoughts, different ideas.” He also particularly likes one that Martin Luther King Jr. used a lot, “Making a way out of no way.” Mieder said his wife had become concerned about what would happen to the books if something happened to him. The couple had already added onto their home a few times to accommodate a good portion of his collection. Over the years he’s had scholars visit from around the globe and taken them to his home to see the collection. Mieder talked with UVM’s library officials but the school had no room for the books. That was until recently. In 2018, the school had just renovated a building that it considers to be its most architecturally

important — the Billings Library — which over the years was no longer serving as a library. But a large lounge that returned to its original function as a reading and study room — with long tables — was lacking something on the rich wood-grained walls. “A room without books is like a body without soul,” as the proverb goes. Mieder’s collection soon found a home. The library opened in May. Other professors haven’t been so lucky, said Mieder, who said he knows of retirees who have had to give away their books or give them to secondhand book dealers, dispersing their collections. “I think it speaks very, very highly of UVM that all of this happened,” he said. “And seemingly everybody is happy about it. I certainly am. And I’m extremely thankful.”

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New laws crack down on jailhouse informants By Dave Collins Associated Press

HARTFORD, Conn. — A movement to put jailhouse informants under a more powerful microscope before they testify is gaining traction around the country, a byproduct of new DNA testing technology that has exonerated dozens of people wrongly locked up based on informants’ lies. Several states have moved to toughen regulations on the use of such informants, whose credibility has always been an issue because they’re motivated to get their sentences reduced. The new rules include requiring pretrial hearings on whether prisoners’ testimony should be allowed and forcing prosecutors to disclose any deals with informants as well as their history of testifying in other cases. In Connecticut, Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont signed a wide-ranging bill in July that will create the nation’s first statewide system to track the use of jailhouse informants, including any benefits offered in exchange for their testimony. “We’re really seeing the issue start to gain momentum around the country,” said Rebecca Brown, policy director for the New Yorkbased Innocence Project, which works to exonerate the wrongly convicted. “Jailhouse informant testimony is one of the leading factors in wrongful convictions.” Of the 365 people exonerated nationwide by DNA evidence, nearly one in five were convicted based in part on lying informants, according to the Innocence Project. Federal court rulings and the Constitution do require prosecutors to turn over certain information about witnesses, including exculpatory evidence

Innocence Project lawyer Vanessa Potkin, left, hugs Alfred Swinton, June 8, 2017, in Superior Court in Hartford, Conn. Swinton served almost two decades in prison for the 1991 killing of Carla Terry before he was cleared based on new DNA evidence. Several states have moved to toughen regulations on the use of jailhouse informants. Advocates said Swinton’s erroneous conviction was based in part on the testimony of lying inmates. (Mark Mirko/Hartford Courant via AP, Pool, File)

favorable to the defense. But civil liberties advocates say new laws are needed to specify exactly what kind of information must be disclosed including key details about informants. While prosecutors agree there needs to be skepticism about jailhouse informants, they say such witnesses offer crucial, truthful information that helps bring perpetrators to justice in many cases. Some worry new informant laws take witness credibility determinations out of the hands of juries and leave it to judges to decide before cases even go to trial. Fellow inmates were key in bringing down Connecticut serial killer William Howell, who is serving a life sentence for killing seven people in 2003. One of Howell’s cellmates, convicted killer of four Jonathan Mills, told authorities that Howell talked about the killings and where he buried the victims. It’s not clear if Mills, also serving life in prison, received any

benefits for providing the information. Officials have said inmates were among several people who applied for the $150,000 reward in Howell’s case, but the prisoners’ names haven’t been disclosed for their own safety. Advocates for Connecticut’s new law cited the DNA-based exonerations of two men — Alfred Swinton and Miguel Roman — who were freed after they both spent about two decades in state prison for killings they did not commit. Bogus testimony by prisoners about confessions played roles in both cases. The informants in the Swinton and Roman cases both denied on the witness stand that they were getting any benefits for their testimony. But the Swinton informant was ultimately released from prison early, and the Roman informant had several of his pending charges dismissed, defense lawyers said. Connecticut’s new law also requires judges to hold a pre-trial hearing, if

requested by the defense, on whether an informant’s testimony is reliable and admissible. In November, Illinois lawmakers overrode a veto by then-Gov. Bruce Rauner, a Republican, and approved one of the nation’s toughest tests for allowing testimony by jailhouse informants. It requires judges to make pretrial inquiries into the veracity of prisoners’ testimony before allowing or barring it. One of the advocates for the Illinois law was James Kluppelberg, who was exonerated after spending 25 years in prison for setting a fire in Chicago that killed a woman and her five children in 1984. A jailhouse informant who implicated Kluppelberg four years after the fire later recanted his story and admitted he testified to reduce his potential prison time to criminal charges he was facing. “I was floored,” Kluppelberg told The Associated Press. “I was stunned over the fact that they believed

him. It was a shock to the system. “I lost 25 years of my life because of his testimony,” the 54-year-old Illinois native said. “I didn’t get to see my three children grow up. I did not get to go to my mother’s funeral. I did not get to see my sisters grow up. All these things were stolen from me.” Kluppelberg, who was freed in 2012, said he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder from being in prison. “Nobody should ever have to suffer what I went through if it’s preventable,” he said. “If (the law) even stops it from happening to one person, it’s worth its weight in gold.” Nebraska lawmakers and Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts approved a new jailhouse informant law in April. It requires prosecutors to tell defense lawyers any benefits they offer to prisoners, other cases in which they testified and any cases where they recanted testimony, among other information. Wrongful convictions also led Texas lawmakers to toughen the rules on jailhouse informants in 2017. The state’s law requires prosecutors to keep records on the use of jailhouse informants and any deals they get because of their testimony. It also mandates prosecutors release certain information about informants to defense lawyers. Although Texas and other states are now tracking the use of informants, county prosecutors are keeping the records and only Connecticut will be keeping a statewide system, Innocence Project lawyers said. One problem, they said, is prosecutors in one county may not know about an informant’s testimony in other counties. Prosecutors in Oklahoma and Florida must also disclose information on jailhouse informants

to defense lawyers, under rulings by state appellate courts. Several states, including California, Connecticut, Oklahoma and Utah, further require juries to be given instructions that jailhouse informants’ testimony must receive greater scrutiny. The use of imprisoned informants also has come under more scrutiny because of a scandal in Orange County, California , where federal authorities continue to investigate allegations that county officials illegally used prisoners to try to get incriminating information from defendants awaiting trial — in violation of the defendants’ right to have their lawyer present. County authorities have repeatedly denied the existence of such an operation. The investigation stemmed from ques tions about the county’s use of informants raised five years ago by a public defender representing Scott Dekraai, the man now serving a life sentence for killing eight people at a hair salon in Seal Beach, California. Improper use of an informant in Dekraai’s case led a judge to eliminate the death penalty as a possible punishment for the killings. The county’s misuse of jailhouse informants has likely tainted the cases of nearly 150 other defendants and has led to several retrials, according to civil liberties advocates. “If we have to have informants, there should be very specific and enforceable guidelines on when you can use them and what you have to disclose,” said Somil Trivedi, a senior staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, which sued Orange County over its use of informants. The lawsuit was dismissed on technical grounds, but the ACLU is appealing.

Meet the woman who connects the dots to solve crimes

By Cassandra Stephenson

The Associated Press

JACKSON, Tenn. — When gunshots ring out in Jackson, behind each investigator who arrives to collect shell casings and interview witnesses is Intelligence Analyst Sarah Webb Jones. Jones is likely poring over data on multiple computer screens. Behind her, a white board may be covered in visual maps connecting incidents, locations, suspects and weapons. Sticky notes line her monitors, and multicolored files containing information on Jackson’s criminals are stacked high on her desk and couch. Her right wrist bears a tattoo of scales and a simple word: justice. It looks like the reallife version of a scene from “Criminal Minds,” a show Jones said she never watches because she finds it annoying — in a real police department, this work doesn’t happen at Hollywood speed. It takes hours and days spent painstakingly collecting pieces of a story, but that’s not a problem for Jones. She likes puzzles. “I’ve always felt the need to put pieces together and to make the picture a whole so that we can understand what’s going on,” she said. She’s been working for the Jackson Police Department since 2010, when she joined as an intern with a fresh degree in criminal justice from Middle Tennessee State University. In just under a decade, Jones honed her skills to fit the needs of the ever-evolving field. On any given

day, information requests can come in from multiple officers, investigators and even neighboring law enforcement agencies. Jones is the only intelligence analyst at the Jackson Police Department, and she’s good at it. In August, she was named Gang Analyst of the Year at an annual Tennessee Gang Investigators Conference. Her superiors laud her for her diligence and ability to dig up valuable intelligence among a sea of data. “She’s a link in the chain that investigators or officers just wouldn’t have if she didn’t spend the time pulling information together,” Maj. Phillip Kemper said.

A day in the life of a crime analyst Jones starts her work day with a Dr Pepper (she doesn’t drink coffee). She scans her email inbox, jail reports and active warrants to see what she missed while she was sleeping. She’s looking for active warrants on known gang members or drug dealers so she can notify JPD’s units. What happens next is anyone’s guess — if it’s a smooth day, she’ll get caught up on building files or sorting through information. Or multiple people may walk through her office door asking for intelligence or help deciphering codes. In the past, she focused on specific areas where crimes seemed to be concentrated, gathering the names of those who live in or frequent those neighborhoods to build a better picture of “who might be shooting at who.” Now,

Jones focuses on the people who commit crimes, because their activities are rarely limited to just one area. “Connecting the dots” between cases means collaborating with Memphis, Murfreesboro and Clarksville, among others. She works with analysts from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and agents for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the FBI. On top of this, she often collaborates with law enforcement in smaller towns who may not have their own analysts. In a recent case, officers collected matching shell casings from the scenes of nine separate incidents, but they couldn’t find the weapon. Jones dove into the case files. She found one suspect who gave police a false name and identified him using his field interview picture. Poring over victim information, location data and social media, she found enough information for police to obtain a search warrant for the man’s property, and police found the gun. The National Integrated Ballistic Information Network program matched test-fired shell casings from the weapon to the casings from the shootings. It’s cases like these that Jones finds most rewarding — she likes giving victims closure and knowing that they won’t be revictimized by the same offender. “If I can save one person from being a victim of anything, whether it’s a shooting or it’s a burglary or anything, then I feel

like I’ve done my job — for the day,” Jones said with a laugh. “Then it’s on to the next day.”

For the love of puzzles Jones’ job is fairly new to the world of law enforcement, according to Kemper. As the amount of data available to officers through databases and social media grew, investigators no longer had the time to comb through all the information themselves. He estimates criminal intelligence analysts started to enter policing in the early to mid-2000s. JPD added its intelligence unit in 2010, hiring three analysts who did all of their work manually. This was a clunky process, though, and the department soon cut back to just one: Jones. “Sarah came along at the perfect time,” he said. Kemper said they hope to eventually employ three analysts again, one for each investigative division. For her part, Jones didn’t see herself ending up in her current position, which was only in its early forms when she started college. She had decided that she wanted to go into law enforcement in eighth grade after the World Trade Center fell and she realized “that the world did have evil people in it.” When she attended college, the expectation was that being in criminal justice meant being a police officer. Now, some colleges offer degrees in criminal analysis. “I didn’t want to necessarily wear the badge, because I knew that to play to my strengths with

In this Sept. 4 photo, Jackson Police Department Intelligence Analyst Sarah Webb Jones smiles in front of a piece of art she created with her wedding photos in her office in Jackson, Tenn. [PHOTOS BY CASSANDRA STEPHENSON/THE JACKSON SUN VIA AP]

In this Sept. 4 photo, a collection of patches is displayed in Jackson Police Department Intelligence Analyst Sarah Webb Jones office on a bulletin board that she painted in Jackson, Tenn.

the computer and digging and piecing the puzzle together, I needed to be in the background,” she said. At the end of a long day, Jones goes home to her wife, who also works in law enforcement. They watch TV (mostly cartoons) and Jones works on a jigsaw puzzle. When she’s done, she’ll glue it together and add it to the 20 or 30 puzzles already scattered around her home, or maybe give it away as a gift.

She remembers her grandmother teaching her how to put the puzzle pieces together when she was small, telling her that each piece — and each person — has a reason for being here. “Once you put all those puzzle pieces together, then you see the full picture,” Jones said. “You see the clear picture, and you start to understand why you’re here and why you do what you do.”

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Beyond Jeffrey Epstein, suicide among inmates is a rising problem Stateline.org (TNS)

ATLANTA — One afternoon in August, six days after Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in a Manhattan jail cell, Christi Phillips received a troubling message. Her husband, Mike, who is serving time at a state prison in Valdosta, Ga., overheard his cellmate talk about killing himself. Mike watched his cellmate inform an officer that he was suicidal. When that officer apathetically replied, “So am I,” Mike asked Christi to call a prison supervisor. “I’ll have somebody check on it,” the supervisor said. “Is somebody really going to look?” she asked. “I’ll go to (officials in) Atlanta if I have to.” “I’ll have somebody check,” the supervisor assured Christi. But no one immediately checked. That night Mike’s cellmate attempted to fashion a noose from a bed sheet. When Mike found out, he pleaded with his cellmate not to hang himself. “I had to talk him down,” Mike told Stateline. Mike says no mental health provider followed up with his cellmate for days — and only did so after Christi emailed her concerns directly to the Georgia Department of Corrections’ headquarters. “When you go to prison, you’re in the care of the state,” Christi Phillips told Stateline. “Officers are there to make sure you don’t commit more crimes — and they have a job to make sure the people in their care are safe. They weren’t there to do that.” The Georgia Department of Corrections did not respond to a request for comment about the incident. More than 7,000 people killed themselves inside U.S. jails and prisons between 2000 and 2014, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. But Epstein’s death brought the issue to the national forefront: Family members with incarcerated loved ones, criminal justice activists and civil rights lawyers have renewed calls for corrections officials to act. Jail suicides increased from a rate of 29 per 100,000 inmates in 2008 to 50 per 100,000 inmates in 2014, according to the latest year of federal data available. Prison suicides rose from 15 per 100,000 prisoners in 2008 to 20 per 100,000 prisoners in 2014. In recent years, Stateline found, sheriffs, wardens and state corrections department commissioners in at least 10 states have implemented new policies aimed at lowering the number of self-inflicted deaths. And officials in states such as Minnesota and Ohio have mulled potential changes in 2019. Texas officials, for example, created new jail intake screening policies following a high-profile suicide in 2015 that made national headlines. And the head of the Colorado Department of Corrections outlawed the use of longterm solitary confinement because prisoners locked up alone were more likely to harm themselves. “You would like to have, for every inmate, a single correctional officer watching them at all times,” said Brian Martin, sheriff of Lake County, California, 120 miles north of San Francisco. “But when you have a facility holding 300 people — and you sometimes have four or five staff members — it becomes challenging.” Christine Tartaro, professor of criminal justice at Stockton University in New Jersey, said all correctional facilities should

have enough mental health counselors on staff, a written suicide policy and routine trainings on suicide prevention. The Vera Institute of Justice, a left-leaning research policy organization, recommends initial and annual trainings for correctional officers, formal policies outlining how officers should respond to suicidal inmates and cells that are designed “to ensure the incarcerated person is maximally visible in any location.” But Tartaro notes that politics— or disdain for the incarcerated— can impede such efforts. As she puts it, taxpayers prefer that their money pay for public services like roads, schools, libraries and parks. “If you’re a taxpayer using everything else — except the jails — people don’t want to hear about making the jail nicer,” she said. As a result, inmates’ lives can unnecessarily be placed at risk, said David Fathi, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Prison Project. When officials neglect their responsibility to provide adequate levels of mental health treatment to inmates and prisoners, Fathi said, they are violating the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of “cruel and unusual punishments.” And the result can be preventable deaths and costly litigation. “Mental health needs to be a priority and adequately funded — and not just checking a box,” Fathi said. “But not a lot of jurisdictions want to spend money on it.” Federal researchers have estimated that 1 in 7 state and federal prisoners has symptoms of serious psychological distress, as well as 1 in 4 jail inmates. Despite jails and prisons being the largest providers of mental health services in several states, most people who are incarcerated lack access to the necessary treatment, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Criminal justice experts say understaffing and overcrowding have complicated the jobs of officers and medical practitioners tasked with suicide prevention. But legal experts say a lack of mandated jail and prison regulations often means that suicides — and subsequent litigation— are the catalyst for change. The 2015 suicide of Sandra Bland— an African American woman who died by suicide in a Waller County, Texas, jail cell after a confrontation with a

An inmate in the High Observation Mental Health Housing covers his face during a media tour, his special wrap-around anti-suicide garment is on the floor in front of him in the Twin Towers Correctional facility in Los Angeles on April 14, 2015. [MARK BOSTER/LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS]

police officer during a traffic stop— sparked changes across Texas. Corrections officials in Washington and California also have revamped screening procedures. That same year, 56-yearold Elizabeth Gaunt died by suicide inside California’s Lake County Jail. As the county settled a $2 million lawsuit with her family, Sheriff Martin sought to improve his officers’ suicide prevention efforts. He increased mental health training hours for officers, and required his staff to use electronic devices, rather than pen and paper, to record their cell-checking rounds. For inmates on active suicide watch, he’s provided tear-resistant clothes and blankets, so they can’t rip those materials into a noose. “We’ve had a couple of suicide attempts that have been thwarted because of our new practices in places,” Martin said. In 2017, Colorado Department of Corrections Executive Director Rick Raemisch spent 20 hours in solitary confinement. Seeing firsthand how the practice was an “unethical tool,” he banned the use of solitary confinement for any period longer than 15 days. In a New York Times op-ed, Raemisch explained the practice not only subjected people to heightened suicide risk but also increased the chances of a prisoner reoffending after release. Other states, such as New Jersey, have cut back on the use of solitary confinement. “Long-term solitary was supposed to be rehabilitative, but it did not have that effect,” he wrote. “Data shows that prisoners in solitary account for about half of all prison suicides.” But some corrections

officials are moving in the opposite direction. Following the passage of state-mandated reviews of such discipline, Minnesota correctional officers increased the maximum length of stay in solitary confinement from 90 to 360 days. Last year the state broke its record for most solitary confinement sentences. “There are people in our staff who don’t feel that we did enough,” Minnesota Department of Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell recently told the Twin Cities Pioneer Press, following a rise in staff assaults. “There were (inmates) who ... could engage in an assault on a staff person and say, ‘I could do 90 days standing on my head.’” In Georgia, nearly 50 state prison suicides have occurred in the past three years — more than double

the number in the previous three years. Department of Corrections spokeswoman Lori Benoit said in a statement that her agency has hired a forensic psychologist devoted to suicide prevention, increased training for officers and provided inmates posters, flyers and handbooks that include information on suicide prevention. John Bull, a spokesman for the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, said suicides in the state correctional system rose from three in 2015 to 12 last year. In response, licensed behavioral health staff placed 2,000 prisoners on round-the-clock suicide watch. Of those who died by suicide last year, roughly half had been diagnosed and treated for mental health issues, Bull said. Two North Carolina state prisoners have died

by suicide this year. “Every suicide in custody is a tragedy, but suicide is not just a North Carolina prison issue,” Bull said. “It’s a national issue.” And while Alabama ultimately plans to build new prisons to reduce overcrowding, a federal judge this year ordered the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) to immediately improve monitoring after 15 prisoners died by suicide in just 15 months, according to court records. (A spokesperson with Alabama’s state prisons did not respond to a Stateline request for comment.) “It is true that, as in the free world, not all suicides can be prevented,” wrote Myron Thompson, a U.S. district judge for the Middle District of Alabama. “But this reality in no way excuses ADOC’s substantial and pervasive suicide-prevention inadequacies. Unless and until ADOC lives up to its Eighth Amendment obligations, avoidable tragedies will continue.” Fathi warns that jails and prisons typically have workers with only minimal mental health treatment qualifications — often correctional officers and low-level providers. For instance, he says Arizona prisons have struggled with inadequate suicide prevention efforts, including officers found sleeping instead of conducting suicide watch and a mental health staffer who took an inmate off suicide watch after just two minutes. “Suicide prevention training has to occur for everyone,” Tartaro said.

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TUSCUMBIA— The sound of rhythmic drumming and tribal chants pervaded Spring Park on Saturday morning during the public day of the 19th annual Oka Kapassa Festival. The sun shone down on festival goers as they gathered around the arena to watch the Chickasaw Nation dance troupe perform a variety of native dances to songs from the Southern Pine Singers. The announcer said the festival is like a homecoming to them. “I appreciate everyone who travels to be a part of this festival—everyone who remembers the kindness of the city a long time ago, and everyone who comes to say, ‘I want to be a part of this and be a part of what happened a long time ago,’” Tuscumbia Mayor Kerry Underwood said during a welcoming ceremony. The traditional grand entry, or parade of colors begins in the dance circle at the Oka Kapassa Native In addition to the Chickasaw, the fesAmerican Festival in Spring Park. tival had representation from Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Navajo and Lakota tribal nations and more. At the information booth, a candle burned in honor of Johnnie Ruth Maney, a Cherokee woman and “dear friend of Oka Kapassa” who died last year. “She was here for several years sharing her crafts and culture, so we just wanted to take a moment to remember her,” said festival Chairman Terry McGee. Officials honored her life during the welcoming ceremony and presented a gift basket to her family on behalf of the city. The family, in turn, called the gesture “an honor” and offered a piece of handmade pottery to the festival committee. It was just one reflection of connecting, which Underwood designated as the word of the day. “A long time ago, Tuscumbia connected with Native Americans during the time of

FLORENCE — The city has expanded its entertainment district to include every weekend rather than one weekend a month. The City Council approved the change this month after consulting with Police Chief Ron Tyler and downtown business owners. An entertainment district is a downtown region that allows the public to carry alcohol outside of businesses within the region in specially marked cups. “We talked to the chief and he said there hadn’t been any incidents or problems with the entertainment district,” said City Council President Dick Jordan, whose district includes downtown. “We tested it by having it monthly and it has been orderly. Everyone has followed the rules.” Jordan said he believes entertainment district weekends have helped bring visitors to the area, and the regulations keep things inconspicuous. “You wouldn’t even know an entertainment district is in Florence,” he said. “It’s been handled really well. It’s brought some tourists and visitors to the downtown area to shop and eat at restaurants, and that’s the purpose of it. It truly shows that we’re a progressive city.” The only time during a weekend when the entertainment district will not be in effect is during First Fridays, but that only applies on those Fridays. The district is in effect on the Saturdays and Sundays of those weekends. City officials said that exception was put in place to keep First Fridays a family event. Stephanie Vess, director of Downtown Florence Alliance, said business owners have been pleased with the district weekends. “They’ve been excited about it from the beginning,” Vess said. “I haven’t heard any complaints about it, and we had all positive responses about the continuation of it.” Vess said the special cups that are provided at businesses and restaurants that provide alcohol are “exit-only cups.” That means they cannot be taken into another business and cannot be taken back into the business that the customer had just left. “Even if you’re waiting for a table and decide to get a cocktail while you’re waiting and you go outside to wait, you cannot take it back inside,” Vess said. Generally speaking, the entertainment district includes the square within Tuscaloosa Street, Pine Street, Wood Avenue, and College Street. In addition, it includes the Court-Alabama-Seminary Street area that encircles the SunTrust Bank building. It also extends along College Street to Cherry

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SHEFFIELD — L.E. Willson Elementary School Principal Heather Collum said her mother worried about her once she became a principal, but having a full-time school resource office has given her and her daughter some extra peace of mind. “It is fabulous,” Collum said about having a full-time SRO at the school five days a week. “It’s really reassuring.” Police Chief Ricky Terry said one of his goals after becoming chief was to get SROs in all three schools. He said the officers work

from 7:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. each school day. Deputy Sheffield Superintendent of Education Carlos Nelson said the program has been in the works for about a year and was solidified in August. “We were really trying to recruit some retired officers to put them in the school buildings,” Nelson said. While the city has always provided an officer for the schools, there wasn’t enough funding for one at each of the schools. Last year, police Lt. Regina Cantrell was the SRO at Sheffield High and Junior High School, while officer Rodney Rippey split

his time between W.A. Threadgill Primary School and L.E. Willson Elementary School. This year, Rippey is at the junior high and high school, while retired deputies Tim Howell and Stoney Huguley are at W.A. Threadgill and L.E. Willson respectively. The city pays for one officer, the board of education a second, and Nelson said he was able to use Title 4 federal funds to cover the cost of half an officer’s salary with the city paying the other half. While Rippey was able to easily move between Threadgill and Willson due to their proximity, SEE SHEFFIELD, B5

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Teams raise money, break records at annual Dragon Boat Festival By Kendyl Hollingsworth Staff Writer

FLORENCE — Fourteen teams hit the water at McFarland Park Saturday for a series of boat races in the annual Dragon Boat Festival, with crowds gathering to cheer them on. The race, consisting of teams of 22 in 40-foot dragon boats, was the main event of the familyfriendly day of fun, which also included vendors, local musicians and a kid’s zone with inflatables. The purpose of the festival was to raise money for Shoals Scholar Dollars, which Executive Director Randy Pettus said would

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The woman behind Birmingham’s ﬁrst charter school By Trisha Powell Crain The Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM — Birmingham’s educational landscape changed forever in August, when Legacy Prep, the area’s first and Alabama’s third public charter school, opened its doors to 130 students in Kindergarten, first, and second grades. The school, located in west Birmingham in the Daniel Payne Community Plaza, has been more than three years in the making. CEO, founder, and principal Jonta Morris sees the school’s opening as an extension of the legacy of Birmingham’s role in the civil rights movement. “Equitable education is the civil rights movement of our time,” Morris says. “I recognize the inequities that exist from levels of systematic oppression, and I also recognize who slips through the cracks as a result of that.” Charter schools are like public schools in that they do not charge tuition and do not have any entrance requirements. However, as a charter school, Morris says, Legacy Prep has more flexibility in creating an education program that best serves students and families. “There’s more autonomy and choice in how you design everything, from curriculum to the daily schedule to hiring practices,” she says. In exchange for that flexibility, the school is strictly held to the contract, or charter, they agreed to with the Alabama Public Charter School Commission, the governing body that oversees the school. That contract includes benchmarks for academic, financial, and organizational progress, and if those benchmarks aren’t reached by the end of the school’s five-year contract, the school could be closed down. When charter schools were first created 30 years ago, they were envisioned to be engines of innovation.

Jonta Morris, the CEO, founder, and principal of Legacy Prep, poses July 26 in Birmingham. [MARY FEHR/THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS VIA AP]

Alabama was late to the table, approving the creation of charters in 2015. The first charter school in the state, ACCEL Day and Evening Academy, opened in Mobile in 2017, serving students in grades nine through 12 who were at risk of dropping out of school. The state’s second charter school, University Charter School, opened in 2018 in Livingston. Morris says Legacy Prep plans to add a grade each year, eventually becoming a K-8 school, with preKindergarten classes also in the works. For now, Morris is focused on the school’s 130 “Prepsters” — as students are called. In addition to a heavy emphasis on reading and math, Prepsters attend classes to learn skills such as coding and robotics, music, art, and theater. Morris says the students, most of whom are from communities near the

school, are surrounded by “a village” of people from across the school and the community that support them not only academically, but also socially and emotionally. The school also employs a social worker and nurse. A washing machine is available for families who need it. Parents and families are expected to be a part of the Legacy Prep village, Morris says. Parents are required to volunteer four hours of time at the school during each of the school’s two semesters. Volunteering opportunities range from preparing class materials or helping out in a classroom to chaperoning a field trip. It helps to promote parent involvement, and also reinforces the support of the community. When it comes to the school’s teachers, Morris is intensely proud. “We have the most dynamic educators this side of the

Mississippi,” she says. When asked what she looked for when hiring each of the school’s 12 teachers, Morris says that exhibiting a mindset that all children can and will learn was a must. “You can learn skills needed to teach,” she says, “but (you can’t learn a) mindset.” Each of the school’s six classrooms — two for each grade level — are staffed with a master teacher and a Legacy Teaching Fellow. Master teachers are certified by the state, and fellows typically are on an alternative certification path — often they’re in the midst of a career change or just starting out in their career. As a former Teach for America corps member, Morris knows that those who haven’t followed a traditional path to teaching have a lot to offer. “This creates the opportunity for someone to

follow what they’re truly passionate about,” she says. With two teachers in each classroom, learning is highly individualized for the school’s Prepsters. In addition to a strong group of teachers, community partnerships also are central to the school’s success, Morris says. For example, Birmingham Children’s Theatre will provide daily theater instruction, and Alabama STEM Education will serve as both the federal child nutrition program sponsor and the afterschool provider. The Daniel Payne Community Plaza, where the school is located, will continue to serve the larger community through a variety of services and initiatives, including GED classes for adults. Morris says getting to the point where Legacy Prep could open its doors was hard work. While state

funding is available now that the school has opened, Morris had to rely on grants and donations during the three-year planning process. She successfully landed a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education and raised more than $1 million in donations, helping get the school off the ground. Financial sustainability is one of the most difficult challenges charter schools face, and even with state funding, Morris says, the school will have to continually engage in fundraising efforts to expand and grow in a way that’s consistent with the board’s vision. Morris says Legacy Prep will help revive a community that has been neglected. “Education can really be the nucleus and heartbeat of a community, and so what better way than to start this new legacy with a school that is built on love, joy, and excellence.”

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MONTGOMERY — Teresa Elmore walked calmly from the Brewbaker Primary cafeteria to the office and back again during the school’s open house just before the year started. Before she finished answering the questions of one family, two more lined up to wait their turn. She explained bus routes, pickup times and classroom assignments. She checked to make sure students were properly enrolled. She stopped and gave hugs to returning students. As English-speaking staff members passed out bus assignments to families, Elmore quickly translated the animal words written on the sheets of paper, indicating which route their student would ride. ‘Cat’ became ‘Gato.’ ‘Turtle’ became ‘Tortuga.’ Within an hour, she had assisted more than 15 parents with the process of getting their children ready for their first day. Elmore is essential to everyday life at Brewbaker. And her job commitment to the Spanish speaking families the school serves goes far beyond the walls of the elementary. Nearly a quarter of the students are categorized as English learners. The fact that she is bilingual helps those parents who are eager but apprehensive because they are unable to ask their questions in English. By the school’s account, more than 100 families fall into this category.

Elmore serves as the bridge between that gap. She is the key to allowing parents to engage in their children’s education. Situated in the front office, her interaction with Spanish speakers starts early, Elmore said. “They come in from the time I walk in the door. Sometimes they’re waiting outside. They stop me in the parking lot. It’s all throughout the day that they come and go,” she said. As that state’s Hispanic population grows, Brewbaker Primary represents just one of many schools with the unique challenges of educating students who come to school unable to speak English. For many districts, there is not adequate funding and training for teachers don’t exist, causing caseloads be twice the size they should. Elmore’s duties include translating documents sent home with students, interpreting for parents when they come in with questions and at large parent gatherings and IEP meetings. She also checks in with students she knows can’t speak English yet, to give them a sense of comfort during the school day. In an effort to increase parent engagement, Elmore worked with the school’s English as a Second Language teacher to start a study workshop for Spanish-speaking parents. A weekly meeting, the two provided the group of moms with information on what their children were learning and how they could help them at home. And then, earlier this

year, a 7-year-old student whose family does not speak English, was killed in a car crash. “They had never made a funeral arrangement so they didn’t know who to speak to or how to do it,” Elmore said. The school helped raise funds for the funeral, and Elmore went with the family to the funeral home and to the cemetery. Another student at the school suffers from regular seizures. Her mom speaks only Spanish, so Elmore goes to the hospital with them. She now knows all of the medications the student takes. “She gets so nervous,” Elmore said of the mom. “She tells me ‘I don’t know what I’d do without you.’” Before starting this role two years ago, Elmore worked as an aide in the school’s languageimpaired unit for 12 years. As the demographics of the school began to change with more Hispanic students enrolling, Elmore was being pulled from the classroom more and more to help with interpreting. “I think about how terrifying that would be — to be in another country and drop my 5-year-old child off with adults who cannot understand them,” Principal Catherine Rogers said about putting Elmore in the position of parent liaison. “She has a kind heart and genuine concern for our children,” Rogers said. “I had no doubt she would give our EL (English language) parents the same care and attention she has given to our students.” Rogers said parental

Brewbaker Primary School parent liaison Teresa Elmore, who is bilingual, gets a high five Sept. 5 from a Spanish speaking student who was learning her way around on her first day at the school in Montgomery. [MICKEY WELSH/MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER VIA AP]

involvement has increased, thanks to the work being done by Elmore. That is Elmore’s primary goal. “They would have no way to communicate with the teachers or the administration. They wouldn’t know how to help children with homework,” Elmore said. “’’We don’t want the language barrier to be a reason that the parents are not involved in their child’s education.” Information from: Montgomery Advertiser, http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com

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Bonnie Bailey, 78, died September 14, 2019. Visitaion will be on Sunday, from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. at Greenhill Funeral home. The funeral will follow at 3 p.m. in the funeral home chapel, with burial in Smith Cemetery.

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Mickey Crane, 69, died September 12, 2019. Visitation is September 14, 2019 from 4-8 p.m. at New Oak Grove Freewill Baptist Church, Nauvoo, AL. The service is September 15, 2019 at 3 p.m. at the church. The body will lie in state from 1-3 p.m. at the church. Burial will be at New Oak Grove Cemetery, Nauvoo. Pinkard Funeral Home, Haleyville directing.

Velma Hollingsworth RUSSELLVILLE

Velma Hollingsworth, 70, died September 10, 2019. Public Viewing will be Monday at 10 a.m. til 8 p.m. at Trinity Memorial Funeral Home. Funeral Service will be at 1 p.m. on Tuesday at Antioch AME Church. She will lie in the sanctuary one hour prior to the funeral service, burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery.

Geneva Eloise Foster Owens SUMMERTOWN, TENNESSEE

Geneva Eloise Foster Owens, 95, died September 14, 2019. Visitation will be held Monday, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Neal Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home, with burial to follow in John Lay Cemetery. she was a retired LPN.

Marjorie Hitt Parker HILLSBORO

Marjorie Hitt Parker, 87, passed away Friday, September 13, 2019. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. till 8 p.m. on September 15, 2019, at Lawrence Funeral Home. The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. on Monday, at the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in Caddo Cemetery. Marjorie was the wife of James Aaron Parker.

Randall Lee Scott KILLEN

Randall Lee Scott, 60, died September 10, 2019. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. September 15, 2019 at Lawrence Funeral Home in Moulton. The funeral service will follow at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. Burial with military honors will be in Oak Hill Cemetery in the Saint Florian community. Randall was the husband of Cheryl Scott.

Donald S. Swinea ROGERSVILLE

Donald S. Swinea, 73, died Friday, September 13, 2019. Visitation will be Tuesday, from 10 a.m. to noon at Elkins East Chapel. Funeral services will follow at noon, in the chapel. Burial will be at Butler Cemetery.

Nola Mae Weeks PHIL CAMPBELL

Nola Mae Weeks, age 67, passed away September 13, 2019. Visitation will be Monday, from 11 a.m. to noon, with funeral to follow at noon. Burial will be in Phil Campbell Cemetery. Pinkard Funeral Home, Haleyville is directing.

Eric C. Wetzel MOULTON

Eric C. Wetzel, 66, died September 12, 2019. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until noon September 14, 2019 at Lawrence Funeral Home. The service will follow at noon at the funeral home. Burial will be in Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery in Ft. Mitchell, AL on Monday at 2 p.m. Eric was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard.

James Thomas Butler, 84, of Florence, passed away September 12, 2019 at his residence. He was the husband of Barbara Richey Butler. A private family service will be held at a later date. Mr. Butler was preceded in death by his parents, Joel Aubrey Butler and Mallie Belle Williams Butler; and a brother, Gerald Butler. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Richey Butler; son, Greg Butler (Penny); daughters, Lisa Butler, Laura Brown and Heather Wilkinson; sister, and Evelyn Morris (Carl). Jim was an amazing husband, daddy, brother, and grandad. He adored his wife Barbara of 62 years, his four children and all of his grand and great-grandchildren. His favorite pastime was fishing on the Tennessee River and traveling with his wife. He never met a stranger and had a gift for telling war stories and tales from his past. He always knew how to make you laugh and smile. An online guest book may be signed at greenviewmemorial.com.

Barbara Weatherford Cashion RED BAY

Mrs. Barbara Weatherford Cashion, 82, of Red Bay, Alabama, passed away Thursday, September 12, 2019. A native of Franklin County, Alabama, she was a retired Business Education teacher at Red Bay High School after 30 years of service. Active in the community, she served as City Clerk of Red Bay from 1956 1961, and has been active in the operations of Cashion Thermoplastics from 1996 2019. She was also a faithful member of First United Methodist Church, Red Bay. Visitation with family and friends Saturday, September 14, 2019, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. at Dean Deaton Funeral Home, Red Bay. Services will be Sunday, September 15, 2019 at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, Red Bay with Dallas Culver and Katrine Moore officiating. The body will lie in state at the church one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Red Bay City Cemetery. Pallbearers include Phil Byram, Robert Cashion, Richard Cashion, Adam Mills, Bill Weatherford, Ross Weatherford, Danny Johnston, and Gary Umfress. Honorary pallbearers are Mark Bolding, Don Berry, John Holt, Johnny Mack Morrow, Bob Rogers, and her fellow teachers from Red Bay High School. Mrs. Cashion is survived by her children, son, Charles T. “Chuck” Cashion and wife Cris; daughters, Linda Markham and husband David, and Susan McRight; grandchildren, Hannah McRight, Mary Katherine Markham, Caroline McRight, Elizabeth Markham, Edward L. “Buck” McRight III; step grandson, Adam Mills; long-time friend and assistant, Marilyn; and other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by husband C.S. “Spot” Cashion and her parents, John Thomas and Mary Francis Plaxco Weatherford. Pinkard Funeral Home, Russellville, is directing.

L.J. Clay HAMILTON

L.J. Clay, 84, of Hamilton passed away Wednesday September 11, 2019 at his residence. Visitiation will be held Sunday September 15, 2019 from 1 p.m. until service time beginning at 2 p.m. at the Hamilton Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will

follow at Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Survivors include children, Kathie Ballard, Bobby (Patricia) Clay, Mike (Michelle) Clay; grandchildren, Joseph Hamm, Michael Clay, Jacob Clay, Kathryn Clay, Nykole Clay, and Andrew Clay; nine great- grandchildren; and brother, Kenneth (Ann) Clay. He was preceded in death by parents, Alvin and Linda Elizabeth Clark Clay; daughter, Tammy Elizabeth Clay; brothers, James Clay and Roy Clay; and sister, Era Mae Sanderson.

James Lee Dickerscheid FLORENCE

James Lee Dickerscheid, of Florence, Alabama went to be with his Heavenly Father on Friday, September 13, 2019. He was born on June 1, 1928 in Hamilton, Ohio. He graduated from Hamilton High School in 1946, attended the University of Cincinnati and received a degree in Chemical Engineering. He was married to Janet Darleen Bauer of Hamilton, Ohio for 64 years. Jim worked with Champion Paper for the entirety of his career beginning in 1947 until his retirement August 1990. In 1969, his job brought his family to Florence, Alabama, where they would call home. He is survived by his son, Paul Bauer Dickerscheid (Sherry); daughter, Ann Dickerscheid Zarzour (Peyton); grandchildren, Michael Dickerscheid (Susan), Jason Dickerscheid (Mandy), Meagan Dickerscheid, Morgan Dickerscheid, Neal Zarzour (Jessica), Barton Zarzour (Amy), Ashley Zarzour (George), Hannah Zarzour; seven great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Mary Louise Dickerscheid; and nephew, Dwight Dickerscheid (Lynn). He was preceded in death by his wife, Janet Darleen Dickerscheid, and his brother, Ralph Dickerschied. Visitation will be held at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Florence, Alabama on Sunday, September 15, 2019 at 2 p.m. with a service following at 3 p.m. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Hamilton, Ohio. Elkins Funeral Home, Florence is assisting the family. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Our Redeemer Lutheran Church or the YMCA Building Fund. You’re invited to leave online condolences at www.elkinsfuneralhome. com

Visitation will be Sunday, September 15, 2019 from 1-2 p.m. at Greenview Funeral Home. The funeral service will begin at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with Matt Heupel officiating. Burial will follow in Greenview Memorial Park. Mr. Doyle was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Elizabeth and Louise; brother, Marvin; grandchildren, Bethana Jane Eaton, and Jeremy Lee Churchwell; and one great-grandchild, Sabian Marc Hargett. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Jane Sledge Doyle; daughters, Gaye Robinson (Earl), Terry Higdon (Charles), and Jan Eaton (Ricky); five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Active pallbearers will be Marc Eaton, Andrew Higdon, Billy Wells, Mike Doyle, Gary Doyle, and Aaron Dickens. Honorary pallbearers will be Jimmy Horton, Josh Shaneyfelt, Stephen Churchwell, Kevin Kelley, Ken Smith, and Tyler Bumgart. In lieu of flowers, please make memorials to Disabled American Veterans. An online guest book may be signed at greenviewmemorial.com.

Church of Apopka. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 1 p.m. 1:30 p.m. at Morrison Funeral Home in Tuscumbia. A graveside service will follow at 2 p.m. at Oakwood Cemetery, Sheffield, Alabama. Memorial donations in lieu of flowers may be sent to Advent Health Hospice Care. Please visit morrisonfuneralhomes.com to leave online condolences.

Reba Eleanor Haddock BIRMINGHAM

Reba Eleanor Haddock 88, Birmingham, formerly of Florence, died September 11, 2019. She was born on February 26, 1931 to her late parents, Elbert and Pearl Haddock. Reba was the office manager for The Bootery. She was preceded in death by her sisters, Irene Koonce and Earline Walker; brothers, Clyde Haddock and Elvin Haddock. She is survived by her nieces Debbie Norris and Azalia Shaw and their families. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, September 14, 2019 at Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church. You are invited to leave condolences at www. elkinsfuneralhome.com.

Eva E. Keller ROGERSVILLE

Douglas Eugene Haddock ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL

Douglas Eugene Haddock, age 79, left his body on Thursday, September 5, 2019 at his home in Altamonte Springs, Florida. He was the husband of Lana Diane Holland Haddock. They shared 55 years together. Born in Florence, Alabama, he was the son of Vester Thomas Haddock and Mary Ethel Lewis Haddock. He became a Christian when he was ten years old. He graduated from Central High School and served in the Army Reserve. He became an Electrical Engineer by trade until he followed a call to full time Christian ministry. He served with Roloff Evangelistic Enterprises and later retired from Orlando Union Rescue Mission. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Apopka, Florida. He will be remembered for his quiet compassionate spirit, his dry sense of humor, and his impish love of mischief. He is survived by his wife, Diane; his daughter Kim Lanza and her husband Joe,; his daughter, Kristi Hunter; grandchildren, Scott Conduff, Jake Hunter, Coy Conduff, and Olivia Conduff; and his sister, Patricia Haddock. He is preceded in death Carvle Lee Doyle by his parents, Vester and FLORENCE Ethel Haddock; and his C a r v l e L e e siblings, Orlan Haddock, Doyle, 87, of Jewel Davis, Clyde HadFlorence, passed dock, Ruth Horton, and JB away September Haddock. 11, 2019. He was a member The funeral was held of Woodlawn Church of at 2 p.m. on Friday, SepChrist. tember 13, at First Baptist

Eva E. Keller, 88, of Rogersville died Thursday, September 12, 2019, at Florence Nursing and Rehab. Visitation will be Monday, September 16, 2019, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Elkins East Chapel. Funeral services will follow at 1 p.m. in the chapel with Bro. Robert Lancaster officiating. Burial will be at Weaver Cemetery. Mrs. Keller was a graduate of Lauderdale County High School. She was a member of the Rogersville United Methodist Church. Mrs. Keller was preceded in death by her husband, William “Bill” Keller; parents, Belton and Dessie Barclay; and brother, Belton Barclay Jr. She is survived by her sisters, Sarah Barclay Lawson, Ann Barclay Davis, Alice Barclay Ezell, Betty Barclay Shelton, and Peggy Barclay Gamble (Gary); brothers, Joe Barclay (Betty) and Jimmy Barclay (Betty); sister-in-law, Vona Margaret Aston; numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be her nephews. Special thanks to the nurses and staff at Florence Nursing and Rehab and Comfort Care Hospice. You are invited to leave condolences at www. elkinsfuneralhome.com.

Rose Mary Woods Krieger MISHAWAKA, INDIANA

Rose Mary (Woods) Krieger passed away peacefully on Friday, September 13, 2019, surrounded by her family.

Rose was born on February 27, 1939, to Doyle Lee and Daisy Marie (Wood) Woods in Waterloo, Alabama. On March 1, 1959, in Florence, Alabama at St. Joseph Catholic Church she married the love of her life Alois “Louis” Krieger. Rose is survived by her sweetie of more than 60 years, Louis Kriegee; children, Anthony “Tony” (Sharee) Krieger, Beverly (Geoffrey) Paluzzi, Lisa Krieger, and Candace Joy (Michael) Andresen; grandchildren, Michael (Laura) Krieger, Kari Krieger, Anthony Krieger,Jr., Christopher (Brittany)Tropp,Krista(Joe) Mitchell, Jordain (Kolton) Sizer, Eric (Amber) Paluzzi, Lucas Paluzzi, Stephen (Savannah) Barrier, Dylan (Holly) Barrier, Benjamin Andresen; 15 great-grandchildren; brothers, Rex Woods and Rick Woods; as well as many nephews, nieces; and extended family members and friends whom she loved so very much, includingTim(Amy)Woodruff who she referred to as her other son. Rose is preceded in death by her parents; siblings, Rachel Woods, Peggy Fowler, Doris Benson, Connie Stricklin, Gary Woods,RandyWoods,Elton “Doc” Woods, and Louie “Buck” Woods; as well as a grandson,Brandon Krieger. Rose and Louis came to Mishawaka in the mid 1960s from Florence, Alabama. She was a housewife first and foremost and later self-employed as a housekeeper and eventually worked as a CNA which was her most rewarding job as she loved caring for people. Rose became a member of the United Pentecostal Church where she taught Sunday school for many years. She was delighted in recent years to hear from many of her former Sunday school students via Facebook. After retiring Rose and Louis returned to Alabama where she joined Experience Church. She had a strong faith in God and was very active in church activities, including Bible study. She had many hobbies andenjoyed spending time working on her flowers and crocheting. There are many newborn babies who received hats and booties created by Rose. Rose’s true passions were her children, grandchildren, and greatgrandchildren. She loved them tremendously, bragging on them and spending as much time with them as possible. She was always willing to play a game, read a book or have “coffee” with her grandkids. Rose loved people and always thought the best of everyone. She will be forever remembered for her kind and gentle spirit as well as her ability to make a new friend everywhere she went. Visitation for Rose will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, at Hahn Funeral Home, 505 W. 8th Street, Mishawaka, IN, 46544. The funeral service will immediately follow with Pastor Jeffrey Street officiating. Burial will be held in Fairview Cemetery in Mishawaka. Donations in honor of Rose Krieger may be made to Experience Church, 5531 Co Rd 47, Florence, AL 35634. To leave the family an online condolence, please visit www.hahnfuneralhomes.com.

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Oka Kapassa festival’s mission is education By Lisa Singleton-Rickman Staff Writer

TUSCUMBIA— The Oka Kapassa: Return to Coldwater Festival is all about education. After all, the festival’s founder, the late Tom Hendrix, spent much of his life in educational service to others. For Rose McGee, who works alongside her husband Terry (committee chairman) in festival coordination, the education day that precedes the Saturday celebration each year is a matter of the event fulfilling its purpose. “Tomwantedustoeducationatleastonegenerationof kids with this event and now we’re on our second generation,” said Rose McGee, who is a retired Florence educator/administrator. As a former educator, McGee knows the importance of structure for children, which is why the 1,000 children in

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attendance move in orderly fashion in their respective groups to each station. Once at the station, the education begins. This year’s festival, in its 19th year, featured among the many Native American performers, storytellers and educators such as Lewis Johnson, an assistant chief of the Seminole Nation whose life’s work has been featured in documentaries on the Discovery Channel, PBS and 60 Minutes. On Friday, as each group moved to Johnson’s tent, they were met with a traditional Seminole greeting

and taught some little known facts about the tribe. “Seminoles fought the longest and was the only tribe to never surrender to the U.S. government,” Johnson said. Vina Elementary School sixth-grader Lane Easterling said Johnson’s flute playing was impressive. “I just really didn’t know about the Seminoles because we just study about the Alabama tribes in school (Alabama history),” Easterling said. “He was really fascinating.” Terry McGee said the education day event has

maintained its popularity. “This is organized, well spent time that these students have with the Native Americans to hear their stories, see their customs firsthand and learn about the different cultures,” Terry McGee said. “It’s truly the heart of the festival and the Native American participants enjoy having the opportunity to teach the children. They tell us every year that the children are responsive and ask good questions.” This year’s event also featured a bald eagle that students had the opportunity to see up close. The eagle is part of the Pickwick Landing, Tenn. State Park Raptor exhibit. “We were so thrilled to have the eagle here and the Native Americans loved it, too,” he said.

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the Trail of Tears,” he said. “There was a connection there where we said, ‘It’s not fair what’s happening to you. We want to make things better.’ “That connection has lasted all these years, and I’m appreciative of the fact that every year, we come back and say we will remember Cold Water. We will remember the kindness of the people in Tuscumbia, and we continue that connection we have with Native Americans.” It was also a day of connection between Native Americans and non-Native attendees. Some attended the festival for the entertainment, some to learn the history behind Tuscumbia’s role in the Removal, and others to interact with tribes with which they share some ancestry. This was the case for Shoals resident Rene’ Anderson, who accepted an open invitation to the crowd to join in a traditional dance with the Chickasaw troupe. “We have Cherokee in our family, so I try to come,” she said. “I’m just trying to learn as much as I can. What better place?” Both she and Marilyn Manset, another attendee who joined in the dance, said

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Nelson said having the same officer at a school full-time helps build relationships with the students. “You see them smiling and interacting with our kids every day,” Nelson said “We’ve always been blessed to have good school resource officers.” Terry said Howell was hired under a new state law that says retired law enforcement officers with 25 years experience can work as an SRO and not have to return to the police academy. The officer also has to have retired with “good standing.”

they loved the experience. Manset, who came with her granddaughter, said the festival is a great chance to experience living history for all ages. “I’m really glad they do this,” she said. At noon, Micah Swimmer entered the arena to perform traditional dances with his Cherokee Wolfland Dance Troupe. Swimmer has traveled to the festival at least four times from Cherokee, North Carolina. When he wasn’t dancing, he facilitated a booth that sold arrowhead necklaces and wooden coins and displayed tribal garb—such as a bear pelt. He also wrote visitors’ names in Eastern Band Cherokee on a paper feather. He said Oka Kapassa provides a great opportunity to educate young people about southeastern native American tribes. “Everybody’s nice down here,” he said. “What I really like is that a lot of people from down here are trying to get the correct history out into the communities and the area so people know exactly the events that happened and took place here. I really like that people are interested in learning the authentic history and the culture and putting it out there for people to learn and understand.” McGee had shared a similar sentiment earlier.

He said Sheffield was the first city to utilize the new law. Terry said both new SROs will go through specialized SRO training. Nelson said the full-time SROs also provide peace of mind for teachers and parents. He said Terry bought polo shirts for the officers so they would appear more casual. Collum and Threadgill Principal Matthew Syesta said the kids are learning the officers names and getting used to them. “It provides a greater sense of security,” Syesta said. “Having a full-time officer in school is ideal. They’re here before the students arrive and here after they leave.”

The traditional grand entry, or parade of colors begins in the dance circle at the Oka Kapassa Native American Festival in Spring Park.

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Collum said Huguley was a resource office at Colbert Heights High School when her daughter was there. Sheffield Superintendent of Education Keith Davis said Nelson deserved the credit for helping secure the third SRO. “Unfortunately, in this age we live in now, we have to always err on the side of caution,” Davis said. “ We want parents to know that weputtheirchildren’ssafety firstanddoeverythinginour power to make it so.” Syesta said people tend to behave themselves when a police officer is around. russ.corey@timesdaily. com or 256-740-5738. Twitter@TD_.RussCorey

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Billy Joe McFall WATERLOO

Billy Joe McFall was born in Waterloo, Alabama on March 25, 1937, the son of the late Lee David and Cora Belle Perkins McFall. He graduated from Larimore Business College in 1957 and six years later married the love of his life, Linda Dianne Russell, on June 22, 1963. During the years that followed, their family grew to include two sons and a daughter as well as five wonderful grandchildren. Billy Joe eventually went

to work for Tom Vaughn Tractor Company where he remained as an accountant and salesman for the next 35 years. His time there was followed by employment with J & J Tractor in Savannah, Tennessee from which he retired after 10 years. Not content to just work and go home, Billy Joe became actively involved in the Waterloo Church of Christ where he served as an elder, as well as in his community through his membershipintheWaterloo Lions Club and his participation in the Waterloo Little

League program as a coach. He was also active in the Lauderdale County Cattlemen’s Association. Above all, he was a loving husband, father, and grandfather who supported his children and grandchildren in all they did, especially in all of their sporting events. Billy Joe McFall departed this life on September 11, 2019 at the age of 82 years, 5 months, and 17 days. In addition to his wife, he leaves to mourn his passing his three children, Timothy McFall and his wife Aunnie, Barry McFall and his wife

Michelle, and Heather Patterson and her husband Robin, all of Waterloo, Alabama; his sisters Corrine Riedout of Florence, Alabama and Rachel Smith and her husband Harold, of Marietta, Georgia; and his brother, Jesse McFall and his wife Pearl, also of Florence, Alabama. Survivors also include his five grandchildren, Will McFall, Melea McFall, Skyler McFall, Brett Patterson, and Torri McFall. Other than his parents, Billy Joe was preceded in death by his in-laws Kennie and Minnie Russell, his

brother and sister-in-law David and Arietta McFall, his sister and brother-inlaw, Christine and Hobson Boshers, his brother and sister-in-law Glen and Mary McFall, and his brother-inlaw James H. Riedout. Visitation will be held at the Waterloo Church of Christ on Sunday, September 15, 2019 from 1 p.m. until service time at 4 p.m.. Services will also be held at the church with Mark West, Wayne Gean, David Rushlow, and Wayne Wood officiating. Burial will follow in the Fords Mill Cemetery.

10th Avenue Park hosts Hip Hop For Hope

Graffiti artist, David J. San Migual, spray paints a new creation at the Hip Hop for Hope community event at the 10th Street park in Sheffield.

Rappers and producers pose for a group shot at the Hip Hop for Hope community event at the 10th Street Park in Sheffield. [PHOTOS BY PATRICK HOOD/TIMESDAILY]

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Swang, Hypnotic, Li’l Reesie, Shank Tha Wave and Sutta Kane. Organizer Wendy Snitzer said the event was created to celebrate music, art and the genuine spirit of good neighbors and volunteerism in the Shoals. Snitzer has also helped bring in volunteers who are making improvements to the park, includinganewconcretebasketballcourt.

SHEFFIELD — For the fourth year, Hip Hop For Hope offered young people something to do on a hot Saturday afternoon. Hip Hop For Hope was held in the city’s 10th Avenue Park between Jackson Highway and Second Street and featured live music, food, giveaways and children’s activities. russ.corey@timesdaily.com or Scheduled to perform were 256-740-5738. Twitter @TD_. Quay Cage, D Lock, Devonta RussCorey

Devon Carson Jr. and China Johnson have lots of bouncing fun in the bounce house at the Hip Hop for Hope community event at the 10th Street park in Sheffield.

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ALABAMA 47, SOUTH CAROLINA 23

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Lions add Seberger to women’s hoops staff FLORENCE — North Alabama has added a women’s assistant basketball coach, the school announced Saturday. Alison Seberger joins UNA’s staff after three seasons at Kent State, where she served as director of basketball operations. Seberger “We are extremely excited to welcome Alison to the UNA family,” Tiber said in a release. “As we navigated our way through the interview process it became very clear she would be an excellent fit for our program. Alison brings a winning mentality and will serve as a tremendous role model to our young women. She understands the rigors of college basketball as a former successful DI player at Illinois State and for the last three years as part of the staff that led the Kent State women’s basketball program to a major turnaround.” Seberger replaces Ellen Holton, who left in August for a position at the University of Denver. At Kent State, Seberger’s primary responsibilities included coordinating the team’s travel arrangements and film exchange, supervising the team’s managerial staff, running summer camps and performing other administrative tasks. Prior to joining the Kent State staff, Seberger spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Division II LeniorRhyne in Hickory, North Carolina. Seberger played at Illinois State from 2010-14, serving as a team captain in her final season and earning numerous academic and leadership accolades. • Volleyball drops pair: UNA (2-7) came up short twice on the final day of the Chattanooga Classic, falling to Tennessee Tech and host Chattanooga by identical 3-0 scores. Against Tennessee Tech, UNA had just 15 kills on 81 swings with 20 attack errors. Breylee Linder was the only UNA player to reach double figures, recording 10 assists. In the nightcap, Chattanooga won 25-15, 25-13, 25-22 victory. Anna Katherine Griggs and Alyssa Dutton had six kills each to lead the Lions. Linder also had 24 assists. Defensively, Mackenzie Sullivan led the way with 14 digs.

Tagovailoa has career day in No. 2 Alabama’s 47-23 victory By Pete Iocabelli The Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Tua Tagovailoa threw for a careerhigh 444 yards and tied his personal best with five touchdowns to help No. 2 Alabama open Southeastern Conference play with a 47-23 victory over South Carolina on Saturday. Coach Nick Saban improved to 12-1 at Alabama in SEC openers and wiped away some bad memories of his last visit to Williams-Brice Stadium nine

years ago. Tagovailoa and his receivers quickly got the Crimson Tide (3-0, 1-0) rolling with firstquarter TD passes of 24 yards to Najee Harris and 81 yards to Henry Ruggs III. Whenever the Gamecocks (1-2, 0-1) drew within range, Tagovailoa came right back to restore Alabama’s edge. Harris added a 42-yard catch-and-run score where he broke two tackles and leaped Alabama defensive linemen Raekwon Davis (99) and DJ Dale (94) celebrate a SEE ALABAMA, C10

sack of South Carolina quarterback Ryan Hilinski (3) at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C., on Saturday. [MICKEY WELSH/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

ALABAMA A&M 31, UNA 24

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Niemann leads by 2 at Greenbrier tourney WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — Joaquin Niemann shot a 2-under 68 on Saturday to take a two-stroke in the A Military Tribute at the Greenbrier. Trying to become the first player from Chile to win on the PGA Tour, the 20-year-old Niemann was 15 under with a round left in the seasonopening event at the Old White TPC. No third-round leader has gone on to win the tournament. Nate Lashley, Richy Werenski and Robby Shelton were tied for second. Lashley and Werenski shot 65, and Shelton had a 70. Adam Long and Scotty Scheffler were 12 under. Long shot 70, and Scheffler had a 71. Kevin Chappell couldn’t capitalize on the 11-under 59 he shot Friday, the 11th sub-60 round in tour history. He had a 73 on Saturday and was eight strokes behind Niemann.

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Team USA salvages win against Poland BEIJING — Donovan Mitchell scored 16 points and handed out 10 assists, Joe Harris scored 14 and the U.S. defeated Poland 87-74 on Saturday for seventh place at the World Cup. Khris Middleton had 13 points, six rebounds and six assists for the Americans, who will head home with a 6-2 record — yet their worst placing ever in a World Cup, world championship as it used to be known, or Olympics. Derrick White scored 12 and Harrison Barnes added 10 for the U.S. Mateusz Ponitka scored 18 points, Adam Waczynski had 17 and A.J. Slaughter ﬁnished with 15 for Poland (4-4), which was in the World Cup for the ﬁrst time since 1967. —The Associated Press

UNA’s Terence Humphrey lies on the ground as Alabama A&M’s Quantavius Kelly runs off with the football following a fumble by Christian Lopez that ended the Lions comeback bid late in the second half at Braly Stadium Saturday. More photos at TimesDaily.com. [MATT MCKEAN/TIMESDAILY]

For 2nd straight game, Lions collapse in 2nd half second. It looked like UNA (1-2) was on its way to its best defenWhatever North Alabama had sive performance of the season in the first half against Alabama after leading 18-0 at the break A&M, it completely lost in the Saturday night. But UNA was By Michael Hebert Sports Writer

outscored 28-6 in another second-half collapse, losing to the Bulldogs, 31-24. The defense, which controlled the line of scrimmage and bottled up quarterback Aqeel Glass

and the Alabama A&M (2-1) offense early on, was gashed in the second half, particularly with the Bulldogs’ running SEE UNA, C9

AUBURN 55, KENT STATE 16

Tigers run wild Whitlow, 2 other backs rush for 100 yards in tuneup win By John Zenor The Associated Press

AUBURN — JaTarvious Whitlow rushed for 135 yards and two touchdowns and Bo Nix ran and passed for scores to lead No. 8 Auburn to a 55-16 victory over Kent State Saturday night. The Tigers (3-0) piled up 467 rushing yards — and three

100-yard rushers — in their final tune up before Southeastern Conference play. They also got some big plays running and passing from Nix, including a 49-yard flea flicker to Eli Stove for a touchdown in the third quarter. Then both offensive stars were Auburn running back JaTarvious Whitlow (28) avoids a Kent State defender in the SEE AUBURN, C8

first half Saturday night. Whitlow rushed for 135 yards to lead the Tigers to the win. [JAKE CRANDALL/MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER]

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SOLHEIM CUP GOLF

AUTO RACING

Europe, US tied at 8-8 after brutal Day 2 Bowyer on pole for

playoff opener in Vegas

By Steve Douglas The Associated Press

GLENEAGLES, Scotland — After a day of extraordinary comebacks, tense 18th-hole finishes, and some of the most brutal weather conditions in Solheim Cup history, still nothing can separate Europe and the United States at Gleneagles. It’s 8-8 heading to the final-day singles and there’s no way of knowing which way this one’s going to fall. It was just gone 7 p.m. local time on Saturday when Danielle Kang rolled in a long birdie putt amid the gloom to clinch the last match of the afternoon fourballs for the U.S. on the 17th hole, depriving the Europeans of the lead. Kang hugged playing partner Lizette Salas,

Kyle Busch, right, waits to begin qualifying for today’s race in Las Vegas. [CHASE STEVENS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS] Lisette Salas of the U.S takes her coat off during their Foursomes match against Europe in the Solheim Cup at Gleneagles, Auchterarder, Scotland, Saturday. [PETER MORRISON/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

who was wearing giant ear muffs and a thick coat. They were congratulated by U.S. captain Juli Inskster, who was wearing three hats. Golf carts parked around the green

had their headlights on. It was one of those days when balls fell off tees and police officers roaming the course were seen holding onto their hats. “I’m sure they’d love to be

playing in Spain right now,” Inkster said of the players, “but this is where we’re at.” It is the first time since 2011 in Ireland that Europe and the U.S. were tied going to the singles.

MLB

Braves clinch playoff spot behind Acuña Jr. By Greg Swatek The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Ronald Acuña Jr. ignited a four-run rally with the goahead, two-run double, as the NL East leading Atlanta Braves clinched a playoff berth with a 10-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Saturday. Acuña Jr.’s double down the left-field line off of Nationals reliever Fernando Rodney added fuel to a dramatic seventh inning for the Braves (9357), who reduced their magic number to four to clinch their 19th division title. The win eliminated the Phillies from winning the NL East. Earlier in the seventh, Charlie Culberson was struck directly on the right cheekbone by a 91 mph fastball on Rodney’s first pitch of the game. Culberson, who was pinch-hitting for starting pitcher Mike Foltynewicz, remained on his back for several minutes as trainers pressed a towel to his face. He was eventually

helped to his feet and onto the back of a cart, clutching the towel to his face. Atlanta manager Brian Snitker was enraged that Culberson was charged with a swinging strike on the play and was thrown out for the 13th time, including four this season. The Braves hardly missed a beat, though, as Acuña Jr. and Albies immediately followed with back-to-back doubles that drove in runs. Albies was trying to stop his swing, but Rodney’s pitch glanced off his bat and floated into shallow left, allowing Acuña Jr. to score. Nick Markakis had four hits and drove in pair of runs in his second game back after missing 44 games with a fractured left wrist. The Braves have won the last 11 games started by Foltynewicz (7-5), who pitched six solid innings to earn the win. He allowed a leadoff walk to Trea Turner and then an RBI double to Anthony Rendon off the video board in right-center in the first. But Foltynewicz quickly

The Atlanta Braves’ Billy Hamilton, right, celebrates with teammate Dansby Swanson, center, after they both scored during the seventh inning against the Washington Nationals in Washington on Saturday. [AP PHOTO/MANUEL BALCE CENETA]

settled down, allowing just the earned run on four hits and striking out five. Rodney(0-6)wascharged with the loss in the latest bullpen meltdown for the Nationals, who saw their lead in the NL wildcard race shrink to 1 ½ games over the Chicago Cubs. Following a solid start by Austin Voth over 5 2/3 innings, the Nationals bullpen gave up nine runs over the final four innings. Rodney was charged with two before Eric Fedde

came in and surrendered five over two innings.

Trainer’s room Braves: 1B Freddie Freeman (right elbow soreness) was back in the lineup after leaving Friday’s game in the fourth inning for precautionary reasons. He was hitless in four at-bats with a strikeout and an intentional walk. Freeman said he knew he was good to go when he raised his arm in the shower to wash his hair.

By Jenna Fryer The Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — Stewart-Haas Racing surged into the opening race of NASCAR’s playoffs with a Clint Bowyer-led sweep of the front two rows at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Joe Gibbs Racing, meanwhile, struggled across the board in its preparation for Sunday’s opening playoff race. While SHR put its four Fords in the top four slots, the Gibbs Toyotas qualified in the middle of the pack with Erik Jones the slowest of the 16 playoff drivers. Gibbs as an organization is considered the favorite in NASCAR’s 10-race run to the Cup championship, and the poor qualifying Saturday was as surprising as Bowyer’s pole-winning run. Bowyer had to claw his way into the playoff field, is seeded 15th, and last won a pole 12 years ago to the day at New Hampshire. He’d gone 431 career starts between poles, and now has three for his career. “I did not see this coming. This is a surprise to me,” he said. “If I just sat on the pole, that car is obviously a bullet.” The entire SHR fleet was fast, with Daniel Suarez qualifying second, followed by Kevin Harvick and Aric Almirola. Suarez is the only SHR driver not in the playoffs. But some of the playoff participants said it will take one long run in

Sunday’s race to learn if SHR is truly fast, or if the organization focused specifically on qualifying to earn valuable track position. “It is pretty obvious when you look at the rundown of who has speed and who is dialed for handling,” said reigning series champion Joey Logano. “If the Stewart-Haas cars have both, we are all in trouble. It is a trade-off when you come to these places. It is really hard to have both. You can’t have both. You have to make your bed and lay in it.” Kurt Busch, a Las Vegas native, qualified fifth in a Chevrolet for Chip Ganassi Racing. Chase Elliott was the next highest playoff driver at eighth in his Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports. Denny Hamlin at 13th was the best of the Gibbs contingent, while Kyle Busch was 20th, Martin Truex Jr. 24th and finally Jones in 26th. “It’s just frustrating, you hold it wide open and you hope to go fast, but it’s not where we want to be,” Jones said. Logano qualified 22nd, four spots behind teammate and defending race winner Brad Keselowski, as Team Penske also struggled in qualifying because it placed its emphasis on handling over speed. “We should know about 20 laps in who really has what,” Keselowski said. Other items of note from Las Vegas:

PREP SCORES Class 7A Austin 17, Gadsden City 6 Central-Phenix City 45, Prattville 20 Enterprise 27, Smiths Station 24 Florence 55, Bob Jones 24 Foley 33, Alma Bryant 18 Hoover 28, Hewitt-Trussville 14 James Clemens 49, Huntsville 0 Lee-Montgomery 19, Auburn 14 McGill-Toolen Catholic 37, Davidson 12 Mountain Brook 49, Spain Park 35 Murphy 30, Mary Montgomery 21 Sparkman 45, Grissom 6 Theodore 14, Fairhope 0 Thompson 51, Oak Mountain 24 Vestavia Hills 45, Tuscaloosa County 16

Class 6A Athens 27, Decatur 14 Bessemer City 15, McAdory 7 Buckhorn 24, Albertville 7 Carver-Montgomery 34, Baker 19 Chelsea 42, Jackson-Olin 7 Cullman 48, Columbia 0 Eufaula 27, Sidney Lanier 13 Fort Payne 31, Mae Jemison 30

Gardendale 35, Pell City 6 Hazel Green 36, Lee-Huntsville 8 Helena 28, Homewood 24 Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 52, Brookwood 9 Minor 35, Pelham 7 Muscle Shoals 35, Hartselle 14 New Smyrna Beach (FL) 21, Gulf Shores 3 Opelika 33, Wetumpka 32 Oxford 49, Charles Henderson 14 Park Crossing 42, Dothan 27 Paul Bryant 23, Northridge 6 Pinson Valley 31, ClayChalkville 7 Russell County 44, CarverBirmingham 27 Saraland 35, Baldwin County 7 Selma 28, Benjamin Russell 0 Shades Valley 19, Huffman 12 Spanish Fort 62, Robertsdale 13 Stanhope Elmore 42, Calera 15 St. Paul’s Episcopal 29, Blount 20

Class 5A Alexandria 34, Boaz 14 Arab 42, Ardmore 14 Bibb County 53, Shelby County 20 Briarwood Christian 38, Woodlawn 20

Center Point 32, Munford 12 Central Clay County 42, Springville 7 Chilton County 14, CentralTuscaloosa 7 Citronelle 32, LeFlore 26 Crossville 24, Souglas 7 Demopolis 34, Marbury 6 Etowah 58, Sardis 13 Fairﬁeld 24, Wenonah 10 Faith Academy 42, Mobile Christian 24 Hamilton 28, Dora 21 Jackson 38, Wilcox Central 16 Jasper 42, Corner 0 Madison Academy 44, Brewer 16 Madison County 35, East Limestone 20 Mortimer Jordan 49, St. Clair County 7 Parker 49, John Carroll Catholic 21 Ramsay 47, Pleasant Grove 19 Rehobeth 33, Beauregard 21 Russellville 48, Hayden 20 Scottsboro 42, Guntersville 14 Sylacauga 36, Moody 6 Tallassee 10, Carroll 6 Valley 20, Greenville 14 Vigor 39, Satsuma 6 West Point 42, Lawrence County 14

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Class 4A American Christian 55, West Blocton 32 Andalusia 49, Monroe County 6 Anniston 42, Cleburne County 0 Brooks 72, Wilson 20 Clarke County 21, W.S. Neal 0 Dale County 52, Ashford 33 Dallas County 30, Sumter Central 14 Danville 35, West Morgan 8 Deshler 40, Central-Florence 20 Escambia County 19, HillcrstEvergreen 15 Fairview 24, St. John Paul II Catholic 19 Fayette County 34, Cordova 27 Good Hope 42, Tanner 27 Handley 62, B.T. Washington 36 Holtville 28, Childersburg 20 Jacksonville 35, Cherokee County 28 Lincoln 28, Leeds 7 Montevallo 68, Jemison 40 Montgomery Catholic 52, Alabama Christian 13 North Jackson 57, DAR 31 Northside 36, Haleyville 35 Oak Grove 48, Curry 20 Oneonta 44, Hokes Bluff 13 Priceville 42, Randolph 24 Sipsey Valley 34, Greensboro 26 Talladega 44, Elmore County 20 Trinity Presbyterian 44, Headland 14 UMS-Wright 14, Williamson 0 West Limestone 75, Elkmont 0 White Plains 31, Ashville 20

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B.B. Comer 40, Glencoe 0 Beulah 60, Prattville Christian 6 Bullock County 28, Dadeville 12 Clements 44, Phil Campbell 27 East Lawrence 34, Locust Fork 28 Fultondale 21, J.B. Pennington 7 Geraldine 64, Brindlee Mountain 6 Gordo 13, Oakman 7 Greene County 38, Lamar County 20 Hale County 33, Carbon Hill 13

Holly Pond 36, Hanceville 20 Lauderdale County 34, Colbert Heights 7 Midﬁeld 42, Vinemont 30 New Hope 33, Pisgah 32 Opp 22, Houston Academy 7 Piedmont 27, Randolph County 15 Pike County 14, Geneva 7 Pike Road 63, Southside-Selma 16 Pleasant Valley 59, Weaver 13 Providence Christian 21, Wicksburg 0 Saint James 26, Montgomery Academy 7 Slocomb 28, Straughn 13 Susan Moore 38, Plainview 14 Sylvania 52, Gaston 0 Thomasville 35, Bayside Academy 10 T.R. Miller 44, St Michael Catholic 21 Walter Wellborn 35, Saks 14 Westminster Christian 39, Lexington 0 Winﬁeld 41, Holt 14

Class 2A Abbeville 50, Geneva County 20 Alicev ille 43, Sulligent 6 Ariton 48, Houston County 12 Cedar Bluff 14, Sand Rock 7 (OT) Chickasaw 38, R.C. Hatch 14 Colbert County 55, Tharptown 0 Cold Springs 50, Sumiton Christian 12 Cottage Hill Christian 48, Washington County 42 Cottonwood 65, Barbour County 0 Fayetteville 75, Central Coosa 36 Fyffe 24, Collinsville 3 Goshen 42, Samsn 21 G.W. Long 30, Daleville 22 Highland Home 52, Calhoun 0 J.U. Blacksher 50, Choctaw County 6 LaFayette 50, Thorsby 16 Leroy 40, Southern Choctaw 14 Luverne 60, Zion Chapel 0

New Brockton 41, CentralHayneville 28 North Sand Mountain 44, Asbury 0 Ohatchee 50, Cleveland 7 Ranburne 57, Woodland 7 Red Bay 16, Addison 10 Reeltown 40, Horseshoe Bend 0 Section 12, Ider 0 Shefﬁeld 20, Hatton 8 Tarrant 26, Winston County 6 Westbrook Christisn 63, West End 29

Class 1A Alabama School/Deaf 46, Shoals Christian 38 Appalachian 34, Vicrory Christian 20 Billingsley 47, Verbena 0 Brantley 55, Florala 14 Decatur Heritage 28, R.A. Hubbard 20 Donoho 33, Winterboro 21 Elba 40, Kinston 14 Georgiana 52, McKenzie 21 Hubbertville 48, Meek 24 Isabella 59, A.L. Johnson 0 Keith 35, Ellwood Christian 0 Lanett 54, Autaugaville 6 Maplesville 14, Linden 13 Marengo 34, Fruitdale 26 Marion County 35, Brilliant 24 Mars Hill Bible 70, Philips 14 Pickens County 42, Lynn 6 Pleasant Home 22, Red Level 12 South Lamar 59, Berry 0 Spring Garden 26, Donoho 14 St. Luke’s Episcopal 60, McIntosh 52 Sweet Water 35, Millry 34 Talladega County Central 18, Ragland 16 Valley Head 32, Falkville 7 Vina 58, Cherokee 18 Wadley 34, Loachapoka 18 Waterloo 50, Hackleburg 20 Woodville 54, Gaylesville 14

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AUTO RACING • NHRA drag racing, Dodge Nationals, 1 p.m., FS1 • IMSA Sports Car Championship, The Monterey Grand Prix, 2 p.m. NBC • NASCAR, Monster Energy Cup Series, The South Point 400, 6 p.m., NBCSN WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER • North Carolina at Arkansas, noon, ESPNU GOLF • LPGA, Solheim Cup, 5:30 a.m., GOLF • PGA, Military Tribute at the Greenbrier, 2 p.m, GOLF • PGA Tour Champions, The Ally Challenge, 5 p.m., GOLF MLB • Atlanta at Washington, noon, TBS • Oakland at Texas or Cincinnati at Arizona, 3:30 p.m., MLB • L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets, 6 p.m., ESPN NFL • Indianapolis at Tennessee, noon, CBS • Dallas at Washington, noon, FOX • New Orleans at L.A. Rams, 3:25 p.m., FOX • Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:20 p.m., NBC MEN’S SOCCER • Premier League, Everton at Bournemouth, 7:55 p.m., NBCSN • Bundesliga, SC Freiburg at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, 8:30 a.m., FS1 • Premier League, Arsenal at Watford, 10:25 p.m., NBCSN • Serie A, Sassoula at AS Roma, 10:55 a.m., ESPN News • Bundesliga, Schalke 04 at Paderborn, 11 a.m., FS1 • Premier League, Manchester City at Norwich City, 11:30 a.m., NBC • MLS, D.C. United at Portland, 2:30 p.m., ESPN

• MFL, Pachuca at Santos Laguna, 6:30 p.m., FS2 • MLS, Sporting KC at L.A. Galaxy, 9 p.m., FS1 TENNIS • USTA, Pro Circuit Cary, finals, noon, TENNIS • WTA, The Korea, Toray Pan Pacific, and Guangzhou Opens, 9 p.m., TENNIS WNBA • Seattle at Los Angeles, 2 p.m., ESPN2 MEN’S WORLD CUP BASKETBALL • Spain vs. Argentina, final, 7 a.m., ESPN2

Sports on Radio MLB • Braves at Nationals, 12:35 p.m., FM-93.9 NFL • Bears at Broncos, joined in progress, FM-93.9 • Eagles at Falcons, 7:20 p.m., FM-93.9

Monday MLB • Washington at St. Louis or San Diego at Milwaukee, 6:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m., MLB • Kansas City at Oakland or Miami at Arizona, 9:30 p.m., MLB NFL • Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, 7 p.m., ESPN MEN’S SOCCER • Premier League, West Ham at Aston Villa, 1:55 p.m., NBCSN TENNIS • ATP, The Moselle Open, 11 a.m., TENNIS • WTA, The Korea, Toray Pan Paciﬁc and Guangzhou Opens, 9 p.m., TENNIS

Sports on Radio NFL • Browns at Jets, 7:15 p.m. FM-93.9 • Bears at Broncos, joined in

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, second from left, attends the semifinal match between Argentina and France in the FIBA Basketball World Cup at the Cadillac Arena in Beijing, Friday. League owners will vote later this month on whether to raise fines for tampering. [MARK SCHIEFELBEIN/THE ASSOCIATED

PRESS]

NBA

NBA set to vote on raising tampering ﬁnes By Tim Reynolds The Associated Press

BEIJING — NBA teams could be fined up to $10 million for tampering and up to $6 million for entering into unauthorized agreements with players, a person with knowledge of the league’s plans told The Associated Press on Saturday. Other maximum-fine levels could be raised significantly as well, provided the league’s board of governors approves the measures Sept. 20. The league sent a memo to teams on Friday detailing the proposed fines, according to the person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the details were not to be released publicly. The memo addresses what the league called a “widespread perception that many of the league’s rules are being broken on

a frequent basis” when it comes to tampering, salary cap matters and the timing of free agency discussions. So the league wants to hit rule breakers where it hurts most — the checkbook, and possibly beyond. The league wants fines raised in part to reflect the 600% increase in league revenue and the 1,100% increase in franchise value since the fine ceilings were last touched in 1996. In addition, teams will have to require its governor, top basketball operations executive and negotiators to certify annually that they did not talk to free agents or their representatives before the league rules allow. And with every player contract signed, each team’s governor will have to certify that no unauthorized benefits were offered and no rules were broken.

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Sunday, September 15, 2019

SCOREBOARD Chicago at Washington, 7:15 p.m.

PRO BASEBALL

NFL INJURY REPORT

MLB

AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION New York Tampa Bay Boston Toronto Baltimore CENTRAL DIVISION Minnesota Cleveland Chicago Kansas City Detroit WEST DIVISION Houston Oakland Texas Los Angeles Seattle

W 98 88 78 58 48 W 91 86 65 55 44 W 97 88 74 67 60

L 52 61 70 91 100 L 57 63 82 94 103 L 53 60 75 81 88

PCT GB .653 — .591 9½ .527 19 .389 39½ .324 49 PCT GB .615 — .577 5½ .442 25½ .369 36½ .299 46½ PCT GB .647 — .595 8 .497 22½ .453 29 .405 36

Saturday’s Games Minnesota 2, Cleveland 0, 1st game Minnesota 9, Cleveland 5, 2nd game N.Y. Yankees 13, Toronto 3 Detroit 8, Baltimore 4, 12 innings Boston 2, Philadelphia 1 Houston 6, Kansas City 1 Oakland at Texas, late Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels, late Chicago White Sox at Seattle, late Today’s Games Boston (Porcello 12-12) at Philadelphia (Vargas 6-7), 12:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (TBD) at Toronto (Zeuch 0-0), 12:07 p.m. Baltimore (Wojciechowski 2-8) at Detroit (Jackson 3-9), 12:10 p.m. Minnesota (Berríos 12-8) at Cleveland (Bieber 14-7), 12:10 p.m. Houston (Miley 13-5) at Kansas City (Junis 9-13), 1:15 p.m. Oakland (Manaea 1-0) at Texas (TBD), 2:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Yarbrough 11-3) at L.A. Angels (Sandoval 0-3), 3:07 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Nova 10-12) at Seattle (Shefﬁeld 0-1), 3:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION Atlanta Washington New York Philadelphia Miami CENTRAL DIVISION St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee Cincinnati Pittsburgh WEST DIVISION x-Los Angeles Arizona San Francisco San Diego Colorado x-clinched division

W 93 81 77 76 51 W 83 80 79 69 65 W 96 76 71 68 63

L 57 66 71 71 96 L 65 68 69 80 84 L 54 73 77 79 85

PCT GB .620 — .551 10½ .520 15 .517 15½ .347 40½ PCT GB .561 — .541 3 .534 4 .463 14½ .436 18½ PCT GB .640 — .510 19½ .480 24 .463 26½ .426 32

Saturday’s Games Chicago Cubs 14, Pittsburgh 1 Atlanta 10, Washington 1 N.Y. Mets 3, L.A. Dodgers 0 Milwaukee 5, St. Louis 2 Arizona 1, Cincinnati 0 Boston 2, Philadelphia 1 San Diego at Colorado, late Miami at San Francisco, late Today’s Games Boston (Porcello 12-12) at Philadelphia (Vargas 6-7), 12:05 p.m. Atlanta (Fried 16-5) at Washington (Sánchez 8-8), 12:35 p.m. Milwaukee (Anderson 6-4) at St. Louis (Wacha 6-7), 1:15 p.m. Pittsburgh (Williams 7-6) at Chicago Cubs (Quintana 13-8), 1:20 p.m. San Diego (Quantrill 6-7) at Colorado (González 1-6), 2:10 p.m. Miami (Hernandez 3-5) at San Francisco (Cueto 1-0), 3:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Bauer 10-12) at Arizona (Gallen 3-5), 3:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Buehler 13-3) at N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 11-7), 6:05 p.m. WILD CARD STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Oakland 88 60 Tampa Bay 88 61 Cleveland 86 63

PCT .595 .591 .577

WCGB — — 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE W Washington 81 Chicago 80 Milwaukee 79 New York 77 Philadelphia 76

PCT .551 .541 .534 .520 .517

WCGB — — 1 3 3½

L 66 68 69 71 71

PRO FOOTBALL NFL

AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST W L T PCT. Buffalo 1 0 0 1.000 New England 1 0 0 1.000 N.Y. Jets 0 1 0 .000 Miami 0 1 0 .000 SOUTH W L T PCT. Tennessee 1 0 0 1.000 Houston 0 1 0 .000 Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 NORTH W L T PCT. Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 Cincinnati 0 1 0 .000 Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 Pittsburgh 0 1 0 .000 WEST W L T PCT. Oakland 1 0 0 1.000 Kansas City 1 0 0 1.000 L.A. Chargers 1 0 0 1.000 Denver 0 1 0 .000

PF 17 33 16 10 PF 43 28 24 26 PF 59 20 13 3 PF 24 40 30 16

PA 16 3 17 59 PA 13 30 30 40 PA 10 21 43 33 PA 16 26 24 24

NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST W L Dallas 1 0 Philadelphia 1 0 Washington 0 1 N.Y. Giants 0 1 SOUTH W L New Orleans 1 0 Tampa Bay 1 1 Atlanta 0 1 Carolina 0 2 NORTH W L Green Bay 1 0 Minnesota 1 0 Detroit 0 0 Chicago 0 1 WEST W L San Francisco 1 0 L.A. Rams 1 0 Seattle 1 0 Arizona 0 0

PF 35 32 27 17 PF 30 37 12 41 PF 10 28 27 3 PF 31 30 21 27

PA 17 27 32 35 PA 28 45 28 50 PA 3 12 27 10 PA 17 27 20 27

T PCT. 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 .000 0 .000 T PCT. 0 1.000 0 .500 0 .000 0 .000 T PCT. 0 1.000 0 1.000 1 .500 0 .000 T PCT. 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 1.000 1 .500

WEEK 2 Sept. 12 Tampa Bay 20, Carolina 14 Today’s Games Seattle at Pittsburgh, noon Indianapolis at Tennessee, noon Arizona at Baltimore, noon New England at Miami, noon L.A. Chargers at Detroit, noon Dallas at Washington, noon Jacksonville at Houston, noon San Francisco at Cincinnati, noon Buffalo at N.Y. Giants, noon Minnesota at Green Bay, noon Kansas City at Oakland, 3:05 p.m. Chicago at Denver, 3:25 p.m. New Orleans at L.A. Rams, 3:25 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:20 p.m. Monday’s Game Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, 7:15 p.m. WEEK 3 Thursday, Sept. 19 Tennessee at Jacksonville, 7:20 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22 Miami at Dallas, noon Oakland at Minnesota, noon Cincinnati at Buffalo, noon Baltimore at Kansas City, noon Atlanta at Indianapolis, noon Detroit at Philadelphia, noon Denver at Green Bay, noon N.Y. Jets at New England, noon N.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay, 3:05 p.m. Carolina at Arizona, 3:05 p.m. Houston at L.A. Chargers, 3:25 p.m. New Orleans at Seattle, 3:25 p.m. Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m. L.A. Rams at Cleveland, 7:20 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23

The updated National (foot)ball League injury report, as provided by the league (DNP: did not practice; LIMITED: limited participation; FULL: full participation): Today SEATTLE at PITTSBURGH — SEAHAWKS: OUT: C Joey Hunt (ankle), WR David Moore (shoulder). DOUBTFUL: DT Poona Ford (calf), S Tedric Thompson (hamstring), CB Neiko Thorpe (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: DE Ezekiel Ansah (shoulder). STEELERS: OUT: RB Roosevelt Nix (knee). QUESTIONABLE: CB Joe Haden (shoulder), C Maurkice Pouncey (ankle). INDIANAPOLIS at TENNESSEE — COLTS: OUT: DE Jabaal Sheard (knee), RB Jonathan Williams (rib). DOUBTFUL: DE Kemoko Turay (neck). TITANS: OUT: LB Reggie Gilbert (knee), G Kevin Pamphile (knee). QUESTIONABLE: RB David Fluellen (hamstring). ARIZONA at BALTIMORE — CARDINALS: OUT: G Lamont Gaillard (knee). QUESTIONABLE: DE Jonathan Bullard (hamstring). RAVENS: OUT: CB Jimmy Smith (knee). QUESTIONABLE: TE Mark Andrews (foot), LB Tyus Bowser (groin), WR Marquise Brown (hip), CB Marlon Humphrey (back), RB Mark Ingram (shoulder). NEW ENGLAND at MIAMI — PATRIOTS: QUESTIONABLE: RB Brandon Bolden (hamstring), OT Marcus Cannon (shoulder), TE Matt LaCosse (ankle). DOLPHINS: OUT: S Reshad Jones (ankle), DE Jonathan Ledbetter (ankle-IR), WR Albert Wilson (hip/calf). QUESTIONABLE: DE Charles Harris (wrist), LB Trent Harris (foot), C Daniel Kilgore (shoulder), S Bobby McCain (shoulder). L.A. CHARGERS at DETROIT — CHARGERS: OUT: TE Hunter Henry (knee). DOUBTFUL: CB Michael Davis (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: K Michael Badgley (right groin), LB Jatavis Brown (ankle), WR Geremy Davis (hamstring), LB Denzel Perryman (ankle), DE Isaac Rochell (concussion), CB Roderic Teamer (hamstring), WR Mike Williams (knee). LIONS: QUESTIONABLE: LB Jarrad Davis (ankle), OT Taylor Decker (back), DE Da’Shawn Hand (elbow). DALLAS at WASHINGTON — COWBOYS: OUT: WR Tavon Austin (concussion), LB Luke Gifford (ankle). REDSKINS: OUT: DE Jonathan Allen (knee), DE Caleb Brantley (foot), RB Derrius Guice (knee), QB Colt McCoy (ﬁbula), TE Jordan Reed (concussion). DOUBTFUL: CB Fabian Moreau (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: CB Quinton Dunbar (knee). JACKSONVILLE at HOUSTON — JAGUARS: OUT: DE Yannick Ngakoue (hamstring), OT Cedric Ogbuehi (hamstring), TE Josh Oliver (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: CB A.J. Bouye (hip), WR Marqise Lee (knee), OT Cam Robinson (knee). TEXANS: QUESTIONABLE: RB Taiwan Jones (elbow/hamstring), G Senio Kelemete (wrist), C Greg Mancz (ankle). SAN FRANCISCO at CINCINNATI — 49ERS: OUT: RB Tevin Coleman (ankle), WR Jalen Hurd (back), WR Trent Taylor (foot). QUESTIONABLE: DE Nick Bosa (ankle), S Jimmie Ward (hand). BENGALS: OUT: OT Cordy Glenn (concussion), WR A.J. Green (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: S Clayton Fejedelem (ankle), RB Joe Mixon (ankle), RB Trayveon Williams (foot). BUFFALO at N.Y. GIANTS — BILLS: OUT: CB Taron Johnson (hamstring), WR Andre Roberts (quad). QUESTIONABLE: TE Tyler Kroft (foot). GIANTS: OUT: TE Garrett Dickerson (quad), WR Sterling Shephard (concussion), WR Darius Slayton (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: WR Cody Latimer (calf). MINNESOTA at GREEN BAY — VIKINGS: OUT: CB Mackensie Alexander (elbow), WR Josh Doctson (hamstring-IR). DOUBTFUL: CB Mike Hughes (knee). QUESTIONABLE: G Pat Elﬂein (knee), CB Mark Fields (groin), LB Ben Gedeon (groin). PACKERS: OUT: LB Oren Burks (chest), WR Darrius Shepherd (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: OT David Bakhtiari (back), CB Ka’dar Hollman (neck). KANSAS CITY at OAKLAND — CHIEFS: OUT: WR Tyreek Hill (shoulder). QUESTIONABLE: OT Eric Fisher (groin). RAIDERS: OUT: G Gabe Jackson (knee), WR J.J. Nelson (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: CB Gareon Conley (neck), DT Corey Liuget (knee). CHICAGO at DENVER — BEARS: QUESTIONABLE: TE Trey Burton (groin), NT Eddie Goldman (oblique), LB Nick Kwiatkoski (knee), DT Bilal Nichols (knee). BRONCOS: OUT: OT Ja’Wuan James (knee), RB Andy Janovich (pectoral), LB Joseph Jones (triceps). QUESTIONABLE: CB Bryce Callahan (foot), LB Todd Davis (calf). NEW ORLEANS at L.A. RAMS — SAINTS: OUT: DT Sheldon Rankins (achilles). RAMS: None. PHILADELPHIA at ATLANTA — EAGLES: OUT: LB Kamu Grugier-Hill (knee), OT Jordan Mailata (back). DOUBTFUL: QB Nate Sudfeld (left wrist). FALCONS: OUT: OT Matt Gono (back). QUESTIONABLE: WR Russell Gage (head/ hamstring). Monday CLEVELAND at N.Y. JETS — BROWNS: DNP: RB Dontrell Hilliard (concussion), OT Kendall Lamm (knee), DE Chris Smith (not injury related), LB Adarius Taylor (ankle). LIMITED: G Joel Bitonio (abdomen), WR Rashard Higgins (knee). FULL: WR Odell Beckham (hip), DT Larry Ogunjobi (shoulder), S Damarious Randall (hand), QB Drew Stanton (knee). JETS: DNP: QB Sam Darnold (illness), DE John Franklin (foot), LB C.J. Mosley (groin), WR Demaryius Thomas (hamstring), DT Quinnen Williams (ankle). LIMITED: OT Kelvin Beachum (ankle), RB Le’Veon Bell (shoulder), WR Braxton Berrios (hamstring), G Alex Lewis (shoulder), DT Steve McLendon (hip), G Brian Winters (shoulder). FULL: S Jamal Adams (hip), WR Robby Anderson (calf), C Ryan Kalil (calf), LB Frankie Luvu (hand), S Rontez Miles (hip).

COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS

Saturday’s Games EAST Dayton 34, Robert Morris 31 Delaware St. 58, Lincoln (Pa.) 12 Fordham 29, Bryant 14 Georgetown 69, Catholic 0 Hampton 42, Howard 20 Marist 26, Stetson 23 Monmouth 38, Albany 35 Navy 42, East Carolina 10 N. Dakota St. 47, Delaware 22 Penn St. 17, Pittsburgh 10 Sacred Heart 56, Lafayette 40 St. Francis (Pa.) 42, Merrimack 14 Temple 20, Maryland 17 Villanova 45, Bucknell 10 West Virginia 44, NC State 27 Wagner at Stony Brook, late Towson at Maine, late Clemson at Syracuse, late SOUTH Alabama 47, South Carolina 23 Auburn 55, Kent State 16 Central Florida 45, Stanford 27 Charlotte 52, UMass 17 Coastal Carolina 46, Norfolk St. 7 Georgia 55, Arkansas St. 0 Florida 29, Kentucky 21 James Madison 63, Morgan St. 12 Kansas St. 31, Mississippi St. 24 Kennesaw St. 42, Alabama St. 7 Louisville 38, W. Kentucky 21 Memphis 42, South Alabama 6 Miami 63, Bethune-Cookman 0 Mississippi 40, SE Louisiana 29 Tennessee 45, Chattanooga 0 The Citadel 27, Georgia Tech 24 Virginia Tech 24, Furman 17 North Greenville at W. Carolina, late E. Washington at Jacksonville St., late Kentucky Christian at Morehead St., late NC A&T at Charleston Southern, late Fort Valley St. at Florida A&M, late NC Central at Gardner-Webb, late Buffalo at Liberty, late Elon at Richmond, late SC State at South Florida, late Southern Miss. at Troy, late Colgate at William & Mary, late Samford at Wofford, late Ohio at Marshall, late WV Wesleyan at Davidson, late New Hampshire at FIU, late Alcorn St. at McNeese St., late Austin Peay at Mercer, late Duke at Middle Tennessee, late Alabama A&M at North Alabama, late Jacksonville at Presbyterian, late Edward Waters at Southern U., late Jackson St. at Tennessee St., late Virginia-Wise at Tennessee Tech, late VMI at ETSU, late Northwestern St. at LSU, late Texas Southern at Louisiana-Lafayette, late Florida St. at Virginia, late Missouri St. at Tulane, late MIDWEST Arizona St. 10, Michigan St. 7

Central Connecticut St. 42, Valparaiso 13 Cent. Michigan 45, Akron 24 Cincinnati 35, Miami (Ohio) 13 E. Michigan 34, Illinois 31 FAU 41, Ball St. 31 Houston Baptist 53, South Dakota 52 Illinois St. 21, E. Illinois 3 Indiana St. 19, E. Kentucky 7 Iowa 18, Iowa State 17 Minnesota 35, Georgia Southern 32 Montana St. 23, W. Illinois 14 Northwestern 30, UNLV 14 Notre Dame 66, New Mexico 14 Ohio St. 51, Indiana 10 Youngstown St. 34, Duquesne 14 Louisiana Tech at Bowling Green, late Sam Houston St. at North Dakota, late Taylor at Butler, late UT Martin at S. Illinois, late Murray St. at Toledo, late Georgia St. at W. Michigan, late SE Missouri at Missouri, late TCU at Purdue, late N. Illinois at Nebraska, late SOUTHWEST Arkansas 55, Colorado St. 34 Army 31, UTSA 13 Oklahoma St. 40, Tulsa 21 Texas A&M 62, Lamar 3 Langston at Ark.-Pine Bluff, late Abilene Christian at Cent. Arkansas, late Nicholls at Prairie View, late Texas St. at SMU, late Rice at Texas, late FAR WEST Air Force 30, Colorado 23 BYU 30, Southern California 27, OT California 23, North Texas 17 Oregon St. 45, Cal Poly 7 Utah 32, Idaho State 0 Wyoming 21, Idaho 16 W. New Mexico at N. Arizona, late Weber St. at Nevada, late Hawaii at Washington, late San Diego St. at New Mexico St., late Oklahoma at UCLA, late Stephen F. Austin at S. Utah, late N. Colorado at Sacramento St., late Lehigh at UC Davis, late Portland St. at Boise St., late Texas Tech at Arizona, late Montana at Oregon, late

ODDS PREGAME.COM LINE

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TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Recalled RHP Tayler Scott from Bowie (EL). CLEVELAND INDIANS — Designated LHP Josh D. Smith for assignment. HOUSTON ASTROS — Recalled INF Jack Mayﬁeld from Round Rock (PCL). Sent SS Carlos Correa to Round Rock for a rehab assignment. MINNESOTA TWINS — Designated RHP Marcos Diplan for assignment. Selected the contract of RHP Jorge Alcala from Rochester (IL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Reinstated OF Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and C Luke Maile from the 10-day IL. National League MIAMI MARLINS —Claimed LHP Josh Smith off waivers. Placed INF/OF JT Riddle to 60-day IL. NEW YORK METS — Designated RHP Eric Hanhold for assignment. Selected the contract of LHP Donnie Hart from Syracuse (IL). SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Designated INF Corban Joseph for assignment. Recalled OF Mike Gerber from Sacramento (PCL). Selected the contract of INF Cristhian Adames from Sacramento. Reinstated RHP Johnny Cueto from 60-day IL. Atlantic League YORK REVOLUTION — Released RHPs Joe Jones, Julio Eusebio and Ricky Schafer. Signed LHP Austin Nicely and 2B Emmanuel Marrero.

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LPGA TOUR

SOLHEIM CUP At Gleneagles Resort (PGA Centenary), Gleneagles, Scotland Yardage: 6,434; Par: 72 EUROPE 8, UNITED STATES 8 Saturday FOURSOMES UNITED STATES 2, EUROPE 2 Morgan Pressel and Marina Alex, United States, def. Anne Van Dam and Anna Nordqvist, Europe, 2 and 1. Georgia Hall and Celine Boutier, Europe, def. Lizette Salas and Ally McDonald, United States, 3 and 2. Charley Hull and Azahara Munoz, Europe, def. Megan Khang and Danielle Kang, United States, 4 and 3. Jessica Korda and Nelly Korda, United States, def. Carlota Ciganda and Bronte Law, Europe, 6 and 5. FOURBALLS UNITED STATES 2½, EUROPE 1½ Brittany Altomare and Annie Park, United States, def. Suzann Pettersen and Anne Van Dam, Europe, 1 up. Lexi Thompson and Marina Alex, United States, halved with Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Caroline Masson, Europe. Georgia Hall and Celine Boutier, Europe, def. Ally McDonald and Angel Yin, United States, 2 up. Lizette Salas and Danielle Kang, United States, def. Carlota Ciganda and Azahara Munoz, Europe, 2 and 1.

EUROPEAN TOUR

KLM OPEN Saturday’s leaders at International, Amsterdam. Purse: $2.2 million; Yardage: 6,966; Par: 73. (a-denotes amateur) Third Round Sergio Garcia, Spain 68-67-66—201 Callum Shinkwin, England 66-59-66—201 Nicolai Højgaard, Denmark 67-69-67—203 James Morrison, England 68-67-69—204 Matt Wallace, England 75-67-63—205 Steven Brown, England 69-68-68—205 Matthew Southgate, England 67-68-70—205 Joakim Lagergren, Sweden 71-66-69—206 George Coetzee, South Africa 71-69-67—207 Jeff Winther, Denmark 71-69-67—207 Hugo Leon, Chile 70-69-68—207 Wil Besseling, Netherlands 72-66-69—207 Eduardo de la Riva, Spain 69-68-70—207 Thomas Pieters, Belgium 71-66-70—207 Sean Crocker, United States 70-72-66—208 Mike Lorenzo-Vera, France 72-69-67—208 Ashley Chesters, England 71-68-69—208 Rikard Karlberg, Sweden 70-68-70—208 Joost Luiten, Netherlands 69-69-70—208 Shubhankar Sharma, India 70-68-70—208 Antoine Rozner, France 70-67-71—208 Rowin Caron, Netherlands 68-69-71—208

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS

THE ALLY CHALLENGE Saturday’s leaders at Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club, Grand Blanc, Mich. Purse: $2 million. Yardage: 7,085; Par: 72 (36-36) Second Round Jerry Kelly 67-65—132 Woody Austin 68-65—133 Scott McCarron 66-67—133 Bernhard Langer 68-67—135 Jerry Smith 67-68—135 Tom Gillis 66-69—135 David Toms 70-66—136 Kenny Perry 70-66—136 Tom Lehman 69-67—136 Wes Short, Jr. 69-67—136 Tom Byrum 70-67—137 Gene Sauers 69-68—137 Tim Petrovic 69-68—137 Chris DiMarco 70-68—138 Steve Flesch 68-70—138

AUTO RACING NASCAR MONSTER ENERGY CUP

SOUTH POINT 400 LINEUP After Saturday qualifying, race today, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nev. Lap length: 1.50 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 178.926 mph. 2. (41) Daniel Suarez, Ford, 178.873. FOOTBALL 3. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 178.772. National Football League 4. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford, 178.501. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed OL Bryan 5. (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 178.112. Witzmann. MINNESOTA TWINS — Waived CB Mark Fields. 6. (8) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 177.830. 7. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 177.317. Signed LB Devante Downs from the practice 8. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 177.264. squad. 9. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 177.119. Canadian Football League 10. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford, 177.107. EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Added OL Tommie 11. (38) David Ragan, Ford, 176.893. Draheim and DB Forrest Hightower from the 12. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 176.869. 6-game IL. Added DB Tyquwan Glass and LB 13. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 176.823. Jonathan Walton to the practice roster. 14. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet, 176.661. 15. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 176.528. HOCKEY 16. (47) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, 176.384. National Hockey League 17. (6) Ryan Newman, Ford, 176.367. NHL — Suspended Washington F Evgeny 18. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 176.361. Kuznetsov three games for inappropriate 19. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 176.355. conduct. 20. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 176.280. 21. (21) Paul Menard, Ford, 176.056. OLYMPIC SPORTS 22. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 176.045. USA SWIMMING — Elected Kathleen Prindle, 23. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 175.861. Bill Schalz, Kenneth Chung and Jennifer Gibson 24. (19) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 175.776. to the board of directors. 25. (95) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 175.747. 26. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota, 175.667. 27. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 175.655. 28. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 175.473. 29. (36) Matt Tifft, Ford, 175.279. 30. (00) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 175.103. PGA TOUR 31. (43) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet, 174.797. A MILITARY TRIBUTE AT THE GREENBRIER 32. (15) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 174.042. Saturday’s leaders at The Old White TPC. 33. (32) Corey Lajoie, Ford, 173.740. White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. 34. (52) Garrett Smithley, Ford, 171.914. Purse: $7.5 million; Yardage: 7,292; Par: 70 35. (51) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 171.903. (34-36) 36. (53) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet, 171.222. Third Round 37. (77) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 170.068. Joaquin Niemann 65-62-68—195 38. (27) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 168.382. Richy Werenski 67-65-65—197 39. (66) Joey Gase, Toyota, 168.298. Nate Lashley 68-64-65—197 Robby Shelton 62-65-70—197 NASCAR XFINITY Adam Long 66-62-70—198 RHINO PRO TRUCK OUTFITTERS 300 Scottie Schefﬂer 65-62-71—198 Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Joseph Bramlett 67-67-65—199 Vegas, Nevada Harris English 66-65-68—199 Lap Length: 1.5 miles Patrick Rodgers 68-66-66—200 (Start position in parentheses) Tom Hoge 68-65-67—200 1. (4) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, 200. Sungjae Im 66-67-67—200 2. (2) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 200. Sebastián Muñoz 69-66-66—201 3. (6) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 200. Mark Anderson 68-66-67—201 4. (1) Cole Custer, Ford, 200. Mark Hubbard 64-70-67—201 5. (3) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 200. Brian Harman 65-66-70—201 6. (36) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet, 200. Scott Brown 66-70-66—202 7. (16) Gray Gaulding, Chevrolet, 199. Keegan Bradley 67-68-67—202 8. (13) John Hunter Nemechek, Chevrolet, 199. Matt Jones 68-66-68—202 9. (15) Riley Herbst(i), Toyota, 199. Austin Cook 66-68-68—202 10. (8) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 199. Kevin Na 64-70-68—202 11. (7) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 199. Scott Harrington 64-69-69—202 12. (5) Austin Cindric, Ford, 199. Harry Higgs 67-66-69—202 13. (11) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 199. Jason Dufner 67-66-69—202 14. (19) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 199. Bronson Burgoon 65-68-69—202 15. (22) Ryan Truex, Chevrolet, 199. Grayson Murray 66-67-69—202 16. (10) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 199. Lanto Grifﬁn 64-68-70—202 17. (17) Brandon Brown, Chevrolet, 198. Morgan Hoffmann 66-65-71—202 18. (37) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, 198. Sam Ryder 65-66-71—202 19. (29) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 198. Tyler McCumber 70-66-67—203 20. (20) Ray Black II, Chevrolet, 197. Bud Cauley 69-67-67—203 21. (12) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 197. Russell Henley 68-68-67—203 22. (23) Stephen Leicht, Chevrolet, 197. Andrew Novak 66-69-68—203

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Sunday, September 15, 2019

TimesDaily

HigH scHool football rewind FLORENCE 55, BOB JONES 24

Florence runs over Bob Jones for region win By Jerry Felts For the TimesDaily

MADISON — Bob Jones entered Friday’s key Class 7A, Region 4 matchup versus Florence having allowed more than 40 points per game this season. The visiting Falcons put that many on the scoreboard through the first three quarters and romped to a 55-24 win at Madison City Schools Stadium. The 31-point margin of victory was the largest by Florence

in series history and the first time the Falcons have ever beaten Bob Jones in backto-back seasons. Dee Beckwith ran for four touchdowns and Javean Griffin added two more as the Falcons (2-2, 1-1) rolled up 456 yards on the ground. “Their offense is scary good and we knew we were going to have to keep the ball away from them if we could,” said Florence coach Will Hester. “I’m proud of them for the way we were able to run the football.”

Florence controlled the clock from the outset, running 42 plays to the Patriots’ 24 in the first half. But Bob Jones (0-4, 0-2) scored two touchdowns in a span of 81 seconds late in the second quarter to trail only 21-17 at halftime. “We started out fast and then we stubbed our toe a little bit there,” Hester said. “We let them back in the game.” Beckwith led the Falcons’ balancedrushingattackwith 165 yards on 19 carries. He

scored on a 22-yard touchdown run in the first quarter and had TD runs of 3, 18 and 6 yards in a 6½-minute span in the third quarter that turned the game in a rout. Beckwith also completed his only two passes for 30 yards. “We got to practice this week and took everything more serious and we came out tonight and executed and it all paid off,” said the Falcons senior quarterback. “Like I told my coaches and our players, we’ve all got to

kick it up another notch.” Florence opened the game with a time-consuming 13-play, 89-yard drive. Griffin shook off three Patriots and sprinted 21 yards to the end zone to give the Falcons the 7-0 lead. Another lengthy Falcons possession, this time a 12-play drive that covered 80 yards, was capped off by Griffin’s 4-yard touchdown run with 7:28 left in the second quarter. Hanry Nogueda’s PAT stretched Florence’s lead to 21-3.

Florence dashed any hopes of a Bob Jones comeback by tacking on a pair of late touchdowns. DesShawn Anderson finished off a 66-yard march by running the last 10 yards for a touchdown with 4:25 remaining. Then on the Patriots’ ensuing possession, quarterback Slate Alford was sacked and fumbled, with Florence’s Hollis Martin scooping up the loose ball and rambling to the end zone to make it 55-24.

LAUDERDALE COUNTY 34, COLBERT HEIGHTS 7

MUSCLE SHOALS 35, HARTSELLE 14

Slade Brown sparks Lauderdale County win

Trojans overwhelm Hartselle

By Jeff Suggs For the TimesDaily

ROGERSVILLE – Slade Brown threw 2 touchdowns and ran for 2 more to lead Lauderdale County to a 34-7 Class 3A, Region 8 win over Colbert Heights. The Tigers reeled off 26 points unanswered points in the first half en route to their third win in a row. “We’re still making some mistakes, but we seem to be getting a little bit better each week,” Lauderdale County head coach Jeff Mason said. “I thought we played hard and intense and that’s what helped us to jump out on them early.” Lauderdale County (3-1, 2-0) took the opening kickoff and marched 53 yards on 8 plays, capped by a 1-yard touchdown run by Brown. The Tigers recovered a fumble on the ensuing kickoff and on the next play Brown hit Blade Wisdom on a 44-yard TD strike to push the lead to 14-0. Brown tacked on an 11-yard touchdown run to close the opening quarter with Lauderdale County out front 20-0.

Colbert Heights’ tacklers can’t keep Lauderdale County’s Slade Brown out of the endzone in the first half of the game in Rogersville. [MATT MCKEAN/TIMESDAILY]

Kamron Jones pushed the lead to 26 with a 38-yard TD pass to Juvonne Shanes. Colbert Heights’ lone score came on the final play of the first half when Carson Shaw scored on a 37-yard hook-and-lateral play. LCHS responded with a 23-yard touchdown pass from Brown to Daniel Romine to close it. The win snaps a twoyear skid for the Tigers against Colbert Heights.

Lauderdale County has now topped 30 points in four straight games for the first time since 2014. “We’re very happy to beat Colbert Heights,” Mason said. “We were aware they had beaten us the last two years and we talked about that a little this week. We know they’re a good football team and we felt like they tripped us up early the past couple seasons, so this one was a big, important win for us.”

By Steve Irvine For the TimesDaily

HARTSELLE — Friday night’s Class 6A Region 7 game between Hartselle and visiting Muscle Shoals came down to first-half opportunities. Muscle Shoals jumped on its opportunities. Hartselle not only didn’t capitalize on its opportunities but contributed to the Trojans’ success. The result was a 28-point halftime lead for Muscle Shoals in what eventually ended with a 35-14 victory for the unbeaten Trojans. “Obviously, in the first half we got our chances,” said first-year Hartselle head coach Bo Culver. “Look, they made good football plays, they’re a good football team.” Hartselle looked crisp on the first play, with quarterback Cal George connecting with Ian Bodine for a 29-yard gain. After a defensive offside penalty, Muscle Shoals linebacker Malik Smith sacked George, and the Hartselle quarterback fumbled. The Trojans recovered on the Tigers’ 44-yard line and capitalized six plays later with a 6-yard scoring toss from Logan Smothers to Mikey McIntosh. “Anytime you can get a turnover and put points

on the board, it always helps,” said Muscle Shoals head coach Scott Basden, whose team had five sacks, including two by Smith. “It’s something you work on. I just thought our guys were focused and played really well.” Muscle Shoals (4-0, 2-0 Region 7) scored again with 2:52 left in the first quarter, when Smothers cruised in from 13 yards out. The touchdown, which gave Muscle Shoals a 14-0 lead, was set up by his own 46-yard run. Hartselle had its chances to cut into the deficit late in the first half. The first opportunity came at the end of a seven-play drive that included three first downs. The drive eventually bogged down, and a 47-yard field goal attempt just missed, hitting the crossbar. Muscle Shoals answered with a fourplay, 80-yard drive that culminated with a 36-yard touchdown pass from Smothers to Ty Smith. The Tigers (1-3 overall, 0-2 Region 7) moved back down the field, eventually getting a first-and-10 at the Muscle Shoals 18-yard line. On second down, Muscle Shoals linebacker Jackson Bratton dropped into coverage and got his hand on a George pass. The deflection landed in

the hands of Muscle Shoals safety Aiden Gay, who made his way to the sideline and used several key blocks to finish a 87-yard interception return for a touchdown. Muscle Shoals built the lead to 35-0 on its second possession of the second half when Smothers and McIntosh connected on a 36-yard touchdown pass. Smothers was pretty much done after that, finishing with 105 yards rushing on 11 carries and 10 of 13 passing for 166 yards. “That sort of took the wind out of them, I guess you could say,” Basden said of the scores late in the first half and early in the second half. “At that point, you try in those situations not to key some key players hurt and try to play the young guys.” Hartselle wasn’t interested in moral victories, but Culver was proud of the way his team competed in the second half. Hartselle linebacker Ryan Langston followed an interception of backup quarterback Luke Peoples with a 20-yard return to the Trojans’ 2-yard line. George scored on a 2-yard keeper on the next play. The final score came with 1:29 left when running back Brinten Barclay burst 20 yards into the end zone.

BIG SCHOOL ROUNDUP

Bishop, run game carry Russellville past Hayden

Staff report

HAYDEN— Jacob Bishop threw three touchdown passes and Austin Ashley ran for two more as Russellville beat Hayden 48-20 to remain undefeated. The Golden Tigers (3-0, 2-0), ranked fifth in Class 5A, led 28-13 at the half on two Bishop to Rowe Gallagher touchdown passes and Ashley’s two TD runs. Gallagher caught touchdown passes of 31 and 41 yards in the first quarter as the Golden Tigers jumped in front 14-0. Ashley’s runs of 10 yards and 2 yards in the second quarter made it 28-13 at halftime.

Bishop’s third TD pass went for 35 yards to Cole Barnett, and Caleb Matthews’ 1-yard run increased the lead to 41-13 going to the fourth quarter. Russellville’s final score came on a 25-yard pass from Dave Amick to J.J. King. Bishop finished 11 of 18 for 148 yards with 3 touchdowns and an interception. Ashley and Matthews, playing in place of Boots McCulloch who sat out with an injury, combined for 267 yards on 37 carries. Ashley had 148 yards and Matthews had 119 yards. Gallagher had 4 catches for 101 yards.

Hamilton 28, Dora 21 DORA — Hamilton

remained undefeated, in part due to a strong running game, to hold off Dora at Horace Roberts Field. Gabe Anglin scored two touchdowns and Robert Johnson and Jathan Jackson each scored once for the Aggies (3-0, 2-0). Jackson’s 12-yard touchdown in the second quarter put Hamilton on top, but Dora answered on an 83-yard touchdown run by Jamaal Harris. Anglin’s 12-yard touchdown pass and Jackson’s 2-point conversion pass to Bryant Loving gave the Aggies a 14-7 lead at halftime. Johnson’s 22-yard TD run made it 21-7 in the third

quarter, and Anglin sealed the win with a 36-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter.

Northside 36, Haleyville 35 (OT) HALEYVILLE — Haleyville rallied from an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter only to watch Northside connect on a 2-point conversion in overtime to get the win. The Lions trailed 28-17 before getting a field goal, touchdown and two-point conversion of its own over the final 7:48 to tie the game. After a 14-yard touchdown run by Ty Black in the extra period gave Haleyville its first lead, the extra point

put the Lions ahead by seven. Northside responded with a 5-yard scoring pass on its first snap of overtime. Quarterback Jake Corkren then ran in the conversion to give the Rams the victory. Haleyville trailed throughout the game after Northside scored a pair of first-quarter touchdowns to grab a 14-0 lead. Christian Chambers got the Lions on the scoreboard with a 55-yard touchdown run in the final minute of the opening period. A 35-yard field goal by Jacob Lolley made the score 14-10 before Northside recovered a fumble and drove 27 yards in four plays to take a 21-10 lead into the

half. After a scoreless third quarter, the two teams traded scores early in the fourth. Haleyville’s Eli Musso found Eli Wakefield for a 15-yard touchdown pass. The Rams answered on the ensuing possession to regain the 11-point lead. The Lions scored on two of their final three possessions to tie the game. After a 37-yard field goal by Lolley made it 28-20, Haleyville got one more chance after recovering a fumble with 4:08 remaining. Three plays later, Black scored from 5 yards out and Musso ran in the conversion to tie the game at 28-28 with 2:56 remaining.

DESHLER 40, CENTRAL 20

Tigers’ running game too much for Central By Michael Hebert Sports Writer

TUSCUMBIA — Deshler rode its running game, made plays on defense and overcame a number of penalties to defeat Central 40-20, winning its second game in a row.. The Tigers (2-2, 2-0) were led offensively by running back Bryan Hogan, who finished with 9 carries, 208 yards and 4 touchdowns. Fullback Colton Patton added 7 carries for

67 yards and 2 catches for 51 yards. Deshler finished with 284 yards on the ground and controlled the time of possession late to preserve the victory. “We’ve got a couple good backs,” Deshler head coach Randall Martin said. “Our offensive line is doing a really good job. You’ve got to give those guys credit, when you’re able to run the ball it all starts up front.” Defensively, the Tigers forced two turnovers and made some fourth-down

stops to swing the momentum in their favor. In the first quarter, Central (0-4, 0-2) drove down the field, led by running back Dalton Hanback and quarterback Peyton Palmer. When the Wildcats reached the red zone, Palmer threw a pass that was tipped and intercepted by Deshler’s Teondre Goodloe. Central found ways to gain momentum on the ground. Hanback carried 14 times for 140 yards and 2 touchdowns. But turnovers

hurt the Wildcats again in the second half, as Palmer threw a second interception that allowed Deshler to get the ball back and initiate another long scoring drive thanks to its running game. “Just really proud of the defense, they were able to step up in some key situations tonight,” Martin said. “Central’s got an offense, they’ve got some playmakers … (but we) made some big plays.” Despite its offensive

production, Deshler amassed 105 yards in penalties. Kickoffs went out of bounds, players lined up offsides. jumped before the snap and there were some unsportsmanlike conduct penalties after big plays. Martin is happy with the win, but he walked off the field Friday knowing those types of things need to be cleaned up. “We’ve got to be more disciplined,” Martin said. “If we want to be the type of football team that we can

be, that has to stop.” Martin said his team needs to build off what they did well and fix the mistakes before heading to Wilson to take on the Warriors next Friday. “I’m proud of how far we’ve come, but we’ve got a long way to go in order to be the type of team we want to be,” Martin said. michael.hebert@ timesdaily.com. or 256740-5737. Twitter @ md_hebert55

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RED BAY 16, ADDISON 10

Red Bay hangs on against Addison

By Josh Gleason

For the TimesDaily

RED BAY — A backand-forth game broke out between Red Bay (4-0, 2-0) and Addison (2-2, 1-1) on Friday night, and the Tigers held the final counter punch until the last play of a 16-10 victory. Addison drove to Red Bay’s 8-yard line in the

closing seconds, and the Tigers stopped Dayton Roberts at the 4 on the game’s final play. The defensive stand came after Addison had turned away the Tigers near the goal line on their final possession. “I thought we could have put the game away with one more first down,” Red Bay coach Michael Jackson

said. “Our defense has been playing great, lights out all night. They made another great stop when needed.” Red Bay scored the lone touchdown of the first half. A 5-yard punt gave the Tigers good field position and Jalen Vinson’s 42-yard completion with Arden Hamilton set up Vinson’s 5-yard TD run. Colyn Humphres tacked on the 2-point

conversion with 7:36 left in the second quarter. Elijah Howse trimmed Red Bay’s lead to 8-3 with a 27-yard field goal late in the first half. Red Bay was limited to 107 total yards and Addison to 93 yards in the opening half. Addison took a 10-8 lead when it opened the third quarter with a 75-yard, 3:47

scoring drive. Red Bay got what proved to be the clinching touchdown on its next possession. Vinson and Hamilton hooked up on a 27-yard completion on third down, and Vinson got his second touchdown on a tough 1-yard run and Humphres ran the conversion to put the Tigers ahead 16-10. “I couldn’t be happier

with the way we played and overcame everything,” said Jackson. “We made big plays when we had to in order to win.” Vinson finished 13 for 23 for 197 yards and 41 rushing yards. Hamilton finished with 6 catches for 105 yards. One of the three Tigers to make the game-sealing tackle was Cam McKinney, who finished with 8 tackles.

SHEFFIELD 20, HATTON 8

Bowling throws 3 TDs to pace Bulldogs By Logan Ellis For the TimesDaily

SHEFFIELD— Khori Bowling threw 3 touchdowns and the Bulldog defense blanked Hatton in the second half to lift Sheffield to a 20-8 Class 2A, Region 7 win. “We’re really proud of these guys,” Sheffield coach David Hufstedler said. “Defensively, we played probably our best game tonight, especially in the second half. We’re just trying to get better each week, but it’s a huge region win for us.” As an encore to his

four-touchdown performance a week ago, AJ Cherry hauled in touchdown passes of 26 and 98 yards from Bowling to give Sheffield (3-1, 2-0) a 14-0 advantage after the first quarter. “It was a little “pick your poison” tonight,” Hufstedler said. “They were trying to stop our other guys and AJ stepped up and had a great game for us.” Kaiden Taylor got Hatton (1-2, 0-2) on the board midway through the second quarter with a 1-yard touchdown run. Sheffield responded on its next possession with a

9-yard TD pass from Bowling to DJ Smith to push the lead to 20-8 with 4:06 left in the second quarter. Hatton then marched the length of the field, but was stuffed at the Bulldog 1-yard line just before halftime. Sheffield finished with 305 total yards, with 123 rushing. Bowling was 9 of 16 passing for 182 yards, while DJ Smith added 47 rushing yards on 10 carries. Hatton tallied 300 yards, with 224 on the ground. Jaxson Mitchell has 25 carries for 122 yards, while Brandon Reed ran 17 times for 93 yards.

Hatton’s Kaiden Taylor is dragged down by several Sheffield defenders in the first half of the game in Sheffield Friday night. [MIKE IVY/ TIMESDAILY]

SMALL SCHOOL ROUNDUP

Vina wins second straight; Mars Hill coasts past Phillips

Staff report

VINA — Vina (2-2, 2-0) blew out Cherokee (0-2, 0-1) 58-18 in a game that was decided by halftime Friday night for its second win in a row. The Red Devils lead 50-0 at halftime and put in its second string in the second half. Jackson Landers was everywhere on Friday night for the Red Devils. He scored on touchdown runs of 34 and 51 yards, threw a 47-yard touchdown pass to Braden Moomaw, and added a 64-yard punt return for a touchdown. Malachi Fletcher ran in the end zone from 34 yards out. Connor Davidson scored on a 34-yard interception return. Isaac Shelton scored on a 2-yard run and added a 2-point conversion. Malik Fletcher added another 2-point conversion.

Phillips (0-4, 0-2). The Panthers gained 362 rushing yards, 513 yards of total offense and scored on three of its first four possessions in the first quarter. Mars Hill also returned a punt and an interception for touchdowns in the first quarter. Mars Hill led 63-14 at halftime. Quarterback Griffin Hanson led the way with 159 yards rushing and 2 touchdowns. He also went 6 for 11 for 151 yards, 2 touchdowns and an interception. Aiden Kennedy rushed for 124 yards and a touchdown. Walker White added 3 touchdowns.

Waterloo 50, Hackleburg 20

WATERLOO — Waterloo reached 50 points for the second week in a row and knocked off Hackleburg to remain unbeaten in Class 1A, Region 8. Junior Summerhill ran for 199 Mars Hill 70, Phillips 14 yards on 13 carries and 3 touchMars Hill (3-0, 2-0) used a downs for Waterloo (3-1, 3-0). strong rushing attack to defeat The senior scored on runs of 9,

24 and 75 yards. Richard Parrish had 10 rushes for 61 yards and touchdowns of 5 and 13 yards. Campbell Parker hooked up with Gavin Scott on touchdowns of 13 and 42 yards. Caden Jones had a 3-yard touchdown run for Hackleburg (0-4, 0-2), along with TD passes of 1 yard to Ethan Heggy and 54 yards to Daniel Cooper.

Clements 44, Phil Campbell 27 PHIL CAMPBELL — Phil Campbell had no answer for Clements’ Jarraice Pryor. The senior rushed 28 times for 272 yards and four scores, including a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns to put the game out of reach for the Colts. Following a 37-yard touchdown by Phil Campbell’s Trey Leindecker that cut the lead to 32-27 with 8:24 remaining, Pryor had scoring runs of 18 and 31 to secure the win. Phil Campbell took its only

lead after scoring on the opening possession. A 10-yard touchdown run by Leindecker gave the Bobcats a 7-0 lead with 10:05 remaining in the first quarter. Clements responded with 20 unanswered points, beginning with Ian Ezell returning the ensuing kickoff 81 yards for a score. A 67-yard touchdown on the Colts’ next possession gave Clements a 12-7 lead before a 12-yard run by Hayden Graves made the score 20-7 with 7:27 left in the second quarter. Leindecker found the end zone from 55 yards out to make the score 20-14 at the half. The two teams traded scores in the third quarter. Clements extended the lead with a 2-yard touchdown pass before Phil Campbell’s Luke Barnwell found Leindecker for a 60-yard catchand-run to make the score 26-20 heading into the final period. Pryor and Leindecker traded touchdowns early in the fourth before the Colts began to pull away. Leindecker also finished

with impressive numbers for the Bobcats. The junior rushed 11 times for 122 yards and three touchdowns. He added 6 catches for 72 yards and another score.

Colbert County 55, Tharptown 0

LEIGHTON — Slade Berryman threw 3 touchdown passes in the second quarter to snap a scoreless tie, and Colbert County cruised past Tharptown. The Indians (4-0, 2-0) added 27 points in the third quarter to pull away. Scoreless heading to the second quarter, Berryman threw a 31-yard TD pass to Chris Hood and added TD passes of 41 and 36 yards to Jaylen Butler. In the third quarter, Ethan Smith scored on runs of 55 and 30 yards, while Tee Carter returned a punt 55 yards and Demetrious Jones added a 15-yard run. Grant Uhlman’s 45-yard interception return for a touchdown closed it out in the fourth quarter.

BROOKS 72, WILSON 20

TENNESSEE ROUNDUP

Brooks starts slowly, Lawrence County, Loretto notch victories ﬁnishes fast vs. Warriors

added another rushing touchdown to lead 21-20. LAWRENCEBURG — Young, who had only F o u r p l a y e r s s c o r e d three carries in the game, touchdowns and Lawrence scored on a 12-yard run County surpassed last sea- just 13 seconds into the son’s win total in a 28-21 fourth quarter for what win over Warren County proved to be the winning on Friday night. score. Derrick Young ran 12 yards with 11:47 to play Loretto 13, for the winning score Collinwood 0 and Lawrence County’s COLLINWOOD — defense did the rest. Two Andy Juarez field The Wildcats forced goals and a long toucht h r e e t u r n o v e r s a n d down pass were all that blocked a punt for a Loretto needed to get past touchdown while hold- Collinwood. ing Warren County to 186 The Mustangs (2-1) limtotal yards. ited Collinwood (1-3) to Alex Carr gave Law- just 180 total yards. rence County an early 6-0 Juarez kicked a 25-yard lead with a 1-yard touch- field goal with 4:54 to play down run. Samuel Bradley in the first quarter to give recovered a blocked punt Loretto the lead. for a touchdown, giving The game’s only touchLawrence County a 12-0 down came on an 82-yard lead early in the second pass from Toby Glass to quarter. Andrew Beard to put the A pair of touchdown Mustangs ahead 10-0 at runs in the second quar- the half. ter gave Warren County a Juarez’s 38-yard field 14-12 halftime lead. goal with 48 seconds L a w r e n c e C o u n t y remaining accounted for reclaimed the lead 20-14 the final points. on JD Bedford’s 9-yard Logan Fisher rushed for run and 2-point conver- 107 yards on 17 attempts sion, but Warren County for Loretto. Alex Haddock

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had 117 yards on 24 carries for Collinwood.

Decatur County Riverside 27, Wayne County 12 WAYNESBORO— Rylan Kennedy rushed for three touchdowns as Decatur County Riverside wore down Wayne County. Cade Crews threw a pair of touchdown passes to Clay Baugus for Wayne County’s two touchdowns. Crews’ first touchdown pass to Baugus covered 19 yards and gave the Wildcats a 6-0 lead. Kennedy’s first touchdown run came on an 11-yard run. The extra point put Riverside ahead 7-6 at the half. Kennedy’s 3-yard run in the third quarter made it 14-6 after three quarters. Kyler Hall upped Riverside’s lead to 21-6 with a 5-yard run. Wayne County pulled within 21-12 on a 59-yard Crews-to-Baugus connection, but Kennedy closed the scoring with a 1-yard run with two minutes to play.

By Will Motlow

For the TmesDaily

Despite the Lions’ usual impressive offensive performance, it was the defensive play in the second half that most impressed head coach Brad Black. “We have been on the verge of playing a really good half of defense for a while now, and we finally accomplished that.” he said. “We didn’t play very well inthefirsthalf,andweknew we had to step it up in the second half,” Brooks senior defensive end Nate McCord said. “I felt like our offense and defense executed well in the second half.” Wilson (1-3, 1-1) jumped out to an early lead. The Warriors recovered an onside kick on the opening kickoff and drove 50 yards for a score. Tanner Melton’s 2-yard run gave them a 6-0 lead. The Warriors attempted another onside kick on the following kickoff that was recovered by Avian Blalock. Quarterback Chris Silva scored on a 49-yard run the following play to give the Warriors a 12-0 lead.

“We had to make some adjustments,” Black said of Wilson’s fast start. “Coach (Matt) Poarch does a great job, and they had a plan for us.” Brooks (3-1, 2-0) scored when Carson Daniel threw a 35-yard touchdown pass to Patrick Burke to make the score 12-7. The Lions took a 14-12 lead early in the second quarter on a 14-yard Cam Beckwith run, his first of three scores. Brooks later scored on an 18-yard pass from Daniel to Kobe Warden to extend the lead to 21-12. After forcing a turnover on downs, Daniel threw a 53-yard pass to Warden to set up a 6-yard Warden touchdown run and a 27-12 Lions lead. Silva scored on a 14-yard run late in the half. His 2-point pass to Andrew Terry made the score 27-20. Silva finished with 107 rushing yards on 20 carries. The second half was all Brooks. Daniel scored on a 33-yard run on the opening drive of the half to extend the lead to 33-20. Drake Patterson fielded the ball

on the following kickoff to give the Lions a short field. Beckwith scored on a 1-yard run to make the score 39-20. After forcing a punt, Brooks started in Wilson territory and scored on a 7-yard run by Deondre Fields. Beckwith added a 7-yard touchdown late in the third quarter to make the score 52-20. Fields scored on a 2-yard run early in the fourth quarter to make the score 59-20. Caleb Campbell scored on an 8-yard run, and backup quarterback Hunter Himber threw a 9-yard touchdown to Burke to round out the scoring at 72-20. Beckwith had 88 yards rushing on 9carries. Warden had 5 catches and 123 receiving yards. “The second half was a story of compounding mistakes,” Wilson head coach Matt Poarch said. “We had a little bit of quit. You don’t give up 45 points in the second half without a little bit of quit. We can live with mistakes, but that little bit of quit I saw is what we’re going to have to work on. Our guys gave a great effort in the first half though.”

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Top 25/STaTe gameS TOP 25 ROUNDUP

Book throws 5 TDs in Notre Dame rout

The Associated Press

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Ian Book threw a career-high five touchdown passes and Notre Dame’s defense came up with three first-half interceptions in its final tuneup before a showdown at No. 3 Georgia. Book rebounded from a lackluster opening performance in a 35-17 victory at Louisville to complete 15 of 24 passes for 360 yards. Book finished with another 46 yards rushing yards and a 1-yard TD. The Fighting Irish (2-0) had their way with the Lobos (1-1), who were without head coach Bob Davie. Saga Tuitele acted as head coach for Davie, the former Irish head coach from 1997-2001 who was hospitalized following New Mexico’s opening victory over Sam Houston State.

No. 6 Ohio State 51, Indiana 10 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — J.K. Dobbins ran for 193 yards and scored twice, Justin Fields threw three touchdown passes and Ohio State routed Indiana. The Buckeyes (3-0, 1-0 Big Ten) have won each of their first three games by at least 24 points and extended their winning streak in the series to 24, dating to a tie in 1990. Ohio State hasn’t lost to Indiana since 1988. And with Peyton Ramsey starting at quarterback in place of the injured Michael Penix Jr., the Hoosiers (2-1, 0-1) never had a chance. Fields was 14 of 24 for 193 yards.

Notre Dame quarterback Ian Book throws in the first half. [AP PHOTO/PAUL SANCYA]

and a touchdown and Penn State held off Pittsburgh in their 100th meeting. Pitt opted to kick a field goal on fourth-and-goal at the Penn State 1 trailing by a touchdown with less than 4 minutes to go. Alex Kessman’s 19-yard attempt clanked off the upright and the Nittany Lions (3-0) later turned away Pitt’s last-ditch possession to win their third straight in the series since it was renewed in 2016. Noah Cain’s 13-yard thirdquarter sprint to the end zone No. 11 Utah 31, gave Penn State the lead for Idaho State 0 good. Sean Clifford completed 14 SALT LAKE CITY — Tyler of 30 passes for 222 yards. Kenny Huntley threw for 282 yards Pickett threw for a career-high and three touchdowns and Zach 372 yards for Pitt (1-2). Moss ran for 106 yards and another score in Utah’s victory No. 17 UCF 45, over Idaho State. In the first quarter, Moss Stanford 27 ORLANDO, Fla. — Freshman passed Tony Lindsay for second place on Utah’s career rushing Dillon Gabriel threw for 347 yards list. His 1-yard scoring yards and four touchdowns in plunge later in the quarter moved his second college start, leading him into the No. 2 spot by himself UCF past Stanford. The Knights (3-0) scored on in career rushing touchdowns at 27. On just 10 carries, Moss also six of seven possessions, buildrecorded his 13th 100-yard rushing a 31-point halftime lead in ing performance with 10:05 still what was expected to be a much tougher test for the two-time left in the second quarter. Huntley completed 15 of 19 defending American Athletic passes before leaving in the third Conference champions, who quarter as Utah moved to 3-0 for won their first two games by a the fifth time in the last six sea- combined score of 110-14 against Florida A&M and Florida Atlantic. sons. Idaho State is 1-1. Gabriel completed 22 of 30 passes, including TD throws of No. 13 Penn State 28 yards to Marlon Williams, 38 17, Pittsburgh 10 yards to Tre Nixon, 38 yards to UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Gabriel Davis and 1-yard to Jake Journey Brown ran for 109 yards Hescook. Greg McCrae rushed

for109 yards and one touchdown for UCF, which has won 25 consecutive regular-season games. Stanford (1-2) allowed four TDs in the opening quarter and 413 yards total offense in the first half alone.

Arizona State 10, No. 18 Michigan State 7 EAST LANSING, Mich. — Eno Benjamin reached the ball to the goal line for a 1-yard touchdown run with 50 seconds remaining, and Arizona State beat Michigan State after the Spartans had a tying field goal negated for having too many men on the field. Matt Coghlin’s 42-yard kick appeared to have tied it with 6 seconds remaining, but a replay showed too many men on the field for Michigan State (2-1), which had rushed the field goal team on in a disorganized fashion. Coghlin had to try again from farther back, and he hooked the kick left for his third miss of the day. Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio missed a chance to take over sole possession of first place on the school’s career victories list. He remains tied with Duffy Daugherty at 109. Arizona State (3-0) drove 75 yards in 11 plays at the end, against a Michigan State defense that had been stifling all day. Quarterback Jayden Daniels ran 15 yards for a first down on fourth-and-13 from the Michigan State 28, and Benjamin’s touchdown put the Sun Devils ahead.

Michigan State’s Dominique Long dives for the ball while attempting to down a punt during the first quarter against Arizona State Saturday. The ball rolled into the end zone for a touchback.[AL GOLDIS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

No. 19 Iowa 18, Iowa State 17

Temple 20, No. 21 Maryland 17

AMES, Iowa — Nate Stanley threw for 201 yards and ran for a score, and Iowa made a big fourth-down stop, allowing the Hawkeyes to beat Iowa State for the fifth straight time. Keith Duncan kicked four field goals for the Hawkeyes (3-0), who also improved to 4-0 against Iowa State coach Matt Campbell in a game delayed nearly three hours because of lightning. Trailing 18-17 in the closing minutes, Iowa State (1-1) drove to the Iowa 34 before a false start, a slip by quarterback Brock Purdy and an incompletion brought up fourth-and-13. The Cyclones went for it and, after offsetting penalties led to a do-over, Purdy overthrew Deshaunte Jones near the end zone.

PHILADELPHIA — Kenny Yeboah put Temple ahead on a one-handed touchdown catch late in the fourth quarter, and the Owls used two clutch stops at the goal line to beat Maryland. The Owls (2-0) defeated an unbeaten Maryland team for the second straight season and got coach Rod Carey off to a nice start in his first season on Temple’s sideline. Yeboah used his outstretched right hand to snag Anthony Russo’s pass with 7:27 left in the game to put Temple ahead 20-15, but Maryland wasn’t going down easy — and Temple’s D pushed back. Temple linebacker Shaun Bradley stuffed Anthony McFarland on fourth-and-goal with 3:27 left to seemingly seal the win.

STATE ROUNDUP

Memphis rolls past South Alabama 42-6, 2 RBs break 100 yards The Associated Press

MOBILE — Brady White threw three touchdowns and running backs Kenny Gainwell and Kylan Watkins rushed for more than 100 yards each as Memphis remained unbeaten, rolling past South Alabama 42-6 on Saturday. Stepping in for the injured Patrick Taylor, Gainwell gained a career-high 145 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries while Watkins was 11-113. Each had reached those totals in three quarters. The Tigers gained 312 yards on the ground. White added 209 yards passing with touchdowns to Watkins, Kedarian Jones and Antonio Gibson. South Alabama’s Tylan Morton completed 4 of 12 passes for 105 yards with a TD to Kawaan Baker for the game’s final points. Morton was intercepted once and his fourth-quarter fumble was returned 48 yards by Austin Hall for a Memphis touchdown. South Alabama (1-2) was out-gained 530 yards to 248 in total offense. The Jaguars’ six points was the fewest Memphis has allowed since shutting out Arkansas 6-0 in 1993.

Barker threw for a career-high pass to put Eastern Washington 504 yards and four touchdowns on top 45-28. Cooper capped TROY — Jaylond Adams for Troy (1-1). a 75-yard drive with a 15-yard returned a kickoff 100 yards to touchdown run, Matthews help Southern Mississippi thwart Jacksonville State 49, capped a 13-yard drive after a Troy’s come-back bid and secure blocked point with a 3-yard run Eastern Washington 45 a 47-42 victory on Saturday. and then Matthews provided the Troy’s Reggie Todd had just J A C K S O N V I L L E — Z e r- winner. returned a kickoff 69 yards as rick Cooper passed for three the Trojans closed to 33-28 with touchdowns and ran for one, Samford 21, Wofford 14 11:28 remaining in the fourth and Michael Matthews scored SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Chris quarter. Adams answered on the winning touchdown with Oladokun dashed 30 yards for the following kickoff to stretch 59 seconds left as Jacksonville the game-winning score in the the lead to 40-28. The teams State shocked Eastern Wash- third quarter as Samford earned then traded touchdowns until ington 49-45 on Saturday night its first win of the season by Troy’s Kaleb Barker hit Khalil in a battle between ranked FCS knocking off Wofford, 21-14 in McClain on a 35-yard touchdown teams. a Southern Conference opener toss to close to 47-42 with 2:51 The Gamecocks (2-1) never Saturday. remaining. led until Matthews scored on a Samford starred the season The ensuing onside kick was 1-yard plunge to cap an 11-play, with a 45-22 loss to Youngstown recovered by the Golden Eagles 73-yard drive that started with State and a heartbreaker in two and they ran out the clock. 4:38 to play. Eastern Washington overtimes at Tennessee Tech. The teams had played nine had led from the opening kick- Wofford came into the game times previously but had never off, which Dre Dorton returned ranked No. 21 in the Football faced off in Troy and Southern 90 yards for a touchdown. Eric Championship Subdivision. Mississippi made the most of the Barriere then threw three touch- Both teams came into the game opportunity, going ahead 33-21 down passes and the Eagles (1-2) after a bye week. Wofford lost after Neil McLaurin nailed Jordan led 28-7 after one quarter. its opener at South Carolina Mitchell on a 51-yard scoring On the first play of the second State. strike early in the fourth. quarter Marlon Bridges picked Oladokun completed 17 of 25 Jack Abraham led the Golden off a Barriere pass and returned passes for 224 yards and a touchEagles (2-1), throwing for a it 67 yards, his school-recording down, but he was also picked off career-best 463 yards and two tying third Pick-6 of his career. twice. He ran 12 times for 77 scores. Quez Watkins finished Late in the third quarter Bar- yards, including the game winwith 209 yards receiving. riere threw his fifth touchdown ning score. His 12-yard pass to

Southern Miss 47, Troy 42

Robert Adams in the first quarter tied the game at 14-14.

Kennesaw State 42, Alabama State 7

MONTGOMERY — Tommy Bryant ran for two touchdowns and Demetrius Pettway had an interception return for a touchdown and Kennesaw State rolled to a 42-7 win over Alabama State on Saturday night. The Owls (2-1) had 481 yards rushing, with six different players gaining at least 60 yards and four reaching the end zone. One of those was quarterback Daniel David, who was 3 of 5 passing for 39 yards. He had 14 rushes for 63 yards and opened the scoring with a 2-yard run four plays after Tanner Jones blocked an Alabama State punt. Two snaps later, Pettway had a 35-yard interception return for a 14-0 lead. A 55-yard touchdown run by Bronson Reschsteiner made it 21-0 with a minute left in the first quarter. It was 28-0 at the half after Bryant’s first touchdown with Kennesaw State piling up 232 yards and holding the Hornets to 78 yards with two interceptions.

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SEC GEORGIA 55, ARKANSAS STATE 0

No. 3 Georgia romps to another win The Associated Press

ATHENS, Ga. — Now, the real season begins for No. 3 Georgia. Finishing off a dominating run through their first three games, the Bulldogs romped to a 55-0 win over Arkansas State on Saturday. Jake Fromm threw for 279 yards and three touchdowns before taking the rest of the day off, while Georgia’s defense turned in a dominating performance. Bring on Notre Dame. The No. 7 Fighting Irish will make their first trip ever to Athens next Saturday night, a game that has been eagerly anticipated by Georgia fans ever since the home-and-home series was announced. “We’ve played in a lot of big games,” coach Kirby Smart said. “They’re not

going to be intimidated by that.” The Bulldogs (3-0) have yet to be tested, blowing through a stretch that felt more like an NFL preseason by a cumulative margin of 148-23. “The physical conditioning of playing a four-quarter game, there’s only one way to simulate that — play it. And we haven’t,” Smart said. “But I can’t rightfully keep guys out there and not play other players. That’s the toughest thing. We’ve got to be in shape and ready for a four-quarter game the rest of the season.” With thousands of Georgia fans wearing pink instead of red to honor Arkansas State coach Blake Anderson’s wife, Wendy, who died last month from breast cancer, the Bulldogs

(3-0) took control as soon as they got their hands on the ball. They scored on six of seven possessions in the first half, building a 34-0 lead. The Georgia defense was equally stout, posting its first shutout since the 2018 opener. The Red Wolves (1-2) went threeand-out four times in the first half and crossed midfield only once, settling for a 50-yard field goal try that faded wide right. The Bulldogs went to the locker room with a 382-81 edge in total yards, and many of the fans didn’t bother coming back to watch the final two quarters. Brian Herrien got Georgia rolling with a 3-yard scoring run, and Rodrigo Blankenship booted a couple of field goals to

make it 13-0 at the end of the first period. Fromm took it from there. He connected with Dominick Blaylock on a 60-yard touchdown pass, went to D’Andre Swift out of the backfield for a 48-yard score, and finished it off by zipping a 5-yard TD throw to Lawrence Cager just inside the pylon with less than a minute to go in the half. Anderson, coaching his second game since returning from a leave of absence, was moved by the support of the Georgia fans. A group of shirtless students sitting in the first row behind the Arkansas State bench painted their upper bodies pink and wrote “Remember Wendy” across their backs. “One of the classiest

Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm (11) throws from the pocket against Arkansas State. [AP PHOTO/JOHN BAZEMORE]

moves I’ve ever seen,” Anderson said, choking up. “I would say thank you to all those who showed up today wearing pink or thinking pink. They don’t know my wife, they don’t know me, and they didn’t have to do it. I’m just very grateful and honored and obviously overwhelmed.” The Red Wolves were thoroughly overmatched on the field. Georgia finished with 656 yards total while holding the visitors

to 220. Arkansas State’s only decent drive came midway through the fourth quarter, reaching the Georgia 13. But on fourth-and-5, backup quarterback Layne Hatcher’s pass was picked off in the end zone to preserve the shutout. “We needed Georgia to be thinking ahead and looking ahead,” Anderson said. “We needed them to make some mistakes. They didn’t.”

KANSAS STATE 31, MISSISSIPPI STATE 24

Thompson leads Kansas State past Bulldogs

The Associated Press

STARKVILLE, Miss. — Skylar Thompson only threw one touchdown pass in Kansas State’s 31-24 road win at Mississippi State, but boy was it a big one. With 5:37 left in the fourth quarter and the game tied 24-24, Thompson rolled out and found Dalton Schoen wide open in the right side of the end zone and hit him with a 15-yard pass that would ultimately stand as the game-winner. “He lives for those moments,” KSU head coach Klieman said. “He’s prepared for that moment.” Thompson threw for 123 yards on 10-of-18 passing and managed to keep the Wildcat offense from crumbling under the pressure of self-inflicted wounds and a hostile crowd. It is the first time Kansas State has beaten a Power Five nonconference team on the road since 2011. “I thought he did a great job of staying calm under a lot of pressure,” Klieman said. “I think we were running the football pretty successfully in the

Mitchell rushed for 59 yards on 17 carries. Mississippi State head coach Joe Moorhead benched senior transfer quarterback Tommy Stevens in the third quarter after his second interception and turned the Bulldog offense over to freshman Garrett Shrader. “When we went in at halftime, he stiffened up a bit,” Moorhead said. “He wasn’t able to make the throws he did in the first half, so we decided to let him be.” Shrader led the Bulldogs on a methodical 12-play, 79-yard drive, running the ball into the end zone himself to give the team its first lead. From there, though, he presided over three-and-outs on three of the next four drives and the Bulldogs never reached the end zone again. “We’re going to look Mississippi State quarterback Tommy Stevens (7) tries to recover his fumble against Kansas State. [AP PHOTO/ROGELIO V. SOLIS] back and see probably three or four plays in each phase first half, and I think in the game, and Thompson’s short of the first-down they did that. The guys that we could improve on,” second half they decided touchdown pass gave the marker. were really excited about Moorhead said. they were going to find a Wildcats a 7-point lead. “The guys just never playing this game.” MSU’s Osirus Mitchway to bring pressure.” MSU (2-1) drove 55 yards quit,” Klieman said. “It The Wildcats managed ell led all receivers with KSU (3-0) led 17-14 at on their final meaningful was hot out there and we only 269 yards of total 74 yards and Kylin Hill, halftime but trailed 24-17 possession, but ultimately played a ton of bodies, had offense, 146 of it on the the Southeastern Conferin the fourth quarter. Then turned the ball over on guys cramping up, but one ground. Schoen caught ence’s leading rusher, had a 100-yard Malik Knowles downs at the Kansas State thing we talked about was a team-high three balls a game-high 111 yards on kickoff return tied the 20-yard line, one yard finishing the game and for 50 yards and James 24 carries.

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Minus Franks, No. 9 Florida rallies past Kentucky The Associated Press

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kyle Trask relieved an injured Feleipe Franks and rallied No. 9 Florida with three fourth-quarter touchdown drives, including his go-ahead, 4-yard scoring run with 4:11 remaining that lifted the Gators to a 29-21 victory over Kentucky on Saturday night. Franks, the Gators’ third-year starter, was carted off with a right leg injury late in the third quarter with his team trailing 21-10. Stopped for no gain on fourth-and-1 at the Kentucky 38, Franks appeared to bend backward on the play. Medical personnel placed an inflatable cast under his right leg and he was taken off to applause from the sellout crowd. Trask entered and led Florida (3-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) on a 62-yard drive, ending with Lamical Perine’s 8-yard TD run to get the Gators within 21-16. Shawn Davis’s interception with 6:05 to go gave the Gators another opportunity, and Trask capitalized with his go-ahead touchdown. The two-point conversion failed, though, and Kentucky (2-1, 0-1) had a final chance to regain the lead. But Chance Poore’s 35-yard field-goal

The Aggies (2-1) led 27-0 at halftime but Mond tried to throw in between two defenders on his first drive of the third quarter and was intercepted by Cameron Hayes. But the Cardinals couldn’t get anything going on offense and had to punt. Mond found Jhamon Ausbon, who had 109 yards receiving, for a 26-yard catch to get the next drive going and Spiller capped it with a 34-yard run to make it 34-0 midway through the third. Lamar got on the board with a 32-yard field goal soon after that, but Mond orchestrated a 92-yard drive capped by a 10-yard TD pass to Ausbon on A&M’s next Florida quarterback Feleipe Franks (13) reaches for extra yards ahead of Kendrive to make it 41-3 and wrap tucky safety Jordan Griffin (3). [AP PHOTO/TIMOTHY D. EASLEY] up his night. attempt with 54 seconds left was Freshman Zach Calzada took wide right, and Josh Hammond’s Texas A&M 62, Lamar 3 over for Mond on the last play of 76-yard TD run three plays later COLLEGE STATION, Texas — the third quarter and threw for helped Florida avenge last year’s Freshman Isaiah Spiller ran for 68 yards and two touchdowns. loss in Gainesville. 116 yards and two touchdowns Sawyer Smith accounted for all and Kellen Mond threw for 317 Arkansas 55, three Kentucky touchdowns with yards with a touchdown pass and scoring passes of 26 and 13 yards a run in three quarters to lead No. Colorado State 34 sandwiched around his 2-yard 16 Texas A&M to a 62-3 rout of FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — run. Making his first Kentucky Lamar on Saturday night. Arkansas quarterback Nick start a week after Terry Wilson Spiller shined in the first game Starkel, in his first start in a was lost for the season with a since Jashaun Corbin sustained Razorbacks uniform, led his team torn left patellar tendon, the a season-ending hamstring on two fourth-quarter touchjunior completed his first nine injury last week at Clemson, rundown drives, breaking a 34-all passes for 119 yards. He finished ning for touchdowns of 1 and 34 tie and sending Arkansas to a 23 of 35 passing for 267 yards, but yards. Mond was 20 of 28 with an 55-34 win over Colorado State also threw three interceptions. interception. on Saturday.

The Razorbacks (2-1) earned their first victory over an FBS opponent this season and only the second in coach Chad Morris’ 15 games dating back to last year. Starkel, who transferred from Texas A&M in the offseason, was named quarterback Monday after entering and playing well in the second half of Arkansas’ loss to Ole Miss last Saturday. He rewarded Morris’ faith, going 20 for 35 for 305 yards with three touchdowns against the Rams. Starkel completed three straight passes for 12, 17 and 20 yards on the go-ahead drive before Devwah Whaley’s 5-yard touchdown run capped it for a 41-34 lead. He then threw a 62-yard touchdown to Cheyenne O’Grady on the ensuing series. Colorado State (1-2) rallied from a 14-point, first half deficit and tied it at 34 when back-up quarterback Patrick O’Brien scrambled and found Dante Wright for a 75-yard touchdown pass near the end of the third quarter. O’Brien entered for starter Collin Hill during the Rams’ first drive of the second half when it appeared Hill, who has twice suffered a torn ACL in his left knee, tweaked his leg. Arkansas scored on its first five drives of the game, including two touchdown passes by Starkel.

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Auburn 55, Kent StAte 16 OPINION

Auburn rides the Whitlow train, but why? By Doug Segrest Montgomery Advertiser

The opponent may have been Kent State, but the night brought us vintage Boobie Whitlow. He cracked the 1,000yard career rushing mark in the first half and surpassed 100 yards for the game in the third quarter. He finished with 17 carries for 135 yards and two touchdowns. Most important, given three unfortunate fumbles a week ago, he secured possession on each and every carry. And that’s the problem. Whitlow is a known commodity. What he did to Kent State he can do against SEC defenses. But did Auburn really need him to prove the point against an overmatched MidAmerican Conference foe? A 17-carry night isn’t criminal overuse. But it’s wear and tear on the treads that has a cumulative effect. Thus, the dilemma: a high-risk, low reward gambit that Gus Malzahn

the Golden Flashes, do you seriously believe they’ll answer the bell against LSU or Alabama? Take a step back. Auburn emphasized the running game Saturday to much success. Perhaps the first half was more tenuous than expected. But these games are perfect opportunities to build depth and confidence, putting backups in moderate-leverage positions. See how they play with the lights on and the game kinda, sorta, on the line. It’s Malzahn’s offense. Indeed, he’s reclaimed control of his own future by taking back play-calling duties and seems to have a touch of the magic left. Running Whitlow 17 times secures a victory that probably would have come even if you pulled an Auburn running back JaTarvious Whitlow (28) carries the ball as he tries to get around Kent State linebacker Cepeda Phillips (4) during intramural star out of the the first half Saturday. [BUTCH DILL/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS] stands and handed him the ball. continues to employ. We But he can’t be the key victory, ninth-ranked Texas A&M. But it does nothing to know Whitlow is good — option. Not against Kent Auburn will need Whitlow If you don’t have con- save Whitlow’s legs, and arguably one of the more State. healthy in far more impor- fidence to lean on a Kam it does even less to prepare dependable running backs As good as the running tant games — beginning Martin, Shaun Shivers or for the schedule ahead if he in a talent-laden SEC. game looked in a 55-16 with next week’s trip to Malik Miller early against blows a tire.

Auburn 3 things, grades

1. Auburn’s Nix improves in last tune-up: Auburn’s true freshman quarterback Bo Nix played better. Finally, Nix, who said, “I need to play better,” after the Tulane victory, delivered some improvements. On Auburn’s opening drive against Kent State, two straight runs by Nix against Kent State got the Tigers to the 5-yard line, then Boobee Whitlow punched it in. For a minute, the quarterback runs took fans’ minds off the less than 50 percent completion rate through Nix’s first two games. While he still hasn’t been great at putting action with words, he improved his passing completion with 12 of 16 for 161 yards and a touchdown. That’s good for Auburn fans, who need Nix to be the prodigy everyone expects him to be. Going into the game, Nix averaged 192 passing yards, and he’d completed only 47.1 percent of his attempts. Sure, he’d thrown three touchdowns, but he’d been picked off twice. 2. Put me in, Coach!: Former Auburn quarterback Woody Barrett, who is now at Kent State, didn’t get the start but did get some playing time. QB Dustin Crum handled Kent State’s offense. But, by the third quarter, Crum had been sacked five times, and Barrett got the nod. He had a touchdown pass in the fourth quarter, along with a 26-yard run to the Auburn 49 for a first down in the third quarter, and another completed pass to Kavious Price in the fourth quarter. Barrett, who still has friends on Auburn’s team, seems to be a class act. When Auburn

clearly wasn’t going the route of a dual-threat QB, he said good bye and thanked the staff. On a YouTube video from Kent State, it appears Barrett hasn’t given up his dream of playing in the NFL. In the video, he expressed interest in playing for one of the Florida teams. “I would love to stay home, sometime Jacksonville, Tampa Bay or Miami,” Barrett said. While some criticize athletes transferring schools in an effort to give themselves a better chance to continue playing football after college, others can see how programs, coaches and systems matter, in terms of at quarterback’s success or failure. Good examples: Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson, Oklahoma QB Jalen Hurts, who left Alabama and Kelly Bryant, who left Clemson for Missouri. 3. One quarterback to another: According to ESPN commentators calling the Auburn-Kent State game, Bo Nix reached out to Cam Newton for advice on his play. Considering Newton’s own sub-par performance in the Carolina Panthers game against the Tampa Bay Bucs earlier this week, Nix might need to offer advice to Newton.

quarterbacks Dustin Crum and Woody Barrett with some meaningless scrambles for yardage. Passing offense: C — We get it, Bo Nix is a freshman and adjusting to the speed of the game, but Auburn can’t afford sequences like the Tigers had at the end of the first half. First, Nix missed a wide open Jay Jay Wilson in the end zone. Then he fumbled on the next play and was sacked. The bright side: A third-quarter fleaflicker showed some promise. Passing defense: A —Auburn’s defensive line, especially Marlon Davidson, often hurried Kent State’s passing attack and easily got to the quarterback, mauling him when it needed to. Special teams: B — Andres Carlson hit a 45-yard field goal at the end of the first half to save a drive nearly fumbled away by Nix. Then he drilled a 37-yarder in the second. Coaching: B — It was a straightforward night for Gus Malzahn and the Tigers. They handled their business, didn’t scare the heck out of its fanbase like it has in the past keeping it close against lesser opponents. Overall: A — A solid win with few issues outside Nix’s comfort. It’s the final tuneup for the Tigers before a brutal SEC stretch with Grades Texas A&M on the road next Rushing offense: A — JaTarvi- week and Florida in Gainesville ous “Boobee” Whitlow led an two weeks later. efficient rushing game, finding wide open holes against the — Josh Vitale Golden Flashes. One play into the second half and he had already Game summary rushed for 100 years. No. 8 Auburn 55, Kent St. 16 Rushing defense: A — Auburn Kent St. 3 7 0 6 — 16 wouldn’t let Kent State get any- Auburn 14 10 14 17 — 55 thing going on the ground outside First Quarter

Auburn quarterback Bo Nix (10) carries the ball against Kent State Saturday. [BUTCH DILL/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

KNT—FG Trickett 21, 8:42 AUB—Whitlow 3 run (Carlson kick), 5:47 AUB—Martin 35 run (Carlson kick), :11 Second Quarter KNT—McKoy 53 pass from Crum (Trickett kick), 10:47 AUB—Nix 1 run (Carlson kick), 8:16 AUB—FG Carlson 45, :00 Third Quarter AUB—Whitlow 16 run (Carlson kick), 12:02 AUB—Stove 49 pass from Nix (Carlson kick), 5:59 Fourth Quarter AUB—FG Carlson 37, 14:55 KNT—K.Price 15 pass from W.Barrett (pass failed), 12:36 AUB—Gatewood 2 run (Ledbetter kick), 8:49 AUB—Gatewood 2 run (Ledbetter kick), 8:49

First downs Rushes-yards Passing

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19 32-92 229

33 62-467 166

Comp-Att-Int Return Yards Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession

13-17-0 10 2-36.0 2-0 6-59 33:23

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Kent St., Crum 11-30, W.Barrett 4-27, Bangda 4-14, Shaw 6-9, Elmore 1-5, X.Williams 5-4, K.Price 1-3. Auburn, Whitlow 17-135, Gatewood 12-102, Shivers 12-102, Martin 7-71, Nix 7-21, Joiner 4-19, Ma.Miller 2-13, Sandberg 1-4. PASSING—Kent St., K.Price 0-1-0-0, Crum 15-24-0-198, W.Barrett 3-110-31. Auburn, Gatewood 1-1-0-5, Nix 12-16-0-161. RECEIVING—Kent St., McKoy 4-85, K.Price 4-41, Dixon 4-30, Dulka 2-34, Shaw 2-33, Carrigan 2-6. Auburn, Stove 6-88, Wilson 3-21, Cannella 1-27, Schwartz 1-13, Hastings 1-11, Joiner 1-6. MISSED FIELD GOALS—Kent St., Trickett 39.

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SEC opener. Diversified its running attack considerably, with Kam Martin, Shivers and quarterbacks Nix and Gatewood getting more involved. The defense allowed four straight third-down conversions on the opening drive but did get stronger.

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able to head to the sideline after the Tigers avoided a pre-SEC letdown against the Golden Flashes (1-2). Most of the damage was done with a running game that had struggled at times. Nix had runs of 17 and 18 yards on consecutive plays to set up a touchdown on the opening drive and added a 1-yard score. He completed 12 of 16 passes for 161 yards for an offense that topped its combined points from the first two games. Backup quarterback Joey Gatewood ran for 102 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Shaun Shivers, Auburn’s 5-foot-7, 179pound running back, also gained 102 yards. It was the first time Auburn had

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Kent State wide receiver Isaiah McKoy (23) catches a pass for a touchdown over Auburn defensive back Christian Tutt (6) during the first half Saturday. [PHOTOS BY BUTCH DILL/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

Kent State quarterback Dustin Crum (14) is hit by Auburn defensive end Big Kat Bryant (1) as he throws the ball during the first half of Saturday’s 55-16 win.

three 100-yard rushers in a game since 1983 with a Bo Jackson-led group against Maryland. The Golden Flashes closed to 14-10 early in the second quarter on Dustin Crum’s 53-yard downfield strike to Isaiah McKoy. Auburn had gone six-plus quarters without

Derrick Brown sustained an unspecified injury in the first quarter. He watched the second half in street clothes.

giving up a TD before that, but it was Kent State’s last big highlight for a while. Crum completed 15 of 24 passes for 198 yards and a touchdown, but was sacked five times.

Brown hurt Auburn defensive tackle

The takeaway Ke n t S t a t e : Started Crum at quarterback for the second straight game. Former starter and

ex-Auburn signee Woody Barrett entered the game in the third quarter, down 38-10. Barrett did contribute a fourth-quarter touchdown pass. Coach Sean Lewis drew an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty in the first half. Auburn: Took care of business ahead of the

Auburn left tackle Prince Tega Wanogho was replaced in the starting lineup by Bailey Sharp. It was the senior’s first career start. Top receiver Seth Williams was held out with a shoulder injury.

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Kent State hosts Bowling Green seeking back-to-back MAC wins for the first time since 2012. Auburn opens Southeastern Conference play at No. 16 Texas A&M.

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ALABAMA A&M 31, UNA 24 UNA NOTEBOOK

Second-half struggles plague Lions

By Michael Hebert

Sports Writer

North Alabama was efficient on offense early. They were great on defense, too, controlling the line of scrimmage. Unfortunately for UNA, it didn’t last. UNA did well when the running game was working. Defensively, they contained quarterback Aqeel Glass and the Bulldogs running game in the first half. But in the second half, the Lions started to give up big plays. UNA allowed Alabama A&M quarterback Glass to find open receivers downfield. Its defense couldn’t stop the run. Defensively in the second half, the Bulldogs loaded the box and stopped Terence Humphrey and company from moving the ball. Quarterback Christian Lopez was pressured and forced to throw the ball UNA’s players signal a second fumble recovery against Alabama A&M in the first half of the rivalry game at Braly Stadium. [MATT away on several occasions. MCKEAN/TIMESDAILY]

Running game fuels offense UNA got its offense going early thanks to success in the running game, mainly with running back Terence Humphrey. Humphrey scored on a 19-yard touchdown run to open the

scoring and finished the first half with eight carries for 84 yards. Humphrey kept it going in the second half and had 14 rushes for 147 yards and a touchdown through three quarters. But when the running

game was contained, the offense struggled. Alabama A&M put pressure on Lopez, sacking him three times through three quarters. Without a consistent way for UNA to move the ball and kill the clock, the Bulldogs were able to fight

back into the game.

Flipping the ﬁeld Joe Gurley had a career night, recording his longest punt with the Lions, a 61-yard boot in the closing minute of the second quarter. He continued his

who cashed in the turnover by hitting a 40-yard field goal to put the Lions ahead 9-0. A&M fumbled on the ensuing kickoff and Gurley added three more points.

Defense starts fast, starts to falter

The Lions controlled the game defensively in the first half. Alabama A&M’s offense averaged 371 yards passing coming in, but Bulldogs quarterback Aqeel Glass and company had only 69 at halftime. The defensive line, called upon by coordinator Steadman Campbell, had early success, forcing several three and outs and controlling the line of scrimmage. But after a shutout in the first half, the Lions gave up a touchdown on Alabama A&M’s first possession of the second half. What first looked like UNA’s defense taking time to adjust turned into another touchdown on the Bulldogs’ next kicking success as well, possession. hitting field goals from 40, The Bulldogs outscored 39 and 25 yards out and is the Lions 21-3 in the third now 6 for 6 on the season. quarter. With just over three minutes remaining in the first michael.hebert@ quarter, Bulldogs running timesdaily.com. or 256back Gary Quarles fumbled 740-5737. Twitter @ a punt from Joe Gurley, md_hebert55

UNA 3 things, grades Can’t stop the run: Alabama A&M running back Jordan Bentley rushed 26 times for 124 yards and two touchdowns. Overall, the Bulldogs gained 274 yards on the ground, with 176 of the yards coming in the second half. This was a game where defensive coordinator Steadman Campbell called on the defensive line to step up. It did in the first half, but fell short the rest of the game. More penalties: The Lions finished last week’s game with nine penalties for 75 yards. This week, UNA had nine for 93 yards. Often times the penalties came in key situations. On Alabama A&M’s final scoring drive of the game, linebacker Jakob Cummings was

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game. Alabama A&M finished with 272 yards on the ground. “They were taking our will from us,” head coach Chris Willis said. “We just couldn’t get a stop.” Senior Defensive lineman Brodric Martin, who finished the game with eight total tackles and two pass breakups, thought his teammates were swarming to the ball and the energy was there in the first half. But not so much the rest of the game. “I think it was fatigue more than anything,” Martin said. “We weren’t ready for what they hit us with. It just happened like that.” The Lions’ most reliable player on Saturday night was kicker Joe Gurley. Gurley was 4 for 4 on

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hit with a personal foul call that kept the Bulldogs in position to hit the 39-yard field goal that put them up by seven points. Cutting down on these specific mistakes is an area of concern for UNA. Gurley’s big night: Lost in the midst of the tough second half for the Lions was the performance of punter/kicker Joe Gurley. Gurley was 4 for 4 on field goals, kicking from 25, 25, 39 and 40 yards out. He also reached his career high in punts with a 61-yard punt in the second quarter. Both a kickoff and a punt from Gurley was muffed by Alabama A&M that resulted in two of the field goals.

Grades Rushing offense: C — UNA

field goals and launched a career-high 61-yard punt in the second quarter. Another one of his punts was muffed by A&M’s Gary Quarles. One of his kickoffs was muffed and recovered by UNA. But even with the special teams success, Willis wanted more points. “I felt like in the first half we left some points out there,” Willis said. “We’re not scoring enough.” UNA had success offensively in the first half thanks to its running game. Terence Humphrey, who finished the game rushing 15 times for 123 yards and a touchdown, punched in the game’s first touchdown from 19 yards out. But when the running game stalled, so did the Lions’ offense. The Bulldogs adjusted and started loading the box to make Christian Lopez

moved the ball in the running game in the first half, but stalled in the second. Terence Humphrey finished with 15 carries for 128 yards with a touchdown, but the next closest was Ron Thompson with only 23 yards. Rushing defense: D — The Lions limited Alabama A&M running backs Jordan Bentley and Gary Quarles in the first quarter but the two backs found running room as the game edged closer to halftime. The Bulldogs rushed for 176 yards in the second half. Passing offense: C — Lopez made a few big throws to help the Lions get in a position to score, but often times it resulted in field goals and not touchdowns.

throw. When Lopez did drop back, Alabama A&M applied pressure, sacking him four times. Humphrey, trying to explain why the offense struggled, agreed with his teammates. “Maybe fatigue, maybe we were just tired, I don’t know,” Humphrey said. “We didn’t play as good as we should have in the second half.” Trailing with less than two minutes to go, Lopez found Cortez Hall for a 28-yard completion that brought the Lions to the Alabama A&M 34-yard line with less than two minutes remaining. But two plays later, Lopez dropped back, was hit and fumbled, giving the ball to Alabama A&M who effectively kneeled to run out the clock. “We just didn’t execute, things got sloppy,” Lopez said. “Part of it’s on me, I

He took ownership for the lack of execution in the second half. Passing defense: B — Safety Deandre Hart was the leading tackler with 11 and Alabama A&M was held to only 186 yards passing. Unfortunately for the Lions, it wasn’t Aqeel Glass that beat them in the second half, but rather the Bulldogs’ running game. Special teams: A — This is probably UNA’s best performance of the night. Gurley was terrific going 4 for 4 on field goals and reaching a career long with punts, kicking a 61-yard punt. The two turnovers forced on special teams also easily make this grade A. Coaching: C — Head coach

Chris Willis and staff called a great game in the first half. The second half could’ve used some adjustments, especially on defense, but the result is not to be blamed on a specific side, players or coaches. Overall: C — It’s another game where UNA looked great in the first half and the complete opposite in the second. This time, however, the second half collapse probably looks worse, given the Lions were shutting Alabama A&M out, 18-0 in the first half. UNA had opportunities, however, which is something they didn’t have against Montana. — Michael Hebert

take ownership. We just got to finish.” Willis was visibly frustrated after the game, alluding to it being the second week in a row that his team collapsed in the second half. The Lions have been outscored 76-6 in the second half of the last two games. He didn’t point to one specific reason for it, but rather explained that it was a combination of a lot of little things. Penalties, (UNA was flagged nine times for 93 yards), lack of execution and giving up big plays all fall into the mix. “Last week’s team didn’t do anything any different,” Willis said. “We’ll have to see what this week’s team (does).” michael.hebert@ timesdaily.com. or 256740-5737. Twitter @ md_hebert55

UNA’s Carlos Hall fights against Alabama A&M’s Adrian Portlock for a pass in the first half at Braly Stadium Saturday night. [MATT MCKEAN/TIMESDAILY]

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ALABAMA 47, SOUTH CAROLINA 23 OPINION

Forget run game, Tide is unstoppable in passing game By Doug Segrest Montgomery Advertiser

The Alabama running game remains a mess, but Steve Sarkisian offered a temporary patch Saturday afternoon. With running lanes unavailable, the Alabama offensive coordinator opted to get the ball to Najee Harris and Brian Robinson through the air. The strategy proved a kick start for the second-ranked Crimson Tide in its SEC opener. Stuck in an unexpected first half shootout, Harris provided a comfort on a fourth-and-2 gambit. Slipping underneath the defense, he caught a short Tua Tagovailoa toss for the first down, thwarted one defender with a stiff arm, hurdled another and bounced off a third to finish off an electric 34-yard touchdown. Alabama’s 47-23 victory against South Carolina

was tougher than expected. Tagovailoa had to play into the fourth quarter yet left with career highs in completions (28) and yards (444) while matching his previous-best five passing TDs. Alabama came in a 25-pointfavorite.Butflashes of the Tide’s 2010 road trip loss in Columbia began with the first note ofSandstorm, thanks to a true freshman quarterback channeling his inner Stephen Garcia. Ryan Hilinski ascended to the starting job after Jake Bentley suffered a seasonending injury in the Week 1 meltdown against North Carolina. He played beyond his age moving the Gamecocks downfield — and exposing the Bama defense in the process. South Carolina coach Will Muschamp, knowing Saban’s mastery over his former assistants, took risk after risk until he ran out of dice: Four fourth-down attempts, a fake field goal,

a fake punt and an onside kick. And all for naught. Saban is now 17-0 against his proteges. Muschamp learned that shootouts against this Alabama offense can be lethal. WhileHilinskiwassteady, Tagovailoa availed himself to Alabama’s myriad of playmakers. Wideout Henry Ruggs took a slant 81 yards for a score. Peer DaVonta Smith took another Tagovailoa pass 42 yards for the first score of the second half. It was a masterful day of play calling for the welltraveled Sarkisian who found a way to employ two more weapons. His use of the running backs as receivers – six first-half targets, alone— got additional playmakers in space. This wasn’t the methodical, boa-constrictor victory Tide opponents know so well. That news should send a shiver through every Alabama running back Najee Harris (22) hurdles South Carolina defensive back R.J. Roderick (10) on defensivecoordinatorlefton his way to a touchdown at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C., on Saturday September 14, 2019. the schedule. [MICKEY WELSH/MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER]

3 things, grades 1. Tide goes away from the run: While the passing game was on point, the Crimson Tide run game once again could never quite get going, combining for just 77 rushing yards on 24 carries Saturday. It snapped a streak of 69 straight games with at least 100 rushing yards. Junior tailback Najee Harris led with 36 rushing yards on only seven carries while fellow junior Brian Robinson Jr. added a teamleading eight carries for 33 yards. Alabama did manage to score on the ground as sophomore backup quarterback Mac Jones punched it in from a yard out for the game’s final score to go ahead 47-16 with 2:04 left. There was a period of more than six minutes of game time that Alabama didn’t even attempt a run between the final play of the first quarter and the 9:45 mark of the second quarter. 2. Alabama survives South Carolina’s tricks: Nick Saban continued his personal dominance over his former assistants with his 17th straight win (17-0) after dispatching former LSU defensive coordinator Will Muschamp for the third time. Not that Muschamp didn’t make a serviceable attempt. South Carolina nearly pulled off a fake field goal run for a touchdown midway through the first quarter, but a holding call negated the potential score. The Gamecocks also tried a fake punt run by Shi Smith on a fourthand-5 play with six minutes left in the second quarter but a headsup tackle by redshirt freshman receiver Slade Bolden stopped

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over defensive back R.J. Roderick on the way to the end zone. DeVonta Smith caught Tagovailoa’s last TD pass, also for 42 yards. Saban reminded his players, about all who were in middle or elementary school in 2010, of the Tides’ previous game here when the top-ranked Tide were soundly beaten 35-21.

Smith 3 yards short of the first down for a turnover. 3. Kicking woes continue for Tide: Freshman kicker Will Reichard was expected to be Alabama’s answer to its kicking woes. But after Saturday, it appears there’s still more to be done. Reichard missed a 37-yard field goal with 4:06 remaining in the second quarter and also missed an extra point try on Alabama’s second-to-last touchdown with 13:41 left in the game. Sophomore punter Skyler DeLong also had a 14-yard punt to end the Tide’s second offensive series with 6:28 left in the first quarter.

Grades Rushing offense: D — Paging guard Deonte Brown, you are needed. The suspended lineman can’t arrive back for the Tide soon enough. An average of 3.2 yards per rush is just not going to cut it when Alabama faces Auburn or LSU. Rushing defense: B — Alabama didn’t let South Carolina get anything going on the ground until Rico Dowdle got loose late, limiting the Gamecocks to 135 yards. Passing offense: A — Tua Tagovailoa cut up the Gamecocks’ defense when he was protected, finding Henry Ruggs, Najee Harris and DeVonta Smith for big plays. Harris looked better catching the ball than when it was handed off to him. Passing defense: C — Ryan Hilinski was chucking the ball around the field a bit and showed some efficiency on third down. Alabama sacked him three times

And the Gamecocks tried anything they could to pull off another miracle, but little worked — especially with Tagovailoa in complete control. Parker White’s fake field goal run to the end zone was called back because of holding. Alabama snuffed out a fake punt to stop the Gamecocks well short of a first down. And when South Carolina drove to Alabama’s 1 on the final play of the half, freshman

but didn’t get consistent pressure much of the game. Special teams: D — Oh look, five-star kicker Will Reichard to the rescue of Alabama’s special team woes. Or not. He missed a 37-yard attempt and an extra point, which doesn’t bode well. That came after horrible coverage on a fake field goal attempt that only a South Carolina penalty stopped. Throw in an anemic 14-yard punt from Skyler DeLong, and Bama fans are doing that annual hair-pulling exercise again when the kickers take the field. Coaching: B — Nick Saban has to figure out balance to the Tide’s offense before they travel to Texas A&M and face tougher teams than the Gamecocks. Tua can’t be the only answer. Overall: B —Alabama survives a road SEC opener, but it has plenty to work on in the film room. The offense looked electric when Tua was passing and stumbled when he wasn’t. —Alex Byington

Game summary No. 2 Alabama 47, South Carolina 23 Alabama 14 10 10 13 — 47 South Carolina 10 0 3 10 — 23 First Quarter BAMA—N.Harris 24 pass from Tu.Tagovailoa (Reichard kick), 13:21 SC—FG White 44, 8:31 BAMA—Ruggs 81 pass from Tu.Tagovailoa (Reichard kick), 3:15 SC—S.Smith 31 pass from Hilinski (White kick), 1:49 Second Quarter BAMA—FG Reichard 23, 13:10 BAMA—N.Harris 42 pass from Tu.Tagovailoa (Reichard kick), 7:40

Ryan Hilinski’s pass to the back of the end zone was off target. Tagovailoa’s passing yards were the third most in school history. He bettered his previous mark of 387 yards against Texas A&M and tied his personal best for touchdowns set against Auburn, both of those coming in 2018. Smith and Ruggs both surpassed 100 yards receiving. Smith had 136 yards on eight catches,

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Third Quarter SC—FG White 28, 11:26 BAMA—D.Smith 42 pass from Tu.Tagovailoa (Reichard kick), 9:52 BAMA—FG Reichard 21, :52 Fourth Quarter SC—FG White 48, 14:49 BAMA—D.Smith 11 pass from Tu.Tagovailoa (kick failed), 13:41 BAMA—M.Jones 1 run (Reichard kick), 2:04 SC—Markway 11 pass from Hilinski (White kick), :11

BAMA SC First downs Rushes-yards Passing 495 Comp-Att-Int Return Yards Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards

including two TDs. Ruggs had six catches for 122 yards.

The takeaway Alabama: The Crimson Tide played a game sure to please Saban: Good enough to win by doubledigits but with enough mistakes on defense for him to drill into players before next week. Alabama allowed a 300-yard passer and a 100-yard rusher, both benchmarks Saban

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Alabama, N.Harris 7-36, B.Robinson 8-33, K.Robinson 4-12, Waddle 1-5, Bolden 1-2, M.Jones 1-1, (Team) 1-(minus 1), Tu.Tagovailoa 2-(minus 12). South Carolina, Dowdle 12-102, Feaster 10-33, White 1-3, S.Smith 1-2, Hilinski 5-(minus 5). PASSING—Alabama, Tu.Tagovailoa 28-36-0-444, M.Jones 3-3-0-51. South Carolina, Hilinski 36-57-1-324. RECEIVING—Alabama, D.Smith 8-136, Ruggs 6-122, Jeudy 6-68, N.Harris 5-87, B.Robinson 2-37, Bolden 1-14, Tennison 1-12, Waddle 1-12, Forristall 1-7. South Carolina, Edwards 9-79, S.Smith 6-90, Markway 5-46, Vann 4-23, Muse 4-21, Dowdle 3-21, Feaster 2-17, O.Smith 2-14, Joyner 1-13. MISSED FIELD GOALS—Alabama, Reichard 37.

will likely hone in going forward. South Carolina: The Gamecocks showed some pluck in the face of the second-ranked Crimson Tide. Freshman quarterback Ryan Hilinski threw for 324 yards and two touchdowns in his second career game with expected starter in injured Jake Bentley lost for the season.

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wasn’t perfect, but it should certainly keep the Tide at No. 2 without major upheaval in the rankings.

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When the government runs your health care

Holocaust survivor speaks

CAL THOMAS

UBLIN — “When would you like to schedule your knee replacement surgery?” asked my American doctor before I left for Ireland? I gave him a date that works for me (I’m calling it the result of an old basketball injury, not advancing age). His office scheduled it for that date. Contrast this with a headline in the Irish Independent newspaper: “Surgery delays are ‘cheating elderly out of precious time.’” While I’m not ready to claim “elderly status,” the story is a preview of what could happen in the U.S. if enough of us buy into the notion that government knows best when it comes to our health and longevity. The head of the Irish Medical Organization, Dr. Padraig McGarry, is quoted as saying that older people are frequently waiting well over two years just to see a specialist before being consigned to another waiting list for surgery. Ponder that for a moment. How would you react should your current doctor (assuming you are allowed to keep him/her) tell you to get in line and wait until further notice? Dr. McGarry says he has seen patients deteriorate while waiting for surgery and many return to their general practitioner “who gives them medication which can affect their health in other ways...” And Ireland isn’t even a part of Britain’s National Health Service. They’ve got their own system, part public, the Health Service Executive, and part private option. It’s the public system wherein the problems lie. The most recent figures examined by the newspaper found 564,829 patients in the queue to see a specialist and another 68,807 patients waiting to have surgery. Ireland’s population is less than 5 million. The population of the United States is just over 329 million. If tiny Ireland can’t make it work, what makes so many of our politicians think it will work in the U.S.? Across the Irish Sea, the UK has its own horror stories about health care run by the government. Canadians who can afford it often come to the U.S. rather than wait for their government to approve and schedule surgery. Adding to the dysfunction is the overregulated Irish system in which people don’t want to become doctors or serve in other health care capacities. Low pay is only one reason. According to the Independent, There are “527 vacancies for hospital specialists,” as well as a “pay gap between newly recruited consultants and longer serving colleagues.” SEE THOMAS, D1

Joseph Alexander, 96, shows the identification tattoo he was given at Auschwitz concentration camp. He shared his story of surviving Auschwitz, Dachau and several other camps during a talk at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust in Los Angeles, California. [MYUNG J. CHUN/LOS ANGELES TIMES]

‘There are a lot of Holocaust deniers out there ... don’t believe what they tell you’ By Hailey Branson-Potts Los Angeles Times (TNS)

OS ANGELES — Joseph Alexander lifted his left forearm to show the number. Nazi guards had tattooed it on him just after he and scores of other Jewish prisoners arrived by cattle car to Auschwitz concentration camp along with the bodies of those who didn’t survive the train ride. “From that moment on, we have no name,” Alexander said. 142584. “That was your name.” Alexander is 96. A slight man with a Polish accent, wearing a Hawaiian shirt, he is speaking on a sunny Sunday to a rapt crowd of about 30 at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust. He’s telling his story about six years and a dozen concentration camps. About how he survived and his family didn’t. He’s been giving speeches like these, sometimes three a day, for 15 or so years and has talked to thousands of students. At this museum, he considers himself essentially on call. For Alexander, there is a growing urgency to telling his story to as many people — especially young people — as possible as the number of aging Holocaust survivors

Joseph Alexander’s liberation papers from Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps, left and bottom, along with his German driver’s license, upper right, are on display at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust in Los Angeles, California. [MYUNG J. CHUN/LOS ANGELES TIMES]

dwindles and the horrors of the Nazis fade into the past. Forgetting comes with a price. In March, a group of teenagers from Newport Beach and Costa Mesa were pictured giving the Sieg Heil salute beside red plastic cups arranged into a swastika at a house party. That same month, school officials in Garden Grove were alerted to a group of Pacifica High School students raising their arms in Nazi salutes while singing an obscure Nazi marching song at an off-campus athletic event. A Snapchat video of the incident exploded online in July after it was sent to the Daily Beast. Also in March, Los Angeles

police found two swastikas scrawled in blood in Pan Pacific Park, near the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust. The incidents come as antiSemitic hate crimes are rising — by 54% from 2014 to 2017, according to the FBI. Knowledge of the Nazi atrocities among young people is decreasing. A study commissioned last year by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany showed that 66% of U.S. millennials did not know what Auschwitz was. Four in 10 millennials thought 2 million or fewer Jewish people were killed during the Holocaust; the actual number is around 6 million.

“Time, fragmented online echo chambers and ignorance have enabled bigotry and Holocaust denial a renaissance,” said Brian Levin, director of Cal State San Bernardino’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism. Last month, President Donald Trump repeatedly said American Jews who vote for Democrats are “disloyal,” drawing sharp condemnation from major Jewish groups which said the comments were anti-Semitic. Trump also tweeted a quote from conspiracy theorist Wayne Allyn Root saying “the Jewish people in Israel” love Trump “like he’s the King of Israel.” In recent months, the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, the Museum of Tolerance and local Jewish educators and rabbis have reached out to high schools in Orange County scandalized by Nazi-related social media posts, offering to teach students about the Holocaust. “History can and will repeat itself, and that’s why, if we forget what took place and what people have the capacity to do to each other, we can slip into it again,” said Jordanna Gessler, director of education at the L.A. Museum of the Holocaust. “You don’t always have to agree with people and you don’t always have to love SEE HOLOCAUST, D5

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Hong Kong is a ‘hair’s breadth from destruction’

ONG KONG — Physically diminutive, intellectually acerbic and with an eye for the ironic, Margaret Ng — lawyer, writer and former legislator — is, at 71, a member of the generation for which this city’s youthful protesters have scant patience. They say the elders have been too patient about Hong Kong’s precarious situation. But, says Ng dryly, the youths frequently welcome assistance from the older generation’s lawyers. With her closely cropped gray hair and an obvious abundance of wisdom acquired from Hong Kong’s many highstakes controversies, Ng,

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who plainly states facts as she sees them through her round spectacles, resembles an owl with an attitude. She says Hong Kong’s situation is “desperate”: “Under the veneer of a free city, we are under Beijing’s control.” Today the city is a “hair’s breadth from destruction.” She is particularly distressed by police violence, which is a departure from the professional policing

bequeathed to this city from its last three decades of colonial rule. Recently the police have prevented, sometimes for hours, first-aid providers from attending to those the police have injured. The city government under Beijing’s puppet, Carrie Lam, is increasingly resorting to the policy Ng calls “beat up, lock up and silence.” Lam and her Beijing masters are learning that what Gen. Douglas MacArthur said of military disasters — that all are explained, in one way or another, by two words: “too late” — is also often true in politics. In April, Lam ignited a long hot summer by refusing to amend an extradition bill

that would have facilitated, by regularizing, Beijing’s penchant for kidnapping into its Kafkaesque criminal justice system inconvenient Hong Kong booksellers and other affronts to totalitarianism. If Lam had promptly done what she has done five months too late — unambiguously withdrawn the bill — the protests might have dissipated. Instead, they have metastasized, as has the protesters’ agenda, which now includes more meaningful suffrage — ending Beijing’s role in approving candidates — and an independent review of police behavior. At a recent lunch at the Hong Kong Club, there were three generations

of democracy advocates around a table seating eight. At one end of the age spectrum was Martin Lee Chu-ming, 81, the founding chairman of the city’s principal pro-democracy party. At the other end was Joshua Wong, a prodigy of protesting who, given the stressful life he lives, might in a few years look as old as he now is (22). He was an organizer of the 2014 demonstrations against Beijing’s truncation of popular sovereignty by stipulating those for whom Hong Kongers could vote. The lunchtime gathering stressed that the agenda does not include SEE WILL, D5

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Clarence Page

Sometimes love means saying ‘no’

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I quit smoking by vaping, now I’m worried

It’s not every day that a CEO of a major corporation voluntarily warns potential consumers against using his or her product. But underage consumers are a special case. “Don’t vape. Don’t use Juul,” Juul CEO Kevin Burns said Thursday in an interview on “CBS This Morning.” “Don’t start using nicotine if you don’t have a pre-existing relationship with nicotine. Don’t use the product.” Nice try. As a former smoker who quit tobacco with the help of electronic cigarettes, I appreciate the benefit that a little vaping can offer in easing the process of weaning oneself off traditional cigarettes, aptly nicknamed “cancer sticks.” Of course, I was only trading one form of nicotine delivery for another. Quitting e-cigs is a whole new challenge. You may lose the tar and other dangerous ingredients in tobacco by vaping, but you still have nicotine, a powerfully addictive drug that is toxic enough to be used in pesticides — and addictive enough to rank with heroin on the hard-to-quit scale. Now we seem to be sliding in that direction. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 450 cases of severe respiratory illness among people using e-cigarettes in 33 states and at least six deaths, including one in Illinois. “(The) severity of the illness and the recent increase in the incidence of this clinical syndrome indicates that these cases represent a new or newly recognized and worrisome cluster of pulmonary disease related to vaping,” according to a report by health department officials in Wisconsin and Illinois, who conducted a joint investigation of 53 patients.

Deﬁnitive cause unknown

Still, the definitive cause of the mysterious illnesses remains unknown. Vaping and the research about it is too new for scientists at CDC and elsewhere to know, for example, how many of the injuries and deaths followed vaping of nicotine or a host of other possible chemicals, such as THC, the major psychoactive ingredient in cannabis. But many agree with Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the Senate’s second-highest ranking Democrat, that the nation is in “a public health crisis that could have been avoided if the Food and Drug Administration had acted at any point over the past 10 years to properly regulate e-cigarettes and the accompanying kid-friendly flavors and products.” Those flavors are a controversy in themselves. Juul and other leaders in the vaping industry claim to be interested only in adult customers, as Burns insisted. But like the tobacco industry, which came under fire for its cartoon figure “Joe Camel” and other suspiciously youth-oriented marketing, the vape industry has walked a fine line between marketing their products as a health care device or a tasty, trendy treat. Of course, there has been pushback against the drive for more regulation of e-cigs, no matter how well intended. Much of it comes from supporters of marijuana and THC legalization who seek more freedom of choice for consumers, not less. So do I, but for adults, not kids. E-mail Clarence Page at cpage@chicagotribune.com.

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With dozens of people becoming sick from a vaping-related illness, it’s time to get more information about the risks of e-cigarettes.

n incident at Wilson High School has thrust the Shoals area into a national debate about the dangers of vaping. Principal Gary Horton’s decision to remove some stall doors from bathrooms on campus was an attempt to mitigate the growing vaping problem in his school. Other school leaders are grappling with the same problem. The reports about health problems being linked to electronic cigarettes get more disturbing each day. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has 380 cases in 36 states of a mysterious lung illness connected to vaping. To date, there have been six deaths reported in the past three weeks that were linked to vaping. Typically, victims arrived at hospitals short of breath, feverish, vomiting and nauseated. Many have had to be put on ventilators in intensive care. The growing number of public health concerns underscores the importance of getting serious about the dangers of e-cigarettes.

Even President Trump has weighed in on the issue, announcing Wednesday the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is preparing to ban flavored e-cigarettes, which are said to be a major factor in the alarming rise in teen vaping. How alarming is the rise? The FDA reports some 3 million high-schoolers used e-cigarettes in 2018, a 78% increase in one year. Almost 600,000 middle-schoolers tried e-cigs. According to a 2018 University of Michigan study, 37 percent of high school seniors reported vaping within the last year. And 17 percent of eighth-graders admitted they had vaped. The CDC has called the rise in teen vaping an “epidemic.” From a public health perspective, this much is clear about vaping: We don’t know the true dangers. There are still more questions than answers about these electronic devices. Until we do know more about those dangers, the best thing anyone can do is not to vape at all.

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Impeachment unlikely to end Trump’s presidency A powerful case can be made that President Trump’s egregious actions in office — particularly his efforts to derail the investigation of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III — justify a vote by the House of Representatives on whether he has committed “high crimes and misdemeanors” and should be impeached. But because of divisions among Democrats about whether impeachment would make it harder to defeat Trump next year (and more difficult to reelect Democratic members in Trump-friendly districts), the majority party in the House is pursuing what might be called “impeachment lite.” The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved a resolution empowering it to intensify what Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) has described as an ongoing inquiry into whether Trump should be impeached for obstruction and other abuses of power. The resolution establishes rules for evidence-gathering and witness testimony. But unlike the inquiries involving former Presidents Nixon and Clinton, this time there will be no official authorization by the House as a whole, no vote to formally bless the inquiry. Thus the “impeachment lite” description. But it’s also impeachment late. It has been almost five months since Congress received a redacted copy of Mueller’s report into his investigation of possible ties between Russia and Trump’s 2016 campaign and actions by Trump seemingly intended to obstruct the probe.

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Granted, the committee has been stymied in obtaining additional information — such as testimony by former White House Counsel Don McGahn, who among other things has told investigators that Trump had asked him to arrange Mueller’s dismissal. (According to Mueller’s report, Trump told McGahn:“Mueller has to go.”) But if Democrats were united in believing that impeachment was necessary, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi long ago would have asked for a vote by the full body to authorize an investigation. It’s easy to understand why she hasn’t pushed for such a vote. Pelosi has made it clear that she worries that an impeachment inquiry without broad bipartisan support could potentially backfire. The confusion over exactly what House Democrats are doing about impeachment was dramatized Wednesday when Pelosi’s deputy, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland,had to clarify his earlier comment that Democrats weren’t conducting an impeachment inquiry. He released a statement saying he had misunderstood a reporter’s question. “I thought the question was in regards to whether the full House is actively considering articles of impeachment, which we are not at this time,” Hoyer said, adding that he supported Nadler’s committee investigation. The Times’ Editorial Board has

long supported an aggressive investigation by Congress of Trump’s conduct in office, including but not limited to his troubling actions during Mueller’s investigation. We also recognize that characterizing its investigation as an impeachment inquiry may make it easier for the committee to obtain important documents to which it has a legitimate claim. But we also have worried that Trump’s impeachment by the House, followed by his almost inevitable acquittal in the Republican-controlled Senate, would exacerbate partisan divisions in the country. A Trump acquittal could easily backfire against Democrats while doing nothing to punish our incompetent and unethical president. The House Judiciary Committee should continue following leads and digging for the truth. But in doing so, it should also abandon the pretense of conducting an impeachment inquiry on the sly. If it should develop a damning case against the president,it can return to the House to seek authorization to conduct formal impeachment proceedings. But the closer we get to next year’s election, the more the committee’s work will be tainted by politics. It’s now September. Even if Nadler’s investigation led to a vote by the full House to impeach Trump, a Senate trial in an election year could serve as a campaign commercial for him and make it harder to evict him from the White House in the most clean,effective and democratic way possible: at the ballot box.

Two recent letters have labeled our border security as non-Christian, inhumane, unpatriotic and non-economical. The last letter decried how at some point these people might even rise up becoming potential domestic terrorists if we don’t give them everything we’ve got. As to the non-Christian aspect: Is it non-Christian to ask that people obey the laws of our land? If they come knowingly breaking our laws, do we really expect them to be law abiding? Is it non-Christian to expect people coming here to merge into our melting pot of a country? Is it non-Christian to expect them to work for a living rather than expect the country to support them simply because their feet touched our soil? As to being inhumane: We put them in detention centers to await court proceedings (detention centers built for a few hundred while they show up by the thousands) and of those released, only 10 percent show up for court. Inhumane is dragging kids across thousands of desert miles without food or shelter. We spend billions for housing, food, and medical care for the illegals while thousands of homeless veterans and poor citizens sleep on the streets. What about the American dreamers? We are to love our neighbors, but sometimes love means saying “no.” Being free means being responsible; it means being a good steward of that freedom. We are rapidly becoming a country where everyone does what is good in his own sight. There are dire warnings in the Bible about that. Michael Darling Killen

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Mastering the sales discipline to shut up

JIM BLASINGAME

ontrary to what you’ve heard, selling is the oldest profession, because “In the beginning” the serpent sold the apple to Eve. You might say she bought wholesale and then sold the apple retail to Adam. And as we now know, that was one expensive transaction. A key characteristic that clearly separates humans from the other animals identified in Genesis is ego. And while ego can be a beneficial motivator in selling professionally, in order to do that successfully, we must do something that’s in direct conflict with our ego — we have to let someone else talk more than us. So, when you’re on a sales call – face-to-face with a prospect – what do you do? Do you unload the dump truck of stuff about products, pricing, etc. that your company installed in your head? If that’s your answer, your professional selling career is doomed. Of course, it’s your job to deliver the company’s message. But if you talk about your stuff before knowing what the customer wants/needs/desires/ expects, you’ve parked the cart perilously in front of the horse. And in the Age of the Customer, all that does is annoy prospects and customer at best and make them angry at worst. Successful professional salespeople are gold miners. And the gold they seek is in the heads of prospects. But since everybody has known that since apples first grew on trees, why do so many salespeople spend so much time in front of so many prospects running their mouths? It’s that conflict thing again. Sadly, the mouth — not the ear — is the ego’s tool of choice. The Blasingame Mint has once again struck a new axiom and a handy acronym to go with it: Shut Up - Listen - Sell! SULS. Tattoo those four letters on the palm of your hand, because the most crucial discipline for any professional salesperson is to be able to SHUT UP. Here are four important steps to remember when practicing SULS. 1. Keep Them Talking. Even prospects who aren’t egomaniacs – like most of us salespeople – like to talk about their business and what keeps them up at night. Remember, the gold you seek is in their head. You need time to mine that gold, which can only happen when words are coming out of the prospect’s mouth – not yours. 2. Maintain Eye Contact. The most valuable thing prospects can do for you is talk about what’s on their mind. Nothing stops this flow of golden information quicker than when it appears that you’re not listening. And here’s a gender tip for guys: To a much greater degree than men, women prospects will hold it against you if you don’t maintain eye contact. 3. Concentrate and focus. Concentrate on your prospect’s every word. Focus on what their body language is telling you. Neither of these can happen when you’re talking. The next tip will make this tip easier. 4. Wait Three Seconds. While concentrating and focusing, add the discipline to wait three seconds after you think the prospect is finished talking before you say anything. Three seconds is plenty of time to compose your next question or comment based on what you SEE BLASINGAME, D5

Selling or staying: Selling or staying: Best trends of 2019 to give your old house a fresh look. [DREAMSTIME/TNS]

Best trends of 2019 to give your old house a fresh look By Natalie Campisi Bankrate.com

Your house is outdated, but where do you begin making changes? It might still have its original cabinets from 1978 or it’s been years since you changed the cosmetic details. Whatever end of the decor spectrum you’re on, a few modern tweaks can take your space from past to present.

How revamping your space can sell it For sellers, making a few small tweaks can help set your house apart from the competition, says Jason Saft, a real estate agent at Compass in New York. Some sellers choose to hire professional stagers to increase the look and appeal of their home. According to a recent survey by the National Association of Realtors, or NAR, staging can have an impact on selling a house: • 40% of buyers’ agents reported that home staging had an effect on how most buyers viewed the home. • 83% of buyers’ agents said staging a home helped buyers picture the house as their future home. • 25% of buyers’ agents said that staging increased the dollar value offered between 1% and 5 percent, compared to similar homes without staging. Like staging, investing in the right updates can increase your return on investment. Experts agree that in a

competitive market, the right changes can make all the difference, so keep reading.

to record levels of equity, as home values continue to climb.

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Top homes trends of 2019

The onward and upward attitude toward housing has shifted amid rising home prices and squeezed inventory. And as more people age in place and make their starter homes their forever homes, the remodeling industry has exploded. Now a $400 billion business, the residential remodeling market has seen a surge in activity, growing over 50% since 2010. In 2017, 29% of homeowners completed at least one remodeling project, according to the latest “Improving America’s Housing” report published by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. Some reasons for the uptick in home improvement projects are lagging construction and aging homes; some 40% of American homes are at least 50 years old, according to the report. Americans are now more likely to stay in the same home than they were 35 years ago, according to NAR. Many folks are skipping starter homes and going straight to affordable single-family homes in the suburbs, says Jessica Lautz, vice president of demographics and behavioral insights at NAR. This has led

From smart-home systems to outdoor living rooms, experts weigh in on the year’s most popular design features that will help give your house a fresh look that both sellers and homeowners can benefit from. • Smart-home systems For the uninitiated, integrated smart-home systems are basically a variety of devices that are linked to a single hub, which coordinates everything. They range from six-figure customized systems to out-of-the-box gizmos you can install yourself for a couple hundred dollars. Smart-home technology can be grouped into two basic categories: convenience and security. Convenience tech includes things like automated thermostats and Bluetooth audio (yes, you can have your very own theme song play when you enter your home). The security category includes cameras and alarm systems. “Buyers want cameras and app-based home automation systems,” says Smitha R. Ramchandani, a broker associate at Sotheby’s International Realty in Summit, New Jersey. “They want to remotely control their lighting systems and blinds. If they’re away, they want to be able to turn off the thermostat.”

• Outdoor living rooms Think of your outdoor space as another room, Saft says. Younger buyers often want to see social trends reflected in their living space and — as rooftop bars and other outdoor gathering areas gain popularity — this is appealing in a home, too. “Outdoor living rooms are much more popular. Buyers are not looking at just a backyard; it’s another room,” Saft says. Creating a backyard living room might be as easy as rearranging patio furniture and adding some lights and Bluetooth speakers. Homeowners starting from scratch should begin with an even foundation, which might mean putting in a concrete slab or wooden deck. Use pillows and blankets to add texture and warmth. Lighting plays an important part in creating an inviting ambiance. An easy way to add lights is to use simple string lighting, lanterns and LED candles. • Farmhouse modern look From home makeover shows to big-box retailers, the trend best known as “farmhouse modern” is a favorite across the country, Saft says. This is a look that’s easy to replicate in almost any style of home. The modern farmhouse look takes natural elements (reclaimed wood, rattan, wicker) and gives them a sleek, architectural SEE TRENDS, D5

How does marriage affect my credit situation? By Dawn Allcot Bankrate.com

If you’re getting married, you’re undoubtedly making a lot of decisions as a couple — from the flowers you’ll have at your wedding to where you’ll live after you say, “I do.” You’re probably also discussing how to handle your finances as a couple. If you aren’t, you should be. Part of your pre-marital money discussion should involve your credit history, any debt you’re both bringing into the relationship and how your credit may (or may not) be affected by each other’s financial past.

Do you share credit histories when you get married? Both adults come into a marriage with their own credit history. When you get married, your credit history remains your own and your partner keeps theirs, too. Getting married won’t directly affect your credit score or your credit history. If you apply for credit together, such as applying for a mortgage, the lender will evaluate the credit of both borrowers. Only in the community property states of Arizona,

California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin do lenders look at the credit reports of both parties when one person applies for credit. That’s because in these states both parties are responsible for debt incurred during marriage — even if the debt is in one person’s name. The good news? Even in community property states, any debt you bring into the marriage is yours alone. A spouse cannot be held responsible for debt incurred by their partner before marriage. However, realize that if you have a joint bank account or other joint assets and a credit card issuer, loan company or even the IRS garnishes wages to collect a debt, jointly held assets can be seized.

How to raise your credit score with help from your spouse There’s good news for married couples with different credit scores. A partner with a poor credit score won’t bring their spouse’s credit score down. But a partner with a high credit score Part of your pre-marital money discussion should involve your credit history, and good financial habits can any debt you’re both bringing into the relationship and how your credit may (or may not) be affected by each other’s financial past.

SEE MARRIAGE, D5

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Sunday, September 15, 2019

TimesDaily

Tackle next year’s ﬁnancial aid now Mutual Funds Name

By SARAH SKIDMORE SELL AP Personal Finance Writer

The school season may have just begun, but it’s nearly time to start thinking about next year. That’s because students and their families can begin to submit two key applications for financial aid on Oct. 1 to help pay for higher education for the following school year. And filing early has its perks: better access to limited funds and a quicker response from schools on aid packages.

The basics

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA as it is known, is arguably one of the most critical documents to get help paying for higher education. Current and prospective undergraduate and graduate students must fill it out annually if they want to get access to federal loans, grants and work-study programs. Some states use the information to determine state-based aid as well. It is free to apply and can be completed between Oct. 1 and June 30. Until a few years ago, applicants had to wait until January to file the FAFSA, but the U.S. Department of Education bumped up the deadline and made it easier to apply. Still not everyone has caught on yet.

A Virginia Commonwealth University student works June 20 at a library workstation at the school in Richmond, Va. [AP PHOTO/STEVE HELBER]

How does it work? Anyone who is planning on pursuing higher education should fill out a FAFSA to see what kind of aid they’re eligible for. It can be completed online at studentaid. gov/fafsa or via the myStudentAid app released last year. Students and their families will need Social Security numbers, recent tax returns, some basic financial information, as well as a list of schools they are interested in and other basic information. Students should check the websites of their prospective schools to find out if they need to complete a CSS profile and other school-specific paperwork or deadlines.

What happens next? After you’ve completed the FAFSA, the U.S. Department of Education will process your application within a few days (or around a week if you submitted on paper.) Once processed, you’ll get a copy of your student

aid report, or SAR, which summarizes the information you provided. Review it and make sure all information is accurate. If there are any errors or omissions, complete or correct those as soon as possible. The SAR will include your expected family contribution, a figure that determines your eligibility for aid. The SAR is sent to the schools you listed and each school will review and determine what aid, if any, it can provide. You can list up to 10 potential schools on the FAFSA. Castellano notes that to be considered for state grants, some states require you to list state schools first. If you feel that your family’s financial circumstances are unusual or if they change dramatically after you file the FAFSA, contact the financial aid office at the schools you’ve applied to. They can update the information before making a decision.

HEALTH RATINGS

The following businesses were inspected by the Alabama Department of Public Health before Sept. 6. Scores are based on a 100-point system. Restaurants scoring 85-100 will be inspected once every three months; 70-84 requires a followup inspection within 30 days; 60-69 means a facility has two days to correct violations or face closure; and 59 and below results in automatic closure.

Colbert County

• Jack’s Family Restaurant #047, 1105 S. Montgomery, Shefﬁeld, 86 • Gator Fitness LLC, 1601 E 2nd St., Shefﬁeld, 93 • Aldi #84, 516 W Avalon Ave., Muscle Shoals, 95 • Highway Market, 6030 U.S. 43, Tuscumbia, 96 • Arnold’s Truck Stop, Inc., 1460 Alabama 20, Tuscumbia, 97 • Walgreens #02557, 1801 Woodward Ave., Muscle Shoals, 97 • CVS Pharmacy #4901, 1715 Woodward Ave., Muscle Shoals, 98 • Shri Radhe Inc dba Shop N Go, 1905 U.S. 72 E, Tuscumbia, 99 • Dollar General #3898, 1674 S. Wilson Dam Road, Muscle Shoals, 99

Franklin County

• Bojangles Famous Chicken & Biscuit, 13810 U.S. 43, Russellville, 85 • Price Less Foods #493, 15160 U.S. 43, Russellville, 91 • Los Primos, 105 Marion St., Russellville, 94 • Little Caesar’s Pizza, 13655 U.S. 43 Suite A, Russellville, 95 • Panda Buffet, 14633 U.S. 43, Russellville, 96 • Wafﬂe House #2186, 14005 U.S. 43, Russellville, 96 • Frosty Inn Drive Inn, 12805 U.S. 43 S., Russellville, 97 • Big Star of Russellville Deli, 314 S. Jackson Ave., Russellville, 97

•Dollar General Store #2056, 212 Montgomery St., S. W, Russellville, 98 • Tokyo Sushi and Steakhouse, 14001 U.S. 43 Suite 17, Russellville, 98 • Mars Hill Bible Preschool, 1509 Lawrence St., Russellville, 99

Lauderdale County • Cloverdale Quik Mart, 11185 Alabama 157, Florence, 80 • Fiesta Mexicana Restaurant #1, 3364 Cloverdale Road, Florence, 90 • Krystal, 1201 Florence Blvd., Florence, 90 • McDonald’s, 3183 Cloverdale Road, Florence, 90 • Hardee’s #1459, 16191 U.S.72, Rogersville, 90 • Quik Stop #16, 4408 Alabama 157, Florence, 91 • Tazikis, 261 Cox Creek Parkway, Florence, 91 • Foodland #105, 2861 Alabama 101, Rogersville, 94 • Fish Creel LLC, 7367 Alabama 207, Anderson, 95 • Rogersville Senior

Center, 15 Thornton Terrace Drive, Rogersville, 96 • The Golf Club, LLC, 2831 Lauderdale 156, Anderson, 96 • Rogersville Community Center, 15 Thornton Drive, Rogersville, 96 • Foodland #105 Deli, 2861 Alabama 101, Rogersville, 96 • Quik Mart #7, 901 Florence Blvd., Florence, 97 • Joe Muggs #377, 318 Cox Creek Parkway, Florence, 97 • Yummies Bakery Inc., 2530 A Florence Blvd., Florence, 97 • UNA Chick Fil A, One Harrison Plaza, Florence, 97 • Burger 256, 1 Harrison Plaza, Florence, 97 • Sweetwater Hookah Lounge, 1418 Huntsville Road, Florence, 97 • Five Guys Burgers And Fries, 2881 Florence Blvd., Florence, 98 • UNA Starbucks, One Harrison Plaza, Florence, 99 • Moe’s Southwest Grill, 1 Harrison Place, Florence, 99

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This weekly summary of activity for stocks on the New York, American and Nasdaq exchanges is provided to the TimesDaily by The Associated Press. It is designed to provide readers with information about companies that have an economic impact on Alabama and the southeastern region of the United States. Readers who have suggestions for regional stocks that should be listed here are urged to call Executive Editor Gary Maitland, 256-740-5721.

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— his family was spared, but rumors flew that the From Page D1 soldiers would return in three days to take the people, but you have to remaining Jewish families. respect people.” The Alexanders fled to the Gessler’s Polish grand- town of Blonie. father lived through the Within days, Alexander Holocaust and lost his was sent to a forced labor mother. He suffered camp in the Kampinos from survivor’s guilt and Forest, where he worked rarely talked about what in cold weather, standing happened. in water up to his knees “There’s not too many without boots, building a of us left,” Alexander said. canal. Sores covered his “Especially now, if we legs and arms. He condon’t talk, if we are gone, tracted blood poisoning. there will be nobody to In the fall of 1940, talk about it, and people the Alexanders were won’t know because they deported to the newly won’t see the original created Warsaw Ghetto, people who survived, who a 1.3-square-mile can tell you the story.” space where more than In 1939, Alexander, the 400,000 people were second youngest of six imprisoned behind a wall children, was 17, living topped with barbed wire. with his family in Kowal, Food was scarce. the small town in cen“People were dying tral Poland where he was every day,” Alexander born. His father was a said. “You went out in the tailor. morning, and there were That September, Gerdead people on the sidemany invaded Poland. walk. Everywhere.” Soldiers ordered most Alexander’s father people living near the bribed the guards to let Alexanders into the town Alexander, his older sister square to be taken away. and his younger brother Somehow — Alexander escape back to Kowal. never understood why He never saw his parents

or other siblings again. The three children made it home. But after three days, all Jewish males ages 16 to 60 were ordered to the schoolhouse. Alexander was taken by train to another forced labor camp, then several others. He built a dam, dug trenches for sewer lines, laid railroad tracks. The only food, he said, was a small square of bread in the morning. After work, it was watery soup made from potato peels. One day, another train arrived. Alexander was packed into a cattle car with scores of prisoners, and for three days they rode with no food, water or restrooms. Many died. The train stopped in a town near Auschwitz, where surviving passengers met Josef Mengele, the infamous Nazi doctor known as the Angel of Death, who was accused of sending up to 400,000 people to gas chambers and performing gruesome medical experiments on prisoners. Mengele separated the passengers into two lines, to the left and the right.

TRENDS

might be two words to describe home trends in 2019. Buyers are responding to wow-factor elements in homes, whether it’s a unique, colorful kitchen back splash or a single statement wall in the living room. Colorful kitchen cabinets are replacing the all-white look, too, Saft says. So homeowners who want to update their kitchen without dumping a ton of money into it can simply repaint their cabinets. Cobalt blue and greens are popular color choices. Pair colorful cabinets with mixed metals, like pewter and brass, and your kitchen has suddenly entered 2019. “I’m noticing and

people are really gravitating toward bold designs _ people want boldness in color. Like a tertiary color scheme, the white-onwhite kitchens and the white-on-white walls are fading away,” Ramchandani says. Peel-and-stick wallpaper is an inexpensive, easy-to-install product for creating a dramatic wall, without the time and labor that traditional wallpaper requires. From wild prints to simple patterns, there’s a wide variety of paper to choose from.

incurring interest. After six months of on-time payments, request a credit limit increase. Do the same after a year. As your credit score rises, you should be able to apply for a card with an even lower interest rate and better rewards — without a co-signer.

where debt is not completely erased but is paid back over three to five years, these payments can affect your combined income and, potentially, your quality of life. But the courts can’t touch your income or factor it into the bankruptcy payments.

What if one partner ﬁled bankruptcy before marriage?

How to prepare credit documents for marriage

As with credit card debt, if a partner has a bankruptcy in their history, this will not affect their spouse’s credit score or credit history. But it’s important to discuss past bankruptcies. A bankruptcy can make it difficult to qualify for a mortgage or another joint loan. It could also make it harder to get approved for an apartment if both party’s names are on the lease. If your partner is still making payments as part of a Chapter 13 bankruptcy,

Although your credit history won’t change after marriage, your name might! If one or both partners are changing their names after marriage, you can expect a bit of paperwork to make the change “official.” If both partners are hyphenating their last names or if one partner is taking the other’s last name: All you’ll need to prove the name change is a certified copy of your marriage license. You can

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look. Nowadays, these trends are accessible to anyone thanks to stores like Target partnering with high-end brands such as Hearth & Hand with Magnolia, owned by former HGTV stars Chip and Joanna Gaines, Saft says. “People are really getting into an eco-conscious lifestyle,” Ramchandani says. “Things that appeal to today’s homeowners are natural finishes and fabrics, like cotton, that have a more organic appeal. They want a rustic, homey feel.” • Bold accents Playful and expressive

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help their spouse raise their credit score over time. If you have made some late payments or even have some delinquencies on your credit report, you may be able to learn better financial habits from your partner. Hopefully, the good financial practices that lead to a high credit score — such as keeping balances low and paying credit card bills on time — will rub off on the spouse with the lower score. If you have a low credit score, you can get a credit card with your spouse as a co-signer. The interest rate will be higher than it would be if your spouse applied for the card alone but lower than it would be if you applied for a card on your own. Use the card each month and pay it off when the bill comes due to avoid

received one letter from the sister with whom he briefly escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto, saying she had been moved to another ghetto and that the 12-year-old brother who fled with them had been taken to a death camp and was placed in a truck where he was gassed. He never heard from her again. Alexander, sponsored by a Jewish organization, arrived in the U.S. in 1949. He worked as a tailor on Melrose Avenue near Paramount Studios for 27 years, making military uniforms for TV and movies, and had two children. “What got me through is I never gave up,” Alexander told the audience. “I never lost hope. I always say: ‘I may have a bad day today. Tomorrow will be a better day.’” Then he spoke pointedly. “There are a lot of Holocaust deniers out there, and you see a lot of what’s going on in the schools now. Don’t believe what they tell you.”

which updates are worth making for your particular property and buying demographic. Saft points out that what a Manhattan buyer might expect is different than what someone in the suburbs is looking for. Your real estate agent should know your market well and be able to give you strategic advice. For homeowners who don’t want to move but want to use the equity in their homes for renovations, they might consider looking at home equity loans (HELs) or home Next steps for equity lines of credit homeowners (HELOCs). In both cases, For sellers, talk to your the lender uses your home real estate agent about as collateral, so if you can’t

make the monthly payments, you could end up losing your home. The advantage of home equity loans for some buyers is that they’re tax deductible if you use them for home renovations. They also have fairly low interest rates, which are usually less than what personal loans and credit cards offer. Another option for homeowners who want to lock in a lower interest rate while tapping their equity is a cash-out refinance. This will replace your current mortgage with a new home loan for a larger amount than your existing loan balance, and you’ll be able to withdraw

the difference between the two mortgages in cash if you have enough equity. Refinancing typically makes the most sense when you can lower your interest rate rate and/or monthly payment _ and stay in your home long enough to recoup the costs of refinancing (known as the break-even point). Also, if you do a cash-out refinance, using the equity on things that won’t have a return later might end up costing you. Before you use your home equity to finance a home remodel, be sure to talk with your financial adviser to make sure it’s in line with your goals and budget.

pick this up from the same local government office, typically a city or town hall, where you filed your marriage license. You’ll need to first file the name change with the Social Security Administration by providing a copy of your marriage license. Once you receive your Social Security card with the new name, you can visit your state’s Department of Motor Vehicles to get a driver’s license or state ID card with your new name. If you are both creating a new last name: You’ll need to change your names legally through a court order. Once you have legally changed your names with the court, the rest of the steps are the same, beginning with filing the change with the Social Security office. After you have your new Social Security card and license, you can contact your creditors and request a name

change on your account, using your new ID as proof of the name change. You should receive a new card with your new name within a few weeks. You may be able to have a card sent overnight if you are willing to pay a rush fee.

apply for credit in a name you are no longer using. Don’t worry; having multiple names, or aliases, on your credit report does not affect your credit score in any way.

just heard. More importantly, you won’t interrupt, which is one of selling’s cardinal sins. This will be on the test: Successful professional selling is more profitable and more fun when the prospect does most of the talking.

independence for a sovereign Hong Kong. Lam and Beijing should, however, remember that events can generate their own logic: In the early 1770s, restive American colonists, chafing under some annoyances imposed by London, insisted that they sought only restoration of the status quo — enjoyment of their traditional British rights. But spilled blood

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Tattoo this on the palm of your hand: SULS. Jim Blasingame is the author of “The 3rd Ingredient, the Journey of Analog Ethics into the World of Digital Fear and Greed.” jimb@ jbsba.com.

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The question endures: with governments doing so few things efficiently and at reasonable cost, why do so many turn to it first? Government has become its own type of religious cult. No matter

the evidence to the contrary, many people continue to place their faith in it. People who see government as a cure-all don’t always practice what they preach. We’ve seen that with some environmental activists who promote certain forms of transportation

fever to break. He didn’t want to go to the hospital because nobody ever came back. Eventually, Alexander was sent to the Dachau concentration camp and its sub-camps in Germany. In 1945, American troops approached. Alexander and small group of prisoners were sent on a death march away from Dachau, toward a mountainous area where they were to be killed. But the German guards disappeared as Allied forces neared. A friend who had volunteered to take sick prisoners into a nearby village stumbled across a dead horse in the snow, cut off pieces of it and brought it back to Alexander. They made a barbecue in the forest — the “best meal we’d had in a long time.” The next day, the Americans liberated them. Alexander found one cousin who survived. He never learned what happened to his parents and siblings. During the war, he

WILL

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Alexander was sent to the left and saw that he was standing near elderly and sick people. He slipped to the other side. “At every camp, I always tried to go to work,” Alexander said. “I always tried to get in with the biggest and strongest men. If I hadn’t gone back to the other side, I wouldn’t be here talking to you.” The next morning, those on the left were taken to the gas chambers. Those on the right walked four miles to Auschwitz. In 1943, Jewish prisoners staged the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, an armed revolt against Nazi officials who had come to deport them to extermination camps. The Nazis set the ghetto ablaze. Alexander was among a group of Auschwitz prisoners sent to dismantle the rubble and clean the bricks so the Nazis could reuse them. His tattered clothing was covered in lice. He contracted typhus and hid for days behind a pile of bricks, waiting for his

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— on Lexington green, at Concord Bridge, and elsewhere — quickly led to July 4, 1776. “Do you remember the Cheshire Cat?” Ng asks, invoking the creature in “Alice in Wonderland” that in one scene slowly disappears, leaving nothing but its grin. Hong Kong could slowly disappear except for its veneer. Or quickly. “Is [Beijing] prepared to kill Hong Kong?” Ng asks. Young people here, “who have nowhere else to go,” increasingly think they

and alternatives to fossil fuels, along with more restrictive gun laws, while transporting themselves on gas-guzzling private jets and in SUVs, accompanied by armed guards. One of the latest examples of such hypocrisy is the aging rock star Mick Jagger, who,

How a name change affects your credit report Once you file the name change with your Social Security office and change the name on your credit card, the credit bureaus will update their records, too. Your maiden name will still show up on your Experian, TransUnion and Equifax credit reports, with your new name after it. Having any name you’ve ever used on your credit report helps the credit bureaus ensure they are tracking all your accounts. It can also help the credit bureau identify fraud, as thieves will sometimes

have nothing to lose. Some of them “carry their last wills in their pockets.” They know they are dealing, ultimately, with a regime that has swept at least a million Uighur Muslims into prisons and “reeducation” concentration camps. China’s national anthem celebrates “millions of hearts with one mind.” Hong Kong’s protesters are defending a society comfortable with many different minds. And they rightly have turned

as a British citizen, has access to his country’s National Health Service (NHS). Jagger apparently believes the NHS is for the “little people,” as the late hotel magnate Leona Helmsley said about income taxes. When Jagger needed a heart valve replacement, he didn’t wait in line like

their anger against so-called “smart lampposts” — those likely adorned with facial-recognition technologies that serve policies of social control. Four decades ago, after President Richard Nixon’s 1972 visit to China and as Americans were beginning to travel there in significant numbers, Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., tartly observed that too many returning Americans were more voluble about

so many others in Britain; he had the surgery in the United States. After recovering, he added criticism of President Trump to his concerts, citing specifically the current administration’s policies on the environment and immigration. How’s that for gratitude? If I had to choose

Preparing your ﬁnancial life as a married couple

In short, getting married won’t affect your credit. It’s what you do as a married couple and the financial steps you take moving forward that will affect your credit and your financial future. That’s why it’s important to make a budget together, stick to it and keep each other in the loop about your spending. Partners can help each other raise their credit scores through responsible credit management, but any money mistakes you may have brought into the marriage don’t have to hurt your partner or your future together.

the absence of flies in modernizing China than about the absence of freedom. Now, however, thanks to the ongoing drama in Hong Kong’s streets, it is possible to hope that the West has passed “peak China” — the apogee of blinkered admiration for a nation in which approximately 19% of the human race is saddled with one of the world’s most sinister regimes. George Will’s email address is georgewill@ washpost.com. between the NHS and American health care, I’d stick with the system, if the government allows, where appointments can be made and kept and the only wait is in the doctor’s outer office. Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@ tribpub.com.

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THE SAVAGE TRUTH

Fed’s decision on interest rates may not mean much to you

TERRY SAVAGE

The entire world is holding its collective breath, waiting to see what the Federal Reserve will do about possibly cutting interest rates at its next meeting on September 17 and 18. But as of this writing, the global bond markets are pricing in a cut of 50 “basis points” — or one-half of a percentage point. In other words, the bond market has gotten ahead of the Fed. Despite the headlines, the Fed’s decision might not mean much to you, the average investor, mortgage-seeker or saver. That’s because with more

than $20 trillion of U.S debt (IOUs represented by Treasury bills, notes and bonds) being traded in the financial markets, the opinion of the market is crucial. The 10-year Treasury yield, which is set by market trades, is the key to setting your mortgage rate. The short-term Treasury bill rate is key to setting your savings account rates. The rates set by the Fed only determines the profitability of the banks — who borrow and lend to each other in the overnight “fed funds” market, at a rate guided by the Fed. The market rate is the rate at which real money agrees to change hands.

the goal of the Fed is to keep the economy growing, and as close as possible to “full employment” — as well as to keep prices steady, without triggering inflation, which destroys the buying power of your dollar. The Fed has already done a very good job of meeting those criteria. We have the lowest unemployment in decades, and inflation is almost non-existent (well, except for college prices and healthcare). So why is the Fed worried, and why are market analysts — and the president — urging the Fed to cut rates again? The reason is simple: anticipation of a decline in future economic growth. Why the Fed is A slowdown, or recession, important could be instigated by: The “mandate” or job of • The impact of tariffs on the Fed is to adjust rates global trade. If tariffs are to keep two key economic passed along to consumers, measures steady: employ- spending on other goods ment and prices. That is, may slow. If the costs of

tariffs are absorbed by manufacturers, corporate earnings will slow — possibly triggering layoffs. And a slowdown in trade would impact the economy of our trading partners from the Eurozone to China. • The changing role of the consumer. In the United States, the consumer accounts for 70 percent of the economy. Any hint of layoffs or job insecurity because of lower corporate profits could impact consumer confidence, triggering a spending pullback — and a recession • History. Simply put this has been the longest economic expansion in U.S. history, starting in 2009 after the Fed and other central banks flooded the world with “liquidity.” But we are in uncharted territory now, and there is no law — only historical precedent — that says

economic expansions can’t continue past a certain point. The dilemma facing the Fed is whether to cut rates in anticipation of a slowdown. That might seem wise, except for the fact that interest rates in the United States are already at historic lows. If the Fed cuts rates now, while the economy is still doing reasonably well, what “ammunition” will it have to cut rates if the economy truly slows? How low could rates go? Well, take a look at Europe, which currently has nearly $16 trillion of government bonds outstanding at negative interest rates! That means bond-buyers are actually paying governments to hold their money and keep it safe. And those low rates haven’t done much to stimulate the Eurozone economy toward growth.

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell recently commented that the Fed typically cuts by about 550 basis points — or five and a half percentage points — once it starts aggressively trying to keep a recession from getting worse. With rates currently around 2 percent, the Fed would have a tough time counteracting a severe economic slowdown. And then there’s the political component. A rate cut now would cushion the impact of tariffs on consumers, keeping the economy growing. The Fed is supposed to be independent of politics. Pity the Fed chairman. Both the markets and politicians are trying to push him into rate cuts. But a cut now might create a larger problem in the long run. That’s Powell’s problem. And that’s The Savage Truth.

Doctors don’t always know what patients will owe for meds By Matthew Perrone The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — It’s the No. 1 reason patients don’t fill their prescriptions: sticker shock. While the price of almost any good or service can be found online, most Americans don’t know what they’ll owe for a prescription medication until they get it. Unexpected costs contribute to the estimated 20 to 30 percent of prescriptions that are never filled, which can

lead to health problems from untreatedmedicalconditions. “The best drug in the world isn’t going to be effective if the patient doesn’t take it,” said Dana Goldman, a health economist at the University of Southern California, whose research shows that patients have more trouble taking their medication as their costs rise. “Doctors need to think about, not just what’s clinically optimal, but what’s optimal given the patient’s financial

circumstances.” The fix sounds simple: Give doctors information on patients’ costs before they write prescriptions. But companies have yet to design a system that can quickly analyze all the factors that determine what someone will owe. The effort will soon get a push from the nation’s biggest health care customer: the federal government. Under a Medicare rule, companies with prescription drug plans for seniors

must offer real-time pricing information by 2021.

Cost-sharing conundrum Perhaps the biggest hurdle in calculating medication costs is the fact that doctors don’t know all the details about a patient’s insurance coverage. Nearly 40 percent of people who get their insurance through their employer arerequiredtopayforpartof While the price of almost any good or service can be found online, their medication, according most Americans don’t know what they’ll owe for a prescription medication until they get it. [AP PHOTO/ELISE AMENDOLA, FILE] to an industry survey.

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Career Tech students collaborate with Constellium MUSCLE SHOALS — Students in the Career Tech Department at Colbert County High School have been working with Constellium’s Communications and PR Manager Michelle Cantrell in an effort to get real-life career experiences. Cantrell visited the classroom, discussed career opportunities, and gave the students a hands-on, real world learning opportunity. Marketing students at the high school will be creating ﬂyers, designing T-shirts, managing social media, and creating other marketing materials for Constellium to promote its upcoming events. Students also will be writing future press releases for the industry. This partnership is helping students to plan and meet deadlines, which is a skill necessary for a successful career, according to a news release. The Colbert County High School Hospitality and Tourism Department will provide the catering for the Constellium “Family Fun Day,” which is an employee picnic to be held from noon to 6 p.m. Oct. 5. The marketing students will be running the booths for this event as well. The students will also be providing catering services for “Cancer Awareness Lunch and Learn” on Oct. 7 at Constellium. It is a workshop/presentation to help raise awareness of all types of cancer through partnership with the American Cancer Society. On Sept. 4, Constellium delivered a check for $5,000 to Colbert County High, which is using the money to purchase small ware items for the kitchen and catering supplies of the Hospitality and Tourism Department, to purchase Chromebooks for the Health Science class at Colbert Heights, and to purchase a curriculum and other resources for the Marketing class. “We are happy to partner with Colbert County High School,” Constellium President Dan Minwell said. “We consider it an opportunity to help ready local students for career opportunities through workforce training. These students have truly been a pleasure to meet!

Colbert County High Schoo faculty and staff receive a $5,000 check from Constellium to the school’s Career Tech Department. [COURTESY PHOTO]

Muscle Shoals to get distribution facility American Paper AND Twine Co., the region’s largest independently owned wholesale distributor, has announced construction of a new 36,000 square foot warehouse distribution facility in Muscle Shoals. “We are excited about the growth we are experiencing in Alabama,” said Mark Wright, senior vice president of American Paper and Twine Co. “This new distribution center in Muscle Shoals will allow us to better meet the needs of local businesses and expand our footprint. We look forward to deepening our relationships and to developing new ones throughout the state.” American Paper and Twine Co.’s Alabama branch, currently located at 1241 Gnat Pond Road, Leighton, will move into the new distribution facility located at 322 Bob Riley Drive, Muscle Shoals, upon completion on the warehouse in November. Carbine Construction Company, Inc. is overseeing the construction. American Paper and Twine Co. was founded in 1926. It is a leading distributor in several business sectors including janitorial, packaging, disposable food service and ofﬁce products. The company has nearly 350 employees and operates seven full-service distribution centers with combined warehouse space of over 550,000 square feet. The facilities are located throughout the Southeast in Nashville, Chattanooga, Memphis and Knoxville, Tennessee,

Little Rock, Arkansas, Atlanta, Georgia, and Florence.

FirstBank opens full-service branch FLORENCE – FirstBank’s new Florence financial center is open for business, and will have a grand opening event later this month. The new branch is located in downtown Florence’s historic Rogers Building at 123 North Court St The building was previously home to a FirstBank loan production office on the mezzanine level. The transition to a fullservice branch in Florence is part of FirstBank’s growth plan in north Alabama, which started with a branch office in Huntsville. The new branch will be headed by Senior Financial Center Manager Kelly A. Cool and Universal Banker Kim Hunt. The new office will have seven associates and offer FirstBank’s full suite of products, such as personal and business banking, mortgage lending, and investment services. “We are looking forward to providing FirstBank’s style of community banking, which emphasizes personalized customer service and local decision-making, to the Shoals area” said Mike McCrary, FirstBank North Alabama area president. “Kelly is an incredible banker and her nearly 30 years of experience and commitment to the community will be huge assets to our customers.” The branch will be located on the ground floor of the Rogers Building, which was built at the corner of North Court Street

and West Mobile Street after a fire destroyed the original structure that housed Rogers Department Store in 1910. The 27,000-square-foot art deco building is now home to Martin, Inc., Alabama Outdoors, Yumm restaurant and the Basement Gym. The building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage, is a staple in downtown Florence. In 2012, the historic building was purchased by Martin, Inc., and underwent a $3.5 million renovation. The city of Florence funded the building of a $65,000 covered walkway from the city’s parking deck to the mezzanine level. Most of the building’s existing architectural elements remain intact. Nashville, Tennessee-based FirstBank, a wholly owned subsidiary of FB Financial Corporation (NYSE: FBK), is the third largest Tennesseeheadquartered bank, with 67 full-service bank branches across Tennessee, north Alabama and north Georgia, and a national mortgage business with offices across the Southeast. The bank serves five of the major metropolitan markets in Tennessee and, with approximately $5.9 billion in total assets, has the resources to provide a comprehensive variety of financial services and products.

Progress Bank expands Mortgage Division Lee Hoekenschnieder, Huntsville Market president and general banking executive, has announced Mallory Murphy has joined the bank’s Mortgage Division. Murphy attended Auburn University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science with a specialization in political science and spanish. Prior to joining Progress Bank, she was a mortgage originator with Bank Independent since 2013. Murphy is involved with the Shoals Association of Realtors. Murphy’s addition is one of several steps taken to expand the bank’s Mortgage Division footprint, said Hoekenschneider. “With rates at an all time

low and the housing market booming in our markets, we are increasing the size of our Mortgage team to meet the current demands. I am excited about the hires we have made who bring a great deal of experience in the industry to our team. In addition, Woody Woodfin has assumed the role of Mortgage Division manager, previously held by Kim Cappaert,” he said. Woodfin, who graduated from Livingston University (now the University of West Alabama) with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, will primarily be based from our Highlands office in downtown Birmingham. Progress Bank is an Alabama state-chartered commercial bank with offices in Huntsville, Jones Valley, Decatur, Florence, Madison, Birmingham, Vestavia, Destin and Inlet Beach.

Mall launches Florence READS program FLORENCE -- The Florence Mall will be partnering with local schools for Florence READS, a program designed to publicly promote reading through special events held at the mall that inspire students, make reading fun and give back to local school libraries. Florence READS features two events for partnering elementary schools. The ﬁrst is a READS Spirit Night, which is from 4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 24. Schools interested in participating in this event can sign up at https://www.ourcityreads. com/spiritnight. The event features interactive games for students who can use their reading skills to win prizes. For every student who attends, the program donates $1 for the school’s library. The second event is a READS Recognition Night that celebrates the reading achievements of students at the end of the school year. The event features a presentation of certiﬁcates by local leaders and a wall of recognition displaying the names of student readers. “This is a great annual event that brings people together in the mall in support of local reading success. Our goal is to use the mall common area for events that inspire shoppers, families and the community

and we are excited to work with local elementary schools to host events that motivate students to read,” said Coles Doyle, marketing director for Hull Property Group. “The READS events are special family outings that publicly encourage and recognize students. They are uplifting, fun and aim to inspire and motivate local students in a unique way outside of the classroom and the home.”

Cook Museum wins Economic Impact Award The newly opened Cook Museum of Natural Science was recognized Aug. 22 for its contribution to the region’s economy. The awards event was a part of the 2019 Alabama Downtown Laboratory Conference, which supports communities that are either associated with the nationally acclaimed downtown restoration nonprofit Main Street Alabama or are simply interested in downtown revitalization. The three-day conference, which was sponsored by the Alabama Municipal Electric Authority, brought in more than 150 community leaders from Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky. Main Street Alabama’s president and state coordinator recognized projects and individuals that made a significant impact in their local communities. The Cook Museum was honored to receive the 2018 Award of Excellence for Economic Impact in the community. Located at 133 4th Ave NE in Decatur, the Cook Museum boasts 62,000 square feet of exhibit galleries, which include a 15,000-gallon saltwater aquarium, an immersive cave, an interactive sand table, live animals, a gift shop, and the first Nature’s Table café in Alabama. Opened to the public on June 7 of this year, the Cook Museum has welcomed over 40,000 visitors. For information regarding admission prices, memberships, hours of operation, and more, go to cookmuseum.org. For information on field trips and group visits to the Cook Museum, contact Sydney Taylor by email at staylor@cookmuseum.org.

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Waterloo 229 CR 8 2BR/1BA, 1 acre with barn, steel/ metal storage !!Pending!! building, storm cellar. 2224 Jackson Ave $49,900 3BD/2.5BA, 2120 sq Pamela Holt Butler !!REDUCED!! ft, Inground pool, CRC Realty, Inc 226 Mattielou St double attached ga256-762-8756 4BD/2BA, Brick w/ rage, granite count!!SOLD!! attached garage. er tops $189,900 Lexington Walk to UNA/ Pamela Holt Butler 2080 CR 168 Historic Downtown CRC Realty, Inc 3BR/2BA Florence $154,900 256-762-8756 5 acres Attached Pamela Holt !!Pending!! garage, New flooring CRC Realty, Inc 698 Spout Springs $129,900 256-762-8756 Rd 15 Acres, 3BR/ Pamela Holt Butler !SOLD! 3BA, Pond/Barn/ CRC Realty, Inc. 209 Normandy Dr. Silo. Perfect for an 256-762-8756 3 BD/1BA event venue! 1,125 sq ft, Brick, $299,900 4101- Homes For SaleFenced Backyard Pamela Holt Butler Colbert County $64,900 CRC Realty, Inc. Pamela Holt Butler 256-762-8756 1150 Lair Lane CRC Realty, INC Cherokee-3BR/2BA !SOLD! 256-762-8758 on 1.31 acre lot, 610 E Lakewood Dr 1667 sq ft. HandiWinborne Park 3BD/2BA, 3 acres, capped accessible. Subdivision split floor plan, Detached garage. 305 Sherborne manufactured home, $84,000 Ct Beautiful water view $49,900 Stacy Hughes brickhome, 4BR/2. Pamela Holt Butler Riverside Realty 5BA, 2,333 sq ft CRC Realty, Inc 256-335-6518 REDUCED $239,900 256-762-8756 Pamela Holt Butler 4113- Homes For Sale4098- Homes For SaleCRC Realty, INC Killen Tuscumbia 256-762-8756 656 Alabama St SOLD! 4097- Homes For SaleNew Construction, 1011 E 5th St Muscle Shoals Brick, Hardwoods, 4BR/3BA, Complete- Ceramic Tile, 1900 ly REMODELED! 130 Wynchase Dr sq ft., 3 car garage, 4BR/3.5BA, 3400 sq Seperate office with 3BD/2.5BA, Granite, full bath. Beautiful ft. 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IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARIE OLGA SHAW, Deceased CASE NO: 22371 TO: The Next of Kin of Marie Olga Shaw, Decease Whose Names and Addresses are Unknown Please take notice that Amy McMurtrey has filed with this Court a Petition to Probate the Last Will and Testament of Marie Olga Shaw, deceased, and that a hearing on said petition has been set for the 1st day of October, 2019, at 10:00 a.m., before the Probate Court of Lauderdale County, Alabama, at which time you may appear and contest the same if you see proper. The Court has appointed Luke Snodgrass, Attorney at Law, as your Guardian ad litem, to represent and protect your interest in this matter. WILL MOTLOW, Judge of Probate 9/1, 9/8, 9/15 2019 IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROGER CLAYTON BAGGETT, DECEASED CASE NO. 22367 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 28th day of August, 2019, by Will Motlow, Judge of Probate Court of Lauderdale County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred. Martha Lawrence Administratrix September 1, 8, 15 2019

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO: 22388 IN RE: THE ESTATE OF JEAN G. MEYER, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Letters of Testamentary upon the Estate of JEAN G. MEYER, deceased having been granted to the undersigned, JOSEPH R. MEYER, JR., on the 10th day of September 2019, by the Hon. Will Motlow, Judge of Probate Court of Lauderdale County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same by filing a verified claim in writing, within the time allowed by law or the same will be barred. JOSEPHY R. MEYER, JR. 9/15, 9/22, 9/29 2019 NOTICE OF COMPLETION In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that Williams Electric - Line Construction, Inc., Contractor, has completed the Contract for Sheffield High School Lighting Replacement at 2800 E. 19th Ave., Sheffield, AL 35660 for the State of Alabama and the (County) (City) of Colbert, Sheffield, Owner(s), and have made request for final settlement of said Contract. All persons having any claim for labor, materials, or otherwise in connection with this project should immeditaely notify McKee & Associates, Architect. Williams Electric Line Construction, Inc. 301 Austin Avenue Sheffield, AL 35660 9/1, 9/8, 9/15, 9/22 2019 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF LAUDERDALE Default having been made of the terms of the loan documents secured by that certain mortgage executed by Shermain Labrandon Croone A Married Man to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as grantee, as nominee for InterLinc Mortgage Services, LLC, a Limited Liability Company, its successors and assigns dated August 28, 2015; said mortgage being recorded on September 1, 2015, in Book 2015, Page 37700 in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Lauderdale County, Alabama. Said Mortgage was last sold, assigned and transferred to U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION by assignment recorded in Deed Book 2017, Page 41547 in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Lauderdale County, Alabama. The undersigned, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the main entrance of the Court House in Lauderdale County, Alabama during the legal hours of sale (between 11 am and 4 pm), on the 1st day of November, 2019 the following property,

p p y, situated in Lauderdale County, Alabama, to-wit: LOT 142, NORTHWOOD HILLS ADDITION NO. 2, A SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO A MAP OR PLAT THEREOF WHICH IS ON FILE OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE OF PROBATE OF LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA, IN PLAT BOOK 4, PAGE 26, REFERENCE TO WHICH IS HEREBY MADE IN AID OF AND AS A PART OF THIS DESCRIPTION. APN #: 15-08-281-004-006.000 Said property is commonly known as 207 Teks St, Florence, AL 35633. Should a conflict arise between the property address and the legal description the legal description will control. Said property will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), the right of redemption of any taxing authority, all outstanding liens for public utilities which constitute liens upon the property, any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, any assessments, liens, encumbrances, easements, rights-of-way, zoning ordinances, restrictions, special assessments, covenants, the statutory right of redemption pursuant to Alabama law, and any matters of record including, but not limited to, those superior to said Mortgage first set out above. Said property will be sold on an “as-is” basis without any representation, warranty or recourse against the above-named or the undersigned. The successful bidder must present certified funds in the amount of the winning bid at the time and place of sale. Alabama law gives some persons who have an interest in property the right to redeem the property under certain circumstances. Programs may also exist that help persons avoid or delay the foreclosure process. An attorney should be consulted to help you understand these rights and programs as a part of the foreclosure process. The sale will be conducted subject (1) to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the Mortgage. U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as holder of said mortgage McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC Two North Twentieth 2 20th Street North, Suite 1000 Birmingham, AL 35203 (800) 275-7171 FT21@mccalla.com File No. 936118 www.foreclosurehotline. net The Times Daily September 1, 8, 15 2019 ROGERS GROUP, INC. hereby gives notice of completion of contract with the Lauderdale County Commission for constructing Resurfacing Various Lauderdale County Roads – 2019-8. in Lauderdale County. This notice will appear

pp for four consecutive weeks beginning on September 15, 2019 and ending on October 6, 2019. All claims should be filed at 520 Three Mile Lane, Tuscumbia, AL, 35674, during this period. Rogers Group, Inc. 9/15, 9/22, 9/29 10/6 2019 STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF LAUDERDALE IN THE PROBATE COURT CASE NUMBER: 22309 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GENE ARLAND PUTMAN, DECEASED NOTICE OF DAY SET FOR HEARING TO: SHIRLEY EZELL, Whereabouts unknown, who is a next of kin of Gene Arland Putman, deceased, and any other next of kin of the said deceased. You will please take notice that the Petition of Sherry Putman, for the Final Settlement of the Estate of Gene Arland Putman, deceased, for the time period Sherry Putman, was Administratrix of the Estate of Gene Arland Putman, deceased, has been filed in my office, and that the 23rd day of October, 2019, at 9:00 a.m., has been set as the date and time for hearing said petition, at which time you may appear and contest the same if you see proper. Given uner my hand this the 9th day of September, 2019. Will Motlow, Judge of Probate 9/15, 9/22, 9/29 2019 STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF LAUDERDALE IN THE: PROBATE COURT CASE NO. A781 IN RE: THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION PETITION OF JERRY DONALD GRISSOM, JR. NOTICE To: Any unknown father Address Unknown Please take notice that a petition for adoption of the minor child who was born to Reylyn Panio Monterola on or about the 9th day of December, 2010, has been filed in said Court and that a hearing on said petition has been set for the 14th day of November, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. before the Probate Court of Lauderdale County. Please be advised that if you intend to contest this adoption you must file a written response with the attorney for the petitioners named below and with the Probate Court as soon as possible but no later than thirty (30) days from the last day this notice is published. Attorney for Petitioners: Keith Medley 1847 N. Wood Avenue Florence. Alabama 35630 Petitioners: Jetry Donald Grissom, Jr. Times Daily September 1, 8, 15, and 22, 2019. STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF LAUDERDALE IN THE PROBATE COURT CASE NO. A783 IN RE: THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION PETITION OF DEANA MARIE WADE, NOTICE TO: Juan Vega Maria Christina Batista Address Unknown Please take notice that a petition for adoption of the minor child who was born to Melissa Dawn

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STATE OF ALABAMA IN THE PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF LAUDERDALE CASE NO.: 22353 IN RE: The Estate of ALVIN JACKSON MASHBURN, Deceased NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION OF APPOINTMENT AND CLAIMS Letters of Administration upon the Estate of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 5th day of September, 2019, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of Lauderdale County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law or the same will be barred. Kerry Ray Mashburn ‘Administrator Jawan Olive Smith, Esq. Attorney for Petitioners 3507 Florence Boulevard Florence, AL 35630 256-767-1030

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Times Daily September 15, 22, and 29, 2019. STATE OF ALABAMA LAUDERDALE COUNTY PROBATE COURT CASE NO. 22393 IN RE: THE ESTATE OF LARRY E. BONDS, DECEASED NOTICE Letters of Administration of the deceased, having been granted to Andrew J. Spry, on the 23rd day of August, 2019, by the Honorable Will Motlow, Judge of the Probate Court of Lauderdale County, notice is hereby given that anyone having a claim against this estate is hereby required to present it within time allowed by law or the same will be barred. ANDREW J. SPRY Administrator Andrew J. Spry Spry Law Firm, P.C. 250 S. Poplar Street Florence, Alabana 35630 (256) 764-7331 September 1, 8, 15 2019

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Farmland – Investment Property 3 Mi. NE of Killen, AL DIRECTIONS: From US-72 and US-43 in Killen, go east on US-72 for 4.5 mi. Turn left (N) on CR-31 and go 2.8 mi to property on both sides of road. REAL ESTATE: This 97± acre farm sits in a prime location just north of Highway 72 near Killen. This location provides a short commute to the Shoals area. The property offers an abundance of road frontage along both CR-73 and CR-31. This property will be offered as a 19 acre parcel consisting of 4 tracts and a 78 acre parcel consisting of 5 tracts.

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This beautiful 4 bedroom 3 bath home is located in the lovely East Point Estates in Center Star. The main level of this home features trey ceiling in the family room, master bedroom, and formal dining room. There is a vaulted ceiling in another bedroom downstairs and a full bath. The large kitchen features a breakfast area and a bar with updated cabinetry. The spacious laundry room is conveniently located on the main ﬂoor. The upstairs is perfect for a teen retreat with a bedroom and bath and a large bonus room. There is also a bunkroom upstairs for guest. The home has a two car attached garage and a two car 24x24 detached garage in the completely JOEY KRIEGER fenced backyard. There are too REALTOR® many extras to list here. 256-366-5938

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If you have been looking for a serene country setting that is convenient to town, here it is. This 4 bedroom, 3 bath home has everything you would want.. From the moment you step onto its inviting front porch and feel the cool breeze from the shaded yard, you will begin to feel “at home”. Roomy eat-in kitchen provide plenty of cabinet and counter space, Living spaces are large and comfortable. Fireplace in the den is sure to warm up any winter night. Bedrooms are all good sized with ample closets. Plenty of storage space and workshop area with basement providing tons of possibilities. Over 5 acres of property. SteveCanSell.com

Space galore! This awesome custom built European Style home in golf course community features 7 bedrooms, 4 full baths, 2 half baths, great room with wet bar, guest quarters with kitchenette, high ceilings, and kitchen w/bar, breakfast area, Jenn-Aire cook top, keeping area, movable island, and granite. 2 of 7 bedrooms are upstairs w/a Jack & Jill bath and snack bar w/sink and mini fridge. Need more space? There’s approx 400 sqft of expandable space over the living room. The home also has a gorgeous manicured lawn KELLIE BOWLING w/a covered porch, patio space, and a 4 car attached REALTOR® garage. Schedule your showing now! 256-740-1985

This is your chance to own a beautiful new construction in the heart of Muscle Shoals. This 3 bedroom 3.5 bath home features an open ﬂoor plan. Large gourmet kitchen with farm sink. Quartz counter tops throughout this home. Hardwoods and ceramic. Large master bedroom with large master bath. Large walk-in closets throughout home. Oversized bonus room upstairs with lots of potential. More special features include beautiful lighting ﬁxtures and special paint tones. Don’t miss this incredible home. Call today for your showing!

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TUSCUMBIA - $499,900

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Looking for a well maintained home then look no further. This 3 bedroom 2 bath is situated on a corner lot and is move in ready. This house features a formal dining room and eat-in kitchen, large living room, and spacious bedrooms as well as laundry room. The backyard has a new deck and new privacy fence for your enjoyment. Call today for your private showing. This one won’t last long!!

GREAT LOCATION! Well maintained, 3 bedroom home with many updates. New custom cabinetry and granite counter tops in the kitchen. Large living space with lots of natural light and a gas log ﬁreplace. French doors lead to the large backyard and 2 car detached garage. Updated windows as of 2015. Electrical updated in 2015. New roof as of 2017. Call today before the sun sets on this great opportunity.

Just look at this Gorgeous New Construction located in Muscle Shoals, This Home features 3 Bedrooms, 2 1/2 Baths, Granite, Hardwoods and Custom Cabinetry. This Home offers a lot of special features and colors that sits the tone. Master Bedroom on main level. Enjoy its spacious open ﬂoor plan. Perfect for daily life as well as entertaining. This home is located within walking distance to the schools. Call today for your showing.

• 4200+ sf w/ﬁnished basement • 1.88 acres • 3+BR/4BA w/room to expand • Possibility of sep. living quarters in basement • Gorgeous kitchen • Granite throughout • Tankless hot water • Workshop in basement • Sprinkler system • Too many details to list

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This 3 bedroom 2 bath Craftsman Style home sits on 9.0 acres! Enjoy the open floor plan the kitchen & living room have to offer. The kitchen features include quartz counter tops, hardwood flooring, and stainless appliances. Beautiful colors and fixtures make a true statement of warmth. Large laundry room. Enjoy sitting in the screened in porch and enjoying nature. Enjoy the privacy BETH PIRTLE and all it has to offer. This home is nearly a BROKER/OWNER new construction completed in 2019. Call 256-762-2701 today for your showing.

Attention investors!! Nice duplex located close to UNA and walking distance to downtown Florence area. Featuring 2 separate units: Upper level: $525/month..3 bedroom, 2 bath, large living room, nice size kitchen, laundry, eat-in kitchen, hardwood floors underneath carpet (one bedroom has beautiful hardwood floors). Approximately 1,750 sqft. Lower level: $450/month..3 bedroom, 1 bath, large kitchen and living room, a study/ office/computer room. Approximately 1,350 sqft. Roof is 7 years old. All priced below the current tax appraised value of $139,100.

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1995 37 FT. SEDAN FORD: TAURUS Bridge Boat, twin SEL, 2016 $14,000, gas engines, custom white, extra clean, enclosure, swim platV6, 69,288 miles, form, fiberglass hull, 205-542-4479 Bill. $39,000 Killen, AL (Florence area) 256-627-0203 CHEVROLET: CO- FORD: THUNDERFISHING BOAT, 18’ BALT, 2010 $5,788. BIRD, 2004 $18,000. LT, 4-door, Full X 6.5’, center conConvertible with sole, 70 HP Johnson, Power! #18G3379B. hard top, Red, LOW For more information trolling motor, heavy MILES, 30K. Garage duty trailer. $4,100. on this vehicle text Kept. SPOTLESS. 1XZ2 to 27414 256-565-0918. 256-232-4972. RAY MILLER 1-866-702-3129

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CHEVROLET: CORVETTE, 2007 HONDA: CR-Z $18,000, silver, 2012 $4,888. 70,200 miles, Very 2-Door, AUTO, Nice! Clean! Loaded! Ga#18B7723C. For rage kept, Pictures more information on request. 931-332- on this vehicle text 1602 20U1 to 27414 RAY MILLER 1-866-702-3129

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1984 OLDSMOBILE: CUTLASS SUPREME, 45,000 miles, garage kept, runs and drives well. $4,500. 256-3664502. ACURA: TL, 2009 $8,850. Local, Leather, Sunroof, Sharp! For more information on this vehicle text 9CKQ to 27414 Butler Motor Co. 1-877-767-9194

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AUTO INSURANCE STARTING AT $49/ month! Call for your Free rate compari- CHEVROLET: MALson to see how much IBU, 2011 $6750. you can save! Call: Leather, 1-Owner, 1-855-408-7970 Extra Clean! For more information BUICK: LACROSSE CXS, on this vehicle text CK5L to 27414 2005 $6,450. 85K Butler Motor Co. miles, leather, sun1-877-767-9194 roof, NEW TIRES, completely serviced! One owner. 256-5272125. BUICK: LACROSSE, 2017 $21,500, 45,000 miles, pristine condition, must see! Non-smoker, white exterior, 100,000 bumper-to-bumper warranty, 256-7609185 or 256-8561459 Florence BUICK: LESABRE, 2000 $3,200 obo, Limited Edition, 3.8 motor, runs good, COLD air, 30 mpg, leather, spick-and-span! 256-565-8531. CADILLAC: STS, 2011 GARAGE kept, 83,000 miles, good condition. $9,800, 256-345-5920 or 256-773-4440

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CHEVROLET: CAMARO, 2016 $24,988. 1-Owner, Leather, Low Miles! #19G034A1 For more information on this vechicle text CA08 to 27414. Ray Miller 1-866-702-3129

DIAMOND: 8.5X24, 2008 $4,900. Car hauler enclosed utility trailer with dual 3500 lb axles, V-nose, ramp and side door, electric brakes, new tires. Hardly used. Plenty of room for car, tools, and more! 256-764-2584

DODGE: AVENGER, 2010 $6,788. AUTO, Nice! #19G123B For more information on this vehicle text 7VBX to 27414 Ray Miller 1-866-702-3129 DONATE YOUR CAR TO Charity. Receive maximum value of write off for your taxes. Running or not! All conditions accepted. Free pickup. Call for details. 1-844-810-1257

HYUNDAI: SONATA, 2010 GOOD air, 4 cylinder, tan, 4 door, only 93k miles! Good condition, $5,500. Call 256332-2382.

KIA: RIO, 2015 $6,888. 1-Owner, 4-door. #19B200A For more information on this vehicle text 1NUJ to 27414. RAY MILLER 1-866-702-3129

NISSAN: ROGUE SL, 2015. 50k miles. Black. Panorama roof. Navigation system. Keyless start. Mag wheels. Leather interior. Bose sound. $13,200. 931-2422302 PORSCHE: CAYENNE, 2008 $18,880. GTS, AUTO, Gray #TTA71596 For more information on this vehicle text 8QAB to 27414. Williams Auto 1-877-269-0193 TOYOTA: CAMRY, 2012 $9,850. LE, Low Mileage For more information on this vehicle text 904X to 27414 Butler Motor Co. 1-877-767-9194

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GMC: ACADIA, 2017 $24,988. SLT, 1-Owner, Nice! #17P8052 For more information on this vechicle text CA93 to 27414. Ray Miller 1-866-702-3129

KIA: SEPHIA, 2001 VOLVO: S40, 2000 COLD air, good me- $2,000. 2 FOR 2! chanically, $1,700. CLEAN TITLE, 256-227-4316. RUNS WELL. Some LEXUS: IS 250, cosmetic issues, but 2009 $8,500. Leath- a good car. Would GMC: JIMMY, er, Sunroof, Local! make a great first 2000 $2,000. For For more information car for returning stu- sale or trade 2000 on this vehicle text dents! GMC Jimmy Di6EHI to 27414 amond Series. Butler Motor Co. CONTACT PHOE- $2,000 OBO will 1-877-767-9194 BE JONES 256-740- trade for a utility enclosed email phoebe- trailer LEXUS: IS-250, 2143 preferably. Runs 2007 $4,200, silver jonze@gmail.com good with cold with leather, all wheel (or) 256-483-5903. air, has 4WD but drive, 235,000, very needs brake work. WANTED nice, 256-394-3316 DEAD OR ALIVE Please contact 256-394-6310 (Flor256-443-9232. Junk Batteries ence) $5.00 each Ranger Battery Co., LOOK FOR THE 426 S. Royal Ave., SMS Code on auFlorence, AL tomotive listings. 256-766-0473 Text the SMS CODE to 27414 8150- Antique/Classic *Msg & Data Rates Vehicles HONDA: CR-V, May Apply: Ts & 2017 $24,888. Cs and Privacy 1-Owner, 4-door, Policy: http://autoChevrolet Nice! #18C6087A conx.com/terms For more information NOVA on this vechicle text 7C4P to 27414. COUPE, Ray Miller 1-866-702-3129 1974 350/350, SILVER HONDA: CRV-EXL, WITH BLACK 2013 BLACK, one stripes on hood owner, immaculate, and trunk, black 77K miles, Michelin interior, $11,000. tires, loaded, many MERCall 256-856- extras, Honda serCEDES-BENZ: 4302. viced. $16,500 OBO. E320, 1999 $3,950. 256-762-1461 Only has 137K Miles, HONDA: PILOT ice-cold air, silver, EXL, 2006 $5,200. loaded! EVERY206K miles, good THING works. Don’t condition, leather, miss it. Clean car. DVD, tow package. 256-874-6004. FORD ROADSTER, 256-627-0970. MERCEDESBENZ: SLK-55 1929, $29,950, MSD HONDA: PILOT, AMG, 2005 $14,900, B & M 350 Edelbrock 2011 $10,500, white, Heads, 126,000 miles, 25685,600 miles, all Aluminum scheduled mainte- nine inch Ford rear, 332-4354 nance, 355 hp V8, side chrome headJEEP: GRAND 18” wheels, heated ers, Moser axles, CHEROKEE, 2009 leather, premium 256-766-4900 $7,850. Limited, sound, navigation, ISUZU: TROOPER, 1-Owner For more 256-764-0396 1986 ONE owner, information on never wrecked, good this vehicle text condition, 130,000 BJLV to 27414 miles, antique tags, Butler Motor Co. $3,000. Savannah, 1-877-767-9194 TN, 731-438-0955. JEEP: WRANGLER, 2005 Unlimited. Call 8165- Sport Utility MITSUBISHI: for price! #P37330 Vehicles MIRAGE, 2018 For more information $11,688. 1-Ownon this vehicle text BUICK: er, Great MPG! 9BMJ to 27414. #19B077B For more Williams Auto information on this Enclave 2009 1-877-269-0193 vechicle text $6,900. WHITE, 662B to 27414. NEW TIRES, load- LOOK FOR THE Ray Miller ed. 256-627-6499 SMS Code on au1-866-702-3129 tomotive listings. Text the SMS CODE to 27414 *Msg & Data Rates May Apply: Ts & Cs and Privacy Policy: http://autoCHEVROLET: conx.com/terms EQUINOX, 2015 MITSUBISHI: $16,688. Great MIRAGE, 2018 MPG, Local Trade! $11,688. AUTO, Air, #19G044A For NICE! #19B077B more information For more information on this vechicle text on this vechicle text 6ASG to 27414. 662B to 27414. RAY MILLER Ray Miller MITSUBISHI: 1-866-702-3129 1-866-702-3129 OUTLANDER, 2014 $5,988. Full Power, NISSAN: ALTIMA, CHEVROLET: Nice, Local Trade! 2010 $5,500 OBO, TAHOE, 2007 #18G4761C. For 2-door Coupe, 2.5 $7,900. LT, 3rd Row more information automatic, cold air, For more information on this vehicle text tilt, cruise, loaded, on this vehicle text 242C to 27414 Bluetooth, back-up 40NR to 27414 RAY MILLER camera, very nice! Butler Motor Co. 1-866-702-3129 256-275-2276 1-877-767-9194

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CHEVROLET: COLORADO, 2015 $25,788. 1-Owner, 9k,miles, GMC Certified! #19B4505A1 For more information on this vechicle text 14VL to 27414. Ray Miller 1-866-702-3129 CHEVROLET: SILVERADO, 2002 Short Bed, 4WD. Call for price! #TT18965 For more information on this vehicle text B9D3 to 27414. Williams Auto 1-877-269-0193

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DODGE: RAM, 2010 $10,650. Regular Cab, HEMI, 1-Owner! For more information on this vehicle text 91NB to 27414 Butler Motor Co. 1-877-767-9194

FORD: RANGER, 2011 $10,888. Regular Cab, Local Trade! #19G180A For more information on this vechicle text 64K2 to 27414. RAY MILLER 1-866-702-3129

GMC: SIERRA, 2006 38K mi., V6, toolbox, rails, steps, awnings, chrome. Clean, has been babied! Must see! $20,000. 256-3324037.

GMC: SIERRA, 2016 $39,888. SLT, Z71, 4x4 Crew Cab #19G186A RAY MILLER 1-866-702-3129

GMC: SIERRA, 2017 $41,988. SLT, Z71, 4x4, 1-Owner! 19G144A For more information on this vechicle text 14WB to 27414. Ray Miller 1-866-702-3129 LOOK FOR THE SMS Code on automotive listings. Text the SMS CODE to 27414 *Msg & Data Rates May Apply: Ts & Cs and Privacy Policy: http://autoconx.com/terms

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TOYOTA: TACOMA, 2008 $6,000. 4 cylinder, auto., single cab, white, 163K miles, cold air, good tires, CLEAN! 423237-8001. Decatur

TOYOTA: TACOMA, 2012 $7,400. 4 cylinder, auto., single cab, white, 141K miles, cold air, good FORD: 1999 $7,000. tires, CLEAN! 423F-550 Cab and 237-8001 Decatur. Chassis Engine: 7.3 Power-Stroke diesel. 8185- Vans/Buses Transmission: Manual 6 speed. Miles: 181,500. Power windows/locks. Wheel Base: 201”. (14’ from the back of cab to the end of the rails). 2WD. Cranks, runs CHEVROLET: and drives great. UPLANDER, 2007 New calipers and $3,988. V6, Local good tires. 256-710Trade, Nice Van! 9171. #19G071B1. For more information FORD: F-150, on this vehicle text 1XZ2 to 27414 2011 RAY MILLER $10,900. LARIAT, 1-866-702-3129 CREW CAB, good condition, excellent tires, cold air, white. LOOK FOR THE SMS Code on au256-627-6499. tomotive listings. FORD: F-150, 2016 Text the SMS $21,880. Super Cab, CODE to 27414 #TTE50584 For *Msg & Data Rates more information May Apply: Ts & on this vehicle text Cs and Privacy 5D5V to 27414. Policy: http://autoWilliams Auto conx.com/terms 1-877-269-0193 ►LOOKING◄ FOR FORD: F-350, A WHEEL-CHAIR 2000 $7,500. Flat accessible van in the bed. Rebuilt 7.3 Florence area. Call Power-Stroke Diesel. 256-335-2292. Transmission rebuilt, automatic (4R100). NISSAN: QUEST, 147,200 miles. Man- 2002 $1,900 obo, ual windows and 6 cylinder, auto., locks, 2WD, runs and LOW MILES 109K, drives great. Decent cold air, good tires, tires, mild front dam- brakes. Looks good runs good. age. 256-710-9171/ and 256-275-2276. cell.

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Life is short and fragile

Swinging toward males

SHARON RANDALL

ighteen years ago, on Sept. 11, 2001, 19 terrorists hijacked and crashed four U.S. passenger planes, killing all on board and nearly 3,000 on the ground. Two flights hit the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York. The third hit the Pentagon. The fourth crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers and crew tried to stop the hijackers. Most of us who are old enough to remember that day have a personal story to tell about it. This is mine. Early that morning, my husband’s father awoke at his home in Stockton, California, turned on CNN, and immediately phoned us. While my husband stared in horror at the TV, I tried to call my son in New York. Josh was living in Manhattan, appearing in a TV series called “Ed.” I had visited him often enough to know his apartment was near the World Trade Center. He drove by those towers every day on his way to the set. I needed to hear his voice and know he was OK. Phone lines were swamped. I couldn’t get through. There was nothing to do but wait and pray. At noon, when he finally was able to get a call through to me, he was standing on the balcony of his apartment watching smoke billow up from the World Trade Center. He told me he had watched a firetruck pull out of a station that morning. “It was loaded with big guys like me,” he said, “hanging on the side of that truck, going to risk their lives to save others.” He later learned that all 15 of the firemen who were on that truck lost their lives that day. After we said goodbye, I broke down and cried. I was thankful my son was safe. But my heart was broken for the thousands of lives that had been stolen, and for countless others who were grieving for them. The news became even more personal that evening as I tried to comfort a neighbor who had just received confirmation that her daughter had died in the plane crash at the Pentagon. Eighteen years is a long time to remember so much grief and pain. But there are things about that day I hope never to forget. First, I want to remember the victims and those who mourn for them. They are my neighbors and loved ones and friends. I want to remember, not the terrorists, but the heroes, those who ran toward danger, not from it; the firefighters and police officers and others who risked and lost their lives so that others might SEE RANDALL, F2

In this Aug. 6 photo, Kohler Waters Spa cosmetologist Jodi Gerk, left, performs a virtual reality manicure at the 2019 International Spa Association event, in New York. [AP PHOTO/RICHARD DREW]

Spas are seeing more men, a less-is-more approach for guests By Leanne Italie The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Spa visits and the money they generate reached record highs last year in the U.S. with $18.3 billion in revenue driven by 190 million pampering trips, according to the International Spa Association. The leading industry group for spa professionals recently held its 25th annual event for media to show off trends and services among its 2,300 members. Garrett Mersberger, the association’s board chairman, broke down a few highlights for In this Aug. 6, photo, Hershey lead massage therapist Samantha Fisher applies a mini chocolate-and-marshmallow whip hydrating facial, at the 2019 InterThe Associated Press:

Less may be more, after all Some spas have been slimming back the services they offer as they focus more on customization, said Mersberger, who is also the director of sales, marketing and spa for Blue Harbor Resort in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. “The idea is to reduce that menu to make it all about the individual guest at that exact moment in time,” he said. “When I book, I don’t want to have to cruise through 50 different services. I want to pick one easily, and when I get there, I want it to be all about me at that moment.” A one-size-fits-all menu of facials, massages and other treatments doesn’t lend itself as easily to different skin types and

national Spa Association event, in New York. It is Circadia’s collaboration with MeltSpa by Hershey. [AP PHOTO/RICHARD DREW]

ingredient preferences, or even seasonal changes between the time of a booking 30 or 60 days out to arrival, Mersberger said. The Mandarin Oriental group, he said, has “gone down to just one focused massage and one focused facial to really make it about customization. We’re trying to do a similar thing at Blue Harbor,” Mersberger said. Allowing technicians and therapists on-site to help clients decide what their skin and body might need enhances the experience, said ISPA President Lynne McNees.

“It used to always be a femaledriven thing. We’re now seeing 50-50, if not swinging more toward the males.” The trend took off as long ago as 2017, when the association reported 49 percent of spa customers were men, up from 29 percent in 2005. “They’re much more aware that it’s not just a thing I go to to get pampered. It’s an actual lifestyle choice with benefits to my body, to my wellness. It’s part of my routine now. It’s not just about going for relaxation,” Mersberger said. McNees said the change A march of men impacts treatment areas, “We’re seeing a lot more men relaxation areas and changing going to spas,” Mersberger said. stations.

“Spas are really having to evolve to accommodate that male spa goer,” she said. “Typically, your back of house for males would be smaller because historically it’s been very heavy female. Now they’re having to shift that.” A lot of hotels and spas are designing unisex bathrooms and locker rooms, Mersberger said. Women are usually fine with it, McNees said. They’re no longer dragging reluctant spouses to spas. “We’re seeing a lot of groups and parties and different special events in the spa with both men and women,” she said.

Indigenous treatments and services Spas are often looking to skin treatments and other services using ingredients and traditions native to their regions. Aspira Spa at The Osthoff Resort on Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, is introducing an 80-minute service, Dohi, which is a collection of Native American healing traditions. It includes percussion music amplified from under massage tables so clients can feel the vibrations, said Lola Roeh, the general manager. It also includes a cornmeal back scrub. At the end, negative energy is chased away through burning sage, sweet grass or local wood. SEE SPAS, F2

At Carolina Herrera, wildﬂowers bloom on the Hudson River By Jill Dobson and Jocelyn Noveck The Associated Press

The Carolina Herrera collection is modeled during Fashion Week, in New York, on Sept. 9. [AP PHOTO/RICHARD DREW]

NEW YORK — Wildflowers were blooming on the banks of the Hudson River on Monday, thanks to the fertile imagination of Wes Gordon at Carolina Herrera. Gordon, now into his second year as the label’s creative director, upped his game with a crowdpleasing, flower-themed collection that was big on color and vibrant prints. The designer said his inspiration was the California super bloom, a phenomenon that leads to an unusually high proportion of wildflowers blossoming at once. That’s what happened on Gordon’s runway under a tent overlooking the water at the tip

of Manhattan. He sent out a succession of dresses both very long and very short with dramatic bursts of florals. One typical print was a bright yellow background populated with large blue flowers. Another striking look was a belted minidress with an impressionistic mix of flowers in hot pink, green and purple. Gordon was also fond of polka dots — big and bold, and in black and white. And he sent a number of plaids down the runway, for example in a miniskirt and jacket with billowing sleeves, or in a long strapless belted number in blue and tan plaid. Glam eveningwear finished out the collection, and here too Gordon indulged his fondness for

both color, as in a shimmering green number, and for those polka dots. One of the most striking designs consisted of a sheer layer of black polka dots on white, over a light pink layer underneath — all adorned with a black bowtie sash, and a bow-like flourish on one shoulder. The evening styles managed to be both luxurious and playful; the final number resembled a skirt but with the waist at the shoulder line, again with a sheer layer of black polka dots on white, this time over a bright yellow layer underneath. “I am a big fan of color and Caroline Herrera is all about color,” Gordon said backstage. “Our woman is all about color, and I think the world needs as much color as possible.”

“I think clothes should be a source of fun and joy and delight,” he said. “There’s enough scary bad things in the world. When you get dressed, that should not be one of them.” Gordon described his floral inspiration in the show notes as “the sensory delight of wildflowers as far as the eye can see ... vibrant yellow, hot pink, brilliant orange and bold blue mix with prints evoking ephemeral desert fields blanketed in lilies, verbena and poppies.” Celebrity guests included Martha Stewart, supermodel Karlie Kloss, and actress Vanessa Hudgens, who wore a midriff-baring lacey black ensemble as she danced in her seat at one point to the show’s bouncy soundtrack.

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DEAR DIETITIAN

SHOALS BIRTHS

Topic of food addiction is controversial

North Alabama Medical Center, Florence

LEANNE MCCRATE

Dear Readers: Many of us know someone who has struggled with an addiction. Perhaps they have tried to quit smoking or are addicted to drugs like heroin or methamphetamine. The American Psychiatric Association defines addiction as a complex condition, a brain disease that is manifested by compulsive substance use despite harmful consequence. (1). Does substance addiction include food? Although food addiction is not included in the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders), it is estimated that as many 20% of Americans struggle with some type of food compulsion. (2) One may automatically assume that food addiction only affects those who are overweight; however, the scientific literature shows otherwise. While some individuals with obesity may display behaviors similar to individuals addicted to

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“Our area is steeped in Native American history and we really pay reverence to that in the spa,” Roeh said. The Edgewater Spa at Madison’s Place in Madison, Wisconsin, pairs local craft beer and cider tastings with spa services in summer months. For instance, a strawberry rhubarb dermafoliant, mask and serum combination is

drugs [3], estimates suggest that only approximately 24.9% of overweight/ obese individuals report clinically-significant symptoms of food addiction and 11.1% of healthy-weight individuals also report these symptoms [2]. The topic of food addiction is controversial in the medical field. One criticism is the addictive ingredient has not been identified. It has been proposed that highly processed, highly palatable foods containing large amounts of fat and sugar can be addictive for some individuals. But what exactly is in these foods that leads to addiction? One does not typically consume sugar or butter by itself, which makesidentifying theaddictive agent difficult. Studies have found parallels between food addiction and other substance abuse disorders, such as opioid addiction. Some of these include: 1. Changes in brain chemistry in response to the substance. For example, dopamine is released in response to certain foods. Dopamine is a chemical that plays a role in the reward center in our brain and allows us to feel a sense of pleasure. If we experience

pleasure and reward, we are likely to repeat the behavior, maybe even to a point that it is no longer good for us. 2. Preoccupation with the substance. One may obsess about a particular food, feel deprived of happiness in the absence of this food, or may experience cravings. 3. Impaired control. Once the substance or food is taken in, it is difficult to maintain control of how much is used. 4. Social impairments. This includes changes in your social activities for the sake of the addiction. For example, a person binges on a certain food, then spends hours exercising to burn off those calories rather than spending time with family and friends. What do you do if you have a food addiction? If you can completely abstain from the problem food, that is your best defense. It may be difficult to completely abstain from sugar since it is in so many foods. You can abstain from sweets or avoid foods with 5 grams of sugar or more per serving. Another solution is a 12-step program, Overeaters Anonymous, aimed at helping those with food addictions and eating disorders. Theirs is a spiritual,

not religious, program similar to that of Alcoholics Anonymous. Go to oa.org or call 505-891-2664 to find a meeting near you.

coupled with a beer with the same notes. The beer is for drinking. In Hershey, Pennsylvania, MeltSpa by Hershey offers — you guessed it — an array of treatments that include cocoa and dark chocolate, from facials to body wraps. A company called Circadia by Dr. Pugliese created a chocolate-and-marshmallow-whip facial offered at MeltSpa. “People are trying to get creative. They want to be different. They don’t want

to be just another spa,” shopping the technology Mersberger said. around at the moment. Charging stations at Spas and technology manicure and pedicure “ I t ’ s g o t t e n e v e n areas are on the rise, allowsmarter,” Mersberger said ing for customers to use of tech in spas. their own playlists during CellFit has brought tech- treatments. nology called Endospheres “Nothing stresses a Therapy from Italy to the Millennial out more than U.S. to tackle lifting, toning taking their phone away,” and tightening all over the McNees said. “The whole body using non-invasive idea is to be able to relax, hand-held devices that so it’s really about thinkdeliver micro-vibrations ing about customization. to muscles through cylin- What’s going to make you ders fitted with 55 rotating comfortable?” spheres. The company is Kohler Waters Spas, with locations in Chicago; Kohler and Green Bay, Wisconsin; and St. Andrews, Scotland, recently launched virtual reality headsets for guided meditations. The experience offers the choice of music alone or voice and visuals during mani-pedis that include scenes of mountain lakes, beaches, waterfalls, clouds and the night sky. Kohler is looking into expanding virtual reality to massages and other treatments. “It’s the ultimate state of relaxation,” Mersberger said. The idea, said Nikki Miller of Kohler, is to allow clients to block out the hustle-bustle of the spa.

References 1. https://www. psychiatry.org/patientsfamilies/addiction/ what-is-addiction 2. Pursey K.M., Stanwell P., Gearhardt A.N., Collins C.E., Burrows T.L. The prevalence of food addiction as assessed by the Yale Food Addiction Scale: A systematic review. Nutrients. 2014;6:4552–4590. doi: 10.3390/nu6104552. 3. Volkow N.D., Wang G.J., Tomasi D., Baler R.D. The addictive dimensionality of obesity. Biol. Psychiatry. 2013;73:811– 818. doi: 10.1016/j. biopsych.2012.12.020. — Leanne McCrate, RD, LD, CNSC, aka Dear Dietitian, is an awardwinning dietitian based in Missouri. Her mission is to educate consumers on sound, scientificallybased nutrition. Do you have a nutrition question? Email her today at deardietitian411@gmail.com. Dear Dietitian does not endorse any products or diet plans.

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live; and the soldiers who have served and continue to serve to ensure that it will never happen again. I want to remember how it felt to hear my son’s voice and know that he was safe. I want to

Helen Keller Hospital, Sheffield • Aug. 31: Allan and Ashley Fountain, of Waterloo, girl, Lilly Brook Fountain • Sept. 3: Alivia Long, of Sheffield, girl, Aria Rose Grasty • Sept. 4: Connor Mann and Yajaira Rivas, of Russellville, girl, Maya Hadley Mann; Terrance Jones and Damisha Howard, of Tuscumbia, boy, Purpose Boyuna Jones; Brandon Davidson and Lavaunsha Siner, of Sheffield, boy, Brandon Pernell Davidson Jr.; Miguel Andres and Silvia Juarez, of Russellville, boy, Lucas Javier Andres Juarez; Matthew and Latasha Carpenter, of Rogersville, boy, Bennett Reid Carpenter; Jonathan Monzon and Irene Vicente, of Russellville, boy, Dylan Alexander Monzon Vicente; Chase and Darla Green, of Russellville, girl, Journey Cameron Green • Sept. 5: Anthony Campos and Luz Reyes, of Sheffield, girl, Alaia Mariel Compos Reyes; James Watson and Brooklyn Lopp, of Russellville, boy, John Michael Watson • Sept. 7: Jermaine and Cassy Groce, of Russellville, boy, Lincoln Ace Groce

In this Aug. 6 photo, Dr. Vladimir Turovskiy, from the Carillon Miami Wellness Resort, uses electronic acupuncture on a woman lying on a warmed bed of Himalayan salt and quartz, during the 2019 International Spa Association event, in New York. [AP PHOTO/ RICHARD DREW]

“Typically the expectation is maybe you have to carry on a conversation, or it gets loud in there. We were trying to find something to get people deeper into those treatments,” she said.

Connecting to nature The Spa at the Woodstock Inn & Resort in Woodstock, Vermont, honors bees with an exfoliating whipped honey scrub, followed by a honey moisturizing wrap. Honey is incorporated into other treatments as well. Surrounded by the Green Mountains, the hotel grows produce on a small organic farm that attracts bees. A pollinator garden is

feel that kind of gratitude every day. I want to remember, not the horror of that day, but the grace that came with it — all the good that rose up in the face of such evil. We may never have been stronger as a nation, or better as people, than we were in the wake of 9/11. I want to believe we hold

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used to teach guests about bees, including severe dangers they now face. “Our legacy is sustainability, conservation,” said Michelle Adams Somerville, director of spa and wellness. The rustic experience also includes community meals using the property’s harvests, and culinary classes. At the luxury Carillon Miami Wellness Resort in Miami Beach, the spa warms beds of pink Himalayan salt for guests on massage tables. It also has floatation beds and incorporates global massage traditions from China, Turkey and the Mediterranean.

the power to be that strong and that good always. I want to remember to pray for our country and our world — and for our enemies, because my faith commands it. I don’t know if prayer changes those we pray for, but I’ve seen it change those who pray, including me. I want to remember that life is short and fragile and precious. I want to remember the vow I made seeing people on TV jump from a burning building to their death: “I will live every day,” I said, “as if it were my last.” I don’t always keep that vow, but to honor the victims of 9/11, I want to remember to try. Most of all I want to remember to be alive. To make decisions based on love, not fear. To live life freely to its fullest. I want to remember that the opposite of terror is freedom. — Sharon Randall can be reached at P.O. Box 416, Pacific Grove CA 93950, or on her website: www. sharonrandall.com.

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WEEK AHEAD

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• Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5140: 9/19/2019, 6:30pm, VFW Hall, 127 S. Royal Ave., Florence. 256-762-3512 • OperaSouth board of directors meeting: 9/19/2019, 7:00pm, Edward Jones Ofﬁce, 206 S. Pine St., Florence. 888-976-7372 • Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4919 and ladies auxiliary meeting: 9/19/2019, 7:00pm, Post home, 419 Raleigh Ave., Shefﬁeld. 256-381-7446 • Muscle Shoals Amateur Radio Club: 9/19/2019, 7:00pm, Colbert County EMA, Fifth and Water streets, Muscle Shoals. • Cypress Chapter #195, Order of the Eastern Star: 9/19/2019, 7:00pm, building, 104 E. Tombigbee St., Florence. • Quad City Squares square dance club: 9/19/2019, 7:00pm, Royal Avenue Recreation Center, 421 N. Royal Ave., Florence.

Today • Half price book sale: 9/15/2019, 1:00pm, FlorenceLauderdale Public Library, 350 N. Wood Ave., Florence. • Neighborhood Watch meeting: 9/15/2019, 2:00pm, Zip City Community Center, Chisholm Road, Florence.

Monday • Cloverdale Quilters: 9/16/2019, 8:00am, Cloverdale Community Center, 17420 Lauderdale 8, Florence. • Joints in Motion: 9/16/2019, 8:45am, The Club/Florence Senior Center, 450 Country Club Drive, Florence. • Half price book sale: 9/16/2019, 10:00am, FlorenceLauderdale Public Library, 350 N. Wood Ave., Florence. • Ralph Leftwich Chapter, Colonial Dames of the Seventeenth Century meeting: 9/16/2019, 10:30am, Helen Keller Public Library, 511 N. Main St., Tuscumbia. 256-381-4996 • Rotary Club of Florence: 9/16/2019, 11:30am, Marriott Shoals Conference Center, 10 Hightower Place, Florence. • Florence Toastmasters Club meeting: 9/16/2019, 5:45pm, First Metro Bank, 325 S. Pine St. Third Floor, Florence. 256 415-7676 • Shoals Democratic Club: 9/16/2019, 6:30pm, Irons Workers Union Hall, 506 N. Nashville Ave., Shefﬁeld. • American Legion Post No. 31 meeting: 9/16/2019, 6:30pm, American Legion Hall, 110 N. Main St., Tuscumbia. A meal and program will be provided. 256-577-6968 • Neighborhood Watch:

Friday The Friends Bookstore, on the first floor of the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, is hosting a half price sale through Sept. 22. [TIMESDAILY FILE]

9/16/2019, 7:00pm, Cloverdale Community Center, 17420 Lauderdale 8, Florence.

Tuesday • Half price book sale: 9/17/2019, 10:00am, FlorenceLauderdale Public Library, 350 N. Wood Ave., Florence. • Tuscumbia Kiwanis Club: 9/17/2019, 12:00pm, Helen Keller Public Library, 511 N. Main St., Tuscumbia. • Florence Exchange Club: 9/17/2019, 12:00pm, Marriott Shoals Concerence Center, 10 Hightower Place, Florence. 256-443-3836 • 1-hour free bowling: 9/17/2019, 5:00pm, Boiler Room, 313 N. Court St., Florence. • Celebrate Recovery: 9/17/2019, 6:00pm, Florence First Church of the Nazarene, 102 Fairground Road, Florence. • Shoals Model Railroaders: 9/17/2019, 6:00pm, Tuscumbia Depot, 206 W. Fifth St.,

Tuscumbia. • Dance classes: 9/17/2019, 6:00pm, Mitchell Hollingsworth Activity Center, 805 Flagg Circle, Florence. • North Alabama Civil War Round Table meeting: 9/17/2019, 6:00pm, FlorenceLauderdale Public Library, 350 N. Wood Ave., Florence. • Deshler class of 1960: 9/17/2019, 6:00pm, Newbern’s Restaurant, 3406 Florence Blvd., Florence. • Coalition of Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders board meeting: 9/17/2019, FlorenceLauderdale Public Library conference room, 350 N. Wood Ave., Florence. 256-766-5726 • Shoals Valley Scottish Rite: 9/17/2019, 104 E. Tombigbee St., Florence.

Wednesday • Joints in Motion: 9/18/2019, 8:45am, The Club/ Florence Senior Center, 450 Country Club Drive, Florence.

• Half price book sale: 9/18/2019, 10:00am, FlorenceLauderdale Public Library, 350 N. Wood Ave., Florence. • Florence-Lauderdale County Education Retirees Association meeting: 9/18/2019, 11:30am, Lauderdale County Board of Education Annex, 355 Lauderdale 61, Florence. 256-483-8222 • UNA Shoals Showcase: 9/18/2019, 7:00pm, Boiler Room, 313 N. Court St., Florence.

Thursday • Florence/Lauderdale Tourism Board meeting: 9/19/2019, 8:30am, Florence/Lauderdale Visitor Center boardroom, 200 Jim Spain Drive, Florence. • Half price book sale: 9/19/2019, 10:00am, FlorenceLauderdale Public Library, 350 N. Wood Ave., Florence. • AARP Florence-Lauderdale Chapter 273 covered-dish dinner: 9/19/2019, 11:00am,

Royal Avenue Recreation Center, 421 N. Royal Ave., Florence. Bring covered dish. 256-760-6425 • Zip City Community Center covered-dish lunch: 9/19/2019, 11:30am, Zip City Community Center, 10511 Lauderdale 17, Florence. Bring covered dish. • Shoals Civic League: 9/19/2019, 12:00pm, Clarion Hotel, 4900 Hatch Blvd., Shefﬁeld. 256-627-4977 • AAUW Meeting: 9/19/2019, 5:00pm, Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, 350 N. Wood Ave., Florence. • National Management Association, TVA Muscle Shoals Chapter meeting: 9/19/2019, 5:30pm, Marriott Shoals Conference Center, 10 Hightower Place, Florence. 256-386-2387 • Sons of Confederate Veterans O’Neal Camp No. 478 meeting: 9/19/2019, 6:30pm, Pope’s Tavern and Museum, 203 Hermitage Drive, Florence. 256-764-4945

• Shoals Artists Guild meeting: 9/20/2019, 10:00am, Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Southall-Moore House, Florence. 256-760-6379 • Half price book sale: 9/20/2019, 10:00am, FlorenceLauderdale Public Library, 350 N. Wood Ave., Florence. • Florence Kiwanis Club: 9/20/2019, 12:00pm, Marriott Shoals Conference Center, 10 Hightower Place, Florence.

Saturday • Breakfast: 9/21/2019, 6:00am, Central Community Center, 4130 Lauderdale County 6, Florence. $6 adults; $3 children; carryouts available. • Half price book sale: 9/21/2019, 10:00am, FlorenceLauderdale Public Library, 350 N. Wood Ave., Florence.

Sunday • Half price book sale: 9/22/2019, 1:00pm, FlorenceLauderdale Public Library, 350 N Wood Ave, Florence.

COMMUNITY LISTINGS

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• Alabama Charter Chapter, United Daughters of the War of 1812, 11 a.m. quarterly. 256-764-7040

• Florence Civitan Club, noon, Tuesdays, First Baptist Church, Tombigbee Street, Florence. Lunch and program. • Florence Exchange Club, noon, Tuesdays, Marriott Shoals Conference Center, 10 Hightower Place, Florence, for lunch and program. James Barnett, 256-443-3836 • Florence Kiwanis Club, noon, Fridays, Marriott Shoals Conference Center, 10 Hightower Place, Florence. 336-287-4958 • Florence Lions Club, noon, first and third Mondays, ECM East conference room, 2111 Cloyd Blvd., Florence. 256-757-1308 • Florence Rotary Club, noon, Mondays, Marriott Shoals Conference Center, 10 Hightower Place, Florence. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. • LaGrange Community Sunshine Club sends cards and letters to elderly and others. Sherri Hall, 256-446-9351, or Lela Hall, 256-446-8757 • Muscle Shoals Civitan Club, noon, first and third Thursdays, Cypress Lakes Golf and Country Club, 1311 E. Sixth St., Muscle Shoals. 256-383-3503 • Muscle Shoals Kiwanis Club, noon, Thursdays, Cypress Lakes Country Club, 1311 E. Sixth St., Muscle Shoals. Nicole Parker, 256-386-0600 • Sheffield Kiwanis Club, noon, Wednesdays, Park Place, 500 N. Montgomery Ave., Sheffield. 256-740-95990 or ronniewicks@att.net • Town Creek Lions Club, 6 p.m. second and fourth Mondays, Town Creek Community Center, Main Street, Town Creek. Billy Crisler, 256-685-2469 • Tuscumbia Kiwanis Club, noon Tuesdays, Helen Keller Public Library annex, 511 N. Main St., Tuscumbia. Lunch and speaker. Joel Parris, 256-577-6968

Civic groups

Community centers

• Central Civitan Club, 6:30 p.m., second and fourth Thursdays. Floyd Hall, 256-766-8559. • East Lauderdale County Chapter of Rotary International, noon, Thursdays. Danny Cook, 256-247-6080

• Central Community Center business meeting, 286 Lauderdale 277, Florence, 6:30 p.m., ﬁrst Tuesday. To reserve center, call 256-760-9005 or 256-7642885. Breakfast, third Saturday. 256-764-1090

Social/political • Colbert County Republican Executive Committee, 6 p.m., fourth Monday, Donna and Friends Restaurant, 1325 Avalon Ave., Muscle Shoals. Fred Joly, 256-710-1440 • Lauderdale Chapter of Alabama Democratic Club, 1 p.m., second Saturday, FlorenceLauderdale Public Library, 350 N. Wood Ave., Florence. 256-762-0209 • Lauderdale County Republican executive committee, 7 p.m., fourth Thursday. Meeting locations: Josh Dodd, 256-366-2878. • Republican Women of the Shoals, noon, ﬁrst Tuesday. For meeting place or speaker, Debbie Black, 256-627-3604. • Shoals Area Citizens for Life, 7:30 p.m., last Tuesday. 256-381-3528 after 5 p.m. • Shoals Democrats gathering, 6:30 p.m. third Monday, IBEW Local Union 558, 1803 E. 17th St., Shefﬁeld, serving Colbert and Lauderdale counties. Meet and greet/snacks, 6 p.m. Email shoalsdemocrats@ gmail.com • Women in Lifetime Leadership encourages women’s participation in public policy-making. Eve Mauldin, 256-764-8878

Patriotic

Breakfast is served at several community centers in the area. Check the listings. [TIMESDAILY/FILE] • Cloverdale Community Center, 17420 Lauderdale 8, Florence: country breakfast, 6:30-9 a.m., second Saturday. Center available for reservations; fee charged. 256-284-0404 • Lexington Senior Center, 100 Maguire Lane, Lexington, breakfast, 6:30-9 a.m., fourth Saturday; except November and December. 256-229-8810 • Underwood-Petersville Community Center, 840 Lauderdale 7, Florence: breakfast, 6-9 a.m., ﬁrst Saturday; and covered-dish lunch, 11 a.m., second Friday. • Zip City Community Center, 11:30 a.m. third Thursday, covered-dish lunch and program. Breakfast, 6:30-9 a.m., fourth Saturday.

Recreation • Florence Park and Recreation Department centers may be reserved by calling: Royal, 421 N. Royal Ave., 256-760-6425; Senior Center, 415 Fairground Road, 256-760-6420; or Handy Center, 1105 Beale St., 256-760-6435. • North Alabama Dance Club offers dances and ballroom dance lessons monthly. 256-767-1440, suzyfromal@ comcast.net • Russellville Parks and

Recreation Department offers classes in aerobics, step aerobics, voice, piano, karate, gymnastics, dance for children and adults, tumbling for cheerleaders and tennis, at center, 201 Ash Ave., Russellville. Gym open for walking, 6-9 a.m. Monday-Friday, and 8 a.m. Saturday at no charge. 256-332-8770. • Shoals Chapter, Huntsville Ski Club, third Thursday. Members also hike, bike, raft and have cookouts. Kris Seabol, 256-764-4469, or Jennifer and Don Aston, 256-767-6777 • Yakers and Dancers, meet at Wildwood Park, third Saturday, May-October. Kayakers and square dancers come together with kayak/canoe. Picnic follows. 256-760-4620

Health/ﬁtness • Aerobic classes sponsored by Florence Parks and Recreation Department, Royal Avenue Recreation Center, 421 N. Royal Ave., Florence. Schedule available at center. 256-760-6425 • Coalition of Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders board, 5:30 p.m., third Tuesdays, FlorenceLauderdale Public Library conference room, 350 N. Wood Ave., Florence. Open to public. Speakers and materials for companies, churches and civic groups, and a free newsletter

for caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases available. 256-766-5726 • Co-ed aerobics, sponsored by Sheffield Parks and Recreation Department, 1001 E. 17th St., Sheffield, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Free baby-sitting. 256-386-5615 • Free and confidential HIV testing available. 256-764-0492 • Home health blood pressure checks, 2 p.m., third Monday, Merrill Gardens, 3275 Lauderdale 47, Florence. 256-740-6999 • Free blood pressure screenings, sponsored by Heritage Manor Assisted Living and Mid South Home Health, 2-3 p.m., first Monday, 310 W. Mobile St., Florence. 256-767-7676 • LifeSouth Community Blood Center, 307 Veterans Drive, Florence, open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays; 1-5 p.m. Sundays. 256-765-7038 • Northwest Alabama Community Network Group for anyone concerned with HIV/ AIDS, 11 a.m. to noon, second Wednesday, Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, 350 N. Wood Ave., Florence. 256-764-7453 or cpgnwa.org. • Rape Response prevention

programs available to organizations, businesses and schools. Topics range from healthy relationships and Internet safety to sexual harassment and sexual assault. 256-765-4380 • Safeplace Inc. prevention program sponsors presentations such as “Child Abuse Detection, Reporting and Prevention” and “Family Violence” to civic groups, organizations and businesses. 256-767-3076. The crisis line is staffed with personnel trained in assisting abused women and their children. 256767-6210, 24 hours • Senior citizen exercise classes, sponsored by Florence Parks and Recreation Department, 9:30-10:30 a.m., Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Handy Recreation Center, 1105 Beale St., Florence. Free. 256-760-6435 • Shoals Vegetarian Fellowship, monthly potluck, 5:30-7 p.m., third Tuesday, FlorenceLauderdale Public Library, 350 N. Wood Ave., Florence. Speaker/discussion. Call or email for acceptable potluck ingredients. 256-762-8506, shoalsveg.com or info@shoalsveg.com • Shoals Women’s Clinic offers free and confidential pregnancy and STD testing and post-abortive counseling. Details/appointments: 256-760-0640. • The Look Good ... Feel Better program, free nonmedical program to help women undergoing cancer treatment deal with skin and hair changes, 1-3 p.m., third Monday, Helen Keller Hospital, 1300 S. Montgomery Ave., Sheffield. Registration required. 256-3864154 or 256-767-0825 • The Look Good ... Feel Better program, sponsored by American Red Cross for women facing cancer-related side effects of treatment, first Mondays (except holidays), Bethesda Cancer Center, 208 S. Marengo St., Florence. Free. Registration: 800-395-5665. • Yoga/pilates classes, sponsored by Florence Parks and Recreation Department, 8:30 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, Royal Avenue Recreation Center, 421 N. Royal Ave., Florence. 256-760-6425

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Answers to today’s puzzle will be published in the Sunday, Sept. 22, edition.

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Aries (March 21-April 19): You do well because you work hard and because how much work you put in is something you have complete control over. Your motivation grows with every small win, and with every small loss, so you really can’t lose. Taurus (April 20-May 20): People who are comfortable in themselves are easy to be around. You’ll have talks with friends where nothing of note gets said and yet so much gets shared. Gemini (May 21-June 21): Wherever possible, handle things up close and in person. It’s the close range where misunderstandings get cleared up, facial expressions can be accurately read and intentions can be felt. Cancer (June 22-July 22): It’s OK to expect a certain tone from people and distance yourself from lesser behavior, especially if the moodiness could be part of some pattern of emotional manipulation. You’re right to protect yourself. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): Welcome the unknown. Make friends with fear. Ideally, a comfort zone is ever-expanding. This way, you can be comfortable in many different situations. Life becomes more varied and exciting. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Life is a little like grammar today. You don’t have to know why a thing is technically wrong to know that it sounds wrong, doesn’t read well and that you probably shouldn’t use it. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): Improvements aren’t always done with action. Sometimes what helps things along is more of an understanding. Better listening is part of this, and so is taking your ego out of the equation so you can be impartial.

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): You don’t want to disrupt others, upset the status quo or risk the decline that could happen after a shake-up. The reasons to call things “good enough” are valid, though you’d do well to revisit the matter next week. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The bigger the group, the more anonymous people feel, the more likely some will be to heed baser instincts. Things happen in big cities and on the internet that wouldn’t readily occur in a small community. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Not every relationship has to be a love story. People connect in different ways. Trying to force the connection into a category may reduce it to something less beautiful and interesting. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): When should you do what you don’t want to do? This question will keep coming up. Gently encouraging yourself to do the bigger thing is better in the long run than letting yourself stay small. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): You ask more of yourself than you ask of others and also more of yourself than others ask of themselves. Are you being too hard? What would you ask of a best friend? That should deﬁne the limits of your demands. Today’s birthday: An early theme of this solar journey centers around peace, knowing what it means to you and creating more of it. A state of tranquility allows you to do something productive with all the learning and circumstances caused by past trials. Peace helps you maximize the many opportunities coming your way. Taurus and Scorpio adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 33, 25, 17 and 4.

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Advancing age changes man in ways that surprise him

DEAR ABBY

Dear Abby: I’m a man in my mid-70s, and I’m beginning to understand why some old people are annoying cranks. It has something to do with the nearly constant physical, emotional and spiritual pain. (And if you’re not sleeping well as a result, that only makes things worse.) My body is breaking down, and something hurts all the time. My wife died some years ago, other loved ones are gone as well, and my grief is an unending process. I know my remaining time here is limited, and I’m not sure I want to depart the only life I’ve known for an uncertain future. I have started alienating friends and others by the things I say, and

I didn’t used to be this way. There’s no excuse for this, of course, but what I’m saying is, there are reasons. And yet, some people age gracefully. My question is, how do they do it? — Alan In Florida Dear Alan: It is extremely important that you speak to your doctor about everything you are experiencing. Your unending grief might be lessened if you discuss it with a licensed mental health provider. It’s true that not everyone ages physically at the same rate. Some individuals start preparing in their 40s and 50s for the later stages of life by eating healthier and exercising. The saying “use it or lose it” has a lot of truth to it. Muscles that don’t move tend to freeze up and cause pain. Volunteering is a wonderful way to stay busy, active and focus on others, and volunteers are needed in every community. Please consider what I have written, and

let me know how you are doing in six months. I care. Dear Abby: I met and married my husband 20 years ago. Twelve years ago, we had a child. Since then, I have felt like a single parent. I think things were always this way, but I didn’t notice as much until we had a child. My husband has a good heart, and I know he loves us, but he rarely spends time with us. He works long hours in retail and chooses to spend his off hours with others and without us. He loves people and is quite a social butterfly. He can go days without speaking to us, and is content most nights with kissing our daughter goodnight after she has already gone to sleep. He makes plans and decisions on his own — without me — including about money matters. Am I overreacting when I complain? I’m contemplating a divorce because I need more than

a part-timer for a mate. — Lonely Married Mom Dear Mom: Overreacting? Frankly, I am surprised that it has taken you this long to write to me. The person you married appears to be totally detached and more of a roommate than a husband. That he goes for days without speaking to you and your child is emotional cruelty. Spouses are supposed to socialize together — at least most of the time — and make financial decisions together. The only positive you’ve mentioned is that he’s the family’s bread-winner. That you are contemplating divorce isn’t surprising. Your husband left you behind emotionally more than a decade ago. Consult an attorney and familiarize yourself with as much financial information as possible before making any announcements.

DIY projects, customer service, stocking store shelves, unloading trucks, furniture repair and refurbishing, helping with donation pickups, pricing inventory, organizing the ReStore and the warehouse, cashier, sales floor associate, and merchandiser. shoalshabitat.org/volunteer • Helen Keller Hospital — The department of volunteer services is seeking adult volunteers in several areas including: dial-a-volunteer errand service; emergency room information desk; and main lobby information desk. Volunteers work a minimum of one four-hour shift per week. Shifts: 8 a.m. to noon and noon to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. The hospital is at 1300 S. Montgomery Ave., Sheffield. Details: Sharyn Blanton, benefits and volunteer manager, 256-386-4476 • Crossroad Community Outreach — The organization assists the homeless through its street outreach and a homeless day center which is open 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. These services include a safe place to

go, food, water, necessities, clothing, crisis counseling & case management to include information & referral to help their clients obtain housing & other benefits they may qualify for. They also design and facilitate community events, programs and workshops geared to invoke social change and encourage individuals, families, community and economic development and growth. A food pantry is also available by appointment to anyone in need.Volunteers are needed for free community programs and events, street outreach, food pantry and homeless day center. Located at 318 S. Court St., Florence. Details: Dr. Kimberly Jackson, 256-284-2218, email: crossroadsagencyllc@ gmail.com or websitecrossroadsco.org. • Keller Hospice LHC of Tuscumbia — Volunteers are needed to serve as: patient volunteers, sitting with patient while caregiver runs errands; administrative volunteers, perform office type duties such as answering phones, making

copies, filing; craft/hobbies volunteers, help patients with sewing, knitting, crafting, scrapbooking, etc.; and community outreach/ event planning/fundraising volunteers, assist volunteer coordinator in planning local events/fundraisers that educate community about hospice, assist in fundraising events, and raise money for Hospice Promise Foundation. If making a donation to the foundation, 100% goes to patients and families. Office is at 1404 E. Avalon, Suite C, Tuscumbia. Barbara Johnson, 256-314-1204 or Barbara. Johnson3@LHCgroup.com • One Place of the Shoals — The organization provides victims of domestic violence, rape and sexual assault, child physical and sexual abuse, and elder abuse with necessary services under one roof while ensuring the safety of victims. Volunteers are needed to answer phones, do clerical work, clean the building and assist with special events and fundraisers. Applications available at office, 200 W. Tennessee St., Florence. 256-284-7600

— DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

VOLUNTEERS

Local nonprofit agencies are looking for volunteers to fill the community’s needs. A list of different agencies is published every other week. Email Volunteer requests to myra. arnold@TimesDaily. com. Include a complete address — street number and name and city — with all locations, along with a daytime telephone number or email address for publication. • Shoals Habitat for Humanity ReStore — The Shoals Habitat for Humanity ReStore appreciates volunteers. Volunteers provide support to Habitat ReStores in a wide variety of ways. ReStores strive to keep operating costs as low as possible to maximize the amount of money that goes directly to benefit your community, and volunteers are one of the ways to achieve this. Volunteers also help ensure every ReStore is a great experience for donors and shoppers. Volunteers can help by: creating decorative displays,

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BOOK REVIEW

‘Only Plane’ is compelling history of 9/11

“The Only Plane in the Sky: an Oral History of 9/11” (Avid Reader Press), by Garrett M. Graff By Will Lester The Associated Press

People born at least a quarter-century ago probably remember the exact details of what they were doing on that beautiful blue September day when terror was unleashed across the country. Now, 18 years later, the memories of hundreds of firsthand witnesses tell the story of the 9/11 attacks in their own words, providing

a riveting step-by-step account of the day that brought out the best in many Americans. Garrett M. Graff and his team have assembled interviews from 480 people who share their terrifying and often inspirational memories of the day when hijackers used two passenger planes as weapons to topple the twin towers of the World Trade Center and another to attack the Pentagon. A fourth hijacked plane went down in flames when heroic passengers fought back to bring it down in rural Pennsylvania before it could strike another high-profile target, probably in Washington.

The technique of letting the witnesses tell the story does a remarkable job of bringing to life the horrific day in a way that a writer’s narrative would have a hard time matching. The day starts with people going through their morning routines before work, admiring the spectacular September day and then coming to the realization, often haltingly, that this would be the most frightening day of their lives. People were just settling in for the workday or just arriving at work when a plane hijacked from Boston crashed into the North Tower of the World

Trade Center at 8:46 a.m. Most people are aware of the events that followed, but what has faded from memory over the years are the dramatic details, like the emotional accounts of people telling their loved ones that they were trapped in the upper floors of the towers or on hijacked planes, the gradual realization that the towers had been hit by passenger jets, the eventual crashing of those towers and the suffocating clouds of dust that made it impossible to breathe and sent legions of New Yorkers fleeing through the streets like a scene from a sci-fi movie, and the incredibly

• The following students graduated from the University of North Alabama this summer:

Alabama Alabaster: Jeffrey Kerr, MBA; Nicholas Ryan Sullivan, BS; Arab: Candice Ora Fawcett, MA; Hunter Cole Isom, BBA Athens: Alexandra Marie Beaver, BA; Brandy Lovell, MAED; Lauren Jazzmine Reynolds, MA Auburn: Bailey Burdg Ward, MBA Birmingham: Maegan Griffith, BSN, Cum Laude; Floretta Rose McClendon, BS, Magna Cum Laude; Nathaniel Jimmy Stanley III, MPS; Anna Stivener, MBA; Erica Jermine Sykes, MBA Blountsville: Wendie Lou Whittington, BS Centreville: Ricky Lamar Rhine, MBA Courtland: Eddquerion Malik Harris, BS; Justice Elizabeth Lynn Puryear, BS Cullman: Brian Lacy, MBA; Hannah Grace Spradlin, BBA, Magna Cum Laude; Charles A. Stanley, BBA Danville: Chelsea Dennison, MAED Daphne: Danilo Glisson, MBA Daviston: Marlee Duffie, MSN Decatur: Garison Phillip Adams, BS; Jarrod Birchfield, BS; Madison Lynne Brakeman, BS; Tequila Keyaire Cohen, BA, Summa Cum Laude; Valeria R. Crumbough, BS; Jennifer Whitney Lowery, BS; Eric Anthony Marchan-Guardado, BS, Cum Laude; Logan Reed, BBA; Kali Woodall, MAED Elkmont: Jessica Dawn Fiscus, BS, Cum Laude Fayette: Jordan Henderson Dillard, BSN, Cum Laude Florence: Ben Michael Abroms, BS; Logan Dave Barker, BA; Alana Rene Barnes, BBA; Veronica Bayles, EDS; Andrew Bishop, MAED; Brett W. Black, BBA; Kayla Mackenzie Blevins, BBA; Bradley Carlton Bolton, MBA; Taylor Catherine Bramlett, BS; Tara Brooke Brown, MAED; Cameron Byroad, BS; Tijuana Crenshaw, MAED; Jordan Ellis Crow, MAED; Jayden Alexandra DavilaMcClary, BS; Jacob Chandler Davis, BS; Jason Dunnavant, EDS; Benjamin Glenn Eckl, BS, Magna Cum Laude; Jill Edwards, EDS; Elizabeth Elia, BS; Bradley Elliott, BS; Braden Grant Gunn, BBA; Kimberlee Boaz Hall, MA; Coleman Lee Hardin, BS; Elizabeth Hope Haygood, BS, Cum Laude; Melanie Suzanne Hodges, BS; Michael James Hollander, BS; Kylie Huey, BS; Ciera Jayde Hughes, BS; Emily Hurst, EDS; Vanessa Ingle, MPS; Christopher Daniel Jackson, BA; Tyler Calvin Jackson, BBA; Paris Neely Johnston, MPS; Lakin Shea Little, BS; Amanda Martin, MAED; Rachael Horner Nelson, EDS; Alexandria Reagan Nunnelley,

BBA; Heather Perry, MAED; Robin James Phillips, EDS; Jamie Donaldson Pothier, BS; Allie Min-Xia Rappuhn, BBA; Preston Ray, MBA; Conner James Riant, BBA; Ricardo Enrique Rodriguez, BS; Rachel Claire McKissack Russell, MBA; Kendarius Laquinton Smith, BS; Kendall Jordan Stafford, BS; Kris Marie Trzaskoma, MA; Amanda Michelle Veach, BS; Renhao Wen, MBA; Andrea Nichole Young, MAED Gadsden: Breanna Lache Smith, BBA Gardendale: Kellie Anderson, BSN, Summa Cum Laude Haleyville: Adrian Jack Barnes, BS; Julie Nichole Johnson, BS; Anna Elise Minor, BBA, Cum Laude Navarro: Lilian Maleni, BSED, Cum Laude; Kayla Michelle Smith, MAED Hanceville: Latashia Nichole Taylor, BSN Hartselle: Diego Alejandro Cacho-Tovar, BSN, Magna Cum Laude; Ashton Quattlebaum, BS; Dylan Wayne Sharp, MS Harvest: Venita Anderson, BSN; Hannah A. Cox, BA Cum Laude; Jasmine Green, MBA; Melissa Lauren Van Otten, MBA Helena: Lisa Krayer Smith, MBA Hoover: Thomas Daniel Luther, BS, Magna Cum Laude; Jonathan David Scott, BS; Ashley Coleman, MBA Huntsville: Abigail ChristineLove Folk, BS; Seth Adams Gipson, BS; Christian Thomas Grospitch, BS, Cum Laude; Katherine Elizabeth Hetrick, BS, Magna Cum Laude; Anna Caroline Mahan, BS; Candice Rosalie Miller, MBA, Terry Lee Patterson, MBA; Carolyn Strong, MAED; Ellie Makena Vaughn, BS, Cum Laude; Caroline Patricia Wasson, MBA; Brittney Childers Whitehead, MPS Killen: Alexander Mason McDonald, BBA; Chelsea Dawn Poss, MSN Lexington: Bethany Lauren Green, BBA; Alli Kendra Hill, BS Cum Laude; Madeline Bette Joiner, BBA Lynn: Autumn Rae Baughn, BS, Magna Cum Laude Madison: Jessica Nicole Beamon, BS; Carl Randall D’Herde, BS; Darren Dixie, MBA; Anthony D. Rolle, BS; Maylene Dillon Calhoun, BS; McCalla: Kali E. Dunn, BS Meridianville: Princess Shanel Jones, MAED; Savannah Jayne Miller, BS, Summa Cum Laude Moulton: Lacey Montgomery, MAED Muscle Shoals: Jordan Killough, MA; Benjamin Joseph Matlock, BS; Brandon Lee McIntyre, BS, Cum Laude; Austin Phillips, EDS; Madison Faith Tidwell, BS, Magna Cum Laude; Taylor Tidwell, BSN, Summa Cum Laude; Anna Wooten, EDS Nauvoo: Hannah Moon, BS, Magna Cum Laude; Yesenia Rios, BS New Market: Shelby Madison Haddox, BS Owens Cross Roads: Jason Perry Fisher, MBA Phil Campbell: Thomas Adam Reed, BS Remlap: Addison G. Bailey, BS Roanoke: John Zackery Hall, MBA Rogersville: Justin Neil Watson, BS Russellville: Evelyn Delgado,

while under attack. President Bush summed it up well in his address to the nation that night. “Today, our nat ion saw evil, the very worst of human nature and we responded with the best of America, with the daring of our rescue workers, with the caring for strangers and neighbors ...”

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ACADEMIC ACHIEVERS

Academic Achievers include achievements earned in school-sponsored activities that are based on grades and academic performances. Information comes from universities, colleges and local schools. It is published Sundays as space permits. Email myra. arnold@TimesDaily.com.

courageous decision to overpower the hijackers and bring down United 93 over Pennsylvania. The oral history details the decisions of the President George W. Bush administration on how to deal with a terror attack of unknown dimensions, the deliberations of passengers on United 93 to fight back, the frantic phone calls to loved ones trapped in the towers and planes, the people leaping from dozens of floors up to their death and, throughout, the heroism and humanity of all involved, especially the rescue workers. It makes for a gripping read — and a reminder of the country at its best

BS; Jackson Scott Pace, BBA; David Bryce Scruggs, BS; Dana Long Terry, BS Seale: Taleigha Chante Davis, BS Selma: Deondis Ontaris Mendenhall, BBA Shefﬁeld: Gina LaShay Carr, MAED; Melvin Pritchard, BS Sulligent: Tyler Ansley Edgeworth, MSCJ Toney: Rahsaun Malik Fletcher, BS Town Creek: Mollie Parker Killen, MAED Trinity: Blake Jackson Ferguson, EDS Trussville: Karla Blevins, MBA Tuscumbia: Andrew Christopher Entrekin, EDS; Emily Caroline Farris, BS, Cum Laude; Emily Caroline Farris, BA, Cum Laude; Monica Lisette Farris, EDS; Rachel Howard Knight, EDS; Justin Ray Sparks, MBA; Anna Graham Thigpen, MAED; Traci Lynn Thompson, BS Warrior: Karli Lynn Jinright, BS Arizona Bentonville: Zoey Chance Yi, BS Fayetteville: Jonathan Craig Swain, MS

California Fremont: Inna Budovsky, MBA Los Angeles: Dan Berkovitz, MBA

Florida Flagler: Beach Jeffrey Sheridan, MBA Fort Walton Beach: Kyle Winn, MBA Navarre: Kara Szostek, MBA Pensacola: Justin Corbitt, MBA; Sina Faulk, BS; Anna Laircey Thompson, BS, Magna Cum Laude Sanford: William McEllen, MPS

Georgia Atlanta: Marcia Gooden, MBA Loganville: Malaisia Stallworth, BS, Summa Cum Laude Macon: Janis King Schoenbeck, MS Newnan: Kevin Michael Wall, MBA Roswell: Kaushik Raha, MBA Savannah: Jacob Lane, MBA

Illinois Naperville: Kartick Neogi, MBA Indiana Brownsburg: Jason Mofﬁtt, MBA

Kentucky Shepherdsville: Tressa Patel, MBA

Louisiana Norco: Tracie Wanell Mathis, MBA

Missouri Harrisonville: Jesse Leigh Henderson, BBA Mississippi Booneville: William Anthony Stone, BS Dennis: Katelyn Breanna Nunley, BS Golden: Madison Faythe Poole, BS Greenwood: Joshua Mustafa Thurman, BS Iuka: Misty Leigh Glidewell, BSN, Summa Cum Laude New Albany: William Bradley Sloan, MSN Saltillo: Jazmine Nicole Rowan, MSN Starkville: William Cobie

Rutherford Jr., MBA Tupelo: Rachel Elizabeth Hodnett, BS

Ohio Oak Harbor: Haley Klima, BS, Magna Cum Laude South Carolina Moncks Corner: Robert Devin Kilgore, BS Tennessee Brentwood: Jeddiah Caleb Campﬁeld, MBA Columbia: Margaret Elizabeth Arnold, BS; Hannah Noelle Johnson, BS; Abigail F. Walls, BBA Ethridge: Hannah Lynn Adcock, MBA Michie: Jacquelyn Kate Mcgee, BBA Nashville: Christian Hutcherson, MBA Petersburg: Paige Barnes, MBA Pulaski: Micah Paul Hartsﬁeld, MBA Savannah: Jesse Eugene Wint, MSN Texas Kingwood: Miranda A. Rolle, MBA Sugar Land: Emerson Ann Chambers, BS, Magna Cum Laude Universal City: Colton Hecker, BS

Virginia Fairfax: Kanav Singla, MPS Suffolk: LaTonya Woods, BSN, Cum Laude

Washington Bremerton: Jennifer Bekeny, MBA Bogato, Colombia Colombia: Barragan Lina Maria Novoa, MPS

Riyadh, Saudia Arabia, Saudi Arabia Alyahaq: Mohammed A. Abdullah, MBA • The following students graduated from Jacksonville State University this summer: Trinity: Adam Allen Lawrenceburg, Tennessee: Tabitha Sexton • The following students graduated from the University of Alabama this summer: Trinity: William Justin Morgan, Casey Renee Standridge Muscle Shoals: Kenri L. Howell; Paige M. Price; Austin Layne Woodard; Lucas Robert Yordy; Lucy Alayna Berryman Elkmont: Lauren Eileen Pitt. Lexington: Cameron E. Ridgeway Shefﬁeld: Tucker Ray Sigle Florence: James Hall Todd; Winfred Joseph Watson; Stacy Amanda Harmon; Abigail Leigh Reed Tuscumbia: Leiah Danielle Kimbrough; Chelsea Kathleen Moon • The following students were named to the dean’s and president’s list at the University of Alabama: President’s list Muscle Shoals: Garrett Isbell, William Sutton Florence: Mary Moore Dean’s list Florence: Taylor Roberson The lists do not apply to graduate students or to undergraduate students who take less than a full course load.

Clive Cussler fans will savor ‘The Titanic Secret’ “The Titanic Secret” (Putnam), by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul By Jeff Ayers The Associated Press

The investigation of an explosion in a mine propels Is 9 aac Bell into a conspiracy with ties to the doomed ocean liner in “The Titanic Secret,” the latest entry in the historical series by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul. In the present, NUMA Director Dirk Pitt works to retrieve a sunken submersible in the waters near New York City. This vehicle was used during the Revolutionary War, but wasn’t very successful. Pitt receives a document written by detective Isaac Bell, who tells of a tragedy at Little Angel Mine in Colorado. The material uncovered there is a rare element called byzanium. This stuff is priceless, and its pursuit has a direct line back to when Pitt first raised the Titanic. Bell takes what he thinks is an easy assignment to uncover what happened in the mine and stumbles upon a vast conspiracy that will take him to France. What he uncovers will put

his life in danger, causing him to question everyone and everything. Cussler fans will savor this one. Since the story deals with an early Cussler novel rather than tweaking this Bell tale to actually be more historically accurate with the Titanic’s discovery, it follows the history established in the earlier book when the ship was retrieved from the ocean and the priceless element was ultimately hidden away. The story also highlights the return of one of Cussler’s former co-authors, Jack Du Brul. He wrote several books in the Oregon Files series, and his first featuring Isaac Bell showcases why it’s great to have him back.

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1. “A Better Man” by Louise Penny (Minotaur) 2. “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens (Putnam) 3. “The Girl Who Lived Twice” by David Lagercrantz (Knopf) 4. “The Dark Side” by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) 5. “Sapphire Flames” by Ilona Andrews (Avon) 6. “The Goldﬁnch” by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown) 7. “The Inn” by James Patterson and Candice Fox (Little, Brown) 8. “One Good Deed” by David Baldacci (Grand Central) 9. “Hot Shot” by Fern Michaels (Zebra) 10. “The Art of Racing in the Rain” by Garth Stein (HarperCollins) 11. “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” by Heather Morris (Harper) 12. “Before We Were Yours” by Lisa Wingate (Ballantine) 13. “Little Fires Everywhere” by Celeste Ng (Penguin Press) 14. “The Reckoning” by John Grisham (Doubleday) 15. “Old Bones” by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (Grand Central)

1. “Educated” by Tara Westover (Random House) 2. “Becoming” by Michelle Obama (Crown) 3. “Radicals, Resistance and Revenge” by Jeanine Pirro (Center Street) 4. “Born a Crime” by Trevor Noah (Spiegel & Grau) 5. “The Pioneers” by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster) 6. “Three Women” by Lisa Taddeo (Avid Reader) 7. “Maybe You Should Talk to Someone” by Lori Gottlieb Houghton (Mifﬂin Harcourt) 8. “Sapiens” by Yuval Noah Harari (Harper) 9. “How to be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi (One World) 10. “Trick Mirror” by Jia Tolentino (Random House) 11. “Thank You for My Service” by Mat Best with Ross Patterson and Nils Parker (Bantam) 12. “White Fragility” by Robin DiAngelo (Beacon Press) 13. “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson (Spiegel & Grau) 14. “The Body Keeps the Score” by Bessel van der Kolk (Penguin) 15. “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Spiegel & Grau)

BRIGHT SIDE Bright Side includes items of achievements by local residents in areas of pageants, talent, music, art, community awards, Scouting, etc., and 100th birthdays. It is published Sundays as space permits. For details, email

myra.arnold@timesdaily.com. The following 4-H members will serve as 2019-20 Alabama 4-H ambassadors: • Lauderdale County: Joi Key, Kristen Walker, Madison Wilbanks

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Home prices on the rise According to a recent CoreLogic survey, older millennials are helping drive home prices higher. Although home price gains had shrunk in the past year, prices were up 3.6% in July compared to July 2018. The survey also found that more than a quarter of older millennials said they were interested in buying a home in the next 12 months.

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reating yourself to a new gardening tool, garden ornament or exotic houseplant is the reward for hours in the garden. Here are some ideas for treats for gardeners: • Buy houseplants to keep the gardening spirit alive, with a visit to your favorite garden center. Houseplants help purify the air indoors. Bromeliads, orchids, palms and ferns are lovely for a touch of the tropics in the home. • It is not too early to look at spring bulbs such as hyacinths and tulips to force for blooms in the winter. Fall is a good time to make an early purchase for the best selection of paperwhites and amaryllis for holiday blooms.

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We have all heard of spring cleaning, but the fall season is also a good time to get caught up on some deep cleaning. Here are a few fall cleaning tips, according to RealSimple. com: • Wash windows: Using glass cleaner or one squirt of dishwashing liquid in a spray bottle filled with water, wipe down windows with a microﬁber cloth. • Vacuum fabric blinds: Use a low setting with a brush attachment to clean fabric blinds. Vinyl blinds can be wiped down with a dampened microfiber cloth. • Clean the walls: Dust, wash, rinse and dry painted or wood-paneled walls. • Vacuum/spot clean upholstered furniture and cushions.

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of the choices to add a finishing touch to a garden.

• An indoor water fountain for your home or office is another consideration to gift yourself. On a wall or tabletop, an indoor fountain’s sound lends a relaxing and calming ambience to the environment.

• Bird feeders and baths make birdwatching fun. They are a treat for gardeners as well as for the birds.

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• A watering can might be needed to water the new houseplants. A traditional English steel can is functional and a beautiful garden ornament. It usually comes with brass trimmed handles, and the detachable roses have brass face plates. UNCOMMON GOODS

• Grow lights help gardeners get a head start on growing seedlings indoors. • Ergonomic tools make gardening easier. Thick padded handles on trowels and wrist-friendly pruners are types of tools that are kind to gardeners. VISUAL HUNT

• Outdoor ornaments are popular with gardeners. A garden bench, a sundial and garden statuary, as well as glazed and stone gardening pots, are wonderful gifts to look for on a shopping spree to treat oneself. • Clothing suited for gardeners can always be put to good use. Pants, shirts, hats, garden boots and garden clogs make gardening more comfortable, especially clothing meant for repelling bugs and the sun.

• Decorative garden markers for perennials and herbs are useful. They make plants easy to identify and are attractive. • Subscriptions to gardening magazines are a welcome gift. Reading them provides information and offers inspiration for new gardening projects. • Structures in the garden lend a new dimension to the landscape. Pergolas, arbors and gazebos are some

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Or you can really go on a shopping excursion, one ending like this: You are watering your exotic houseplants while you are listening to the pleasing sounds of your water fountain. Then you check on your seedlings under grow lights as you peek at the birds visiting your feeders. Finally, you sit on your new garden bench under a pergola and take time to peruse the latest garden catalogs and magazines. That might be a bit over the top. But do take time to find a garden trinket, big or small, to reward you, the gardener.

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Home improvements can create unintended consequences RENOVATIONS

Tips for project budgeting Before starting any home renovation project, it’s important to create a budget. According to HouseLogic.com, here are four steps to set up your budget. Ballpark the costs of your renovation, ﬁgure out how much you have to spend, get quotes from contractors, and set priorities and trim the project to ﬁt your budget.

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Richard Montgomery

eader question: I

blacktopped my driveway and turnaround area to my garage. My house was for sale and several people objected to the gravel drive. The house went under contract as soon as the work was completed. It looked great and the buyers loved it. A month after closing the new owners contacted me saying the garage was getting water into it due to poor drainage. They want me to pay

to fix it. They believe I lied on the disclosure form about water intrusion. I never had a water issue in the nine years I lived there; thus, I answered the questions honestly. I suspect it is the grade of the driveway and the now impervious surface. Am I responsible for the fix? Monty’s answer: Every state has different laws and administrative rules. In some states, the seller has a responsibility to report changes in the home’s condition up until the time of closing. This update is not a requirement in every state. In my opinion, many buyers, sellers and real estate agents are not aware of all the nuances in real estate law. You have three choices:

1. Fix the problem: You caused it (maybe your contractor has some responsibility here). 2. Negotiate: I could argue the buyer (or the buyer’s inspector) should have caught it. 3. Tell them “no”: Consider asking an attorney in your state to review the documents and render an opinion before taking this approach. There are many variables not mentioned in your email. If the buyers were easy to deal with and you were happy with the financial outcome, is that worth considering? If we reversed the situation, how would you feel? In any event, based on your email, they can install a French drain themselves

or you can pitch in and help. This solution is far less expensive than tearing out the blacktop, regrading the slope and re-blacktopping the driveway. Without seeing the situation, the French drain may be the best solution, and French drains are readily available. Alternatively, a local junkyard may have one or be able to weld one up. I am not endorsing any particular solution, just suggesting that different contractors will have different ideas and different prices. Your situation is not all that unusual. There are many areas when homeowners are seeking to improve their property and the improvement creates a new problem.