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Hupacasath consults with user groups as operations are set to begin on their land at the end of May KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
Users of the Log Train Trail off Burde Street will soon be seeing signs of active logging in the area. As part of their ongoing economic growth, the Hupacasath First Nation have implemented plans for their forestry-related woodlots. Located at Great Central Lake, along the Beaufort Range and above the Log Train Trail, the plan includes management and small segments of land being logged at a time. Consultants are also working with user groups and residents to minimize objections, clearly outline their plans and balance careful economics with the environment. The Hupacasath held an initial consultation with residents of Beaver Creek recently and will have follow-up meetings before any ribbons are tied and trees cut down. “We had our first meeting with residents who have water licences there,” said forester Warren Lauder. About 30 people who have previously been affected by logging companies showed up at Beaver Creek Hall. The aim was to be transparent in their plans. Resident Terry Shannon felt optimistic.
“We always have some concern, but they seem proactive,” Shannon said. “It’s still early, so time will tell.” Closer to town, a couple of active trail users met with Lauder and consultant Len Apedaile last week. Barb Baker and Judy Carlson represented the Alberni Valley Outdoors Club. The Hupacasath have already begun logging above Beaver Pond and within the next month, will hit the edge of the trail. Logging will be noticeable but the goal is to keep the visible impact minimal. They are using a small block approach, so rather than walking through a complete clearcut, hikers will see pockets of open area along the stretch of former road and rail grade. “As we move further into the narrow mountain bike trails and parts of the woodlot that are used a lot, we will be cognizant of recreational use and want to take that into consideration with our design,” Apedaile said. Along with smaller harvest areas, they are taking into consideration areas of root rot and high wind tunnels that have the potential to knock down trees and cause damage to the ecosystem.
Warren Lauder, forester with the Hupacasath First Nation, stands near an area of the Log Train Trail that will soon be part of logging operations. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
Signs and maps of the plans have been posted around the trail, including the loop leading to Beaver Pond. “We do appreciate them taking public use into account,” Carlson
said. “We do think they are doing the best they can to get their harvest with the least amount of disturbance. As long as they do it as they say, we can’t really ask for many other concessions than
that.” Logging is expected to being in the trail as early as the end of May. Kristi.Dobson@avtimes.net
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ACRD proceeds with airport plans Expansion proposed to boost Valley’s economy, but drag racers fear losing venue Alberni residents fears for friends in Nepal Another earthquake has increased the urgency for locals with connections to the country. » Alberni Region, 3
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The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District is following through with plans to expand the regional airport, but drag racing enthusiasts behind one of the area’s biggest events fear the development could end Thunder in the Valley. On Wednesday the regional district’s board of directors voted to push the $6 million of financing for the project through an Alternative Approval Process, which entails giving the public a period of 30 days to oppose the development after plans for the runway expansion are advertised in a local newspaper. According to B.C.’s Community Charter, if at least 10 per cent of the electorate in Port Alberni, Beaver Creek, Sproat Lake, Cherry Creek and Beaufort inform the ACRD of opposition to the project, the runway expansion must go to a formal referendum. The regional district hopes to expand the existing runway by 300 metres, adding airport lights and a Global Positioning System to allow aircraft to navigate through heavy cloud cover. Awaiting the public’s approval are plans to borrow up to $6 million from the Municipal
Thunder in the Valley attracts thousands of people to the regional airport for a weekend each summer. Organizers fear the event could be threatened. [SUBMITTED]
Finance Authority and increase the airport’s annual maintenance to $150,000 from the existing $50,000 in upkeep costs. With a 30-year repayment arrangement the development could increase annual property taxes by up to $23 for Valley communities. The ACRD is also seeking government grants to lessen
the reliance on a large loan. “[The loan] will enable the regional district to proceed with the project with or without funding in a timely manner,” stated a recent report on the airport development for ACRD directors. “If the regional district waits to conduct the approval process until news on funding in the fall, the
project would be delayed by six months to a year.” Currently the regional airport located near Sproat Lake is not equipped to handle scheduled passenger flights due to the absence of a GPS and a shorter runway than other active airports on Vancouver Island. This makes Port Alberni one of the few cities in Canada without a dependable regional facility that can service airlines. The Alberni Valley Chamber of Commerce has identified an improved airport as a major economic need in the region, but not everyone sees the benefits of developing the facility. Since 2000 drag racers have used the airstrip each summer for Thunder in the Valley. The event draws 4,000-5,000 people, said Bill Surry, president of the Alberni Valley Drag Racing Association, making Thunder in the Valley one of the area’s largest annual events. Local motorheads are concerned a developed airport might not have any room for Thunder in the Valley. “This is our 15th year,” said Surry, noting that any revenue from Thunder in Valley is used to keep the event going. See DEVELOPMENT, Page 3
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Truck theft ring cracked with two arrests ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
Local police have arrested two Port Alberni men in the last week, opening up a case involving a widespread string of incidents RCMP believe are tied to hundreds of thousands of dollars in truck thefts. Sheldon James Johanson, 26, was put in custody Wednesday, joining 19-year-old Craig James Donnelly Hannon, who was arrested on May 9. Both men are alleged to have played key roles in a wave of truck thefts, break ins and vandalism over the last two weeks that has affected communities across central Vancouver Island. Donnelly faces two counts of motor vehicle theft and three counts of possession of stolen property, while Johanson has been charged with fleeing from
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police plus other incidents currently before the Crown for review. The Port Alberni suspects are due to appear in court May 20. “A number of the charges relate to vehicles that were stolen in Port Alberni, Coombs area, Campbell River and Nanaimo,” said Cpl. Jen Allan of the Port Alberni RCMP. Some of the alleged thefts were to heavy-duty industrial trucks with cranes and other equipment, including two vehicles still missing from Campbell River. “The vehicles had been customized and two of those vehicle alone were estimated at a loss of $300,000,” Allan said, adding that another green F250 diesel truck and a flat deck trailer from Port Alberni have yet to be recovered.
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The first arrest occurred on May 9, just two days after Hannon got out of jail for a sentence related to another vehicle theft investigation. Police believe Hannon stole a truck the day he was released
police investigation progresses. Other RCMP detachments have worked with the local police force to locate suspects and find stolen property. In the air an RCMP helicopter from the Comox Valley has searched for stolen vehicles that might be hidden in the woods, while on the ground Port Alberni’s police dog Cisko and his handler Cst. Daryl McDonald follow tracks. “By using the dog and using the helicopter we were trying to locate the vehicles that they are alleged to be driving in that area,” said Allan. “We were able to locate a suspect in the Whisky Creek area walking on one of the logging roads.”
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Conflicts with aircraft users have already surfaced over the last year when complaints came to the ACRD about rubber that had gathered on the runway from years of drag racing. “Rubber is slippery when wet,” stated a recent ACRD report for the Alberni Valley Committee. “Airports typically keep runways rubber free.” The runway rubber was removed before Thunder in the Valley last year, and last February the Coulson Group of Companies was authorized to clean off the runway again to take out algae that could interfere with their aircraft and other users. But a rubber-less runway creates hazards for drag racing, said local driver Dyan Lover. “Many people almost crashed their cars last year after the rubber was removed from the runway surface for the first time ever,” she wrote in a letter to the ACRD. “Your actions also show no regard for the safety of the racers, the volunteers, the [Alberni Valley Drag Acing Association] and the hundreds of thousands of dollars the event brings to the local citizens and Vancouver Island economy each year.” This year the drag racing association has invested $2,000 more to prepare for the event by ordering an improved traction compound to spread on the runway before Thunder in the Valley on Aug. 8 and 9. A $7,000 tire dragger that can be pulled behind a tractor has also been purchased to improve grip, but the future of the popular event is uncertain if the runway sees more aircraft traffic. “Hopefully we can work with the regional board,” Surry said. “People involved, they’re given us a few options maybe down the road trying to make it so that we can still run there or around there.”
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from custody. His arrest was not publicized until Johanson was apprehended the following week. “We felt that because [Hannon] was one of the main players that we were looking at releasing that information could potentially impede the investigation,” Allan said. On Wednesday afternoon a patrolling officer saw Johanson driving a motorcyle on Waden Road without a helmet. The suspect drove off, but was soon found at a home on Maebelle Road where he is known to visit. “These are well-known individuals to police in a variety of jurisdictions,” Allen said. More arrests are expected from the string of property thefts, and the estimated $400,000 worth of losses and damages is climbing as the
Another earthquake in Nepal on Tuesday has increased urgency for fundraisers with local connections. Alberni Valley United Church is hosting a concert by the Surrey Children’s and Chamber Choir on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Admission is by donation. Half of proceeds will go towards the Act Alliance, a global coalition of churches coordinating relief efforts in Nepal. Alberni Valley Wrestling Club president Tom McEvay visited the mountainous south Asian county in November of 2012. He went on a trek with his son Cody and a group of Canadians with Eoin White, a friend McEvay met through the high school wrestling circuit. White’s operates a trekking company in the Himalayas. Communication is now difficult with the Sherpa families McEvay met while on the trek. Sherpas are an ethnic group living in the Himalayas, many of whom make their living in the tourism industry. “The challenges are immense,” McEvay said. He suspects many of the suspension bridges in the Namche area, near the epicentre of
“Houses that were damaged have now been completely destroyed.”
There has been “massive damage” in the town of Namche Bazaar and the nearby village of Khumjung, where some of the families White is trying to help are located. “Houses that were Eoin White, fundraiser for Nepal damaged have now been completely destroyed.” A Buddhist monk who Tuesday’s aftershock, are teaches at a school in Khumdestroyed. McEvay hiked jung injured his eye and lost through Namche during his home in Tuesday’s afterhis trek en route to Mount shock. He messaged White Everest. to inform him of the trouble “Things just get more and the fear that has gripped bleak, more remote up the people there. there,” he said. White said it would take A 6.7-magnitude tremor hundreds of thousands of shook Nepal again on Tues- dollars to help everyone who day, killing 70 people. The has asked him for aid. He’s April 25 earthquake, measur- resigned himself to do what ing 7.8 in magnitude, killed he can. over 8,000 and injured nearly “It’ll be way more than 20,000. Hundreds of thounothing,” he said. sands of people have been Martin.Wissmath@avtimes.net displaced as a result of the quakes. White, a retired Burnaby fire captain, started a fundraiser with the Burnaby Firefighters Local 323 on FundAid.ca. Started last week, White’s goal was to raise $35,000 to build homes for seven families in Nepal. At the time of writing on Thursday the fundraiser reached just over $16,000. “Things have gone from bad to worse,” White noted on the fundraiser webpage. The amount needed has now doubled, White said.
One of thousands of homes destroyed in Nepal. A fundraiser seeks to rebuild several of these Sherpa dwellings in the Himalayas, but costs have doubled after Tuesday’s aftershock. [SUBMITTED PHOTO]
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Precedent too soft for sexual predators
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housands of people in the Alberni Valley and around Vancouver Island now recognize the name Shaun Neil Pater, and for the worst of reasons. The 35-year-old Pater is infamous for his multiple convictions of sex crimes against children. What can we do with someone like this? Pater pleaded guilty on Tuesday to possessing child pornography and breaching his probation conditions. It was his third conviction of child sex crimes in the last three years. He was previously convicted in January 2012 and 2013 for sexually interfering with two underage girls. His probation conditions stipulated that Pater must avoid contact with anyone under the age of 16. At his sentencing hearing in Port Alberni this week, a Crown prosecutor
noted that Pater had breached those conditions in recent months, repeatedly, with two local families. Only days after appearing in provincial court in December to formally request a temporary reprieve from his conditions (which he was violating anyway) in order to visit relatives for the holidays, Pater was arrested again – this time for printing off pornographic photos of children at the local Wal-Mart. Obviously there is something terribly damaged in such a man’s psyche. Firstly, because of his dangerously disoriented sexual appetite; and this latest case further shows his blunt detachment from reality, thinking he could simply walk into a large retail store and print off self-incriminating evidence without consequences. Pater reportedly told police
he had not planned to print the photos off from his cell phone; he had acted impulsively. When police arrested Pater they found two other photos of young girls. Though not pornographic, those pictures pointed investigators to proof that he had not been obeying his courtordered conditions. That he was visiting these children, showing them undue attention and purchasing presents for them, made at least one of the mothers suspicious. Though one wonders why these parents let a nationally registered sex offender near any of their children at all. One issue with the National Sex Offender Registry: it’s not accessible to the public. The federal government proposed to change this with a new bill introduced into the House of Commons in February. Among the changes would be a publi-
cally-accessible database of offenders and an increase in the minimum and maximum sentences for offences against children. In Port Alberni court on Tuesday the Crown read off comments from a psychologist who had examined Pater. The doctor’s notes stated there is “no further treatment that would assist Mr. Pater,” and that he is a “high risk to re-offend sexually” against underage females. Despite this high risk, this repeat convicted sex offender will be released back into the public in about five months, after completing his sentence of 360 days, with credit for time served since his arrest. Crown counsel told the Times that prosecutors are constrained by precedent when sentencing prison time. That means the precedent is too lenient. In each of his three
recent convictions Pater has spent less than a year in jail. Although stringent conditions will be attached to his release, he’s already demonstrated a blatant disregard for court orders – and the law in general. Someone who has no respect for the most vulnerable citizens of our society forfeits our trust. Though the media has made Pater infamous for his crimes, he is not an isolated case. There are other files appearing in Port Alberni’s court – with disturbing regularity – dealing with people charged for sexual interference and assault of children under 16, and child pornography. If the legal system feels too constrained to keep these predators confined and away from the public, then we need better laws.
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December 13, 2015 and April 24, 2016 for our 43rd Season! To quote the famous composer, John Rutter: “Choral music is not one of life’s frills. It’s something that goes to the very heart of our humanity, our sense of community and our souls.”
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» Your Letters // e-mail: letters@avtimes.net Is the PM scared to face May in a debate? The Conservative Party of Canada announced that it does not intend to participate in the traditional Leaders Debate arranged by the media consortium of CBC, CTV and Global Networks, that has a staple of federal election campaigns dating back to 1968. The announcement comes just a couple of days after the Ottawa Press Gallery Dinner, which Prime Minister Harper also did not attend. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May most certainly did attend that function, and made headlines that are still reverberating across Canada; she is also very adamant to participate in the Leaders Debate. Would it be audacious to link the two stories, and presume that Mr. Harper – often characterized as a control-freak – is running scared, and is leery that Ms. May turns up at the Leaders Debate in a similar out-of-control state that she was in at the Press Gallery Dinner ?? Yours sincerely, Bernie Smith Parksville, B.C.
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On behalf of Timbre! Choir, I would like to thank our incredible audience for your support of choral music in the AlberniValley for the past 42 years. We love to sing, but even more, we love to entertain and please you. It is so heart warming to walk onto the wonderful stage at ADSS Theatre and feel your appreciation. A special thank you to those businesses and organizations that sell tickets for our concerts: Echo Centre, Finishing Touches, Rollin Art Centre and Salmonberry’s. There is a long list of people and organizations we are thankful to, but I would particularly like to thank those businesses and individuals who came forward this year to support us financially. Without your support, we literally could not give our audience the caliber of performance we provide. Please join us next year on
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Thanks for the Westcoast Growers Guide Kudos and thanks to Rick Major and associated staff at the Alberni Valley Times for their work on the printing, advertising and distribution of the “Westcoast Growers Guide” serving the Alberni Valley, Ucuelet, Tofino and Bamfield. We hope that the Growers Guide will prove to be a great resource for the people of the west coast, both residents and growers, and we look forward to working with you on next year’s issue. Sincerely, Brent Knox, Alberni Valley Transition Town Society Port Alberni
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Hollies’ heroes a group worth bragging about dermolen and Joy Paxton. The night featured a positive influx of ideas for future ladies’ nights. If you’re new to golf, or never been to ladies’ nights here, then next week we’ll highlight a special date for you. You can come out and play golf as our guest on a special women’s member-guest night. Watch for details next week! Meanwhile Mike came into the pro shop this week, making Men’s Nite inquiries. He’s new in town and hadn’t met anyone. He thought Men’s Nite would be perfect. Consequently, I thought it appropriate introducing him to some of Hollies’ heros! Over the years we’ve ended up with a devoted, loyal group worth bragging about.
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nthony Selva took his revenge on Men’s Night! After the recent loss against Seattle in the British Columbia Rugby Union Semi-finals, the mild-spoken Black Sheep player took the first round points lead at Hollies’ Men’s Night! Taking low net, a deuce and KP, Selva opened a twopoint lead over his closest pursuer Ron Lange. Lange was the evening’s low gross. Chuck Shobe stole the deuce pot on hole No. 3, while Rob Ackerman took the jackpot for the first ever and popular Hidden Hole contest. We had a lively group of women for our first ladies night featuring the low gross’s of both Karen Van-
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Take Mac for instance. He’s the genuine nice guy who carves beautiful Mars Bombers in his spare time when not carving wedge shots. Phil is Port’s primo golf swing student. When not guiding local estuary movement causes, he’s navigating the Golf Channel. Larry is Port Alberni’s famous volunteer who thrives on helping people. He just needs help chipping. And if there’s anyone with more common sense in Port than Larry, I haven’t met them yet! Then there’s Brian from Barrie. If you want to know where the best deals in Port are, ask Brian, he knows them all. Youtube became his life when leaving his Ontario days as a rock drummer. Don’t let me forget steady Edy and steady Freddie! They aren’t going steady, but they play together, so you figure it out. Long John Sawyer knows more about camping and the Green Bay Packers than what’s in his golf bag. But his real talent is baking, especially cookies, if you catch the drift! Verno is our Men’s Nite’s account wizard keeping the Ty Watson amounts in the honest zone, while his sidekick, Jeano, loves showing the female gender his exposition of clubhouse balls. If you play bad golf in Port Alberni, you’re out of luck
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because Barry, or mumbles as he’s known, has the corner on every golf shot alibi heard around the fishing city. He’s Men’s Nite’s defending points champion, Cec and Ron keep everyone neutral when not nuking niblicks. If you know a woman wanting to come out and play golf on Ladies’ Nite, even if a beginner, let me introduce you to some of the girls. Geri keeps all the stats. She’s the effervescent keeper of the Ty Watson books. Maryann, is our defending woman’s club champion who plays only in summer. She’s Port’s pool expert owning Alberni Valley Billiards. Laurelee is retired from the school system with a collection of artistic talents including quilting. If anyone cuts hair in Port Alberni better than Karen Vandermolen, I haven’t met
them. Originally from Newfoundland, she’s a southpaw if you are too. Marion is our Dane who delights in never giving up, no matter what the game throws at her, while Tineke is our Dutch import who plays frequently with the two Donnas. And we can’t forget our TD banking whiz Melanie or Julie who manages Coastal Community Insurance. For anyone on Men’s or Ladies night getting a hole in one on No. 6, she buys them dinner for two anywhere in Port! We have families too. Rob and Warren are the first-class father and son act, whose company “First Glass” can replace any window in Port without exception. Dave and Rob are another father and son duo who never miss Men’s Nite while the best family group is the
generation of grandma Iris, mother Linda and daughter Mallory who keep everyone on their toes during ladies’ nights. Skeet and Sherilyn are Hollies’ neighbours and the club’s most positive golfers. Finally, there’s Richard and Sashi. Richard is a man I can identify with. A busy insurance specialist and family man, he’s the one person in Port Alberni who’s never deterred by weather. He loves his golf so much, he not only returns as much as three times in a day to play, but in any weather. As they say on tour Richard, “You da man!” What can I say about Sashi? What could anyone say? Sashi often walks the entire distance from downtown and back to play at Hollies, and she plays easily three to four times per week! Healthy and dedicated come to my mind! Well Mike, that’s only a small dose of our Port players, but their amongst an honest group who all seem to like it here. They’re all waiting to meet you now! Finally, let me use this forum to announce this summer, after 11 years we are planning the first ever Port Alberni Open Par 3 tournament. The date’s are to be announced, but watch for it. If you’re a business and want to step up to the plate and be the first to sponsor it, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.
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KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 4850 Regina Avenue Minister: Laura Hargrove Phone: 250-723-7751 Fax: 250-723-7759 SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2015 10:15am Worship Service Coffee Hour JOIN US FOR WORSHIP SERVICE & FELLOWSHIP
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NHL Playoffs - Round 3 (Stanley Cup semifinals) All series best-of- seven Conference Finals West - Chicago Blackhawks vs. Anaheim Ducks East - Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New York Rangers Complete Schedule Saturday, May 16 (Game 1) Tampa Bay at NY Rangers, 10 a.m.
Monday, May 18 (Game 2) Tampa Bay at NY Rangers, 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 19 (Game 2) Chicago at Anaheim, 6 p.m.
Canadian Junior A Championship May 9-17, PCU Centre, Portage la Prairie, Man.
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Yesterday’s results Today’s schedule - Quarterfinals At CEZ Arena, Ostrava United States 3, Switzerland 1 Russia 5, Sweden 3 At O2 Arena, Prague Canada 9, Belarus 0 Czech Republic 5, Finland 3
Wednesday, May 20 (Game 3) NY Rangers at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. Thursday May 21 (Game 3) Anaheim at Chicago, 5 p.m. Friday, May 22 (Game 4) NY Rangers at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.
Saturday’s schedule - Semifinals Czech Republic vs. Canada, 6:15 a.m. United States vs. Russia, 10:15 a.m.
Saturday May 23 (Game 4) Anaheim at Chicago, 5 p.m. Sunday, May 24 (Game 5*) Tampa Bay at NY Rangers, 5 p.m.
Sunday, May 17 Bronze medal game, 7:15 a.m.
Monday, May 25 (Game 5*) Chicago at Anaheim, 6 p.m.
Thursday at O2 Arena, Prague
Tuesday, May 26 (Game 6*) New York Rangers at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 27 (Game 6*) Anaheim at Chicago, 5 p.m. Friday, May 29 (Game 7*) Tampa Bay at NY Rangers, 5 p.m. Saturday May 30 (Game 7*) Chicago at Anaheim, 5 p.m.
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Points 1 Corey Perry, ANA 2 Patrick Kane, CHI 3 Tyler Johnson, TB 3 Ryan Getzlaf, ANA 5 Nikita Kucherov, TB 5 Jonathan Toews, CHI 5 Jakob Silfverberg, ANA 8 Zach Parise, MIN 8 Steven Stamkos, TB 8 Duncan Keith, CHI
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L 2 4 7 5 1 4 4 4 1 6
GAA 0.97 1.60 1.71 1.81 1.96 2.11 2.12 2.20 2.22 2.23
Canada 9, Belarus 0 First Period 1. Canada, Brent Burns (Crosby, Hall) 0:27 2. Canada, Tyler Ennis (Barrie , Muzzin) 7:36 3. Canada, Ryan O’Reilly (Burns) 10:15 4. Canada, Tyler Seguin (Spezza) 17:28 Penalty: Volkov Bel (Hooking) 15:36 Second Period 5. Canada, Tyler Seguin (Couturier, Muzzin) 3:23 6. Canada, Brent Burns (O’Reilly, Eberle) 11:08 (PP) Penalties: Hall Can (Tripping) 7:55; Kulakov Bel (Slashing) 12:45; Ekblad Can (Tripping) 19:07; Belarus (Too Many Men) 9:45 Third Period 7. Canada, Tyler Seguin (Hall) 10:32 (PP) 8. Canada, Ryan O’Reilly (Giroux, Savard) 13:02 9. Canada, Jason Spezza (Burns) 15:19 Penalties: Burns Can (High-Sticking) 0:59 Goroshko Bel (Hooking) 5:57; Kostitsyn Bel (Roughing) 8:43 Shots on goal 1st 2nd 3rd T Belarus 3 13 8 24 Canada 20 18 12 50 Goaltending summary: Belarus: Kevin Lalande (41/50); Canada: Mike Smith (24/24) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): Belarus 0 of 3; Canada: 2 of 5 Att: N/A
Major Junior finals Quebec MJHL Quebec City Remparts vs. Rimouski Oceanic Today’s schedule Quebec at Rimouski, 4 p.m. (Series tied 2-2) Sunday, May 17 (Game 6*) Rimouski at Quebec, noon Monday, May 18 (Game 7*) Quebec at Rimouski, 4 p.m. Ontario - OHL Erie Otters vs. Oshawa Generals Today’s schedule Oshawa at Erie, 4:35 p.m. (Oshawa leads series 3-1)
Houston Astros’ Preston Tucker (20) receives a high five from Jake Marisnick (6) during a game on Thursday in Houston. [AP PHOTO]
Astros rally for 6-4 win over Blue Jays KRISTIE RIEKEN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON — Jonathan Villar’s two-run double put Houston on top in a four-run seventh inning and the Astros beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-4 on Thursday night. Rookie Preston Tucker’s RBI double off Aaron Loup (1-2) with no outs in the seventh brought the Astros within 4-3. Villar’s groundball double down the right field line scored two more to give Houston the lead. The Blue Jays intentionally walked Jose Altuve with one out before he stole second and Josh Thole’s error on the play allowed Villar to add an insurance run. Loup’s blown save ruined a solid start by Drew Hutchison, who allowed five hits and two runs with a season-high nine strikeouts in six innings. Josh Fields (2-0) got the last two outs of the seventh for the win and Chad Qualls struck out one in a perfect ninth for his fourth save. Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion hit consecutive home runs to give Toronto a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Tucker, who entered the game 0 for 7, finished with three hits for the first multi-hit game of his short career and Altuve added two hits for Houston, which is tied with Kansas City for the American League’s best record at 22-13. Houston starter Roberto Hernandez yielded six hits and four runs in 6 1-3 innings. Bautista drilled a homer off the wall above the Crawford Boxes in left field to give Toronto a 1-0 lead with two outs. Encarnacion’s home run came three pitches later to give Toronto back-toback homers for the first time this season. Luis Valbuena cut the lead to 2-1 with an RBI double that landed on Tal’s Hill in centre field with one out in the bottom of the inning before George Springer drew a walk. But Hutchison struck out Colby Rasmus and Jason Castro to limit the damage. Toronto’s Devon Travis drove in a run with a double in the third inning to make it 3-1.
Final standings Round robin GP W Penticton 4 3 Portage 4 3 Carleton Place 4 2 Melfort 4 2 Soo 4 0
BASKETBALL
BASEBALL
This week’s tournaments
NBA Playoffs
MLB
PGA L OTL GF-A Pts 1 0 15-8 9 1 0 13-9 9 1 1 13-8 7 2 0 11-13 5 4 0 7-21 0
Preliminary Round Yesterday’s result Penticton 5, Soo 2 Portage 3, Melfort 2 Saturday, May 16 Semifinals, 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday, May 17 Final, 6 p.m.
American Hockey League Calder Cup playoffs - Round 2 All series best-of-seven Eastern match-ups 1-Manchester Monarchs vs. 4-WilkesBarre/Scranton (Won by Manchester) 2-Hershey Bears vs. 3-Hartford Wolf Pack Western match-ups 1-Utica Comets vs. 6-Oklahoma City Barons 2-Grand Rapids Griffins vs. 4-Rockford IceHogs Yesterday’s results Utica 3, Oklahoma City 1 (Utica leads series 3-2) Grand Rapids 2, Rockford 1 (OT) (Grand Rapids leads series 3-1) Today’s schedule Hershey at Hartford (Game 6), 4 p.m. (Hartford leads series 3-2) Sunday, May 17 Hartford at Hershey (Game 7*), 4p.m. Grand Rapids at Rockford (Game 5), 2 p.m. Monday, May 18 Oklahoma City at Utica (Game 6), 4 p.m.
CYCLING Road racing Giro d’Italia
General Classification (pink jersey) 1. Alberto Contador Velasco, Tinkoff– Saxo, In 20:25:36 2. Fabio Aru, Astana Pro Team, at :02 3. Richie Porte, Team Sky, at :20 4. Roman Kreuziger, Tinkoff–Saxo, at :22 5. Dario Cataldo, Astana Pro Team, at :28 6. Jhoan Esteban Chaves Rubio, Orica Greenedge, at :37 7. Giovanni Visconti, Movistar Team, at :56 8. Mikel Landa Meana, Astana Pro Team, at 1:01 9. Davide Formolo, Team Cannondale– Garmin, at 1:15 10. Andrey Amador Bakkazakova, Movistar Team, at 1:18 30. Ryder HESJEDAL, Victoria, at 6:11 Stage 6, 183 km, Montecatini TermeCastiglione Della Pescaia 1. Andre Greipel, Lotto Soudal, In 4:19:42 2. Matteo Pelucchi, Iam Cycling 3. Sacha Modolo, Lampre – Merida 4. Manuel Belletti, Sth 5. Giacomo Nizzolo, Trek Factory Racing 6. Alessandro Petacchi, Sth 7. Elia Viviani, Team Sky 8. Luka Mezgec, Team Giant – Alpecin 9. Nicola Ruffoni, Bardiani Csf 10. Davide Appollonio, Androni Giocattoli 87. Ryder Hesjedal, Victoria, Team Cannondale–garmin
AUTO RACING NASCAR Sprint Showdown 60 miles. Friday, May 15, 4:31 p.m., Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, North Carolina. 40 laps, Quad Oval, 1.5 miles per lap. 3M 250 (250 laps, 218.75 miles) Sunday, May 17, 11 a.m., Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, North Carolina. Qualifying Saturday, May 16 at 2:45 p.m. and 4:10 p.m. NASCAR drivers standings Driver Car 1 Kevin Harvick 4 2 Martin Truex Jr 78 3 Jimmie Johnson 48 4 Joey Logano 22 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr 88 6 Brad Keselowski 2 7 Matt Kenseth 20 8 Jamie McMurray 1 9 Jeff Gordon 24 10 Kasey Kahne 5 11 Aric Almirola 43 12 Paul Menard 27 13 Ryan Newman 31 14 Kurt Busch 41 15 Denny Hamlin 11 16 Clint Bowyer 15 17 Danica Patrick 10 18 Carl Edwards 19 19 AJ Allmendinger 47 20 Casey Mears 13
Pts 437 391 389 375 360 343 331 328 317 313 312 306 305 292 284 272 270 265 259 242
Upcoming NASCAR schedule Coca-Cola 600 Sunday, May 24, 3:16 p.m., Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, North Carolina. Quad Oval, 1.5 miles per lap. FedEx 400 Sunday, May 31, 10:15 a.m. Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware. 400 laps, 1 mile per lap. Pocono 400 Sunday, June 7, 10:18 a.m. Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania Quicken Loans 400 Sunday, June 14, 10:16 a.m. Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan Toyota/Save Mart 350 Sunday, June 28, 12:19 p.m. Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California
Formula One Grand Prix Of Monaco Sunday, May 24, 5 a.m. Circuit De Monaco Street circuit Qualifying: Saturday, May 23, 5 a.m. Driver’s standings Driver 1 Lewis Hamilton 2 Nico Rosberg 3 Sebastian Vettel 4 Kimi Räikkönen 5 Valtteri Bottas 6 Felipe Massa 7 Daniel Ricciardo 8 Romain Grosjean 9 Felipe Nasr 10 Carlos Sainz
GOLF
Car Pts Mercedes 111 Mercedes 91 Ferrari 80 Ferrari 52 Williams 42 Williams 39 Red Bull 25 Lotus 16 Sauber 14 Toro Rosso 8
Wells Fargo Championship, May 14-17 Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina. Par 71, 7,469 yards. Purse: $7,100,000. 2014 champion: J.B. Holmes Leaderboard - Round 1 Golfer Par R1 1 Robert Streb -7 65 T2 Patrick Reed -6 66 T2 Kevin Chappell -6 66 T4 Webb Simpson -5 67 T4 Ricky Barnes -5 67 T4 Michael Thompson -5 67 T4 Chesson Hadley -5 67 T4 Stewart Cink -5 67 T4 Billy Hurley III -5 67 T10 K.J. Choi -4 68 T10 Carl Pettersson -4 68 T10 Patrick Rodgers -4 68 T13 Matt Jones -3 69 T13 Kevin Streelman -3 69 T13 J.B. Holmes -3 69 T13 Hideki Matsuyama -3 69 T13 Shawn Stefani -3 69 T13 Bill Lunde -3 69 T13 Brendan Steele -3 69 T13 Steven Alker -3 69 T13 Justin Thomas -3 69 T13 Martin Flores -3 69 T13 Russell Knox -3 69 T13 Geoff Ogilvy -3 69 T13 Angel Cabrera -3 69 T13 Kevin Kisner -3 69 T13 Will MacKenzie -3 69 T13 George McNeill -3 69 T13 Scott Gutschewski -3 69 Canadian golfers T45 Nick Taylor -1 71 T65 Adam Hadwin E 72 T65 Corey Conners E 72 T65 Roger Sloan E 72 T88 David Hearn +1 73 T134 Mike Weir +4 76
LPGA Kingsmill Championship, May 14-17 Kingsmill Resort, River Course, Williamsburg, Virginia. Par 71, 6,379 yards. Purse: $1,300,000. 2014 champion: Lizette Salas. Leaderboard - Round 1 Golfer Par R1 1 Joanna Klatten 65 65 T2 Pat Hurst 66 66 T2 Alison Lee 66 66 T2 Morgan Pressel 66 66 T5 Perrine Delacour 67 67 T5 Jacqui Concolino 67 67 T5 So Yeon Ryu 67 67 T5 Paula Creamer 67 67 T9 Nannette Hill 68 68 T9 Austin Ernst 68 68 T9 Angela Stanford 68 68 T9 M.J. Hur 68 68 T9 Sarah Jane Smith 68 68 T9 Katie Burnett 68 68 T9 Minjee Lee 68 68 T9 Mariajo Uribe 68 68 T17 Yueer Cindy Feng 69 69 T17 P.K. Kongkraphan 69 69 T17 Christina Kim 69 69 T17 Sei-Young Kim 69 69 T17 Paula Reto 69 69 T17 Brittany Lincicome69 69 T17 Stacy Lewis 69 69 Canadian golfers T53 Jennifer Kirby +1 72 T76 Alena Sharp +2 73 T120 Rebecca Lee-Bentham +5 76 T129 Sue Kim +6 77
Champions Tour No events this week. Regions Tradition, May 14-17 Shoal Creek, Alabama. Purse: $2,300,000. 2014 champion: Kenny Perry Leaderboard - Round 1 Golfer Par R1 1 Jeff Maggert -5 67 2 Kevin Sutherland -4 68 T3 Tom Watson -3 69 T3 Colin Montgomerie -3 69 T3 Wes Short Jr. -3 69 T6 Tom Byrum -2 70 T6 Gil Morgan -2 70 T6 Gene Sauers -2 70 T6 Kenny Perry -2 70 T6 Fred Funk -2 70 T6 David Frost -2 70 T6 Esteban Toledo -2 70 T6 Michael Allen -2 70 T6 Guy Boros -2 70 T15 Scott Hoch -1 71 T15 John Cook -1 71 T15 Olin Browne -1 71 T15 Tom Pernice Jr -1 71 T15 Jay Don Blake -1 71 T15 Billy Andrade -1 71 T15 Mark O’Meara -1 71 T15 Kirk Triplett -1 71 T15 Russ Cochran -1 71 T15 Jeff Hart -1 71 From Canada T43 Rod Spittle +2 74
Web.com Tour No events this week BMW Charity Pro-Am, May 14-17 Played on three courses: Thornblade Club, Greer, South Carolina; Green Valley Country Club, Greenville, South Carolina and The Reserve at Lake Keowee, Sunset, South Carolina. Purse: $675,000. 2014 champion: Max Homa Leaderboard - Round 1 Golfer Par R1 1 Rod Pampling -9 63 T2 Jason Allred -7 65 T2 Si Woo Kim -7 65 T4 Mark Blakefield -6 65 T4 Aron Price -6 65 T4 Miguel A Carballo -6 65 T4 Alistair Presnell -6 66 T4 Tyler Aldridge -6 66 T9 Chase Wright -5 67 T9 Jamie Lovemark -5 67 T9 Brandt Jobe -5 67 T9 Bronson La’Cassie -5 66 T9 Thomas Sutton -5 67 T9 Tommy Gainey -5 66 T9 Vaughn Taylor -5 67 T9 Tain Lee -5 67 T9 Ryan Sullivan -5 67 T9 Abraham Ancer -5 67 Canadian golfers T81 Albin Choi -1 71 T108 Brad Fritsch E 72 T133 Mackenzie Hughes +1 72
European Tour Open de Espana (Spanish Open), May 14-17 Real Club de Golf El Prat, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain. Par 72, 7,298 yars. Purse: €1,500,000. 2014 champion: Miguel Angel Jimenez Leaderboard - Round 1 Golfer Par R1 1 Trevor Fisher Jr. -7 65 T2 Darren Fichardt -6 66 T2 Tommy Fleetwood -6 66 T2 Eduardo De La Riva -6 66 T5 Matt Ford -5 67 T5 Mark Tullo -5 67 T7 Adrian Otaegui -4 68 T7 Soren Hansen -4 68 T7 John Parry -4 68 T7 Edouard Espana -4 68 T11 Ricardo Gonzalez -3 69 T11 Gregory Bourdy -3 69 T11 David Horsey -3 69 T11 Alvaro Quiros -3 69 T11 Lasse Jensen -3 69 T11 Mario G Aguilar -3 69 T17 Romain Wattel -2 70 T17 Emiliano Grillo -2 70 T17 Paul Lawrie -2 70 T17 Johan Carlsson -2 70
(All series best-of-seven) Round 2 Yesterday’s results (Games 6) Cleveland 94, Chicago 73 (Cleveland leads series 3-2) Houston at LA Clippers, 7:30 p.m. (LA Clippers lead series 3-1) Today’s schedule (Games 6) Atlanta at Washington, 4 p.m. (Atlanta leads series 3-2) Golden State at Memphis, 6:30 p.m. (Golden State leads series 3-2) Sunday, May 17 (Games 7*) Chicago at Cleveland, (Game 7) TBD LA Clippers at Houston, (Game 7) TBD Memphis at Golden State, (Game 7) TBD Monday, May 18 (Game 7*) Washington at Atlanta, (Game 7) 5 p.m.
TENNIS ATP and WTA Internazionali BNL d’Italia May 10-17, Rome, Italy. Surface: Clay. Purse: €3,288,530 (NOTE: €1 = CDN$1.35) Yesterday’s results Men’s Singles - Round 3 Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Kevin Anderson (15), South Africa, 6-3, 7-5. David Goffin, Belgium, def. Andy Murray (3), Britain, walkover. Rafael Nadal (4), Spain, def. John Isner (16), United States, 6-4, 6-4. Kei Nishikori (5), Japan, def. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-4, 6-3. Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, def. Fabio Fognini, Italy, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (2). David Ferrer (7), Spain, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 6-1, 6-3. Stan Wawrinka (8), Switzerland, def. Dominic Thiem, Austria, 7-6 (3), 6-4. Men’s Doubles - Quarterfinals Marcel Granollers, Spain, and Marc Lopez (5), Spain, def. Jamie Murray, Britain, and John Peers, Australia, 6-4, 6-4. Men’s Doubles - Round 2 Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Horia Tecau (3), Romania, def. Rohan Bopanna, India, and Florin Mergea, Romania, 6-2, 5-7, 10-8. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and David Marrero, Spain, def. Daniel Nestor, Toronto, and Leander Paes (6), India, 6-2, 6-4. Women’s Singles - Round 3 Carla Suarez Navarro (10), Spain, def. Eugenie Bouchard (6), Montreal, 6-7 (2), 7-5, 7-6 (7). Christina McHale, United States, def. Serena Williams (1), United States, walkover. Simona Halep (2), Romania, def. Venus Williams (14), United States, 6-2, 6-1. Maria Sharapova (3), Russia, def. Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, 6-3, 6-3. Petra Kvitova (4), Czech Republic, def. Jelena Jankovic (16), Serbia, 6-3, 6-2. Alexandra Dulgheru, Romania, def. Ekaterina Makarova (8), Russia, 6-4, 6-3. Daria Gavrilova, Russia, def. Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, 6-4, 7-6 (0). Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, def. IrinaCamelia Begu, Romania, 6-4, 5-7, 6-1. Women’s Doubles - Quarterfinals Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Sania Mirza (1), India, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, and Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Spain, 6-4, 6-3. Timea Babos, Hungary, and Kristina Mladenovic (3), France, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, and Lucie Safarova (5), Czech Republic, walkover. Women’s Doubles - Round 2 Gabriela Dabrowski, Ottawa, and Alicja Rosolska, Poland, def. Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, and Lucie Hradecka (6), Czech Republic, 6-4, 4-6, 11-9.
SOCCER MLS
Eastern League Club PTS GP DC United 21 10 N. England 18 10 NY Red Bulls 16 9 Columbus 14 9 Toronto 9 8 Chicago 9 8 Orlando 9 10 NY City FC 6 10 Philadelphia 6 11 Montreal 2 5 Western League Club PTS GP Vancouver 20 11 Dallas 20 10 Seattle 16 9 San Jose 14 10 Sporting KC 14 10 Los Angeles 14 11 Salt Lake 14 10 Portland 13 10 Houston 13 11 Colorado 10 10
W 6 5 4 4 3 3 2 1 1 0
L 1 2 1 3 5 5 5 6 7 3
T 3 3 4 2 0 0 3 3 3 2
GF GA 13 8 14 10 14 9 15 10 12 13 7 10 9 14 7 12 10 21 3 8
W 6 6 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 1
L 3 2 3 4 2 3 2 3 4 2
T 2 2 1 2 5 5 5 4 4 7
GF GA 14 9 17 13 15 9 10 11 13 13 11 11 9 11 9 9 13 14 9 9
Today’s schedule Chicago at NY City FC, 4 p.m. Dallas vs. NY Red Bulls Saturday, May 16 Salt Lake at Montreal, 1 p.m. Seattle at Vancouver, 4 p.m. Toronto at New England, 4:30 p.m. Colorado at Sporting KC, 5:30 p.m. Portland at Houston, 5:30 p.m. Columbus at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.
English Premier League Position/Club 1 Chelsea 2 Man City 3 Arsenal 4 Man United 5 Liverpool 6 Tot Hotspur 7 Southampton 8 Swansea 9 Stoke City 10 West Ham 11 Everton 12 Crystal Pal 13 West Brom 14 Aston Villa 15 Leicester 16 Sunderland 17 Newcastle 18 Hull City 19 Burnley 20 Q.P. Rangers
W D L GF GA 25 9 2 70 28 22 7 7 77 36 21 7 7 66 34 20 8 8 61 36 18 7 11 50 39 17 7 12 55 53 17 6 13 48 30 16 8 12 44 44 14 8 14 42 44 12 11 13 43 43 11 11 14 46 48 11 9 16 43 50 10 11 15 34 47 10 8 18 30 50 10 7 19 41 54 7 15 13 30 50 9 9 18 37 61 8 10 18 33 49 6 11 19 27 53 7 6 23 39 67
Pts 84 73 70 68 62 58 57 56 50 47 44 42 41 38 37 36 36 34 29 27
Saturday, May 16 Southampton vs. Aston Villa, 4:45 a.m. Burnley vs. Stoke, 7 a.m. Q.P. Rangers vs. Newcastle, 7 a.m. Sunderland vs. Leicester, 7 a.m. Spurs vs. Hull, 7 a.m. West Ham vs. Everton, 7 a.m.
Pacific Coast Soccer League Team Victoria Mid Isle Vancouver Tbirds Tim Hortons FC Tigers Abbotsford Kamloops Khalsa Vancouver Utd
W 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
D 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
L 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0
GF GA Pts 10 6 8 8 3 6 5 2 4 6 14 3 1 3 1 1 2 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wednesday’s result Tigers Vancouver 1, Abbotsford 1 Saturday, May 16 Tim Hortons vs. FC Tigers, 7 p.m.
American League East W L NY Yankees 21 15 Tampa Bay 20 16 Toronto 17 19 Boston 16 18 Baltimore 15 17 Central W L Kansas City 22 13 Detroit 21 14 Minnesota 19 16 Chicago Sox 14 17 Cleveland 12 21 West W L Houston 22 13 LA Angels 17 17 Seattle 15 18 Texas 15 20 Oakland 13 23 National League East W L NY Mets 20 15 Washington 19 16 Miami 16 19 Atlanta 15 19 Philadelphia 13 23 Central W L St. Louis 24 10 Chicago Cubs 19 15 Cincinnati 18 17 Pittsburgh 17 18 Milwaukee 12 23 West W L LA Dodgers 23 11 San Diego 18 17 San Francisco 17 18 Arizona 15 18 Colorado 11 20
PCT .583 .556 .472 .471 .469 PCT .629 .600 .543 .452 .364 PCT .629 .500 .455 .429 .361
GB 1.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 GB 1.0 3.0 6.0 9.0 GB 4.5 6.0 7.0 9.5
Strk L3 W3 L2 W1 W1 Strk W1 W1 L1 W2 L1 Strk W2 W3 L1 L1 L1
PCT .571 .543 .457 .441 .361 PCT .706 .559 .514 .486 .343 PCT .667 .514 .486 .455 .355
GB Strk - L4 1.0 W1 4.0 W1 4.5 L2 7.5 W2 GB Strk - W1 5.0 W4 6.5 W3 7.5 L2 12.5 L2 GB Strk - W1 5.0 W1 6.0 L2 7.0 L1 10.5 L12
Yesterday’s results St. Louis 2, Cleveland 1 Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 2 Detroit 13, Minnesota 1 Kansas City 6, Texas 3 Chicago Cubs 6, NY Mets 5 Tampa Bay 6, NY Yankees 1 Cincinnati 4, San Fran 3 Houston 6, Toronto 4 L.A. Dodgers 4, Colorado 1 (5 innings) Washington at San Diego (postponed) Boston at Seattle Today’s schedule Pittsburgh at Chi. Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Locke (2-2) vs. Hendricks (0-1) Arizona at Philadelphia, 4:05 pm Anderson (0-1) vs. Billingsley (0-2) L.A. Angels at Baltimore, 4:05 pm Weaver (1-4) vs. Chen (1-1) Atlanta at Miami, 4:10 pm Teheran (3-1) vs. Phelps (2-0 Milwaukee at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 pm Lohse (2-4) vs. Colon (6-1) San Francisco at Cincinnati, 4:10 pm Bumgarner (3-2) vs. Marquis (3-2) Cleveland at Texas, 5:05 pm TBD (0-0) vs. Rodriguez (1-1) N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, 5:10 pm Pineda (5-0) vs. Young (2-0) Toronto at Houston, 5:10 pm Dickey (1-4) vs. Keuchel (4-0) Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 5:10 pm Odorizzi (3-2) vs. Hughes (2-4) Detroit at St. Louis, 5:15 pm Greene (3-2) vs. Martinez (3-1) Chi. White Sox at Oakland, 7:05 pm Rodon (1-0) vs. Hahn (1-3) Boston at Seattle, 7:10 pm Buchholz (2-4) vs. Happ (3-1) Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 pm De La Rosa (0-2) vs. Kershaw (1-2) Washington at San Diego, 7:10 pm Zimmermann (2-2) vs. Ross (1-3)
Astros 6, Blue Jays 4 Toronto
Houston
ab r h bi ab r h bi Travis 2B 4 0 1 1 Marisnick CF 5 0 0 0 Donaldson 3B4 0 1 0 Altuve 2B 3 2 2 0 Bautista DH 3 1 1 1 Valbuena 3B 4 0 1 1 Enc’acion 1B 4 1 1 1 Springer RF 3 0 0 1 Pillar CF 4 1 1 0 Rasmus LF 4 0 0 0 Colabello LF 4 0 2 0 Castro C 3110 Goins SS 4 0 0 0 Carter 1B 2 1 0 0 Thole C 2 0 0 0 Tucker DH 4 1 3 1 Carrera RF 1 1 0 1 Villar SS 3112 Totals 30 4 7 4 Totals 31 6 8 5
Toronto 201 000 100 4 Houston 100 001 40x 6 SB: TOR Carrera (1, 2nd base off Hernandez, R/Castro, J); HOU Altuve 2 (13, 2nd base off Hutchison/Thole, 2nd base off Osuna/Thole). 2B: TOR Travis (9, Hernandez, R), Colabello (3, Hernandez, R); HOU Valbuena (5, Hutchison), Tucker 2 (2, Hutchison, Loup), Altuve (9, Hutchison), Villar (1, Loup). GIDP: TOR Goins, Encarnacion 2; HOU Villar. HR: TOR Bautista (6, 1st inning off Hernandez, R, 0 on, 2 out), Encarnacion (8, 1st inning off Hernandez, R, 0 on, 2 out). Team Lob: TOR 3; HOU 7. DP: TOR (Travis-Goins-Encarnacion); HOU 3 (Villar-Altuve-Carter 2, ValbuenaAltuve-Carter). E: TOR Thole (1, throw). Toronto IP H R ER BB SO A Hutchison 6.0 5 2 2 1 9 A Loup (L, 1-2) 0.0 3 4 3 1 0 R Osuna 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 S Delabar 1.0 0 0 0 3 2 Houston IP H R ER BB SO R Hernandez 6.1 6 4 4 3 0 J Fields (W, 2-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 P Neshek 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 C Qualls 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Time: 2:48. Att: 15,777.
Rays 6, Yankees 1 NY Yankees
Tampa Bay
ab r h bi ab r h bi Ellsbury CF 4 0 2 0 Kiermaier CF 3 0 0 0 Gardner LF 3 0 1 0 Souza Jr. RF 4 2 2 0 Rodriguez DH 4 1 2 1 Longoria 3B 4 0 1 1 Teixeira 1B 3 0 0 0 Loney 1B 3 0 2 1 McCann C 4 0 0 0 Forsythe 2B 4 0 1 0 Young RF 4 0 0 0 DeJesus LF 3 1 1 0 Headley 3B 2 0 0 0 Guyer PH-LF 1 0 0 0 Gregorius SS 3 0 0 0 Cabrera SS 3 1 0 0 Pirela 2B 3 0 0 0 Butler DH 3 1 1 0 Totals 30 1 5 1 Rivera C 4124 Totals 32 6 10 6
NY Yankees 000 000 001 1 Tampa Bay 130 100 10x 6 SB: NYY Ellsbury (12, 3rd base off Ramirez, E/Rivera, R); TB Cabrera, A (1, 2nd base off Whitley/McCann, B). 2B: TB Souza Jr. 2 (6, Whitley, Shreve). GIDP: NYY McCann, B; TB Kiermaier. HR: NYY Rodriguez, A (9, 9th inning off Andriese, 0 on, 0 out); TB Rivera, R (2, 2nd inning off Rogers, E, 2 on, 2 out). S: NYY Gardner. Team Lob: NYY 5; TB 6. DP: NYY (Rogers, E-Gregorius-Teixeira); TB (Loney-Cabrera, A). E: NYY McCann, B (2, throw). NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO C Whitley (L, 1-2) 1.2 2 3 3 2 0 E Rogers 3.1 5 2 2 2 3 D Carpenter 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 C Shreve 1.0 3 1 1 0 2 B Pinder 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO E Ramirez (W, 1-1) 5.0 1 0 0 2 4 M Andriese 4.0 4 1 1 0 4 Time: 2:45. Att: 11,977.
Cubs 6, Mets 5 NY Mets
Chicago Cubs
ab r h bi Granderson CF5 0 2 0 Fowler CF Herrera 2B 5 1 1 0 Rizzo 1B Duda 1B 4 1 2 0 Bryant 3B Cuddyer LF 4 0 0 0 Castro SS Mayberry RF 4 0 1 2 Castillo C Flores SS 4 1 1 1 Grimm P Recker C 4 2 2 2 Russell P Goeddel P 0 0 0 0 Coghlan LF Tejada 3B 2 0 0 0 Soler RF Murphy PH 1 0 1 0 Szczur LF Niese P 3 0 0 0 Strop P Robles P 0 0 0 0 Montero C Leathersich P 0 0 0 0 Wood P Monell C 1 0 0 0 Motte P Totals 37 5 10 5 Ross PH-C Rondon P Russell 2B Totals
ab r h bi 3321 2011 4011 4000 3000 0000 0000 0000 4110 3111 0000 1000 1000 0000 3000 0000 3101 31 6 6 5
NY Mets 010 220 000 5 Chicago Cubs 000 140 10x 6 SB: NYM Granderson (3, 2nd base off Russell, J/Ross, D); CHC Coghlan (4, 2nd base off Goeddel/Monell). 2B: NYM Duda (11, Wood, T); CHC Szczur (2, Niese). continued next column
Cubs 6, Mets 5 (Cont’d) HR: NYM Recker 2 (2, 2nd inning off Wood, T, 0 on, 2 out; 4th inning off Wood, T, 0 on, 1 out), Flores, W (5, 4th inning off Wood, T, 0 on, 1 out); CHC Fowler (3, 4th inning off Niese, 0 on, 0 out). Team Lob: NYM 6; CHC 5. E: NYM Flores, W (8, throw). NY Mets IP H R ER BB SO J Niese (L, 3-3) 6.1 6 6 4 1 2 H Robles 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 J Leathersich 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 E Goeddel 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO T Wood 4.1 7 5 5 1 5 J Motte 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 J Grimm 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 J Russell 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 P Strop (W, 1-2) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 H Rondon 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 HBP: Rizzo (by Niese). Time: 2:49. Att: 31,496.
Royals 6, Rangers 3 Kansas City
Texas
ab r h bi ab r h bi Escobar SS 5 2 3 3 Choo RF 4030 Moustakas 3B5 0 1 0 Andrus SS 3 0 0 1 Hosmer 1B 5 1 3 2 Fielder DH 2 0 1 1 Morales DH 4 0 2 0 Beltre 3B 4 0 0 0 Gordon LF 5 0 0 1 Moreland 1B 4 0 0 0 Infante 2B 5 1 2 0 Peguero LF 4 0 0 0 Orlando RF 4 1 1 0 Field 2B 4110 Butera C 3 1 2 0 Corporan C 4 1 1 0 Dyson CF 2 0 0 0 DeShields CF 2 1 1 1 Totals 38 6 14 6 Totals 31 3 7 3
Kansas City 100 203 000 6 Texas 000 020 100 3 2B: KC Morales, K (13, Detwiler), Infante (10, Detwiler), Butera (1, Bass). HR: KC Hosmer (7, 6th inning off Freeman, S, 1 on, 2 out). S: KC Butera; Dyson, J; TEX Andrus. Team Lob: KC 9; TEX 8. DP: KC (Infante-Hosmer). E: TEX Corporan (1, pickoff). PICKOFFS: TEX Detwiler (Escobar, A at 1st base). Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO J Guthrie (W, 3-2) 5.0 6 2 2 0 1 R Madson 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 L Hochevar 0.1 1 1 1 1 1 K Herrera 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 W Davis 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 G Holland 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 Texas IP H R ER BB SO R Detwiler (L, 0-5) 5.0 9 3 3 1 3 A Bass 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 S Freeman 1.2 1 1 1 0 1 K Fujikawa 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 A Claudio 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 HBP: Dyson, J (by Detwiler), Fielder (by Guthrie). Time: 3:11. Att: 33,818.
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Yesterday’s result North Shore 3, Coquitlam 0 Saturday, May 16 North Shore at Abbotsford, 2:30 p.m. Whalley at White Rock, 2:30 p.m. Coquitlam at Langley, 5 p.m. Sunday, May 17 Abbotsford at North Delta, 1:30 p.m. Langley at Nanaimo, 2:30 p.m. Victoria Eagles at Whalley, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 19 Abbotsford at Langley, 7 p.m. White Rock at Coquitlam, 7 p.m.
LACROSSE BC Junior A Lacrosse League Standings GP W L T Pts Delta 5 5 0 0 10 Coquitlam 5 4 1 0 8 Victoria 5 3 2 0 6 Nanaimo 4 2 2 0 4 Langley 5 1 3 1 3 Port Coquitlam 5 1 3 1 3 Burnaby 5 1 4 0 2 New Westminster 4 1 3 0 2 Yesterday’s result Burnaby at Langley 8 p.m. Today’s schedule New Westminster at Port Coquitlam, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 16 Port Coquitlam at Nanaimo, 5 p.m. Sunday, May 17 Victoria at Langley, 5 p.m. Delta at Burnaby, 7 p.m.
National Lacrosse League Division finals Home-and home series Today’s schedule Calgary at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 16 Toronto at Rochester, 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 23 Rochester at Toronto, 4 p.m. Edmonton at Calgary, 6:30 p.m.
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TODAY’S CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Fat fiddle 5 Huge, in combos 9 Bench sitters 13 Norway’s capital 14 Chef’s tool 15 Axiom 16 Kelly of “Pogo” 17 Chloroform kin 18 Mineral deposits 19 Did some camels 21 Yoko -22 Forest grazers 23 Island off Italy 25 Struck silent 27 Deli supply 31 Has words? 35 Fragrant blossom 36 Country addrs. 38 Declare invalid 39 Mamie’s man 40 Agreements 42 Lemon cooler 43 Liner levels 46 Purse closer 47 Dimensions 48 Tycoon’s home 50 Robs (2 wds.) 52 Causes a blister 54 Ocean flier 55 Comet’s head 58 Sponge off of 60 Undamaged 64 Kind of sax 65 Dunce 67 Brick material 68 Flamingo color 69 DEA agents 70 Pay attention 71 Sit for a portrait 72 Insect pest 73 Egad! DOWN 1 Takes an oath 2 Meryl, in “Out of Africa” 3 Earthen jar 4 State-run game 5 Engineering sch. 6 Nymph who pined away
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Youth representative criticizes B.C. government for teen death Woman, 19, identified only as Paige, died next to a washroom in a city park LAURA KANE THE CANADIAN PRESS
The family of an aboriginal teenager who died of an overdose in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside wept after hearing the horrific details of how the system failed her. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, British Columbia’s representative for children and youth, delivered a scathing report Thursday that accused the province and frontline workers of chronic indifference to First Nations children. The 19-year-old woman, only identified as Paige, died next to a communal washroom in a city park in April 2013. Her short life was filled with violence, neglect, open drug use and police encounters — and yet government workers failed to intervene, TurpelLafond said. “Was this because she was a young aboriginal girl? Was her fate seen as unavoidable by those who worked with her?” she asked at a news conference. “The professional indifference that plagued her life — that prevented her from receiving a minimal standard of child protection, a minimal standard of health care and even a minimal standard of education services — must be the product of a system that has effectively discount-
A new report from British Columbia’s representative for children and youth says the government could have prevented Paige’s death. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
ed the value of girls like her.” The report states the Ministry of Children and Family Development inexplicably allowed Paige to remain in the care of her mother, despite being the subject of 30 child protection reports in her lifetime. Her life was chaotic from the start, as she was exposed to her
mother’s drug use and moved more than 50 times to different homeless shelters, safe houses and single-room occupancy hotels, the report details. Paige’s aunt, Frances Robson, and her husband Lorne both shook with tears after TurpelLafond finished delivering the report.
“It was just hard seeing her picture up there,” said Robson in an interview. “When you see her there and you see that she’s actually gone, that was the hardest part.” The ministry rejected the couple’s repeated requests for custody of Paige because they asked for help paying for a twobedroom apartment and groceries, Robson said. Yet social workers constantly called them at all hours of the night to ask them to pick her up from the hospital or the police station, she recalled. They had to borrow money to pay for gas or a taxi, bring her home and remind her to eat before she disappeared again, Robson said. “We didn’t know everything that was going on in her life unless we were there. Finding out some of the things that we did find out (in the report), it really hit hard that Paige had gone through all this.” The teen suffered from a syndrome that left her legally blind without her glasses and caused heart problems, the report stated. She developed her own substance abuse problems and wound up unconscious and incoherent in the emergency room or in detox centres at least 17 times.
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No appeal for in ferry sinking THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has abruptly ended the legal campaign of a man who was at the helm of a British Columbia ferry that slammed into an island and sank. The high court announced Thursday that it would not hear the appeal of Karl Lilgert’s convictions on two counts of criminal negligence causing death. Lilgert was convicted by a jury in 2013 and sentenced to four years for the deaths of Gerald Foisy and Shirley Rosette, who disappeared when the ship went down in March 2006. While he had been free while appealing the case, Lilgert turned himself in last December before the Supreme Court ruled on his case. As usual, the judges gave no reasons for not hearing the appeal. At his B.C. Supreme Court trial, the jury believed the Crown’s explanation that Lilgert missed a scheduled turn and rammed the ferry into a remote island because he was distracted by his ex-lover, who was on the bridge with him for the first time since they’d ended their relationship. The Queen of the North was on a routine trip down the Inside Passage with 101 passengers when it hit Gil Island and sank. Lilgert told the trial that he delayed turning and then made course changes in response to the circumstances at the time, including weather and the presence of another boat. He said he was shocked to encounter the island.
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“Get out and bike to work, to school or any place else you have to go!” This is the message of Bike To Work Week, May 25-31. Port Alberni’s Bike to Work committee has been working hard to organize a great line up of “cycling celebration events” for residents of all ages. There’s an event every day of the week. Most of the events are a chance to stop for a few minutes on your way to wherever you are going. However, on Wednesday the event will include a “bike valet” sevice at Echo Centre so that you can safely park your
bike while you go swimming, go to the library or attend other recreational activities at Echo on Wednesday morning. The first step is to register on line at www.biketowork. ca. It’s easy to do and over 100 people have already registered. Our goal is to double that number and you can help us reach our goal. Everyone who registers and enters the number of km they cycle during BWW has a chance to win an all expense paid cycling trip from Prague to Bucharest. And there are lots of other incentives. Every celebration event offers, refreshments, bike tune ups, registration for prizes including a bike
give away, and free bicycle paraphernalia. But the ulitmate incentives to get out and ride are the exhilerating experience of traveling around town under your own power, and knowing that the health and environmental benefits of riding can lead to a healthier life for you and your community. So get ready to get out and experience the fun and pleasure of riding. The full schedule of events has just been updated to www.biketowork.ca (click on the “Communities” link and find Port Alberni). For further information call John at 250-723-2638.
Save On Foods manager Zack Jones (left) stands at the 10th Avenue store with local cycling enthusiast John Mayba displaying a full suspension bike that will be given away during Bike to Work Week later this month. Those who register for the event at biketowork.ca and sign up at events over the week are eligible for the the prize. Bike to Work Week is being held to encourage more Port Alberni residents to engage in the two-weeled form of transportation. [ERIC PLUMMER, TIMES]
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The Surrey Children’s Choir and Surrey Chamber Choir will be coming to Port Alberni in an effort to help victims of the recent earthquakes in Nepal. 4 BEA On Saturday, May 16, this outVER CRE EK standing youth choir will perform 2 SATURDAY ROA a varied program titled “Over the D Blue Marlin Inn’s enterRainbow” and will include music 5 tainment features “The from Baroque to Broadway and Tradesmen” beyond. The award-winning Surrey CFMA Award Winning Lucas Children’s Choir was founded in 1 RIVER ROAD Chaisson “Telling Time” CD September 1992 by director, SteRelease concert, Char’s Landphen Horning and is celebrating its SOMASS RIVER VIC QU TOR AY IA ing, 8 p.m. twenty-third season. Who’s Afraid of Virginia The award winning Surrey Woolf, Capitol Theatre, 7:30 Children’s Choir (SCC) under the p.m. umbrella of the Surrey Choral Arts Project Society has been providing SUNDAY high calibre training for young ALBERNI INLET singers ages six to 70 since 1992. Cindy Church & Nathan Tin- The choir has been invited to sing kham concert, Char’s Landing, at the Pacific International ChilN 8 p.m. dren’s Festival in Eugene, Ore. and North Island Zone Drama co-hosted the World of Children’s W PLUS TAX E Festival: Thin Ice Theatre Soci- Choirs in 2001. * FREE BALLOONS ety “Keats”, Capitol Theatre, The concert takes place at 7:30 7:30 p.m. p.m. at the Alberni Valley United S * FREE SIGNS Meat Draw and 50/50 from 3 to Church. Fifty per cent of proceeds * LOCATION ON MAP 5:30 p.m. at the Kingsway Pub will go the the United Church Deadline ~ 12 noon Wednesday to benefit the Alberni Valley Emergency Relief fund for Nepal. Hospice Society. MONDAY
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Indie folk artist to hit the concert stage tonight Ali McCormick grew up in the Lanark Highlands just outside of Ottawa, Ont. on an off-grid hobby farm. She was drawn to music at a young age, live music around the kitchen table a common occurrence on the farm. With help and encouragement from her family she began writing songs. When it was obvious that
music and song writing came naturally, her folks chipped in for an acoustic cutaway. She brought that guitar back and forth across the country playing open mics, coffee shops, basements, attics, around campfires and anywhere else people wanted to hear her music. After many years and many
many songs, Ali has developed a musical style all of her own. She is busy captivating audiences with her unique voice and lyrics steeped in references to life, love and rural Canadian living. Over the years Ali has aquired an eclectic group of musically talented friends to accompany her in her travels.
Keep your eyes and ears open for more from Ali McCormick. She will be one not to miss tonight at Char’s Landing. The concert starts at 8 p.m. A busy weekend at Char’s features Lucas Chaisson on Saturday and on Sunday, Cindy Church and Nathan Tinkham take to the stage.
New exhibit features fancy woodwork B eginning May 19 to June 13, the next Art exhibit at the Rollin Art Centre will feature local Intarsia wood artist, Robert Steven, titled Sawdust & Shavings. For all you wood lovers this exhibit you won’t want to miss. What is Intarsia? Definition: an art or technique of decorating a surface with inlaid patterns, especially of wood mosaic, developed during the Renaissance. Don’t miss this unique show of intricate cut wood patterns in wood. Stop by the gallery Saturday, May 23 from 1–3 for refreshments and talk to Robert about this unique art and how he creates it. he Community Arts Council would like to send out a big thank you to the community with a HEART and all the many volunteers who made our past weekend’s giant book sale a great success. ince January, the Rollin Art Centre has been collecting your book donation and over that time we have had many volunteers sorting and storing them so that we could make this year’s event successful. Many many hours are spent on this event with proceeds going towards the continuation of the Rollin Art Centre and to the many events, workshops and general support we offer local artists. Thank you Port Alberni and all the wonderful
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volunteers! his year’s McLean’s’ Christmas market will be back again, two weekends, Nov. 27, 28, 29 and Dec. 5 and 6. If you are interested in renting a table in the main building or one of the heritage buildings, for one weekend or two, there is still room. The train will be arriving at set times. For more info or to register for this magical event, stop by the Rollin Art Centre for your application, or call 250-724-3412. Register for both weekends and get a discount. One weekend is $80, both weekends are $150. urry, you won’t want to miss this year’s banner project. Get a group of family or friends or as an individual and join the “banner paint in” at the Kinsmen Community Centre, sponsored by the Arrowsmith Rotary Club. Pick up your applications at the Rollin Art Centre today, registration fee is $10. Banner “Paint-Ins” will take place Thurs., May 21, 12-8 p.m., Fri., May 22, 12-8 p.m., Sat., May 23, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Sun., May 24, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Kinsmen
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Community Centre (Fall Fair Grounds). Banner material, paint and brushes provided. emembering Gill Elementary School. The Alberni District Historical Society will be hosting an evening of stories and memories to celebrate nearly 120 years of Gill’s history. Please join us at 7 P.M. in the Dogwood Room at Echo Centre on Thurs., May 21.
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» Melissa Martin is the arts administrator for the Community Arts Council. This is a group dedicated to enriching individuals and the community by sharing and shaping the cultural environment of the Valley. If you would like to submit something to this column, please drop it off (e-mail preferred) at the Rollin Art Centre by noon on the Friday before your event. Your articles must be 150 words or less. E-mail: communityarts@shawcable.com.
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Couple have produced 13 sons and no daughters A Michigan man whose 13th son was just born says he’s convinced that “medically, it’s just not possible” for him and his wife to produce a daughter. He also says it’s proving a challenge to agree on a name for their newborn. Forty-year-old Jay Schwandt tells The Grand Rapids Press the boy born Wednesday is the second he and his wife, Kateri, have had who arrived with a full head of hair. The father determines a child’s sex. Research shows some men may be genetically prone to having more sons or daughters.
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Man becomes enraged without mac and cheese State police say a New York man became angry when he couldn’t get macaroni and cheese at a Pennsylvania Turnpike rest stop, then furious when the same restaurant was out of potatoes. Forty-seven-year-old Kevin Nelson, of Amsterdam, was cited for disorderly conduct Wednesday. Police say Nelson stopped at a Roy Rogers at a rest stop in Hopewell Township, Cumberland County on Monday night then became “angry and agitated and began to curse” after learning the restaurant was out of macaroni and cheese.
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