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Trenity Arrington stands on a chair while answering a vocabulary question about the word “chuckle” in Stacey Alexander’s third-grade class at Aliquippa Elementary School. Alexander, who has been teaching at the school for 17 years, says having children stand on the chair reduces nervousness and allows them to more easily maintain eye contact with her.

CITY’S STRUGGLES CONTINUE IN CLASS Aliquippa School District faces the same problems as the city it serves: A tax base that’s eroded for three decades after the decline of the steel industry, coupled with a declining

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Toomey discusses Iran nuke deal in GOP weekly address, visit to Jewish center By J.D. Prose jprose@calkins.com

U.S. SEN. PAT TOOMEY discussed the proposed Iran nuclear deal in the weekly Republican address Saturday and will also do so during a visit to a Pittsburgh Jewish center next week. Toomey, R-Zionsville, Lehigh County, has been a vocal opponent of the agreement while U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Scranton, said last week that he would support it. Calling the agreement “very dangerous,” Toomey warned in the weekly address that the Iranians will not be impeded from developing a nuclear arsenal by the restrictions. “What’s at stake here is nothing less than the possibility of giving hundreds of billions of dollars to the world’s largest and worst state sponsor of terrorism, and ultimately paving the

way for this outlaw regime to obtain nuclear weapons,” Toomey said. On Tuesday, Toomey will be at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh to “share his concerns on the deal,” according to a press release from his office. Specifically, Toomey will “address the risk to our national security and the safety of our allies in the Middle East if this agreement is implemented.” On Sept. 1, Casey announced that he would support the Obama administration’s proposed accord and vote against a Republican-backed resolution of disapproval. “I firmly believe that effective implementation of the (deal), bolstered by other U.S. policies, including a strong deterrence policy of the U.S. and our partners, will be in our national security interest,” Casey said in a statement.

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Aliquippa Aldi to have grand opening Oct. 28 By Jared Stonesifer jstonesifer@timesonline.com

ALIQUIPPA — The new Aldi grocery store will open Oct. 28 and will include a grand opening ceremony and special promotions. The store, a former Bottom Dollar, is at 2011 Sheffield Road in Aliquippa. It will be one of four Aldi locations to open that day in the Pittsburgh region. Aldi spokesman Brent Laubaugh said Friday there will be a ribboncutting ceremony at 9 a.m. followed by tours open to customers. Customers in attendance will also get to sample products and enter an on-site sweepstakes for the chance to win a year’s supply of Aldi produce. Laubaugh said the building itself has an all-new interior design with high ceilings, natural lighting and environmentally-friendly building materials. Aldi has been serving customers in the Pittsburgh region for more than 20 years. Laubaugh said the Aliquippa store is one of 11 that have opened or will open in southwestern Pennsylvania by the

IF YOU GO What: Aldi grand opening ceremony When: 9 a.m. on Oct. 28 Where: 2011 Sheffield Road in Aliquippa Info: Following the ribboncutting there will be tours open to customers.Those in attendance will also get to sample products and enter an on-site sweepstakes for the chance to win a year’s supply of Aldi produce. end of the year. “We’re excited to invite loyal and new customers to take a fresh look at Aldi by visiting one of our new stores,” he said. Aldi in March completed its purchase of the Bottom Dollar chain and announced its plans to reopen about half of those stores as Aldi’s. But a similar store in Ambridge didn’t make the cut and instead will be evaluated for other purposes. The new Aliquippa location will be the fourth Aldi store to open in the county. In addition to Baden, Aldi has stores in Center and Chippewa townships.

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ROCHESTER TWP. — One person was killed Saturday in an early morning house fire in the township. Beaver County 911 said a call came in at 12:57 a.m. from 702 Virginia Ave. A 911 dispatcher confirmed there was a fatality. Rochester Fire Chief

Michael Mamone said a man and his elderly mother lived in the house. He said the son was asleep in an upstairs bedroom and the mother was asleep on the first floor of the house when the fire started. Mamone said the fire began on the first floor and the woman tried to yell to awaken her son before she had to flee the house and call

for help. Mamone said firefighters extricated the man through a second-floor window, but he was already deceased by the time they were able to get to him. He died as a result of smoke inhalation, Mamone said he was told by the Beaver County coroner. Mamone did not have the name of the man. He

said a state police fire marshal was called to investigate, but they believe it was accidental. The house was a total loss, Mamone said. A house next door at 700 Virginia Ave. also had melted siding from the fire, he said. A call to the coroner was not immediately returned Saturday afternoon.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Organizers faced an outcry this week over a ticket plan keeping most of Pope Francis’ audience at his two biggest Philadelphia events several blocks away. A map added to some confusion over the size of the ticketholder-only zone. Here are answers to some key questions:

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Do I need tickets to attend the pope’s public events in Philadelphia? It depends on the event. The pope is holding three major public events in the city: a Sept. 26 speech on immigration and religious freedom in front of Independence Hall, an appearance at the closing festival of the World Meeting of Families on Sept. 26 on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and a celebration of Mass on Sept. 27 on the same boulevard.

Do I need tickets for the independence hall speech? Yes. Beginning at noon Tuesday, 10,000 tickets are being made available to the general public on a first-come, first-served basis through the website worldmeeting2015.org/ tickets. There’s a limit of four per person. Thousands of other tickets are being given out to parishes with large immigrant communities in an effort to assure a diverse audience.

Do I need tickets for the two Benjamin Franklin parkway appearances? No, if you don’t mind standing at least 2.5 blocks, or a quartermile, away. Francis’ appearance at the closing festival of the World Meeting of Families on Sept. 26 is expected to draw 750,000 or more people, his celebration of Mass on

Sept. 27 up to 1.5 million. If you want to stand in the 2.5 blocks closest to the stage on Sept. 26 or the altar on Sept. 27, you will need a ticket.

Who gets tickets for the two big events? Tickets are being distributed primarily to parishioners in the Philadelphia Archdiocese, plus surrounding dioceses in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The thousands of people attending the World Meeting of Families, the triennial Catholic conference attracting Francis to Philadelphia, are automatically receiving passes. Passes also are being given to event sponsors and members of other faith communities and church social service programs. There are also 10,000 tickets for each day that will be made available to the general public. They will be distributed Sept. 9 through a website on a first-come, first-served basis; details have not yet been announced. Papal visit planners decided to make that last batch available after a backlash over the announcement this week that several blocks up front had been set aside for ticketholders and that tickets were largely reserved for parishioners in the city and four surrounding counties.

If I don’t have a ticket, will there still be an opportunity to see the pope? Yes. Organizers also announced that Francis will parade along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway before the Sept. 26 and 27 events, giving many an opportunity to see him up close. They said the parade the first day would likely be longer than the one before the Mass. Papal events will also be broadcast on 40 huge screens throughout the city for crowds to watch all his appearances during his two-day visit to Philadelphia, including those that are not public.

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CHIPPEWA TWP. — Blackhawk officials are cautioning parents after a high school student was diagnosed and treated for whooping cough. Superintendent Melanie Kerber said a letter was sent home with students as a precaution after the district was notified by the boy’s parents on Wednesday. Kerber said the student is an athlete, but she would not say what grade he is in. “The child has been successfully treated, but the doctors said that if he had close contact with his friends — like at a sleepover — they should be checked out,” Kerber said. “If your child develops a cough, you should take them to see a doctor.” Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a severe respiratory illness that is readily preventable with high community vaccination rates, said Dr. Daniel Graff, a pediatrician with Sewickley Valley Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. Children are required to be vaccinated against whooping cough before entering kindergarten and seventh grade, according to state requirements. Pennsylvania is 49th in the country for its whooping cough vaccination rates, Graff said. At Blackhawk’s Highland Middle School, the percentage of seventhgrade students who have been vaccinated against whooping cough on time — before Oct. 15 of a school year — has varied in recent years. According to the district’s School Immunization Law reports, just two out of five children had their vaccinations on time in 2010. But in 2012, at least four out of five children were vaccinated on time. Pennsylvania does not require updated immuni-

Percent of Blackhawk seventh-graders vaccinated against whooping cough by Oct. 15 each year

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zation reports for grades other than kindergarten and seventh grade. “This should be a clarion call to parents to make sure their child’s vaccinations are up to date,” Kerber said. Kerber said she expects the school board will discuss the district’s policy on monitoring vaccination records in the coming months. Whooping cough is particularly dangerous to small children, Graff said. It’s less dangerous for most teenagers and adults, but could still result in a prolonged hospital stay. “It’s extremely contagious because the cough is so violent that droplets of mucus are broadcast over a very wide surface,” Graff said. “When people cough, the bacteria lives for a period of time on the surface. It may be passed along in a grocery aisle or

“It’s extremely contagious because the cough is so violent that droplets of mucus are broadcast over a very wide surface. When people cough, the bacteria lives for a period of time on the surface. It may be passed along in a grocery aisle or a church pew.” Dr. Daniel Graff, a pediatrician with Sewickley Valley Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

a church pew.” Whooping cough epidemics have cropped up across the country in recent years, Graff said. So far this year, there have been six confirmed or probable cases of whooping cough in Beaver County, said Amy Worden, spokeswoman for the state Department of Health. There were five or fewer cases the previous three years, and 18 cases in

2011. Statewide, there have been 533 confirmed or probable cases of whooping cough this year. In 2014, there were 813, Worden said. Graff said parents shouldn’t be afraid to get their child vaccinated. A soon-to-be grandfather of three, he recently got a booster of the vaccination himself because he is exposed to the illness each year.

McGinty getting backing from top Pittsburgh-area Dems HARRISBURG (AP) — Katie McGinty’s campaign says she’ll have the backing of top Pittsburgh-area Democrats in her campaign for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. McGinty’s campaign said she will get a public endorsement Saturday

from Congressman Mike Doyle, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and Allegheny County Democratic Party chairwoman Nancy Mills. The campaign says a number of other state lawmakers and local

elected officials from the area will endorse her at the event. The primary election is April 26. The 52-year-old McGinty is running in the primary against former Congressman Joe Sestak, a former Navy vice admiral who is making his

second run for the office. The 63-year-old Sestak narrowly lost to Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey in 2010 after he beat Republican-turnedDemocrat Arlen Specter in the primary. Both McGinty and Sestak hail from Philadelphia’s suburbs.

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Supporters of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis hold up signs in support of her, outside the Carter County Detention Center, Saturday, in Grayson, Ky. Since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in June, the vast majority of officials have abided by that ruling. However, Davis stopped issuing marriage licenses to any couple, gay or straight, in defiance of a federal court order, and was sent to jail on Thursday.

License issue divides gay and church communities By James Higdon The Washington Post

MOREHEAD, Ky. — Square in the middle of embattled Rowan County is this college town in the Appalachian foothills — home to Morehead State University, a population that swells by 10,000 with the start of each school year, and an active LGBT community. Beyond the city limits, nearly twothirds of the county is protected wilderness inside the Daniel Boone National Forest. Small, tight-knit communities carry on an Appalachian tradition that has largely resisted change for decades, including followers of the Apostolic Christian faith. For years, gay members of the university community and Apostolic Christians have tip-toed around each other. But the Supreme Court’s decision in June in favor of same-sex marriage made a collision perhaps inevitable, as the only thing left standing in the way of gays who wanted to marry was the signature of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, a member of the Apostolic Church. Her refusal to sign the marriage licenses since June has landed her in jail for contempt of a federal court. Her case is on appeal. When the Supreme Court ruled in favor of gay marriage, a handful of conservative county clerks in Kentucky sounded the alarm, realizing it would fall on them to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, an idea they abhorred. But unlike in Rowan County, there is no LGBT community to speak of in those other rural areas — few if any gay couples to demand that the county clerk comply with the Supreme Court ruling. On Friday, the Rowan County clerk’s office issued marriage certificates to at least five same-sex couples. The documents did not bear Kim Davis’s name and were signed by a deputy clerk. “This is our civil right,” said April Miller, a professor of education at Morehead State, when she and her partner Karen Roberts emerged from the county courthouse with a marriage certificate. Davis’s backers in Rowan County have characterized the university as an outside force, a troublemaking interloper. “This community isn’t divided. This community is united,” said Pastor Randy Smith, a supporter of Kim Davis. “The division comes — no disrespect — from Morehead State University.” But Wayne Andrews, president of Morehead State University, disagreed: “I don’t think this issue is dividing our community.”

Rally held to support defiant, jailed clerk GRAYSON, KY. — They stood chanting outside the jail house, “Thank you, Kim; Thank you, Kim,” and prayed that the defiant county clerk locked inside could hear them. As Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis began her third day as an inmate at the Carter County Detention Center on Saturday, having chosen indefinite imprisonment over licensing gay marriage, around 300 people gathered on the lawn outside. “She won’t bow, I promise you,” Davis’ husband, Joe, told the crowd. “She sends her love to each and every one of you all. And this is what she said, ‘All is well. Tell them to hold their head high because I am.’ ” Part revival, part political rally, a series of speakers denounced the government and the judiciary, and hailed Davis a Christian hero in a war against the godless. They waved signs that read “Kim Davis for President,” ‘’no to sodomite perversion” and “God gives his hardest battles to his strongest soldiers.” In a statement to the Morehead News, he said, “We believe elected officials should obey the law and do their jobs.” Many here agree, and not just those connected to the university. Andrews has been Morehead’s president since 2005, and during that time the school has consistently ranked among the top public universities in the South by U.S. News & World Report. The university has been racially integrated since 1954 and LGBT-friendly for decades. “It’s remarkable how many people are involved in the LGBT community here,” said Darbi Hardin, a 20-year-old junior at Morehead State and president of the ALLYance, a campus-based group that advocates for their rights. Morehead passed a fairness ordinance in 2013, becoming the second city in Kentucky to enact such a measure to protect the rights of the LGBT community. The Rowan County Rights Coalition, an off-campus organization, has nearly 1,400 members in its closed Facebook group. Rowan County has diversified its economy more than most Appalachian counties, but still, some of the best jobs are offered by the government. Davis’s mother, Jean Bailey, was county clerk for 37 years, and Davis was her deputy for 27 of them. Now, Davis employs her son, Nathan Davis, as a deputy.

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Clinton: Family paid employee for email work while Secretary

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that her family paid a State Department employee to maintain the private email server she used while secretary of state and compensated him “for a period of time” for his technical skills. After picking up the endorsement of New Hampshire’s senior senator, Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, Clinton was again pressed to answer questions about an issue from her time in the Obama Cabinet that has dogged her presidential candidacy. “We obviously paid for those services and did so because during a period of time we continued to need his technical assistance,” the Democratic frontrunner told reporters after a campaign event.

Voters in Ohio take a measured view of 2016 presidential race

COLUMBUS, OHIO (AP) — It’s been a tumultuous political summer. The unexpected rises of billionaire Donald Trump and socialist Bernie Sanders. Signs of weakness for Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton. Curiosity about the future of Vice President Joe Biden. Yet in Ohio, the nation’s most reliable general election bellwether, voters are taking a more measured view of a race they ultimately may decide. “It’s all just chatter,” said Judith Anderson, 40, a Democrat from Cincinnati. “We’re a ways out.”

TODAY IN HISTORY 1861 Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant occupied Paducah, Ky., during the Civil War.

1901 President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y. (McKinley died eight days later; Czolgosz was executed on Oct. 29.)

1916 The first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, was opened in Memphis, Tenn., by Clarence Saunders.

1943 79 People were killed when a New York-bound Pennsylvania Railroad train derailed and crashed in Philadelphia.

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Groundbreaking took place for the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in western Pennsylvania.

1966 South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd was stabbed to death by an apparently deranged page during a parliamentary session in Cape Town.

1970 Palestinian guerrillas seized control of three U.S.-bound jetliners. (Two were later blown up on the ground in Jordan, along with a London-bound plane hijacked on Sept. 9; the fourth plane was destroyed on the ground in Egypt. No hostages were harmed.)

1985 All 31 people aboard a Midwest Express Airlines DC-9 were killed when the Atlanta-bound jetliner crashed just after takeoff from Milwaukee’s Mitchell Field. The Associated Press

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Austria says it, Germany will take refugees By Shawn Pogatchnik and Pablo Gorondi The Associated Press

BICSKE, Hungary — After misery, delivery. Hundreds of migrants, exhausted after breaking away from police and marching for hours toward Western Europe, boarded buses provided by Hungary’s government as Austria in the earlymorning hours said it and Germany would let them in. Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann announced the decision early Saturday after speaking with Angela Merkel, his German counterpart — not long after Hungary’s surprise nighttime move to provide buses for the weary travelers from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. With people streaming in long lines along highways from a Budapest train station and near a migrant reception center in this northern town, the buses would be used because “transportation safety can’t be put at risk,” said Janos Lazar, chief of staff to the prime minister. Lazar blamed Germany’s “contradictory communications” and the European Union for the crisis. The asylum seekers had already made dangerous treks in scorching heat, crawling under barbed wire on Hungary’s southern frontier and facing the hostility of some locals along the way. Their first stop will be Austria, on Hungary’s western border, though most hope to eventually reach Germany.

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A woman rescued with other migrants off the Libyan coast peers through a gate on Sept. 3 on the Norwegian ship Siem Pilot to get her first sight of the island of Sardinia as they sail in the Mediterranean sea towards the Italian port of Cagliari.

A photo, a turning point? All depends on leaders By Angela Charlton and Lorne Cook The Associated Press

PARIS — The 3-year-old boy could have been dressed for preschool. Instead he was lying face down in the surf. Suddenly offers of money, meals and refuge are pouring in to help the hundreds of thousands of migrants surging into Europe. A single photo of a lifeless boy did more to galvanize public sympathy for Europe’s migrants than thousands of drownings in the Mediterranean or four years of Syrian civil war. Whether Aylan Kurdi’s drowning death marks a turning point in Europe’s migration crisis depends on what European politicians do in response. So far, no dramatic new solutions have emerged.

Given the EU’s cumbersome structure and powerful national interests among its 28 members, any political change will be slow — if it happens at all. Ideological divides run deep, and suspicion of immigrants simmers. Yet for many people from London to Athens to San Francisco, something clicked Thursday. There will be a before and an after, a collective memory of the image of a 3-yearold on a Turkish beach, that moment when the migrants’ plight became tangible and unjustifiably cruel. Sweden’s foreign minister cried on national television. So did Australia’s most popular TV personality. They were not alone. Tweets in a dozen languages shared pain and anger elicited by viewing the photo of Aylan, taken

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insisted they are not soulless bureaucrats. Germany and France urged faster action on a relatively modest plan to force all EU members to take in a certain number of migrants. “Our job,” she said, “is to take decisions rationally, being consistent and coherent with our emotions.” One political cartoon Friday showed a boy dead in the water with a lifesaver floating nearby, painted with the yellow stars and blue field of the EU flag. That’s how many view Europe’s failure to take bold steps amid its worst refugee crisis since World War II — especially as Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon have taken in more than 3.7 million Syrians while European governments argue about where to put 40,000 refu-

gees. After hundreds of migrants died in an overcrowded boat that capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa in 2013, European officials swore such horrors must stop. This year, after another 800 people drowned in the Mediterranean in April, European Parliament President Martin Schulz had a sense of deja vu. “Every single life lost off our coasts is a stain on Europe,” he said. “Each time a refugee boat sinks, with people screaming, shouting and drowning, we swear ‘Never again.’ We hold minutes of silence. We lay wreaths. We promise that this time must be the turning point. And then ...” And then, five months later, a boy’s small body washes up on a Turkish beach.

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Kindergarten teacher Gary Stumpf helps a Marqelle Burgess-Dye open his milk carton as Micah Gibson, second from right, and Daniel King look on and Amir Davis, left, reacts to his unfamiliar surroundings at Aliquippa Elementary School.

city’s struggles continue in class In Aliquippa, the school district faces the same problems as the city it serves: A tax base that’s been eroding for decades, resulting in a shrinking population and difficulties with poverty. By Tom Davidson tdavidson@timesonline.com

ALIQUIPPA — Superintendent David Wytiaz was waxing on about the good things in the school district on a recent Wednesday. “I actually love what I’m doing,” Wytiaz said of his job as leader of the Aliquippa School District, perhaps the toughest task in his chosen profession in Beaver County. The district faces the same problems as the city it serves: a tax base that’s been eroding for 30 years since the decline of the steel industry, coupled with a declining population. Those who are left in the city struggle with poverty and the problems associated with it, and the school

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district is faced with dealing with those issues. Wytiaz’s office is in the high school, adjacent to the gym, and he has several tables filled with paperwork he is perpetually referencing and organizing. The first week of school is a hectic time, and Wytiaz’s day was filled with the business of education: He rode a bus to the Plan 11 section of the city to see firsthand one parent’s concerns about a bus stop there, then he met with others about a special-education issue. There are few administrative layers between Wytiaz and the students at the school, so he’s intimately involved in most decisions made by the district. He enjoys it because it gives him a chance to “roll up his sleeves” and make a difference in the lives of the youth of his hometown. “The kids are innocent in this whole thing,” Wytiaz said of the complex problems facing the school district and the city as a whole. “Adult problems have caused them grief. “Our kids are loved. They’re kept safe. They’re protected,” he said. “We deal with things other districts don’t deal with, but we deal with it.” That’s evident in a few minutes, when Wytiaz takes a call from the elementary school: A bank was robbed near the school that afternoon, Aug. 26, just before dismissal, and the building was placed on lockdown. Wytiaz cut short an interview to drive the short distance between the schools to be on the scene. Everything turned out OK, but the robbery was emblematic of the issues here: It was something that happened outside the school walls that affected the students’ lives and education.

Struggling to pay the bills

It’s similar to the immense financial difficulties the school has to stay open and remain afloat even as the city’s tax base continues to crumble, population in the city continues to decline and state leaders put off

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Third-graders, from left, Charles Platt, Trenity Arrington and Tahmeir Martin celebrate their success during a game identifying sentence fragments in Stacey Alexander’s class at Aliquippa Elementary School. Alexander has been teaching at the school for 17 years.

addressing the problem of how to News about the tax-anticipation equitably pay for education in loan and a “one-year wonder” of a Pennsylvania. bond refinancing that will save the Those problems occupy much of district about $615,000 on its debt Wytiaz’s time. Paying the bills were a repayments this year have made challenge before state leaders began things more bearable as the 2015-16 their budget battles this summer, school year begins. and it’s more challenging two “There were tears on the months later, as an end to the phone as we talked,” Wytiaz impasse in Harrisburg isn’t in said of a conference call with watch sight. the district’s bond counsel online “We’ve worked very hard to about the savings it will see this keep this afloat,” Wytiaz said. year at no increase in the For video of The week before school district’s debt or length of terms this story visit started, the district got good of the bond. timesonline. news: It was approved to “It’s like, maybe close one eye com. borrow $2 million from a bank now,” he said. in a tax-anticipation note it has The cash-flow problems been unable to get for several didn’t exist when Wytiaz was a years. That cash will help make ends student at then-booming school. meet now, Wytiaz said. “It’s not the Aliquippa I knew, (not) The district is due more than $2 the Aliquippa I grew up with,” he million in state subsidies, and there said of the district today. “I went to were $1.7 million in outstanding bills school during better economic dating from May before school times.” started Aug. 24. He’s a 1978 graduate of the school “We had four pages of bills that and used to ride a bus with mill were overwhelming,” Wytiaz said. workers each morning. Jones & “Our vendors have worked with us.” Laughlin Steel Corp.’s sprawling On Aug. 19, Wytiaz and Business Aliquippa plant dominated the Manager Debbie Engleman winbanks of the Ohio River then, and nowed down the bills and paid about most everyone made their living $300,000 of them, but the task refrom the mill. mains daunting. “I have those memories of what

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that plant did to the community,” Wytiaz said. It took a half-hour to get from one end of Franklin Avenue to the other because of traffic and stop lights. He worked summers at the mill after graduating from high school and says the work there gave him a “different appreciation” of life. He was tempted to make a career at J&L, but his father discouraged him. “Dad said, ‘You’re 19, 20 years old. When you’re 50, 55, you’re going to appreciate your education more,’” Wytiaz said. He listened to his dad and pursued a career in finance. He also served as an Aliquippa School Board member before he became business manager of the district in 2003. He’s been superintendent since 2010. “I think I got an education of the streets rather than the books,” Wytiaz said, even though he has two master’s degrees. “I think being from here, I have an understanding of the people and what they’ve gone through.”

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Aliquippa High School security guard J. Calvin Graham watches as students leave at the end of the school day. SALLY MAXSON/ THE TIMES

‘What they’ve gone through’

“What they’ve gone through” is a polite way of describing the last three decades of decline in Aliquippa. “It truly is a case study,” Wytiaz said of the plight of the town. Aliquippa was planned and built by J&L executives to house the thousands of workers needed to support the mill, and since its slow exit in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the city and the school district served by it have had to deal with the ramifications, which include the loss of a viable tax base and place of employment for residents and a continual decline in population. “Aliquippa has suffered since,” Wytiaz said. He has watched as weeds have overgrown most of the land once occupied by the mill. For the school district, it means complete dependence on state and federal funds, as only about $5 million of the district’s $20 million annual budget comes from local revenues. And even if the district increases its property tax rate, because property values keep declining, it means revenues can fall each year, Wytiaz said. “We can’t tax our way out of this,” he said. Aliquippa’s case is a visible symptom of a statewide problem in the way education is funded. “The wealth of your community determines the quality of your school district,” he said. Lack of adequate revenue means the district can’t offer the programs it should, and the overriding poverty of its residents only adds to the challenge, Wytiaz said.

Battling low test scores

“When there’s poverty, there’s low test scores,” he said. The students in Aliquippa don’t score as well on standardized tests as those in wealthier districts in Beaver County and elsewhere in the state. The battle to boost the performance of Aliquippa’s students under extreme financial constraints has been an issue in the district that predates Wytiaz. Former Superintendent William DiBenedetto Jr. retired in 2004 and had worked in the district since 1988. DiBenedetto started at the district at the same time the city’s financial problems came to roost and Aliquippa became a financially distressed community under state Act 47. “The town was looking for help. We were looking for help,” DiBenedetto said of those times. Throughout DiBenedetto’s tenure, there were always financial problems, he said, but there was always a good staff and leadership at the ALIQUIPPA, PAGE A8

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While recent school safety reports from the Aliquippa School District are largely incomplete, district Superintendent David Wytiaz still thinks the schools are the safest place for students. By Kirstin Kennedy kkennedy@timesonline.com

ALIQUIPPA — To district Superintendent David Wytiaz, Aliquippa’s schools are the safest place in the city. The Aliquippa School District’s junior-senior high school and elementary school act as more than just education centers, he said. Often teachers and staff members have to address some of the most basic needs the students have: security, health, food. Many Aliquippa students come from economically disadvantaged families, Wytiaz said. “With higher rates of poverty, there tends to be more drug activity, more crime,” he said. Wytiaz also notes the many social issues — such as single-parenting, domestic violence and drug use — that can impact students when they’re at home. “These are all things we deal with,” he said. He believes that Aliquippa students are “loved, fed and protected” when they’re at school.

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Still, Wytiaz is aware of safety concerns throughout the schools and is cognizant of the issues the district faces. When it comes to security, the district tries to take “a practical approach,” he said. Security guards from an independent company, Graham Security, patrol the district’s two schools. There are also cameras throughout both buildings and metal detectors at the high school. The schools are also developing a visitor management system, which will require any person who is not an employee of the school to provide a valid state identification at the front door before being allowed to enter. “The ultimate goal is safety,” Wytiaz said.

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The district also works with city police when an incident at the school reaches the level of criminal activity. “I have to give it to the police department and the mayor,” he said. “They’ve been supportive of working with us.” Police have brought in drug-sniffing dogs, talked to students individually and even socialized with the student body during lunch periods. But the district doesn’t worry only about keeping everyone safe from outside forces. They also have to address violence and bullying inside the school. Wytiaz said social media have really “changed the game” regarding fighting in school. Now, incidents can start virtually, anywhere. “That’s probably the biggest issue,” he said, and he doesn’t see an end in sight. The district has blocked social media on devices in the computer lab, but students can still access their accounts on their cell phones. Wytiaz said the school board is considering changing the cell phone policy. “You can’t be walking with it (a cell phone) down the halls,” he said. “It’s amazing what can happen (in the transition between classes).” It is hoped this will help reduce fights in the school, Wytiaz said.

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Mandatory school safety reports are due July 31 every year, statewide. Data for the 2014-15 school year has not yet been released, but Aliquippa’s 2013-14 numbers seem largely incomplete. Aliquippa reported 15 total incidents for the year, 10 of which required local law enforcement involvement. That number pales in comparison with the 509 incidents reported throughout Beaver County’s 14 school districts. Wytiaz agrees. “It was bad data,” he said. When submitting school safety reports, the individual district’s infraction codes have to jibe with the state’s codes in order for the data to make sense, Wytiaz said. Aliquippa’s did not. “I’m responsible for it,” Wytiaz said, but he made clear he wasn’t attempting to hide anything, vowing the data for the 2014-15 year will paint a better picture of incidents that happen

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throughout the district. “Our system is going to match,” Wytiaz said. Despite Aliquippa accounting for four of seven ex- pulsions across the county in 2014-15, Wytiaz said he doesn’t like the term “zero tolerance,” except in the most extreme circumstances, such as bringing a deadly weapon into a school. After an infraction, students go through “due process.” Often it’s handled on a case-by-case basis, Wytiaz said. Staff members also learn from mistakes and will recap after an incident to see what the district can do better, he said. 0.00% 0.00% 3.28% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

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Communication is the best solution, Wytiaz said. Each year, students go over the district’s code of conduct so that they know what is expected of them. A juvenile probation officer has an office in the high school. Students with past criminal issues that have been put on probation can meet with the officer directly inside the school. The high school also has a mental health worker available to students. “Mental health issues are very prevalent,” he said. Wytiaz said that counseling is working “fantastic.” The 2014-15 school year was the first year it was available to students. “The stigma is starting to go away, and kids are starting to ask for help,” he said. Another encouraging sign he cites is the cleanliness of the district’s buildings. “Our kids are proud of this building,” Wytiaz said. It’s clean and safe, he said. “I think we do that every well.” But the district isn’t “running away” from safety concerns and school violence, he said. “I feel our children are safer here than anywhere in the community,” he said.

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Aliquippa’s schools face the same problems as the city point, politics at all levels are hurting these populations (the underserved and underrepresented). The middle class keeps sliding backward. “I think there are things that can help, but they have to be things that are doable,” he said. “How that happens — that’s a big issue.”

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school and the school board provided “positive” leadership. The teachers union was also cooperative. The district also took advantage of any and every grant opportunity that was available, but those grants have since dried up, meaning the situation in the school district is now more severe, DiBenedetto said. The problems in the schools worsened as the tax base — and student population — declined. In 2002, the district sent letters to each of the other Beaver County school districts asking for a tuition agreement and/or consideration of merger, DiBenedetto remembered. Not all of the districts replied, and the ones that did “found kind ways to indicate they were unable to work with us,” he said. “The issues we were facing in the late 1980s, early 1990s kept getting worse,” DiBenedetto said. “And the real issues with the town are the same issues with the school.” DiBenedetto said the most damaging thing has been state-standardized testing. Those tests make things tough for districts like Aliquippa, which he described as one of the “underserved and underrepresented” communities in the state. The state offered various initiatives to help school districts, and Aliquippa took advantage, but grant money covered only the first year of those programs. “We always had a lot of help, but even those funds kept shrinking,” DiBenedetto said. At one time, state funding accounted for 50 percent of education costs, but when

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Kindergarten teacher Gary Stumpf leads his class to breakfast at the cafeteria on the second day of school Aug. 26 at Aliquippa Elementary School. The photo on the wall is of the former Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. mill. DiBenedetto retired, the state was providing less than 35 percent in his district. The issues in Aliquippa “aren’t teaching/learning,” he said. “It’s the economics of trying to keep schools open.” Solving that will require the economic and social climate of the city to rebound, and even then, “it would take a generation to improve,” DiBenedetto said. “You need folks that have jobs,” he said. “Real jobs with the ability to have benefits and make a living wage.”

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Merging Aliquippa into a neighboring school district would only make sense, both DiBenedetto and Wytiaz said. Before Monaca and Center Area merged six years ago to become Central Valley, DiBenedetto thought the Center, Hopewell Area and Aliquippa school districts would be a “natural fit” to be merged, as each of them faced declining student population, he said. “There’s your district. You’d have probably 6,000 students in the school district,” he said. It would be comparable in size to the well-performing suburban Pittsburgh school districts, he said. “The quality of teaching is here. The quality of administration is here. The quality at the board level is here,” he said. “But we don’t make the rules. We are always reacting to the mandates that come from outside Beaver County. The fight is still there every day.” Wytiaz said the big-picture issue is that there are about 23,000 public school students in 14 school districts in Beaver County, and schools need to consolidate. “Do the math,” he said. “If my

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A’frica T. Sheppard tries to keep the attention of her sixth-graders while talking about their future career aspirations at Aliquippa Elementary School. Sheppard is from Aliquippa and has been teaching at the school for 14 years. position needs to go away in the bigger scheme of things, I’m OK (with that).” Merging districts would lead to better opportunities for students, he said. “Every student deserves equal opportunity. We have to give kids that chance.” When Wytiaz graduated in 1978, he was one of a class of 235 students — more than four times the size of a graduating class now. Some graduating classes were as big as 400 students in better times, he said. “I am concerned about the future,” he said. “I’ve told the (school) board I’m running out of

rabbits to pull out of hats.” There’s no end in sight to the financial problems, especially with the failure of state officials to make any substantive changes, he said. “I’m hoping for brighter days for Beaver County in general, but I think a lot of changes need to be made across the state,” Wytiaz said.

Hope for the future remains John Thomas is a 1969 Aliquippa graduate and former star athlete. He worked as a

teacher, counselor and principal at the school before working as superintendent between the tenures of DiBenedetto and Wytiaz. Thomas remains proud of the job Aliquippa’s educators are doing and holds out hope for the future of his hometown. “There’s always hope. Aliquippa’s endured a lot of things over the years, and they’ve been able to survive. Aliquippa’s been able to survive, and Aliquippa will survive,” Thomas said. The city has “good, strong, young leadership,” and it is filled with “strong, family folks that won’t let adversity keep them down,” he said. “You want to continue to provide quality education. I believe there’s very bright kids in Aliquippa. They’re hard workers.” One challenge is overcoming the negative perceptions that persist about the city and the school district, which are unfair, Thomas said. “When you come and see and meet the people,” your perception changes, he said. “Good things are happening in Aliquippa. Aliquippa’s a good place. I see Aliquippa as a city of hope,” he said. “I believe the city’s going to rebound. I don’t know when, but it’s going to return,” Thomas said. “There are too many good people for it not to (return). I may be reaching, but I’d rather reach than put my hands in my pockets and say, ‘That’s it.’” 

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NEW FACES, VIDEOS AND VENTURES TO REACH READERS BEYOND PRINT A co-worker of my husband’s stopped by our house the other night, plopped down on a couch in the family room, looked around and quipped, “Isn’t it about that time you rearrange the room? It’s been awhile.” Sarcasm — I get it. It’s been about three weeks since I last shuffled the furniture in there. I have an annoying habit of moving things around to “freshen up a room,” as my grandmother called it. (She was the proverbial neat freak, going as far as to wash decorative rocks that bordered her rose garden because they “looked dirty.” Um, that’s because they’re sitting in soil, Grandma.) I’m not that bad, but I will confess I like all the labels to face the same way in the pantry and I get heart palpitations when those stringy shreds of paper are left in the wire spirals of a notebook. As Dr. Sheldon Cooper of “The Big Bang Theory” explains, “It bothers me.” So when I became executive editor, it was assumed there would be changes. And despite what my husband’s co-worker might think, I’m not changing things just to “freshen up” the newsroom. Are beats shifting at The Times? Yes. Is it for feng shui purposes? No. As my predecessor, Shane Fitzgerald, often said, it’s a matter of putting the right person in the right

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seat on the bus. These shifts, of course, started with Shane’s promotion to our Calkins Media properties in the Philadelphia area. This also provided an opportunity for our digital content manager, Jacki Gray, who joined his Philly team. Sarah McCraley was promoted to digital content manager, and Audra Bradford was moved up to Sarah’s former position as production coordinator. But wait, there’s more. Health/enterprise reporter Jenny Wagner recently accepted a job with the Calkins team in Philly. A Beaver Falls native, Jenny was named Reporter of the Year in May by the Pennsylvania The Associated Press Managing Editors for her yearlong series “Aging in Beaver County.” We hate to see a homegrown talent leave, but we’re thrilled that Calkins recognizes her award-winning storytelling abilities. (Her departure from the newsroom is a tough one for me. Jenny was the first reporter I interacted with when I started at The Times as the

night assistant production desk manager. We joked that she was the harbinger of doom because every night shift she worked, something exploded, leaked or escaped.) So changes were inevitable. Police/public safety reporter Kirstin Kennedy will take over Jenny’s former health beat. The two also will collaborate across the state on health care issues and trends. David Taube has been appointed as community affairs reporter and will host daily video newsbreaks for timesonline.com, beginning Sept. 14. David will report the who, what, where, when and why for the many communities in our coverage area, with quick-hit video segments that also will be streamed through our OTT platforms, such as Roku and FireTV. He will continue to cover municipalities and write enterprise features for digital and print products. Tom Davidson steps in as our county reporter, with his primary focus on the commissioners and the operations within the county seat. He will keep his “Veterans of Beaver County” series, while turning over the education beat to Katherine Schaeffer, who joins our staff in one week. And then there’s J.D. Prose. A veteran reporter of nearly 16 years at The Times, J.D. is now the Calkins Media western Pennsylvania government and politics reporter. He’s

already started, tackling state legislators and governments for Calkins newspapers and websites in Beaver, Lawrence, Fayette and Greene counties. He’s tracking actions in Harrisburg, explaining their bottom-line impact on readers and holding legislators in the House and Senate accountable for their decisions. J.D., a Beaver County government reporter for nearly 15 years, has an established working relationship with officials across the region, which is vital to his new role because the interplay between state and county governments is so intrinsic. Reporter Jared Stonesifer will continue with his business/energy beat, while number-cruncher Daveen Kurutz still serves as our database/ enterprise reporter. Marsha Keefer will continue in her role as community outreach coordinator and Scott Tady will remain entertainment editor. See? I didn’t change everything. As if that wasn’t enough, The Times is launching two new video series: “You Don’t Know Squat” and “History in a Minute.” “You Don’t Know Squat” — note tongue firmly placed in cheek — debuts Sunday and features our fitness and athletic development columnist Rick Daman in weekly “quickhit” videos that highlight proper weight-training techniques, tips and exer-

cises. You’ll love his highenergy approach and enthusiasm in this informative series. So tune in, you just might see someone you know as a demonstrator. (In October, columnist Joline Atkins will join our aggressive video initiative with her weekly show, “For the Health of It.” Details to be announced at a later date.) “History in a Minute,” which launches Sept. 15, will feature popular Times history columnist Jeffrey Snedden traveling throughout the region, pointing out interesting factoids and stories of our past. You can’t help but get caught up in Jeffrey’s excitement about local history. If this biweekly video is anything like his “Histories & Mysteries,” it’ll be a sure-fire hit. And before an algorithm is needed, don’t forget our new podcasts, hosted by Stephen Gugliociello, a production desk editor and Times technology columnist. Listen to a new show every week on scholastic sports (Tuesdays), Steelers (Thursdays) and news (Fridays) for a behind-thescenes talks with reporters and editors. Podcasts are available for downloads on iTunes, Soundcloud and Stitcher Radio apps. Or you can tune in at timesonline.com. Whew. I can breathe again — at least for a moment. Lisa Micco is executive editor of The Times. She can be reached at lmicco@timesonline.com or 724-775-3200, ext. 157.

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Clerk’s actions are shameful Kim Davis, Rowan County, Kentucky Clerk, draws an $80,000 annual salary despite refusing to do her job of issuing marriage licenses to all who are entitled to them, which much to her dismay, includes same-sex couples. Ms. Davis knows that she has no legal authority to disregard the decree of the United States Supreme Court, rather she cites that she has been commanded by God, that to issue the licenses would violate her strong religious tenets, this coming from a woman

who is thrice-divorced. We see once again the evil that can be perpetrated when one cloaks themselves in religion and the dangerous path we travel when individuals believe that they have the right to thumb their noses at legitimate authority because they know what is best for our society. Ms. Davis’ shenanigans mark a shameful episode in the life of our nation, causing she and her narrow-minded supporters to be the subjects of derision. Oren M. Spiegler Upper St. Clair

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Attorney General Kane argues against law license suspension By Marc Levy and Mark Scolforo The Associated Press

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Attorney General KATHLEEN KANE argued to the state’s highest court Friday that suspending her law license while she fights criminal charges would violate her constitutional right to due process. Her lawyers f i l e d a 107-page response to the Supreme Court, the first public confirmation the justices last week ordered her to respond to a petition by Pennsylvania’s legal ethics lawyers for an emergency suspension of her license. Kane was charged Aug. 6 by Montgomery County authorities with perjury, obstruction and other offenses based on allegations she leaked secret grand jury information to a newspaper and lied about her actions. Kane’s lawyers rejected the allegations against her as untrue and said there was no proof her continued practice of law would cause harm. They argued that suspending her license would circumvent explicit constitutional provisions for removing her from office and violate her right to due process of law. “The central facts of this case are in dispute, and due process demands more than mere allegations set forth in a petition before Attorney General Kane’s right to pursue her profession could be curtailed,” her lawyers wrote. They asked for “a hearing before an impartial fact finder.” The Pennsylvania Constitution requires the attorney general to be a licensed lawyer, and court officials have said that suspending her law license would not remove her from office because they do not have the power to remove her. Kane, the first woman and first Democrat elected as the state’s attorney general, was sworn in nearly three years ago. Her term expires in January 2017. If her license is suspended, it could lead to a legal fight over her status as the state’s top law enforcement officer. Even with a suspended law license, Kane potentially could exert influ-

ence over the office. For instance, she might be able hire and fire and retain the perk of traveling with a security detail. Kane’s attorneys said it is “far from clear” that an emergency suspension of her license would automatically result in her removal from office. The petition, however, attempts to remove Kane through a disciplinary proceeding, they wrote. They disclosed that the Office of Disciplinary Counsel, in its petition against Kane, claimed that public confidence and trust in her continued practice of law has been “totally eroded,” citing calls for her to resign by Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf, other elected state officials and “the electorate.” The disciplinary petition, beyond the excerpts in Kane’s new filing, has not been made public. “How the Office of Disciplinary Counsel can purport to speak for the ‘electorate’ — which expresses itself only in the voting booth, which last did so when it elected Attorney General Kane, and whose decision will be nullified if she is removed from office by suspension — is a mystery,” her lawyers said. They said the heart of the petition is a claim Kane “authorized or directed disclosure” to a reporter of a transcript made last year by her underlings that described the findings of a secret grand jury investigation, conducted before Kane took office. That allegation is also central to the criminal case against her. But Kane did not disclose grand jury material or information kept secret under state criminal records laws, her lawyers wrote. Instead, they said, she only authorized the release of information “relating to a pattern of unjustifiable selective prosecution or nonprosecution” under her predecessors. As part of their filing, her lawyers said previous statements by her attorneys that she authorized the transcript’s release were incorrect. State court officials and disciplinary lawyers have declined comment about the matter, citing confidentiality rules.

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MONACA — Workers were back on the job shortly after firefighters left the Anchor Hocking glass plant early Friday, Monaca Fire Chief Glenn Rambo said. Molten glass sparked a grease fire at the plant at 10:43 p.m. Thursday that spread to part of the roof of the plant, Rambo said. The building’s sprinkler system helped contain the fire, and Monaca firefighters were assisted by volunteers from Center Township and Rochester. They cleared the scene shortly after 1 a.m. Friday, Rambo said. “That place is so hot, with grease everywhere,” Rambo said. It’s not the first time there’s been such a fire, he said, adding that it was quickly under control and that firefighters mainly worked to contain “hot spots” in the roof. No one was injured, and work was resuming at the factory as firefighters left, Rambo said.

DA: Woman’s holding cell hanging unlikely to bring charges

NORTH BRADDOCK, PA. (AP) — The district attorney says a woman’s hanging in a western Pennsylvania police holding cell is unlikely to result in criminal charges, but hopes police chiefs can come up with better ways to monitor prisoners. Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that the sergeant monitoring an intoxicated woman in the North Braddock holding cell on Tuesday

B E AV E R FA L L S left briefly to patrol before returning to find the woman hanged by her shirt. Zappala says the sergeant believed 43-yearold Dana Thompson wasn’t distressed and was sleeping when he left her alone just after midnight. County police are continuing to investigate Thompson’s death and say they’re still sifting through conflicting accounts about why the sergeant left the police station. Zappala wants the county police chiefs’ association to develop better cell-monitoring policies.

High school student outside crosswalk killed by school bus

MCKEESPORT, PA. (AP) — County homicide detectives are investigating after a 15-year-old high school student was fatally struck by a school bus while crossing a busy street outside of a crosswalk. Parents say they’ve worked to no avail to get a crossing guard near where Deonte Cobbs was struck Thursday afternoon near McKeesport Area High School and Founders Hall Middle School. Both are on the school district campus in McKeesport, about 10 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. A 14-year-old girl was killed by a dump truck in March 2014 while crossing the street near the same intersection. McKeesport police didn’t immediately return a call Friday, and haven’t identified the school bus driver nor said whether a citation or charges may be filed. Allegheny County detectives were called in because of the boy’s death.

‘PATTERN OF ARSON’ CONTINUES By Jared Stonesifer jstonesifer@timesonline.com

BEAVER FALLS — Fire Chief Mark Stowe said a “pattern of arson” continues to plague the city’s Mount Washington section after the department was called to extinguish fires in abandoned buildings Wednesday and Thursday nights. That brings the total number of suspected arsons in Beaver Falls to five. The fires, which started Aug. 29, have all occurred between 6 p.m. and midnight and have all involved abandoned buildings. Stowe said the most recent incident on Thursday night involved a two-story structure at 1809 11th Ave. The department was on the scene for more than three hours trying to extinguish the blaze, which was called in just after 9 p.m. “This was a bigger house than the other ones,” Stowe said about the abandoned buildings. “But like the other ones, it’s been abandoned for years. The house was a total loss.” The incident on Wednesday night, called in just before midnight, occurred at 1909 12th Ave. The one-story house was also considered a total loss after the fire. Stowe said he was hoping the rash of fires would come to an end. “I’m not convinced that’s going to happen,” he said. “I think we’re probably going to have another one.” After five incidents that share certain similarities, Stowe said there’s no doubt they are connected.

Authorities are asking anyone with information about the recent ﬁres to call the Beaver Falls Fire Department at 724-843-1135 or the city police department at 724-846-7000. “There’s definitely a pattern of arson up here,” he said. “If anyone sees anything suspicious, act immediately and call 911. We’re asking everyone to be on alert. If there’s an abandoned property near you, keep an eye on it as best you can.” The first suspected arson was reported Aug. 29 at 5:30 p.m. in the rear of 1604 12th Ave. Stowe said the back of the building was engulfed, with smoke and flames coming out of the windows and doors. The department extinguished two fires Monday night, the first in the 1800 block of 11th Avenue that involved a house that “burned to the ground,” Stowe said previously. The second fire on Monday, called in just after 11 p.m., broke out at 1701 Center Ave. That building was a total loss although firefighters contained the blaze and prevented it from spreading to other dwellings. Authorities are asking anyone with information about the recent fires to call the Beaver Falls Fire Department at 724-843-1135 or the city police department at 724-846-7000.

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IMMEDIATE IMPACT Central Valley grad Whitehead makes big play in debut By Lauren Kirschman lkirschman@timesonline.com

PITTSBURGH — JORDAN WHITEHEAD gave a bit of a rueful smile when he talked about how close he came to his first collegiate interception on Saturday afternoon. In the end, he had to settle for a pass breakup. But it was a big one. While it took some time for the freshman to really make his presence felt in Pitt’s 45-37 seasonopening win over Youngstown State, he couldn’t have picked a better time to grab everyone’s attention. With less than three minutes left in the game, Youngstown State — trailing by eight points — was in the midst of a potentially game-tying drive that started on the Pitt 46

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Tape on Draper Gilliam’s wrist is marked in honor of teammate DiMantae Bronaugh before Aliquippa’s home game Friday against Mohawk. Bronaugh was recently diagnosed with leukemia and will not play football this season.

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A major question surrounding Central Valley throughout the off-season was how they would reload after losing so many pieces from a year ago. The Warriors lost 20 seniors to graduation. Star running back Jordan Whitehead is gone and focusing on what he can do for Pitt. The talented team from last season that reached the WPIAL Class AAA Championship is in the rear view mirror. Uncertainty loomed as to who would step up, despite receiving a No. 2 ranking in the WPIAL Class AAA preseason polls, when Central Valley welcomed

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WARRIORS, PAGE B4

ALIQUIPPA — As the clock ticked past 7 p.m. on Friday night, the door to Aliquippa’s fieldhouse remained closed. Everything seemed to be in place. Mohawk stood on the far sideline, the cheerleaders were waiting, most of the crowd was on its feet in anticipation of the season opener. But the Quips didn’t appear. One of their teammates wasn’t there yet, and they weren’t going to take the field without him. And so they waited, just a

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DiMantae Bronaugh watches his team from the sidelines during the first half of Friday night’s game. few extra minutes past kickoff time, until DiMantae Bronaugh arrived. The senior running back, recently diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, won’t be able to play for Aliquippa this season. But on Friday night, with a medical mask

Narduzzi era off to successful but shaky start Some odds and ends while you bask in the glow of college football’s return:  Pat Narduzzi got a win in his first game at the helm, but it was far from a command performance. Pitt showed plenty of holes on defense, especially late in the game, and likely won’t be able to rely on big plays to generate offense like they did against Youngstown State.  That said, he did manage to win the game, which means his Pitt tenure is off to a better start than Paul Chryst’s.

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 With Tyler Boyd suspended and James Conner out early with a knee injury, the prospects for Pitt’s offense looked tenuous. Enter Qadree Ollison. His 207 yards was a record total for a Pitt freshman in a season opener, and added one more dynamic element to a backfield that already featured the reigning ACC Player of the Year and an exciting sophomore in Chris James.

AND THEN THERE WERE ONLY 53 By Chris Bradford cbradford@timesonline.com

PITTSBURGH — And then there were 53. The Steelers trimmed down their roster from 75 down to the final 53 Saturday, just hours ahead of the NFL’s 4 p.m. deadline. Among the

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11 AM U.S. Open, round of 16, at Flushing, N.Y.; TV: ESPN2 7 PM U.S. Open, round of 16, at Flushing, N.Y.; TV: ESPN2

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CLEMSON: Announced TE Jay Jay McCullough is on academic suspension. RUTGERS: Dismissed DBs Nadir Barnwell, Dre Boggs, Ruhann Peele and Delon Stephenson and FB Razohnn Grossfive from the football team following their arrests on Sept. 3. TENNESSEE: Suspended assistant head coach and defensive backs coach Willie Martinez for one game for impermissible contact with a recruit. TEXAS A&M: Suspended sophomore DT Zaycoven Henderson and junior LB A.J. Hilliard for the first two games of the season for violating athletic department rules. TEXAS TECH: Suspended senior DE Pete Robertson one game.

MLB

BOSTON: Placed OF Hanley Ramirez on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 27. Recalled INF Deven Marrero from Pawtucket (IL). TAMPA BAY: Announced SS Hak-Ju Lee cleared waivers and was sent outright to Durham (IL).

NHL

PHILADELPHIA: Released QB Tim Tebow, WR Rasheed Bailey, G Brett Boyko, G Malcolm Bunche, CB Randall Evans, TE Andrew Gleichert, LB Najee Goode, WR Jeff Maehl, WR Freddie Martino, DE Brian Mihalik, G John Moffitt, RB Raheem Mostert, WR Quron Pratt, S Chris Prosinski, DE Travis Raciti, S Ed Reynolds, LB Deonte Skinner, P Kip Smith, TE Eric Tomlinson, C-G Julian Vandervelde, LB Diaheem Watkins and CB Jaylen Watkins. STEELERS: Signed CB Ross Cockrell to a one-year contract. Waivedinjured OL Kelvin Palmer and OL Mitchell Van Dyk. Released RB Jawon Chisholm, RB Josh Harris, DL Matt Conrath, DL Ethan Hemer, DL Mike Thornton, S Jordan Dangerfield, S Alden Darby, S Gerod Holliman, OL Reese Dismukes, OL B.J. Finney, OL Doug Legursky, CB Kevin Fogg, CB

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B.W. Webb, LB L.J. Fort, LB Shayon Green, LB Howard Jones, WR Shakim Phillips and WR Jarrod West. SAN DIEGO: Waived-injured LB Chi Chi Ariguzo and LB Colton Underwood. waived CB Richard Crawford, CB Greg Ducre, WR Javontee Herndon, G Michael Huey, S Johnny Lowdermilk, CB Jordan Mabin, LB Ryan Mueller, TE Brian Parker, S Adrian Phillips, CB Lowell Rose, RB Dreamius Smith, QB Brad Sorensen, DT Damion Square and G Kenny Wiggins. Released PK Nick Novak, WR Austin Pettis and TE John Phillips. Traded G Jeremiah Sirles to Minnesota for a 2016 sixth-round draft pick. Placed TE Antonio Gates and G Craig Watts on the reserve-suspended list. SAN FRANCISCO: Acquired C Nick Easton from Baltimore for an undisclosed draft pick. Released WR DiAndre Campbell, CB Marcus Cromartie, G-C Dillon Farrell, RB Kendall Gaskins, TE Xavier Grimble, CB Leon McFadden, LB Nick Moody, DT Kaleb Ramsey, OL Justin Renfrow, DL Marcus Rush, NT Garrison Smith, QB Dylan Thompson, G Andrew Tiller and S Jermaine Whitehead. Placed TE Busta Anderson and RB Kendall Hunter on injured reserve. Placed WR Jerome Simpsonhas on the reserve-suspended List. SEATTLE: Terminated the contracts of CB Will Blackmon and TE Anthony McCoy. Waived LB Tyrell Adams, TE RaShaun Allen, QB R.J. Archer, DE Obum Gwacham, S Keenan Lambert, DT T.Y. McGill, CB Douglas McNeil III, S Ronald Martin, Jr., G KeaVon Milton, S Ryan Murphy, G/C Will Pericak, LB Eric Pinkins, T Terry Poole, LB Alex Singleton, WR Kevin Smith, RB Rod Smith, DE Julius Warmsley and WR Kasen Williams. Placed CB Mohammed Seisay and RB Robert Turbin on injured reserve. Placed DT Jesse Williams on the reserve/ non-football illness list. TENNESSEE: Waived WR Hakeem Nicks, OT Byron Stingily, G Josue Matias, OT-G Will Poehls, WR Tre McBride, WR Rico Richardson, RB David Fluellen, QB Alex Tanney and WR Jacoby Ford. Placed LB Zaviar Gooden, LB J.R. Tavai and LB Yawin Smallwood on injured reserve. WASHINGTON: Waived LB Houston Bates, WR Reggie Bell, RB Mack Brown, OT Takoby Cofield, DE Corey Crawford, WR-CB Quinton Dunbar, TE Je’Ron Hamm, LB Sage Harold, C-G Tyler Larsen, WR Colin Lockett, LB Terrance Plummer, C Austin Reiter, DL Travian Robertson, DL Robert Thomas and RB Trey Williams Waived-injured FB Jordan Campbell, DB DaMon Cromartie-Smith, S Akeem Davis, WR Evan Spencer and TE D.J. Williams. Terminated the contract of NT Jerrell Powe.

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Roger Federer returns a shot at the net to Philipp Kohlschreiber during the third round of the U.S. Open on Saturday in New York.

Underdog Purdue at Virginia Tech

NFL Thursday at Patriots 7 (51) Pittsburgh Sunday, Sept. 13 Green Bay 6½ (50) at Chicago at Houston 1½ (40) Kansas City at N.Y. Jets 3 (40) Cleveland Indianapolis 2½ (46) at Buffalo Miami 3½ (43) at Washington Carolina 3½ (41) at Jacksonville Seattle 3½ (41) at St. Louis at Arizona 2½ (47) New Orleans at San Diego 3 (45) Detroit at Tampa Bay 3 (42) Tennessee Cincinnati 3½ (43½) at Oakland at Denver 5 (49) Baltimore at Dallas 6 (51½) Giants Monday, Sept. 14,2015 Philadelphia 3 (55½) at Atlanta Minnesota 2½ (41½) at San Francisco

Federer must decide whether to use new return against Isner By Howard Fendrich AP Tennis Writer

NEW YORK — Roger Federer might not be so keen to try out his old-dognew-trick, rush-the-net “SABR” — “sneak attack by Roger” — return strategy against his next opponent at the U.S. Open. “I don’t think so,” Federer said. “I can always try. But it’s probably not the right guy to do it against.” Probably not. That’s because the second-seeded Federer, who advanced Saturday by beating 29th-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-3, 6-4, 6-4, will have to deal with 6-foot-10 American John Isner and his massive serve in the fourth round. “The idea is not to use it very much against a player like that,” Federer said about his innovative and risky approach to attacking second serves, racing forward as the ball arrives to pluck it off the ground with what amounts to a half-volley. “I have done pretty well over the years against big servers, so, I mean, clearly I will think about it. But I don’t think that’s going to be the turning point of the match, to be quite honest. I need to make sure I protect my own serve first.” Federer has been doing that rather well, lately. While dropping a total of only 20 games and zero sets through three matches, he has been broken only twice — both times by Kohlschreiber. Of Federer’s 17 Grand Slam titles, five came at Flushing Meadows from 2005-08, and he has reached the fourth round for the 15th year in a row. The 13th-seeded Isner, meanwhile, had lost in the third round each of the past three years — and each time, coincidentally, against Kohlschreiber. After moving on when Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic retired because of a neck injury after dropping the first two sets, Isner was asked about the possibility of dealing with Federer’s newfangled return on Monday. “I haven’t thought about that too much, actually,” said Isner, who is 1-4

against Federer, including losses at the 2007 U.S. Open and, most recently, the 2012 London Olympics. “So I have probably ... I don’t know, 48 hours to think about that.” Vesely is the 16th player — 14 men, two women — to stop during a match at this year’s U.S. Open because of injury or illness, a record for a major tournament in the Open era, which began in 1968. Isner is one of two U.S. men left, because 68thranked Donald Young came all the way back to eliminate 22nd-seeded Viktor Troicki of Serbia 4-6, 0-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2, 6-4. Young had never won a match after losing the first two sets until Tuesday, when he did it against 11th-seeded Gilles Simon in the first round. “It was 90 percent you guys,” Young told the partisan spectators, “10 percent me.” No. 3 Andy Murray beat No. 30 Thomaz Bellucci 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 in the last match of the day. Three past major champions in the women’s draw won Saturday afternoon — No. 5 Petra Kvitova, No. 20 Victoria Azarenka and No. 22 Sam Stosur. No. 2 Simona Halep, the 2014 French Open runner-up, beat qualifier Shelby Rogers of the U.S. 6-2, 6-3 to open the night session. Twice the title winner at the Australian Open, and twice beaten by Serena Williams in the U.S. Open final, Azarenka needed six match points and nearly three hours to close out 11th-seeded Angelique Kerber 7-5, 2-6, 6-4. Afterward, Azarenka said she told herself, “I’m going to stay here all day,” if that’s what it was going to take to win. Federer, meanwhile, has been taking advantage of the brevity of his matches, spending the free time with his wife and their two sets of twins or playing tourist in New York. Saw the hit musical “Hamilton” on Friday, for example. His match against Kohlschreiber was his longest of the week, and it only lasted a tad more than 1 1/2 hours. During it, Federer opted to try his new

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return a couple of times, once sailing the shot long, another winning the point when the ball clipped the top of the net and trickled over. Color Kohlschreiber unimpressed. “In general, I didn’t feel that he was unbelievable today,” Kohlschreiber said after falling to 0-10 against the 34-year-old Federer. “He’s attacking, of course, but I didn’t see so many special things today.” Well, then. Federer explained that his “SABR” — pronounced “saber” — derived from a casual late-afternoon practice session with French player Benoit Paire in Cincinnati last month. Paire was ill, Federer had jet lag, both were exhausted, so they decided to play a few quick games and wrap things up. “That’s when I started to run in and hit returns. I hit a couple for a winner. They were, like, ridiculous. He laughed, I laughed, (coach) Severin (Luthi) laughed,” Federer recounted. “Then I did it again in the next practice, just to see if it actually would still work again. Then I tried it the next practice and it still worked. That’s what Severin said, ‘Well, what about using it in a match?’ I was like, ‘Really?’”

US OPEN GLANCE MEN’S SEEDED WINNERS  Third Round: No. 2 Roger Federer, No. 3 Andy Murray, No. 5 Stan Wawrinka, No. 6 Tomas Berdych, No. 12 Richard Gasquet, No. 13 John Isner and No. 15 Kevin Anderson MEN’S SEEDED LOSERS  No. 20 Dominic Thiem, No. 22 Viktor Troicki, No. 24 Bernard Tomic, No. 29 Philipp Kohlschreiber, No. 30 Thomaz Bellucci and No. 31 Guillermo GarciaLopez. WOMEN’S SEEDED WINNERS  No. 2 Simona Halep, No. 5 Petra Kvitova, No. 20 Victoria Azarenka, No. 22 Sam Stosur, No. 24 Sabine Lisicki and No. 26 Flavia Pennetta. WOMEN’S SEEDED LOSERS  No. 11 Angelique Kerber, No. 16 Sara Errani, No. 18 Andrea Petkovic and No. 32 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova. STAT OF THE DAY 16 — The number of singles matches ended by retirement, a record for a Grand Slam event in the Open era, which began in 1968.

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THE 100 CLUB PASSING

RUSHING

Bill DePaul, Hopewell ....................................208 Chris Callahan, Central Valley ..................157 Mike Savilsky, Blackhawk...............................147 Matt Schnarre,OLSH .....................................131 Sheldon Jeter, Aliquippa................................118 Christian Vreen, Rochester ........................107

Noah Angelo, Moon ......................................264 Davion Jones, Ambridge ..............................173 Kyle Vreen, Central Valley............................156 Malik Shepherd, Beaver Falls ....................108 Mike Savilsky, Blackhawk...............................106

Right: Blackhawk fans cheer on their team during Moon’s 38-23 win over Blackhawk, on Friday, at Moon Area High School. KEVIN LORENZI/THE TIMES

POSTGAME WEEK ONE SPOTLIGHT GAME

TIMES 10 FARED CLASS AAAA 1. Pittsburgh CC 2. Woodland Hills 3. North Allegheny 4. Penn-Trafford 5. McKeesport 6. Pine-Richland 7. Penn Hills 8. North Hills 9. Mt. Lebanon 10. Bethel Park

REC 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-1

RESULT W, 28-12 W, 37-0 W, 34-24 W, 52-7 W, 49-7 W, 63-7 L, 17-0 W, 27-13 W, 48-14 L, 28-12

CLASS AAA 1. Central Valley 2.West Allegheny 3. Thomas Jefferson 4. Ringgold 5. Mars 6. Hampton 7. Montour 8. Franklin Regional 9. West Mifflin 10. Ambridge

REC 0-1 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0

RESULT L, 17-14 W, 41-14 L, 27-20 W, 27-20 W, 35-6 W, 48-42 W, 17-14 W, 35-2 W, 13-7 W, 17-14

CLASS AA 1. South Fayette 2. Aliquippa 3. Beaver Falls 4. Seton-La Salle 5. Washington 6. Highlands 7. Beaver 8. Mt. Pleasant 9. Steel Valley 10. Freeport

REC 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0

RESULT W, 48-0 W, 59-13 W, 40-7 W, 34-7 W, 48-0 W, 42-24 W, 35-14 W, 30-23 (OT) W, 56-6 W, 35-7

CLASS A 1. Clairton 2. North Catholic 3. Avonworth 4. Neshannock 5. Riverside 6. Greensburg CC 7. Frazier 8. South Side 9. Jeannette 10. Beth-Center

REC 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0

RESULT W, 72-0 W, 33-7 W, 42-20 W, 46-21 W, 42-25 W, 21-0 W, 52-0 L, 46-21 W, 38-6 W, 48-12

STANDINGS PARKWAY CONFERENCEOVERALL Chartiers Valley 1-0 1-0 Montour 1-0 1-0 Moon 1-0 1-0 West Allegheny 1-0 1-0 Ambridge 0-0 1-0 Blackhawk 0-1 0-1 Central Valley 0-1 0-1 Hopewell 0-1 0-1 New Castle 0-1 0-1 MIDWESTERNCONFERENCEOVERALL Aliquippa 1-0 1-0 Beaver Falls 1-0 1-0 New Brighton 1-0 1-0 Quaker Valley 1-0 1-0 Beaver Area 0-0 1-0 Freedom 0-1 0-1 Laurel 0-1 0-1 Mohawk 0-1 0-1 Ellwood City 0-1 0-1 BIG SEVEN CONFERENCEOVERALL Shenango 1-0 1-0 Union 1-0 1-0 Neshannock 1-0 1-0 Riverside 0-0 1-0 Vincentian Academy 0-0 0-1 Rochester 0-1 0-1 Western Beaver 0-1 0-1 South Side Beaver 0-1 0-1 BLACK HILLSCONFERENCEOVERALL Avonworth 1-0 1-0 North Catholic 1-0 1-0 Fort Cherry 1-0 1-0 Brentwood 0-0 1-0 Chartiers-Houston 0-1 0-1 Northgate 0-1 0-1 OLSH 0-1 0-1 Bishop Canevin 0-0 0-1

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Moon’s Rayquin Glover (1) celebrates with teammate Noah Angelo (22) after returning an interception for a touchdown during Moon’s 3823 win over Blackhawk on Friday.

Angelo scores 4 TDs on birthday

By Mike Bires mbires@timesonline.com

MOON TWP. — On a hot and muggy evening when Blackhawk and Moon debuted new coaching regimes, the birthday boy stole the show. Before taking the field Friday night on their home turf at Tiger Stadium, Moon halfback Noah Angelo told fullback Thomas Dean how he intended to celebrate his 18th birthday. “He told me was going to score four touchdowns,” Dean said. Keep in mind that Angelo, a senior, never scored four TDs in any game on any level of football before. He doesn’t even recall ever scoring three in a game. But in a 38-23 Parkway Conference win, Angelo lived up to his pre-game prediction. While rushing for 264 yards, he found the end zone four times. More on Angelo later, but first, here are some other observations: Blackhawk impressed in the first half, especially offensively. In his first game as the man who replaced Joe Hamilton, who coached 39 seasons for the Cougars, Joe Lamenza had his team ready to play. With a new fast-paced, spread offense, Blackhawk opened the game with a 74-yard touchdown drive. While Angelo was the game’s No. 1 star, Cougars quarterback Michael Savilisky was No. 2. Yes, he did throw two interceptions, including a pick-six in the fourth quarter. But overall, he did an admirable job. In his first high school start, he completed 10 of 21 passes for 147 yards, 81 of those yards coming on a TD throw to Alex Desmond. Savilisky, who only threw 17 passes last year as a reserve, also had 106 rushing yards on 21 carries and two touchdowns. With the score tied 17-17 at halftime, it looked liked anyone’s game.

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Moon’s Noah Angelo slips past a Blackhawk defender and into the end zone for a touchdown during Moon’s win. But in the second half, several Blackhawk players cramped up and missed significant chunks of playing time. Not being at full strength likely hurt Blackhawk’s chances of pulling off an upset. Brendan Hathaway, Moon’s first-year coach, sure looked ready for battle. An ex-Marine, he was dressed in military fatigue short pants. When asked about the Tigers’ dominance in the second half, Hathaway said “My goal is to be the best conditioned team on the field every week. We didn’t change much in second the half. We stayed the course. It was just ‘Let’s go out and keep playing ball.’” Was Moon a better-conditioned team than Blackhawk? “I know we were in good shape,” Lamenza said. But unlike the Cougars, the Tigers played at full strength from start to finish. And now, let’s get back to Angelo. Last year, Angelo shared carries with Matthew Dunning. It was Dunning

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Blackhawk’s Alex Desmond (26) runs to the end zone for a touchdown against Moon on Friday night. who led all running backs on the team in rushing with 343 yards on 50 carries. Angelo wasn’t far behind with 270 yards on 45 carries last season. But this season, it’s Angelo who’s emerged as the workhorse. At least he was Friday night. Because of the way Angelo emerged, Moon’s new no-huddle spread offense was hardly noticeable. Austin Konieczka, a 6-3, 180-pound quarterback, only threw the ball 11 times (he completed three passes

for 39 yards). Instead, it was primarily a power running attack for the Tigers. And it was Angelo getting the bulk of the carries. At 5-foot-8 and 170 pounds, he’s not a big back by any means. He doesn’t possess blinding speed. But he showed Friday he’s fast enough and strong enough to rack up 264 yards. “Noah ran hard. He made some hard cuts,” said Moon guard Ryan Clemens. “He ran like we’ve never seen him run before.”

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Central Valley quarterback Chris Callaghan (12) throws against Montour. Callahan went 9 for 26 with 157 passing yards in the Warriors’ 17-14 loss Friday night.

Warriors taking positives from loss WARRIORS, from B1

Parkway rival Montour to Sarge Alberts Stadium in its season opener. Central Valley ended up falling in a heartbreaker Friday night when Montour kicker Nolan Hutter nailed an 18-yard field goal with 57 seconds left to prevail, 17-14. Though the Warriors showed grit in the loss and proved they haven’t lost a step. “There’s a lot of positives. That last drive was a positive,” Central Valley coach Mark Lyons said. “That could’ve knocked the wind out of a lot of football teams right there, that field goal late. But our guys

responded and got down to inside the 20. “We had a chance to make another play.” Senior quarterback Chris Callaghan led the Central Valley offense down to Montour’s 19-yard line on two long passes to Deante Bradley. With six seconds left, sophomore kicker Brendan Jugan just missed a 36-yard field goal that would have tied it. “I feel some of those questions were answered,” Callaghan said. “These guys really grinded it out. Whenever we needed them, they came. You saw all these players cramping up, a lot of the younger guys came in and answered, even sophomores. “Half our lineup were

sophomores out there, and I think they’re gonna get better.” Running back Kyle Vreen, who potentially could be the primary replacement for Whitehead, finished with 156 yards on 25 carries. The Warrior defense also was solid. Of Montour’s two touchdowns, one was a result of a Central Valley fumble inside its own 25-yard line. The other was a punt return for a touchdown. Callaghan finished 9 of 26 for 130 yards with a rushing touchdown on a fourth down situation at the goal line. Lyons rolled the dice on his senior quarterback and it paid off. He’ll be called upon this

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Tigers shows off versatile offensive weapons in rout By Jim Equels Jr. Times Sports Correspondent

BEAVER FALLS — There is a school of thought in football that infers that a team that has two quarterbacks really has no quarterbacks. Beaver Falls coach Ryan Matsook would beg to differ. Matsook has two impressive quarterbacks on his roster, and both came up big in Beaver Falls’ 40-7 win over Freedom on Friday night. Sophomore Malik Shepherd did his damage on the ground, leading all rushers with 108 yards and a touchdown. Adam Brady, meanwhile, did his damage through the air, completing 3 of 6 passes for 82 yards and a TD. In fact, Matsook has three quarterbacks. His third, Neshaud Akins, spent the game at running back. All he did was rush for 79 yards and score a pair of second quarter TDs that broke the game open. “We have weapons,” Matsook said. “You saw

that tonight.” “We have a lot of options,” Shepherd said. “Each of us can do different things. And we have a third quarterback who is just as good. We can give teams a lot of looks.” Freedom got to see them all Friday, particularly in the third quarter. After the Bulldogs’ Dean Ward fell on a fumble in the end zone for the Bulldogs only score of the night to cut its deficit to 20-7, Beaver Falls answered in just four plays. Brady, an imposing 6-foot-5 sophomore, capped the drive when he hit Derrell Carter in stride with a 21-yard TD pass. At the end of the third, it was Shepherd’s turn, and he ran the read-option to perfection, scoring on 47-yard run to end the quarter. “Malik can do anything he wants to do on the football field,” Matsook said. “He has that type of ability.” Beaver Falls also showed it has an embarrassment of riches at all of

its skill positions. In addition to Akins’ two TDs, tailback Torian Leak — another sophomore — had 102 yards rushing and scored Beaver Falls’ final TD on a 14-yard run. Carter, a wide receiver, had 84 total yards, taking a handoff around end for the Tigers’ first TD of the night in addition to his scoring catch. “I think we have the best skill players in the WPIAL,” Shepherd said. “I can’t imagine there are many teams that have the weapons we do.” Beaver Falls’ defense, which sacked Freedom seven times, also put on a show. It limited the Bulldogs to minus-1 yard in the first half and just 13 overall. “Our young guys learned a valuable lesson tonight,” Matsook said. “You do things right and good things will happen. We made some miscues here and there but those are correctable; we can control that. Overall I thought we did well.”

season to lead a young offense. “It’s a tough loss. But what I take from it is our guys grinded it out and we didn’t give up,” Callaghan said. “I said in the beginning of the week that it was going to be a dogfight, and that’s exactly what it was.” Despite a solid losing effort, the Warriors still have a long way to go. It’s also a long season. And to everybody else in the Parkway Conference, they’re still the same old Central Valley. “Our guys are tough,” Lyons said. “We got [Montour’s] A game. We’re going to get everybody’s A game, and that’s part of it. We’ve got to expect it. That’s who we are.”

Montour running back David Haseleu (30) runs the ball as Central Valley Kurt Reinstadtler tries to tackle him during Friday’s game.

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LIONS SHOW RESOLVE Defense comes through after Spartans rally By Joe Sager Times Sports Correspondent

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Rain on the parade

Quarterback Jason Dambach (9) and linebacker Hunter Paff (40) lead the Riverside football team onto the field Friday night in its home opener against Bishop Canevin. The game was later postponed due to lightning. Riverside won on Saturday, 42-25.

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Bridgers turn to run game in opener Defense also tested for team expected to throw often By Bill Allmann Times Sports Correspondent

AMBRIDGE — Even Dennis Green would have been surprised. The former NFL head coach made famous the phrase “They are who we thought they were” but, Friday night, local fans found out that the Ambridge High School football team actually might not be who we thought they were. They could be even better. After an outstanding season from quarterback Austin French last season and a strong finish, the offense was expected to be a strength this season. Friday night, though, the defense and running game stole the show in a 17-14 win over Class AAAA Baldwin. The defense was tested early as coach Dan Bradley chose to go for the first down on fourth down at the Ambridge 39-yard line and failed, giving the

Highlanders a short field and they scored in five plays. That, though, was the highlight of their night as they gained 25 yards rushing in that drive. The rest of the game, they netted minus five yards on the ground. Was coach Bradley showing confidence in his defense or challenging them? “All of the above,” said Bradley, whose defense ultimately answered every question he asked. “Defensively, we played very well.” Offensively, the Bridgers didn’t quite play up to the same standard, but any coach who watched the scrimmage tapes of Ambridge passing the ball still has to retool. The Bridgers passed the ball 15 times and ran it 44 — and ran it successfully as Davion Jones rushed for 183 yards and both touchdowns. “I knew it was going to be a tough game so I’ve been staying after to get for conditioning,” said Jones, who carried the ball 26 times. “It felt like I carried the ball 50 times, though.

“We all did our part, we did well as a whole team.” The defense and special teams did their part, too, as the final margin of victory was junior Cole Hopkins’ 33-yard field goal — the first of his career. “Yeah, I was nervous,” Hopkins admitted, especially after Baldwin called an extra timeout to give him the chance to be nervous. “I’ve kicked extra points before, but this was my first field goal. I didn’t really think it would end up being the difference.” It was. The defense held Baldwin to no yardage or negative yardage on 21 of their 47 snaps. They also forced a turnover on Baldwin’s last chance to win when Jones’ cousin, Deontae, forced a fumble on a sack and the Bridgers took a knee the rest of the way. “It was a fun game for the defense,” Deontae said. “We worked hard in the off-season to be ready for this.” Now, the rest of the teams in the Parkway Conference have to be ready, too.

HICKORY TWP. — New Brighton knew what it had on paper going in its game at Laurel on Friday. After losing their top passer, rusher and receiver from last season, though, the Lions just weren’t sure what they’d get when they opened the season. It took a little longer than expected to get the result, thanks to a two-hour, 12-minute lightning delay, but the squad was thrilled with the result: a 42-28 Midwestern Athletic Conference victory. “To come up here and win a MAC game and be 1-0, what more could you ask for?” New Brighton coach Joe Greco said. A 27-20 win over the Spartans in last year’s season opener helped propel New Brighton (1-0 overall, 1-0 conference) into the WPIAL Class AA Playoffs. The team hopes for a repeat this year. “This win helps us,” Lions quarterback Justyn Francona said. “It’s going to help us down the road, too.” The way the Lions secured the win should give them a boost as well. They took a 14-0 lead in the second quarter, but watched it vanish quickly when Laurel scored three times in the final 7:04 of the frame. A 61-yard touchdown pass got the Spartans going and they used an interception and a fumble deep in New Brighton territory to set up their other two scores for a 21-14 halftime lead. “It was tough sitting in the locker room for two extra hours and there were so many distractions going on,” Francona said. “Our first half, we were pretty shaky. But, we had a talk at halftime and came out and did what we needed to do.” The Spartans surprised the Lions for an 80-yard TD pass 12 seconds into the third quarter. From that point, though,

New Brighton settled down and responded. The team rattled off four unanswered touchdowns to secure the win. “It was a tough to go into halftime losing. We knew we were going to come out 10 times stronger in the second half and that’s exactly what we did,” New Brighton running back Andrew Mittner said. “We came out and smacked them in the mouth like we wanted to.” While the team’s offense sputtered, at times, the defense and special teams helped pick it up. Mittner scooped up a fumble and raced 57 yards for the team’s first touchdown. A blocked punt set up the squad’s fourth touchdown. A long punt return set the stage for the fifth and an interception led to the sixth. “You never know what’s going to happen on opening night. It was just a great effort. We had a lot of ups and downs. We had enough mistakes for three football games, but the kids rallied and did it,” Greco said. “I have to give Laurel a lot of credit. They wanted it and they really did some great things. They jumped on us, but we were able to fight back and make the plays to win it. “We’re inexperienced in certain areas, but we feel we’re talented. We just have to put it together.” Francona scored the team’s last two touchdowns. The second came when slipped free on a quarterback keeper for a 59-yard TD run. A Laurel defender made a diving attempt to tackle him near the 10, but he avoided it and put the game away with 3:17 to play. “That was good. I felt the guys coming behind me and I felt a guy grab my ankles, but I was able to high step it in for the touchdown,” he said. “All our defense had to do was shut them down and our defense was phenomenal.” Gavin Pritchard’s second interception of the night halted the Spartans’ next drive and final hope.

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S H E N A N G O 47, W E S T E R N B E AV E R 0

Golden Beavers offense stalls in shutout loss Shenango holds Western Beaver to just 47 yards By Joe Sager Times Sports Correspondent

SHENANGO TWP. — Western Beaver’s game at Shenango got off to rough start on Friday. It got even worse Saturday. The game, halted by lightning 1:21 into the contest Friday night, resumed Saturday morning, and Shenango rolled to a 47-0 win in a WPIAL Class A Big Seven Conference matchup at Glenn “Pop” Johnston Stadium. When play picked back up Saturday, the Golden Beavers (0-1 overall, 0-1 conference) faced a third-and-long deep in their own territory. The squad was stopped on a run and tried going for it on fourth down, but the Wildcats tackled Brett Gailey for a loss and took over on Western Beaver’s 33. That set up the first touchdown as Shenango (1-0, 1-0) marched it into the end zone on five plays.

The rest of the first half wasn’t much better as big plays doomed the Golden Beavers. A long punt return set up the Wildcats’ second touchdown. A second Golden Beavers turnover deep in their own territory, this time a fumble, led to Shenango’s third touchdown with 11:55 remaining in the first half. Hunter Waskin took a shovel pass from quarterback Evan Kendall 65-yards to give the Wildcats a 28-0 lead. Dylan Kleckner added a 25-yard field goal just before halftime to boost the score to 31-0. In the second half, Western Beaver spotted Shenango two more points when a snap on a punt sailed out of the end zone for a safety. The Wildcats put the game away 2:29 later on Brett Hoover’s 5-yard TD run and a 40-0 lead. That enacted the 35-point mercy rule, and the Wildcats added another late touchdown. The Golden Beavers, who were limited to 47 yards of total offense, return to action Saturday when they welcome Riverside.

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POSTGAME WEEK ONE

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Aliquippa’s Jassir Jordan takes a breather on the sideline during Friday night’s game at Aliquippa.

RECAP Fort Cherry 28, OLSH 14 OLSH couldn’t contain Fort Cherry’s Nick Cook on Friday night, and the Chargers lost their season opener, 28-14. Cook averaged over 25 yards per reception, ending the game with 115 receiving yards. He also rushed for 131 yards. Fort Cherry quarterback Devon Brown started the scoring when he completed a 50-yard touchdown pass over the Chargers defense to Matthew Kehn. The Chargers tied the game later in the first, but a scoreless second half allowed the Rangers to keep their lead. OLSH quarterback Matt Schnarre went 10 of 17 and added 48 rushing yards. But the Charger offense couldn’t find a rhythm in the second half to keep up with Fort Cherry’s offense. OLSH will play its first home game against Avonworth (1-0) next week. Chartiers Valley 40, Hopewell 14 Hopewell opened its season in disappointing fashion with a 40-14 loss at home against Chartiers Valley on Friday night. The Vikings offense struggled to find ways to stay on the field, turning the ball over three times. The Colts, led by quarterback Jake Collins, ran 66 plays to Hopewell’s 47. Collins completed only 40 percent of his passes, but two of them went for touchdowns. He also ran for 84 yards and a score.

Vikings quarterback Bill DePaul also threw for two scores, but he added two interceptions. Hopewell will try to bounce back when it hosts Ambridge (1-0) next week. Riverside 42, Bishop-Canevin 25 After two weather delays, Riverside Panther (1-0, 0-0) earned their first victory with a 42-25 non-conference win against Bishop-Canevin (0-1, 0-0) on Saturday afternoon at Riverside. The Panthers used a two-headed offensive attack, featuring an efficient passing game and a 100-yard plus rushing effort from junior running back Lance Fisher to pile on the points. Riverside’s passing ability is wellknown but Panther head coach Tom Liberty has been patient with his run game: “I have waited all year to watch Lance use his power and speed to run the ball effectively,” he said. Union 20, Rochester 6 Union rushed for more than 200 yards as the Scotties beat Rochester 20-6 on Friday night. Union running back Jordan Best led the way with 116 yards on 23 carries. Teammate Joseph Gunn also had 97 yards on 14 carries. Rochester running back Montrail Strozier ran for 86 yards on 21 carries in the losing effort. The Rams look to rebound next week when they hit the road to take on South Side.

WEEK 2 SCHEDULE FRIDAY’S GAMES PARKWAY

BIG SEVEN

Ambridge at Hopewell, 7 p.m. West Allegheny at Chartiers Valley, 7 p.m. Central Valley at Blackhawk, 7:30 p.m.

BLACK HILLS

MIDWESTERN

Aliquippa at Laurel, 7 p.m. Beaver at Quaker Valley, 7 p.m. Ellwood City at New Brighton, 7 p.m. Mohawk at Freedom, 7:30 p.m.

Rochester at South Side, 7 p.m.

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“I think it gave the kids a lift,” said Aliquippa coach Mike Zmijanac, who saw Bronaugh for the first time since he was admitted to the hospital. “It’s not a matter of playing for somebody. He’s just part of our team that everybody cares about “There’s not anything spiritual about it. I don’t know if we played any better, but it was good for the other kids to see him here because they love him. It was important.” The support for Bronaugh from his teammates and the community was palpable as Aliquippa defeated Mohawk 59-13. Banners with the words ‘24 strong’ hung the fence on the sidelines and in the end zone. Fans were asked to wear red to show their support, and it was hard to find anyone who didn’t oblige. And, when the announcer called Bronaugh’s name with the offensive starters, the fans gave him a standing ovation. His teammates, crowded in the door of the fieldhouse, joined in. But while they were happy to see him, other emotions pushed through, too. “Just a little angry feeling,” fellow senior Kaezon Pugh said. “He would’ve done everything just to be out here with us. He was preparing hard at the beginning of the season and talking about going to get a ring, and then we heard that he had cancer and everything. Your heart breaks. “DiMantae is a very good kid. It hurts, but you just got to keep pushing forward. I know he would do everything in his power to be on the field with us.” The crowd showed its support in other ways, too, with donations and by ordering T-shirts — all

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Aliquippa’s Thomas Perry escapes Mohawk’s defense during the first half of Friday night’s game at Aliquippa. proceeds going toward Bronaugh’s expenses — at a table set up near the front gate. The efforts came as no surprise to Aliquippa principal Alvin Gipson. “Aliquippa is a unique place,” Gipson said. “Whenever something like this happens, they all rally around whatever the situation is. And of course DiMantae being such a great kid and it just happens that he’s an athlete, the community is out supporting him. We want to do whatever we can do to help him and his family.” Pugh talks to Bronaugh every day. Last year, the two were a dominating combination for the Quips. While Pugh rushed for 1,626 yards, Bronaugh added 1,262. They scored 24 touchdowns each and Aliquippa went 12-1, losing to South Fayette in the WPIAL Class AA championship. This year, it was supposed to continue. But with Bronaugh fighting a

bigger battle, Pugh made him a promise. He’ll get them a ring. “He talked to me about winning a ring,” Pugh said.

“It hurts that he’s not here with me. I’m just pushing myself, the line, the receivers. I’m pushing for him. This is what he wanted.”

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Riverside at Western Beaver, 12:30 p.m. Neshannock at Shenango, 7 p.m.

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POSTGAME WEEK ONE NOTEWORTHY Section 5-Division I  Moon boys and girls and West Allegheny girls compete in Class AAA. Ambridge, Blackhawk, Central Valley, Hopewell, and West Allegheny boys compete in Class AA. ... Hopewell boys team has three returning who finished in the top 100 at the WPIAL last year — senior Gregory Nero (16th), junior Turner Wilson (78) and Brian Reiser-Hopkins (99). ... West Allegheny has senior Zach Wahl (33) ... Blackhawk has senior Louis Vigder (59). ... Moon has senior Devin Jeffries (94 in Class AAA).  Hopewell girls team has five returning who finished in the top 100 at the WPIAL — Sophomore Carinna Lapson (38th), senior Ava Jodikinos (52), sophomore Lauren McCoy(61), sophomore Shannon Beech (79) and junior Rachel (Cicone (89). ... Central Valley returns three of the top 100 — senior Maiah Yankello (18), junior Alex Brown (46) and sophomore Jackie Berry (90).  Ambridge has two top 100 runners returning in junior Micah Hanish (8) and junior Elyssa Penson (48) and Mica’s younger sister, Leuca, is looking to make the impression her sister did, too. ... Moon has sophomore Maddie Salek, who finished 15th in WPIAL Class AAA and 64th in the PIAA. Section 1-Division II  Beaver and Ellwood City are the only local teams in this section to compete in Class AA and both are in good position to contend. ... The Beaver girls finished fourth in the WPIAL, just one spot away from qualifying for the PIAA playoffs and return four runners who finished in the WPIAL top 100 — junior Katia Kaffenes (29th), senior Rachel O’Neil (34), senior Sarah Johnson (47), and senior Grace DuBois (63). ... The Beaver boys finished seventh in the WPIAL and return their top five runners, all of whom finished in the top 84 — senior Riley Lamison (17), sophomore Sean Rendar (37), juniors Luke (47) and Jake Pittner (61), and sophomore Ethan Young (84). ... At Ellwood City, junior Billy Lott finished eighth in the WPIAL last year for the boys, and seniors Mallory Angelucci (59) and Goldie Bookamer (62) both finished in the top 100.  The Class A teams in the section are Beaver Falls, led by defending champion Domenic Perretta, Riverside, and South Side. ... The Riverside boys return three runners who finished in the top 100 — senior Nathan Brown (72), junior Hunter Best (87) and junior Jonah Kingston (96) while the Riverside girls are led by junior Micaela Stover, who finished

55th. ... The South Side boys return two runners from the top 100 and both are sophomores — Mason Daniels (88) and Jacob Hilliard (89). ... The South Side girls return junior Paige Hineman, who finished 40th. Section 1-Division II  The only local Class AA team in the section is Quaker Valley, and the Quakers girls are coming off a WPIAL Championship season that also saw them finish third in the state. ... The Quakers return five of the top 15 runners at the WPIAL meet — sophomore Lucie Kubinski was third, senior Hannah Bablak was fourth, sophomore Audrey Durbin was ninth, junior Bearett Tarris was 12th, and junior Anna Pawloski with 15th. ... Sophomore Elizabeth Bablak also finished 64th. ... At the state meet, Kubinski was 12th, Hannah Bablak 14th, Tarris 58th, Pawloski 70th and Durbin 106th. ... The Quaker Valley boys finished 6th in the WPIAL as a team and junior Zach Skolnekovich was the individual champion. ... The Quakers return two others who finished in the top 100 — senior Fletcher Hubsch was 22nd and senior Thomas Musial was 68th.  The section’s returning champions aren’t limited to Class AA, either. Sewickley Academy won the WPIAL team championship and was second in the state. ... Junior Griffin Mackey finished second in the WPIAL and third in the state while junior Ben Clouse was 12th in the WPIAL and 23rd in the state. ... Junior Tim Hanlon was 25th in the WPIAL. ... The Sewickley girls also return two runners from the top 100 — sophomore Samantha Cowley was 40th and junior Natalia Juliano was 90th. ... That corner of Allegheny County also is represented by OLSH as the girls finished third in the WPIAL and the boys fourth. ... The girls return five runners who finished in the top 74 at the WPIAL — junior Tara Richardson (11th in the WPIAL and 48th in the state), senior Erin Halligan (15th in the WPIAL and 54th in the state), junior Maria Lohmann (29th in the WPIAL) and seniors Anna Lohmann (46) and Monica (74). ... On the boys side, the Chargers return four runners from the WPIAL top 50 — sophomore Christopher Kocent was 20th in the WPIAL and 63rd in the PIAA while John Ziegler was 24th in the WPIAL, senior Sean Calahan 45th, and senior Nathaniel Hersh was 49th. ... The other two local team in the section are Freedom — led by junior Avery Sayre, who finished 55th in the WPIAL — and New Brighton. The Lions’ Avery Campbell finished 6th in the WPIAL and 23rd in the PIAA last year as a freshman.

NESHANNOCK 46, SOUTH SIDE 21

SOUTH SIDE HOPES TO REBOUND AFTER LOSS AT NESHANNOCK By Joe Sager Times Sports Correspondent

Neshannock proved too much for South Side to handle once again. The Lancers overcame an early deficit and rolled to a 46-21 home win Saturday in a Big Seven Conference clash. After falling to the Lancers, 52-14, in last year’s season opener, the Rams (0-1 overall, 0-1 conference) won their next four and six of their final eight regular season games to earn a WPIAL Class A playoff berth. South Side hopes that is the case once again this season. However, the visitors wanted to come out on top this time. Neshannock (1-0, 1-0) cashed in on its first drive as quarterback Frank Antuono tucked the ball and sprinted for a 29-yard touchdown run — his first of five on the night — with 8:53 left in the first quarter. The Rams countered with a

touchdown drive of their own. Robert Heberle found Cameron Smith with a 4-yard scoring strike on fourth down to knot the game at 7-7 with 1:54 remaining in the frame. Quae’Shawn Thompson’s interception at Neshannock’s 49 helped set up South Side’s next score. Heberle lofted a 46-yard pass to Smith, who made an acrobatic catch along the sideline. Cole Campbell capped the drive with a 5-yard TD run nine seconds into second quarter for a 14-7 edge. After that, it was all Lancers. They tied it at 14-all on their next drive with 8:13 left in the half. Antuono found the end zone again, this time on a 4-yard run on a fourth-and-2 play. An interception led to Neshannock’s third touchdown. Antuono tucked the ball and scampered 45 yards for his third score to give the hosts a 21-14 lead with 42.6 seconds left in the first half.

A botched punt gave the Lancers the ball at South Side’s 39 early in the third period. Antuono found the end zone a fourth time with 8:25 left in the quarter. The PAT kick was blocked, which made it a 27-14 game. Thompson broke through for a long run, but had the ball knocked out from behind and the Lancers recovered at their own 20 with 7:32 remaining in the frame. Neshannock did not convert the turnover into points, but stalled the Rams’ comeback march. Antuono ran for his fifth TD when he broke loose for a 24-yard jaunt 21 seconds into the fourth. Robert Lindsey’s 4-yard run gave Neshannock a 39-14 edge. Thompson got it back for the Rams with a 55-yard TD jaunt. However, Lindsey answered with a 61-yard TD burst of his own. Thompson finished with 114 yards rushing for South Side.

CROSS COUNTRY PREVIEW

Perretta still going the distance Beaver Falls track star is returning to cross country with WPIAL, PIAA goals By Bill Allmann Times Sports Correspondent

Last year was a golden year for cross country locally as the trip to Cooper’s Lake in late October brought two team and two individual gold medals home from the WPIAL Championships. The Quaker Valley girls and Sewickley Academy boys won team gold medals, and Beaver Falls’ Domenic Perretta and Quaker Valley’s Zach Skolnekovich won individual golds. Making this season even more exciting was the fact that all those winners would be around to defend the titles. One of those potential title defenders, though, was a question mark. Perretta set two WPIAL records while winning gold medals at the track championships and then won gold at the state meet as well. The buzz was that Perretta was going to concentrate on track. Opponents beware, though, it was nothing but a rumor. “He’s running this year,” said Beaver Falls cross country coach Doug Biega, who introduced Perretta, now a senior, to the sport. “He knows I’d chase him down if he didn’t.” It’s unlikely that Biega would catch him, though, because few people have. Still, it didn’t take any convincing to bring Perretta

back for his title defense. “I definitely love track,” Perretta said. “But I’m liking cross country more all the time. “I’m not setting any time goals because the courses can be so different, but I’ve run on every course now but the Red, White, and Blue course. My goal is to win the WPIAL and PIAA titles, like everyone else who runs. I know Griffin Mackey from Sewickley will give me a challenge.” Last year, Perretta won the WPIAL meet by seven seconds over second place and a full minute over 10th place, but he finished seventh at the states, a disappointment he’s looking to correct. “He tried to beat the kid who won and couldn’t and got away from what he’s best at,” Biega said. “He’s at a level where he does everything we ask of him, and then he does two hours more. He runs to win every time he runs.” Although he runs to win and practices all the time, he did take a couple of weeks off after last track season. “I took two weeks off, and I was really happy to do it,” Perretta said. “I think I might have gotten injured by now if I hadn’t taken a break. “I started running six days a week in August, and I run 35 miles a week now, give or take. I really don’t run a bunch of miles, and I’m still trying to get used to cross country,” Perretta’s training routine also is interrupted by college

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Beaver Falls’ Domenic Perretta celebrates after winning the 1600 meter final at the PIAA Track and Field Championships on Saturday at Shippensburg University. Perretta said he wants to win the WPIAL and PIAA titles. coaches who are recruiting him hard. He chooses not to talk about it other than to say that most colleges have the sports management major he’s looking for, so he hasn’t narrowed the list yet. He remains focused on running and winning. Doug Biega is glad for that because, not only could he not beat him, he wouldn’t know how to punish him, either. “What he does is the punishment for every other sport,” said Biega, also the Beaver Falls boys’ basketball coach. “If anyone is late for practice, you make them run — he already does that.” And does it quite well, too.

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boys golf Friday’s scores Beavers 222, Beaver Falls 298 Course: Seven Oaks CC Par: 36 Beaver Falls: Mike Filauri 48, Nick Droz 58, Curtis Pagley 59, Jacob Beier 64, Matt Deon 69. Beaver: Grant Barrachini 40, Jake Coffield 40, Jacob Clay 46, Lucas Carroll 47, Evan Komlenic 49. Record: Beaver 5-1, 4-0 Section 6 AA. Quaker Valley 209, OLSH 214 Shadow Lakes GC Par: 36 Quaker Valley: Chris Tanabe 34, Mike Tanabe 41, Rico Fernandez 42, Jack Woodburn 46, Nico Simakas 46 OLSH: Brigham Karlik 41, Mark Zukowski 42, Noah Suehr 43, Noah Ingram 43, Colin Kyle 45 Record: OLSH 3-1 9-AA; Quaker Valley 9-AA 6-0 South Side 199, Lincoln Park 309 Ponderosa GC Par: 36 Lincoln Park: Cody Maloney 54, Nick McComas 58, Conner Scott 61, Jonathon Clibbens 66, Tristan Coble 70 South Side: David Wilson 32, Amanda Avery 40, Sophie Lions 41, Casey Jones 41, Ethan Woodley 45 Record: South Side 4-1, 3-1 6-AA;

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boys soccer Saturday’s results Ambridge 1, Moon 1 Ambridge ......0 ......1 — 0 Moon..............1 ......0 — 1 Ambridge scoring: Christian Fisher (Adam Fryer) Goalkeeper: Ambridge, Austin Gorman 8 saves. Record: Ambridge 0-0-1; Moon 0-0-1. Central Valley 3, ElizabethForward 2 Cen.Valley .....1 ......2 — 3 Eliz.-Fward ....1 ......1 — 2 Central Valley scoring: Zach Petty (Jack Shearer), Shearer (Matt Kirkwood), Brendan Jugan (unassisted) Goalkeeper: Central Valley, Josh Romesburg 10 saves. Record: Central Valley 1-0 .

football Friday’s scores

Moon Area 38, Blackhawk 23 at Moon Area High School 14 ........3 .........0 ........6 — 23 10 ........7 .........7 .......14 — 38 Recap First quarter: B - Michael Savilisky 14 run (kick failed) M - Noah Angelo 54 run (Nick Morrow kick) B - Alex Desmond 81 pass from Michael Savilisky (Austin Javens catch) M - Nick Morrow 31 field goal Second quarter: B - Joey Convey 28 field goal M - Noah Angelo 3 run (Nick

Morrow kick) Third quarter: M - Noah Angelo 5 run (Nick Morrow kick) Fourth quarter: Noah Angelo 2 run (Nick Morrow kick) M - Rayquin Glover 43 interception return (Nick Morrow kick) B - Michael Savilisky 3 run (no attempt) Beaver Falls 40, Freedom 7 at Beaver Falls High School 0 ..........0 .........7 ........0 — 7 6 .........14.......14 .......6 — 40 Recap BF: Derrell Carter 39 run (kick failed) BF: Neshaud Akins 35 run (Malik Shepherd pass from Adam Brady) BF: Akins 3 run (pass failed) F: Dean Ward fumble recovery in end zone (Cole Johnston kick) BF: Carter 21 pass from Brady (pass failed) BF: Shepherd 46 run (Shepherd run) BF: Torian Leak 14 run (kick failed)</Recap> Montour 17, Central Valley 14 at Central Valley High School 7 ..........0 .........0 .......10 — 17 7 ..........0 .........7 ........0 — 14 New Brighton 42, Laurel 28 at Laurel High School 0 .........14.......21 .......7 — 42 0 .........21........7 ........0 — 28 Recap Second quarter: N - Andrew Mittner 57 fumble return (Gavin Pritchard kick) 11:16 - Troy Moon 1 run (Pritchard kick) 7:22 - Jacob Wilson 61-yard pass from Jake McDougal (Zach Morrison kick) 7:04- Jesse Pacifico 19 pass McDougal (pass failed) 1:45 - Matt Hudson 8 run (Pacifico pass from McDougal) :42 Third quarter: L - Jordan Dantico 80 pass from McDougal (Morrison kick) 11:38 - Deshawn Clark 27 pass from Justyn Francona (Pritchard kick) 6:14 - Mittner 3 run (Pritchard kick) 3:33 - Francona 10 run (Pritchard kick) 1:28 Fourth quarter: N - Francona 59 run

(Pritchard kick) 3:17 Ambridge 17, Baldwin 14 at Ambridge High School 7 ..........0 .........0 ........7 — 14 7 ..........3 .........7 ........0 — 17 Recap B: Nick Altavilla 8 pass from Brandon Schleicher (Ian Zandier kick) A: Davion Jones 6 run (Cole Hopkins kick) A: Hopkins 33 field goal A: Davion Jones 8 run (Hopkins kick) B: Altavilla 3 pass from Schleicher (Zandier kick) Fort Cherry 28, OLSH 14 at Fort Cherry High School 7 ..........7 .........0 ........0 — 14 7 .........14........7 ........0 — 28 Recap F: Matthew Kehn 50 pass Devon Brown (Anthony Kampian kick) O: Brady Foister 6 run (Christian Murray kick) F: Nick Cook 5 run (Kampian kick) O: Dante Trumbetta 24 interception (Murrary kick) F: Cook 5 pass from Brown (Kampian kick) F: Cook 18 pass from Brown (Kampian kick) Aliquippa 59, Mohawk 13 at Aliquippa High School 0 ..........7 .........0 ........6 — 13 28 .......19........0 .......12 — 59 Recap A: Sheldon Jeter 1 run (Kaezon Pugh run) A: Alexander Riggins 6 fumble return (kick failed) A: Jeter 7 run (kick failed) A: Amir Sly 2 run (Avante McKenzie run) A: Pugh 3 run (conversion failed) A Draper Gilliam 19 run (Kiyon Fooks kick) A: Jelani Solomon 21 run (kick failed) M: Jaydon Johnson 16 run (Mehmet Iclek kick) M: Cayne Yakubik 1 run (kick failed) A: Solomon 78 kick return (conversion failed) A: Xavier Harvey 51 run

Chartiers Valley 40, Hopewell 14 at Tony Dorsett Stadium 7 .........13........7 .......13 — 40 0 ..........7 .........7 ........0 — 14 Recap C: Joe Antonucci 20 pass from Jake Collins (Logan Scott kick) H: Chaz Bruce 56 pass from Bill DePaul (Eli Loncar kick) C: Rilley O’Neill 67 pass from Collins (Scott kick) C: Collins 10 run (kick failed) C: Phil Pesano 2 run (Scott kick) H: Chris Jones 75 pass from DePaul (Loncar kick) C: Dominick Pocci 3 run (Scott kick) C:Barrett Connor 10 run (kick failed) West Allegheny 41, New Castle 14 at Demichela Stadium 14 ........0 .........0 ........0 — 14 4 ..........7 ........20 .......0 — 41 Recap First quarter: A: Terence Stephens Jr. 75 run (Kick) A: Whitney White Jr. 9 run (Kick) N: 27 run (Kick) N: 65 pass (Kick) Second quarter: A: Stephens 6 run (Kick) Third quarter: A: Stephens 40 run (Kick) A: White 5 run (Kick failed) A: White 7 run (Kick) Union 20, Rochester 6 at Rochester Area Jr./Sr. Hs 6 ..........8 .........6 ........0 — 20 6 ..........0 .........0 ........0 — 6 Recap Quarter 1 u: 48 Yard run by Jordan Best (Kick failed): 4 yard run by Jared Waxler (kick failed) Quarter 2 U: Two yard run by Jordan Best (Pass to Logan Schuller from Joseph Gunn) Quarter 3 U: One yard run by Joseph Gunn (Pass failed) Beaver 35, Brownsville 14 at Brownsville High School 7 .........21........7 ........0 — 35 0 ..........0 .........7 ........7 — 14

Girls soccer Saturday’s results

Central Valley 10, Neshannock 0 Cen.Valley .....7 ......3 — 10 Neshannock..0 ......0 — 0 Central Valley scoring: Gabby Chirico (Ally Delostrino), Chirico (Cassie Pritt), Carolina Lucci (Delostrino), Lucci (Pritt), Lucci (Pritt), Pritt (Madison Hiltz), Hiltz (Megan Merritt), Brooke Judy (Valerie Orellana), Merritt (Logan Talerico), Merritt (Jackie Smith). Goalkeeper: Central Valley, Robyn Hampe 2 saves, Lauren Hamilton 1 save. Records: Central Valley 1-0, Neshannock 0-1. Ambridge 1, Highlands 0 Highlands.......0 ......0 — 0 Ambridge ......1 ......0 — 1 Ambridge scoring: Abbey Sutton (Brooklyn Kotula) Goalkeepers: Highlands Sam Gildner 8 saves; Ambridige, Brooklyn Kotula 3 saves. Ambridge 1-0

Girls volleyball Friday’s results

Rochester 3, Aliquippa 2 Aliquippa ......25, 10, 25, 16, 10 Rochester.....15, 25, 22, 25, 15 Rochester: Assists: Nicole Vreen 3; Kills Mya Elmore 5; Aces Maggie Whittington 9; Record: Rochester 1-0 4-A

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NATIONAL LEAGUE Central St. Louis Pirates Chicago Milwaukee Cincinnati East New York Washington Miami Atlanta Philadelphia West Los Angeles San Francisco San Diego Arizona Colorado

DAILY DIGEST Only 17 2/3 more innings left to throw Mets ace Matt Harvey isn’t saying whether he intends to pitch in the playoffs if New York makes it that far. Harvey said Saturday that his surgeon, noted orthopedist Dr. James Andrews, has advised him not to exceed 180 innings this year. Harvey has thrown 166 1-3 so far. AP

W 87 80 77 60 55 W 75 70 56 54 53 W 76 70 65 65 56

L 48 54 57 75 79 L 60 65 80 82 83 L 58 66 70 71 79

SCHEDULE

Pct .644 .597 .575 .444 .410 Pct .556 .519 .412 .397 .390 Pct .567 .515 .481 .478 .415

GB WCGB L10 — — 7-3 6½ — 5-5 9½ — 4-6 27 17½ 7-3 31½ 22 3-7 GB WCGB L10 — — 6-4 5 7½ 7-3 19½ 22 5-5 21½ 24 0-10 22½ 25 3-7 GB WCGB L10 — — 8-2 7 8 3-7 11½ 12½ 4-6 12 13 3-7 20½ 21½ 5-5

Str Home Away W-1 49-21 38-27 L-1 46-21 34-33 W-2 42-28 35-29 W-6 33-39 27-36 L-2 29-37 26-42 Str Home Away W-1 45-24 30-36 W-4 40-26 30-39 L-1 31-37 25-43 L-11 33-32 21-50 L-3 30-35 23-48 Str Home Away W-1 47-21 29-37 W-1 38-27 32-39 L-1 33-33 32-37 L-3 31-35 34-36 L-1 31-39 25-40

GB WCGB L10 — — 7-3 1½ — 6-4 10 4 5-5 12 6 3-7 14 8 6-4 GB WCGB L10 — — 5-5 12 1 6-4 16½ 5½ 7-3 17½ 6½ 5-5 20 9 3-7 GB WCGB L10 — — 5-5 2½ — 6-4 5 2½ 5-5 9½ 7 7-3 15½ 13 4-6

Str Home Away W-1 46-25 31-33 L-1 38-27 37-32 W-1 33-35 34-33 L-1 38-27 27-43 W-2 36-34 27-38 Str Home Away L-2 47-24 35-29 W-1 42-26 28-39 L-1 29-34 36-35 W-3 33-32 31-38 W-1 31-36 31-37 Str Home Away L-1 47-24 27-38 L-1 32-32 38-31 W-3 40-27 28-39 W-3 29-36 35-35 L-3 31-39 27-38

Saturday’s Games Milwaukee 8, Cincinnati 6, 1st game Chicago Cubs 2, Arizona 0 St. Louis 4, Pittsburgh 1 Milwaukee 7, Cincinnati 3, 2nd game Washington 8, Atlanta 2 N.Y. Mets 7, Miami 0 San Francisco 7, Colorado 3 Tampa Bay 3, N.Y.Yankees 2 Toronto 5, Baltimore 1 Boston 9, Philadelphia 2 Detroit 6, Cleveland 0 Chicago White Sox 6, Kansas City 1 Minnesota 3, Houston 2 Late L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 8:40 p.m. Seattle at Oakland, 9:05 p.m. Texas at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m. Sunday’s Games Milwaukee (Nelson 11-10) at Cincinnati (Lorenzen 3-8), 1:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Matz 2-0) at Miami (Cosart 1-4), 1:10 p.m. Atlanta (Banuelos 1-3) at Washington (J.Ross 5-5), 1:35 p.m. Philadelphia (Eickhoff 1-2) at

AMERICAN LEAGUE East Toronto New York Tampa Bay Baltimore Boston Central Kansas City Minnesota Cleveland Chicago Detroit West Houston Texas Los Angeles Seattle Oakland

W 77 75 67 65 63 W 82 70 65 64 62 W 74 70 68 64 58

L 58 59 68 70 72 L 53 65 69 70 73 L 62 63 66 71 77

Pct .570 .560 .496 .481 .467 Pct .607 .519 .485 .478 .459 Pct .544 .526 .507 .474 .430

NL LEADERS

Boston (E.Rodriguez 8-5), 1:35 p.m. Arizona (R.De La Rosa 12-6) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 6-6), 2:20 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (B.Anderson 8-8) at San Diego (Cashner 5-13), 4:10 p.m. San Francisco (Bumgarner 16-7) at Colorado (Flande 3-1), 4:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (G.Cole 15-8) at St. Louis (Lackey 11-8), 8:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Archer 12-10) at N.Y. Yankees (Nova 5-7), 1:05 p.m. Baltimore (Tillman 9-10) at Toronto (Estrada 11-8), 1:07 p.m. Cleveland (Co.Anderson 2-3) at Detroit (Verlander 3-6), 1:08 p.m. Chicago White Sox (E.Johnson 0-0) at Kansas City (Cueto 2-4), 2:10 p.m. Minnesota (Duffey 2-1) at Houston (Keuchel 16-6), 2:10 p.m. Texas (Lewis 14-7) at L.A. Angels (Santiago 7-9), 3:35 p.m. Seattle (Iwakuma 6-3) at Oakland (Nolin 0-0), 4:05 p.m.

HOME RUNS Arenado, Colorado .................... 36 CaGonzalez, Colorado.............. 36 Harper, Washington ................... 33 Frazier, Cincinnati ....................... 30 Rizzo, Chicago ............................. 28 Goldschmidt, Arizona ................ 27 Stanton, Miami............................. 27 Votto, Cincinnati ......................... 27

BATTING Harper, Washington .................337 DGordon, Miami.......................325 Posey, San Francisco ................325 Goldschmidt, Arizona ..............324 Votto, Cincinnati .......................317 Pollock, Arizona ........................317 LeMahieu, Colorado ................317

NOTEWORTHY

 David Price earned his 100th career victory and the Blue Jays beat the Orioles 5-1 on Saturday. Price (14-5) allowed one run and three hits in seven innings. He’s 5-1 with a 2.15 ERA since joining Toronto in a July 30 trade with Detroit, and 100-56 overall in eight seasons.  Jake Arrieta pitched eight innings of four-hit ball for his major league-best 18th win to lead the Cubs to a 2-0 win over the Diamondbacks. Arrieta also struck out seven in his first start since he threw his first career no-hitter against the Dodgers last Sunday. It was the seventh consecutive victory for the right-hander, who has allowed just two earned runs in 50 1/3 innings during his win streak. Arrieta (18-6) allowed two hits in the first, but struck out Jarrod Saltalamacchia to end the inning.  David Ortiz hit his 496th career home run, reaching 30 in a season for a team-record ninth time as the Red Sox beat the Phillies, 9-2.The 39-year-old Ortiz surpassed Hall of Famer Ted Williams’ eight 30-homer seasons with the Red Sox.  Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon (13-11) tossed a nine-hitter in a 7-0 win over the Marlins. Colon struck out two and walked none while throwing 100 pitches and extending his scoreless innings streak to 25. The 42-year-old right-hander became the oldest Mets pitcher to throw a shutout. AP

PIRATES INSIDER

Garcia shuts down Pirates for 7 innings

ST. LOUIS — St. Louis starter Jaime Garcia held the Pirates scoreless for seven innings and the Cardinals widened their NL Central lead to 6 1/2 games with a 4-1 win over Pittsburgh.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jaime Garcia is at his best when he pitches low in the strike zone. The Pittsburgh Pirates found that out Saturday when Garcia (8-4) held them without a run for seven innings and struck out a season-high nine to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-1 victory. The win pushed the Cardinals’ lead in the NL Central back to 6 1/2 games over Pittsburgh. “I was able to keep the ball down,” said Garcia, who lowered his ERA to 1.89 and won the 50th game of his career. “I felt good the whole game. It was a big win for us.” Garcia missed the first six weeks of the season recovering from seasonending surgery in 2014 to relieve nerve compression. In 15 starts, he has allowed four-or-more runs once. That was last Sunday in San Francisco. Against the Pirates, Garcia let only one runner reach third, and Sean Rodriguez had three of the four hits allowed by Garcia. “He challenges your discipline as much as anything,” Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. “He had us out in front, we had a lot of chases and not a lot of hard contact. He controlled our bat speed.” The Cardinals took a 2-0 lead in the second without the ball leaving the infield against Charlie Morton (8-7). Morton walked two and hit Jon Jay to load the bases. With two out, Stephen Piscotty hit a grounder up the middle that took a high hop near

CARDINALS 4, PIRATES 1

Pittsburgh

Avg.

Totals St. Louis

34 AB

1 R

6 H

1 BI

3 BB

14 SO

Avg.

J.Harrison 2b Mercer ss f-G.Polanco ph McCutchen cf Kang 3b S.Marte lf Morse 1b S.Rodriguez rf Stewart c d-N.Walker ph Morton p a-Ar.Ramirez ph 1-Florimon pr Caminero p Blanton p e-P.Alvarez ph

4 4 1 4 3 3 4 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1

M.Carpenter 3b Piscotty lf Heyward rf Jh.Peralta ss Moss 1b Molina c Wong 2b Jay cf Siegrist p c-Mar.Reynolds ph Rosenthal p Jai.Garcia p b-G.Garcia ph 2-Bourjos pr-cf

Totals Pittsburgh St. Louis

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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2 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

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1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 1 4

.270 .248 .257 .304 .287 .280 .235 .254 .274 .265 .033 .248 .105 --.000 .243

4 6 6

.261 .342 .287 .279 .275 .277 .266 .218 --.240 .000 .094 .243 .208

1 1

a-walked for Morton in the 7th. b-walked for Jai.Garcia in the 7th. c-walked for Siegrist in the 8th. d-singled for Stewart in the 9th. e-singled for Blanton in the 9th. f-struck out for Mercer in the 9th. 1-ran for Ar.Ramirez in the 7th. 2-ran for G.Garcia in the 7th. E–J.Harrison (13), Wong (15). LOB–Pittsburgh 10, St. Louis 8. 2B–S.Rodriguez (9). HR–M. Carpenter (21), off Caminero. RBIs–P.Alvarez (68), M.Carpenter 2 (71), Piscotty (26). SB– Wong (15). S–Jai.Garcia. Runners left in scoring position–Pittsburgh 4 (Morton, Kang, J.Harrison, G.Polanco); St. Louis 3 (Moss, Heyward, Bourjos). RISP–Pittsburgh 1 for 7; St. Louis 1 for 4. Runners moved up–McCutchen.

Pittsburgh

BB SO

ERA

St. Louis

BB SO

ERA

Morton L, 8-7 Caminero Blanton

6 1 1

4 1 1

2 2 0

1 2 0

3 1 1

3 0 1

89 17 21

4.07 3.73 0.84

Jai.Garcia W, 8-4 7 4 0 0 1 9 108 1.89 Siegrist 1 0 0 0 1 2 14 2.19 Rosenthal 1 2 1 1 1 3 29 1.61 HBP–by Morton (Jay), by Jai.Garcia (S.Marte). WP–Blanton, Jai.Garcia, Rosenthal. Umpires–Home, Gary Cederstrom; First, Quinn Wolcott; Second, Ryan Blakney; Third, Eric Cooper. T–2:56. A–45,139 (45,399).

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Cardinals left field Stephen Piscotty, left, reaches base as a throw from Pirates second baseman Josh Harrison gets away from first baseman Michael Morse during the second inning of Saturday’s game in St. Louis. Two runs were scored and Harrison was charged with a throwing error on the play. second base and forced Josh Harrison into a rushed throw, which got past first base and allowed both runners to score. “My read was either I’m going to trip over the bag or the ball’s going to hit it,” Harrison said. “The ball must have hit one of those funky spots and you try to make a do-or-die play. It was a chopper that happens once in a blue moon and I guess today it was a blue moon.” Harrison was charged with an error while Piscotty was credited with one RBI and a single that extended his hitting streak to 12 games. The streak is the longest on the team this season and

longest by a Cardinals rookie since Jay hit in 12 straight in 2010. “I was kind of shocked to see where he was playing me,” said Piscotty of a shift that had Harrison playing almost directly behind second base. “When I hit it, I thought it was up the middle. When I saw where he was, I put my head down and ran.” Matt Carpenter pushed the Cardinals’ lead to 4-0 when he hit his 21st homer with a runner on in the seventh. The Pirates used a string of pinch hitters to rally in the ninth against Trevor Rosenthal. Pedro Alvarez singled to score

Neil Walker with two out in the ninth before Rosenthal struck out Gregory Polanco with two on to end the game.

UP NEXT Pirates: RHP Gerrit Cole (15-8, 2.64) gave up five runs and lasted four innings in his worst start of the season Tuesday at Milwaukee. Cole went 5 1/3 innings and lost 4-2 at Busch Stadium last month. Cardinals: RHP John Lackey (11-8, 2.87) will be trying for his 15th consecutive quality start at Busch Stadium this season. The Cardinals have gone 11-3 and Lackey owns a 1.89 ERA in at home.

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SURRENDER NOTHING BETTER THAN AVERAGE STATS Mark Melancon’s earned-run average stood at 1.71 heading into Sunday’s game against the Cardinals, but that number may not be the most impressive statistical measure that the Pirates closer boasts. A look at where Melancon ranks among the league leaders in two traditional stats for closers, plus one advanced metric for relievers and starters alike:

SAVES 1-tie. Melancon, 43 1-tie.Trevor Rosenthal, STL, 43

Pirates relievers Melancon, Watson among league’s best at putting up zeroes By John Perrotto Times MLB Correspondent

Nearly any relief pitcher will say one of the biggest drawbacks of working out of the bullpen is that one bad outing can inflate his earned-run average. Say a relief pitcher came into a game having worked 50 innings and allowed just 10 earned runs giving him a season ERA of 1.80. If that pitcher would give up five earned runs in one inning his next outing, the ERA would jump 85 points to 2.65. Just like that, a very good season

turns into merely a good one. Another way of measuring a relief pitcher’s effectiveness is his number of scoreless appearances. That provides a better window into his consistency. Not surprisingly, Pirates closer Mark Melancon and lefthanded set-up man Tony Watson rank among the major league leaders in scoreless appearances. Both had 55 coming into the weekend, which was tied for third in the majors. Melancon had pitched in 64 games overall and Watson had

made 63 appearances. San Francisco Giants lefty Javier Lopez had an MLBleading 57 scoreless outings in 63 appearances. St. Louis Cardinals lefty Kevin Siegrist registered 56 in 66 games. Among other Pirates relievers, Jared Hughes had 51 scoreless appearances in 65 games, Arquimedes Caminero had 44 in 59 and lefty Antonio Bastardo had 40 in 53.  Pirates right fielder Gregory Polanco had a

nearly once-in-a-century game Aug. 28 in a 5-3 win over the Colorado Rockies. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Polanco became the first outfielder since Bob Meusel of the 1924 New York Yankees to have three hits, two runs scored, one RBI, a stolen base and two outfield assists in a single game.  The Pirates had a run differential of plus-31 in August, scoring 123 runs and allowing 92 while compiling a 19-8 record. They ranked second in the National League behind the New York Mets, who had a plus-61. The Pirates were also third in the major leagues as the Toronto Blue Jays led with a plus-87 mark.

3-tie. Craig Kimbrel, SD, 36 3-tie, Jeurys Familia, NYM, 36

GAMES FINISHED 1. Melancon, 53 2. Familia, 52 3. Rosenthal, 50

WIN PROBABILITY ADDED 1. Zack Greinke, LAD, 5.84 2. Melancon, 4.47 3. Clayton Kershaw, LAD, 4.32

MINOR LEAGUE REPORT

It’s all in the hips Tweak at the plate helps INF Moroff make major improvements By John Perrotto MLB Times Correspondent

If the Pirates gave out an award for the most improved player in their minor league system, Max Moroff would have an excellent chance of winning it this season. The Class AA Altoona second baseman came into the weekend hitting .294 in 134 games with seven home runs, 16 stolen bases and a .376 on-base percentage. That came after Moroff hit a combined .239 in 2013 and 2014 with low Class A West Virginia and high Class A Bradenton with a .343 on-base percentage. He played shortstop at West Virginia before moving to second base at Bradenton. The 22-year-old was selected to the Eastern League’s postseason All-Star team. Moroff credits his success to a suggestion by Altoona hitting coach Kevin Riggs to wiggle his hips while awaiting the pitch in order to create rhythm before the start of his swing. “Dancing with the pitcher,” Moroff calls it. The Pirates selected Moroff in the 16th round of the 2011 amateur draft from Trinity Prep School in Winter Park, Fla., and signed him to a $300,000 bonus — triple the slot value set by Major League Baseball — to entice him to pass up a scholarship to Central Florida. “He’s turned himself into a good hitter,” said a scout from an American League team who sees Altoona play regularly. “He still has holes to tighten up, but he’ll work a walk and he is starting to drive the ball.”

NOTES

Top center field prospect Austin Meadows, who was promoted to Altoona from Bradenton this past week, will play for the Glendale Desert Dogs in the Arizona Fall League, which opens Oct. 13. He will be joined by Altoona left-hander Steven Brault, right-handers Tyler Eppler and Brett McKinney and shortstop Adam Frazier, along with Bradenton lefty Cody Dickson and catcher Reese McGuire. … West Virginia right-hander Yeudy Garcia was selected as the South Atlantic League’s Most Outstanding Pitcher. The 22-year-old is 12-5 with one save and a 2.02 ERA in 29 games, including 20 starts.

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Sunday Night Baseball: a blessing or a curse? JOHN PERROTTO

THREE THOUGHTS Getting to play on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball was a pretty cool thing for the Pirates last year, serving as further validation that the franchise had returned to prominence after a generation of losing. However, after the Pirates play on SNB for the fourth time in less than two months Sunday against the Cardinals at St. Louis, they will learn that playing on national television can also be a curse. Sunday’s game is scheduled to start at 8:08 p.m. The Pirates then have a game at 1:10 p.m. Monday in Cincinnati against the Reds. That means an early-morning arrival in Cincinnati, followed by a short nap at the hotel before heading off to the ballpark. The bleary-eyed Pirates might be wishing for the not-so-long ago days when ESPN wanted no part of them. It’s the “tax” of becoming a good team, to use manager Clint Hurdle’s word.

SECOND Puerto Rico possibility The Pirates and Miami Marlins might play a two-game regular-season series next year at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as part

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Pirates manager Clint Hurdle looks on from the dugout steps during the fifth inning of a game against the Marlins in Miami on Wednesday, Aug. 26. Hurdle and the Pirates will face a short turnaround Monday, playing the Reds in Cincinnati at 1:10 p.m., just hours after completing a Sunday Night Baseball game against the Cardinals the night before. of Major League Baseball’s annual Roberto Clemente Day commemoration. There is still a number of issues to be settled, including when the series would be played, how the gate receipts would be split and whether one team would give up both home dates — likely the Marlins — or each would give up one. MLB believes a bigger spotlight would shine on Clemente Day if the Pirates took part in regular-season games on his native island.

It could also be a gamble because Puerto Rico’s economy is in a deep recession and the Pirates and Montreal Expos drew just 24,317 for a three-game series in 2004 at San Juan.

THIRD A Hart-y farewell Corey Hart has played his last game with the Pirates — and possibly the finale of the first baseman’s 11-year career in the major leagues

— after he was recalled from his rehab assignment with Class AAA Indianapolis on Thursday and placed on the 60-day disabled list. Hart hit just .222 with two home runs in 35 games after signing a one-year, $2.5 million contract in the off-season as a free agent. The signing didn’t work out, but it was still a worthwhile risk to take on a player who averaged 29 homers a season from 2010-12 before his knees started giving out.

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Tyler Murphy (16) runs around the Packers defense and into the end zone for a touchdown during the Steelers game against Green Bay on Sunday, Aug. 23 at Heinz Field. Murphy, who played quarterback in college, made the Steelers’ 53-man roster as a wide receiver.

Steelers will have just 2 available RBs for Week 1 STEELERS, from B1

been in the league for a decade. He is a 6,000-yard college rusher. If you listen, he will tell you about it.”

FULL PRESS It also means that the Steelers will keep an almost unheard of two fullbacks in Will Johnson and Roosevelt Nix. Johnson, who has been used more in a tight end/H-back role in his three seasons, has four career carries and could be utilized in that capacity again if needed. “We’re going to utilize those guys in a variety of ways, in positions that they’re capable of,” Tomlin said. Nix made a late push to get on the roster based on his blocking and special teams work.

CLASS CLOWN Holliman, a seventhround pick who tied an NCAA record with 14 interceptions last season with Louisville, was the only member of the Draft Class of 2015 to be released. With cornerback Senquez Golson, a second rounder, on IR, the Steelers kept linebacker Bud Dupree — no surprise there — but also wide receiver Sammie Coates (third round), cornerback Doran Grant (fourth), tight end Jesse James (fifth), defensive end L.T. Walton (sixth) and linebacker Anthony Chickillo (sixth). Tomlin praised the groups’ conditioning and for taking coaching from the veterans ahead of them. “I’m excited for these guys, they earned the spot that they have,” Tomlin said. “We’ll see if they earn roles as we start preparing for football games and see if those roles expand based on performance.”

CORNERED The much-ballyhooed competition between B.W. Webb and Kevin Fogg went for naught as both were released. Webb spent last season on the 53-man roster while Fogg had been a training camp sensation. The Steelers now have six cornerbacks, including the newlysigned Ross Cockrell.

BRONKO BUSTED Legursky, who spent four seasons with the Steelers from 2009-12, starting in Super Bowl XLV, was brought back two weeks ago after Maurkice Pouncey went down with a broken ankle. He’s now back out of work. Chris Hubbard, who struggled at center in the preseason, retained his job in part due to his versatility.

THE MORE YOU CAN DO Tyler Murphy was a quarterback at Boston College, and Nix was a nose tackle Kent State. Both made the 53-man but at wide receiver and fullback, respectively. Murphy proved that there are two fibs told in every draft: 1. We can’t believe (name) fell to us and 2. That we only take the best available athlete. Well, Murphy is an exceptional athlete and went undrafted. He could utilize that athleticism in a slash role. Nix made the roster on the

strength of his special teams play, including a blocked punt Thursday against Carolina.

CRITICAL 48 HOURS Of course, the roster is still fluid as others. Better options will soon become available on the waiver wire. “We’re going to keep an eye on what’s going on in other cities,” Tomlin said. Minimally, one would have to think that another running back will be brought in. The Steelers can announce their 10-man practice squad after 1 p.m. Sunday. More than a few of the 22 players released Saturday will be placed there.

WAIVED GOODBYE Players released Saturday:  RB Jawon Chisholm  RB Josh Harris  DE Matt Conrath  DE Ethan Hmeer  S Jordan Dangerfield  S Alden Darby  S Gerod Holliman  OL Reese Dismukes  OL B.J. Finney  OL Doug Legursky  CB Kevin Fogg  CB B.W. Webb  LB L.J. Fort  LB Shayon Green  WR Shakim Phillips  WR Jarrod West  OL Kevin Palmer *  OL Mitchell Van Dyk * * Denotes waived/injured

BY THE NUMBERS Breaking down the Steelers’ 53-man roster by position: OFFENSE  Quarterbacks (3): Ben Roethlisberger, Mike Vick, Landry Jones  Running backs (2): DeAngelo Williams, Dri Archer  Fullbacks (2): Will Johnson, Roosevelt Nix  Wide receivers (5): Antonio Brown, Markus Wheaton, Darrius Heyward-Bey, Sammie Coates, Tyler Murphy  Tight ends (3): Heath Miller, Matt Spaeth, Jesse James  Linemen (8): Maurkice Pouncey, David DeCastro, Kelvin Beachum, Cody Wallace, Ramon Foster, Chris Hubbard, Marcus Gilbert, Alejandro Villanueva SPECIALISTS  Kicker (1): Josh Scobee  Punter (1): Jordan Berry  Long snapper (1): Greg Warren DEFENSE  Linemen (6): Cam Heyward, Stephon Tuitt, Steve McLendon, Dan McCullers, Cam Thomas, L.T. Walton

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Patriots quarterback Tom Brady passes against the Steelers in the first quarter their Nov. 3, 2013, in Foxborough, Mass. The Patriots won that Week 9 matchup 55-31, as Brady won his third straight home start against Pittsburgh.

Steelers hope to erase memories of past failures at Gillette Stadium By Kris Lancaster Times Sports Correspondent

Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells is famous for a lot of quotes, but perhaps his most famous quote is, “You are what your record says you are.” Well, if that’s the case, the Steelers’ record in Foxoborough against Tom Brady-led Patriots teams is pretty telling. Aside from their 2-7 record all-time against Brady, the Steelers are 0-3 in Foxborough against the Patriots when Brady starts. Their last win there came in 2008, a 33-10 win in which Matt Cassel started for an injured Brady. Add in the fact that in those three games, Brady has helped the Patriots put up 30, 34, and 55 points on the Steelers with Brady throwing 11 touchdown passes to no interceptions, and Gillette Stadium has become a modern-day house of horrors for the Steelers. “They’re loud, they have chants, they have music playing, they have

the whole nine,” guard Ramon Foster said. “You’ve got to stay focused on what you’re doing.” The Steelers’ first loss came in 2002, when the Patriots won 30-14 in the first game ever at Gillette Stadium. In 2007, after Steelers safety Anthony Smith guaranteed a Steelers victory, Brady threw four touchdowns in a 34-13 win en route to the Patriots completing their undefeated regular season. The Steelers’ last trip to Foxborough was in Week 9 of the 2013 season, and it was essentially rock bottom for a Steelers team that was 2-6 before winning six of their final eight games. Despite the Steelers scoring 31 points and racking up 479 yards on offense that day, the defense gave up 610 yards as Brady went 23 for 33 with 432 yards and four touchdowns. It’s a performance that Lawrence Timmons and the rest of the defense prefers to forget.

and their fans celebrating last season’s Super Bowl championship, the Steelers know they will be going into a chargedup atmosphere. Add in the Steelers having to play without Le’Veon Bell, Martavis Bryant and Maurkice Pouncey, along with a defense that still seems uncertain, and the Steelers haven’t been given much of a chance for Thursday night. But the Steelers know that if they can somehow manage to get a win in Foxborough, it’ll go a long way in showing everyone what type of team they have. “We lost a few players early in the season, but it’d be amazing for us to get that win,” Foster said. No excuses. No talk about injuries or suspensions. Just talk of a 1-0 Steelers team coming back to Heinz Field for their home opener against the 49ers on Sept. 20. Their record will say all that needs to be said.

OPEN MIKE

TIMES STEELERS REPORTER CHRIS BRADFORD RECAPS MIKE TOMLIN’S PRESS CONFERENCE

Defense needs to be ‘combative’ in approach With the season opener five days away against the defending champion New England Patriots, Mike Tomlin’s ’s weekly press conference was moved up a few days. Just an hour before the Steelers announced their final roster cuts, Tomlin took to the podium to discuss Week 1.

TALKING POINTS  Tomlin acknowledged that the defense took its lumps in the preseason and that expectations are not very high for that unit. But he does not care for prognostications positive or negative. “We worry very little about reputation or expectations and more about results,” Tomlin said. “Obviously there’s some questions that need to be answered with them, they’ll answer them soon enough.”

 Cornerbacks (6): Will Gay, Doran Grant, Brandon Boykin, Cortez Allen, Ross Cockrell, Antwon Blake

 They might be a cover-2 team, or they might be more of a 4-3 team, at least more than they were under Dick LeBeau, but Tomlin says it’s going to take a myriad of looks to slow down Brady and New England. “We’ve got to challenge these guys,” Tomlin said. “We’ve got to be combative. We have to mix zones and mans and pressures. ... It’s going to take a full menu to work to keep them off balance and minimize what they’re capable of.”

 Safeties (5): Will Allen, Robert Golden, Mike Mitchell, Shamarko Thomas, Ross Ventrone RESERVE/SUSPENDED (2) RB Le’Veon Bell, WR Martavis Bryant RESERVE/PUP (1) Mike Adams

 It’s still too early to judge the impact of the new PAT rules will have, according to Tomlin. “What you saw was preseason football,” he said. “We will see if that holds in regular-season football. I really think that story is going to gain more significance the further we get into the season, and weather and game conditions probably become

 Linebackers (10): Bud Dupree, Ryan Shazier, Sean Spence, Arthur Moats, Anthony Chickillo, Terence Garvin, James Harrison, Lawrence Timmons, Jarvis Jones, Vince Williams

“The past is the past, you can’t change that,” Timmons said. “We’re focused on the present and the future right now, so just looking forward to that and just getting that win.” The Steelers know what they will be facing when they step on the field Thursday night, not only from the crowd but also from their opponents. They know that the last time they went to Foxborough, they weren’t able to capitalize on every opportunity they had. It’s an experience they hope to rectify this time around. “Last time we went up there we weren’t in tune to what was going on,” Foster said. “You’ve got to capitalize on every moment you’ve got. We have to be a better team than the last time we went to Foxborough.” By all accounts, the Steelers are a better team than the last time they played the Patriots. But with the suspension of Tom Brady nullified, along with the Patriots

more of a factor than they are right now.” Kickers made 93.3 percent of extra points from the 33 in the preseason, a sharp drop from the 99.3 they made in the 2014 regular season.  Though the absences of Le’Veon Bell and Martavis Bryant create challenges on the field. Tomlin said it wasn’t difficult to make roster decisions based on that. “Often times you spend a lot of time debating over guys 50-53 and how to sort these guys out if you will, but having those two additional spots kind of minimized those discussions,” Tomlin said. Two additional roster moves will have to be made when they return in Weeks 3 and 5.  Originally, the plan was to limit James Harrison to 25 snaps per game. That still might be the case, but it’s starting to sound like that number isn’t a hard 25 and understandably so. Harrison, 37, has two sacks — one for a fumble, the other for a safety — in the two preseason games he played. “We’re going to utilize him in an effort to help us win,” Tomlin said. “Whatever that entails. It might be different week to week. James understand that.”  The trade that sent punter Brad Wing to the New York Giants had been discussed prior to Thursday’s game against Carolina. “I tip my cap to both those guys,” Tomlin said of Wing and Jordan Berry, who won the camp competition. “Usually things work out in the manner in which they did in which you have that type of battle, both guys have an opportunity to be employed.”  Tomlin doesn’t sound enthused about using Antonio Brown on punt returns but said that his Pro Bowl

receiver could split duties with Dri Archer. “We’re going to do what’s appropriate to give us a chance to win,” Tomlin said. Archer and Markus Wheaton will handle kicks.

INJURY UPDATE With three days of practices still ahead and five days before the opener, Tomlin wouldn’t rule out any player. That includes LB Lawrence Timmons, S Mike Mitchell and DE Stephon Tuitt, who have missed significant time during the preseason.

TRANSACTION In addition to Saturday’s roster cuts, the Steelers signed free agent CB Ross Cockrell to a one-year deal. Cockrell had one tackle in seven games last season for Buffalo, who drafted him in the fourth round in 2014. “A smart guy, a savvy coverage guy, has good man skills with good long arms,” Tomlin said.

THIS ’N AT As he normally does, Tomlin spent the first 10 minutes singing the praises of the upcoming opponent. Being that it’s the Patriots, Tomlin wasn’t exaggerating. On Tom Brady, “He does just about everything well.” On Rob Gronkowski: “We have to minimize his impact.” Tomlin said he takes what he’s seen on tape of from the Patriots’ preseason with “a grain of salt.”

QUOTEWORTHY “No, I haven’t.” Tomlin, on whether he’s gotten to know New England coach Bill Belichick over the years “No, I haven’t.” Tomlin, on whether he’s tried to get to know Belichick

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

TOP 25 FARED Rank, team (Rec)

Result

No. 1 Ohio St. (0-0)

at Virginia Tech, Monday.

vs. Hawaii

No. 2 TCU (1-0)

beat Minnesota 23-17

vs. Stephen F. Austin

No. 3 Alabama (0-0)

vs. No. 20 Wisconsin

vs. Middle Tennessee

No. 4 Baylor (1-0)

beat SMU 56-21

vs. Lamar

No. 5 Michigan St. (1-0)

beat W.Michigan 37-24

Next: vs. No. 7 Oregon

No. 6 Auburn (1-0)

beat Louisville 31-24

vs. Jacksonville State

No. 7 Oregon (0-0)

vs. E. Washington.

at No. 5 Michigan State

No. 8 USC (0-0)

vs. Arkansas State.

Next: vs. Idaho

No. 9 Georgia (1-0)

beat Louisiana-Monroe 51-14. at Vanderbilt

No. 10 Florida State (0-0) vs. Texas State

at South Florida

No. 11 Notre Dame (1-0) beat Texas 38-3

at Virginia

No. 12 Clemson (1-0)

beat Wofford 49-10.

vs. Appalachian State

No. 13 UCLA (1-0)

beat Virginia 34-16.

at UNLV

No. 14 LSU (0-0)

vs. McNeese State

at Mississippi State

No. 15 Arizona State (0-1) lost to Texas A&M 38-17

vs. Cal Poly

No. 16 Georgia Tech (1-0) beat Alcorn State 69-6

vs. Tulane

No. 17 Mississippi (1-0)

beat UT Martin 76-3.

Fresno State

No. 18 Arkansas (1-0)

beat UTEP 48-13

vs. Toledo

No. 19 Oklahoma (1-0)

beat Akron 41-3.

at No. 25 Tennessee

No. 20 Wisconsin (0-0)

vs. No. 3 Alabama

vs. Miami (Ohio)

No. 21 Stanford (0-1)

lost to Northwestern 16-6

vs. UCF

No. 22 Arizona (1-0)

beat UTSA 42-32

at Nevada, Saturday.

No. 23 Boise State (1-0) beat Washington 16-13

at BYU

No. 24 Missouri (1-0)

beat Southeast Missouri 34-3 at Arkansas State

No. 25 Tennessee (1-0)

beat Bowling Green 59-30

vs. No. 19 Oklahoma

AROUND THE NATION

ATLANTA (AP) — Will Muschamp’s defense made a couple of huge plays early for No. 6 Auburn to offset three interceptions by Jeremy Johnson, and the Tigers held off Louisville and surprise quarterback Lamar Jackson for a 31-24 victory Saturday. The Tigers’ first touchdown in the opener was set up by an interception. Justin Garrett returned a fumble 82 yards to make it 14-0. That’s just what Auburn wanted out of Muschamp, who took over as defensive coordinator after being fired as coach at Southeastern Conference rival Florida.

NO. 11 NOTRE DAME 38, TEXAS 3 Malik Zaire passed for 313 yards in his first home start, and Notre Dame held Texas to 163 yards of total offense. Zaire was 19 of 22 passing with three touchdowns, including a 66-yard scoring strike to Will Fuller. Fuller had two touchdown catches, Chris Brown had one scoring catch, and freshman Josh Adams ran for a pair of TDs, including 14-yard score on his first career carry.

TEXAS A&M 38, NO. 15 ARIZONA ST. 17 Kyle Allen threw for a score early and sealed the game for Texas A&M by running for a touchdown and throwing for another in the fourth quarter after being benched in favor of freshman Kyler Murray. Allen won the starting job in camp, but coach Kevin Sumlin replaced him with Murray in the second quarter and alternated quarterbacks for much of the second half. Allen spent most of the third quarter on the bench before returning early in the fourth and capping a long drive with a 12-yard touchdown run that made it 24-14.

NO. 9 GEORGIA 51, LOUISIANA MONROE 14 Georgia beat Louisiana-Monroe in game that was called off with just under 10 minutes left because of lightning in the area. A few minutes after the Bulldogs scored their final touchdown, coach Mark Richt walked over to the officials to discuss game conditions, and the decision was made to end it.

NO. 12 CLEMSON 49, WOFFORD 10 Deshaun Watson threw for 194 yards and two touchdowns, and Clemson overcame star receiver Mike Williams scary injury. Williams was carted off the field after hitting the goalpost support and spraining his neck on a 4-yard touchdown reception in the first half.

NO. 13 UCLA 34, VIRGINIA 16 Heralded freshman Josh Rosen passed for 351 yards and three touchdowns in a stellar debut for UCLA, leading the Bruins last Virginia. Thomas Duarte, Devin Fuller and defensive tackle Kenny Clark caught scoring passes from the 18-yearold Rosen, who went 28 for 35 with several stunning throws and no turnovers.

NO. 17 MISSISSIPPI 76, UT MARTIN 3 Chad Kelly threw for 211 yards and two touchdowns and scored on a 20-yard run for Mississippi. Kelly, a junior transfer who is the nephew of Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Kelly, completed 9 of 15 passes in his first start. Jaylen Walton ran for two touchdowns, including a 60-yarder up the middle on his first carry of the game. Robert Nkemdiche — who is usually a defensive lineman — made a cameo on offense and caught a 31-yard touchdown pass as the Rebels built a 41-0 lead by halftime.

NO. 18 ARKANSAS 48, UTEP 13 Brandon Allen threw for a career-high 308 yards and matched his best with four touchdown passes for Arkansas. Allen threw for 256 yards and all four touchdowns in the first half — including a pair of scores to Keon Hatcher, who finished with six catches for 106 yards.

NO. 19 OKLAHOMA 41, AKRON 3 Baker Mayfield passed for 388 yards and three touchdowns, and Joe Mixon had 142 yards from scrimmage for Oklahoma. Mayfield set a school record for yards passing in a season opener, surpassing the previous mark of 363 yards by Sam Bradford in 2007.

SATURDAY

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Pitt running back James Conner (24) runs in for a touchdown against Youngstown State on Saturday in Pittsburgh.

Narduzzi era begins with a win By Tony Defazio Times Sports Correspondent

The Pat Narduzzi era is underway at the University of Pittsburgh. For Narduzzi, a former defensive coordinator known for having outstanding defenses, a 45-37 shootout victory over FCS opponent Youngstown State is probably not how he envisioned his first game. “There are pretty wins and ugly wins, and this was probably somewhere in between,” the rookie head coach said after the game. “There were a lot of good things out there, and there were a lot of things that, as a coach, make you want to pull your hair out.” The Pitt running game ran roughshod over the Youngstown State defense. The Pitt defense struggled, however, allowing 407 total yards to the Penguins. Youngstown State had six plays of more than 20 yards, including touchdowns of 77 and 75 yards. “In the second half we didn’t make some plays,” Narduzzi admitted. “We will make major improvements. I think there are some little things and that starts with me, just cleaning some things up and being on top of things a little more.” Youngstown State started off strong, marching 60 yards in nine plays to take a 3-0 lead on their first possession of the game. From that point, however, the Pitt defense began to look like a Narduzzi defense, forcing Youngstown State to punt on six of their next nine possessions. The only points they Pitt allowed over that stretch were field goals on drives that started deep in Pitt territory. After the Penguins’ opening drive, Pitt allowed just 108 yards of offense on 38 plays, an average of 2.8 yards per play. Things began to change late in the third quarter when Youngstown State went on a 10-play, 82-yard drive to pull within eight points at 31-23. Pitt continued to score and extend their lead, but Youngstown State had an answer every time. The Penguins scored three touchdowns on their final seven drives, piling up 247 yards for an average gain of 9.1 yards per play. “We didn’t finish like we wanted to finish,” Narduzzi said about the second half. Asked to make one final stand after YSU took over at the Pitt 46, trailing 45-37 with three minutes left, the defense finally stepped up. After a short completion for two yards, Pitt forced three consecutive incompletions, including a pass breakup by freshman safety Jordan Whitehead (Central Valley) on third down. “I liked how they finished at the end,” Narduzzi said. “We did what we had to do to win. I think that’s the important thing.” Narduzzi felt his head coaching debut went about as he expected, finding some hits and misses in his team’s play and in his own performance. He was even able to find humor at the end of the day. “I’ll tell you, it gets a lot hotter on the field for four quarters than it does sitting up in the press box drinking Diet Pepsi,” he quipped. Narduzzi’s message to his team afterward was simple. “He told us it was a victory,” said linebacker Nicholas Grigsby, who led the defense with 10 tackles and a pair of sacks. “It may have been sloppy and we have to execute on more things and clean it up, but at the end of the day it was a victory.” “Consistency,” said senior center Artie Rowell about Narduzzi’s theme after the game. “We’ve got to keep getting better. It’s kind of an old adage in football that you make your biggest gains and your biggest improvement from week one to week two, so we have to hold true on that.”

Central Valley grad Whitehead makes big play in debut PITT, from B1

yard line. But on third-and-8, Whitehead dove in front of a Hunter Wells pass intended for Andrew Williams, forcing a fourth down. “I thought I was a little late,” said Whitehead, a former star at Central Valley, “so I was just focused on making sure I got the ball and he didn’t catch it.” The Penguins turned the ball over on downs after that, allowing Pitt to escape with a victory. “The quarterback throughout the game was running that play a lot,” Whitehead said. “So I kind of just read the quarterback for a second and took off right to the ball to help (cornerback) Avonte (Maddox) out a little bit and just broke it up.” Whitehead was listed on the depth chart as a co-starter at strong safety along with sophomore Pat Amara. He didn’t start the game, but Whitehead played plenty. Along with the pass breakup, he finished with three solo tackles and also saw some time on special teams returning punts. It was a solid debut for Whitehead, who admitted to some nerves leading up to kickoff. But as soon as he had one play behind him, he

quickly settled in. After that, there was just a job to do. “It was exciting,” he said. “It was good. I had a lot of family and friends here. It went how I expected it to. I felt good and I just played football. ... It’s my hometown. It felt good. It wasn’t anything too big or too small.” Whitehead’s deflection was one of the highlights of a mostly disappointing second half for the Panthers’ defense. Pitt allowed 24 points after the break and spent the fourth quarter trading touchdowns instead of putting Youngstown State away. But the defense did manage to come up with a few big plays, including Whitehead’s, that allowed coach Pat Narduzzi to start his tenure with a win. Pitt also managed to hold three promising Penguin drives to field goals of 22, 42 and 23 yards, respectively. There’s still a long way for the defense to go before ACC play opens, but Whitehead took those field goals as a good sign. “That was great,” he said, “because at the end of the game if they would’ve gotten touchdowns on those who knows what the outcome would’ve been.”

Voytik will need to step up MUELLER, from B1

guys to play a huge role if Chad Voytik has any more games like he did against the Penguins. His performance left plenty to be desired, and as with last year, his primary challenge is going to be hitting on big plays and not needing a ton of reps to get into a rhythm. The Panthers figure to have a dynamic rushing attack, which means fewer pass attempts for Voytik, which means everything he does, both good and bad, will be magnified.  Tom Brady’s knockout victory over Roger Goodell is a huge win for the NFLPA, and a huge loss for the Steelers, whose collective task Thursday night got much tougher. The Pats will have Brady, and a chip on their shoulders. The last time New England had an axe to grind with the league, they went 18-0 and were only stopped by a miracle catch and a Herculean defensive effort.  That said, Goodell being drilled in court was exceptionally satisfying to watch, because he had multiple chances to save face and reduce Brady’s punishment, and instead tried to pursue punishment far in excess of the alleged crime. Those that hate his collectively bargained role in the disciplinary process may well see their wish that he be stripped of some of his powers come true.

 Phil Kessel is apparently in great shape and lost 13 pounds while training with Gary Roberts. That’s almost certainly a good thing, but there’s always the amusing possibility that Kessel’s relatively non-athletic build is something that helps rather than hinders him.  J.A. Happ’s dominance over the Cardinals is the latest example of Neal Huntington and Ray Searage, among others, combining to work magic with a player whose ability to positively impact the Pirates seemed limited on the surface.  The Pirates are a near lock to make the playoffs, and though I don’t want to come off like an old man telling everyone to get off his lawn, if there is a raucous celebration for a mere playoff berth, and not a division title, it will feel a bit odd. The Pirates’ inability to make hay against their own division, especially Milwaukee and Cincinnati, the dregs of the NL Central, figures to be the biggest reason that they’ll almost certainly find themselves in a do-or-die wild card game again.  Tim Tebow getting cut by the Eagles qualifies as a legitimate surprise, at least to me. It seemed that Matt Barkley being traded paved the way for Tebow to survive the final cut, but Chip Kelly deemed him not good enough to be the team’s third quarterback.

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Behind from the start Golden Tornadoes’ opener delayed by lightning, spoiled by early miscues By Bill Allmann Times Sports Correspondent matt slocum/The Associated Press

Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg throws a pass during the first half of Saturday’s game against Temple in Philadelphia.

owls beat lions for first time in more than 70 years PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Penn State had a 39-game unbeaten streak against Temple go down one sack at a time. The Nittany Lions never really stood a chance because Christian Hackenberg never had time to stand in the pocket. P.J. Walker scored the go-ahead touchdown late in the third quarter to rally Temple to a 27-10 win over Penn State on Saturday. It was Temple’s first win over the Nittany Lions in 74 years. Temple hadn’t won in the series since Oct. 18, 1941. That was so long ago that the late Penn State coach Joe Paterno was only 14 years old. Penn State was 38-0-1 since ‘41 with a 7-7 tie in 1950, the only time the Owls played without a loss. Hackenberg was sacked a whopping 10 times and failed to have the type of protection needed to help Penn State sustain any serious drives. “It comes down to protection and being able to run the ball,” coach James Franklin said.

Franklin, surely under fire now after a 7-6 season last year, had little explanation for Penn State’s offensive meltdown. “I’m not going to come in here and be defensive and make excuses. We’ve got to get it done,” he said. Penn State’s former stars complained on Twitter about a loss that would have seemed unfathomable under Paterno. Former running back Bill Belton posted a photo of an exasperated Kanye West with a hand on his head. Former offensive lineman Adam Gress wrote, “So I wasn’t gonna be “that guy”.... But now I will be.... Offensive coordinator sucks,” and ex-defensive back Stephon Morris tweeted “Joe Pa beat the teams he was so suppose to beat. #facts.” The Owls were at their best in front of a record crowd of 69,176 at Lincoln Financial Field and gave the fans who colored the stands in cherry and white what is perhaps the biggest win in program history.

BEAVER FALLS — The Geneva College season-opening football game against Frostburg State was delayed 30 minutes by lightning. And for Golden Tornadoes fans, that was the highlight of the game as Frostburg State had an 11-0 lead before the game was five minutes old and a 35-0 lead at halftime, before settling for a 52-21 rout. Geneva’s trouble started from the delayed start — there was a mix-up on a reverse on the kickoff that gave Geneva the ball on the 8-yard line. One play later, a bad snap resulted in a safety. Frostburg set up shop on the after the free kick and scored in six plays, then got another safety and a rushing touchdown before the first quarter was over. At that point, the game result seemed to be a certainty, but Frostburg wasn’t done. The Bobcats added two more touchdowns in the second quarter and kicked a field goal on the last play of the half to get the score to a conventional 35-0 margin. However, the margin in yardage was much more lopsided as Frostburg held a 272-15 edge, thanks to the yardage lost on the bad snaps. That 35-point margin

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Geneva’s Brent Mulneix reacts to a Frostburg State touchdown during Saturday night’s game at Geneva. stood in the second half, although the first touchdown from scrimmage came with 9:53 left in the fourth quarter. Geneva opened the second half scoring with a 22-yard interception return by Freedom grad Jared Hogue, but Frostburg answered with two punt returns for touchdowns. That first touchdown from scrimmage came on a 40-yard pass from Geneva’s Aaron Channing to Colton Booher, but Frostburg answered with a 37-yard field goal. There were few bright spots in the lopsided loss, but one was the number of freshmen that got to see

their first college action and made the most of it. Quarterback Javid Ellis from Florida didn’t complete either pass he threw, but did end up as Geneva’s leading rusher with 35 yards and scored the final touchdown. Defensive back Joey Shively, a Central Valley grad, had seven tackles, the secondhighest total on the team, and was on a tackle for loss (Geneva had just four). Defensive back Brent Mulneix, a Riverside grad who took a year off from football last season, had three unassisted tackles. Running back/wide receiver Trewon Marshall, a Quaker Valley grad, gained eight yards on his

area results Dayton 27, Robert Morris 24 Danny Leach returned an interception 93 yards for a touchdown and had a second at midfield late in the game to help Dayton defeat Robert Morris for the 13th straight time. Leach’s big return tied the game at 10 early in the third quarter. His second came after William Will’s 37-yard field goal with 2:32 play provided the winning margin for the Flyers.

First Quarter Duq–Terrell 9 pass from Buechel (Crimmins kick), 12:09. Duq–O’Driscoll 59 fumble return (Crimmins kick), 8:36. Duq–Douglas 3 run (Crimmins kick), 4:06. Second Quarter Duq–FG Crimmins 19, 10:46. Duq–DeNardo 1 run (Crimmins kick), 7:30. Duq–Claridy 43 run (kick failed), 3:02. Third Quarter Duq–FG Griffith 24, 1:52. Fourth Quarter KC–Hadynski 56 pass from Powell (Eisnaugle kick), 9:10. Duq–DeNardo 40 run (Griffith kick), 3:23. A–1,332.

Dayton 0 0 17 10 — 27 Robert Morris 0 10 0 14 — 24 Second Quarter RobM–Lamica 6 pass from Barr (Shennan kick), 9:11. RobM–FG Shennan 30, 3:05. Third Quarter Dayt–FG Will 33, 10:59. Dayt–Leach 93 interception return (Will kick), 9:04. Dayt–Stuart 27 pass from Jeske (Will kick), 5:46. Fourth Quarter RobM–Barr 1 run (Shennan kick), 14:54. RobM–Blake 26 blocked punt return (Shennan kick), 12:53. Dayt–Jeske 13 run (Will kick), 6:15. Dayt–FG Will 37, 2:32. A–1,329.

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First downs 18 13 Rushes-yards 50-116 45-91 Passing 177 156 Comp-Att-Int 14-25-2 14-35-2 Return Yards 157 81 Punts-Avg. 6-31.2 10-35.6 Fumbles-Lost 4-2 2-1 Penalties-Yards 5-45 11-106 Time of Possession 28:47 31:13 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING–Dayton, Kacsor 33-72, Jeske 6-41,Yinger 3-9, Ruffing 3-7, Bir 5-(minus 13). Robert Morris, Owens 25-72, Buss 5-14, Blake 1-3, Barr 13-2, Uhatafe 1-0. PASSING–Dayton, Jeske 11-17-1-162, Bir 3-8-1-15. Robert Morris, Barr 14-34-2-156, Team 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING–Dayton, Stuart 5-91, Sess 2-25, Euritt 2-17, Palin 2-12, S.Adams 1-22, Kacsor 1-9, Ruffing 1-1. Robert Morris, Buss 4-74, Walker 2-23, Owens 2-14, Lamica 2-7, Blackmon 1-15, Centofanti 1-11, Blake 1-7, Williams 1-5.

Duquesne 47, Kentucky Christian 7 P.J. Fulmore and Klartel Claridy both rushed for over 100 yards and Duquesne rolled up 571 yards offense. Fulmore rushed for 128 yards and Claridy added 105, including a 43-yard touchdown. Zach DeNardo ran for two scores, including a 40-yarder. The Dukes rushed for 373 yards. Ky. Christian 0 0 0 7 — 7 Duquesne

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First downs 15 27 Rushes-yards 34-155 55-373 Passing 121 198 Comp-Att-Int 11-38-1 15-26-0 Return Yards 15 39 Punts-Avg. 9-46.8 5-43.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 9-47 8-78 Time of Possession 27:28 32:32 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING–Kentucky Christian, Walker II 9-65, Johnston 13-65, Powell 3-28, Henry 2-5, Rawls 1-(minus 2), Davis 6-(minus 6). Duquesne, Fulmer 18-128, Claridy 9-105, DeNardo 9-59, Douglas 7-42, Egolf 1-26, Gills 5-25, Buechel 2-4, LoPresti 1-(minus 1), Gustine 1-(minus 4), Team 2-(minus 11). PASSING–Kentucky Christian, Johnston 9-33-0-62, Powell 2-5-1-59. Duquesne, Buechel 12-16-0-159, Egolf 3-8-0-39, LoPresti 0-2-0-0. RECEIVING–Kentucky Christian, Riddick 3-41, Brice 2-15, Pendergrass 2-9, Hadynski 1-56, Gullatte 1-4, Adams 1-3, Walker II 1-(minus 7). Duquesne, Capers Jr. 4-75, Terrell 3-26, McKnight 2-56, King 2-12, Damian 1-19, Enright 1-8, Thomas 1-2, Fulmer 1-0.

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There’s something special about this place, the coach said. “Growing up in Aliquippa … is the single greatest thing that’s ever happened to me,” Aliquippa High School football coach Mike Zmijanac said. He’s also the athletic director at the school and a retired high school creative writing/literature teacher. At 72, Zmijanac is also old enough to remember the city’s heyday. He grew up on Wade Street and has fond memories of his childhood. Aliquippa was a city of about 30,000 people then, and it was “so diverse.” He had Italian, Lebanese, Greek and Serbian friends.

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Another coach to come out of Aliquippa? Iron Mike. Aliquippa High School football coach Mike Zmijanac likes to quote one of the city’s favorite sons: pro football Hall of Famer MIKE DITKA. “Tough times don’t last; tough people do.” AP FILE

“I could swear in seven languages by the time I was 12,” he joked. Most everyone worked at Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. and the businesses that supported it. “Everybody made the same amount of money because they all worked in the mill, so everyone was equal, outside the bosses from the mill,” Zmijanac said. “It truly was the melting pot of western Pa., and probably the country.” The city had neighborhood schools then, and Zmijanac remembers his first day in eighth grade, which was moved to the high school that year because of renovations. The high school seemed big and crowded to him then, with more than 1,500 students. “It made you grow up fast,” he said. “You learned to mind your own business and not back down.” He graduated in 1960 and took a teaching job in the district in 1964

after graduating from what is now Edinboro University, and has worked at the district since. “I always wanted to be a teacher; that was my goal from the time I was a kid,” he said. He worked through the turmoil in the 1960s, when Aliquippa, like many places across the country, had race riots. “It was a hard place,” he said. “And then a lot of the white flight took place.” After that, the mill “crashed” and the population declined. “People had to move to where the jobs were,” he said. “You could see the whole dynamics of the place changing. “But I will say this, the people here never felt sorry for themselves. It was just the way it is.” He doesn’t begrudge those who have left — he doesn’t live in the city anymore, having moved to Mount

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Lebanon at his wife’s behest. “You do what’s best for your family,” he said. “But the people and the teachers and the coaches who stayed here have a love for this place,” he said. “We’re different. I can’t put my finger on it; we’re different.” “We’re kind of isolated out here,” he said. Although the city faces many of the problems facing inner-city areas, it’s more like a suburb, he said. The people of Aliquippa “handle SCHOOL, PAGE C2

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themselves differently than other people,” he said. “They have a certain confidence and air about them ... some people might call it arrogance.” But it means people from Aliquippa can handle adversity and overcome. It’s something Zmijanac’s seen as a coach and teacher. “There’s a spirit here. ... When you watch practice, there’s a spirit I can’t explain,” he said. The children take pride in the school, and most of them are good students, he said. “Many of these kids overcome their circumstances. They’re tough enough to do that. They rise above what they have to deal with,” he said. “It’s hard when you live in a place where you don’t know if you’re going to eat.”

The school provides free breakfast and lunch to all of its students, and Zmijanac and his staff feed the players at practices. “They don’t feel sorry for themselves; they’re just hungry,” he said. The city’s reputation as a hardedged place is deserved in some aspects, he said. “We earned our reputation. ... This is a tough place to grow up; not everybody gets to succeed,” he said. But for every former player who turns to a life of crime, there are others who’ve gone on to have successful careers, both in and out of sports, he said. Zmijanac invoked a quote he attributed to one of the city’s most esteemed athletes: pro football Hall of Famer Mike Ditka. “Tough times don’t last; tough people do,” Ditka said. “We’ll be all right,” Zmijanac said.

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As I write this, there is a small gray-and-white creature trying to worm its way onto my laptop. It is our fiendish new kitten, Guy. I didn’t want a new kitten. charlotte Not yet. Not now. Latvala Backstory: We lost our beloved 11-year-old Siamese cat last month. “I’m going back to His death was unexpectcollege soon,” she said. “I ed and heartbreaking. want some time to bond And … weird. Suddenly, with the new kitten, too.” there was no one licking Then, she went in for my face in the morning. the kill. No one weaving under“Plus, wouldn’t it be foot. No one meowing for great to adopt from the breakfast. shelter?” Sam was my constant Touche. companion. He was part I wavered. They of the rhythm on school pushed their advantage. mornings, a peaceful We filled out the applipresence on my desk cation online. We went to while I worked, a warm the shelter. friend in my lap on “We don’t have to winter nights. adopt today,” I said. “We Without him, even with may not find one that the kids home for the suits us.” summer and the usual We turned a corner hubbub of family life, the and there he was. A house seemed quiet. A spotted, adorable, ferolittle empty, even though cious ball of energy, it wasn’t. spinning around in his He wasn’t gone two little cat cage. days when the kitten talk “He looks like Guy began. Fieri,” my daughter said Not yet, I said. We have jokingly. “The spot on his to grieve, we have to let chin could be a goatee.” this sink in. We’re not “Guy Fawkes,” I said. ready. “He looks like he wants Getting another pet so to blow something up.” soon seemed … disloyal. An hour later, he was They persisted. Yes, ours. they missed Sam, too. He came home with a Terribly. But they still tiny blue collar, which he wanted a kitten. Soon. promptly wiggled out of. Now. (We still haven’t found it.) Then, they startled me He eats voraciously. He by saying they didn’t leaps and climbs in want another Siamese. It frenzied spasms. He would make them sad. demands constant That, frankly, had attention. never occurred to me. He is small enough to When I imagined a new climb into my son’s size cat, it was another seal13 shoe. point beauty. Other cats Smart enough to fetch seemed … well, lovely in a pom-pom. their own way, but someGoofy enough to crack how not quite right for us up. us. Do I miss our Sam? In my mind, Sam was Every day. the perfect pet — handDo I for one minute some and loving. He was regret letting the kids a laid-back gentle giant, talk me into a new and I wanted a clone. kitten? No kitten, I said. At If I can push his aggresleast not yet. sively friendly little body My daughter, clever off my keyboard for a negotiator, spotted an minute to finish writing opening. this, I’ll let you know.

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Mildred Ruth Curtaccio, 69, of Ellwood City, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Thursday afternoon, September 3, 2015. She was born in New Brighton on May 22, 1946, to the late Howard Shaffer and the late Mildred Ruth Wells Shaffer. She graduated from New Brighton High School in the class of 1964 and married her late husband of 26 years, John B. Curtaccio, on October 10, 1975. He preceded her in death on May 15, 2002. Mildred worked as a crossing guard for the Borough of Ellwood City and was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star #212, Ellwood City Chapter, the Ellwood City Saxon Club, and was a past president of the Ellwood City Eagles Club. Mildred volunteered as a 4H leader and also enjoyed crafts and, most especially, bingo. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her brother, Howard William Shaffer. She is survived by her children, Brenda Dillon of Ellwood City, Todd Pohuski (and fiancée Rebecca Badger) of New Brighton, Heather Curtaccio (and fiancé Joe Sabolchick) and Elva "Lee" Klingensmith, all of Ellwood City, as well as seven grandchildren, Carl John and Ashley Marie Dillon, Caleb Sabolchick, Crystal Neupauer, Nichole Eaton, Amber Caldwell, and Timothy Klingensmith, Jr., and two greatgranddaughters, Kaylea and Hannah Neupauer. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., Monday, September 7, 2015 in the TURNER FUNERAL HOME of Ellwood City, Sixth Street at Park Avenue. Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at TURNER’S with Rev. Andrew Shaffer and Rev. Tod Custer officiating. Interment will follow in Holy Redeemer Cemetery, North Sewickley Twp. Members of O.E.S. #212 are asked to meet at the funeral home at 6:45 p.m. on Monday evening to conduct an Eastern Star service. Memorial contributions may be made, in Mildred’s name, to O.E.S. #212, 828 State Route 288, Fombell, PA 16123, or to the American Cancer Society, www.c ancer.org. You may view the obituary, sign the guestbook, and send condolences online at www.turnerfh.com.

Robert "Butsie" Vincich, 91, formerly of Aliquippa, passed away Monday, August 31, 2015, in Bradford Regional Medical Center. Born July 15, 1924, in Aliquippa, he was a son of the late Ignatia and Vida (Belich) Vincich. Mr. Vincich was a graduate of Aliquippa High School and Edinboro University. He retired as a teacher from the Bradford Area School District, and was a U.S. Air Force veteran serving during World War II, in the first unit to fly into Atsugi Air Drome, Japan, at 6:00 a.m. on August 30, 1945. Bob was a member of St. Elijah Serbian Orthodox Church in Aliquippa, S.N.F, Shriners International, the Royal Order of Jesters, the Bradford Club, Penn Hills Country Club and the American Legion. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Dorothy (Rebich) Vincich, in 2008; two brothers, Paso Vincich and Nick Vincich, and three sisters, Alice Galovich, Agnes Monahan and Sara Ingenito. Surviving are a nephew, Nick and Nikki Galovich of Chandler, AZ; a niece, Stephanie and Eli Absey of Raccoon Twp., and many loving nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. Friends will be received Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. in TATALOVICH FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION SERVICES, INC., 2205 McMinn St., Aliquippa, ww w.tatalovichfuneralhome.c om, where a service will be held Monday at 10:30 a.m., followed by an additional service at 11 a.m. in St. Elijah Serbian Orthodox Church, Aliquippa, with Rev Father Branislav Golic officiating. Private interment will take place in St. Elijah Church Cemetery, Hopewell Twp. Pomen (blessing service) will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. in the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Shriner’s Hospital for Children, 1645 West 8th St., Erie, PA, 16505.

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Linda J. Bradley, 60, of South Beaver Township, passed away on Thursday, September 3, 2015 in UPMC Presbyterian. Born October 4, 1954, in Fort Benning, Georgia, she was the daughter of Mary Ann Javens Kester of West Mayfield and the late Dale W. Kester. She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in New Brighton. She had previously been employed at the Riverview United Methodist Church day care, Giant Eagle in Chippewa, and Outlook Pointe in Chippewa. She had been active in the Blackhawk High School Band Boosters, an assistant den leader for the Boy Scouts, Pack 409, and had helped cook for the Boy Scouts Leader Training Program. In addition to her mother, she is survived by her husband of 41 years, John M. Bradley; a son and daughter-in-law, John W. and Angela Bradley, Patterson Township; two grandchildren, Caden and Bennett Bradley; four brothers and three sistersin-law, Brad and Lisa Kester, Donald and Cindy Kester, Robert Kester, Scott Kester and Lucy Parks, and two sisters and a brother-in-law, Kathy Kester, and Michelle and Douglas Rader. Friends will be received Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. in the HILL & KUNSELMAN FUNERAL HOME, www.hillandkunsel man.com, 3801 Fourth Ave., College Hill, Beaver Falls, where a service will be held on Wednesday at 11 a.m. Pastor Bay Allen will officiate. Private interment will be in The National Cemetery of the Alleghenies, Bridgeville. Memorial contributions, may be made, if desired, to American Diabetes Association, 100 W. Station Square Drive, # 1900, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.

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Virginia M. Schill, 103 years young, formerly of Aliquippa, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2015, in Rochester Villa, where she had been a longtime resident. Born July 23, 1912 in Woodlawn, she was the first of seven children born to the late Dr. Joseph F. and Loretta (Cashin) Campbell. Mrs. Schill was a graduate of Mercy Hospital School of Nursing. She was employed as an industrial nurse from 1942 to 1965 at Koppers Company in Monaca, and retired in 1977 from Pittsburgh Bridge and Iron in Rochester. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death a grandson, Dale Andrew Dopilka, in 2002; and her siblings, James F. Campbell, Loretta G. "Tiny" Campbell, Rita Johnson, Joseph F. Campbell and George W. Campbell. Surviving is her devoted daughter and son-in-law, Rita Elm-Gallagher and William Gallagher of Center Twp.; her beloved granddaughter, Sheila Riddell and her husband, Michael, of Troutman, NC, and a sister and brotherin-law, Catherine and Wallace Evers of Hains City, FL. Friends will be received Tuesday from 1:30 p.m. until the time of service at 2:30 p.m. at Rochester Villa, Rochester, with Rev. Freda Snyder, officiating. The family would like to thank the staff of Rochester Villa and Mother Teresa Hospice. The family is being served by the TATALOVICH FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION SERVICES, INC., 2205 McMinn St., Aliquippa, ww w.tatalovichfuneralhome.c om.

Carol Ann (Figley) Martinez, 75, of Center Township, passed away Sunday, August 30, 2015, following a brave battle with cancer. Born December 30, 1939, in Aliquippa, and last of her immediate family, she was a daughter of the late Herbert and Martha Figley. A graduate of Aliquippa High School, Class of 1957, Carol had been employed with Giant Eagle Corporation, from where she retired. Carol was a ’Mom’ to everyone and was known by her family as the World’s Greatest Grandmother. She loved to throw parties and, because of her selfless personality, she helped anyone whenever the need arose, always giving to others. She will be sadly missed by her beloved husband, Terrence R. Martinez; three children and their families, Chuck Martinez and his wife, Pam, and their children, Jake, Sarah, Elizabeth and Danielle, Scotty Martinez, and Martha Myers and her husband, Bill and their son, William; her favorite, ’Harry’, along with numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, Carol was preceded in death by a brother, Guy Figley, and a sister, Betty Jean Jurges. Friends are invited to Carol’s memorial service on Saturday, September 19, 2015, at 12 noon at the SIMPSON FUNERAL & CREMATION SERVICES, 1119 Washington Ave., Monaca (724-728-4000). Memorial contributions may be made, if desired, to the Beaver County Humane Society, 3394 Brodhead Road, Aliquippa, PA 15001. To share online condolences, get directions and other information, please v i s i t simpsonfuneralhome.com.

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Ronald A. Jacobs Rochester, Formerly of Monaca Ronald A. Jacobs, 80, of Rochester, formerly of Monaca, PA, passed away August 27, 2015. Son of the late Brady A. and Frances Jacobs, he is survived by his wife, Irene; his son, Steve (Elizabeth) Dudek of Center Twp., PA; his four daughters, Sherry (Jim) McDonald of Monroeville, PA; Sandy (Tim) Asbacher of Sykesville, MD; Ruth (Kevin) Burnsworth of Beaver Falls, PA, and Debbie (Wylie) Reeher of Spring Hill, FL; a sister, Jody Jacobs of New Brighton, PA, and seven grandchildren, David and Bradley Atkins, Branden Dudek, Brittany and Courtney Nicgorski, Timmy and Troy Asbacher. Ron was an avid golfer and was previously employed with Coca-Cola, Rebich Bros., Monaca Lanes, and Beaver Valley Golf. There will be no services at his request. The family would like to extend their gratitude to Heart 2 Heart Home Care (Beaver), Gentiva and Good Samaritan Hospices for their kindness, compassion and assistance.

Rose (Zellem) Dofner, 92, of Conway, died on Wednesday, September 2, 2015, at Good Samaritan Hospice, Beaver. Born February 24, 1923, in Somerset, PA, she was the daughter of the late Theodore and Pearl (Kosur) Zellem. She dedicated her life to her husband and children and took great pride in being a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, the late William Dofner (2011). She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Beverly and Roy Shriver of New Sewickley Township; a daughter, Linda Field of Port St. Lucie, FL; a son and daughter-in-law, William M. and Holly Dofner of Economy Boro; a son, David Dofner of Conway, and three grandchildren, Elizabeth, Michael and Brad. A private viewing and service was held at the SAUL-GABAUER FUNERAL HOME INC., www.saulgabauer.com. Entombment in the Sylvania Hills Memorial Park Mausoleum.

George H. Romesburg, 78, of Brighton Township, went home to be with and Savior unexearly Thursday September 3, Heritage Valley,

his Lord pectedly morning, 2015, at Beaver. Born June 30, 1937, in New Brighton, he was a son of the late Charles and Margaret Romesburg and had been a resident of Brighton Twp. the past 38 years. George had retired from McIntosh Hemphill in Midland where he had worked as a millwright in the maintenance department for 30 years and had currently been working as a driver for Ferguson Transportation, Brighton Twp. He was a devoted and faithful member of the Wildwood Chapel, Hopewell, for nearly 40 years, and was a veteran, having proudly served with the U.S. Army for four years. He loved the outdoors, especially fishing but his favorite activity was vacationing at the beach with his family. He was a faithful man of God, and his family was blessed to have such a wonderful husband, father and pappap. Surviving is his loving wife, Viola Lozzi Romesburg, with whom he would have celebrated 47 years of marriage on October 19; a son, George, Jr. (Marla) Romesburg, Gibsonia, PA; three daughters, Dana Lyn (Jared) Fasick, New Brighton; Joann Cantrell, Colorado, and Darlene (Marty) Daniels, Texas; a brother, Larry (Debbie) Romesburg, Florida; seven grandchildren, Dane Garrettson, Ana Sophia and Eva Elisabeth Fasick, Natasha Sanchez, Kira Cantrell, Jaclyn Fuqua, and Jason Daniels; a step granddaughter, Breanna Falb; seven great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Preceding him in death, besides his parents, were six siblings, Louise, Lorraine, Charles, Robert, William, and Howard. Friends will be received Sunday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. in the NOLL FUNERAL HOME INC., 333 Third St., Beaver. A memorial service will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Wildwood Chapel, 2850 Jack Street, Aliquippa, PA 15001, by Pastor Richard Liptak and Pastor David Paulovich, Maranatha Chapel, Calcutta, Ohio. Private interment will take place at the Beaver Cemetery. Online condolences may be shared at nollfuneral.com. Memorial contributions may be made, if desired, in George’s name to the Wildwood Chapel, 2850 Jack Street, Aliquippa, PA 15001.

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Perry O. Rose Monaca Perry O. Rose, 79, of Monaca, entered into eternal rest on Friday, September 4, 2015. His passing occurred at West Hills Nursing and Rehab Center, Moon Twp., with a longtime family friend, Jeannie Baker at his side. Born March 18, 1936, he was a son of the late Forrest and Ethel Mack Rose. As a child, he was raised on a farm in the Blackhawk area. Perry worked for Pittsburgh Forging in Coraopolis for over 25 years until the mill closed. He later was employed in the maintenance department at the Beaver Valley Mall Food Court. One of Perry’s passions was antique cars. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Wayne, Melvin and Daton Rose. He is survived by two sons: Jeffrey Scott Rose and David Allen Rose; his twin brother, Jerry Rose and his wife, Cathy of Beaver Falls and a sister, Linda Clemmer and her husband, Bill, of Wampum; several nieces and nephews and loving friends, Bob, Jeannie and Justin Baker and Linda Haddox. Friends will be received on Sunday, September 6, 2015, from 2 to 5 p.m. in the SIMPSON FUNERAL & CREMATION SERVICES, 1119 Washington Ave., Monaca (724-728-4000), where services will be held at 4:30 p.m. The Reverend Susan Irons will officiate. Interment will follow on Tuesday in Beaver Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made, if desired, in his memory, to the Beaver County Humane Society, 3394 Brodhead Road, Aliquippa, PA, 15001. To share online condolences, get directions and other information, please visit simpsonfuneralhome.com.

Levana M. ’Snook’ Wiltrout Ellwood City Levana M. "Snook" Wiltrout, 67, of Ellwood City, passed away on Friday, September 4, 2015, in the Butler Memorial Hospital. Family and friends will be received on Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m. in the SAMUEL TEOLIS FUNERAL HOME INC. AND CREMATION SERVICES, 309 Spring Ave., Ellwood City. Memorial contributions in Levana’s name may be made to the FMC Dialysis, 1407 Woodside Ave., Ellwood City, PA 16117. The family requests you view the obituary and sign the guestbook at teolisfuneralhome.com.

Mary Frances Colamarino Formerly of Beaver Falls Mary Frances Colamarino, 84, of Brighton Twp., formerly of Beaver Falls, passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2015, in Friendship Ridge. Born April 15, 1931, in Rochester, a daughter of the late Benjamen and Concetta Margaretta Colamarino, she was a former employee of The Medical Center, Beaver, in Medical Records. She was a member of St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Parish, Rochester. Surviving are two sisters and a brother-in-law, Norita and Michael Lambert, San Francisco, CA, and Freda I. Guzzetti, Beaver; two sisters-in-law, Louise Colamarino, Bakersfield, CA, and Francena Regney, Colamarino Grab, Monaca, and numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Alphonse and Ben R. Colamarino, and two sisters, Gilda Petrella and Gina P. Mengel. There will be no visitation. A memorial Mass will be held Wednesday, September 9, 2015, at 10 a.m. in St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Church, Rochester Twp. The family wishes memorial contributions be made, if desired, to St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Church, 628 Virginia Ave., Rochester, PA 15074. Arrangements by WILLIAM MURPHY FUNERAL HOME INC., 349 Adams St., Rochester.

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We found ourselves at the likeliest place one warm Saturday morning: the playground adjacent to the community swimming pool not far from our house. We had arrived early in an attempt to beat the late summer heat and crowds and were just settling in. We were divvying up still-warm baked goods to our three boys before they ran off to burn the early morning energy when we heard, over the unmistakable echo of a megaphone, an announcer readying participants for a race. Upon further investigation, we discovered a kid’s triathlon was about to begin. But there was some time to kill before the race started, so the announcer took the opportunity to encourage the participants, aged 7 through 12, with a few catch phrases. My husband and I exchanged sideways looks and smiled as we watched our boys catch the contagion of excitement and energy floating through the air. And then we heard it, the ridiculous line and lie that has become commonplace in the arena of childhood competition: “Everyone is a winner just for showing up!” We laughed out loud, shaking our heads in solidarity, having fairly recently come off a conversation about medals and awards and the every child is a special snowflake mentality that has crept into the parenthood domain sometime between the time we were children and the time we had children of our own. Our 7-year-old, standing nearby, noticed our reactions and asked what was so funny, so we explained, in the best way we could, not trying to hide our disdain for the notion. “No. Not everyone is a winner just for showing up. The winner, in this case, is the person who swims, rides, and runs the fastest. The winner is the

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Harrison is instilling in his children the true value of success, in addition to allowing them the opportunity to fail. ... When we allow our children to fail, we allow them to experience their own ability to bounce back. In allowing them to fail, we show our children that they will be all right. for trying their hardest!” children understand the concept of fairness, of loss, and of healthy competition. However, with enough of this talk, our children can start to feel entitled to that prize, however cheap it may feel in the end. I’m all for good sportsmanship, but having a positive attitude will not always equate winning or success in life. Sometimes, you just lose. Recently, Pittsburgh Steelers’ defensive player James Harrison came under scrutiny for making his two sons return the participation trophies they had received. Harrison stated that he believes that everything in life should be earned, and that “. . . sometimes your best is not enough, and that should drive you to want to do better.” I say, kudos to Harrison for his decision. Harrison is instilling in his children the true value of success, in addition to allowing them the opportunity to fail. And the bright side of experiencing failure should not be overlooked; when we allow our children to fail, we teach them about

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When tomatoes are big and zucchini are fading The Post’s gardening columnist Adrian Higgins answered questions recently in an online chat. Here is an edited excerpt. Q: Every year at about this time, I struggle to prop up my overgrown tomato plants. They start out really cute in their tomato cages, and then before I know it, they are spilling over outside the confines of my raised bed. Do you have a better way of controlling monster tomatoes? A: The best supports for sprawling tomatoes are large, wire cages — not the small ones you commonly find in May, but ones that are (I’m guessing here) three feet across. Some people make their own, and some buy them (at a pretty penny, but they last for years). Some folks fashion them from the sheets of wire grid used to rein-

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summer vegetables looking done, I’d like to clean out those beds and put in either some fall vegetables or flowers to keep the beds pretty and help with weed growth. What do you recommend for this time of year? A: Now is the best time to sow seeds for a fall garden. I have just put in kale, collards, pak choi and scarlet runner beans. This weekend, I plan to start lettuce and other salad greens. Lettuce doesn’t germinate well in warm soil, so I will sow the seed more thickly than normal and thin as necessary. Q: I have some rosemary, mint, basil and flat-leaf parsley growing in containers out on my balcony. Should I bring them all inside when it starts to get cold out? Last year, I grew mint in a container and left it outside, thinking mint never goes away ... and it

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On campus The following students were named to the spring 2015 dean’s list at Robert Morris University: Ali Abriq of Moon Township. Abdulaziz Abuonq of Coraopolis. Alaa Abulaban of Ambridge. Jodi Acon of Rochester. Wesam Alafifi of Moon Township. Abdulaziz Alamoudi Sr of Moon Township. Abdulaziz Alanazi of Coraopolis. Yazeed Alanazi of Moon Township. Faisal Alattas of Moon Township. Majed Aldossary of Moon Township. Naoaf Aldousari of Moon Township. Hamed Aldusimani of Coraopolis. Ali Alfardan of Moon Township. Saleh Alghamdi of Coraopolis. Tariq Alghamdi of Coraopolis. Wafi Alghanim of Moon Township. Ahmed Alhabib of Moon Township. Anhar Alhazmi of Coraopolis. Turki Alhdyan of Coraopolis. Abdullah Alhwas of Moon Township. Megan Alicandro of Rochester. Ilmunthir Aljohani of Coraopolis. Nazih Aljohani of Moon Township. Collin Allego of Freedom. Ahmed Almaghrabi of Moon Township. Fahad Almana of Coraopolis. Abdulaziz Almutawa of Moon Township. Ahmmad Alnashmi of Moon Township. Saeed Alnuaimi of Moon Township. Waleed Alobaid of Moon Township. Khalid Alofisan of Moon Township. Abdulaziz Alotaibi of Oakdale. Abdulhadi Alqahtani of Moon Township. Mutlaq Alqahtani of Coraopolis. Sulaiman Alqahtani of Coraopolis. Khalid Alqammash of Moon Township. Abdullah Alqithmi of Moon Township. Bandar Alrajab of Moon Township. Fisal Alrawili of Moon Township. Yasir Alrubayan of Coraopolis. Hamad Alshammari of Moon Township. Abdulrahman Alsharif of Moon Township. Faisal Alshaye of Moon Township. Mohannad Alsuwaidaa of Moon Township. Abdulrahman Althuwainy

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News of the weird

Sheep pull off silence Chuck

shepard Send tips to WeirdNewsTips @yahoo.com or P.O. Box 18737, Tampa, FL 33679. www.Newsofthe Weird.com.

British director Missouri Williams brought an adaptation of Shakespeare’s “King Lear” to the London Courtyard art facility in August for a one-week run, centered on a human actor struggling to stage the play using only sheep. The pivotal character, Lear’s daughter Cordelia, famously withholds flattering Lear (thus forgoing inheriting the kingdom), and her silence forever tortures Lear — and of course silence is something sheep pull off well. Actor Alasdair Saksena admitted there is an “element of unpredictability with the sheep,” but lauded their punctuality, calmness

and lack of fee demands. Williams promised another Courtyard run for “King Lear With Sheep” in the fall.

HiGHLY COMMitteD PeOPLe

l Impersonating a police officer in a traffic stop is not uncommon, but Logan Shaulis, 19, was apparently so judgment-impaired on May 30 that he set up his own elaborate “DUI checkpoint” on route 601 near Somerset, Pennsylvania, complete with road flares, demanding “license, registration and insurance” from driver after driver. The irony of the inebriated

Shaulis judging motorists’ sobriety was short-lived, as real troopers soon arrived and arrested him (on DUI, among other charges). l A woman identified only as Zeng, age 39, was finally imprisoned in August in Urumqi, China — 10 years after she was convicted of corruption. Availing herself of a traditional “probation” option in Chinese law for expectant mothers, Zeng had remained free by getting herself pregnant (and proving it) 14 times during the 10 years (although only some of the fetuses were carried to term).

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grounded, even if someone tries to upset you

deAr ABBy

Ex new GM for venue Dear Abby: I am marrying a wonderful man I love dearly. We have planned a dream wedding for ourselves rather quickly. I secured the venue we wanted. There was no other place or date available to us as backup. At this point, we would lose thousands if we cancel. A f t e r months of meetings and negotiaAbigail tions with the woman who manages the Write Dear facility, I was Abby at www. shocked to DearAbby. receive a text com or P.O. Box from my last 69440, ex-boyfriend Los Angeles, CA informing me 90069. that he is the new general manager of the venue, and will be my point person of contact from now on. Things did not end well in our relationship, and he still owes me money from a loan I gave him right before the breakup. This is extremely upsetting for me. I can’t imagine having to plan my wedding with someone who mistreated me and took advantage, nor do I want to see him on my wedding day. How do I express this to the staff I worked with until this point so that I won’t sound bitter or petty? I know people can’t steal our happiness unless we let them, but he was not part of the equation when we chose this location, and we can’t move our nuptials to avoid him. Please help me see a way out of this because I feel trapped. Blushing Bride Dear B.B.: If you have been working with a wedding planner, that person could be the point of contact with this man rather than you. If you don’t have one, you and your fiance — or your maid of honor — should contact your ex and inform him that you both prefer he have no part in planning the wedding and you would prefer he remain out of sight when it occurs. If he gives you any trouble, contact the owner of the facility, explain your predicament and ask that person to intervene. If that’s problematic, then you may have to involve an attorney to see what your options are.

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Dear Abby: Why do women spend half their lives in search of the perfect man? And then when they find him, spend the other half trying to change him? Inquiring Mind, Corpus Christi, Texas Dear Inquiring Mind: I suspect it’s for the same reason a man will buy a beautiful, expensive new car and then customize it. Universal Press Syndicate

emotionally. Focus on your personal needs

Dear Dr. Roach: About six months ago, I began to take several supplements, one of which was vitamin E (200 IU). I had no noticeable adverse reactions to any of the supplements. About 10 days ago, I started taking 400 IU of vitamin E. Right about the same time as this increase, I began having painful stomach cramps, diarrhea, nausea and tiredness. After a week of this, someone suggested that the vitamin E might be the cause. I have stopped taking it and have even avoided foods high in vitamin E. Three days later, I’m still having the diarrhea and other symptoms. If the vitamin E was the cause of the symptoms, shouldn’t they have gone away by now? K.B. Dear K.B.: Vitamin E is a fatsoluble vitamin, so it is possible for levels to build up in the body if it’s taken in high doses for long periods of time. However, toxic effects are unlikely at less than 1,500 IU daily, which is far higher than what you have been taking. Bleeding is one risk at high doses, as is a theoretical deficiency of vitamin A and D. I think it is far more likely that you happened to get a case of gastroenteritis — inflammation of the stomach/intestines, often caused by a virus. It’s unlikely to be due to the vitamin E. However, since vitamin E supplementation hasn’t been shown to improve any of the many conditions it has been studied for, I don’t recommend that you con-

tinue to take it. Go easy on eating for a few days after gastroenteritis: The time-tested BRAT diet (bananas, white rice, peeled apples and dry toast) is effective. You can get enough fluid through water or apple juice, along with some salt, like chicken or vegetable broth. Dear Dr. Roach: I have noticed that the medical profession uses a number of standard words in different ways. For example, “negative” is usually good, and “positive” often is bad news. N.M.G. Dear N.M.G.: It’s true that we in medicine use words differently than they are used conversationally. “Negative” and “positive” are examples: We would like the biopsy to be negative for cancer, and if the HIV test is positive, that’s not good. Doctors also use the word “complaint” to describe the patient’s chief concern; it’s not that we think people are being annoying. Readers: The booklet on macular degeneration explains this common eye ailment. Readers can order a copy by writing: Dr. Roach — No. 701, 628 Virginia Dr., Orlando, FL 32803. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Can. with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery. North America Syndicate

and doing things that you find exciting. Love is on the rise, and avoiding feelings of jealousy will keep an important relationship running smoothly. 2 stars

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20): Get

things out in the open if you are having a problem with someone. Knowing where you stand and what you can expect will help you make better choices. A day trip will bring you clarity and open up your options. 4 stars

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t follow someone without questioning what’s in it for you. Make positive changes to the way you live and who you hang with and it will be easier to break the habits and routines that cost you financially and emotionally. 3 stars

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): Move

things around to suit your needs. Get out in your community and see if there is something you can do to bring about positive changes. Don’t let someone’s negativity get you down. Remember, actions speak louder than words. Make a difference. 3 stars

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): You’ll inspire the people you talk to today. Your expressive and engaging way of presenting your ideas and plans will draw someone special to your side. An opportunity must not be overlooked. Romance is highlighted. 4 stars

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You’ll be

able to see the big picture, but that doesn’t mean you should neglect the fine details that require a little more attention. Ask questions and challenge anyone who you feel may be offering false information. 2 stars

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your

involvement in matters that concern you will give you a platform to use your skills in order

help Me, hArlAN

Student fears moving

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Dear Harlan, I am just your typical 18-yearold student, with nerves like any other. I am prepping to leave for college in less than a week, and to be honest, I’ve barely even started packing. I still have shopping to do. I am the first in my family to go to college, and am extremely nervous and don’t truly know what to expect. My boyfriend is labeled as a junior in college although he really is only a sophomore, so he knows all the ins and outs. He is extremely supportive of all that I do, and is more than willing to help me with anything and everything, but he is the only one in my corner who has a clue. He has even offered to tutor me if I need it. Although we have only been together for a month, we have known each other for much longer than that. Throughout the time we have known each other, he has helped me, and still is helping me discover myself. I guess I’m just scared that once I get into college, I’m just going to be flustered and so overtaken by all the new things that I won’t have time to be able to continue my journey of finding myself. This probably is a typical fear, but do you have any advice for me? Finding Myself Dear Finding, Your instincts are right. You should feel nervous and you need more support. This is how change feels. It’s like driving into a fog. It’s hard to know what you’ll see until it’s right in front of your face. It’s scary, exciting and exhilarating. It’s the ultimate life experience. Your boyfriend might be the best boyfriend in the world, but you need more people in your corner. There is too much

at stake. Losing him would mean losing everything. It’s not healthy for him, you or your relationship. Find five people on campus who can support, guide and help you. Use the tutors, counselors, support staff, peer leaders and other resources. As for this journey of finding yourself, you’re living it. Be patient and don’t look for answers to big life questions during the change. Once you establish a routine and find your people and places, push yourself to have more life experiences. For now, enjoy the ride. Dear Harlan, I think my roommate might be gay. I find it threatening. Help me! I don’t know what to do. Suspicious Dear Suspicious, A gay roommate with a gun or a desk full of knives also is threatening. A gay roommate swinging a samurai sword is also threatening too (and odd). But a gay roommate living in the room with you isn’t threatening. It’s uncomfortable. Once you can make this shift, you can be less defensive and more reflective. What you call “threatening” has little to do with your roommate. It can be uncomfortable to have your belief system called into question. It can be uncomfortable to have thoughts that make you question your own sexual orientation. Figure out why you are feeling so uncomfortable. Talk to a spiritual leader, counselor, residence life staff member (if living on a college campus) or LGBTQ advocate. Your roommate has a lot of qualities — gay is only one of them. Don’t let that be the only thing that defines him. King Features Syndicate

to make a difference. Romance is encouraged and will help improve your personal life. A change of scenery will make your life better. 5 stars

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t

trust anyone with your money, your possessions or your ideas. Try to develop a project by yourself or with someone you know you can trust. A change to your routine will make your life better. 3 stars

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Put your time and effort into self-improvements, not into trying to change others. Not everyone will be overjoyed with the changes you make, but that will make it easier for you to weed out who you want in your circle and who you don’t. 3 stars

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

Focus on the people in your life who mean the most to you. Make a difference to someone who has something to offer in return. Sharing will bring you satisfaction and open up options that you never considered in the past. 3 stars

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Tell the people you love exactly how you feel, and you will get an interesting response that will warm your heart. Love is on the rise, and children and family affairs will lead to greater unity and prosperity. 3 stars

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Look out for your own interests or someone will take advantage of you. Make changes to your home that will give you greater freedom to follow creative pursuits. An opportunity to make money from home looks promising. 5 stars Birthday Baby: You are outgoing, entertaining and farsighted. You are unique and compassionate. Universal Press Syndicate

puzzles

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Bridge Q&a

Super Quiz

With Bob Jones

FILM QUOTES

Provide one word to complete the film quotation, then name the film. (e.g., “After all, tomorrow is another ____!” Answer: Day: “Gone With the Wind.”)

Neither vulnerable, as South, you

hold:

FRESHMAN LEVEL

♠J4♥A765

1. “You talkin’ to ____?” Answer________ 2. “Here’s looking at you, ____.” Answer________ 3. “Ah, but the strawberries! That’s ... that’s where I had ____.” Answer________ 4. “You can’t handle the _____!” Answer________ 5. “You’ll shoot your eye ___.” Answer________

◆AK876♣64 As dealer, what call would you make?

With this distribution, you might

open one heart with a strong four-card suit to facilitate an easy re-bid. This suit doesn’t qualify. Bid one diamond.

GRADUATE LEVEL

North-South vul-

6. “They call me Mister______!” Answer________ 7. “All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to _____.” Answer________ 8. “Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the _____.” Answer________ 9. “There’s no crying in _____.” Answer________ 10. “What we do in life echoes in______.” Answer________

nerable, as South,

you hold: ♠ Void ♥ Q 8 3 ◆ Q 10 9 6 3 ♣ Q J 8 5 2 Right-hand opponent opens one spade. What call would you make?

Should you and your partner play

the unusual no-trump — a jump to two notrump to show 5-5 in the

PH.D. LEVEL

minors — don’t use it

11. “Greed, for lack of a better word, is _____.” Answer________ 12. “There are simply too many _____.” Answer________ 13. “You make me want to be a better ____.” Answer________ 14. “Oh, Jerry, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We have the ____.” Answer________ 15. “OK, but I get to be on ____.” Answer________

here. You need a better hand when vulnerable. Pass.

East-West vulnerable, as South, you

hold: ♠AJ2♥95◆A763 ♣ 10 4 3 2 North East South West 1♠

2♥

What call would you make?

Is this hand worth a game invitation?

Complete the grid so every row, column and 3 x 3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.

SCORING: Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level: 24 to 30 points — congratulations, doctor; 18 to 23 points — honors graduate; 13 to 17 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 5 to 12 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 4 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?

Friday’s puzzle answers

anSwerS

We think it is. Bid three bid two spades if you don’t.

as South, you hold:

◆874♣753 North East South West Pass

Pass 1♥

2◆

Pass ?

Pass

What call would you make? It was a good idea to open your

strong four-card major in third position, but any second bid by you promises a fifth heart. Pass.

North-South vulnerable, as South,

you hold: ♠AKQ92♥987 ◆K4♣KJ7 North East South West 1NT

Pass 2♥*

2♠

Pass ?

Pass

*Transfer to spades What call would you make?

A bid of four notrump here is not

Blackwood. It shows a balanced invitation to slam, as in a one notrump-four no-trump auction, but with a fivecard major. Bid four notrump.

East-West vulnerable, as South, you

hold: ♠K93♥A◆8632 ♣ Q 10 9 7 6 West North East 1♥

3◆

South

Pass ?

What call would you make?

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Both vulnerable,

♠A82♥AKQ7

1. Me:“Taxi Driver.” 2. Kid:“Casablanca.” 3.Them:“The Caine Mutiny.” 4.Truth:“A Few Good Men.” 5. Out:“A Christmas Story.” 6.Tibbs:“In the Heat of the Night.” 7. Die:“Blade Runner.” 8. Earth:“The Pride of the Yankees.” 9. Baseball:“A League of Their Own.” 10. Eternity:“Gladiator.” 11. Good:“Wall Street.” 12. Notes:“Amadeus.” 13. Man:“As Good as It Gets.” 14. Stars: “Now,Voyager.” 15.Top:“Big.”

hearts if you agree, or

You will never defend four of

either major with this hand, so don’t wait around to do the obvious. Bid five diamonds now and put extra pressure on your opponents.

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Sunday CroSSword Again! By Melanie Miller ACROSS 1 “__ the fruited plain!” 6 “The Lion King” hero 11 Holds 15 Senior exec 18 Kvetch 19 Lament 20 Kitchen protection 21 Type of current 22 Comedy club road sign? 24 Magnifies 26 Get control of 27 Italian wine region 28 Breakfast brand 30 Two to one, for one 31 King with fiddlers 33 Distaste for jury duty? 37 Circus performers 41 Four Seasons alternative 42 Brand used in cones 43 Like moccasins 44 Pipe smoker’s gadget 46 Emperor after Claudius 48 Tout de suite 52 Digression to a cabbie? 55 Immoral profit 56 Sonnet preposition 57 White-tailed eagle 58 First European to sail to India 61 Beer seller’s concern 62 Said with a pinched nose 65 Mollusks with beaks 68 Hill worker 70 Erase? 74 Keeper, in a big way 77 Road race city 78 Pre-Columbian people 82 Conspiracy theory subj. 83 Top-drawer

86 Discontinued depilatory 88 Trading card stat 89 Party co-founded by Arafat 91 Prize for the fastest delivery? 96 Worry 97 Tax __ 99 Kid stuff 100 Original 101 Seriously injure 103 O’Neill’s “__ Christie” 105 “Honest!” 107 Drag one’s feet on the gangplank? 112 Assigned amount of work 113 Zany adventure 114 Teller of stories 115 Luxury Swiss watch 117 Wine cellar item 121 Like potatoes pre-prep 123 Doctors’ agreement? 127 Opponent 128 Fully assuage 129 Electrical measure 130 Tell stories, in a way 131 December purchase 132 Biggest of three ’50s-60s TV brothers 133 River through Orléans 134 Clothing giant Bauer DOWN 1 No. on a bill 2 Island band The __ Men 3 Female gamete 4 Squad raiders 5 Caribou kin 6 Super Bowl prize? 7 Paintball cry 8 Sitcom beer server 9 Petting zoo call

10 From Quito, say 11 Arch-like letter 12 Bring around 13 Unspecified power 14 Van Gogh’s “The __ Night” 15 Lowmaintenance plants 16 Three-note quintet 17 Bean in Hollywood 19 Harassed 23 Fitness promoter born of French immigrants 25 New Providence port 29 She put the ruby slippers on Dorothy 32 Slim woodwind 34 Tomato option 35 Little patience testers 36 Pre-1868 Tokyo 37 Sun Valley alternative 38 Nurse Barton 39 Heads up 40 Offensive smell 45 Knife-like ridge 47 Neurofeedback readout 49 Stray dismissal 50 2012 Affleck thriller 51 Equal 53 Cave 54 Barking up the wrong tree, e.g. 55 Tropical veranda 59 How DVDs may be sold 60 Kitten’s “Got milk?” 63 Early solution for bad weather 64 Reel 66 Baby barn critter 67 Paid leader?

September 6, 2015

69 “Who is John Galt?” writer Rand 71 Word of disapproval 72 McPhee’s job, in a 2005 film 73 Layered rock 74 Locomotive output 75 Hardly within shouting distance 76 Refuge for a frequent flier? 79 Runner’s bane 80 Delano : FDR :: __ : Garfield 81 Move furtively 84 Online exchange

85 Winter melon 87 Pacific weather event 90 Cost of bread? 92 Sicilian smoker 93 Drag strip sound 94 It may be residential 95 Joker 97 Tiny, in a tiny way 98 They’re folded in kitchens 102 In a new way 104 Unexceptional 106 Nostalgia source 107 Oxford mark

108 Red River capital 109 Has the __ hand 110 Political employees 111 Less soggy 116 Piece of farmland 118 In an atmosphere of 119 Space exploration acronym 120 Spot for a bouncing baby boy 122 Mekong River language 124 Rock genre 125 Printer spec. 126 Livestock lady

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Elder Charles Robinson Jr. Appreciation Celebration When: 4 p.m., Sun, Sep 6. Where: New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ, 1701 Moravia St., New Castle. Information: Celebration for Elder Charles Robinson Jr., assistant pastor of New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ. Pastor T. James Harrison of Valley Baptist Church in Farrell is guest speaker. Parrish Davenport and the Friend and Family Community Choir of Pittsburgh are musical guests.

Grief Share When: Repeats every week on Wed until Wed, Nov. 4, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Where: Chippewa United Methodist Church, 2545 Darlington Road, Beaver Falls . Information: Grief share for those who have experienced the loss of family or friends. Open to those age 18 and older. Call for information and registration. Contact: info@chippewaumc.org, 724-843-4828. http://www.chippewaumc.org.

St. George Serbian Orthodox Church Labor Day Picnic When: 3 p.m. - 8 p.m., Mon, Sep 7. Where: Industry Borough Community Park, Engle Road, Industry. Information: Serbian music by Vatra from 4 to 8 p.m. All welcome. Contact: 724-770-0758 or 724-6439662. Cost: Admission with buffet, $15; admission only, $5.

College Hill Grief Share When: 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m., every week on Thu until Tues, Dec. 15. Where: Dean & Nancy Smith, 3600 36th St. Place, College Hill, Beaver Falls. Information: Special video seminar and support group for people grieving the loss of someone close. Contact: College Hill Reformed Presbyterian Church, secretary@collegehillrp.com, 724-843-4840. http://collegehillrp.com.

Auto Raffle 2015 - MERCEDES SUV - St. Ferdinand Church When: Repeats every week on Mon until Sat, Nov 14, 8 a.m. - 7 p.m. Where: St. Ferdinand Catholic Church, 2535 Rochester Road, Cranberry Township. Information: St. Ferdinand Church announces its annual Auto Raffle -2015! Tickets are available now through November 14 DRAWING is November 14. First prize is a 2015 MercedesBenz GLK350 SUV & $5,000! Second prize is $3,000! Third prize is $1,500 in gift cards! The 2015 Mercedes-Benz GLK350 SUV comes with: All Wheel Drive (AWD), Sunroof, Heated Front Seats, Heated Steering Wheel, Power Lift Gate, Rearview Camera, MSRP $48,405, and more! Raffle tickets are 1/$50 or 3/$100 (single transaction). The drawing is Nov. 14. Tickets can be purchased at St. Ferdinand Church Office, 2535 Rochester Road, Cranberry Township, PA or call, 724-776-2888, or check out StFerd.org Contact: Nancy Somers, twsnps@ zoominternet.net, 724-776-2888. Cost: $50 per ticket/ $100 3-tickets (single transaction). http://STFERD.org.

Beaver Butler Presbytery Artisan Marketplace When: 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., every week on Mon, Tue, Wed, and Thu until Fri, Dec 18. Where: Beaver Butler Presbytery Artisan Marketplace, 134-B S. Main St., Zelienople. Information: Handcrafted fair trade items made internationally. Artisans funded by nonprofit fair trade organization. Easter items include bunnies, hand painted eggs, crosses, chocolates, baskets. Contact: 724-538-9860. Antioch Baptist Church fall revival When: 7 p.m., Wed, Sep 9; 7 p.m., Tue, Sep 8; 7 p.m., Thu, Sep 10. Where: Antioch Baptist Church, 332 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. Information: Season of Restoration is the fall revival theme. The Rev. John Knight, executive pastor of Mount Ararat Baptist Church in Pittsburgh is the guest speaker. All welcome. Contact: Rev. Travis C. Coon Sr., pastor, 412-741-7688. http://www.antiochfwbaptistse-

Community Beaver Falls Farmers’ Market When: 4 p.m. - 7 p.m., every week on Mon until Mon, Nov. 23. Where: Brodhead Apartments, 712 12th St., Beaver Falls. Information: Sponsored Beaver County Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association in municipal lot behind Brodhead Apartments. Fruits, vegetables, baked goods, meat, honey, flowers, bedding plant sold by local growers and merchants. Contact: 724-495-9618. Silversneaker Classic Class When: Repeats every week on Mon, Wed, and Fri until Wed, Dec. 30, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Where: Center at the Mall, Beaver Valley Mall, Monaca. Information: Increases range of motion for daily activity using weights, bands, ball while seated or standing. Contact: 724-774-5654. Cost: Age 60 and older, $3; ages 50 to 59, $4; younger than age 50, $5.

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Chippewa Township Farmers’ Market When: 4 p.m. - 7 p.m., every week on Tue until Tues, Nov 17. Where: Chippewa United Methodist Church, 2545 Darlington Road, Beaver Falls . Information: Sponsored Beaver County Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association in church parking lot. Fruits, vegetables, baked goods, meat, honey, flowers, bedding plant sold by local growers and merchants. Contact: 724-495-9618. New Brighton Farmers’ Market When: 4 p.m. - 7 p.m., every week on Tue until Tues, Oct 27. Where: Family Dollar Store, 1235 Fifth Ave., New Brighton. Information: Sponsored Beaver County Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association in lot next to Family Dollar store. Fruits, vegetables, baked goods, meat, honey, flowers, bedding

plant sold by local growers and merchants. Contact: 724-495-9618. Food pantry for Center Township and Monaca residents When: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., every month on the 2nd Tue until Tues, Nov 10. Where: Monaca United Methodist Church, 813 Indiana Ave., Monaca. Contact: 724-775-6702. First United Methodist Church Farmers’ Market When: Repeats every week on Wed until Wed, Oct 28, 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. Where: First United Methodist Church, 2816 Brodhead Road, Aliquippa. Information: Fruits, vegetables, baked goods, meat, honey, flowers, bedding plant sold by local growers and merchants. Sponsored by the Beaver County Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association. All welcome. Contact: 724-375-5287. Ambridge Farmers’ Market When: 4 p.m. - 7 p.m., every week on Thu until Tues, Nov 24. Where: St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church, 624 Park Road, Ambridge. Information: Sponsored Beaver County Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association in St, Mary’s parking lot. Fruits, vegetables, baked goods, meat, honey, flowers, bedding plant sold by local growers and merchants. Contact: 724-495-9618. 50+ Group When: 1 p.m., every week on Thu until Thurs, Dec 31. Where: St. Frances Cabrini O’Connell Hall, 115 Trinity Drive, Aliquippa. Information: Bingo, cards and treats. Contact: Anna Mae, 724-375-6380. American Red Cross blood drive When: 11:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., Thu, Sep 10. Where: Chippewa United Methodist Church Community Life Center, 118 McMillen Ave., Beaver Falls . Information: Eligible donors with all types of blood are needed, especially those with O negative, A negative and B negative. Contact: 800-733-2767 or 724-775-

9700. http://www.redcrosslood.org . Pinochle club When: 10 a.m. - 12:30 a.m., every week on Thu until Thurs, Dec 31. Where: Center at the Mall, Beaver Valley Mall, Monaca . Information: Free weekly pinochle club. Reservations not required. Contact: 724-774-5654. http://www.centeratthemall.com.

Dinners / Food Sales Riverview United Methodist Church apple dumpling preorders When: Repeats every week on Mon until Tue, Sep 15, All day. Where: Riverview United Methodist Church, 1099 Darlington Road, Beaver Falls. Information: Baked or unbaked apple dumplings. Pickup date is Sept.12 or Sept. 19. Call for information. Contact: 724-843-3620 or 724-8434091. Cost: Tray of 6, $18; individual, $3.75. Manna: fellowship and free hot dinner When: 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., every week on Tue until Tues, Dec 29. Where: House Of Prayer Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2100 Irwin St, Aliquippa. Information: All are welcome; no reservations needed. Contact: 724-375-2033. http://www.hoplutheran.org. Pasta When: 5 p.m. - 8 p.m., every week on Thu until Thurs, Dec 31. Where: American Italian Club, 1928 Irwin St, Aliquippa. Information: Eat in or take out. Contact: 724-375-3434. Cost: $6. Spaghetti/lasagna When: 5 p.m. - 8 p.m., every week on Thu until Mon, Dec 28. Where: Beaver Falls American Legion Post 261, 716 16th St, Beaver Falls. Information: Public welcome; takeout available. Contact: 724-843-9809. Cost: Adults, $6; children, $3.

Stuffed pork chop or stuffed children breast dinner When: 3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Thu, Sep 10. Where: BPOE Elks Lodge, 2655 Brodhead Road , Aliquippa. Information: Call or reservations or takeouts. Contact: 724-375-4611.

Education / Classes Richard’s ballroom dancing class When: Repeats every week on Mon and Fri until Wed, Dec 30, 11 a.m. 12 p.m. Where: Center at the Mall, Beaver Valley Mall, Monaca Information: Variety of dance types for all ages and all skill levels. Contact: 724-774-5654. Cost: $4 per class . http://www.centeratthemall.com. Morning family story time When: 10:30 a.m., every week on Mon until Thurs, Dec 31. Where: Coraopolis Memorial Library, 601 School St., Coraopolis. Information: All ages welcome. Contact: Coraopolis Memorial Library, 412-264-3502. CLIMB support program for kids whose parents have cancer When: 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., every week on Tue until Tues, Sep 29; 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., Mon, Oct 5; 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., Tue, Oct 13. Where: UPMC Cancer Center at UPMC Passavant, 9100 Babcock Blvd., Pittsburgh. Information: CLIMB (Children’s Lives Include Moments of Bravery, a sixweek support group for children, ages 6 to 17, who have a parent diagnosed with cancer. Focuses on children’s feelings through therapeutic art and play. Concurrent group for parents of enrolled children addresses ways to help children cope. Sponsored by Our Clubhouse, formerly known as Gilda’s Club Western Pennsylvania, a nonprofit organization focused on social, emotional and informational support continued, page c11

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Palakovich – Golden Anniversary Frank and Betty Palakovich of East Rochester recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple married on August 14th, 1965 at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church, Conway, PA, officiated by the late Rev. Luke Stephens. Mrs. Palakovich is the daughter of the late James and Eva Thompson. Mr. Palakovich, a retired school teacher for the Rochester Area School District, is the son of the late Emil and Margaret Palakovich. Their children and children’s spouses are Frank Jr. and Aimee Palakovich of New Sewickley Township, and Lori and Jim Altenhof of Cranberry Township. They have two grandchildren, Jessica and Sydney, and are expecting their third in November. The couple was treated by their children to a return trip to the Poconos, which is also where they honeymooned.

DeChicko – 61st Anniversary Eugene and Jane DeChicko recently celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary with a dinner at Red Lobster. Helping them celebrate were their children, Joe DeChicko, Judy DeChicko, Joyce Ciccozzi and her husband Chester Ciccozzi, and grandchildren, Cole and Blake Ciccozzi. Eugene and the former Jane MacDonald were married June 26, 1954, at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Beaver Falls, Pa.

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to those with cancer. Registration requested by late August. by email or phone. Contact: Krista Burgbacher, kburgbacher@ourclubhouse.org, 412-338-1919. http://www.ourclubhouse.org/ climb. Mix it up Cardio Class When: 9 a.m. - 10 a.m., every week on Tue until Thurs, Dec 31. Where: Center at the Mall, Beaver Valley Mall, Monaca . Information: Class includes 30 minutes of low impact cardio followed by 15 minutes of strength training. Each week will contain a new “mix” of cardio exercises. Contact: 724-774-5654. Cost: Age 60 and older, $3; ages 49 to 59, $5; age 49 and younger, $6. http://www.centeratthemall.com. Belly Buster class When: Repeats every week on Wed until Wed, Dec 30, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. Where: Center at the Mall, Beaver Valley Mall, Monaca Information: Class focuses on core muscles to maintain standing upright and strong. Strengthens abdominal, back, buttocks and leg muscles. Contact: 724-774-5654. Cost: Age 50 and younger, $5; ages 50 to 59, $4; age 60 and older, $3. http://www.centeratthemall.com.

Fitness Yoga Class When: 10 a.m. - 11 a.m., every week on Tue until Thurs, Dec 31. Where: Center at the Mall, Beaver Valley Mall, Monaca . Information: Series of seated and standing yoga poses designed to increase flexibility, balance and range of movement. Contact: 724-774-5654. Cost: $5/ age 50 and younger; $4/ ages 50 to 59; $3/ ages 60 and older. http://www.centeratthemall.com. Glenda’s line dancing class When: Repeats every week on Wed until Wed, Dec 30, 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Where: Center at the Mall, Beaver Valley Mall, Monaca. Information: Assortment of music includes country, cha-cha, rumba, waltz and tango. No

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registration required. Contact: 724-774-5654. Cost: $4 per class. http://www.centeratthemall.com. Silversneakers circuit class When: 10 a.m., every week on Thu until Thurs, Dec 31. Where: Center at the Mall, Beaver Valley Mall, Monaca Information: Hour of low-impact aerobics using weights and bands. Silversneaker and Silver & Fit eligible. Contact: 724-774-5654. Cost: Age, 60 and older,$3; ages 50 to 59, $4;. http://www.centeratthemall.com.

Fundraisers Aliquippa Elks weekly dance When: Repeats every week on Wed until Wed, Dec 9, 7 p.m. 10 p.m. Where: BPOE Elks Lodge, 2655 Brodhead Road , Aliquippa. Information: Country, oldies or ballroom dances. Contact: 724-312-4992. Cost: $8. per person.

Chorus of Sweet Adelines When: 7 p.m., every week on Mon until Mon, Dec 28. Where: First Reformed Presbyterian Church, 209 Darlington Rd, Beaver Falls. Contact: 724-456-5211. Sounds of Pittsburgh chorus rehearsals When: 7 p.m., every week on Mon until Mon, Dec 21. Where: Coraopolis United Methodist Church, 1205 Ridge Ave., Coraopolis. Information: Choir of 65 women who sing a cappella music, barbershop style. Part of Sweet Adelines International. New members welcome. Contact: 412-946-7464. http://www.soundsofpgh.org . Beaver County NAACP When: 6 p.m., every month on the 1st Mon until Mon, Dec 7. Where: Franklin Center Of Beaver County Inc., 524 Franklin Ave., Aliquippa. Information: Public welcome. Contact: 724-378-2882, ext. 94.

Health Skin and Bones: Anatomy of Healthcare Education When: Repeats every day until Wed, Sep 30, All day. Where: The Mall at Robinson, 100 Robinson Center Drive, Pittsburgh. Information: Features examination, treatment and healing from the School of Healthcare and the School of Nursing at PTI. “The Perfect Spa” provides insights to physical benefits and techniques of massage, a breast self-examination tutorial, a look at surgical technology, nursing care, and medical assisting techniques. Contact: Carrie Butler, carrielynnbutler@gmail.com, 412-8976177. http://pti.edu.

Meetings Indoor flea market When: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., every week on Sun and Sat until Mon, Dec 28. Where: Monaca VFW, 600 Washington Ave., Monaca. Contact: 724-774-3449. Cost: $5 per table.

Church service for those with special needs When: 5 p.m. - 7 p.m., every week on Mon until Mon, Dec 28. Where: Monacrest Free Methodist Church, 995 Elmira Avenue, Monaca. Information: Sponsored by God’s Choice Church of East Liverpool. For the mentally and physically disabled, their families and caregivers. Includes dinner, singing, Bible lesson, prizes and crafts. Contact: dougvision24@comcast. net, 724-774-6606. Take Off Pounds Sensibly When: 1 p.m. - 2 p.m., every week on Mon until Mon, Dec 28. Where: Concord United Methodist Church, 285 Concord Church Rd, Beaver Falls. Contact: 724-758-5932. Rochester VFW When: 7 p.m., every month on the 2nd and 3rd Tue until Thurs, Dec 31. Where: Rochester VFW Post 128, 179 Virginia Ave., Rochester. Contact: 724-774-4378. http://www.vfwpost128@ comcast.net. Beaver Valley Writers Guild When: 7 p.m. - 9 p.m., every week on Tue until Tues, Dec 29. Where: Brighton Hot Dog Shoppe, 2625 Constitution Blvd.,

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Beaver Falls. Information: To improve creative writing skills. Contact: 724-846-6503. King Beaver Men’s Barbershop Chorus rehearsals When: 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., every week on Tue until Mon, Dec 28. Where: Friendship Ridge, 246 Friendship Circle, Beaver. Information: Men’s chorus of some 20 members sing a cappella music in barbershop style. A chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society New and prospective members welcome. Call for information. Contact: 724-728-1350 or 724728-2253. Mourning Glory Bereavement Group When: 7 p.m., every month on the 2nd Tue and Thu until Tues, Dec 8. Where: St. Barnabas Health System, 6005 Valencia Road, Gibsonia. Information: Facilitated by Gary Goerk, a St. Barnabas Hospice Spiritual Care and Bereavement Coordinator. Includes prayer and scripture, self-care activities, fellowship and sharing. Contact: St. Barnabas Medical Center Hospice, 724-444-5541. http://www.stbarnabashealthsystem.com. Beaver County Model Railroad & Historical Society When: 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., every week on Tue until Mon, Dec 28. Where: Beaver County Model Railroad & Historical Society, 614 Sixth St., Monaca. Information: Model train club. Contact: Walt Steiner, beaverctymrr@gmail.com, 724-843-3783. http://www.bcmrr.railfan.net. Take Off Pounds Sensibly for adults and teens When: 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., every week on Tue until Tues, Dec 29. Where: Conway United Presbyterian Church, 3 Avenue & 11 St, Conway. Contact: 724-513-6092. Take Off Pounds Sensibly When: 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., every week on Tue until Tues, Dec 29. Where: Chippewa Alliance Church, 3629 37th Street Ext, Beaver Falls. Contact: 724-775-7472. Adult Survivors of Child Abuse support group

When: 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., every week on Tue until Mon, Dec 28. Where: Beaver Area Memorial Library, 100 College Ave, Beaver. Contact: tlsmith_mha@yahoo. com. Acoustic music jam, bluegrass, gospel, country When: 6 p.m. - 10 p.m., every week on Tue until Mon, Dec 28. Where: Hancock County Senior Wellness Center, 647 Gas Valley Road, New Cumberland. Information: Participants and audience welcome. Contact: 304-387-3336. Ambridge Lions Club When: 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., every month on the 2nd and 4th Tue until Mon, Dec 28. Where: The Venue at Harmony Ridge, 1280 Breitenstein Road, Ambridge. Contact: 724-601-2166. Parkinson’s Support Group When: 1 p.m. - 3 p.m., every month on the 2nd Tue until Tues, Dec 8. Where: MRS Physical Therapy, 500 Market St. Suite 103, Beaver. Information: Beaver County support group for people with Parkinson’s and their caregivers. Call for details. Meetings from 1 to 3 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month. Dr. Susan Baser will discuss Parkinson’s disease at the May 12 meeting. Contact: Dale Reckless, physical therapist, d.reckless@mrsphysicaltherapy.com, 724-728-7550. http://www.mrsphysicaltherapy. com. Parents in Toto Autism Individualized Education Program Support Group When: 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., every month on the 2nd Tue until Tues, Dec 8. Where: Parents In Toto Autism Resource Center, 143 South Main St., Zelienople. Information: Group organized to help families learn and discuss issues surrounding school and the IEP process. Contact: 724-473-0990. http://www.parentsintoto.org. Beaver Valley Christian Women’s Club Luncheon When: 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Tue, Sep 8. Where: The Fez, 2312 Brodhead Road, Aliquippa. Information: Speaker Linda Harrah discusses book and Joann

McDermitt updates programs available through the Beaver County Office on Aging. Lunch reservation deadline is Sept. 3. Affiliated with Stonecroft Ministries (www.Stonecroft.org). Contact: Pat Haller, Pathaller44@hotmail.com, 724375-5757. Cost: $10, cash only. Fort McIntosh Chapter D.A.R. When: 11:30 a.m., Tue, Sep 8. Where: Wooden Angel Restaurant, 308 Leopard Lane, Beaver. Information: Brenda Applegate, executive director of Beaver County Historical Research and Landmarks Foundation will talk about Beaver County’s Rich Heritage. Overeaters Anonymous When: 10 a.m., every week on Tue until Thurs, Dec 31. Where: Trinity Episcopal Church, 370 Beaver Street, Beaver. Contact: Jean Martin, 724-6839950. Take Off Pounds Sensibly When: 9 a.m., every week on Tue until Thurs, Dec 31. Where: Raccoon Township Independent Volunteer Fire Department Hall, 4061 Patterson Rd, Aliquippa. Contact: 724-728-7185. Women’s Business Network Beaver Chapter When: 8:30 a.m., every month on the 2nd and 4th Tue until Thurs, Dec 31. Where: Cafe Kolache, 402 Third St., Beaver. Information: 27-chapter network in Southwestern Pennsylvania provides personal and professional resources to advance aspiring and successful businesswomen. New members welcome. Contact: Shelley Schweinsberg, 724-742-2800, ext. 27. http://www.wbninc.com. Auxiliary of American Legion Post 580 of Monaca When: 7 p.m.; Repeats every month on the 2nd Wed until Thurs, Dec 31. Where: American Legion Post 580, 600 Pennsylvania Ave., Monaca. Hopewell VFW Post 8805 and Auxiliary When: 7 p.m., Wed, Sep 9. continued, page c12

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Where: Hopewell VFW Post 8805, 138 Stone Quarry Road, Aliquippa. Information: Auxiliary District President Mary Cuddyre of Mars will inspect auxiliary. Contact: 724-378-3993. Ambridge VFW Post 165 When: 7 p.m., every month on the 2nd Wed until Thurs, Dec 31. Where: Ambridge VFW Post 165, 1098 Duss Ave., Ambridge. Contact: 724-266-4078. New Hope Grief Share Group When: 7 p.m., every week on Wed until Thurs, Dec 31. Where: New Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church, 200 2nd Ave, Freedom. Contact: 724-869-4583 or 724869-1187. Center for Unexplained Events When: Repeats every month on the 2nd Wed until Wed, Oct 14, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Where: Kings Family Restaurant, 1451 Brodhead Rd, Monaca (Center Township). Take Off Pounds Sensibly When: 8:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m., every week on Wed until Mon, Dec 28. Where: Hope Lutheran Church, 45 Maple Dr, Beaver. Baden Neighborhood Watch When: 7 p.m., every month on the 2nd Thu until Thurs, Nov 12. Where: Baden Municipal Complex, 149 State St, Baden. Grief Share Group When: 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., every week on Thu until Thurs, Dec 31. Where: St Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Burryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church, 1835 Route 68, Rochester. Contact: 724-452-6941. Beaver County Stop

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Smoking support group When: 7 p.m., every week on Thu until Mon, Dec 28. Where: Vanport Presbyterian Church, 289 Georgetown Ln, Vanport. Contact: 724-775-1922. Bridge to Hope When: 7 p.m., every week on Thu until Mon, Dec 28. Where: Garden Montessori School The, 204 Commerce Park Dr, Cranberry Township. Information: For families affected by substance abuse. http://www.bridge2hope.org.

Beaver County Club of Retired Persons When: 12 p.m., every week on Thu until Mon, Dec 28. Where: Holy Family Parish Social Hall, 1851 Third Ave., New Brighton. Information: Lunch at noon followed by meeting. Club has bowling and golf leagues, Men of Melody choral group. New members welcome. Contact: 724-846-0924. Cost: Lunch, $3.

Township six one-room schools When: 1 p.m., Sat, Sep 12. Where: Plains Presbyterian Church, 326 Plains Church Road, Cranberry Township. Information: Reunion of six one-room schools in Cranberry Township, Includes buffet supper at 4 p.m. Please bring dish to share. Students and families welcome. Contact: Carolyn Henning, carolynhenning@hotmail.com, 412-931-5004.

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Reunion: 70th New Brighton High School Class of 1945 Luncheon When: 12 p.m., Sat, Sep 12. Where: The Grand Valley Inn, 452 Constitution Blvd., Fallston. Information: Call for information. Contact: Thelma Fry, 724-8466619.

Narcotics Anonymous help line When: Repeats every month on the 1st Sun until Thu, Dec 31, All day. Contact: 888-251-2426. http://www.tristate-na.org .

Montour Valley 4H Community Club When: 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., every month on the 2nd Thu until Thurs, Oct 8. Where: Independence Township, 104 School Road, Aliquippa. Information: Clover Buds, children from ages 5 to 7 (must be 5 by Jan. 1); 4H member, ages 8 to 18 (must be 8 by Jan. 1). Projects include gardening, riflery, leadership, sewing, cooking, photography, entomology, small-engine, electrical, archery and more. Contact: Martha Jean Hardenbrook or Sue Peindl, martha@ hardenbrook.net, 724-375-2801 or 412-770-6834.

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SUPERHEROES HOLLYWOOD EXECUTIVES WATCHED THIS SUMMER AS SEQUELS, PREQUELS AND FRANCHISE TITLES RETURNED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO MOVIE STUDIOS. THAT, OF COURSE, WAS DURING THE SUMMER SEASON, AND NEW WINNERS WILL EMERGE FROM LABOR DAY THROUGH THANKSGIVING. SEE PAGE D2

BOOKS IN BEAVER Beaver County BookFest beckons to book lovers on Sept. 12, with 60 regional authors, and a few national ones, signing their works and speaking about their craft. The event is in a new location this year, the central parks of Beaver. See PAGE D8

Headed toward fame, the Struts will show their stuff on Pittsburgh’s South Side By Scott Tady stady@timesonline.com

PITTSBURGH — We needed the Struts to shake up rock ’n’ roll. The English “indieglam” band, led by a singer with Freddie Mercury-like panache and pipes, is pumping out swaggerfilled, retro-laced anthems about good times. No backwoods beards or sensitive man-bun hairdos here, just long, perfectly messy hair and loud stage

LABOR FEST IN BRIDGEWATER In this week’s Scott Tady column: A Labor Day Sunday show combines national and local acts in Bridgewater; Root Sports finally gets “Friday Night Rocks” right; new single releases from a Findlay Township teen and North Sewickley’s internationally touring bluesman, and more. See PAGE D6

attire you won’t find in an Urban Outfitters catalog. With seize-the-moment declarations (“Don’t want to live as an untold story/ Rather go out in a blaze of glory”) bursting from their single “Could Have Been Me” that’s currently invading America, Struts’ frontman Luke Spiller granted a phone interview to The Times, publicizing the band’s sold-out concert this Friday at the Smiling Moose on Pittsburgh’s South Side. Like the rock star he’s always wanted to be, Spiller began the chat by vividly setting the scene: “Hey mate, I’m here in

Central Park with my girlfriend, taking a lovely stroll John and Yoko style.” We’re delighted you’ve got time to talk with us.Things are really taking off for you guys.What’s been the most exciting or surreal moment? Spiller: Plenty of things recently. “Could Have Been Me” has gotten well over 2 million streams on Spotify, which has been brilliant. Obviously, opening for the Rolling Stones (in Paris) was amazing. More recently was playing our first proper sold-out show in San Diego, which was a really kind of pinchme moment, seeing every-

one singing along and dancing and letting themselves go and feeling those connections to our music. There’s no such thing as an overnight success, but does everything seem to be happening very fast? I guess some people would look at it like overnight success — well, it’s not success yet — but we’re on our way. But I think people should bear in mind it’s been six years since me and Adam (Slack, the band’s guitarist) got together and started writing, and four years since the current lineup STRUTS, PAGE D7

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Autumn movies to fall for By Lou Gaul

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The dinosaurs roared, the Terminator returned, the Minions grossed millions, Tom Cruise faced a fifth impossible mission, and Ant-Man proved a giant during the incredibly busy summer season. Hollywood executives watched as sequels, prequels and franchise titles returned billions to studio coffers. That, of course, was during the summer season, and new winners will emerge from Labor Day through Thanksgiving. Daniel Craig’s Bond will be back (“Spectre”), Charlie Brown will be animated (“The Peanuts Movie”), Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky will return as a trainer (“Creed”), Sandra Bullock will get political (“Our Brand Is Crisis”), Matt Damon will get lost in space (“The Martian”), Sanaa Lathan will face a dangerous suitor (“The Perfect Guy”), Johnny Depp will turn to crime (“Black Mass”), Bill Murray will go to Afghanistan (“Rock the Kasbah”), Julia Roberts will be involved in a mystery (“Secret in Their Eyes”), Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Pitt will team on screen (“By the Sea”), and local directorial favorite M. Night Shyamalan will offer a new chiller (“The Visit”). Local filmgoers will look

“Sleeping with Other People,” with Alison Brie, Adam Scott, Natasha Lyonne and Jason Sudeikis in a romantic comedy about a young woman torn between two very different guys. Leslye Headland (“Bachelorette”) directed. (Rating: R.) “The Transporter Refueled,” with Ed Skrein as Frank Martin, who replaces Jason Statham in the driver’s seat of this franchise title in which the main character must rescue a kidnap victim taken by Russian human traffickers. Famed French action specialist Luc Besson produced. Camille Delamarre (“Brick Mansions”) directed. (Rating: PG-13.) Sony Pictures Animation

Vlad (Mel Brooks), Mavis (Selena Gomez), Dracula (Adam Sandler) and Johnny (Andy Samberg) in Columbia Pictures’ “Hotel Transylvania 2.” for familiar background scenery in “Love the Coopers,” a holiday comedy with Amanda Seyfried, Diane Keaton, John Goodman and Marisa Tomei, shot in part in Sewickley, and the decisively darker “The Last Witch Hunter,” with Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie and Elijah Wood, which did some underground mine

filming in Wampum. The titles are listed chronologically, with all release dates highly subject to change:

Sept. 4 “Dragon Blade,” with Jackie Chan, John Cusack, Adrien Brody and Si Won Choi in an action tale that was a massive hit in China and tells an epic story of

the fight for the Silk Road. Daniel Lee (“14 Blades”) directed. (Rating: R.) “Kitchen Sink,” with Vanessa Hudgens, Mackenzie Davis, Denis Leary, Keegan-Michael Key, Bob Odenkirk, Joan Cusack and Patton Oswalt in a comedic fright film about humans, zombies and vampires who live in the same town and no

longer get along with each other. Robbie Pickering (“Natural Selection”) directed. (Rating: Pending.) “The Perfect Guy,” with Michael Ealy, Sanaa Lathan, Morris Chestnut and Charles S. Dutton in a thriller about a newly single woman who begins to question her judgment about the opposite sex

Sept. 11 “The Visit,” with Kathryn Hahn, Ed Oxenbould, Olivia DeJonge and Peter McRobbie in a dark-humor chiller about two children with highly usual grandparents. M. Night Shyamalan (“The Sixth Sense”) directed. (Rating: PG-13.)

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Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juno Temple and Dakota Johnson in a fact-based crime drama about Whitey Bulger, a prominent figure in Boston’s organized crime scene. Scott Cooper (“Out of the Furnace”) directed. (Rating: R.) “The Captive,” with Kate Mara, Michael Kenneth Williams, Mimi Rogers and David Oyelowo in a drama about a single mother who has suffered from addiction and is taken hostage by a criminal who murdered a judge. Jerry Jameson (“Last Flight Out”) directed. (Rating: PG-13.) “Everest,” with Jake Gyllenhaal, Keira Knightley, Robin Wright, Josh Brolin, Sam Worthington, Jason Clarke, John Hawkes and Emily Watson in an adventure picture about the devastating impact of a massive storm while a group is scaling the mountain. Baltasar Kormakur (“2 Guns”) directed. (Rating: PG-13.) “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials,” with Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Patricia Clarkson and Giancarlo Esposito in a fantasy sequel that has the survivors from the original trying to survive in a barren landscape. Wes Ball, who helmed the original, again directed. (Rating: PG-13.) “Sicario,” with Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Jon Bernthal, Josh Brolin, Jeffrey Donovan, Victor Garber and Raoul Trujillo in a crime tale about an FBI agent who finds his idealism tested after becoming involved in the drug war between the U.S. and Mexico. Denis Villeneuve (“Enemy”) directed. (Rating: R.)

Sept. 25 “99 Homes,” with Andrew Garfield, Laura Dern and Michael Shannon in a tale about an in-debt single father who agrees to forcibly evict people from homes they can’t afford after falling on hard times. Ramin Bahrani (“At Any Price”) directed. (Rating: R.)

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Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anthony Mackie star in Columbia Pictures’ “The Night Before.” Kate Bosworth, Annabeth Gish and Thomas Jane in a fright film about an orphaned girl whose horrific dreams come to life. Mike Flanagan (“Oculus”) directed. (Rating: PG-13.) “The Disappointments Room,” with Kate Beckinsale, Lucas Til and Gerald McRaney in a chiller about unimaginable horrors residing in the attic of a quiet home. D.J. Caruso (“I Am Number Four”) directed. (Rating: Pending.) “Hotel Transylvania 2,” with the voices of Selena Gomez, Adam Sandler, Kevin James, David Spade, Andy Samberg, Steve Buscemi, Megan Mullally, Keegan-Michael Key and Mel Brooks in a computer-animated picture featuring old-school creatures of the night. It will be presented in 2-D and 3-D. Genndy Tartakovsky, who helmed the original, directed. (Rating: PG.) “The Intern,” with Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Nat Wolff, Rene Russo and Adam DeVine in a comedy about a 70-year-old senior who dislikes retirement and accepts an entry-level position at a fashion house. Nancy Meyers (“Something’s Gotta Give”) directed. (Rating: PG-13.) “Mississippi Grind,” with Ryan Reynolds and Ben Mendelsohn in a tale

of a couple of guys hoping to end their bad-luck streaks while on a gambling trip down the Mississippi River. Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, co-writers of “HalfNelson,” co-directed. (Rating: R.) “Stonewall,” with Jeremy Irvine and Ron Perlman in a drama about a young man caught up in the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York’s Greenwich Village. Roland Emmerich (“Independence Day”) directed. (Rating: R.)

Oct. 2 “Legend,” with Tom Hardy, Emily Browning and David Thewlis in a drama about twin gangster brothers, Ronald and Reginald Kray, who thrived in England’s underworld. Hardy plays both brothers. Brian Helgeland (“Payback”) directed. (Rating: R.) “Victor Frankenstein,” with Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy in a fright film about the monster maker. Paul McGuigan (“Push”) directed. (Rating: PG-13.) “The Walk,” with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, Ben Schwartz and Charlotte Le Bon in a factual tale about daredevil Philippe Petit, who in 1974 crossed the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. It will be presented in 2-D and 3-D. Robert

Oct. 9 “Big Stone Gap,” with Whoopi Goldberg, Patrick Wilson, Ashley Judd, Jane Krakowski and Chris Sarandon in a romantic comedy about a 35-yearold woman who enjoys a very quiet life in a tiny Virginia mountain town and then becomes sought after by the opposite sex after the revelation of a secret. Adriana Trigiani (“Queens of the Big Time”) directed. (Rating: PG-13.) “He Named Me Malala,” a documentary offering an intimate portrait of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai and her bravery speaking out on rights for young Pakistani girls under the thumb of the Taliban. Davis Guggenheim (“An Inconvenient Truth”) directed. (Rating: PG-13.) “The Finest Hours,” with Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Eric Bana and Casey Affleck in a 1952-set disaster picture about the Coast Guard’s rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after two tankers are destroyed during a blizzard. Craig Gillespie (“Million Dollar Arm”) directed. (Rating: Pending.) “Masterminds,” with Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Owen Wilson,

“Love the Coopers” was filmed in Sewickley. Jason Sudeikis, Zach Galifianakis and Leslie Jones in a crime comedy about a night guard who plans a major bank robbery. Jared Hess (“Napoleon Dynamite”) directed. (Rating: PG-13.) “Pan,” with Hugh Jackman, Cara Delevingne, Amanda Seyfried, Rooney Mara, Garrett Hedlund and Levi Miller in a big-budget retelling of the early years of Peter Pan’s Neverland saga. Joe Wright (“The Soloist”) directed. (Rating: Pending.) “Steve Jobs,” with Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen and Jeff Daniels in a biography of the genius behind Apple. Danny Boyle (“Slumdog Millionaire”) directed. (Rating: Pending.)

Oct. 16 “Beasts of No Nation,” with Idris Elba and Abraham Attah in a drama about an orphaned African teen who is recruited by a rebel army. Cary Fukunaga (“Jane Eyre”) directed. (Rating: Pending.)

“Bridge of Spies,” with Tom Hanks and Amy Ryan in a factual Cold War drama about an American lawyer assigned to exchange a Russian spy for an American pilot. Steven Spielberg (“Schindler’s List”) directed. (Rating: PG-13.) “Crimson Peak,” with Charlie Hunnam, Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain and Mia Wasikowska in a dark fantasy about a writer in a house plagued by ghosts of her past. Guillermo del Toro (“Pacific Rim”) directed. (Rating: R.) “Freeheld,” with Ellen Page, Julianne Moore and Steve Carell in a drama about New Jersey Police Lt. Laurel Hester and her domestic partner Stacie Andree, who had to battle to secure Hester’s pension benefits after she was diagnosed with cancer. Peter Sollett (“Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist”) directed. (Rating: PG-13.) “Goosebumps,” with Jack Black and Halston Sage in an action adventure in which the supermovies, page d4

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“Spotlight,” with Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, John Slattery, Liev Schreiber, Stanley Tucci, Billy Crudup and Brian d’Arcy James in a 2002-set drama about the Boston Globe’s reporting of childabuse accusations in the Catholic Church. Tom McCarthy (“The Visitor”) directed. (Rating: R.)

“Truth,” with Robert Redford, Elizabeth Moss, Cate Blanchett, Topher Grace and Dennis Quaid in a biographical drama about the destruction of the career of newsman Dan Rather (Redford) after a false report that George W. Bush received special treatment during the Vietnam War. James Vanderbilt (“Zodiac”) directed. (Rating: Pending.)

“Trumbo,” with Bryan Cranston, Helen Mirren and Elle Fanning in a drama about Dalton Trumbo, the writer who was on the anti-Communist Hollywood blacklist. His screenplays include “Roman Holiday,” “Papillon,” “Executive Action,” “A Guy Named Joe” and “Spartacus.” Jay Roach (“Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery”) directed.(Rating: Pending.)

Oct. 23 “Burnt,” Bradley Cooper, Jamie Dornan, Sienna Miller, Emma Thompson and Uma Thurman in a fact-based story about a self-destructive chef who tries to open a new restaurant and heal the broken relationships in his life. John Wells (“August: Osage County”) directed. (Rating: Pending.) “Jem and the Holograms,” with Molly Ringwald, Juliette Lewis and Ryan Guzman in a fantasy (based on an animated 1980s TV series) about a girl who becomes an underground video superstar. Jon M. Chu (“G.I. Joe: Retaliation”) directed. (Rating: PG.) “The Last Witch Hunter,” with Vin Diesel, Elijah Wood, Rose Leslie (“Game of Thrones”) and Michael Caine in a $90 million action fantasy about a warrior responsible for saving mankind from frighteningly powerful witches. Filming took place in the Pittsburgh area, including Wampum. Breck Eisner (“The Crazies”) directed. (Rating; Pending.)

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Daniel Craig stars as James Bond in “Spectre.” “Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension,” with Olivia Taylor Dudley and Chloe Csengery in another installment in the demonic hauntings franchise. Gregory Plotkin made his directing debut. (Rating; Pending.) “Secret in Their Eyes,” with Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Dean Norris in a mystery about members of an elite FBI squad whose relationships sour after the daughter of one of them is killed. Billy Ray (“Breach”) directed. (Rating: PG-13.) “Suffragette,” with Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep in a drama about the battle for women’s rights. Sarah Gavron (“Brick Lane”) directed. (Rating: PG-13.)

Oct. 30 “Autobahn,” with Nicholas Hoult, Felicity Jones, Ben Kingsley and Anthony Hopkins in a thriller about an American traveler who gets involved with drug smugglers and uses Germany’s Autobahn to elude them. Eran Creevy (“Welcome to the Punch”) directed. (Rating: Pending.) “Our Brand Is Crisis,” with Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton and Anthony Mackie in a drama about some American political consultants dealing in South American elections. David Gordon Green (“Pineapple Express”) directed. (Rating: Pending.) “Scouts Guide to the

Zombie Apocalypse,” with Tye Sheridan, Halston Sage, David Koechner, Cloris Leachman and Patrick Schwarzenegger in a comedy horror film about three scouts who join forces with a cocktail waitress after their peaceful town is invaded by the walking dead. Christopher Landon (“Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones”) directed. (Rating: R.)

Nov. 6 “Brooklyn,” with Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen and Julie Walters in a drama about a young woman who in the 1950s moves from Ireland to the U.S. and following a family tragedy must choose between an American suitor and a man from a foreign land. John Crowley

(“Closed Circuit”) directed. (Rating: PG-13.) “The Peanuts Movie,” with the voices of Noah Schnapp and Venus Schultheis in an animated tale featuring Charlie Brown, Lucy, Snoopy, Peppermint Patty and the other comic strip characters. Steve Martino (cohelmer of “Ice Age: Continental Drift”) directed. (Rating: G.) “Spectre,” with Daniel Craig, Monica Bellucci, Lea Seydoux, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris and Ben Whishaw in the fourth 007 installment with Craig as the best Bond since Sean Connery. The producers filmed the highly awaited picture under a veil of secrecy. Sam Mendes (“Skyfall”) directed.

“The 33,” with Antonio Banderas, Cote de Pablo, Rodrigo Santoro, James Brolin, Juliette Binoche, Lou Diamond Phillips and Gabriel Byrne in the factual story of 33 miners who were trapped underground for 69 days. Patricia Riggen (“Girl in Progress”) directed. (Rating: Pending.) “By the Sea,” with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Pitt in a romantic drama set in France during the 1970s when a former dancer and her writer-husband find their relationship failing, something that might be remedied by the eccentric residents of a seaside town. (Rating: R.) “Love the Coopers,” with Amanda Seyfried, Olivia Wilde, Marisa Tomei, Ed Helms, Anthony movies, page d5

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Mackie, Diane Keaton, John Goodman and Alan Arkin in a comedy about a large family’s Christmas Eve celebration that goes far astray. Jessie Nelson (“I Am Sam”) directed. (Rating: Pending.)

“The Martian,” with Matt Damon, Kate Mara, Michael Pena, Jessica Chastain, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kristen Wiig and Jeff Daniels in a sci-fi thriller about an astronaut who is stranded on Mars and must find a way back to Earth. Ridley Scott (“Alien”) directed. (Rating: Pending.)

“Rock the Kasbah,” with Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, Kate Hudson, Zooey Deschanel, Taylor Kinney and Scott Caan in a road picture about a veteran music manager who takes a young female singer on a performance tour in Afghanistan. Barry Levinson (“Rain Man”) directed. (Rating: Pending.)

Nov. 20 “Carol,” with Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson and Kyle Chandler in a relationship drama based on Patricia Highsmith’s 1953 book “The Price of Salt.” Todd Haynes (“Far From Heaven”) directed. (Rating: R.)

“Midnight Special,” with Kirsten Dunst, Joel Edgerton, Adam Driver, Michael Shannon and Sam Shepard in a thriller about a father who discovers his son has special powers and then goes on the run to protect him. Jeff Nichols (“Mud”) directed. (Rating: PG-13.) “The Night Before,” with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anthony Mackie, Seth Rogen, Miley Cyrus, Mindy Kaling, Lizzy Caplan, Lorraine Toussaint and Kanye West in a comedy about three guys who like to seek out parties on Dec. 24. Jonathan Levine (“Warm Bodies”) directed. (Rating: Pending.)

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“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2,” with Jennifer Lawrence, Natalie Dormer, Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson, Josh Hutcherson, Julianne Moore, Jena Malone, Stanley Tucci, Liam Hemsworth and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman in a fantasy sequel during which the revolution continues. It will be presented in 2-D and 3-D. Francis Lawrence (“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1”) directed. (Rating: Pending.)

Nov. 25 “Creed,” with Sylvester Stallone returning as the “Italian Stallion,” who has become a trainer to Apollo Creed’s grandson (Michael B. Jordan) in this awaited boxing saga. Ryan Coogler (“Fruitvale Station”) directed. (Rating:

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“Rings,” with Aimee Teegarden and Johnny Galecki in a horror picture that features a videotape with frightening images and ranks as the third title in the “Ring” franchise. F. Javier Gutierrez (“Before the Fall”) directed. (Rating: Pending.)

Beyond ‘Jurassic World,’ promising developments at summer box office

“The Good Dinosaur,” with the voices of Jeffrey Wright, Steve Zahn, Raymond Ochoa, Anna Paquin, Sam Elliott and Frances McDormand in the awaited Disney/Pixar movie that unfolds in the world of dinosaurs. Peter Sohn made his directing debut. (Rating: Pending.)

Nov. 27 “The Danish Girl,” with Eddie Redmayne, Amber Heard, Matthias Schoenaerts and Alicia Vikander in a factual drama about transgender pioneer Lili Elbe. Tom Hooper (“The King’s Speech”) directed. (Rating: Pending.) Sources include: imdb.com, Google, Movie Insider, rottentomatoes.com, Allied Integrated Marketing, Entertainment Weekly, Wikipedia, the Hollywood Reporter, filmratings. com. ——— Lou Gaul is retired film critic for Calkins Media.

I just witnessed the Summer Box Office Bonanza of 2015, and boy, is my neck tired. Movie fans and consumers of culture in general can be forgiven for feeling a little bit whipsawed this Labor Day weekend, when we can peek out from under the worldcrushing foot of “Jurassic World” to consider the season’s winners and losers and what to make of them. After a lackluster 2014, the movie business had a lot riding on audiences returning to theaters this year, and return they did, mostly to the aforementioned reboot of the dino-driven Steven Spielberg classic, but to a few others as well. This is where the spine-twisting contradictions come in. By most lights, the big issue in 2015 has been women, their representation on screen and behind the scenes, and their lack of pay parity with their male co-stars. A conversation started by Patricia Arquette at the Oscars has continued over the past several months, with damning studies and statistics regarding the dearth of female directors and power players in Hollywood. In the midst of all this bad news, though, women were quietly and confidently cleaning up in actual multiplexes, as female-led movies such as “Fifty Shades of Grey,” “Cinderella,” “Pitch Perfect 2,” “Mad Max: Fury Road” and the animated adventure “Inside Out” claimed Top 10 status at the box office, with such comedies as “Spy” and “Trainwreck” becoming respectable hits. As they’ve been doing since the days of the first “Twilight” and “Sex and the City” movies, women proved again this summer that they’re a viable and lucrative audience, eager to see their experiences up on screen, whether realistically reflected or romantically confected. And it’s safe to assume that, after the ludicrous spectacle of Bryce Dallas Howard running through “Jurassic World” in impossibly high heels, female filmgoers were gratified by breakout star

Rebecca Ferguson unceremoniously removing her shoes before running, fighting and generally kicking people’s tushies in the delightfully playful “Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation.” That installment of the Tom Cruise franchise drove home an important point, which is that male stars have a crucial part to play in improving women’s roles in Hollywood, on and off screen. Actors of Cruise’s influence possess enormous power when it comes to script and director approval, and they can easily order a screenplay rewritten to beef up their scenes, while relegating their female co-stars to swooning second fiddles. It’s a credit to Cruise that in “Rogue Nation” and “Edge of Tomorrow,” he either allowed or encouraged filmmakers to pair him with women who weren’t merely passive romantic partners but strong, competent protagonists in their own right. Still, all this good news notwithstanding, the fact remains that women’s representation in the film business is disproportionately low enough that the American Civil Liberties Union has called for state and federal agencies to launch investigations into gender discrimination in the industry. And, it bears asking: Where were the women of color this summer? Last year at this time, filmgoers and critics alike were cheering the arrival of 2014’s most notable breakout star, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, who delivered smashing back-to-back performances in “Belle” and “Beyond the Lights.” This year, African-American women have had juicy opportunities on television, on shows such as “Empire,” “How to Get Away With Murder,” “Scandal,” “Black-ish” and HBO’s movie “Bessie.” But they’ve been largely invisible on the big screen — including in “Straight Outta Compton,” the N.W.A biopic that has been excoriated for eliding the sexism of the rappers’ lyrics as well as band member Dr. Dre’s abusive history with women. That criticism, although justified, hasn’t detracted from “Straight Outta Compton’s”

achievement as a classic musical biopic, bolstered by uncanny performances, infectiously kinetic energy and eerie timeliness, its portrayal of police brutality in 1990s Los Angeles chiming uncannily with the post-Ferguson culture. The only surprising thing about “Straight Outta Compton” becoming a huge hit is that anyone found it surprising: Not only is N.W.A’s music a cultural touchstone for an entire generation (white and black), but it was released by Universal Pictures. That’s the studio that released “Jurassic World” to record-shattering success but, perhaps more tellingly, was behind several other notable hits this year, including “Fifty Shades of Grey,” “Furious 7,” “Minions,” “Pitch Perfect 2” and “Trainwreck.” If Universal’s success can be reduced to a few keywords, they would be: audience, quality and calendar. The company’s development and marketing executives made sure they knew precisely who would come to each of their movies and fashioned marketing plans — usually involving viral campaigns with social media and other digital strategies — that targeted those consumers early and often, from heightening the mystery and romance of “Fifty Shades of Grey” on tastefully composed billboards to developing the “Straight Outta” meme and skywriting “Compton” over the skies of L.A. Universal surprised everyone and even itself with the mega-success of “Jurassic World,” which so dramatically transcended its core audience of nostalgic baby boomers and special-effects fans. But look beyond that “100-year flood,” as the Hollywood Reporter recently called the “Jurassic” phenomenon, and you see a well-balanced slate of films that were aimed at a wide range of filmgoers and that were executed, if not always brilliantly, then well enough to pass muster. (It’s revealing that Universal’s most obvious whiff this summer, “Ted 2,” happened to be a bad movie.)

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Rock out at Labor Fest in Bridgewater Get in the spirit of Labor Day on Sunday by checking out a new music festival in Bridgewater. Labor Fest takes place from 7 p.m. to midnight on the outdoor patio at Thursday’s Restaurant, featuring national recording artist Matthew Ryan of Beaver. Ryan’s bringing to town buddy Cory Call, singer for Colorado rock band Arliss Nancy, which people compare to Drive By Truckers, Lucero or even the Replacements. Ryan and Call plan to hit the stage together about 9:30 p.m., after an acoustic set by Old Game (dark indie-pop from Pittsburgh), Allen James (indie-singer-songwriter from Bridgewater) and The Sparrows (rock-soulAmericana from Ellwood City). Beaver County alt-rock band Ill Willis, winners of the 105.9-The X Winter Rock Challenge, will bring it on home starting about 10:30 p.m. That’s a fine lineup under any circumstances, though Labor Fest also strives to keep in mind what we’re supposed to be honoring this holiday weekend. “Labor Day honors what workers can accomplish when they come together,” said Ed Campbell, Thursday’s owner and a staunch local music supporter. “Beaver County was built on the accomplishment of those workers. I grew up a small-town laborer’s son, and that was where my sense of community grew. A group of us, including some of the musicians playing on Sunday, talked about trying to build a foundation for a new sense of community.” Campbell hopes for a diverse turnout, with

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Scott Tady is ready to hear country music at this weekend’s Coors Light Kickoff and Rib Festival at Heinz Field. Pittsburgh country-rock band Saddle Up is the 7:30 p.m. warm-up act Sunday for Craig Morgan. The festival concludes Monday with Pittsburgh acoustic trio Tres Lads at 3:30 p.m., then Eric Paslay, who scored a 2013 hit with “Friday Night.” people enjoying different genres of music while building a sense of community. I’ll try not to wreck everything as co-emcee, along with 91.3-WYEP’s Adam Kukic. “We think the artists are among some of the best in the region, and we had to turn away some great musicians because of time constraints,” Campbell said. “We look forward to this becoming an annual festival that we can grow into a two- or three-day event.” Admission is $10.

Rocking Root

Five months into the Pittsburgh Pirates season, Root Sports finally caught its groove with “Friday Night Rocks,” its weekly between-innings segment profiling local rock bands. Ellwood City-Pittsburgh rockers the Hawkeyes earned lots of camera time during the Aug. 28 Buccos

telecast, giving viewers a live sample of several songs and a sense of the group’s raw energy. “Yes, it was different. Those songs were done live in studio as opposed to the filmed videos that normally show, something they had wanted to try with us all year,” Hawkeyes singer Jay Wiley said. “We had no knowledge of this until about the third inning, but the broadcast got picked up by MLB Network, went nationwide, and we even got mentioned on (ESPN’s) ‘Sportscenter,’” Wiley said. The Hawkeyes’ Facebook page bumped up over 200 likes on just that evening. “Twitter went crazy for us, too,” Wiley said. “It ain’t Jools Holland, but hey, we’ll take it.” I was glad to hear the Pirates’ announcers mentioning the Hawkeyes, as the broadcast overall seemed to show more

Kiersten Kelly

Hopewell Township viral video star Kiersten Kelly, 19, has released her debut single, “Get Out,” which mixes singersongwriter sensibilities with a chorus that’s got a dance beat. commitment to a worthwhile idea that Root hasn’t publicized nearly as well as it has other events. Maybe next year, Root can figure out a way to combine the bands with bobbleheads.

Theater in Oakmont (managed by Beaver County’s Joe Wichryk), followed by a screening at the Hollywood theater in Dormont.

The horror

The Red Hot Chilli Pipers will perform at the 25th annual Pittsburgh Irish Festival.

You might not instantly equate Shadyside with horror, unless you’re talking about trying to find a parking space. But that’s where indie filmmaker Miguel Almendarez shot haunted house scenes last weekend, in an 1830s restored Victorian for “The Showing,” a fright film that features local talents Erin Berger (Monaca) and Ruthy Stapleton and Madison Stiple (both of Beaver Falls). Almendarez works quickly, with “The Showing” tentatively scheduled for an Oct. 23 or 30 premiere at the Oaks

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The Scottish bagpiper band, with rock ‘n’ roll attitude, takes the stage all three days for the Sept. 11-13 event at Riverplex, between Sandcastle and The Waterfront at Homestead. Other acts will include We Banjo 3, the High Kings, JigJam and Screaming Orphans (all from Ireland), and lots of festival favorites including Gaelic Storm. The schedule is at pghirishfest. org. North Sewickley Township’s internationally touring bluesman Rich

Harper has released a touching new single inspired by his wife, who is battling lung cancer. “I Know” is available on iTunes, Google Play and Harper’s cdbaby.com page, where he more fully explain the song’s inspiration: “Through the years, dealing with the music business and being a ‘temperamental ar-teest,’ there are times I rant and rave. While I do this, my wife would patiently sit there, let me get it all out and then quietly say, ‘I Know.’ So, that’s how this song is written. I’m basically ranting on, and she is saying, ‘I Know.’” Harper, who regularly has toured Scandinavia and Southeast Asia, has a new album coming out, targeted for early October. Hopewell Township viral video star Kiersten Kelly, 19, has released her debut single, “Get Out,” which mixes singer-songwriter sensibilities with a chorus that’s got a dance beat. Two years ago, the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School graduate garnered 100,000 video views almost overnight for her version of “Cups” from the Anna Kendrick comedy “Pitch Perfect.” Since its release, Kelly’s video has received over 600,000 views across the globe, with people crediting her as an inspiration. Kelly, who was born without a right forearm, plans to record a fulllength album amid her studies as a dual major in music business and songwriting at the prestigious Berklee College of Music. Scott Tady is entertainment editor for The Times and is reachable at stady @timesonline.com.

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has been together. We’ve relentlessly toured the U.K. and Europe. It’s great that it’s starting to happen in The States, but it doesn’t seem to be that fast to me. We want to be bigger and have more of it. I think never being satisfied is a good quality to have. Sirius-XM radio’s Top 20 station is playing “Could Have Been Me.” Did you imagine that song being a crossover success? Of course we did. We’ve always tried to have a pop sensibility. I think to be successful, your mindset needs to be, “Is it going to make radio?” But we tried to distinctly remain ourselves, too. I think it turned out very well that we have this rock ’n’ roll anthem that’s kind of all over The States at the moment. The “Could Have Been Me” music video looked like a blast with you guys performing aboard a boat floating down the river in London. What was your favorite moment? That whole day itself was pretty amazing. That journey down the Thames was probably one of my favorite things. And there were half-naked girls, so that was pretty enjoyable. The club you’re playing in Pittsburgh has a smaller stage than what you may be used to lately. Since you’re known for high-energy shows, how are

you going to approach that? I don’t really think that’s an issue. We’ve played small stages before. And maxi stages and mediumsized ones, all up and down the U.K. We’re experienced enough now to just wing it, so to speak, and let the music do the talking. We can’t wait to do it. Though I have been taking a bit of a look at the budget to see if we can add some confetti cannons or indoor fireworks. You’ve got to be creative. Do you feel like the Struts are bringing something back to rock ’n’ roll that’s been missing? Yeah, it’s funny, people keep asking us: “Are you bringing rock back? ... Are you trying to save rock and roll?” I guess in terms of how we set out to achieve what we’ve done, the answer is no. All we wanted to do is play the music we love, playing within a sound that really inspires us. Just doing that. To have people say what they’ve been saying about us is really just a plus. Surely you’ve heard the Freddie Mercury comparisons. How do you handle that? Obviously that’s a huge honor because he’s a huge influence on me. I guess Queen really kind of changed my life when I discovered them. But I take it with a pinch of salt really. When you first come out and people hear how

you sound, I think they need to pigeonhole you, because it’s human nature. And so they compare me to somebody. Though I’m cool with that comparison. It’s not a bad one, is it? Have you been to Pittsburgh before or are you familiar at all with our city? I have to be honest, no. I don’t know much about anywhere we’re playing. It’s all a new discovery for me, which is actually pretty cool. Getting that firsthand look for the first time is great. When you’ve got free time while on tour, what do you like to do? Admittedly, things are complicated for me on my days off. If I’m not in the studio, there’s always an interview to do. But the other guys seem to have a lot of fun (laughs). I just try to chill out. Though whenever I do have the chance, I like to write songs and make more music. When the tour wraps up, will the band head back to the studio? We’ve been in the studio nonstop the last six months. We’re working constantly on songs when we’re not gigging. I don’t think that’s going to change anytime soon. Anything else you’d like to say to fans before your Pittsburgh show? If anyone reading this enjoys what they’re hearing, then go buy our new EP. And enjoy the rock and roll.

Major Lazer, The Weeknd have Spotify’s top summer songs NASHVILLE, TENN. (AP) — Spotify has named EDM act Major Lazer’s “Lean On” as the global song of the summer. The thumping, bassheavy song featuring MØ and DJ Snake beat out Jamaican native OMI’s “Cheerleader” and Wiz Khalifa’s “See You

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BookFest is back, this time in Beaver By Scott Tady stady@timesonline.com

BEAVER — The plot thickens for Beaver County BookFest, returning next weekend for another chapter, this time in a new setting. After taking 2014 off to revamp, the former Bridgewater BookFest has moved to Beaver’s central square parks, across from the Beaver County Courthouse. “This is really like no other event in Beaver County,” said BookFest founder and author Val Brkich of Beaver. “We’re going to have close to 60 regional authors there selling and signing their books. If you’re an avid reader or a wannabe writer, you don’t want to miss this event.” BookFest opens with a ticket-only event Friday inside the Author Tent along Market Street in Beaver. Attendees will enjoy refreshments and an

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Iowa author Julie Long will sign books and meet the public at the Beaver County BookFest in Beaver. intimate author panel featuring the festival’s award-winning main authors, Jonathan Auxier (“The Night Gardener”; “Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes”) and Bruce Ferber (“Cascade

Falls”; Elevating Overman”). Tickets are $20, available online or at Cafe Kolache in Beaver. There is no admission charge for BookFest’s Main Event taking place on Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., when attendees can meet more than 50 writers, including Auxier and Ferber, who will be signing and selling their books both in and around the Author Tent. The festival will feature food and retail vendors, as well as an interactive Children’s Tent, where kids can listen to readings, watch performances and take part in various activities. “I can’t tell you how awesome it is that we were able to get Jonathan Auxier and Bruce Ferber as our featured authors,” Brkich said. “Jonathan is a rising star in the world of middle-grade fiction, and he’s an amazing speaker, too. Bruce, who’s

flying in all the way from L.A., is a multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominee and has worked on shows like ‘Growing Pains,’ ‘Coach’ and ‘Home Improvement.’ And they’re both going to be right here in Beaver. How cool is that?” Attendees will also get to chat with authors such as Julie Long (“Rooville”), a Pennsylvania transplant who grew up in Fairfield, Iowa, a typical Midwestern town that just happened to become the center of the Transcendental Meditation movement, causing Oprah Winfrey to dub it “America’s most unusual town.” “I’ve been tracking this book festival ever since Valentine Brkich started it in 2008, but every year, for one reason or another, I couldn’t attend,” Long said. “This year, not only can I finally attend, but I’ll also have a brand-new

novel to bring. I’m looking forward to spending the day with authors and readers, introducing them to my novel and celebrating the written word. I think for book lovers, BookFest is like a trip to a special library— one that’s outside in the fresh air, with food and fun, and you don’t have to whisper.” Chippewa Township children’s author Nathan Lindner (“The Rainbow Princess,” “The Purple Princess”) said he decided to participate in BookFest “because, as a newly published author, it gives me an opportunity to share my work, get my name out there, and touch base with people that will enjoy my books. ”I’m looking forward to participating in the Children’s Tent events,” Lindner said. “I’m doing a book reading at 9:30 that should be a lot of

fun. Having the children’s tent allows me to share my stories and connect with kids. My books originally started as bedtime stories to my children, and being able to share my stories with other kids is one of my main goals as an author.” Since its humble beginnings, BookFest has grown into one of the largest literary festivals in the state, Brkich said. “And by bringing it to the town of Beaver, we hope to attract even more people. This year’s event is going to be bigger and better than ever.” The nonprofit event is backed by the Friends of Beaver County BookFest and sponsored by PUSH Beaver County and PACyber. For more information and a list of participating authors, go to Beaver CountyBookFest.com and the festival’s Facebook page.

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Unmasked, Stephen Colbert debuts Tuesday hosting ‘Late Show’ By Frazier Moore AP Television Writer

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than double the Mondaythrough-Thursday half-hour output he maintained for nine years before exiting Comedy Central last December (and retiring his on-air character, aka The Character). “Before, I had four acts,” he says. “Now I will have seven acts ... and a band (led by versatile Louisiana-bred musician Jon Batiste). But it’s not about the pieces. It’s about what you do with the pieces.” Colbert, 51, comes to “The Late Show” after establishing himself in the guise of a messianic blowhard who spoofed Bill O’Reilly and his Fox News Channel show “The O’Reilly Factor,” with maybe a touch of Rush Limbaugh thrown in. On “The Colbert Report” he played the host as a jerk, but endearingly “someone who wasn’t AWARE that he was a jerk; a well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot. I wasn’t sure that I could get all four of those rotations on the ball. But it worked out.” His was a game of threedimensional chess, especially with the interviews, which became his favorite part of the show (“the written pieces are invention, the interviews are discovery”). But they were also exhausting. “Talking with a guest, I had to run everything through the CPU up here” — he points to the computer in his noggin — “to grind out a version of myself, instantly, while keeping my intention as a satirist evident

inside the Trojan horse of my character’s role as a pundit who trades on divisiveness.” Whew. Despite (or, more likely, because of) this Rube Goldbergian process, Colbert’s interviews were not just funny, but as incisive as anyone’s on TV. With his native observations and inquiries shining through the prism of his on-screen persona, he emerged as a stealth truth-teller. His doltish pronouncements, when decoded for their satirical intent, shrewdly analyzed politics, public affairs and the media as, without ever breaking character, he logged a marathon of performance art unmatched in TV history. In short, on “The Colbert Report” he proved he could do the impossible. But now ... “Can I do the POSSIBLE?!” he cuts in with a chortle. He has no doubt that, yes, he can. And to demonstrate, he’s been introducing the Stephen Colbert he will be with his online comedy segments, targeted features like a GQ cover story, and a growing drumbeat of other publicity. (Item: For a limited period, drivers using Waze, a navigation app, can choose Colbert’s voice to speak their driving instructions.) Along the way, he’s learned this brand of possible is easier than he imagined. “So far I’ve pre-taped at least half-a-dozen interviews as myself,” he says. All the while, The

Character “sat on my shoulder, saying, ‘Let ME do it! I can make everything a joke!’ And I would go, ‘No, no, I want to see what it’s like to do it WITHOUT you.’ “I liked those interviews, they were very enjoyable,” he reports. “And I’m not tired when it’s over. I feel great. That’s the most startling thing to me!” Still, he senses the reporter is unconvinced that he can stick to his guns once he lands in the latenight arena. “I’ve been in late night for a DECADE,” he counters. Hello: “The Colbert Report” began at 11:30 p.m. But now, he jokes, he’ll have five extra minutes to prepare. “Five more minutes! We’ll REALLY have our (stuff) in a pile!”

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