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A flood of activity worth paying attention to Coos Bay’s flood maps change; insurance rates are going to rise ■

BY TIM NOVOTNY The World

COOS BAY — The city of Coos Bay is the latest to get its flood plain “house” in order.

The city recently adopted an updated flood insurance rate report, maps, and zone text amendments to its municipal code for flood damage prevention. It went into effect immediately.

The move, required by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, allows the city to remain eligible for the National Flood Insurance Program.

A few days after Coos Bay took its action,

President Barack Obama signed a law that phases in rate increases for more than 1 million flood insurance policyholders, including the owners of more than 9,300 plans in Oregon.

The reason is that the rates are going to jump.

Significantly. The new law hopes to ease the burden, somewhat.

These events do not appear to have happened coincidentally. Although Coos Bay planner Debbie Erler says the two are separate issues.

“They wanted to make sure they were a little more accurate on who they’re requiring to get insurance, is my guess,” Erler said, “and I don’t know if it just happened to coincide.”

Coincidence or not, the outcome of remaking the maps is going to have an impact on the lives of some residents, either positively or negatively.

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By Lou Sennick, The World

The city of Coos Bay changed the municipal code to reflect new flood plain data in the city.According to the new data and corresponding maps, much of the downtown area is included in the potential flooding area. This view of downtown is from the top of Telegraph Hill.

CB, county to decide on joining foundation

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COOS BAY — The two remaining Bay Area Enterprise Zone sponsors will decide Tuesday whether to become members of the South Coast Community Foundation.

After the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay board of commissioners’ unanimous approval March 19 and the North Bend City Council’s unanimous approval Tuesday, the Coos Bay City Council and Coos County Board of Commissioners will meet this Tuesday to round out the vote.

For the foundation to move forward, each of the four enterprise zone sponsors needs to become a member of the foundation, the nonprofit organization established to manage half of the community service fees the Jordan Cove Energy Project would pay if it gets federal and state permits and if it receives a long-term property tax exemption.

Each zone sponsor’s vote also includes

By Alysha Beck, The World

North Bend Police Detective Jon Bohanan plants pinwheels with volunteers at the Kids’ Hope Center in Coos Bay on Friday for the upcoming National Child Abuse Prevention Month in April.The 197 pinwheels planted represent each child abuse case in Coos County for 2013.The center acts as a mediator between different state agencies involved in child abuse cases and advocates for the children involved.

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Politicians, experts split Oregon congressional map pleases both parties over fair minimum wage

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SALEM — The 2010 election gave Oregon an evenly divided House of Representatives and a power-sharing agreement between Republicans and Democrats, and the result was a redistricting process that left both parties relatively happy.

For the first time in a century, the state Legislature adopted new congressional and legislative maps that were not thrown out in court.

“Redistricting in Oregon was not as pure as the driven snow, but was pretty evenhanded and occurred with a commendable degree of public input and transparen-

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change came to Oregon’s 5th District, represented by Democrat Kurt Schrader, which has long been the state’s most competitive. A slight Democratic registration edge became even smaller and stood last month at just over 2 percentage points. In the 2012 election, President Barack Obama narrowly beat Republican Mitt Romney in the district, 50 percent to 47 percent, compared with his 55-42 victory statewide.

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BY ALAN FRAM The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The federal minimum wage has left three-person families below the poverty level since 1980. It’s also well shy of the peak of its buying power almost half a century ago.

Is the current $7.25 hourly minimum fair? Is now the time to raise it, and, if so, by how much?

There is no objective answer. It depends on the political slant of lawmakers or the views of economists being asked.

Economic data over the minimum wage’s 76-year history doesn’t provide definitive help, either. It shows erosion over time in the plight of minimum-wage earners, reflecting what the nation’s political system has produced, not necessarily what’s fair.

Democrats backed by President Barack Obama are preparing to force electionyear votes on gradually increasing today’s

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cy,” said Janice Thompson, who advocated for fairness in the redistricting process as executive director of Common Cause Oregon in 2011.

The new congressional map looked remarkably similar to its predecessor. It preserved the status quo, just moving a few boundaries to account for shifting populations.

In the process, two districts got marginally more for competitive Republicans, but the GOP has failed to take advantage.

Democrats still control four of Oregon’s five congressional districts, as they have after every election since 1996.

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minimum to $10.10 by 2016, an effort that seems likely to fail in Congress.

Republicans generally oppose the proposal, saying it would cost too many jobs.

As a Senate clash over the issue approaches — perhaps this week — here’s a look at the equity questions the dispute raises.

Q: What should be the minimum wage’s goal?

A: Along with labor and liberal groups, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, sponsor of the $10.10 push, says the aim should be to boost low-earners and their families over the poverty line.

As recently as 1979, when minimumwage workers earned $2.90 hourly, they made an annual $6,032 for a 40-hour work week. That exceeded that year’s federal poverty line of $5,784 for a family of three.

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BY GREG BOLT The Register-Guard A federal magistrate judge has recommended that a challenge to a series of timber sales in the Coast Range be thrown out.

If upheld, the decision would allow the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs to begin logging on more than 500 acres of forest that includes some spotted owl habitat. The sales would take place over 10 years and produce a cut of about 14 million board feet of timber.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin ruled last week that a lawsuit brought by three area environmental groups challenging the sales should not go forward. Coffin recommended that a motion by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Coquille Indian Tribe to dismiss the case should be granted.

Because Coffin is a magistrate judge, his recommendation now goes to U.S. District Judge Michael McShane, who either can concur and enter a final judg-

BrookingsHarbor art student wins Vision 2014 Erika Spetzler of Brookings-Harbor High School took home the Best of Show award at Vision 2014, an annual high school art competition underwritten by Southwestern Oregon Community College Foundation.

Spetzler’s submission, a mixed media collage titled “Fast Food”, won her a two-year tuition waiver to attend SWOCC, along with a $250 cash-purchase award.

Paige Smith of Bandon High School was awarded first place for an ink drawing titled “Twiggy.” Smith received a two-year tuition waiver to attend SWOCC along with a $100 cash-purchase award.

Karissa Henshaw of Myrtle Point High School took home second place for her acrylic painting entitled “Washful Night.”

Henshaw received a $75 award cash-purchase along with a two-year tuition waiver to attend SWOCC. Seventeen other cash prizes ranging from $50 to $20 were awarded to division winners in ninth through 12th grades.

ment or issue a different ruling.

Stan Speaks, Northwest regional director for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, said it was too early to comment on the ruling.

Nick Cady, legal director for the Eugene-based Cascadia Wildlands, said the environmental group was disappointed with the ruling and looks forward to making its case before McShane. He said Coffin’s decision contradicts itself in several places and appears to give the bureau unfettered clearance to “log without regard” in spite of its own spotted owl recovery goals.

The logging would take place in the vicinity of the Middle Fork of the Coquille River in Coos County.

Coffin’s decision rests on a close reading of several federal environmental laws and forest management plans, including the Northwest Forest Plan and the Coquille Restoration Act. The restoration act is meant to guide activities on 5,400 acres of forest that were returned to

the Coquille Tribe for its economic benefit within the guidelines of existing federal forest rules.

In their lawsuit, the three environmental groups — Cascadia Wildlands, Portland-based Oregon Wild and Roseburg-based Umpqua Watersheds — claimed the planned Kokwel Project would illegally kill more than a dozen threatened spotted owls and damage habitat of the owl and the threatened marbled murrelet. The groups sought an injunction blocking the project.

But Coffin found that the groups failed to show that the project is required to comply with the owl recovery plans outlined in management plans for the surrounding federal forests. He also said that while the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service determined that the project would remove 268 acres of owl habitat and is not consistent with owl recovery plans, the agency also said that the logging amounts to less than 1 percent of the habitat in the

area and would not jeopardize the existence of the owl.

Coffin also ruled against the environmental groups’ claim that the project violated the federal National Environmental Policy Act. The environmental groups alleged the logging plan didn’t take into account the cumulative effects of another nearby timber sale. Coffin said the Kokwel Project plans did adequately address those additional effects.

The Kokwel Project involves what the BIA calls regeneration harvests on 268 acres containing trees between 80 and 155 years old.

The environmental groups call those harvests clearcuts.

But Coffin stated the harvests will leave 10-15 percent of the areas unlogged, as required under the Northwest Forest Plan.

The project also includes commercial thinning of trees 24-43 years old on 249 acres.

Almost 3 miles of roads would be built overall, with 1.3 miles decommissioned when logging is complete.

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March 29, 2:16 a.m., family dispute, 1400 block of Nutwood Avenue.

March 29, 2:55 a.m., man arrested for fourth-degree assault, 1400 block of Nutwood Avenue.

March 29, 3:28 a.m., family dispute, 2000 block of Newmark Avenue.

March 29, 9:20 a.m., burglary, 700 block of Telegraph Drive.

March 29, 9:56 a.m., harassment, 400 block of South Wasson Street.

March 29, 11:27 a.m., dispute, 1400 block of Newmark Avenue.

March 29, 12:27 p.m., dispute, 300 block of Ackerman Street.

March 29, 1:57 p.m., harassment, 100 block of Cypress Point.

March 29, 5:53 p.m., criminal trespass, 800 block of First Street.

March 29, 6:23 p.m., dispute, 700 block of Koosbay Boulevard.

March 29, 6:35 p.m., criminal trespass, 1500 block of Juniper Street.

March 29, 8:44 p.m., criminal trespass, Walmart.

March 29, 11:14 p.m., disorderly conduct, 900 block of Sanford Avenue.

March 30, 1:19 a.m., criminal trespass, 1800 block of North Seventh Street.

COOS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE March 28, 6:50 a.m., dispute, 63600 block of North Olive Road.

March 28, 10:17 a.m., violation of restraining order, 63600 block of Clear View Drive.

March 28, 12:30 p.m., assault, 900 block of A Street, Myrtle Point.

March 28, 2:03 p.m., theft, 1500 block of North Lake Road, Lakeside.

March 28, 2:25 p.m., criminal trespass, 63600 block of North Olive Road, Coos Bay. March 28, 4:48 p.m., assault, 100 block of South Fourth Street.

By Lou Sennick, The World Waves swirl around Face Rock just offshore Tuesday afternoon in Bandon as a series of rain squalls and high March 28, 5:52 p.m., burglary, 98300 block of Bridge Lane, winds passed through the area.

Myrtle Point.

March 28, 6:35 p.m., theft, 63300 block of Charleston Road, Charleston.

March 28, 8:18 p.m., dispute, Rainbow Lane and Jacobson Way, Lakeside.

March 28, 9:42 p.m., family dispute, 63300 block of Shasta Road, Coos Bay. March 29, 1:29 a.m., criminal mischief, 63600 block of North Olive Road, Coos Bay. March 29, 2:34 a.m., theft, 500 block of Bonneville Road, Lakeside.

March 29, 8:34 a.m., unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, Bay Area Hospital, Coos Bay.

COQUILLE TRIBAL POLICE March 29, 4:20 p.m., fraud, 2600 block of Mexeye Loop, Coos Bay.

NORTH BEND POLICE DEPARTMENT March 28, 8:43 a.m., fraud, 2800 block of Connecticut Avenue.

March 28, 10:18 a.m., fraud, 1200 block of Winsor Avenue.

March 28, 12:44 p.m., domestic harassment, 2400 block of Sherman Avenue.

March 28, 3:35 p.m., dispute, 3300 block of Broadway Avenue.

March 28, 3:52 p.m., burglary, 800 block of Maryland Avenue.

March 28, 5:07 p.m., criminal mischief, 3900 block of Sherman Avenue.

March 28, 7:59 p.m., criminal trespass, Broadway Avenue and 11th Street.

March 28, 10:53 p.m., theft, 600 block of Lombard Street.

March 29, 12:25 a.m., theft, The Mill Casino-Hotel.

March 29, 11:01 a.m., criminal mischief, 2300 block of Oak Street.

March 29, 12:41 p.m., theft, 3400 block of Fir Street.

March 29, 3:33 p.m., dispute, 1800 block of Pine Street.

March 29, 6 p.m., theft of donation box, 1600 block of Virginia Avenue.

March 29, 9:03 p.m., disorderly conduct, Broadway Avenue and Virginia Avenue.

March 29, 11:05 p.m., disorderly conduct, 2000 block of Sherman Avenue.

March 30, 3:37 a.m., dispute, 800 block of Vermont Avenue.

OSP enforcement to increase during Distracted Driving Awareness Month Felony Arrests B R V Y OMA ILLAVICENCIO KOBI

MEDFORD (KOBI) — “U drive, U text, U pay.”

That’s the message for a new campaign starting April 1 from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, and Oregon State Police are backing them up.

“We want to educate people and let them know there’s enforcement being taken place,” Senior Trooper Bill Matson said.

He said April is Distracted Driving Awareness month, and it’s time people focus on the road and not phones.

“Certainly going to really have a no tolerance policy with regards to the use of the cell phone and texting on your cell phone.”

He also said OSP have a way to know when you’re trying to hide your phone while texting and driving.

“You’ll watch as they placed their cell phone on their lap and you’ll see their heads

bobbing up and down.”

Matson said since the Nikaela R. Costa — North Bend police arrested Costa on March 28 in beginning of the year OSP has front of the Police Department building on California Avenue for poshanded out more than 8,000 session of methamphetamine and two outstanding warrants from the tickets for distracted driving. Washington County Sheriff’s Office charging four counts of identity theft.

And he’s hoping people will get the memo in April, and think twice before they pick up their phones.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 1 Books are Fun Sale 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Coquile Valley Hospital, 940 E. Fifth St., Coquille. 541-396-1062 Town Hall with state Reps. Caddy McKeown and Tim Freeman, and Sen. Arnie Roblan 6-7:30 p.m., Umpqua Discovery Center, 409 Riverfront Way, Reedsport.

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Family Fun Day and Run for the Kids 10 a.m.-2 p.m., John Topits Park Empire Lakes, Hull Street, Coos Bay. Registration begins at 7:45 a.m. Run/walk begins at 8:30 a.m. and 5K begins at 9:15 a.m. Free shuttle from Newmark Center.

Squatch Day 2014 11 a.m.-4 p.m., TNT Market, 899 D. St., Eastside. Squatch photos, balloons, raffles and an expert recording data and educating. Elkhorn BBQ. A Mr. MHS fundraiser to benefit Share Bear Snack Pack.

Jesse Lynch’s Jazz 101 3 p.m., Marshfield High School auditorium, 10th and Ingersoll, Coos Bay. Tickets $15 available at www.cccca.com or 541-269-1272.

Free Roller Skating 3-5 p.m., Bay Area Church of the Nazarene, 1850 Clark St.,

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Friends of Yaquina Lighthouses’ Laughs for Lighthouses 5 p.m., Newport Performing Arts Center, 777 W Olive St., Newport. Tickets are $5, admits one adult and one child, additional childrens’ tickets, $5 each. Raffle, door prizes, games and comedy show by The Zaniac, Alex Zerbe. 541-265-ARTS or www.coastarts.org Mr. Bulldog Pageant 7 p.m., North Bend High School gymnasium, 2323 Pacific Ave., North Bend.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 8 Armchair Film Adventure — “Vietnam: In the Land of the Rising Dragon” 2 p.m., Coos Bay Public Library, 525 Anderson Ave., Coos Bay. Refreshments served.

541-269-1101 Elena Passarello and Scott Nadelson Oregon Book Award Authors’ Readings 7 p.m., North Bend Public Library, 1800 Sherman Ave., North Bend. www.literary-arts.org Bite of the Bay 6-10 p.m., The Mill CasinoHotel Salmon Room, 3201 Tremont, North Bend. Pacific Cove Humane Society fundraising event. Fine food and drink. Advance tickets are $35 and $40 at the door. Tickets are available at Reese Electric, KoKwell Gifts, The Art Connection, Huggins Insurance, Winter River Books and Century 21 Best Realty in Coquille. 541-404-6704.

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LNG battle: ‘A fight worth fighting’

BY SAM WHEELER Medford Mail-Tribune Last week’s federal goahead issued for the Jordan Cove Energy Project’s liquefied natural gas terminal near Coos Bay and 230-mile suppipeline across ply southwestern Oregon wasn’t welcome news for those who have opposed the project since its inception in 2007.

The U.S. Department of Energy on Monday issued a conditional permit allowing the facility to export 800 million cubic feet of natural gas per day for 20 years to countries with whom the United States does not have established free trade agreements.

It was important but insubstantial progress, considering the project’s laundry list of state and federal permissions that still must be obtained before any construction begins.

There also are a handful of groups in and outside Southern Oregon who hope the project never breaks ground.

Among them are Ashlandbased environmental conservation organizations Rogue Riverkeeper and Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands the Western Center, Environmental Law Center, the Sierra Club, the community group Citizens Against LNG and the Winston-based grassroots organization Landowners United.

These groups and others have been challenging the project publicly and legally every step of the way - and there is no plan to ease off.

“The Department of Energy’s conditional approval was certainly something we were expecting and not surprised by,” said Forrest English, program director for Rogue Riverkeeper. “I think it’s safe to say we will challenge the upcoming environmental analysis, but we’ll be involved in every step of the way.”

Energy The Federal Regulatory Commission still must issue an environmental impact statement on the Jordan Cove project to prove it weighted potential environmental impacts against economic benefits under the National Environmental Protection Act. The federal commission in 2009 issued an EIS in favor of the facility and pipeline as a means to import foreign natural gas, but because project leaders in 2012 made the decision to export gas from the facility, a new environmental analysis must be completed.

“I fully expect FERC will issue an environmental impact statement next year approving this facility,” said Susan Jane M. Brown, a staff attorney with Eugene-based Western Environmental Law Center.

“It’s obviously a long way

to go before any shovel hits the dirt ... but I don’t think that this thing is ever going to survive the Ninth Circuit,” Brown said, referring to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where the Jordan Cove import project was stayed just before its leaders hit the reset button by turning to the current export proposal.

“It’s a fun game until then,” Brown said, fully expecting the export project to land back in the high courts.

In the meantime, “my clients are doing a variety of things: educating lawmakers both at the state and the federal level, they have been engaging the state and federal regulatory agencies, outreaching to members of the public and conducting public education,” Brown said.

Violations of landowners’ rights, proposed and potential environmental impacts of the facility and pipeline and a staunch disagreement with the practices of the industry backing the project are overlapping concerns of those opposing the development at Jordan Cove.

Many of the groups also argue that there are flaws in the federal economic research pushing Jordan Cove and similar projects forward, and that it is based too much on a recent boom in the domestic supply of gas.

“If you happen to be concerned about the impact of fracking and impact of methane emissions relative to the climate, well the more domestic gas you rush to export the more of this you get. ... I believe that it’s wrong, and I believe that it is a fight worth fighting and a fight that we’ll continue,” said 70-year-old Bob Barker.

His retirement property north of Shady Cove is where the Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline is proposed to cross under the Upper Rogue River as it snakes its way from Coos Bay to Malin, where it would link up with the existing TransCanada Gas Transmission Northwest pipeline.

The Pacific Connector pipeline is jointly owned by Veresen Inc. and the Williams Co. based in Salt Lake City. Williams initially proposed the pipeline in 2006. If the project is approved, eminent domain could be used to acquire the necessary access, but project backers have stressed they

would prefer to work with willing landowners.

“I am adamantly opposed to the use of eminent domain from the point of this being an export pipeline ... eminent domain for that purpose should not be permitted,” Barker said. “This thing has dragged on for years, way too long, people don’t have the ability to use their property the way they want to, selling prices are impacted ... it’s terrible.”

Barker, who retired to the property in 2009 with his wife, said he is equally concerned about the safety risks of living near what would be an about 3-foot-diameter natural gas pipeline.

“There are very clear downsides to this. ... Every year that this is delayed is a year that I get to enjoy my property without it being trashed,” Barker said. “This is clearly all about maximizing profit for energy companies, there is huge opportunity for them to sell this gas overseas and landowners like us are going to end up paying the price for it.”

Proponents of the project point to the domestic boom in natural gas production and an opportunity to sell liquified natural gas from the proposed Coos Bay facility to high-paying markets overseas. The project would also bring about 2,000 temporary construction jobs to the region and about 150 permanent positions that will mostly be tied to direct operations at the Jordan Cove facility. There is also the attraction of the project providing a steady flow of tax and fee dollars to financially stressed Coos County.

A community-based group, Boost Southwest Oregon, is lobbying locally for the project and is financially backed by project developers.

According to its website, in partnership with the Coos County Assessors Office, the that determined group Jordan Cove would pay about $12 million in community enhancement fees each year of a proposed three-year construction period, and between $365 million to $470 million in property taxes over 18 years in operation. a to-be Additionally, assessed community enhancement fee would be required annually for 15 years following construction.

Before that money can be realized, the project must wade through a considerable approval process beyond the say of FERC. Oregon’s Department of Energy still must grant a site certificate for the construction of the South Dunes Power Plant that will supply the LNG terminal with electricity.

That application was submitted Jan. 9 and has been determined “substantially incomplete,” according to a March 10 Oregon DOE letter to the applicants following initial review.

Additionally, the Oregon Department of State Lands must provide removal-fill permits for the construction effort, the Oregon Water Resources Department will be responsible for considering water rights licenses, the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office will review cultural resource impact and the Department of Land Conservation and Development will have rule on coastal zone certification for the facility.

Federally, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will have to provide permits allowing dredging in the bay to accommodate large tankers that would be used to transport Jordan Cove’s LNG overseas, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Transportation must formally review the project.

Following the DOE approval Monday, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued a statement applauding the decision. Prior to this year, while chairman of the Energy Resources and Natural Committee, Wyden expressed his concern to the

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Oregon Coast Community Action — 5:30 p.m., ORCCA administrative offices, conference room, 1855 Thomas Ave., Coos Bay; regular meeting.

Bay Area Health District — 5:30 p.m., Bay Area Hospital, 1775 Thompson Road, Coos Bay; education session.

Lakeside City Council — 6 p.m., City Hall, 915 North Lake Road, Lakeside; workshop.

Bay Area Health District — 6:30 p.m., Bay Area Hospital, 1775 Thompson Road, Coos Bay; regular meeting.

Coos Bay City Council — 7 p.m., City Hall, 500 Central Ave., Coos Bay; regular meeting.

Coos Bay Urban Renewal Agency — 7:30 p.m., City Hall, 500 Central Ave., Coos Bay; regular meeting.

Myrtle Point Public Library Foundation — 7 p.m., Myrtle Point Public Library, 435 Fifth St., Myrtle Point; regular meeting.

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DOE that the natural gas export project should be taken into thorough consideration and approved slowly, but has clearly changed his stance since then.

“We’re really disappointed by Wyden’s reaction,” English said. “He is not giving the state an opportunity to finish its review of the project before jumping in with his support on this one.”

Though former Gov. Ted Kulongoski openly opposed the Jordan Cove project, English said his group has yet to see any indication as to where Gov. John Kitzhaber stands on the issue.

Ultimately, English said he is optimistic that Rogue Riverkeeper’s and other groups’ efforts against the project will be successful.

Rogue Riverkeeper is organizing a rally in Shady Cove on April 19 to publicly oppose the project, he said, and Barker said he is just one of several landowners in the area who plan to be there.

“I think there is still a number of hurdles remaining for Jordan Cove,” English said. “There are rules that need to be followed; this is a complex process and it is going to take time ... we will continue to monitor the project and keep up what we’re doing.”

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Ryan doesn’t understand his roots Reflections upon the recent holiday: The first time my wife saw tears in my eyes was in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, at the tomb of Jonathan Swift. The brilliant 18th-century Irish satirist was my first and most enduring literary hero, a towering figure who Yeats thought “slept under the greatest epitaph in history” — composed by Swift himself.

I knew the Latin by heart, but seeing it engraved in stone moved me, although Swift had been dead since 1745. “It is almost finer in English,” Yeats wrote, “than in Latin: ‘He has gone where fierce indignation can lacerate his heart no more.’”

Reading Swift taught me more about Ireland and my Irish-Catholic ancestors than I ever learned at my alcoholic grandfather’s knee, I can tell you that. An Anglo-Irish churchman who considered himself exiled from London to the city of his birth, Swift condemned British misrule of Ireland in the most memorable satires written in English or any other language.

His 1729 pamphlet, “A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burden to Their Parents,” retains the capacity to shock after almost 300 years. Impersonating the ever-so-reasonable voice of a public-spirited reformer of the sort who might today issue proposals from the Heritage Foundation, the narrator advocated genteel cannibalism.

Swift was certainly no Irish nationalist. A Tory by temperament and conviction, he’d have been appalled by the idea that the island’s Roman Catholic majority could GENE govern itself. Even so, LYONS Professor Leo Damrosch’s terrific new biography Columnist makes a compelling case that both his voice and his personal example were instrumental to an evolving Irish national consciousness.

I thought of Swift’s “Modest Proposal” the other day listening to the ever-so-reasonable Rep. Paul Ryan explain that America’s poor have only themselves to blame.

“We have got this tailspin of culture,in our inner cities in particular,” Ryan explained,“of men not working and just generations of men not even thinking about working or learning the value and the culture of work.”

Any question who he was talking about?

As several commentators have noted, this business about “inner city” men not working isn’t so much Republican “dog whistle” as GOP air-raid siren.

Ryan has since alibied that he’d been “inarticulate” and wasn’t trying to implicate “the culture of one community.” This came soon after a speech in which he’d told a heartfelt tale of a small boy who didn’t want a “free lunch from a government program,” but a Mommy-made lunch in a brown paper bag that showed somebody cared about him.

Coming from a guy busily trying to cut funding for school lunch programs and food stamps, this was pretty rich. Also, apparently, apocryphal. The witness who’d told Ryan the tale in a congressional hearing had not only swiped it from a book called “The Invisible Thread,” but reversed its meaning.

Which wasn’t so much that government assistance, as Ryan warned, threatens to leave children with “a full stomach and an empty soul,” but that sermons mean very little to hungry children.

Delivered just before St. Patrick’s Day, Ryan’s disquisition upon the undeserving poor earned him the scorn of the New York Times’ Timothy Egan. Taking note of Ryan’s great-great-grandfather, who emigrated to the United States during the catastrophic Irish famine of the 1840s, Egan pointed out that Ryan’s words echoed the rhetoric of Victorian Englishmen content to let his ancestors die lest they become dependent upon charity.

It’s not always understood in this country that the mass starvation of Irish peasants — more than a million died,and another million emigrated — resulted not from the failure of the potato crop but English government policy. Ireland remained a net exporter of food throughout, with British soldiers guarding shipments of foodstuffs as they were loaded.

Rhetoric, see, has consequences. From Swift’s time onward, the native Irish had been depicted in terms justifying their subjugation. Virtually every negative stereotype applied to our “inner city” brethren today was first applied to Paul Ryan’s (and my own) ancestors. Irish peasants were called shiftless, drunken, sexually promiscuous, donkey-strong but mentally deficient. They smelled bad.

Understanding that history is exactly what makes Irish-Americans like Timothy Egan, Charles P. Pierce and me — if I may include myself in their company — so impatient with a tinhorn like Ryan. If he wanted to understand his own ancestry, it’s authors like Swift, Yeats and James Joyce that Ryan ought to be reading, instead of that dismal ideologue Ayn Rand.

Nobody should let ethnic groupthink determine his politics. But if a politician like Paul Ryan hopes to be respected, it would help if he showed some sign of understanding the past.

Arkansas Times columnist Gene Lyons is a National Magazine Award winner and coauthor of “The Hunting of the President” (St. Martin’s Press, 2000).

Letters to the Editor Let the Elliott go ‘Hollywood’ I would like to make a suggestion regarding the real estate sale of portions of the Elliott State Forest.

According to Realty Marketing Northwest,the agent handling the sale on behalf of the Oregon Division of State Lands, there are three of five parcels of land offered for sale by sealed bid auction with bids due March 28, 2014.

This is a competitive bid situation. Anyone can bid. A recent letter writer to The World editor stated this land will be auctioned off at a 90-percent discount. That sounds like a compelling opportunity to me. I suggest that anyone interested in preserving marbled murrelet habitat jump on this chance to own some at an attractive price.

Cascadia Wildlands Project, a client of Earthjustice, recently threatened lawsuits against any timber company that purchases these parcels, should they try to log them.

Threatening lawsuits probably tends to drive away prospective bidders that don’t want to buy themselves legal trouble. These tracts may possibly be had for a song.I urge Cascadia Wildlands to use the money they pay high priced lawyers filing lawsuits to bid on these parcels instead. Set them aside as permanent habitat for murrelets and other old growth dependent species.

If money is short, how about contacting wealthy celebrities that have been active in environmental causes and ask for contributions? The famous Hollywood high-rollers affiliated with Earthjustice come to mind.

Seems to me there are a lot of wealthy Hollywood types that would jump at the chance to do something to preserve threatened

wildlife habitat.

Everyone is sick of lawsuits, Cascadia Wildlands. Let’s avoid a whole lot of useless gnashing of teeth. Win the sealed bid auction for these parcels and put your money where (ahem!) it will do the most good.

Paul Chantiny North Bend

Innacurate legal terminology Recently in circuit court, Judge Burge ruled the term “shall” to mean “may” or “should” when rejecting the defendant’s “proof beyond a reasonable doubt” defense. The judges questionable interpretation of the term’s legal meaning lead directly to finding the defendant guilty of contempt.

Judge Burge erred by misinterpreting the term’s strict standard of drafting meaning as defined in Black’s Law Dictionary. A correct legal interpretation of the term’s definition, that “shall” is more synonymous with the words “must” or “will,” would have clearly demonstrated the reasonable doubt the defense alleged.

The wording of laws, court orders and decrees must be imperative or mandatory, especially when public interests or an individuals rights are involved.

Furthermore, the wording must be clear and unambiguous so as to avoid foreseeable disputes in a sentence’s meaning. How could a lay defendant possibly be expected to know they are “willfully” obstructing the will of the court by inferring the word “shall” as meaning mandatory or “required” as defined in Black’s Law Dictionary, instead of the discretionary interpretation Judge Burges used to justify the politically popular positions of her decision? Such an expectation is undoubtedly unreasonable.

The time has come for lawmakers to forbid the further use of archaic and ambiguous terms like “shall” by replacing the term with “must” or “will” in law. In the meantime, higher courts must defend the individuals legal presumptions of: good will, innocence until proven guilty and proof beyond a reasonable doubt, by adhering to strict drafting standards and upholding a single unambiguous legal definition of the terms like “shall” in the rulings of the lower courts.

Defendants must not be held in contempt of the judicial system’s ambiguously drafted laws, court orders and decrees.

A’eron Blackman Reedsport

Don’t confuse tax with donation If a company like Jordan Cove Energy chooses to give money to private, not-for-profit corporations, that is its right. I would expect those private corporations to support Jordan Cove doing business in Coos County, and that the officers of those corporations to be influential persons who would promote Jordan Cove Energy. If these private corporations disburse some of the money that Jordan Cove Energy donated to them, to the county, for whatever purpose the corporation deems advisable, that’s just fine.

If these private corporations pay a very handsome compensation to their directors, that is their choice. If the private corporations agree to distribute a handsome percentage of their income from Jordan Cove Energy to Coos County, that is their right and their right to amend.

If the persons who receive compensation from these private corporations are also public officials holding office as a matter of

public trust, it starts to get sticky.

To me, this starts to smell like bribery, and the fact that this is done daily in the United States with a wink and a nod does not change the smell. The possibility of corruption multiplies. I am not in favor of importing this kind of business activity into Coos County. It may be how it is done elsewhere, but that does not make it a good idea.

Now then, when the money Jordan Cove Energy gives to these private, not-for-profit corporations is in lieu of payment of any property taxes due, that’s where we need to slam on the brakes! I can see no other interpretation that this is the diversion of public funds for private purposes. You can dress it up and apply all the lipstick you want, but the fact remains that public funds are being diverted.

Two private corporations have emerged so far, South Coast Community Foundation and Bayfront Investment Corporation. If Jordan Cove Energy wishes to support these corporations in addition to payment of property tax, that’s their business decision. Instead of property tax? That’s my decision, and I say no.

Ted Hunt North Bend

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BY BILL LANSING It is time for the “rest of the story” to be told about how and why the South Coast Community Foundation came into existence.

Several years ago, some of our public officials met with Jordan Cove Energy to discuss how to manage the impact of this project on our local schools and community infrastructure.

The discussion centered on how to move a significant amount of the cash flow from the back-end of their property tax payment time frame to the front-end; all the while keeping their economics neutral.

The North Spit is classified as an Enterprise Zone, and by the laws of an EZ, Jordan Cove Energy could get a five-year abatement of its property taxes during construction and plant startup. This means that during the construction and start-up phases there would be no local tax revenue to support the added pressure that an influx of workers and their families would bring to our area.

There was a solution. The laws concerning an Enterprise Zone provide for an extension of the property tax abatement from five years to 19 years, but only if the sponsoring public agencies of the EZ and Jordan Cove agree upon an alternative plan - now called the Community Enhancement Plan, where significant annual fees will be paid by Jordan Cove. They have agreed to pay a sizable amount of

the fees “up-front” in order to help the community absorb the impacts of the project. I tip my hat to this company for understanding the potential impact on our community and trying to get ahead of them.

Months back, three people — Joanne Verger, John Whitty and I — were asked by the EZ sponsors to evaluate possible solutions to the expected burden the new project and its employees would place on our struggling education system. We were given a short time frame to prepare a plan and have it “on the shelf and ready to go” by the end of 2013. With the help of many people, including Portland lawyers and consultants with experience in these types of organizations, we accomplished our task and formed the tax exempt 501(c)3 South Coast Community Foundation with its main focus to help fund our local schools.

As we rolled out the bylaws and began open discussions about the structure of the new Foundation, we learned that there was a better way to populate its board of directors — a way that would improve public accountability and transparency. In hindsight, this new solution is obvious to the three of us. Now, the four sponsoring agencies will appoint one person

to serve alongside the initial three on the Foundation’s board, giving the public agencies a majority of seats at the table. Credit goes to The World editorial board and the EZ agency sponsors themselves for helping us realize a need for new bylaws. As of this writing, two of the four agencies have approved these revised bylaws, and the other two will take up the discussion tomorrow.

Once there is 100-percent support of the education foundation and each of the four agencies have appointed a representative, we will ask each of seven school boards to appoint two members from its districts to serve on an advisory committee. It is through this “elected”advisory committee that the public input, dialogue and grant discussion will occur.

Those results in turn will be translated to the Foundation as summary recommendations.

Since the process is still in its infancy, there has been no discussion about how the money will be invested or distributed. The current board is awaiting full approval of the revised bylaws and the appointment of four public representatives before any deliberation takes place.

Having said the above, one of my thoughts is to have half the money invested each year in

risk-weighted-instruments and half available for distribution.

Of the latter, one might consider a formula-based distribution process in combination with a discretionary portion. For example, 70 percent of the available money could be distributed to each school district based upon enrollment or some other per capita basis; and 30 percent given over to the advisory committee for distribution.

This approach is similar to how our Founding Fathers set up our One house government.

(Congress) based upon population, the other house (the Senate) given equal representation. In our area, we have similar population dynamics in our schools — Powers has the smallest number of students and Coos Bay has the largest, yet each will have equal representation on the advisory committee.

We have much to do to bring the Foundation to fruition. Yet, the vision is quite simple: “keep this money local, invest it wisely and manage it with local people.” This is such a grand opportunity to make something terrific happen.

Bill Lansing is president of the nonprofit 501(c)3 South Coast Community Foundation.He is former President and CEO, Menasha Forest Products Corporation; retired chairman of the board of SWOCC Foundation; and state of Oregon Citizen of the Year – Oregon Education Association.

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State Husband’s depression won’t be cured by acting out online DEAR ABBY: I have been married for seven years and have two children. My husband has what I can only describe as an Internet addiction. He’s literally online from the time I go to bed until I wake up to take our kids to school. I checked and discovered many profiles he has made up on different dating sites.

When I confronted him, he told me he has no interest in DEAR having an affair. He said he has b e e n d e p re sse d for some time, and it’s his way of escaping reality.

I JEANNE recomPHILLIPS mended he talk to a t h e ra p i s t , but he keeps trying to justify his behavior by telling me I have no reason to feel hurt because it’s all “makebelieve.�

Our relationship has taken a serious dive since I found out. I no longer trust him alone on the computer.

I am also no longer attracted to him, and I no longer feel attractive. I don’t know what I can do to be a supportive partner if he won’t admit he has a problem.

Please help me. I’m at a total loss. — SECOND TO A SCREEN NAME DEAR SECOND: May I be frank? First on your agenda should be to take care of yourself and your own emerging depression. If that means talking to a professional, then go for it.

You have every right to be angry about what your husband has been doing. It isn’t harmless, and it isn’t effective therapy for his depression. Much as you might wish to, you can’t fix his problem — which is trying to escape from reality.

Only he can do that. Let’s hope he’ll find the courage to face what he’s trying to escape from while your marriage is still salvageable.

DEAR ABBY: I am not suicidal, but I do think about death, in the sense of what happens when one dies. I believe in the heavenand-hell theory. Although I’m not sure I want to go to heaven, I AM sure I don’t want to go to hell.

My reason for not wanting to go to heaven is because of the relatives who have gone before me. I come from a very abusive family but, like so many, most of them have been able to do what I call the “last-minute redemption.� With that in mind, I do not want to spend all of eternity with the same people I could not wait to have exit this Earth.

I am also not a big believer in this forgiveness thing — forgiving adults who do these things to children and expect them to forget about it. I sure haven’t, and I never will!

Do you, or the clergy, think it’s possible for God to just let some of us sleep through eternity without meeting up with family on “the other side�? — OWENSBORO, KY., READER DEAR READER: Because I am more involved with what’s going on in this life rather than the next, I took your question to Rev. Canon Mark Stanger of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco.

He suggests that you stop thinking about heaven as a “place� or that you need a scorecard to get there. He also said: “A merciful God will make heaven what you need — and in your case, heaven may be liberation from these troubled people.�

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OSP investigates a fatal accident on I-5 near Phoenix on Thursday, March 27. An Ashland woman on her way home from her shift as a 911 dispatcher died when a Grants Pass man driving the wrong way on I-5 hit her head on.

Scammers posing as IRS officials to trick people MEDFORD (AP) — Authorities say some people are being duped by a phone scam involving callers posing as Internal Revenue Service officials.

The Treasury Inspector General for Taxpayer Administration reports an estimated $1 million has been lost to the scam that has taken in thousands of victims nationwide.

A news release says more than 20,000 such calls have been reported and they have been coming from nearly every state, including Oregon.

Anyone who receives a suspicious call from someone posing as an IRS representative should report the incident to Treasury Inspector General at 800366-4484.

Complaints also can be filed with the Federal Trade Commission at www.FTC.gov. Add “IRS Telephone Scam� to the complaint comments.

Man charged in counterfeit cash case KLAMATH FALLS (AP) — Oregon State Police arrested a Klamath Falls man accused of making counterfeit money.

Lt. Gregg Hastings says 36-year-old Vernon Schaeffer was forging fake currency when investigators arrested him in a motel room Friday.

Hastings says police seized phony $20, $50 and $100 bills as well as paper, a color copier, methamphetamine and other evidence.

Schaeffer was booked into jail on charges of forgery, meth possession and criminal possession of a forged instrument.

The investigation started earlier this month after the arrest of a woman who had counterfeit cash.

Dillon Dam could be removed by 2016 PENDLETON (AP) — The Umatilla Basin Watershed Council has proposed removing the Dillon Dam by 2016 while maintaining irrigation rights established more than a century ago.

The diversion dam blocks fish passage up the Umatilla River between Echo and Stanfield.

The East Oregonian newspaper reports there are fish and lamprey ladders at the dam, but they are often inaccessible due to low flows in the summertime or gravel bars deposited by high, sweeping flows earlier in the season.

Recent flooding has left a solid island of rocks blocking entrance into the ladder.

Besides removing the barrier for salmon and steelhead, the project would reroute water for irrigation from another existing dam about two miles upstream.

Oregon State Hospital patient reported missing SALEM (AP) — The Oregon State Hospital says a 60-year-old psychiatric patient is missing.

A hospital spokeswoman says Gregory Page was last seen Saturday morning at a Salem Denny’s — about an hour after he was reported missing.

STATE D I G E S T Page was admitted to the state hospital in 1994 after being deemed guilty except for insanity on an attempted murder charge from Lane County.

Despite that background, the hospital says he’s not dangerous.

Page has been living in a group home on the hospital grounds. It’s designed for those who undergo treatment, but don’t need to live within the secure perimeter of the Salem hospital.

Man injured in fall aboard ship docked in Portland PORTLAND (AP) — Portland Fire & Rescue says a man was taken to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center with a head injury suffered in a fall aboard a large ship.

The department says its team rescue technical responded to the shipyards Saturday afternoon because it was believed a high-angle rope system would be needed for the rescue.

But that wasn’t necessary. The man was able to make it to the deck, where a crane was used to hoist him to the ground and an awaiting ambulance.

The injured man’s name has not been released.

Skeletal remains found near Redmond REDMOND (AP) — The Deschutes County sheriff’s office says the skeletal remains of an adult found in a field southeast of Redmond may be someone from a missing person case.

However, Sgt. Brad McMurrian told KTVZ investigators couldn’t immediately determine if the person was a man or a woman.

The remains were found Friday by a Redmond resident walking on Deschutes County-owned property across the highway from Redmond Municipal Airport.

The sheriff’s office hopes an autopsy by the state medical examiner’s office will be able to determine the identity and cause of death.

Deputies and volunteers with cadaver dogs searched the area Saturday for any more remains or possible evidence.

Studded tires deadline approaches ASHLAND (AP) — It’s a sure sign of spring.

The Ashland Daily Tidings reports studded snow tires must be off vehicles by 11:59 p.m. tonight.

State law allows motorists to use studded tires from Nov. 1 through March 31.

The Oregon Department of Transportation says driving with studded tires after today could result in a $190 fine.

Transportation officials say the states spend more than $11 million a year fixing damages caused by studded tires on road and bridges.

400 attend marijuana business conference EUGENE (AP) — About 400 people attending a medical marijuana business conference in Eugene see more opportunities if Oregon voters in November legalize recreational marijuana.

There’s more to marijuana than smoke. New products include hash oils and gels, vaporizers and marijuana-infused edibles.

The Register-Guard reports the Oregon Medical Marijuana Business Conference began Sunday and continues today at a Eugene hotel.

In addition to vendors, attendees are hearing advice from business consultants and experts on the law.

The host of an online talk radio show on marijuana, Russ Belville, says he’s not too worried about local government moratoriums on dispensaries.

He says once cities start seeing tax revenue from marijuana, dispensaries will be irresistible.

Oregon snowmobiler killed in avalanche LA PINE (AP) — An Oregon man has been killed in an avalanche on Paulina Peak.

The Bend Bulletin reports that 28-year-old Kyle James Thomas of La Pine was snowmobiling with two others Sunday afternoon when he was trapped in an avalanche. The avalanche was estimated around 600 feet long and 300 feet wide.

Deschutes County Sheriff’s Lt. Scott Shelton says the two others were able to avoid the avalanche, and snowmobilers in the area searched for Thomas.

Family members and searchers found Thomas’ body shortly before 6 p.m., the newspaper reports.

Thomas was not on a groomed trail, and was at an elevation of about 7,300 feet.

Community loses its only grocery store CRESWELL (AP) — When it comes to feeding a small town, Creswell residents are learning that it takes a village — and a creative one, at that.

The town’s only major grocery store, Ray’s Food Place, recently closed, leaving residents to shop for a few basics at their local BiMart and Dari Mart stores or drive at least 10 miles to fill their pantries. “There are a variety of ways people can get all kinds of convenience foods, but if you want to get a banana or cucumber, you’ve got to leave town,� Mayor Dave Stram said. “It takes time, and it takes some gas money.�

Stram directs a small group of community members who meet weekly in hopes of bringing another grocer to the area soon. So far, no retailers are biting, although the group declined to specify which stores they’ve contacted.

Most major chains already have stores in Cottage Grove, Eugene or Springfield, and the Ray’s space, which is about 40,000 square feet, is more than four times as large as most small retailers want.

In the meantime, the community group is developing alternative ways for residents to access fresh produce and other food items in town, such as strengthening the town’s weekly farmers’ market and implementing a natural food cooperative.

The group may even arrange in the future for a van or bus to take residents to neighboring towns for their grocery needs because it could be at least a year before another grocer moves in, members of the group said.

The Brookings-based C&K Market Inc., which operated about 60 Ray’s Food Place, Shop Smart, C&K Market and LoBuck$

Deputy saves 2 from burning car PORTLAND (AP) — An off-duty Washington County sheriff’s deputy pulled two unconscious men from a car that caught fire after a crash near Gaston.

Sheriff’s Cpl. Cheryl Crecelius happened upon a crash scene Saturday night, The Oregonian reported Sunday. The sheriff’s office says in a report that a 1994 Jeep Cherokee driven by Mark Vanbleck was traveling at a high rate of speed and crashed.

It went through a stop sign, left the roadway, hit two drainage culverts and two trees before landing upright. The force of the crash was so great that the engine and transmission were separated from the vehicle, with the transmission coming to rest 46 feet away.

There were two others in the Jeep besides Vanbleck.

Christian Bandmann, 23, sitting in the back seat, escaped through the right rear door.

Crecelius saw that the two others were unconscious, but all other doors were jammed shut and the fire was beginning to move into the passenger area of the vehicle.

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She put him on the ground away from the vehicle, and went back for the driver. But Vanbleck’s legs were pinned between the dash and the seat, and flames were starting to come through the floorboard.

Crecelius got out of the vehicle to get help. An unidentified male in his 20s stopped and got into the burning Jeep with Crecelius.

Together, they were able to pull the driver out of vehicle before it was fully engulfed in flames.

The sheriff’s office says all three men were taken to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries. Crecelius received a minor injury to her hand and suffered minor smoke inhalation.

Deputies are searching for the unidentified man who helped Crecelius at the scene.

The sheriff’s office said Vanbleck, 23, has been charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants, reckless driving and assault.

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About 100 community members responded to the closure by banding together in a Grocery Forum, cosponsored by the city, the Creswell Library, the Creswell School District, the Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis, Siuslaw Bank, The Creswell Chronicle and Community Food for Creswell. “A lot of people stood up and said, ‘we’d love to have a grocery store come, but what can we do for ourselves?�’ said Creswell Library Director Su Liudahl, who leads a community involvement group called “Positively Creswell,� which meets monthly and has collaborated with the grocery steering group led by Stram, which meets weekly.

Liudahl, who lives in Eugene, said she’s aware that swinging by a grocery store on the way home from work is a luxury to many people in the Creswell community. “There’s always some little thing that you need at the last minute, and people in Creswell just don’t have access to that anymore,� she said.

She said her group hopes to grow the library-sponsored weekly farmers’ market, which meets behind the library from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. every Tuesday, May through October.

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Get financially confident starting now For a good deal of my life I lived under a dark cloud of fear that I would end up financially destitute — a bag l a d y .

EVERYDAY Studies CHEAPSKATE r e v e a l that I’m not the only one.

Most of us have felt that way, not because w e ’ r e broke, Mary b u t b e ca u se Hunt we lack confidence. That makes us timid, worried and financially insecure.

Look, we don’t have to accept financial insecurity as some kind of life sentence. And that constant and gnawing fear of becoming destitute? Forget it! We can do something about this.

Become a saver. Saving money is like magic because it changes your attitude and calms your fears. I saved my way out of a six-figure pile of debt. Knowing I had cash tucked away in a safe place quieted my insatiable desires. That is where I found my determination to stick with repaying the debt. You must start now, today — no matter your situation. Even if you are in debt and struggling to catch up, and even if you are already contributing to a 401(k) plan at work. This is different. You need money in the bank to boost your financial confidence.

Start with a dollar and stuff it in a coffee mug if that is all you can manage.

Then make it $5. Soon you will be saving $10, $20 even $50 a week, plus all the change from the sofa cushions and washing machine.

Make it automatic.

Setting up a plan where you have money automatically transferred to your savings will move your financial confidence to a new level.

Check out an online savings account at ING Bank (IngDirect.com) or fill out an automatic deposit authorization form at the bank or credit union where you have your household account. Here’s the principle: If you don’t see it, you don’t miss it.

Set a financial goal.

Decide on one specific financial goal you want to accomplish.

For any plan to succeed, it needs to be specific, reasonable and measurable.

Example: Let’s say you want to save $2,400 — about $50 a week. That may be reasonable provided you are super motivated to stretch and make adjustments in other areas. Measure your progress by checking your account balance regularly.

G e t a n g ry . Debt is the pits. It eliminates your options, keeps you awake at night — can make you lie to your creditors, even lie to your spouse. I know. I’ve been terribly, worse than horribly, in debt!

So what are you going to do about it? Whine?

Complain? Continue feeling sorry for yourself? I have a better idea. Get mad!

Decide once and for all that you will not sell your soul to a credit card — not one more day, not one more purchase. Get righteously indignant at the very idea of transferring your future wealth to a piece of plastic!

Decide right now that you will do whatever it takes to get out of debt.

Determine to adopt these four behaviors into your life right now. One step at a time you will make progress and gain confidence. Single steps, made consistently, become miles.

Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com.

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To find out more about Mary Hunt and read her past columns, please visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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Koreas trade fire; island residents in shelters North and South Korea fired hundreds of artillery shells into each other’s waters Monday in a flare-up of animosity that forced residents of five front-line South Korean islands to evacuate to shelters for several hours, South Korean officials said.

The exchange of fire into the Yellow Sea followed Pyongyang’s sudden announcement that it would conduct live-fire drills in seven areas north of the Koreas’ disputed maritime boundary. North Korea routinely test-fires artillery and missiles into the ocean but rarely discloses those plans in advance. The announcement was seen as an expression of Pyongyang’s frustration at making little progress in its recent push to win outside aid.

North Korea fired 500 rounds of artillery shells over more than three hours, about 100 of which fell south of the sea boundary, South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said. South Korea responded by firing 300 shells into North Korean waters, he said.

No shells from either side were fired at any land or military installations, but Kim called the North’s artillery firing a provocation aimed at testing Seoul’s security posture.

There was no immediate comment from North Korea.

In Washington, White House spokesman Jonathan

Mudslide death toll rises DARRINGTON, Wash. (AP) — The rains that have bedeviled rescuers working to find more victims in the debris field from the deadly Washington state mudslide are expected to ease this week, but searchers faced other challenges at the site like household chemicals and sewage.

The number of confirmed dead has increased from 18 to 21, Jason Biermann, program manager at the Snohomish County Department of Management, Emergency said Sunday evening.

Fifteen of the victims have been identified by the Snohomish County medical examiner, and six have yet to be identified, Biermann said.

Another four bodies were found Sunday, but they won’t be added to the official count until the medical examiner receives the bodies. Biermann said 30 people remain missing.

The March 22 landslide, one of the deadliest in U.S. history, struck a rural community about 55 miles northeast of Seattle.

Crews have completed a makeshift road that will link one side of the debris field to the other, significantly aiding the recovery operation. They have also been working to clear mud and debris from the highway, leaving piles of gooey muck, splintered wood and housing insulation on the sides of the road.

Searchers have had to contend with treacherous conditions, including septic tanks, gasoline and propane containers. When rescuers and dogs leave the site, they are hosed off by hazardous materials crews.

“We’re worried about dysentery, we’re worried about tetanus, we’re worried about contamination,” said Lt. Richard Burke of the Bellevue Fire Department, an on-site spokesman. “The last thing we want to do is take any of these contaminants out of here and take them into town.”

The slide dammed up the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River, causing water to pool up on the east side. The river cut a new channel through the mud, but the rain has raised the water level nearly a foot, said Kris Rietmann, a spokeswoman for the team working on the eastern portion of the slide.

In at least one place, the water level got so high that it covered areas that have already been searched, said Tim Pierce, leader of Washington Task Force 1, a search-and-rescue team.

was smashed by our military’s bolt of lightning a few years ago,” a North Korean military official, Yun Jong Bum, said Monday, according to the North’s official Korean Central News Agency.

Pyongyang also threatened Sunday to conduct a fourth nuclear test, though Seoul sees no signs it’s imminent. Wee Yong-sub, a deputy spokesman at the South Korean Defense Ministry, said the North Korean warning about the live-fire drills Monday was a “hostile” attempt to heighten tension on the Korean Peninsula.

Recent threats are an expression of anger and The Associated Press frustration over what the Anti-war protesters stage a rally during the U.S.-South Korea joint landing exercises called Ssangyong as part of the Foal Eagle military exercises North sees as little improvein Pohang, South Korea on Monday. South Korea returned fire into North Korean waters after shells from a North Korean live-fire drill fell south of ment in progress in its ties the rivals' disputed western sea boundary, a South Korean military official said. with South Korea and the U.S., said Lim Eul Chul, a Lalley called North Korea’s Residents on front-line warship sank in the area fol- disarmament steps to prove North Korea expert at South actions “dangerous and South Korean islands spent lowing a torpedo attack its sincerity about improving Korea’s Kyungnam provocative” and said they several hours in shelters dur- blamed on Pyongyang that left ties.

University. Lim said the would further aggravate ten- ing the firing, and officials 46 sailors dead. North Korea Recent weeks have seen sions in the region. temporarily halted ferry denies responsibility for the an increase in threatening North might conduct a Monday’s exchange was service linking the islands to sinking. In November 2010, a rhetoric and a series of North fourth nuclear test and relatively mild in the history the Kang North Korean artillery bom- Korean rocket and ballistic launch other provocations to mainland. of animosity and violence Myeong-sung, speaking bardment killed four South missile launches considered try to wrest the outside conbetween the Koreas, but from a shelter on Koreans on Yeonpyeong. acts of protest by Pyongyang cessions it wants. there is worry in Seoul that Yeonpyeong island, which is The North has gradually against annual ongoing The Korean Peninsula an increasingly dissatisfied in sight of North Korean ter- dialed down its threats since springtime military exercis- remains in a technical state North Korea could repeat the ritory, said he didn’t hear any last year’s tirade and has es by Seoul and Washington. of war because the 1950-53 near-daily barrage of war fighter jets but heard the sought improved ties with The North calls the South Korean War ended with an rhetoric it carried out last boom of artillery fire.

South Korea in what foreign Korea-U.S. drills a rehearsal armistice, not a peace treaty. spring, when tensions soared The poorly marked western analysts say is an attempt to for invasion; the allies say as Pyongyang threatened sea boundary has been the lure investment and aid. they’re routine and defen- About 28,500 American troops are deployed in South nuclear strikes on scene of several bloody naval There has been no major sive.

Washington and Seoul in skirmishes between the breakthrough, however, with “The boneheads appear to Korea to deter potential response to condemnation Koreas in recent years. In Washington and Seoul call- have completely forgotten the aggression from North of its third nuclear test.

March 2010, a South Korean ing on the North to first take fact that Yeonpyeong island Korea.

UN report dials up humanity’s global warming risk YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — If the world doesn’t cut pollution of heat-trapping gases, the already noticeable harms of global warming could spiral “out of control,” the head of a United Nations scientific panel warned Monday.

And he’s not alone. The Obama White House says it is taking this new report as a call for action, with Secretary of State John Kerry saying “the costs of inaction are catastrophic.”

Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that issued The Associated Press the 32-volume, 2,610-page Memorials for Martin Richard, Lingzi Lu, and Krystle Campbell, killed in the bombings near the finish line of report here early Monday, the Boston Marathon, stand among other artifacts at a makeshift memorial in Copley Square in Boston. told The Associated Press: “It Thousands of items from the original memorial are going on display at the Boston Public Library in April 2014 is a call for action.” Without to mark the anniversary of the attacks. reductions in emissions, he said, impacts from warming “could get out of control.”

Boston bombing exhibit includes shoes, bibs BOSTON (AP) — After the twin bombings at the Boston Marathon last April, mourners began leaving thousands of items at a makeshift memorial near the finish line to honor the victims of the attacks.

Some left teddy bears, signs and marathon bibs while others draped running sneakers to commemorate the three people killed and more than 260 injured during the April 15 attacks. A cross was set up for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer fatally shot three days later amid a search for the bombing suspects.

To mark the anniversary of the bombings, the material will be curated into an exhibit called “Dear Boston: Messages from the Marathon Memorial.” It will be hosted by the Boston Public Library from April 7 to May 11.

Among the numerous heartfelt messages left at Copley Square was one from a Sandy Hook mother that reads, “We understand.

Sending love and support.”

Other notes urged resilience: “Don’t let this stop you. Stay Boston Strong” and “We will run again.”

One colorful sign had more than 10 towns in Massachusetts forming the shape of a heart, saying “Stands with Boston!!!” underneath. And multiple messages of “I love my city” and “Boston Strong” memorabilia were scattered throughout the square.

Messages were sent from across the world, including Israel, South Korea, Turkey and Venezuela.

But the long-term home for these artifacts is still in flux. Until then, any paper tributes will be held in the Boston archives and the other artifacts will be kept in storage.

An online catalog called “Our Marathon” is hosted by Northeastern University and features 18,000 cards addressed to the mayor’s office. Photos of other objects that can’t be scanned will also be included. The city has also lent out a few of the items for exhibits at the Cambridge Public Library, Northeastern University and the mayor’s office.

John McColgan of the City of Boston Archives said collecting and preserving the material was a collaborative effort. Various companies helped by fumigating, gathering and storing the material at no charge, he said.

One volunteer, Kevin Brown, trekked almost two hours from his home in Brockton to the memorial site for a month to help maintain the grounds and protect the memorabilia by sweeping and putting up tarps when it rained.

“Boston needed a place to heal and someone had to do it,” said the 59-year-old Brown, who stayed at the memorial from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. “It just became a piece of me, and I loved to do

it.”

Brown, a self-employed carpenter, constructed the cross for the fallen MIT police officer.

“I did all this for the people of Boston,” he said. “I just love this city.”

Rainey Tisdale, an independent curator from Boston, has been in charge of assembling this year’s exhibit and selecting which items to choose. She said the experience has been emotional.

“Seeing these objects is a pretty intense experience,” Tisdale said. “People poured their hearts out into them.”

Her work isn’t done yet, but she expects the finished exhibit to feature hundreds of items, including 150 pairs of running shoes.

The centerpiece of the memorial will be four white crosses commemorating those killed: 8-year-old Martin Richard; 23-year-old Lu Lingzi, a Boston University graduate student from China; 29-year-old Krystle Campbell, of Arlington; and 26-year-old MIT officer Sean Collier.

“Working with this collection has taught me that while there’s a lot of pain and sadness in this world, there’s also a lot of love and hope,” Tisdale said. “I’m working hard to focus on the love and hope, and come April I hope my fellow Bostonians will do the same.”

Japan’s whaling not for scientific purposes THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The of Court International Justice says that Japan’s Antarctic whaling program is not for scientific purposes and has ordered a temporary stay on the program.

Australia had sued Japan at the U.N. dispute-resolution court for resolving in hopes of ending whaling in the icy Southern Ocean.

Reading a judgment by the court’s 16-judge panel, Presiding Judge Peter Tomka of Slovakia said Japan has not justified the large number of minke whales it takes under its program, while failing to meet much smaller targets for fin and humpback whales.

The court ordered a halt to the issuing of whaling permits until the program has been revamped.

GM failed to fix defect that led to recall DETROIT (AP) — General Motors discussed two separate fixes for an ignition switch defect in 2005 but canceled both of them without taking action, according to a memo released Sunday by the House subcommittee investigating GM’s handling of the defect and a subsequent recall.

GM last month recalled 2.6 million small cars because their ignition switches can move from the “run” to the “accessory” or “off” position, which causes the car to stall and disables the air bags and power steering. GM says the recall is linked to 13 deaths. The recall includes the Chevrolet Cobalt, Chevrolet HHR, Pontiac G5, Pontiac Solstice, Saturn Ion and Saturn Sky

NEWS D I G E S T from the 2003-2011 model years.

Congress is investigating why GM didn’t recall the cars sooner, because it first found problems with the ignition switches in 2001. It’s also questioning federal regulators from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, who didn’t investigate the cars despite evidence of a problem.

Kerry to Mideast in peace talks PARIS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry headed back to the Middle East on Monday for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders as peace talks have reached a critical make-orbreak point.

The State Department said Kerry was flying from Paris to Tel Aviv for meetings that may be held in Jerusalem and Ramallah.

Kerry spoke Monday with leaders from both sides as well as with the White House before deciding to go.

American mediators have been holding urgent talks with the two sides in hopes of salvaging the troubled negotiations and getting them to extend the talks beyond a current late-April deadline. With the parties unable to agree on the terms of a promised Israeli prisoner release, the negotiations risk collapse in the coming weeks.

Protest turns to ’mayhem’ in N.M. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque’s mayor said that a more than 10hour protest over recent police shootings turned from peaceful into “mayhem,” as officers in riot gear clashed with hundreds of protesters who blocked traffic, tried to get on freeways and shouted anti-police slogans.

Mayor Richard Berry said Sunday that one officer was injured, rocks were thrown and at one point protesters trapped police in a vehicle and tried to break the windows, the Albuquerque Journal reported.

An Associated Press reporter saw gas canisters being thrown outside police headquarters and Albuquerque police and Bernalillo County sheriff’s deputies charging at the protesters late Sunday, which mostly dispersed the crowds.

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Fewer homes in flood plains Continued from Page A1 Why is all of this taking place now? The National Flood Insurance Program is more than $20 billion in debt.

The plan is to reduce that amount by abandoning some of the lower cost policies that have been available for decades.

Two years ago, Congress passed the Biggert-Waters Act in to law. It requires policyholders to start paying rates that reflect the true flood risk at their homes and businesses.

One reason the maps are being updated is due to better available technology. But, if that means this really was a coincidence it couldn’t come at a better time. These maps are not adjusted on a regular basis.

Erler says the last updates were executed in September 2009, but prior to that they hadn’t been tinkered with since August 1984.

Fortunately, for the majority of people affected in the Bay Area, the new maps have generally been helpful.

In Coos Bay, which has 1,181 properties in the special flood hazard area, in the city limits, 131 were recently removed. Only 58 pieces of property were added.

The numbers were even better in North Bend, according to City Administrator Terence O’Connor. About 60 were moved out, none were added.

“It was a good thing for us.

Better mapping leads to better information and that leads to reduced rates for some,” he said. “At least they will have a choice.”

DISTRICTS Continued from Page A1 Republicans in redistricting, said former state Rep. Shawn Lindsay, a lead Republican negotiator when the maps were approved in 2011.

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Oregon’s most lopsided congressional district is the 3rd, a Portland-centric disrepresented by trict Democrat Earl Blumenauer.

Obama won the district 72 percent to 25 percent.

In the only Republican district, Romney beat Obama 57-40.

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er earned $6,448. But that dipped below that year’s $6,565 poverty level for the same-sized family, and it’s stayed beneath the threshold since.

The current $7.25 minimum leaves that worker earning $15,080, well below the 2013 poverty level of $18,552 for a family of three.

By reaching $10.10 in 2016, minimum-wage workers would earn $21,008 — surpassing the nonpartisan Budget Congressional Office’s poverty level projection for that year by around $2,300.

Q: What do Republicans say?

A: Many don’t offer an alternative figure and say their counterproposal remains a work in progress.

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., a leading GOP opponent of Harkin’s bill, says an increase to $10.10 is unfair to lowwage workers because it would cost too many of them their jobs — around 500,000, according to a Congressional Budget Office report in February. That same report said 16.5 million low-paid workers would see higher earnings, and about 900,000 people would be lifted over the poverty threshold.

Thune says that while the federal minimum wage isn’t going away, regional economies and hiring markets vary so much that states should be allowed to set their own minimum wage levels.

All but five states already have minimums, but currently the law requires that

the federal level prevail if it is higher than a state’s.

Republicans and conservatives also say the focus should be on creating a stronger economy with more jobs and better educated workers who can demand higher wages and not have to rely on a federal minimum.

Q: Historically, has the minimum wage had the same buying power for workers?

A: No. Since it stays stagnant unless Congress votes to change it, its buying power has fluctuated widely and today is well below its peak.

The federal minimum wage first took effect in 1938 and was 25 cents. That was worth about $4.06 in today’s dollars, its lowest value, according to the nonpartisan Research Congressional Service, which analyzes issues for lawmakers.

The minimum wage crested in value in 1968, when it was $1.60 but had $10.69 in buying power in today’s dollars. That was well above today’s $7.25.

The peaks and valleys of the minimum wage tend to reflect the political party in power. It didn’t change during the 1980s under Republican President Ronald Reagan. The last increase was enacted under President George W. Bush in 2007 after Democrats took control of Congress.

Q: How has the minimum wage compared with workers’ average earnings over the years?

A: By that measure, too, the minimum wage has taken some hits in recent years. It’s another comparison that supporters cite to argue that it’s time to boost the federal minimum. the to According Research Congressional Service, minimum-wage earners fared best in 1968

gressional district maps lies with the state Legislature. If lawmakers can’t come up with a plan — as has happened consistently for decades — the secretary of state draws new legislative maps and a federal judge becomes responsible for the congressional district boundaries. attributed Lawmakers their success this time

around to the tie in the House, which meant neither party could advance a map that angered the other.

There was some grumbling after the maps were announced, primarily from lawmakers disappointed in the negotiated legislative maps, but both passed the Legislature with overwhelming support in both the House and Senate.

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it’s a wonderful pickup opportunity,” Lindsay said.

“It’s the best pickup opportunity we have in Oregon.”

The 1st District, now represented by Democrat Suzanne Bonamici, also got slightly less Democratic, but Democrats still outnumber Republicans by 10 percentage points. Obama did even better in the district, trouncing Romney 57 per-

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also currently the state director for the local board of Realtors. He says that for property owners in the flood plain it does make things more difficult.

“It is a concern as far as resale value,” he says. “I believe it will continue to be more difficult in years to come will financing because become more stringent. If you are in a flood plain and you’re thinking about selling in the next few years, maybe it’s a good time to sell, but I think the negative connotation is already there. This is just going to make it that much more of a difficult sell.”

While the mapping may be over in the Bay Area, the battle over rates appears likely to continue, politically, on the national and state levels.

There is also still a way, Erler says, for property owners to get their plot removed from the new map if they feel they were incorrectly included.

“The new technology, not that it’s perfect by any means, better mapped the wetlands,” she said. “But because they know it’s not perfect they have the processes that a person can go through if they know their property is not in the flood plain.”

But, she says, at this point, most people will already know whether or not their property has been moved in or out of the new flood plain boundary. However, it never hurts to check. “(Especially,) anytime someone gets a new mortgage that may kick in the flood plain requirements,” she said. “But from the calls I’ve been getting, insurance agents have already been contacting their policy holders if they weren’t (in the plain) before but they are now.”

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Choice and cost are really the primary benefits in this process.

“Obviously, no one wants to pay flood insurance, so it would probably be beneficial to not be on the list so that you are not required to carry flood insurance,” Erler says. “But even if you are abutting a flood zone, you have the option to carry it if you want. Your premiums would (also) be a lot less. It’s the premiums when you are in the flood plain that are not cheap.”

One Coos Bay resident knew she would be in the redrawn flood plain, but she doesn’t expect to see her rates change significantly. That’s because she already had to rely on FEMA, and her flood insurance, after losing her home in the Englewood District of Coos Bay back in 2005.

Joan Morrison says her home went through days of heavy flooding after a dike broke in the Libby Drainage.

Even with the rising rates, she says, the benefits outweigh the cost.

“I spent two and a half years in my brother’s 19-foot travel trailer at the RV Park while we went through the process of emergency management, city, county, state, FEMA, whoever else, my insurance companies, 14 contractors and subcontractors to rebuild the house so I could live in it,” she said. “I would be without the home now without the insurance. I think it is just horribly important.”

If you are planning to stay in your house, as Morrison is, that may be all too true.

However, if you are not thinking about a long-term investment the new mapping and the new rates can make things a bit more dicey.

Randy Hoffine is the principal broker for Pacific Properties in Coos Bay, and is

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compared with their coworkers in private industry.

That year, the federal minimum of $1.60 was 54 percent of average private sector earnings of $2.95.

It’s eroded since then. The current $7.25 federal minimum was just 36 percent of the $20.31 average in the private sector in November.

Q: Do conservatives concede that point?

A: No. They argue that if the real goal is improving the plight of low-income workers, it would be more efficient to increase the earned income tax credit. That program — started under GOP President Gerald Ford and expanded by Reagan — provides tax breaks to lower-earning families, including government cash payments if their credit exceeds taxes owed.

Conservatives say the credit is more effective because it wouldn’t cost jobs and virtually all the money would go to poorer people.

Because some minimumwage workers are members of higher-earning families, about 30 percent of the higher earnings from an increased minimum wage would go to families making over triple the poverty level, the Congressional Budget Office estimates.

One problem: While a minimum-wage increase would be paid by employers, enlarging the earned income tax credit, a $60 billion program, would cost federal taxpayers.

That’s an additional drain on the Treasury that some Republicans oppose.

FOUNDATION Continued from Page A1 inducting Bill Lansing, Joanne Verger and John Whitty as the initial foundation directors; ratifying the foundation’s updated bylaws; and appointing a citizen to serve alongside the three initial directors.

The county commissioners will meet at 8:30 a.m.

Tuesday. The Coos Bay councilors will meet at 7 p.m.

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Kurt Busch drives through turn four as Marcos Ambrose (9) follows during the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday. Busch won the race.

Busch ends drought at Martinsville MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Kurt Busch’s Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, in some ways, was like his career wrapped into one afternoon.

It started with a pit road confrontation with Brad Keselowski, one that had Busch threatening over his radio to rearrange Keselowski’s face when the race was finished, and ended with Busch ending an 83-race victory drought.

The victory was his first for Stewart-Haas Racing, in just their sixth race together, suggesting that it could prove a very productive partnership, and one that a reflective Busch said he has learned to approach with a more mature attitude.

“I ran a lot of my early part of my career as an individual and I didn’t respect my team, my team owners,” Busch said, adding that having Tony Stewart as a team owner has helped him learn the value of better team communication.

Celebrating in Victory Lane also was emotional, too, because he got to do it for the first time with girlfriend Patricia’s son, Houston.

“It was pretty emotional. To see him starry

eyed and not knowing what he needed to do and I was directing him where he needed to stand and where he could see it all better and put him up on stage,”’ Busch said, his voice cracking. “And to have him break down in tears, it got me crossed up because I’ve been trying to deliver for him ... It kind of took it to a new level.”

Busch did it by passing Martinsville master Jimmie Johnson for the lead with 10 laps to go and holding off the eight-time winner to win at the track for the first time since October 2002.

It was his 25th career Cup-level victory, and that it came in the most unlikely of places suggested to Busch that he’s finally in the right place, team-wise and personally.

“You’ve got to put life in perspective, and you have to learn from your mistakes and you can’t just sit there and try to muscle your way individually through certain situations,” he said. “And so you rely on your experience level, you rely on your team, and this is a great day for me to be able to lift the trophy in Victory Lane for Stewart-Haas Racing.”

Johnson, with eight wins in 25 career starts on the 0.526-mile oval, led 11 times for 296 laps. He seemed on his way to another victory when he took the lead from Busch with 17 laps remaining. But Busch stayed close, ducked underneath Johnson seven laps later and Johnson had nothing left to make a run at the lead, making for a polite-looking finish.

“That’s all I had,” Johnson said. “Man, I ran the rear tires off the car. I flipped every switch and knob I could in there to get front brake and turns fans off and try to help bring my balance back.”

Just ahead, Busch wasn’t sure he could hang on. He hadn’t finished in the top 10 in his last 16 starts here.

“I didn’t know if we’d be able to do it, you know? The 48 car is king here, him or the 24,” he said in Victory Lane, referring to Johnson and his Hendrick Motorsports teammate, Jeff Gordon, who also has eight Martinsville victories.

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Kentucky nabs spot in Final Four INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The team pegged for 40-0 now has 30-10 in its sights.

Anybody at Kentucky disappointed?

The Wildcats and all those freshmen are headed to the Final Four — a trip to Big D courtesy of a big shot by Aaron Harrison that kept a late-season streak going only weeks after so much had seemed lost.

Harrison made a 3-pointInside er with 2.3 secUConn, Florida onds left and Wisconsin Sunday to lift round out the eighth-seeded Final Four.

Kentucky to a Page B4 75-72 win over Michigan and the send Wildcats to the program’s 16th Final Four.

“It’s a process,” coach John Calipari said. “Every year, it’s a process. Some guys get it quicker than others. It took these guys a little longer, and it took me a little longer to figure them out.”

But they figured it out just in time. Not in time to make good on the “40-0” boast that was printed on some T-shirts before the season began, but in plenty of time to make this a season to remember.

Harrison scored all 12 of his points on 3s over the last 8:05 and was Calipari’s obvious choice to take the game-decider after Michigan had tied it at 72 with 31 seconds left.

He took a handoff from his twin brother, Andrew, dribbled three times to the top left of the

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Kentucky players celebrate after beating Michigan 75-72 on Sunday to earn a spot in the NCAA Tournament’s Final Four. arc and launched a shot over Michigan’s Caris LeVert.

Harrison backpedaled slowly, almost expressionless, after ball hit twine. Teammates Dakari Johnson and Julius Randle chased him down.

“I was so excited, I kind of blacked out,” Johnson said. “I didn’t know what to think.”

Michigan’s Nik Stauskas missed a desperation heave at the buzzer, and then, it was Harrison’s turn on the bottom of a dog pile.

Make that a puppy pile. Eighthseeded Kentucky is the first allfreshman starting lineup to make the Final Four since the Fab Five at Michigan in 1992.

The Wildcats (28-10) will play

Wisconsin next Saturday outside of Dallas at AT&T Stadium. Two more wins and they’ll have the school’s ninth national title.

The second-seeded Wolverines (28-9) ended their season one win shy of a second straight Final Four.

“You’re going to make them score over you,” Michigan coach John Beilein said. “I thought (LeVert) got his hand up. They did a good job on it. But he made a shot from deep.”

What a ride this has been for this group of Wildcats, an all-new collection of McDonald’s AllAmericans who were touted as the team that could be perfect, then dismissed out of hand when the

bad losses and bad basketball piled up in January and February.

Calipari got things turned around by March, and for the second straight game in the Midwest Regional, Harrison made the shot that gave the Wildcats the lead for good. On Friday, he made the key 3 in Kentucky’s 74-69 win over Louisville. Kentucky is the first team to knock the defending champion and runner-up out of the same tournament.

“I’ve been around guys who make these kind of plays,” Calipari said. “I’ve always said, ‘You cannot be afraid to miss.’ He’s not afraid to miss. That’s the whole thing about making those kind of plays. And if he does miss, he’s going to shoot it again.”

It wasn’t all Harrison, of course.

While he was being shut down early, it was Marcus Lee — surprisingly — keeping the Wildcats in the game.

Lee, another of the McDonald’s All-American freshmen on Calipari’s roster, had scored a total of nine points since the beginning of January, relegated to the bench after an early season illness.

In this one, he got minutes that would have normally gone to the injured Willie Cauley-Stein, and finished with 10 points and eight rebounds. Eight of those points came on put-back dunks that were part of Kentucky’s 18 offensive rebounds.

Randle was a more predictable source for the Wildcats. He finished with 16 points and 11 rebounds.

Reedsport splits twin bill at Oregon stadium THE WORLD Reedsport’s baseball team split a pair of one-run games with the combined Pilot Rock-Nixyaawii baseball team Saturday at PK Park in Eugene.

The Braves won the first game 5-4 and lost the nightcap 3-2 in the University of Oregon’s stadium.

Reedsport almost came up

with a sweep, but Pilot Rock rallied with two runs in the bottom of the seventh, scoring the tying run on a steal of home and the winning run on a single.

Reedsport had a strong offensive game in the opener. Haden Sams went 3-for-4 with two runs and Marquese Williams was 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI. Williams and Sams each hit a triple and Wade Doane had a

single and double and drove in two runs.

The Braves got all their runs in the first two innings and then held on.

Williams pitched a complete game with six strikeouts. Pilot Rock pitcher Jacob Pierce had three hits, including a double.

In the nightcap, Griffin Kaufmann pitched a complete game for the Braves.

The Braves were undone by the inability to get a clutch hit.

Reedsport left the bases loaded in the seventh inning and left runners on second and third in the sixth.

Joe Hixenbaugh had two hits for Reedsport and Williams hit a double.

The Braves are 3-2 heading into their league opener Tuesday at North Douglas.

PORTLAND (AP) — A healthy LaMarcus Aldridge makes a world of difference for the Portland Trail Blazers.

Aldridge scored 28 points in his third game back from injury and the Trail Blazers extended their winning streak to three games with a 105-98 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday night.

“Whether he’s scoring or not, just getting him touches has a big effect on the game, has a big effect on how the defense reads our offense,” Blazers center Robin Lopez said of Aldridge.

Reserve Mo Williams added 17 points and Wesley Mathews had 15 for the Blazers, who avoided a three-game sweep in the season series.

“LA coming back has brought us back to what we do and how we do it,” Williams said. “With LA, we know what we need to do and where we need to go, where we get our shots, and when to be aggressive.”

Portland opened a two-game lead over Golden State for the fifth place in the Western Conference playoff race and pulled within 2 1/2 games of No. 4 Houston with seven games remaining.

Zach Randolph scored 21 points and Marc Gasol had 20 for the Grizzlies, who lost back-to-back games for the first time since Feb. 3-5 and dropped a half-game behind idle Dallas for the West’s eighth and final playoff berth.

The Blazers shot 52.0 percent (39 of 75) and had five players score in double figures.

Aldridge, who missed seven games with a back contusion, was the catalyst on offense, making 10 of 20 shots from the field and going 8 for 8 at the free-throw line.

The Grizzlies were determined to play Aldridge straight up defensively and not double, as they had in their two wins over Portland.

Memphis looked mostly to Randolph, their 6-foot-9, 260pound power forward, to go toeto-toe with the Blazers’ All-Star.

“LaMarcus is their horse,” Randolph said. “He’s what makes them go, so anytime you’ve got your best player out there, it makes a difference.”

Portland dominated the second quarter, making 10 of 16 shots (62.5 percent) and getting eight points from both Aldridge and Williams to extend a two-point lead at the end of the first quarter to a 57-45 halftime advantage.

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San Diego rallies past Dodgers SAN DIEGO (AP) — The moderate-payroll San Diego Padres pulled one over on the big-spending Los Angeles Dodgers.

Seth Smith hit a towering drive for a tying homer leading off the eighth inning and Chris Denorfia singled home two runs to give the Padres a 3-1 victory against the rival Dodgers in baseball’s North American opener Sunday night.

The Dodgers set a record with an opening-day payroll of $234 million. The Padres are 23rd at just under $90 million.

Padres closer Huston Street, who pitched a perfect ninth for the save, said he has no problem with the discrepancy.

“They’ve got a lot of talent and their talent has earned those salaries,” Street said. “They’re not just given. At the same time, a lot of guys in this locker room are young guys. They haven’t hit that free agency mark. They haven’t hit those big salary years. We could be sitting on a higher payroll team.

You don’t worry about it too much just because baseball is such a game of execution.”

The Padres out-executed the Dodgers.

Smith’s first hit with the Padres came on a 2-0 pitch from Brian Wilson, who started the eighth after Hyun-Jin Ryu threw seven scoreless innings. It sailed an estimated 360 feet into the right-field seats. It was his seventh career pinch-hit homer. He was acquired in an offseason trade with Oakland for reliever Luke Gregerson.

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Nets close in on playoff spot

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Paul Pierce scored 22 points after another sensational start, and the Brooklyn Nets moved to the brink of a playoff spot by beating the Minnesota Timberwolves 114-99 on Sunday for their franchise record-tying 13th straight home victory.

Pierce scored 16 in the first quarter, two nights after putting up 17 in the period, and didn’t miss a shot in either. Joe Johnson added 19 points for the Nets.

Brooklyn equaled the longest home winning streak in the NBA this season and the best in the history of the franchise.

Corey Brewer and Kevin Martin each scored 21 for the Timberwolves, who had won two in row and were coming off the highest-scoring game in the NBA this season, when they scored a franchiserecord 143 points in a rout of the Lakers on Friday.

Cavaliers 90, Pacers 76: Dion Waiters scored 19 points, Luol Deng added 15 and Cleveland kept its playoff push going with a 90-76 win over the Indiana Pacers, who are losing their grip on the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference.

Tristan Thompson had 16 rebounds as the Cavs snapped a nine-game losing streak against Indiana.

The Pacers lost their fifth straight road game and now lead Miami by one game for the East’s top record and home-court advantage.

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Paul George scored 15 and David West 14 for Indiana, which fell behind by 21 in the fourth quarter.

Thunder 116, Jazz 96: Kevin Durant had 31 points and nine assists to help the Oklahoma City Thunder defeat the Utah Jazz.

Durant scored at least 25 points for the 38th consecutive game, the longest streak since Michael Jordan did it in 40 straight games for the Chicago Bulls during the 1986-87 season.

Enes Kanter had 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Jazz, who have lost four in a row.

Raptors 98, Magic 93: DeMar DeRozan had 28 points, Jonas Valanciunas added 20 points and nine rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors escaped with a victory over the Orlando Magic.

Trailing 96-93 with 8.9 seconds to play, the Magic had the ball and an opportunity to tie the game. But coming out of a timeout they failed to inbound the ball, turning it over on a 5-second violation.

DeRozan was fouled and hit a pair of free throws to provide the final margin.

Nik Vucevic led the Magic with 22 points and 10 rebounds.

Bulls 107, Celtics 102: D.J. Augustin scored 15 of his career-high 33 points in the fourth quarter and the Chicago Bulls held off the slumping Boston Celtics.

Rajon Rondo had 17 points and 11 assists for Boston, which has lost four straight and nine of 10.

Knicks 89, Warriors 84: J.R. Smith scored 21 points, Carmelo Anthony added 19 points and nine rebounds and the New York

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Brooklyn’s Mirza Teletovic attempts to go up with the ball as Minnesota’s Dante Cunningham, left, and Nicola Pekovic defend during the second quarter Sunday.

Knicks moved within one game of the final playoff spot by beating the undermanned Golden State Warriors.

Stephen Curry scored 32 points for the Warriors, including a tying 3-pointer with 2:42 remaining. But he missed from long range in the final minute and also had a pass stolen by Raymond Felton on Golden State’s final possession.

Lakers 115, Suns 99: Chris Kaman had 28 points along with 17 rebounds while starting at center for the ver-

tigo-stricken Pau Gasol, Jodie Meeks scored 22 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers snapped the Phoenix’ Suns’ six-game winning streak.

The undermanned Lakers shot 53 percent from the field, avoiding what would have been Phoenix’s first season sweep over them since 2004-05.

The 25-48 Lakers beat a team with a winning record for only the eighth time all season.

Gerald Green scored 22 points for the Suns.

76ers avoid solo spot on NBA futility list

ing streak, which was one shy of another NBA record.

Beaten badly a number of times during their skid, the 76ers got to experience life on the other side, ringing up a season-high 70 points in the first half.

Their 26 straight losses equaled the 2010-11 Cleveland Cavaliers and also the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who dropped 26 straight from Sept. 12, 1976Dec. 4, 1977.

“We were just happy to get a win,” Young said. “I don’t think it was for the streak or anything like that, we just wanted to go out there and win a basketball game and continue to just

play.”

Henry Sims added 16 points for the Sixers, who hadn’t won before their home crowd since beating Charlotte on Jan. 15. Fans in the crowd of 17,438 were into it from the start and grew louder throughout, standing and cheering in the final seconds of the third and then getting up again to deliver a standing ovation for the final 45 seconds of the game.

Greg Monroe had 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Pistons, who lost for the 11th time in 13 games. Blown out a night earlier by Miami, they made the 76ers look as good as the Heat with a sloppy effort that included 18

turnovers, many after starting point guard Brandon Jennings was ejected in the first quarter.

“They came out and competed tonight. They wanted it more than we did,” Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey said.

The Sixers were expected to be among the NBA’s worst teams, though they briefly fooled everyone when they opened the season by beating Miami and Chicago during a 3-0 start. But they look nothing like that team now, having traded three of their top players before February’s trade deadline and replacing them with what coach Brett Brown said is the youngest team in league history, one that has been unprepared or perhaps just unqualified to win NBA games.

There is young talent on the roster, with CarterWilliams the possible Rookie of the Year and Nerlens Noel, still out recovering from a torn ACL, also a lottery pick in last year’s draft. Brown doesn’t question the Sixers’ plans or his decision to leave San Antonio to come coach here, insisting the team was headed in the right direction and that all this losing “will be a distant memory in September.”

his own miss to score and give the Blazers a 25-23 lead.

The Grizzlies, making their third stop on a fivegame swing, made 3 of 14 shots in the first six minutes of the second quarter and were outscored 16-6 as the Blazers extended the lead to 41-29 on two free throws by Aldridge with 5:59 left in the half.

“We matched Memphis’ physicality,” Blazers coach Terry Stotts said. “Our

shooting lineup gave us some separation in the first half.

We got a lot of good effort off the bench, too.”

Damian Lillard, held scoreless on 0-for-3 shooting in the first half, hit his first four shots of the second half, including a 3-pointer that pushed Portland’s lead to 78-60.

Trailing 91-70 early in the fourth, the Grizzlies mounted one final push and cut the Blazers’ lead to 103-96 on

James Johnson’s 3-pointer from the left corner with 1:12 to play.

Gasol’s basket pulled Memphis within 103-98 before Lillard made two free throws with 6 seconds left to close out the scoring.

“Portland came out more aggressive and played with more energy,” Grizzlies coach David Joerger said. “They have a ton of playmakers and they made us chase them all around the floor.”

of great players, Brian Wilson, a guy who knows how to get it done in those situations, it’s not easy to do what our hitters did,” Street said. “To come back and get three right there in that situation, especially after leaving guys on base early, that’s what this team is going to have to do to win. We’re going to have to battle all year long.”

Dale Thayer (1-0) pitched a perfect eighth for the win.

Smith was acquired to provide a left-handed bat off

the bench. He went deep on a cutter.

“You get in the box and it’s an at-bat,” he said. “As a professional ballplayer, you hope that you can kind of flush the fact that it’s your first at-bat with your team or it’s in a big spot or whatever, and just do what you’ve been practicing for the last six weeks.”

Wilson said it was tough to deal with because Ryu “pitched such a marvelous game. It’s a hard one to swallow.”

He said he threw a pitch

“that was a little bit uncharacteristic of me. Right then and there, the tire deflated.”

The defending NL West champion Dodgers had started the regular season with a two-game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks in Sydney.

Ryu got the start after reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw was scratched due to a swollen back muscle and then placed on the 15-day disabled list for the first time in his sevenyear career.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Desperate to see a victory again, Philadelphia fans wouldn’t even wait for the end, standing to cheer as time was running out in the third quarter.

By then it was clear: The 76ers were going to win for the first time in two months, and they were going to do it with ease.

The 76ers snapped their NBA record-tying, 26-game losing streak, routing the Detroit Pistons 123-98 on Saturday night to avoid establishing the longest skid in U.S. major pro sports history.

“It’s not something I want to be a part of,” 76ers guard Michael Carter-Williams said, “so it’s great that we got this win.”

Carter-Williams and Thaddeus Young each scored 21 points for the 76ers, who won for the first time since beating Boston exactly two months ago and did it impressively, leading by as much as 32 points. They also ended an 18-game home los-

BLAZERS From Page B1 “We knew exactly what they were going to run,” Grizzlies guard Tony Allen said. “It was a great game plan defensively, and they executed.”

Mathews and Aldridge combined for 13 points during a first quarter that had eight lead changes and six ties before Will Barton followed

BASEBALL From Page B1 Wilson (0-1) walked Yasmani pinch-hitter Grandal, who advanced when the veteran reliever couldn’t handle Everth Cabrera’s bunt for an error. Grandal stole third and Cabrera took second on indifference before Denorfia hit a bouncer up the middle to bring them both in.

“They’re all just one game, but when you’re facing a team like the Dodgers, full

LAS VEGAS — Alexis DeJoria won in Funny Car and Erica Enders-Stevens topped the Pro Stock field Sunday in the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals for the second female double in NHRA history.

Enders-Stevens and Courtney Force also accomplished the feat in the 2012 N o r t h we s t Nationals.

Tony Schumacher won in Top Fuel for his divisionrecord 73rd victory and eighth at Las Vegas.

DeJoria, also the winner this year in Chandler, Ariz., beat Robert Hight with a 4.026-second pass at 309.98 mph in her Toyota Camry.

She also topped Hight in the final in Arizona.

Enders-Stevens, the K&N Horsepower Challenge bonus event winner Saturday, beat Jason Line in the final for her seventh career victory, finishing in 6.612 second at 208.78 mph in her Chevy Camaro. She became the first female driver to lead the Pro Stock points standings.

The Associated Press

Philadelphia players celebrate late in their win over Detroit on Saturday.

It was the highest closing score by a winner since Vijay Singh finished with a 4-over 76 in the 2004 PGA Championship, and the highest in a non-major since Fred Couples had a 5-over 77 in the 1983 Kemper Open.

Will MacKenzie and Daniel Summerhays tied for second. MacKenzie shot 70, and Summerhays had a 71.

Nordqvist earns second win of LPGA season CARLSBAD, Calif. — Anna Nordqvist rallied to win the Kia Classic at Aviara for her second victory in her last four LPGA Tour starts.

Two strokes behind leaders Cristie Kerr and Lizette Salas entering the round, Nordqvist closed with her second straight 5-under 67 for a one-stroke victory over Salas.

Nordqvist won the LPGA Thailand last month to end a five-year victory drought, holding off top-ranked Inbee Park. The 26-year-old Swede also won the LPGA Championship and LPGA Tour Championship in 2009.

Lexi Thompson was third at 11 under.

The Kraft Nabisco Championship, the first major tournament of the year, is next week in Rancho Mirage.

Crafton takes lead late to win Truck Series race

TENNIS Djokovic beats Nadal in MARTINSVILLE, Va. — straight sets for title

Matt Crafton grabbed the lead for the first time late and held on to win the raindelayed Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday, his fourth career victory and first on the halfmile paper clip.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL Wiggins will makes announcement today LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas scheduled a news conference for today at Allen Fieldhouse with freshman star Andrew Wiggins and coach Bill Self.

Wiggins has already said he plans to enter the NBA draft, though Kansas would not say what the news will be.

The 6-foot-8 Wiggins led Kansas in scoring at 17.1 points per game and averaged 5.9 rebounds. The Canadian was the Big 12 freshman of the year and a first-team allconference selection.

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — Novak Djokovic won his fourth Key Biscayne title, while Rafael Nadal failed again trying for his first.

Djokovic dominated from the start and closed out the victory by winning a remarkable exchange to beat Nadal 6-3, 6-3 Sunday in the final of the Sony Open.

Nadal fell to 0-4 in finals at Key Biscayne, one of just three ATP Masters 1000 events he has yet to win. As for Djokovic, only six-time champion Andre Agassi has won the men’s event more.

Williams earns seventh title at Key Biscayne

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — Serena Williams won a record seventh Key Biscayne title Saturday when she overcame a slow start and a set point to beat Li Na 7-5, 6-1 at the Sony Open.

The No. 1-ranked Williams surpassed the tournament record of six titles she Ware will transfer out of shared with Andre Agassi. By Louisville program beating the No. 2-ranked Li, LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Williams extended her winyear after his gruesome leg ning streak against top-10 injury in the NCAA tourna- opponents to 15 matches. ment, Kevin Ware is transSOCCER ferring from Louisville.

Ware became Louisville’s German Vogts joins U.S. rallying point on the way to team as special adviser the national title after he CHICAGO — Former broke his leg in a win over German national team player Duke in the finals of the and coach Berti Vogts was Midwest Regional last sea- hired by the U.S. national son. team as a special adviser to He wasn’t seen with the American coach Jurgen team over the past several Klinsmann. weeks. On Saturday, the day after Louisville’s season Swedish match ends ended with a loss to early after fan dies Kentucky, the junior from the STOCKHOLM — A Atlanta area announced his Swedish soccer league match decision. was called off during the first half Sunday after a man died BASEBALL fighting among Kershaw lands on DL for following fans before the game. first time in his career The 43-year-old SAN DIEGO — The Los Djurgarden fan was found Angeles Dodgers placed left- “seriously injured” about 2:30 hander Clayton Kershaw on p.m. in central Helsingborg in the 15-day disabled list for southern Sweden, police said. the first time in his seven- He was taken to a hospital, year career because of a where he died. swollen muscle in his left RUNNING upper back.

The move, made before Lagat sets American Sunday’s game at San Diego, road record for 5,000 is retroactive to March 23, the CARLSBAD, Calif. — day after the reigning NL Cy Lagat set the Bernard Young Award winner started and won the Dodgers’ opener American 5,000-meter road against Arizona in Australia. record Sunday by clocking 13 He is eligible to be activated minutes, 19 seconds in the on April 8, the day Los Carlsbad 5000.

Lagat finished second Angeles starts a series at after Dejen Gebremeskel of home against Detroit.

Ethiopia pulled away with 300 meters left. Gebremeskel GOLF won his fourth straight Bowditch holds on for Carlsbad 5000 in 13:13. first career PGA victory Lagat’s time originally was SAN ANTONIO — Steven announced as 13:18. Race offiBowditch held on to win the cials later said that the official Texas Open in windy condi- USA Track & Field timers had tions Sunday for his first PGA Lagat’s time as 13:18.44, Tour victory and a spot in the which rounds up to 13:19, Masters. which will be the time subThe 30-year-old mitted for record ratification.

Australian bogeyed the par-5 Lagat broke Mark Davis’ 18th for a 4-over 76 for a mark of 13:24, set in the one-stroke victory.

Carlsbad 5000 in 1996.

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Scoreboard On The Air Today Major League Baseball — Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m., ESPN and WGN; Boston at Baltimore, noon, ESPN2; St. Louis at Cincinnati, 1 p.m., ESPN; Colorado at Miami, 4 p.m., ESPN2; Seattle at Los Angeles Angels, 7 p.m., ESPN2 and Root Sports.

Women’s College Basketball — Regional finals, Baylor vs. Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m., ESPN; UConn vs.

Texas A&M, 6:30 p.m., ESPN. Hockey — Florida at New Jersey, 4:30 p.m., NBC Sports Network; Minnesota at Los Angeles Kings, 7 p.m., NBC Sports Network.

Tuesday, April 1 Major League Baseball — Seattle at Los Angeles Angels, 7 p.m., Root Sports.

Women’s College Basketball — Regional finals, Maryland vs. Louisville, 4 p.m., ESPN; Stanford vs.

North Carolina, 6 p.m., ESPN. Men’s College Basketball — NIT semifinals, 4 p.m. and 6 p.m., ESPN2.

NBA Basketball — Houston at Brooklyn, 5 p.m., TNT; Portland at Los Angeles Lakers, 7:30 p.m., TNT and KHSN (1230 AM).

Hockey — Philadelphia at St. Louis, 5 p.m., NBC Sports Network.

Wednesday, April 2 NBA Basketball — Brooklyn at New York Knicks, 4 p.m., ESPN. Major League Baseball — Philadelphia at Texas, 5 p.m., ESPN2; Seattle at Los Angeles Angels, 7 p.m., Root Sports.

High School Basketball — McDonald’s AllAmerica Game, 6:30 p.m., ESPN. Hockey — Boston at Detroit, 5 p.m., NBC Sports Network; Phoenix at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m., NBC Sports Network.

Local Schedule Note: Baseball and softball games might be postponed due to rainy conditions.

Today High School Softball — Nonleague: Bandon at North Douglas, 4:30 p.m.

High School Boys Golf — Far West League at Watson Ranch, 11 a.m.

High School Girls Golf — Far West League at Watson Ranch, noon.

Tuesday, April 1 High School Baseball — Far West League: Douglas at Marshfield, 5 p.m.; Brookings-Harbor at Sutherlin, 5 p.m.; Siuslaw at South Umpqua, 5 p.m. District 4: Reedsport at North Douglas, 4:30 p.m. Nonleague: Newport at North Bend, 4:30 p.m.

High School Softball — Far West League: Marshfield at Douglas, 5 p.m.; Sutherlin at Brookings-Harbor, 5 p.m.; South Umpqua at Siuslaw, 5 p.m. District 2: Reedsport at North Douglas, 4:30 p.m. Nonleague: North Bend at Newport, 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 2 High School Softball — Nonleague: Reedsport at North Bend, 4:30 p.m.; Marshfield at Cottage Grove, 4:30 p.m.

High School Track & Field — Elkton, Pacific, Gold Beach, Bandon and Coquille at North Bend, 4 p.m.

High School Results BASEBALL First Game

Reedsport 5, Pilot Rock 4 Pilot Rock 003 100 0 — 4 5 2 Reedsport 230 000 x — 5 9 3 Jacob Pierce and Dillon Fritz; Marquese Williams and Shallon Zehe. 2B—PR: Pierce; Ree: Wade Doane. 3B—Ree: Williams, Haden Sams.

Second Game

Pilot Rock 2, Reedsport 1 001 100 0 — 2 7 2 Reedsport Pilot Rock 000 001 2 — 3 6 1 Griffin Kaufmann and Shallon Zehe; Mike Hiatt and Dillon Fritz. 2B—Ree: Marquese Williams.

Pro Baseball American League Today’s Games Kansas City (Shields 0-0) at Detroit (Verlander 0-0), 10:08 a.m.

Philadelphia (Lee 0-0) at Texas (Scheppers 00), 11:05 a.m.

Boston (Lester 0-0) at Baltimore (Tillman 00), 12:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Nolasco 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 0-0), 1:10 p.m.

Toronto (Dickey 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Price 0-0), 1:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Masterson 0-0) at Oakland (Gray 00), 7:05 p.m.

Seattle (Hernandez 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 0-0), 7:05 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 0-0) at Houston (Feldman 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

Toronto (Hutchison 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Burnett 0-0) at Texas (M.Perez 0-0), 5:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Kluber 0-0) at Oakland (Kazmir 00), 7:05 p.m.

Seattle (Ramirez 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Wilson 00), 7:05 p.m.

National League Sunday’s Games San Diego 3, L.A. Dodgers 1 Today’s Games Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 0-0), 10:05 a.m.

Washington (Strasburg 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 0-0), 10:10 a.m.

Philadelphia (Lee 0-0) at Texas (Scheppers 00), 11:05 a.m.

Atlanta (Teheran 0-0) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 0-0), 11:10 a.m.

St. Louis (Wainwright 0-0) at Cincinnati (Cueto 0-0), 1:10 p.m.

Colorado (De La Rosa 0-0) at Miami (Fernandez 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Bumgarner 0-0) at Arizona (McCarthy 0-0), 6:40 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 0-0) at San Diego (Kennedy 0-0), 3:40 p.m.

Colorado (Anderson 0-0) at Miami (Eovaldi 00), 4:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Burnett 0-0) at Texas (M.Perez 0-0), 5:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Wood 0-0) at Milwaukee (Lohse 0-0), 5:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Cain 0-0) at Arizona (Miley 01), 6:40 p.m.

Padres 3, Dodgers 1 Los Angeles 000 010 000 — 1 4 2 San Diego 000 000 03x — 3 5 0 Ryu, B.Wilson (8), C.Perez (8), P.Rodriguez (8) and A.Ellis; Cashner, Vincent (7), A.Torres (7), Thayer (8), Street (9) and Rivera, Grandal. W— Thayer 1-0. L—B.Wilson 0-1. Sv—Street (1). HRs— San Diego, S.Smith (1).

Pro Soccer Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Columbus 3 0 0 9 7 2 2 1 1 7 5 4 Sporting KC Houston 2 1 0 6 6 2 Toronto FC 2 1 0 6 3 4 Philadelphia 1 1 2 5 4 4 1 2 1 4 2 6 New England 0 1 3 3 6 7 Chicago New York 0 1 3 3 4 7 Montreal 0 3 1 1 3 7 D.C. United 0 2 1 1 2 6 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA FC Dallas 3 0 1 10 9 5 2 0 2 8 8 4 Real Salt Lake Vancouver 2 0 2 8 7 3 2 2 0 6 5 4 Seattle Chivas USA 1 1 2 5 6 7 1 1 1 4 5 4 Colorado 0 2 2 2 3 6 Portland Los Angeles 0 1 1 1 1 2 San Jose 0 2 1 1 4 6 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Saturday’s Games Philadelphia 1, Montreal 1, tie D.C. United 2, Chicago 2, tie Sporting Kansas City 3, Colorado 2 Vancouver 2, Houston 1

FC Dallas 2, Portland 1 Real Salt Lake 3, Toronto FC 0 Columbus 2, Seattle FC 1 New England 2, San Jose 1 Sunday’s Games New York 1, Chivas USA 1, tie Saturday, April 5 Seattle FC at Portland, noon New York at Montreal, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Chicago, 2 p.m.

Toronto FC at Columbus, 3 p.m.

Colorado at Vancouver, 3:30 p.m.

New England at D.C. United, 4 p.m.

FC Dallas at Houston, 5 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at Sporting Kansas City, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 6 Los Angeles at Chivas USA, noon

College Basketball Men’s NCAA Tournament EAST REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At Madison Square Garden New York Regional Championship Sunday, March 30 UConn 60, Michigan State 54 SOUTH REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At FedExForum Memphis, Tenn.

Regional Championship Saturday, March 29 Florida 62, Dayton 52 MIDWEST REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis Regional Championship Sunday, March 30 Kentucky 75, Michigan 72 WEST REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At The Honda Center Anaheim, Calif.

Regional Championship Saturday, March 29 Wisconsin 64, Arizona 63, OT FINAL FOUR At AT&T Stadium Arlington, Texas National Semifinals Saturday, April 5 UConn (30-8) vs. Florida (36-2), 3:09 p.m.

Kentucky (28-10) vs. Wisconsin (30-7), 5:49 p.m.

National Championship Monday, April 7 Semifinal winners, 6:10 p.m.

Men’s NIT At Madison Square Garden New York Semifinals Tuesday, April 1 Minnesota (23-13) vs. Florida State (22-13), 4 p.m.

Clemson (23-13) vs. SMU (26-9), 6:30 p.m.

Championship Thursday, April 3 Semifinal winners, 4 p.m.

College Basketball Invitational Championship Series (Best-of-3) (x-if necessary) Today Siena (18-17) at Fresno State (20-16), 7 p.m.

Wednesday, April 2 Fresno State at Siena, 4 p.m.

Friday, April 4 x-Fresno State at Siena, TBA

CollegeInsider.com Tournament Semifinals Tuesday, April 1 Yale (22-12) at VMI (22-12), 4 p.m.

Pacific (18-15) at Murray State (21-11), 6 p.m.

FC Dallas tops Timbers FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Mauro Diaz scored in the 84th minute to lead unbeaten FC Dallas to a 2-1 victory over Portland Timbers on Saturday.

Dallas’ 10 points leads Major League Soccer.

Dallas (3-0-1) is off to its best start since 2006, where it also logged 10 points through the first four games. Portland (0-13), in its fourth MLS season, is off to its worst start in its young history.

The teams played the second half with 10 men apiece after Portland left back Michael Harrington and Dallas right winger JeVaughn Watson were ejected for an off-the-ball fight with about five minutes left in the first half.

The decision ended Harrington’s streak of 1,749 consecutive minutes played for Portland.

Head referee Storin Chicago 107, Boston 102 New York 89, Golden State 84 Portland 105, Memphis 98 L.A. Lakers 115, Phoenix 99 Today’s Games San Antonio at Indiana, 4 p.m.

Washington at Charlotte, 4 p.m.

Toronto at Miami, 4:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.

Boston at Chicago, 5 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Sacramento at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

Memphis at Denver, 6 p.m.

New York at Utah, 6 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Houston at Brooklyn, 5 p.m.

Golden State at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Portland at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.

Blazers 105, Grizzlies 98 MEMPHIS (98): Prince 2-3 0-0 4, Randolph 1017 1-2 21, Gasol 8-17 4-6 20, Conley 6-19 2-4 16, Lee 3-5 0-0 6, Allen 2-5 0-0 4, Miller 5-9 0-0 12, Koufos 1-4 0-0 2, Calathes 0-2 0-0 0, Davis 1-2 34 5, Udrih 0-1 0-0 0, Johnson 3-5 1-2 8. Totals 4189 11-18 98.

PORTLAND (105): Batum 5-11 0-0 10, Aldridge 10-20 8-8 28, Lopez 3-6 3-3 9, Lillard 4-10 3-4 13, Matthews 4-9 5-5 15, Robinson 4-4 0-1 8, Williams 7-9 2-2 17, Barton 2-5 0-0 4, Wright 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 39-75 22-25 105.

Memphis 23 22 25 28 — 98 Portland 25 32 29 19 — 105 3-Point Goals—Memphis 5-17 (Miller 2-5, Conley 2-6, Johnson 1-3, Gasol 0-1, Prince 0-1, Lee 0-1), Portland 5-15 (Matthews 2-4, Lillard 25, Williams 1-3, Wright 0-1, Batum 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Memphis 50 (Randolph 7), Portland 44 (Lopez 10). Assists—Memphis 28 (Conley 9), Portland 23 (Batum 6). Total Fouls— Memphis 19, Portland 16. Technicals—Williams.

A—19,994 (19,980).

NCAA Women’s Tournament LINCOLN REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At Lincoln, Neb. Saturday, March 29 UConn 70, BYU 51 Texas A&M 84, DePaul 65 Today Regional Championship UConn (37-0) vs. Texas A&M (27-8), 6:30 p.m.

STANFORD REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At Stanford, Calif.

Sunday, March 30 Stanford 82, Penn State 57 North Carolina 65, South Carolina 58 Regional Championship Tuesday, April 1 Stanford (32-3) vs. North Carolina (27-9), 6 p.m.

NOTRE DAME REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At Notre Dame, Ind. Saturday, March 29 Baylor 90, Kentucky 72 Notre Dame 89, Oklahoma State 72 Regional Championship Today Baylor (32-4) vs. Notre Dame (35-0), 4:30 p.m.

LOUISVILLE REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At Louisville, Ky. Sunday, March 30 Maryland 73, Tennessee 62 Louisville 73, LSU 47 Regional Championship Tuesday, April 1 Maryland (27-6) vs. Louisville (33-4), 4 p.m.

Women’s NIT Quarterfinals Sunday, March 30 South Dakota State 76, Indiana 64 South Florida 60, Mississipi State 58 Today Rutgers (25-9) at Bowling Green (30-4), 4 p.m.

Washington (20-13) at UTEP (27-7), 6 p.m.

Pro Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct x-Toronto 42 31 .575 Brooklyn 39 33 .542 New York 31 43 .419 Boston 23 50 .315 Philadelphia 16 57 .219 Southeast Division W L Pct 50 22 .694 y-Miami 38 35 .521 Washington 35 38 .479 Charlotte 31 41 .431 Atlanta Orlando 21 53 .284 Central Division W L Pct y-Indiana 52 22 .703 x-Chicago 41 32 .562 Cleveland 30 45 .400 Detroit 26 47 .356 Milwaukee 14 59 .192 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct x-San Antonio 57 16 .781 Houston 49 23 .681 Dallas 44 30 .595 43 30 .589 Memphis 32 41 .438 New Orleans Northwest Division W L Pct x-Oklahoma City 54 19 .740 Portland 48 27 .640 Minnesota 36 36 .500 Denver 32 41 .438 .311 23 51 Utah Pacific Division W L Pct 52 22 .703 x-L.A. Clippers 45 28 .616 Golden State Phoenix 44 30 .595 L.A. Lakers 25 48 .342 Sacramento 25 48 .342 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Saturday’s Games Philadelphia 123, Detroit 98 L.A. Clippers 118, Houston 107 Washington 101, Atlanta 97 Dallas 103, Sacramento 100 Miami 88, Milwaukee 67 San Antonio 96, New Orleans 80 Sunday’s Games Oklahoma City 116, Utah 96 Cleveland 90, Indiana 76 Toronto 98, Orlando 93 Brooklyn 114, Minnesota 99

GB — 1 2 ⁄2 1 11 ⁄2 19 26 GB — 121⁄2 1 15 ⁄2 19 30 GB — 101⁄2 1 22 ⁄2 251⁄2 1 37 ⁄2 GB — 71⁄2 1 13 ⁄2 14 25 GB — 7 1 17 ⁄2 22 311⁄2 GB — 61⁄2 8 1 26 ⁄2 1 26 ⁄2

Hockey NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic GP W L OT Pts GF GA 75 52 17 6 110 241 158 y-Boston Montreal 76 43 26 7 93 199 189 Tampa Bay 75 41 25 9 91 223 201 Detroit 75 35 26 14 84 202 213 Toronto 76 36 32 8 80 220 239 Ottawa 74 31 29 14 76 216 249 Florida 75 27 40 8 62 179 244 Buffalo 74 20 45 9 49 142 222 Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Pittsburgh 75 48 22 5 101 232 185 N.Y. Rangers 76 42 30 4 88 205 183 Philadelphia 74 39 27 8 86 213 210 74 38 30 6 82 208 200 Columbus Washington 75 34 28 13 81 217 226 New Jersey 74 31 28 15 77 178 192 74 32 32 10 74 186 208 Carolina N.Y. Islanders 74 29 35 10 68 206 247 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-St. Louis 74 50 17 7 107 240 168 x-Colorado 74 47 21 6 100 227 202 x-Chicago 76 42 19 15 99 248 200 Minnesota 75 38 26 11 87 186 189 Dallas 74 36 27 11 83 214 212 76 33 32 11 77 190 229 Nashville Winnipeg 75 33 33 9 75 208 220 Pacific GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Anaheim 74 48 18 8 104 239 187 x-San Jose 76 47 20 9 103 232 184 Los Angeles 75 44 25 6 94 189 159 Phoenix 75 36 27 12 84 206 212 Vancouver 76 34 31 11 79 184 206 Calgary 75 31 37 7 69 192 223 Edmonton 75 26 40 9 61 184 249 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Saturday’s Games N.Y. Islanders 2, New Jersey 1, SO Boston 4, Washington 2 Colorado 3, San Jose 2 Tampa Bay 4, Buffalo 3, OT Detroit 4, Toronto 2 Montreal 4, Florida 1 Columbus 3, Carolina 2, OT Dallas 4, St. Louis 2 Minnesota 3, Phoenix 1 Anaheim 5, Vancouver 1 Los Angeles 4, Winnipeg 2 Sunday’s Games Boston 4, Philadelphia 3, SO Nashville 4, Washington 3, SO Ottawa 6, Calgary 3 Detroit 3, Tampa Bay 2 Pittsburgh 4, Chicago 1 N.Y. Rangers 5, Edmonton 0 Today’s Games Carolina at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m.

Florida at New Jersey, 4:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Anaheim, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games New Jersey at Buffalo, 4 p.m.

Calgary at Toronto, 4 p.m.

Florida at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m.

Carolina at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.

Dallas at Washington, 4 p.m.

Colorado at Columbus, 4 p.m.

Montreal at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at St. Louis, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

Auto Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup STP 500 Sunday At Martinsville Speedway Martinsville, Va. Lap length: .526 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (22) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 500 laps, 115.8 rating, 47 points, $147,210. 2. (4) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 500, 140.9, 44, $180,546. 3. (26) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 500, 116.8, 42, $114,210.

4. (3) Joey Logano, Ford, 500, 121.2, 41, $142,476.

5. (17) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 500, 110.2, 40, $128,265. 6. (6) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 500, 95.8, 39, $137,456. 7. (18) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 500, 98.9, 38, $127,053. 8. (20) Aric Almirola, Ford, 500, 93.8, 36, $126,106. 9. (12) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 500, 108.5, 36, $123,461. 10. (21) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 500, 83.3, 34, $116,384. 11.

(15) A J Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 500, 90, 34,

Stoica told a pool reporter that the pair was ejected after Watson struck Harrington and the defender retaliated.

“It was basically just a little shoving match,” Harrington said. “Me and Watson were running out (during a goal kick). He kind of took a little push at me — I’m not sure why — and I kind of just pushed him back. It wasn’t anything too serious.”

Watson echoed Harrington’s thoughts.

“There was nothing there to give a red card for,” said Watson, who picked up his third career red card.

Dallas went ahead in the third minute of first-half stoppage time on a Blas Perez header, but the Timbers tied it in the 67th minute when Dallas defender Matt Hedges deflected a Maximiliano Urruti pass into his own net. $105,458. 12. (5) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 500, 82, 32, $129,811. 13. (8) Carl Edwards, Ford, 500, 98.1, 31, $101,975. 14. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 500, 79.2, 31, $136,491. 15. (34) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 500, 72, 29, $133,461.

16. (13) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 500, 90.9, 28, $117,900. 17. (7) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 500, 72.4, 27, $120,158. 18. (11) Greg Biffle, Ford, 500, 82.7, 27, $125,450. 19. (2) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 500, 81, 25, $94,475. 20. (16) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 500, 78.5, 24, $93,325. 21. (31) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 500, 60.6, 23, $111,708. 22.

(27) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 500, 70.4, 22, $99,375. 23. (25) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 500, 57.1, 21, $107,433. 24. (23) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 500, 63.4, 20, $105,133. 25. (36) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 500, 56.2, 0, $79,950.

26. (39) David Gilliland, Ford, 499, 49.5, 18, $102,058. 27. (28) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 498, 62.7, 17, $108,420. 28. (24) David Ragan, Ford, 497, 50.7, 16, $99,322. 29. (35) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 497, 38.4, 15, $78,500. 30. (38) Ryan Truex, Toyota, 496, 43.9, 14, $82,875.

31. (40) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 495, 38.5, 13, $81,225. 32. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 494, 52.4, 12, $88,575. 33. (29) Travis Kvapil, Ford, 493, 35.8, 12, $77,850. 34. (42) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 492, 36.1, 10, $77,725. 35. (33) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 492, 34.7, 9, $77,675. 36. (19) Alex Bowman, Toyota, 488, 46.3, 8, $77,625. 37.

(32) Michael McDowell, Ford, brakes, 474, 35.9, 7, $77,527. 38. (14) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 469, 46.6, 6, $118,508. 39. (37) David Stremme, Chevrolet, 440, 29.1, 5, $69,100. 40. (30) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 409, 49.8, 4, $100,925. 41. (41) Parker Kligerman, Toyota, 408, 25.1, 3, $66,500. 42. (9) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 396, 80.9, 2, $94,314. 43. (43) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, accident, 310, 26.4, 0, $61,600.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 72.176 mph.

Time of Race: 3 hours, 38 minutes, 38 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 0.263 seconds. Caution Flags: 14 for 92 laps. Lead Changes: 33 among 12 drivers.LLap Leaders: Ky.Busch 1-16; M.Kenseth 17-20; J.Johnson 21-43; T.Kvapil 44; J.Johnson 45-55; M.Kenseth 56-58; Ky.Busch 59-64; J.Logano 6581; J.Johnson 82-105; M.Kenseth 106-110; J.Logano 111-132; J.Johnson 133-154; G.Biffle 155172; M.Ambrose 173-194; M.Kenseth 195-212; J.Johnson 213-221; D.Earnhardt Jr. 222-236; A.Allmendinger 237; D.Earnhardt Jr. 238-242; Ku.Busch 243-244; J.Johnson 245-252; K.Harvick 253; M.Kenseth 254-259; D.Earnhardt Jr. 260264; J.Johnson 265-283; C.Bowyer 284-287; J.Johnson 288-346; C.Bowyer 347; J.Johnson 348-449; C.Bowyer 450-460; J.Johnson 461472; Ku.Busch 473-482; J.Johnson 483-489; Ku.Busch 490-500.

Wins: Ku.Busch, 1; Ky.Busch, 1; D.Earnhardt Jr., 1; C.Edwards, 1; K.Harvick, 1; Bra.Keselowski, 1.

Top 12 in Points: 1. D.Earnhardt Jr., 227; 2.

M.Kenseth, 218; 3. C.Edwards, 217; 4. J.Gordon, 216; 5. J.Johnson, 209; 6. Ky.Busch, 189; 7.

Bra.Keselowski, 188; 8. J.Logano, 187; 9. A.Dillon, 179; 10. R.Newman, 174; 11. P.Menard, 168; 12.

D.Hamlin, 165.

Camping World Truck Series Kroger 250 Sunday At Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Va. Lap length: .526 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (10) Matt Crafton, Toyota, 256 laps, 118.8 rating, 47 points. 2. (1) Darrell Wallace Jr., Toyota, 256, 126.6, 43. 3. (6) Ben Kennedy, Chevrolet, 256, 94.4, 41. 4. (14) Johnny Sauter, Toyota, 256, 120.1, 41. 5. (2) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 256, 106, 40. 6. (8) German Quiroga, Toyota, 256, 88.9, 38. 7. (3) Timothy Peters, Toyota, 256, 123.8, 38. 8. (12) Ben Rhodes, Chevrolet, 256, 84.5, 36. 9. (5) Ron Hornaday Jr., Chevrolet, 256, 115.9, 37. 10. (7) Brian Ickler, Toyota, 256, 86.1, 34. 11. (9) Cole Custer, Chevrolet, 256, 90.8, 33.

12. (20) John Hunter Nemechek, Toyota, 256, 81.9, 32. 13. (15) Chase Pistone, Chevrolet, 256, 69.6, 31. 14. (13) Ross Chastain, Ford, 256, 68.5, 30. 15. (21) Brandon Jones, Chevrolet, 256, 75.6, 29. 16. (17) Tyler Reddick, Ford, 256, 63.2, 28. 17.

(18) Joey Coulter, Chevrolet, 256, 70.9, 27. 18. (4) Erik Jones, Toyota, 256, 91.5, 26. 19. (11) Gray Gaulding, Chevrolet, 256, 70.9, 25.20. (16) John Wes Townley, Toyota, accident, 255, 88.2, 24.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 68.741 mph.

Time of Race: 1 hour, 57 minutes, 32 seconds.

Margin of Victory: Under Caution. Caution Flags: 10 for 56 laps. Lead Changes: 17 among 6 drivers. Lap Leaders: D.Wallace Jr. 1-15; T.Peters 1628; D.Wallace Jr. 29-36; R.Hornaday Jr. 37-98; D.Wallace Jr. 99-101; R.Blaney 102-104; D.Wallace Jr. 105-111; J.Sauter 112-137; T.Peters 138; J.Sauter 139-169; T.Peters 170-173; J.Sauter 174177; T.Peters 178-192; D.Wallace Jr. 193; T.Peters 194-208; M.Crafton 209-248; T.Peters 249; M.Crafton 250-256.

Top 10 in Points: 1. J.Sauter, 82; 2. T.Peters, 81; 3. M.Crafton, 78; 4. R.Blaney, 78; 5. R.Hornaday Jr., 76; 6. B.Kennedy, 72; 7. G.Quiroga, 72; 8.

D.Wallace Jr., 61; 9. J.Burton, 60; 10. T.Reddick, 60.

IndyCar Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Sunday At St. Petersburg Street Circuit St. Petersburg, Fla. Lap length: 1.8 miles (Starting position in parentheses) 1. (4) Will Power, Dallara-Chevrolet, 110. 2. (3) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 110. 3. (10) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Chevrolet, 110. 4. (5) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Chevrolet, 110. 5. (14) Simon Pagenaud, Dallara-Honda, 110. 6. (2) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Chevrolet, 110. 7. (1) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 110. 8. (16) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 110. 9. (22) Josef Newgarden, Dallara-Honda, 110. 10. (9) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Chevrolet, 110. 11. (11) Sebastian Saavedra, Dallara-Chevrolet, 110. 12. (15) Mikhail Aleshin, Dallara-Honda, 110. 13. (13) Sebastien Bourdais, Dallara-Chevrolet, 110. 14. (21) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 110. 15. (18) Juan Pablo Montoya, Dallara-Chevrolet, 110. 16. (12) Mike Conway, Dallara-Chevrolet, 110. 17. (7) Carlos Munoz, Dallara-Honda, 110. 18. (17) Carlos Huertas, Dallara-Honda, 110. 19. (19) James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-Honda, 109. 20. (20) Charlie Kimball, Dallara-Chevrolet, 108. 21. (8) Jack Hawksworth, Dallara-Honda, 83, Contact. 22. (6) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 82, Contact.

Race Statistics Winners average speed: 93.572. Time of Race: 2:06:57.6288. Margin of Victory: 1.9475 seconds.

Cautions: 2 for 10 laps. Lead Changes: 7 among 4 drivers. Lap Leaders: Sato 1-26, Castroneves

27-28, Sato 29-30, Power 31-52, Sato 53-57, Power 58-76, Conway 77, Power 78-110.

P o i n t s : Power 53, Hunter-Reay 40, Castroneves 36, Dixon 32, Pagenaud 30, Kanaan 28, Sato 28, Wilson 24, Newgarden 22, Briscoe 20.

Formula One Malaysia Grand Prix Sunday At Sepang International Circuit Sepang, Malaysia Lap length: 3.44 miles 1. Lewis Hamilton, England, Mercedes, 56 laps, 1:40:25.974, 115.228 mph. 2. Nico Rosberg, Germany, Mercedes, 56, 1:40:43.287. 3.

Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Red Bull, 56, 1:40:50.508. 4. Fernando Alonso, Spain, Ferrari, 56, 1:41:01.966. 5. Nico Hulkenberg, Germany, Force India, 56, 1:41:13.173. 6. Jenson Button, England, McLaren, 56, 1:41:49.665. 7. Felipe Massa, Brazil, Williams, 56, 1:41:51.050. 8.

Valtteri Bottas, Finland, Williams, 56, 1:41:51.511.

9. Kevin Magnussen, Denmark, McLaren, 55, +1 lap. 10. Daniil Kvyat, Russia, Toro Rosso, 55, +1 lap. 11. Romain Grosjean, France, Lotus, 55, +1 lap. 12. Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, Ferrari, 55, +1 lap. 13. Kamui Kobayashi, Japan, Caterham, 55, +1 lap. 14. Marcus Ericsson, Sweden, Caterham, 54, +2 laps. 15. Max Chilton, England, Marussia, 54, +2 laps.

Not Classfied: 16. Daniel Ricciardo, Australia, Red Bull, 49, retired. 17. Esteban Gutierrez, Mexico, Sauber, 35, retired. 18. Adrian Sutil, Germany, Sauber, 32, retired. 19. Jean-Eric Vergne, France, Toro Rosso, 18, retired. 20. Jules Bianchi, France, Marussia, 8, retired. 21. Pastor Maldonado, Venezuela, Lotus, 7, retired. 22.

Sergio Perez, Mexico, Force India, 0, retired.

Drivers Standings (After 2 of 19 races): 1. Nico Rosberg, Germany, Mercedes, 43 points. 2. Lewis Hamilton, England, Mercedes, 25. 3. Fernando Alonso, Spain, Ferrari, 24. 4. Jenson Button, England, McLaren, 23. 5. Kevin Magnussen, Denmark, McLaren, 20. 6. Nico Hulkenberg, Germany, Force India, 18. 7. Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Red Bull, 15. 8. Valtteri Bottas, Finland, Williams, 14. 9. Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, Ferrari, 6. 10. Felipe Massa, Brazil, Williams, 6.

Constructors Standings: 1. Mercedes, 68 points. 2. McLaren, 43. 3. Ferrari, 30. 4. Williams, 20. 5. Force India, 19. 6. Red Bull, 15. 7. Toro Rosso, 7.

NHRA SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals Sunday Las Vegas T o p F u e l — F i n a l F i n i s h O r d e r : 1. Tony Schumacher; 2. Doug Kalitta; 3. Antron Brown; 4. Steve Torrence; 5. J.R. Todd; 6. Bob Vandergriff; 7. Shawn Langdon; 8. Spencer Massey; 9. Khalid alBalooshi; 10. Terry McMillen; 11. Richie Crampton; 12. Troy Buff; 13. Mike Strasburg; 14. Steve Faria; 15. Clay Millican; 16.

Brittany Force. Final Results: Tony Schumacher, 3.797 seconds, 326.16 mph def. Doug Kalitta, 3.814 seconds, 321.12 mph.

Funny Car — Final Finish Order: 1. Alexis DeJoria; 2. Robert Hight; 3. Ron Capps; 4. Cruz Pedregon; 5. Jack Beckman; 6. Courtney Force; 7.

Paul Lee; 8. Tony Pedregon; 9. Tim Wilkerson; 10.

John Force; 11. Del Worsham; 12. Jeff Arend; 13.

Matt Hagan; 14. Chad Head; 15. Jon Capps; 16.

Tommy Johnson Jr. Final Results: Alexis DeJoria, Toyota Camry, 4.026, 309.98 def. Robert Hight, Ford Mustang, 4.083, 315.42.

Pro Stock — Final Finish Order: 1. Erica Enders-Stevens; 2. Jason Line; 3. Chris McGaha; 4. Jimmy Alund; 5. Shane Gray; 6. Jeg Coughlin; 7. Dave Connolly; 8. Steve Kent; 9. Larry Morgan; 10. Rodger Brogdon; 11. Deric Kramer; 12. Allen Johnson; 13. V. Gaines; 14. Vincent Nobile; 15.

Mark Wolfe; 16. Matt Hartford. Final Results: Erica Enders-Stevens, Chevy Camaro, 6.612, 208.78 def. Jason Line, Camaro, 6.633, 208.23.

Golf PGA Tour Valero Texas Open Sunday At TPC San Antonio San Antonio Purse: $6.2 million Yardage: 7,435; Par: 72 Final Steven Bowditch, $1,116,000 Will MacKenzie, $545,600 Daniel Summerhays, $545,600 Matt Kuchar, $272,800 Andrew Loupe, $272,800 Jim Furyk, $200,725 Zach Johnson, $200,725 Jerry Kelly, $200,725 Brendon Todd, $200,725 Jordan Spieth, $167,400 Charley Hoffman, $136,400 Kevin Na, $136,400 Geoff Ogilvy, $136,400 Pat Perez, $136,400 Justin Hicks, $111,600 Stephen Ames, $78,740 Martin Flores, $78,740 James Hahn, $78,740 Brian Harman, $78,740 Freddie Jacobson, $78,740 Seung-Yul Noh, $78,740 Carl Pettersson, $78,740 Wes Roach, $78,740 Michael Thompson, $78,740 Jimmy Walker, $78,740

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LPGA Tour Kia Classic Sunday At Aviara Golf Club Carlsbad, Calif.

Purse: $1.7 million Yardage: 6,593; Par: 72 Final Anna Nordqvist, $255,000 Lizette Salas, $155,874 Lexi Thompson, $113,075 Chella Choi, $87,473 Cristie Kerr, $70,406 Inbee Park, $46,511 Se Ri Pak, $46,511 Eun-Hee Ji, $46,511 Stacy Lewis, $46,511 Giulia Sergas, $30,142 Gerina Piller, $30,142 Julieta Granada, $30,142 Azahara Munoz, $30,142 Dori Carter, $30,142 Jenny Shin, $24,748 Ji Young Oh, $20,183 Hee Young Park, $20,183 Michelle Wie, $20,183 Meena Lee, $20,183 Paula Creamer, $20,183 Mariajo Uribe, $20,183 P.K. Kongkraphan, $20,183 Shanshan Feng, $20,183 Ai Miyazato, $16,897

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Transactions BASEBALL MLB — Suspended Chicago White Sox minor league LHP Feny Arias (DSL-White Sox), Arizona minor league RHP Geremia Espinosa (DSLDiamondbacks), and free agent minor league RHP Elou Jean 50 games apiece following their violations of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Placed INFs Michael Almanzar and Manny Machado and OFs Francisco Peguero and Nolan Reimold on the 15day DL; Machado and Peguero retroactive to March 21, Almanzar to March 23 and Reimold to March 26. Placed RHP Edgmer Escalona on the 60-day DL. Selected the contracts of OF Delmon Young and RHP Evan Meek from Norfolk (IL).

Designated LHP Mike Belfiore for assignment.

Reassigned LHP Johan Santana to minor league camp. Optioned RHP Kevin Gausman, LHP TJ McFarland and INF Jemile Weeks to Norfolk (IL).

BOSTON RED SOX — Reassigned LHP Tommy Layne, RHP Brayan Villarreal, OF Corey Brown, and INF Mike McCoy to their minor league camp.

Released RHP Francisco Cordero.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Placed INFs Gordon Beckham and Jeff Keppinger on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 21.

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Selected the contracts of RHP Scott Atchison, DH Jason Giambi and OF Nyjer Morgan from Columbus (IL). Placed Giambi and OF Michael Bourn on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 21. Designated RHPs Preston Guilmet and Frank Herrmann and LHP Colt Hynes for assignment. Reassigned OF Matt Carson and

INF Ryan Rohlinger to minor league camp.

DETROIT TIGERS — Placed OF Andy Dirks on the 15-day DL and SS Jose Iglesias and RHP Bruce Rondon on the 60-day DL. Selected the contract of OF Tyler Collins from Erie (EL).

HOUSTON ASTROS — Placed RHPs Alex White, Jesse Crain and Alex Wojchiechowski on the 15day DL, retroactive to March 21.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Sold the contract of LHP Everett Teaford to the LG Twins (South Korea). Placed RHPs Louis Coleman and Luke Hochevar on the 15-day DL; Coleman retroactive to March 24 and Hochevar to March 21. Assigned INF Jason Donald to minor league camp.

Released C Ramon Hernandez.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Optioned LHP Jose Alvarez, 2B Grant Green, RHP Cory Rasmus and OF J.B. Shuck to Salt Lake (PCL). Placed LHPs Sean Burnett and Brian Moran and RHPs Dane De La Rosa and Ryan Brasier on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 21. Selected the contract of 3B Ian Stewart from Salt Lake.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Selected the contracts of INF/OF Jason Bartlett and OF Jason Kubel.

Reassigned C Dan Rohlfing to their minor league camp.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with RHP Alfredo Aceves on a minor league contract.

Optioned INF Eduardo Nunez, LHP Cesar Cabral and RHP Shane Greene to Scranton/WilkesBarre (IL). Reassigned INF Zelous Wheeler, OF Antoan Richardson, OF Adonis Garcia, RHP Matt Daley and C Jose Gil to their minor league camp.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Optioned LHP Joe Savery, C Stephen Vogt, 3B Hiro Nakajima and INF Jake Elmore to Sacramento (PCL). Selected the contract of OF Sam Fuld from Sacramento.

Designated OF Michael Taylor for assignment.

Placed RHP Ryan Cook, RHP A.J. Griffin, RHP Fernando Rodriguez and OF Craig Gentry on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 21. Reassigned OF Billy Burns to their minor league camp.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Placed RHP Hisashi Iwakuma, RHP Taijuan Walker and RHP Stephen Pryor on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 21.TAMPA BAY RAYS — Placed RHPs Jeremy Hellickson and Juan Carlos Oviedo and INF Tim Beckham on the 15-day DL. TEXAS RANGERS — Selected the contract of INF Josh Wilson from Round Rock (PCL). Designated INF Adam Rosales for assignment. Placed RHP Yu Darvish, INF Jurickson Profar and LHP Matt Harrison on the 15-day DL; Darvish retroactive to March 21, Profar to March 23 and Harrison to Saturday. Placed C Geovany Soto on the 60-day DL. Assigned LHP Ryan Feierabend, RHP Justin Germano, RHP Colby Lewis, RHP Daniel McCutchen, C Chris Snyder, INF Kevin Kouzmanoff and INF Kensuke Tanaka to Round Rock (PCL), and RHP Nick Martinez to Frisco (Texas).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Placed RHP Casey Janssen on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Saturday. Recalled C Erik Kratz from Buffalo (IL).

Assigned OF Matt Tuiasosopo outright to Buffalo (IL).

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Selected the contracts of RHP Daniel Hudson and LHP Ryan Rowland-Smith from Reno (PCL). Placed LHP Patrick Corbin and RHPs David Hernandez and Hudson on the 15-day DL; Corbin retroactive to March 19 and Hernandez to March 27. Optioned SS Didi Gregorius and RHP Bo Schultz to Reno.

ATLANTA BRAVES — Purchased the contracts of RHP Gus Schlosser and LHP Ian Thomas from Gwinett (IL). Recalled LHP Ryan Buchter from Gwinnett. Optioned RHP Ervin Santana to Gwinnett. Placed RHP Cory Gearrin on the 15day DL, retroactive to March 26th. Transferred RHP Brandon Beachy and LHP Jonny Venters to the 60-day DL. CHICAGO CUBS — Selected the contracts of RHP Brian Schlitter, INF Emilio Bonifacio, OF Ryan Kalish and C John Baker from Iowa (PCL).

Optioned LHP Chris Rusin to Iowa. Designated RHP Alberto Cabrera for assignment. Placed RHPs Kyuji Fujikawa and Jake Arrieta on the 15day DL, retroactive to March 21, and RHP James McDonald on the 60-day DL. Designated RHP Alberto Cabrera for assignment.

CINCINNATI REDS — Placed LHPs Aroldis Chapman and Sean Marshall, RHPs Mat Latos and Jonathan Broxton, C Devin Mesoraco and INF/OF Skip Schumaker on the 15-day list; Chapman, Latos, Marshall and Mesoraco retroactive to March 21, Broxton and Schumaker to March 22. Placed INF Jack Hannahan and RHP Brett Marshall on the 60-day DL. Designated RHP Pedro Beato for assignment. Reassigned OF Jason Bourgeois, RHP Jumbo Diaz, LHP Jeff Francis, C Corky Miller and INF/OF Kristopher Negron to Louisville (IL). Recalled C Tucker Barnhart and RHP Curtis Partch from Louisville.

Selected the contracts of RHP Trevor Bell, OF Roger Bernardina and INF Ramon Santiago from Louisville.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Placed RHP Jhoulys Chacin and LHP Boone Logan on the 15-day DL. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Placed LHP Clayton Kershaw on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 23. Optioned RHP Jose Dominguez to Albuquerque (PCL).

MIAMI MARLINS — Placed INF Rafael Furcal and 3B Ed Lucas on the 15-day DL. Selected the contracts of OF Reed Johnson and RHP Kevin Slowey from New Orleans (PCL). Designated RHP Michael Brady and OF Brian Bogusevic for assignment. Recalled INF Donovan Solano from New Orleans.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Selected the contracts of 1B Lyle Overbay, 1B/3B Mark Reynolds and LHP Zach Duke from Nashville (PCL). Placed LHP Tom Gorzelanny on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 21. Reassigned C Lucas May to Nashville.

NEW YORK METS — Selected the contract of INF Omar Quintanilla from Las Vegas (PCL).

Reassigned INFs Eric Campbell and Anthony Seratelli, C Taylor Teagarden and RHPs Daisuke Matsuzaka and Kyle Farnsworth to minor league camp. Placed LHP Jonathon Niese on the 15-Day DL, retroactive to March 21, and RHP Matt Harvey on the 60-day DL. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Optioned RHP Phillippe Aumont to Lehigh (IL). Selected the contracts of OF Tony Gwynn Jr., LHP Mario Hollands and RHP Jeff Manship. Transferred RHP Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez from the 15- to the 60-day DL. Reassigned INF Reid Brignac and RHP Shawn Camp to Lehigh Valley (IL).

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Placed C Chris Stewart and LHP Jeff Locke on 15-day DL, retroactive to March 21. Selected the contract of INF Travis Ishikawa from Indianapolis (IL).

Assigned LHP Andy Oliver outright to Indianapolis. Designated RHP Vin Mazzaro for assignment.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Selected the contract of INF-OF Xavier Nady. Placed OF Carlos Quentin, RHP Josh Johnson, RHP Casey Kelly, OF Cameron Maybin and RHP Joe Wieland on the 15-day DL. Optioned INF-OF Kyle Blanks to El Paso (PCL).

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Purchased the contract of RHP Juan Gutierrez and INF Brandon Hicks from Fresno (PCL). Reassigned OF Tyler Colvin to Fresno and RHP Derek Law to Richmond (SL). Placed LHP Jeremy Affeldt on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 23 and INF Marco Scutaro to the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 21. Designated OF Roger Kieschnick for assignment.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Placed RHP Jason Motte and LHP Jaime Garcia, on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 21 and INF Mark Ellis, retroactive to March 27 . Selected the contract of RHP Pat Neshek from Memphis (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Acquired RHP Omar Poveda from the Chicago White Sox for cash considerations. Agreed to terms with LHP Aaron Laffey on a minor league contract. Placed RHP Doug Fister on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 23.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Signed C Hilton Armstrong to a second 10-day contract.

SOCCER U.S MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM — Named Berti Vogts special advisor now through the 2014 FIFA World Cup. COLLEGE ARKANSAS — Named Jimmy Dykes women’s basketball coach.

DELAWARE — Named Eddie Allen special teams coordinator-tight ends coach. Promoted Dennis Dottin-Carter to co-defensive coordinator LOUISVILLE — Announced junior men’s basketball G Kevin Ware is transferring.

NC STATE — Announced men’s sophomore basketball G Tyler Lewis is transferring.

OHIO STATE — Announced senior men’s basketball F Anthony Lee is transferring to the school from Temple.

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Connecticut’s Ryan Boatright celebrates late in the second half of the Huskies’ win over Michigan State on Sunday.

Connecticut reaches Final Four

half. But Napier started driving, getting the bigger Appling in foul trouble and UConn back in the game.

“When Coach looks at me a certain way, I just know I’ve got to be more aggressive,” said Napier, who passed Ray Allen for fourth on the Huskies’ career scoring list with 1,925 points.

After hitting four straight free throws to tie the score at 32 with 12:38 left, Napier was struck in the face by Harris — the UConn guard was called for a foul on the play — and left the court with his nose gushing blood. He was back less than a minute later when Daniels completed a three-point play to give the Huskies the lead for good.

Boatright’s contested 3-pointer with the shot clock winding down put UConn up 49-39 with less than seven minutes left.

The Huskies won their third national title in 2011, but they were ineligible for last year’s tournament because of previous low scores on the NCAA’s academic progress measure.

They face Florida in the national semifinals Saturday, and they’ll be confident they can beat the No. 1 overall seed. The Gators have won 30 straight, but their last loss was to UConn, 65-64 on Dec. 2 on Napier’s buzzer-beating jumper.

After the Huskies were routed 81-48

by Louisville in the regular-season finale, Ollie showed his players video of that victory to remind them of what happens when they play frenetic defense.

“That tape is crazy,” Boatright said.

“We were everywhere. We were helping each other. We were closing out right, and we were rebounding the basket- STANFORD REGIONAL ball.”

Stanford 82, Penn State Just like they played Sunday.

57: Chiney Ogwumike had 29 points and 15 rebounds, Mikaela Ruef produced a career performance on both ends, and second-seeded Stanford won to reach the Kaminsky’s jumper and a regional final on its home free throw by Josh Gasser floor. gave Wisconsin a 62-59 lead.

The Cardinal (32-3) built a Tarczewski’s two free throws big first-half lead and rolled and Jordin Mayes’ tip-in against the third-seeded drew the Wildcats to 64-63 Lady Lions to move into with 58 seconds left.

Tuesday night’s regional final McConnell’s jumper against either No. 4 seed missed, but Arizona got the North Carolina. offensive rebound and found Ruef recovered from getJohnson, who missed and got ting poked in the eye early to called for the push-off on contribute 11 points, 13 Gasser with 3 seconds left. rebounds, five assists and “I thought it was a really, two steals. She was cheered really tough call,” Miller said. at every chance by the rau“I’m going to stop there. I’ve cous home crowd at Maples already been fined.”

Pavilion. Amber Orrange Wisconsin inbounded on added 18 points in Stanford’s the baseline, and a scramble ninth straight NCAA tournaensued in front of Arizona’s ment home win. bench with 2 seconds left. The Ariel Edwards scored 22 initial call gave the ball to the points for the Lady Lions Badgers. The referees viewed (24-8), while leading scorer replays for several minutes Maggie Lucas was held The Associated Press before deciding Wisconsin scoreless in the second half and finished with six.

Arizona’s Nick Johnson watches as Wisconsin celebrates after beating touched the ball last.

That call set up the final North Carolina 65, the Wildcats in overtime in the regional final Saturday in Anaheim, Calif. play, with Pac-12 player of South Carolina 58: get coach Sean Miller to the Kaminsky was chosen as the year Johnson unable to Diamond DeShields escaped Final Four for his first time. most outstanding player of bail out the Wildcats one last two close calls with injury to time.

Instead, Miller was sent to the the West Region. score 19 points, leading North Florida 62, Dayton 52: Carolina one win closer to a sidelines on the same day his The first 40 minutes were younger brother Archie’s a back-and-forth struggle Scottie Wilbekin scored 14 of sweet reunion with healing Dayton Flyers lost to Florida between the only 1-2 seeds his 23 points in the first half, coach Sylvia Hatchell. in the South Region final. remaining in the regionals, and Florida became the first Brittany Rountree con“It just hurts because I with neither team leading by team to advance to the Final verted a pair of free throws think everybody in here more than three points over Four with a win Saturday with 1:14 left and two more at knows that that could have the final 12:09 of regulation. night over the 11th-seeded the 36.4-second mark to help gone either way eight times Overtime was even more Dayton Flyers in the South seal it for the No. 4 seed Tar over,” Miller said. dramatic, with Arizona hav- Region final.

Heels (27-9), who backed up The Gators reached their their December victory It’s Wisconsin’s first Final ing an answer for just about fifth Final Four after losing at against the Gamecocks with Four appearance since 2000, everything Wisconsin did. and first for 69-year-old “All throughout the game this point in each of the past another on the NCAA tourcoach Bo Ryan, who earned we made their job tough,” three NCAA tournaments. nament stage. his 704th career victory.

Johnson said. “It just came This time, they came in as the Alaina Coates hit several country’s top-ranked team key baskets down the stretch “You go against these down to one final play.” teams that have been really Ben Brust hit a 3-pointer and the overall No. 1 seed. on the way to 22 points for Florida won its 30th South Carolina (29-5), held to good from start to finish, and to put the Badgers up at the Wisconsin is a great team,” start of the extra session; straight game and improved 37.7-percent shooting while Miller said. “They can win Gordon answered with a 3 to to 36-2, topping the 35 wins committing 13 turnovers. the national championship, tie it up again at 57. Kaminsky by the 2007 national chamNorth Carolina needs one close to being a 1 seed.” scored inside and Gordon pionship squad. more win to be reunited with Traevon Jackson added 10 dunked at the other end for Dyshawn Pierre led the Hatchell, whose doctors have points for the Badgers, and another tie.

Flyers (26-11) with 18 points. said she could travel to the

NEW YORK (AP) — A veteran guard carried UConn to the Final Four.

Shabazz Napier watched Kemba Walker do it three years ago. It was his turn Sunday at Madison Square Garden.

Napier scored 17 of his 25 points in the second half of a 60-54 upset of fourth-seeded Michigan State. The East Regional’s most outstanding player hit three huge free throws with 30.6 seconds left.

The Huskies (30-8) rallied from a nine-point second-half deficit to become the first No. 7 seed to reach the Final Four since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. They rode the home-court advantage of the thousands of UConn fans who made the short trip.

“It’s kind of unfair,” Napier said with a grin.

He could have transferred when academic sanctions barred the Huskies from the NCAA tournament his junior season. But Napier wanted to pay back the school for the joy of that national title his freshman year, for his struggles as a sophomore.

Did he ever.

Second-year coach Kevin Ollie is now 4-0 in the NCAA tournament at his alma mater after replacing mentor Jim Calhoun. Afterward, Ollie told Calhoun: “Thank you for believing in me.”

The undersized Huskies matched Michigan State’s physical play box-out for box-out, holding the Spartans (299) to just six offensive rebounds and six points in the paint.

“We wanted to throw the first punch, and I think we did that,” Ollie said.

UConn dared Michigan State to shoot 3-pointers, and the Spartans nearly made enough, going 11 for 29

from behind the arc. Gary Harris was 4 for 9 on 3s for 22 points, but his teammates were a combined 10 for 32 from the floor.

Michigan State’s seniors become the first four-year players recruited by Tom Izzo to fail to make a Final Four.

Trailing 51-49 with more than two minutes left, the Spartans had a chance to tie or take the lead. Senior Adreian Payne threw the ball away, and Napier drilled a jumper on the other end.

After Payne’s free throws cut the deficit back to two, Keith Appling was whistled for a foul — the fifth on Michigan State’s other senior starter — for contact with Napier on a 3-point attempt. Napier extended the lead to 56-51, and after Travis Trice missed a 3, Phillip Nolan slipped free for a dunk that clinched the victory.

“He’s a winner, and he willed his team to victory,” Harris said of Napier.

Ryan Boatright made four steals as Michigan State committed 16 turnovers. Some were caused by UConn’s quickness, others by poor decisions by the Spartans. Izzo thought his team, a popular pick to win it all after finally getting healthy in March, looked tired.

“We had 16 of the most out-of-body turnovers known to mankind, to be honest,” Izzo said.

DeAndre Daniels shut down Branden Dawson, who scored 24 points in Michigan State’s Sweet 16 win over topseeded Virginia. Dawson attempted just three field goals, making one, to finish with five points.

The 6-foot-10, 245-pound Payne, repeatedly forced out of the paint by the Huskies’ defenders, hit two long jumpers to put Michigan State up 32-23 less than four minutes into the second

Wisconsin dashes Arizona’s dreams ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Arizona spent eight weeks as the nation’s top-ranked team and ran off 21 straight victories.

The Wildcats just couldn’t close out the win they wanted the most, losing 6463 on the final play in overtime to Wisconsin in the West Region final on Saturday night.

Nick Johnson had the ball with a chance to win, but he missed a shot that launched just after the buzzer for Arizona (33-5), the topseeded team that has yet to win a West Region final in Anaheim in four tries.

Johnson led the Wildcats with 16 points, and Aaron Gordon had 18 rebounds in the relentlessly physical game.

“If I had to go back and do it, I probably would have taken one dribble less and try to pull up and get the shot off,” Johnson said. “But they made it tough.”

Johnson stood with his hands on his hips, staring straight ahead, while Frank Kaminsky and the rest of the Badgers rushed to celebrate.

Kaminsky had 28 points, including six in overtime, and 11 rebounds for the second-seeded Badgers (30-7).

“This one hurts,” guard T.J. McConnell said. “We fought and fought and fought. Wisconsin made one more play at the end, and that was the difference.”

Kaleb Tarczewski scored 12 points and Rondae HollisJefferson had 10 points for the Wildcats, who were trying to

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Alyssa Thomas scored a career-high 33 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as fourth-seeded Maryland upset No. 1 seed Tennessee 73-62 on Sunday in the Louisville Region semifinal.

The Terrapins (27-6) reached their ninth regional final and first since 2012.

They did it against a program the Terps had beaten only four times previously and never before in the NCAA tournament. Maryland improved to 5-10 against Tennessee (29-6) with a little revenge for their previous tournament loss in the 1989 Final Four.

The Lady Vols’ self-titled “GrindFor9” in their chase for a ninth national championship is over. They will miss the Final Four for a sixth straight season. This hurts even more with the national championship game being played April 8 in Nashville just 179 miles from their home in Knoxville.

Meighan Simmons scored 31 points for Tennessee.

Former Springfield star Mercedes Russell had two points for the Volunteers.

Louisville 73, LSU 47: Shoni Schimmel scored 19 points, Tia Gibbs added five 3-pointers and third-seeded Louisville rolled seventhseeded LSU to reach the regional final of the NCAA tournament.

Facing an injury-riddled Tigers squad that dressed just eight players, the Cardinals (33-4) rung up another rout highlighted by a season-best 12 3-pointers with the two seniors leading the way. Schimmel was 3 of 5 from beyond the arc and three other Cardinals contributed.

LSU (21-13) on the other hand went 31 minutes with just Danielle Ballard (24 points), Jasmine Rhodes (eight) and Theresa Plaisance (seven) scoring before other Tigers chipped in. By then the game was out of hand and the Tigers shot just 24 percent from the field.

Louisville moved on to host Maryland on Tuesday night, matching Cardinals coach Jeff Walz against Terrapins counterpart Brenda Frese, whom he worked under from 2002-07.

Final Four in Nashville, Tenn., after recently undergoing her final chemotherapy session for leukemia.

Hatchell hasn’t coached this season after being diagnosed with leukemia in October, though she does plenty of game planning with associate coach Andrew Calder by phone.

SATURDAY LINCOLN REGIONAL Connecticut 70, BYU 51: Kaleena MosquedaLewis had 19 points to lead four Connecticut players in double figures, and the defending national champion Huskies shook off BYU early in the second half to win in the NCAA women’s regional semifinals Saturday.

The Huskies (37-0), winners of 43 straight, will try for their seventh straight Final Four when they take on Texas A&M on Monday night. The Aggies advanced with an 8465 victory over DePaul.

UConn season scoring leaders Breanna Stewart and Bria Hartley overcame slow starts, with Stewart having 12 of her 16 in the second half and Hartley all 12 of hers after halftime. Moriah Jefferson had 11 for UConn.

K im Beeston led the Cougars (28-7) with 16 points, and Morgan Bailey added 14. Jennifer Hamson had nine points to go with 13 rebounds and six blocked shots.

Texas A&M 84, DePaul 65: Courtney Walker scored 25 points to power Texas A&M to the regional finals.

The Aggies (27-8) led by 14 points at halftime and turned back two DePaul runs.

Courtney Williams had 14 of her 15 points in the second half.

DePaul (29-7) shot 40 percent, 28 percent in the first half, and struggled defensively against the physical Aggies. Jasmine Penny had 16 of her 24 points in the second half and Megan Rogowski added 14 points for the Blue Demons.

Texas A&M shot 60 percent and has won each of its three tournament games by at least 15 points.

Karla Gilbert and Jordan Jones had 11 points apiece and Tori Scott added 10 for the Aggies.

NOTRE DAME REGIONAL Notre Dame 89, Oklahoma State 72: Natalie Achonwa got Notre Dame going early and never let up as she finished with 23 points and Jewell Loyd added 20 to lead the Fighting Irish to a victory over Oklahoma State.

Notre Dame (35-0) is a victory away from its fourth straight Final Four berth, while the Cowgirls (25-9) missed a chance to advance to a regional final for the first time in school history. They fell to 0-3 in regional semifinals.

To get to the Final Four, the Irish will have to beat Baylor, the last team to knockoff Notre Dame at home.

The Irish jumped to a 140 lead in the opening 3:31, capped by a three-point play

by Achonwa, as the Cowgirls missed their first six shots.

The Cowgirls later used a 7-0 run to cut the lead to 24-14, but that was as close as they got.

Baylor 90, Kentucky 72: Odyssey Sims scored 25 points, including her 1,000th this season, to lead No. 2 seed Baylor to a rout of thirdseeded Kentucky.

Sims became only the second player to reach that milestone in a single season.

She is 41 points behind Jackie Stiles’ record of 1,062 for one year set in 2001.

The last time Baylor and Kentucky met, they played one of the most exciting games in the history of women’s basketball. The Wildcats came away with a 133-130 four-overtime victory back in December.

This one fell far short of matching that thriller as Sims and Baylor put the game away by the half.

Now the Lady Bears (324) will face either Notre Dame or Oklahoma State in the regional final on Monday night. DeNesha Stallworth scored 19 points to lead Kentucky (26-9).

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Sports Hamilton captures win in Malaysia SEPANG, Malaysia (AP) — Lewis Hamilton broke his drought at Formula One’s Malaysian Grand Prix and led a one-two finish for the Mercedes team Sunday.

Hamilton beat teammate Nico Rosberg by 17.3 seconds at the Sepang International Circuit, with defending world champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull third.

Hamilton got away well from pole position and led throughout, making up for his retirement in the seasonopening race in Australia and belatedly winning in Malaysia for the first time, at his eighth attempt.

Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso finished fourth, ahead of India’s Nico The Associated Press Force Hulkenberg and McLaren’s Will Power leads Ryan Hunter-Reay and Helio Castroneves into Turn 10 in the IndyCar Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on Sunday. Power won the race, Jenson Button, while Felipe with Hunter-Reay finishing second, and Castroneves third.

Massa held on for seventh ahead of Williams teammate Valtteri Bottas despite being told by his team to let Bottas through.

Two rookies took the final “We went when they said green, and ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — We want to give the championship to all of a sudden the leaders stopped. I two points positions, with Preparations for the IndyCar Series Roger no matter what it takes.”

Ganassi has won five of the last six don’t know what was going on at the opener began with a silly spat between the two top organizations over a per- championships, and Penske last won in front,” the rookie said.

Power said he never braked and was ceived slight made by the president of 2006.

It was fitting that the win went to confused because the field went green Team Penske.

The dig — Tim Cindric compared Power, who picked up right where he earlier than it should.

From Page B1 “They actually threw the green Penske to the New York Yankees and left off last season. He won three of the Target/Chip Ganassi Racing to the final five IndyCar races last season — before I was even in the (restart) zone, “I’ve been on this journey Miami Marlins — irritated the Ganassi including the last two — and his Sunday so it was confusing to me,” Power said. for a while and every time Castroneves didn’t buy Power’s ver- you come to Martinsville, camp and created some drama heading win at St. Pete gives the Australian four sion and said he was fooled by his team- you just kind of draw a line out of the last six victories. into the race Sunday.

Power passed pole-sitter Takuma mate.

When the checkered flag waved, it through it like there’s no way “Will and I know each other for a I’ll be able to challenge those was Penske driver Will Power in the Sato for the lead with an outside move winner’s circle. With teammate Helio headed into the second turn on Lap 31, long time. He knows my tricks,” Hendrick guys or be up in the Castroneves finishing third, Team and was never really challenged again. Castroneves said. “I didn’t quite know top 10,” Busch said.

Penske drivers claimed two spots on the He had to beat Castroneves off pit lane that trick from him, and he got me.”

When it was over, Busch IndyCar said the restart in question brushed aside talk about his podium and fired the opening salvo in during stops under caution, and the only hiccup was on the first restart of was acceptable, but race control did in-race comments about his the rivalry. review Power’s second restart and feud with Keselowski, who “I’ve only heard a little bit of that the race.

He was the leader and was slow to issued him a warning for going too early. claimed that Busch “just story, so I haven’t paid much attention,” Power said. “Are the Marlins good? Do restart the field with 28 laps remaining. He was not penalized, but IndyCar said drove right through me and It caused traffic to stack up behind him he will be if he does it again. they win?” ruined my day” on pit road, Juan Pablo Montoya finished 15th in causing Keselowski to lose 30 Ganassi driver Scott Dixon, the and led to a crash involving rookie Jack his return to IndyCar for the first time laps and retaliate. defending series champion, finished Hawksworth and Marco Andretti.

Andretti got out of his car with a since he left for Formula One following fourth and Tony Kanaan was sixth in his “He tried to flatten all limp and was favoring his wrist follow- his Indianapolis 500 win in 2000. He four of my tires,” Busch said debut for the team. spent almost five seasons in F1 and of his former teammate with So with Verizon-sponsored driver ing the accident.

“It’s hard to see because I was pretty seven in NASCAR before returning to Roger Penske Racing. “That’s Power on top of the podium in the first race with Verizon on board as the series far back, but Will just stopped. Once open-wheel with Roger Penske. a no fly zone. ... He will get “I think it went pretty good,” he said. what he gets back when I sponsor, and Castroneves on the podi- you go, you gotta go,” he said. “It looked um with him, round one easily went to like an accordion effect. I had a good “We will learn and pass some people decide to give it back.” restart going, but we were junk all day, and some people passed us. There are a Team Penske.

The race featured an few things we have to do better, but I event-record 33 lead “We don’t want to give an inch this so what are you going to do?”

Hawksworth blamed the accident on didn’t feel my pace was too bad there at changes, and Johnson year,” said Castroneves, who lost the championship to Dixon last season. the leaders stopping at the front of the the end. It’s going to be a lot of work but expected there would be one I am very excited.”

“We don’t want to give any opportunity. field. more, but on a slippery day

Team Penske makes IndyCar statement

NASCAR

McLaren’s Kevin Magnussen ninth and Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat tenth.

On a day when the threatened tropical rain held off, Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo and Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen were the leading cars that suffered the worst luck.

Ricciardo was in fourth place with 15 laps to go when the team failed to properly attach a wheel at a pitstop, forcing him to stop halfway down the pitlane and be pushed back to have it replaced. Soon after, the Australian lost his front wing, got a stop-go penalty for an unsafe release from t h e p i ts to p a n d t h e n retired.

Raikkonen was hit from behind by Magnussen on the opening lap, causing a puncture, dropping him to the back of the field. He finished 12th, behind Lotus’ Romain Grosjean who surprisingly finished the race in a Lotus that has been very unreliable.

on the smallest circuit in NASCAR’s premier series, the cars at the end weren’t conducive to typical shorttrack racing.

“Man, we were so on edge slipping and sliding,” Johnson said about the final laps duel, during which there was very little of the beating and banging that usually typifies end-of-the-day racing at Martinsville. “I think the lack of security in our own car kept us from feeling more racy and putting a bumper to someone or really getting inside someone aggressively.”

Dale Earnhardt Jr. was third, followed by Joey Logano and Marcos Ambrose.

Virginia native Denny Hamlin, a four-time winner at Martinsville stung by criticism when he missed last week’s race in Fontana, Calif., because of an eye infection, promised Friday that he would win, and qualified second, but finished 19th.

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FULLY FURNISHED IN NB 1Bd, 1B, W/D. Includes Power, water & Sewer. Clean, quite area in town . 541-290-5225 Rent $900. - Dep. $400.

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802 Cats

APARTMENTS AVAILABLE Kohl’s Cat House Studio Apt C.B $395 Sm.1 bedroom C.B. $450.

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Black short haired cat still missing. Last seen off Radar Road in Puerto Vista Estates. Please feed and call Karin 541-297-4497.

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808 Pet Care Pet Cremation

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Cute 1 bed plus. Large yard, Garage, W/D hook ups, Fridge, Range, Microwave included. Englewood area. No pets/smoking. $695 1st/last/Dep. &Credit check fee. 541-751-8371 Lakeside 2 bdrm. 1 1/2 bath, $675 mo. Range, Fridge, W/D, Carport plus Storage, Fenced yard 1st last and Deposit. References required.

Call 541-759-3368 WANTED: 2 bedroom single level house or duplex.Need a home now, moved in from out of state. Call with any possibilities. 541-808-4114

610 2-4-6 Plexes Waterfront, Cape Arago Hwy, gated, woodsy. Very large, one bedroom, Fireplace, Carport. Includes W/D, Utilities paid. $875 + Deposits, No smoking/pets. Background check.

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906 4X4 2008 Jeep Wrangler Black on black Wrangler X, 59,485 miles, 2dr/4wd, Soft Top,Hitch Cargo Carrier included.

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909 Misc. Auto

Wooded setting, fireplace, decks, view of bay and bridge.

2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths.

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915 Used Cars FOR SALE: 1995 Ford Crown Vic $2500. 1998 2wd Jeep $3500. Both run good, good condition. Call 541-294-0603.

Legals 100 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE STATE OF OREGON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS Case No. 14CV0107 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION JAMES B. NUTTER & COMPANY, its successors in interest and/or assigns, Plaintiff, v.

UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ARTHUR M. ELLINGSON; ALICE T. ELLINGSON, INDIVIDUALLY; ALICE T. ELLINGSON, AS BENEFICIARY OF THE LIFE ESTATE OF ARTHUR M. ELLINGSON; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; STATE OF OREGON; OCCUPANTS OF THE PREMISES; AND THE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 95008 SHELLY LANE, COQUILLE, OREGON 97423, Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANTS: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ARTHUR M. ELLINGSON: In the name of the State of Oregon, you are hereby required to appear and answer the complaint filed against you in the above-entitled Court and cause on or before the expiration of 30 days from the date of the first publication of this summons. The date of first publication in this matter is March 31 2014.

If you fail timely to appear and answer, plaintiff will apply to the above-entitled court for the relief prayed for in its complaint. This is a judicial foreclosure of a deed of trust in which the plaintiff requests that the plaintiff be allowed to foreclose your interest in the following described real property: PARCEL 1: A PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE NE 1/4 OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 28 SOUTH, RANGE 12 WEST OF THE WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN, COOS COUNTY, OREGON, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

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Rentals 600

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709 Wanted to Buy

Dahlia $1.00ea

501 Commercial

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WOOD HEIGHTS, COOS COUNTY, 2001 36’ Monico Diplomat RV, $35.00 39 K, 2 OREGON. slides, propane generator, oak inte$15.00 rior, new carpet, no smoking, lg. closCommonly known as: 95008 Shelley $15.00 $45.00 ets, excellent condition, $59,000. obo.

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an advertising proof is requested in writing and clearly marked for corrections. If the error is not corrected by the Publisher, its liability, if any, shall not exceed the space occupied by the error.

Further, the Publisher will reschedule and run the omitted advertisement at advertiser’s cost. All claims for adjustment must be made within seven (7) days of date of publication. In no case shall the Publisher be liable for any general, special or consequential damages.

PRICED TO SELL: 1990 F150 4x4, 14ft, fiberglass boat and trailer, $3000. Boat includes 2 Mercury engines, fuel/water separater system, fishing gear, 12v electric trailer wench and new trailer tires. 541-396-5478

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BEGINNING AT THE S.E. CORNER OF LOT 7, BLOCK 1, PLAT OF GLADEWOOD HEIGHTS, THENCE ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID PLAT NORTH 08° 52’ 37” WEST 445.52 FEET; THENCE NORTH 16° 06’ 00” WEST 338.24 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SHELLEY RD; THENCE ON A CURVE TO THE LEFT THE LONG CORD OF WHICH BEARS NORTH 65° 59’ 23” EAST 62.60 FEET, THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE NORTH 64° 17’ EAST 22.91 FEET; THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE ON A CURVE TO THE RIGHT THE LONG CHORD OF WHICH BEARS NORTH 87° 23’ 02” EAST 128.41 FEET; THENCE ON A CURVE TO THE LEFT THE LONG CHORD OF WHICH BEARS SOUTH 82° 35’ 30” EAST 59.22 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE PARCEL DESCRIBED IN DEED VOLUME 152, PAGE 293; THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE 84° 51’ EAST 20.00 FEET; THENCE ALONG A FENCE LINE SOUTH 11° 26’ 25” WEST 158.84 FEET TO A 1/2” PIPE; THENCE ALONG SAID FENCE SOUTH 0° 07’ 44” EAST 275.68 FEET TO A 1/2” PIPE; THENCE ALONG SAID FENCE SOUTH 32° 05’ 40” EAST 70.09 FEET; THENCE EAST 126.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 253.52 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 30° 24’ 52” WEST 303.75 FEET TO THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SHANNON ST.; THENCE ON A 130 FEET RADIUS CURVE TO THE LEFT THE LONG CHORD OF WHICH BEARS NORTH 56° 02’ 40” WEST 51.73 FEET TO THE S.E. CORNER OF LOT 2, BLOCK 10, PLAT OF GLADEWOOD HEIGHTS, FIRST ADDITION; THENCE ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID PLAT NORTH 17° 47’ 30” WEST 189.37 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. ALSO: BEGINNING AT A 5/8” IRON ROD ON THE NORTH LINE OF SHANNON STREET, SAID IRON ROD BEING SOUTH 56° 00’ 45” EAST 51.88 FEET FROM THE 5/8” IRON ROD WHICH MARKS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 2, BLOCK 10, GLADEWOOD HEIGHTS, FIRST ADDITION, COOS COUNTY, OREGON; THENCE NORTH 06° 09’ 02” EAST 155.0 FEET TO A 5/8” IRON ROD; THENCE SOUTH 68° 44’ 46” EAST 64.52 FEET TO A 5/8” IRON ROD WHICH MARKS THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PARCEL: THENCE NORTH 30° 24’ 52” EAST 151.58 FEET TO A 1/2” IRON PIPE; THENCE SOUTH 06° 09’ 02” WEST 155.00 FEET TO A 5/8” IRON ROD; THENCE NORTH 68° 44’ 46” WEST 64.52 FEET BACK TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. EXCEPTING THAT PORTION CONVEYED TO JEAN K. TARLEN-KENDALL IN PROPERTY LINE ADJUSTMENT DEED RECORDED JULY 18, 1994 IN MICROFILM NO. 94-07-0875, RECORDS OF COOS COUNTY, OREGON. ALSO EXCEPTING THAT PORTION CONVEYED TO KATHRYN A. STRAIN IN PROPERTY LINE ADJUSTMENT DEED RECORDED DECEMBER 17, 2001 IN MICROFILM NO. 2001-15011, RECORDS OF COOS COUNTY, OREGON. PARCEL 2: THE NORTH 60 FEET OF LOT 7, BLOCK 1, PLAT OF GLADE-

A lawsuit has been started against you in the above-entitled court by James B. Nutter & Company, plaintiff.

Plaintiff’s claims are stated in the written complaint, a copy of which was filed with the above-entitled Court.

You must “appear” in this case or the other side will win automatically. To “appear” you must file with the court a legal document called a “motion” or “answer.”

The “motion” or “answer” (or “reply”) must be given to the court clerk or administrator within 30 days of the date of first publication specified herein along with the required filing fee. It must be in proper form and have proof of service on the plaintiff’s attorney or, if the plaintiff does not have an attorney, proof of service on the plaintiff.

If you have any questions, you should see an attorney immediately. If you need help in finding an attorney, you may contact the Oregon State Bar’s Lawyer Referral Service online at www.oregonstatebar.org or by calling (503) 684-3763 (in the Portland metropolitan area) or toll-free elsewhere in Oregon at (800) 452-7636.

This summons is issued pursuant to ORCP 7.

RCO LEGAL, P.C. Alex Gund, OSB #114067 agund@rcolegal.com Attorneys for Plaintiff 511 SW 10th Ave., Ste. 400 Portland, OR 97205 P: (503) 977-7840 F: (503) 977-7963 PUBLISHED: The World - March 31, April 07, 14 and 21, 2014 (ID-20249576) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS Probate Department Case No. 13PB0268 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS In the Matter of the Estate of Mary L. Davidson Deceased.

Notice is hereby given that Pyyllis A. Wilkinson has been appointed and has qualified as the Personal Representative of sthe aboveestate. All persons having claims against sathisstate are re uired to present th them totundehrsigned personal representative in care of the undersigned at: E. Map Rd., Maplton Or., 97453 within four (4) months after the date of first publication of this notice, as stated below, or such claims may be barred.

All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings in this estate may obtain additional information from the records of the Court, the personal representative or the attorney for the Personal Representative.

Dated and first published: March 17, 2014.

Phillis A. Wilkinson 11966 E. Map Rd. Mapleton, Or. 97453 ss/______________________ Phyllis A. Wilkinson PUBLISHED: The World - March 17, 24 and 31, 2014 (ID-20247939) LEGAL NOTICE The Fortress Self Storage 1503 Ocean Blvd NW Coos Bay, OR 97420 541-888-5521 The following units will be sold at Public Auction on April 23, 2014 at 11:00am for non-payment of rent and other fees. Auction to be pursuant to auction rules and procedures for Truax Holdings III. Rules are available upon inquiry.

Unit # 782 Linda Connors Unit # 823 Amanda Hansen PUBLISHED: The World- March 31 and April 07, 2014 (ID-20249781) NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to ORS 477.250, notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held at the Coos Forest Protective Association (CFPA) Headquarters, 63612 Fifth Road, in Coos Bay, Oregon, on April 21, 2014, at 2:00 p.m.., to receive from any interested persons suggestions, advice, objections or remonstrance’s to the proposed budget for the forest protection district. A copy of the tentative budget for the Forest Protection District may be inspected during normal working hours. To ensure the broadest range of services to individuals with disabilities, persons with disabilities requiring special arrangements should contact Kathy Dailey, at 541-267-3161 or kdailey@odf.state.or.us at least two working days in advance of the scheduled hearing.

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY DOUG DECKER, STATE FORESTER PUBLISHED: The World - March 31 and April 07, 2014 (ID-20248429)

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