Berne PD finally to be at full force

TUESDAY
February 23,
2016
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Berne P.D.
finally to be
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Decatur BZA
to meet on
March 1
The Decatur Board of
Zoning Appeals will meet
at 4:30 p.m. March 1 in
city hall, 172 N. 2nd St.,
to hold public hearings.
To be considered are:
— A request from Mark
Bulmahn, doing business
as Marco Development
LLC, for a special exception for use in the I-1
(industrial) district at 1045
S. 11th St.
— A request from
Anthony
Ostermeyer,
1004 Colonial Ct., for a
variance in the side yard
setback for an addition to
his home.
Interested
persons
desiring to present their
views, either in writing or
verbally, will be given the
opportunity to be heard.
Hiring of new cop, to start in 2017,
will reduce overtime and boost
morale in department, chief says
Evening with
superintendent
is Monday
North
Adams
Superintendent
Brent
Lehman will host another “Evening With the
Superintendent” event
from 7-8 p.m. Monday at
the district administration
office.
The first part of the
meeting will be spent
discussing the district
wide NWEA scores and
the one-campus facilities
project.
The evening will not
last more than an hour.
If questions or comments remain after that
time, attendees may write
them down and Lehman
will respond within a few
days, according to the
news release.
DDD bridal
show set for
March 6
The Decatur Daily
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1640 Winchester St,
Decatur. Admission is free.
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services — from bride’s
and bridesmaid dresses,
tuxes, invitations, and
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bouquets and arraignments, cakes and more.
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COMING DOWN — Preliminary demolition of a home along 1st Street in Decatur got
under way in earnest Monday following the city’s recent acquisition of the property.
The city of Decatur plans to construct a new sewer line on the west bank of the St.
Marys River, necessitating the purchase.
Photo by Ashley Bailey
Criticism surrounds teacher pay bill
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —
Many school district administrators and Indiana’s
teachers unions are arguing against a legislative
proposal that would give
districts the authority to
negotiate higher pay with
individual teachers.
The
Republicandominated state Senate
rejected an attempt Monday
to strip from a bill those
provisions that supporters
say would help school districts recruit teachers in
high-demand subjects such
areas as science, math and
special education.
The debate comes as
state officials and local
school leaders have debated possible steps to address
possible teacher shortages
as the number of first-time
teaching licenses issued
by the state Department
of Education has declined
by 33 percent over the past
five years
Senate
education
committee
Chairman
Denis Kruse, an Auburn
Republican, said school
districts should have more
flexibility to fill their teacher vacancies.
‘‘We need to have our
school corporations be able
to respond locally to school
shortages,’’ Kruse said.
The Senate voted 30-20
against an amendment
sponsored by Republican
Sen. Vaneta Becker of
Evansville to remove the
authority for individual
teacher negotiations. She
argued that salary matters
for teachers should be part
See TEACHER, Page 2
By JANNAYA ANDREWS
Berne Police Chief Tim Taylor appeared
before city council Monday evening, chief’s
hat in hand, to request the addition of a police
officer — bringing the Berne force back to full
strength.
Taylor said in 2008, an officer with the
department resigned, bringing the force down
to six. The hiring process was initiated, but
the position had not yet been filled when
Taylor was named chief in 2009.
“One of the first things I was asked to do,”
Taylor said, “was to trim the budget. That’s
when everyone was tightening up everywhere,
but the only place we could really trim was in
personnel. So we stopped the hiring process
and just continued working with six officers.
And we’ve been doing that ever since.”
Taylor said Assistant Chief and Detective
Jim Newbold has been “on the schedule,”
meaning Newbold is patrolling the city. That
takes the detective away from current investigations, Taylor said, and creates an issue
with overtime.
“I’d like to be able to take him off the road
during the week. He would work every-otherSaturday during the day. This way he could
focus on investigations,” Taylor said.
Questioned about how much money was
being spent on overtime in the police department, Clerk-Treasurer Gwen Maller said the
city paid $55,665 in overtime during 2015
— $19,442 of which went to Newbold.
The cost for a first-class officer — one
who has already completed the state’s police
academy — is $56,852 annually, Maller said.
“That includes salary, medicare tax, health
insurance, etc.”
For a probationary officer — one who has
not yet completed the academy, but would be
required to do so within the first year — the
city would pay $55,693 annually, according
to Maller.
“It’s going to save us money in the long
run,” Maller said. “They’re still going to have a
little overtime, that’s unavoidable. They have
things they have to get done. But this would
cut down on that considerably.”
Taylor noted his request was about more
than money. “These guys need more time with
their families. They’re good guys, and they do
a great job for this city. I’d like to see them
have at least every-other-weekend off to spend
with their families. They never complain, they
do what needs done. But it takes a toll. I think
this would really do a lot for morale.”
See BERNE, Page 2
‘Decatur’s Most Talented’
take stage Sunday at BHS
Tickets are now on
sale for Decatur’s Most
Talented, a talent show
featuring local performers, set for 6 p.m. Sunday
at the Erekson Theatre
at Bellmont High School.
The show is hosted and
presented by the Decatur
Cultural Connection.
Decatur native and
Fort
Wayne
TV-33
reporter Krista Miller will
emcee the event, which
will feature 11 acts. The
top three acts will receive
cash prizes and the
opportunity to represent
the show at community
events throughout the
year.
Tickets are $5 and may
be purchased at Decatur
City Hall and Richard’s
Restaurant in Decatur.
Tickets will also be available at the door the day
of the performance for
$5.
Young
performers
from the North Adams
Arts Council will open
the show.
The Bellmont High
School
Family
and
Consumer
Science
class students will have
refreshments on sale at
intermission. All proceeds from refreshments
will
benefit
student
programs in the family
and consumer sciences
department.
All proceeds from the
talent show will benefit improvements to
the grand curtain and
sound system at Erekson
Theatre.
HELPING OUT THE CRIMESTOPPERS — Colston Pruitt gets a lift from
Josh Kimberlin of the Adams County CrimeStoppers team during a free
throw attempt Monday night in the charity basketball contest with the K105
Hoopsters. Several local youngsters were chosen out of the stands to shoot
free throws in the fun contest.
Photo by Jim Hopkins
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AT AC
Adams
Central
Community Schools’
middle and high school
FFA students held a
petting zoo for Adams
County elementary students recently. In the
photo above, Courtney
Loshe and Bashful
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BERNE
From Page 1
Councilor Mark Wynn expressed
his support for the hiring of an
additional officer. “I’ve talked to Jim
(Newbold) and he seems burned out.
And I hate to see that. I agree, we
need to do something,” Wynn said.
Taylor noted when Newbold is
scheduled to patrol an evening
shift, he oftentimes comes into the
office at 9-10 a.m. to work on current investigations. “It’s the only
time he can. He doesn’t have any
other time to do it because he’s out
on patrol.”
Councilman Ron Dull said
the Board of Public Works and
Safety earlier Monday evening had
approved Taylor’s request to bring
the matter before council.
TEACHER
From Page 1
of district-wide contract negotiations with the teacher unions.
The bill, which the House
approved 57-42 last month, applies
both to new and current teachers,
who could use the provision as
leverage to obtain a pay raise or
move to another job. No additional
money for salaries is included in
There was full support from the
council as to the issue of adding a
seventh officer to the city’s force.
All that was left to decipher was
where the funds to pay for the new
hire would come from.
Maller and Taylor said the salary for the new officer would come,
at least in part, from Local Option
Income Tax funds. “Those funds
are earmarked for public safety,”
said Maller, “I’d say this definitely
qualifies.”
“We share those funds with the
fire department,” Taylor added, “so
we have to take into consideration
what they may need in the future,
too.”
Councilor Phil Provost said, “I
appreciate everything you guys do
and have been doing this entire
time. I don’t think there’s a ques-
tion we need to do this.”
Mayor Bill McKean said the
council didn’t have to act immediately, but soon. “It doesn’t have to
be tonight, but it does have to be
soon so Gwen has everything she
needs to start on the budget.”
When asked when he intends to
fill the position, and if he intends
to hire a first-class officer or probationary, Taylor said he anticipates
filling the position at the start of
2017 and will begin the hiring process in September or October.
“As for who we hire, we’ll open
up the application process and
see what we get. If we get someone
who’s been through the training
already, great.”
The
board
unanimously
approved the motion to hire a seventh police officer, 5-0.
the bill.
Leaders of the Indiana State
Teachers Association, the state’s
largest teachers union, maintain
that individual deals would cause
division among teachers.
Teresa Meredith, the teacher
association’s president, said she
worries it would also lead to a disparity in pay because many male
teachers are in the science and
math fields most needed and could
receive bonuses. But 90 percent
of elementary teachers are women
and those positions are not as difficult to fill.
‘‘Teachers are very upset about
it. They are concerned about where
the money is going to come from,’’
Meredith told The (Fort Wayne)
Journal Gazette. ‘‘Every content
area is arguing about what is high
need versus what is not. It’s not a
healthy environment for teachers.’’
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FAIRMOUNT,
Ind.
(AP) — A prosecutor filed
homicide charges Monday
against a Chicago man in
connection with a weekend crash that killed three
international students at
Manchester University
and critically injured a
fourth.
Grant
County
Prosecutor James Luttrull
Jr. charged 26-year-old
Deangelo Evans with three
counts each of reckless
homicide and operating a
vehicle while intoxicated
causing death, and one
count of OWI resulting in
serious bodily injury.
Evans was held on a
$300,000 bond. It was
not clear when he would
make an initial court
appearance or if he has
an attorney who might
comment on his behalf.
The crash Sunday
morning along Interstate
69
near
Fairmount,
about 45 miles northeast of Indianapolis,
killed Brook Dagnew and
Kirubel Alemayehu Hailu
of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
and Nerad Grace Mangai
of Jos, Nigeria. Israel
Solomon Tamire, also of
Addis Ababa, remained in
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at Lutheran Hospital in
Fort Wayne.
Some of Tamire’s relatives have joined him at
the hospital, Manchester
said in a news release.
The students plus
three others who were not
injured had gone to Ball
State University in Muncie
and Taylor University in
Upland and were returning to Manchester’s campus in North Manchester,
about 35 miles west of
Fort Wayne, when their
van had a flat tire. They
were outside the vehicle
partially off the roadway toward the median
while the tire was being
changed.
Luttrell said some
members of the public
had called in reports of
an impaired driver on the
highway.
Manchester is a private liberal arts school
affiliated
with
the
Church of the Brethren
and enrolls about 1,500
students. The university
said it had established a
temporary fund to help
offset travel and other
expenses for the families
of the victims.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —
Adoptees born between
1941 and 1994 may
soon be able to access
their birth records under
a bill approved by the
Indiana Legislature.
The Indiana House
advanced the measure
on a 72-24 vote Monday.
The Senate passed it last
month, and it now heads
to Gov. Mike Pence’s
desk.
The measure would
reverse a 1994 law that
sealed adoption information that didn’t have a
disclosure consent form.
That means records
would be made available beginning in July
2018 unless the biological parents file another nondisclosure form
with the Indiana State
Department of Health.
The bill would also give
biological parents additional contact preference
options for new adoption
cases.
Pam Kroskie is the
president of Hoosiers for
Equal Access to Records,
which has long supported opening adoption
records. Kroskie argued
adoptees need impor tant birth information,
such as their medical
histories.
‘‘Senate Bill 91 allows
adoptees to finally find
the closure they desperately seek, uncover
vital answers about
their medical history,
and cure administrative
heartaches that come
from having an amended birth certificate,’’
Kroskie said in a statement.
Still, opponents say
biological parents should
be able to retain their
right to privacy.
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Thomas
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a
Republican
from
Inglefield, said his main
concern was violating the privacy of birth
parents by opening up
the nearly 50 years of
records.
‘‘I just can’t believe
there is not an expectation of privacy that
extended back there,’’
he said before voting
against the measure
Monday. ‘‘I’m really in
a quandary in how you
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proposal failed in the
House after it faced
questions from Pence’s
administration
about
reversing the promise of
anonymity given to birth
mothers. No one from
the governor’s office testified this year.
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Obituaries
Eugene Carroll Bassett
Eugene Carroll Bassett, 89, formerly of Decatur,
passed away Feb. 5, 2016, surrounded by his family.
He was born in Lerna, Ill., Oct. 7, 1926.
Among survivors are his loving wife, Etta Jane
Bassett; children, Steve Bassett, Patricia Ann Bassett
and Gregory (Holly) Bassett; siblings, Mary (Stan)
Knittle, Ronald Bassett and Norman (Judy) Bassett;
grandchildren, Ross, Elizabeth, Kate, Adam and
Ryan Bassett; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Jim
Bassett; and a sister, Carolyn Sue Vanhorn.
A memorial service was held Feb. 8 at Turin
Baptist Church, with Rev. John McDuffie Jr. officiating. Online condolences may be made at www.mckoon.com.
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is 813 Swope St., Greenfield.
Anyone with information about the deceased
is asked to contact Bell Mortuary & Crematory,
Royster-Askin-Sandrock Chapel, at 317-637-4308.
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Chicago man convicted in Decatur stabbing
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 • Page 3A
By JANNAYA ANDREWS
A Chicago man accused of stabbing a Decatur resident stood trial
last week and was found guilty by
a jury of his peers, according to
Adams County Prosecutor Jeremy
Brown.
Jeremy A. Perry, 30, was
charged with attempted aggravated battery and aggravated battery, both level 3 felonies following
an incident that occurred May
26, 2015, in the Bellmont Estates
neighborhood involving Perry and
Marcus A. Richards, age unavailable. Richards was hospitalized
following the incident.
According to a probable cause
affidavit released after the incident, a witness to the event,
Cyle Alverson, 24, told investigating Decatur Police Lieutenant
Christopher Brite he and Richards
were drinking beer in Alverson’s
back yard when they noticed Perry
walking across the back yards in
the neighborhood. Alverson stated
he and Richards exchanged words
with Perry as the men approached
one another.
Perry — who was in town visiting his cousin — reportedly left,
according to Alverson’s statement,
allegedly saying he would return
and was going to “mess them
up.” Alverson stated Perry did
return and approached the men
and allegedly attempted to hit
Alverson, according to the affidavit. At that time, Alverson reportedly fell as he attempted to back
away from Perry.
Alverson told Brite it appeared
Perry had a “silver shiny object” in
his hand when he swung at him.
Alverson said Richards tried to help
him up and was allegedly stabbed
in the back by Perry, according to
the court documents.
Around 10 a.m. the following morning, Brite spoke with
Richards — who had been transported to a Fort Wayne hospital —
via telephone. Richards also stated
he and Alverson were in the back
yard when they saw Perry walking
in the back yard “being very loud.”
Richards stated Alverson asked
Perry to “hold it down,” according
to the affidavit.
Perry allegedly approached the
men and said he was going to
“kick both of their asses.” At that
time Perry left, Richards reportedly told Brite, before later coming
back and grabbing Alverson, who
then fell to the ground and “was
trying to scoot backwards.”
Richards told Brite he didn’t
know when he had been stabbed,
but that it must have happened
when the two men were fighting
on the ground.
Police were able to track Perry
to a home occupied by Sammatha
Commet in Bellmont Estates.
After receiving permission from
Commet to search the residence,
police allegedly found Perry hiding
in a bedroom closet. Police also
reportedly found Perry’s clothing
and shoes in a different bedroom
closet. There appeared to be blood
on the front of the pants, according to the affidavit.
Perry was transported to the
Decatur Police Department, where
he was interviewed by Brite. Perry
reportedly waived his rights to
an attorney and stated he fought
with Alverson and Richards.
Perry reportedly said he “swung
at the one guy” and he went down
or fell down. Perry then allegedly
said Richards tried to tackle him
or take him down and when he
fell to the ground, he grabbed
something that was already there
and stabbed Richards in the back,
according to the affidavit.
“As a result of the cooperative efforts of various law enforcement agencies, we were able to
put together a rather solid case
against the defendant,” Brown
said in a statement Monday.
Perry will be sentenced on
March 9.
Judge dismisses suit over
Child Services caseloads US-Russia agree on Syria cease-fire plan
INDIANAPOLIS
(AP)
— A judge dismissed a
lawsuit Monday in which
an Indiana Department of
Child Services family case
manager claimed she had
an excessive caseload
that put children at risk.
Marion Superior Court
Judge Heather Welch said
plaintiff Mary Price has
no right to bring the claim
under an Indiana law setting a maximum caseload
at 17. There is no ground
for the court to issue a
mandate changing caseloads, and Price should
take her complaint to the
State Employee Appeals
Commission, the 12-page
ruling said.
Under
state
law,
the DCS director ‘‘may
employ necessary personnel to carry out the
department’s responsibilities,’’ subject to state
budget constraints and
other factors, Welch said.
Price said in the lawsuit filed last July that
her caseload at the time
was 43 children, or more
than 2 1/2 times the
prescribed maximum.
‘‘Under the law the
Legislature passed it was
decided that the judicial
branch was not the proper
place for this discussion.
It ultimately is up to the
people’s elected representatives in the Legislature
to determine resources
for the DCS and up to the
executive branch to manage those resources,’’ said
Indiana Attorney General
Greg Zoeller, whose office
represented the state
agency.
Blotter
Three
individuals
were arrested by local
law enforcement officers
Monday and were booked
into the Adams County
jail.
Steve E. Walsh, 51,
Fort Wayne, was arrested
by Berne police on charges of possession of marijuana, operating a motor
vehicle while intoxicated/endangerment, OWI
with a schedule I or II
substance and driving
without a license. Bond
was set at $450 cash and
$4,000 surety.
Jacob J. Berlanga, 22,
Geneva, was arrested
by Geneva police on a
charge of disorderly conduct. Bond was set at
$200 cash and $2,000
surety.
Freddrick D. Silas, 31,
Fort Wayne, was arrested by sheriff’s deputies
on three counts of failure to appear in court. A
$1,500 cash purge bond
was ordered.
Traffic
The Decatur Police
Department has released
information on three
recent accidents.
At 3:30 p.m. Thursday,
Everett D. Currie, 73,
Decatur, was attempting
to back into a parking
space in a private lot at
1115 W. Monroe St. when
he backed into the side
of a parked, unattended
and unidentified vehicle.
Damage to both involved
vehicles was estimated at
less than $1,000.
Saturday
at
6:58
a.m., Dustin J. Ehr, 27,
Geneva, was traveling
north on High Street near
Homestead Drive when a
herd of deer attempted to
cross the road in front of
him. Ehr was unable to
avoid striking and killing
one of the deer. Damage
to his car was estimated
between $1,000-$2,500.
At 4:30 p.m. Sunday,
Roc E. Martin, 20,
Decatur, was attempting
to park his car in a pri-
vate lot off Village Green
Drive east of 13th Street
when the left front fender
of his vehicle struck a
parked and unattended
car owned by Brett Agler,
Fort Wayne. Damage
to the two vehicles was
estimated at less than
$1,000.
The Adams County
Sheriff’s
Department
investigated a car-deer
accident at 8:20 p.m.
Monday on S.R. 124 near
Salem Road.
Destinee B. Knittle,
34, Ohio City, Ohio, was
reportedly westbound on
S.R. 124 when a deer
ran into the path of her
car and she was unable
to avoid striking the animal. Neither Knittle nor
a passenger in her car,
Kathy R. Knittle, Van
Wert, Ohio, were injured
in the accident, which
caused damage estimated
between $1,000-$2,500
by sheriff’s deputies.
Chickens perish in county blaze
The Decatur Fire Department was dispatched at
6:25 a.m. today to the home of Scott Wherling, 0302W
C.R. 400N, in response to a structure fire. According
to a spokesman for the department, a 20 foot camper
that had been converted to a chicken coop was
destroyed in the blaze, killing 35 chickens.
There were no other injuries reported and the cause
of the fire has not yet been determined. Damages were
estimated at $2,000. Firefighters returned to the station at 8:01 a.m.
DAMASCUS,
Syria
(AP) — The United States
and Russia have agreed
on a new cease-fire for
Syria that will take effect
Saturday, even as major
questions over enforcing
and responding to violations of the truce were
left unresolved. Syria’s
warring government and
rebels still need to accept
the deal.
The timeline for a
hoped-for breakthrough
comes after the former
Cold War foes, backing opposing sides in
the conflict, said they
finalized the details of
a ‘‘cessation of hostilities’’ between President
Bashar Assad’s govern-
fied or punished.
The announcement
came after Presidents
Barack
Obama
and
Vladimir Putin spoke by
telephone Monday, capping weeks of intense
diplomacy to stem the
violence so that Assad’s
government and ‘‘moderate’’ rebel forces might
return to peace talks in
Geneva. A first round of
indirect discussions collapsed almost immediately this month amid
a massive government
offensive backed by
Russian airstrikes in
northern Syria.
Obama welcomed the
agreement in the call with
Putin, which the White
ment and armed opposition groups after five
years of violence that has
killed more than 250,000
people.
The truce will not
cover the Islamic State
group, the al-Qaidalinked
Nusra
Front
and any other militias
designated as terrorist organizations by the
U.N. Security Council.
But where in Syria the
fighting must stop and
where counterterrorism
operations can continue
must still be addressed.
And the five-page plan
released by the U.S.
State Department leaves
open how breaches of the
cease-fire will be identi-
House said was arranged
at Russia’s request. The
White House said Obama
emphasized the key is to
ensure that Syria’s government and opposition
groups faithfully implement the deal.
‘‘This is going to be difficult to implement,’’ said
White House spokesman
Josh Earnest. ‘‘We know
there are a lot of obstacles, and there are sure
to be some setbacks.’’
Putin called the agreement a ‘‘last real chance
to put an end to the
many years of bloodshed
and violence.’’
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by
Prosecutors say K’zoo gunman admits shootings
day, and said that company policy is
to contact the driver when alerted to
unsafe driving. But they would not
say whether anyone at the company
spoke to Dalton.
Dalton, meanwhile, appeared briefly in court by video link and was
charged with six counts of murder,
which carry a mandatory life sentence. A judge denied bail for the
45-year-old former insurance adjuster, who Kalamazoo police Det. Cory
Ghiringhelli told the court had admitted to investigators ‘‘that he took
people’s lives.’’
The admission seemed only to deepen the mystery of what was behind
the killings of six people with no
apparent connection to the gunman.
Police and prosecutors acknowledge a
motive may never be fully known.
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — As
details emerge about the night authorities say Jason Dalton has admitted
gunning down six randomly chosen
victims in and around Kalamazoo —
attacks apparently carried out over
hours during which he also ferried
passengers around town as an Uber
driver — any hint as to why remains
stubbornly elusive.
A prosecutor said Monday that
Dalton picked up fares for the ridehailing service after the first shooting
Saturday that left a woman seriously
wounded and probably got more riders after the two subsequent shootings that proved fatal. But none of the
shootings appeared to be connected
to fares. Uber officials acknowledged
the company received complaints
about Dalton’s erratic driving that
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at Indiana eagle nest
SOUTH BEND, Ind.
(AP) — A live Web camera
is providing a look at the
nest of two bald eagles in
northern Indiana.
The
camera
was
installed near the nest
at St. Patrick’s County
Park in northern St.
Joseph County. The camera is at the University
of Notre Dame’s Linked
Experimental Ecosystem
Facility.
Two bald eagles took
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A House committee
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Refugee Christians
provide a most
powerful example
By KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ
For the Christians of Mosul, Iraq, Jesus Christ
isn’t a benevolent teacher whose words remind them
to be nice. He is the Savior who opened the doors of
eternity to them, and whose name they are willing to
give their very lives to proclaim.
“We were angry. We were afraid. But we were also
happy ... Our faith is more important than everything else.”
These words come from Archbishop Amel Nona,
the shepherd of these Christians. But his home diocese no longer exists, and his people are scattered —
many of them on church property in Jordan, living
in storage containers and other makeshift homes,
having fled ISIS. The Chaldean Church has since
reassigned Nona, a native Iraqi, to Australia, where
“they are keeping me busy.”
As he talks with me in New York City, there is, of
course, an expected and appropriate sadness on his
face, but also an overwhelming joy — the kind that
comes from the peace of knowing you’re doing God’s
will, that your life has the kind of meaning and purpose people crave, and often look for in all the wrong
places.
I’d even go so far as to say that before me is a
happy man. Indeed, he tells me, “We were always a
minority. We always knew it was not important what
we have, but what we do. The Lord shows us how it
is important to be happy in all situations.”
Talking more about identity, he emphasizes that
the Christian has no other identity than as a
Christian. The Gospel is what you want to conform
your life to, he says.
“For us, we want to practice our identity. ... Our
identity is to live like Jesus Christ.” Christ becomes
everything, and so there is no life without Christ, he
says. “I think all our problems lie in this point: that
in our life, sometimes we forget to live like Jesus. It’s
not theology, it’s reality.”
That’s an epidemic common to East and West.
While Nona admits it’s heartbreaking to have to
flee your home, for lives to be at risk, he still radiates
gratitude: “We thank God for everything because (the
Christian refugees) are still alive; they still have a
very strong faith. We thank God for that.”
Nona has been at an event in New York, talking
about how his people wouldn’t consider walking
away from their faith. I totally play devil’s advocate
and ask him if he’s really fessing up. Surely there
were some hard conversations with people who
thought they could keep their Christianity in the
shadows, or renounce their faith outright, to keep
their families’ homes.
No, there were not, he insists.
He talks about the importance of living with love
over fear. It was just over a year ago now that ISIS
beheaded 21 Coptic Christian men. Their families
had words of forgiveness, deep compassion desiring the conversion of those who had murdered their
loved ones.
This is who Christians are. It’s why, frankly, Pope
Francis denounces the “wall-building” rhetoric as
not of the Gospel. If we’re stuck in anger, vengeance
and fear, we’re not giving out of an overflow of love.
That’s not a political platform or a policy position,
but a posture that can make for the peace of the
world.
“I remember when I was in Mosul, going to church
could mean going to die,” says Nona. In fact, his best
friend, another priest, was killed by al-Qaida.
I think of how spoiled we Americans can be. I
think of how easy it is for me to safely go to church
— and how many options I have. I think about how
people would die for the religious liberty we’ve had
here in the U.S., and how fragile it can be when we’re
not grateful stewards of it.
The buzz continues to be that the White House will
soon declare the massacre of Yazidis in Iraq a genocide, but overlook the Iraqi and Syrian Christians,
who are likewise targeted. Nona believes one upside
of the targeting of Christians there is that while for
many years there was a widespread silence in the
West about the dangerous predicament they were in,
now there is an awareness.
“The globalization of indifference is a malignant
cancer,” Nona said during a panel discussion. He
is grateful for those in the West who have a desire
to help, and urges the United States to formally
acknowledge the genocide — he has no doubt that
would make an international difference.
For anyone in the West living in fear after terrorist attacks, he offers some hard-earned advice:
Terrorists are afraid of joy. To his fellow Christians,
he issues a challenge: “We fight them by living the
Christian life.”
Nona and his people demonstrate just what that
means. In our relative luxury here, Christians ought
to do the same. It would do a world of good.
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Echoes of 1991 Gulf War linger on in Mideast
By JON GAMBRELL
Associated Press
The 1991 Gulf War saw only
100 hours of ground fighting as
U.S. forces entered Kuwait to end
the Iraqi occupation but echoes of
that conflict have lingered on for
decades in the Mideast.
The war pushed America into
opening military bases in the
Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia,
drawing the anger of an upstart
militant named Osama bin Laden
and laying the groundwork for alQaida attacks leading up to Sept.
11, 2001. Saddam Hussein, demonized as being worse than Adolf
Hitler by President George H.W.
Bush, would outlast his American
rival in power until Bush’s son
launched the 2003 American-led
invasion that toppled the Iraqi dictator.
Now, 25 years after the first U.S.
Marines swept across the border
into Kuwait, American forces are
battling the extremist Islamic State
group, born out of al-Qaida, in the
splintered territories of Iraq and
Syria. The Arab allies that joined
the 1991 coalition are fighting
their own conflicts both at home
and abroad, as Iran vies for greater
regional power following a nuclear
deal with world powers.
In all, the United States finds
itself in the quandary it hoped to
avoid back in 1991.
‘‘Had we taken all of Iraq, we
would have been like the dinosaur
in the tar pit — we would still
be there, and we, not the United
Nations, would be bearing the
costs for that occupation,’’ the late
U.S. Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf,
commander of Desert Storm, wrote
in his memoirs.
Iraq invaded Kuwait on Aug. 2,
1990, angry that the tiny neighbor and the United Arab Emirates
had ignored OPEC quotas, which
Saddam claimed cost his nation
$14 billion. Saddam also accused
Kuwait of stealing $2.4 billion by
pumping crude from a disputed oil
field and demanded that Kuwait
write off an estimated $15 billion
of debt that Iraq had accumulated
during its 1980s war with Iran.
Fearing Saudi Arabia could be
invaded next, U.S. officials moved
quickly to deploy troops to the
region. After months of negotiations and warnings, the U.S.
launched its assault on Iraqi forces
in Kuwait on Feb. 24, 1991.
In purely military and political
terms, the first Gulf War marked
a tremendous success for a U.S.
still haunted by Vietnam. America
suffered 148 combat deaths during the entire conflict, while 467
troops were wounded out of the
over 500,000 deployed, according
to the Defense Department. It held
together an allied army, its war
effort was supported by a number
of United Nations resolutions, and
the conflict cemented its position
as the sole world power following
end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
America’s Arab allies also footed
much of the bill for the $61-billion
war, with both Saudi Arabia and
Kuwait contributing some $16 billion while the United Arab Emirates
offered $4 billion, according to
U.S. congressional reports. Japan
and Germany together contributed
another $16 billion, while South
Korea gave $251 million. The U.S.
covered the rest.
But the key players in the Arab
world on whom the U.S. relied on
during the conflict are long gone.
Saudi King Fahd died in 2005. A
popular uprising toppled Egyptian
autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
Syria’s totalitarian ruler Hafez
Assad, died in 2000. His son,
President Bashar Assad, still clings
to power amid a five-year civil war
that has killed more than 250,000
people and flooded Europe with
those fleeing violence across the
region.
In Israel, the memory of Iraqi
Scud missile fire prompted the military to speed up a missile-defense
program that included the development of its Iron Dome rocketdefense system with the help of the
Americans. Then-Prime Minister
Yitzhak Shamir, a hard-liner,
held back from retaliating at the
request of Bush, who feared losing
Arab support for the war. Though
American aid to Israel exceeds $3
billion a year, relations have been
strained over stalled Palestinian
peace talks.
Yet despite seeing his forces
routed from Kuwait, Saddam clung
to power and survived an uprising by both Shiites and Kurds
following the war. The U.S. and
its allies began to patrol a northern and southern no-fly zone to
protect the Shiites and the Kurds
while Saddam remained a thorn in
the inside of American politics for
more than a decade.
‘‘I miscalculated,’’ Bush said
in a December 1995 interview. ‘‘I
thought he’d be gone.’’
It would take President George
W. Bush’s 2003 invasion to end
Saddam’s reign, coming amid the
U.S. campaign in Afghanistan.
In its aftermath, al-Qaida in Iraq
would arise and be put down by a
U.S. military surge, coupled with
the support of Sunni tribesmen.
But as the U.S. withdrew from
Iraq and Baghdad stopped supporting the Sunni tribesmen, the
Islamic State group emerged from
the ashes of al-Qaida in Iraq and
in 2014, took control of about a
third of both Iraq and neighboring
Syria.
Today, the U.S. finds itself
mired in a long war feared by
Schwarzkopf and others who oversaw Operation Desert Storm. Oil
prices, which sparked Saddam’s
invasion of Kuwait, have dropped
to under $30 a barrel from more
than $100 in just a year and a
half.
The cause, in part, is the same
OPEC overproduction the late dictator Saddam railed against across
the splintered Middle East.
— Home Suite Home —
By Jim Mullen
We’ve been thinking about moving from our big, old, two-story
house to something a little easier
to clean and maintain. And if
we’re going to move, why not move
to a warmer, sunnier place?
Then again, maybe we should
stay here, and just find a more
compatible house. We’ve often
wondered what it would be like to
live in a place with level floors and
square corners instead of our old
wreck — whoops! I mean, our old
historic landmark.
Our house is so historic, you
can stand in front of the closed
windows and still feel the wind
blow. It’s so historic that it has
no closets. Who had extra clothes
back then? They hung everything
they owned on a nail on the
back of the door. It’s so historic
that everything costs two or three
times the normal price to fix. It
makes charming, historic noises
all night long.
It’s so historic that there’s
a sign on it that says, “George
Washington wouldn’t sleep here
because it looked unsafe.” And
that was in 1776.
Sue and I have talked about
moving for years. We wonder what
it would be like to have high-speed
Internet and reliable cellphone
service. We’d even be happy with
February 23, 2016
Today is the 54th day of 2016
and the 64th day of winter.
TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1778,
Baron von Steuben joined the
U.S. encampment at Valley Forge,
Pennsylvania, to help train the
Continental Army. In 1942, a
The Village Idiot
electricity that stayed on after a
minor snowstorm or a hard rain.
We dream of living on one story,
and of having square corners,
level floors, a balcony, an elevator
and a super.
So we look at the real estate
listings. It turns out, a place like
that costs $4,500 a month, plus
utilities. It’s one-fifth the size of
the place we have now, and five
times the price. How does that
make sense? We would be downsizing our space and upsizing our
spending.
We keep seeing real estate ads
that say things like, “Price dropped
from $1.1 million to $799,000!
What a steal!” In our circle of
friends, we probably know one person who could afford a $799,000
house. And he made all his money
flipping houses. Obviously, we’re
hanging around with the wrong
kind of people.
When you see the housing prices in New York, Miami and San
Francisco, it seems as if everyone
who lives there is a multimillionaire. They can’t all be selling drugs
for a living. They can’t all have
won the Powerball jackpot. They
can’t all be hedge fund managers.
Japanese submarine fired artillery shells at coastal targets near
Santa Barbara, California.
In 1945, American Marines raised
the American flag on the island of
Iwo Jima.
In 1954, the first mass vaccination of children against polio
began in Pittsburgh.
In 1991, President George H.W.
They can’t all be the Housewives
of Wherever.
So where does all the money
come from? Well, a lot of it comes
from overseas. If you were a
wealthy Russian, would you rather
put, say, $10 million in a Russian
bank or park it in a New York City
penthouse? If you made a fortune
in China, would you leave it there
or buy a Beverly Hills mansion?
Then you just wait five or 10 years
for your country’s financial crisis
to end, or for a new leader to come
along, and poof! You sell your
property at a profit. Meanwhile,
you’ve priced us out of the market, thank you very much.
Of course, we’d like to stay in
the town where all our friends
live, where all our family lives
and where all our roots are. But
over the years, our friends have
gone to live with their children in
Florida or Phoenix, our families
have scattered to the four winds,
the waitress at the restaurant
we’ve gone to every week for the
past 30 years asks us if we’ve ever
eaten here before, and the clerks
at the drugstore give us the senior
discount without asking.
We haven’t left home, it left us.
When people ask us if we’re really
moving, Sue says, “We’re just window shopping.”
We’re doing a lot of it.
Bush announced the beginning
of an allied ground offensive in
Iraq.
TODAY’S QUOTE: “The worker
must work for the glory of his
handiwork, not simply for pay;
the thinker must think for truth,
not for fame.” — W.E.B. Du Bois,
“The Souls of Black Folk”
C ommunity
Decatur Daily Democrat
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 • Page 5A
February
Community Calendar
TUESDAY, Feb. 23:
Optimist Club, noon, Richard's Restaurant.
Zumba, Southeast Elementary School, 4-5
p.m.
A.A., 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24:
Immanuel House, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 8545N C.R.
500E, Decatur. Operation Help food pantry for Decatur and
Monroe residents, 1-4 p.m., Adams County Service
Complex. Bring your own box or cloth bags.
Free meal, 5-6 p.m., First United Methodist
Church, 6th Street entrance.
Adult Children of Alcoholics, a 12-step support program for those raised in alcoholic families, 7 p.m., The Bridge Community Church, 403
Winchester Road.
Dr. Scott Colclasure, founding contributor of North Adams Autism Fund, is shown presenting a check to
Tim Caldwell, Project Lifesaver instructor. Sitting, from left, is James Clark, Fire Department; Rob Burns,
EMS; Larry Shaffer, EMS; Trevor Callahan, Adams County Sheriff's Department; Troy Habeggar, Adams
County Sheriff's Department.
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Project Lifesaver awarded grant from
ACCF and North Adams Autism Fund
According to a press release, the
group in charge of this program,
whose training was funded by the
grant, will take the leadership
position in the event of a search
and rescue.
Fund representive, Dr. Scott
Colclasure said he and his wife,
Jill, are pleased to be in a position to help sponsor this program.
According to a press release, the
program makes Adams County a
safer place to live for residents
and their families. Susan Sefton, Adams Memorial
Hospital Community Outreach
director, said there is a limited supply, but the Adams Health Network
will provide assistance for residents and their families who are in
4-H Dog Obedience Program
informational meeting March 3
The Adams County 4-H
Dog Obedience Program
will start with an informational meeting at 6:30
p.m. March 3 in the 4-H
Dining Hall at the fairgrounds in Monroe. This
program is open for children in third-12th grades
who have dogs living in
their homes.
Information will be
given at the meeting and
forms must be filled out
during that time. The
first practice is planned
for 6:30 p.m. March 8,
also at the fairgrounds.
The goal of this program is to help children develop life skills
and form a close bond
with their dogs. It also
helps teach responsibility, teamwork, cooperation, leadership and
sportsmanship.
For more information,
call Carol Garringer at
368-9329.
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Adams
Memorial
Hospital
and the Adams County Sheriff's
Department were recently awarded
a grant through the Adams County
Community Foundation and the
North Adams Autism Fund for the
Project Lifesavers course.
The Project Lifesaver program
is for communities with residents
who tend to wander. The program was created with two goals
in mind —to streamline search
and rescue procedures and to
help save lives. The program will
only succeed if the agency being
trained accepts ownership in this
program and encourages community participation and works with
their local media to actively promote the program to the public.
need of the tracking devices.
For nonprofit organizations
serving Adams County residents,
the next grant cycle due date is
April 14. For current college students, the next due date for the
scholarship application process
is 4 p.m. June 2. Applications
and details may be downloaded
at www.AdamsCountyFoundation.
org.
For more information on ACCF
grants for nonprofit organizations
serving Adams County residents,
ACCF scholarships available to
local students, or on how to create
or contribute to an existing fund,
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By HARRIETTE COLE
Man Upset to Find Out Son Isn’t His
DEAR HARRIETTE: Ten months ago,
my girlfriend said that she was pregnant.
It would be my first child, so as you can
imagine, I was ecstatic and anxious.
I loved her. Although this child wasn’t
planned and came out of the blue, I was
going to stay by her side and raise our
baby.
I was seriously devoted. I attended
every single checkup, ultrasound, pregnancy class, etc. I think I brought everything as far as necessities went for the
baby. I attended the baby shower, proud
that in a few months, I would be welcoming my firstborn into the world. As I
thought more about it, though, it didn’t
add up. The time we had sex and the time
she conceived weren’t adding up.
I pushed my insecurities to the side. I
still went into the delivery room and held
her hand. But once my son was born, I
just felt funny. I should have been happy,
over the moon, overjoyed -- but I wasn’t.
I knew why. I couldn’t ignore it anymore.
So I had a paternity test done while she
was at work. A couple of weeks ago, the
results came in the mail, giving me the
worst news of my life: My son is not mine.
I am only 19 percent likely to be his father.
That means some other man is walking
this Earth 80 percent likely his daddy.
I couldn’t believe it. I loved her so
much. I don’t know how to accept it, and
I hate her for doing this. What’s worse, I
hate the kid. I hate him with every fiber
in my being. I can’t even look at him. My
now-ex-girlfriend confessed to it and left.
THURSDAY, Feb. 25:
Rotary Club, noon, Back 40 restaurant.
Monroe United Methodist Church Farmer's
Wagon, 1 p.m., line is to form no earlier than
noon.
Senior citizens play cards, 1 p.m., Riverside
Center.
Zumba, Southeast Elementary School, 4-5
p.m.
TOPS Club weigh-in, 5:30 p.m.; meeting 6:15
p.m., Woodcrest Activity Building.
Weight Watchers, 6 p.m., weigh-in; 6:30 p.m.
meeting, Adams Memorial Hospital Decatur
Room.
Sober Beginnings, 6:30-8 p.m., Adams Memorial
Hospital Berne Room. Divorce Care4Kids, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Decatur
Church of God.
She came back last night, saying that the
real father won’t accept them and doesn’t
believe her, basically leaving her with no
place to stay.
I could be that guy and let her stay
with me, but I don’t want to. I don’t want
to be nice and thoughtful. Where was
her thoughtfulness when she slept with
another man and hid the truth from me
for 10 months? What happened to her
loyalty then? I hate them so much, but I
know my mother raised me better. What
do I do? Do I let her stay with me and live
hating her and this kid? Or do I tell her to
kick rocks? I’ve never been in this type of
situation, and honestly I don’t want her
back. I just feel like it would be a lot of
drama and stress if I let her back in. -Hateful and Resenting, New Brunswick,
New Jersey
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Your hurt is raw right now, and perfectly
understandable. While at the moment
you feel duped and outraged, I recommend that you meditate on this. You did
claim this child as your own. Since the
birth father will not acknowledge him, you
may want to think about reclaiming him.
That doesn’t mean you have to build a
relationship with her, although you could
possibly forgive her over time. Think
about the child with love, even though
it’s tough today. The child is innocent and
deserves love and protection. He could
still be your child if you choose to love him
despite the deceit that brought him into
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Name That Instrument
Concert stages are often filled with musical
instruments. Fill in the blanks to name some of the
instruments that might be found on a concert stage.
Music Group
Challenge
The music groups that appeal to
kids and teens are endless. Here
are some questions about some
of them. How many can you
answer correctly?
1) Deedee, Rooney and Bo make up the
Doodlebops. Fact or Fiction?
2) Rooney Doodle plays the guitar.
Fact or Fiction?
3) The original Wiggles were Greg,
Anthony, Murray and Jeff.
Fact or Fiction?
4) When the red Wiggle decided to leave
the band, Sam replaced him.
Fact or Fiction?
5) Laurie Berkner sings “Buzz Buzz.” Fact or Fiction?
6) Susie, Adam and Bob play in The Laurie Berkner Band.
Fact or Fiction?
7) The Jonas Brothers sing “Lovebuggy.” Fact or Fiction?
8) Kevin, Nick and Joe Jonas starred in Camp Rock.
Fact or Fiction?
9) The names of the guys in Big Time Rush are Kendall, James,
Carlos and Lincoln. Fact or Fiction?
10) Big Time Rush sings “Halfway There.” Fact or Fiction?
Answers: 1) Fiction, their names are Deedee, Rooney and Moe, 2) Fact, 3) Fact, 4) Fiction,
it was Greg, the yellow Wiggle, who left the band, 5) Fact, 6) Fact, 7) Fiction, they sing
“Lovebug,” 8) Fact, 9) Fiction, their names are Kendall, James, Carlos and Logan, 10) True
Joke s and
Riddle s
Q:
What kind of concert scares
balloons?
Q:
What’s the difference
between a piano and a fish?
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Answers: 1) Drums 2) Guitar, 3) Piano, 4) Saxophone, 5) Violin, 6) Keyboards, 7) Banjo
Fact or Fiction?
Joke s and Riddles
Behind the Scenes
Have you ever seen a concert and thought how cool it
would be to sing to hundreds of fans? While performing can
be fun, it can also be a lot of work.
Most concerts are part of a tour that travels from town to
town, usually by bus for several weeks at a time. In addition
to spending a lot of time on the road, performers must also
spend a lot of time practicing at each stop on the tour. They
must make sure their equipment is set up right, they can
move around the stage freely and they sound great.
While on tour, performers might also have to attend
special events, do interviews, meet with fans and sign
autographs. It all depends upon how big the tour is and
what the people putting on the tour want.
COLORING PICTURE
A: A pop concert.
A: You can’t “tuna” a fish.
What Rhymes with
List 10 words that rhyme with “play.”
1.
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What the NFL Combine tells us DDD Sports Scoreboard
By MICHAEL MAROT
AP Sports Writer
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —
Football fans see the NFL’s
annual scouting combine
as merely a numbers
game that comes down to
the times, jumps and drills
they witness on television.
NFL executives are
more interested in getting behind-the-scenes
answers through medical
checks and personal interviews.
It’s a delicate balancing
act.
‘‘When we finally get
the measurables on the
underclassmen, when we
find out where they are
medically, where they are
physically, where they are
with the interviews, then
we’ll have a better idea (of
where they rank),’’ ESPN
draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr.
said on a conference call
with reporters Monday,
one day before the first
players begin arriving in
Indianapolis.
Sure, the workouts
matter.
Chris Johnson’s draft
skyrocketed after breaking
the combine record with
a 4.24-second 40-yard
dash in 2008. Cornerback
Byron Jones jumped up
draft boards — literally
— after a record-breaking
broad jump of 12 feet, 3
inches last February. Both
wound up being firstround picks.
The ramifications for
those who underperform
or sit out can be damaging, too.
In 2014, quarterback
Teddy Bridgewater decided
not to throw in Indy, then
had a less-than-stellar
pro day at Louisville. The
result: A player thought
to be in the running as
the No. 1 overall pick was
still available at the end of
the first round, a plummet
that cost Bridgewater big
bucks.
He led the Minnesota
Vikings to the 2015 NFC
North title this season.
The most costly mistakes come when teams
miss red flags.
Two
years
after
Cleveland took Heisman
Trophy-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel, his
off-the-field problems have
led to wide speculation the
Browns will release their
once future franchise
quarterback. San Diego
and Oakland found themselves in similar dilemmas with Ryan Leaf and
JaMarcus Russell through
the years.
That’s why longtime
NFL
decision-makers,
such as Hall of Fame
executive Bill Polian, insist
the most essential component during combine
week is what nobody actually sees — real answers
to some basic questions
from the more than 300
players who show up each
February, especially from
players who have histories
of injuries or off-the-field
troubles.
Some other things to
watch this week:
MEDICAL
TESTS:
Nobody may have more
at stake this week than
two of this year’s top-rated
linebackers, UCLA’s Myles
Jack and Notre Dame’s
Jaylon Smith. Both finSTANDINGS
ished their seasons with NBA
By The Associated Press
torn knee ligaments and EASTERN CONFERENCE
Division
while both could be taken Atlantic
W L Pct
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among the first 15 picks, Toronto 37 18 .673
—
Boston
33
25
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5
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this week will be the first
New York
24 34 .414 14 1/2
time NFL doctors have a Brooklyn 15 41 .268 22 1/2
real chance to get a peek Philadelphia 8 47 .145 29
Southeast Division
at their recoveries.
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2
The next big players in Charlotte
29 26 .527 2 1/2
the NFL are likely to take Washington 25 29 .463
6
Orlando 24 30 .444
7
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Division
current biggest names in W L Pct
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two days of the combine, Chicago 29 26 .527
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28 29 .491
13
when coaches and general Detroit Milwaukee 24 33 .421
17
managers typically pro- WESTERN CONFERENCE
vide offseason updates. Southwest Division
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Antonio
47 9 .839
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Dallas 30 27 .526 17 1/2
about the futures of play- Houston
28 28 .500
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ers such as Robert Griffin New Orleans 22 33 .400 24 1/2
III, Peyton Manning and Northwest Division
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Manziel among others.
Oklahoma City 40 16 .714
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29 27 .518
11
RULES CHANGES: The Portland Utah 27 28 .491 12 1/2
NFL’s competition commit- Denver
22 34 .393
18
Minnesota
18
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Pacific Division
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L.A. Clippers 36 19 .655
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als at the March owners’ Sacramento
23 31 .426 26 1/2
meetings in Boca Raton, Phoenix 14 42 .250 36 1/2
11 47 .190 40 1/2
Florida. Hot topics this L.A. Lakers
year could include a more ———
stringent definition of Sunday’s Games
leveland 115, Oklahoma City 92
what’s considered a catch, C
New Orleans 111, Detroit 106
and whether players who Boston 121, Denver 101
an Antonio 118, Phoenix 111
receive multiple personal SToronto
98, Memphis 85
fouls in a game should be Charlotte 104, Brooklyn 96
I
ndiana
105,
Orlando 102
ejected.
Dallas 129, Philadelphia 103
BUYER
BEWARE: Chicago 126, L.A. Lakers 115
Every year, some player Portland 115, Utah 111
Monday’s Games
turns heads with big num- Detroit 96, Cleveland 88
bers, only to fail misera- Miami 101, Indiana 93, OT
122, New York 95
bly. Past workout warriors TMoronto
innesota 124, Boston 122
on this list include Brent Milwaukee 108, L.A. Lakers 101
olden State 102, Atlanta 92
Fullwood, Mike Mamula G
Phoenix at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
and Tony Mandarich. One Tuesday’s Games
rlando at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
thing that is almost cer- O
New Orleans at Washington, 7 p.m.
tain is it will happen again Sacramento at Denver, 9 p.m.
Houston at Utah, 9 p.m.
to some team this year.
Curry, Warriors fastest to 50 wins over Hawks
ATLANTA
(AP)
—
Stephen Curry scored 36
points and the Golden
State Warriors became the
fastest team in NBA history to 50 wins, beating
the Atlanta Hawks 102-92
Monday night after squandering a 23-point lead.
The Warriors (50-5)
eclipsed the mark set
by the 1995-96 Chicago
Bulls, who needed one
more game to win their
50th. Of course, that’s the
team Golden State is chasing, moving another step
closer to the record 72-10
mark put up by Michael
Jordan & Co. at the height
of their six-titles-in-eightyears dynasty.
Atlanta closed the third
quarter on a 28-6 run and
grabbed the lead briefly
early in the fourth, igniting the sellout crowd. But
the Warriors would not
be denied, bouncing back
to hand the Hawks their
fourth straight home loss.
Klay Thompson added
27 points for the Warriors.
Both he and Curry knocked
down five shots from
3-point range. Draymond
Green had 14 rebounds
and nine assists.
Al Horford led the
Hawks with 23 points.
PISTONS
96,
CAVALIERS 88
CLEVELAND (AP) —
Reggie Jackson scored 23
points, Kentavious CaldwellPope added 19 and Detroit
withstood Cleveland’s late
comeback to snap a fivegame losing streak.
One day after allowing New Orleans center
Anthony Davis to score 59
points with 20 rebounds,
the Pistons beat the
Eastern Conference’s top
team for the second time
this season.
Andre
Drummond
added 15 rebounds for
the Pistons, who let an
18-point lead in the fourth
quarter dwindle to six
before putting away the
Cavs and ending their fivegame winning streak.
Kyrie Irving scored 30
and Kevin Love 24 for
Cleveland, which had an
off night after looking so
impressive in a win at
Oklahoma City on Sunday.
LeBron James scored just
12 points — 13 below his
average — and went 5 of
18 from the floor, missing
all four 3-point tries and
committing six turnovers.
Tobias Harris, acquired
contract; signed Bobby Parnell, rhp,
New York Mets, to a minor league
contract ($1.5 million).
TEXAS (2) — Re-signed Colby
Lewis, rhp, to a $6 million, one-year
contract; signed Jeremy Guthrie, rhp,
Kansas City, to a minor league contract ($1.75 million).
TORONTO (4) — Re-signed Marco
Estrada, rhp, to a $26 million, twoyear contract; signed J.A. Happ, lhp,
Pittsburgh, to a $36 million, threeyear contract; re-signed Maicer
Izturis, 2b, to a minor league contract
($900,000); signed Gavin Floyd, rhp,
Cleveland, to a $1 million, one-year
contract.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
ATLANTA (6) — Re-signed A.J.
Pierzynski, c, to a $3 million, twoyear contract; signed Bud Norris, rhp,
San Diego, to a $2.5 million, oneyear contract; signed Gordon Beckham, 3b, Chicago White Sox, to a
$1.25 million, one-year contract;
signed Kelly Johnson, of-inf, New
York Mets, to a $2 million, one-year
contract; signed Kyle Kendrick, rhp,
Colorado, to a minor league contract
($2 million); signed Jeff Francoeur,
of, Philadelphia, to a minor league
contract.
CHICAGO (6) — Signed John
Lackey, rhp, St. Louis, to a $32 million, two-year contract; signed Ben
Zobrist, inf, Kansas City, to a $56 million, four-year contract; re-signed
Trevor Cahill, rhp, to a $4.25 million,
one-year contract; signed Jason Heyward, of, St. Louis, to a $184 million,
eight-year contract; signed Munenori
Kawasaki, inf, Toronto, to a minor
league contract ($900,000); signed
Manny Parra, lhp, Cincinnati, to a
minor league contract ($520,000).
LOS ANGELES (5) — Brett Anderson, lhp, accepted $15.8 million qualifying offer; re-signed Chase Utley,
2b, to a $7 million, one-year contract;
signed Scott Kazmir, lhp, Houston, to
a $48 million, three-year contract;
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Sunday’s Games
Iowa 84, Westchester 80
Canton 116, Raptors 93
Los Angeles 121, Fort Wayne 106
Monday’s Games
Grand Rapids 112, Maine 107
Tuesday’s Games
Erie at Reno, 2 p.m.
Fort Wayne at Sioux Falls, 7:30 p.m.
Raptors at Iowa, 8 p.m.
Santa Cruz at Rio Grande Valley, 8
p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Grand Rapids at Canton, 7 p.m.
National Hockey League
By The Associated Press
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W LOTPts GF GA
Florida 593418 7 75164137
Tampa Bay 593322 4 70163148
Boston 603222 6 70185169
Detroit 60292011 69151157
Ottawa 602826 6 62172186
Montreal 602827 5 61163165
Buffalo 602429 7 55144166
Toronto 57202710 50140172
Metropolitan Division
GP W LOTPts GF GA
Washington 584410 4 92194133
N.Y. Rangers593419 6 74171150
N.Y. Islanders573119 7 69164144
Pittsburgh 583020 8 68154151
New Jersey 602924 7 65133141
Carolina 60272310 64148160
Philadelphia 58262111 63144158
Columbus 602429 7 55155188
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W LOTPts GF GA
Chicago 623819 5 81176148
Dallas 603717 6 80194169
St. Louis
623518 9 79156150
Nashville 60282111 67156155
Colorado 623127 4 66165173
Minnesota 59272210 64156148
Winnipeg 582529 4 54149171
Pacific Division
GP W LOTPts GF GA
Los Angeles 583420 4 72157137
Anaheim 583119 8 70146141
San Jose 583221 5 69174157
Arizona 592726 6 60163183
Vancouver 59232412 58142168
Calgary 582629 3 55160180
Edmonton 602232 6 50150184
OTE: Two points for a win, one
N
point for overtime loss.
Sunday’s Games
Pittsburgh 4, Buffalo 3
Minnesota 6, Chicago 1
N.Y. Rangers 1, Detroit 0, OT
Tampa Bay 4, Carolina 2
Anaheim 5, Calgary 2
Vancouver 5, Colorado 1
Monday’s Games
Nashville 2, Montreal 1, SO
Columbus 6, Boston 4
Washington 3, Arizona 2
San Jose 6, St. Louis 3
Tuesday’s Games
N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Arizona at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.
Ottawa at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
Calgary at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Montreal at Washington, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Boston, 7:30 p.m.
San Jose at Colorado, 10 p.m.
Buffalo at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m.
Monday’s Transactions
By The Associated Press
BASEBALL
American League
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed
to terms with INF Jimmy Rollins on a
minor league contract.
NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed
to terms with 1B Chris Parmelee on a
minor league contract.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Claimed
LHP Sean Nolin off waivers by Milwaukee. National League
ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to
terms with OF Jeff Francoeur on a
minor league contract.
CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to
terms with LHP Manny Parra on a
minor league contract.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
DETROIT PISTONS — Announced
the trade of C Joel Anthony and a
protected 2016 first-round draft pick
to Houston for F-C Donatas Motiejunas and G Marcus Thornton was
rescinded because medical clearance was not given on all players.
DALLAS MAVERICKS — Signed F
David Lee. Waived G John Jenkins.
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS —
Waived F Jason Thompson. Agreed
to terms with C Anderson Varejao for
the remainder of the season.
NEW YORK KNICKS — Signed G
Jimmer Fredette to a 10-day contract.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS — Resigned P Drew Butler.
DENVER BRONCOS — Signed TE
Richard Gordon and DL Phil Taylor.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Waived
LB Jonathan Newsome. Released LB
Andy Studebaker.
NEW YORK JETS — Released CB
Antonio Cromartie.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES —
Agreed to terms with S Malcolm Jenkins on a five-year contract.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS —
Waived TE Brian Leonhardt.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS —
Reassigned C Vincent Hinostroza to
Rockford (AHL).
from Orlando in a trade
last week, scored 14 in his
first start for the Pistons.
RAPTORS
122,
KNICKS 95
NEW YORK (AP) — Kyle
Lowry had 22 points, 11 NBA Development League
rebounds and 11 assists By The Associated Press
for his first triple-double
of the season, DeMar
DeRozan also scored 22
while becoming the winningest player in Raptors
history, and Toronto beat
New York.
Jonas
Valanciunas
added 20 points for the
Raptors, who won so easily
that Knicks interim coach
Kurt Rambis changed his
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of the blowout and inserted Jimmer Fredette.
Saturday inserts
Just signed to a 10-day
contract, the former college
average over $30 in
player of the year made a
Coupons
3-pointer on his lone shot
attempt — about the only
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thing Knicks fans had to
cheer during the team’s
12th loss in 14 games.
DeRozan passed Chris
Bosh and Morris Peterson
with his 233rd win in
six-plus years wearing a
Raptors uniform.
Carmelo
Anthony
had 23 points and 11
rebounds.
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A look at the MLB free agent signings...
NEW YORK (AP) — The 115 free
agents who have signed, with name,
position, former club if different, and
contract. The contract information
was obtained by The Associated
Press from player and management
source. For players with minor league
contracts, letter agreements for major
league contracts are in parentheses:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BOSTON (2) — Signed Chris
Young, of, to a $13 million, two-year
contract; signed David Price, lhp,
Toronto, to a $217 million, sevenyear contract.
CHICAGO (5) — Signed Alex Avila,
c, Detroit, to a $2.5 million, one-year
contract; signed Dioner Navarro, c,
Toronto, to a $4 million, one-year
contract; re-signed Matt Albers, rhp,
to a $2.25 million, one-year contract;
signed Mat Latos, rhp, Los Angeles
Angels, to a $3 million, one-year contract; signed Jimmy Rollins, ss, Los
Angeles Dodgers, to a minor league
contract ($2 million).
CLEVELAND (6) — Signed Rajai
Davis, of, Detroit, to a $5.25 million,
one-year contract; signed Tom Gorzelanny, lhp, Detroit, to a minor
league contract ($1 million); signed
Joe Thatcher, lhp, Houston, to a
minor league contract ($1 million);
signed Ross Detwiler, lhp, Atlanta, to
a minor league contract ($1 million);
signed Mike Napoli, 1b, Texas, to a
$7 million, one-year contract; signed
Tommy Hunter, rhp, Chicago Cubs,
to a $2 million, one-year contract.
DETROIT (7) — Signed Jordan
Zimmermann, rhp, Washington, to a
$110 million, five-year contract;
signed Mike Pelfrey, rhp, Minnesota,
to a $16 million, two-year contract;
signed Jarrod Saltalamacchia, c, Arizona, to a $507,500, one-year contract; signed Mark Lowe, rhp, Toronto, to an $11 million, two-year contract; signed Mike Aviles, inf-of,
Cleveland, to a $2 million, one-year
contract; signed Justin Upton, of, San
Diego, to a $132.75 million, six-year
rooklyn at Portland, 10 p.m.
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Wednesday’s Games
Charlotte at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
New York at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Golden State at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at Chicago, 8 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Memphis, 8 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
San Antonio at Sacramento, 10:30
p.m.
Denver at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
East Conference
Central Division
W L
Sioux Falls
26 7
Canton 21 13
Grand Rapids 17 16
Fort Wayne
15 18
Iowa 15 18
Atlantic Division
W L
Maine 20 14
Westchester 19 16
Delaware 17 18
Raptors 13 22
Erie 11 23
West Conference
Southwestern Division
W L
Austin 21 13
Rio GrandeValley1816
Texas 17 16
Oklahoma City 12 23
Pacific Division
W L
Reno 23 11
Los Angeles
20 16
Bakersfield 15 21
Idaho 14 23
Santa Cruz
12 22
signed Joe Blanton, rhp, Pittsburgh.
to a $4 million, one-year contract; resigned Howie Kendrick, 2b, to a $20
million, two-year contract.
NEW YORK (6) — Signed Asdrubal
Cabrera, ss, Tampa Bay, to an $18.5
million, two-year contract; re-signed
Jerry Blevins, lhp, to a $4 million,
one-year contract; re-signed Bartolo
Colon, rhp, to a $7.25 million, oneyear contract; signed Alejandro De
Aza, of, San Francisco, to a $5.75
million, one-year contract; signed
Antonio Bastardo, lhp, Pittsburgh, to
a $12 million, two-year contract; resigned Yoenis Cespedes, of, to a $75
million, three-year contract.
PITTSBURGH (5) — Re-signed
Sean Rodriguez, inf-of, to a $2.5 million, one-year contract; signed Ryan
Vogelsong, rhp, San Francisco, to a
$2 million, one-year contract; signed
John Jaso, 1b-c, Tampa Bay, to a $8
million, two-year contract; signed Eric
O’Flaherty, lhp, New York Mets, to a
minor league contract ($1.75 million);
signed Matt Joyce, of, Los Angeles
Angels, to a minor league contract
($1 million).
ST. LOUIS (3) — Signed Brayan
Pena, c, Cincinnati, to a $5 million,
two-year contract; re-signed Jonathan Broxton, rhp, to a $7.5 million,
two-year contract; signed Mike
Leake, rhp, San Francisco, to an $80
million, five-year contract.
SAN DIEGO (6) — Signed Carlos
Villanueva, rhp, St. Louis, to a $1.5
million, one-year contract; signed
Alexei Ramirez, ss, Chicago White
Sox, to a $4 million, one-year contract; re-signed Brandon Morrow, rhp,
to a minor league contract ($1.5 million); signed Fernando Rodney, rhp,
Chicago Cubs, to a $2 million, oneyear contract; signed Skip Schumaker, inf-of, Cincinnati, to a minor
league contract ($1.25 million);
signed Casey Janssen, rhp, Washington, to a minor league contract
($1.25 million).
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MLB takes a long look at domestic violence
By JANIE McCAULEY
AP Baseball Writer
PHOENIX (AP) — Baseball
Commissioner Rob Manfred
says he has made ‘‘additional
progress’’ toward decisions
on two of the first three cases
under Major League Baseball’s
domestic violence policy and
he expects an announcement
in the next couple of days.
‘‘The substance of this policy uses a ‘just cause’ standard and also creates kind of
a clean slate,’’ Manfred said,
speaking Monday during his
visit to the Cactus League in
Arizona. ‘‘I am giving really
thorough consideration to the
cases that I have in front of
me and thinking their relevance obviously to the individual players, the individual
facts most important, but also
with an eye toward starting
something new. It’s important
to try to get these as right
as possible. ... We’re close
to having an announcement
with respect to at two of the
three.’’
Manfred again would not
specify which two cases he
was going to rule on first.
MLB is investigating New
York Yankees closer Aroldis
Chapman, Colorado Rockies
shortstop Jose Reyes and Los
Angeles Dodgers outfielder
Yasiel Puig.
While the idea of expansion remains intriguing to
Manfred, he said nothing
would happen until a new
collective bargaining agreement is in place to replace the
deal that expires Dec. 1. He
has said Oakland and Tampa
Bay likely must solve their
ballpark issues before expansion could be explored.
‘‘The idea of having nice
even numbers in each league
would be a good thing,’’ he
said of adding a club each to
the American and National
Leagues. ‘‘The timeline, it’s
not immediate. It’s not a topic
we would begin to consider
until we have a new agreement in place.’’
Also, Manfred said there
are discussions about a regular-season game in Europe
though it might need to be at
a non-traditional time in the
schedule given weather considerations. Regular-season
games in Puerto Rico and
a spring training contest in
Cuba next month involving
Tampa Bay also are in the
works.
‘‘We are interested in playing somewhere in Europe,
London
in
particular,’’
Manfred said.
For cities that have passed
ordinances banning smokeless tobacco in ballparks and
other sporting venues — such
as San Francisco and Boston
— Manfred said players must
follow the law.
‘‘Major
league
players are citizens,’’ he said.
‘‘Municipalities pass laws. We
expect that our players will
comply with those laws.’’
When it comes to the smallbudget Athletics, Manfred
would like the team to work
to find a suitable home in its
current location while leaving
it to the club to decide on the
best site option.
‘‘I would like the A’s to find
a site that’s within their current market of Oakland,’’ he
said. ‘‘That’s a local issue.
I’m sure they’ll make a sound
analysis and a good deci-
sion on the site they think is
best.’’
Acquired by the Yankees
from the Cincinnati Reds in
a December trade, Chapman
is under investigation for
an incident at his house in
Florida in October involving
his girlfriend. Chapman is
alleged to have fired a gun
during the incident.
Prosecutors declined to file
charges. Chapman has said
he would appeal any suspension to baseball’s arbitrator,
his right under the policy.
Reyes is allegedly to
have assaulted his wife on
Halloween in a Hawaii hotel
and is scheduled to go on
trial April 4.
Puig was involved in an
argument with his sister at
the Miami bar Blue Martini
on Nov. 25. According to the
Miami Police Department,
Puig and a bouncer at the
bar were involved in a fight
after Puig was asked to leave
following the argument with
his sister. Puig was left with
a swollen left eye and ‘‘minor
bumps and bruises’’ to his
face.
Heat best Indy in OT; Pacers offense goes cold late
By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writer
MIAMI (AP) — While waiting
for word on Chris Bosh, the
Miami Heat aren’t waiting to
start their playoff push.
Goran Dragic scored 24
points, Hassan Whiteside finished with 19 points and 18
rebounds, and the Heat won
their third consecutive game to
start the post-All-Star schedule, rallying from 14 points
down to beat the Indiana
Pacers 101-93 in overtime
Monday night.
Dwyane Wade added 16
points and Justise Winslow
scored 15 for Miami, which
won despite shooting only 38
percent. The Heat grabbed
66 rebounds for the second consecutive game after
reaching that mark only
three times in their first 28
seasons.
Luol Deng added 13 points
and 16 rebounds for Miami.
Paul George had 31 points
and 11 rebounds for the
Pacers, and Myles Turner
scored 16. But Indiana’s starting backcourt of Monta Ellis
and George Hill missed 22 of
24 shots.
Ellis was 2 for 17, the worst
game in the NBA this season
for anyone taking 15 or more
shots. The Pacers missed their
first six attempts of the extra
session, and Miami took control.
Indiana opened the game
on an 11-0 run and led by 14
before Miami came back. The
Heat finished the half on an
11-0 spurt of their own to get
to 44-41 at the break, then
wound up leading by as many
as six late in the third quarter
before a frenzied finish to regulation.
Wade made two free throws
with 4.5 seconds left to put
Miami up one, but was called
for a foul on a pass by Ellis
with 0.8 seconds remaining.
Ellis missed the first, made the
second and off they went to
overtime tied at 88.
Miami outscored the Pacers
13-5 in the extra period.
The Heat were again without
Bosh, who is still determining
how or when he can return
this season after a blood clot —
an issue that ended his 201415 season, though in a much
more severe way — was found
in his leg at All-Star weekend, a person with knowledge
of the situation has told The
Associated Press. The team
still hasn’t even been able to
reveal that is Bosh’s issue, and
the All-Star forward has not
made any public statements
about the matter.
NEVER LEAVING THIS BOARD—
Taking his second consecutive
diving sectional title, Bellmont’s
Connor Ross enjoys his blue ribbon on one of the Jay County swim
boards Saturday. Ross and South
Adams’ Xavier Rupp are the only
boys to advance past sectional
competition as both will battle on
the boards at Fishers High School
tonight at diving regionals. (Photo
provided)
Sharks put up six goals; Caps outlast Coyotes
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tomas
Hertl, Logan Couture and Joe
Thornton each scored two
goals, powering the San Jose
Sharks to a 6-3 victory over
the St. Louis Blues on Monday
night.
Thornton also had two
assists as San Jose improved to
21-9-2 on the road, matching
their total road wins from last
season. At home, the Sharks
are just 11-12-3.
The Blues lost goalie
Brian Elliott to a lower -body
injury in the first period.
San Jose defenseman Matt
Tennyson in the first period
and after he was driven into
the glass.
Hertl had two of San Jose’s
three goals in the first. He also
scored in the Sharks’ 5-2 loss
at Carolina on Friday.
Vladimir Tarasenko had a
goal and two assists for St.
Louis. David Backes and Jay
Bouwmeester also scored.
CAPITALS 3, COYOTES 2
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike
Richards scored his first goal
in more than a year, leading the
Capitals to the victory.
Alex
Ovechkin
put
Washington ahead with his
league-leading 39th goal of
the season and had an assist.
Evgeny Kuznetsov also had a
goal and an assist for NHLbest Washington, which won its
fourth straight and ninth in its
last 10 games.
Defensemen Connor Murphy
and Kevin Connauton scored
for Arizona, which began a
five-game East Coast road trip
with its second consecutive
loss. Louis Domingue made 31
saves.
Only seconds after Ovechkin’s
goal made it 2-1, Domingue
appeared to have the puck cov-
ered with a glove in his crease
when Washington’s Tom Wilson
reached a stick in to poke it
away. It found Richards, who
rifled home Washington’s second goal in 26 seconds. Coyotes
coach Dave Tippett challenged
the goal, but it stood.
PREDATORS 2, CANADIENS
1, SO
MONTREAL (AP) — Craig
Smith scored the only goal in
the shootout, lifting Nashville
to the road win.
Viktor Arvidsson scored in
the first period for the Predators
(28-21-11), who are 3-0-3 in
their last six games.
Brendan Gallagher scored
his 16th goal for Montreal (2827-5), which has recorded at
least one point in its last five
home games (4-0-1).
Nashville outshot Montreal
29-27 in regulation time and
30-29 overall.
#12 Miami takes 2nd in ACC with Virginia upset
BASELINE-STOPPERS— K105’s Terry Worthman (yellow)
defends local law enforcer Lennie Corral during the annual
CrimeStoppers vs K105 charity game. The officers won the
game by a tight margin, 65-61. (Photo by Jim Hopkins)
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) —
Davon Reed scored 21 points
and No. 12 Miami rebounded
from a 25-point thrashing at
North Carolina with a 64-61
victory over No. 3 Virginia on
Monday night.
Reed’s two free throws
with 3.9 seconds remaining
increased Miami’s lead to its
final margin.
London Perrantes’ gametying attempt from 40 feet at
the buzzer bounced off the
backboard for Virginia.
Miami (22-5, 11-4) took over
sole possession of second place
in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Hurricanes, Cavaliers (216, 10-5) and Louisville began
Monday tied with identical conference records
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Virginia rallied from an
eight-point deficit with seven
straight points behind Malcolm
Brogdon’s jumper and 3-pointer and Perrantes’ layup with
1:22 remaining that got the
Cavaliers within 60-59.
Tonye Jekiri converted one
of two free throws with 36 seconds left to make it 61-59.
Brogdon’s 3-point attempt with
23 seconds left bounced off the
rim.
Brogdon scored 28 points
and was the only double-figure
scorer for the Cavaliers.
No. 14 WEST VIRGINIA 97,
No. 17 IOWA ST. 87
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP)
— Jaysean Paige scored a
career-high 34 points to lead
West Virginia.
www.decaturdailydemocrat.com
The Mountaineers (21-7,
10-5 Big 12) avoided their first
three-game losing streak in two
years and swept the regularseason series from the Cyclones
(19-9, 8-7).
Tarik Phillip added a careerhigh 22 points for West Virginia
while Devin Williams had 13
points and nine rebounds.
The Mountaineers let an
11-point first-half lead slip
away early in the second half
before Paige and Phillip carried
them down the stretch.
Abdel Nader scored 23 points
to lead six Iowa State players in
double figures.
For the Mountaineers, it
marked their highest-scoring
output in the Big 12 this season.