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‘THIS IS THE GREATEST DAY EVER, YOU GUYS’ AFGHANISTAN
No ‘rapid exit’
from fight,
Trump says
In change of mind, he declares
war against terror must continue
By Brian Bennett
and Noah Bierman
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Presi-
dent Donald Trump, admit-
ting he came into office want-
ing to pull all U.S. troops out of
Afghanistan, said Monday he
had changed his mind and
MONICA CABRERA/THE MORNING CALL
had approved what amounted
Paul Abeln of Breinigsville gazes in amazement at the eclipse outside Da Vinci Science Center in Allentown on Mon- to an open-ended military
day. Despite some partly cloudy skies, sky watchers were able to get a good glimpse of the partial solar eclipse. commitment to prevent ter-
rorist safe havens there.
“My original instinct was to
pull out, and historically I like
following my instincts. But all
of my life I heard that deci- “A hasty with-
sions are much different
when you sit behind the desk
drawal would
in the Oval Office,” Trump create a vacuum
said, in a rare acknowledg-
ment of the unique pressures that terrorists —
and vantage of his office.
“The consequences of a including ISIS
rapid exit are both predictable
and unacceptable,” Trump and al-Qaida —
said, adopting the rationale
that his predecessors, Presi-
would instantly
HARRY FISHER/THE MORNING CALL
Watching the solar eclipse along Hamilton Street in downtown Allentown are, from left: BB&T Bank employee Susan
dents George W. Bush and fill.”
Barack Obama, had used to
Green; Lehigh Valley Health Network Program Manager Caleb Schwarzbach; BB&T Bank employee Eftefany Deleon. justify 16 years of U.S. military — President Trump
involvement in Afghanistan.
VALLEY EYES
“A hasty withdrawal would
create a vacuum that terror- troop levels nor timetables for
ists — including ISIS and Al deployment. But his military
Qaeda — would instantly fill, advisers are seeking 4,000
ON THE SKIES
just as happened before Sept. more troops, a 50 percent
11.” increase, and stepped-up
Trump’s speech — a tele- counter-terrorism operations.
vised prime-time address be- He said he would not pro-
fore an audience of troops at vide a “blank check” for U.S.
Fort Myer, across the Potomac support to Afghanistan’s gov-
Solar eclipse brings out sense of wonder, River from Washington in
Virginia — marked a shift to a
ernment. But he also said he
would not adhere to any
spirit of community among area sky watchers much more traditional Re-
publican foreign policy by a
pre-set timetable nor specify
benchmarks for when U.S.
president who ran for office involvement might end.
disparaging what he often Committing thousands
By Daniel Patrick Sheehan less exclamations of wonder from north. But an eclipse, he added, is referred to as a the “stupid” more troops to the nation’s
and Sarah M. Wojcik the crowd of sky watchers. undeniably a thrill. decisions of the past. longest war presents a new
Of The Morning Call “Look at the yellow,” said Paul “Better than a poke in the eye with Although he campaigned political challenge for the
Abeln of Breinigsville, 78, a marvel- a sharp stick,” he said. on pulling back U.S. involve- president at a time when his
The chance of storm clouds ously well-informed watcher who In Bethlehem, hundreds turned ment overseas, Trump’s green public approval has been
eclipsing the eclipse seemed dis- knew that the yellow wave moving out to Payrow Plaza between City light to send additional troops damaged by a succession of
tressingly high Monday as crowds across the edge of the crescent sun Hall and the public library for an to Afghanistan means the missteps and misstatements
gathered at the Da Vinci Science was its corona — the outer atmos- eclipse watch party. president has now increased in his young administration.
Center in Allentown to watch the phere, millions of degrees hotter The Burke family of Upper the military’s role in every With his decision, Trump is
slow, exquisite passage of the moon than its surface and generally unob- Saucon Township — Liz, 16, Andrew, combat theater he inherited — in the awkward position of
in front of the sun. servable from Earth except during 13, and Chris, 11, — waited about an a Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Soma- taking ownership of a conflict
But the atmosphere by and large eclipses. hour and a half to snag a pair of lia as well as Afghanistan. he has criticized.
cooperated, and while the dimming “I like the aurora borealis better,” viewing glasses with their friend Trump, reading from a tele- His shift signals the influ-
sun ducked behind the clouds once Abeln confessed, recalling the heart- Jonathan Riker, 17, of Allentown. prompter in sober tones, did ence not just of Pentagon
in a while during the more than stopping beauty of those colored All four are Moravian Academy not provide details for in- commanders, led by retired
two-hour event, it was visible often waves of charged particles that creased involvement, saying
enough to elicit squeals and breath- sometimes fill the skies in the far Please see ECLIPSE NEWS 4 he would publicize neither Please see TRUMP NEWS 2
AMERICAN ICON 31st Annual
Chinese automaker sets sights on Jeep Pocono

Fiat Chrysler is interested
in selling the popular
press office for the company head-
quarters, who would give only his
surname, Zhang, said, “Yes, we are
State
and profitable brand. interested in Jeep.”
Fiat Chrysler, in a statement, said Craft
Festival
By Brent Snavely, no discussions have occurred with
Eric D. Lawrence Great Wall.
and Nathan Bomey “Fiat Chrysler Automobiles con-
Of The Detroit Free Press firmed that it has not been ap-
proached by Great Wall Motors in
August 26 & 27, 2017
Chinese automaker Great Wall connection with the Jeep brand or Saturday & Sunday 10am-5pm
Motors is interested in buying Jeep, any other matter relating to its
an iconic American brand, from Fiat business. FCA is fully committed to Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm,
Chrysler Automobiles, a move that ROBERT DUFFER/TNS its 2014-18 plan, having achieved each Stroudsburg, PA
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in the U.S. and create angst among than 500,000 in 2008 to more than six quarters left to its completion.”
workers. 1.4 million last year. The goal is 2 Nevertheless, Fiat Chrysler CEO Sponsored by The
Great Wall told trade publication million in 2018. Sergio Marchionne said earlier this Pocono Chapter
Automotive News it is “deeply inter- year the Jeep and Ram brands could of the PA Guild of
ested,” in buying the Jeep brand and becoming the top specialty SUV be spun off into a standalone com- Craftsmen &
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Council
The Chinese automaker has yet to Great Wall “has this intention,” the signaling he is interested in discus-
formally declare its interest in Jeep, public relations director for Great sions with other automakers about a
but a possible acquisition would be in Wall's Haval SUV brand, Zhao Lijia, sale of the company, partial sale or
line with Chairman Wang Jianjun's told The Associated Press when
goal, announced in February, of asked about Jeep. An employee of the Please see JEEP NEWS 6
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In Pa., 1 in 3 approve
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rebuilding Afghan … that’s alongside Afghan troops. Trump’s public sales-
2x our own $50 billion The troop increase in manship in the life-and-
annual federal highway Afghanistan is supposed to death matter could be
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and say America’s standing Pennsylvanians said they quest to Capitol Hill this fall. State Department has not Their government has zero
in Pennsylvania on the world stage has been would prefer next year’s Senators, in particular, have filled key senior positions appreciation. Let’s get out!”
oppose president. weakened during his ten- congressional elections to made it clear they will that would be in charge of Trump tweeted in 2013, in
ure. shift control of Congress to require a more fully devel- handling the Afghanistan one of several similar state-
By Laura Olson Asked how Trump’s con- Democrats, while 37 per- oped strategy before com- and Pakistan portfolios. ments he made that year.
Call Washington Bureau duct as president makes cent would prefer that Re- mitting to more troops; the Trump still has no U.S. The U.S. has spent more
them feel, 62 percent of publicans maintain control question now is whether ambassador in Kabul, the than $840 billion on the
WASHINGTON – Just Pennsylvania adults re- and 16 percent were unde- Trump’s remarks meet that Afghan capital. conflict in Afghanistan since
one-third of Pennsylvani- sponded that they are “em- cided. test. “No amount of denial, 2001, according to the analy-
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to a new NBC News/Marist The three NBC/Marist Bob Casey, who drew a for the war, approved after effort to deal with the civil cost of the conflict in Af-
Poll that found similar ap- polls released Sunday were positive impression from 37 the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist side of the war,” Anthony ghanistan at more than $1
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LOCAL NEWS Solar eclipse

Brady McGuire, 11, mother Michelle Morcombe and Hanna McGuire, 15, all of Coplay, clad in their viewing glasses, look at the solar eclipse at the Da Vinci Science Center in Allentown.
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Photographer Andrew Charles Price of Bethlehem looks towards the sun as he shoots the Sean Jeon, of Upper Macungie Township, views the eclipse through a telescope with a
eclipse outside the Bethlehem Public Library. filter on it outside the Da Vinci Science Center.

Henry Hamant (front) and John Patrick
Hamant of Hellertown watch the eclipse
outside the Da Vinci Science Center through
their customized cereal box viewer. Accord-
ing to their mother, ‘They woke up this
morning all excited about solar eclipse day,
went on NASA’s website, watched the video
and made the pinhole viewer themselves.’
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Isaac Smith, 7, of Whitehall plays a game of eclipse twister outside the Bethlehem Public Library. It’s special.”
In this dance of sun and moon, more than
a few saw an opportunity for a blessed
ECLIPSE South Carolina got to see the totality. The rest
of us had to settle for a portion, which in the
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Millions of sky watchers gazed heavenward as
moment of unity in a nation that sorely needs
it. Except for places beset by bad weather, the
Lehigh Valley was about 75 percent. eclipse was visible everywhere in the con-
the moon blotted out the sun in a grand
Continued from NEWS 1 But that seemed to be more than enough celestial show that had not been visible all
tiguous United States.
for most as the sky dimmed. By the peak of across America in nearly a century. News 9 “That’s what it’s all about, isn’t it?” said
students and had embraced the nation’s the eclipse, a little before 2:45, the sky was Julie Urland, an American living in England
obsession with the celestial phenomenon. dusky and the temperature had dipped a but back home with her son for a visit to her
“Everyone can get excited about science,” couple of degrees. parents in South Whitehall Township and a
Riker said. “We’re all looking at the same “This is the greatest day ever, you guys,” a MacDougall knew where they’d go. jet-lagged foray to Da Vinci. “Having every-
event.” woman at Da Vinci told her boys as they “And it feels good because he’ll always say one together and having a common thing to
“And it’s a reminder that we all live on this gazed skyward with solar viewing glasses that he got to go see this with his Nana,” she enjoy. We don’t have that very often.”
same planet,” Liz Burke added. pasted to their eyes and their mouths agape. said. Indeed not, said Fran Kleckner, a retired
Total eclipses happen somewhere in the Liam MacDougall of Nazareth, 6, among Nancy Voelker, 54, of Bethlehem, wan- physician watching nearby with family and
world every two years or so, but the last time the amazed watchers on Payrow Plaza, was dered around the plaza offering her glasses to reckoning the value of the eclipse in human
one was visible from coast to coast in the certain he’d remember the day. anyone who didn’t have them so they could terms.
United States was 1918. A 1979 eclipse was “Oh I think I will,” he answered confi- peek at what was unfolding above. “It helps everyone forget for a moment all
visible in the Pacific Northwest. Hawaii was dently. “Science is my favorite subject.” “You get more community spirit that way,” the bad things,” he said. “Maybe we should
treated to one in 1991. The first-grader’s bespectacled face was Voelker said. marvel at the good things.”
“I think it’s wonderful,” said Matthew fixed on the sky as he rattled off every detail She revealed, a little later, what she found The next total eclipse visible in the U.S.
Rothfuss, an information technician at the he could about the partially obscured sun — to be an even more remarkable sight than the will be April 8, 2024. That isn’t very far off,
Bethlehem Area Public Library. “Maybe this color, shape, second-by-second cloud cover. eclipse: the little ones, like 4-year-old Gian- though it seemed so to Paul Abeln’s grand-
is going to kick-start our fascination with all Liam’s grandmother and summer car- nina Galimi, craning their necks skyward, son, also named Paul Abeln, who earnestly
the things above us.” etaker, Pat MacDougall, 65, of Bethlehem, wide smiles from ear to ear. posed a question to his grandmother, Mil-
This time around, only people in a said the library is a regular stop for the two of “When the little ones put on the glasses,” dred.
70-mile-wide band between Oregon and them. When she heard about the eclipse, Voelker said. “You just see their cheeks go big. “Will you be alive for that?”
LOCAL NEWS
Grants give businesses more security

Allentown can pay up to called first thing Monday,” he said. “I spent $9,000, with the city paying $3,000, A friend told Newhard about the city’s
jumped right on it.” on a quality surveillance system. security camera grant soon after it was
$3,000 to offset costs of Since announcement of the program in Besides the van break-in and a few acts announced and he signed up immediately.
surveillance cameras. February, 11 businesses have been quick to of graffiti, Shafinsky Electric is across the He went through the application process,
jump on the program. street from Mosser Elementary School on which requires that businesses be in good
By Manuel Gamiz Jr. City officials say they have awarded South Dauphin Street. standing with the city with no pending
Of The Morning Call $24,054 in grants to those 11 businesses to “Being around the school, I wanted to litigation, have matching funds available
pay for surveillance equipment, and are in help as much as I could,” he said. and be up to date on city taxes, fees and
A year ago, a burglar broke into a work the process of reviewing a few more grant Like Shafnisky, Donald Newhard, licensing.
van at Shafnisky Electric in east Allen- applications for the remaining $6,000. owner of LLS Graphics, said he always After approval, technicians come to his
town, taking about $7,000 in equipment The SCAN program — Security Camera entertained the idea of purchasing surveil- business and went through several op-
and other items, some of them a techni- Assistance Network — pays up to 50 lance, but never pulled the trigger because tions available to him. Newhard agreed on
cian’s personal belongings. percent of the total cost of the surveillance of the price. a Honeywell security system that uses
If that happened now, business owner equipment and installation, with a cap of He said he wanted something profes- four infrared cameras, two in the front and
Tom Shafnisky would have crystal clear $3,000 for an individual business. sional, not equipment that would cost a two in the back, along with one camera to
video from his new surveillance system So far, Mayor Ed Pawlowski said he’s few hundred dollars and could be found at monitor the inside of the store. The system
ready to hand over to city police that could happy with the response to the program any electronics store. came out to $4,800, the city covering half
help lead to a quick arrest of the burglar. and hopes it can be extended when more Newhard said he never expected his of that amount, and was installed last
“Had that been there, we would have funds become available. business to be targeted by burglars month.
seen the movement and seen if they came The cameras do more than protect because it’s a print shop. Newhard said he can monitor the
in a car, or if they just walked up and broke employees, customers and property. They “What are they gonna do, steal my cameras on his phone and they can be
in,” he said. “It would have shed some light also help police solve and deter crimes. paper?,” he said. accessed by police, if needed.
on who the person was.” In many Allentown police investiga- But in 16 years owning the business in “It’s excellent,” he said. “It adds more of
Shafnisky was one of the first Allen- tions into crime that takes place out of the 600 block of North Eighth Street, he’s a secure feeling for me and my employ-
town business owners to take advantage of view of the city’s camera network, officers seen his fair share of car crashes and crime ees.”
the city’s security camera grant that helps go to business owners who have cameras around him, including a fatal shooting a
businesses by paying up to $3,000 for pointing outside to see if they’ve captured few years ago at the North End Republican mgamiz@mcall.com
surveillance equipment. any crucial evidence. Club at Eighth and Tilghman streets, Twitter @mannypantalones
“I read about it on a Saturday and I That was another reason Shafnisky which is a half-block away. 610-820-6595
Forfeiture ARTSQUEST COMEDY WEEK
Time for laughs at SteelStacks program

nets more
than $132K
Northampton County reports
seizing about its yearly
average from drug cases.
By Riley Yates
Of The Morning Call
Northampton County’s drug forfeiture

program seized more than $132,000 in the
past year, on par with other years despite
heightened scrutiny of the practice nation-
wide.
In the fiscal year ending June 30, the
program brought in $122,000 in cash, plus
$9,900 from the sale of forfeited vehicles,
District Attorney John Morganelli an-
nounced.
The proceeds represented an increase
from the $112,000 averaged in the four
previous years. But they were well short of
the program’s record in fiscal 2011, when
$283,000 was seized.
“Our numbers are pretty much the same
this year,” said Morganelli. “It’s an average
year.”
Pennsylvania law allows prosecutors to
seize money, vehicles, real estate and other
valuables that were used for the drug trade
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO or bought with drug profits. The forfeitures
Comedian Tom Green will headline the first ArtsQuest Comedy Week in October. Green is known for his wild show on MTV, as well as are done through civil suits that run outside
other appearances in movies and in person. of the criminal process.
As a result, forfeiture programs have
Tom Green, ‘Mystery Science “Tom Green Live.”
In 1999, he made a video of a novelty song,
DETAILS faced criticism across the United States and
in Pennsylvania from groups such as the
Theater 3000’ hosts to “Lonely Swedish (The Bum Bum Song)” for ArtsQuest Comedy Week ACLU, who say they are being misused by
headline first comedy festival. MTV’s “The Tom Green Show” that he
What: Nine comedy shows headlined by former
prosecutors to take homes, cars and cash
released as a single. It topped MTV’s “Total MTV comedian Tom Green, original “Mystery
without charging or convicting someone of
By John J. Moser Request Live” song chart for several weeks. Science Theater 3000” hosts Frank Conniff and a crime.
Of The Morning Call “The Mads Are Back” will be 7:30 p.m. Trace Beaulieu, internet-inspired parody In May, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Oct. 24 and 25 in the Frank Banko Alehouse “Blogologues” limited the forfeiture law, ruling that
Former MTV comedian Tom Green, two Cinemas. Frank Conniff and Trace Beaulieu, When: Oct. 22-28 prosecutors must prove the property they
original “Mystery Science Theater 3000” The Mads from “Mystery Science Theater Where: Musikfest Cafe, Blast Furnace Room are seizing played a significant role in illegal
hosts and Internet-inspired parody “Blogo- 3000,” will screen some of the worst movies and Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas; ArtsQuest drug activity. The justices also said the
logues” will highlight Comedy Week at the ever made and riff about them live in the Center, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem. courts must consider whether the value of
ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks, it was same style as the Peabody Award-winning How much: $5 to $34 per show; the property is proportionate to the gravity
www.steelstacks.org, 610-332-3378
announced Monday. TV series. of the crime.
The Comedy Week, a first at the Art- Each night will feature a different film and Northampton County’s highest forfei-
sQuest Center, will run Oct. 22-28. short, as well as a question-and-answer ture last fiscal year was $19,450, according to
Tickets to all nine of the week’s shows go session. Ticket are $21.50 for ArtsQuest Other shows during Comedy Week are: the district attorney’s office. It was from an
on sale10 a.m. Aug. 22 to ArtsQuest members members and $24 for the public. Spoiler Alert: Batman Returns, 8 p.m. Easton man who is a fugitive on 2016
and 10 a.m. Aug. 25 to the public at Conniff is a comedian, actor and producer Oct. 23, Alehouse Cinemas. Tickets: $8; $7.50, charges that allege he was selling heroin
www.steelstacks.org and 610-332-3378. who has appeared on “Totally Biased with W. students and seniors; $7, ArtsQuest mem- and cocaine out of his mother’s Butler
You can enter to win a pair of tickets to Kamau Bell,” “The Drew Carey Show,” “The bers. Street home.
every Comedy Week show at www.steel- New Tom Green Show” and “Invader Zim.” The Associated Mess, 8 p.m. Oct.26, The lowest forfeiture was $69.
stacks.org/comedyweek/. Beaulieu is a comic actor, writer and Alehouse Cinemas. Tickets: $8; $7, students The proceeds pay the salary of an
Actor and comedian Tom Green will performer who wrote for ABC’s “America’s and seniors; $6.50, ArtsQuest members. assistant district attorney who prosecutes
bring his edgy and absurd stylings to Funniest Videos” for nine seasons and has ManDudeBro, 10:30 p.m. Oct. 27, Blast drug cases. They are also used for under-
Musikfest Cafe at 8 p.m. Oct. 22. Tickets are appeared in “Freak and Geeks” and “Ar- Furnace Room. Tickets: $6; $5, students and cover drug purchases, police equipment
$29-$34. rested Development.” seniors; $4.50, ArtsQuest members. and training, and grants to local police
Green is best known for his innovative, Comedians Allison Goldberg and Jen Kyle Ayers: First Comes Love, 8 p.m. departments and civic groups.
anything-goes run as the least-predictable Jamula will bring “Blogologues” to the Blast Oct. 28, Alehouse Cinemas. Tickets: $15; $14, Unlike some jurisdictions, Morganelli
personality on MTV. He also starred in the Furnace Room at 8 p.m. Oct. 27. Tickets are students and seniors; $13.50, ArtsQuest said Northampton County typically pur-
movies “Road Trip” and “Freddy Got $18 for ArtsQuest members and $20 for the members. sues forfeitures only against those who have
Fingered.” He also has since appeared in public. Improv Comedy Power Hour featur- been found guilty in a criminal case.
“Workaholics,” “Comedy Bang! Bang!” and Inspired by community forums, Craigslist ing Kyle Ayers, 10:30 p.m. Oct. 28, Alehouse “Generally speaking, we have an arrest
“Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High & Unem- Missed Connections, Yelp reviews, profiles, Cinemas. Tickets: $5; $4.50, students and and a conviction,” Morganelli said. “We try
ployed.” fan fiction, tweets and comment trolls, seniors; $4, ArtsQuest members. to stick with that.”
Green, a veteran stand-up comic, has “Blogologues” is the internet being per- That wasn’t the case in one forfeiture
performed at Edinburgh Comedy Festival, formed, word-for-word, live onstage. The jmoser@mcall.com petition that was recently thrown out at the
Snow Jam and the Wilbur Theater in Boston, duo has written, produced and performed Twitter @johnjmoser courthouse in Easton. It was filed by the
where he filmed his 2013 Showtime special more than 30 versions of the show. 610-820-6722 state attorney general’s office — and not
local prosecutors — and sought to seize
$49,120 in cash from a New York driver who
Man pleads guilty to deadly hit-and-run was stopped on Interstate 78 in Lower

Saucon Township.
Norman S. Alsaidi of Queens was never
charged with a crime in the March 2015
By Laurie Mason Schroeder accidents involving death or personal injury badly shattered windshield nearby. stop that came as he changed lanes. But
Of The Morning Call — commonly called hit-and-run. The charge Marrero suffered life-threatening injuries, state police nonetheless tied Alsaidi to the
carries a mandatory minimum sentence of but police were unable to identify her or drug trade, saying he looked “extremely
A South Whitehall man will serve at least three to six years behind bars. notify loved ones because she was carrying nervous” and had the bag full of cash on his
three years in a state prison after pleading On Feb. 21, Stockman was driving on North no identification and nobody in the area at passenger seat, though a search of his
guilty Monday in Lehigh County court to Sixth Street in Allentown when his car hit the time came forward to say they knew her. rented minivan uncovered no drugs or
killing an Allentown woman with his car Marrero, 32, as she crossed near Liberty Marrero, an assistant teacher at a child other illegal contraband.
then leaving the scene of the crash. Street, then backed up and drove around the care agency, died a week later. Stockman In June, Judge Paula Roscioli dismissed
Joshua Stockman, 35, apologized to Ruby fallen woman to flee the scene, according to turned himself in a day after the crash. the forfeiture, ruling that troopers had no
Marrero’s family, his lawyer said. authorities. He abandoned his car about a Stockman pleaded guilty before Judge legitimate reason to stop Alsaidi. As a result,
“He is very remorseful about what half-block away and ran off, police said. Kelly L. Banach. He’ll be sentenced Sept. 26 the stop violated constitutional protections
happened,” said attorney Scott Wilhelm. “He Marrero was walking to a corner store and remains free on bail. and any evidence it garnered must be
certainly didn’t intend it to happen, and he around 8:30 p.m. near her home in the 400 suppressed, she wrote.
himself is suffering from post-traumatic block of North Sixth Street when she was hit. lmason@mcall.com Morganelli has run Northampton Coun-
stress.” When officers arrived, they found her on Twitter @LehighCourts ty’s forfeiture program since 1992. In that
Stockman pleaded guilty to one count of the street and a car with a dented hood and 610-820-6506 time, it has taken in more than $2 million.
LOCAL NEWS
Boy found in Jury picked for ‘street singer’ case

lake expected Man claims Allentown officer by using excessive force when Busch ar- Busch’s lawyers say in court documents
to recover
rested him in response to a disturbance that when the officer approached Ochse, he
used excessive force during complaint Aug. 14, 2015. U.S. District Judge immediately became hostile, yelling and
arrest near city restaurant. Jeffrey Schmehl last week threw out a claim pointing at Busch. When Busch tried to stop
the officer violated Ochse’s First Amendment Ochse to get his identification, Ochse flailed
By Michelle Merlin By Peter Hall right to sing. and pullled away, so Busch took him to the
Of The Morning Call Of The Morning Call According to court documents, Ochse was ground where Ochse continued to resist,
walking near N. Seventh and Hamilton according to court documents.
An Allentown boy found submerged in a An eight-person jury has been selected to streets singing an a cappella version of the Lawyers on both sides say that in addition
Carbon County lake Saturday is expected to hear self-described wandering minstrel Beach Boys’ “Barbara Ann,” when he caught to Ochse and Busch, as many as 10 other
recover, according to a park ranger investi- James W. Ochse’s claims that an Allentown the attention of an off-duty police officer police officials and expert witnesses on
gating the incident. police officer used excessive force while dining outdoors with his wife. Officer Taldan police use of force will testify. They also plan
Ranger Frank DeMatto said he spoke to arresting him two years ago in front of diners Cashatt called his colleague Busch, whom to play security camera and bystander video
the boy’s father, who said his son woke up in downtown Allentown. Cashatt knew was on-duty in the area, and of the incident for the jury.
several times, was responsive, and is Lawyers for Ochse and officer Robert reported Ochse for causing a disturbance. Ochse later pleaded guilty to disorderly
expected to make a full or near to full Busch took about two hours to select the Ochse claims in court documents that conduct but a charge of resisting arrest was
recovery after being pulled unconscious panel of four women and four men Monday Busch approached him and told him to stop dismissed.
from under the water on Saturday after- in federal court in Philadelphia. Opening singing. When Ochse complied and started to
noon at Mauch Chunk Lake Park. DeMatto arguments are set for today in Reading. The walk away, Busch grabbed his arm and peter.hall@mcall.com
estimated the boy was submerged for at trial is expected to last two or three days. slammed him to the ground, the lawsuit Twitter @phall215
least five minutes and probably close to six Ochse, 63, claims Busch violated his rights alleges. 610-820-6581
or seven minutes.
The boy, 9, was airlifted to Lehigh Valley
Hospital-Cedar Crest, where he’s listed as
in critical condition. JEEP
“This is a truly a tragic accident that
happened,” DeMatto said. “He got caught in Continued from NEWS 1
a tough situation and unfortunately he
remained under water.” partnership of some kind for more than two
DeMatto said several beach visitors years.
pitched in to save the boy to both get him The potential sale of Jeep to a Chinese
out of the water and give him medical automaker is sure to raise political ques-
attention on land. tions and present a challenge to President
Park Director Dave Horvath said inci- Donald Trump's America First mantra.
dents like this are uncommon at the park, One potential way around such concerns
although earlier this summer another child would be for Great Wall, or any other
was taken to the hospital after being Chinese automaker, to purchase a minority
submerged. stake, said Michael Dunne, an automotive
“This isn’t something that happens analyst who specializes in China.
normally,” he said. Chinese companies have shown a will-
ingness to buy some or all of a company,
LOWER SAUCON TOWNSHIP invest in that company and allow the
existing management teams to continue
Teen says he was jumped managing the company, said Dunne, found-
near South Mountain Park er of Dunne Automotive.
“I believe that all parties — Chinese and
A 16-year-old boy told officers that a American — are acutely aware of the
group of teens attacked him Saturday night political atmosphere right now. I would ED JONES/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
near Lower Saucon’s South Mountain Park, watch for a nuanced or slightly gradual Chinese carmaker Great Wall Motors, shown here at the Auto China 2012 car show in Bei-
according to police. approach,” Dunne said. jing, signalled its intention to make an ambitious acquisition deal with car maker Fiat
The boy told police that he was walking China's Dongfeng Motors and the Chrysler Automobiles following a report that it wants to buy the Jeep brand.
about 9:20 p.m. toward the park when three French government each invested about
people he knew attacked him. According to 800 million euros, or $942 million, into money. And they are looking for the Chrysler's most successful brand.
police, a 17-year-old boy put the victim in a French automaker PSA Groupe in 2014 in smartest way in.” The brand has been growing rapidly in
chokehold until he passed out while two return for a 14 percent ownership stake. A sale or partial sale of Jeep that is recent years and its growth has accounted
15-year-old boys repeatedly punched him. Dunne also said the Chinese government separate from the remainder of the com- for a large percentage of Fiat Chrysler's
Police said the victim was treated at St. is encouraging Chinese automakers to pany also would raise concerns about the sales and profit growth. Jeep's sales have
Luke’s Hospital. expand globally and to spend money on that future of the Dodge and Chrysler brands. climbed from less than 500,000 in 2008 to
According to police, three teens are being expansion rather than on investments Fiat Chrysler has focused far more atten- more than 1.4 million last year.
charged with harassment and a fourth is inside the country. tion on the development of Jeep, Ram and Marchionne set a goal in 2014 for Jeep's
being referred to juvenile court to face “The government is giving the signal. Alfa Romeo in recent years while invest- annual sales to exceed 2 million SUVs
charges of simple assault, harassment and They are giving management a lot of leeway ment in the Dodge and Chrysler brands has annually by 2018, and the brand is on track
strangulation. to decide how to manage their profits for languished. to meet that goal, Fiat Chrysler Chief
future growth,” Dunne said. “[Chinese Jeep, the rugged SUV known for helping Financial Officer Richard Palmer said
— Matt Coughlin automakers] have ambition. They have the U.S. Army during World War II, is Fiat earlier this year.
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LOCAL NEWS
Easton apartment complex plans rejected

With only 1 member left to into an ordinance that would prohibit the years he’s owned the building.
apartments in the city from being under a Nitchkey said Makhoul has 20 days from
make decision, zoning board certain square footage. He also believes 22 receipt of a written decision to appeal.
denies 22-unit proposal. units are too many for the 17,456-square- Makhoul told the Easton Planning Com-
foot building. mission last month that the project would
By Christina Tatu The board’s attorney Robert Nitchkey include six units in the basement level of the
Of The Morning Call said a provision in the municipal planning building, eight units on the first floor and
code allowed Monday night’s meeting to eight units on the top floor.
Plans for a 22-unit apartment complex continue with White making the decision The units would be a mix of loft-style
on Easton’s Northampton Street were as long as there was no objection from apartments and single bedroom units
denied Monday during an unusual zoning Makhoul. geared toward single people and couples.
board hearing for which only one board Makhoul decided to move forward be- Last month, Makhoul said rent would
member was present. cause he said the project is time sensitive range from $625 per month for the smallest
The project in question involves a former and the exterior work must be done before units to $700 a month for a one-bedroom
Easton Area School District administration winter. and $725-$750 for the larger unit.
building at 811 Northampton St. which is The project required a special exception CHRISTINA TATU/ MORNING CALL FILE PHOTO In addition to the apartments, the
under contract to be purchased by devel- to convert a previously commercial build- Plans to turn the former Easton Area building would have included a laundry
oper Manny Makhoul. ing into a residential mid-rise. School District administration building into facility for residents. It already has 33
The units would range from 350-square- It also required a variance, because under a 22-unit apartment complex were denied off-street parking spaces on the sides and
feet to about 900-square-feet, drawing current zoning only 14 units would be Monday at a zoning board hearing. behind the building. Makhoul said parking
concerns from some city officials, including allowed. spaces will be numbered with one for reach
Easton Mayor Sal Panto Jr., that the units White agreed to the special exception, inside...it hasn’t been maintained,” Makhoul resident, and several set aside for visitor
are too small. but denied the variance. said. parking.
The meeting started off with members Makhoul and his lawyer Ron Corkery The vacant two-story building at 811 Makhoul recently completed a similar
Stephen White and Pam Panto. Members told city officials the project isn’t economi- Northampton St. was purchased by devel- project in Allentown where he converted
Michael Civitella and Micheal Brett were cally viable unless there are 22 units. oper Abraham Atiyeh from the Easton Area the former W.H. Hunsicker School on Sixth
absent. When it came time for the hearing Converting the building to 22 units School District in 2013. Street into 17 apartment units with a coin
on the apartments, Makhoul asked that would cost between $500,000 to $700,000 Following the hearing, Makhoul said he operated laundry on the first floor.
Panto recuse herself because she is the wife and involve installing new plumbing, elec- isn’t sure if he will appeal. He said it’s
of the mayor. trical, heating and insulation, Makhoul said. possible Atiyeh may want to move forward ctatu@mcall.com
After learning about the project, the “It’s a large building that needs a lot of with a 14-unit project, though Atiyeh hasn’t Twitter @ChristinaTatu
mayor previously said he planned to look work. The roof leaks, the ceiling is falling moved forward with any development in 610-820-6583
BASD BILL COSBY SEX ASSAULT CASE
New attorney for the retrial reduces

charged
meal level
Students with overdrawn
accounts now can charge
2 fewer meals than previously.
By Jacqueline Palochko
Of The Morning Call
The Bethlehem Area School District is

reducing the amount of meals students can
charge when their accounts are withdrawn.
At Monday’s school board meeting, the
board voted 8-0 to change the policy
regarding its school lunches. School Director
Rogelio Ortiz was absent.
Under the new policy, an elementary
student could receive up to three meals
when the student’s account is overdrawn.
REED SAXON/AP FILE PHOTO
Those three meals will be charged to the
Bill Cosby has hired Tom Mesereau, once an attorney for singer Michael Jackson, to represent Cosby at his November retrial on sexual
account. After the third meal, if a student’s
assault charges in Montgomery County, according to Cosby’s spokesman. Mesereau successfully defended Jackson in 2005 against child
account is still overdrawn, he or she will
molestation charges, and will lead a three-lawyer team for Cosby’s retrial.
receive an alternate reimbursable meal.
Previously, elementary students were al-
lowed to charge five meals.
At the secondary level, middle and high
school students can charge one meal to their
Additional details emerge in hit-and-run account when they have negative accounts.
Under the old policy, sixth- to 12th-graders
could receive up to three meals with
overdrawn accounts.
Members of family who Road, near Route 100, Drew spotted some-
thing in the middle of the road, which he
“My gratitude goes out to Superintendent Joseph Roy said before
the meeting the new policy aligns with what
helped save man provide assumed was an animal, his father said. the kids who stopped and the district has recently been practicing.
more information on case. At the same time, an SUV with bright If a student still has a delinquent debt by
LED lights was coming from the opposite did what I wished the senior year, he or she will not be allowed to
By Manuel Gamiz Jr. direction and started to slow down, but participate in commencement activities.
Of The Morning Call instead of going around the object, it went people who hit him would How schools handle meal debt has
right over it and fled the scene, he said. become a topic of discussion across the
When his three children got to their Labenberg said his son drove closer and have done.” country. A 2014 federal report found 39
Emmaus home early in the morning two realized it wasn’t an animal that had just — April Partington, mother of injured Scott percent of districts nationwide hand out
Sundays ago, they were shaken up by what been hit, but a young man in dark clothing. Becker cheap alternative meals with no nutritional
they had witnessed on their drive home, The brothers got out of their car while requirements and nearly 6 percent refuse to
Brent Labenberg recalled. Dylana stayed inside. serve students with no money.
He said his children were heading home Drew stayed with the injured man and Becker’s mother, April Partington, reac- In July, the U.S. Department of Agricul-
early Aug. 13 on a foggy, rural road in Darren ran about 150 yards to the nearest hed out to his family days after his Facebook ture announced it will require districts to
Weisenberg Township when they wit- home to call for help because he couldn’t post and thanked them for what they did. adopt policies this month addressing meal
nessed Scott Becker get run over by a sport get cellphone service in the area, their dad Partington told the Morning Call last debts, including coming up with a better way
utility vehicle, which then fled the scene. said. week that she doesn’t think her son would to inform parents about the rules at the
His sons tended to Becker, 21, and called The brothers stayed until emergency have made it if the Labenberg children beginning of the school year.
for help, staying with the badly injured man crews arrived, providing police with details hadn’t helped her son. The agency is not specifically barring
until help arrived. of what they saw. “All the internal bleeding, he wouldn’t be tactics such as serving cheap sandwiches in
Labenberg is making the additional State police have only said it was a here,” she said. “My gratitude goes out to place of hot meals or sending students home
details public in hopes of helping police light-color Mercedes Benz that struck the kids who stopped and did what I wished with conspicuous debt reminders, such as
track down the driver in last week’s hit and Becker, but Labenberg said it was a metallic the people who hit him would have done.” hand stamps.
run on Holbens Valley Road, and to help blue Mercedes SUV with LED lights Since that day they helped save Becker, But it is encouraging schools to work more
Becker’s family find justice. around the front lights and also shining the Labenberg brothers have left home. closely with parents to address delinquent
Becker suffered several internal injuries through the emblem. Drew, 21, shipped off to Army boot camp at accounts and ensure children don’t go
that required the removal of a spleen, a Labenberg first shared the story on Fort Sill in Oklahoma on Monday, and hungry.
kidney and parts of his intestine. The list of Facebook hours after it happened because Darren, 20, returned Sunday to Elizabeth- Pennsylvania has no law regarding how
injuries also include bleeding in his brain, he had a hard time sleeping after his town College, where he also runs cross districts handle meal debt.
fluid in his lungs, fractures to his spine and a children told them what they had just been country. Free and reduced-price meals funded by
shattered pelvis, Becker’s mother said last through. Dylana has kept in touch with Becker’s the Agriculture Department’s National
week. “When they came home, my wife woke family. School Lunch Program let children eat for
Labenberg said his oldest son, Drew, was up and we couldn’t go back to sleep," “We hope to visit Scott when he gets a free if a family of four earns less than about
driving home at 1:30 a.m. that night with his Labenberg said. “The next day, we went to little better,” Brent Labenberg said. $32,000 a year or at a discount if earnings are
brother Darren in the passenger seat and church as a family.” under $45,000. Almost 60 percent of Bethle-
sister Dylana asleep in the back. They had “It’s been a rough couple of days, that’s mgamiz@mcall.com hem Area’s students receive free or reduced-
been with friends earlier, he said. for sure,” he said. “Not knowing if he Twitter @mannypantalones price lunches, which means they don’t have
As they headed down Holbens Valley survived, not knowing who he was.” 610-820-6595 overdrawn account issues.
Still, Roy said before the meeting that
overdrawn accounts are an issue. House-
Pa. must start freezing spending, top senator says holds with slightly higher incomes are more
likely to struggle, experts on poverty and
nutrition say.
By Marc Levy balanced budget seven weeks into its fiscal but the Republican-controlled House of Other districts have recently updated
The Associated Press year and unconstitutional for the state to Representatives has been unable to pass a their policies, too.
spend it. plan to fully fund it. Northampton Area School District
HARRISBURG — Democratic Gov. Tom “He’s got to start putting things in On Monday, a couple dozen House amassed $10,305 in school meal debt last year
Wolf should start freezing spending on reserve now because you can’t pay the Republicans met behind closed doors in — the equivalent of more than 4,000 unpaid
various programs because the deficit- bills,” Scarnati, R-Jefferson, said. “You the Capitol as they try to develop a lunch entrees.
strapped state government soon will not be can’t pay the bills. The checking account’s response to the Republican-controlled In the spring, Northampton Area updated
able to pay every bill on time, Pennsylva- empty. So as money comes in, what bills Senate’s $2.2 billion budget-balancing its policy. Elementary and middle school
nia’s ranking state senator said Monday. does he decide to pay?” package, passed narrowly last month. students would continue to get alternate
Since the recession, the state Treasury Pennsylvania state government is run- Wolf supports the Senate’s plan, which meals that meet nutritional requirements
Department has reliably supplied cash ning on a nearly $32 billion budget bill that revolves around borrowing $1.3 billion after five non-paid lunches. But high school-
infusions into the state’s tattered bank lawmakers approved June 30, the day against Pennsylvania’s future proceeds ers would be cut off altogether after five
account during low-flow periods of tax before the current fiscal year began, even from the 1998 multistate settlement with non-paid meals.
collections. But Senate President Pro though it is badly out of balance. Wolf let tobacco companies, raising $400 million
Tempore Joe Scarnati said it would be the bill become law without his signature. worth of taxes on consumers’ utility bills jpalochko@mcall.com
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Obituaries
TODAY Donald D. "Pop" Easton Ronald L. Moxey Olga Harbove
Donald D. ”Pop” Easton, 89, of Walnutport, formerly of Ronald L. Moxey, of Emmaus, died August 20, on his Olga Harbove, 89, of
Durkay, Adela Coplay, died Sunday, August 20, 2017 in his home. He was birthday. Born in Philadelphia in 1936, he was the son of Whitehall passed away
Easton, Donald the husband of the late Florencia (Ongais) Easton and Bea- Louis and Myrtle (Stehlig) Moxey of Doylestown, PA. He peacefully Saturday, August
Harbove, Olga trice (Crick) Easton. Born in Mattoon, IL, October 9, 1927, was married to Jayne (Kuntzleman) Moxey for 56 years. He 19, 2017 at Lehigh Valley
Heil, Lorraine Donald was the son of the late Don and Virgie (Eveland) was a graduate of Central High School in Philadelphia and Hospital, Salisbury Town-
Koziel, Paul Easton. He was employed as a terminal manager at Agway Muhlenberg College where he earned a BA in English. He ship. She was the wife of
Manesis, Dimitrios Petroleum Corp., formerly Phillips Petroleum Corp. in ran cross country and track in both high school and col- the late Michael “Benny”
Miller, Charles Macungie for 12 years before retiring in 1989. Prior to that, lege. Following graduation from Muhlenberg, he served 3 Harbove who died No-
Moxey, Ronald he worked on the Phillips Petroleum Pipeline in various years as an officer with the Armed Forces Security Group vember 15, 2004. Born in
Serencsics, Emma states for 15 years. He faithfully and honorably served his in Norfolk, VA, where he was the officer in charge of the Egypt, she was the daughter
Strong, Carol country in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He volun- Courier Station. Upon his release from the Navy, he was of the late Raymond and
teered in the social hall of NOVA EMS, Coplay. Donald was assistant editor of COMPRESSED AIR MAGAZINE (Ingersol Suzanna (Hudsco) Koche-
Toczek, Stanley a member of Life In Christ Church, Bethlehem. Rand Co) and later joined Lieberman Associates Advertising nash. Olga worked at the
Wigfield, Carol Survivors: Children, Clinton D. Easton and his compan- Agency in Allentown as a copywriter and account executive. former Richards Sportswear
Zipprodt, Bradley ion, Carol A. Farole of Walnutport, Ronald R. Easton of He then became a vice president and account manager. in Allentown for several
Illinois, Michael L. Easton and his wife, Jocelyn of South Upon retirement Ron worked as a groundskeeper at Lehigh years. She was a volunteer
Obituary Notice Policy Carolina, Robert N. Easton of Walnutport, Rebecca A. County Club—a job he loved. An avid reader and writer, and very dedicated mem-
Obituaries and/or corrections Mangas of California, Sandra A. Mack of Florida; stepson, Ron enjoyed woodworking, gardening and running, even ber of St. John the Baptist
will be accepted from and Michael A. Owen of Danielsville; stepdaughters, Cynthia completing his first marathon at age 58. He was a member Ukrainian Catholic Church,
billed to the funeral home R. Martnick of Bethlehem, Deborah S. Grimm of New of The Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit and served on Northampton.
handling the arrangements; Ringgold, Donna I. White of Walnutport; 19 grandchildren; the church council for 10 years. Survivors: sons, Mi-
we will also accept obituaries many great grandchildren. Survivors: In addition to his wife, Jayne, he is survived chael R. Harbove and wife,
from families handling their Services: Family and friends may pay their respects from by his son Andrew (Allison) of Emmaus, son Timothy (Liz) Nadine, David P. Harbove
own arrangements. 6:30 – 8:30 pm. Thursday, August 24, 2017, followed by a fu- of Chestnut Hill and daughter Beth (Jim) of Allentown, and wife, Anne; 6 grandchil-
neral service at 8:30 pm. in the Heintzelman Funeral Home, his brother, Richard Moxey (Lorraine) of Doylestown, PA, dren, Daria, Michael, Sherri,
Obituaries will be accepted by Inc., 4906 Route 309, Schnecksville with Pastor Norman brother-in-law, Charles Kuntzleman and wife Beth and Christopher, Megan, and
fax at: 610-820-6755; or via
Carlisle officiating. Interment with military honors will be grandchildren, Tyler, Ashley, Todd, Timothy, Clare and Benjamin; brothers, Paul,
email at obits@mcall.com.
held 9:30 am. Friday, August 25, 2017 at Woodlawn Memorial Thomas. Harold, Edward, Joseph,
For more information, contact
Park, 1500 Airport Road, Allentown. Online expressions of Services: Funeral Services Friday, August 25, 2017 at Dennis and Stephen Koche-
The Morning Call at
sympathy may be recorded at www.heintzelmancares.com. 11:00 AM in The Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 3461 S. nash; sisters, Margaret and
610-820-6565.
Contributions: In lieu of flowers, memorial contribu- Cedar Crest Blvd., Emmaus. Visitation 10:00 to 11:00 AM in Virginia; and many nieces
OBITUARY DESK HOURS: tions may be made to Life In Christ Church, c/o the funeral the church. Interment with military honors will follow in and nephews. Olga was pre-
Monday-Friday - 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. home, P.O. Box # 196, Schnecksville, 18078-0196. Emmaus Moravian Cemetery. Schantz Funeral Home, P.C., deceased by sisters, Anna
Saturday - 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Please sign Guest Book on themorningcall.com/obits Emmaus is handling arrangements. and Rose.
Sunday - 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Contributions: In lieu of flowers, contributions may be Services: A viewing will
Holidays - 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. made to Lehigh Valley Hospice, 2024 Lehigh St., Allentown, be Friday, August 25th from
In order to guarantee PA 18103 or to Leukemia – Lymphoma Society, P.O. Box 4072, 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. with Pan-
publication in the next day’s Pittsfield, MA 01202 or online at donate.lls.org. ikhida service at 9:15 a.m. in
paper, an obituary needs to be Please sign Guest Book on themorningcall.com/obits the Reichel Funeral Home,
submitted by 2 p.m. 326 E. 21st St., Northampton
Emma (Faustner) followed by Divine Liturgy
Serencsics at 10:00 a.m. in St. John the
Emma Serencsics, 91, Baptist Ukrainian Catholic
formerly of Moore Town- Church, 1343 Newport Ave.,
Dimitrios Manesis ship, passed away on Northampton. Burial will
Paul M. Koziel Dimitrios “Jimmy” Mane- Saturday, August 19, 2017, follow in the parish cem-
Paul M. Koziel, 48, of sis, 85 of Bethlehem died on at Country Meadows in etery. Online condolences
Hometown, formerly of August 19, 2017 at St. Luke’s Bethlehem Township. She may be submitted to www.
Hazleton died suddenly Hospital in Fountain Hill. was the loving wife of John reichelfuneralhome.com.
Saturday at Wayne Memo- Dimitrios was the husband Serencsics, with whom she Stanley J. Toczek Contributions: Memori-
rial Hospital, Honesdale. He of Angeliki (Malitsis) Mane- shared 60 years of marriage Stanley J. Toczek, 60, of als may be presented to the
Adela A. Durkay was born in Hazleton son sis, they were married for prior to his passing in 2012. Whitehall Pennsylvania, church c/o funeral home in
Adela A. Durkay, 90, Born in Ormrod, on March passed away Wednesday,
of Sophia (Gorski) Koziel, over 65 years. lieu of flowers.
formerly of Coxeville died 06, 1926, she was a daugh- August 16th in his home.
Hazleton and the late Dimitrios was born in Please sign Guest Book on
early Saturday morning at ter of the late Charles and He was the husband of Lisa themorningcall.com/obits
Michael Koziel. He was a Othoni (Damaskatika-5)
Cards
Hometown Nursing Home Bertha (Keppel) Faustner. A. Toczek (Bednar). Born in
Police Officer for the City of Corfu, Greece on May 1,
were she had been a guest. She attended Parkland Allentown he was the son
Allentown joining the force 1932 son of the late Nicho-
She was born in Hazleton High School. A member of Frieda (Bruckner) Liberda
in 2003, advanced to Detec- las and Angeliki Manesis.
daughter of the late Stanley of the International Ladies’ and the late Henry Toczek.
tive, Criminal Investigations He was the owner the Blue
& Louise (Matuella) Yackera. Garment Workers’ Union, Stanley was a graduate
in 2012, Member of the Anchor Restaurant for a few
She was a member of Ss. Emma was employed in the of Louis E. Dieruff High
Crisis Negotiation Team in years, then he owned the
Peter & Paul B.C. Church, garment industry for many School. He served honor-
2016 and in 2017 Detective- Greek Island Coffee House
Beaver Meadows. Prior to years before retiring as a ably in the United States
Lehigh County Insurance and later he owned Manesis
retiring she was employed floor lady. She was also an Marine Corps and was a
Fraud Task Force, during Painting in Bethlehem.
in the Local Garment active member of Sacred Correctional Officer for
his time on the force he He was a member of St.
Thanks
Industry. She was a lifetime Heart of Jesus Parish in Lehigh County Corrections.
received two Merit Com- Nicholas Greek Orthodox
of
member of the Women Bath, and the Ladies Altar Stanley was an avid long
mendations and a Bravery Cathedral in Bethlehem.
of the Moose, an ILGWU Society. distance runner and was
Commendation. Previously Survivors: His wife An-
member, served a brief time Survivors: She is sur- in training for what would
he served as a police officer geliki, their sons Nicholas,
as Greek Catholic Union vived by her loving nieces, have been his fifteenth full
in Kline Twp. from 1998 to husband of Doris and
Athletic Director, Ss. Peter nephews and their fami- marathon.
2000 and West Hazleton Aristidis, husband of Isa-
& Paul Ladies Auxiliary, and lies. In addition to her late Survivors: Mother, Wife,
from 1999 to 2003. He was bella all of Riegelsville; five
was an avid bowler. She is husband, John, she was Daughter Valerie Toczek-
a member of the Fraternal grandchildren Gino, David,
preceded in death by her predeceased by her three Reinhart and Son in Law
Order of Police Lodge 10. Ariella, Dimitrios and Ales-
Husband Joseph Durkay in brothers, Joseph, Frank and Patrick of Bethlehem,
Paul was an avid music fan sia; sister Ioanna Pappas
1996 and a brother Walter Charles, as well as her two Granddaughter Caroline,
and was very proud of his and brother Kostas both of
Yackera. Sisters- Suzanne Lagler,
For
Polish Heritage. Athens, Greece and many sisters, Stella and Bertha.
Survivors: She is survived Services: Her Mass of Marianne Hoffman, and
Survivors: He is survived nieces and nephews.
by her 3 daughters: Joanne Christian Burial will be Wanda Benkovic, Brother-
in addition to his mother by Services: Funeral service
Shimanski and her husband
Joseph, Hazleton, Mary
Boyle and her husband
his wife the former Susan
Laudeman and the follow-
on Friday August 25, 2017 at
11 AM, viewing 10AM to 11
celebrated on Thursday,
August 24, 2017, at 10:30
A.M. in Sacred Heart of
Michael Liberda, many
nieces, a great niece and
great nephews.
those
ing brother and sisters: AM in St. Nicholas Greek
Joseph, Bethlehem and De-
nise Durkay and her com-
panion Todd Zimmerman,
Mary Koziel, Lakeworth,
Florida, Julia Koziel, Ber-
Orthodox Cathedral 1607
West Union Blvd, Bethle-
Jesus Catholic Church, 210
E. Northampton Street,
Services: The family will
have a celebration honor- who
wick, Dorothea Saksek, west hem. Burial in Nisky Hill Bath, PA 18014. Friends and ing Stanley's life on Sunday,
gave
Hummelstown, Pa., 3 grand- relatives are invited to call August 27th from 1-6 pm
Hazleton, Michael Koziel Cemetery, Bethlehem. Fu-
children: Joseph Shimanski, on Thursday morning from at Northampton Municipal
and his wife Beth Logan, neral arrangements are by
Jr., Shawn Joseph Boyle, and 8:45 A.M. to 9:45 A.M. in Park (off of Laubach Ave.)
North Chelmsford, Mass. the John F. Herron Funeral
Erin Michael Boyle, 1 great-
granddaughter Brittany
Ann Shimanski and several
Several nieces, nephews,
uncles , aunts, cousins and
Home in Bethlehem.
Contributions: To the
the GEORGE G. BENSING
FUNERAL HOME, Inc., 2165
Please sign Guest Book on
themorningcall.com/obits support
his faithful pet companions: Cathedral. Community Drive, Route
nieces and nephews.
Services: The Funeral will
Josey wales, Lily, Dirty Harry,
Julius, Coco, Pixie, Vera and
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946, Village of Moorestown
- Bath, PA 18014. Interment Carol N. Wigfield during
be held on Wednesday at will follow in Sacred Heart Carol N. Wigfield, 77,
Gypsy.
9:30 A.M. from the Frank J.
Bonin Funeral Home Inc.
Services: The funeral will
be held on Friday at 9:30
Parish Cemetery, Bath.
Contributions: In lieu of
of Emmaus, passed away
in her home on August 21, these
Divine Liturgy with Office flowers, contributions may 2017. She was the wife of
difficult
a.m. from the Frank J. Bonin
of Christian Burial at 10:00 be offered in memory of Edward C. Wigfield and they
Funeral Home Inc. 542 N.
A.M. at Ss. Peter & Paul B.C. Emma to the Alzheimer’s As- would have observed their
Wyoming St. Hazleton, PA.
Church. Interment in the 60th wedding anniversary
Parish Cemetery. Friends
and relatives may call on
Mass of Christian Burial at
10:00 a.m. at the Parish of Ss.
Cyril and Methodius at the
sociation, 617 Main Street A,
Hellertown, PA 18055.
next month. Born in Bryn
Mawr, she was the daughter
times.
Tuesday evening from 6:00 themorningcall.com/obits of the late Lawrence A. and
Church of St. Joseph 604 N.
to 9:00 P.M. Parastas will be Charles P. Miller Ruth D. (Powell) Altemus.
Laurel St. Hazleton, PA. In-
held at 7:00 P.M. Charles P. Miller, 75, Carol was self employed as
terment will be held at the
convenience of the family of Upper Macungie Twp., Carol E. Strong a piano and vocal teacher.
themorningcall.com/obits
in St. Stanislaus Cemetery. passed away Saturday, Carol E. Strong, 89, of She was an avid quilter and
Bradley B. Zipprodt Friends and relatives may August 19, 2017 in St. Luke’s Bethlehem died Sunday, Au- she was a member of Bethel
Bradley Zipprodt, 54, of call on Thursday from 5:00 Hospice House, Lower gust 20, 2017 at the St. Luke’s Bible Fellowship Church,
Allentown died at Lehigh to 9:00 p.m. at the funeral Saucon Twp. He was the Hospice House in Lower Emmaus.
Valley Hospital on July 14, home. husband of the late Jeannie Saucon Township. Born De- Survivors: Survivors:
2017 as a result of injuries Contributions: In lieu of E. (Klass) Miller. Born in cember 26, 1927 in Bethle- Husband; Children, Edward
C. Wigfield, Jr. and his wife,
call
sustained in a motor vehicle flowers, donations to Lodge Allentown, he was a son of hem, she was the daughter
accident. He graduated 10 Fraternal Order of Police the late Oscar and Dorothy of the late Harry and Evelyn Cindy; Kathi L. Schlier and
from Nazareth Area High in Paul's Memory would be Miller. Charles was a weaver (Gottshall) Strong. her husband, David; Susan
School in 1980 and entered appreciated by the family. at Raxon Fabrics for 42 years Carol was a 1946 gradu- B. Wigfield; Janice E. Harris
and her husband, Robert;
610.
the Navy upon graduation. Please sign Guest Book on before retiring in 2008. He ate from Bethlehem High
Survivors: mother Geor- themorningcall.com/obits was a member of First Pres- School. She worked and David P. Wigfield and his
giana, brother Kurt and his byterian Church of Hokend- retired from Sure-Fit in wife, Cheryl; Elizabeth
wife Lynne, two nephews. auqua. Charles enjoyed life Bethlehem. Carol was a Kuhns and her husband,
Jeffrey; 19 grandchildren; 3
820.
Services: Private. Ar- and loved spending time member of Rosemont Lu-
rangements by the Herron with his family. theran Church. In her free great-grandchildren.
Funeral Home in Bethle- Survivors: Daughter: time, Carol enjoyed to knit Services: Services: 11
hem. Share Heather J. Irwin and her
husband Warren of Upper
and crochet.
Survivors: She will be
AM Thursday, August 24
at Bethel Bible Fellowship
6565
themorningcall.com/obits Macungie Twp.; Son: Shawn lovingly remembered by Church, 418 Elm Street, Em-
P. Miller of Denver, CO; her nephew, William B. maus. Calling hours will be
Lorraine E. Heil Brother: Bill Miller and his Gill husband of Doreen, held 6-8 PM Wednesday at
Lorraine E. Heil, 91, died Bachman, Kulik & Reinsmith
August 20, 2017. She was the wife Karen of Wisconsin; great nephew, Patrick, great
Grandchildren: Cody Mur- nieces, Corrin and Kelli and Funeral Home, 225 Elm
wife of the late Harold Heil. Street, Emmaus, and 10-11
Services: Viewing 10 – 11 phy, Brayden Irwin, Aiden a brother-in-law, Thomas
Miller, Nick Irwin, Ryan Gill. Carol was preceded AM Thursday in the church.
AM, Service at 11AM, Thurs- Contributions: Contri-
day, August 24, Pennsburg U Irwin and his wife Brittany. in death by her sister, Joyce
Charles was predeceased by Gill. butions: In lieu of flow-
C C, 775 Main St., Penns- ers, contributions can be
burg. For a complete obitu- a brother Dennis. Services: Services will be
Services: At Charlie’s re- private and at the conve- made to Still Waters Baptist
ary see the Town & Country Church, 100 E. Driftwood
and visit falkfuneralhomes. quest, there will not be any nience of the family. Ar-
services. “Remember me rangements Connell Funeral Street, Nags Head, NC 27959
com.
with a smile.” Arrangements Home, Inc. Please sign Guest Book on
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Contributions: In lieu
contributions may be made
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Hospice, 240 Union Station share your memories
Cherish
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For those who gave support
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NATION&WORLD
U.S. basks in cosmic spectacle
Moment in shade came out onto the White
House’s Truman Balcony,
of total eclipse gazing skyward with pro-
lights up millions tective lenses in place —
although the president
By Laura King and briefly looked up after re-
Matt Pearce moving his glasses.
Los Angeles Times Most total eclipses,
which come around every
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — one to three years, take
Millions of people gazed place in inaccessible areas,
skyward Monday as the far out at sea or over the
moon’s shadow raced east- poles, darkening the planet
ward along a slender corri- in places where few are
dor bisecting the mainland around to see it. There
United States, blotting out hadn’t been a coast-to-coast
the sun in a grand celestial total eclipse in the United
show that had not been States since June 1918, as
visible all across America in World War I raged and
nearly a century. Woodrow Wilson sat in the
As if by the machinations White House.
of some great astral clock, Eclipse mania suddenly
the magic of the total solar became a pop phenomenon
eclipse began right on as well as a scientific bonan-
schedule, with the moon za.
taking its first “bites” from NASA star-gazers and
the sun, to the enthrallment reams of other astronomers
of watchers in the Pacific COLIN MULVANY/THE SPOKESMAN REVIEW kept watch from ground
Northwest and swiftly be- After their wedding , Nathan Mauger and Connie Young toast the eclipse with family and friends in Spokane, Wash. telescopes and outer space.
yond. Animal behaviorists and
Darkness descended. set. “Whoa,” said a woman the state fairgrounds in the Cheyenne, Wyo., tweeted botanists had a literal field
The air cooled. Birds fell on a paddleboard, leaning to capital, Salem, which was in out a shot of a long, zig- day. Zoos and museums
silent. Cicadas buzzed. kiss her girlfriend. “I didn’t the path of totality. zagging line of car head- hosted viewing events;
Watchers erupted in cheers. think it would be so drama- The stretch of enveloping lights lighting up the campgrounds and open
In the eerie, failing light, tic.” darkness as the moon fully predawn sky. fields fell silent with awe, or
cattle lay down in the fields. The path of totality, it blotted out the sun was the In South Carolina, traffic erupted in whoops of won-
The stars came out. The turns out, is a pretty person- longest in Southern Illinois, before 9 a.m. was light on der.
contrails of passing jet al thing. Among young and where totality lasted nearly many of the two-lane roads For anyone who missed
planes jumped into sharp old alike, a sense of childlike three minutes. Elsewhere winding through the hills in the show: Just wait until
relief. wonder awakened as the on the route, the show was a the west of the state. Day- 2024. That’s when the next
The eclipse, moving clock ticked down to what few seconds shorter. trippers in sun hats walked total solar eclipse will be
along a 2,600-mile, 14-state GEORGE FREY/GETTY many saw as a once-in-a- The most devoted along the side of Cherokee seen in the United States.
swath starting in Oregon The sun in full eclipse over lifetime cosmic spectacle. eclipse-watchers had pre- Foothills Scenic Byway, But there won’t be another
and ending in South Car- Grand Teton National Park “Make the most of the pared for these fleeting mo- hauling folding chairs, cool- coast-to-coast one until
olina, seemed to bring out outside Jackson, Wyo. day!” said gallery owner ments months or years ago, ers and umbrellas to Table 2045.
everyone’s awe-struck Bonita Shipman, in Brevard, devouring accounts of the Rock State Park.
inner poet — or curious Louisville, Ky., after light N.C. Hours before eclipse fear and awe eclipses in- Even in cities where the Laura King reported from
amateur scientist. returned to the sky. time, vendors in a parking spired in ancient times, and, eclipse was only partial and Washington and staff writer
All too soon, it was over, “I felt a sense of awe lot were gearing up to hand turning to modern-day pre- the sky barely darkened, Matt Pearce from Nashville.
and its passing left some about nature ... the whole out free Moon Pies and occupations, scouring web- office workers clustered on Special correspondents
feeling almost bereft. totality of the universe,” she hawk their crafts. sites for flights, rental cars street corners, using protec- Thacher Schmid contributed
Watching, some embraced. said. “I felt like I couldn’t pass and hotels. tive spectacles to look at the from Portland, Ore., Kay
Others wept. At Lake Jocassee in it up,” said Oregon State Some rural highways and fiery corona. In Washing- Manning from Brevard, N.C.,
Outside Nashville’s South Carolina, water and Rep. Rob Nosse, who hap- byways, as well as major ton, D.C., outside the totality and Jenny Jarvie from
Grand Ole Opry, the wonder surrounding hills were pily rose before dawn to highways, were hit by chok- path, President Donald Salem, S.C.
of it was still in the voice of slowly engulfed in a shad- catch the Solar Eclipse Spe- ing vehicular jams. The Na- Trump, together with wife
Lisa Wilbanks, 57, of owy, pink 360-degree sun- cial train from Portland to tional Weather Service in Melania and son Barron, laura.king@latimes.com
In wake of prehensive review will in-

clude “operational tempo,
performance, maintenance,
equipment and personnel.”
collisions, a
It will be on a “tight time-
line” and also look into
“tactical and navigational
proficiency” of sailors, he
naval pause
said.
The latest collision
comes three months after
the McCain’s sister ship, the
Navy puts fleet’s sensors failed to avoid guided-missile destroyer
crashes while underway. Fitzgerald, collided with a
operations on hold “I have directed fleet much larger Philippine-
for safety review commanders to immedi- flagged container ship, the
ately conduct an opera- ACX Crystal, on a calm,
By W.J. Hennigan and tional pause with com- clear night about 50 nauti-
Jessica Meyers mands and leaders across cal miles from the Japanese
Washington Bureau the fleet, to ensure we are port of Yokosuka.
taking all appropriate im- Seven sailors were killed
AMMAN, Jordan — The mediate measures to en- in the June 17 collision, and
Navy said Monday that the hance the Navy’s safe and the commander and his
world’s largest and most effective operation around executive officer were re-
powerful armada will im- the world,” Richardson said. JOSHUA FULTON/U.S. NAVY lieved of command last
mediately pause operations The orders come as ten- The hobbled USS John S. McCain rests Monday at Changi Naval Base in Singapore. week after a Navy investiga-
for a fleetwide safety review sions with North Korea tion.
following the pre-dawn col- again notched upward. lacca. determine what happened.” With geopolitical ten- A guided-missile cruiser,
lision of a guided-missile Thousands of U.S. and Ten sailors were missing Despite the extensive sions at play in the region, Lake Champlain, collided
destroyer and an oil tanker South Korean troops began and presumed dead, and damage, the hobbled de- China’s Foreign Ministry with a South Korean fishing
that left 10 sailors missing 11 days of joint drills Mon- five sailors were injured, stroyer arrived at Changi earlier this month de- vessel on May 9 off the
near Singapore, the fourth day and Pyongyang warned after water poured into a Naval Base in Singapore nounced the United States Korean Peninsula. Another
naval accident in the Pacific that it could lead to the huge gash in the McCain’s under its own power. after the McCain passed guided-missile cruiser, An-
this year. “uncontrollable phase of a port hull, flooding crew Search-and-rescue opera- close by a South China Sea tietam, ran aground on Jan.
Chief of Naval Opera- nuclear war.” berthing, machinery and tions were underway using island that China claims. 31 and gushed oil into Tokyo
tions Adm. John Rich- U.S. warships in the west- communications rooms, the Navy Seahawk helicopters The state-run China Bay.
ardson announced the rare ern Pacific are crucial to Navy said. and Ospreys as well as Daily used the latest colli- All of the U.S. ships are
“operational pause” in a South Korea’s defense. Defense Secretary Jim Singaporean tugboats, Navy sion to note “the way U.S. part of the Navy’s 7th Fleet
video posted to social media The fleetwide stand- Mattis told reporters trav- and coast guard vessels. warships tend to sail with- based in Yokosuka.
Monday. He did not say how down was announced hours eling with him in Jordan on The Strait of Malacca is out observing maritime When asked by reporters
long it would last. after the U.S. guided-missile Monday that he has reached one of the world’s most traffic rules and the sloppi- about the collision late Sun-
He also ordered a com- destroyer John S. McCain out to families of the miss- congested shipping lanes. ness of their crews.” day, President Donald
prehensive review into collided with the Alnic MC, ing sailors. Much of Asia’s oil imports The Alnic was damaged Trump initially said, “That’s
causes of the recent colli- a Liberian-flagged oil and “My thoughts and traverse the choke point on in front of its hull, but no too bad.”
sions, saying “more forceful chemical tanker nearly prayers are with the sailors the way to the South China crew members were in- He later tweeted
action” is needed to deter- three times its size. The and families of the USS Sea, where China is build- jured, according to Singa- “thoughts & prayers” for the
mine why trained crews on collision occurred at 5:24 John McCain,” he said. “We ing artificial islands in wa- pore’s Maritime and Port sailors aboard the ship.
U.S. warships carrying a.m. local time at the en- obviously have an investiga- ters that its neighbors also Authority.
radars and other high-tech trance to the Strait of Ma- tion underway, and that will claim. Richardson said the com- william.hennigan@latimes.com
Judge shot by father of Ohio football player convicted of rape

By Andrew Steubenville, across the Steubenville High School against the Jefferson
Welsh-Huggins Ohio River from West Vir- football player of raping a County Metropolitan Hous-
Associated Press ginia’s northern panhandle 16-year-old girl during an ing Authority.
and just west of Pittsburgh. alcohol-fueled party in A hearing on a motion by
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Authorities identified the 2012. the housing authority to
man who shot and gunman as Nathaniel Investigators are looking dismiss punitive damage
wounded a judge outside a “Nate” Richmond, the fa- for a motive in the shooting claims was set for Aug. 28.
county courthouse before ther of Ma’Lik Richmond. and haven’t found a connec- Messages were left for
being gunned down by a Authorities say suspect tion to the rape case, prose- Richmond’s attorneys.
bailiff was the father of a Nathaniel Richmond was cutor Jane Hanlin said. Richmond several years
high school football player fatally shot by the judge’s A visiting judge from ago he was arrested on
who was convicted of rape bailiff during the alterca- Hamilton County handled various domestic violence
in 2013, authorities said tion. The judge also fired the majority of the rape and assault charges, court
Monday. shots. case. records show.
Jefferson County Judge Ma’Lik, then 17, served Records show Bruzzese The prosecutor said
Joseph Bruzzese Jr. was about 10 months in a ju- was overseeing a wrongful- Bruzzese was shoved to the DARRELL SAPP/PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE
shot Monday morning near venile lockup after being death lawsuit that Nate ground during Monday’s at- Officials in Steubenville, Ohio, work the scene of Monday’s
the courthouse in convicted with another Richmond filed in April tack. incident, in which a bailiff shot and killed the gunman.
NATION & WORLD
Au revoir to the Macron honeymoon

French president’s
popularity quickly
takes stunning dive
By James McAuley
The Washington Post
PARIS — At home and

abroad, the name Emman-
uel Macron elicits vastly
different reactions.
In many countries, the
39-year-old French presi-
dent remains a symbol of
youthful dynamism, a dar-
ling of social democrats
shocked by Brexit and the
ascent of President Donald
Trump. But in France, the
man whose landslide vic-
tory in May marked the end
of Europe’s populist surge is
falling out of favor — and
fast.
In view of the sky-high
expectations for Macron,
his initial slide in the polls
was to be expected, political
analysts say. After little
more than three months in CHRISTOPHE ENA/AP
office, however, he faces a Emmanuel Macron is more unpopular at the three-month point of his first term than were any of his immediate predecessors, a French polling firm says.
full-fledged nose-dive in
public opinion. According perceived lack of respect for Move — is a new force in point, according to Ifop, the increase military spending vatives and other support-
to the latest YouGov poll, the French military and the French politics. While Mac- Paris-based polling firm. by next year, he plans to go ers of the military objected
published at the beginning relative inexperience and ron made headlines for cre- Of late, any attempt by ahead with previously an- to what they saw as the
of August, just 36 percent of lack of discipline shown by ating a diverse coalition of Macron to act as the nounced cuts of almost $1 undiplomatic way Macron
the French now approve of his party’s parliamentary deputies — with as many “Jupiter of the Elysee,” as he billion to the 2017 defense conveyed and defended his
their president, roughly the deputies. women as men, and from a has been dubbed, has run budget. decisions to the armed
same as the percentage of Others say the decline wide range of professional into fierce opposition. A That amount represents forces. The young presi-
Americans who approve of can be explained in part by backgrounds — the brief vague proposal to make his a small fraction of the dent, who has never served
Trump. On May 7, some 66 France’s system of govern- summer session before Par- wife, Brigitte, an “official” French military’s total an- in the military, dismissed
percent of French voters ment, in which the presi- liament’s August recess was first lady — a title that would nual budget of $37 billion. the protests of his troops,
supported Macron. dent enjoys far broader marked by infighting and a have come with a separate But against the backdrop telling them in a widely
That steep decline — es- powers than many of his degree of administrative taxpayer-funded budget — of France’s efforts to com- discussed public speech last
pecially given the relief that Western peers — including chaos. was abandoned after an bat terrorism at home and month, “I am your boss”
followed Macron’s trounc- the power to dissolve Parlia- For many, though, it’s online petition garnered abroad, Macron’s decision and insisting that he needed
ing of the far-right Marine ment. As a result, he re- Macron’s personality that more than 300,000 signa- was seen by military offi- “no pressure and no com-
Le Pen — has baffled politi- ceives all the credit or all the has done the most to alien- tures. Brigitte Macron told cials as a betrayal. mentary.”
cal operatives and pollsters blame whenever either is ate ordinary citizens. Elle Magazine in her first In mid-July, the coun- The speech was poorly
here. And although poll due. In three months in public interview that she try’s top-ranking general, received by military fam-
numbers fluctuate, the lat- “It’s a pitfall of the presi- power, the new head of state would serve only in an Pierre de Villiers, resigned ilies, Desportes said, adding,
est figures also have many dential system,” said Sudhir has been reluctant to grant informal capacity. in protest. “He knows nothing.”
wondering about the viabil- Hazareesingh, an expert on interviews, preferring to de- Macron’s treatment of “The French army is in a Hazareesingh, though,
ity of the president’s newly French politics at the Uni- liver lengthy orations in the the military has also helped very difficult state because sees Macron’s lack of trans-
established political party versity of Oxford. Haza- halls of Versailles, France’s cement his emerging image of the budget cuts that have parency as perhaps his big-
and his ambitious economic reesingh also noted the historic seat of absolute as an aloof, kinglike figure. characterized the last 25 gest public relations prob-
proposals. damage done by lawmakers monarchy, and such regal After his inauguration, years,” said Vincent De- lem.
In an interview, Antoni in Macron’s party, whom he optics have not played well the new president quickly sportes, a retired French “He’s adopted a very
Minniti, a research director described as “a complete set with the media or the pub- set his sights on military general, in an interview. clear strategy of not talking
at YouGov France, attrib- of novices.” lic. expenditures, a not-unex- “Fundamentally, we need to the press,” he said, noting
uted the unusual drop to a “They haven’t got used to Macron is more unpopu- pected move given his support. Macron said he that Macron has so far
“convergence of elements” parliamentary procedure,” lar at the three-month point promises to slash govern- would provide that support, preferred to appear in the
after Macron’s first 100 days he said, “and the group of his first term than any of ment spending as a way to but the first thing he did spotlight only alongside
in office. Among the fre- really isn’t as cohesive as his immediate predecessors keep France in line with was to walk back on his other world leaders or pop
quently cited factors his might be hoped.” — François Hollande, Nico- European Union budgetary word.” stars.
team noticed, he said, were Established last year, the las Sarkozy and Jacques guidelines. Separately from the That can’t last, Haza-
reactions to the president’s party — Republic on the Chirac — were at the same Although he pledged to budget arguments, conser- reesingh said.
U.S. halts issuing Russian

tourist visas for 8 days
By Nataliya
Vasilyeva
Associated Press
MOSCOW — In a step
that could affect hundreds
of thousands of Russian
tourists, the U.S. Embassy
in Russia said Monday it
would suspend issuing
nonimmigrant visas for
eight days from Wednesday
in response to the Russian
decision to cap embassy
staff.
The embassy made the IVAN SEKRETAREV/AP 2013
SHAWN THEW/EPA
decision after the Russian The U.S. Embassy made the decision after Moscow or-
The cost of protecting the president and his family has strained the Secret Service. Foreign Ministry ordered a dered a cap on U.S. diplomatic personnel in Russia.
cap on the number of U.S.
Secret Service: Will run diplomatic personnel in

Russia, it said in a state-
ment, adding that it would
sulates, are believed to be
Russian nationals.
The U.S. Embassy said
named a career Russian
diplomat, who gained the
reputation of a hawk dur-
short of money in Sept.

resume issuing visas in Monday that Russia’s deci- ing his earlier tenure at the
Moscow on Sept. 1, but sion to cut its staff “calls Defense Ministry, as the
maintain the suspension at into question Russia’s seri- new ambassador to the
consulates in St. Peters- ousness about pursuing United States.
By Lisa Rein protecting the president Alles called the agency’s burg, Yekaterinburg and better relations.” However, Anatoly Antonov, 62,
The Washington Post and the extended first fam- current predicament, first Vladivostok indefinitely. it insisted that it would be succeeds Sergey Kislyak,
ily, who have traveled ex- reported by USA Today, “an Nearly a quarter of a able to maintain adequate who found himself in the
WASHINGTON — The tensively for business and ongoing issue for nearly a million Russian tourists staffing “to carry out es- center of controversy amid
Secret Service said Monday vacations, has strained the decade due to an overall visited the U.S. last year, sential elements of our mis- claims of Russia’s inter-
that it has enough money to Secret Service, local gov- increase in operational according to Russian tour- sion.” ference in the U.S. presi-
cover the cost of protecting ernments and at least one tempo.” ism officials. The U.S. State Depart- dential vote. Kislyak’s con-
President Donald Trump other federal agency, the Without question, how- Earlier this month, Rus- ment said the decision to tacts with members of
and his family through the Coast Guard. ever, the agency’s workload sia ordered the U.S. to cut suspend visas was not re- President Donald Trump’s
end of September, but after Presidential travel for for security personnel has its embassy and consulate taliation for Russia’s cap- team have been part of
that the agency will hit a Trump and the first lady — grown under Trump. The staff in Russia by 755, or ping of U.S. diplomatic per- congressional and FBI in-
federally mandated cap on who fly to their oceanfront Secret Service now pro- two-thirds. sonnel, noting that having vestigations into possible
salaries and overtime un- Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm tects 42 people around the Moscow’s move was a fewer personnel inevitably collusion between the
less Congress intervenes. Beach, Fla., or to their golf clock, 11 more than it did long-expected response to results in a reduction in the Trump campaign and Rus-
If lawmakers don’t lift club in Bedminster, N.J., on under Obama. The Trump former President Barack services they can provide. sia. Russia has denied any
the cap, about a third of the many weekends — has add- protection number in- Obama’s move to expel 35 Foreign Minister Sergey interference in the U.S.
agency’s agents would be ed costs for taxpayers and cludes 18 members of the Russian diplomats and shut Lavrov described the U.S. election.
working overtime without complications for the gov- president’s family. down two Russian recre- move as “another attempt Antonov joined the For-
being paid, agency officials ernment. The Secret Serv- The cap has been ex- ational retreats in the to fan Russian citizens’ eign Ministry in 1978 and
said. ice also must provide pro- ceeded by at least some United States following al- discontent with the gov- gradually rose through the
“The Secret Service esti- tection for Trump’s four amount in recent years, but legations of Russian inter- ernment” and a contin- ranks to take the job of the
mates that roughly 1,100 adult children. fewer agents were affected, ference in the 2016 U.S. uation of positions taken chief of the ministry’s secu-
employees will work over- Alles cited overall in- usually 300, compared to presidential election. under the previous White rity and disarmament de-
time hours in excess of creases to his agency’s staff 1,300 in 2016, when agents President Vladimir House. partment in 2004. As part
statutory pay caps during levels, which grew by 800 protected Obama, Hillary Putin said Russia felt forced “It’s a well-known logic of his job, he led negotia-
calendar year 2017,” Direc- this year, as a factor driving Clinton and Trump during to reciprocate after the U.S. of those who stage revolu- tions on various interna-
tor Randolph “Tex” Alles the extra costs, calling the the campaign, according to Congress approved sanctions,” Lavrov said in a tional agreements, includ-
said in a statement. “To issue “not one that can be the office of Rep. Elijah tions against Russia for reference to Moscow’s ing the 2010 New START
remedy this ongoing and attributed to the current Cummings of Maryland, meddling in the 2016 elec- long-held claims that the nuclear arms reduction
serious problem, the Administration’s protec- the top Democrat on the tion and for its aggression U.S. was fomenting unrest treaty signed by the United
agency has worked closely tion requirements alone.” House Committee on Over- in Ukraine and Syria. He in Russia and other ex- States and Russia.
with the Department of He noted that the Secret sight and Government Re- dismissed the new package Soviet nations. Washington In 2011, Antonov left the
Homeland Security, the Service in recent years has form. of sanctions as based on has denied the accusations. Foreign Ministry to be-
Administration, and the frequently received per- The Secret Service, beset “unfounded accusations.” Asked about a possible come a deputy defense
Congress over the past sev- mission from Congress to by years of budget short- The vast majority of the Russian reaction, Lavrov minister in charge of inter-
eral months to find a legis- exceed the overtime and falls and leadership shake- more than 1,000 employees said that unlike the U.S. national ties.
lative solution.” salary cap. This occurred as ups, requested $60 million at the various U.S. diplo- government, Russia “is not The European Union
The spending limits are recently as 2016 during more for the next year to matic missions in Russia, going to take it out on U.S. and Canada have sanc-
supposed to last through President Barack Obama’s protect the Trump entou- including the embassy in citizens.” tioned Antonov for his role
December, but the cost of final year in office. rage. Moscow and the three con- Also Monday, Putin in the Ukrainian crisis.
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Federal contractors: Spain police kill fugitive

Please fill open jobs wearing fake bomb belt
Driver from attack
By Aaron Gregg
The Washington Post in Barcelona found
hiding in vineyard
Top executives at four of
the nation’s biggest govern- By Joseph Wilson,
ment services firms have Aritz Parra and Lori
publicly griped in calls with Hinnant
investors about the slow Associated Press
pace at which key federal
leadership positions are be- SUBIRATS, Spain — The
ing filled, saying the vacan- lone fugitive from the
cies are causing a slow- Spanish cell that killed 15
down in the pace of con- U.S. AIR FORCE
people in and near Barcelo-
tract awards and making it As of Friday, only 15 Defense Department appointments na was shot to death Mon-
difficult to plan for the had been filled, lagging the previous two presidents’ pace. day after he flashed what
future. turned out to be a fake EMILIO MORENATTI/AP
They alternately blamed Congress raised expecta- agers who are filling in on a suicide belt at two troopers Police patrol Monday near Subirats, where officers shot
the White House for failing tions for a defense buildup. temporary basis. Business who confronted him in a and killed the lone fugitive from last week’s van attack.
to offer up candidates and Since then, the GOP-led executives praised their vineyard just outside the
Congress for failing to ap- coalition has struggled. An hard work but expressed city he terrorized, author- police determined the leave the premises and go
prove those who have been early effort to repeal and concern that the stand-ins ities said. bomb belt was not real, home. We heard a helicop-
appointed. replace the Affordable Care tend to lack the agenda- Police said they had “sci- Trapero said. A bag full of ter flying around and many
Science Applications Act revealed deep rifts setting authority more per- entific evidence” that knives was found with his police cars coming toward
International Chief Execu- among lawmakers, and manent political appoint- Younes Abouyaaqoub, 22, body, police said. the gas station that is some
tive Anthony Moraco some industry officials ees have. drove the van that barreled A police photo of the 600 meters from the prop-
sounded the alarm on worry that approaching “Without the political through Barcelona’s body seen by The Associ- erty,” Ventura said.
March 30, when he told deadlines to deal with the appointee in position to crowded Las Ramblas ated Press showed his The search for
investors that his Reston, debt and budget could lead drive reform, it just doesn’t promenade, killing 13 peo- bloodied face, bearing sev- Abouyaaqoub ended on the
Va.-based business was be- to another government happen,” said Dan Stohr, a ple on Thursday, then hi- eral days’ stubble on the same day that Catalan po-
ing negatively affected by shutdown. spokesman for the Aero- jacked a car and fatally chin. lice confirmed that he was
“award delays due to on- Meanwhile, Trump lags space Industry Association, stabbed its driver while With Abouyaaqoub’s the last remaining cell
going administration tran- behind the previous three which lobbies on behalf of making his getaway. death, the group responsi- member thought to still be
sitions.” Leidos Chief Exe- administrations in getting aerospace and defense Abouyaaqoub’s brother ble for last week’s fatal van at large and provided a
cutive Roger Krone, whose qualified candidates ap- manufacturers. and friends made up the attacks has now been bro- timeline of his movements.
Reston company employs pointed and confirmed for Former government rest of the 12-man extrem- ken, Trapero said. Authorities said earlier
33,000 people and services key government jobs, ac- managers echoed that con- ist cell, along with an imam “The arrest of this per- Monday they had evidence
$6.8 billion in federal IT cording to data maintained cern. Frank Kendall, who who police said died in a son was the priority for the that pinpointed
contracts, raised the issue by The Washington Post was the undersecretary of botched bomb-making op- police because it closed the Abouyaaqoub as the driver
in early May when he said and the Partnership for defense for acquisition, eration. detention and dismantling of the van that plowed
his company was seeing Public Service. technology and logistics in After four days on the of the group that we had down the Las Ramblas
“more slowness than ex- As of Friday, only 15 the Obama administration, run, Abouyaaqoub was identified,” he said. promenade, killing 13 pe-
pected in the acquisition Defense Department ap- said temporary Defense spotted outside a train sta- Four are under arrest, destrians and injuring
organizations of our (gov- pointments had been filled, Department managers are tion about 33 miles west of and eight are dead: five shot more than 120 others.
ernment) customers.” half of which were con- less likely to reverse initia- Barcelona on Monday by police in the seaside Trapero said that after
General Dynamics Chief firmed by the Senate within tives begun by their prede- afternoon. A second wit- town of Cambrils, where a abandoning the vehicle,
Executive Phebe No- the last few weeks. That’s cessors. ness told police she was second van attack left one Abouyaaqoub walked
vakovic said July 26 that compared with 22 and 33 at “They will keep the certain she had seen the pedestrian dead early Fri- through Barcelona for
she has seen “very slow the same point in the trains running,” Kendall man whose photo has gone day; two others killed on about 90 minutes, through
execution” on contracts in Barack Obama and George said. “Appropriately, how- around the world as part of the eve of the Barcelona the famed La Boqueria
some agencies. And L3 W. Bush presidencies, re- ever, they will generally not an international manhunt. attack in a botched bomb- market and nearly to Bar-
Technologies Chief Execu- spectively. make major policy changes Two officers found him making operation; and celona University.
tive Ralph D’Ambrosio said Appointments at other nor proceed with question- hiding in a nearby vineyard Abouyaaqoub. The Spanish newspaper
the vacancies have “defi- agencies are behind even able programs that new and asked for his identifica- The Islamic State group El Pais published images
nitely resulted in a slow- more: Only 9 percent of politically appointed lead- tion, according to the head has claimed responsibility Monday of what it said was
down” even at the Defense political appointments at ership might reverse.” of the Catalan police. He for both the Cambrils and Abouyaaqoub leaving the
Department. the Energy Department The result, some say, is a was shot to death when he Barcelona attacks. van attack site on foot. The
The comments come as have been filled; 8 percent slower contracting process. opened his shirt to reveal Roser Ventura, whose images show a slim man
federal contractors face an at the Agriculture Depart- “Without these appoint- what looked to be explo- father owns a vineyard be- wearing sunglasses walk-
uncertain future. Many saw ment; 13 percent at the ments, it is difficult to sives and cried out “Allah is tween the towns of Sadurni ing through La Boqueria.
their stock prices soar Education Department; process contracts and get great” in Arabic, regional d’Anoia and Subirats, said In a parking lot often
when President Donald and 18 percent at the State authorized and appropriat- police chief Josep Luis she alerted the regional used by university students,
Trump prevailed on Elec- Department. ed funds obligated to con- Trapero said. Catalan police when they he then hijacked a Ford
tion Day, as the prospect of In the meantime, the tracts,” General Dynamics’ A bomb disposal robot spotted a car crossing their Focus belonging to Pau
Republicans controlling work is generally being Novakovic told investors was dispatched to examine property at high speed. Perez, stabbing Perez to
both the White House and picked up by interim man- last month. the downed suspect before “The police told us to death and taking the wheel.
NEWS BRIEFING McConnell:

Tribune Newspapers and news services ‘Zero chance’
debt limit
Iraqi forces close in on won’t be raised
ISIS-held town west of Mosul LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
Senate Majority Leader
HALABIYAH, Iraq — not yet pushed into the Mitch McConnell says
Iraqi forces made signifi- town itself. there is “zero chance”
cant progress as they Dozens of civilians have Congress will allow the
closed in on the Islamic fled the area. country to default on its
State-held town of Tal The spokesman for the debts by voting to not
Afar, west of Mosul, the Joint Military Command, increase the borrowing
U.S.-led coalition and an Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, limit.
Iraqi military spokesman said militants deployed McConnell spoke dur-
said Monday. suicide car bombers, road ing a public event Monday
Army Col. Ryan Dillon, side bombs and mortars to in his home state of Ken-
a coalition spokesman, slow down the advancing tucky with Treasury Sec-
said Iraqi forces have re- troops. retary Steven Mnuchin,
taken some 95 square Citing intelligence, Ra- who minutes before had
miles from the extremist sool estimated the number implored Congress to fo-
group known as ISIS since of ISIS militants inside the ERIC GAY/AP cus immediately on rais-
the operation began early town at around 2,000 Confederate statues are secured to a trailer Monday after they were removed in Austin. ing the debt ceiling when
Sunday, though they have fighters. members return after La-
bor Day. Mnuchin said the
University of Texas in Austin debt ceiling must be in-
creased to ensure that the
60 immigrants found inside
removes Confederate statues
U.S. government can pay
its bills.
refrigerated truck trailer The government has
enough to pay its bills until
FALFURRIAS, Texas — trailer and found the im- AUSTIN, Texas — The ments occurred among of Houston student. He was Sept. 29. After that, Con-
Sixty immigrants have migrants amid pallets of University of Texas quickly those gathered. seething at the removal of gress would have to give
been found in a load of broccoli lined with ice. removed statues of Robert But all the statues of Lee, the statues. permission to borrow
ice-covered broccoli in a Customs officials say the E. Lee and other prominent Confederate Gen. Albert “I hate the erasure of more money to meet obli-
refrigerated trailer that temperature inside the Confederate figures from Sidney Johnston and Con- history and my people’s gations, including Social
was searched at a Texas trailer was 49 degrees. the main area of the Austin federate Postmaster Gen- history — people of Euro- Security and interest pay-
border checkpoint, fed- Some immigrants wore campus early Monday, just eral John H. Reagan were pean descent who built this ments.
eral officials said Monday. hooded heavy coats. hours after the school’s taken down. country,” he said. “It burns
A U.S. Customs and The immigrants — from president ordered they be The university’s classes me to my core.”
Border Protection state- Guatemala, Mexico, El taken down. don’t begin until next week. Mike Lowe, 37, an activ-
ment said nobody was Salvador and Hondurans University President Fenves said the statues ist for the removal of Con- A family hike around a
hurt and the trucker was — were detained and be- Greg Fenves abruptly an- would be moved to the federate statues, also at- New York state gorge
arrested at the Falfurrias ing processed for entering nounced late Sunday that Briscoe Center for Ameri- tended the removal. turned tragic when a
checkpoint. the U.S. illegally. The the statues would be re- can History on campus. “They have no other mother and father fell off a
Agents on Saturday trucker faces immigrant moved, saying such monu- As the statues were be- reasons than ‘you are eras- cliff and were killed and
opened the padlocked smuggling charges. ments have become “sym- ing taken down, less than ing our history.’ ” Their their 4-year-old son was
bols of modern white su- 30 people, both supporters reasoning is flawed, he said. seriously hurt, authorities
premacy and neo-Nazism.” and opponents of Fenves’ “These monuments repre- said. The bodies of
Crews worked through the order, congregated behind sent white supremacy, and Amanda Green, 35, and
Teen pleads guilty to lesser night amid a heavy police
presence.
barricades near the statues.
Among them was Mark
black lives haven’t mat-
tered in this county the
William Green, 33, both of
Buffalo, were discovered
charge in Slender Man attack The school blocked off
the area, and some argu-
Peterson, 22, who identi-
fied himself as a University
same as a white man’s
matters.”
Sunday along with their
injured son, Alexander.
MILWAUKEE — One weapon. She initially
of two Wisconsin girls faced a charge of at-
charged with repeatedly tempted first-degree in-
stabbing a classmate to tentional homicide in the Judge orders Mont. lawmaker to be fingerprinted Three Afghan prison
impress the fictitious hor- 2014 attack in Waukesha, employees who went
ror character Slender Man a city west of Milwaukee. HELENA, Mont. — A Justice Court Judge Rick ington,” Gianforte spokes- missing over the weekend
pleaded guilty Monday, Prosecutors allege she judge has ordered Montana West ordered Gianforte, a man Travis Hall wrote in an from a Colorado training
but she still faces a trial in and her co-defendant, Rep. Greg Gianforte to be Republican, to report by emailed statement. “Attor- facility weren’t believed to
the case next month fo- Morgan Geyser, stabbed photographed and finger- Sept. 15 to the jail in Boze- neys are reviewing the or- pose a threat, a state pris-
cused on her mental Payton Leutner 19 times in printed for assaulting a man to be booked for the der and considering op- on official said Monday,
health. a wooded area following a reporter, opening the pos- assault charge. tions for appeal.” and authorities remain
Anissa Weier, 15, sleepover, then left her. sibility of political oppo- “Greg remains focused The judge issued the most concerned about the
pleaded guilty to at- Both suspects were 12 nents using the congress- on meeting with Montan- order last week, and it was visitors’ welfare.
tempted second-degree at the time of the attack man’s mug shot next year ans from all of the state’s 56 first reported Monday by The three failed to re-
homicide as a party to a and were charged as when he is up for re- counties and being a strong the Bozeman Daily Chroni- turn Saturday night after
crime, with use of a deadly adults. election. voice for Montana in Wash- cle. an organized trip.
NATION & WORLD
When forensics bears false witness

Judges still admit evidence based on methods
now denounced as unscientific, unreliable
By Denise Lavoie methods are the very tools
Associated Press that have for decades
helped win convictions.
BOSTON — Two hairs And such evidence can be
that looked like the victim’s; persuasive for jurors, many
some dirt on a truck like of whom who have seen it
that taken from the crime used dramatically on “Law
scene; a pattern on the & Order” and “CSI.”
bumper that resembled a Rulings in the past year
design on the victim’s popu- show judges are reluctant to
lar brand of jeans. The case rule against long-accepted
against Steven Barnes in the evidence even when serious
rape and murder of a 16- questions have been raised
year-old girl seemed cir- about its reliability:
cumstantial, at best. ■ A judge in Pennsylvania
So the guilty verdict ruled prosecutors can call
shocked him. an expert to testify about
“I was saying, ‘This can’t bite marks found on a mur-
be happening. You can’t der victim’s body, despite 29
convict somebody on simi- wrongful arrests and con-
larities, perhaps or may- victions nationwide attrib-
bes,’ ” Barnes said. uted to unreliable bite mark
He spent the next 20 evidence since 2000.
years in prison before DNA ■ A Connecticut judge al-
testing exonerated him, be- lowed prosecutors to pre-
coming one of hundreds of sent evidence that a foot-
people convicted in whole print was made by a specific
or in part on forensic scien- shoe belonging to a man
ce that has come under fire accused of murder, despite HEATHER AINSWORTH/AP 2008
during the past decade. a 2016 finding by the Presi- Steven Barnes hugs family members after his rape conviction was overturned and he was freed from prison in Utica, N.Y.
Some of that science — dent’s Council of Advisors
analysis of bite marks, latent
fingerprints, firearms iden-
on Science and Technology
that such associations are
“At some point, we have to acknowl-
tification, burn patterns in “unsupported by any mean- edge that precedent has to be over-
arson investigations, ingful evidence or estimates
footwear patterns and tire of their accuracy.” ruled by scientific reality.”
treads — was once consid- ■ In Chicago, a federal
ered sound, but is now judge rejected a request to — Christopher Fabricant, director of strategic litigation,
being denounced by law- exclude testimony of gov- Innocence Project
yers and scientists who say ernment experts to describe
it has not been studied firearm and tool-mark com-
enough to prove its reliabili- parisons they performed on When the reliability of sion on Forensic Science
ty and in some cases has led bullets collected at crime forensic evidence is chal- wants “to change the sys-
to wrongful convictions. scenes in the trial of Hobos lenged through DNA test- tem from the ground up to
Even so, judges nation- gang members. The judge ing or other new evidence, it make it virtually impossible
wide continue to admit reasoned that defense law- often results in the granting to convict anybody,” said
such evidence regularly. yers were free to cross- MANUEL BALCE CENETA/AP 2015 of a new trial, even if there is William Fitzpatrick, a pros-
“Courts — unlike scien- examine the government’s Kirk Odom, who was convicted of a 1981 rape based on hair other strong evidence. ecutor in Syracuse, N.Y.
tists — rely too heavily on experts. evidence, was exonerated by DNA testing after 22 years. “More often than not, it Kirk Odom was 18 when
precedent and not enough Two reports by scientific undermines confidence in he was charged with raping
on the progress of science,” boards have sharply criti- Justice Department would one-fourth list “false or mis- the verdict, which is enough a woman at gunpoint in
said Christopher Fabricant, cized the use of such foren- disband the National Com- leading forensic evidence” to get a new trial,” said Washington, D.C. An FBI
director of strategic litiga- sic evidence, and universi- mission on Forensic Scien- as a contributing factor. Daniel Medwed, a law pro- agent testified that a hair on
tion for the Innocence Proj- ties that teach it are moving ce, an independent panel of And a report last fall from fessor at Boston’s North- the woman’s nightgown
ect. “At some point, we have away from visual analysis scientists, researchers, the president’s council criti- eastern University. was “indistinguishable”
to acknowledge that prece- and toward more precise judges and attorneys that cized several “feature-com- Many prosecutors scoff from Odom’s.
dent has to be overruled by biometric tools. had been studying how to parison” methods. The at the notion that long-used Odom spent 22 years in
scientific reality.” But some defense law- improve forensic practices. council said those methods forensic evidence is not prison but was exonerated
Defense lawyers and civil yers fear any progress on The National Registry of — including analysis of shoe scientifically valid, saying after DNA testing of the hair
rights advocates say prose- strengthening forensic sci- Exonerations at the Uni- prints, tire tracks, latent groups that have criticized and other evidence ex-
cutors and judges are slow ence may be lost under versity of California at fingerprints, firearms and the techniques were too cluded him as the rapist.
to acknowledge that some President Donald Trump. Irvine has documented spent ammunition — need heavily influenced by de- “I just kept saying,
forensic science methods In April, Attorney General more than 2,000 exonera- more study to determine fense attorneys. ‘They’re lying,’ ” Odom re-
are flawed because these Jeff Sessions announced the tions since 1989. Nearly reliability and error rates. The National Commis- called. “That ain’t my hair.”
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Foot in mouth: Magi-

cian/illusionist/comedian
Penn Jillette is apologizing
for his wisecracks insulting
Newfoundland. The talk-
ative half of the Penn &
Teller magic and comedy
act called Newfoundland
“a euphemism for stupid”
during Friday’s “Overtime
With Bill Maher.” Jillette SAIT SERKAN GURBUZ/AP
has said he has family roots
in Newfoundland. On After DNA testing showed he was predisposed to Type 2 diabetes, National Institutes of
Twitter, Jillette said he was Health Director Francis Collins shed 35 pounds. But his case may not be typical.
“wrong,” repeating the
word five more times in
one tweet alone. DNA test results may not
Rockabilly legend dies:
Albert “Sonny” Burgess,
who was an early pioneer
always change health habits
of what became known as
rockabilly music, died By Malcolm Ritter company for analysis. A mation produced no sig-
Friday in Newport, Ark. Associated Press request for the available nificant effect on diet,
He was 88. Burgess was health tests must be ap- physical activity, drinking
among a group of singers NEW YORK — If you proved by a physician’s alcohol, quitting smoking,
in the mid-1950s who learned your DNA made group that reviews the cus- sun protection or attend-
mixed rhythm and blues you more susceptible to tomer’s medical history. ance at disease-screening
JEANNETTE MONTGOMERY BARRON PHOTO with country music. The getting a disease, wouldn’t DNA tests for diseases programs.
Jorie Graham, whose books include the Pulitzer Prize- sound became known as you work to stay healthy? typically assess genetic pre- That fits with other re-
winning “The Dream of the Unified Field,” has received rockabilly and included You’d quit smoking, eat disposition to getting sick. sults showing that, on bal-
a $100,000 lifetime achievement award from the Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash better, ramp up your exer- They don’t provide abso- ance, getting the informa-
Academy of American Poets. and Jerry Lee Lewis. cise or do whatever else it lute predictions about tion “has little if any impact
took to improve your odds whether a disease will on changing routine or ha-
Poet Graham wins “Predator” actor dies:

Actor Sonny Landham,
best known for his roles in
of avoiding maladies like
obesity, diabetes, heart dis-
ease or cancer, right?
strike. Genetic risk is only
part of a person’s overall
risk, which includes influ-
bitual behaviors,” said psy-
chologist Theresa Marteau
of Britain’s Cambridge Uni-
$100,000 award the 1980s action movies
“Predator,” “48 Hrs.” and
“Lock Up,” died Thursday
The scientific evidence
says: Don’t bet on it.
ence from other things like
a person’s lifestyle.
versity, a study author.
In an interview, Dr.
DNA testing for disease While some diseases are James Lu, a co-founder of
One of the country’s most honored poets, Jorie from congestive heart risk has recently expanded caused by a single malfunc- Helix, agreed that the evi-
Graham, has received a $100,000 lifetime achieve- failure in Lexington, Ky. in the U.S. tioning gene, more com- dence on whether people
ment award. He was 76. Born in Canton, The company 23andMe mon illnesses are influen- change their lifestyles in
The Academy of American Poets told The Associ- Ga., the 6-foot-4 actor and recently started selling the ced by multiple genes, and response to DNA informa-
ated Press on Monday that Graham is this year’s win- stuntman got his start in nation’s first approved di- often each gene nudges a tion is mixed. But he said
ner of the Wallace Stevens Award for “proven mas- Hollywood in X-rated rect-to-consumer DNA person’s risk only slightly. it’s more likely if they get
tery” in poetry. films before landing a tests that evaluate the buy- A 23andMe test that in- the right information, edu-
Graham’s books include the Pulitzer Prize-winning small role in Walter Hill’s er’s genetic risk for certain cludes ancestry and other cation and support.
“The Dream of the Unified Field.” 1979 street gang cult clas- disease or conditions. That information goes for $199. Marteau is not claiming
The $25,000 Academy of American Poets Fellow- sic, “The Warriors.” go-ahead came in April, Helix’s decoding costs $80, that testing never changes
ship went to Ed Roberson. about three years after it while the currently avail- behavior. She notes the
The $25,000 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize was Aug. 22 birthdays: Ac- was told to stop selling such able health-risk analyses example of Dr. Francis
given to Patrick Rosal for his collection “Brooklyn tress Valerie Harper is 78. kits until it got the OK. cost $150 and $125. Both Collins, director of the U.S.
Antediluvian.” The Marshall prize honors the best Correspondent Steve Kroft The field also gained a companies use a saliva National Institutes of
book of the previous year. is 72. Actress Cindy new entrant in July, when a sample for the test. Health. After DNA testing
Thomas E. Peterson won a $25,000 translation Williams is 70. Singer Tori company called Helix Last year, researchers showed he was predis-
prize for his work on the poetry of Italian writer Amos is 54. Actor Ty Bur- launched an online market- published an analysis that posed to Type 2 diabetes,
Franco Fortini. rell is 50. Actress-comedi- place for DNA tests, includ- combined 18 studies of peo- more likely to develop if a
Sam Sax’s “Bury It” won a $5,000 prize for best an Kristen Wiig is 44. Talk ing some for genetic health ple who got doctor-ordered person is overweight,
second book of poetry. show host James Corden is risk. Helix decodes a con- DNA test results about dis- Collins shed 35 pounds.
39. Country singer Mila sumer’s DNA and passes ease risks. “It was a kick in the
— Associated Press Mason is 54. the results along to another Getting the DNA infor- pants,” Collins said.
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Poland Spring is just water, suit says

Class action filed in Conn. purported “natural spring” sites contains a without merit and an obvious attempt to
genuine spring under FDA rules, according manipulate the legal system for personal
claims Nestle is charging more to the suit. “One or more” of the company’s gain,” according to a statement the com-
for ordinary well water. largest volume groundwater collection sites pany issued Saturday. “Poland Spring is 100
— which the suit says supply up to 99 percent spring water. It meets the U.S. Food
By Patricia Hurtado percent of the water in Poland Spring Water and Drug Administration regulations defin-
Of Bloomberg products — are near a current or former ing spring water, all state regulations
refuse pit, landfill or petroleum dump site, governing spring classification for stand-
Nestle’s Poland Spring Water unit has the plaintiffs say. ards of identity, as well as all federal and
duped American consumers into paying Even the historic Poland Spring site in state regulations governing spring water
premium prices for ordinary groundwater western Maine, which displays a stream of collection, good manufacturing practices,
that’s pumped from some of Maine’s most mineral water shielded behind glass, is no product quality and labeling. We remain
populated areas, rather than from natural longer natural but instead generated by a highly confident in our legal position.”
springs as the company advertises, accord- machine that pumps it out of the ground, According to the website for the town of
ing to a lawsuit. according to the complaint. SHAWN PATRICK OUELLETTE / AP Poland Spring, a homesteader named
While Poland Spring says its water “To consumers, ‘spring water’ from a Poland Spring water comes from wells that Hiram Ricker declared in the mid-1800s
bottles contain “100 percent natural spring naturally occurring spring signifies purity are in or near contaminated sites, a lawsuit that the mineral spring on his family’s
water” from a source deep in Maine’s and high quality and commands a premium seeking unspecified damages claims. property cured his dyspepsia, which caused
woods, the complaint filed Aug.15 in federal price compared to defendant’s non-spring people to flock to the area to take advantage
court in Connecticut claims that Nestle drinking water products or filtered tap aren’t contaminated because the company of the spring’s curative powers.
Waters North America has bottled well water,” according to the proposed class- disinfects and in some cases purifies the The case is Mark Patane v. Nestle Waters
water that doesn't meet the U.S. Food and action suit filed on behalf of consumers groundwater it collects, the suit maintains North America Inc. 17-CV-01381, U.S. Dis-
Drug Administration’s definition of spring who’ve bought the water. “To illicitly the company’s claims are misleading be- trict Court for the District of Connecticut.
water. The suit, which includes claims for capture that premium, defendant, since it cause the water comes from wells in Nestle Waters North America has two
breach of contract and fraud, also seeks began selling the Poland Spring brand in low-lying populated areas near potential Breinigsville bottling facilities, where the
unspecified damages for violations of state 1993, has bottled common groundwater and sources of contamination. company bottles Deer Park and Nestle Pure
laws in New Jersey, New York and Massa- illegally mislabeled it as ‘100 percent In a statement, Nestle Waters vowed to Life water from seven spring sites in eastern
chusetts. Natural Spring Water.’” fight the suit. Pennsylvania. Nestle Waters employs about
None of Poland Spring Water’s eight While Poland Spring’s water products “The claims made in the lawsuit are 500 people in Breinigsville.
New app a ‘crowdcast’ pleaser

But people rental 32 who like comic books,
day parties, dance music
for promotion and the company’s product.
raises questions Once potential attendees
have been identified from
By Peter Holley Surkus’ user profiles, the
The Washington Post app sends “availability re-
quests” to users’ phones.
Pretend for a moment Participants are paid
that you’re walking through within 24 hours via PayPal.
your neighborhood and no- During events, participants
tice a line of people are asked to remain discreet
wrapped around the block about the origin of their
outside a newly opened invitations. Oftentimes,
restaurant. women are paid consider-
Local food bloggers ably more than men.
haven’t written about the Caroline Thompson, 27, a
venue, so you assume the contributing writer for Vice,
trendy-looking crowd must said she downloaded
be the result of contagious, Surkus and attended an
word-of-mouth buzz. event last year at a Chicago
There was a time when club full of “finance bros”
that may have been un- on a Thursday night.
doubtedly true — when you “It was a little weird that
could trust that a crowd of probably 80 percent of the
people was a naturally oc- women at the club were
curring mass of individuals. there because of the app,”
But that time may be she said.
passing thanks to Surkus, an Thompson said she was
emerging app that allowed paid $40 to attend the
the restaurant to quickly event.
manufacture its ideal crowd O’Grady called the sys-
and pay the people to stand SURKUS tem “scary” and said it
in place like extras on a A Surkus event in Los Angeles draws a crowd eager to sample food and mingle. Casted crowds help promote businesses. raises ethical questions for
movie set. They’ve even companies that turn to the
been hand-picked by a cast- formidable tool to do the ing. relations. After quietly launching app for crowds.
ing agent of sorts, an algo- same, renting beautiful peo- “So many companies “OK, you have a bunch of two years ago, Surkus mem- “Good PR is all about
rithmic one that selects ple and blending them with know their core demo- pretty faces at a party, but bers have attended 4,200 transparency,” she said.
each person according to advertising in a way that graphic, but they don’t what does that do?” events for 750 clients, in- “But in this case you’re
age, location, style and makes reality nearly indis- know how to get a hold of O’Grady said. “It’s not going cluding big-name brands, telling people to be discreet,
Facebook “likes.” cernible? those people,” George said. to do anything if they just hospitality groups, live-tick- but you’re also telling us the
They may look excited, Or have marketers found “They hire promoters want to get paid to party and eted shows, movie castings events are organic and that
but that could also be part of a new tool that offers them a and marketers and PR agen- have no attachment to the and everyday people who people want to be there, and
the production. Acting dis- far more efficient way to cies to connect, but it’s a brand itself.” want to throw a party. that’s not OK.”
engaged while they idle in link brands with potential one-sided interaction that George, a Chicago native, George said users can be George rejected the idea
line could tarnish their customers, allowing indi- involves blasting out a mes- got his start working with paid as little as $5 and as that Surkus allows brands
“reputation score,” an iden- viduals to turn themselves sage to get people engaged, Groupon as a sophomore at much as $100, though the to create fake events that
tifier that influences into living extensions of the but they don’t necessarily DePaul University. He went average for most events is manipulate consumers.
whether they’ll be “cast” share economy using a know if that message is on to make millions from between $25 and $40. Pro- “We want to know as
again. Nobody is forcing the structured, mutually bene- being received.” the company’s stock before lific users, he said, can earn much as possible about you,
participants to stay, of ficial transaction? Not everyone, however, is investing $250,000 in as much as $4,000 a year. so we can make sure we’re
course, but if they leave, The answer depends on convinced that Surkus — Surkus in 2015. And Surkus takes a portion on target with your interests
they won’t be paid — their whom you ask. which makes it easier for The company’s tagline: of the client’s budget for and what you love to do, so
movements are being Stephen George, Surkus’ promoters and marketers to “Go out. Have fun. Get each event. that you just can’t say no to
tracked with geolocation. 30-year-old chief executive, filter crowds according to paid.” The app is supposed to an invitation,” he said.
Welcome to the new said he considers his app an people’s attractiveness — George said the company help with these trans- Entertainment compa-
world of “crowdcasting.” online matchmaker, one will improve that reception. has amassed 150,000 mem- actions. nies aren’t the only ones
Surkus raises new ques- that pairs companies with “I understand the need bers in Los Angeles, New Once an event has been turning to Surkus for
tions about the future of the people who want to for quick results and attend- York, Chicago, Miami and scheduled, Surkus’ algo- crowdcasting. George said a
advertising and promotion. hear from them. If success- ance and that sometimes San Francisco. Anyone can rithm sorts through users’ research company recently
At a time when it has ful, he said, Surkus threat- brands need people lined up download the app. The profiles using the client’s used the app to find 750
become commonplace for ens to disrupt the expensive at their door,” said Kerry members are of all ages and desired search criteria. For people to fill movie theaters
individuals to broadcast role that promoters and O’Grady, a professor at New backgrounds, George said, example: A gaming com- in Los Angeles and New
polished versions of their public relations firms have York University’s School of noting that people are pany throwing a launch York to compare how reac-
lives on social media, does traditionally played in ad- Professional Studies who drawn by the chance to be party might ask Surkus to tions varied from city to city.
Surkus give businesses a vertising and brand-build- teaches courses on public social and get paid. find men and women 18 to
Jury awards $417M in suit that alleged J&J baby powder cancer risk
hygiene. client hoped the verdict
Science backs The lawsuit was brought would lead Johnson &
out to help these other
women.”
She had blamed her ill-
ness on the company’s tal-
product’s safety, by a California woman, Eva
Echeverria, who alleged
Johnson to include addi-
tional warnings on its prod-
Johnson & Johnson
spokeswoman Carol Good-
cum powder-containing
products, which she used
company says Johnson & Johnson failed
to adequately warn con-
ucts.
“Mrs. Echeverria is dying
rich said in a statement that for more than 40 years.
the company will appeal the Besides that case, three
By Michael Balsamo sumers about the potential from this ovarian cancer jury’s decision. other jury trials in St. Louis
Associated Press cancer risks of talcum pow- and she said to me all she She says while the com- reached similar outcomes
der. wanted to do was to help pany sympathizes with last year — issuing awards of
LOS ANGELES — A Los Echeverria developed the other women through- those impacted by ovarian $72 million, $70.1 million
Angeles jury on Monday ovarian cancer as a “proxi- out the whole country who cancer, she says science and $55 million, for a com-
ordered Johnson & John- mate result of the unreason- have ovarian cancer for us- supports the safety of John- bined total of $307.6 million.
son to pay $417 million to a ably dangerous and defec- ing Johnson & Johnson for son’s baby powder. Goodrich said the com-
woman who claimed in a tive nature of talcum pow- 20 and 30 years,” Robinson A St. Louis, Mo., jury in pany is preparing for addi-
lawsuit that the talc in its der,” Echeverria said in her said. May awarded $110.5 million tional trials in the U.S. and
iconic baby powder causes lawsuit. “She really didn’t want in May to a Virginia woman will continue to defend the JEFF CHIU/AP
ovarian cancer when ap- Echeverria’s attorney, sympathy,” he added. “She who was diagnosed with product’s safety. The lawsuit targeted the
plied regularly for feminine Mark Robinson, said his just wanted to get a message ovarian cancer in 2012. talc in J&J’s iconic product.
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oday’s Grammar Police column “Well, along with sagging pants and
begins with my alma mater. backward-facing ball caps [check my blog
Lehigh University made an for an essay on that subject], we must accept
error early this summer that I the misplaced preposition ‘at.’ I know that
found particularly ironic, under the circum- English is a fluid, ever-evolving, rule-
stances. bending language but from the street
It occurred in an emailed invitation to an question ‘Where you at?’ to professional
event that took place Aug. 5 at Musikfest. parlance, I cringe when I hear it spoken or
Lehigh and Lafayette alumni were invited to when I read it in the newspaper.
what Lehigh was call- “I have heard it from lawyers, clergy and
ing Rivalry Platz at other public speakers. I have read it in
SteelStacks. advice columns and general reporting, so I
The invitation was must suppose that it is appropriate gram-
fine, until it hit this mar. However, supposition is not accept-
line: ance.”
“Cost: $40 per I’ll point out that whereas the admonition
alumni (classes ’07- never to end a sentence with a preposition is
’17) ONLY.” questionable at best, “where you at?” is a
An individual grad- good example of something you shouldn’t
uate is an alumnus or do, at least in a formal context. But again, it’s
alumna, depending Bill just a slangy way of saying, “Where are you?”
on whether the per- White The Grammar Girl site, in pointing out
son is a man or wom- that “no preposition at the end of the
an. A group of gradu- sentence” is one of her Top 10 grammar
ates is covered by the gender-neutral term myths, notes that some sentences wouldn’t
“alumni.” make sense if you dropped the preposition
This confuses the heck out of many from the end, unless you turned it around
people, obviously, because individuals rou- ELLIOTT MARKS/PARAMOUNT PICTURES into something really clunky — say, switch-
tinely are referred to as an alumni, as they Alicia Silverstone, who played Cher in the 1995 movie ‘Clueless,’ helped popularize the phrase, ing “what did you step on?” to “on what did
are here. It’s wrong. You are not an alumni. ‘my bad,’ after saying it in a scene while learning to drive and nearly hitting a bicyclist, ac- you step?” — that no one would say in real
I’ve suggested before that if this distinc- cording to The Phrase Finder website. The phrase is among today’s Grammar Police topics. life.
tion confuses you, stick with “alum.” But that’s not the case with “where you
A fellow Lehigh alumnus sent this to me. at?” or, if you want to get a verb in there,
“This makes me ‘sic,’” he wrote. “And I’m visitor spilled something and promptly said, widely to mean something like ‘I admit that “where are you at?” she writes.
just a stupid engineer.” ‘My bad’ and helped clean up the mess. I I have made a mistake.’ It was nominated for “The problem is that ‘Where are you at?’
This particular common error seems to took his misuse as learning the language, but ‘word of the year’ (not that it’s a word, it’s doesn’t need the preposition at the end. If
know no generational bounds, but I’ve since then I have heard this phrase at least10 clearly a phrase) in 1999, but in fact it was you say ‘Where are you?’ it means the same
found over the years that many of the pet times. I mentioned it to my son, who pointed already at least 20 years old by then.” thing. So the ‘at’ is unnecessary. You should
peeves — grammatical and otherwise — that out that it is in wide usage (another example Quite a good online discussion ensued, leave it off.”
people complain to me about are strongly of how out of it I am.) with British participants clearly appalled By the way, as the Grammarphobia blog
influenced by age. Mostly it’s older people “I wanted to warn you of this insidious that Americans might consider this accept- points out, there are two versions of “where
annoyed by the way young people dress, act plot. I know good Sister Marie Sinister broke able. “It’s proper English slang,” one of them it’s at,” and one of them is fine.
and speak. at least one pointer on my head to teach me wrote. “I wouldn’t go so far as to say it was “He really knows where it’s at” and
I suspect that’s been true forever. Older what kind of violation this is. It is at least an proper English. similar uses of “where it’s at” are considered
cavemen probably stewed over the way their adjective acting as a noun. Just wanted to “It will certainly be effective in irking acceptable. That idiom goes back to the
kids wore their animal skins and how much prepare you and wonder can you name the English teachers, haters of textspeak and early 1900s.
bear grease they used in their hair. error.” other grammar purists!” But when you say, “Where are my keys
I’ll put this next pet peeve in that category, It’s just very common slang. I found one My feeling is that it’s pointless to try to at?” instead of “where are my keys?” that’s
although the reader is complaining about semi-scholarly writeup on it, at the English analyze the grammar in colloquial expres- bad grammar, for the same reason Grammar
something I’ve been hearing for years, and I Language and Usage Stack Exchange site, in sions like this. Yes, you’re using an adjective Girl explained above. The “at” is unneces-
don’t think I’m inordinately hip. answer to a question much like the one as a noun, but it’s basically just street talk sary.
“I think I have found ground zero of the posed to me. They wrote: that caught on. I’ve heard it at least twice So if the Grammar Police call you on it,
newest misuse of our language,” he wrote. “The authoritative discussion of the just since I started working on this column. don’t argue. Just say, “My bad.”
“Sometime back we had a Super Bowl party. phrase ‘my bad!’ ... says it originates in As long as you’re not in a formal setting, I
The neighbors had a young man from China pickup basketball as a phrase used by young don’t see a problem with it. bill.white@mcall.com 610-820-6105
staying with them, and I invited him. urban players when admitting to an error. It Here’s another colloquial usage that you Bill White’s commentary appears Tuesdays,
“In the course of the night the young has spread to other domains and is now used hear a lot. Thursdays and Sundays
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THE MORNING CALL TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2017 SPORTS 1
Leading off Say what?

“My life's purpose is bigger than
Maybe he’ll spend more time on the beach. But one thing New football.”
Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie won’t be doing once his — Anquan Boldin, a receiver with the Bills who
term is up in January is work as a sports talk radio host for WFAN. is ninth on the NFL career catches list (1,076),
After auditioning for a job with the station and serving as a fill-in in a statement to ESPN explaining that he is
host on numerous occasions, Christie and the station have par- retiring after 14 NFL seasons to be able to
SPORTS
ted ways as Christie is reportedly considering other options.
spend more time as a political activist.
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PENN STATE FOOTBALL
Lions in top 10 first time this century

Penn State is No. 6, the first time since 1999. onship and first Rose Bowl ap-
AP Top 10
Coach Nick Saban's program pearance since 2009. Penn State
its best preseason has become the surest thing in ended the season ranked seventh 1 Alabama(52)
ranking since 1999. sports these days. The Tide does in the Associated Press and 2 Ohio State(3)
not always win the national cham- coaches polls. Head coach James 3 Florida State(4)
By Ralph Russo pionship — just half the time over Franklin was named the Sporting 4 USC(2)
Of The Associated Press the last eight years — but is always News National Coach of the Year, 5 Clemson
in contention. Since 2008, only while running back Saquon Bark- 6 Penn State
No need to overthink it: Ala- once has Alabama lost more than ley of Whitehall earned All- 7 Oklahoma
bama is No. 1 in the AP preseason one game before bowl season. America honors. 8 Washington
Top 25. This is the 24th time that Penn The Nittany Lions return 45 9 Wisconsin
The Crimson Tide became the State has opened the season ran- lettermen and 18 starters from last 10 Oklahoma St.
first program in12 years to take the ked in the Top10 of the Associated year’s Big Ten Championship
top spot in The Associated Press Press Poll. The Nittany Lions are squad, led by Barkley and All-Big
preseason media poll two straight also ranked sixth in the Amway Ten honorees Trace McSorley, Penn State running
years, and will start the season Coaches Poll. Mike Gesicki, Jason Cabinda, back Saquon Bark-
ranked in the top five for the ninth The Nittany Lions are coming Marcus Allen, Grant Haley and ley is a big reason
consecutive time. Penn State is off of an 11-3 season that included for his team’s rank.
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EAGLES PRESEASON IRONPIGS 4

CHIEFS 3 (10 inn)
“It’s something that obviously, my history, even as a player
in the West Coast system, we’ve always had that position.” They’ll
— Eagles head coach Doug Pederson on his plans for a fullback
move
to get
the call
Prospects will switch
positions if it means
shot at the big leagues.
By Tom Housenick
Of The Morning Call
Phillies management has been

consistent in recent years about
encouraging players to be capable
fielders at multiple positions.
So, the only real question is how
do top prospects Scott Kingery and
J.P. Crawford feel about moving
from their comfort zones at second
base and shortstop, respectively?
“I don’t care what position I play
if I get the call,” Crawford said
Monday before playing third base
for the second time as a profes-
sional.
“I’ll be ready. I’ll play wherever,
whenever.”
MITCHELL LEFF / GETTY IMAGES Crawford played third base once
Eagles running back LeGarrette Blount (right) has been smothered in both preseason games at least partly because he hasn’t had in his life before Sunday’s game in
much blocking in front of him. Charlotte. It came during the
A REAL NEED
summer leading up to his ninth-
grade season at Lakewood (Calif.)
High School.
He was back at shortstop the
next game that summer.
Kingery took grounders at third
base last month and again Monday,
but has yet to play another infield
Recent play proves the Eagles must find a real fullback position as a pro. The University of
T
Arizona product has never caught a
he Philadelphia Eagles need a full- DeMarco Murray sign- ranked higher than four playoff teams, includ- game in his life, but if asked:
back. ing of 2015 repeating in ing Super Bowl champion New England, with “I wouldn’t know what to do
Yesterday, if not sooner. the form of LeGarrette an average of 4.1 yards per carry last year, they behind the dish,” he admitted, “but
Not an offensive or defensive Blount, who has proved thought they could continue to get by without I’d give it my best.”
lineman that they can plug in at fullback. Not a that he can’t get to the one. Crawford, Kingery and former
tight end who can pull double duty there when perimeter, which really At the NFL meetings last March, Pederson IronPigs teammate Rhys Hoskins
needed. is the only option for basically admitted that, when The Morning Call know that a position change at this
They need a good, old-fashioned, honest-to- Eagles running backs asked him about his plans for fullback. point in their careers is not perma-
goodness fullback. A player who works full- these days because … “It’s something that obviously, my history, nent. It is a way to get where they
time at his craft, cleaning up what the offensive they don’t have a full- even as a player in the West Coast system, we’ve want to be sooner rather than later.
line can’t get to or what the tight ends often back. always had that position,” he said. “We’ve Hoskins is the Phillies’ future
Nick first baseman. Despite a pretty
miss. Fierro This wasn’t part of always had that player. You’ve always been able
They need a player who can line up as the coach Doug Pederson’s to get in the I-formation and run downhill. good road block in National League
lead back in the I-formation and react organi- original plan, either. “The game has changed so much now. That Gold Glove candidate Freddy
cally after the snap, blocking on a run or Right after being re-hired last year, he made it position, we can use a tight end. You saw last Galvis, Crawford appears to be the
hovering near the line as a dump-pass outlet for clear that he would carry a fullback. That plan season we used a defensive tackle. Beau was in organization’s shortstop for the
the quarterback. changed when they couldn’t find anyone that position a little bit. The game has changed. next decade.
No longer can they get by without one. That worthy of making the roster and then tried to If you’re not adjusting to, say, the times, those Kingery’s case may be a little
was proved throughout the course of last get by with a bunch of part-timers like Beau positions can sometimes be filled by other role different, though he’s shown this
season, when they couldn’t get a half-yard Allen and Matt Tobin and Trey Burton. players.” season at Double-A Reading and
whenever they really needed it. The evidence But perhaps because they were fooled by the Triple-A Lehigh Valley that his
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NFL NOTES
Ex-Eagle confident
he’ll play in Week 1
By Jay Skurski
Of The Buffalo News (TNS)
with a helmet on while the rest of his
teammates were in pads.
“The thing that gave me confidence
Dolphins
hit town,
Jordan Matthews takes pride in being about it moving forward was that I was able
there for his team. to finish practice,” Matthews said. “If it was
The Buffalo Bills’ newest wide receiver an injury, where I immediately had to stop,
played in 46 of a possible 48 games the past and they would have just had to take me off
football
three seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles. and I was done, I would have been way
So when he was hurt on the very first play more worried. But because of the nature of LYNNE SLADKY / AP
the ball came his way during his first the injury and what happened afterwards, I Former Eagles CB Byron Maxwell (41) on
practice with his new team, Matthews was felt confident that I’d be able to make a good Monday returned to Philadelphia and ad-
ensues
in denial. recovery.” mitted to some hard feelings following
“It’s extremely frustrating because I’ve Matthews’ injury is an uncommon one in trade that sent him to the Dolphins.
been consistent in my career — with being football. One of the doctors who treated
at practice, being there for my team, not him said the only other time he had seen it place, a year after he signed a monster
missing games and everything,” he said. “I was when a hockey player got hit by a stick. free-agent contract with the Eagles when
was in disbelief. That’s why I finished the “It’s definitely a unique injury,” By Nick Fierro former coach Chip Kelly was in charge of
whole practice because I was like ‘there’s no Matthews said. “I’m a person that believes Of The Morning Call personnel.
way I just hurt myself my first day as a Bill, that all these types of things happen for a “I would be lying if I told you I don’t want
just not possible.’ When I got done with reason, so it must have been because I PHILADELPHIA – Not only were the to do better than the Eagles do,” he said. “I
practice I realized my chest and arms needed more time to get acclimated to the Miami Dolphins in town for the first of two do. I want to win more games than them. I
started stiffening up a little bit. At that point playbook, get to know the guys. Even open joint practices with the Philadelphia want to prove them wrong.
I kind of knew.” though it was unfortunate, it gave me a Eagles on Monday, but the action was pretty “… You could call it petty. I don’t know
The diagnosis was a chip fracture in his chance to get in my playbook and learn the much nonstop. what it is. That’s what I do. That’s how I feel.
sternum, an injury that has him classified as Buffalo environment a little bit, without Unlike even how most joint workouts are I mean, that’s just realistic. I know what it is,
“week to week” but doesn’t accurately having the add-on of having to practice, and conducted, with intermittent breaks in but I still want to do better than my old team.
describe the pain involved. In the days after physically go out there and perform. scrimmage sessions for various position I don’t think any player wants to … when the
he was hurt, any activity that involved using “Obviously, I’m a competitor, I want to groups to do individual work, this was team gets rid of you and then they do better,
his upper body caused a significant amount get back out there. I was excited to get back almost all Eagles offense vs. Dolphins to be honest with you.”
of pain. out there a little bit and run around. I’m defense on one field and Dolphins offense vs. The Dolphins’ offense also was sharp,
“There was a funny movie that came out really looking forward to getting back out Eagles defense on another, with occasional however, as their speedy receivers gave the
and I didn’t go see it because I was like ‘I there and playing.” breaks to work on special teams. Eagles’ cornerbacks fits.
don’t want to laugh right now.’ I knew it was Matthews said he is “extremely confi- That made things much more interesting Perhaps a reason why the first team had
going to hurt,” Matthews said. “It’s some- dent” that will happen by Week 1 of the for the fans, as training camp has been so much trouble is because it lost defensive
thing that you have to monitor in that regular season. extended through Tuesday. end Brandon Graham and middle linebacker
aspect. Breathing has gotten better; the “I had an injury last preseason, unfortu- The players also didn’t mind. Jordan Hicks to injuries early in practice.
hardest part is sneezing and coughing. For nately, it kept me out some time when I was “We did eight minutes of individual work The Eagles have released no details on
the most part, the regular things in life are with the Eagles, but I was able to come back and then the team stuff from there,” Eagles either.
getting a little bit easier, and that’s why I’m Week 1 and have a very productive game,” safety Malcolm Jenkins said. “It’s definitely a
extremely excited about it.” he said. “I know how to take mental reps, I different style of practice than what we were Roster move: The Eagles on Monday
Matthews’ recovery took a step forward know how to stay in shape, and I know how used to, but I thought it was good. A lot of our shipped tackle Matt Tobin and a seventh-
Sunday as he participated in some individu- to make sure that I’m on top of the ones got a lot of reps — more than we usually round draft pick to Seattle for Seattle’s
al drills during practice, catching passes playbook.” get in practice. So I think it was good for us.” fifth-rounder in 2018.
Added Eagles center Jason Kelce: “It’s That’s the second offensive lineman
always good in my opinion to break up the they’ve traded since camp began. Allen
EAGLES December of 2015, owner Jeffrey Lurie has
been banging the drum about how Roseman
monotony. You get to go up against different
guys who play differently, have different
Barbre was the first.
has been charged with building the best moves. Even though it’s a similar defense to Injury update: As already mentioned, Gra-
Continued from SPORTS 1 personnel department money can buy. our own, it’s always good to see some ham and Hicks left practice with unidenti-
So to hear “there’s just not that many out different players, see some different styles. fied injuries. However, ESPN reports that
A month later, immediately after they there” as the reason for giving up the fullback And it was really just fun to play football.” Graham has a triceps strain that is not
wrapped up the NFL Draft, Pederson once chase has to be awfully disconcerting at best Dolphins quarterback Jay Cutler, coaxed believed to be serious.
again was asked about the fullback spot. and downright disgraceful at worst. out of retirement when starter Ryan Tan- LB Najee Goode also left with an
He winced, almost as if in pain, and again That’s because the premise simply isn’t nehill was lost for the season with a knee unspecified injury.
spouted off some similar mumbo jumbo true. There’s plenty out there. They’re just injury earlier this month, was in favor of the WRs Bryce Treggs (leg) and Paul Turner
about how the game has changed, finally harder to find these days because they idea as well. (shoulder) and OL Josh Andrews (hand)
admitting that the team had given up on sometimes have to be mined from other “I think it’s good,” he said. “It’s good for remained out, but DE Derek Barnett re-
trying to find a fullback because “there’s just positions and coached up. everybody on the team. It’s just a change of turned after missing a day with a leg injury.
not that many out there.” Develin, a Philadelphia area native, is a pace. You see different faces, a little bit
Of course, nobody can be sure if it those perfect example. He was a defensive lineman different defenses, different tendencies. I Treggs fined $25,000: Treggs on Monday
words really were Pederson’s or he was at Brown who bounced around in the UFL think it’s good for me just to get more game learned he had been hit with a $25,000 fine
simply parroting what executive vice presi- and AFL before Jay Gruden, then the simulations out there and just play more for a crackback block on Green Bay’s
dent of football operations Howie Roseman’s offensive coordinator of the Bengals, con- football.” Damarious Randall, who suffered a concus-
personnel crew told him, because Pederson vinced him that fullback would be the way to sion on the play.
doesn’t control personnel. go. Observations: Eagles quarterback Carson Treggs tweeted that he would start a
Nevertheless, it was an incredibly stupid He’s not the typical super NFL athlete, and Wentz enjoyed a superb day against the GoFundMe account to help him pay it off.
thing to say, even if it’s true. there’s not a lot of speed there. In four full Dolphins. His deep-ball accuracy, not always That elicited an angry response from
There’s also not that many Super Bowl seasons with New England, he’s had just 20 a strength of his, was spot-on in this practice. Randall, who tweeted: “Yo broke ass
contenders out there either. But pretty much total touches (seven carries, 13 receptions) He routinely hit receivers in stride 30 and 40 shouldn’t play dirty then”
all of them still carry fullbacks. and no touchdowns. But he’s smart and big yards down the field, befuddling the Dol- Treggs has since removed his tweet about
Like both of last year’s Super Bowl teams, (6-3, 250) and craves contact. phins’ cornerbacks, including former Eagle starting the GoFundMe account.
for example. There’s lots of players like that in this great Byron Maxwell.
You might remember the Patriots, who gene pool that is America. Speaking of Maxwell, he admitted to nfierro@mcall.com
won, and how they leaned so heavily on That said, getting someone like that on this some lingering bitterness following the trade Twitter @nickfierro
Blount and his NFL-high 18 touchdowns to roster wouldn’t necessarily fix the problems that sent him to the Dolphins in the first 610-778-2243
get there? the Eagles have with their running game. But
Well, also remember this: On 14 of those it’s become clear after nearly two calendar
TDs, he had James Develin on the field with years that the other way isn’t working.
him. Not some lineman they moved into the Time to go back to Plan A. #Eagles trade T Matt Tobin and sev-
role. An actual fullback. Time for the supposedly best personnel enth-round pick to Seattle for fifth-
And remember this: if getting by without a department in the game to go out and find a round pick in next year's draft. Sounds
fullback is something that can be achieved fullback or a player that coaches who are like a good deal for Birds.
with true success in today’s NFL, Patriots advertised as innovative can develop into
coach Bill Belichick, who is at the forefront of one.
using players at multiple positions, would Yesterday.
have thought of it first. If not sooner.
He didn’t. And for good reason. Because Love these joint workouts. Teams can .. Now if only Howie can position the
unless you’re absolutely super in other areas, nfierro@mcall.com get so much more accomplished with #Eagles to draft Saquon Barkley next
you can’t. Twitter @nickfierro offense and defense working on sepa- year ...
Ever since “releasing” Chip Kelly in 610-778-2243 rate fields. #eaglescamp
LV IRONPIGS TRANSACTIONS H.S. GOLF
MONDAY’S RESULT Rodriguez RF 4 0 1 0 1 .220 BASEBALL SOUTHERN LEHIGH 383, SAUCON VALLEY 443
IRONPIGS 4, CHIEFS 3 Eshelman P 2 0 0 0 2 .353 AMERICAN LEAGUE WEDGEWOOD G.C., PAR 71
Mariot P 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Baltimore: Placed RHP Miguel Castro on the bereavement list. Recalled SL: Jimmy Golf 71, Roman Lisicky 76, Tom Smith 78, Matt Palmer 79, Charlie
Syracuse AB R H RBI SO AVG Gomez PH 1 0 0 0 1 .242 RHP Alec Asher from Norfolk (IL). Strohl 79, SV: Tom Gallagher 82, Justin Kyra 84, Gage Steelier 86, Brad Yeahl
Turner SS 3 0 0 0 1 .000 Fien P 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Minnesota: Placed INF Miguel Sano ion the 10-day DL, retroactive to 91, Robert Mateff 100.
Gonzalez SS 2 0 0 0 1 .235 Beato P 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sunday. Optioned LHP Nik Turley to Rochester (IL), then recalled him as NORTHWESTERN 396, WILSON 553
Falu 2B 5 0 1 0 1 .282 Cozens PH 0 0 0 0 0 .214 26th man for Monday’s doubleheader. Recalled INF Kennys Vargas from MORGAN HILL G.C., PAR 70
Werth LF 3 0 1 0 0 .333 TOTALS 34 4 7 4 12 .251 NW: Tyler Wiik 76, Luke Hallman 78, Joe Frey 80, Mason Vogwill 80, Jake
Rochester (IL). Selected the contract of RHP Tim Melville from Rochester
Huffman LF 1 0 0 0 0 .182 Syracuse .............................................. 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 7 0 (IL). Dellicker 82; WIL: Rob Webb 95, Tristan Altenbach 97, Ethan Haas 108,
Robinson 1B 2 1 1 1 1 .249 New York: Optioned RHP Bryan Mitchell to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Alexandra Deitrich 124, Matt Glovas 129.
Soto RF 4 1 1 0 0 .292 Lehigh Valley ....................................... 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
- 4 7 1 Seattle: Released 2B Danny Espinosa. Recalled SS Taylor Motter from
Adams P 0 0 0 0 0 .000 SYR: HR: Robinson, C (18, 4th inning off Eshelman, 0 on, 0 out); RBI: Tacoma (PCL).
Ramirez P 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Robinson, C (72); Bautista, R (8); Snyder, B (67). Tampa Bay: Placed RHP Jacob Faria on the 10-day DL, retroactive to
Skole 3B 4 1 1 0 1 .237
Kieboom C 4 0 1 0 0 .293
LV: 3B: Moore, L (1, Fedde); RBI: Moore, L 3 (25); Kingery (20).
Syracuse IP H R ER SO ERA
Thursday.
Toronto: Released LHP J.P. Howell. Optioned RHP Tom Koehler to Dunedin LOCAL GOLF
Bautista CF 4 0 1 1 1 .250 (FSL).
Fedde P 2 0 0 0 1 .000 Fedde 6.0 4 3 3 5 4.76 NATIONAL LEAGUE
Snyder PH 0 0 0 1 0 .258 Romero 1.0 0 0 0 3 3.00 Arizona: Optioned RHPs Silvino Bracho and J.J. Hoover to Reno (PCL).
Romero P 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Adams 2.0 0 0 0 4 2.29 Recalled RHPs Jimmie Sherfy and Braden Shipley from Reno. LEHIGH C.C.
Collier RF 1 0 0 0 0 .248 Ramirez (L) 0.0 3 1 1 0 8.38 Los Angeles: Claimed RHP Jordan Jankowski off waivers from Houston. Husband-Wife Championship—Gross:1. Robert Beck, Jackie Beck 67; Net:1.
TOTALS 35 3 7 3 7 .252 Totals 9.0 7 4 4 12 5. Milwaukee: Optioned RHP Brandon Woodruff to Colorado Springs (PCL). Michael Beattie, Madonna Beattie.
Lehigh Valley IP H R ER SO ERA Reinstated RHP Chase Anderson from the 10-day DL. Junior Club Championship—Overall: 1. Peter Chiaradia 153; 13-14 years old:
Lehigh Valley AB R H RBI BB AVG 1. AJ Janis 217; 11-12 years old (18 holes): Zach Yenawine 114; 9-10 years old
Eshelman 6.0 3 1 1 5 2.52 New York: Sent RHP Matt Harvey to Binghamton (EL) for a rehab
Kingery 2B 5 0 1 1 1 .313 assignment. (10 holes): Boden Rainford 63; 8 and under (4 holes): Evan Scagliotti 26.
Crawford 3B 4 0 0 0 2 .243 Mariot (BS) 1.0 4 2 2 0 4.78
Fien 1.0 0 0 0 1 1.64 Philadelphia: Recalled RHP Ben Lively from Lehigh Valley (IL).
Tocci CF 4 0 0 0 1 .158 Pittsburgh: Recalled C Jacob Stallings from Indianapolis (IL).
Stassi 1B 3 1 1 0 1 .265 Beato (W) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2.92
Totals 10.0 7 3 3 7 3.80 St. Louis: Recalled OF Stephen Piscotty from Memphis (PCL).
Pullin LF 3 1 1 0 2 .227 San Diego: Sent RHP Miguel Diaz to Lake Elsinore (Cal) for a rehab
Mora SS
Moore C
4
4
1 1
1 2
0
3
0
1
.268
.237
Pitches-strikes: Fedde 92-61; Romero 16-10; Adams, A 22-17; Ramirez, N
13-8; Eshelman 78-55; Mariot 17-11; Fien 23-16; Beato 22-14; Umpires: HP:
assignment. LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES
CAN-AM LEAGUE
Robert Moreno. 1B: Chris Graham. 3B: Dan Merzel; Weather: 82 degrees, Quebec: Released LHP Trevor Caughey. Signed OF Charles Demers.
partly cloudy; First pitch: 7:04 PM. Sussex County: Released OF Daniel Rockett.
FOOTBALL 2017 Little League World Series Glance
H.S. TENNIS NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
At South Williamsport, Pa.
All Times EDT
Detroit: Waived/injured DT Bruce Gaston. Signed TE Scott Orndoff. Double Elimination
Green Bay: Signed DT Calvin Heurtelou. Monday, Aug. 21
Tennessee: Waived DE Mehdi Abdesmad. Removed WR Tajae Sharpe from Grosse Pointe (Mich.) 11, Emilia (Italy) 7
SCHOLASTIC GIRLS Weckeeshan/Emily Fisher 6-0, 6-0; Chloe Getz/Triselle Samuels (JT) def. the PUP list. Tamaulipas (Mexico) 1, Seoul 0, Seoul eliminated
SALISBURY 5, WILSON 0 Sabrina Moyer/Jocelyn Rega 6-1, 6-0. HOCKEY Jackson (N.J.) 12, Rancho Santa Margarita (Calif.) 9, Rancho Santa
Singles – Lilia Crouthamel (SAL) def. Jenna Galvin 6-1, 6-2; Anna Bishop STROUDSBURG 6, LIBERTY 1 Margarita eliminated
(SAL) def. Mollie Veres 6-4, 6-1; Vivian Rogers (SAL) def. Jesse Galvin 6-2, Singles—Sara Denny (S) def. Paige Simmons 6-1, 6-2; Delaney Pinson (S) NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Anaheim: Signed D Francois Beauchemin to a one-year contract. Game 19: Pontezuela (Dominican Republic) vs. Maracaibo (Venezuela), 6
6-0; Doubles – Bryn Kubinski/Paige Gizbons (SAL) def. Mia Cain/Christine def. Julia Zheng 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; Vasilia Briegel (S) def. Angelique Ronca 6-2, p.m.
Szubiak 6-0, 6-0; Katie Denver/Sara McGee (SAL) def. Samantha 6-0; Doubles—Emily Traub/Sydney Runkel (S) def. Maren Drake/Caroline AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
San Antonio: Signed G Sam Brittain and D Josh Atkinson. Game 20: Walla Walla (Wash.) vs. Fairfield (Conn.), 8 p.m.
Nutter/Sarah Mengel 8-1. Hawk 8-6; Gabrielle Harvilla/Kendra Siegfried (L) def. Mercedes Bator/
NOTRE DAME GP 3, MORAVIAN ACADEMY 2 Hannah Boback 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Erin Hunt/Blanca Zhang (S) def. Shivoni Patel,
Singles—Logan Lencheski (ND) def. Taylor deCastro 6-0, 6-1; Emma Bradon Drake 6-0, 6-2; Annelise Knauf/Julissa Garcia (S) def. Margeaux
Anmolsingh (ND) def. Miranda Gibson 4-6, 6-4, 7-6; Sara Medei (ND) def. Donchez/Gabriella Palermo 6-2, 6-0.
Grace Nixdorf 6-7, 6-2, 7-5; Bailey Hancharik/Liliana Nino (MA) def. Jules
Rosko/Caitlin Maloney 6-3, 6-1; Kyla Manga/Dierdre Hoffman (MA) def.
EASTON 4, CENTRAL CATHOLIC 3
Singles— Elessa Jacobs (E) def. Emma Gordon 6-0, 6-0; Kaitlin Grogg (E) def.
LOCAL CYCLING
Jaimee Schurra/Lexi Latzanich 6-0, 6-0. Olivia Luchetti 7-5, 7-5; Hiu Ling Kwok (E) def. Lauren Minutella 6-0, 6-1;
EMMAUS 6, ES SOUTH 1 Doubles— Quinn Fantozzi/Gordon (CC) def. Quinn Langen/Tyra Burgess
Singles – Tina Zhang (EMM) def. Kaitlyn Semon 6-3, 6-1; Mia Columbus 8-1; Jess Davis/Kiki Wang (CC) def. Morgan Glover/Emma Strano 5-7, 7-5, VALLEY PREFERRED CYCLING CENTER— Jesse Stauffer, 7; 2. Matthew Mech, 5; 3. John Hostetter, 3; 4. Nicholas
(EMM) def. Lindsay Serbo 8-6, 5-7, 7-5; Sonya Boukengolts (EMM) def. 6-1; Emma Sweterlitsh/Hannah Sarmia (CC) def. Giavanna Williams/ Master & Rookies Series Roberts, 2; 5. Chris Consorto, 1; Event 13—Women 9 Lap Snowball Points: 1.
Zarya Tom Wing 6-1, 6-4; Doubles – Krissy Heilenman/Julia Marks (EMM) Rachel Frey 6-1, 6-2; Tajiana Oladapo/Ashley Keane (E) def. Mally 08/19/17 Vanessa Romano, 7; 2. Elizabeth Hukki, 5; 3. John Hostetter, 3; 4. Becca
def. Elena Boyer/Hannah Owusu-Afriye 8-2; Cindy He/Shannon Stewart Sayech/Katie Gearis. Place, Name, Omnium Points Brown, 2; 5. Danielle Shumskas, 1; Event 14—Junior 3 Lap Hanidcap: 1.
(EMM) def. Madison Malsch/Valeria Osorio 6-3, 6-1; Misa Hollinger/ FREEDOM 7, NORTHAMPTON 0 Event 1—Category 5 6 Lap Point A Lap: 1. Jim Levi, 7; 2. Dakota Stein, 5; 3. Reagan Pattishall, 7; 2. Grayson Hauck, 5; 3. Zac Olszewski, 3; 4. Divik
Sanbhya Sriram (EMM) def. Tamara Davis/Delaney Robbins 6-1, 6-3; Shayla Singles— Natalie Sinai (F) def. Liz Hozza 6-2, 6-0; Rebecca Packo (F) def. Andrew Mergan, 3; 4. Trevor Olexy, 2; 5. James Cardillo, 1; Event 2-Category Verma, 2; 5. Anson Wright, 1; Event 15—Masters Elimination: 1. Lucas
Powell/Meagan Vandermark (ESS) def. Caroline Sampson/Katherine Rose Sharga 6-0, 6-0; Jessika Klo (F) def. Amelia Casanek 6-0, 6-0; Doubles— 410 Lap Scratch:1. Sean Mooney, 7; 2. Kenneth Englert, 5; 3. Matthew Mech, Koehler, 7; 2. David Igelwicz, 5; 3. Gary Brown, 3; 4. Nao Yamashita, 2; 5.
Erickson 10-1. Christina Chen/Abbi Badman (F) def. Grace Tepes 8-2; Anjah Chhugani/ 3; 4. Nicholas Roberts, 2; 5. Blane Maddox, 1; Event 3—Women 9 Lap Points Robert Kowal, 1; Event 16—“B” Feature 20 Lap Points: 1. Nao Yamashita; 2.
JIM THORPE 4, TAMAQUA 1 Olivia Chhugani (F) def. Jess Grello/Syd Schmarl 6-0, 7-5; Twinkle Race: 1. Elizabeth Hukki, 7; 2. Vanessa Romano, 5; 3. Becca Brown, 3; 4. Brian Gristick; 3. John Hostetter; 4. Paul Incognito; 5. Chris Consorto; Event
Singles— Brooke Williams (TAM) def. Leanne Van Essendelft 6-3, 7-6, 10-8; Gupta/Megan Smith (F) def. Shannon Reinhard/Liz Moore 6-1, 6-0; Danielle Shumskas, 2; 5. Mante Ho, 1; Event 4—Juniors 6 Lap Scratch: 1. Zac 17—“A” Feature 20 Lap Tempo Points—1. David Igelwicz; 2. Brean Shea; 3.
Christ McLean (JT) def. Alexis Breiner 6-4, 6-1; Kaitlyn O’Neil (JT) def. Molly Margaret Cavanaugh/Hanna Nicholls (F) def. Regan Hobby/Kasey Zelienka Olszewski, 7; 2. Divik Verma, 5; 3. Jonah Hover, 3; 4. Anson Wright, 2; Divya Blane Maddox; 4. Jesse Stauffer; 5. Frank Negri; Ominum Masters—1. Lucas
Clemson 6-3, 6-1; Doubles – Angelica Uza/Evelyn Flores (JT) def. Madison 6-2, 6-1. Verma, 1; Event 5—Masters 10 Lap Tempo Points: 1. Brean Shea, 7; 2. David Koehler,11; 2. David Igelwicz,11; 3. George Sherman, 8; 4. John Chambers, 7;
Igelwicz, 5; 3. George Sherman, 3; 4. Gary Brown, 2; 5. Lucas Koehler, 1; 5. Brean Shea, 7; 6. Gary Brown, 7; 7. Nao Yamashita, 2; 8. Robert Kowal, 1;
Event 6—Category 5 8 Lap Scratch: 1. Andrew Mergan, 7; 2. Dakota Stein, 5; Omnium Category 4—1. Jesse Stauffer, 12; 2. Matthew Mech, 9; 3. Blane
3. James Cardillo, 3; 4. Eamonn Carroll, 2; 5. Trevor Olexy, 1; Event Maddox, 8; 4. Sean Mooney, 7; 5. Kenneth Englert, 7; 6. Nicholas Roberts, 4;
COLLEGE WOMEN SOCCER 7—Category 4 12 Lap Tempo Points: 1. Blane Maddox, 7; 2. Jesse Stauffer, 5; 7. John Hostetter, 3; 8. Michael Barkasi, 3; 9. Chris Consorto, 1; Omnium
3. Michael Barkasi, 3; 4. Kenneth Englert, 2; 5. Matthew Mech, 1; Event Women—1. Vanessa Romano, 19; 2. Elizabeth Hukki, 15; 3. Becca Brown, 10;
8—Women 10 Lap Scratch: 1. Vanessa Romano, 7; 2. Becca Brown, 5; 3. 4. Danielle Shumskas, 4; 5. Jenna Davis, 3; 6. Elodie Burlet, 2; 7. Mante Ho, 1;
Elizabeth Hukki, 3; 4. Elodie Burlet, 2; 5. Danielle Shumskas, 1; Event Omnium Catgory 5—1. Andrew Mergan, 17; 2. Dakota Stein, 13; 3. Jim Levi,
SIENA COLLEGE 3, LAFAYETTE 1 LAF: GOALS: Katie Brannigan; SHOTS: 10; Shots on GOAL: 6; CORNERS: 5; 10—Masters 5 KM Scratch: 1. Jon Chambers, 7; 2. George Sherman, 5; 3. 12; 4. James Cardillo, 4; 5. Eamonn Carroll, 4; 6. Trevor Olexy, 3; 7. Alexander
GOALIES: Maggie Pohl 0 Saves; Kelly O’Brien (45’) 4 Saves; REC: (0-1) SIE: Lucas Koehler, 3; 4. Gary Brown, 2; 5. David Igelwicz,1; Event11—Category 5 Gudenkauf, 1; Ominum Juniors—1. Zac Olszweski, 17; 2. Divik Verma, 10; 3.
Lafayette 0 1 —1 GOALS: Michele Tremblay, Madison Vazquez, Lindsay Mulligan; ASSISTS: Win-N-Out:1. Andrew Mergan, 7; 2. Jim Levi, 5; 3. Dakota Stein, 3; 4. Eamonn Anson Wright, 8; 4. Reagan Pattishall, 7; 5. Grayson Hauck, 5; 6. Jonah Hover,
Siena College 1 2 —3 Darby D’Angelo, Gabby Albano, Ashley Carpenter, Tremblay; SHOTS: 13; Carroll, 2; 5. Alexander Gudenkauf, 1; Event 12—Category 4 Miss-N-Out: 1. 5; 7. Jacob Evans, 1; 8. Divya Verma, 1.
Shots on GOAL: 7; CORNERS: 5; GOALIES: Taylor Dorado 5 Saves; REC.(1-0).
Game played 08/20.
SPORTS
COLONIAL LEAGUE GIRLS SOCCER PREVIEW
Can Spartans extend ‘golden era’?

By Michael Blouse win. We lost two solid starters to graduation but
Special to The Morning Call replaced them with 16 freshmen, several who are
competing with upper classmen for starting
This could be considered the golden era of South- positions.”
ern Lehigh girls’ soccer and first-year head coach SALISBURY
Andrew Filler is hopeful it lasts a little longer. Coach: Rick Babyak (sixth season).
The Spartans captured back-to-back Colonial Last season: 16-6-3, 10-3-1. Colonial League run-
League championships the past two seasons ner-up, District 11 2A runner-up, PIAA qualifier.
under coach Doug Roncolato, who resigned in the Saucon Valley and Returning starters/contributors: Sr. D Olivia
offseason. They finished the year with a 14-6 Southern Lehigh Dragovitz, Sr. F Kelly Gardus, Sr. G Katie Gilligan, Sr.
overall record after reaching the District 11 Class 3A should be two of D Lany Lagunilla, Sr. D Margaux Petruska, Sr. M
semifinals. the top contend- Maja Sejdic, Jr. M Carly Batman, Jr. M Rylee Don-
With eight starters back and a handful of other ers for the Co- aldson, Jr. F Erica Holben, So. M Olivia Hoeing.
experienced returns, the expectations remain high lonial League title Top newcomer: Sr. G Sarah McGee.
at Southern Lehigh. this fall. Coach’s comments: “The girls had a good run
“We expect the usual strong seasons from North- last season. Though we graduated some talented
western, Salisbury and Saucon Valley,” Filler said. players, we have a strong returning core and a very
“We expect to be right there with them come time good group of incoming players. They had a great
for the league playoffs.” summer and have come in to camp ready to play.
Those four programs – Northwestern, Salisbury, MORNING CALL The team leaders are doing well to instill the
Saucon Valley and Southern Lehigh – qualified for FILE PHOTO positive values that helped carry us last season.
the league’s postseason tournament a season We hope to continue a winning tradition.”
ago. Southern Lehigh won the crown with a 2-0
triumph over Salisbury. SAUCON VALLEY
Saucon Valley coach Stevie Osche, who guided her Coach: Stevie Ochse (13th season).
Panthers to the 2012 league title, said she consid- Last season: 13-5-1, 11-1-0. District 11 3A semifinal-
ers it a three-team race – at least in the pre- ist.
season. Returning starters/contributors: Sr. F/M Mack
“Salisbury, Southern Lehigh and Northwestern are Dickey, Sr. F Madi Guerrieri, Jr. D Kat Naiburg, Jr. D
the early favorites,” Osche said. “Saucon will battle Coach’s comments: “This year we are looking Returning starters/contributors: Sr. D Kaitlyn Kimmy Polefka, Jr. M Brooke Riefenstahl, Jr. F/M
other teams to try and be the fourth team to forward to building off of the success we had last Cavallaro, Sr. F Katie King, Sr. M Krystalyn Rook, Sr. Kiele Riefenstahl, Jr. G Zoe Zaharakis, So. M Car-
qualify for the league tournament.” year. Our goal as a team is to beat our record from D Amy Viall, Jr. D Stacey Badman, Jr. M Shelby oline Gilbert, So. D Lexi Guerrieri.
So, the Colonial League season could end up last year and advance further in the playoffs as Bryan, Jr. M Heather Johnson, Jr. D Erin Kennedy, Jr. Coach’s comments: “In the offseason, we spent
looking a lot like it did last year. well. We expect to have a strong back line and F Melissa Koch, Jr. D Sunny Litschauer, Jr. D Emma more time than ever with strength and condition-
One change is there are two fresh faces among solid midfield with some true threats up top.” Smeland, Jr. M Sydney Steere, So. F Cassie Mitsch. ing coaches and we hope that that will pay off late
coaches. Filler is in at Southern Lehigh, while at Top newcomers: Fr. Aidan Guy, Fr. Delaney Hil- in the season. We have many players who lack
NORTHERN LEHIGH soccer experience but they are athletic and coach-
Wilson, Kari Maskalis takes over for Christal Vitko. ferty, Fr. Drew Camp, Fr. Skye Porter, Fr. Trinity
Coach: Jason Reinhard (seventh season).
Williams, Fr. Sydney Odle. able and should see gains as the season prog-
BANGOR Last season: 5-13, 2-11.
Coach’s comments: “Our returning players resses.”
Coach: Ken Wilson (19th season). Returning starters/contributors: Sr. G Annelise
provide us with much-needed experience, as
Last season: 10-8 overall, 6-6 league. District 11 3A Lutz, Sr. M Cailie Niebell, Sr. M Jill Olewine, Jr. D Lexi SOUTHERN LEHIGH
many of them have been starters since their
quarterfinalist. Meckes, Jr. Abby Merkle M, Jr. D Molly Wilk, Jr. M Coach: Andrew Filler (first season).
freshman year. We will need to rely on each other
Returning starters/contributors: Sr. G Montana Katie Yesik. Last season: 14-6-1, 10-2. Colonial League champi-
in order to improve as individuals, and most im-
Cassaro, Sr. M Alayna Menecola, Sr. F Kylee Will, Jr. Coach’s comments: “Last season we lost several on, District 11 3A semifinalist.
portantly as a team.”
M Elyse Ippolito, Jr. M Jenna Learn, Jr. D Carmella close games and played well. We have to replace Returning starters/contributors: Sr. D Julia
Siminieri, So. D Jordan Hendricks, So. M Morgan six starters and face low numbers but the girls PALMERTON Baringer, Sr. D Morgan Campbell, Sr. M Melinda
Karasek. have worked hard all summer and show great Coach: Craig Wrigglesworth (second season). Gluck, Sr. M Holland Mittl, Sr. M Shannon Quinn, Jr.
Top newcomers: Sr. D Brie Ohland, So. M Sarah spirit. We hope to get better each practice and Last season: 5-11-1, 3-9-1. D Lia Boyd, Jr. G Ellie Cassel, Jr. M Kristen Cocozza,
Belo, So. M Ventura Ortiz, So. M Kelsey Sonntag, game.” Returning starters/contributors: Sr. F Jenna Jr. D Emily Donnelly, Jr. M Alyssa Minguillon, Jr. M
So. D Abbey Walters, Fr. F Sarah Wilk. Blynn, Sr. D Skye Klotz, Sr. M Destiny Mokshefski, Bella Sabram, So. F Jenna Groeber, So. M Emily
NORTHWESTERN
Coach’s comments: “I am looking forward to the Sr. M Izabel Ruzika, Jr. M Mia Fantasia, Jr. D Madi- Jordan.
Coach: Kelly Bleam (20th season).
challenge of staying competitive after losing a son Martinez, Jr. M Natalie Matsko, So. GK Kyla Top newcomers: Fr. F Ryenn Amato, Fr. F Emma
Last season: 15-5-1, 10-1-1. District 11 2A semifinal-
large group of seniors. We have a lot of experi- Brown, So. D Chloe Oldt. Singley, Fr. M Bella Touzeau.
ist.
enced players returning but we need to add depth Top newcomers: Fr. M Madison Balliet, Fr. M Coach’s comments: “We are very blessed to have
Returning starters/contributors: Sr. G McKen-
if we are going to be successful.” Carissa Fallon, Fr. D Gianna Kintz, Fr. F Lauren a great feeder system here through our youth
na Amey, Sr. D Abby Chisdak, Sr. D Brandi Feinour,
Rehrig. soccer program and club, which translates well
CATASAUQUA Sr. D Madison Humes, Sr. M Jessie Williamson, Jr. F
Coach’s comments: “With only one graduating into our program having success here at the high
Coach: Randy Gillespie (third season). Sara Hathaway, Jr. M Maggie Motolese, So. M
senior from last season and 10 incoming freshmen school level. We expect to continue the level of
Last season: 6-10-1, 4-7-1. Bailey Groff.
this year, we have good numbers to work with. Our commitment and success that we have seen in
Returning starters/contributors: Sr. M Madison Coach’s comments: “Our three expectations are:
incoming freshmen have good club team experi- recent years and we are excited to be returning a
Emery, Jr. D Mikaela Alleyne, Jr. M Haley Baez, Jr. D 1. to stay focused on team; 2. improve every prac-
ence and should make a positive impact to the lot of players with significant varsity experience.”
Lani George, Jr. M Amy Huber, Jr. M Trinity Kern, Jr. tice and game; 3. be competitive at our fullest
team. I expect our midfield to be the strongest it
D Taylor Richards, So. G Madison Hicks, So. F potential for the postseason. Our greatest WILSON
has ever been.”
Sabrina Kemmerer. strength is experience.” Coach: Kari Maskalis (first season).
Top newcomers: Jr. M Cassie Barna, Fr. F Kassidy PEN ARGYL Last season: 2-16, 0-12.
NOTRE DAME-GP
Gruver, Fr. D Emma Hawk, Fr. F Hamyah Jenkins, Fr. Coach: Michael Missmer (fourth season). Returning starters/contributors: Sr. M Hannah
Coach: Ariella Mease (second season).
M Alexis Ruschatz, Fr. D Katie Weiss. Last season: 7-12, 2-10. District 11 2A quarter- Fabian, Sr. F Kayla Frindt, Sr. D Yancelly Gaviria, Sr.
Last season: 10-9, 6-6. District 11 2A semifinalist.
Coach’s comments: “We expect to be competi- finalist. M Aubre Ibanez, Sr. G Arianna Lozada, Sr. M Isa-
Returning starters/contributors: Sr. M Erika
tive and to continue to approve upon our record Returning starters/contributors: Sr. M Kandie belle Patterson, Sr. M Allison Reiter, Sr. D Laura
Antunes, Sr. F Emiliana Bowman, Sr. D Lauren
Gower, Sr. M Angelique Herrera, Sr. M Annie McCar- Sine, Sr. F Gaby Vega, Jr. M Addie Ibanez, Jr. D Emili
from last year. We have many newcomers who Lopez, Jr. G Katelynn Mercurio, Jr. M Abby Wachter,
thy, Jr. D Kristen Freda, Jr. M Gianna Greggo, Jr. D King, So. F Lydia Janik, So. F Ximena Tobar.
bring a lot to the table for us. The hard work and So. M Olivia Shollenberger.
Jocelynn Itterly, Jr. D Stu Kernosh, Jr. D Kelly O’Bri- Top newcomers: Jr. F Abby Ghignone, Fr. D Brielle
effort these girls are putting in is higher than past Top newcomer: So. D Alexis DiSora.
en, Jr. M/F Krista Warfle, So. D Emily Dario, So. F Byerley, Fr. D Caylah Hicks, Fr. G Tess Patterson.
seasons. They’re serious about what they are here Coach’s comments: “We bring a very young,
Kaitlyn DePalma, So. F Brooke LaBarre, So. M Coach’s comments: “Last year’s team struggled
to accomplish.” competitive and motivated team to the playing
Emma Lohman, So. D Elizabeth Rundle. to find its rhythm and was not able to showcase
field this year. They are a very tight group of girls
MORAVIAN ACADEMY Coach’s comments: “Rebuilding a program what they could really do. This year, we have 11
who all have the same focus of achieving great
Coach: Darien Vercillo (second season). correctly takes several years. My players bought experienced seniors to help lead the way. It'll be
things.”
Last season: 8-8-1, 5-7. District 11 A semifinalist. into a new culture where we value character, hard exciting to see how these girls come together as a
Returning starters/contributors: Sr. F Rachel PALISADES work and doing the right things, for the right team as well as establish a strong foundation for
Burcaw, Sr. D Taylor Hesse, Jr. M Libby Michealis, Coach: Chris Willman (fourth season). reasons, on and off the pitch. Last year we made seasons to come.”
So. F Gabby Oudin. Last season: 10-9, 8-4. District 11 2A quarter- districts for the first time in years. Now in year
Top newcomer: Fr. M Luisa Capobianco. finalist. four, the team has learned how to compete and Michael Blouse is a freelance writer.
PSU PENN STATE SCHEDULE 5. Jacksonville St

6. South Dakota St (1)
7. Richmond
10-2
9-4
10-4
493
479
474
6
7
8
Louisiana-Monroe at Memphis, 9 p.m.
Austin Peay at Cincinnati, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Miles at Alcorn St., 7 p.m.
E. Kentucky at W. Kentcuky, 7 p.m.
Georgia S. at Auburn, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 2 AKRON 12 p.m. ABC 8. Youngstown State 12-4 450 2 E. Illinois at Indiana St., 7 p.m. S. Alabama at Mississippi, 7:30 p.m.
9. Villanova 9-4 413 13 Elon at Toledo, 7 p.m. Vanderbilt at Middle Tenn., 8 p.m.
Continued from SPORTS 1 Sept. 9 PITTSBURGH 3:30 p.m. ABC 10. North Dakota 9-3 412 12 Rhode Island at Cent. Michigan, 7 p.m. Tuskegee at Alabama St., 8 p.m.
Sept. 16 GEORGIA ST. 7:30 p.m. BTN 11. Wofford 10-4 381 11 Duquesne at S. Dakota St., 8 p.m. Florida St. vs. Alabama at Atlanta, 8 p.m.
12. The Citadel 10-2 333 9
Sept. 23 at Iowa Time/TV TBA Ohio St. at Indiana, 8 p.m. Ball St. at Illinois, Noon
Tyler Davis. Sept. 30 INDIANA Time/TV TBA
13. Chattanooga
14. Charleston Southern 7-4
9-4 330
261
10
14
Tulsa at Oklahoma St., 7:30 p.m. Bowling Green at Michigan St., Noon
Penn State opens the Oct. 7 at Northwestern 12 p.m. TV TBA 15. Central Arkansas 10-3 251 16
Florida A&M vs. Arkansas at Little Rock,
Ark., 8 p.m.
Missouri St. at Missouri, Noon
Wyoming at Iowa, Noon
16. New Hampshire 10-3 244 17
season against Akron at Oct. 14 Idle 17. Lehigh 9-3 177 18 N. Dakota at Utah, 7:30 p.m. Temple at Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m.
W. Oregon at Idaho St., 8:30 p.m. Nevada at Northwestern, 3:30 p.m.
noon on Sept. 2 on ABC. Oct. 21 MICHIGAN Time/TV TBA 18. Illinois State
19. Samford
6-6
7-5
149
144
—
23 Sacramento St. at Idaho, 9 p.m. MVSU at N. Dakota St., 3:30 p.m.
The Crimson Tide re- Oct. 28 at Ohio State 3:30 p.m. FOX 20. Northern Iowa 5-6 136 — New Mexico St. at Arizona St., 10:30 p.m. Hampton at Ohio, 7 p.m.
Nov. 4 at Michigan St. Time/TV TBA SEPT. 1 S. Dakota at Drake, 7 p.m.
ceived 52 of 61 first-place 21. Grambling State
22. Weber State
12-1
7-5
133
102
15
24 Fordham at Army, 6 p.m. SE Missouri at Kansas, 7 p.m.
votes from media members Nov. 11 RUTGERS 12 p.m. TBA 23. Cal Poly 7-5 85 21 CCSU at Syracuse, 7 p.m. Cent. Arkansas at Kansas St., 7 p.m.
in the poll released Monday. Nov. 18 NEBRASKA Time/TV TBA 24. N.C. Central 9-3 83 19 Washington at Rutgers, 8 p.m. Louisville vs. Purdue at Indianapolis, 7:30
25. N.C. A&T 9-3 78 20 Navy at FAU, 8 p.m. p.m.
Nov. 25 at Maryland Time/TV TBA
Ohio State was No. 2, edging Dec. 2 Big Ten title (Indy) 8 p.m. FOX
Others: Fordham 63, Albany 62, Western Charlotte at E. Michigan, 6:30 p.m.
Utah St. at Wisconsin, 9 p.m.
Butler at Illinois St., 7:30 p.m.
Arkansas St. at Nebraska, 8 p.m.
Illinois 54, Montana 51, Northern Arizona
No. 3 Florida State and 42, McNeese State 34, San Diego 33, Boston College at N. Illinois, 9:30 p.m. N. Iowa at Iowa St., 8 p.m.
preventing the first 1 vs. 2 Tennessee State 26, Kennesaw State 17,
William & Mary 16, Harvard 16, South
Colorado vs. Colorado St. at Denver, 8 p.m.
SEPT. 2
Maryland at Texas, Noon
UTEP at Oklahoma, 3:30 p.m.
opening game since the Dakota 14, Saint Francis 8, Southeastern Akron at Penn St., Noon Michigan vs. Florida at Arlington, Texas,
preseason poll began in for Alabama? The Tide has 9. Wisconsin
10. Oklahoma St.
11-3
10-3
926
889 11
9 Louisiana 7, Dayton 7, Nicholls State 6,
Princeton 5, Prairie View A&M 5, Colgate 5,
Dayton at Robert Morris, Noon
Lock Haven at St. Francis (Pa.), Noon
3:30 p.m.
E. Washington at Texas Tech, 4 p.m.
1950. Alabama opens the failed to win the national 11. Michigan 10-3 881 10 Towson 2, Eastern Illinois 2, Southern 2, Villanova at Lehigh, 12:30 p.m. Houston at UTSA, 7 p.m.
season against the Semi- championship the three 12. Auburn
13. LSU
8-5
8-4
880
784
24
13
Southern Utah 2, Mercer 1. Youngstown St. at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
Merrimack at Bryant, 3 p.m.
Stephen F. Austin at SMU, 7 p.m.
Houston Baptist at Texas St., 7 p.m.
noles in Atlanta on Sept. 2, previous times it was pre-
just the fourth opener in- season No. 1 under Saban.
14. Stanford
15. Georgia
16. Louisville
10-3
8-5
9-4
695
690 NR
629
12
21
FBC SCHEDULE Lafayette at Monmouth (NJ), 3 p.m.
Marist at Bucknell, 6 p.m.
Stetson at Sacred Heart, 6 p.m.
Lamar at N. Texas, 7 p.m.
Morehouse at Ark.-Pine Bluff, 7 p.m.
Liberty at Baylor, 7 p.m.
volving top-five teams and The last team to start and 17. Florida
18. Miami
9-4
9-4
624
492
14
20
AUG. 26 Miami (Ohio) at Marshall, 6:30 p.m. Jackson St. at TCU, 8 p.m.
Kent St. at Clemson, Noon Prairie View at Texas Southern, 9 p.m.
the first pitting teams ran- finish No. 1 was USC in 19. South Florida 11-2 327 19
Hawaii at UMass, 6 p.m.
Texas S. at Florida A&M, 6 p.m. California at N. Carolina, 12:20 p.m. BYU vs. LSU at Houston, 9:30 p.m.
ked in the preseason top 2004, and the Trojans were 20. Kansas St.
21. Virginia Tech
9-4
10-4
317 NR
240 16
Oregon St. at Colorado St., 2:30 p.m. Bethune-Cookman at Miami, 12:30 p.m. VMI at Air Force, Noon
Portland St. at BYU, 3 p.m. NC St. vs. S. Carolina at Charlotte, N.C., 3 Portland St. at Oregon St., 2 p.m.
three. ranked No. 1 the following 22. West Virginia
23. Texas
10-3
5-7
207
173 NR
18
Colgate at Cal Poly, 7 p.m. p.m. Valparaiso at Montana, 3 p.m.
Southern California, season — the last team to do 24. Washington St. 8-5 133 NR S. Floria at San Jose St., 7:30 p.m. William & Mary at Virginia, 3:30 p.m.
Alabama A&M at UAB, 3:30 p.m.
Troy at Boise St., 3:45 p.m.
W. New Mexico at San Diego, 5 p.m.
Stanford vs. Rice at Australia, 10 p.m.
which finished last season it before this year. 25. Tennessee 9-4 114
Others: TCU 98, Utah 85, Notre Dame 65,
22
AUG. 27 Stony Brook at S. Florida, 4 p.m. W. Michigan at USC, 5:15 p.m.
on a nine-game winning Boise St. 37, NC State 26, Northwestern 25, Richmond at Sam Houston St., 7 p.m. Charleston S. at Mississippi St., 4 p.m.
Kentucky at S. Miss., 4 p.m.
Cal Poly at San Jose St., 7:30 p.m.
Abilene Christian at New Mexico, 8 p.m.
AUG. 31
streak and No. 3 in the The Morning Call Pittsburgh 23, Oregon 21, Houston 19,
Colorado 18, UCLA 9, San Diego St. 9, BYU 5, St. Anselm at Wagner, 6 p.m. Morgan St. at Towson, 6 p.m. Montana-W. at Weber St., 8 p.m.
country, starts at No. 4. contributed to this story. Appalachian St. 4, Nebraska 4, Tulsa 4, Delaware St. at Delaware, 7 p.m.
Maine at New Hampshire, 7 p.m.
Newberry at Citadel, 6 p.m.
James Madison at E. Carolina, 6 p.m.
S. Utah at Oregon, 8:15 p.m.
UC Davis at San Diego St., 8:30 p.m.
Defending national cham- Kentucky 3, Texas A&M 3, Michigan St. 1.
pion Clemson begins the AP TOP 25 Holy Cross at UConn, 7:30 p.m.
FIU at UCF, 6 p.m.
Virginia St. at Norfolk St., 6 p.m.
Albany (NY) at Old Dominion, 6 p.m.
Howard at UNLV, 9 p.m.
Incarnate Word at Fresno St., 10 p.m.
post-Deshaun Watson era RK, TEAM W-L PTS LW FCS COACHES Kentucky Christian at Morehead St., 6 p.m.
Presbyterian at Wake Forest, 6:30 p.m.
N.C. Cent. at Duke, 6 p.m.
Furman at Wofford, 6 p.m.
Montana St. at Washington St., 10:30 p.m.
N. Arizona at Arizona, 11 p.m.
POLL
NC A&T at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m. W. Carolina at Hawaii, 12 mid.
at No. 5. Florida State re- 1. Alabama (52)
2. Ohio St. (3)
14-1
11-2
1513
1414
2
6
Clarion at UT-Martin, 7 p.m.
Jacksonville at Mercer, 7 p.m. Appalachian St. at Georgia,, 6:15 p.m. SEPT. 3
ceived four first-place votes, 3. Florida St. (4) 10-3 1396 8
RK, TEAM W-L PTS LW
Kennesaw St. at Samford, 7 p.m. UMass at Coastal Carolina, 7 p.m. Virginia Tech vs. W. Virginia at Landover,
4. USC (2) 10-3 1325 3 Grambling St. at Tulane, 7 p.m. Md., 7:30 p.m.
Ohio State got three and 5. Clemson 14-1 1201 1 1. James Madison (20) 14-1 642 1
Kentucky Wesleyan at Murray St., 7 p.m.
Methodist at Campbell, 7 p.m. Northwestern St. at La. Tech, 7 p.m. SC St. at S. U., 2:30 p.m.
USC two. 6. Penn St.
7. Oklahoma
11-3
11-2
1196
1170
7
5
2. North Dakota St (2) 12-2 618 3 Tennessee St. at Georgia St., 7 p.m. SE Louisnaia at Louisiana-Lafayette, 7 p.m. Texas A&M at UCLA, 8:30 p.m.
3. Sam Houston St (3) 12-1 577 5 W. Illinois at Tennessee Tech, 7 p.m. Brevard at Davidson, 7 p.m. SEPT. 4
The one bit of bad news 8. Washington 12-2 1150 4 4. Eastern Washington 12-2 525 4 McNeese St. at Nicholls, 8 p.m. Limestone at ETSU, 7 p.m. Tennessee at Georgia Tech, 8 p.m.
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SPORTS
AUTO RACING NOTEBOOK
WHAT’S
Igdalsky’s
WAIT A SECOND
ON TV?
MLB
happy with
4 p.m.
G1: Marlins at Phillies CSN
7 p.m.
Cubs at Reds or Dodgers at
Pirates MLB
Pocono’s
7:30 p.m.
G2: Marlins at Phillies CSN
10 p.m.
Rangers at Angels ESPN
2017 season
LITTLE LEAGUE W.S.
11 a.m.
Australia vs. Sioux Falls (S.D.)
ESPN
3 p.m.
Teams TBA ESPN
7:30 p.m. Raceway CEO says sun was only part of
Teams TBA ESPN
the reason for track’s success this summer.
RUGBY WORLD CUP
WOMEN By Keith Groller cluding the installation of
12 p.m. FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP
Of The Morning Call Wi-Fi which will be impor-
New Zealand vs. United States tant to fans staying for the
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (left) and Conor McGregor have been given an exemption to the rule
NBCSP LONG POND — Unlike weekend on the infield or
requiring 10-ounce gloves for the 154-pound fight so that both fighters can wear 8-ounce
the three Mondays last sum- those just wanting to con-
MINOR LEAGUE gloves. And just like that, the fight appeared more competitive — at least to some.
mer when he was preparing nect with their devices dur-
Smaller gloves?
7 p.m. to host races postponed ing one-day visits.
Syracuse Chiefs at IronPigs from the day before, Pocono “I have two little kids and
SECTV2 Raceway CEO Nick Igdal- the kids want to be able to
sky spent this Monday watch stuff on their Kindles,
LOCAL COVERAGE
More hype for the fight

morning basking in the glow but without Wi-Fi, Kindle is
2 p.m. of a successful summer at not effective,” Igdalsky said.
St. Luke’s Sports Round Up the Monroe County track. “If I was coming to the race,
SECTV2 Three major races went I’d be looking for ways to
6 p.m. off without a rain delay or keep my kids occupied for a
LV Sports Scene SECTV2 By Tim Dahlberg said. adopted regulations that postponement and seem- little bit of time here and
Of The Associated Press Unusual, well, yes. The call for 8-ounce gloves in ingly without any other there when mom and dad
fight matches an Irish UFC fights 147 pounds or glitches. need a break. “
LAS VEGAS — It’s only 2 champion in his first pro- smaller, and 10-ounce Igdalsky, who took over Another improvement
ounces of foam, 4 if you fessional boxing match gloves for anything above his new role from his will be a new public address
WHAT’S count both hands. against a fighter who was that. brother Brandon last system.
Still, it was enough to throwing punches before In the 11 years since, that
HAPPENING make Conor McGregor he could walk and who won has been the rule. Until
month, along with new
president Ben May and the
He wouldn’t reveal a
third major improvement
TODAY quite happy. Floyd May-
weather Jr., too, because it
all 49 of his pro fights
before announcing his re-
Wednesday, there had been
no exceptions.
rest of the Pocono staff are that’s coming, saying it
already thinking about 2018, hasn’t been officially ap-
likely means more sales for tirement. But tickets and pay-per- which will see the return of proved yet.
TENNIS what could be the richest But commission mem- view had to be sold. More NASCAR and IndyCar and However, he offered a
SCHOLASTIC GIRLS fight ever. bers — who regulate both people had to be convinced perhaps much more. significant hint about it.
Stroudsburg at Allen (11 a.m.)
Emmaus at PM West (11 a.m.)
Nevada boxing regula- UFC and boxing in Nevada that McGregor actually has “We had a terrific sum- “It’s going to be some-
Easton at Northampton (3:30) tors went out of their way to — are charged with protect- a chance in the ring with mer and saw tremendous thing that’s spectacular,
ES South at Nazareth (3:30) give a gift to both fighters, ing the health and safety of Mayweather. growth with all three of our good for all ages and some-
ES North at Liberty (3:30)
Central Catholic at Dieruff (3:30)
approving an exemption to fighters. Their No. 1 job is to And convinced they national touring events,” Ig- thing that no other track has
Easton at Northampton (3:30) the rule requiring 10-ounce make sure as few fighters as were, at least the ones dalsky said. “Part of that can yet,” Igdalsky said.
Parkland at Freedom (3:30) gloves for the 154-pound possible get their brains betting at William Hill. be attributed to the weather, The way he looks at it,
PM East at Bethlehem Catholic (3:30)
Whitehall at Pleasant Valley (3:30)
fight so that both fighters scrambled in the ring or in Oddsmakers there lowered but we’ve had good weather Pocono Raceway is not just
Quakertown at Pennridge (3:30) can wear 8-ounce gloves. the octagon. the lopsided odds favoring before in 2014 and 2015. a race track, it’s an enter-
MMI Prep at Tamaqua (4) And just like that, the And in this case, they Mayweather from mi- That’s not the correlation tainment facility. A variety
GOLF fight appeared more com- failed. nus-600 to minus-550 be- here. We feel it’s more of a of diverse events are held
petitive — at least to some. It was bad enough that cause they will be fighting correlation to the direction beyond the three major race
SCHOLASTIC Oddsmaker William Hill the commission approved a with smaller gloves. in marketing and advertis- weekends.
Whitehall, Central Catholic, Liberty at PM
West (12)
immediately boosted the novice boxer to go 12 McGregor himself pre- ing and over-delivering the A “Warrior Dash” event is
Nazareth, Emmaus, PM East at ES North odds of McGregor winning, rounds with one of the best dicted the smaller gloves fan experience. coming up this weekend
(12) though they are still low. fighters of all time, no would make the night even “We’re trying to give the that will feature 10,000 par-
Stroudsburg, Parkland, Easton at Free-
dom (2)
And UFC chief Dana White questions asked. But com- easier for him. utmost value and experi- ticipants and a Chinese
Northampton, Bethlehem Catholic, ES didn’t wait long to trumpet mission members lost any “I believe now that ence for everybody’s hard- lantern festival is coming
South at Pleasant Valley (2) the smaller gloves as a game remaining credibility when gloves are eight ounces, I earned entertainment dol- Sept. 9-10 that will bring
Salisbury at Moravian Academy (2:45)
Quakertown at Upper Dublin (3:30)
changer. they agreed to change the don’t believe he makes it lar.” 30,000 people to the track
Kutztown at Tulpehocken (3:30) “It affects the fight big glove size for no real reason out of the second round,” Igdalsky said that people over two days.
time,” White said. “When other than the two fighters McGregor said. “I do not coming to Pocono this past “Our bread and butter is
we were in our original asked for it to help build the see him absorbing the weekend got more than just motor sports, but by no
negotiations it was some- hype. blows in the first two practice runs, qualifying means are we just a motor
thing they would not even In doing so, they ignored rounds.” and a 500-mile IndyCar sports facility,” Igdalsky
talk about. I don’t know a letter from the Associ- Most in boxing scoff at
ON THIS what changed, but I’m glad ation of Ringside Physi- that, saying the size of the
race.
‘”You had four divisions
said. “We consider our-
selves an entertainment
DATE ... it did. It makes it so much
more fun.”
cians asking them not to.
“We hated to see them
gloves would matter only if
they were both forced to
of racing going on through- destination. This property
out the weekend,” he said. lends itself to any event.
The underlying school of break their own rules and fight in 4-ounce UFC “You had USAC quarter- We’re still entertaining of-
thought is that McGregor regulations kind of arbi- gloves that are open past midgets running an event fers to do air shows and
will have a better chance of trarily,” said Dr. Larry Love- the knuckle. There’s also a behind the grandstands. music festivals.”
knocking Mayweather out lace, who heads the associ- school of thought that You had the TQ midgets No matter what event is
with smaller gloves, though ation and is also on the smaller gloves will actually setting up temporary short held at Pocono, people at-
Mayweather has fought all Oklahoma State Boxing help Mayweather by mak- track event. You had vintage tending should figure on
but three of his professional Commission. “It seemed al- ing his hands even quicker. cars and well over 300 being able to get in and out
fights with 8-ounce gloves most capricious to change But by allowing smaller classic racing and sports relatively quickly. Igdalsky
and has never been from10 ounces, which is the gloves, commission mem- cars on display in our pad- said track patterns were
knocked out in any of them. prescribed weight of gloves bers did more than just try dock area and on top of that back to normal in less than
But the fight needed an- for that weight class.” to lure a few more people to the Formula V’s were doing an hour after the end of
BILL JANSCHA/AP other selling point, and Ne- To be fair, there is no Las Vegas next week. They laps on our road course. Sunday’s race.
In 1989, Nolan Ryan of the vada State Athletic Com- solid medical evidence made a decision that, in There were quite a few “We’re setting records on
Texas Rangers becomes the mission members were about the effects of getting theory at least, could affect things going on here.” time spent on traffic getting
first pitcher to strike out happy to give it one. hit with smaller gloves. But the outcome of the fight. And there was extra value in and out of the track,”
5,000 batters in a 2-0 loss “It’s an unusual contest there was enough anec- And by any standard, for IndyCar fans who got to Igdalsky said. “It still takes
to the Oakland Athletics. for us as a commission,” dotal evidence that the Ne- that’s a bad decision to purchase tickets that al- time to improve the infra-
Ryan fans Rickey Hender- chairman Anthony Marnell vada commission in 2006 make. lowed them open access to structure of the roads
son swinging on a 3-2, 96 the garages in addition to around here and PennDOT
mph fastball for No. 5,000. the paddock and the pits. has a plan in place to have
PRESS BOX Igdalsky has made it clear additional lanes of traffic
1950 — Althea Gibson becomes EDITED FROM NEWS SERVICES that it’s all about the fan coming in and out.
the first black tennis player to IN BRIEF
experience and more im- “We know everybody
be accepted in competition for provements are coming be- wants to get home after an
the national championship. COLLEGES: Alabama is No. 1 in the league’s highest-paid player. Stafford in- tween now and the first event in timely fashion. I
1961 — Roger Maris becomes Associated Press preseason Top 25, the sisted he hasn’t decided if he’ll allow talks NASCAR Monster Energy know that from being a
the first player to hit his 50th first program in 12 years to take the top spot to continue into the season, adding he Cup race next year, which is Philly sports fan and going
homer in August. He connects two years in a row. The Crimson Tide doesn’t know when or if the call will be set for the weekend of June to games and getting stuck
off California's Ken McBride in received 52 of 61 first-place votes from made to stop negotiations. He’s entering 2-3. in traffic. I get frustrated,
a 4-3 loss to the Angels. media members. Ohio State was No. 2, the last season of his three-year, $53 The second NASCAR too. We’re doing everything
1984 — Evelyn Ashford sets the edging No. 3 Florida State. USC, which million deal. ... Jets coach Todd Bowles will follow July 28-29. Indy- in our power to improve the
world record in the 100-meter finished last season on a nine-game said he’ll announce the team’s starting next Car will release its 2018 time and if we do that, we
dash with a clocking of 10.76 winning streak and No. 3 in the country, week. Veteran Josh McCown is widely schedule later, but the Po- can hold even bigger events
seconds in a meet at Zurich, starts at No. 4. Defending national champi- expected to be under center when the Jets cono race will likely be in here.”
Switzerland. on Clemson begins the post-Deshaun open their season Sept. 10 against the Bills. the same August spot.
1999 — Jenny Thompson Watson era at No. 5. ... Tennessee WR Josh ... Eagles WR Bryce Treggs was fined When those races are kgroller@mcall.com
breaks Mary T. Meagher's Smith is expected to miss the start of the $25,000 by the league for his high hit on held he said fans can expect Twitter @KeithGroller
18-year-old 100-meter butterfly season after injuring his collarbone. Packers DB Damarious Randall on Aug. several improvements, in- 610-820-6740
record at the Pan Pacific swim 10. ... Jets LB Darron Lee and DE Leonard
championships. Thompson CYCLING: Vincenzo Nibali won the third Williams were cleared of any violations of
with a time of 57.88 seconds stage of the Spanish Vuelta, and Chris the league’s personal conduct policy fol-
lowers the mark of 57.93 set by Froome took the overall lead after a strong lowing a review of an incident at a festival
Meagher. run in the first mountain stage. in June.
2005 — Maria Sharapova is the
15th player and the first Rus- NFL: A deadly, racially charged conflict in NHL: D Francois Beauchemin agreed to
sian to be No. 1 since the WTA Charlottesville, Va., caused Bills WR An- an incentive-laden one-year contract to
tour began its computer rank- quan Boldin to reassess his priorities and return for his third stint with the Ducks. It
ings in 1975. At 18, she's the fifth led him to retire after 14 seasons. In an probably will be his final season. Beau-
youngest to hold the top spot, interview on SiriusXM NFL Radio, Boldin chemin, 37, has 73 goals and 198 assists in
following Martina Hingis, Moni- said he’s “uncomfortable” with how di- 836 career games.
ca Seles, Tracy Austin and vided the nation is and wants to dedicate
Steffi Graf. his entire focus to humanitarian and SOCCER: Raheem Sterling scored an
2008 — Usain Bolt helps criminal justice causes. ... The league is 82nd-minute equalizer as Manchester City
Jamaica win the 400-meter working on a five-year contract extension fought back to draw with Everton 1-1 while
relay final in 37.10 seconds for for Commissioner Roger Goodell. Sports playing with 10 men for more than half in
his third gold medal and third Business Journal first reported the con- the English Premier League game. Ever-
world record of the Beijing tract negotiations. Goodell’s contract is up ton’s Wayne Rooney scored his 200th
Games. Bolt becomes only the after the 2019 season. Goodell replaced Premier League goal.
fourth man, and the first since Paul Tagliabue as commissioner in 2006.
Carl Lewis in 1984, to win all ... Coach Vance Joseph named Trevor TENNIS: Two-time Australian Open
three Olympic sprint events. Siemian the Broncos QB job for the second champion Victoria Azarenka withdrew
Bryan Clay wins the decathlon, straight year. Siemian beat out 2016 from the U.S. Open because she was unable
the first American to win the first-round draft pick Paxton Lynch. ... to resolve a custody dispute with her infant MATT SLOCUM / AP
10-discipline event at the The agent for Lions QB Matthew son’s father. Azarenka, 28, gave birth to her Will Power wins the IndyCar race Sunday at Pocono Race-
Olympics since Dan O'Brien at Stafford and the team are negotiating first child in December and she returned to way, the third major race of the summer at the Monroe
Atlanta in 1996. terms of a contract that may make him the the tour in June. County track.
BASEBALL
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE

NATIONAL LEAGUE 2017 TEAM LAST 3 STARTS
TEAM PITCHER TIME W-L ERA REC W-L IP ERA CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STR HOME AWAY CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STR HOME AWAY
Mia Straily (R) 7-8 3.80 11-14 0-1 16.1 3.86 Cleveland 69 54 .561 — 8-2 W-1 32-27 37-27 Chicago 66 57 .537 — 7-3 W-3 34-28 32-29
Phi Nola (R) 4:05p 9-8 3.26 10-10 1-1 19.0 3.79
Minnesota* 63 60 .512 6 6-4 L-1 31-35 32-25 Milwaukee* 65 60 .520 2 6-4 W-2 35-30 30-30
LA Stewart (R) 0-0 1.64 1-1 0-0 7.2 2.35
Pit Taillon (R) 7:05p 7-5 4.64 9-9 1-0 17.1 4.15 Kansas City 62 61 .504 7 5-5 W-1 33-29 29-32 St. Louis 63 61 .508 31⁄2 5-5 L-2 35-27 28-34
Chi Lackey (R) 10-9 4.67 14-9 2-0 16.1 3.31 Detroit 54 69 .439 15 2-8 W-1 30-30 24-39 Pittsburgh* 60 64 .484 61⁄2 4-6 W-2 34-28 26-36
Cin Bailey (R) 7:10p 4-6 8.44 4-7 1-1 14.0 11.57
Ari Corbin (L) 10-11 4.25 12-13 2-1 21.1 1.27 Chicago* 48 74 .393 201⁄2 4-6 W-2 26-31 22-43 Cincinnati 53 72 .424 14 5-5 L-1 29-31 24-41
NY Milone (L) 7:10p 1-2 7.91 1-5 0-2 12.0 10.50 EAST W L PCT GB L10 STR HOME AWAY EAST W L PCT GB L10 STR HOME AWAY
Mia Urena (R) 11-5 3.61 14-6 2-0 16.1 2.20 Boston 71 53 .573 — 6-4 L-1 40-22 31-31 Washington 74 48 .607 — 7-3 W-1 35-25 39-23
Phi Pivetta (R) 7:35p 4-8 6.25 5-13 0-2 12.1 11.68
SD Richard (L) 6-12 4.84 9-16 1-0 21.0 1.29 New York 66 57 .537 41⁄2 6-4 L-1 35-22 31-35 Miami 60 62 .492 14 7-3 W-1 32-29 28-33
StL Lynn (R) 8:15p 10-6 3.05 13-12 1-0 18.0 2.00 Baltimore 61 64 .488 101⁄2 4-6 W-1 37-25 24-39 Atlanta 55 68 .447 191⁄2 4-6 L-1 27-33 28-35
Mil Nelson (R) 9-6 3.74 13-12 0-1 18.0 6.50
SF Samardzija (R) 10:15p 8-12 4.79 11-14 2-1 18.1 4.91 Tampa Bay 61 65 .484 11 2-8 W-1 32-32 29-33 New York* 54 68 .443 20 3-7 L-1 27-36 27-32
Toronto 59 65 .476 12 5-5 L-3 34-29 25-36 Philadelphia 45 77 .369 29 3-7 W-2 24-31 21-46
AMERICAN LEAGUE 2017 TEAM LAST 3 STARTS
TEAM PITCHER TIME W-L ERA REC W-L IP ERA WEST W L PCT GB L10 STR HOME AWAY WEST W L PCT GB L10 STR HOME AWAY
Oak Blackburn (R) 3-1 3.46 5-4 1-0 16.1 4.41 Houston 76 48 .613 — 5-5 L-1 36-27 40-21 Los Angeles* 87 35 .713 — 8-2 L-1 51-14 36-21
Bal Jimenez (R) 7:05p 5-8 6.47 10-10 1-1 15.1 5.87
NY Tanaka (R) 8-10 4.92 11-12 1-1 18.0 2.00 Los Angeles* 64 60 .516 12 8-2 W-2 33-26 31-34 Colorado 68 56 .548 20 3-7 L-2 38-25 30-31
Det Boyd (L) 7:10p 5-6 5.70 8-9 0-1 14.0 7.71 Seattle 64 62 .508 13 5-5 W-1 34-32 30-30 Arizona* 67 57 .540 21 3-7 L-3 39-23 28-34
Bos Fister (R) 2-6 6.39 3-4 2-1 18.1 4.91 San Diego 55 69 .444 33 5-5 L-1 33-30 22-39
Cle Carrasco (R) 7:10p 12-5 3.76 17-7 2-1 18.2 2.89
Texas* 61 62 .496 141⁄2 7-3 L-1 35-29 26-33
Tor Rowley (R) 1-0 2.61 2-0 1-0 10.1 2.61 Oakland 54 71 .432 221⁄2 4-6 L-1 34-31 20-40 San Francisco* 50 76 .397 39 4-6 L-2 29-34 21-42
TB Archer (R) 7:10p 8-7 3.84 14-12 0-1 18.1 3.44 *-Late game not included *-Late game not included
Min Gibson (R) 6-10 6.05 10-11 0-2 14.0 5.79
Chi Giolito (R) 8:10p 0-0 0.00 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.00
Tex Ross (R) 3-2 7.02 6-3 1-0 13.2 6.59 TIGERS ON THIS DATE
LA Nolasco (R) 10:07p 6-12 5.16 8-17 1-0 14.2 7.36
INTERLEAGUE
TEAM PITCHER
Was Roark (R)
Hou Morton (R)
TIME
8:10p
2017 TEAM
W-L ERA REC
9-8 4.70 12-11
10-5 3.69 11-7
LAST 3 STARTS
W-L IP ERA
1-1 19.1 3.26
1-1 19.0 3.32
Kinsler fined $10K for ripping ump 1917: Pittsburgh’s Carson Bigbee set a
major-league record — since tied — with
11 at-bats in a 22-inning game against
Brooklyn. Pirate Elmer Jacobs pitched 16
2-3 innings in relief. The game was also
Col Gray (R) 5-2 4.74 8-4 2-0 18.2 2.89 Tribune news services writing that the wristband pro- urday. “So I don’t want to hear — I the fourth consecutive extra-inning
game by the Pirates for a total of 59 in-
KC Duffy (L) 8:15p 7-8 3.82 9-11
TEAM REC-Team’s Record in games started by today’s pitcher. VS OPP-Pitcher’s
0-2 17.0 6.35
test would lead to fines. don’t want them to minimize — nings, a National League record.
1961: Roger Maris, en route to his 61-
record versus this opponent 2017 statistics. Tigers second baseman Ian On Sunday, the umpires ended that he’s not being punished.” home run season, became the first play-
er to hit his 50th homer in August. He
Kinsler was fined $10,000 for his their protest. When Hernandez heard connected off California pitcher Ken Mc-
comments about umpire Angel Commissioner Rob Manfred Kinsler’s comments immediately Bride in a 4-3 loss to the Angels.
1984: New York Mets right-hander
RESULTS, SCHEDULE Hernandez, ESPN reported offered to meet with their union’s after the game, Hernandez said Dwight Gooden, at 19, fanned nine San
Diego Padres to become the 11th rookie
MONDAY’S RESULTS Washington at Houston, 8:10 Monday. governing board. he didn’t care what Kinsler said to strike out 200 batters in one season.
G1: CHI WHITE SOX 7, Minnesota 6
BALTIMORE 7, Oakland 3
Colorado at Kansas City, 8:15
San Diego at St. Louis, 8:15
On Aug. 15, Kinsler called Kinsler never backed down and was only concerned about MOST HITS
SINGLE SEASON
Seattle 6, ATLANTA 5 Texas at L.A. Angels, 10 Hernandez a bad umpire who is from his comments, saying Fri- doing the best job he can.
CLEVELAND 5, Boston 4 SUNDAY’S RESULTS Player (age that year) HITS YEAR
L.A. Dodgers at Pittsburgh, late DETROIT 6, L.A. Dodgers 1 “messing with baseball games, day that he was fined but that he The next night, when Hernan- Ichiro Suzuki (30) 262 2004
Arizona 3, N.Y. METS 2 (10)
G2: Minnesota at Chi White Sox, late
Miami 6, N.Y. METS 4
TAMPA BAY 3, Seattle 0
blatantly. He needs to find anoth- had no regrets about what he dez was working second base in George Sisler+ (27) 257 1920
Lefty O'Doul (32) 254 1929
Texas at L.A. Angels, late
Minnesota at San Francisco, late
BOSTON 5, N.Y. Yankees 1
L.A. Angels 5, BALTIMORE 4
er job, he really does.” said. the finale of the Rangers-Tigers Bill Terry+ (31) 254 1930
WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE ATLANTA 8, Cincinnati 1 On Saturday, some umpires Tigers manager Brad Ausmus series, the umpire and Kinsler Al Simmons+ (23)
Rogers Hornsby+ (26)
253 1925
250 1922
Oakland at Baltimore, 3:05
Milwaukee at San Francisco, 3:45
MINNESOTA 12, Arizona 5
Oakland 3, HOUSTON 2 across Major League Baseball called the fine the biggest he has shook hands when Kinsler took Chuck Klein+ (25)
Ty Cobb+ (24)
250 1930
248 1911
Miami at Philadelphia, 7:05
L.A. Dodgers at Pittsburgh, 7:05
KANSAS CITY 7, Cleveland 4
CHI CUBS 6, Toronto 5 (10)
wore white wristbands as a show seen during his career. his position in the first inning. George Sisler+ (29) 246 1922
Ichiro Suzuki (27) 242 2001
Boston at Cleveland, 7:10 Chi White Sox 3, TEXAS 2 of solidarity after Kinsler was not “To act like Ian Kinsler just got They shared a few words, and Babe Herman (27) 241 1930
N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, 7:10 Milwaukee 8, COLORADO 4
Chi Cubs at Cincinnati, 7:10 Philadelphia 5, SAN FRANCISCO 2 suspended. fined ... it’s the biggest fine I’ve Hernandez briefly put his hand Heinie Manush+ (26)
Wade Boggs+ (27)
241 1928
240 1985
Arizona at N.Y. Mets, 7:10
Toronto at Tampa Bay, 7:10
Washington 4, SAN DIEGO 1
PITTSBURGH 6, St. Louis 3 Major League Baseball report- ever seen Major League Baseball on Kinsler’s shoulder after the Jesse Burkett+ (27)
Darin Erstad (26)
240 1896
240 2000
Seattle at Atlanta, 7:35
Minnesota at Chi White Sox, 8:10
Home team in CAPS edly notified the umpires in give a player,” Ausmus said Sat- handshake. Rod Carew+ (31) 239 1977
Willie Keeler+ (25) 239 1897
Ed Delahanty+ (31) 238 1899
NL LEADERS AL LEADERS Don Mattingly (25)
Ichiro Suzuki (33)
238 1986
238 2007
Hugh Duffy+ (27) 237 1894
BATTERS G AB R H AVG BATTERS G AB R H AVG AROUND THE HORN Harry Heilmann+ (26) 237 1921
JuTurner LAD 96 341 57 116 .340 Altuve Hou 120 473 84 171 .362 Joe Medwick+ (25) 237 1937
Blackmon Col
Harper Was
122
106
500 115 168 .336
402 92 131 .326
Hosmer KC
Segura Sea
123
94
470
395
76
60
148
124
.315
.314
■ Dodgers: Clayton Kershaw games and producing the first Eduardo Rodriguez in the sixth Paul Waner+ (24)
Jack Tobin (29)
237 1927
236 1921
DMurphy Was 112 424 76 138 .325 AGarcia ChW 97 376 51 118 .314 will make a rehab start for chant of “Bruuuce” from Indians inning of the Red Sox-Indians Rogers Hornsby+ (25)
Kirby Puckett+ (28)
235 1921
234 1988
Posey SF 111 390 50 125 .321 Gregorius NYY 99 392 53 121 .309
Goldschmidt Ari 123 439 92 139 .317 MaGonzlez Hou 103 345 53 106 .307 Triple-A Oklahoma City on Sat- fans. The Indians won 5-4. game. Wendelstedt stayed in the Lloyd Waner+ (23)
Shoeless Joe Jackson (23)
234 1929
233 1911
Votto Cin
LeMahieu Col
125
117
435 87 137 .315
461 74 144 .312
JoRamirez Cle
Springer Hou
119
104
460
412
80
86
140
125
.304
.303 urday before returning to the ■ Miller hurt: Andrew Miller ag- game for the rest of the inning but Earl Averill+ (34) 232 1936
Arenado Col
CTaylor LAD
121
103
475 79 148 .312
370 69 115 .311
Pedroia Bos
ERosario Min
86
113
340
393
37
57
103
119
.303
.303
Dodgers’ starting rotation, man- gravated a right knee injury and left before the top of the seventh. Nap Lajoie+ (26)
Matty Alou (30)
232 1901
231 1969
ager Dave Roberts said after was pulled from a game days 2B umpire Alan Porter took Earle Combs+ (28)
Freddie Lindstrom+ (22)
231 1927
231 1928
HOME RUNS Arenado, COL 148
LeMhieu, COL 144
HOME RUNS Altuve, HOU
Betts, BOS
35
35
Kershaw’s successful four-inning after the Indians’ relief ace re- Wendelstedt’s place behind the Freddie Lindstrom+ (24)
Tommy Davis (23)
231 1930
230 1962
Stanton, MIA 45 Judge, NY 37
Bellinger, LA 34 DOUBLES Gallo, TEX 35 TRIPLES simulated game in Pittsburgh. turned from the disabled list. plate. Stan Musial+ (27) 230 1948
Votto, CIN
Blackmon, COL
32
29
Arenado, COL
Herrera, PHI
38
36
Moustakas, KC
KDavis, OAK
35
33
Castellanos, DET 9
Sanchez, CHI 6 “He’s getting close,” Roberts said Miller threw seven pitches in the ■ Twins: All-Star 3B Miguel Sano Pete Rose (32)
Joe Torre+ (30)
230 1973
230 1971
Bruce, CLE
Duvall, CIN
29
29
Murphy, WAS
TRIPLES
36 Smoak, TOR
RUNS
33 STOLEN BASES after Kershaw threw 55 pitches seventh inning before leaving the was placed on the 10-day disa- Willie Wilson (24)
Rogers Hornsby+ (33)
230 1980
229 1929
Gldschmidt, AZ
Harper, WAS
29
29 Blackmon, COL 14 Judge, NY 91
Altuve, HOU
Dyson, SEA
29
28 to test the strained lower back game against the Red Sox. It was bled list with a stress reaction in Kiki Cuyler+ (31)
Stan Musial+ (25)
228 1930
228 1946
Zimmrmn, WAS 29 Hamilton, CIN
STOLEN BASES
9 Springer, HOU 86
Altuve, HOU 84
RDavis, OAK
Maybin, LA
26
26
that put him on the disabled list his second appearance since his left shin bone. Jim Bottomley+ (25) 227 1925
RUNS
Blckmon, COL 115 Hamilton, CIN 51
Ramirez, CLE 80
RBI
PITCHING July 24. spending two weeks on the DL ■ Mets: Steven Matz needs an- Charlie Gehringer+ (33)
Billy Herman+ (25)
227 1936
227 1935
Stanton, MIA 94
Gldschmidt, AZ 92
Gordon, MIA
PITCHING
43
Cruz, SEA 100
Sale, BOS
Vargas, KC
14-5
14-7 ■ Indians: Jay Bruce, acquired with patellar tendinitis in his other elbow operation, almost Rogers Hornsby+ (28)
Lance Johnson (32)
227 1924
227 1996
Harper, WAS 92 Kershaw, LA 15-2
Upton, DET
Schoop, BAL
90
88
Santana, MIN 13-7
ERA
from the Mets on Aug. 9, went right knee. certainly ending a miserable 2017 Nap Lajoie+ (35)
Sam Rice+ (35)
227 1910
227 1925
RBI
Arenado, COL 105
Wood, LA
ERA
14-1 KDavis, OAK
HITS
86
Sale, BOS 2.62 1-for-4 in his Progressive Field ■ Umpire injured: Plate umpire season for the LHP. The team Jesse Burkett+ (32) 226 1901
Stanton, MIA 97
Gldschmidt, AZ 96
Kershaw, LA 2.04 Altuve, HOU 171
Kluber, CLE 2.67
Stroman, TOR 2.99
debut against the Red Sox in a Hunter Wendelstedt left a game said Matz was diagnosed with Ty Cobb+ (25)
Shoeless Joe Jackson (24)
226 1912
226 1912
Lamb, AZ 95
Schrzer, WAS 2.25
STRIKEOUTS
Hosmer, KC
Abreu, CHI
148
144
STRIKEOUTS battle of division leaders. Bruce after being struck on the mask by irritation of the ulnar nerve in his Chuck Klein+ (27)
Bill Terry+ (30)
226 1932
226 1929
Ozuna, MIA
HITS
93
Scherzer, WAS 220 Andrus, TEX 144 Sale, BOS
Archer, TB
250
207 lined a single to right off Eduardo a warmup pitch from Red Sox left elbow. Matz, 26, was 2-7 with Jose Altuve (24)
Jesse Burkett+ (26)
225 2014
225 1895
deGrom, NY 191 DOUBLES
Blckmon, COL 168 Kershaw, LA 168 Ramirez, CLE 39
Kluber, CLE 196
Severino, NY 175
Rodriguez in the second inning, reliever Joe Kelly. Wendelstedt a 6.08 ERA in 13 starts this Ty Cobb+ (30) 225 1917
Inciarte, ATL 152 through Sunday Lowrie, OAK 38 through Sunday extending his hitting streak to 11 was hit after Kelly replaced season. source: baseball-reference.com
IRONPIGS
Orioles 7, Athletics 3 MOST DOUBLES MOST TRIPLES Mariners 6, Braves 5
OAKLAND AB R H BI AVG.
SINGLE SEASON SINGLE SEASON
SEATTLE AB R H BI AVG.
26 home runs, 27 stolen bases) are
R.Davis lf 4 0 0 0 .233 Player (age that year) DOUBLES YEAR Player (age that year) TRIPLES YEAR Segura ss 4 1 0 0 .311 impressive. His .988 fielding per-
Semien ss
Olson rf
3
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
.249
.230 Earl Webb (33) 67 1931 Chief Wilson (28) 36 1912
Alonso 1b
Cano 2b
5
5
2
0
3
1
3 .273
1 .274
centage in 2017 is even better when
Lowrie 2b
K.Davis dh
4
4
1
0
1
0
1
0
.271
.234
George Burns (33)
Joe Medwick+ (24)
64 1926
64 1936
Dave Orr (26)
Heinie Reitz (27)
31 1886
31 1894
Seager 3b
Haniger rf
5
4
0
1
2
0
0 .255
1 .252
Continued from SPORTS 1 you consider his range and instincts.
Healy 1b
Pinder rf-ss
4
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
.264
.247
Hank Greenberg+ (23)
Paul Waner+ (29)
63 1934
62 1932
Perry Werden (31)
Harry Davis (23)
29 1893
28 1897
Gamel lf
Zunino c
4
3
0
0
1
0
0 .295
0 .220
He believes those traits would
Chapman 3b 3 0 1 1 .225 Charlie Gehringer+ (33) 60 1936 Sam Thompson+ (34) 28 1894 Martin cf 2 2 1 0 .175 glove work at second base is as good help him at any defensively position.
Garneau c 2 0 1 0 .193 Todd Helton (26) 59 2000 George Davis+ (22) 27 1893 Albers p 1 0 1 1 1.000
a-Maxwell ph-c 2 0 0 0 .214 Chuck Klein+ (25) 59 1930 Jimmy Williams (22) 27 1899 Pagan p 0 0 0 0 .000 as anyone the Phillies have under “If you have the versatility to go to
Powell cf
TOTALS
1
30
1
3
1
7
1
3
.273 Tris Speaker+ (35)
Carlos Delgado (28)
59 1923
57 2000
Sam Crawford+ (34)
Kiki Cuyler+ (26)
26 1914
26 1925
Heredia lf
TOTALS
1
34
0
6
0
9
0 .279
6 contract. He played the outfield in the outfield, play third, short, sec-
BALTIMORE AB R H BI AVG.
Billy Herman+ (25)
Billy Herman+ (26)
57 1935
57 1936
Joe Jackson (24)
John Reilly (31)
26 1912
26 1890
ATLANTA AB R H BI AVG. college and can handle himself at ond,” Kingery said, “there’s a better
Beckham ss
Machado 3b
5
5
0
1
1
0
0
0
.294
.263
Garret Anderson (30) 56 2002 George Treadway (27) 26 1894 Inciarte cf
Phillips 3b
5
5
0
0
3
1
1
0
.299
.289
shortstop. opportunity to get up there, maybe
Craig Biggio+ (33) 56 1999 Roger Connor+ (36) 25 1894
Schoop 2b
Jones cf
4
4
1
3
1
4
3
2
.302
.281
Nomar Garciaparra (28) 56 2002 Sam Crawford+ (23) 25 1903 F.Freeman 1b
Kemp lf
5
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
.323
.287
Though no player wants to em- not stick [at that position], but if it’s
Mancini lf 2 0 1 0 .283
George Kell+ (27)
Joe Medwick+ (25)
56 1950
56 1937
Larry Doyle (24)
Buck Freeman (27)
25 1911
25 1899 Markakis rf 4 1 3 0 .282 barrass himself in the field, all of for that first shot, why not figure out
C.Davis 1b 3 0 1 0 .225 Suzuki c 4 1 1 1 .268
Trumbo dh 3 0 1 1 .239
Brian Roberts (31)
Lance Berkman (25)
56 2009
55 2001
Tom Long (25)
Ty Cobb+ (24)
25 1915
24 1911 Albies 2b 4 2 2 2 .224 them have the same goal. that [position]?”
Castillo c
S.Smith rf
4
2
1
1
1
0
1
0
.281
.267
Matt Carpenter (27) 55 2013 Ty Cobb+ (30) 24 1917
Swanson ss
Foltynewicz p
3
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
.220
.056 “All I care about is about getting Crawford’s name is in the Sep-
Ed Delahanty+ (31) 55 1899 Ed McKean (29) 24 1893
Gentry rf
TOTALS
1
33
0
7
0
10
0
7
.241
Gee Walker (28) 55 1936 Dan Brouthers+ (36) 23 1894
L.Adams ph
S.Freeman p
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
.277
.000
out of here,” Crawford said. tember call-up conversation thanks
Oakland 010 001 010—3 7 1
Mark Grudzielanek (27)
Todd Helton (27)
54 1997
54 2001
Ty Cobb+ (25)
Earle Combs+ (28)
23 1912
23 1927
M.Adams ph
TOTALS
1
36
0
5
0
12
0
5
.271 Kingery is a stellar defensive to what he’s done since July 1: .296
Baltimore 010 140 01x—7 10 1 Hal McRae (31)
John Olerud (24)
54 1977
54 1993
Adam Comorosky (25)
Sam Crawford+ (33)
23 1930
23 1913
second baseman, something he batting average, .949 OPS, 29 extra-
Seattle 011 301 000—6 9 4
a-grounded out for Garneau in the 7th. E: Magglio Ordonez (33) 54 2007 Curtis Granderson (26) 23 2007 Atlanta 020 003 000—5 12 1 prides himself on as much as base hits, 34 RBIs and 37 runs in 56
Dustin Pedroia (24) 54 2008 Nap Lajoie+ (22) 23 1897
Chapman (7), Schoop (12). LOB: Oakland
5, Baltimore 7. 2B: Chapman (15). HR: Alex Rodriguez (20) 54 1996 Dale Mitchell (27) 23 1949 E: Segura (13), Alonso (8), Haniger (4), anything he does at the plate. games entering Monday.
Lowrie (11), off Miley; Powell (1), off
Brach; Jones (23), off C.Smith; Schoop
Jeff Cirillo (30)
Jonathan Lucroy (28)
53 2000
53 2014
Mike Smith (25)
Harry Stovey (27)
23 1893
23 1884
Zunino (6), Foltynewicz (1). LOB: Seattle
7, Atlanta 7. 2B: Alonso 2 (20), Seager The 23-year-old’s strong arm and “It feels great,” Crawford said.
(27), off C.Smith; Jones (24), off Dull;
Castillo (13), off Brady. RBIs: Lowrie (43),
Don Mattingly (25)
Stan Musial+ (32)
53 1986
53 1953
Sam Thompson+ (27)
John Anderson (24)
23 1887
22 1898
(29), F.Freeman (23). 3B: Albies (3). HR:
Suzuki (14), off Albers. RBIs: Alonso 3
athleticism allow him to be a versa- “I’m finally seeing some results. I’m
Chapman (25), Powell (3), Schoop 3 (91), Lyle Overbay (27) 53 2004 Jake Beckley+ (22) 22 1890 (57), Cano (78), Haniger (29), Albers (1),
Inciarte (44), Suzuki (38), Albies 2 (9),
tile option whenever the Phillies comfortable knowing what I can do
Jones 2 (63), Trumbo (55), Castillo (38). Freddy Sanchez (28) 53 2006 Bill Bradley (25) 22 1903
SF: Trumbo. SO: R.Davis (1), Semien (2), Al Simmons+ (24) 53 1926 Earle Combs+ (31) 22 1930 Swanson (41). SB: Martin (6), L.Adams
(7). SO: Alonso (2), Haniger (1), Zunino
deem him ready to handle major is finally showing up on the field.”
K.Davis (1), Healy (3), Chapman (1),
Beckham (1), Schoop (2), C.Davis (1),
Grady Sizemore (23)
Tris Speaker+ (24)
53 2006
53 1912
Roger Connor+ (29)
Sam Crawford+ (22)
22 1887
22 1902 (1), Martin (1), Heredia (1), F.Freeman league pitching.
(2), Foltynewicz (2).
Castillo (1), S.Smith (1), Gentry (1). Paul Waner+ (33)
Albert Belle (28)
53 1936
52 1995
Birdie Cree (28)
Jake Daubert (38)
22 1911
22 1922 SEATTLE IP H R ER BB SO ERA Kingery’s combined stats at Read- thousenick@mcall.com
OAKLAND IP H R ER BB SO ERA
C.Smith, L,0-3 41⁄3 6 5 4 2 3 5.56
Miguel Cabrera (31) 52 2014 Elmer Flick+ (30) 22 1906 Albers,W,2-0 5 6 4 3 1 3 3.60 ing and Lehigh Valley (.314 average, Twitter @TomHousenick
Johnny Frederick (27) 52 1929 Willie Keeler+ (22) 22 1894 Pagan, H, 4 ⁄3 2 1 1 0 0 2.86
.929 OPS, 26 doubles, eight triples, 610-820-6651
2
Dull 2
⁄3 2 1 1 1 0 5.26 Lou Gehrig+ (24) 52 1927 Tommy Leach (24) 22 1902 Rzepczynski 1 3 0 0 0 1 2.63
Hendriks 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.19 Luis Gonzalez (38) 52 2006 Bid McPhee+ (30) 22 1890 Vincent, H, 24 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 1.88
1
Casilla 1 1 0 0 0 2 4.37 Edgar Martinez (32) 52 1995 Mike Mitchell (31) 22 1911 Diaz, S,28-32 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.67
Brady 1 1 1 1 0 1 4.56 Edgar Martinez (33) 52 1996 Hi Myers (31) 22 1920 ATLANTA IP H R ER BB SO ERA
BALTIMORE IP H R ER BB SO ERA Tip O'Neill (29) 52 1887 Kip Selbach (23) 22 1895
David Ortiz (31) 52 2007 Tris Speaker+ (25) 22 1913 Foltynewicz 5 ⁄3 9 6 6 2 3 4.95
2
Miley, W,7-10 6 5 2 2 4 6 5.11 Winkler 1
⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
O’Day 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.02 Enos Slaughter+ (23) 52 1939 Snuffy Stirnweiss (26) 22 1945
Brach 1 2 1 1 0 1 2.92 Tris Speaker+ (33) 52 1921 Joe Visner (30) 22 1890
S.Freeman
Ramirez
1 0 0 0 0 0 3.20
1 0 0 0 1 2 2.45
Scott Kingery
Asher ⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 5.46 Tris Speaker+ (38) 52 1926 Honus Wagner+ (26) 22 1900
extended his
2
Vizcaino 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.18
Britton, S, 11-11 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 2.88 Michael Young (29) 52 2006 Paul Waner+ (23) 22 1926
Loss: Foltynewicz, (L, 10-9). Albers
Miley pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. In-
Beau Bell (29)
Craig Biggio+ (32)
51 1937
51 1998
Home Run Baker+ (26)
Tom Brown (30)
21 1912
21 1891 pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. Inherited hitting streak
herited runners-scored: O’Day 1-0, Brit-
ton 2-0. HBP: Casilla (Mancini). WP:
Wade Boggs+ (31) 51 1989 Earle Combs+ (29) 21 1928 runners-scored: Pagan 2-2, Rzepczynski
1-0, Vincent 2-0, Winkler 1-0. HBP:
to 19 games
George Burns (34) 51 1927 Sam Crawford+ (32) 21 1912
C.Smith. Time: 3:12. A: 16,020. source: baseball-reference.com source: baseball-reference.com Foltynewicz (Martin). Monday with a
10th-inning,
MOST WALKS MOST HIT BY PITCH White Sox 7, Twins 6 MOST AT BATS walk-off single.
SINGLE SEASON SINGLE SEASON SINGLE SEASON
GAME 1
Player (age that year) WALKS YEAR Player (age that year) HIT BY YEAR MINNESOTA AB R H BI AVG. Player (age that year) AT YEAR HARRY FISHER /
PITCH BATS
Barry Bonds (39) 232 2004 Dozier 2b 4 1 2 0 .262 MORNING CALL
Barry Bonds (37) 198 2002 Hughie Jennings+ (27) 51 1896 Mauer dh 4 1 1 0 .290 Jimmy Rollins (28) 716 2007 FILE PHOTO
Barry Bonds (36) 177 2001 Ron Hunt (30) 50 1971 Buxton cf 4 0 1 1 .240 Willie Wilson (24) 705 1980
Babe Ruth+ (28) 170 1923 Hughie Jennings+ (28) 46 1897 Escobar 3b 5 0 2 1 .257 Ichiro Suzuki (30) 704 2004
Mark McGwire (34) 162 1998 Hughie Jennings+ (29) 46 1898 Gimenez c 2 0 0 0 .201 Juan Samuel (23) 701 1984
Ted Williams+ (28) 162 1947 Dan McGann (26) 39 1898 Adrianza ph-lf 2 0 0 0 .267 Dave Cash (27) 699 1975
Ted Williams+ (30) 162 1949 Dan McGann (27) 37 1899 Rosario lf-rf 3 1 1 1 .303 Juan Pierre (28) 699 2006
Ted Williams+ (27) 156 1946 Curt Welch (29) 36 1891 Garver 1b-c 3 0 0 0 .125 Matty Alou (30) 698 1969
Barry Bonds (31) 151 1996 Don Baylor (37) 35 1986 Kepler rf 3 0 0 0 .252 Woody Jensen (28) 696 1936
Eddie Yost (29) 151 1956 Craig Biggio+ (31) 34 1997 Vargas ph-1b 0 1 0 0 .243 Jose Reyes (22) 696 2005
Curt Welch (28) 34 1890 Polanco ss 3 2 1 3 .245 Alfonso Soriano (26) 696 2002
Babe Ruth+ (25) 150 1920
TOTALS 33 6 8 6
4 3
Jeff Bagwell+ (31) 149 1999 Tommy Tucker (25) 33 1889 Omar Moreno (26) 695 1979
Eddie Joost (33) 149 1949 Hughie Jennings+ (26) 32 1895 CHICAGO AB R H BI AVG. Ichiro Suzuki (32) 695 2006
Barry Bonds (38) 148 2003 Steve Evans (25) 31 1910 L.Garcia lf 4 0 0 0 .287 Maury Wills (29) 695 1962
Eddie Stanky (29) 148 1945 Brandon Guyer (30) 31 2016 Moncada 2b 3 1 0 0 .176 Bobby Richardson (26) 692 1962
Jim Wynn (27) 148 1969 Jason Kendall (23) 31 1997 Abreu 1b 4 2 2 1 .302 Ichiro Suzuki (27) 692 2001
Jason Kendall (24) 31 1998 Kirby Puckett+ (25) 691 1985
LEHIGH VALLEY SYRACUSE
Jimmy Sheckard (32) 147 1911 Delmonico dh 2 2 0 0 .349
Ted Williams+ (22) 147 1941 Anthony Rizzo (25) 30 2015 A.Garcia rf 4 1 3 2 .318 Michael Young (29) 691 2006
Mickey Mantle+ (25) 146 1957 Craig Wilson (27) 30 2004 Neifi Perez (26) 690 1999
IRONPIGS CHIEFS
Sanchez 3b 3 1 1 4 .251
Barry Bonds (32) 145 1997 Chief Roseman (33) 29 1890 Anderson ss 4 0 0 0 .242 Michael Young (27) 690 2004
Harmon Killebrew+ (33) 145 1969 Tommy Tucker (23) 29 1887 Narvaez c 2 0 0 0 .268 Sandy Alomar (27) 689 1971
Babe Ruth+ (26) 145 1921 Tommy Tucker (27) 29 1891 Engel cf 2 0 0 0 .185 Lou Brock+ (28) 689 1967
Ted Williams+ (23)
Babe Ruth+ (31)
145 1942
144 1926
Curt Welch (26)
Don Baylor (38)
29
28
1888
1987
TOTALS 28 7 6 7 Jimmy Rollins (27)
Jose Reyes (25)
689 2006
688 2008
Attendance: 8,478
Eddie Stanky (34) 144 1950 Craig Biggio+ (35) 28 2001 Minnesota 100 001 130—6 8 0 Dave Cash (26) 687 1974
Ted Williams+ (32)
Joey Votto (31)
144 1951
143 2015
Pete Gilbert (23)
Fernando Vina (31)
28
28
1891
2000
Chicago 200 320 00x—7 6 1 Tony Fernandez (24)
Horace Clarke (30)
687 1986
686 1970
Tom Eshelman’s performance this also against Syracuse. Monday’s triple
Babe Ruth+ (29) 142 1924 Craig Biggio+ (30) 27 1996 LOB: Minnesota 8, Chicago 3. 2B: Dozier
(23), Buxton (10), Escobar (12), Abreu
Alex Rodriguez (22) 686 1998 season is one of the best by a Phillies extended his hitting streak to six
Gary Sheffield (27) 142 1996 Craig Biggio+ (37) 27 2003 Ichiro Suzuki (34) 686 2008
Eddie Yost (23) 141 1950 David Eckstein (27) 27 2002 (34). HR: Polanco (4), off Holland;
Sanchez (6), off Melville; Abreu (25), off
Nomar Garciaparra (23) 684 1997 minor-leaguer. It continued Monday games. He also drove in a run with a
Frank Thomas+ (23) 138 1991 Hughie Jennings+ (25) 27 1894 Ian Kinsler (32) 684 2014
Roy Cullenbine (33) 137 1947 Chase Utley (29) 27 2008
Turley. RBIs: Buxton (28), Escobar (43),
Derek Jeter (38) 683 2012 night with six solid innings. He allowed second-inning fielder’s choice and
Rosario (51), Polanco 3 (44), Abreu (77),
Jason Giambi (29)
Ralph Kiner+ (28)
137 2000
137 1951
Shin-Soo Choo (30)
Ron Hunt (29)
26
26
2013
1970
A.Garcia 2 (60), Sanchez 4 (38). SB: Dozi- Aaron Hill (27)
Lance Johnson (32)
682 2009
682 1996
only Clint Robinson’s 18th homer of the scored the winning run on Kingery’s hit.
er (12), Delmonico (2). SF: Buxton, Rosa-
Willie McCovey+ (32) 137 1970 Ron Hunt (31) 26 1972 rio, Sanchez. SO: Dozier (1), Mauer (1), Alfonso Soriano (27) 682 2003 year and left with a 3-1 lead. Game notes: Centerfielder Carlos
Babe Ruth+ (32) 137 1927 Tommy Tucker (28) 26 1892 Buxton (2), Escobar (1), Gimenez (1), Ro- Jo-Jo Moore (26) 681 1935
Babe Ruth+ (33) 137 1928 Eddie Burke (26) 25 1893 sario (1), Garver (2), Kepler (1), Polanco Jose Reyes (24) 681 2007 The 23-year-old is a combined 11-3 this Tocci’s diving catch and double-up at
Eddie Stanky (30) 137 1946 Fred Clarke+ (24) 25 1897 Lloyd Waner+ (25) 681 1931
Jack Clark (31) 136 1987 Kid Elberfeld (36) 25 1911
(1), L.Garcia (1), Moncada (3), Abreu (1),
Sanchez (1), Anderson (1), Engel (1). Kirby Puckett+ (26) 680 1986 year at Double-A Reading and Triple-A second base saved at least two runs in
Jack Crooks (26)
Ferris Fain (28)
136 1892
136 1949
Andres Galarraga (37)
Ron Hunt (27)
25
25
1998
1968
Runners left in scoring position: Minne-
sota 5 (Mauer, Escobar 2, Garver,
Pete Rose (32)
Ichiro Suzuki (36)
680 1973
680 2010
Lehigh Valley with a 2.65 ERA and a 1.01 the seventh inning. … J.P. Crawford
Babe Ruth+ (35) 136 1930 Ron Hunt (28) 25 1969 Polanco); Chicago 1 (Moncada). RISP: Frank Taveras (29) 680 1979 WHIP in 21 starts. made clean plays on both balls hit to
Frank Thomas+ (27) 136 1995 Jason Kendall (29) 25 2003 Minnesota 2 for 8; Chicago 3 for 6. Curt Flood (26) 679 1964
Ted Williams+ (35) 136 1954 F.P. Santangelo (29) 25 1997 MINNESOTA IP H R ER BB SO ERA Harvey Kuenn (22) 679 1953 Hitting streak: Scott Kingery extended him in his second game at third base.
Jeff Bagwell+ (28) 135 1996 Tommy Tucker (26) 25 1890 Bobby Richardson (28) 679 1964
Brian Giles (31) 135 2002 Chase Utley (28) 25 2007
Melville, L,0-1 31⁄3 4 5 5 3 4 13.50
Ichiro Suzuki (29) 679 2003 his hitting streak to 19 games with a Up next: RHP Jose Taveras (2-1, 1.17 ERA)
Turley 32⁄3 2 2 2 1 3 12.51
Joey Votto (29)
Eddie Yost (32)
135 2013
135 1959
Fernando Vina (29)
Rickie Weeks (27)
25
25
1998
2010
Busenitz 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.83 Ichiro Suzuki (31)
Doug Glanville (27)
679 2005
678 1998
10th-inning, walk-off single. It is the faces Syracuse RHP Jacob Turner (1-5,
Ferris Fain (29) 133 1950 Brady Anderson (35) 24 1999 CHICAGO IP H R ER BB SO ERA Dick Groat (31) 678 1962 longest single-season hit streak in 5.85) in a 7:05 p.m. start.
Mark McGwire (35) 133 1999 Don Baylor (36) 24 1985 Rodon, W,2-4 61⁄3 4 2 2 3 9 3.88 Juan Pierre (26) 678 2004
Jose Bautista (30) 132 2011 Dan Brouthers+ (33) 24 1891 Farquhar 1 1 1 1 2 0 4.14 Ichiro Suzuki (33) 678 2007 IronPigs history.
Barry Bonds (42) 132 2007 Derek Dietrich (26) 24 2016 Holland ⁄3 2 3 3 1 1 6.28 Vernon Wells (24) 678 2003
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Jack Clark (33) 132 1989 Bill Freehan (26) 24 1968 Petricka, H, 2 1⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 8.14 Matty Alou (31) 677 1970 Moore is better: Logan Moore’s two-
Lou Gehrig+ (32)
Frank Howard (33)
132 1935
132 1970
Brandon Guyer (29)
source: baseball-reference.com
24 2015 Minaya, S,3-3 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.50 Don Mattingly (25)
Jim Rice+ (25)
677 1986
677 1978
run triple in the fourth inning was his Twitter @TomHousenick
Inherited runners-scored: Turley 2-0.
source: baseball-reference.com HBP: Melville (Engel). WP: Rodon. source: baseball-reference.com first three-bagger since May 16, 2016, 610-820-6651
■ Extra innings: Adam Jones hit a pair of HRs, Jonathan Schoop added a three-run shot and the Orioles beat the Athletics 7-3 in Baltimore. Jones tied a career high with four hits and is
one home run shy of reaching 25 for the seventh consecutive season. ... After going more than four years without a big league win, Andrew Albers has two in less than a week as the
Mariners held off the Braves 6-5. The Mariners got the call on a disputed play at home plate to preserve the win.
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HEALTH
DNA blood test can detect Would ketamine infusion help

PEOPLE’S PHARMACY PRESCRIPTIONS AND HOME REMEDIES
rare, deadly sinus cancer an older adult with depression?

By Dennis Thompson
HealthDay By Joe Graedon
and Teresa Graedon
A new DNA blood test King Features Syndicate
can detect a rare but deadly
form of cancer that occurs Q: Is ketamine infusion
in the sinuses, researchers safe for the elderly? My
report. son’s mother-in-law, who
The test, which looks for is 69, has been diagnosed
DNA evidence of Epstein- with major depression.
Barr virus in blood sam- She has made two suicide
ples, was 97 percent accu- attempts.
rate at detecting the pres- I am not sure what she
ence of nasopharyngeal is taking now, but she
cancer, according to the seems apathetic, worries
results of a clinical trial. about everything and
“I believe that the test is interacts inappropriately
technologically ready for JACQUELINE LARMA/AP with family. She is almost JOSE LUIS PELAEZ INC/BLEND IMAGES
use for screening nasopha- A test for the Epstein-Barr virus was 97 percent accurate completely unresponsive Ketamine has antidepressant activity that kicks in quickly.
ryngeal cancer in high-risk at detecting nasopharyngeal cancer in a clinical trial. to her grandchildren. containing promethazine
areas like Hong Kong,” said This is a total change so that immediate care may and codeine for several
senior researcher Dennis one of the causative factors will be of greatest value in from her personality five be provided if necessary years to treat a persistent
Lo. He’s an associate dean for this cancer.” Asian countries and likely years ago, when she was (JAMA Psychiatry, April 1, cough. Last week her doc-
of research and director of Based on this, Lo and his will not be pursued in the devoted to her family and 2017). tor said she’s been on it
the Li Ka Shing Institute of team developed a test to United States. engaged with the world. too long and refused to
Health Sciences with the detect fragments of Ep- “We don’t have the same A: Major depression Q: My cholesterol is renew her prescription.
Chinese University of stein-Barr virus contained incidence of nasopharyn- takes a terrible toll on the elevated (268). For years, She woke up in the
Hong Kong. in tumor DNA that’s re- geal cancer that Hong individual, family and my doctor has been try- night with severe nausea
The nasopharynx is the leased into the blood- Kong and southern China friends. Suicide attempts ing to get me to take a and diarrhea and has not
upper part of the throat stream as cancer cells die have, so I don’t have any are a clear signal that your statin. I finally gave in felt good since she ran out
that lies behind the nose, in a patient’s body. idea whether someone is son’s mother-in-law is and am on pravastatin at of syrup. She has chronic
just above the soft part of Test screening of more pushing for approval here,” desperate and requires bedtime. back pain, and her back is
the roof of the mouth and than 20,000 people de- Ambinder said. “I don’t expert medical interven- I really am against also bothering her more
just behind the nasal pas- tected Epstein-Barr viral think it’s going to be high tion. taking a statin. Is it OK to than usual.
sages, according to the fragments in more than on anyone’s priority list as Ketamine (Ketalar) is a take red yeast rice in I’m wondering whether
American Cancer Society. 1,100 people, or about 5.5 a screen.” fascinating drug that has addition to the pravas- she could be experiencing
It serves as a passageway percent. Of those, 309 had But this new report does been used since 1962 as a tatin? I hope eventually withdrawal symptoms.
for air between the nose persistent positive results point to new ways in general anesthetic. Over the to take the red yeast rice Might the codeine have
and the throat. when tested repeatedly, which other virus-related past several years, research- instead of a statin. been accidentally helping
Nasopharyngeal cancer the researchers found. cancers can be identified ers have discovered that A; You should not take her back pain? She says
is relatively rare, with less The DNA test wound up early, said Ambinder, who this medication has pro- both red yeast rice and a “no way,” but I think there
than one case for every accurately detecting naso- wrote an editorial accom- found antidepressant activ- statin. There is no signifi- might be a connection.
100,000 people in the pharyngeal cancer 97 panying the study. ity that kicks in within cant benefit to adding red A: Your explanation
United States and many percent of the time. It “What’s leaking out hours instead of the usual yeast rice, but the combina- sounds plausible to us.
other parts of the world, accurately ruled out heal- from the tumor cells here weeks of standard drugs. tion might be more likely to Codeine is a relatively weak
the American Cancer Soci- thy people 98 percent of is tumor DNA that in- A recent meta-analysis cause side effects. opioid, after all, which might
ety says. However, it is the time, study results cludes with it viral DNA,” found that ketamine is Why not try the pravas- explain why her doctor
much more common in showed. Ambinder said. “There’s a effective in reducing suicid- tatin to see if you tolerate didn’t want her to continue
southern China and other The study was pub- lot of interest and progress al ideation within four it? Many people do. If you on it. Stopping suddenly
parts of Asia and North lished in August in the made in diagnosing other hours (Neuroscience and want to switch to red yeast may have triggered her
Africa, making a test for New England Journal of tumors by the presence of Biobehavioral Reviews, rice later, be sure to discuss symptoms. Your mother’s
early detection an impor- Medicine. tumor DNA in blood. June 2017). Unfortunately, your plans with your physi- doctor should investigate
tant way to potentially save Dr. Richard Ambinder, There are some things research has not yet shown cian. the cause of her long-lasting
lives there, according to the professor of oncology with about finding the viral how long this effect may You can learn more cough.
American Cancer Society. the Johns Hopkins School DNA that make it a little last. about this and other ways
Nasopharyngeal cancer of Medicine in Baltimore, easier to find.” There is inadequate to reduce your cardiovas- In their column, Joe and
is closely related to the said, “By surveying the “I expect that there are a research on ketamine infu- cular risk in our “Guide to Teresa Graedon answer let-
Epstein-Barr virus, a mem- blood and looking for the lot of cancers that we’re sion in older patients (Ex- Cholesterol Control and ters from readers. Send ques-
ber of the herpes family, Lo fragments of the viral going to be able to diag- pert Opinion on Pharma- Heart Health.” Anyone tions to them via
said. DNA, you could pick out nose by the presence of cotherapy, April 2017). who would like a copy can www.peoplespharmacy
“The Epstein-Barr virus people who needed a more these fragments of DNA,” Since this medication may download one for $2 from .com.
genome can be found in careful look to see if they Ambinder added. “This is alter blood pressure and www.peoples
more than 99 percent of had an early cancer, and only the beginning, but it heart rate, the latest recom- pharmacy.com.
tumor cells of nasopharyn- very often they found that wouldn’t surprise me at all mendations from the
geal cancer,” Lo said. “It is they did.” if this applied to many American Psychiatric Asso- Q: My mom, who is 81,
believed that the virus is Ambinder said the test common cancers.” ciation call for monitoring has taken a cough syrup
Instagram may offer snapshot of depression

Posted photos
can offer clues
you have malady
By Dennis Thompson
HealthDay
The photos you post on

Instagram can contain
telltale visual clues that
help predict if you’re suffer-
ing from depression, a new
study reports.
Computer software
designed to scan photos for
these hidden signals accu-
rately diagnosed people
with depression 7 out of 10
times, said lead researcher
Andrew Reece, a graduate
student with the Harvard
University psychology
department.
“Depressed individuals
in our study posted photos
that were bluer, darker and
grayer compared to the
posts of healthy participa-
nts,” Reece said.
“Depressed people also
tended to prefer Insta-
gram’s Inkwell filter, which
turns a color image into
black and white, whereas
healthy participants pre-
ferred the Valencia filter,
which gives photos a
warmer, brighter tone,” he
noted. GETTY
In other words, people A new study found that depressed people often preferred Instagram’s Inkwell filter, which turns a color image into black and white.
with depression were more
likely to choose a filter that may end up assisting, rather stimulation altogether.” evaluated the photos using makes people see their incredibly important.”
drained all the color out of than competing with, Given that, it makes software programmed to world through a darker, However, the research
the images they wanted to health care professionals as sense that such visual clues look for known visual signs grayer lens,” Reece said. also opens up thorny ethi-
share, the researchers con- they seek to make accurate would show up in the pho- of depression. However, Reece warned cal questions revolving
cluded. mental health assess- tos people post on social “We were looking for that the program still needs around privacy.
Photos posted by de- ments,” Reece said. media sites like Facebook subtle patterns associated a lot more fine tuning. More than 500 participa-
pressed people also con- Years of prior research or Instagram, reasoned with depression, and that “This is preliminary nts initially were recruited
tained fewer faces, possibly have established that de- Reece and his co-author, required sifting through a work, and it needs to be for the study, the research-
because they aren’t as likely pressed people are more Chris Danforth, a professor lot of data to be confident more thoroughly tested, ers noted, but many
to engage in lots of social likely to prefer darker or at the University of Ver- about what we were see- vetted and replicated be- dropped out because they
interaction, the report paler colors, said Dr. Igor mont College of Engineer- ing,” Reece said. fore we can safely claim would not consent to shar-
pointed out. Galynker, associate chair- ing and Mathematical “Humans just aren’t very that an algorithm can truly ing their social media data.
The computer program’s man for research at Mount Sciences. good at keeping track of identify markers of depres- “Who is going to be
detection rate proved more Sinai Beth Israel’s psychia- To test their theory, information over many sion in Instagram posts,” accessing the data? Who is
reliable than that of pri- try department in New Reece and Danforth asked thousands of data points, so Reece said. going to be scanning the
mary care doctors, accord- York City. 166 people to share their a computational approach The real promise held by data? How will it be used?
ing to the study authors. “There are reasons why Instagram feed and their was really the only feasible this line of research could These are really incredibly
Earlier studies have shown depression is called blue, history of mental health. option for scalable and be in suicide prevention, difficult questions,”
that general practitioners and why people associate The team wound up col- efficient analysis.” Galynker said. Galynker explained. “Who
correctly diagnose depres- red with raging, and why lecting almost 44,000 pho- The program wound up “It is nearly impossible to is going to be giving permis-
sion in patients about 42 people say depression is tos from these volunteers, accurately assessing de- predict suicide,” Galynker sion to study what is sup-
percent of the time. like a dark or black cloud,” as well as responses to pression in Instagram users said. “If machine learning posedly private informa-
“It’s clear that depres- Galynker said. “Patients individual questionnaires 70 percent of the time, the could predict who is poten- tion?”
sion isn’t easy to diagnose, with depression choose to assessing their level of findings showed. tially suicidal — based on The new study was pub-
and the computational wear darker colors. They depression. “Our results suggest that what they say, what colors lished in August in the
approach we’ve taken here generally avoid bright The investigators then depression quite literally they use — that would be journal EPJ Data Science.
THE MORNING CALL TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2017 LIFE 3
ASK AMY
My fuzzy friend PETS
Unhappy husband finds his
lies catching up with him
Dear Amy: I have been married for I already live on my own in a different
almost 40 years. My wife and I have three state than her. She’s always had issues
grown children. There is nothing left in with boundaries and control, so I typi-
the marriage, except for my kids and cally just give a vague answer and change
grandchildren. the topic.
The only reason I am still in the mar- The last time we talked, she directly
riage is because of them. asked me if I’m planning on moving to be
I caught my wife cheating on me a with him. She said he could be the best
couple of times, and after that I decided to guy in the world and it would still be a
do my own thing, but keep the mistake. I responded that
family together. she was getting ahead of
I met a beautiful woman herself and wasn’t putting
on a dating site and we fell in my happiness first. My
love. mother said that, of course,
My problem is that I have she wasn’t putting my hap-
lied to her about my age. I piness first, and that I
told her I am 50 (I am 60, and would regret leaving when I
she is 42). I’ve also lied about got older!
my marital status. It was Her comments have had
only supposed to be for some no effect on my decision, but
fun at the beginning, which is I am wondering how to field
why I thought the lies would her comments over these
JANET HADDAD/CONTRIBUTED PHOTO not matter. Amy next six months and, even-
Bandit, a boxer/St. Bernard mix, is owned by Janet and Allen Haddad of Bangor. When we met, she said she Dickinson tually, tell her that I am
didn’t want to go out with a moving. I’d like to make this
Bandit chases birds,

married man, so I lied about process as painless (for me)
it. as possible, as it is actually a
I think the only thing to do is break it decision I am quite excited about!
off with her, which will leave a big hole in
my heart when she is gone. — Moving Far Away From Mom
gets along with sheep — Torn
Dear Torn: You present your lies as a

matter of circumstance — almost as if you
Dear Moving: I hope you are doing your
homework in terms of moving internation-
ally. You should make sure that any legal or
visa issues are understood and dealt with
have been forced to fabricate everything before you go. It could be challenging for
■ Name: Janet and Allen Haddad ■ Likes to be rubbed: Behind his ears, neck about yourself by outside forces, but all of you to find work, for instance, unless you
■ Hometown: Bangor area. your lies represent individual choices you work for a company that would provide a
■ Type of pet: Dog ■ Favorite toy: Tennis ball. have made. work visa for you.
■ Name: Bandit ■ Favorite treat: Johnsonville Farm and Gar- I fail to see how the way you are living Continuing to dodge this question with
■ Age: 11 den peanut butter treats. your life honors the thing you claim to want your mother might not be the best course.
■ Breed: Mixed boxer and St. Bernard. ■ Afraid of: Leaf blower. to protect, which is your family. She already suspects you are moving, and
■ Gender: Male ■ Worst habit: Begs for pizza crust when we I am sorry that you will have a hole in she will likely continue to needle you about
■ Why he is my friend: True blue. have pizza. your heart when you break off your adulter- it until you leave. Carry on with your plans,
■ In four words: Truly awesome in so many ■ Health scares: No, thank goodness. ous relationship, but I believe this hole is and with your good boundary regarding
ways. ■ Favorite sleeping spot: Family room area already there, and has been for a long time. your mother’s opinion, but it might be best
■ Best trait: Loving. by the wood stove. You are attempting to fill this void in your to tell her now.
■ Personality: Energetic. ■ Favorite animal friend: Sheep. life with a series of fabrications. Very little in
■ A funny story: Bandit chases and follows ■ Strange but true: Bandit is a sky bird your life seems “real” or authentic. Dear Amy: I felt sorry for the woman
birds as they fly overhead. When he was busy chaser. The way out is to start to deal with what who signed her letter “Not a Sister.” She
chasing the birds and running and looking up, ■ Comments: Bandit is a rescue dog from is real. You could start with your marriage. seemed to resent her friends for harboring
he misjudged how close he was to the pool and Hurricane Katrina, and when we found his Either you should end it or commit to it. A sisterly affection to her.
fell in. The look on his face was priceless. picture online we knew he belonged with us. He therapist could help guide you through your She is so lucky! My friends are indeed
■ Loves: Patrolling our farm proper, making had been transported many miles and was so many choices, but nothing in your life will like sisters to me, and fortunately, they
the rounds. beat down when we went to get him. We all change until you change. seem to embrace this.
■ Tricks: Stay, sit, paw, down, catches treats found each other.
from a sitting position, fetches tennis balls Dear Amy: My boyfriend lives inter- —Sister-friend
when we throw them. nationally, and I am willing, able, and
■ Exercise: Running after the birds in the sky. Tell us about your pet excited to move to another country to be Dear Sister-friend: Many of us feel
■ Nicknames: Bandy. Answer a questionaire online at with him in six months. However, my special kinship toward our closest friends,
■ Shows affection by: Putting his head or themorningcall.com/fuzzy. mother, who is unaware of these plans, is who hold the advantage of not having had to
paw on our laps; kisses. Questions? 610-820-6111 or constantly making manipulative com- grow up with us.
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1 to 9 in the empty squares so that One letter simply stands for another
each row, each column and each
3x3 box contains the same number YESTERDaY’S CRYPTOqUOTE: avOIDIng
only once. The difficulty level of the DangER IS nO SaFER In ThE LOng RUn
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South’s blast to slam another trump. Ducking crossed back to his hand
was a good shot as a heart would work if with the ace of clubs,
word GAMe north might well have East held both the king cashed the ace of hearts,
a high card outside of and queen, but that was and then led the 10 of
Can you find 25 or more words in
LYRATE spades for his bid. There against the odds. South diamonds. had West cov-
(LYRATE: LYE-rate: Having a form suggestive of a lyre.) was no high card there decided to work on dia- ered this, South would
Average mark 19 words. Time limit 30 minutes. The list will be today, but the 5-5 distri- monds first. have ruffed and then
republished tomorrow. bution made up for it. Declarer won the hoped to get lucky in
YESTERDAY’S WORD — MORTIFY West picked a good opening spade lead hearts. When West was
time to lead a trump, cheaply in his hand, unable to cover the 10,
miry motif omit rift rimy riot tiro trim trio troy tyro firm as there would be no cashed the ace of dia- South simply discarded
form fort forty frit from
chance for the defense monds, and led the dummy’s last heart and
on any other lead. South nine of diamonds. he lost the trick to East.
needed to ruff four was hoping to discard Knowing that East had
cards in the dummy to dummy’s low heart on no-trump to lead, South
RULES OF THE GAME:
1. Words must be four or more letters. 2. Words which acquire four letters by the addition of
get his total to 12 tricks, this play, but he had to claimed the rest of the
“s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not used. 3. Only one form of a verb is used. For example, and he had to do it ruff in dummy when tricks on a high cross-
either “pose” or “posed,” not both. 4. Proper nouns are not used. 5. Slang words are not used. without allowing West West covered the nine ruff. Making six after a
to gain the lead to play with the queen. South thoughtful play!
Crossword
sHeFFer Crossword
By THOMAS JOSEPH
MArMAduke
ACROSS 35 Jack 8 Adobe 26 Loafer, for

1 Biting Horner’s dwellings one
remark prize 9 Completed 27 Diarist
5 Tide type 36 Days gone transac- Anaïs
9 June by tions 28 Actor Julia
ACROSS 34 Fire 8 Early tie 25 Humbles honoree 37 Bridal path 10 Pop’s 29 “Ditto”
1 Stepped remnant score 26 Steal 12 Goya’s 38 Cuba’s sister 31 Sophisti-
down 35 Paid 9 Irritate cattle duchess Castro 11 Conks cated
5 Western player 11 Purify 27 Breathe in 13 Slugger 40 Foundered out 34 Nemesis
evergreen 36 Book 14 Road- 29 Track Moises 42 Baton 16 Evergreen 35 Tightwads
10 Lute’s before runner, athlete 14 French Rouge tree 37 Moreover
cousin Esth. for New 30 Shirt part “yes” sch. 20 “A 38 Soared
12 Ridiculous 37 White Mexico 33 Low digit 15 Woman 43 “Act now!” spider!” 39 “Money —
13 Spy’s House of TV’s 48 Env. insert 21 Amorph- object”
19 Travel 35 Signing
Hazzard 49 Lummox ous sci-fi 40 Comfy-
quest event papers needs
County 50 The villain cozy
15 Twisty fish 40 TV’s 20 Gets up 38 TV’s
17 Away from Eternal
16 Army DeGeneres 24 “The Danson FAMiLY CirCus SSW City
22 Jacob’s 41 “— girl!”
bases: 41 “Super- Bathers” 39 Tennis twin 44 Tic-tac-toe
18 Barking 51 Stir-fry win
Abbr. man” star painter divider 23 Looney
mammal pan
17 Lynx or 42 Canary Tunes fowl 45 Blue
YESTERDAY’S ANSWER 19 Borscht 52 Meditative
lion chow 24 Conks on 46 Docs’ org.
base practice
18 Quiz show 43 Grove the head 47 “Uh-huh”
21 Moisten 53 Trade
fodder growth 24 Ran YESTERDAY’S ANSWER
20 Bakery in the DOWN
buy DOWN wash 1 Abysmal
21 Virtuous 1 Useful skill 25 Aspiring 2 Carte lead-
fellow 2 Soda buys atty.’s in
22 Land in 3 Roma’s exam 3 Slugger’s
the sea nation 26 Bam- stat
23 Prophets 4 Skin art, boozles 4 Long-
25 Diva’s for short 30 Klutz eared
piece 5 Bakery 31 Uses an hound
28 Saloon buys eggbeater 5 Zilch
orders 6 Co. abbr. 32 Bond 6 Hebrew
31 Bakery 7 Drug rating month
buys agents, in 33 Rude 7 Fine, to
32 Affront slang 8-22 fools NASA 8-22
HorosCope acting on events that haven’t LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) toward the wrong people for all above it all by being pleasant and PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20)
occurred yet. Stick to the plan. Do what you the wrong reasons when, in fact, upbeat in all situations. The only thing to be sure of is
By Jeraldine saunders you already know better.
set out to do and don’t allow dis- there are no “sure” things. Be
TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES GEMINI (May 21-June 20) tractions and detours to derail
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) wary of those who approach you
Compliments and praise will only
you from your goals.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You may find you are much more
with can’t-miss opportunities.
ARIES (Mar 21-Apr. 19) take you so far as the recipients Don’t spread yourself too thin. comfortable working quietly in
Put the pedal to the metal. The may be quick to doubt your VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Trying to please too many people your own private corner rather IF AUGUST 22 IS YOUR BIRTHDAY:
time for planning and delibera- sincerity. Show your true colors Believe it when you see it. Just at once could weaken your posi- than trying to be part of a group You have the whole world in your
tion is passed. You should get the by simply being honest. because someone makes a tion. Find your strong suit and today. hands as the next three to four
ball rolling by taking definitive promise doesn’t mean they’re stick with it. weeks unfold. Late October is
action. CANCER (June 21-July 22) going to keep it. Don’t expect
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) another time when you are most
Even the truth may have some
anything until the deal is done.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Don’t let a smooth talker catch
likely to make sound decisions
TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20) spin on it. Be careful to consider Don’t take it too seriously if you off guard. Someone who
Don’t count your chickens before and shrewd changes. You may
the source in regards to disclo- LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22.) someone challenges your perfor- showers you with charm and
need to buckle down in Decem-
they hatch. A little patience may sures as personal agendas may Keep your values straight. There mance or integrity as it may be flattery may have ulterior mo-
be required to prevent you from ber and address your obligations
be in play. may be a tendency to gravitate an attempt to shake you up. Stay tives, so stay alert.
in a businesslike manner.
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FAMILY
What’s in a name? Plenty HELP FOR PET OWNERS
for those who change it Wait until after baby

By Leslie Mann
Chicago Tribune
Before Christopher
is born to adopt a pet
Q: My son and daughter-in-law are make a personality determination before
Frank of Niagara Falls, N.Y., having their first baby in October. They putting a dog up for adoption.
researched his family tree, have informed us that they plan on As for breed-specific legislation, many
he knew his ancestors did adopting a pit bull from a rescue. My communities realize that breed bans don’t
not immigrate here by wife and I are against it. We will fear not work. In fact, they often report the same or
choice. “They were slaves only for them but the baby. I know peo- increased number of dog bites, perhaps
who were shipped here ple say it’s how the dog is raised. How do because resources target dogs based on
from Africa,” he said, “and you know how a dog is raised if it’s a appearance rather than on behavior.
recorded as cargo, along rescue? So far, 20 states have passed provisions
with livestock and barrels There must be a reason why the pit prohibiting cities from enacting breed
of rum.” bull is a rescue. The dog could discrimination provisions, and I
Sure enough, Frank TRIBUNE ILLUSTRATION have been mistreated. I do know expect this trend to continue.
learned the DNA on his that any dog can bite and cause Ironically, pit bull dogs were
mom’s side matches the legwork out of your name lot of people named ‘Hus- harm. While vacationing in once America’s sweethearts,
DNA of members of the change by creating a sein.’ ” Denver, we found out that if you owned by several presidents,
Tikar Tribe in Cameroon. packet of documents to Changing your name move into the area with a pit many celebrities, and even the
He already knew the links sign and send. “When he and gender is difficult. Only bull they will destroy the dog. It children’s author Dr. Seuss.
on his dad’s side, thanks to died, she couldn’t get the about a third of people who is illegal to own one. How If you are getting ready to
a memoir by an ancestor. payout from his life insur- identify as transgender should this be handled? Also, become grandparents, you may
The deeper he delved ance policy because it had change their names legally, the apartment they live in is remember Petey from the Little
into his family’s history, the to go to her with his last said the National Center about 500 square feet. Rascals. He was a pit bull dog.
more he wanted to change name. So after 62 years of for Transgender Equality. — Carol N., Syosset, N.Y. Cathy M. With any pet, no matter how
his name, said Frank, who marriage, she changed her Others use a new name Rosenthal sweet and lovable, new parents
chose “Saladin Allah.” It name.” socially but keep their birth A: Before I address your ques- must remember to never leave a
was common for slave Others just need some name legally. tion about pit bulls, let’s talk about baby or small child alone with
owners to give their slaves incentive. “I had one client The cost of changing the adoption of a pet right before the ar- that pet for any reason. Regardless of
their last names, said Allah, who paid his wife (whom your name varies by state, rival of a new baby. I see this happen a lot breed, that’s the single most important
thus blacks in his (and he was divorcing) from less than $100 to with expectant couples. They want their thing for new parents to remember with a
other) families had “white” $100,000 to stop using his more than $1,000, not child to grow up with a dog, or they are dog.
names. “A name should be last name,” recalled Anita counting legal fees. If “nesting” and think now is the perfect time Q: My 10-year-old dog gnaws occa-
a reflection of who you Ventrelli, a Chicago family you’re on a budget, ask to add a pet to the family. sionally on places on his front legs that
are,” he said. law attorney. your county bar association Both are bad ideas. First, kids can begin end up looking bare of hair and in-
No one keeps a tally of Another common rea- if there are attorneys in growing up with a dog at any age. They flamed. How do I treat that?
how many people change son is wanting a name your area who volunteer don’t need to rush things. My son didn’t get — Ann P., Moyock, N.C.
their names each year, said that’s easier to pronounce their time for low-income his first dog until he was 8 years old.
Bruce Lansky, author of or spell. That’s why Lau- clients. Second, adopting a dog right before a A: Dogs chew on themselves because
several books about names, rence Tureaud became Transgender people can baby arrives is unfair to the dog. New par- they itch, either from fleas, allergies or
including “100,000+ Baby Mr. T and why Tom ask the Name Change ents are often exhausted and don’t have the even a habit formed by anxiety or bore-
Names,” though he esti- Dlabola of Briarcliff Man- Project (transgender time or energy to train a new dog and help dom. That means flea preventatives, and
mates it’s about 50,000 a or, N.Y., took his wife’s last legal.org) to match them him or her succeed in the home. allergy and anxiety medications can help
year. name and became Tom with lawyers who work pro If they can wait to adopt a dog until after some dogs.
Marriage and divorce Cameron. bono. the baby arrives, I think they will be in a But dogs itch so much, there is now a
are the most common Debt collectors were For an overview of the better position to know what kind of time, new monthly injectable that stops their
reasons for name changes. reason enough for Gary name-change law in your energy and financial resources they will itch for up to a month. Talk to your veteri-
Eighty percent of brides Thomas Adams II of Kan- state, go to namechange have to devote to a new pet — and the dog narian about it. Regardless of the reason,
change their last names to sas City, Mo., to change his .uslegal.com. Then, be- will benefit more from waiting too. you will need to treat the hot spots — the
their husbands’ names, said name to Thomas Fredrick friend the folks at your As for your question about pit bulls — a irritated skin lesions that result from repet-
The Knot’s 2016 Real Wed- Adams. His name was too county courthouse, who term than encompasses about 20 breeds of itive biting chewing, licking and scratching.
dings Study of women with similar to that of a relative will tell you how to file a dogs — they are no different than any other You can find hydrocortisone sprays and
an average age of 29. who was not paying his petition and schedule a dog. It’s not about how they were treated — other healing creams online and at pet
Because most states bills. hearing with a judge. almost all of Michael Vick’s fighting dogs stores. If that doesn’t work, your veterinari-
allow spouses at least one Judges understand why Make lots of copies of got adopted into homes, and some even an can prescribe something stronger.
free name change per you want to change your the document the judge served as therapy pets during their lives.
marriage, with no expira- name if it is the same as a gives you, so you can It’s about how they are being treated and Cathy M. Rosenthal is a longtime animal
tion date, some spouses bad guy’s. “When Saddam change your driver’s li- socialized now. advocate, author, columnist and pet expert
take their time. Hussein became the most- cense, passport, Social If a dog is raised in a home around peo- who has more than 25 years in the animal
“We had one client who wanted man on the planet, Security card, tax records, ple and with training, things are generally welfare field. Send your pet questions, stories
was 84 and had never there was a rush on the voter registration card, fine. If a dog, regardless of breed, is ne- and tips to cathy@petpundit.com. Please
taken her late husband’s courthouse,” said Kenneth bank accounts, credit glected or relegated to a back yard with include your name, city, and state. You can
name,” said Jake Wolff, Boulden, clerk of the cards, insurance, etc. little to no contact with people, he is more follow her @cathymrosenthal.
co-founder of hitchswitch peace, in New Castle likely to bite or become aggressive. Shelters
.com, which takes the County, Del. “There are a Leslie Mann is a freelancer. and rescue groups can behavior test and
Cookbook blends
activism, recipes
Author says food tied to involvement in community
By Joseph Hernandez new activists. Three sec-
Chicago Tribune tions break down the reci-
pes: for those too busy
After marching in the resisting to cook; feeding a
national Women’s March crowd; and baked goods
the day after President and portable snacks — “for
Donald Trump’s inaugura- the activist on the go,”
tion, cookbook author Julia joked Turshen.
Turshen found a need to “I wanted the recipes to
become more active in her be really useful,” she said.
community. “Everything leans toward
A regular volunteer for affordable, and you can
hunger relief organizations, make something that will
food pantries and other make you feel good. Activ-
programs, Turshen wanted ism begins with self-care —
to take it a step further. She like putting on your oxygen
chronicles this in her forth- mask on a plane before
coming book, “Feed the under a month, “Feed the your neighbor. Before you
Resistance: Recipes and Resistance” is more than can show up anywhere and
Ideas for Getting Involved.” just a cookbook. Inter- stand up for someone else,
“A silver lining of this spersed with essays from you need to be nourished
new administration is the contributors like Mikki with healthy food.”
transformation of so many Halpin (author of “It’s Your Many of the dishes have
folks, myself included, from World: If You Don’t Like It, stories rooted in communi-
being sometimes activists to Change It”), Callie Jayne ty too. Take the large-for-
being fully committed (organizer, Citizen Action mat Filipino adobo sa gata
members of the resistance,” of New York) and Tunde or Brazilian fish pie soup,
she writes in the book’s Wey (writer and cook), the both of which speak to a
introduction. book features resources for legacy of breaking bread
Turshen, who published community building and with your neighbors and
the acclaimed “Small Victo- political engagement. feeding dozens of people.
ries” cookbook just last “Making this book was a Baker Cheryl Day’s choco-
year, took baby steps into true community effort,” late espresso pie bars are
local activism by first at- said Turshen in an inter- inspired by the Club From
tending immigrants-rights view with the Tribune. “I Nowhere, a group of wom-
meetings in a local church, value the range of voices en who sold baked goods to
around the time of the who have contributed. It’s offset transportation costs
administration’s first travel such a wonderful mix of during the 1950s bus boy-
ban. Soon after, she began powerful writing and inclu- cott in Montgomery, Ala.,
volunteering at Citizen sive recipes.” started by Rosa Parks.
Action, a grassroots politi- “So much of the book is For Turshen, food is
cal organization with local providing a framework for deeply tied to activism and
branches throughout the the people who have had community. “What we eat,
country. the privilege — like me — of where we buy groceries,
It was at Citizen Action not being part of the resist- what restaurants we visit —
that Turshen saw a way to ance until the current ad- all these things have mean-
weave her skills as an au- ministration,” she said. “It’s ing and potential impact,” GENTL AND HYERS
thor and recipe developer a guide for what to do that’s she said. “Food can inspire “To think deeply about food is to also think deeply about the environment, the economy,
into her personal brand of sustainable — very practical us in our daily lives to be immigration, education, community, culture, families, race, gender,” Julia Turshen writes.
activism, and the idea for advice to avoid being over- more active and inclusive.”
“Feed the Resistance” was whelmed.” In the book, she writes, the world, lower-case ‘d,’ of buying the book sup- “There’s no need to start
born. “I realized the work I A handful of essays “to think deeply about food and affects all of us.” ports something impor- something new. You don’t
was doing in my own com- speak of intersectional is to also think deeply about The book won’t be pub- tant,” said Turshen. have to reinvent the activ-
munity could be exponen- politics, creating a safe- the environment, the econ- lished until October but is “There’s a lot of solidarity ism wheel — it’s sometimes
tial if I put some of it down space for discussion, and omy, immigration, educa- now available for preorder in these pages.” best to find a wheel that
on paper and shared it with how food can build com- tion, community, culture, on Amazon, with all pro- As for parting advice for works for you and just help
you so that you can better munity, while Turshen and families, race, gender and ceeds from the book di- those new to and grassroots spinning it.”
feed your own resistance,” her contributors provide identity. Food is about rectly benefiting the Ameri- activism, Turshen says to
she writes. practical recipes for nour- people, all people. It is the can Civil Liberties Union. find a cause you believe in jbhernandez@chicagotribune.com
Put together in just ishing both veteran and most democratic thing in “I love that the simple act and start there. Twitter @joeybear85
HEALTH
An age-old driving question

It’s not easy to
take keys from
elderly parents
By Stacey Burling
The Philadelphia Inquirer
STRATFORD, N.J. —
Dolores Munson, 85, got
tired last winter of waiting
behind a police car that had
made a traffic stop about a
mile from her home. She
swerved into the next lane
to pass but couldn’t help
looking to see who had
gotten in trouble.
“I was nosy,” the Strat-
ford, N.J., woman said.
Distracted, Munson
slammed into the front of
the police car, hard enough
to break an axle on her VW
Passat. The cruiser was
unharmed.
This might be good
news, Joan Smeraski
thought when she got the
call from her mother’s
Jitterbug. Maybe the police
would make her mother
stop driving. Smeraski had
been trying for months to
take the keys away, but her
mother wanted the free-
dom that only your own car ELIZABETH ROBERTSON/PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
can give. Dolores Munson of Stratford, N.J., gets in her car in June. Her family is increasingly worried about the 85-year-old Munson’s ability to drive.
Smeraski’s hopes were
dashed. The police didn’t have less power than you’d cial legal duty to prevent problem, said Jodi Olshev-
even ticket Munson. Her think. Families are likely to the parent from driving,” ski, a gerontologist who is
insurance company was find their most powerful Rothkoff said. “However, executive director of the
also understanding and allies in doctors and driving there clearly is a moral Hartford Center for Mature
helpful. So was the body evaluators who are trained obligation.” Market Excellence. If sen-
shop. Smeraski asked her to test older or disabled It’s not as easy as taking iors won’t listen, family
mother’s doctor to write a drivers. the keys or moving the car. members can take them for
note telling Munson, who State laws vary widely. Experts say they know of a special driving test.
has “mild to moderate Regular vision tests and a cases where seniors or- “We really think that
cognitive decline,” not to requirement that drivers dered new keys, bought comprehensive driving
drive. She put it on her renew licenses in person new cars or accused an evaluations are the best
mother’s refrigerator. seem best at reducing fatal adult child of stealing the way to go,” Olshevski said.
Munson is still driving. accidents, but only for the car. The company will even pay
“If you live to be my age, oldest drivers. Experts say Police can’t just yank a for evaluations if an insured
you will see,” she said in many older drivers decide license, much as they might driver was injured in an
June as she sat in her favor- on their own to stop night want to. Mike Fergus, a accident.
ite chair, the one with a and highway driving when program manager for the Michael Barry, a spokes-
view of the gloriously green they have trouble with International Association man for the Insurance
backyard she won’t leave to vision or response times. of Chiefs of Police, said Information Institute, an
live closer to Smeraski. Despite a growing senior many departments could industry group, said age is a
“You’re in the house all the population, fatality rates for use more training to help factor in setting insurance
time. You sit in a chair, and older drivers have dropped older people use their cars rates, but companies
sometimes you wonder in recent years, likely be- safely and to recognize weight it differently. Acci-
why you’re living. You can’t cause cars are safer, and when drivers have demen- dents typically make rates
do anything. You can’t go seniors are in better health. tia or other problems that go up. Insurers can decide
anywhere. ... Sometimes Older drivers don’t drive as could affect their driving. not to renew policies for
you need a change of sce- much as younger drivers, so The Laurel Springs drivers with particularly
nery.” their per-capita crash rates Police Department, which bad records, but they do it
Smeraski and her sib- are low. However, the rate handled Munson’s acci- with “great reluctance”
lings wondered if they CHARLES FOX/PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER of crashes per mile for dent, did not respond to because “they want more
might be liable if their Munson has been reluctant to heed the cautions of daugh- people 80 and older is requests for comment. customers,” he said. “They
mother hurt someone. ter Joan Smeraski and her other children to stop driving. twice as high as it is for Auto insurance compa- don’t want to send them
They talked about going those 35 to 54. The risk of nies might be among the away.”
above their mother’s head only a psychological fear accidents. Figuring out being in a crash where first to see an uptick in Smeraski and other
to the state’s motor vehicle marker of independence when and how to stop an someone dies starts to rise claims that signals declin- family members, as well as
commission but haven’t but also a skill that allows elder from driving is one of around 70. ing driving ability. her mother’s paid caregiver,
been able to take that step. seniors to stay in their the toughest challenges Smeraski and her sib- But even The Hartford, have made a point of taking
Thousands of families homes and avoid asking for families face, and it’s made lings probably wouldn’t which produces useful Munson on outings.
across the country are all — or paying for — help. even tougher by the fact need to worry about being educational materials on Smeraski took her moth-
too familiar with scenarios Feeling trapped in a that they often don’t get sued unless their mother older drivers, sidestepped a er’s car to the mechanic for
like this, which will grow house is depressing for much support. had been declared inca- question about whether maintenance and parked it
more common as car-loving people of any age, and it can People age differently, pacitated by a court, said insurers could do more to in the garage, where it has
baby boomers reach old make health problems which makes it challenging elder lawyer Jerry identify problem older mostly stayed put.
age. Especially for people worse. Adult children don’t for lawmakers and insurers Rothkoff. drivers. She noticed that Munson
who live in suburban and want to make their parents to create effective, nondis- “Legally, I do not believe Family members are has seemed less interested
rural areas, driving is not miserable, but they also criminatory rules. Police the child is under any spe- usually the first to notice a in driving recently.
Gym-going seniors benefit from more than exercise

Camaraderie, social at the end of the 13-year
period.
inactivity and obesity.
The problem is that
activities may be as But they also noted that social connections, the ties
effective for health social activities “conferred
equivalent survival advan-
that bind us to our commu-
nity, slowly weaken as we
tages compared to fitness age. Friends and family
By Ben Opipari activities.” According to retire, some move away and
The Washington Post researchers, this means others die. A retirement
“activities that entail little community is a salve for
Until an injury temporar- or no physical exertion some. But for seniors who
ily sidelined him recently, may also be beneficial.” age in place, this means
Burt Abramowitz, 81, and In 2010, three research- living alone in a changing
his 76-year-old workout ers conducted a meta- community as familiar
partner had a standing analysis of 148 studies faces disappear.
commitment three times from 1990 to 2007 that That’s why many find
each week. They’d work examined the connection the health club a good place
out at the Gold’s Gym in between social isolation to strengthen social bonds.
Rockville, Md., then go out and mortality. They found It’s a natural gathering spot,
to eat afterward, usually at that “individuals’ experi- pulling people together to
the Dunkin’ Donuts or ences within social re- engage in a common activ-
Silver Diner. lationships significantly ity. And working out with a
Abramowitz jokes that predicted risk of mortal- partner is a commitment;
sometimes the food would ity.” In other words, peo- you’re more likely to show
negate any benefit from the ple with stronger social up if you’re meeting some-
workout, but the food was relationships were likely one. That’s what Abram-
never the point. It was the to live longer. owitz found so appealing.
camaraderie he cherished. Addressing the direc- “The motivation for Jay
Abramowitz’s experi- tion of the effect — and me was the camarade- GETTY
ence mirrors that of an whether socialization has rie,” he says. “It was the Many people find the health club a good place to strengthen social bonds, which can be
active senior population, a positive effect on health friendship, someone to an important factor in prolonging life, studies show.
where the gym has become or whether people who kibbitz with.”
a place to build not just are sick simply have fewer Nick Crossley, a profes- Disease, which conducted The post-workout re- ness and says that after his
muscle but community. social relationships — the sor of sociology at the Uni- focus groups of participa- covery offers another water aerobics class, the
Perhaps unsurprisingly, authors said that the data versity of Manchester, has nts in a fitness program for opportunity to socialize. group often heads right to
studies have linked strong “provides stronger evi- researched community- older adults, one woman It’s easy to meet because the hot tub, where it’s easy
social relationships to a dence for the influence of building in health clubs. He said that “being able to everyone’s already in the to socialize.
longer life span. In one social relationships on risk says that these places are socialize with people and same place. In his report, “We talk about that
British Medical Journal for mortality rather than particularly effective be- to laugh helps the body “(Net)working Out: Social day’s class, but we usually
study, researchers wrote vice versa.” cause they encourage so- become better and the Capital in a Private Health like to talk about things
that social activities may be Based on their meta- cialization on a routine mind stronger.” Club,” Crossley noted that outside, like our travels,”
as effective as fitness activ- analysis, researchers basis, often with the same The researchers noted the intimacy of a gym’s Ginsberg says.
ities in lowering the risk of found that in its influence, people, even if by chance. the strong sense of cohe- sauna, “where people are In Abramowitz’s case,
death. They followed more social isolation compares Studies have borne out sion among members, “a often squashed together, the socializing afterward
than 2,800 people over the with risk factors such as the role that fitness centers dynamic process reflected sitting in the eye line of was just as important as
age of 65 for a 13-year pe- smoking and alcohol play in maintaining social by the tendency of a group others,” makes conversa- the workout.
riod. The researchers con- consumption, and it might bonds in seniors. In one to stick together and re- tion almost a necessity.
cluded that active people even exceed other risk study published in the main united in pursuit of Stan Ginsberg, 73, works Ben Opipari is a freelance
were more likely to be alive factors such as physical journal Preventing Chronic its objective.” out at a D.C.-area LA Fit- writer.
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