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County judge to step down

By CHAUNCEY ROSS

chauncey@indianagazette.net

Judge Carol Hanna of the Indiana County Common Pleas Court said Wednesday she would retire from the bench on June 6.

Hanna was elected to a newly created judgeship in the county court in November 2003 and was retained

for a second 10-year term

by Indiana County voters just over two years ago. “Public service has been my career focus,� Hanna wrote in a news release announcing her decision. “It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as a judge for more than 12 years. I appreciate the opportunity bestowed upon me by the

citizens of Indiana County.

My work on the bench has been both meaningful and a heavy responsibility.�

Hanna specialized in adjudication of family law cases such as adoptions and divorces during her tenure on the bench.

In the 2003 election, Hanna campaigned on her record as a child-custody

mediator, juvenile-court master and child-supportenforcement officer as top qualifications for the duties the new judge was expected to handle. “Families First� was her campaign slogan.

Hanna’s departure will leave President Judge William Martin and Judge Thomas Bianco to adjudi-

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cate all criminal and civil cases on the docket.

Several different judges could serve in the county’s third courtroom before a permanent successor takes office.

Martin has the option to ask the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts to temporarily appoint one Continued on Page 12

CAROL HANNA ... served since 2003

INDIANA COUNTY

Commissioners set millage rate for property owners

By RANDY WELLS

rwells@indianagazette.net

The Indiana County commissioners Wednesday absorbed more flak from property owners still angry about the countywide property reassessment, and then formally approved the post-reassessment 2016 tax certification and new property values for the county and adjusted the county’s real estate tax millage rate based on the new land values.

On the recommendation of chief assessor Frank Sisko, the commissioners approved a new post-reassessment value of the county’s taxable real estate. The new value is $4,901,920,487, compared to $582,669,810 before the reassessment.

The commissioners also approved a 2016 county real estate tax millage of 4.445, revised from 37.4 mills in 2015.

The commissioners’ action

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MATTHEW HOUSHOLDER of Housholder Associates in Coral used an excavator Wednesday to remove debris from the Coral Post Office. A new facility will be built on the location where the post office burned on March 24. Residents there have had to pick up their mail at the Homer City post office since the fire, which spread from a barrel of burning trash.

Inspector: Clinton’s email use broke rules

Alzheimer’s may develop from infections

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and BRADLEY KLAPPER

New York Times News Service

HILLARY CLINTON

WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton and her team ignored clear guidance from the State Department that her email setup broke federal standards and could leave sensitive material vulnerable to hackers, a department audit has found.

Her aides twice brushed aside concerns, in one case telling technical staff “the matter was not to be discussed further.�

The inspector general’s review on Wednesday also revealed that hacking attempts forced then-Secretary of State Clinton off

email at one point in 2011, though she insists the personal server she used was never breached. Clinton and several of her senior staff declined to be interviewed for the investigation.

Earlier this month, Clinton declared that she was happy to “talk to anybody, anytime� about the matter and would encourage her staff to do the same.

Opponents of her Democratic presidential campaign pointed to the audit as proof that Clinton has not been truthful about her private email use, citing it as Continued on Page 12

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Board criticized for its handling of recertification vote

By GINA KOLATA

Could it be that Alzheimer’s disease stems from the toxic remnants of the brain’s attempt to fight off infection?

Provocative new research by a team of investigators at Harvard leads to this startling hypothesis, which could explain the origins of plaque, the mysterious hard little balls that pockmark the brains of people with Alzheimer’s.

It is still early days, but Alzheimer’s experts not associated with the work are captivated by the idea that infections, including ones that are too mild to elicit symptoms, may produce a fierce reaction that leaves debris in the brain, causing Alzheimer’s.

The idea is surprising, but it makes sense, and the Harvard group’s data, published Wednesday in the journal Science Translational Medicine, supports it. If it holds up, the hypothesis has major implications for preventing and treating this degenerative brain disease.

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By RANDY WELLS

rwells@indianagazette.net

Some of the most critical comments to the Indiana County commissioners Wednesday about their certification of new property values came from Tammy Curry, organizer of the group Indiana County PA Against Tax Reassessment Increases, and Bob Colgan, who was an independent candidate for county commissioner last fall.

Curry said the commissioners’ vote on May 11 to certify the 2015 base year values for real estate as set dur-

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ing the countywide property reassessment was “deceptive.â€? “It was not announced ‌ nobody had it publicized that there was going to be a vote to certifyâ€? at the May 11 meeting, Curry said. “The agenda sheet was very vague and said “tax assessment update.â€? This is a reassessment, not an assessment. There is a difference.â€?

Curry said much of the dialogue regarding the vote at the May 11 meeting was inaudible. “I did not know it was certified when I left there,� Curry Continued on Page 12

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satisfies a court-imposed deadline of May 25 to certify the land values and revise the tax millage rate. Their votes will also allow borough, township and school districts to finally adjust their millages for their jurisdictions and proceed with sending out their own tax bills.

Sisko said reports will now be going out to municipal taxing bodies and school districts, listing what the certified total value of real estate is for the entire county as well as for their particular taxing districts. That information should be in the hands of borough, township and school district officials by Friday or Monday. And 2016 tax bills based on the county’s new millage rate of 4.445 will be mailed to property owners around the beginning of July, he said.

Sisko said the initial reassessment projection for the Continued on Page 12

CONCERT SHOOTING Gunfire in a New York City venue where rapper T.I. was getting ready to perform on Wednesday left one person dead and three people wounded.

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Obituaries on Page 4 PATTERSON, John G., 77, Tennessee PIRRONE, Fabrizio, 35, Indiana PRIBICKO, Aaron P., 34, Conemaugh Township

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Hispanic Trump supporters often face ridicule

By STEVE PEOPLES and JILL COLVIN Associated Press

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Hispanic voters in Florida, New Mexico and California have waved Mexican flags and bashed Donald Trump piñatas — clashing with police, at times — to protest the Republican presidential contender’s hard-line approach to immigration.

Yet far from the protests, an increasingly vocal Hispanic minority is speaking out in favor of the brash billionaire.

They are backing Trump even in the face of resentment and suspicion from friends and family, who are among the overwhelming majority of non-white voters opposed to the New York businessman’s candidacy.

“I’m not ashamed to vote for Trump. I’d just rather not have the conversation with my family,” said Natalie Lally, a 22-year-old college student from New York City whose large extended family has Colombian roots.

She says silence fell over her grandmother’s living room when she admitted her support for Trump during a recent family gathering that included more than 30 relatives.

“They just kind of seemed uneasy,” she recalled. “And my uncle just said, ‘Why?’” In the border towns of Texas, the working-class neighborhoods of New York, and even inside

Trump’s overwhelmingly white rallies, the proTrump Hispanic minority is willing to risk public and private ridicule to defend the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee.

So far, however, they’re not getting much help from Trump’s campaign, which has yet to launch an outreach effort to improve his standing with the growing voting bloc.

Approximately 23 percent of Hispanics said they’d vote for Trump in a May poll conducted by Fox News. Other recent polling places Trump far lower.

The GOP’s last presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, has cited his poor standing with Hispanic voters as one of his biggest regrets from the last election, when he earned 27 percent of the Hispanic vote.

Trump’s team acknowledges the importance of the voting bloc, but says there has been little organized outreach so far.

“Any demographic that is growing at the rate of the Latino voters obviously will be of the utmost importance to a presidential campaign,” Trump aide Ed Brookover said when asked about Hispanic outreach. “I know it’s been talked about, but I think it’s a touch early. I don’t know of anything organized.”

Trump’s team expects to work closely with the Republican National Committee, however, which has had paid Hispanic outreach staff on the ground in nine states.

1 dead in NYC concert shooting

By STEPHANIE SIEK Associated Press

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DONALD TRUMP applauded after the singing of the national anthem Wednesday at a rally in Anaheim, Calif.

Trump supporters are eager to help.

Carlos Guerra, a 24-yearold son of Mexican immigrants who lives along the border in Laredo, Texas, says he wants to do more than wear Trump’s “Make American Great Again” hat around town.

“Our town is sick of the violence from Mexico,” he said, applauding Trump’s plan to build a massive wall on the border. “People are dying every day.”

Some of his family members also support Trump, but “they’re not as loud about it,” he said.

“I have talked to a lot of people and of course they criticize me,” Guerra added. “They ask, ‘Do you hate your race?’ I feel discriminated against, honestly.”

Trump’s policies and tone on immigration have sparked passionate — and sometimes violent — reactions from minority voters.

His vow to complete a massive wall along the Mexican border is a pillar of his agenda. He has also promised to impose a temporary ban on Muslims entering the U.S., embraced plans to deport more than 11 million immigrants in the country illegally and described Mexican immigrants as rapists

and criminals in his announcement speech.

He lashed out at protesters who clashed with police outside his Tuesday rally in Albuquerque, N.M. The protesters, including many Hispanics, waved Mexican flags while others hurled rocks at police.

“The protesters in New Mexico were thugs who were flying the Mexican flag,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “The rally inside was big and beautiful, but outside, criminals!”

During a Wednesday appearance in Anaheim, he claimed “a great relationship with the Hispanics.”

“The Mexican people are great. They’re going to vote for me like crazy,” he said.

Outside the Anaheim event, a small group of protesters pummeled and decapitated a Trump piñata as police arrested more protesters.

Heated protests have followed the Republican leader across the country, particularly in urban centers and states, like New Mexico and California, with large Hispanic populations.

AP writers John Antczak in Anaheim, Russell Contreras in Albuquerque, N.M., and Emily Swanson in Washington contributed to this report.

NEW YORK — Shots rang out inside a concert venue in New York City where hiphop artist T.I. was getting ready to perform, leaving one person dead, three others wounded and concertgoers scrambling for the nearest exits, police said.

The shooting happened around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday in a third-floor green room area at Irving Plaza, near Manhattan’s Union Square.

It was not immediately known who had access to that area.

Witnesses described a frantic, frightening scene.

Live Hoffman, 19, was in the balcony VIP area to the left of the stage when the shooting happened.

She said there had been some kind of argument between two groups of people before the shooting. A girl she had been talking to was one of the victims.

“The girl next to me was shot point blank, and men picked her up and carried her out,” Hoffman told The Associated Press, still shaken by the events that unfolded right in front of her.

“For two to three minutes we still heard firing, still heard shots, we were clutching each other making sure no one was getting hit.”

Video shot inside the venue showed concertgoers rushing to the sides trying to leave the area as a group of people tended to a person on the floor.

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Before his arrest, the suspect allegedly carjacked a vehicle at a gas station and shot at a state trooper’s cruiser during a manhunt Tuesday night. The officer was not injured, but authorities said one person was grazed on the head with a bullet and another was hit in the leg during the highway shootings.

There was no immediate indication the gunfire was tied to a series of shootings on Phoenix-area freeways that gained national attention last August and September. They were concentrated on different freeways and in the heart of the city.

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(AP) — A gunman armed with a rifle, body armor and extra ammunition opened fire on vehicles on a highway in the Phoenix outskirts, leaving at least two people injured before police captured him near a stolen car that crashed into a ditch, authorities said Wednesday.

Arizona Department of Public Safety officials identified the suspect as James David Walker, 36, of San Tan Valley.

They said Walker was being booked into the downtown Phoenix jail on suspicion of attempted homicide, aggravated assault, endangerment, armed robbery, theft of means of transportation and possession of dangerous drugs with additional charges pending. It wasn’t immediately clear if Walker had a lawyer yet.

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cal,” Hoffman said.

Manhattan Chief of Detectives William Aubry said a 33-year-old man was shot in the stomach. He was taken to a hospital, where he died a short time later.

A 34-year-old man was shot in the chest. He was listed in critical condition.

A 26-year-old woman and a 30-year-old man were both shot in the leg. They were expected to survive.

Elijah Rodriguez was in the VIP area by the stage and said that T.I. was supposed to go on at 9 or 9:30 p.m., but “he never showed up.”

Aubry said T.I. was in the building, but performers Maino and Uncle Murda were on stage at the time of the shooting.

“It was scary to deal with.

When I got outside, like literally across the street, there were a few girls having, like, panic attacks. One girl thought she saw someone get shot in front of her,” Rodriguez said.

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OBITUARIES

IN RECOGNITION

John Patterson John Gabriel Patterson, 77, died on Wednesday, May 25, 2016, at his residence. The cause of death was melanoma cancer, involving both lungs and his brain.

John, also known to family as “Skip,” was born Jan. 1, 1939, in Luciusboro, to Gourley and Geraldine Patterson. He was one of five children and learned early the importance of family.

In 1956, at the age of 17, John enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. He spent the next 20 years proudly serving his country.

After spending years on the USS America, and after serving in Vietnam, John retired from service on Dec. 24, 1975. Although having retired from military service, he continued to honor his oath to protect and defend the United States, with a deep love and loyalty.

The true joy of John’s life was his family: his wife of 37 years, Judy; his four children: John C., Deborah, Dessie and Jodi; and his 14 grandchildren and 17 greatgrandchildren.

If you’ve met him, you’ve seen “the walking stick” and know how proud he was of his family and how much he enjoyed telling people about them all. Being the patriarch of such a large family brought him immense contentment and happiness.

John was preceded in

death by his parents; three of his siblings: Beverly Patterson Myket, Gwen Adams and Wilbur; one daughter, Dessie (Dee); and one grandchild, John David Crook. He surely had his own welcoming committee upon arrival to heaven and is enjoying many hugs and telling many stories!

Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday at McReynolds-Nave & Larson Chapel, Clarksville, Tenn.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Crossroads Fellowship Church. His ashes will be interred with full military honors at a later date in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

Memorials may be made to Crossroads Fellowship Church, 2687 Tiny Town Road, Clarksville, TN 37042.

Online condolences may be made at NaveFuneral Homes.com.

Fabrizio Pirrone Fabrizio Pirrone, 35, of Indiana, passed away May 23, 2016, at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle.

He was the son of Enzo and Nancy (Rubino) Pirrone and was born July 20, 1980, in Chicago.

Fabrizio started the F.A.B. (Fighting All Battles) Foundation, helping other people affected by leukemia.

He was employed by M.D. Sleppy Construction, Seven Springs, and previously owned his own car detailing business, Xtreme FX. Fab had an absolute zest for life and loved spending time with friends and family. He enjoyed making his famous crab dip and slinging pizzas at his family’s restaurant.

In his spare time you could find him in the gym or “scootin’” on one of his motorcycles. Fabri was a world traveler who thrived off of meeting new people, dining out at restaurants and just living in the moment!

Fabrizio is survived by his best friend and wife, Shawna Sardone; mother Nancy, of Indiana; his siblings, Sibilla Pirrone Spearman and her husband, Jason, of

Indiana; and Enzo Pirrone Jr. and his wife, Rachel, of Highland, Ind.; nieces Josephina and Katelyn Pirrone; and his maternal grandmother, Maria Rubino, Leonforte, Italy.

He was preceded in death by his father, Enzo; maternal grandfather, Serafino Rubino; and paternal grandparents, Liborio and Rosaria Pirrone.

Friends will be received Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the C. Frederick Bowser Funeral Home, Homer City.

A funeral service will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at the funeral home.

Aaron Pribicko Aaron Paul Pribicko, 34, of Conemaugh Township, died Thursday, May 19, 2016.

He was the son of Gerald P. Pribicko and Beverly (Altemus) Pribicko and was born July 6, 1981, in Indiana. He was raised in the Indiana and Penn Run area and attended Indiana Area Senior High School. In his youth, he was a member of the Harmony Presbyterian Church.

Aaron was employed by Auen Farms of Saltsburg at the time of his death and previously worked at Altemus Farms of Penn Run. He also worked for MDS Construction and Weimer’s Iron and Scrap Metal.

Aaron was known to always have a friendly smile for whomever he encountered. Since a young boy, he loved farming and was proud to be a farmer. He planted and harvested many types of crops, drove trucks and could do any type of work asked of him.

He was also well-known and respected for his excellent mechanical ability and electrical skills. Aaron loved spending time with his

daughter, Elizabeth. He also enjoyed attending and participating in tractor pulls with his friend Stanley.

Aaron is survived by his daughter, Elizabeth M. Pribicko; wife Mollie (Berwager) Pribicko, of Homer City; his parents, Gerald and Beverly Pribicko, of Indiana; sister Ashley Misterka and husband Adam, of Penn Run; brother Andrew Pribicko, of Indiana, and fiancee Jessica Duralia; maternal grandparents Charles and Mildred Altemus, of Penn Run; and two special friends, Stanley Auen and Robin Harman, of Conemaugh Township.

Preceding Aaron in death were his paternal grandparents, Paul and Margaret Pribicko.

A private family visitation will be held Friday at the Rairigh-Bence Funeral Home in Indiana. In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests donations be made to the Elizabeth Pribicko College Fund, First Commonwealth Bank, P.O. Box 400, Indiana, PA 15701.

Online condolences can be made at www.rbfh.net.

M. ‘Eileene’ Taylor M. “Eileene” Taylor, 93, of Blairsville, died Monday, May 23, 2016, at her residence.

Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Rairigh-Bence Funeral Home of Indiana,

where her funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday with the Rev. Jerry Hoch officiating. Interment will be in Oakland Cemetery.

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GEORGE LENZ, left, of White Township, was given a certificate of appreciation recently in recognition of his contributions to the Indiana County Drug Treatment Court Program. Lenz was thanked for hiring people from the program to help with Christmas tree work when not many others would hire them. Handing him the certificate is Cody Potts, who has worked for Lenz and graduated from the program that day.

Alzheimer’s disease may stem from infections, research finds Continued from Page 1 The Harvard researchers report a scenario seemingly out of science fiction. A virus, fungus or bacterium gets into the brain, passing through a membrane — the blood-brain barrier — that becomes leaky as people age. The brain’s defense system rushes in to stop the invader by making a sticky cage out of proteins, called beta amyloid. The microbe, like a fly in a spider web, becomes trapped in the cage and dies. What is left behind is the cage — a plaque that is the hallmark of Alzheimer’s.

So far, the group has confirmed this hypothesis in neurons growing in petri dishes as well as in yeast, roundworms, fruit flies and mice. There is much more work to be done to determine if a similar sequence happens in humans, but plans — and funding — are in place to start those studies, involving a multicenter project that will examine human brains.

“It’s interesting and provocative,” said Dr. Michael W. Weiner, a radiology professor at the University of California, San Francisco, and a principal investigator of the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, a large national effort to track the progression of the disease and look for biomarkers like blood proteins and brain imaging to signal the disease’s presence.

Dr. David Holtzman, a professor and the chairman of neurology at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, was also intrigued.

“It is obviously outside the box,” he said. “It really is an innovative and novel study.”

The work began when Robert D. Moir, of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, had an idea about the function of amyloid pro-

teins, normal brain proteins whose role had long been a mystery.

The proteins were traditionally thought to be garbage that accumulates in the brain with age. But Moir noticed that they looked a lot like proteins of the innate immune system, a primitive system that is the body’s first line of defense against infections.

Elsewhere in the body, such proteins trap microbes — viruses, fungi, yeast and bacteria. Then white blood cells come by and clear up the mess. Perhaps amyloid was part of this system, Moir thought.

He began collaborating with Rudolph E. Tanzi, also at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund.

The idea was to see if amyloid trapped microbes in living animals and if mice without amyloid proteins were quickly ravaged by infections that amyloid could have stopped.

The answers, they reported, were yes and yes.

In one study, the group injected Salmonella bacteria into the brains of young mice that did not have plaques.

“Overnight, the bacteria seeded plaques,” Tanzi said. “The hippocampus was full of plaques, and each plaque had a single bacterium at its center.”

In contrast, mice that did not make beta amyloid succumbed more quickly to the bacterial infection, and did not make plaques.

For years, researchers had been fixated on the idea of plaques as a sort of trash that gathered in the brain. Few had asked if there might be some other explanation.

As Dr. Samuel E. Gandy, a professor of neurology and psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at

Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, explained, there was a long and persuasive body of research laying out the Alzheimer’s pathway: Plaques form and set off the formation of tangled threadlike tau proteins.

Then, as tangles of tau kill nerve cells, the brain becomes inflamed, resulting in the killing of many more nerve cells.

There were a few puzzling clues that something else might be going on, but they did not make much sense.

For example, Weiner said, some investigators reported that people who had developed Alzheimer’s had higher levels of antibodies to herpes, an indicator of a previous infection, than people who did not have the disease.

“The suggestion that herpes was causative seemed a bit far-fetched,” he said.

The new paper, Gandy and Weiner said, provides a plausible explanation.

Dr. Berislav Zlokovic, the director of the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute at the University of Southern California, said his studies of the blood-brain barrier also fit well with the new hypothesis.

When he discovered that the barrier started to break down with aging, he noticed that the leakiest part was the membrane that protects the hippocampus, the site of learning and memory.

That is also where Alzheimer’s plaques form.

Tanzi and Moir’s hypothesis, he said, “is very hypothetical at this point, but it does make sense.”

Of course, there must be more to Alzheimer’s than the brain’s innate immune system. What about people who have a mutated gene that guarantees they will develop the disease at an early age?

For them, Tanzi says, the problem is that they vastly overproduce beta amyloid.

There is so much that it clumps on its own, without the presence of microbes.

Not everyone who has had a brain infection develops Alzheimer’s, though. Why would some be more vulnerable than others? According to the new theory, it probably has to do with the brain’s ability to clear out the balls of beta amyloid after they have killed microbes, Tanzi said. For example, it is known that people with a gene called ApoE2 have brains that are good at sweeping out plaque, and have a low risk of Alzheimer’s in old age.

Those with a different version, ApoE4, are inefficient in removing plaque and have a high risk of Alzheimer’s.

Recent data suggests that the incidence of dementia is decreasing. It could be because of better control of blood pressure and cholesterol levels, staving off ministrokes that can cause dementia. But could a decline in infections also be part of the picture?

“That’s a possibility,” Weiner said.

At this point, the Harvard researchers have what many say is an intriguing hypothesis, but they readily acknowledge that much work lies ahead.

The Cure Alzheimer’s Fund is starting a large collaborative project that will use gene sequencing technology to carefully look for microbes in brains from people who had Alzheimer’s and those who did not. Researchers will also look for microbes in plaques found in human brains.

That, though, “is a big, big second step,” Tanzi said. “First, we need to ask whether there are microbes that may sneak into the brain as we age and trigger amyloid deposition.”

“Then,” he said, “we can aim at stopping them.”

Supervisors adopt new official map

By SEAN YODER

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The White Township supervisors adopted the new official township map Wednesday night.

The official map acts as a planning tool, according to assistant township manager Chris Anderson. He described it as a sort of wish list for the future of the township, including collector roads and sidewalks in the Oakland Avenue corridor.

The township has received the necessary permits from the Department of Environmental Protection to proceed with work on the bridge to the township building along Indian Springs Road, according to township manager Milt Lady.

Lady also reported that the municipal authority approved Continental Construction for

WHITE TOWNSHIP the next phase of the Chevy Chase stormwater project.

Continental hopes to begin work by June 6.

The supervisors approved a trade-in of the old street sweeper and purchase of a new one through Walsh Equipment. Their 2006 street sweeper will count for $42,000 toward the new $190,000 2016 model.

The WalkWorks kickoff in White Township at the route along East Pike was slated for June 28. Nancy Smith will be leading walking groups along the path which will have informational markers pointing out important sites. Township crews are currently waiting for materials and signage.

Code Enforcement Officer Matt Genchur said there have been some problems with feral cats in the East Pike area and re-

minded residents that township ordinances prohibit the feeding of feral cats.

Genchur also reported that he’s been getting calls lately concerning swampy areas on people’s properties.

He also said that areas where water collects between private properties is a private matter between

the landowners and the township has no power to intervene. The township can only offer advice on how to proceed.

The supervisors passed a motion allowing Lady to renew and negotiate the naming rights agreement on the S&T Bank Arena.

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LCB grants more licenses to stations HARRISBURG (AP) — The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is granting nine more licenses to businesses that sell gasoline. It’s the latest step in loosening the hold on beer sales by bars and beer distributors.

The Liquor Control Board’s vote Wednesday is the first since February. That’s when the state Supreme Court said it would take up a case challenging whether a convenience store can sell beer and gasoline without violating state law. The beer licenses are for groceries and convenience stores in northeastern Pennsylvania, including the WilkesBarre area, Hazleton, Orangeville and Mahanoy City, and in western Pennsylvania, including Canonsburg, Gibsonia and Huntingdon.

Liquor Control Board officials say dozens of beer licensees also sell gas. That’s despite wording in the state liquor law that bans alcohol sales licenses in locations, places and properties where gasoline is sold.

PetSmart severs ties with supplier BARTO (AP) — Another major pet retailer has severed ties with a smallanimal supplier amid a federal investigation into conditions inside its Pennsylvania facility.

PetSmart said Wednesday it’s no longer getting animals from Holmes Chinchilla Ranch in Barto. Petco said in January it ended its relationship with Holmes. Pet Supplies Plus also cut ties several months ago.

Federal inspectors spent several days at Holmes after an animalrights group shot video purporting to show substandard conditions at the facility, where it raises thousands of hamsters, guinea pigs, rabbits and other species.

Man who posed as student faces fraud HARRISBURG (AP) — A Ukrainian man accused of faking his name and age while attending a central Pennsylvania high school and having sex with an underage girl now faces federal passport fraud and Social Security fraud charges.

Artur Samarin applied for a passport at the Harrisburg post office in December using a false identity and submitted false and misleading information to the Social Security Administration to obtain a Social Security card, federal prosecutors alleged in an indictment Wednesday.

The 23-year-old was previously charged in Dauphin County with unsworn falsification, statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors, theft and tampering with public records.

Samarin, who called himself Asher Potts, is accused of having sex with a 15-year-old girl.

The arrest affidavit said Samarin told a detective in February he had sex with the girl in the fall of 2014, when he was 22.

Clowns fight ban on wild animal shows PITTSBURGH (AP) — A public hearing on a proposed wild-animal entertainment ban that would keep circuses and similar shows out of the city ended up being a circus of sorts, complete with clowns who begged the City Council not to enact the measure.

Syria Shrine clowns held signs outside the City-County Building that said, “We love our animals,� and “Councilman Kraus makes clowns cry!�

That referred to Democratic Councilman Bruce Kraus, whose bill was supported by animal rights activists at Tuesday’s public hearing. Animal Defender International, based in Los Angeles, said more than 30 U.S. municipalities have similar laws.

Supporters of the bill contend that animals don’t jump through fiery hoops because they enjoy it. “They perform out of fear of what will happen to them if they don’t,� said Brian Bonsteel, founder of Humane Action Pittsburgh, an animal rights group that helped draft the legislation.

City Council President Darlene Harris said she will vote against the bill and believes circus animals are motivated to perform by the good relationships they have with their trainers. “I have never seen any animal do

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CLOWNS CROWDED the City Council chamber Tuesday in Pittsburgh for a hearing on a proposed wild-animal entertainment ban that would keep circuses and similar shows out of the city. a trick for a person who abuses and beats them. Never,� Harris said. “If I hit my dog, do you think she would sit up and roll over and dance for me?�

The bill is modeled on a similar San Francisco law that prohibits the performance of wild or exotic animals for public entertainment

or amusement. Lions, tigers, bears, camels, elephants, monkeys and other animals would be banned from performing at circuses or similar shows.

The National Aviary, the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium and other educational and humane groups would be exempt from the

ban, though the zoo’s leader criticized the measure. “None of the speakers in favor of this ordinance have any experience or expertise in actually working with wild exotic animals,� said Dr. Barbara Baker, the zoo’s president and CEO. Officials with the Shrine Circus and Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus spoke out against the measure, though the latter’s shows recently stopped using trained elephants in response to the number of cities and counties that passed ordinances prohibiting the use of bull hooks or nixing wild animal acts altogether.

Erich Gumto, president of a local Shriners chapter, defended the traveling circus, which the group uses to fund 22 hospitals providing free care to children. “How can we be so compassionate in one aspect and so evil in another?� Gumto said. “It does not make sense.�

Kraus said he’s gotten 9,000 emails from around the country, most of them supporting the measure he first proposed May 3.

Kraus said the bill will be vetted before it comes up for a vote.

Mayor Bill Peduto is waiting to see what happens to the bill before staking out a position, his spokesman said.

Judge: Man charged in counterfeit plot could flee PITTSBURGH (AP) — An American deported from Uganda and charged in a massive counterfeiting scheme is a major flight risk and will remain jailed until he stands trial, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled.

Ryan Gustafson, 28, has been charged with printing at least $1.4 million in fake U.S. currency in Uganda through Community-X, an encrypted site that allows users to remain anonymous.

Gustafson was indicted in western Pennsylvania because roughly $400,000 in bogus bills were sold and shipped to the U.S., where they were passed. Some were exchanged in the Pittsburgh area.

In a ruling issued Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Mark Hornak said, “He is a flight risk of major proportions.�

Gustafson’s wife is the granddaughter of the late Idi Amin, the ruthless

Ugandan dictator who’s alleged to have had 300,000 people killed when he ruled in the 1970s.

Gustafson’s father-in-law, the dictator’s son, remains a powerful general in the country, according to testimony last month from a Secret Service agent.

At a detention hearing, defense attorney Stephen Misko asked the judge to release Gustafson to the custody of a nondenominational Christian missionary group, Youth With A Mission, in Lebanon, Pa., saying it wouldn’t let him use drugs or alcohol and requires church attendance.

The facility has a curfew but isn’t locked down, its director testified then.

Gustafson’s parents are Christian missionaries to Rwanda, and his father, LeRoy Gustafson, testified last month that he and his wife are friends with the man who runs Youth With A Mission.

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But Hornak agreed with Assistant U.S. Attorney Shardul Desai that Gustafson is a threat to flee to Uganda because his child and wife live there.

Hornak specifically noted that Gustafson manned the “top rung� of the counterfeiting conspiracy and, at various times, has told authorities he’d rather die than abandon his wife and toddler daughter.

Federal agents contend Gustafson also pretended to have tuberculosis and tried to bribe a Ugandan official to avoid being deported to face the federal charges filed in Pittsburgh.

The judge also noted that Youth With A Mission has no experience housing a former international fugitive and isn’t secure enough to do so.

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Destroying Israel from within

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srael has recently been hostile takeover of the Isunder intense criticism raeli government by danon the world stage. gerous elements.” Former Some of it, like the “boy- Likud Defense Minister cott, divestment, sanc- Moshe Arens wrote in tions” (BDS) campaign, is a Haaretz that Bibi and his campus movement to de- far-right cronies “insulted stroy Israel masquerading not only Yaalon, they inas a political critique. But a sulted the IDF (Israeli lot of it is also driven by Is- army). It’s a people’s army.” rael’s desire to destroy itThis whole episode self — thanks to Prime started March 24 when Minister Benjamin Ne- Azaria, a medic, was tanyahu’s steady elimina- caught on video shooting tion of any possibility that the wounded Palestinian.

Israel will separate itself He was one of two Palesfrom the Palestinians in tinians armed with knives the West Bank. who had stabbed an Israeli Netanyahu is soldier, lightly a man who is wounding him. forever dog padAzaria just deciddling in the ed on his own to middle of the kill him.

Rubicon, never Yaalon and the crossing it, alarmy chief of ways teasing staff, Lt. Gen. you (“I’m comGadi Eisenkot, ing your way — reacted swiftly, I’m going to saying this is not make a decihow the Israeli sion”), only to army behaves. remain right Azaria was where he is, balcharged with ancing between manslaughter all his rivals, so and inapproprithat he alone ate military conThomas survives. Mean- Friedman writes duct. while, Israel At first Nea column for The sinks ever deeptanyahu, too, New York Times. er into a de said the killing vifacto binational olated the army’s state controlled by Jewish values, but when his setextremists. tler base came out in favor Soon, this newspaper of the killing, Netanyahu will have to call Netanyahu shifted, urging the court to what he’s made himself take a balanced view of into: “Prime Minister of the what happened. LieberState of Israel-Palestine.” man actually went to the I raise this now because court to show support for Israel under Netanyahu Azaria. has gone from bad to All of this deeply trouworse. He just forced out bled Yaalon and the army Defense Minister Moshe leadership, and it erupted Yaalon. Yaalon, a former on Israel’s Holocaust Rearmy chief of staff, is a very membrance Day when the decent man — a soldier’s army’s deputy chief of soldier, determined to pre- staff, Maj. Gen. Yair Golan, serve the Israeli army as a speaking to the nation, people’s army that aspires said, “It’s scary to see horrito the highest standards of fying developments that integrity in the middle of a took place in Europe begin very dangerous neighbor- to unfold here.” Yes, you hood. read that right.

Netanyahu plans to reNetanyahu slammed place Yaalon with the far- Golan, but Yaalon, in an right Avigdor Lieberman, address to the army’s top who boasts he could not generals, said, “Keep actcare less what American ing in accordance with Jews think about how Is- your humane conscience rael is behaving and a man and moral compass, and whom, Haaretz reported, not according to which was only recently dis- way the winds are blowmissed by Bibi’s team as “a ing.” petty prattler,” unfit to be So Netanyahu, who only even a military analyst, acts the way the wind and whose closest brush blows, purged Yaalon. With with a real battle was that move, said the Hedodging a “tennis ball.” brew University religious Lieberman, when he has philosopher Moshe Halnot been under investiga- bertal, we are witnessing tion for corruption, has “Israel’s ruling party being mused about blowing up transformed from a hawkEgypt’s Aswan Dam, de- ish nationalist party that nounced Israelis who want used to have a humanitariIsrael to get out of the West an and democratic base, Bank as traitors and into an ultranationalist praised an Israeli soldier, party that is now defined Sgt. Elor Azaria, who fatally by turning against the ‘enshot a wounded Palestin- emies’ from within — the ian assailant in the head as courts, the NGOs, the eduhe was lying on the ground cation system, the Arab awaiting medical atten- minority and now, the tion. army — anyone who Describing Netanyahu’s stands in the way of their dumping of Yaalon for project of permanent ocLieberman, Yediot Ahar- cupation of the West Bank. onot columnist Nahum Having failed to deliver a Barnea wrote, “Instead of solution for the enemies presenting to the world a on the outside, so now more moderate govern- Likud is focused on the enment ahead of the diplo- emies inside. This is a matic battles to come in major transformation in the fall, Netanyahu is pre- Israel and should be senting the most radical looked upon with great government to ever exist in concern.” The army’s leadIsraeli history.” ership, added Halbertal, “is Yaalon himself warned, trying to transcend this “Extremist and dangerous war of all against all and forces have taken over Is- impose moral order on rael and the Likud move- chaos rather than inflame ment and are destabilizing it for narrow political our home and threatening gains.” to harm its inhabitants.”

Netanyahu does just the Former Labor Defense opposite. For those of us Minister Ehud Barak said, who care about Israel’s fu“What has happened is a ture, this is a dark hour.

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Hillary’s the default candidate

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illary Clinton may be the weakest prohibitive favorite ever to run for the presidency. She is generally given strong odds of beating Donald Trump in the fall, yet she is tied with him in the early going as she struggles to shake a 74-year-old socialist who persists in notching victories in the Democratic primary contest.

Armed with an impeccable résumé and pedigree, and an impressive campaign and fundraising apparatus, Hillary has it all — except a rationale for her campaign and the ability to excite voters.

The latter failing is made all the more striking by what has happened all around Clinton this year.

She is bracketed in her own party and the opposing party by candidates who routinely draw crowds numbering in the thousands. Who are vivid and unmistakably themselves.

Who have memorable catchphrases that capture their core message in a few words. Who are running crusades as much as campaigns.

If Donald Trump wants to make America great again, Hillary wants to keep it OK; if Bernie Sanders wants to incite a political revolution, Hillary wants to convene a task force to come up with

options short of a revoluClinton has managed to tion, to be studied closely beat back the Sanders chalfor a decision at a later lenge — if not fully vandate. In an election season quish him — in her tradebuffeted by gale-force mark grind-it-out, thorwinds of change, Clinton is oughly uninspiring manthe status quo rendered in ner. the most stultifying conJust imagine if Sanders ventional fashion possible. had the media skills of a Hillary is Donald Trump, or hated without if the Democratic being interestestablishment ing. Yes, the Rehad been less unipublicans nomified against him, nated a radioacor if he were a tive candidate, plausible generalbut only after a election candigreat upheaval date. forged by a They say of talhighly enterented fielders in taining figure baseball that they who upset all “make it look prior conveneasy”; Clinton tions and makes most norms. The Deeverything in polmocrats are itics, even defeatnominating an ing a manifestly Rich Lowry’s equally radioac- column is unsuited rival like tive presidential Sanders, look difdistributed by candidate as the ficult.

King Features “safe” alternaShe has been Syndicate. tive of their esrunning for presitablishment. dent on and off If Donald Trump is the since 2007, and still has a next president of the Unit- proverbial “Roger Mudd ed States, a key reason will problem” (the CBS journalbe that the best and bright- ist who famously stumped est of the Democratic Party Ted Kennedy when he fully bought into the Clin- asked him why he was runton Ascendancy. It left ning for president). them with no viable alterWhat is Hillary’s elevator native to a deeply flawed pitch? She doesn’t have candidate who, on top of one. Her latest version of a her other weaknesses, is signature line is “Stronger under FBI investigation.

Together,” albeit with the

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caveat that “slogans come and go and all the rest of it.”

The truth is that Hillary is running to become president by default. She hopes that her campaign — assisted by associated Democratic groups and a sympathetic media — will make Trump so unacceptable by the fall that the public will have no option but to turn to someone it doesn’t particularly like or trust as the only alternative. She will win the unpopularity contest by losing it a little less badly than Trump.

This is far from a crazy bet, although it is fundamentally a defensive posture.

All signs are that Trump will dominate the conversation in the general election just as he did in the Republican primaries. By always painting with bold colors, he made the other 16 candidates look small and weak, and could do the same with her.

Trump at least has some chance of capturing people’s imaginations and changing the rules of the game.

Hillary will paint by numbers, and be formidable only to the extent voters consider not being Donald Trump a recommendation for high office. comments.lowry @nationalreview.com

VA reformer’s successes get delayed

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or several weeks, I had been re- veteran will get same-day access to porting for a column that would primary health care at a VA facility. urge a very specific action that What makes all that so important our next president needs to not only today is that on Monday, McDonald, undertake but announce way early. asked about veterans’ continuing I was going to suggest that tomor- complaints about VA wait times for row’s adversaries issue a treatment and benefits, unique bipartisan anclumsily tried compare it nouncement — perhaps to people who wait in lines during this upcoming Meat Disneyland. He was morial Day week — as a tribseeking to explain his new ute to all those who have VA thrust that he wants fought our country’s battles. veterans to feel satisfied by My idea was to urge our Rethe overall service they publican and Democratic eventually receive. But of candidates for president to course Republicans and agree to ask Secretary of VetDemocrats quickly aterans Affairs Robert McDontacked him for trivializing ald to stay and finish his rethe veterans’ wait times. forms.

Several Republicans called Can sheer patriotism confor him to resign. vince Donald Trump, Hillary As faithful readers can Clinton and still-campaignattest, this column has ing Bernie Sanders to agree long been on the forefront at least to ask McDonald to Martin Schram is of those shining a light on complete the impressive re- a veteran our nation’s sad failures to forms he began in the sum- Washington deliver the prompt and journalist, author proper service, care and mer of 2014?

After decades in which and TV benefits our military veterAmerica flailed and failed to documentary ans earned. keep our promises to our executive. His Eight years ago (back bemilitary men and women, column is fore it became a popular we owe them at least that distributed by cause), my book “Vets Tribune News much.

Under Siege: How America But have you ever noticed Service.

Deceives and Dishonors that every time you’re fixing Those Who Fight Our Batto do something good (maybe even tles” told the sad tales of generations too-good), someone or something of veterans who were delayed and else comes along and mucks it all up? sometimes wrongly denied treatment Well, it looks like it’s just happened and benefits. again.

That book began with the enraging McDonald, a West Point grad who tale of Army E-4 Specialist Bill Florey, served in the 82nd Airborne Division who served with the 82nd Airborne in and later became CEO of Proctor & the Persian Gulf War in 1991 when Gamble, took over the pathetically U.S. troops exploded Saddam Husmismanaged VA less than two years sein’s weapons depot that unfortuago and has instituted a series of im- nately contained sarin nerve gas warpressive reforms. heads. The toxic plume washed over One, called MyVA Access — has as our troops. A decade later, a bump its goal that by the end of 2016, every near Florey’s right temple appeared

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and grew larger; but his Dallas Veterans Affairs hospital kept delaying his request for an imaging scan.

Doctors just injected it with penicillin, but it kept growing. Finally, Florey got a VA scan appointment; but at the VA hospital Florey and his friend, Francesca Yabraian, were told there was a mix-up. No scan was possible.

Maybe in a couple of weeks.

At which point, Yabraian erupted in a voice that echoed loudly through a huge room with many curtained examining areas: “I am not leaving this room until you get on the phone and order an MRI — for today! And if you don’t do it right now, you will have to drag me out of this hospital!”

VA doctors did the MRI that day. Diagnosis: An aggressive cancer had by then penetrated deep into Florey’s brain and was now inoperable. Florey died without ever complaining about the VA delays he endured while his cancer spread.

This week, McDonald stalled for several news cycles before issuing his inevitable statement that included the words “I deeply regret.”

Early this month, McDonald outlined his impressive reforms at Washington’s renowned Center for Strategic and International Studies. CSIS President Dr. John Hamre, a former deputy defense secretary, delivered an unusually effusive introduction, likening McDonald’s willingness to enter the VA to the firemen of 9/11 who ran up into the World Trade Center towers when everyone was running down and fleeing. “It is an enormous privilege for us to have him serve at this time,” Hamre said on May 4. “He is doing a fabulous, fabulous job.”

Indeed, McDonald is. But, practical politics, being what it is, I’d better put my latest political idea on hold. At least for just a bit. martin.schram@gmail.com

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Netanyahu adds hard-liner to coalition JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached a deal to expand his coalition government on Wednesday by bringing in the ultranationalist Yisrael Beitenu party and appointing its leader, Avigdor Lieberman, as his new defense minister.

The development caps a tumultuous political week that began with Netanyahu negotiating with the moderate Labor Party against a backdrop of international pressure to relaunch peace efforts with the Palestinians, before choosing Lieberman’s hawkish party instead.

Lieberman is one of Israel’s most polarizing politicians and has a reputation for making inflammatory statements. The Palestinian president’s adviser promptly denounced the appointment, saying Lieberman was a “fascist minister” who will promote settlements.

Lieberman will take over as defense chief in place of former military chief Moshe Yaalon.

U.S. firefighters head to Canada BOISE, Idaho (AP) — For the first time, U.S. officials have sent firefighters to help battle a giant blaze in Canada that has destroyed parts of Fort McMurray in Alberta.

The National Interagency Fire Center said 100 firefighters flew out of in Boise, Idaho, on Wednesday morning and another 100 left from Missoula, Mont.

Officials said the firefighters are from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, and Fish and Wildlife Service.

The blaze has forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate, burned nearly 2,000 structures and hurt the region’s oil sands industry because of production shutdowns.

Obama: Leaders rattled by Trump

By NANCY BENAC Associated Press

SHIMA, Japan — President Barack Obama said today that foreign leaders are “rattled” by Donald Trump and have good reason to feel that way, as he accused the presumptive Republican presidential nominee of ignorance about world affairs.

Weighing in on the Democratic race to replace him, Obama also downplayed concerns that the protracted fight between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders is hurting his party’s chances, brushing off their escalating attacks as the inevitable “grumpiness” of a primary campaign.

Obama offered his assessment of the presidential campaign on the sidelines of a Group of Seven advanced economies summit in Japan, the latest world gathering to be colored by global concerns about Trump. Obama said foreign leaders at the conference were unsure how seriously to take his pronouncements.

“They are rattled by it — and for good reason,” Obama said. “Because a lot of the proposals he has made display either ignorance of world affairs, or a cavalier attitude, or an in-

terest in getting tweets and headlines.”

He contrasted that to proposals that thoughtfully address what’s required to keep the U.S. safe and prosperous and “to keep the world on an even keel.”

Questions about the unpredictable Trump have increasingly trailed Obama when he travels overseas, with world leaders incredulously sizing up a leading presidential candidate who speaks of banning Muslim immigration, starting trade wars and spreading nuclear weapons to Japan and South Korea. Obama has said that Trump now comes up in every one of his foreign meetings, with the president offering reassurances that he doesn’t believe Trump will be elected.

Though Obama has generally avoided opining on the presidential race, particularly while the Democratic primary continues to play out, he’s made no secret of his distaste for Trump, whose election would mark a sharp departure from Obama in both tone and substance. In addition to opposing the sweeping Asia-Pacific free trade deal that Obama brokered, Trump has threatened to renegotiate Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran and the global climate

pact reached in Paris.

Obama, taking questions the day before he pays a historic visit to Hiroshima, said foreign countries pay more attention to U.S. elections than Americans do to theirs because they count on the U.S. to provide stability and direction in addressing global challenges.

“I think it’s fair to say they are surprised by the Republican nominee,” Obama said, referring to Trump.

Obama’s comments to reporters came amid growing Democratic impatience to see the party unite behind Clinton, who is close to netting the number of delegates needed for the nomination but has been unable to persuade Sanders to exit the race. Many Democrats, including prominent senators, have started publicly voicing frustration with Sanders, who shows no signs of a quick departure despite near-impossible odds of overtaking Clinton.

Rather, Sanders has warned of a potentially “messy” Democratic Convention in Philadelphia in July, stoking concerns for the Democratic Party and for Clinton’s campaign, both of which are eager to shift their focus to attacking Trump and courting voters needed to win the general election in November.

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PRESIDENT Barack Obama spoke during a news conference today at the Shima Kanko Hotel in Shima, Japan.

Yet Obama brushed off calls for him to get more personally involved in brokering a resolution, saying that he’s still inclined to let the Democratic primary play itself out. He likened the hard-fought campaign between Clinton and Sanders to the one he waged with Clinton in 2008.

“During primaries, people get a little grumpy with each other. Somebody’s supporter pops off and there’s a certain buildup of aggravation,” Obama said.

“Every little speed bump, conflict trash-talking that takes place is elevated.”

He urged both Democratic candidates to “try to stick to the issues,” adding that the grumpiness often stems from voters’ frustration when the campaign instead becomes dominated by talk about “personalities and character.”

Asked about the Taliban’s new leader, Obama said he

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Tornado damages homes in Kan. town CHAPMAN, Kan. (AP) — A large tornado that the National Weather Service said was on the ground for about 90 minutes damaged or destroyed about 20 homes in a rural area of northern Kansas and came within a mile of hitting a small town.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or fatalities from the tornado Wednesday night.

Paul Froelich, Dickinson County fire district one chief, said today that the tornado swept across a 23mile stretch of rural Dickinson County, damaging about 20 homes, and that six of those homes are considered total losses.

He said crews have completed secondary searches of the damaged properties and residents are so far accounted for. More than 120 first responders and some search dogs were on the scene overnight helping with searches, Froehlich said.

6-month-old skis across Florida lake ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A 6-month-old girl whose professional water-skier parents put her on juniorsize water skis last week glided 686 feet across a man-made lake in what her parents say sets a youth record.

Keith St. Onge said in an interview Wednesday that his daughter Zyla could have kept going if the boat hadn’t reached the end of the lake.

The 30-inch, 20-pound Zyla, who doesn’t yet walk, skied across Lake Silver in Winter Haven, Fla., on May 19. A video of her skiing was posted on YouTube.

She stood on tiny water skis that were attached to each other by wood, gripping a handle bar attached to the skis. She wore a pink and purple life jacket as a boat pulled her at a speed of 7 miles per hour.

was not optimistic about a change for the better any time soon despite the U.S. drone strike that killed former Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who had refused to engage in reconciliation talks with Afghanistan’s government.

Mansour’s replacement, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, has signaled intentions to continue Mansour’s aggressive approach.

But Obama said he never expected “a liberal Democrat” to be the newly appointed leader of the Taliban.

“In the short term, we anticipate the Taliban will continue to pursue an agenda of violence,” Obama said. He added that he was hopeful that eventually “when there are those within the community that surround the Taliban that recognize their goals are best achieved by negotiations.”

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REMAINS OF tents and other items used by migrants were cleared today from the railroad at the camp in Idomeni, Greece. Greek police continued an operation to evacuate the sprawling makeshift refugee camp on the Greek-Macedonian border that began Tuesday.

Eleven states sue over federal stance on transgender students

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas and 10 other states are suing the Obama administration over its directive to U.S. public schools to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity.

The lawsuit announced Wednesday also lists Oklahoma, Alabama, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Tennessee, Maine, Arizona, Louisiana, Utah and Georgia. It asks a north Texas federal court to declare the directive unlawful in what ranks among the most coordinated and visible legal challenges by states over the socially divisive issue of bathroom rights for transgender people.

The Obama administration has “conspired to turn workplace and educational settings across the country into laboratories for a massive social experiment, flouting the democratic process, and running roughshod over commonsense policies protecting children and basic privacy rights,” the lawsuit reads.

Many of the conservative states involved had previously vowed defiance, calling the guidance a threat to safety while being accused of discrimination by supporters of transgender rights. U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch has previously said “there is no room in our schools for discrimination.”

The White House had no comment on the lawsuit. The Justice Department said it would review the com-

plaint and did not comment further.

Texas’ lieutenant governor has previously said the state is willing to forfeit $10 billion in federal education dollars rather than comply. The directive from the U.S. Justice and Education Departments represents an escalation in the fast-moving dispute over what is becoming the civil rights issue of the day.

Pressed about whether he knew of any instances in which a child’s safety had been threatened because of transgender bathroom rights, Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said “there’s not a lot of research” during a news conference about the lawsuit. He said his office has heard from concerned parents, but didn’t say how many, and said he did not meet with any parents of transgender students before drafting the lawsuit.

The states claim that the directive demands “seismic changes” in schools across the U.S. and forces them to let students choose a bathroom “that match their chosen ‘gender identity’ on any given day.”

Two school districts joined the states in the lawsuit: one is the tiny Harrold school district in north Texas, which has roughly 100 students and passed a policy this week requiring students to use the bathroom based on the gender on their birth certificate. Superintendent David Thweatt said his schools have no transgender students to his knowledge but defended the district taking on the federal government.

“It’s not moot because it was

thrusted upon us by the federal government,” Thweatt said, “or we were going to risk losing our federal funding.”

The question of whether federal civil rights law protects transgender people has not been definitively answered by the courts and may ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court. But schools that refuse to comply could be hit with civil rights lawsuits from the government and could face a cutoff of federal aid to education.

The guidance was issued after the Justice Department and North Carolina sued each other over a state law that requires transgender people to use the public bathroom that corresponds to the sex on their birth certificate. The law applies to schools and many other places.

Supporters say such measures are needed to protect women and children from sexual predators, while the Justice Department and others argue the threat is practically nonexistent and the law discriminatory.

Education officials in Arizona said campuses already had policies to protect students from bullying and discrimination “regardless of their gender identity.” A small Arizona school district also joined in the lawsuit.

“The fact that the federal government has yet again decided that it knows what is best for every one of our local communities is insulting and, quite frankly, intolerable,” Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas said.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Republican Gov. Nikki Haley signed legislation Wednesday that immediately outlaws most abortions in South Carolina at 20 weeks beyond fertilization.

The only exceptions are if the mother’s life is in jeopardy or a doctor determines the fetus can’t survive outside the womb.

Doctors face up to $10,000 in fines and three years in prison for each violation; prison time is mandatory on a third conviction.

These bans are now in effect in at least 13 states and blocked by court challenges in several others. South Dakota’s ban takes effect July 1.

Women nationwide have the right to obtain abortions under the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, which said states could restrict abortions after viability — the point when a fetus has a reasonable chance of surviving outside the uterus.

“Viability is usually placed at about seven months (28 weeks) but may occur earlier, even at 24 weeks,” the ruling said.

The Supreme Court has yet to rule on bans that would limit even earlier abortions.

As in other states, South Carolina’s law ties the fetus’ age to conception, rather than a women’s monthly cycle. But since this date cannot be scientifically pinpointed, the ban actually refers to what doctors consider a gestational age of 22 weeks.

Supporters of the bill cite the disputed claim that a fetus can feel pain at 20 weeks. Opponents say later-term abortions usually happen with wanted pregnancies that go horribly wrong.

“The reality is that abortion later in pregnancy is extremely rare and often takes place in complex and difficult situations where a woman and her doctor need every medical option available,” said Alyssa Miller, a Planned Parenthood spokeswoman for South Carolina.

South Carolina’s definition of “fetal anomaly” makes it illegal to abort a fetus with a severe disability if the child could live.

Such anomalies are generally detected around 20 weeks.

Advocates for abortion rights contend these measures are aimed at restricting women’s access to a safe, legal abortion.

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The Indiana Gazette

Woman reunited with lost ring

By The Indiana Gazette Kathy Smith has been a dedicated, hard worker at the Indiana County Workshop.

It just so happens that her diligence may have caused her to lose a ring that was very sentimental to her.

Smith, of Indiana, started at the Indiana County Workshop as a trainee in 1980.

Along the way, she met a man named Eugene, and the two grew close.

Just before Christmas, Eugene gave her a Kay Jewelers friendship ring with multicolored stones at the ICW facility in front of all of the trainees and staff.

“She was very excited and kind of overwhelmed with the ring,” ICW Executive Director Jo Ann Hawk said.

Smith started wearing the ring every day to work. One day, while she was packaging bulk insulators for Kencove Farm Fencing in

Blairsville, Smith didn’t realize her ring had slipped off her finger and into one of the boxes until the next day, but it was too late.

She never thought she would see the ring again.

But Smith received a surprising phone call in March.

A representative from Kencove called to say the ring had been found by one of their customers in Battle Creek, Mich.

“She was so excited,” program developer Jesse Armstrong said. “She said, ‘I found my ring! I found my ring!’”

The company shipped the ring to Kencove, which sent it back to the ICW facility.

“For them to find the ring in that size of a box with that many pieces and to contact Kencove to even inquire about it is amazing,” Hawk said.

Smith no longer wears her ring to work and has re-

KATHY SMITH stricted it to special occasions, Hawk said.

Smith sent a special homemade and “glittery” thank-you card along with a picture of Kathy with her ring to the company to show how appreciative she

was for their kindness.

“I was very happy when it was returned to me,” Smith said. “It’s good to have it back.”

Smith also works at Indiana University of Pennsylvania where she does outside work and buses tables.

Since 1971, ICW has served as a training facility for adults who have disabilities. ICW contracts with various businesses in the area to have their trainees perform small assembly work. They have approximately 80 individuals that participate in their program.

“We pick up raw pieces and we assemble them at the workshop and take them back to the business and it provides a meaningful training for our adults,” Hawk said.

“We are preparing them for working with the community and jobs within the community — that’s the ultimate goal.”

Student awarded JWCC scholarship The Indiana Junior Women’s Civic Club has awarded the Marjory P. Nix Scholarship to Alicia Kunkle, the daughter of Tim and Tracey Kunkle, of Indiana.

Alicia will attend Liberty University to major in biomedical sciences and minor in psychology, and plans to attend medical school and become a pediatrician.

The scholarship is val-

ued at $750. The Marjory P. Nix Scholarship was established in 1986 and is given each year to a female student in the Indiana Area School District for outstanding service to the school and the community.

Students apply through the school’s guidance office in early spring and are selected by the JWCC education committee using a blind scoring system.

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PICTURED WITH scholarship recipient Alicia Kunkle is Junior Women’s Civic Club member Tara Dolan.

COMING EVENTS CONCERT: The Craft Brothers Quartet will be in concert at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Purchase Line Church of the Brethren, 3711 Purchase Line Road, Clymer.

If you see these people today, be sure to wish them a happy birthday:

Seward Area Community Center, 1218 Seventh St., Seward. The kitchen will be open. For more information, call (814) 418-5835.

MEETING: The Brush Valley Senior Citizens will meet at noon Wednesday at the Brush Valley Fire Hall. Enter-

tainment will be provided by Randy, Cathy and daughter Molly Degenkolb.

Join the group for catch-up time and fellowship. Bring books to donate or share.

Bring a covered dish or dessert to share with guests plus a plate and utensils.

• Submissions may be mailed to The Indiana Gazette, 899 Water St., Indiana, PA 15701; faxed to (724) 4658267; or emailed to family@indianagazette.net.

For more information, call (724) 465-5555, ext. 265, or visit http://bit.ly/IGsubmissionguidelines • For coming events, reunion and anniversary announcements, items must be submitted at least one week prior to the requested date of publication. Information is run in the order received.

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• Wedding anniversaries are accepted beginning with the 25th and in increments of 5 years thereafter until the 40th, after which they may be submitted annually.

• Only first and second baby birthdays will be accepted.

• High school reunions are accepted starting with the 25th and in increments of 5 years thereafter.

• For baby birthdays and for births, if the child’s parents have different last names, signatures of both parents must be provided.

• Birthday/card shower announcements for those 80 years old and older will be published.

CLUB NEWS AARP EVERGREEN CHAPTER 2581 AARP Evergreen Chapter 2581 met in April for its regular meeting. Don George called the meeting to order and the club’s motto, “To serve and not be served,” was recited. The Pledge of Allegiance was given and Elaine Thurston provided the devotions.

April birthdays and anniversaries were recognized.

The club’s patriotic picnic will be held June 14 at the VFW from 5 to 8 p.m. Buffet-style picnic food will be served. Cost of the meal is $16 per person. Entertainment will be provided by Paul Stephenson, guitarist and singer. Judy Bash is in charge of ticket sales.

For reservations, call her at (724) 349-625 by Wednesday.

The club’s membership is now 163.

The veterans’ report, given by Della Jean Manning, included that information that Tomorrow’s Hope, a homeless shelter, now has 82 veterans.

There are also three at the Church of the Brethren parsonage and two veterans at the Clinton Street shelter.

The AARP local newsletter was sent the beginning of May, ac-

cording to Bob Whitmer.

The legislative report was given

by Jack Stile, who included information about the U.S. involvement in Iraq, Pennsylvania approving medical marijuana, Indiana County assessments and health care coverage.

George recognized and thanked the nominating committee of Bash, Thurston and Nola Thompson. The installation will take place in May. The new officers for 2016-17 are Stile, president; Dennis Thurston, vice president; Whitmer, treasurer; Vi Sesti, secretary; and Pam George, recording secretary.

The following board members for have agreed to serve for one-, two- or three-year terms: Marty Piscarcik, chaplain; George, legislative; Bash, trips; Thurston, refreshments; Theresa Cole, greeters; DJ Manning and Bill Overdorff, veterans’ report; Joan Boske, reassurance; Wilda Overdorff, attendance; and Tom Boske, liaison.

Mary Julango presented the April program on therapy dogs and how they impact the health and wellness of young and old alike. Julango’s two dogs participated in the program.

CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS CT. ST. BERNARD 339 Catholic Daughters, Ct. St. Bernard #339, Indiana, held its monthly meeting May 12. Rosary was led by Gloria Kanick for ill and deceased members of the court.

After the rosary, a May Crowning was held. Ceremonial Coordinator Mary K. Moreau prepared the May Crowning. Crowning the Blessed Mother were Mary O. Kuzmovich and her assistants, Joy Behr and Donna DonGiovanni.

Florence Huson played music and prayers were read.

Regent Josephine Valenti called the meeting to order and called on Vice Regent Letty Calvetti to read the opening prayer. The membership pledge was read by Valenti and two new members, Suzanne Andrews and Brenda Brock, were pledged into the court.

A letter from Membership Chairman Janet Oaterling was discussed. A new court that Catholic women are trying to start in Clymer invited St. Bernard’s to be its mother court. Valenti and Mary Jane Hodak, CDA secretary, attended a meeting and discussion about the new court in Cly-

mer on May 1. The court voted not to accept the invitation to be the mother court of the Clymer group.

Valenti reported member Rita Zaycosky passed away on April 26 at 102 years of age.

A memorial will be held in late June in DuBois. More details will be shared later.

Legislation Chairman Gloria Kanick spoke on the Canadian Loss of Life Booties. She stated 7,000 pairs were donated to the Pregnancy Care Centers in Canada.

The Diocesan Council of Catholic Women has met its goal of donating $50,000 toward the restoration of the Blessed Mother Chapel in the Cathedral in Greensburg. A special Mass will be concelebrated by retired Bishop Brandt and Bishop Malesic at a later date.

Valenti reported the card party luncheon held April 20 was a total success and thanked all who worked, made salads, played cards and came for lunch.

The slate of officers was accepted by the court. Elected were Regent Hodak, Vice Regent Barbara Minor, Secretary Kathy Nealer, Treasurer Trish Dalecki and Fi-

nancial Secretary Coleen Bowser.

The Senior Graduation Breakfast was held Sunday in the St. Bernard’s Social Hall.

The Bishop’s Luncheon will be held Saturday, June 11, at the Bishop Connare Center. Those planning to attend are asked to call the regent.

Minor gave the financial report.

The windfall winner was Joy Behr, who donated her winnings back to the court.

Father Federline gave the closing prayer and congratulated the new officers and wished them success. He also stated a new priest, Father Ryan, will be ordained in Greensburg on June 4.

Refreshments were served after the meeting. Tables were decorated with spring birds nesting on green foliage and were given as door prizes.

Winners were Minor, Brenda Brook, Peg Cunningham, Marge Antolik, Florence Huson, Lori Campbell, Sue Shaffer, Marlyn Johnson, Flo Wilderson and Jean Lenz.

The next event, the CDA’s 98th anniversary celebration, will be held Thursday, June 9, at 8 p.m. in the St. Bernard’s Social Hall. More details will be in the bulletin.

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The Indiana Gazette

Thursday, May 26, 2016 — Page 9

Ex-owner: Stewarts’ horse used for finger-painting

By KRISTEN DE GROOT and KATHY MATHESON Associated Press

KENNETT SQUARE — A horse adopted by Jon Stewart and his wife hadn’t been shot more than 100 times by a paintball gun as previously reported but had been used as a canvas for children’s finger-painting parties, its former owner said.

Doreen Weston said the horse, a white mare named Lily, was never injured.

Her comments came the day the former “Daily Show” host’s wife, Tracey Stewart, adopted the horse

at a facility in Kennett Square.

The Stewarts partnered with Farm Sanctuary last year to open an animal sanctuary at their farm in Middletown, N.J. Lily was found seemingly abandoned at an auction stable in New Holland in March. Police said she was covered in paint and was extremely sore to the touch.

The abused-horse tale soon became a cause célèbre, but the horse’s previous owner said the story relayed by the Lancaster County SPCA that it was shot by paintballs is wrong.

Tracey Stewart, meanwhile,

Superintendent gets two days to mull leave PLUM (AP) — A district superintendent in suburban Pittsburgh has two days to consider taking paid leave while the school board investigates how he handled reports of inappropriate sexual relationships between teachers and students.

Plum Borough School District Superintendent Timothy Glasspool said only that he would “continue to devote” his time to the district after the board asked him to consider taking leave at Tuesday night’s board meeting. Glasspool didn’t return repeated emails or a phone call Wednesday from The Associated Press seeking comment.

Glasspool is the second high-ranking administrator singled out by the school board since the Allegheny County district attorney released a grand jury report last week. The report criticized the district for not documenting or reporting rumors and allegations of inappropriate teacher-student relationships to police and other authorities.

Plum High School Principal Ryan Kociela was placed on paid leave Saturday. His attorney has declined comment and Kociela did not immediately return a call from the AP, also on Wednesday.

Two male teachers have pleaded guilty and been sentenced to prison since being charged last year for sexual relationships with female students, while a third teacher awaits trial on similar charges. A fourth teacher is awaiting trial on charges he tried to intimidate one of the student ac-

cusers. The teachers still awaiting trial have denied wrongdoing.

The board has said it plans an internal investigation, likely conducted by a law firm to be hired, into any employees named in the report. Glasspool and Kociela are the two-highest-ranking employees named.

Essentially, the grand jury found they didn’t do enough to investigate allegations of inappropriate conduct by one of the teachers now serving a prison sentence, some dating to 2011. The grand jury determined criminal charges weren’t warranted, primarily because state law on who must report such information and how it must be reported was evolving at the time, partly due to changes the Legislature made in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky childsex scandal at Penn State University.

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Weston, who owns Smoke Hollow Farm in Pittstown, N.J., said the horse is about 35 years old and was acquired in the late 1990s.

She said she wanted the horse euthanized because its quality of life was so poor because of deteriorating eyesight and bad teeth and she contacted a horse dealer to take it in February.

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“I consider myself a respectable horse person and animal lover,” Weston said.

The Lancaster County SPCA’s director, Susan Martin, said she doesn’t find Weston credible. She said Weston should have come forward weeks ago.

Martin said she’s uncertain where the paintball injuries theory originated but it made sense because the horse flinched every time it was touched where it was splattered with paint.

Weston supplied photos of a February finger-painting party with a stained horse that looks like Lily

and emails between her and her veterinarian about a treatment plan for the horse’s eye issues.

After Lily was found at the New Holland stables, she was cared for by Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, where Dr. Rose Nolen-Walston said an assessment showed the horse was malnourished and in need of emergency intensive eye care. The horse’s right eye had to be removed.

Tracey Stewart said many people disregard animals when they can’t make money off them or no longer need them.

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Entertainment â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Aliceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sequel answers unasked questions

The Indiana Gazette

Page 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Thursday, May 26, 2016

By LINDSEY BAHR

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Alice Through the Looking Glassâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

AP Film Writer

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alice Through the Looking Glass,â&#x20AC;? like its predecessor, owes very little to Lewis Carroll.

Textual adherence is somewhat beside the point when serving as a sequel to something that also cherry picked.

But, lest you think that a six-year gap and the absence of Tim Burton in the directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chair might have allowed for a return to the gleeful absurdity of Carroll, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.

Screenwriter Linda Woolverton (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beauty and the Beastâ&#x20AC;?) has again disposed of the source material in favor of something more linear â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a story about Alice (Mia Wasikowska) looking for Hatterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (Johnny Depp) family.

Director James Bobinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Muppetsâ&#x20AC;?) film trudges on through the lushly designed world answering questions we never asked, like, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What was the Mad Hatterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s childhood like?â&#x20AC;? And, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why does the Red Queen have such a large head?â&#x20AC;? In other words, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an Underland origin story.

We meet Alice some years after the first film faced again with the prospect of losing her independence.

Last time she was fleeing a proposal.

This time her livelihood is in jeopardy (sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a sea captain now, and a good one).

So when life gets frustrating in the real world, Alice climbs through a mirror and is transported back to Underland.

Her old friends have been waiting for her to fix another problem: The Mad Hat-

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JOHNNY DEPP and Mia Wasikowska, above, and Sacha Baron Cohen, below, star in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alice Through the Looking Glass.â&#x20AC;? ter. The nightmarish Hatter, who has developed a more pronounced (and annoying) lisp, is wallowing in life-threatening depression (manifested in combed hair, a sicklier pallor and a grown up wardrobe) because heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s found an object that makes him believe his family is alive.

This was not something that seemed to afflict Hatter in the first film, but maybe heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just really good at compartmentalizing.

Alice decides be a noble friend and take on Time to get to the bottom of what really happened on the day when the Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter) unleashed her Jabberwocky on their village.

Time, you should know, is part clock, part man (Sacha

Baron Cohen) and sounds a lot like Werner Herzog.

His sequences, and his little steampunk companions are actually a high point. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the one time Bobin can really get out from under Burtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suffocating precedent.

Time talks a big game and can also decide when someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time is up, but his own command is dependent on a larger than life clock thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s powered by another device which also functions as a time travel machine.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what Alice steals to careen back through time to try to correct the original sins of Underland â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a quest she continues even after she learns of the possibly catastrophic consequences of her actions.

While it might sound intriguing on paper, on the screen itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s less than enchanting and the plot gets less and less compelling as it goes on.

Aside from Deppâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s descent into grating ghoulishness, the acting of the returning characters remains

mostly the same. Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway (The White Queen) continue to do their affected, scenery-chewing shticks, while the host of Underland creatures and their famous voices (including the late Alan Rickman) look more dated than ever â&#x20AC;&#x201D; behold-

en to Burtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CGI renderings from six years ago.

There are some inspired visuals, like a landscape of glimmering pocket watches suspended in air, but many of the set pieces are executed with too much removed.

Alice, for instance, must walk across the enormous hands of a ticking clock to gain entry to Timeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s headquarters.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great idea and looks wonderful, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just airless and void of suspense in execution.

Excitement and wonder are fairly hard to conjure up when your Mad Hatter is consumed with daddy issues, your protagonist is nonchalant about everything and the oddities of this world are suddenly getting scientific explanations and backstories that really only show how awfully ordinary everything once was.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a shame, too, because the Alice stories could be so wonderful on the big screen.

It might be time to scrap it all and try again.

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By MARK KENNEDY AP Drama Writer

NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; When you see the Broadway smash â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hamiltonâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re lucky enough to see it, that is â&#x20AC;&#x201D; you should know that something important quietly happens at intermission.

The walls get bigger: Stagehands add 8 feet to the brick walls at the back of the stage. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a subtle change, reflecting the musicalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transition from showing the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birth in Act 1 to building a nation in Act 2.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a touch supplied by David Korins, who earned his first Tony Award nomination for his deceptively simple-looking set. The scenic designer, who has created worlds for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grease Live!â&#x20AC;? and Kanye West, isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bothered if the audience doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pick up on the change. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No one sees it. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re busy reading their programs and buying merchandise or whatever they are doing. But when they come back in, subtlety, the massing of the walls and the set is different,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think if one person understands, either consciously or subconsciously, those walls have grown, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a profound difference â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to know that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve taken the time and the energy to create that for them.â&#x20AC;?

Korinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; work in opera, film, concerts, theater and TV ranges from sleek, hyper-minimalist to homey and crafty. People tend to call him when the job is going to be hard, as in lots of locations and items that will defy physics.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why he was the perfect guy for the job when the musical about Alexander Hamilton came calling. Here was a sweeping, epic story that took place over 30 years and multiple places. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I read the piece and I listened to the music for the very first time, I felt a swirling, circular motion to the thing,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really know what that meant. I just sort of filed it away in my mental Rolodex.â&#x20AC;?

Korins started by investigating every real location and detail from actual history, from the spot where Hamilton died to the size of George Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desk.

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being made from two levels. Perhaps Korinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; masterstroke was the advocacy of two massive turntables, which lent fluidity and energy to a story that involves a swirling hurricane and the circular relationship between Hamilton and Aaron Burr. â&#x20AC;&#x153;His design is one of these unconscious and yet deeply felt parts of our show,â&#x20AC;? said director Thomas Kail, who had previously worked with Korins on the sportsthemed plays â&#x20AC;&#x153;Magic/Birdâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lombardi.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;With a turntable, we could have stillness and movement relative to each other,â&#x20AC;? said Kail. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It allowed us to express the inevitability of time. That we could be standing still and yet we move.â&#x20AC;?

Korins is quick to note that not all his ideas were home runs. At the end of a

very early version, cast members pulled out sections of the stage to reveal a reflective pool where Hamilton and his wife were reunited after his death. In the end, it was too distracting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking to do what is best for the narrative,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To me, there were a lot of way cooler things I could have done for â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hamilton.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I felt I did exactly what I had to to make the story as best told as it could be. And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my goal always.â&#x20AC;?

The Tony nomination caps a busy few years for Korins, who runs a 15member design firm in midtown. He has done the designs on Broadway for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Miseryâ&#x20AC;? with Bruce Willis and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Motown the Musical,â&#x20AC;? which is returning to the Great White Way.

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Third-grader speaks at state conference A third-grade student from the Indiana Area School District recently was selected to speak at a statewide conference sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Karys McComb, a daughter of Katie and Chris Stewart and Dan McComb, was one of a small number of students from Title I schools selected to talk about their classroom experiences at the PDE’s Pennsylvania Association of Federal Programs Conference on May 2 at Seven Springs resort in Somerset County.

Karys, who attends Ben Franklin Elementary in White Township, was recommended by her teachers for the speaking engagement as an exemplary and outgoing student.

“Part of the selection process included an interview with Maria Garcia, the regional coordinator for the Division of Federal Programs at PDE,” according to a district news release. “Karys impressed Ms. Garcia and spoke bravely and eloquently to a roomful of grown-ups at the conference — hundreds of teachers, administrators and educational professionals — about her experiences as a student and being successful in school.”

“We are so proud of Karys and all of the students at Ben Franklin for their hard work,” said Robert Rizzo, principal at Ben Franklin. “Seeing the daily effort from the students and teachers is truly inspiring. We also want to congratulate Madi-

KARYS McCOMB, a student at Ben Franklin Elementary School, spoke May 2 at Seven Springs resort.

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son Musser and Samuel Marshall for being considered for this honor.”

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Judge Hanna plans to step down Continued from Page 1 or more senior judges — those who have retired from service in other counties — to help with the caseload in the Indiana County Court House, according to AOPC spokesman Art Heinz.

Gov. Tom Wolf may nominate an interim judge to serve until the next municipal election. A gubernatorial appointment would require confirmation by a two-thirds majority vote of the state Senate.

The governor cannot act before June 7, when the vacancy occurs, Heinz said.

“That person would serve in the office until the next municipal election, which would occur in an odd-numbered year — next year,” Heinz said. The law doesn’t provide for a special election any sooner.

“The office would be filled by the voters in 2017 and the person who is elected would serve a full 10year term,” Heinz said, and the remaining six years of Hanna’s term would not be a factor.

Different governors have taken different approaches to vacancies in Indiana County’s courts.

In early 1991, Gov. Robert Casey appointed Martin to replace Judge Robert Earley when he retired.

Martin was elected to a full term that fall.

When Judge W. Parker Ruddock reached retirement age late in 1998, Gov. Tom Ridge appointed and the Senate unanimously confirmed Gregory Olson to the court.

Olson was elected to a full term in November 1999.

But when Olson announced his retirement in late 2010, no interim judge was named. Gov. Ed Rendell, just weeks before finishing his second term, declined to make an appointment, and his successor, Gov. Tom Corbett, left the position vacant. Thomas Bianco won a 10year term in the 2011 election.

Wolf, who took office in early 2015, has appointed a series of “re-

School was also one of three schools in Pennsylvania to be honored at the conference as a “distinguished school.”

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gional judicial advisory commissions” charged with reviewing qualifications of attorneys seeking appointment to judicial vacancies, according to Wolf spokesman Jeffrey Sheridan.

The commissions simply provide names of qualified attorneys to the governor, and Wolf works with state Senate leaders to present acceptable nominees, according to Sheridan.

Judicial vacancies are not uncommon.

Of the state’s complement of 451 county-level trial judges, 16 seats were vacant in April, Heinz said.

Martin was not available this morning to comment on the pending court vacancy.

Speaking through her staff, Hanna referred to a written statement released late Wednesday morning and said she had no additional comment.

“I believe that a court system can have a positive impact on those who come before the court, as well as our community,” Hanna wrote.

“As judge, I worked diligently for solution-focused outcomes and respected the dignity of those present in the courtroom. I have been aided in this process by dedicated court staff, able law clerks, the cooperation of the Indiana County bar and my judicial colleagues, President Judge William J. Martin, Judge Thomas M. Bianco and retired Judge Gregory A. Olson.

“I am confident that my successor will serve the citizens of our county well.”

Hanna was the first woman elected as a judge of the Common Pleas Court in Indiana County, but won the bench on her second attempt.

She lost to Olson in the November 1999 election to succeed Judge Ruddock.

Hanna, a Democrat, defeated Republican attorney Michael Clark in the 2003 race.

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HOMER-CENTER High School seniors Ben Wolford, left, Rachel Worcester and Alex Arone were awarded scholarships of $1,200 each by the Jonathan Rado Memorial Scholarship Fund earlier this month. The fund has awarded more than $12,000 in scholarships and contributed $5,000 to the radiation and oncology departments at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh in memory of Jonathan Rado, Class of 2003, who died of brain cancer in 2012.

Events scheduled for Memorial Day ROSSITER — Memorial Day services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Pine Church, Canoe Ridge Road, Rossiter.

Everyone is welcome. ❏❏❏ HILLSDALE — A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Rowley Cemetery, Hillsdale.

The speaker will be Pastor John Traxler of Calvary Bible Church. For more information, contact Eric Goss at (814) 743-6782.

Car cruise set for June 18 BLAIRSVILLE — Scoop’s Ice Cream and DJ “Jerry B” are sponsoring the third annual car cruise from 4 to 8 p.m.

June 18 on West Market Street in Blairsville. There will be ice cream, music and classic cars. For more information, call (724) 459-6286.

Commissioners set new millage rate Continued from Page 1 value of the county’s taxable real estate was in excess of $5.9 billion, but the informal reviews, formal appeals, Common Pleas Court appeals and enrollments in the state’s Clean and Green program contributed to reducing the county’s tax base.

The commissioners certified the new property values even though a few cases are still in the court appeals pipeline.

Sisko said there are 19 residential, commercial and agricultural

appeals to be resolved, and the market value of those properties is approximately $8.5 million.

More than $6.2 million of that total is for one parcel, he said.

Recapping some statistics from the county’s reassessment process, Sisko told the commissioners there were 7,376 informal reviews and 12,515 formal appeals filed. Of the formal appeals, 10,066 were heard and the remainder were withdrawn.

Sisko also said there were 7,943 parcels in the county eligible to

apply for Clean and Green, and 3,836 were enrolled.

Before the commissioners’ vote, 15 people spoke during a public comment period. Most expressed disapproval of the reassessment process and said there was “little satisfactory evidence that justifies the shift of value” for properties and they have “no confidence in the numbers” established as new values on real estate.

Trina Flamm, of Indiana, said she’s been critical of the re-

assessment since last summer.

“I believe it is rife with errors and I will not support its implementation for next year,” she told the commissioners. “There are very serious issues with the data and valuations, some of which you are not yet even aware, that must be addressed before anyone should be convinced of its accuracy and fairness. … In all likelihood, it will require not less than an additional year to untangle the mess.”

Board criticized for handling of vote Continued from Page 1 said. “They (the commissioners) violated the Sunshine Act … because they failed to announce a vote. If it was on the agenda we could have seen that … and anybody attending that meeting could have questioned” that agenda item, “and brought it open for discussion or opposition.”

The commissioners on May 11, Curry further contends, “denied the public their fundamental right to discuss it.”

During the public comment period of Wednesday’s commissioners meeting — which was moved into Courtroom 1 to accommodate the larger-thanusual crowd — Curry made a motion to invalidate the commissioners’ May 11 vote and asked people in the audience who were in favor to raise their hands. Many did.

Curry also delivered to the commissioners a stack of invoices that she said represent some

property owners’ reassessmentrelated expenses. The invoices are for appraisal and attorney fees, photocopying and photograph development charges and reimbursement for hours of research and preparation for appeals hearings.

Curry did not have a total for the invoices, but said her own personal expenses for dealing with the reassessment over the past 10 months was in the thousands of dollars.

Colgan was especially critical of commission chairman Mike Baker, claiming Baker did not participate in a May 16 rally in Harrisburg to meet with legislators to discuss proposals for reducing or replacing the property tax in Pennsylvania. Colgan acknowledged that Commissioners Rodney Ruddock and Sherene Hess took part in the rally. Colgan also said Baker broke a promise not to certify the reassessment numbers and with not returning telephone calls

and text messages. Baker said in October he would not vote to certify the new property values until he was satisfied they were accurate.

“You are not a very respectful person,” Colgan told Baker.

“What a liar you’ve been. The best thing for you to do is step aside. … You threw the whole county under a bus.”

After the meeting, Baker responded to the criticism from Colgan and Curry.

“I was in Harrisburg that day (of the rally) with my colleagues,” Baker said. “They were in the Majority Caucus Room while I was in (Sen.) Joe Petrarca’s office talking to him about House Bill 76. So I was there on behalf of tax reform, talking in an office to a guy … who represents Indiana County. … I was in there with him for about half an hour” while commissioners Hess and Ruddock were in the caucus room.

“We had a lot to do in a very

short amount of time. … We were trying to reach as many people as we could,” Hess added.

Baker said he also stopped at other legislators’ offices while in the state Capitol that day.

“We may have been divided but we were trying to conquer the same thing,” Baker said. “We went down there together with a joint purpose, and that was to lobby on behalf of this county for property tax reform. ... I was in Harrisburg that day for the exact same purpose. Whether I was in the room with him (Colgan) I think is immaterial.”

Baker also reacted to Curry’s claim that the May 11 commissioners’ meeting agenda was deceptive.

“She may assert that that’s a violation of the Sunshine Law. I think that’s on her to prove,” Baker said. “But I will tell you there was no intent on the part of anyone in this office … to try to cover that. There was no attempt at deception there.”

Clinton’s email use broke rules, report finds Continued from Page 1 fresh evidence she is not trustworthy or qualified to be commander in chief.

Campaigning in California, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump noted that Clinton had received “a little bad news” and then railed against her “horribly bad judgment.”

Clinton, also campaigning in California, didn’t mention the controversy and ignored reporters’ shouted questions. A spokesman for Clinton, who served as the nation’s top diplomat from 2009 to 2013, declared the audit showed her email use was consistent with what others at the department have done.

The 78-page analysis, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press, says Clinton ignored clear directives. She never sought approval to conduct government business over private email, and never demonstrated the server or the Black Berry she used while in office “met minimum information security requirements.”

Twice in 2010, information management staff at the State Department raised concerns that Clinton’s email practices failed to meet federal records-keeping requirements.

The staff’s director responded that Clinton’s personal email system had been reviewed and approved by legal staff, “and that the matter was not to be discussed any further.”

The audit found no evidence of a legal staff review or approval. It said any such request would have been denied by senior information officers because of security risks.

The inspector general’s inquiry was prompted by revelations of Clinton’s email use, a subject that has dogged her presidential campaign.

The review encompassed the email practices of the past five secretaries of state, finding them “slow to recognize and to manage effectively the legal requirements and cybersecurity risks associated with electronic data communications, particularly as those risks pertain to its most senior leadership.”

Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon underscored that point Wednesday.

“The inspector general documents just how consistent her email practices were with those of other secretaries and senior officials at the State Department who also used personal email,” Fallon said.

The audit did note that former Secretary of State Colin Powell had also exclusively used a private email account, though it did not name any other prior secretaries who had done so. But the failings of Clinton were singled out in the audit as being more serious than her predecessor.

“By Secretary Clinton’s tenure, the department’s guidance was considerably more detailed and more sophisticated,” the report concluded.

“Secretary Clinton’s cybersecurity practices accordingly must be evaluated in light of these more comprehensive directives.”

Republicans said Wednesday the audit showed Clinton was in clear violation of the Federal Records Act and endangered national security.

The State Department has released more than 52,000 pages of Clinton’s work-related emails, including some that have since been classified. Clinton has withheld thousands of additional emails, saying they were personal.

Critics have questioned whether her server might have made a tempting target for hackers, especially those working with or for foreign intelligence services.

Separately from the State Department audit, the FBI has been investigating whether Clinton’s use of the private email server imperiled government secrets. It has recently interviewed Clinton’s top aides, including former chief of staff Cheryl Mills and deputy chief of staff Huma Abedin. Clinton is also expected to be interviewed.

Clinton has acknowledged that the homebrew email setup in her New York home was a mistake. She said she never sent or received anything marked classified at the time, and says hackers never breached the server.

The audit said a Clinton aide had to shut down the server on Jan. 9, 2011, because he believed “someone was trying to hack us.” Later that day, he wrote: “We were attacked again so I shut (the server) down for a few min.”

The next day, a senior official told two of Clinton’s top aides not to email their boss “anything sensitive,” saying she could “explain more in person.”

On CBS’ “Face the Nation” this month, Clinton said, “I’ve made it clear that I’m more than ready to talk to anybody, anytime. And I’ve encouraged all of (my staff) to be very forthcoming.”

The audit said four of her closest State Department aides — Mills, Abedin, policy chief Jake Sullivan and strategy aide Philippe Reines — all declined interview requests.

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PIAA TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Stever chasing first medal in high jump

By MIRZA ZUKIC

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For Jessica Stever, where she ends up on the medal stand doesn’t matter. So long as she comes home from Shippensburg this weekend with the one medal that has eluded her, Stever won’t complain about the color of the medal.

As she prepares for her third trip to the PIAA Track and Field Championships, the Indiana junior has one goal: Get on the medal stand.

And if the old adage is right, the third time should be a charm for Stever.

A three-time WPIAL champion in the high jump, she has had surprisingly little success in the same event at the PIAA Championships. Not only has she not medaled, she hasn’t even reached the high jump finals either of her first two years at Shippensburg.

She’s hoping to change all that this weekend.

“Hopefully, I’ll get to place this year,”

Stever said. “Hopefully, I’ll push myself hard enough to get to finally place. Last year, I didn’t place. I placed my freshman year in long jump, but I definitely want to place (in high jump) this year. That’s something that I definitely want to do.”

The lone Indiana High School girl to qualify for the PIAA Championships, Stever is seeded in the top 10 in both of her events as she headlines a field of 18 local athletes — 10 boys and eight girls — and four relay teams that qualified for the state meet, which will be held Friday and Saturday at Shippensburg University.

Stever is seeded third in the Class AAA girls’ high jump with a height of 5 feet, 6 inches, and she’s seeded seventh in the Class AAA long jump (18-3½). She is one of five local athletes seeded in the top 10 in their respective events.

Behind Stever, Marion Center senior Hanna Beer appears to have the next best chance at a medal. She is seeded fourth in the Class AA girls’ javelin at 137-0.

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INDIANA HIGH JUMPER Jessica Stever has won three straight WPIAL titles but has yet to claim a medal at the state meet.

Game 7

The Greatest Survivor Iconic Indianapolis 500 has stood test of time

By JENNA FRYER

AP Auto Racing Writer

SIDNEY CROSBY watched his shot head past Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy and into the net to give the Penguins a 3-0 lead in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals on Tuesday night.

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Pens, Bolts lay it on the line

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer

PENGUINS vs. LIGHTNING

Best-of-7 Sereis tied 3-3 Game 1: Lightning 3, Penguins 1 Game 2: Penguins 3, Lightning 2 (OT) Game 3: Penguins 4, Lightning 2 Game 4: Lightning 4, Penguins 3 Game 5: Lightning 4, Penguins 3 (OT) Game 6: Penguins 5, Lightning 2 Today: Lightning at Penguins, 8 p.m.

PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby is in no mood to get caught up in his own personal narrative, the one eager to attach whatever happens to the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals tonight against Tampa Bay to the superstar’s legacy.

Forget that Crosby has the gamewinning goal in each of Pittsburgh’s victories in its entertaining backand-forth series with the resilient Lightning. Forget that he hasn’t been on the winning side of a post-series handshake line this deep into the playoffs since his glorious night in Detroit seven years ago, which ended with him hoisting the Penguins’ third Stanley Cup. Yes, he’s playing well. Yes, his dazzling, eminently GIF-able sprint

through the Tampa Bay zone late in the second period of Game 6 added another signature moment to a career full of them. Yet lifting Pittsburgh back to the Cup final for the first time since 2009 does not rely solely on him so much as the collective effort of all 20 guys in his team’s retro black-andgold uniforms.

Depth has carried the Penguins this far. Crosby insists Game 7 will be about the team, not him.

“You give yourself the best chance of winning by keeping it simple and not putting too much emphasis on kind of the storyline around it,” Crosby said.

Even if it’s easy to get lost in those storylines. The Lightning are on the verge of a second straight berth in the final despite playing the entire postseason without captain Steven Stamkos and losing Vezina Trophy Continued on Page 16

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis 500 has outlasted two world wars, the decline of the automobile industry, a bitter split in open-wheel racing and more death than anyone cares to recall.

The Greatest Spectacle in Racing might as well be called the Greatest Survivor in Sports.

Through it all, though, this iconic event in America’s heartland has endured.

And after another round of pageantry, another rendition of “Back Home Again in Indiana,” it will run Sunday for the 100th time.

“I know football fans and everyone says the Super Bowl is the biggest thing around, but by the same token, we’re 100 years this year,” three-time champion Bobby Unser said. “One hundred! And it’s still at the top of the heap. That tells you all you need to know about its place in America.”

Those closest to it have fond memories.

As a kid, NASCAR star Tony Stewart would rush home from school every day in May to watch the field turn laps on TV. Fellow NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon stood in line at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for Rick Mears’

MLB: Pirates 5, Diamondbacks 4 DAVID FREESE hit a two-run home run in a four-run fifth inning to give the Pirates a 5-4 lead.

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Freese hits homer to lift Bucs to win

By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press

Sharks reach first Stanley Cup final

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Two years after their most devastating playoff loss, the San Jose Sharks held their most meaningful celebration.

The franchise notorious for falling short each postseason will finally get the chance to play for

the Stanley Cup. Captain Joe Pavelski scored an early goal, Joel Ward added two more and the Sharks advanced to their first Stanley Cup final in franchise history by beating the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Wednesday night in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals.

“You try to learn from experiences,” Pavelski said. “You like to not have to. But that’s the course

we’ve taken. Now that we’re here, again, this was a great step for us. It was another step. ... But we realize there’s more out there. That’s what we’re going to turn our attention to.”

Few outside San Jose thought this day would come so soon after the team blew the 3-0 series lead in a soul-crushing playoff defeat to rival Los Angeles in 2014 and then missed the playoffs entirely last season.

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autograph.

Sam Hornish Jr. made the trek from Ohio each year with his family to sit in the grandstands and watch the spectacle unfold.

“My parents were working really hard at that time trying to establish a business,” Hornish said. “I always knew where my parents were at night, but there were not a whole lot of days spent with them. So it was really exciting to be able to go and spend a day at the race track with them, getting up early in the morning and driving to Indy, getting a bucket of fried chicken and eating it cold in the grandstands.”

His own Indy 500 victory a decade ago is a blur, but Hornish’s early days as a fan are crystal clear.

They were as American as apple pie.

Indianapolis is where A.J. Foyt, Rick Mears and Al Unser became household names. The trio represents the only four-time winners, and Unser, his brother Bobby and son Al Jr. are the only multi-generational winners.

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PITTSBURGH — David Freese is adjusting to a part-time role nicely in his first season with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Freese hit a long two-run home run to cap a four-run fifth inning, Sean Rodriguez also homered and the Pirates rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night.

Freese’s 451-foot blast into the Pirates’ bullpen in center field off Rubby De La Rosa (4-5) put the Pirates

ahead 5-4. They trailed 4-1 entering the fifth, but Gregory Polanco hit an RBI double and Starling Marte drove in a run with a groundout.

The Pirates signed Freese as a free agent in March to fill in at third base while Jung Ho Kang recovered from reconstructive left knee surgery performed in September. Since Kang was activated from the disabled list May 6, Freese’s playing time has been limited, but the former World Series MVP with the 2011 St. Louis Continued on Page 14

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Patriots join Brady’s appeal team FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots joined the latest “Deflategate” appeal to support Tom Brady, taking sides with their star quarterback in court for the first time in his fight against the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell.

In an eight-page friend of the court brief filed with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the Patriots said they “stand to lose their All-Pro quarterback for 25 percent of the upcoming regular season based on a severely flawed process.” They also tried to raise the stakes in an effort to persuade the entire circuit to overrule the 2-1 decision that reinstated Brady’s fourgame suspension last month.

“The impact of the majority opinion is not limited to professional football,” the brief said. “It threatens to undermine vital principles governing arbitration of collective bargaining agreements throughout the national economy.”

Grizzlies pursuing Fizdale for head coaching job MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Grizzlies are ready to make another assistant coach a first-time NBA head coach after offering their job to Miami Heat assistant David Fizdale, according to a person familiar with the negotiations.

The person says Fizdale met with Grizzlies controlling owner Robert Pera in California and that the job had been offered. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the Grizzlies are not commenting on specific candidates.

Yahoo! Sports first reported the offer.

Fizdale would replace Dave Joerger, fired May 7 after three seasons and three playoff berths. This would be Fizdale’s first head coaching job. He has been with the Heat since the 200809 season and has been assistant head coach the past two seasons.

Former NBA player charged with embezzlement KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors have filed charges against former NBA forward Kermit Washington, accusing him of embezzling about a half-million dollars in charitable donations meant to help the needy in Africa and spending it on jewelry, vacations and other things.

Washington, who was best known for his bone-shattering punch to the face of Houston Rockets player Rudy Tomjanovich during a 1977 game, was charged in an indictment filed in Kansas City on Monday.

He was arrested in Los Angeles on Tuesday and the indictment was unsealed Wednesday.

Washington, who was released on $75,000 bond, is charged with interfering with internal revenue laws, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, obstruction of justice and aggravated identity theft. The charges largely stem from transactions that occurred from about 2004 through 2013, according to the indictment.

Trimble withdraws from NBA draft COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Maryland guard Melo Trimble has withdrawn his name from consideration for the NBA Draft and will return for his junior season.

The Terrapins reached the Sweet 16 last season behind Trimble, who led the team in scoring, assists and steals.

He will be the lone returning starter from a squad that went 27-9.

Because Trimble never hired an agent after announcing his intention to enter the draft, he had the option to return to Maryland.

In a statement released by the university, Trimble said, “I learned a great deal through this experience. ... I look forward to continuing my education and building upon the success that we have had at Maryland.”

Coach Mark Turgeon said, “After gathering information throughout this process, I agree that this is the best decision for him.”

Man U, Real Madrid named most valuable LONDON (AP) — Accountancy firm KPMG said Manchester United and Real Madrid are soccer’s most valuable clubs, worth an estimated 2.9 billion euros ($3.2 billion) each.

The study finds Europe’s leading 32 clubs have a combined value exceeding 26 billion euros.

KPMG’s report was published as the European season reaches its climax with Saturday’s Champions League final between Real Madrid and crosstown rival Atletico Madrid, which is valued at 592 million euros.

United remains strong financially, despite not winning the Premier League in three years.

Behind Real and United in the rankings are Barcelona (2.8 billion euros), Bayern Munich (2.2 billion euros), Arsenal (1.7 billion euros), Manchester City (1.6 billion euros), Chelsea (1.5 billion euros), Liverpool (1.3 billion euros), Juventus (983 billion euros) and Paris Saint-Germain (843 billion euros).

Parsons heads list of NASCAR Hall inductees CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Drivers Benny Parsons and Mark Martin and car owners Rick Hendrick, Richard Childress and Raymond Parks were inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Parsons, the 1973 NASCAR premier series champion, was the first driver to eclipse 200 mph. Parsons, also a longtime broadcaster, died in 2007 at age 65.

Martin won 96 races across NASCAR’s national series competition, including 40 on the Sprint Cup level.

Hendrick won 14 owner championships, and Childress 11 across NASCAR’s three series.

Parks was the first car owner to win a title. He died in 2010 at 96.

Nagbe leads U.S. past Ecuador FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Darlington Nagbe scored his first international goal on a 90th-minute volley, and the United States beat Ecuador 1-0 in a Copa America tuneup on Wednesday night.

The U.S. defeated a South American team for just the third time in 21 tries (14 losses, 4 draws) since a March 2007 victory over Ecuador.

After a listless first half, the U.S. attack improved with the entry of Nagbe and Bobby Wood after the break and of 17-yearold Christian Pulisic in the 63rd minute.

Wood set up the goal with a headed pass to Nagbe, who chested the ball and then scored with a right-footed shot from about 8 yards that beat Esteban Dreer, who replaced injured starter Alexander Dominguez when the second half began.

Nagbe was making his fifth U.S. appearance. Born in Liberia, he made his debut in November shortly after becoming a citizen.

The Americans face Bolivia on Saturday in an exhibition at Kansas City, Kan., then open the tournament against fourthranked Colombia on June 3 at Santa Clara, Calif.

Washington wins first NCAA golf title EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Washington freshman Julianne Alvarez atoned for a three-putt bogey on the 18th hole with two tough par saves to win the decisive match in 20 holes Wednesday and deliver the Huskies their first NCAA golf title.

Washington won 3-2, with the final two matches decided in extra holes.

Lauren Kim nearly gave Stanford a shot at back-to-back titles when she won the last three holes to force extra holes with Alvarez. But the Washington freshman got up-and-down from about 50 yards short of the green on the first extra hole.

Her pitch from short of the 18th green stopped inches away.

Kim missed a 12-foot putt that would have extended the match.

In the other overtime match, Mariah Stackhouse of Stanford finally outlasted Sarah Rhee in 20 holes.

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TORONTO INFIELDER Devon Travis (29) slid safely into home as the ball popped out of New York catcher Brian McCann’s mitt during Wednesday’s game in New York.

Arrieta earns ninth win

By The Associated Press

Jake Arrieta remained unbeaten on the season despite allowing as many as four runs for the first time in nearly a year and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 98 on Wednesday.

Arrieta (9-0) joined the White Sox’s Chris Sale as the only ninegame winners in the majors.

Arrieta allowed four runs in a regular-season game for the first time since June 16, 2015.

He became the first Cub to win his first nine decisions since Kenny Holtzman in 1967 and it is the best start to a season for the franchise since Jim McCormick went 16-0 in 1886.

Kris Bryant hit a three-run homer and Jason Heyward and Ben Zobrist each drove in two for the Cubs.

Carlos Martinez (4-5) lost his career-high fifth straight start, giving up six runs in five innings.

METS 2, NATIONALS 0: Steven Matz pitched a career-high eight innings to beat Washington and win his seventh consecutive start for New York.

David Wright hit his sixth homer of the season in the first and Rene Rivera singled in a run in the seventh to help New York take the decider of a three-game set.

Jeurys Familia worked out of trouble in the ninth for his 16th save.

DODGERS 3, REDS 1: Joc Pederson hit a go-ahead, two-run single with two outs in the fourth inning and Scott Kazmir struck out 12, lifting Los Angeles over Cincinnati to complete a three-game sweep.

Kazmir (4-3) allowed one run and four hits in six innings. He struck out 12.

Kenley Janson retired the side in the ninth for his 14th save in 16 chances.

GIANTS 4, PADRES 3: Brandon Crawford singled in Matt Duffy with two outs in the 10th inning, and surging San Francisco beat San Diego for its 13th win in 14 games.

Duffy singled off Brad Hand (1-2) with one out, pinch-hitter Hunter Pence popped out, Duffy advanced on a wild pitch and Crawford hit a 1-2 offering over center fielder Jon Jay as Duffy scored standing up.

Yangervis Solarte hit a tying, tworun homer off Josh Osich in the eighth.

George Kontos (1-1) retired two batters for the win.

BREWERS 3, BRAVES 2: Jonathan Villar’s run-scoring single in the 13th inning for Milwaukee sent Atlanta to another home loss.

Villar lined an 0-2 pitch into left field off Casey Kelly (0-2).

Michael Blazek (3-1) picked up the win in relief for the second night in a row. Carlos Torres earned his first save.

After sending Chris Sale to his first loss after a 9-0 start, the Indians got three runs and five hits in six innings against Joel Quintana (5-4). Quintana’s ERA, an AL-best 1.98 at the start of the day, rose to 2.22.

Kluber (4-5) allowed two runs — one earned — and seven hits in 7 13 innings with nine strikeouts.

AMERICAN LEAGUE BLUE JAYS 8, YANKEES 4: Russell Martin hit his first two home runs of the season, Michael Saunders also went deep and Toronto finally broke out its big bats, halting New York’s six-game winning streak.

Marco Estrada (2-2) took a twohitter into the seventh inning and the last-place Blue Jays won for the fourth time in six games following an 0-5 slide.

RANGERS 15, ANGELS 9: Rangers rookie Nomar Mazara hit the longest home run in the major leagues this season, Rougned Odor drove in three in likely his last game before a suspension and Texas beat Los Angeles.

Mazara led off the second with a drive into the second deck of the right field seats that would have traveled 491 feet had it landed unimpeded, according to Major League Baseball’s Statcast program.

Los Angeles had leads of 1-0 and 4-1 after its first two at-bats, but Hector Santiago (3-3) quickly gave those up each time.

ASTROS 4, ORIOLES 3: Evan Gattis hit a two-run homer and Luis Valbuena had a tiebreaking solo shot in the sixth inning that gave Houston a win over Baltimore.

Baltimore tied the score 3-3 with a two-run sixth, and Valbuena homered for the second straight day with an opposite-field drive, two-out to left-center field off Tyler Wilson (2-3).

Houston starter Collin McHugh yielded three runs and eight hits while fanning a season-high 10 in 5 1-3 innings.

MARINERS 13, ATHLETICS 3: Adam Lind hit a home run in each of his first two at-bats and had a seasonbest six RBIs while Seattle scored a season-high in runs in a rout of Oakland.

Lind hit a solo homer with two outs in the second inning to get Seattle on the board, then capped the Mariners’ six-run third inning with a three-run shot off Oakland starter Zach Neal (0-1), making the first start of his career.

MARLINS 4, RAYS 3: Cole Gillespie had a late tiebreaking RBI single, Marcell Ozuna drove in two runs and Miami beat Tampa Bay. Miami took a 4-3 lead in the eighth when J.T. Realmuto singled, went to second on Chris Johnson’s sacrifice bunt and scored on Gillespie’s single off 30-year old Tyler Sturdevant (0-1), who made his major league debut Tuesday.

INDIANS 4, WHITE SOX 3: Corey Kluber allowed two runs over 7 1-3 innings and Cleveland roughed up a top Chicago pitcher for the second straight day.

TWINS 7, ROYALS 5: Miguel Sano hit the go-ahead two-run home run in the fifth inning after Minnesota lost an early lead, and the Twins staved off another series sweep with a win over Kansas City.

Eduardo Nunez and Brian Dozier each homered for the Royals.

Tyler Duffey (2-3) gave away a 3-0 lead during a five-run fourth by the Royals, but the right-hander hung around long enough to become the first Twins starter this season to record his second victory.

INTERLEAGUE RED SOX 10, ROCKIES 3: Jackie Bradley Jr. extended his major league-best hitting streak to 29 games, Xander Bogaerts homered to extend his hitting streak to 18 games and Boston got its fourth straight win with a victory over Colorado.

Steven Wright (4-4) had another solid outing, giving up three runs, two earned. He has now given up three runs or fewer in eight of his nine starts.

PHILLIES 8, TIGERS 5: Odubel Herrera and Peter Bourjos homered off Anibal Sanchez, and Philadelphia salvaged the finale of a three-game series with a win over Detroit.

Herrera’s three-run drive put Philadelphia up 5-1 in the fourth.

Aaron Nola (4-3) and the Phillies were able to hold on from there.

Jeanmar Gomez pitched the ninth for his major league-leading 17th save in 18 chances.

Freese hits homer to lift Pirates

Continued from Page 13 Cardinals isn’t complaining.

“For one thing, you’ve got to love where you’re at and I love it here,” Freese said. “I love coming to the yard every day. I love playing on this team. I love being around the guys.

That makes it easier to put aside personal playing time.”

Rodriguez, subbing for an ill Josh Harrison at second base, hit a solo homer in the fourth. It was Rodriguez’s fifth, one more than he had last season.

Polanco stayed hot with three hits. He is batting .343 with 14 RBIs in 16 games since being moved to the No. 3 spot in the batting order and also has multiple hits in five of his last eight games. Polanco raised his career batting average against the Diamondbacks to .354 in 18 games.

Andrew McCutchen added two hits while the Pirates won for the eighth time in 10 games overall and 11th time in their last 14 games against the Diamondbacks.

Jeff Locke (3-3) gave up four runs and seven hits in 6 1-3 innings for his first career victory against the Diamondbacks. He walked one and struck out one.

“In my eyes, it’s not a very good

performance by me,” Locke said.

“Mistakes were made, mistakes that we’re not supposed to make in those situations, but the offense hung tight all night. We battled back.”

Mark Melancon worked around Chris Owings’ second double of the game with two outs to pitch a scoreless ninth and get his 16th save in 17 opportunities.

De La Rosa, pitching for the first time since May 15, was tagged for five runs and nine hits in 4 1-3 innings. He had his last turn in the rotation skipped because of tightness in his groin and triceps.

“He just tired out,” Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale said.

“Coming off the layoff we were real cognizant of how many pitches he was going to go. He was going to be right around 100 — it was his game there in the fifth inning. But he hung a slider and Freese has made us pay numerous times this year.”

Freese is 6-for-15 with four doubles and a home run against the Diamondbacks this season.

Yasmany Tomas and Rickie Weeks Jr. each hit a home run among two hits for the Diamondbacks. Weeks started in right field, his first appearance at the position in his 13-

year career.

NOTES: Diamondbacks second baseman Jean Segura and shortstop Nick Ahmed passed concussion tests and were cleared to play after both were hit in the head by pitches Tuesday night. Ahmed went 1-for-4, but Segura, who is hitting a team-best .316, was held out as a precaution as he still felt some dizziness after Tuesday’s game. …

Pirates right-hander Arquimedes Caminero (strained right quadriceps) was placed on the 15-day disabled list a day after hitting Segura and Ahmed. … The Pirates also placed left-hander Tony Watson on the paternity list and recalled lefthander Kyle Lobstein and righthander Rob Scahill from Triple-A Indianapolis. Watson has made 10 consecutive scoreless appearances.

Players on the paternity list can miss up to three days. … Home plate umpire Chris Guccione left following the first inning after he took a foul tip to the mask off the bat of Freese in the bottom of the inning. Guccione walked off the field under his own power. First base umpire Sean Barber took over behind the plate. Alfonso Marquez and crew chief Larry Vanover were left to handle the bases.

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First Round Bedford 10, Everett 0 Forest Hills 5, Bald Eagle 0 Central 5, Southern Huntingdon 0 Mount Union 5, Ligonier Valley 1 Bishop McCort 7, Bellwood-Antis 5 Juniata 10, Penn Cambria 2 Philipsburg-Osceola 4, Chesternut Ridge 3 Richland 7, Tyrone 1 Quarterfinals Bedford 11, Forest Hills 1 Central 1, Mount Union 0 Bishop McCort 4, Juniata 0 Philipsburg-Osceola 8, Richland 14 Semifinals Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Games at 4 p.m.

Central (16-5) at Bedford (16-4) Philipsburg-Osceola (13-6) at Bishop McCort (16-5) Championship Date, site, time TBA Semifinal winners, TBA

CLASS AAA

Quarterfinal Bellefonte 12, Johnstown 2 Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Games at 4 p.m.

Semifinals Bellefonte at Somerset Huntingdon at Hollidaysburg

CLASS AAAA

Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Semifinals Games at 4 p.m.

Altoona at Central Mountain State College at Mifflin County

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First Round Westmont Hilltop 5, Richland 2 Forest Hills 5, Penn Cambria 2 Ligonier Valley 5, Mount Union 2 Bishop McCort 11, Cambria Heights 1 Marion Center 3, Blairsville 0 Quarterfinals Philipsburg-Osceola 9, Westmont Hilltop 0 Ligonier Valley 3, Forest Hills 1 Bald Eagle Area 9, Bishop McCort 2 Central 13, Marion Center 0 Semifinals Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Games at 4 p.m.

Ligonier Valley at Philipsburg-Osceola Bald Eagle Area at Central Championship Wednesday, June 1 At Penn State Semifinal winners, TBA

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Quarterfinals Huntingdon 7, Johnstown 0 Hollidaysburg at Somerset, ppd.

Somerset 10, Hollidaysburg 8 Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Semifinals Bellefonte 8, Huntingdon 0 Bellwood-Antis 2, Somerset 0 Championship Wednesday, June 1 At Penn State Bellefonte vs. Bellwood-Antis, TBA

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Quarterfinal Altoona 8, DuBois 0 Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Games Semifinals Mifflin County 1, Altoona 1 State College 13, Central Mountain 2 Championship Wednesday, June 1 At Penn State Mifflin County vs. State College, TBA

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Stever seeks first high jump medal Continued from Page 13 Like Stever, United sophomore Michaela Bracken is seeded in the top 10 in both of her events, sixth in the Class AA girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 300-meter hurdles (45.48 seconds) and 10th in the 100 hurdles (15.64). Marion Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Taya Whitfield is seeded sixth in the 1,600 (5:09.35), and Unitedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ryleigh Ludwig is seeded ninth in the 3,200 (11:21.33).

Bracken and Whitfield are the only other area girls in addition to Stever to qualify in two individual events.

On the boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; side, for the second straight year, Homer-Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sam Cunkelman was the lone area athlete to qualify in more than one individual event (800, 1,600).

Seeded 12th in the Class AA javelin (167-6), Purchase Lineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sam Stanford received the highest seeding among local athletes.

First-year track and field athlete Taylor Hudzicki will be Indianaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only representative on the boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; side and the only local Class AAA competitor. He qualified in the high jump.

Whitfield will also run in

PIAA QUALIFIERS CLASS AA BOYS Name Event(s) Sam Cunkelman, Homer-Center 800, 1,600 David Wiles, Marion Center 1,600 Ryan Butz, Purchase Line 400 John Capitosti, Homer-Center High jump Joseph Tomosky, Ligonier Valley Pole vault Gerard Moore, Saltsburg Discus Sam Stanford, Purchase Line Javelin Purchase Line 3,200 relay Ligonier Valley 400 relay Homer-Center 1,600 relay CLASS AA GIRLS Name Event(s) Michaela Bracken, United 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles Taya Whitfield, Marion Center 800, 1,600 Hanna Beer, Marion Center Javelin Ryleigh Ludwig, United 3,200 Emma Arblaster, United Triple jump Olivia Miller, Ligonier Valley Triple jump Rachel Horrell, Ligonier Valley Triple jump Kate Polenik, Penns Manor Shot put Daeva Simmons, United Shot put Marion Center 1,600 relay CLASS AAA BOYS Name Event(s) Taylor Hudzicki, Indiana High jump Ethan Riley, Punxsutawney Long jump Jared Manners, Punxsutawney Triple jump Ryan Jones, Punxsutawney Javelin Matthew Wehrle, Punxsutawney 800 CLASS AAA GIRLS Name Event(s) Jessica Stever, Indiana High jump, long jump Sam Dyson, Punxsutawney Shot put, discus Leah Miller, Punxsutawney High jump

the 800, thanks to a stroke of good fortune. After taking fourth in the event at the District 6 meet last

Seed 16 of 25/18 of 28 15 of 28 15 of 24 13 of 26 17 of 24 20 of 24 12 of 24 21 of 27 26 of 28 24 of 27 Seed 10 of 29/6 of 31 17 of 24/6 of 29 4 of 26 9 of 28 17 of 30 18 of 30 19 of 30 24 of 29 28 of 29 18 of 25 Seed 17 of 27 28 of 28 26 of 26 25 of 25 32 of 32 Seed 3 of 27/5 of 34 26 of 28/17 of 26 23 of 27

week, she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t qualify for the PIAA meet because the top three earn automatic bids. But when Central

Cambriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s McKenna Hayward pulled out of the event, Whitfield got the 800 bid for a the third straight year.

Whitfield will also run a leg on Marion Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1,600 relay ream, which also features Madison Vincent, Mariah Sinan and Emily Risinger.

Seeds can be misleading.

They are based solely on athletesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; performances at their respective district meets, and sometimes they might not reflect an athleteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best time or distance.

Not in Steverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case, though.

Both of her seeded distances are her season-best jumps, and she achieved both at last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s WPIAL Championships, leading Indiana coach Steve Cochran to believe sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reaching her peak at the perfect time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hitting her peak heights and peak distances, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hoping sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to continue to build that confidence,â&#x20AC;? Cochran said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got a legitimate shot to do well, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll just hope that she takes that same aggressiveness.â&#x20AC;?

Armstrong scores pair of victories

By The Indiana Gazette Armstrong mounted a pair of fiverun rallies and capitalized on four errors and seven walks in a 13-5 win over Clymer Legion in an Indiana County Youth Legion baseball game Wednesday.

Eddie Morris singled, tripled and drove in three runs to lead Armstrong.

Paul Cypher doubled and tripled, Chris Klukan singled twice, drove in two runs and stole a base, and Noah Cyphert doubled and drove in two runs.

Winning pitcher Jacob Herbst struck out four and allowed four hits and four runs in 3 2-3 innings. Cypher allowed one hit and no runs in 2 1-3 innings of relief, and Cyphert allowed one hit and no earned runs in one inning of relief.

For Clymer Legion, Kyle Detwiler went 2-for-4, and losing pitcher Jimmy Lightner struck out five and walked four in three innings.

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nings of relief for I-Medical.

I-Medical plays host to Fox Township on Friday.

Both teams play Friday. Armstrong travels to Kelly Chrysler, and Clymer Legion visits S.W. Jack.

In a game played Monday, Jordan Dillard and Eddie Morris combined to toss a three-hitter to lift Armstrong over I-Medical, 4-2.

Armstrong scored first, plating four runs in the top of the second inning. IMedical plated its only two runs in the third before being held scoreless by Morris in the last 3 2-3 innings.

Dillard struck out five and allowed three hits and two runs in 3 1-3 innings to earn the win, and Morris fanned five and allowed no hits and no runs to get the save.

Cyphert singled and doubled to pace Armstrong.

Daren Byers struck out two and allowed two hits and no runs in two in-

MARION CENTER 6, KELLY CHRYSLER 3: Marion Center scored five runs in the seventh inning to beat Kelly Chrysler.

Marion Center trailed 2-1 before scoring on three hits, two walks and two errors to take a 6-2 lead.

Kelly Chrysler stranded 14 runners on base. Marion Center stranded five.

Tyler Howells struck out four, walked one and allowed four hits in 2 2-3 innings of relief to earn the win.

Starter Taylor McCunn struck out eight, walked seven and surrendered two hits in 4 1-3 innings.

Marion Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Matt Gaston went 3-for-4, and McCunn finished 2-for-2.

Tanner LaBenne singled and doubled to pace Kelly Chrysler.

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Pens, Lightning lay it on line in Game 7 Continued from Page 13 finalist Ben Bishop in the first period of the conference finals when he twisted his left leg awkwardly while scrambling to get into position.

Yet Tampa Bay has stuck around, ceding the ice to the Penguins for significant stretches but using their speed to counterattack brilliantly while relying on 21-year-old goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy. The Lightning are hardly intimidated by having to go on the road in a series decider. They did it a year ago in the Eastern final against New York, beating the Rangers 2-0 in Madison Square Garden. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to go back to a tough environment, just like the Garden was last year,â&#x20AC;? Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to have your â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; game.â&#x20AC;?

The Lightning hoped to avoid revisiting this spot. They could have closed out Pittsburgh at home but fell behind by three goals and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t recover, fitting for a series that appears to be a coin flip as a whole but not so much night to night. The team

thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scored first is 5-1 and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only been a single lead change in 18-plus periods spread out over nearly two weeks: Tyler Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deflection in overtime that gave Tampa Bay Game 5. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You always want to play with the lead, and always the first goal is big,â&#x20AC;? said Lightning defenseman Anton Stralman, who is 7-0 in Game 7s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But, again, we were down 2-0 in Game 5 and came back from that. So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not cut in stone, the outcome of the game, no matter if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re down a goal or two.â&#x20AC;?

Maybe, but it would be cutting it pretty close. Tampa Bayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rally in Game 5 was Pittsburghâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first loss when leading after two periods all year. The Penguins responded by going back to rookie goaltender Matt Murray â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who turned 22 on Wednesday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and putting together perhaps their finest hockey of the postseason.

Their stars played like stars while Murray performed like a guy a decade older with his name already etched on the Cup a few times.

The Penguins will need to rely on Murrayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s precocious maturity if they want to buck a trend that started well before Murray was born. Pittsburgh hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t won a Game 7 on home ice since Mario Lemieux and company beat New Jersey in the opening round of the 1991 playoffs to escape from a 3-2 series deficit and propel the Penguins to their first championship. The Penguins have dropped five straight winnertake-all matchups since then, including a loss to Tampa Bay in the first round in 2011, a series Pittsburgh played without either Crosby or Evgeni Malkin, who sat out with injuries.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re healthy now and showing extended flashes of the form that seemed to have the Penguins on the brink of a dynasty when they toppled Detroit.

And the Lightning, who are 5-1 in Game 7s, are hardly comfortable but hardly intimidated as they play on the road. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a roller coaster,â&#x20AC;?

Cooper said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But Game 7 is Game 7. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no two better words than that.â&#x20AC;?

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IAN COLE congratulated goalie Matt Murray as the Lightningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Braydon Coburn skated away after Game 6 on Tuesday night.

San Jose reaches first Cup final

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SAN JOSEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Joel Ward celebrated after scoring against the Blues in Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s series-deciding game.

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The players who endured those disappointments played a big role in getting past them. Joe Thornton set up Pavelski for the first goal, Patrick Marleau had two assists in the third and Couture had a goal and two assists to give him a league-best 24 points this postseason.

But unlike past years, San Joseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stars got plenty of help. Martin Jones made 24 saves, Ward posted his second straight two-goal game and rookie Joonas Donskoi also scored as the Sharks got lots of contributions from some of the newcomers general manager Doug Wilson brought in over the past year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s huge just for the people who have been here so long,â&#x20AC;? Ward said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think this was an unbelievable ac-

complishment for sure.â&#x20AC;?

Despite making the playoffs 16 times in 18 seasons and winning the second-most games in the NHL since the start of the 2003-04 season, the Sharks have lacked postseason success.

They won just three games in three previous trips to the conference final, were knocked out twice in four seasons by a No. 8 seed and then had the collapse against Los Angeles in 2014.

The impact of that loss lasted for a while as San Jose missed the playoffs entirely last season. But led by firstyear coach Peter DeBoer, a familiar core and added depth, the Sharks recovered this year and are now only four wins from a championship. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a pretty cool feeling,â&#x20AC;? Thornton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our first time. It was pretty neat to get this done at home. The fans here have waited so long, 25 years. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve waited 18 years or so. So itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great feeling.â&#x20AC;?

This was the first time in San Joseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history that the team played with a trip to the Stanley Cup final on the line. The atmosphere in the Shark Tank reflected the high stakes with the fans at a frenzy during pregame introductions. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Go Sharks!â&#x20AC;? chants started soon after the puck dropped, and those chants turned to

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We Want the Cup! We Want the Cup!â&#x20AC;? in the third period after San Jose took a 4-0 lead.

Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final will be Monday night. The Sharks will either play host to Tampa Bay or visit Pittsburgh, depending on which team wins Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals tonight. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great moment for those guys who have put in a lot of work, but we still have another series to go,â&#x20AC;? Couture said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We still have four more wins to try to get. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s another step.

This is the third one now. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ready for that next challenge.â&#x20AC;?

With the loss, the Bluesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; postseason woes continue as the franchise still seeks its first championship and first trip to the Cup final since 1970.

Coach Ken Hitchcockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second goalie change of the series did not work as Brian Elliott allowed four goals on 26 shots in his return to the net.

Vladimir Tarasenko, a 40-goal scorer in the regular season, got his first points of the series when he scored twice in the third period, but it was too late for the Blues. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It stings right now,â&#x20AC;? captain David Backes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Six more wins and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re having parades on Market Street.

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Indy stands the test of time Continued from Page 13 Mario Andretti, despite his gripping duels with Foyt, won only once. His heartbreak in the race has been passed down to his son, Michael, and grandson, Marco. Between five Andrettis, they have just that 1969 win, though Marco will look once more to break the family curse Sunday. So big is this centennial event, IMS officials have announced it is sold out for the first time in 100 years and the race will be shown live on TV in central Indiana for just the third time. The last time it was aired live was in the 1950s.

“This race is a jewel. It’s arguably the best-known motorsport race in the world,” Mario Andretti said. “When I won this in ’69, I got fan mail from Tibet and Egypt. To be a part in something like this instills a lot of pride in you. And then to have your family involved is just an incredible feeling.”

Indianapolis is where Formula One world champion Emerson Fittipaldi landed, winning twice. Nigel Mansell left F1 as the reigning world champion and came to Indy, only to fall short in two starts. Jacques Villeneuve used his 1995 victory to launch his F1 career and was world champ within two years.

Juan Pablo Montoya parlayed his 2000 victory into an F1 job, then won Indy again last year following a NASCAR stint.

The race lures the biggest names, the biggest crowd and can make or break a career.

JR Hildebrand was one turn away from winning as a rookie in 2011 when he spun into the wall. He’s raced just one full season since, these days called upon mostly to run the Indy 500 every May. “It’s the biggest race in the world,” Villeneuve said. “There’s half a million people that go there in the grandstands, that watch it. What has made Indy is the level of risk that the drivers are willing to take to go for the win.

They are real gladiators and I think that’s what the fans have respected.”

Former winner Buddy Rice likens the speedway to Wrigley Field — you drive through an unremarkable neighborhood and suddenly stumble upon a sporting cathedral. The track was in disrepair after it was abandoned during World War II, but Terre Haute businessman Tony Hulman bought the property and pumped life back into it.

His family continues to

own the speedway to this day.

Rice said the speedway shows its age, but the cracks and groans are part of the nostalgia, a signal that “you’re going somewhere there’s a lot of history.” Rice believes the track has a special sound, too, recalling echoes off the seats surrounding the 2.5-mile oval that has no floodlights and has never hosted a 500 at night.

“It kind of talks to you when you get there,” he said. “And as it gets closer and closer to race day, it just gets bigger. You keep ramping up. It’s like the buildup to a big fight.”

The track has won its share of battles, with more than 60 deaths over the years tied to racing.

Buddy Lazier listened to the Indy 500 on the radio as a child, using it as a barometer for the official start of summer. His father was an amateur racer and that helped him appreciate the importance of the speedway, the event and its role in the nation’s history.

“I don’t know of anything more America,” the 1996 winner said, “and it’s so relevant to what we as people do every day. No matter where you live, you get in your car, you start it up and drive away, and while you’re doing it, practically everything was filtered through an Indy car. If it worked there, it was worth having. The telemetry, the computer programs, they’re all relevant to America’s youth.

The younger generation with computer savviness, they’re very technologically aware. No matter how you chalk it up, it’s got Indianapolis 500 relevance written all over it.”

Ryan Hunter-Reay’s earliest memories of the Indy 500 are as a child, playing with his Hot Wheels in front of the TV. “I don’t know if I was in my diapers or underwear or what,” he said. “But I remember making my own track, watching my heroes.”

Despite winning two years ago, Hunter-Reay still considers it an honor just to be in the 33-car field.

He recognizes the special place the Indy 500 is to so many people, and that heroes are made that Sunday every year.

“The history there, the tradition, this is something that is Americana,” he said. “Just to have a shot at it, to be a part of it, is a tremendous honor.”

It’s the main reason the Indy 500 has withstood the test of time, now at 100 years and counting.

FRENCH OPEN

Nadal collects 200th victory

By The Associated Press Once Rafael Nadal got past the briefest of slow starts, he was just fine, easily collecting the 200th Grand Slam match victory of his career at the French Open today.

Nadal fell behind 2-0 against 99th-ranked Facundo Bagnis of Argentina, then cleaned up his act and took 14 of the next 15 games Thursday en route to winning 6-3, 6-0, 6-3 in the second round of the French Open.

Malek Jaziri failed in his bid to become the first Tunisian man in 53 years to reach the third round of the French Open.

Jaziri lost to seventhseeded Tomas Berdych 61, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4.

With a victory over Marcos Baghdatis in the second round, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga would become only the third Frenchman with 100 wins in Grand Slam tournaments.

The others were Jean Borotra, with 103, and Henri Cochet, with 102.

Ana Ivanovic reached the third round for the 10th time, beating Kurumi Nara 7-5, 6-1.

Ivanovic, who won the title at Roland Garros in 2008, is seeded No. 14 this year.

Also, 28th-seeded An-

drea Petkovic was eliminated, losing to Yulia Putintseva 6-2, 6-2.

Eighth-seeded Timea Bacsinszky advanced to the third round by beating Eugenie Bouchard 6-4, 64.

Andy Murray stayed in the mix, reaching the third round by coming from behind yet again to win 6-2, 2-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 against French wild-card entry Mathias Bourgue, who was playing in the second tour-level match of his life. The secondseeded Murray acknowledged he can’t keep getting pushed to the limit if he has designs on adding a third Grand Slam title.

Murray, three times a semifinalist in Paris, never had won consecutive fiveset matches in any tournament. But he twice overcame a set deficit before edging 37-year-old qualifier Radek Stepanek 3-6, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3, 7-5 in a first-round match.

Murray is more familiar with his next opponent: No. 27 Ivo Karlovic, who hit 41 aces to beat Australian wild-card entry Jordan Thompson 6-7 (2), 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-7 (4), 12-10 and become, at 37, the oldest man to reach a major’s third round since Jimmy Connors at the 1991 U.S. Open.

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EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS, GAME 5: Cavaliers 116, Raptors 78

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CAVALIERS FORWARD LeBron James, left, looked to pass around Raptors forward Jonas Valanciunas during Wednesday’s game in Cleveland.

Cavs dominate in return home

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer

CLEVELAND — Back home, the Cavaliers were not hospitable. Just rude.

They roughed up the visiting Raptors again.

LeBron James scored 23 points then sat the fourth quarter, Kevin Love scored 25, and Cleveland unleashed tenacious defense on Toronto to regain control of the Eastern Conference finals with a 116-78 rout of the Raptors in Game 5 on Wednesday night.

On their court in front of 20,000plus screaming, towel-waving fans following two straight losses in Canada, the Cavs opened a 34-point lead in the first half, pushed it to 43 in the second half and took a 3-2 series lead.

They can clinch their second straight conference title and trip to the NBA Finals with a win in Game 6 on Friday night in Toronto.

“We gotta come out from the beginning and that starts with the Big 3,” James said, referring to himself, Love and Kyrie Irving, who added 23 points.

“We’ll be much better.”

It’s hard to imagine the Cavs being more in sync. They clicked at both ends in Game 5, handing the Raptors a beating that could linger into the offseason. After coming in with momentum and confidence, Toronto’s players left Quicken Loans Arena shaken and one loss from having their deepest playoff run stopped.

“They kicked our butts, bottom line,” Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. “That’s been all three ballgames.”

James had eight assists and six rebounds in 31 minutes before checking out late in the third quarter with the Cavs up 37. He spent the fourth quarter resting on the bench while Cleveland’s reserves finished the romp.

At halftime, James, Irving and Love had outscored the Raptors 43-34.

Cleveland has won its three games in the series by a combined 88 points, and won its last four over Toronto at home by 110.

“They are a different team here,” Casey said. “We came in here with a chance to do something special and we didn’t get it done. They pushed us around and took what they wanted.”

DeMar DeRozan scored 14 and Kyle Lowry 13 for the Raptors, who were overwhelmed from the start. Bismack Biyombo had just four rebounds after getting 40 the past two games. The only positive for Toronto was center Jonas Valanciunas, who returned after missing eight straight games with a sprained right ankle. He scored nine points in 18 minutes.

Playing defense as if every possession was the game’s last, Cleveland held Toronto to 34 points in the opening half while building a 31-point halftime lead — the largest in conference finals history. Since their expansion arrival in 1993, the Raptors had never been down by 30 before in any game — regular or postseason — at halftime but they have rarely seen a defense like this either.

The Cavs were all over the court, swarming and stifling DeRozan and Lowry, who combined for 67 points in Game 4.

A courtside doctor might have

stopped this one in the first half.

Love found his shooting touch after it went missing during the lost weekend in Toronto, where he went just 5 of 23 and was benched for the fourth quarter of Game 4. He finished 8 of 10 from the field, a confidence-boosting performance that should temporarily quiet his critics.

“Kevin Love being Kevin Love,” Cavs coach Tyronn Lue said. “He had two bad shooting games and we made a big deal out of it. Nothing he does amazes me. We gotta keep him aggressive all the time.”

The Cavs made a point of getting Love the ball right away and he responded by making all four field goal attempts, dropping a 3 late in the first quarter that pushed the Cavs to a 3719 lead.

“It was a bounce-back game for him,” James said. “He’s a true professional.”

The Cavs credited Love with setting the tone early.

“He really got it going,” J.R. Smith said. “He makes tough shots around the basket and that was big for us.”

Cleveland’s onslaught continued in the second quarter, and when James got free for an easy two-handed dunk, Cavs fans could relax and begin making TV viewing plans for Friday.

NOTES: Raptors dropped to 2-7 on the road in this postseason. … The 38point win ties the fifth largest in the conference finals. ... Cleveland is 7-0 at home in these playoffs, winning by an average of 20.9 points. ... Cavs trumped their 31-point win in Game 1, which was the previous most lopsided playoff victory in team history.

WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: Thunder lead series 3-1

Warriors look to avoid elimination

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer

OAKLAND, Calif. — Steve Kerr gave his Golden State players a much-needed mental day off with time to rest their weary bodies, and he got back to work trying to figure out how to save the season against a powerful Thunder team that shows no signs of slowing down.

Back to the basics, back to doing the little things that got the Warriors this far.

After a record 73 wins in the regular season, the Warriors are on the brink as they go into Game 5 of the Western Conference finals tonight in Oakland trailing the Thunder 3-1 after a second straight lopsided loss in Oklahoma City.

No denying it’s a daunting task for the defending champs — especially given that MVP Stephen Curry is a far cry from being completely healthy.

“Well, it’s a sense of reality staring us in the face. We’re down 3-1,” Kerr said Wednesday. “Momentum can shift quickly in the playoffs. We’ve seen that the last couple years. Let’s take care of business at home, get some momentum back and we’ve got a chance.”

All season long, the Warriors have taken the best efforts from every opponent.

They just haven’t shown the vulnerabilities that appeared the past two games in Oklahoma City, where Golden State lost back-toback games for the first time during its record-setting season.

The flight home was hardly fun following Tuesday’s 118-94 defeat.

“It was not festive. It was quiet,” Kerr said.

The Warriors shot 41 percent and committed 21 turnovers that led to 18 Thunder points. Curry was 6-for-20 and missed eight of his 10 3-point attempts to score 19 points, sparking further talk that he’s far

from full strength. The unanimous MVP has dealt with ankle, knee and elbow injuries this postseason alone.

Kerr isn’t about to put a percentage on his superstar’s health.

“I don’t do that. If he were struggling with anything, I would know,” Kerr said.

“Nobody has said anything about Steph being 70 percent to me. Our training staff, relatives, friends, sources with knowledge of our team’s thinking, nobody has told me he’s 70 percent.”

Golden State will likely need a big night from Curry to get back in this.

Only nine teams in NBA history have rallied from being down 3-1 to win a postseason series, yet Kerr was quick to note, “I’m guessing most of them weren’t the defending champs.”

With the season on the line, first-year Oklahoma City coach Billy Donovan expects the Warriors to bring their best while back in front of their home fans.

“Again, we have great respect for Golden State. We know how good of a team they are. You’ve got to get to a place after each game — what happened in the game, what do we need to get better, what do we do well, what are some changes or adjustments we need to make — and then you’ve got to move into the next one,” Donovan said.

“I just don’t believe that Game 5 is a continuation from Game 4. This is its own separate game and we’re going to have to go now on the road to play in a very difficult environment against a great team.”

The Thunder know full well how close they are but also that nothing will be given to them easily. They last reached the NBA Finals in 2012, losing in five games to the Miami Heat.

Oklahoma City stole

Game 1 on the Warriors’ raucous home floor in Oracle Arena, where Golden State has lost just three times all season.

“Every game you have a sense of urgency, it’s the playoffs and you know what everybody’s playing for.

We’ve just got to come out there and be who we are,” Kevin Durant said.

“We can’t put too much pressure on ourselves. We have to go out, play the game, and play with passion and energy. And we know the whole crowd’s going to be against us and we have to stick together even more.”

The Thunder are playing with all the poise and pas-

sion on both ends, while the Warriors haven’t been able to hang around the past two games, in part because of uncharacteristic miscues.

“They’ve had a lot of frustration over the years.

They’re healthy. They’re whole. They are determined, and they want what we have,” Kerr said. “We have a banner hanging up in here and we take great pride in that. It’s a hard thing to accomplish, and they’ve been close, but they haven’t done it, and they’re coming after us. They’re really getting after it and playing well and competing.

We’ve got to stand up to that.”

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Gregory Jones photography exhibit 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (ongoing Monday through Friday) Ambulatory Building at IRMC Indiana

Saltsburg Herbal Society Garden Tour 10 a.m. Saturday Rebecca Haddon Stone House Museum Saltsburg

Evening hike, games 8 to 9:15 p.m.

Yellow Creek State Park Environmental Learning Center

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What’s happening in the Indiana County area

ART/MUSEUM EXHIBITS Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh presents the following special exhibits: • Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave.: “Teenie Harris Photographs: Great Performances Offstage,” through July 17; and “Hot Metal Modern: Design in Pittsburgh and Beyond,” through Oct. 2.

• Carnegie Science Center, One Allegheny Ave.: Omnimax films are “D-Day: Normandy 1944” and “Animalopolis.”

The planetarium shows are: “Back to the Moon for Good,” “A Traveler’s Guide to Mars,” “Astronaut,” “Infinity Express” and “National Parks Adventure.”

Visit the website at w w w. c a r n e g i e s c i e n c e center.org for a complete schedule of show times.

• The Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., is presenting “I Just Want to Watch: Warhol’s Film, Video and Television,” ongoing.

For more information, call (412) 622-3131 or go to www.carnegiemuseums. org.

The Frick, 7227 Reynolds St., Pittsburgh, presents “Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe,” June 11 to Sept. 4.

Visit thefrickpittsburgh .org for more information.

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, 1 Schenley Park, Oakland, presents: • Butterfly Forest, ongoing.

• Tropical Forest Congo, ongoing.

Regular hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Call (412) 622-6915 for more information or visit phipps. conservatory.org.

Sen. John Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman St., Pittsburgh, presents the following ongoing exhibits: • “Toys of the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s,” through Tuesday.

• “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.”

• “Pittsburgh: A Tradition of Innovation.”

• “From Slavery to Freedom.”

• “Clash of the Empires: The British, French & Indian War, 1754-1763.”

• “Glass Shattering Notions.”

Regular hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Call (412) 454-6000 for more information.

The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, 1212 11th St., Altoona, presents “Julie Wohl: Tradition and Inspiration,” through Saturday the George A. and Herbert T. Wolf Gallery.

The exhibition comprises 44 paintings and mixed media works created over the last decade.

For more information, go to www.sama-art.org.

Westmoreland Museum of Art will present the following exhibits: • “Telling Tales: Stores and Legends in 19th Century American Art,” through June 19 • “Making The Westmoreland Museum of Art,” through June 5 • “John Schlimm: The Smile that Changed the World (is yours),” from June 7 to July 3 • “A Shared Legacy: Folk Art in America,” July 9 to Oct. 16 • Please Touch & Create Fun, July 9 to Oct. 9 The museum is at 221 N. Main St., Greensburg.

ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS Heinz Field presents: • Beyoncé Formation World Tour to Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, at 8 p.m. Tuesday.

• Kenny Chesney Spread the Love tour July 2 at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh.

• Guns N’Roses Not in this Lifetime tour, July 12 Tickets are on sale at Live Nation.com.

OUTDOORS Keystone State Park in

DANCERS FROM the Sue Hewitt Dance Studio will present “Blame it on the Boogie” at 5 p.m.

Saturday at Fisher Auditorium, IUP. A 2 p.m. show, “Everybody Dance Now,” will feature the younger dancers. Tickets are available at the door.

Pictured are the graduating senior dancers: Alicia Kunkle, Ally Peters, Amy Varner, Cassidy Mouser, Jenna Caroff, Kacey Raible, Kelly Forrester, Lauren Peightal, Neva Morris, Prihanna Shetty, Rachel Baumler, Rachel Park, Sarah Cash and Steffanie Anna.

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The Indiana Art Association will hold its first juried show at The Artists Hand Gallery, 732 Philadelphia St., Indiana. The exhibition will run from June 6 through July 1 and feature artists from Lawrence, Butler, Armstrong, Indiana, Cambria, Beaver, Allegheny, Westmoreland, Washington, Greene, Fayette and Somerset counties.

For complete information, go to www.indianapaartassocia tion.org/ or send an email to IAA. juried.show.submissions@gmail. com.

The Indiana Art Association will also offer the following exhibits of members’ artwork through Aug. 6: • Ambulatory Building at IRMC, 835 Hospital Road, Indiana: A collection of award winning photography by Gregory Jones. All works for sale and can be viewed Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

• Urgi Care Facility at IRMC, 875 Hospital Road, Indiana: A collection of Macro nature photography from Linda Fisher and photography of an antique feel by Bobbie Avery. All pieces are for sale.

Pieces can be viewed from Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• The Artists Hand Gallery, 732 Philadelphia St., Indiana: A collection of Eco-Prints, a truly different form of artwork, by Dana Driscoll, Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Calvary Presbyterian Church, 695 School St., Indiana: Darlene Palmer is displaying her waterdrop photography and Donna Clements is showing a collection of her colored pencil artwork.

Most pieces are for sale.

Please check in with the office before viewing works; normal office hours 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The Indiana County Historical Museum, 621 Wayne Ave., Indiana, is presenting: • “The Lady Who Wore the Cape,” focusing on the life of Elizabeth “Betty” Joan Kinter Weber, a graduate of the Indiana Hospital School of Nursing who worked as a nurse for Indiana Hospital and later at a hospital in Colorado.

View artifacts from her time as a nurse, as well as her many travels around the area and the world.

• A spring art exhibit focusing on local women whose paintings depict locations around the community. All works of art are part of the historical society’s collection and range in date from the 19th to 20th centuries.

• “The Quilts That Covered Indiana County,” a look at the works of art women accomplished using cloth, needle and thread dating from the early 1800s to the 1950s.

• Artifacts and images of Edward Abbey, nationally recognized naturalist and author originally from Rayne Township.

• An exhibit on Col. Harry

Westmoreland County will offer Friday night walk-in movies every Friday through Sept. 2. The park

White and his wife, Anna Sutton White, made possible with the help of the fifth-grade classes in the Indiana Area School District, as well as images and documents regarding his service in the Civil War and their lives in Indiana.

• Permanent exhibits including Coal Mining in Indiana County, the Lumber Industry, the Indiana County Sports Hall of Fame, and the Indiana County Memorial to the Veterans.

Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays; closed Sundays and Mondays. For information, call (724) 463-9600.

Visit the website at www. hgsic.com.

The Indiana County Historical Society is offering a genealogy workshop in June.

Curious about your ancestors?

Always wanted to study your family’s genealogy but were unsure where to start?

Join Gary Clawson and Vince Beatty, historical society board members and longtime genealogy researchers, for a genealogy workshop at the Historical and Genealogical Society of Indiana County.

Over four sessions, they will discuss starting points, sources and software and provide pointers for those encountering problems with research.

Classes begin on June 9 and are 10 a.m. to noon each Thursday through June. Each class will require a $5 research fee for nonmembers but is free for members.

Call (724) 463-9600 or email ichistoricalsociety@gmail.com for more information.

The Artists Hand Gallery, 732 Philadelphia St., Indiana, presents“New Work: Mark Altrogge,”through Saturday. Hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Friday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.

The University Museum at Indiana University of Pennsylvania is offering “XX,” a showcase of artwork from the University Museum’s permanent collection created by female artists, until June 11.

Admission is free. www.iup.edu/museum/

DANCE The Mountainview Squares Dance Club dances every Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Blairsville High School cafeteria. All modern western square dancers are welcome.

The club offers beginning dancing for anyone who would like to learn to square dance. For more information, call Jan at (724) 4597434.

The Thunderbolts do A-1 and A2 square dancing every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Blairsville High School cafeteria. For more information, call Norm at (724) 3881909.

ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS Dancers from the Sue Hewitt Dance Studio will present “Blame it on the Boogie” Saturday at 5

will be playing a variety of movies (PG or less) at the beach house. The movies will be shown on a projec-

p.m. in Fisher Auditorium at IUP. There is also a 2 p.m. show called “Everybody Dance Now” featuring the younger dancers. Tickets are available for both shows at the door.

Family Promise of Indiana County will offer the inaugural Monopoly Challenge June 24 at Indiana Area Senior High School.

Doors open at 5:30 and the game begins at 6 p.m. The life-size, live board game will benefit the homeless through Family Promise. Cost is $10 per family, $5 for adults and $3 for seniors and students. For tickets, call (724) 4645220 or visit www.familypromise indianapa.com.

The Star Spangled Charity Independence Day Celebration is set from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. July 3 at the Indiana County Fairgrounds.

The event includes food vendors, live music, fireworks and a concert by The Clarks. For more information, visit www.starspangled charity.com.

The Indiana County Fraternal Order of Police Rhododendron Lodge #33 will feature the band Lonestar at its 42nd annual Country Music Show on July 17 at the Mack Park fairgrounds. The lineup will also feature Chuck Blasko and The Vogues. Tickets for the Country Music Show are on sale now. Admission is $25 in advance and $28 at the door. The show kicks off at 3 p.m. at the fairgrounds at Mack Park. For tickets, call (724) 349-9114 or visit www.fop33.com.

FILM The Jimmy Stewart Museum, 835 Philadelphia St., Indiana, will present “Strategic Air Command”at 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Museum admission: Members, free; adults, $8; seniors, military, students with ID, $7; children 7 to 17, $6; children younger than 7, free. Prices are subject to change.

Movies are included with admission to the museum, which is currently hosting the special exhibit “Selections from Our Collections.”

Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays.

For more information, call (724) 349-6112 or go to www. jimmy.org.

The museum also has a new exhibit celebrating the 70th anniversary of “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

The exhibit includes images from the museum’s collection, a new poster by Dark Hills Mansion and email tributes that were received at the museum at the time of Stewart’s death and which specifically reference the film.

The exhibit will run through the end of the year.

OUTDOORS Saltsburg Herbal Society Garden Tour will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday. Friends of the Parks invites everyone to join Louisa and Ronald Fordyce for a guided tour of a Victorian-style public garden including a kitchen garden, silver

tor screen outside on the lawn. Grab your blankets, chairs and make sure that you dress for the weather.

garden and medicinal garden.

The Museum and Antique Tool Shed will also be open and an additional self-guided tour of other SHS maintained gardens will be available. Folks should meet at the Rebecca Haddon Stone House Museum at 105 Point St. in Saltsburg at 10 a.m. Please register at (724) 463-8636.

The Indiana County Farmers Market will open for the season on Saturday, June 4. The market is held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays at Eighth and Church streets, Indiana, and from 3 to 5:30 p.m.

Wednesdays on Wayne Avenue across from the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.

The market offers a variety of vendors with produce and more. For more information, visit indianafarmmarket.blogspot.com.

Yellow Creek State Park near Penn Run will offer the following programs: • A short evening hike and games from 8 to 9: 15 p.m. Sunday at the Environmental Learning Center and Discovery Pond. There will be a short talk about the wildlife and amphibians that are active at night at Yellow Creek. Afterwards, a short hike around the pond and some games are planned.

Dress for the weather, wear tennis shoes and bring a flashlight.

• “Sly as a Fox (and other Canines of Pennsylvania),” at 7 p.m.

June 3 at the Environmental Learning Center. Join PA Game Commission Officer Ned Kimmel and park staff to learn about Pennsylvania’s elusive wild canines including the red fox, gray fox and coyote.

These animals are well-known for their intelligence, camouflage and adapting to the habits of people. Meet at the Environmental Learning Center.

• “Salamander Safari,” from 2 to 3:30 p.m. June 4. Meet at the park office and join Park Educator Lisa Meadows to explore Laurel Run for salamanders and other critters. Wear shoes that can get wet.

Registration required at limead ows@pa.gov.

If you don’t have email, please call (724) 357-7913.

• “The Bear Out There,” beginning at 1 p.m. June 11 at the Environmental Learning Center.

One of Pennsylvania’s most sought-after animals is the black bear. Chris Reidmiller from the PA Game Commission will present a hands-on program to dispel the myths and shed some light on one of the largest mammals in Pennsylvania.

If you need an accommodation to participate in park activities due to a disability, please contact the Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks: (888) PA-PARKS (voice); (717) 558-2710 (local or international voice); or 711 (AT&T Relay Services).

With at least three days’ notice, interpreters for people who are deaf or hard of hearing are available for educational programs.

The movies will start at 8:30 p.m.; however, the times may vary depending when it gets dark. Movies will not

be shown in inclement weather. The food concession stand will be open.

Friday’s movie is “Max.”

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1 BEDROOM apartments available now in Homer City. Rent ranges $385 to $450 some utilities included. (724) 479-9759 1-3 BDR Apartments Westgate Group Apartments: Quiet community near campus and shopping. Pet friendly! Free parking! W/D on site.

Gym and pool access.

Call 888-516-9172 for a tour & customized quote!

CLYMER: 1 or 2 BDRS avail., can be furn or unfurn, $500/mo or $550/ mo incl. free heat, very clean. No pets, Non smoking. 724-254-4777 COLONIAL MANOR 1 bdr furnished. & unfurnished. 2 bdr unfurnished.

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HOMER CITY: 1 bdrm, $500 + security, utilities included. (724) 840-3530 HOMER CITY: 35 West Indiana St, 2 bdr, off St. parking, nice lawn, attic & basement, no pets, non smoking. $750/mo. util not incl. (724) 388-7308

3 BDRM, 2 bath, Burrell Township. 3/4acre private lot. $500/mo. + Sec. dep. and references. All utilities need paid. (724) 248-3817 or (724) 464-3405

LARGE Farm House 2 miles from Ind. water & gas incl. $1,250/mo. Call (724) 388-0040.

LUCERNE: nice 3 bdr, $600/ mo + sec. & utilities, a/c, non smoking no pets. Call (724) 422-4945

Mobile Homes For Rent

HOMER CITY area, 2 bdr, utilities included, $750/mo security deposit & 2 references required, no smoking & no pets.

Call (724) 422-1395

Nice 2 bdr in Aultman, appliances included , $650/mo. (724) 840-2399

HOMER CITY Area, 2bdr, private, heat included, $550 mo. Call (724) 840-4109

Nice 2 bdr, 10 minutes S. of Walmart, newly remodeled, $495/mo (724) 840-2399

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THREE bedrooms - 2 baths, 2 story house in Homer City. No pets, ref. required. $550 month. + $200 security deposit, 724-422-6836 Leave name and phone number.

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2 BDR w/ laundry room, 6.5 miles from Walmart, in Jacksonville, $450/mo + utilities.

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DIRECT CARE WORKERS Needed for new personal care home.

Opening soon, Indiana Square, Indiana.

All Shifts.

Admin. experience and CPR/first aide certified perferred but willing to train.

Located along bus route.

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the line that will please both himself and his partner.

How should South play in three notrump after West leads the diamond king?

South begins with seven top tricks: two spades, one heart, one diamond and three clubs. Since he is wide open in diamonds after taking the third round with his ace, he needs to collect those five club tricks.

When the deal was originally played, declarer cashed his club ace, dropping East’s jack, then played his club four to dummy’s queen.

When East discarded, South could not recover.

North was unhappy, observing that the club jack was probably a singleton. As South correctly pointed out, a clever East would have played the jack from J-10-x of clubs. The right continuation was momentarily overlooked by both players.

South should have led his club nine to dummy’s queen on the second round of the suit.

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Antiques

VINTAGE 4 legged apple or grape press, wooden troft & bucket, hand cranked, 41” tall, 22 “ wide, excellent cond, asking $325. Call (724) 422-7450

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Machinery & Tools

724-388-4853 NURSE needed for Primary Care Physicans Office. LPN or RN considered. Previous experience in Dr’s Office a plus, but will consider other types of experience, This is a full time position, However can be flexible with scheduleing. To apply send cover letter & Resume to: Box 2943 c/o The Indiana Gazette P.O. Box 10, Indiana, PA 15701.

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For 3-11 & 11-7:30. FT or PT Must have a diploma or GED. Stop in at Rose Haven between 9 and 3 for application.

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Firetree, Ltd. a leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment programs has a need for Program Monitors at our inpatient facility located in Indiana, PA. Duties include: admission intakes, security checks, client accountability, supervise client activities and medication monitoring.

Minimum qualifications: high school diploma and experience in effectively dealing with the public. Must be willing to work different shifts and some weekends and holidays. Must pass required criminal background checks and drug screen.

Resumes will be accepted until suitable candidates are found.

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We Specialize In Hazardous Trees

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HAULING Need your unwanted items hauled away. Call 724-463-8254.

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AU C T I O N GUNS, COINS & MORE

SAT., MAY. 28 9 AM PREVIEW • 10 AM START

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Partial Listing as We are Still Unpacking Items...

Guns, Coins and Paper Money, 1952 Lionel Train Set, Some Military Items, Prepper Items, Collectables, Toys, Harley Saddlebags, Jackets, Hand and Power Tools, & Much More.

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PRO 1 PAVING Residential & Commercial Paving • Sealing Line Striping

724-694-8011 YOU’LL FIND IT IN THE CLASSIFIEDS. Are you looking for help to fix something around the house or for another service that you need?

The Gazette Classified section is the place to find help. All kinds of skills and services are advertised in the Gazette. Classifieds.

BABYSITTERS HOME REPAIR PAINTING, WALLPAPER EXCAVATING AND LOTS MORE. Classifieds are also a tremendous help when you are offering services. We have a classification for work wanted and for special services.

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QUEEN Size Box Spring & Mattress, also a chest of Drawers, clean , good condition, In New derry Area asking $50/both.

Call (724)541-3998 TRADITIONAL Classic cherry entertainment center, excellent condition, 78” high by 38” wide.

Storage on bottom, $375.

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Musical & Stereo Equipment For Sale

CASIOTONE Electronic keyboard. 49 keys, DC power or AC power adaptor. Like new. $65.

Call (724) 349-0410 Yamaha Electone organ, synchro start & ending rhythm, originally $15,000 asking $500, (724) 479-9409

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Bicycles For Sale

MONGOOSE, Men’s 21 Speed, 26”, like new, $100 obo, (724) 464-9629

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Miscellaneous For Sale

2 FISH Tanks and stands, -20gal. & 1-30gal, asking $10/both. Call (724) 840-9697 55 Gallon Barrels , 3 black, 3 white, w/cart with 4 barrel holders, $75/all.

Call (724) 422-7450 125 Gal. Fish Tank, 72” long, 22” high , 18” wide, comes with Tank hood, lights, filter stand and gravel, asking $400 obo.

Call (814) 257-8542

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Autos For Sale

2003 DODGE Caravan, seats 7, pw/pd, air, runs good, clean interior, remote start, 115,000 miles, asking $2000. Call (724) 349-5666 2005 Chrysler Sebring Limited Convertible, 39K, Black w/white leather int. $8500. (724) 479-8708

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Motorcycles For Sale

2008 MOTORCYCLE/ Scooter, 250cc, Wildfire, 4,300 mi, elec. start, auto.

100 mpg, excel. cond. $900 obo.

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ALTMAN: 14 Old Church Rd, Sat. 5/28; 9am-5pm.

Something for everyone!

DERRY: 619 Beech St, just off Rt 217, Fri. & Sat; May 27 & 28; 8-4. Hand & power tools, gas edger, band saw, drill press, welder, grinder, hydraulic press, chipper, garden items, shell loading equip

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HOME: 177 Griffith Drive(Across From Martin’s store) Fri. 5/27 & Sat. 5/28, 8-5, all sizes boys & girls clothing, propane grill, stroller, crib set., lots of misc.

HAYBINE: Hesston 1120, A1, new guards. Price reduced.

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2 WEEDEATERS (1) Feather Light Plus & (1) Ryobi, both work good, will together or seperate, asking $60.00. Call (724) 464-8195

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HOOVERHURST: 23471 Rte. 286 Hwy E. (Glen Campbell) Fri 5/27, Sat 5/28 & Sun. 5/29 , 8-5, MOVING SALE, antiques, Something for everyone.

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INDIANA: 580 N. 6th St..

Sat. 5/28, 8-3, 32” Samsung Flat Screen TV, lots of misc.

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Something for everyone!

INDIANA: 470 Maple St., Sat. 5/28, 8-1, boys & men’s clothing, bikes, household, baby grand piano, misc.

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INDIANA: 133 Marcoline Rd. May 27th-28th, 8am-4pm. Misc tools, household items, and more.

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JOHN Deere L10 Lawn tractor, 42” cut, runs good. $500 obo. (724) 464-9641

Trains Magazines, asking $50. Call (724) 801-8007

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LARGE Collection of old sewing items (spools, pin cushions & etc.) $25. for all. (724) 459-8861

MARLENA Evans doll.

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1996 Lincoln Town Car , 135k, Clean , runs great , asking $2400 obo., Call (724) 349-0138

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MAGIC CHEF, Gas oven & stove, in good condition, asking $100. Call (724) 388-0900

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Pools: 19’ x 31’ above ground, $899 installed FREE- site prep extra.

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4 Tires, 225-55-17,all season, good condition. asking $40 For all. Call (724) 422-4945

GE Microwave, white, in excellent condition, remoldeling, asking $60.

Call (724) 354-2314

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225 Lincoln Welder, 7” & 4” grinders, fusing machines, tool box’s, welding tables, plus other equipment, for info. call (724) 388-3038

DINING Room Set, Oval Table w/ leaf, 4 chairs, lighted china/storage cabinet, asking $200/all, Call (724) 254-2395

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JOSEPHINE: 521 Old Indiana Rd, May 27 & 28; 9am-? Rain or Shine!

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Mom objects when kids are made to pay for broken door DEAR ABBY: We visit my in-laws two or three times a year. During our most recent visit, my kids (ages 12 and 14) were roughhousing with their cousins and accidentally slammed a door, which resulted in a broken frame.

Their grandpa had asked them to stop, which they apparently didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do.

Now, three months later, my inlaws are visiting us, and my mother-inlaw is having the kids pay for the frame.

When I spoke up and let her know I thought Dear Abby is this was inwritten by appropriAbigail Van ate, she beBuren, also came very known as upset and Jeanne said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kids Phillips, and these days was founded by her mother, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any consePauline quences,â&#x20AC;?

Phillips. and this is what she and the kids had agreed should happen. I emphasized in front of the kids how important it is to listen, to be accountable for your actions and to see what they couldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done to make it up to her.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just not comfortable with her still holding on to this and expecting them to pay for the frame. It seems to me that a conversation about respect and listening is plenty appropriate but, after that, shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t my mother-in-law have gracefully let it go?

These kids, by the way, get excellent school reports, play instruments and sports, and are considered by most people to be great kids.

Was I wrong to express my opinion that having the kids pay her is inappropriate? If it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, then maybe we shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t visit at her home, since itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s filled with breakable valuables. I am very frustrat-

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ed by my controlling motherin-law. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; UPSET IN MORRO BAY DEAR UPSET: Your â&#x20AC;&#x153;great kidsâ&#x20AC;? ignored their grandfather when he asked them to quit roughhousing, and the result was significant property damage. If they had agreed with their grandmother that there would be restitution â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I assume the same was true of their cousins â&#x20AC;&#x201D; you were wrong to interfere. That you would do this in the presence of your kids was a mistake.

I agree with your motherin-law that one of the problems in our society today is the lack of accountability or consequences when people do something wrong. I applaud her for sticking to her guns, and you owe her an apology.

DEAR ABBY: I am going to my girlfriendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 60th birthday party. I just found out that her younger sister is pregnant â&#x20AC;&#x201D; unbeknownst to her parents â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and she plans to surprise them the next day on their momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actual birth date.

The little sister has asked that we not drink at the dinner because she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to feel left out. This caused an argument between me and my girlfriend because I think her request is silly and kind of selfish.

Is there a rule of etiquette about this? Isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it weird that someone would ask that you not drink a couple of beers or a glass of wine at a birthday dinner?

If Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m on a diet, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ask people to eat only salad or to order less around me.

I think she should make a â&#x20AC;&#x153;headache/not feeling wellâ&#x20AC;? excuse rather than try to limit/control the fun of others. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; SOCIAL DRINKER DEAR SOCIAL DRINKER: No rule of etiquette covers this. I agree that you shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to abstain at the celebration if you prefer to indulge. However, the decision should be voluntary and not imposed upon you.

Your girlfriend may prefer not to have alcohol that night to support her sister, but that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean you must.

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By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Johnny Deppâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife has filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences after 15 months of marriage.

Amber Depp, an actress known as Amber Heard, filed for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court and is seeking spousal support from the Oscar-nominated actor.

Heard listed their date of separation as Sunday. The pair has no children together. Depp and Heard met while co-starring in the 2011 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Rum Diary.â&#x20AC;? Deppâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest film, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alice Through the Looking Glass,â&#x20AC;? is due to be released on Friday.

The actors have been embroiled in a dispute with Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deputy prime minister, who last year threatened to euthanize their dogs, Boo and Pistol, after they were illegally smuggled into the country.

Heard pleaded guilty last month to falsifying documents to conceal the

pets when she arrived by private jet to join her husband on the set of the fifth movie in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pirates of the Caribbeanâ&#x20AC;? series.

The pair videotaped an apology as part of a deal that allowed Heard to avoid a conviction. But the actors have been derided because of their wooden deliveries in the film.

Earlier this week, the deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, boasted that he had gotten inside Deppâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head like fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter after the actor quipped that the ruddy-faced lawmaker appeared to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;inbred with a tomatoâ&#x20AC;? during an interview on the U.S. talk show â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jimmy Kimmel Live!â&#x20AC;? Depp has one previous marriage and was in a long relationship with French actress and model Vanessa Paradis before he began dating Heard. â??â??â??

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TODAY IN HISTORY

By The Associated Press

Today is Thursday, May 26, the 147th day of 2016. There are 219 days left in the year.

Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Highlight in History: On May 26, 1521, Martin Luther was banned by the Edict of Worms because of his religious beliefs and writings.

On this date: In 1868, the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ended with his acquittal on the remaining charges.

In 1913, Actorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Equity Association was organized by a group of actors at the Pabst Grand Circle Hotel in New York.

In 1938, the House Un-American Activities Committee was established by Congress.

In 1940, Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of some 338,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began during World War II. In 1941, the American Flag House, where Betsy Ross once lived, was donated to the city of Philadelphia.

In 1954, explosions rocked the aircraft carrier USS Bennington off Rhode Island, killing 103 sailors.

(The initial blast was blamed on leaking catapult fluid ignited by the flames of a jet.)

In 1960, U.N. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge accused the Soviets during a meeting of the Security Council of hiding a microphone inside a wood carving of the Great

Seal of the United States that had been presented to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.

In 1969, the Apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth after a successful eight-day dress rehearsal for the first manned moon landing.

In 1971, Don McLean recorded his song â&#x20AC;&#x153;American Pieâ&#x20AC;? at The Record Plant in New York City (it was released the following November by United Artists Records).

In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in Moscow. (The U.S. withdrew from the treaty in 2002.)

In 1981, 14 people were killed when a Marine jet crashed onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off Florida.

In 1991, a Lauda Air Boeing 767 crashed in Thailand, killing all 223 people aboard.

Ten years ago: Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden won confirmation to be the 20th CIA director in a 7815 Senate vote.

Five years ago: Congress passed a four-year extension of post-Sept. 11 powers contained in the Patriot Act to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of terrorists; President Barack Obama, in France, signed the measure using an autopen machine minutes before the provisions were set to expire at midnight. Ratko Mladic, the brutal Bosnian Serb general suspected of

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Dustin Diamond is back in jail in Wisconsin after an official says he violated the terms of his parole.

Ozaukee County jail records show Diamond, who was recently released after serving time for disorderly conduct and concealedweapon convictions, was arrested Wednesday.

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The 39-year-old Diamond was convicted in Wisconsin last year on the charges stemming from a 2014 bar room brawl. He was released in April.

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Diamond played Screech on the 1990s TV show.

leading the massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys, was arrested after a 16-year manhunt. (Mladic was extradited to face trial in The Hague, Netherlands.)

One year ago: Challenging Hillary Rodham Clinton from the left, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders formally kicked off his Democratic presidential bid in Burlington, Vt., with a pitch to liberals to join him in a â&#x20AC;&#x153;political revolutionâ&#x20AC;? to transform the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economy and politics.

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Singer Stevie Nicks is 68. Actress Pam Grier is 67. Actor Philip Michael Thomas is 67. Country singer Hank Williams Jr. is 67.

British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is 67. Actress Margaret Colin is 59. Country singer-songwriter Dave Robbins is 57. Actor Doug Hutchison is 56. Actress Genie Francis is 54. Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait is 54. Singer-actor Lenny Kravitz is 52. Actress Helena Bonham Carter is 50. Distance runner Zola Budd is 50. Rock musician Phillip Rhodes is 48. Actor Joseph Fiennes is 46. Singer Joey Kibble (Take 6) is 45. Actor-producerwriter Matt Stone is 45. Contemporary Christian musician Nathan Cochran is 38. Actress Elisabeth Harnois is 37. Actor Hrach Titizian is 37.

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