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SONY PICTURES CANCELS DEC. 25 RELEASE OF ‘THE INTERVIEW.’ A14
Easy Street’s holiday production returns
THE ‘MIRACLE’
PUBLIC
FLAK
Plan to cut voting precincts opposed
FALLING
SHORT
Kennesaw State defeats YSU men 90-84
VIBE, C6
LOCAL & STATE, A3
SPORTS, B1
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THURSDAY
DECEMBER 18, 2014
50¢
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOLLYWOOD GAMING
House
OKs bill
for racino
payments
VALLEY RESIDENTS WITH TIES TO CUBA HAIL RESTORATION OF U.S. RELATIONS
Welcome surprise
By ROBERT CONNELLY
rconnelly@vindy.com
Report that he
ripped Neb. AD
comes hours after
YSU introduction
AUSTINTOWN
T he O h i o Hou s e on
Wednesday concurred 79-4
on House Bill 494, which
included an amendment
specifying $500,000 payments to local governments
for the racinos in Austintown and Dayton.
The bill now needs only
the signature of Republican Gov. John Kasich to be
approved.
“We are deeply disappointed that the General
Assembly chose to levy what
amounts to a new state tax
that applies only to our
company in its efforts to get
additional funds to Austintown Township,” said Bob
Tenenbaum, spokesman for
Penn National Gaming Inc.
A spokesman for Kasich
did not comment Wednesday night, but said the governor’s office would comment once the bill is in front
of him.
Tenenbaum went on to
point out the $150 million
in relocation fees that Penn
National will pay over 10
years into a relocation fund
for moving tracks to Austin-
Staff/wire report
OMAHA, NEB.
KATIE RICKMAN | THE VINDICATOR
Geno Bellatto, an owner of Havana House, smokes a cigar in his Boardman Plaza store. If normalization of U.S.-Cuba relations
leads to exports of Cuban cigars to the U.S., it will unleash pent-up Cuban cigar demand here that hasn’t been satisfied since
1960 — the year after Fidel Castro’s Communist Cuban regime came to power, he said Wednesday.
By DENISE DICK
and PETER H. MILLIKEN
news@vindy.com
See RACINO, A4
C
METROPARKS BOARD
Disputed
hire spurs
meeting
By JORDYN GRZELEWSKI
jgrzelewski@vindy.com
YOUNGSTOWN
The Mill Creek MetroParks
board of commissioners
will have a special meeting
tonight to address concerns
that it failed to follow state
law in its selection of a new
executive director.
The meeting, announced
in a release Wednesday
afternoon, will be at 6 p.m.
a t t h e p a r k d i s t r i c t ’s
administrative office at 7574
Columbiana-Canfield Road.
The purpose of the meeting is “to consider the appointment, employment,
and compensation of a new
executive director,” according to the release.
The meeting comes after
media outlets and the public
raised questions about the
process by which the board
decided to hire Aaron Young
to replace Dennis Miller.
Though the board unanimously voted at a public
Pelini
arrives;
so does
drama
HANGE IN U.S. POLICY
toward Cuba is welcome
news to Mahoning Valley
residents with ties to the
Caribbean nation.
“Certainly it’s a welcome change
and it did come as a surprise right
before Christmas,” said Dr. Milton
Sanchez-Parodi, a Poland physician. “It’s a surprise that there are
so many changes that the president
has addressed.”
Dr. Sanchez-Parodi came to the
United States from Cuba in 1962.
He was 13. Initially, the family lived
in Miami, then moved to California.
CERTAINLY IT’S A
WELCOME CHANGE
AND IT DID COME
AS A SURPRISE RIGHT BEFORE
CHRISTMAS.”
Dr. Milton Sanchez-Parodi,
Poland
He came to the Mahoning Valley
27 years ago.
Some of his family members
remain in Cuba, and while he hasn’t
returned for the last two years, he
used to visit annually.
President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that full diplomatic relations with Cuba would be
restored after more than 50 years.
The U.S. will open an embassy in
Havana. The agreement follows the
release by Cuban authorities of U.S.
contractor Alan Gross, who was
imprisoned for five years; and
the U.S. release of members of an
alleged Cuban spy ring.
The U.S. embargo against Cuba
began in 1960 after Fidel Castro’s
forces wrested power from dictator
Fulgenico Batista the previous year.
Batista fled the country. In 1961, the
U.S. severed relations with Cuba
and closed the embassy.
President John F. Kennedy expanded the embargo in 1962.
See REACTION, A4
After more than 5 decades, the time was right
By PAUL HAVEN
Associated Press
MEXICO CITY
After 53 years of hostility
between the United States
and Cuba, the timing to
make amends was perfect
for both governments.
The breakthrough in U.S.Cuban relations came with
t he release
U ANALYSIS of American
A la n Gross
and an unnamed U.S. intelligence agent, and the freeing
of three jailed Cuban agents.
T he long t i me enem ies
a nnounced t hey wou ld
move toward full diplomatic
relations, and Washington
said it would ease economic
and travel restrictions.
The surprise moves come
as President Barack Obama
is turning his attention
to legacy issues, and Raul
Castro is trying to boost his
nation’s economic fortunes
in the face of stalled reforms
and falling oil prices that
have hit his allies hard.
“After today, everything
changes,” said Carlos Alzugaray, a former Cuban diplomat who lives on the island
and has close relations with
the Castro government.
“This promises to be the
ASSOCIATED PRESS
biggest shift in our rela- Secretary of State John Kerry, center left, embraces Alan
tions in 50 years,” said Ted Gross at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on Wednesday.
See U.S.-CUBA, A2
Gross, a government contract worker who had been held
in Cuba for five years, arrived in the U.S. on Wednesday.
See PARKS, A4
On the day he was introduced as Youngstown State’s
new head coach, the ugly
nature of Bo Pelini’s departure from Nebraska was
revealed.
Pelini, who was fired Nov.
30, lambasted Nebraska athletic director Shawn Eichorst
in a profanity-filled talk
during his
PELINI
final meeting w it h
LOOKS TO
his players.
RESTORE
The OmaPENGUINS
ha WorldFOOTBALL
Herald on
TRADITION
Wednesday
r e p o r t e d Sports, B1
that it had
a writer listen to an audiotape of Pelini’s address to the
players on Dec. 2 at a Lincoln
high school.
The university said in a
statement that if the audiotape is authentic, “it only
reaffirms the decision that
he should no longer be a
leader of young men at
Nebraska.”
YSU athletic director Ron
Strollo responded to The
Vindicator late Wednesday
via text.
“We recognize that Coach
Pelini is a passionate individual and that he shares a
special bond with his players,” Strollo said in text
relayed to the newspaper
by YSU sports information
d i re c tor Tre vor Pa rk s.
“Coach Pelini, his family,
his team and coaches have
endured a very emotional
time. He has a desire to be a
leader and have an impact
on our community.”
The Vindicator left a voicemail with Pelini on WednesSee PELINI, A4
FELLAS THIS
ALL STAYS
HERE. A GUY
LIKE HIM
WHO HAS NO INTEGRITY,
HE DOESN’T UNDERSTAND
WHAT A CORE VALUE IS.”
Bo Pelini,
referring to Nebraska AD
Shawn Eichorst in a final
meeting with his players
inside
INDEX
Business . . . . . . . . B5
Classifieds . . . . D3-5
Comics . . . . . . . . . D6
Courts . . . . . . . . . . A9
Crossword . . . . . . D3
Editorial . . . . A12-13
Legal ads. . . . . . . . A9
Lotteries . . . . . . . . A2
Sports. . . . . . . . . .B1-4
Tributes. . . . . A10-11
TV Grid . . . . . . . . . B6
Valley Grows . . . . D1
Weather. . . . . . . . . B6
today UAW members care and share to help families in need
By KALEA HALL
khall@vindy.com
GO-AHEAD ON LIQUOR
Youngstown council voted not to object
to Crickets Bar & Grille’s liquor permit.
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WARREN
General Motors Lordstown
retirees Maryola Stemple
and Linda St. John pass out
corn and chicken broth in
assembly-line fashion.
For several years they have
come together to the United
Auto Workers Local 1112
Care and Share food distribution at the union hall, and
Wednesday’s event was no
different.
They worked alongside
other Local 1112 active and
nonactive members to fill
boxes for a little more than
300 families in need.
“It is the right thing to,”
said St. John, who retired in
2005.
“It is rewarding to know
we ca n help someone,”
Stemple said.
That someone includes
Ashley Rosa, a 31-year-old
mother of two from Austintown. Her daughter, Arionna
Bass, 3, joined her Wednesday to get an assortment of
groceries from spaghetti
sauce to peanut butter and
JEFF LANGE | THE VINDICATOR
jelly.
Maryola Stemple of Warren, center, and Brenda Zannetakk of
“It will help us get through Lordstown place food items into a box Thomas Clunen of YoungsSee UAW, A4
town pushes through the assembly line at the Care and Share event
at the United Auto Workers Local 1112 Hall in Warren.
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The sav ings estimate Ohio back-to-school
shoppers would get with a three-day reprieve
from the state’s sales tax under a bill headed to Gov. John Kasich’s desk. It exempts backto-school clothing, school supplies and instructional materials from state sales tax for three days
in August 2015.
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QUOTABLE
COMPLETE FORECAST, B6.
TODAY: Cloudy.
TONIGHT: Cloudy
with a 40 percent
chance of snow
showers. Low in the
mid-20s.
High in the lower
30s.
GOOD MORNING
RESOURCE FAIR
The Lawrence County
Council of Community
Services will offer a “Merry
Resource Fair” from 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m. today at The Confluence, 214 E. Washington
St., New Castle, Pa.
During the fair, local
service providers will man
booths to inform event
guests about the variety of
services available for those
who are seeking assistance.
Business people, clergy,
new staff of social service
agencies and anyone in
customer service who often
gets asked, “Where do I
go for help?” are expected
to attend, and any groups
who face this same issue
are encouraged to participate. The fair is open to the
public.
In addition to the shared
information, the event will
offer holiday music and a
festive atmosphere.
SINATRA SHOW
Theatre on 3 will present
“Christmas My Way: A Sinatra Holiday Bash” at 7 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, and 2
p.m. Sunday at the Winner
Arts & Culture Center, 98 E.
State St., downtown Sharon,
Pa.
The musical revue
includes 40 hit songs and
stars Delila Danch, Renee
DiAlesdro, Alison Schemrich and Anthony Ventura.
Tickets are $15 to $30; go to
accsharon.org or call 724983-8222.
GIVING TREE
The Boardman and Niles
Ghossain’s locations are
conducting giving-tree
campaigns through Friday
to benefit the patients at
Akron Children’s Hospital
Mahoning Valley.
Customers at both
locations, 3990 South Ave.
in Boardman, or 6261
Youngstown-Warren Road
in Niles, can select a gift tag
from the specially decorated trees in each store.
Customers can deliver their
donations of unwrapped
new books and toys on
their next visit. Monetary
donations also will be accepted.
For information, call
330-746-9128. For a list of
the most-needed toy items,
visit the Akron Children’s
website at www.akronchildrens.org/cms/giving.
GET TICKETS NOW
Tickets are on sale at
ticketmaster.com for Garth
Brooks, who will come to
Consol Energy Center for
three concerts: Feb. 5 at 7:30
p.m., and Feb. 7 at 6:30 p.m.
and 10:30 p.m.
Opening the show will be
Trisha Yearwood.
LOTTERIES
Anti-Castro activists Osvaldo
Hernandez, right, and Miguel
Saavedra, second from
right, chant anti-Obama slogans in the Little Havana
area of Miami on Wednesday.
Hernandez and Saavedra expressed their disagreement
with a surprise move that was
announced by senior Obama
administration officials that
could pave the way for a major
shift in U.S. policy toward the
communist island nation.
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Jackpot in Wednesday’s
Powerball drawing was an
estimated $80 million.
Jackpot in Friday’s Mega
Millions drawing is an
estimated $125 million.
“Certainly it’s a welcome
change and it did come
as a surprise right before
Christmas.”
Dr. Milton SanchezParodi, a Poland physician.
President Barack Obama
announced Wednesday that
full diplomatic relations
with Cuba would be
restored after more than 50
years. Dr. Sanchez-Parodi
came to the United States
from Cuba in 1962, when he
was 13.
“Alcoholic beverages are a
key contributor to the
calories Americans are consuming, and most of the time
when people have a drink,
they have absolutely no idea
what its caloric impact is.”
Margo Wootan, of the
Center for Science in the
Public Interest, which
petitioned the government
more than a decade ago
to require that bottles and
cans be labeled with
nutritional information.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S.-CUBA
Continued from A1
Henken, an analyst and author of
“Entrepreneurial Cuba,” which examines the economic and social
changes Castro has instituted since
taking over from his more famous
brother in 2006.
Those changes have allowed Cubans to buy and sell property, buy a
car, travel abroad without permission, open their own businesses and
hire employees. But reforms have
fizzled recently due to Cubans’ lack
of cash.
Cuba’s moribund economy grew by
just 1.4 percent this year, according to
the government’s own estimates, and
many private businesses that opened
to fanfare in the last couple of years
have closed. A recent foreign investment law so far has failed to attract
much capital.
Meanwhile, the dramatic slide
in global oil prices has cratered the
economy of Cuba’s main benefactor,
Venezuela, which supplies the island
with about $3 billion a year in heavily
subsidized oil. Another key ally, Russia, also is in economic turmoil.
“If you look around the world,
[Cuba is] in urgent need of economic
resources, hard currency. Russia’s
under sanctions of course; Iran’s under sanctions; the Chinese are pretty
hard-headed businesspeople,” said
Paul Webster Hare, a former British
ambassador to Havana. “So if they
want to quickly turn on the tap of
new hard currency, America is top of
the list.”
Cubans already receive about $2
billion in remittances from the U.S.
each year, a number that is likely to go
up due to the easing of economic restrictions, said Julia Sweig, an analyst
at the Council on Foreign Relations.
An increase in Americans traveling to
the island, and new allowances that
will let them bring Cuba’s famous
rum and cigars back with them, also
will be a welcome jolt.
Another reason for Cuba’s openness could be more personal.
Raul is 83, Fidel, 88, and both men
are acutely aware they will not be
around much longer to oversee the
revolution they led in 1959. President
Castro has said he aims to step down
in 2018 and wants to leave the country well on a path to reform — on his
terms.
Alzugaray, the former Cuban diplomat, said Castro could face opposition from hardliners, but that he
has the political clout to deal with
any dissent, something his successor
might not.
“This is Raul Castro we’re talking
about, the historic second-in-command of the revolution, and that will
be of influence with even the most
hard-line sectors,” he said.
For Obama, the timing also is propitious. The announcement, which
was immediately criticized by powerful Cuban-American lawmakers
on both sides of the aisle, came the
day after Congress adjourned, and
before Republicans take control of
both houses in January.
It also comes after investigations
by The Associated Press revealed
embarrassing covert programs by
USAID, including an effort to set up
a clandestine “Cuban Twitter” service, and another to co-opt Cuban
hip-hop artists. The New York Times
also has published a series of influential editorials calling for a change
the 2000 film “High Fidelity,” but as himself rather
than in an acting role).
He says he was honored
that Springsteen agreed
to appear in the episode,
NEW YORK which began airing Nov. 21
and marked Van Zandt’s
It’s always a bit uncomfortable having to tell your directorial debut, but there
was “a little bit of anxiety
boss what to do.
involved.”
So imagine how Steven
“I know we’re friends for
Van Zandt felt when he directed his longtime friend 50 years, but still it meant a
lot to me that he chose me
and E Street Band mate
and trusted me enough to
Bruce Springsteen when
direct him when literally
The Boss made his acting
everybody on earth’s been
debut — appearing in the
wanting to do it ,” said Van
third-season finale of the
Zandt, who stars, writes,
Netflix dramedy “Lilyproduces and composes
hammer.” (Springsteen
music for the show.
also briefly appeared in
NEWSMAKERS
Van Zandt fretted
directing Springsteen
in ‘Lilyhammer’
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in Cuba policy. The head of USAID
announced Wednesday that he is
stepping down.
Since the Democrats’ midterm
election shellacking in November,
Obama has been on a mission to
demonstrate that he is not a lame
duck, using his executive powers to
make sweeping policy changes on
immigration and the environment,
and announcing a climate-change
deal with China.
Analysts say ongoing negotiations
could lead to a face-to-face meeting
between Obama and Castro at the
Summit of the Americas in Panama
in April, which Cuba has been invited
to for the first time.
Still, obstacles remain to normal
relations (full diplomatic ties were
cut in 1961). Washington still prohibits American tourism to Cuba, and
the Obama Administration cannot
end the trade embargo without Congressional approval — something
unlikely to happen while a Castro
remains in control in Havana. Any
final agreement likely will need to
address compensation for Cuban exiles who lost property when they fled
their homeland decades ago.
For his part, Castro has made clear
that his country remains committed to the Communist ideals of the
revolution, meaning a multiparty
political democracy, free press and
full-blown capitalism are not in the
cards anytime soon.
And though commercial ties may
be strengthened, Obama won’t be
cutting any ribbons on a McDonald’s
or Starbucks in Cuba in the near future.
Paul Haven, based in Mexico City, was Havana bureau
chief for The Associated Press from 2009 to 2013. Andrea Rodriguez in Havana, Peter Orsi in Managua, Nicaragua and Marjorie Miller in Mexico City contributed.
“Lilyhammer” is a
fish-out-of-water story
about fictional New York
gangster Frank “The Fixer”
Tagliano (Van Zandt), who
is trying to start a new life
in the Norwegian city of
Lillehammer.
Springsteen played
Frank’s older brother
Giuseppe — a small role
that was key to the plot,
Van Zandt said.
some Broadway producers would like to hear from
you.
Nationwide open casting calls were announced
Wednesday to find a new
King and other cast members for “Beautiful — The
Carole King Musical.”
There will be auditions
in New York on Jan. 16;
Seattle on Jan. 24; Orlando,
Fla., on Feb. 7; Pittsburgh
on Feb. 21; and Chicago on
Broadway looking
Feb. 28.
for a new Carole King
The current King, Tony
NEW YORK Award-winner Jessie MuelIf you think you can sing ler, is leaving the show in
“It’s Too Late” and “So Far March.
Away” like Carole King,
Associated Press
BIRTHDAYS
Actor Roger Smith is 82. Blues guitarist Lonnie Brooks
is 81. Actor Roger Mosley (“Magnum, P.I.”) is 76. Guitarist
Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones is 71. Director
Steven Spielberg is 68. Movie critic Leonard Maltin is 64.
Guitarist Elliot Easton of The Cars is 61. Actor Ray Liotta
is 59. Actor Brad Pitt is 51. Actress Rachel Griffiths is 46.
Country singer Cowboy Troy is 44. Rapper DMX is 43. DJ
Lethal of Limp Bizkit is 42. Singer Sia is 39. Country
singer Randy Houser is 38. Actor Josh Dallas (“Once
Upon a Time”) is 36. Actress Katie Holmes is 36. Singer
Christina Aguilera is 34. Actress Ashley Benson (“Pretty
Little Liars”) is 25.
“The question is whether
people will tire of having one
family in charge of things.”
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul,
on Jeb Bush’s announcement to explore the 2016
Republican presidential
run.
CORRECTION
The Cookie Walk will take
place from noon to 2 p.m.
Saturday at St. John the
Baptist Orthodox Church
hall, 301 Struthers-Liberty Road, Campbell. The
time was incorrect in a
story published on A3 in
Wednesday’s paper.
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Announces the availability of the revised Citizen Participation
Plan for a 30-day public comment period. The plan outlines the
process and procedures for public engagement throughout the
Federal annual grant application and reporting cycle for the City of
Youngstown. The full draft plan is available on-line at:
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Expressway fatality
YOUNGSTOWN
A two-car crash on the
Madison Avenue Expressway left one person dead,
according to 21 WFMJ-TV,
The Vindicator’s broadcast partner. The accident
occurred about 10 p.m.
Wednesday. Police shut
down the eastbound lanes
of the expressway. The
cause hasn’t been determined, and the person who
died hasn’t been identified,
WFMJ reported.
March, rally set
YOUNGSTOWN
Youngstown will join the
national movement for
justice in the deaths of Eric
Garner, Tamir Rice, Michael
Brown, John Crawford III
and other men and women
of color with a “Black Lives
Matter” march and rally
starting 11:30 a.m. Monday
at the Nathaniel R. Jones
Federal Building and U.S.
Courthouse, 10 E. Commerce St.
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DECEMBER 18, 2014
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Precinct-reduction plan draws concerns
By DENISE DICK
denise_dick@vindy.com
YOUNGSTOWN
Twenty-eight people filled the Mahoning County Board of Elections
board room to ask questions and
raise concerns about a proposal to
slash the number of voting precincts
in Youngstown and Struthers.
The plan would eliminate 32 precincts in Youngstown, from 77 to 45,
but the polling locations will stay the
same. That would leave the 1st, 2nd,
3rd and 4th wards with six precincts
and the 5th, 6th and 7th wards with
seven precincts.
It also includes the elimination of
three precincts in Struthers — one
each in the 1st, 2nd and 4th wards.
“We’re mandated by the Secretary of State to increase the number
of voters per precinct,” said David
Betras, board vice chairman and
chairman of the county’s Democratic Party. “We have the lowest
number of voters per precinct in the
whole state.”
Even with the reduction, the
county still will have fewer voters
per precinct than the state average,
he said.
Carol Crytzer, Struthers 2nd Ward
councilwoman, and Tony Fire, Struthers 1st Ward councilman, ques-
tioned why their city was being singled out since it lost precincts a few
years ago.
“We’re largely Democrat, and
we’re being penalized because we’re
largely Democrat,” Fire said.
Joyce Kale-Pesta, director, said
precinct reductions will be undertaken in other parts of the county,
too, but Struthers and Youngstown
have primary elections this year.
That’s why the board tackled them
first.
Mark Munroe, board chairman
and chairman of the county’s Republican Party, said the board has
been working on a precinct-reduc-
tion plan for more than a year. It
was slowed because of Youngstown
redistricting its wards.
Michael O’Hara, a Youngstown
precinct committeeman, said he
was elected by the people to represent his precinct, and his term is
supposed to last four years.
“This should have been done before there was an election,” he said.
Tracey Winbush, board member,
said precinct committeemen and
women will continue to serve those
who elected them through the end
of their respective terms. When the
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Man gets
six-year
sentence
for attack
on wife
GINGERBREAD
STUDENTS, FAMILIES SHOW OFF BUILDING, DECORATING SKILLS
Christmas dinner
YOUNGSTOWN
The St. Vincent de Paul
Society of Mahoning County
will host its annual Christmas dinner from 10:30
a.m. to noon Monday at its
downtown dining hall, 208
W. Front St. A traditional
Christmas ham dinner will
be served, and all those
served will receive a special
Christmas gift that day. For
information, contact president Brian J. Antal at 330690-8435.
By JOE GORMAN
jgorman@vindy.com
YOUNGSTOWN
Cookies for Santa
BOARDMAN
Boardman Park will host
“Cookies for Santa” from
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday.
The event is a chance to
make cut-out cookies, holiday waffles and crafts for
Santa with your children
while avoiding the mess
and cleanup. Cost is $5 for
Boardman kids and $7 for
kids who are nonresidents.
Parents and kids under 2 are
free. Call the park office at
330-726-8105 for ticket information. No tickets will be
sold at the door.
Holiday concert
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Demitra Tate, left, and her son, Ziere Casey, attach the roof of the gingerbread house Ziere helped make at Struthers Elementary
School. Having fourth-graders decorate gingerbread houses with their invited guests is a longtime tradition at the school, administrators said Wednesday. Below left, Kristine Botak and her nephew, Alec Dankovich, used different kinds of candy to trim their gingerbread house, and at right, Bill McCullough and his son, Austin, finish decorating their gingerbread edifice.
Boardman Park will host
a free Elegant String Quartet Holiday Concert from
5 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday in
St. James Meeting house,
which will be adorned with
handmade decorations created by Holborn Herb Growers Guild.
New trial ordered
for Jordan Brown
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that
the case of Jordan Brown
should go back to Lawrence
County juvenile court for a
new trial. Jordan, 17, was
charged in February 2009
when he was 11 with the
murder of his father’s pregnant fiancee,
The court ruled he should
have the chance to file a
motion challenging the evidence used to convict him
in his April 2012 bench trial.
He was found to be an adjudicated delinquent — which
means guilty in juvenile
court — for killing Kenzie
Houk, 26, on Feb. 20, 2009,
as she lay in bed in a farmhouse the family was renting near Wampum.
Houk’s unborn baby, a
boy who was due in two
weeks, died from lack of
oxygen.
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Springfield Township
trustees, 9:30 a.m., township administration building, 3475 E. South Range
Road, New Springfield.
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Surplus food
Price Memorial A.M.E.
Zion Church, 920 Dryden
Ave., Youngstown, various
commodities, 9 to 11 a.m.
Friday. Proper identification
required. Will also include a
take-out lunch.
Food-distribution notices are to be
submitted by 3 p.m. the day before
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to interact with parents for the holidays,” Principal Dennis Hynes said
STRUTHERS Wednesday.
There are 130 students in the
LONGTIME HOLIDAY
fourth-grade class that were all
tradition continued this
together in the cafeteria. With six
year for fourth-gradclasses in that grade, the teachers
ers and their families at planned and organized the event.
Struthers Elementary
“It’s one of the few things they
School, 520 Ninth St.
look forward to before moving on to
Students built gingerbread houses middle school,” Hynes said.
while in class over the week, and
The tradition started more than
decorated them using supplies their 20 years ago by fourth-grade teacher
parents brought from home.
Derrell Wilkes, who retired last year
“It’s an opportunity for students
but still attended the event. The
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event provides one-on-one time for
students and parents.
Among those in the crowded cafeteria was Jennifer DeSalvo, and her
daughter Jersey Ludovici, making it
the third time she has attended the
holiday event.
She kept the previous two gingerbread houses frozen and brings
them out every Christmas as a centerpiece on their table at home.
“I love it,” DeSalvo said while putting green icing on a Christmas tree.
“We have a great time.”
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importance
of staying
active
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to license renewal
By DAVID SKOLNICK
skolnick@vindy.com
YOUNGSTOWN
By JEANNE STARMACK
starmack@vindy.com
LIBERTY
Boot Camp. Two words
that don’t bring to mind
good times.
But in the gym at Liberty
High School on Wednesday,
fifth- through eighth-graders were enjoying their turn
at it.
It beat sitting at their desks
— getting up and moving,
that is. That’s what Liberty
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Common Pleas Court judge
Wednesday rejected a request from a defense lawyer
to give his client a three-year
sentence for a firearm specification on charges stemming from an attack on his
wife, saying that the crime
was too violent to ignore the
other charges.
Judge Shirley J. Christian
said she agreed that Brian
My er s, 27,
deserved the
six-year sentence prosecutors were
recommending on charges of kidnapping, feloniMyers
ous assault
a nd ch i ld
endangering even though he
was remorseful because of
the nature of his crimes.
“I can’t overlook the violent nature of the crimes you
committed,” Judge Christian
said.
Myers pleaded guilty to
the charges Oct. 16 for the
Sept. 28, 2013, incident at
his Parkway Street home in
Struthers.
Police said Myers was
enraged after he claimed
his wife had filled out a tax
form the wrong way, and he
picked up a small dog and
threw it across the room.
After his wife yelled at him
for throwing the dog, police
said he got a rifle and shotgun from another room,
forced his wife to get on her
knees and hit her with the
weapons and threatened to
kill her.
He used the rifle to fire
severa l shot s nea r her
head. Behind his wife their
10-month-old child was
sleeping in a crib but the
baby was not harmed. The
wife managed to escape,
and Myers took the baby to
a home in Boardman where
graders there participated in a variety of physical activities
Wednesday.
After a meeting between
the owners of a South Side
bar and those who live
near it who complained of
noise resulted in an understanding, city council voted
Wednesday to not object to
the renewal of the business’
liquor permit.
City Law Director Martin
Hume met with the owners of Crickets Bar & Grille,
1733 E. Midlothian Blvd.,
and neighbors to iron out
the differences.
Councilman John R. Swierz, D-7th, said there are
some neighbors who objected to the noise when
Crickets has live bands play
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He had asked his fellow
council members to vote
two weeks ago to object
to Crickets’ liquor license
renewal, but didn’t get
enough support. Numerous bar patrons were at that
meeting to back the bar’s
owners.
Don Holovatick, who coowns the family business,
points out that Crickets has
never been cited for noise,
and there’s a plan in place
to enclose the area where
live bands play.
Also Wednesday, council
voted to accept a recommendation from a fact-finder on a new contract with
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tow n and Day ton, from
Grove City, Ohio, and Toledo,
respectively.
“Levying this new tax on
us is, in our view, unfair and
totally inappropriate. We are
continuing to review our legal options should the governor sign the bill into law.”
State Rep. Kirk Schuring,
R-Canton, was the lead sponsor of HB 494, which primarily dealt with local government issues. He said the bill
allows “counties to partner
and use collective resources
to join with ODOT [Ohio Department of Transportation]
to build regional highway
projects.”
Schuring addressed the
racino amendment to the
bill, which passed the Senate
unanimously Dec. 10.
“There’s some controversial things in this particular
amendment, but I have told
the interested parties I’m
committed to working with
them. ... [I] have support of
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meeting Monday night to
hire Young, the actual decision to choose Young was not
made in public and therefore
is not in accordance with
Ohio Sunshine Laws, said
attorney David Marburger
on Tuesday. Marburger is
the attorney representing
The Vindicator and its news
partner, 21 WFMJ-TV.
“The law requires a public
body like the park district
to make 100 percent of its
decisions for the first time
in public at a pre-arranged
meeting,” he said Tuesday.
“They’re not allowed to decide it before and then have
a ceremonial vote. That’s
just theater.”
Board president Lou Schiavoni disputes the claim
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Dr. Sanchez-Parodi believes the embargo was
more harmful to the Cuban
people than to the government. “The government in
any country can have their
own resources rationed to
them at the expense to the
people,” the doctor said.
Opening trade between
the two countries will benefit the Cuban people.
“Materials, any kind of
materials — paper, pens,
parts for the car, concrete
for the house, paint — the
average Cuban did not have
access to that,” he said.
Elimination of the embargo will decrease the expense
to Cuban people for such
items as cellphones and Internet access, Dr. SanchezParodi said.
Americans being allowed
to travel freely to Cuba and
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the next few weeks,” Rosa
said.
Rosa is a temporary worker at the Lordstown plant
where GM’s best-selling
car, the Chevrolet Cruze,
is built.
“It’s a good company and
a good union,” Rosa said.
Rosa’s name was put in by
someone who works at the
plant. Salaried and union
workers both are able to fill
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the Senate sponsor to work
in that endeavor.”
State Sen. Bill Beagle, RTipp City, introduced the
amendment last week and
worked closely with Senate
Minority Leader Joe Schiavoni of Boardman, D-33rd, on
this issue. State Rep. Ronald
V. Gerberry of Austintown,
D-59th, was a member of the
committee that sought an
annual payment, earmarked
50-50 for capital and infrastructure upgrades and general-fund use.
The amendment stipulates that only the tracks in
Austintown and Dayton —
Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course
and Hollywood Gaming at
Dayton Raceway — get the
$500,000 payments but just
for the next three years. The
first payment is due Dec. 31.
T he pay ment w i l l be
split, $250,000 coming from
Penn National — the operator of both facilities — and
$250,000 from the track-relocation fund.
“I’m really impressed by
Schiavoni and Beagle and
their willingness to work in
a bipartisan effort for their
communities,” said Nan
Whaley, Democratic mayor
of Dayton.
“I’m excited and thankful
for all the work that Ron Gerberry and Joe Schiavoni did
for all of Austintown. I hope
this will calm the relationships between our delegation
and Penn National,” said Ken
Carano, Austintown trustee.
Carano said Austintown
had not decided on what to
do with its first payment but
will have meetings with its
police and fire departments
and the racino. He said the
first $500,000 would be put
into a contingency fund
within the township’s general fund.
“What we would like to
do is freeze that money in
particular for situations
that concern the racino, but
certainly for things” as they
come up, Carano said.
Whaley said Dayton had
put its $500,000 as part of its
budget. “We’ve seen a large
cut from the state, nearly 10
percent of our budget from
the state,” W haley said.
“We’ve had to use those dollars to help the police department and fire department
and to provide the quality
our community deserves.”
Both were asked why there
had not been meetings between Penn National, Kasich’s office and their municipalities before just weeks
ago as the deadline of Dec. 31
quickly approached.
“We didn’t want to step
in and supersede the talks
between the governor’s office and the racinos,” Carano said. “We sent a number of letters and a number
of phone calls prior to the
meeting that we just had
[weeks ago].”
“I really have no idea because I never pretend to understand the workings of Columbus,” Whaley said.
Gerberry, Schiavoni and
Beagle have all said they will
revisit the issue of how long
the payments should be for
in the spring.
that the decision was made
prior to Monday’s meeting.
“The meeting of the minds
came about on Monday. ...
There was never a decision
made until our public meeting Monday,” he said in a
phone interview Tuesday.
“The bottom line is, we’ve
been called into question,
and if we did something
wrong we want to correct it,”
Schiavoni said Wednesday
about the decision to schedule a special meeting.
Schiavoni reiterated on
Wednesday that he does not
believe the board did anything wrong, but said the
board would look into the
issue because of the concerns raised by members of
the public and media.
A park district spokesperson issued a press release
announcing Young as the
board’s choice about an
hour before Monday’s meeting, and “Vote to hire Aaron
Young as Executive Director” was included as an item
on the meeting agenda,
which was released before
the meeting began.
The board did not engage
in any discussion before the
motion to vote to hire Young
was made.
Mahoning County Probate Judge Robert Rusu Jr.,
the appointing authority
for the park board, said in
a phone interview Wednesday that he does not have an
opinion at this time about
the legality of the selection
process.
Rusu sat in on part of the
final round of interviews
that was conducted Saturday morning in an executive-session meeting. Three
candidates participated in
that round of interviews.
“I really don’t have a take,
because I wasn’t there,” he
said. “I’m just the appointing authority. ... I don’t run
the board.”
Rusu said he wants to take
some time to get to know
the board before forming an
opinion, since he just took
office a few months ago.
He said he did not yet
know whether the issue with
the board’s handling of hiring a new executive director
would impact his decision
on whether to reappoint
commissioners Jay Macejko and John Ragan, whose
terms expire at year’s end.
“It just happened. It’s
something I will consider.
But I don’t know how big of
a role it will play [in the decision],” he said.
use credit and debit cards
also will allow more businesses to open.
The embargo also was a
waste of U.S. tax dollars on
ineffective policies, he said.
The doctor said the government has been “spending our tax dollars on policies that Patrick Leahy has
called very stupid policies,”
he said. “We spend $100 million per year on various poor
policies with Cuba when we
can actually open dialogue
instead.”
It will benefit U.S. companies that want to do business in Cuba, too, he said.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.,
president pro tempore of the
Senate, and chairman of the
State Department and Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee, has
long sought the release of
Gross and visited him twice
in prison.
“From what the president
said, these changes are just
the beginning,” Dr. Sanchez-Parodi said. “This is
welcome both here and in
Cuba.”
An owner of three Northeast Ohio tobacco shops
said he does not know when
normalization of U.S.-Cuba
relations might result in imports of Cuban cigars into
this country.
However, Geno Bellatto,
an owner of Havana House,
said he believes such imports will satisfy a large
pent-up consumer demand
here.
“We haven’t had them
since 1960. Everybody’s going to want to try them,” said
Bellatto, whose stores are in
Boardman Plaza, in front of
Eastwood Mall in Niles and
in Akron.
“It’s going to be great for
the retailers and the cigar
smokers in the U.S.,” he said
of importation of Cuban cigars into this country.
“I think it would start an-
other cigar boom,” he added.
“Companies are not going
to be able to export [cigars]
yet” from Cuba to the United States, he noted.
“As soon as they become
available, the companies
will call me, and I’ll order
them,” Bellatto said.
Although American tourist travel to Cuba is still prohibited, Americans who are
permitted to travel to Cuba
for family visits or government and educational activities will now be allowed to
return to the United States
with $400 worth of Cuban
goods.
That includes tobacco
and alcohol products with
a combined value below
$100.
However, Bellatto observed: “Cuban cigars are
$20 to $25 apiece. You can’t
even bring a box back.”
A box contains 20 to 25 cigars, he said.
out applications for someone in need. The union
raises money to pay for the
canned goods and other
food essentials through
fundraisers. Workers also
bring in goods to add to the
boxes for those in need.
“Ever y family gets the
same amount,” said Karen
Eusanio, chairperson of
community services for Local 1112.
From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
between 70 and 80 food
distributors, some military
members a nd vetera ns,
pushed boxes down one
side of a table as workers
on the other side fi lled the
boxes. At the end of the line,
the boxes were placed on
a cart and put in each recipient’s vehicle. The whole
process worked like an assembly line — what the GM
Lordstown workers know
well.
“Our membership is very
generous,” Eusanio said.
The Share and Care program “is near and dear to
one’s heart. It started in the
van plant with workers tak-
ing food to people.”
Jack Lunn, a retired GM
Lordstown worker, was at
the program Wednesday to
lend a hand. He remembers
when it fi rst started about
40 years ago.
It started “because of the
need out there,” he said.
There were times when
450 to 575 families would
be helped.
“We fought for what we
got and now we want to give
back,” said Michael Aurilio, recording secretary for
Local 1112.
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Nebraska’s statement was
critical of Pelini, a Boardman native and Cardinal
Mooney High School graduate.
“His habitual use of inappropriate language, and his
personal and professional
attacks on administrators,
are antithetical to the values of our university,” the
statement said. “His behavior is consistent with a
pattern of unprofessional,
disrespectf ul behav ior
directed by Mr. Pelini toward the passionate fans
of Nebraska, employees of
the university and, most
concerning, our studentathletes. This behavior is
not tolerated at the University of Nebraska and,
among many other concerns, played a role in his
dismissal.”
The Omaha newspaper
didn’t say who audiotaped
Pelini’s talk.
Pelini was fired after
going 9-3 this season and
66-27 over seven years.
He also won a bowl game
as interim head coach in
2003. Eichorst hired Mike
Riley away from Oregon
State to replace Pelini.
Pelini, 47, was under
contract until February
2019, and the university
must pay him a settlement
of as much as $7.9 million.
That amount will be reduced by an amount dependent on his salary at
Youngstown State.
According to a transcript
of the audio, Pelini told the
players he wasn’t surprised
to be fired.
“I didn’t really have any
relationship with the AD.
The guy ...,” Pelini said before using two vulgarities
for female genitalia to describe Eichorst.
“And since I’ve been here
— he’s been here for about
two years — I’ve probably
had a conversation with
the guy a couple times.
You saw him. He’s never
been in the locker room.
“At the end of the day,
he was never going to support us. ... The scrutiny, the
taking shots at you, and
everything else — when
you aren’t getting support
from your boss, it can be
stressful,” Pelini said. “It
was stressful on me, it was
stressful on my family.”
“Let me tell you about
core values,” Pelini continued. “Fellas this all stays
here. A guy like him who
has no integrity, he doesn’t
understand what a core
value is.”
The university, in response to Pelini’s contention that he wasn’t supported, said, “Any assertions that the campus or
athletics administration
was not supportive of our
student-athletes and our
football program are flatout false and are contradicted by the facts.
“We are grateful that the
new leadership in our football program is aligned
with our values and will
establish that you can be
successful at Nebraska
and that you can do it with
integrity and class,” the
university said in its statement.
Pelini touched on administrative support early
in his introductory news
con ference at YSU on
Wednesday. Former Ohio
State coach Jim Tressel is
the university president.
“I believe I have a great
situation here,” Pelini said.
“Have a tremendous athletic director, a president
who understands football,
who’s going to support me,
something I don’t know if
I’ve ever had.”
At Nebraska, Pelini drew
detractors for his volatile temper. He was reprimanded by chancellor
Harvey Perlman for sideline meltdowns during a
loss at Texas A&M in 2010.
Last year, Pelini found
himself in a storm after the
website Deadspin released
audio of Pelini’s profanitylaced tirade against what
he called fair-weather fans
and two newspaper writers.
Asked by reporters in
Youngstown if accounts of
his explosive sideline demeanor at Nebraska were
blown out of proportion,
Pelini said, “Did it ever get
blown out of proportion?
Yeah, a little bit.”
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10 minutes and have fun instead of watching TV,’” he
said.
Having fun is what will encourage a pattern of physical
activity for their lifetimes,
said school Principal Judd
Rubin and Danielle Songer,
the health teacher for the
middle and high schools.
“It’s just getting the kids
exposed to new activities
they’d never get exposed
to,” Songer sa id. “T hey
never realized they’re actually working out when
it’s fun.”
In the obstacle course,
Judd said, they were jumping rope, using a hula hoop
and doing push-ups. “But
they were having a blast,
so they didn’t realize they
were working on seven or
eight different skills there,”
he said.
In the gym, Kaylee Murphy, 13, said she was feeling
pretty good about getting
the chance to work out. The
seventh-grader, who belongs
to a winter volleyball club,
said she believes everyone
should.
Her favorite activity: using the resistance bands to
really stretch her legs out.
Wellness Day began five
years ago after physical-education teacher Dave Davis
came up with the idea, Rubin said. At first, speakers
came in. Kids listened to
athletes and nutritionists,
he said.
Then it dawned on them,
he said, that it should be
more about getting active.
That’s when Wellness Day
got moving, and it’s been in
motion ever since.
Others who participated this year included Dick
Hartzel, jump/stretch; Matthew Smith and Shelia Cornell, JCC, boot camp; Burt
Stellers, physical-education
instructor, obstacle course;
Nick Vitale and Levi Reed,
karate, Austintow n ATA
Martial Arts; George Summers, Revolution Wellness;
Michael Mattocks, endurance training, My Fitnessist, M & Audix Multimedia
Agency; Joe Moss, Blessed
Body Fit; and Tara Schuster
and Alyssa Crump, LHS line
dancing.
Starting Jan. 1, the cap
would increase to $100 for
single coverage and $200
for family coverage. Those
amounts are what most
unions have and will be uncapped over the next year
or so.
The city’s health-insurance policy costs $666 a
month for single coverage
and $1,678 a month for family coverage. City employees pay 10 percent of that
amount: $66.60 for single
coverage and $167.80 for
family a month.
The only unions in the city
with caps in place are the
firefighters, the police patrol
officers and the emergency
911 dispatchers, said Rebecca Gerson, first assistant law
director.
The firefighters are head-
ing to binding arbitration
while the two police unions
had deals in place before
the city insisted on removing the caps. The two police
union contracts expire next
year, and eliminating those
caps are the city’s top priority during negotiations, Gerson said.
Council also approved
a proposal Wednesday to
move ahead with a $14 million project to replace all its
water meters — about 55,000
in homes and businesses —
starting in late 2015 and ending in 2020.
In other business, council
heard from two retired police officers — former Chief
Jimmy Hughes and Anita
Davis, a former detective
sergeant, who are black and
expressed concerns about
the lack of minorities on the
police force.
Davis and Hughes asked
that the city consider eliminating written civil-service
tests when hiring officers.
Hughes also said there are
no minorities over the rank
of detective sergeant.
Councilwoman Annie Gillam, D-1st, said, “The city
needs a really good discussion on race, and we should
do it in a productive and respectful manner.”
Gillam, who is black, added that whites and minorities “have different cultures
and we don’t understand
each other.”
L aw Di rec tor Ma r t i n
Hume, who is white, said he
would welcome such a discussion.
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Continued from A3
COUNCIL
Continued from A3
the Youngstown Ranking
Police Officers union, which
approved the proposal Tuesday.
The union members will
receive a 2.5 percent raise
Jan. 1, then a 1 percent raise
Jan. 1, 2016.
The union’s members
haven’t had a raise in about
five years. The fact-finder
recommended 2.5 percent
because most other city
employee unions received
1 percent raises in 2014 and
will get a 1.5 percent raise
in 2015.
Jared D. Simmer, the factfinder, also recommended
the elimination of caps on
what union members pay
toward their health-care
premiums beginning May
1, 2016.
The removal of caps was
among the main reasons the
union rejected a contract
with the city in September.
The monthly insurance
caps for YPRO members are
$80 for single coverage and
$150 for family coverage —
the lowest of any union in
the city.
Trumbull
County
workers to
get wage
increase
Staff report
WARREN
A 30-cents-per-hour pay
increase included in the
contract approved Tuesday
by a union representing 119
Trumbull County employees will give each employee
$624 more per year.
It will cost the county
about $223,000.
The county commissioners are expected to ratify the
agreement with the American Federation of State and
County and Municipal Employees Local 2493 when
they have their next meeting
Dec. 29.
The bargaining unit, one
of five representing county
employees, has not had a
pay raise in six years, though
the employees do get step
pay increases. The other
bargaining units are still in
negotiations.
AFSCME 2493 workers will
get an additional 35 cents
more per hour Jan. 1, an additional 30 cents the following January and 25 cents the
third year.
The local represents workers such as those in the dog
kennel and clerk of courts,
treasurer’s, building inspection and sanitary engineer’s
offices.
Tom Elder, president of
AFSCME 2493, said he is satisfied with the contract.
“You always can get better,
but we are on a wage freeze
for six years. It’s decent. It’s
livable.”
DUSTIN LIVESAY | THE VINDICATOR
Julia Torres practices a football drill during Wellness Day at W.S.
Guy Middle School. There were a series of activities Wednesday designed to get children moving as well as enjoy themselves.
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School is all about.
“It’s to get them more
involved in physical activity, instead of just their
thumbs on an Xbox,” said
Keith Harry, fitness director for the Jewish Community Center in Youngstown.
The JCC is one of several
orga ni zat ions t hat pa rticipate in Wellness Day
activities for the school,
and Harry leads the “boot
c a mp” w it h pu s h-ups,
ju mpi ng jack s, pla n k s,
sit-ups, bear crawls for lateral movements, basketball relays for speed and
ha nd-eye coordinat ion,
“a nd most impor ta nt ly,
we make them sweat,” he
said.
Other activities included
karate, an obstacle course,
jump stretch, revolution
wellness, endurance training and line dancing.
They spent 40 minutes on
each activity.
The effort they put in during that time is what’s important, he said, not perfection. It’s also important, he
said, that they have a good
time.
“I said to them, ‘When
you go home tonight, take
MAGENTA
MYERS
Continued from A3
his parents live and where
he was arrested.
Prosecutors were recommending a mandatory
three-year sentence on the
firearm specifications and
an additional three years
on the other charges to run
consecutively for a total of
six years.
Defense attorney Michael
Gallings said his client has
no prior criminal record
and a risk assessment on
a presentence investigation of him re-offending
was one of the lowest he
had ever seen. He said he
knew his client would go to
prison and deserved to be
punished, but he asked that
he receive only the threeyear sentence for the firearm specifications, noting
that his client already has
spent 444 days in jail.
PRECINCTS
Continued from A3
term is up though, they
may have to face other precinct committeemen and
women to win the seat in
the new, larger precinct.
Betras said any time the
board made the change
it would be after precinct
committeemen and women were elected.
Youngstow n resident
Bobbe Reynolds said he’s
concerned about elderly
people being able to get
to the polls with the new
plan.
Betras said that by having
precincts with more voters,
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Myers also apologized,
saying that he loved his
wife and thought he would
spend the rest of his life
with her. He also said he
loves his daughter and
wants to be a good father
for her.
He said he has learned
since he was in jail that
it was OK to ask for help
and when Judge Christian asked him what kind
of help he needed, he said
he needed help to handle
anger, stress and anxiety.
He said if he had asked for
help before he went to jail,
the incident would have
never happened.
“If I knew how to ask
for help a long time ago, I
wouldn’t be in this situation,” Myers said.
Myers also said he was
prepared for whatever punishment he was to receive,
and he accepted responsibility for his actions.
the board can create superpolling places.
Super-polling places have
location supervisors who
help people get to the correct location to cast their
votes, Betras said. If a person votes in the wrong precinct, those votes have to
be thrown out and aren’t
counted.
“We have to make voting
as seamless and as easy as
possible, and Youngstown
has an abysmal turnout record for voting,” he said.
Munroe said board staff
will review the comments,
and the board will go over
those comments and possibly vote on the plan at its
next meeting at 8 a.m. Jan. 6.
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Man gets to 28 years
for shooting in 2011
By JOE GORMAN
jgorman@vindy.com
YOUNGSTOWN
A woman said Wednesday in Mahoning County
Common Pleas Court that
her aunt died in an October
2011 shooting trying to protect a child.
Carissa Lucky told Judge
Maureen Sweeney that her
aunt, Theresa Stillwagon, 29,
was an innocent bystander
and had nothing to do with
an argument that preceded
an Oct. 10, 2011, shooting by
31-year-old Anthony White
of East Lucius Avenue across
the street from their home.
Police said White was arguing with another man
in the middle of the street
when he retreated into his
house, grabbed an AK-47
assault rifle and began firing toward a crowd across
the street. Stillwagon and
another man were seriously
wounded, and Stillwagon
later died from her wounds.
W hite was sentenced
Wednesday to 28 years in
pr ison on
cha rges of
involunt a r y m a ns l a u g h t e r,
five counts
of felonious
White assault and
a f i rea r ms
speci f ication. He entered guilty pleas
to the charges in September.
Prosecutors were asking for
a sentence of more than 20
years, while White’s lawyer,
Mark Lavelle, asked for a
sentence ranging from 15 to
18 years.
Lucky said White did not
care about his actions that
day because he fired toward
a house that had children
inside. She said Stillwagon
saved her nephew from serious injury.
“My aunt took that bullet
because she stood in front of
my nephew,” Lucky said.
Lucky asked for the longest sentence possible, saying 20 years or less would be
an insult to her aunt.
“It’s not enough punishment for what he’s done,”
Lucky said. “There was no
excuse for it. None.”
Assistant Prosecutor Rob
Andrews said a long sentence was necessary because of White’s conduct
and also because he retreated into his house before he
came back out with the rifle.
Andrews said once he was
inside he was safe and did
not need to come out shooting. He also said White fled
to Houston after the shooting and police had to track
him down there.
Lavelle called two witnesses, including the lead
investigator, Detective Sgt.
Pat Kelly, who testified that
W hite and another man
were arguing in the street
over a woman who was the
mother of White’s child.
That woman, Tamika Bellard, testified that the man
White was fighting with had
a weapon but she did not
know if he fired it.
Board of Developmental Disabilities
appeals visiting judge’s decision
Staff report
YOUNGSTOWN
The Mahoning County
Board of Developmental
Disabilities is appealing a
visiting judge’s decision to
allow a civil lawsuit over the
2010 drowning of a 7-yearold boy in the board’s Leonard Kirtz School swimming
pool proceed to trial.
The board filed its notice
of appeal Monday with the
7th District Court of Appeals
concerning Judge Thomas
Pokorny’s decision overruling the board’s motion for
dismissal without a trial of
the lawsuit filed by the boy’s
estate.
The drowning victim, Na-
METRO
than Kinderdine of Boardman, was found at the bottom of the pool after he
strayed from the group of
students and adults he was
with, Austintown police
said.
CPR was performed on
him at the scene, but he
was pronounced dead at
St. Elizabeth Health Center
shortly thereafter.
The police report said Kinderdine may have entered
the pool through a boys’
restroom door that failed
to fully latch nine out of 10
times because it rubbed
aga inst t he meta l door
frame as it closed.
In its appeal notice, the
DD board said it likely will
ask the appeals court to review the case under the legal
doctrine that governmental
entities and their employees
are generally immune from
such suits.
However, in his decision
to keep the lawsuit alive,
Judge Pokorny cited an exception to that doctrine for
cases where death or injury
is caused by employee negligence and physical defects
within a building that performs a governmental function.
“Material issues of fact remain, and, therefore, summary disposition is inappropriate,” Judge Pokorny
ruled.
Jonathan Ashby, 28, of East Indianola Avenue, was taken into
WRTA meeting
custody on charges of possession
YOUNGSTOWN of drugs/heroin, possession of
Western Reserve Transit Audrug paraphernalia and possesthority board will meet at 3 p.m.
of drugs. He was taken to the
Liberty scam warning today at the WRTA, 604 Mahon- sion
Mahoning County jail.
LIBERTY ing Ave.
Liberty Police Department is
Snow needed for test
McCale pleads guilty
urging residents to be wary of
WARREN
potential thieves in the area after
WARREN
The Trumbull County Engione woman fell victim to a pair of
Randy A. McCale, the 46-year- neer’s Office tried to test brine
thieves claiming to be from the
old Niles man who helped a Bapre-treatment on several county
water department, according to
roads last week, but expected
zetta man sell millions of dollars
21 WFMJ-TV, The Vindicator’s
worth of illegal steroids, pleaded snowfall didn’t materialize.
broadcast partner.
Gregg Alberini, county highway
guilty Wednesday to five counts
superintendent, said there was
An 80-year-old woman who
of identity fraud.
snow in the forecast Thursday,
lives on Fifth Avenue Extension
McCale, of Neil Street, could
so the engineer’s office applied
opened her door Tuesday afterget probation or several years
liquid brine to about six roads
noon to a man wearing a white
in prison when he’s sentenced
and several bridges in the central
hard hat and yellow vest. The man in about four weeks by Judge W.
told the woman he was from the
Wyatt McKay of Trumbull County part of the county including Elm,
North River and Johnson Plank.
water department and was work- Common Pleas Court.
Motorists were able to see
ing on water problems in the area.
Investigators said McCale was the treatment had been done
The suspect then entered the
employed by Global Fitness on
because it left seven noticeable
home and began looking under
Elm Road in Howland when he
lines on each lane of travel on
the kitchen sink. He purportedly
accessed personal information
the road. But without the snow
made a phone call to another man from former Global customers
developing, officials were unable
while he was in the kitchen.
so PayPal accounts could be
to determine how well it worked,
After the suspect left, the
created in their names. Those
Alberini said.
woman noticed some things inidentities were used to purchase
side her home were misplaced.
Christmas dinner set
the illegal steroids, investigaUpon investigation she found
tors said. Joseph Stiver, 23, of
YOUNGSTOWN
that approximately $20,000
Cadwallader-Sonk Road, was
St. Dominic’s Parish Center, 77
worth of jewelry and $500 cash
sentenced to one year in prison
E. Lucius Ave., will host a Christhad been taken.
in October for being the primary
mas dinner and gift-giving event
Detective Tom Couche advised perpetrator of the enterprise.
at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. The center
all residents to be cautious about
said 150 neighborhood children
Fire investigated
visitors claiming to need access
will be given gifts and share in a
to a residence.
YOUNGSTOWN family dinner.
The cause of a North Side
Couche says community memStolen vehicle
bers should be on the lookout for fire about 10:20 p.m. Tuesday is
under investigation. Crews were
a thin man 20 to 40 years old,
BOARDMAN
about 6 feet tall, with brown hair, called to a 381 Redondo Road
Township police arrested a
home after the home owner
brown eyes and a mustache.
Youngstown man Monday after
came home and saw smoke
they said he drove a stolen veThe detective told the TV stahicle and had keys to another
coming from the second floor.
tion the suspect reportedly has
vehicle that did not belong to him.
Firefighters managed to get ina high-pitched voice and a slight
accent. At the time of the robbery side and put the fire out. Reports Police ran a random registration
check on a truck traveling on
said the blaze appeared to start
he was wearing blue jeans, work
U.S. Route 224 Monday and disbehind
a
home-entertainment
shoes, gloves, a beige coat and a
center, where a record player had covered the vehicle was stolen,
yellow safety vest.
burned up. Damage was listed at according to a police report. The
vehicle is registered to a 78-yearBomb threat at store
$3,000.
old man, and officers observed
NILES
that the person driving the car
Drug
activity
probed
The Target store at Eastwood
was a young man who later was
YOUNGSTOWN
Mall reopened at about 2:30 p.m.
identified as Jason Womack of
Members of the police deWednesday after bomb-sniffing
Forest View Drive. Police ordered
partment’s vice squad serving a
dogs were used at the store to
Womack at gunpoint to get out of
determine that there were no ex- search warrant investigating drug the vehicle. Womack told police
activity at about 6:45 p.m. Tuesplosive devices there. The store
he found the vehicle, and also
was evacuated after a call to Niles day found a 9mm handgun and a found the car key to another vehiloaded magazine for the gun in a
cle that officers discovered after
Police Department at 11:37 a.m.
cereal box. Police served the war- searching him. He was arrested
indicating that a message was
rant at a home on East Indianola
on a felony charge of receiving
scribbled on a wall in the bathAvenue. Also inside they found
stolen property. He was cited for
room suggesting that a bomb
would go off at 12:30 Wednesday. two bags of heroin, a bag of mari- driving under suspension and
taken to the Mahoning County
juana, some loose crack cocaine
The evacuation did not affect
jail.
and a bag of methamphetamine.
other stores at the mall, Niles
police said.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
Carmen Anthony Lorubbio, 48, of 204
Como St., Struthers, and Vicki Lynn
Moore, 45, of 800 Bedford Road,
Lowellville.
George O. Raub, Jr., 46, of 2660 E.
Western Reserve Road, Poland, and
Betsy Jo Nelson, 40, of same.
Frank G. Zeigler, 39, of 222 Perry St.,
Struthers, and Julie A. Hunsbarger,
38, of same.
Michael P. Sebastian III, 55, of 79 E.
Western Reserve Road, Poland, and
Sherri-Lynn A. Chenier, 43, of same.
Rocco D. Welsh, 27, of Washington,
Mich., and Erin M. Nagle, 32, of 6817
Lockwood Blvd. #161, Boardman.
NEW COMPLAINTS
Farmers National Bank of Canfield v.
John A. Weber et al, foreclosure.
Nationstar Mortgage LLC v. Michael R.
McDaniel et al, foreclosure.
Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. v.
James Logston et al, foreclosure.
David J. Geier v. Gary Edwin Hayes et
al, money.
Quicken Loans Inc. v. Michael T. Nored
et al, foreclosure.
Talmer Bank and Trust v. David B.
Johnston et al, money.
Eric P. Kuehnl v. Deco Inc. et al, workers’ compensation.
Cavalry SPV I LLC v. Sandra L. Pizzuto,
other civil.
First National Bank of Omaha v. Arthur Frasier, other civil.
FirstMerit Bank NA v. Albert C.
Schulte III, money.
DOCKET
State v. Allante Donaldson, pleads
guilty. (2).
State v. Titanna L. Floyd, sentenced
to five years’ probation supervised
by APA and to register as a sex offender.
State v. Cameron Dyer, pleads guilty.
State v. Relda L. Bates, pleads guilty.
LVNV Funding LLC v. Becky L. Gigax ,
order of magistrate.
Estate of Wilbur Ronald Bacon et
al v. Prima Health Care LLC et al,
dismissed.
Ohio Department of Job and Family
Services v. Jason L. Markovich, distribution order.
Wells Fargo Bank NA v. Wendy S. Yauman et al, confirming sale, ordering
deed and distributing sale.
Farmers National Bank v. Gary Carson
et al, confirming sale and ordering
deed and distribution.
POLICE CALLS
A summary of recent criminal
activity in Poland and Boardman
townships:
POLAND
Dec. 9
Theft: A $170 sterling-silver necklace
was taken from a residence in the
3000 block of Old Winter Trail.
Dec. 12
Arrest: A traffic stop near state Route
170 and Coblentz Drive led to the
arrest of 40-year-old Christopher
P. Barber of Sycamore Drive, New
Middletown, on a charge of operating a vehicle impaired.
Drugs: Police investigating a suspicious vehicle in the 6500 block of
Clingan Road issued a minor-misdemeanor citation charging 26-year-old
James A. Balog of Ohltown Road,
Austintown, with drug abuse when,
they said, flakes of suspected marijuana were found in a piece of tin
foil. Also, authorities charged Robert
J. Greene, 41, of Upland Avenue,
Youngstown, with obstructing official business.
Dec. 14
Criminal mischief: An inflatable
Christmas decoration was damaged
at a home in the 1900 block of Read
Street.
BOARDMAN
Dec. 10
Arrest: Authorities picked up 41-yearold James L. Foster of Poplar Street,
Niles, who was wanted on warrants
charging theft and criminal damaging related to an Oct. 27 shoplifting
situation at Fin, Feather and Fur
Outfitters, 1138 Boardman-Poland
Road.
Possible child endangerment: Officers
received a report that a student with
special needs was dropped off at a
township elementary school’s front
doors and left outdoors.
Assault: The director of a Boardman
group home alleged that a caregiver
likely struck a client’s back, causing
him to fall to his knees. The victim
had a bruise and a scrape, a police
report said.
Citations: Police near Green Bay Drive
pulled over and cited Brianna L.
Dobransky, 18, of Mathews Road,
Boardman, and 19-year-old Steven R.
Jones of Firnley Avenue, Boardman,
on charges of underage possession
of alcohol and having an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle.
Theft: Tanicqwa T. Wilkerson, 23, of
Parkcliffe Avenue, Youngstown,
faced charges of theft and obstructing official business after $147
worth of merchandise, including a
pair of boots, was stolen from Walmart, 1300 Doral Drive. Wilkerson
also refused to cooperate with police, they said.
Assault: A Carter Circle woman and
her boyfriend each reported having
been assaulted by the other.
Theft: A Halbert Drive woman told
officers a United Parcel Service
package containing a $550 vacuum
cleaner was stolen. A man was reportedly seen carrying the package
to a maroon sport utility vehicle.
Theft: A manager with Victoria’s
Secret in Southern Park Mall discovered 15 undergarments missing
from display drawers. The loss was
estimated at $748.
Dec. 11
Drugs: Acting on a search warrant at a
Bonnie Place apartment, the Boardman Police Department’s Narcotics
Enforcement Unit arrested Anthony
T. Cruz, 22, of Terrace Drive, Boardman, on charges of possession of
drug paraphernalia, resisting arrest
and obstructing official business after alleging Cruz had struggled with
them. Found were four suspected
marijuana pipes in the ceiling, an
additional one in a bedroom and a
digital scale in a vehicle, a report
stated.
Theft: Forty prescription drugs were
stolen from a South Avenue group
home.
Domestic violence: Lordstown police
handed to Boardman authorities
36-year-old Bradley L. Smith of Old
Furnace Road, Youngstown, after his
former girlfriend alleged that while
at a South Avenue restaurant, Smith
had punched her three times in the
head when she refused to return
home with him.
Possible theft: Two dealer plates were
lost or stolen from 4 Wheels Auto,
5925 South Ave.
Theft: Jonathan C. Deeds, 22, and
Stephanie R. Martin, 23, both of
Detroit Avenue, Youngstown, were
charged with stealing $197 worth of
merchandise from Walmart.
Theft: A Poland woman discovered
48 prescription medications missing
from her purse while at Southern
Park Mall.
Misuse of a credit card: A Traymore
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Farmers National Bank v. Jennifer L.
Parnell et al, confirming sale and
distribution of proceeds.
Leroy Russell v. Austintown Township
Zoning, order of magistrate.
Wells Fargo Bank NA v. Sharon Willenborg et al, confirming sale, ordering deed and distributing sale.
James Kallas v. Russell E. Ohlin et al,
Kathy L. Bohecker et al v. James P.
Thornton et al, settled.
Twelve Thrush Ave Realty Trust v.
City of Youngstown et al, order of
magistrate.
Bridget Santoro et al v. Benjamin
Bestic et al, settled.
Peter Pavlichich v. RL Best Co. et al,
dismissed.
Lonnie Wilson v. Donald K. Findling et
al, order of magistrate.
Cach LLC v. Concetta M. Miller et al,
Nationstar Mortgage LLC v. George E.
Malies et al, ordered to pay.
Bank of New York Mellon v. Darla S.
Kopcsos et al, dismissed.
Huntington National Bank v. Dana A.
Landis et al, order of sale cancelled.
Daniel R. Yemma v. Thelmond Miller,
foreclosure.
John Corey et al v. Joseph Monoski et
al, default judgment.
Canfield Pools Inc. v. Anthony D. Fusillo et al, order of magistrate.
Megan Blymiller v. Buckeye Polymers
Inc. et al, order of magistrate.
Bank of America NA v. Megan M.
White et al, foreclosure.
Tax Lien Fund I LP v. Amoy E. Pusey
et al, foreclosure.
Barron Vodhanel v. Steve Buehrer et
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Rebecca L. Foster, dismissed.
Cortland Savings and Banking Co. v.
Zama LLC et al, partial dismissal.
Asset Acceptance LLC v. Reginald Ballard, judgment for plaintiff.
Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC v. Jennifer L. Black et al, sale withdrawn.
Orville Ferrell v. Stephen Buehrer et
Janice L. Fagert v. City of Youngstown
et al, order of magistrate.
Gavin D. Davis v. Lori A. Moncilovich
et al, settled.
Jennifer J. Lewis v. City of
Youngstown, settled.
Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. v.
Jonnie Smith et al, foreclosure.
Robert Rorrer et al v. Eric L. Blevins
et al, order of magistrate.
Robin Kirkwood v. Raymond Mashorda, order of magistrate.
Dennis McKenney v. Gary Kovach, order of magistrate.
Kyrie Lee Gray v. Amanda L. Weitzman, dismissed.
Jennie Malice Cyadra v. Matthew Jick
, dismissed.
Kysha Martin v. Damion Pruit, order of
magistrate.
Erica Cruz v. William Corchado, order
of magistrate.
Drive man found out someone had
made to his credit card about $2,090
worth of fraudulent charges, all of
which originated in Cuyahoga Falls.
Theft by deception: An employee with
Advance America Cash Advance,
5963 South Ave., reported a man
presented her with a vehicle title
in an effort to secure a $500 loan
before she learned he had defaulted
on a previous loan and paid only a
portion of that balance.
Theft: A New Castle, Pa., woman reported her wallet missing while at a
Doral Drive big-box store.
Theft: Patricia J. Russell, 55, of
Howard Street, Youngstown, was
charged in the theft of $481 worth
of jewelry and a $20 Christmas ornament from Macy’s in Southern Park
Mall.
Theft: Ce’Aissa C.S. Mahone, 18,
of Roosevelt Drive, Liberty, and a
17-year-old Youngstown girl were
charged with taking $83 worth of
clothing from Gabriel Bros., 850
Boardman-Poland Road.
Dec. 12
Arrests: Officers responded to a report that a woman might have been
held against her will at a Shields
Road apartment before arresting
20-year-old Elena V. Atyim of Washington Boulevard and 23-year-old
Jessica S. Quick of Shields Road. The
two Boardman women were wanted
on warrants accusing them of failing
to appear in court on charges that included disorderly conduct and theft.
Attempted robbery: A Masury man
told police that while in his truck in
the 10 block of Boardman-Poland
Road, another man demanded the
accuser’s wallet and indicated he
might have a weapon before the
victim pushed from the truck the
would-be robber, who was described
as 5 feet, 9 inches tall, in his early
20s and wearing a brown jacket and
blue pants.
Theft: Twenty pills were taken from
a car in the 5300 block of Southern
Boulevard.
Dec. 13
Arrest: A traffic stop on U.S. Route
224 led to a charge of operating a
vehicle impaired against 31-year-old
Bethany A. Wilson, who listed addresses on South Avenue in Boardman and state Route 14 in North
Benton.
Attempted burglary: Someone broke a
locked window in an effort to enter a
residence in the 4200 block of Chester Drive.
Harassment: A South Avenue woman
told police she received an invitation
from a Facebook group page that
showed disturbing images of men in
military clothing holding weapons
that were reminiscent of terroristtype photographs.
Domestic violence: The Ohio State
Highway Patrol handed 24-yearold Dontrail R. Burkes of Benita
Avenue, Youngstown, to township
authorities. Burkes was wanted on a
domestic-violence charge related to
an Oct. 4 situation in which a woman
alleged he had twice struck her face
and spit on her during an argument
at Akron Children’s Hospital, 6505
Market St.
Theft: A woman left in a Chevrolet
Cobalt vehicle after purportedly
stealing a $15 book bag from Gabriel
Bros.
Theft: A license plate was removed
from a trailer in the 7400 block of
Oregon Trail.
Misuse of a credit card: A Mathews
Road woman learned that her stolen
debit card had been used without authorization to make a $129 purchase
at a Doral Drive big-box store.
Theft: Authorities charged 18-year-old
Rayvenn D. Ortiz with theft after alleging Ortiz, of East Dewey Avenue,
Youngstown, has stolen a sweater
and a skirt from the JCPenney store
in Southern Park Mall.
Identity theft: A Market Street
woman accused her former boyfriend
of canceling her Ohio direction card
then having it reissued without her
permission, apparently so as to obtain her monetary benefits and seek
retribution against her.
Theft: A woman in her late 20s took
10 articles of children’s clothing
from the JCPenney store.
Theft: Jorge A. Perez, 51, of South
Jackson Street, Youngstown, was
charged with stealing an $8 utility
knife from Home Depot, 7001 Southern Blvd.
Dec. 14
Arrest: Police responding to a 911 call
in the 6800 block of Lockwood Boulevard charged a 15-year-old Canfield boy with resisting arrest and
obstructing official business after
alleging the teen had tried to break
free from officers while being arrested and ignored their commands.
Arrest: Officers answered a disturbance call on Timothy Lane, where
they took into custody 37-year-old
Charles R. Thomas on a charge of ob-
structing official business. Thomas,
of Timothy Lane, Boardman, demanded that authorities leave his
property and refused to allow them
to enter the residence, hampering
their investigation, a report showed.
Breaking and entering: Someone used
a rock to break a side window to a
vacant residence in the 300 block of
West Midlothian Boulevard, though
it appeared nothing was missing.
Harassment: A Melrose Avenue
woman said her former boyfriend
has made multiple unwanted calls
and sent threatening text messages
to her.
Theft: A Mathews Road man reported
several Christmas decorations stolen
from his front yard, along with two
transponders.
Theft/criminal damaging: An East
Liverpool man in the 300 block of
Boardman-Poland Road noticed a
window to his car was broken. Items
stolen from the vehicle included
$100, a purse and five rings.
Theft: A man in his mid-50s reportedly stole 10 energy drinks and 10
sticks of deodorant from Family Dollar, 4030 Market St.
Theft: A Poland woman saw that her
wallet was missing while at a Southern Park Mall clothing store.
REAL ESTATE
Terry O. Tetterton to James Vivo,
Ridgewood Drive, Boardman,
$83,434.
John S. Foreman to Tom Nicholudis,
Highland Ave., Poland, $60,700.
Allan D. Yeagley to Next Gen Properties Inc., Bryson St., Youngstown,
$10,000.
HSBC Bank USA National Association
to Peter M. Abbas, Boardman Blvd.,
Boardman $25,379.
Stonebridge Land Corp. et al to Marty
D. Santillo et al, Lake Wobegon
Drive, Canfield, $62,000.
Deborah L. Gudat et al to Kate Ruso,
Montridge Drive, Canfield, $143,000.
John J. Tkach to Hood Maintenance
LLC, Wellington Ave., Youngstown.
$6,000.
Black Dragon Investments LLC to
McPhee Family Super Fund LLC,
Cherry Hill Ave., Youngstown,
$26,500.
Owens Family Revocable Living
Trust U/D to Kevin M. Siembieda
et al, Southwoods Ave., Boardman,
$145,000.
JP Morgan Chase Bank NA to Kathleen A. Maldonado, S. Salem Warren
Road, North Jackson, $79,500.
Paula Ann Leon et al to Deborah C.
Harding, Judith Lane, Struthers,
$54,000.
Sarah E. Yocum et al to Jonathan
Mitchell et al, Brandon Ave., Poland,
$50,000.
Dorothy C. Folkwein to William A.
Malloy Sr., Judith Lane, Struthers,
$43,000.
John C. Kopp et al to Ryan A. Sacha,
Venloe Drive, Poland, $180,000.
Raymond J. Boila at al to Melinda A.
Chasen, Helena Drive, Struthers,
$71,000.
Cocca Development LTD to Baywinds
Management LLC, Hunter Ave.,
Youngstown, $12,500.
Nathanael A. Russo to Edwina
Perez, Glenwood Ave., Youngstown,
$105,000.
Anthony P. Mileto Jr. to Michael J.
Brickland, Lynn Ave., Youngstown,
$52,000.
Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. to
Albert Campbell, E. Boston Ave.,
Youngstown, $5,500.
Scott M. Kayla et al to Matthew F.
Breedlove et al, Shelbourne Drive,
Youngstown, $86,600.
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LEGAL NOTICE
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Judge OKs settlement
for child who was raped
Staff report
spite of Cody Beemers’ rape
conviction as a teenager.
CSB officials have said
workers didn’t have “eyes
on” supervision of the visits
at all times but did check in
on the child about every 15
minutes.
Both Beemers are serving
life-prison sentences for the
crimes.
The child since has been
adopted by a West Farmington couple.
Of the $305,000, Atty.
Michael Rossi will receive
$93,632, Atty. Mary Jane
Trapp will receive $8,035
and the child will receive a
structured settlement that
pays her $25,000 at age 18
and $1,308 per month for
life starting at age 21.
WARREN
Trumbull County Probate Judge Thomas A.
Swift approved a $305,000
settlement Wednesday for
a 3-year-old girl who was
raped by her biologial parents at the Trumbull County Children Services offices
in 2011.
Judge Swift had rejected
an earlier settlement agreement that called for the girl
to receive a $150,000 settlement from the children services board.
A lawsuit filed on the girl’s
behalf sought compensation as a result of CSB allowing the child’s parents,
Cody and Felicia Beemer
of Warren, to visit with the
child alone at CSB offices in
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Amanda Lodge, New Waterford,
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Girard, girl, Dec. 16.
Amanda Shirey and Dustin
James Hulton, Salem, girl,
Dec. 16.
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Campbell, boy, Dec. 11.
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Center and Trumbull Memorial
Hospital, no longer provides
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MAGENTA
ELIZABETH J. LALLY, 89
BAYTOS, William C. “Bill” “Billy,”
of Columbus; calling hours Saturday from noon to 1 p.m. at John
Quint Treboni Funeral Home.
BONHOFF, Mary E. Marino Conroy, 89, of Youngstown; calling
hours today from 4 to 7 p.m. at
Schiavone Funeral Home.
CUDDY, Karen M., 63, of Poland;
Rossi & Santucci Funeral Home in
Boardman.
HAMMAR, Ernest Alfred II, 79, of
Canfield; calling hours Friday from
6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from
10 to 11 a.m. at Lane Family Funeral Homes, Canfield Chapel.
MECHLING, Jay T., 83, of Austintown; Higgins-Reardon Funeral
Homes, Austintown Chapel.
PROKOP, Loretta R., 85, of
Lordstown; calling hours today
from 4 to 7 p.m. at McFarland &
Son Funeral Home in Warren and
Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. at First
United Methodist Church in Warren.
RICH, John W., 55, of Youngstown; calling hours today from
5 to 6:30 p.m. at Rossi Brothers &
Lellio Funeral Home in Boardman.
SHIRILLA, John Joseph, 85, of
Riverside, Calif., formerly of
Campbell.
HARRIS, David Paul Sr., 67, of
North Jackson; calling hours SatSTADNIK, Teofil Joseph, 85, of
urday from 1 to 4 p.m. at Lane
Cocoa, Fla., formerly of YoungsFamily Funeral Homes, Austintown town; Careyhand Colonial Funeral
Chapel.
Home in Orlando, Fla.
HILL, Jane, 57, of Boardman;
calling hours today from 4 to
8 p.m. and Friday from 10 to 11 a.m.
at Rossi Brothers & Lellio Funeral
Home.
STYERS, Helen L., 87, of Girard;
calling hours Friday from 6 to
8 p.m. at Crown Hill Chapel Mausoleum in Vienna; Selby Funeral
Home in Vienna.
BLACK
TRIBUTES
POLAND - Prayers will be held
Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at the Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Poland Chapel, followed by a Mass of
Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at the
Holy Family Church, for Elizabeth
J. Lally, 89, who passed away
Tuesday at her home, with her
family by her side.
Elizabeth was born Feb. 6, 1925,
in Summerhill, Pa., a daughter of
the late William and Agnes (Brummert) Clark.
Elizabeth was a member of the
Holy Family Church. Her greatest
love was for her family, especially
spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Her husband, Thomas P. Lally,
whom she married June 21, 1947,
passed away April 18, 1985.
Elizabeth leaves her two
daughters, Cindy (Carl) Hallquist
of Poland and Annette (Thomas)
O’Connell of Salem; son Brian Lally
of Poland; nine grandchildren,
Tommy (Terri) Lally, Kathy (Steve)
Bero, Kim (Mark) Russo, Michelle
(Matt) Monroe, Jeanne (Dan) Beck,
Kevin (Jessica) Hallquist, Brian
(Jessica) Hallquist, and John and
Lynn O’Connell; 18 great-grandchildren, Michael, Patrick, Emily,
Frank, Lauren, Sarah, Haley, Nathan, Morgan, Abby, Max, McKen-
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LORETTA R. PROKOP, 85
“Together Again”
na, Madison, Wyatt, Holly, Brooke,
Brian, and Colin; and two brothers,
Bill (Greta) Clark and Tom (Lou)
Clark, both of Youngstown.
Elizabeth was also preceded in
death by a son, Michael Lally;
three sisters, Trudy Bodnovich,
Kay Hahn, and Mary Louise Clark;
and two brothers, Ted and Kenny
Clark.
Family and friends may pay
their respects Friday from 4 to
7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Burial will take place at Poland
Riverside Cemetery.
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WILLIAM C. “BILL” “BILLY” BAYTOS
lege, he was a member of the
COLUMBUS - William C. “Bill”
R.O.T.C. program and shortly
“Billy” Baytos left this Earth on
Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, doing exact- thereafter was deployed to the
Korean War as a cartographer for
ly what he enjoyed. He swam his
JANECKO, Monica Yvonne (DuriTURNER, Douglas R., 44, of How- daily laps, visited the library,
several years. Upon his return
na), 87, of Struthers; calling hours land; calling hours Friday from
from Korea, he relocated to Coshopped for bargains with his
today from 5 to 8 p.m. at Wasko
2 to 4 p.m. at McFarland and Son
lumbus, met his wife, Carol, and
son, and spent his evening chatFuneral Home in Campbell.
Funeral & Cremation Services Co.
began his career as a scientist at
ting with a long-time friend.
in Warren.
Bill was born in Youngstown, as Battelle Memorial Institute. He
KALE, Robert LeRoy, 97, of Warworked with Battelle throughout
the fourth child of Anna Stefanik
WALPERT, Michael Charles, 67,
ren; calling hours Friday from
his entire professional career,
and
Steven
Bajtosh.
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lane Family Fu- of Salem; no calling hours; ArHe was an active, loving father which entailed many years of
baugh-Pearce-Greenisen
&
Sons
neral Homes, Roberts-Clark Chaptraveling all over the United
to his four children, Pamela,
Funeral and Cremation Services.
el.
Laura, Ken and Tom; and grandfa- States as well as Europe. His reWILLIAMS, James M. Jr., of War- ther to three boys. He is also sur- tirement years were spent travelKRPICAK, Mark, 51, of Youngstown; no calling hours; Matthew W. ren; Borowski Funeral Service/Oak vived by his sister, Marge McGraw ing with his wife, Carol, tending to
his garden, reading, swimming
and brother Steve Bajtosh.
Meadow Cremation Services.
Conley Funeral Home.
and keeping in contact with family
He was preceded in death by
WOLFE, Donald G., of Warren;
LALLY, Elizabeth J., 89, of Pohis dear wife, Carol; as well as his and friends.
Borowski Funeral Service/Oak
land; calling hours Friday from
Bill’s funeral will be held at
brother, John; and sisters Eleanor
4 to 7 p.m. at Higgins-Reardon Fu- Meadow Cremation Services.
1 p.m., on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014,
Kollar and Ann Reese.
neral Homes, Poland Chapel.
at the John Quint Treboni Funeral
Bill understood what it meant
Home, 1177 W. Fifth Ave. in Columto
celebrate
and
enjoy
the
little
MCDEVITT, Malcolm Arthur, 51,
bus, where family and friends may
things
in
life.
He
lived
a
well
balof Norton; calling hours Friday
call one hour prior to the service.
anced
life
of
mind,
body
and
spifrom 6 to 8 p.m. at Hummel FunerBurial will be private for immerit. His daily swims were as vital
al Home in Akron.
diate family members.
to him as his daily meals. He was
In lieu of flowers, the family
an avid reader and spent most
suggests memorial contributions
days at the library checking out
the latest books. It was so impor- be made to the Grandview Heights
MALCOLM ARTHUR MCDEVITT, 51
Public Library Memorial Donatant to interact with family and
NORTON - Malcolm Arthur
tions, 1685 W. First Ave., Columfriends via daily phone calls and
McDevitt, 51, passed away Wednesbus, OH 43212, or online at
emails. Bill also enjoyed learning
day, Dec. 17, 2014, at Hospice Care
www.ghpl.org/support/donaand sharing his knowledge.
Center.
He was a graduate of Woodrow tion_contact.php.
Please visit www.johnquint.com
Wilson High School, Youngstown
his father, James.
College and the Ohio State Univer- to send condolences.
He is survived be his wife, Ja12-18-14
sity graduate school. During colmie; stepchildren Morgan, Stephen and Michaela Nails; mother
Darleen Ruggiero; sister Kimberly
Cavucci; and a host of nieces,
DIANE R. ZIOBERT, 62
nephews and friends.
POLAND - Diane R. Ziobert, 62,
The family will receive friends
died on Monday, Dec. 15, 2014, in
on Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, from 6 to
the comfort of her home.
8 p.m. at the Hummel Funeral
Please visit
She was born in Youngstown,
Home, 500 E. Exchange St., Akron. www.hummelcares.com to share
on
July 21, 1952, a daughter of
A funeral service will be held on
condolences.
Daniel
and Rosemary Bacha SabelSaturday at 10 a.m. at the funeral
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li.
home.
Diane was a 1970 graduate of
Wilson High School and attended
Youngstown State University. She
was employed in medical billing
DAVID PAUL HARRIS SR., 67
for many years and was a member
NORTH JACKSON - Services cel- Dorothy “Dot” (Wilson) Harris,
of St. Charles Catholic Church. She
whom he married June 21, 1969;
ebrating the life of David Paul
enjoyed sewing, crafts and baking.
daughter Dristina (Don) Quinn; son
Harris Sr., 67, will be held at
Diane was preceded in death by Cemetery.
David Paul (Mandy) Harris Jr.;
4 p.m., Saturday, at the Lane Fuher mother, Rosemary Sabelli.
Visitation will be one hour prior
grandchildren CJ and Caleb Quinn
neral Homes, Austintown Chapel.
Survivors include her husband,
Dave was born Jan. 24, 1947, in and Siena and Brody Harris. He al- Adam Ziobert, whom she married to the service on Saturday from
9 to 10 a.m. in the church.
so is survived by his brothers,
Belington, W.Va., the son of Terry
on June 13, 1975; her daughter,
In lieu of flowers, memorial
Walt, Jim, Tom, and Sonny Boy; as Jennifer Ziobert of New Middleand Genevieve (Simmons) Harris.
donations
may be made to Hoswell as his sisters, Ruth Arbogast, town; her son, Adam M. (Nicole)
Dave graduated in 1965 from
pice
of
the
Valley, 5190 Market St.,
Kay Redner, Jean Silvester and
Philippi High School in West VirZiobert of Annapolis, Md.; her faYoungstown,
OH 44512.
Doll Cross.
ginia, after graduation he served
ther, Daniel Sabelli; and two
The
Davis-Becker
Funeral Home
Dave was preceded in death by brothers, Daniel and Ronald Sabelin the Army. His service included
is handling arrangements.
18 months in Germany, before be- his parents; brothers Bob, Ted,
li.
Visit www.beckerobits.com to
ing honorably discharged in 1968. Buck; sister Mary Ann; brother-inA memorial Mass will be celesend condolences.
law Charles Wilson; and sister-inHe started his employment with
brated on Saturday at 10 a.m. at
law Mary Lou Wilson.
Terex, a division of General MoSt. Charles Catholic Church, 7345
The Harris family requests that, Westview Dr., Youngstown, with
tors, and later worked at General
in lieu of flowers, memorial conMotors Lordstown. After many
the Rev. Fr. Philip Rogers as celeyears, he began his own construc- tributions can be made during vis- brant. Burial will follow at Calvary
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tion business doing what he loved. itation in Dave’s name to the VA
clinic. The family would like to
Dave could build anything, big or
small, just from a picture. He was send a special thank you to Dr.
Robert Angelo, Dr. Steven Swain,
forced to stop working in 1994,
GEORGE K. COX, 97
and had fought a long, hard battle Diane Reese and the Briarfield Assisted Living staff for everything
with MS. He did continue to work
NEW MIDDLETOWN - Graveside
Rochester, N.Y.; five grandchilthey did for Dave and the Harris
in his workshop till the spring of
services will be held on Saturday
dren, Jennifer Hovis, David (Jenni2009, making wonderful pieces of family. The family also is very
at 11 a.m. at Belmont Park Cemefer) Hovis, Joshua (Jill) Cox, Ian
grateful to the VA for its care and tery in Youngstown for George K.
furniture and heirlooms for his
(Danielle) Cox and Liz Laubscher;
support given to Dave and the
wife, children and grandchildren.
Cox, 97, formerly of Youngstown.
and six great-grandchildren. Also
family throughout the years.
The last thing Dave made was a
He passed away Tuesday morning surviving is a brother-in-law, Alex
Dave’s wishes will be fulfilled,
table and chairs for his grandat ValleyCare Northside Medical
Sheppa of Youngstown.
as he will be returned to his bedaughter, Siena’s, second birthCenter.
Preceding him in death, beloved West Virginia.
day.
Mr. Cox was born Oct. 28, 1917,
sides his wife and parents, are his
Family and friends may call
One of Dave’s greatest loves
in Youngstown, a son of Asa Walinfant brother, Billy; and a sister,
was hunting in West Virginia with from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, at the
ter and Mary Kay Cox.
Sara Sheppa.
funeral home, prior to services.
his father and brothers. He took
He was a 1941 graduate of Ohio
The family asks that material
Family and friends may visit
great pleasure in spending time
Northern University, and was a
tributes take the form of contriwith friends bowling, playing soft- www.lanefuneralhomes.com view pharmacist with Gray Drug, retirbutions to the Westminster Presball, basketball and cards. He con- this obituary and send condolen- ing in 1982.
byterian Church Memorial Fund,
tinued to play cards with special
ces.
George was a veteran of the
119 Stadium Drive, Boardman, OH
friends, until the very end. He
U.S. Navy, serving in World War II.
44512.
spent many years coaching his
His wife, the former Ruth Blake,
Visit www.beckerobits.com to
son and daughter in softball and
whom he married Nov. 6, 1943,
send condolences.
baseball and spent many, many
died on July 16, 1994.
Arrangements handled by the
hours watching them play several
Surviving him are his children, Davis-Becker Funeral Home in
sports at Western Reserve High
Mary Ann (Robert) Hovis of Cleve- Boardman.
School. He regretted never being
land, William W. Cox of Youngsable to play or coach his grandtown, Judy L. (Donald) Parsons of
children or teach them any of his
Hiram, and Robert G. (Becky Benmany talents from his beloved
nett) Cox of Merritt Island, Fla.; a
workshop.
sister, Dolly (Walter) Dickson of
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Dave is survived by his wife,
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LORDSTOWN - Loretta R. Prokop, 85, passed away on Tuesday,
Dec. 16, 2014, at Community Skilled
Nursing Centre.
She was born on Dec. 28, 1928,
in Upshur County, W.Va., the
daughter of the late Stillman and
Pauline (Zickefoose) Gooden.
Loretta was a 1948 graduate of
Warren G. Harding High School.
She retired after 13 years from the
Lordstown School System as a bus
driver. She was a member of the
First United Methodist Church in
Warren, where she served on
many committees and was a
member of its Joy Circle, Lordstown Garden Club, Trumbull County Garden Guild, Lordstown
O.C.C.L., and was a den mother for
Cub Scouts.
Memories of Loretta will be
carried on by son Donald (Joyce)
Prokop of Lordstown; daughter
Laurie (Timothy) Draper of Columbus; son Ronald (Kelly) Prokop of
McDonald; sister Macel (Harold)
Peterson of Champion; brother
Nolan (Shirley) Gooden of Akron;
13 grandchildren; and nine greatgrandchildren.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, Peter P. Prokop,
whom she married Sept. 18, 1948,
and who preceded her on Aug. 21,
1994; son Stephen L. Prokop; and
daughter Karen S. Miller.
Family will receive friends today, Dec. 18, 2014, from 4 to 7 p.m.
at the McFarland & Son Funeral
Home in Warren and on Friday,
Dec. 19, 2014, one hour prior to
service at the church. Funeral
services will be held on Friday,
Dec. 19, 2014, at 11 a.m., at the First
United Methodist Church in Warren, with the Rev. Rick Oaks and
the Rev. Yesudas Devadan officiating.
Final committal will be held at
a later date at Lordstown Village
Cemetery.
Her family suggests contributions be made in the form of flowers or donations to the First United Methodist Church, 309 N. Park
Ave., Warren, OH 44481.
Arrangements are entrusted to
the McFarland & Son Funeral and
Cremation Services Co., 271 N.
Park Ave., Warren, OH 44481.
Please visit www.McFarlandCares.com to view this obituary, send condolences, and order
flowers.
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JAY T. MECHLING, 83
AUSTINTOWN - Private family
services will be held at a later
date for Jay T. Mechling, 83, who
died Tuesday afternoon at his home.
Jay was born Aug. 25, 1931, in
Youngstown, the son of Doyle and
Elizabeth (Harmon) Mechling.
He was employed by Local No.
476 as a painter, paper hanger
and specialized in wood graining,
working for several local contractors, including Joseph Painting
and Bochert Brothers. He retired
in 1993. He was a member of the
St. Christine bowling league and a
former member of the Saxon Club.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Ruth J. Russell, whom he
married Jan. 14, 1952; two daughters, Deborah Carver of Portland,
Ore. and Janet (John) Fire of Austintown; three sons, Thomas (Dianne) Mechling of Youngstown,
James “Rusty” (Judy) Mechling of
Boardman, and Charles (Helen)
Mechling of Niles; a sister, Edna
McGuane of Florida; two brothers,
Harold (Debra) Mechling of Newton Falls and Doyle (Becky) Mechling of Florida; six grandchildren,
Andy, Christine and Greg Fire, Jay
and Jason Mechling and Ann Carver; and eight great-grandchildren.
four sisters, Margaret Sutton,
Beaulah Yurkus, Edith Fox and
Ruth Satterfield; and five brothers, William, Robert, David, James
and John Mechling.
The family has requested that
material tributes take the form of
donations to Hospice of the Valley
in Jay’s memory.
Professional arrangements are
by the Higgins-Reardon Funeral
Homes, Austintown Chapel.
Please visit www.higgins-reardon.com to view this tribute and
send condolences.
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JOHN W. RICH, 55
YOUNGSTOWN – There will be a
memorial service at 6:30 p.m., today, Dec, 18, 2014, at the Rossi
Brothers & Lellio Funeral Home in
Boardman, for John W. Rich, 55,
who passed away Monday, Dec. 15,
2014.
John was born March 8, 1959, in
Youngstown, the son of Fred W.
and Gloria (Phillips) Rich.
John was a self-employed roofer. He enjoyed cooking, working in
his garden and hanging out with
his friends.
John will always be lovingly remembered by his sister, Jane Rich
of Boardman and numerous cousins.
his parents.
Friends may call today, Dec. 18,
from 5 p.m. until the time of the
memorial service, at the Rossi
Brothers & Lellio Funeral Home,
4442 South Ave. in Boardman.
The family respectfully requests material contributions be
made to Genie in a Bottle Inc., at
any Chase Bank, or to 6030 Yorktown Lane, Youngstown, OH 44515.
the Book of Memories at www.rossifunerals.com to view this tribute
and send condolences to John’s
family.
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HELEN L. STYERS, 87
GIRARD - Helen L. Styers, 87,
died Monday, Dec. 15, 2014, at ValleyCare Northside Medical Center
in Youngstown.
Helen was born Aug. 25, 1927,
the daughter of George A. and
Helen (Callahan) Snyder in McDonald.
She married Lester Styers Jr.
on July 20, 1944, in Buffalo, N.Y.
Helen, a homemaker, also
worked as a tin inspector at Republic Steel in Warren.
She was a Girard Senior Citizen,
belonged to the Girard Senior
Card Club, the Bridge Club, and
was a volunteer for the Trumbull
County Meals On Wheels program.
Helen leaves behind a son, Lester R. (Devera) Styers of Canfield;
two daughters, Linda J. (David)
Kerr of Brookfield and Janet L.
(Troy) Cash of Lordstown; also
seven grandchildren; and 11 greatgrandchildren.
Helen’s husband, Lester Styers
Jr., brothers George Snyder and
James Snyder, sister Kathryn Higgins, and daughter-in-law Rebecca
Styers preceded her in death.
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Calling hours for Helen will be
held Friday, Dec. 19, from 6 to
8 p.m., at Crown Hill Chapel Mausoleum in Vienna. A Catholic Mass
will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday,
Dec. 20, at St. Rose Catholic
Church in Girard.
The family requests that any
monetary donations be sent to
Trumbull Mobile Meals, 323 E. Market St., Warren, OH 44481.
Entombment will take place at
Crown Hill Burial Park in Vienna.
The Selby Funeral Home was
entrusted with the arrangements.
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FLORENCE EVANOFF GOZUR, 90
CAMPBELL - Funeral services
will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at St.
John Russian Orthodox Church for
Florence Evanoff Gozur, 90, who
passed away Tuesday morning at
her home in Campbell.
Florence was born Feb. 22,
1924, in Youngstown, a daughter
of Naume and Mary Ondrej Evanoff.
She was a 1942 graduate of
Campbell Memorial High School.
She married Steve Gozur in May of
1948.
Florence was a member of St.
John Russian Orthodox Church
and was its first female council
member. She loved singing in the
choir for over 60 years. Florence
loved caring for and playing with
her grandchildren. She enjoyed
working part-time at Bargain Port
and watching the Cleveland Indians and Browns, along with Notre
Dame football on TV.
Florence leaves to cherish her
memories her two daughters, Karen, who cared for her and with
whom she made her home, and
Arlene Rozum of North Jackson;
and a son, Stephen (Sharon) of
Hatfield, Pa. “Grandma Flo” had
four grandchildren, Alicia Rozum
of Oakland, Calif., Johnny Rozum
of North Jackson and Brittany and
Steven of Hatfield.
She leaves two sisters, Pauline
Onestak of West Middlesex, Pa.,
and Mary Fredericks of Campbell;
a brother, Milan (Patricia) Evanoff
of Ft. Myers; and numerous nieces
and nephews.
her parents and her husband,
Steve.
The Gozur family has entrusted
their loved one to the care of the
Wasko Funeral Home and will receive family and friends Friday afternoon from 1 to 2 p.m. at the
church.
The family would like to offer
special thanks to Stephanie of
Cambridge Home Health, Shannon
of Comfort Keepers, and Hospice
of the Mahoning Valley.
Visit www.waskofamily.com to
view this obituary and send Florence’s family condolences.
ROBERT LEROY KALE, 97
WARREN - Robert LeRoy Kale,
97, passed away on Monday, Dec.
15, 2014, at the St. Joseph Health
Center in Warren.
He was born on Aug. 14, 1917, in
Warren, to the late Roy and Fannie
(Owens) Kale.
Robert retired in June 1983,
from the Lordstown Board of Education and was a veteran of the
U.S. Merchant Marines. He was a
member of the Second Christian
Church, a past Master and member of the Masons Niles McKinley
Lodge No. 794, member of the Ali
Baba Grotto in Bazetta Township,
and a past president of the Howard Brown Memorial Chapter of
the Merchant Marines. He enjoyed
gardening and playing the organ.
He was known to be a “master at
tinkering” and he created many
lawn decorations over the years.
Robert married his late wife,
Betty (Lathem) Kale, on Aug. 20,
1938.
Robert is survived by his sons,
Lee (Delores) Kale, David (Margaret) Kale, James (Mary Ann) Kale,
all of Warren, and Richard (Sharon) Kale of Las Vegas; eight
grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and three great-greatgrandchildren.
his wife of 74 years, Betty Kale on
Aug. 23, 2012; one great-grandson,
Joshua Kale; sister Vivian Cole;
and brother Paige (Esther) Kale.
Calling hours for Robert will be
held on Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, at the
Lane Family Funeral Homes, Roberts-Clark Chapel, 180 Garfield
Drive, NE, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
with the funeral service beginning
at 1 p.m., with Randi Pappa officiating. Masonic services will take
place at 11 a.m., at the beginning
of the calling hours. Burial will follow at Crown Hill Burial Park in
Vienna, where full military honors
will be served.
Please visit www.RobertsClarkChapel.com to view this
obituary and to send online condolences to the family.
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JOHN JOSEPH SHIRILLA, 85
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. – John Joseph Shirilla entered eternal life
on Dec. 13, 2014, at the age of 85.
He was born March 6, 1929, in
Campbell, to Slovak immigrants,
Jan and Katarina Sirilla.
John attended Campbell Memorial High School and earned his
B.A. from Youngstown State University, before completing graduate studies at the University of
Pittsburgh. He also served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict from 1951 to 1953.
John married the love of his
life, Vivian (Sciortino) Shirilla, in
1954, with whom he shared 60
years of marriage. Together, they
moved to California in 1958, and
settled in Riverside, where they
lived for the next 56 years.
John taught in the Riverside
Unified School District, at both
Riverside Poly and Ramona High
Schools, for more than 30 years,
where he taught business and
drivers education, and also coached golf before retiring in 1989.
John was an avid golfer and
long-time member of the Indian
Hills Golf Club, where he enjoyed
playing with friends. He was also a
founding member of St. Nicholas
Byzantine Catholic Church in Fontana, Calif., where he enjoyed attending Mass every Sunday. He
took pride in his home and his
meticulously manicured lawn, but
most of all, he took pride in caring
for his beloved wife and family. He
looked forward to joining his wife
in heaven following her passing in
September.
John Shirilla was preceded in
death by his wife, Vivian; brothers
Dan and Michael Shirilla; and sister Marge (Shirilla) Culbertson.
He is survived by daughters
Kathleen Clinnin of Carlsbad, Calif.
(husband John Clinnin), Valerie
Roberts of Ventura, Calif. (husband Tom Roberts), and son John
Shirilla of Menifee, Calif.; as well
as grandchildren Justin Shirilla,
Lauren and Matthew Roberts, and
Jack Clinnin.
Memorial services will be held
Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014, at St.
Nicholas Byzantine Catholic
Church, 9112 Oleander Ave., in Fontana, Calif., at 10 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, the family
suggests that donations be made
to St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic
Church in memory of John J. Shirilla.
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By JORDYN GRZELEWSKI
jgrzelewski@vindy.com
POLAND
nis) Gorby of Salem and Luann
Nortrup of Salem; two brothers,
Tim (Diane) Grafton of Texas and
Joe (Jeanne) Nortrup of Colorado;
mother-in-law June Hill; and her
dogs.
her father.
Friends may call today, Dec. 18,
2014, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Rossi
Brothers & Lellio Funeral Home,
4442 South Ave. in Boardman and
again on Friday from 10 a.m. until
the time of the service at the Rossi Brothers & Lellio Funeral Home.
the Book of Memories at www.rossifunerals.com to view this tribute
and to send condolences to
Jane’s family.
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As one Poland sidewalk
project nears completion,
village council members
are looking ahead to another one.
Council members at a
meeting Tuesday discussed
the possibility of putting
in a sidewalk on Sheridan
Road near North Elementary School.
Village Mayor Tim Sicafuse said the council will
apply for funds from Safe
Routes to School, a grant
program that helps communities install sidewalks
to increase foot traffic to
schools.
The Poland Township
Board of Trustees participated in the grant program
earlier this year to install
a sidewalk that stretches
along state Route 170 from
Nesbitt Street to Dobbins
Road, near Dobbins Elementary. The township
received $500,000 for the
project, which township
trustees say is set to be
complete within the next
few weeks.
Village officials want to
install a sidewalk along
Sheridan Road between
Island Drive and Johnston
Place, council member Bill
Dunnavant said.
“There are a lot of people,
a lot of students that walk
that street,” he said. “Right
now, all the pedestrians
are walking on the street.
We especially want it to be
safe for students, and we
want to provide them with
the opportunity to walk to
school.”
Dunnavant said the project still is in the planning
phase, and that sometime
next year, village officials
will get a consulting firm
to engineer the project. Village council then can apply
for Safe Routes to School
funds for the project, he
said.
“We sure are hopeful
that we can get funding for
it because we feel it’s a very
good spot for a sidewalk,
and we want to make it safe
for our students,” Dunnavant said.
Procedural mix-up fizzles fireworks bill
By MARC KOVAC
news@vindy.com
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JANE HILL, 57
BOARDMAN – There will be a funeral service at 11 a.m. on Friday,
Dec. 19, 2014, at the Rossi Brothers
& Lellio Funeral Home in Boardman, for Jane Hill, 57, who passed
away Monday, Dec. 15, 2014, at
home, surrounded by her loving
family and friends.
Jane was born Sept. 16, 1957, in
Fredericksburg, Va., the daughter
of Wilburt E. Grafton and Alma
Wines.
Jane was a homemaker. She
was a member of the Memorial
Baptist Church and a volunteer at
St. John Episcopal Church. She
was an avid baker, cook and a
wonderful painter. Jane was a
member of Alcoholic Anonymous
for 27 years and had an enormous
impact on the recovery community. She helped countless people
with her love and care over the
last 27 years. She was truly a wonderful person.
Jane was secretary/treasurer
for the Wednesday evening Columbiana Golf Course meeting and
through that, it became known as
the “dessert” meeting, because of
all the wonderful pastries she
baked.
Jane will always be lovingly remembered by her mother, Alma of
Salem; her husband, Mark Hill,
whom she married Aug. 26, 1989;
son Chad (Avory) Stokes of Mississippi; two grandchildren, Gracie
and Peyton; two sisters, Peg (Den-
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Legislation to legalize
consumer fireworks will not
move out of the Ohio House
this year after a procedural
mix-up during a committee
vote early Wednesday afternoon.
SB 386 had just enough
support to move out of the
Hea lt h Committee, but
Chairman Ly nn Wachtma nn, R-Napoleon, accidentally adjourned the
meeting before all members
registered their votes.
SB 386 sought to allow
the use of consumer-grade
fireworks such as Roman
candles and bottle rockets,
within the state’s border.
Such products can be purchased in Ohio by anyone
18 or older, but they cannot
be used in the state. Instead,
they must be taken over the
state’s borders within 48
hours of purchase.
SB 386 would eliminate
the requirement that consumer-grade fireworks be
taken out of the state within
two days of purchase and
would allow buyers to “discharge, ignite or explode”
such fireworks on their
property or another’s, with
permission.
Age restrictions would
remain in place for the
purchase of fireworks, and
sellers would be required to
provide safety glasses and
a safety pamphlet prepared
by the state fire marshal to
customers.
The legislation also would
institute a new 4 percent
fee on fireworks purchases,
with the proceeds directed
to the state fire marshal for
training and enforcement
efforts.
The provisions would not
take effect until 2016, after
the state fire marshal drafts
rules for the “time, manner
and location” that consumer-grade fireworks could be
used.
The House’s Health Committee had its initial hearing
on the legislation Wednes-
day, with the bill’s sponsor
and proponents and opponents of the law changes offering testimony.
“The fireworks-related injury rate has dropped from
38.3 injuries per 100,000
pounds of fireworks consumed in 1976 to 6.1 injuries per 100,000 pounds in
2013,” said Sen. Dave Burke,
R-Marysville, who wrote SB
386 and carried the legislation in the Senate.
But opponents, citing other statistics, say 11,400 people visited emergency rooms
nationally last year due to
fireworks-related injuries.
Burke told members of the
Health Committee that he
would reintroduce the legislation, as written, next year.
Niles council to eliminate positions
By JORDAN COHEN
news@vindy.com
NILES
Despite a protest by a dozen city firefighters during
Wednesday’s city council
meeting, council is moving
forward with plans to eliminate three lieutenant positions through attrition.
Currently, the 28-member
department has slots for six
lieutenants.
“This looks like you’re setting up to close one of the
[two] fire stations,” said Bill
Santell, president of International Association of Firefighters Local 320. “There
has to be an officer on every
truck.”
Earlier this year, state Auditor Dave Yost suggested
the city close one of the fire
stations to save money.
“The financial audit says
we’re in trouble,” responded
Mayor Ralph Infante, “and
we’re not cutting people,
only officer positions.”
The mayor said the city
has spent $180,000 in firefighter overtime this year,
which brought an angry retort from Santell.
“We’ve been short three
firefighters for years,” Santell countered. “You can put
two [more] firemen on to
save overtime.”
The state auditor placed
the city in fiscal emergency
last October because of its
deficits — a point Infante
emphasized to Santell.
“I have a financial responsibility to the city of Niles,”
Infante said.
The union’s argument
apparently led council to
recess to executive session for more than 45 minutes. W hen the meeting
resumed, council decided
to move the ordinance to
second reading instead of
passing it immediately, and
not making it effective till
Feb. 1. City Law Director
Terry Dull said the delay
was due to pending litiga-
tion in which a firefighter
is suing the city because he
has not been promoted to
lieutenant.
With its eyes on Niles’
troubled financial situation,
council approved the 2015
budget with an $11.2 million
general fund, which is $1.7
million less than the 2014
budget.
City Auditor Charles Nader said there is no funding
for overtime, but Councilman Steve Papalas, finance
committee chairman, said
the budget will have to be
amended during the year.
“We’ll meet with department heads when overtime
becomes an issue,” Papalas
said.
Overtime funding is likely
to come under the scrutiny of a financial planning
and supervision commission that will be appointed
by the state auditor to deal
with the fiscal emergency.
The commission will have
to approve any expenditure
over $5,000.
Also Wednesday, council
unanimously approved Infante’s request for authorization to suspend any employee without pay who is
either indicted or charged
with a felony.
The Vindicator reported
Wednesday that the mayor
sought the change after
determining he had no
legal grounds to suspend
Michael Marrara, a sewer
maintenance employee,
who is accused of stealing
$97,000 from Mount Carmel Church in Niles. The
policy change cannot apply
to Marrara, who continues
to work on a restricted basis and has no contact with
city funds, according to the
mayor.
Dull said should anyone
who is suspended under the
ordinance be acquitted, the
city would restore all lost
wages.
Hubbard police stop attack on woman
Staff report
HUBBARD
Police went to check on
a woman’s welfare only to
discover her ex-boyfriend
strangling her on her couch,
a police report says.
The report also says the
54-year-old woman told
them Amato Pasquale Zaccone Jr., 54, held her hostage
in her Jacobs Road apartment for two days, from
Sunday night until 9:38 p.m.
Tuesday.
Zaccone was arraigned
Wednesday morning in Girard Municipal Court. He
did not post a $107,500 bond
and remains in the Trumbull County Jail, charged
with felonious assault and
domestic violence.
Tuesday night, police began breaking in to the apart-
ment through a window until Zaccone obeyed repeated
orders from them to open
the door.
W hen a police officer
looked into the kitchen window, he saw the victim “try
to kick out of being strangled by a man standing and
bent over her ... a muffled
noise could be heard then a
garbled ‘help’ ...” according
to the report.
As officers yelled for him
to stop, Zaccone continued
to choke the victim, the report says.
After he finally opened the
door, he was ordered to the
ground and handcuffed.
Police called an ambulance. The victim told them
to look under a couch pillow, where they found a
large butcher knife and poke
marks from the knife on the
back of the couch.
“He’s been hitting, punching me, and choking me
out,” the victim told police.
She said it started Sunday
night when she let him come
over to the apartment. He
had been in the hospital, the
report indicates.
The report also indicates
the two of them began fighting over Zaccone’s kicking
her dog, his accusing her of
seeing other men and her
belief he was stealing alcoholic drinks.
“He dragged me outside by
my arms ... dragged me back
into the house and punched
me,” she told police.
She said that Tuesday,
more attacks started in the
late afternoon. He dragged
her downstairs and punched
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and choked her. He came after her with the knife when
she laid in her bed and poked
at her, the report says.
According to the report,
the woman said Zaccone
had her pinned down “with
the dull side of the butcher’s
knife pressed against my
throat and he hurt me bad,
I started to lose consciousness.”
She was taken to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital.
Police Chief Jim Taafe said
police are investigating to
determine whether to charge
Zaccone in connection with
not letting the woman leave
the apartment. He said officers saw the assault, so they
filed those charges.
Zaccone is due back in
court at 9 a.m. Wednesday
for a preliminary hearing.
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OPINION
Millions of jobs lost due to
trade imbalance with China
O
V ER THE Y E A RS, HUNDREDS OF
news stories have chronicled the imbalance of trade between China and the
United States, and a couple of times each year
we’ve been compelled to editorialize on the
issue.
But now there’s been a comprehensive study
of the growth in the trade deficit with China
between 2001 and 2013 by the
Economic Policy Institute in
LOCAL
Washington, D.C., that should
serve as a wake-up call, especially
for those members of Congress who, for one
reason or another, pretend that trade deficits
don’t matter.
The study, “China Trade, Outsourcing and
Jobs,” shows that during a 12-year period
beginning in 2001, when China entered the
World Trade Organization, 3.2 million U.S. jobs
were eliminated or displaced. Imagine how
much better the U.S. economy would be if it had
an additional 3.2 million people at work, more
than two-thirds of those in high-paying manufacturing jobs. How about if Ohio had another
106,400 jobs, or Pennsylvania another 122,600?
But perhaps the most surprising thing about
the study is its demonstration that the effects
of the U.S. trade imbalance with China do not
necessarily fall hardest on rust belt states. Or on
“blue” states.
The trade imbalance with China has caused
job losses in all 50 states and in 434 of the
nation’s 435 congressional districts.
The hardest hit states by job numbers are:
California, 564,200; Texas, 304,700; New
York, 179,200; Illinois, 132,500; Pennsylvania, 122,600; North Carolina, 119,600; Florida,
115,700; Ohio, 106,400; Massachusetts, 97,200
and Georgia, 93,700. The hardest hit states
by job loss as a percentage of the total work
force are Oregon, California, New Hampshire,
Minnesota, Massachusetts, North Carolina,
Texas, Rhode Island, Vermont and Idaho. Pennsylvania and Ohio rank 23rd and 24th on that
list.
While Ohio suffers losses in metal and rubber products and motor vehicle parts, among
others, the highest job losses nationwide are in
apparel and textiles, followed closely by electrical components and appliances and furniture
products.
U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Howland, D-13th, says
it makes it more difficult to pursue local economic development initiatives when jobs are
being lost through unfair trade practices. Ryan
and U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson of Marietta, R-6th,
recently urged the Commerce Department to
be vigilant against “dumping,” which is the
exportation of products at less than the cost of
making the product. It’s a tactic by which China
and other countries are willing to lose money
on the sale as long as jobs are being saved. It’s a
method of exporting unemployment as well as
products.
NO LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT
The surprising thing is that every member
of Congress (with the possible exception of
that one who represents the only district in the
country that hasn’t lost jobs to China), isn’t supporting legislative efforts to level the playing
filed and calling on the Obama administration
to be more aggressive in its dealings with trade
“partners.” As we’ve said before, it’s hardly a
partnership when one party consistently wins
at the expense of the other.
The EPI report shows that since China joined
the WTO, U.S. imports from China rose from
$102 billion in 2001 to $438.2 billion in 2013.
U.S. exports rose from $18 billion in 2001 to $114
billion in 2013. Cumulatively, the difference
between imports and exports has siphoned
more than $2 trillion from the American economy.
The 60-page EPI briefing paper should be
required reading for every member of the
House and Senate over their holiday break. If
it were, congressmen might convene with a
better understanding of why there are fewer
jobs in their districts, and, perhaps, with a new
commitment to do something about it.
That would provide hope for more U.S. workers in the New Year and the new Congress.
FOIA reform is essential
Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.: Legislation to strengthen the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regrettably died in this
Congress on the very verge of enactment. The
issues that apparently killed the reforms should
be quickly resolved, and Congress
NATION
should be strongly encouraged to
enact an improved FOIA process
early next year.
The worthwhile purpose of the FOIA reforms
is to speed up the process and reduce the cost
of obtaining public records and to narrow the
exceptions that government agencies may use
to withhold documents.
FOIA reforms passed the Senate and House
unanimously, but in slightly different versions.
Congress should pass the strongest bill possible, so it was reasonable for House Speaker John
Boehner to refuse to bring the Senate version of
the FOIA bill to the House floor without further
study. The Speaker, however, should be obliged
to give the FOIA reforms a fast track next year.
Improvements to open government shouldn’t
be viewed as merely optional.
SCRIPTURES
“Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life
and in the life to come.”
1 Timothy 4:8 NLT
WASHINGTON
Is ‘The New Republic’ dead?
By JAY AMBROSE
Tribune News Service
Arthur Schlesinger Jr., in a 1965 book
called, “Fifty Years of The New Republic,” recounts how Walter Lippmann, on
his way to being one of the truly great
names in American journalism, wrote an
excited letter in 1914 to Van Wyck Brooks,
on his own way to greatness as a literary
historian.
“We’re starting a weekly magazine
here next fall, a weekly of ideas — with
a paid-up capital — God save us — of
$200,000,” he informed his friend. “The
age of miracles, sir, has just begun.”
Well, maybe not the age of miracles,
but it was the start of something bold
and influential, an opinion journal kept
alive early on by the outstanding writing
of some who were spectacularly talented
and the contributions of millionaires.
Lippmann helped start it, but the chief
actor was Herbert Croly, a believer in biggovernment progressivism. Let 100 years
pass and we have the most recent in a
line of owners, Chris Hughes, a 29-yearold Harvard roommate of Facebook
founder Mark Zuckerberg and himself
sufficiently involved in that enterprise
to have a worth of something like $600
million. He recently offered up a vision of
a shiny new digital age at TNR and saw
most of the staff darkly resign.
What we have here is one of our era’s
great transitions, a change in journalism
from basically paper to more and more
Internet, and, in some cases, from proud
standards to low standards. Hughes
arrived on the scene a couple of years ago
as someone supporting the best of the
past. He inspirited just about everybody,
but then got rid of a staff-favored editor as
he promised fewer print editions yearly, a
more focused Internet presence, means
of piling up the dough instead of barely
getting by and a product that would be
a superficial betrayal of what used to be,
at least as those leaving saw it.
Visit with the book about the first 50
years and you’ll find substance galore
in articles written by such authors as
Sherwood Anderson, John Dos Passos,
Thomas Wolfe and John Steinbeck, by
such literary critics as Edmund Wilson
and Lionel Trilling, by the politician
Adlai Stevenson, by the philosopher John
Dewey, the intellectual Lewis Mumford
and the playwright George Bernard Shaw.
In his 1922, piece, Shaw refers in the first
sentence to a friend who criticized him
as a “fathead.” He follows that up with
great humor. I liked it.
CONSERVATIVE VIEWPOINT
My mother, a three-book-a-week Democrat of the Eleanor Roosevelt school,
subscribed to TNR all her life, and I read
its mostly liberal output regularly as a
teenager and have kept at it off and on
since then. From my own conservative
viewpoint, some of it in recent decades
has been flabbergasting nonsense, such
as the worry during the George W. Bush
presidency that he was turning the United States into a theocracy. But I have
encountered outstanding work there, too,
such as just about anything produced by
Leon Wieseltier. He is the now-resigned
literary editor who understands the need
to fight back muscularly against terrorism and has also taken on the absurdities
of scientism, brilliantly exposing some
self-supposed intellectuality as unlettered tittle-tattle.
We live at a time of print desperation.
The digital world is taking advertising
and attention from print products and
thus you have Newsweek magazine being sold for $1 (plus assumed liabilities)
and turning purely digital for a period.
Opinion journals, despite the impact
of some, have generally had profits as
meager as their subscription numbers,
and some are also embattled. Less print
does not necessarily have to mean less
of the well-argued, jousting opinions
we need for democratic vigor, and some
entrepreneurs are finding ways to maintain quality. The obvious worry — as yet
unproved — is that Chris Hughes is not
one of them.
Jay Ambrose is an op-ed columnist for Tribune News Service. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
Torture report is necessary
By JOHN M. CRISP
Tribune News Service
After many years of teaching in college, I’ve concluded that few demographic groups are more pitiless, hardhearted and coldblooded than a class full of
college freshmen.
Capital punishment? My students are
devoted proponents, arguing that justice
should be swift and merciless. In fact,
many of them don’t blink when they consider punishments such as hand amputation for theft and execution by stoning,
practices still current in some countries.
And torture? They’ve seen plenty
of it on TV and it seems to work. Why
should we hesitate to inflict pain if we
can prevent a terrorist attack on innocent
people?
But among their fellow citizens my students aren’t that unusual. Many Americans aren’t squeamish about torture, in
theory, at least. Sarah Palin got laughs
and cheers in April at the National Rifle
Association convention in Indianapolis
when she said “Waterboarding is how we
baptize terrorists.”
In fact, many of us aren’t particularly
disgusted or repulsed by torture in the
abstract. A 2011 Pew Research Center
poll reports that 53 percent of Americans
believe that torture “often or sometimes”
is justified.
But, then, who were we kidding, anyway? In anticipation of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s release of the
executive summary of its torture report
last week, American embassies around
the world bolstered their security and
vigilance. But a shocked reaction from
the outside world never materialized,
probably because no one was shocked or
even particularly surprised.
Torture is one of warfare’s oldest weapons, and while its effectiveness is questionable few countries have defeated
others without its use. The United States
isn’t an exception. Tim Weiner’s 2007 history of the CIA, “Legacy of Ashes,” documents some of the systematic and secret
programs developed to dominate and
terrorize an enemy.
A good example among many is the
Phoenix program, which was supervised
by William Colby, a future director of the
C.I.A. Between 1968 and 1971 Phoenix
used torture, Weiner reports, to interrogate Vietcong suspects. More than 20,000
were killed.
But we’ve never been proud of our use
of torture. In fact, the Intelligence Committee’s report documents efforts by the
CIA to deny or cover up the post-9/11
torture program, a sure sign that torture
is something that we shouldn’t be doing.
And torture apologists — Dick Cheney is
notable — have tried to find ways to rationalize practices that are clearly torture.
These rationalizations aren’t convincing. Former Minnesota governor Jesse
Ventura, who experienced waterboarding when training as a soldier, said “You
give me a waterboard, Dick Cheney and
one hour, and I’ll have him confess to the
Sharon Tate murders.”
NOT ABSOLUTION
The transparency of the executive summary of the Committee’s torture report is
important, necessary, and welcome. But
it’s a mistake to see it as absolution for a
temporary moral deviation into torture
caused by fear and an excess of caution
after 9/11.
America’s use of torture — and our
embarrassment over it — has a history
that long pre-dates 9/11. Fortunately, it still
pricks our conscience. And after the Intelligence Committee’s report, no one articulated that conscience more eloquently
than Sen. John McCain, who called torture
a stain on our national honor.
Some aren’t fond of McCain’s politics,
but no one can doubt his courage and
loyalty to his country. And having been
tortured during his captivity in North
Vietnam, he speaks with authority that
apologists like Cheney cannot gainsay.
I suspect that being tortured opens a
window of insight into the darkest corners of the human heart.
John M. Crisp, an op-ed columnist for Tribune News Service,
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The Battle of Palmito Ranch near
Brownsville, Texas, on May 13, 1865, is
called the last battle of the Civil War,
but the Texas Division of the Sons of
Confederate Veterans (SCV) might consider that judgment premature, given
its conflict with the state’s Department
of Transportation and Department
of Motor Vehicles. This skirmish is of
national interest because it implicates a burgeoning new entitlement
— the right to pass through life without
encou nter i ng a ny d i sag reeable
thought.
Under Texas’ specialty license plate
system, plates can be created by the
Legislature by specific enactments, or
can, for a fee, be designed by individuals, nonprofits or businesses. In the private instances, Texas is selling space for
advertising. The specialty plates exhort
(“Be a Blood Donor”), emote (“I’d Rather Be Golfing”), celebrate (NASCAR,
many universities) and commemorate
(“Buffalo Soldiers,” “Korea Veteran”).
COMMOTION
The Texas SCV’s design caused a
commotion because the organization’s
logo includes the Confederate battle
flag. The Texas DOT committee that
approves specialty plates approved
the SCV plate before it disapproved it
because an official considered the plate
“controversial.” The Texas Transportation Code says the state may refuse to
create a plate “if the design might be
offensive to any member of the public.”
Yes, any.
A district court rejected the SCV’s
contention that this decision was unconstitutional but the 5th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals held that specialty
plates are private speech, so the state
had violated the First Amendment by
engaging in viewpoint discrimination
against the SCV.
Texas is appea ling to t he U.S.
Supreme Court, probably in vain. The
SCV’s brief notes that “every circuit
to address a specialty plate program
enabling private parties to submit
their own specialty plate designs has
held that the plates constitute private
speech, the First Amendment applies,
and regulation has to be viewpoint
neutral.”
By now there is, believe it or not, a
body of license plate law. In 1977, the
Supreme Court upheld the right of a
Jehovah’s Witness in New Hampshire
to edit out, with tape or metal shears
or otherwise, that state’s license plate
slogan “Live Free or Die.” The plaintiff
held that “life is more precious than
freedom” and the state could not compel him to “foster” religious or political
“concepts” with which he disagreed.
Some language that is put on plates
by legislative action — e.g., Idaho’s
“Famous Potatoes” — is government
speaking its mind and need not be
neutral. In Illinois, where specialty
plates require a specific legislative
enactment, when a pro-life group
sought a “Choose Life” plate, the state
decided to exclude the subject of abortion, pro and con, so the denial was
viewpoint neutral.
‘OFFENSIVE’
Texas, however, denied the SCV plate
explicitly because it, with its flag, was
“offensive,” which is an impermissible reason for denying speech. The
hearing that forbade the SCV plate
approved a Buffalo Soldiers plate in
spite of some Native Americans saying
they were offended by this reference
to the 19th-century African-American military units that participated in
battles against Native Americans. In
2011, however, the Supreme Court held:
“The Constitution does not permit
the government to decide which types
of otherwise protected speech are
sufficiently offensive to require protection for the unwilling listener or viewer. Rather ... the burden normally falls
upon the viewer to avoid further bombardment of [his] sensibilities simply
by averting [his] eyes.”
The new entitlement aims to spare
the people this burden. At many American colleges and universities, where
thinking goes to hibernate, freedom of
expression is restricted for the purpose
of sparing the delicate sensibilities of
the most exquisitely sensitive persons
on the campuses.
So, Columbia University Law School
recently allowed students to postpone final exams if these frail flowers
felt that their performance would be
“impaired” because they had been
traumatized by the fact that grand
juries in Ferguson, Mo., and Staten
Island, N.Y., did not indict police officers in cases involving Michael Brown
and Eric Garner.
Columbia evidently is training lawyers for an America so tranquil it will
not need any lawyers. Tranquil because silent.
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Israel’s upcoming election a contest of fundamental values
While Arab countries are
struggling to redefine themselves amid violence, Israel
is poised to wrestle with its
own identity crisis — at the
polls.
Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu’s decision to call
an early election in March
has precipitated a most unusual election season, with
stark implications not only
for Israelis, but also for the
Middle East and the United
States.
Under Netanyahu, Israel’s
longest-serving prime minister since its first, David
Ben-Gurion, this basically
centrist country has drifted steadily rightward. The
Israeli settler movement
has become a driving force
within Netanyahu’s Likud
party, pushing for outright
annexation of much of the
West Bank.
Likud members of parliament and even a Cabinet
minister have openly called
for a Jewish “third temple”
to be built on top of the
ancient Temple Mount in
Jerusalem’s Old City, which
is holy to both Muslims and
Jews, even though key rabbis
oppose a move that would
threaten to transform the
Israel-Palestine conf lict
from a territorial struggle
into a religious war. Meanwhile, Israel has been convulsed by a right-wing push
for a law that would define
Israel as a Jewish state in a
way that could further marginalize the 20 percent of
its citizens who are Arabs.
All this has soured relationships with European leaders and President Barack
Obama.
FUNDAMENTAL VALUES
So for many Israelis and
supporters of Israel abroad,
the coming election is a contest of fundamental values.
“This election is critical
because it will show in which
direction Israel is headed,”
said Ori Nir, spokesman for
Americans for Peace Now,
which works “to ensure
Israel’s future and the viability of Israel’s democracy.”
These elections will also
be critical in shaping Israel’s
relationship with the rest of
the world.
Domestic social and economic issues — and personalities — will figure heavily in the campaign. Netanyahu’s critics argue that he
has failed to deliver on the
economy, and polls show
voters may have tired of him
as a leader. Unless there is a
major terrorist act or the
United Nations quickly takes
up the question of Palestinian statehood, the Palestine
issue isn’t likely to be front
and center in the campaign.
At present, polls show that
the center-left Labor Party,
led by Isaac Herzog, paired
with the small, centrist
Hatnua party, led by Tzipi
Livni, to be slightly ahead
of Likud. The battle may be
decided by other, midsize
parties that range from far
right to religious to secular
center-right. Some of these
would have to form a coalition with Labor or Likud to
form a majority in parliament, and Netanyahu could
still prevail.
Yet beneath the breadand-butter issues, identity
politics will be central. The
question is whether the
Jewish state can remain a
democracy if it keeps control
over millions of Palestinians
in the West Bank and Gaza
or diminishes civic rights
for its Arab citizens.
T he fa r-r ig ht Je w i sh
Home party, now in a coali-
YEARS AGO
down Man was exposed
as a hoax.)
1915: President Woodrow
Wilson, widowed the year
before, marries Edith
Bolling Galt at her Washington home.
1940 : Adolf Hitler orders secret preparations
for Nazi Germany to invade the Soviet Union.
(Operation Barbarossa is
launched in June 1941.)
1944: In a pair of relate d r u l i ng s, t he U.S.
Supreme Court, in Korematsu v. United States,
upholds, 6-3, the government’s wartime evacuation of people of Japanese
descent, including U.S.
citizens, from the West
Coast (the decision was
limited to the exclusion
policy, and did not take up
the issue of internment),
while in Ex parte Endo,
the justices unanimously agree that “concededly
loyal” Americans of Japanese ancestry could not
continue to be detained.
(Both rulings came a day
after the U.S. Department
of War said it was lifting
the internment policy.)
1958: The world’s first
communications satellite, SCORE (Signal Communication by Orbiting
Relay Equipment), nicknamed “Chatterbox,” is
launched by the United States aboard an Atlas
rocket.
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1989: Three women are
killed on state Route 711
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their car is struck headon by a vehicle driven by a
purse-snatching suspect
being pursued by police
and Ohio Highway Patrol
troopers. Dead are Anna
Marzo, 43; her daughter,
Rochelle Mayer, 17, and
Today is Thursday, Dec. 18,
the 352nd day of 2014. There
are 13 days left in the year.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
On this date in:
1787: New Jersey becomes
the third state to ratify the
U.S. Constitution.
1865: The 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery, is
declared in effect by Secretary of State William H.
Seward.
1892: Tchaikovsky’s ballet “T he Nutcracker”
publicly premieres in St.
Petersburg, Russia.
1912 : Fossi l col lector
Charles Dawson reports
to the Geological Society
of London his discovery
of supposed early human
remains at a gravel pit
in Piltdown. (More than
four decades later, Pilt-
Trudy
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tion with Likud and pulling it rightward, is pressing
for the annexation of 60
percent of the West Bank,
along with unlimited Jewish settlement there. Such
policies would rule out any
future deal with the Palestinians. They would also
undermine the new cooperation between Israel and
some Sunni Arab countries
on fighting terrorism.
‘IMPORTANT CROSSROADS’
“These elections are an
important crossroads for
Israel because the window
for a two-state solution is
closing rapidly,” said Gilead
Sher, who was chief of staff
for former Israeli Prime
Minister Ehud Barak. The
vast majority of Israelis, he
said, “still support a Jewish, democratic Israel, but
the moment is late to disengage from the Palestinians
and have two states side by
side.”
A victory by Israel’s far
right could rule that option
out once and for all.
The Labor Party’s Herzog
has staked out a very different position on security
issues. “There has to be a
clear centrist alternative to
Bibi Netanyahu,” he told
the Brookings Institution’s
Saban Forum last week. He
said he believes “in freezing settlements outside the
blocs” of settlements near
Israel’s pre-1967 borders (for
which Israeli territory would
be traded to the Palestinians in any peace deal). He
also said “there is no other
choice, despite all the fears,”
but to renew efforts to
resolve the Palestinian conflict.
“It is possible, absolutely
possible still, to make peace
with the Palestinians,” he
said.
The bottom line for centrists is that unless Israel
separates from the Palestinians, enabling them to have
full political and sovereign
rights, it cannot maintain
the democratic character of
the Jewish state.
Many Israeli securit y
experts agree with this position, including retired generals and former heads of
the Shin Bet (Israel’s domestic security service) and the
Mossad (its CIA equivalent).
But what also propels
Netanyahu’s opponents is
the belief that the Israeli
leader has been cavalier
about the consequences
of a lienating European
allies and the White House.
Trudy Rubin is a columnist and editorialboard member for the Philadelphia
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Nancy Thomas, 19. The
driver of the other car is in
critical condition.
Oren Liber of Lisbon,
known during his high
school football days as
“Scorin’ Oren,” is recovering at University Hospital in Cleveland following
a heart transplant.
Longtime Republican
Party activist in Trumbull County, Nettie Ashelman, is named by state
party Chairman Robert
Bennett to succeed the
late Ruth Lindesmith as
committeewoman from
the 17th Congressional
district.
1974: Mahoning County sheriff’s detectives are
chasing down dozens of
leads from phone calls
about the weekend murders of Mr. and Mrs. Ben-
jamin Marsh and their
4-year-old daughter at
their Canfield home.
Anne Baer, 56, is killed
when struck by a car while
walking her dog near her
home, in the 1,400 block
of South Avenue, near the
entrance to South Side
Park.
Mrs. Rober t McConnell is re-elected to a second term as president of
the Florence Crittenton
Home.
1964: The Rt. Rev. Alfred
J. Heinrich, pastor of St.
Patrick Church, dies after
a fall at the rectory.
Joh n Oz a n ich, f or e man at Diamond Steel
Co., is elected to head the
Youngstown Shrine Club.
A.N. Vogt, Youngstown
Sheet & Tube Co. district
sales manager, will retire
Jan. 1 and be succeeded
by John H. Krick.
1939: Five new councilmen and a city treasurer,
all Republicans elected
in November, will transform a predominantly
Democratic city administration in Niles into a
Republican one after the
first of the year.
Sixty members of the
National Youth Administration’s school patrol are
assigned to downtown
duty, directing pedestrian traffic at the height of
the Christmas shopping
season.
Gertrude Kay, 55, of Alliance, noted author, artist and illustrator, dies
in South Side hospital of
injuries suffered in an
auto collision north of
Canfield.
Israel’s settlement policy
has strengthened an international boycott movement,
partly aimed at goods from
West Bank settlements and
partly at those from Israel
proper. And some European
countries have recognized
Palestinian statehood or are
poised to do so.
REPAIRING RELATIONSHIPS
Herzog stressed that he
would work to repair relationships with Israel’s allies,
especially Obama.
“One of my first steps,”
Herzog said at the Saban
Forum, “would be to mend
that relationship. The U.S. is
still our closest ally.” He said
he would work to prevent
Israel from sliding “dangerously into becoming an isolated state.”
The Israeli elections will
go far toward determining
whether that happens.
“The choice,” said Nir, “is
between two worldviews, a
nationalistic, messianic, xenophobic worldview, or one
that reflects the values of a
modern, pragmatic, pluralistic, democratic Israel.”
I agree.
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Court sentences 54
soldiers to death
ABUJA, NIGERIA
Nigeria on Wednesday
sentenced 54 soldiers to
death for mutiny, assault,
cowardice and refusing to
fight Islamic extremists.
The court-martial charges
all were connected to the
soldiers’ refusal to deploy
to recapture three towns
seized by Nigeria’s homegrown Boko Haram in
August, according to the
charge sheet.
The lawyer for the condemned men, Femi Falana,
said the 54 soldiers were
convicted and sentenced
to death by firing squad.
He said five soldiers were
acquitted.
Leader: Siege may
have been preventable
SYDNEY
Australia’s prime minister said today that a deadly
siege in a Sydney cafe may
have been preventable, as
the chorus of critics demanding to know why the
gunman was out on bail despite facing a string of violent charges grew louder.
Man Haron Monis, a
50-year-old Iranian-born,
self-styled cleric with a
lengthy criminal history,
burst into a downtown Sydney cafe on Monday wielding a shotgun, taking 17
people inside hostage. The
siege ended 16 hours later
when police stormed into
the cafe to free the captives,
two of whom were killed in
a barrage of gunfire, along
with Monis.
“This has been a horrific
wake-up call,” Prime Minister Tony Abbott told Macquarie Radio. “This was an
atrocity — it may well have
been a preventable atrocity, and that’s why this swift
and thorough review is so
important.”
Abbott has ordered a
sweeping government review of the siege and the
events leading up to it, including why Monis was out
on bail and how he obtained
a shotgun despite the country’s tough gun laws.
Judge: Boy shouldn’t
have been executed
COLUMBIA, S.C.
More than 70 years
after South Carolina sent a
14-year-old black boy to the
electric chair in the killings
of two white girls in a segregated mill town, a judge
threw out the conviction,
saying the state committed
a great injustice.
George Stinney was arrested, convicted of murder
in a one-day trial and executed in 1944 — all in the
span of about three months
and without an appeal. The
speed in which the state
meted out justice against
the youngest person executed in the United States in the
20th century was shocking
and extremely unfair, Circuit
Judge Carmen Mullen wrote
in her ruling Wednesday.
The girls, ages 7 and 11,
were beaten badly in the
head with an iron railroad
spike in the town of Alcolu
in Clarendon County, about
45 miles southeast of Columbia, authorities said. A
search by dozens of people
found their bodies several
hours later.
Executions, new
death sentences fall
WASHINGTON
Executions and new death
sentences dropped to their
lowest numbers in decades
in 2014, an anti-death penalty group said in a new
report.
The Death Penalty Information Center, a nonprofit
organization that opposes
executions and tracks the
issue, said 35 inmates were
executed this year and 71
have so far been given death
sentences.
The last time fewer inmates were put to death was
in 1994, when there were 31
executions nationwide. The
number of new sentences
is the lowest in the 40 years
that the center calls the
modern death-penalty era.
Since executions resumed in 1977 following
a halt imposed by the Supreme Court, the number of
executions peaked at 98 in
1999. That same year, 277
inmates were sentenced to
death.
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Sony cancels ‘Interview’ amid threats
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NEW YORK
Under the threat of terrorist attacks from hackers
and with the nation’s largest multiplex chains pulling
the film from their screens,
Sony Pictures Entertainment took the unprecedented step of canceling the Dec.
25 release of the Seth Rogen
comedy “The Interview.”
T he ca ncel lat ion a nnounced Wednesday was a
startling blow to the Hollywood studio that has been
shaken by hacker leaks and
intimidations over the last
several weeks by an anonymous group calling itself
Guardians of Peace.
A U. S . o f f i c i a l s a i d
Wednesday that federal investigators have connected
the Sony hacking to North
Korea and may make an announcement in the near future. The official spoke on
condition of anonymity because the official was not
authorized to openly discuss an ongoing criminal
case.
Sony said it was cancelling “The Interview” release
“in light of the decision by
the majority of our exhibitors not to show the film.”
The studio said it respected and shared in the exhibitors’ concerns.
“We are deeply saddened
at this brazen effort to suppress the distribution of a
movie, and in the process
do damage to our company, our employees, and the
American public,” read the
statement. “We stand by our
filmmakers and their right
to free expression and are
extremely disappointed by
this outcome.”
Seemingly putting to rest
any hope of a delayed theatrical release or a videoon-demand release Sony
Pictures spokeswoman Jean
Guerin later added: “Sony
Pictures has no further release plans for the film.”
Earlier Wednesday, Regal
Cinemas, AMC Entertainment and Cinemark Theatres — the three top theater
chains in North America — announced that they
were postponing any showings of “The Interview.” The
comedy, about a TV host
(James Franco) and producer (Rogen) tasked by the CIA
to assassinate North Korea’s Kim Jong Un (played by
Randall Park), has inflamed
North Korea for parodying
its leader.
Regal said in a statement
that it was delaying “The
Interview” “due to wavering support of the film ... by
Sony Pictures, as well as the
ambiguous nature of any
real or perceived security threats.” AMC noted “the
overall confusion and uncertainty” surrounding the
film.
Sony had offered theaters the option of bowing
out, and when so many of
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A poster for the Seth Rogen movie “The Interview” lies on the ground after being pulled from a display
case by a worker at a Carmike Cinemas movie theater Wednesday in Atlanta. Georgia-based Carmike
Cinemas already had decided to cancel its planned showings of “The Interview” when Sony Pictures
Entertainment took the unprecedented step of canceling the Dec. 25 release of the film.
them did (other chains to
drop it included ArcLight
Cinemas, Cineplex Entertainment and Carmike Cinemas), Sony was left with
little choice.
On Tuesday, the hacking group threatened violence at “the very times and
places” showing “The Interview.” The Department
of Homeland Security said
Tuesday there was “no credible intelligence to indicate
an active plot against movie
theaters,” but noted it was
still analyzing messages
from the group.
In Washington, W hite
House spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said the
U.S. government had no involvement in Sony’s decision, adding that artists and
entertainers have the right
to produce and distribute
whatever content they want
in the U.S.
President Barack Obama
commented the hacking
Wednesday in an interview
with ABC News.
“The cyberattack is very
serious,” said Obama. “We’re
investigating and we’re taking it seriously. We’ll be vigilant. If we see something
that we think is serious and
credible then we’ll alert the
public. But for now, my recommendation would be that
people go to the movies.”
14 charged in deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak
Associated Press
BOSTON
Mold and bacteria were in the
air and on workers’ gloved fingertips. Pharmacists used expired ingredients, didn’t properly sterilize
them and failed to test drugs for purity before sending them to hospitals and pain clinics. Employees
falsified logs to make it look as if
the so-called clean rooms had been
disinfected.
Pakistan
buries
victims
of school
massacre
Federal prosecutors leveled those
allegations in bringing charges
Wednesday against 14 former owners or employees of a Massachusetts
pharmacy in connection with a nationwide meningitis outbreak that
killed 64 people.
U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz called
it the biggest criminal case ever
brought in the U.S. over contaminated medicine.
The 2012 outbreak was traced
to tainted drug injections manufactured by the now-closed New
England Compounding Center of
Framingham.
Barr y Cadden, a co-founder
of the business, and Glenn Adam
Chin, a supervisory pharmacist,
were slapped with the most serious charges, accused in the racketeering indictment of causing the
deaths of 25 patients in seven states
by acting with “wanton and willful
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PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN
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high marks on his midterm and hoped to become
a pilot. A 13-year-old wanted
to become a doctor. Another
kid just loved playing video
games with his cousins.
At cemeteries across the
Pakistani city of Peshawar,
families lowered the rough
wooden coffins of young
boys and their teachers into
the cold ground and gathered under funeral tents or
at home, trying to comprehend the militant attack a
day earlier on a school that
killed 148 people, almost all
of them young students.
The Pakistani government and military vowed a
stepped up campaign aimed
at root ing out mi lita nt
strongholds in the country’s
tribal regions along the border with Afghanistan. In a
sign of how deeply the attack shook Pakistan, the
head of the military f lew
to Kabul and sought help
from the Afghan government — which with Islamabad has long had a tense
relationship — against militant commanders behind
the attack, a Pakistani military official told The Associated Press, speaking on
condition of anonymity because he was not authorized
to talk to the press.
The Pakistani Taliban,
which has waged an insurrection against the government for a decade, claimed
responsibility. The group
says it was seek ing revenge for a military assault
launched in June in North
Waziristan.
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charged with such crimes as fraud
and interstate sale of adulterated
drugs.
More than 750 people in 20 states
fell ill — about half of them with a
rare fungal form of meningitis, the
rest with joint or spinal infections
— after getting steroid injections,
mostly for back pain. Sixty-four
died.
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DECEMBER 18, 2014
THE VINDICATOR | B1
Saturday’s Holiday Dual Tournament in Canfi eld
is set to feature top wrestling competition. Page B3
Bo Pelini: ‘This is not a stepping stone for me’
YSU’s new football coach says making
Penguins class of FCS will be his goal
By JOE SCALZO
scalzo@vindy.com
YOUNGSTOWN
For the first time in years,
the president’s loge at Stambaugh Stadium was overflowing with people in December
talking about Youngstown
State football.
In the future, Bo Pelini
wants it to be for a game, not
a press conference.
“I want to fill this place
[stadium] up and get people
excited about Youngstown
State football again,” he said,
speaking in front of a large
group of local media. “Obviously, winning is going to
lead to that.
“I know one thing — putting head coach in front of
my name isn’t going to win
us football games.”
While Pelini’s hiring has
jolted the Penguins back into
the local — and, for a few
days at least, national — conversation, his introductory
press conference centered
around keeping it there.
“If we give [fans] something to talk about, if we play
a certain way, if we lead our
program with high stan-
Valley
native Bo
Pelini addresses
the media
Wednesday
after officially
being named
as the new
head football
coach of the
Youngstown
State
Penguins.
Pelini, formerly head coach
at Nebraska,
played football at
Cardinal
Mooney High
School and at
Ohio State.
INSIDE
UCount YSU RB Martin Ruiz among
players excited about playing for
Bo Pelini. B4
dards and hold the kids to
high standards, that’ll fall
right in line with what the
people want to see and the
type of football they want to
see,” he said. “We need to all
come together to make this
the best football program in
the country. That’s our goal.”
Later on Wednesday, Pelini’s introduction was tempered by published reports
about comments he was said
ROBERT K. YOSAY
THE VINDICATOR
See PELINI, B4
NBA
Hot-lanta:
Hawks’
shooting
decimates
Cavaliers
PHANTOMS
— COLLEGE BASKETBALL —
OWL WRONG
Youngstown
State forward Shawn
Amiker takes
a foul shot
during the
first half of
their game
Wednesday
at YSU’s
Beeghly
Center.
Amiker put up
21 points, but
the Penguins
came up
short against
the Owls,
losing 9084. YSU is
at home
again Friday
against the
Wilberforce
Bulldogs.
Tipoff is set
for 1:30 p.m.
Associated Press
CLEVELAND
Shelvin Mack scored a career-high 24 points and the
Atlanta Hawks routed the
Cleveland Cavaliers 127-98
Wednesday night for their
11th victory in 12 games.
Mack, a reserve guard who
came in averaging 3.8 points,
made all six of his 3-pointers
as the Hawks went 16 for 28
from behind the arc.
Trailing 50-38 midway
through the second quarter,
Atlanta outscored Cleveland
89-48 the rest of the way and
sent the Cavaliers to their
largest loss of the season.
T he H a w k s , p l a y i n g
without leading scorer Jeff
Teague, avenged a 127-94
loss in Cleveland on Nov. 15,
when the Cavaliers were 9
for 9 on 3s in the first quarter
and made their first 11 from
beyond the arc.
L e B r o n
HAWKS
127 James scored
CAVALIERS 98
21 points but
Next: Cleveland vs.
d id n’t play
New Jersey, Friday,
in the fourth
7:30 p.m.
quarter. Dion
Waiters also had 21 for the
Cavaliers, who have lost
three of four since winning
eight straight.
A l Hor ford scored 20
points and Mike Scott added 15 for Atlanta, which had
seven players in double figures and shot 64.5 percent
from the field.
The Hawks went 24 for 35
in the first half and continued to slice up Cleveland’s
defense in the third quarter.
Paul Millsap’s jumper put
them ahead 79-68 at the 6:51
mark, and the lead never got
under double digits.
Atlanta went 9 of 11 on
3s in the second quarter to
erase a 12-point deficit and
lead 65-60 at halftime.
Mack made all five of his
3-point attempts and scored
17 in the quarter. Scott’s
3-pointer from two steps behind the arc at the buzzer
capped the sequence.
Kevin Love, who missed
the morning shootaround
because of flu-like symptoms, scored 13 points and
had 10 rebounds for Cleveland.
The game began much like
the team’s matchup in November. The Cavaliers put
on an impressive offensive
display in the first quarter.
Cleveland hit 12 of 19 shots
with 10 assists as the Hawks
had no answer for the Cavaliers’ ball movement.
As they did in Monday’s
win over Charlotte, Love
and James hooked up on two
highlight-reel plays. Love hit
James with two length-ofthe-court passes that resulted in layups for the four-time
MVP.
UP NEXT
Hawks: At Houston on
Saturday.
Cavaliers: Host Brooklyn
on Friday.
Covelli
to be
Stanley’s
next stop
Legendary NHL trophy
to be on display Friday
By KEVIN CONNELLY
kconnelly@vindy.com
YOUNGSTOWN
KATIE RICKMAN
THE VINDICATOR
Slocum unhappy with YSU’s effort in loss
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UYSU women stay
perfect with OT win
at Robert Morris
UWednesday’s
other games
By STEVE WILAJ
sports@vindy.com
YOUNGSTOWN
Going into Youngstown State’s home
matchup with Kennesaw State on Wednesday, head coach Jerry Slocum had been a
part of 174 losses in his 10 years with the
Penguins.
As for loss 175 — which came in the form
of a 90-84 Owls victory at the Beeghly Center — Slocum put it in an especially ugly
class.
“That’s as bad as a loss as I’ve had since
I’ve been here,” he said. “This group has
been distant the past 10 days of practice.
We haven’t practiced hard or practiced well.
And when you do those things, these kinds
of things happen.
“It’s a very, very disappointing loss.”
Kennesaw State (4-7) — which entered
on a three-game losing streak — came out
hot and never let up, shooting its way to a
53-percent clip (33 of 62), including 11 of 25
from behind the 3-point arc. The Owls led
by as many as 11 points in the second half
and never let the Penguins get closer than
within four down the stretch.
Nigel Pruitt paced KSU with 29 points,
Delbert Love scored 24 points and Yonel
Brown added 18. Bobby Hain led YSU
(7-6) with 26 points and a career-high 17
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If a cup could talk, Lord
Stanley would have some
stories.
Often labeled as the
greatest trophy in professional sports, the Stanley Cup is awarded to the
champions of the NHL
each season and spends
time with the players and
coaches of the winning
team throughout the year.
Ju st a s
t h e f o l kl o r e s u rr ou nd i n g
t he Cup’s
adventures
ca n of ten
be just that,
Troy Loney
the process
i n wh ich
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in Youngs- Centre.
town is just Puck drops
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w h at you
t hou g ht ,”
said Phantoms co-owner Troy Loney. “I made a
couple phone calls, got to
the right people, laid out
the date that we wanted to
do it, laid out who we were
and what we wanted to do
and within 24 hours it was,
‘Yeah, we’re good.’ ”
However, as Loney’s wife
Aafke pointed out, there is
one other important factor
involved in getting time
with the Cup.
“You need to be a part of
an NHL organization or be
a Stanley Cup winner,” she
said. “And of course Troy is
a Stanley Cup champion,
so that helped.”
T h e t w o -t i m e C u p
champion with the Pittsburgh Penguins chimed
in: “Well, that’s not necessarily true,” Troy said.
“That’s why I called those
See PHANTOMS, B4
Manziel looking for a better showing in his second start
Associated Press
BEREA
One game. One hard-to-forget,
miserable game Browns rookie
quarterback Johnny Manziel
would change if he could.
But as magical as he may
have been on the field in college, Manziel can’t re-write
history. His dreadful NFL
starting debut against Cin-
cinnati behind
him, Manziel is
determined to
make the most
of his second
chance on Sunday at Ca rolina.
Manziel
“Nobody
wants that, but
at the same time, one game
doesn’t define you,” Manziel
said Wednesday. “Really what
defines you is how you bounce
back from that and what you
do the following weeks.”
Ma n ziel has t wo more
weeks in the season to convince the Browns (7-7) they
didn’t make a mistake when
they moved up to select him in
the first round of May’s draft.
The 22-year-old is viewed as
Cleveland’s future, perhaps the
B1-12/18/14
long-sought solution to a quarterback conundrum that has
lasted more than a decade.
Even some of Manziel’s biggest supporters were alarmed
by a performance in which he
seemed to be in over his helmet.
There’s only one way for
Manziel to remove the doubt.
SUNDAY
UCleveland
Browns vs.
Carolina Panthers
at Bank of America
Stadium in Charlotte, N.C.
Kickoff at 1 p.m.
TV: CBS (27)
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Wisconsin brings Pitt’s
Chryst home as coach
MADISON, WIS.
Paul Chryst is coming home to
coach Wisconsin.
The school made it official on
Wednesday, hiring Chryst away
from Pittsburgh. The announcement ended days of speculation following the surprising
departure of Gary Andersen for
Oregon State. Chryst is a former
Wisconsin offensive coordinator
and a Madison native. He leaves
the Panthers after going 19-19 in
three seasons, returning to his
hometown and alma mater.
The 49-year-old Chryst had
two prior stints as an assistant
coach for the Badgers. Most notably, he was part of the Wisconsin staff from 2005-11, helping
the Badgers to five double-digit
victory seasons and two Rose
Bowls.
Pitt fires athletic
director Pederson
PITTSBURGH
Pittsburgh has fired athletic
director Steve Pederson after
Paul Chryst’s abrupt departure
for Wisconsin left the Panthers
searching for their fourth football
coach in four years.
Randy Juhl, vice chancellor
for research conduct and compliance, will serve as Pitt’s acting athletic director. Offensive
coordinator Joe Rudolph will
serve as interim coach for the
Panthers as they prepare for the
Armed Forces Bowl on Jan. 2
against Houston. Wednesday’s
announcements came as Chryst
was being introduced as Wisconsin’s coach following three seasons at Pitt.
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher
thanked Pederson for his service
to the university, which included
guiding Pittsburgh from the
crumbling Big East to the ACC.
Pederson struggled to find stability in the football program after
Dave Wannstedt was forced out
at the end of the 2010 season.
Indians 2B Kipnis
has finger surgery
CLEVELAND
Jason Kipnis’ tough 2014
season has carried into his
offseason.
The Indians second baseman
underwent surgery Tuesday to
repair a damaged tendon in his
left ring finger, an injury he sustained while working out with
weights in Chicago.
Kipnis was examined over the
weekend by team medical personnel and his operation was performed by Dr. Thomas Graham
at the Cleveland Clinic. Graham
stitched the tendon together and
inserted a pin in the finger joint to
stabilize it.
Indians head trainer James
Quinlan expects Kipnis to be
on the field when spring training opens in Goodyear, Arizona
on Feb. 18. Quinlan said Kipnis
should be able to run, field and
throw, but that it may be a while
before he can hit.
PSU, Stanford to meet
in volleyball semis
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RACE 1 — $6,500 - 3 yo’s & up, 1M, CLM $4,000
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RACE 2 — $7,500 - 3 yo’s & up, 1M, CLM $5,000
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Daily Double (6-6), $57.20; Exacta (6-2), $25.80; Superfecta (6-2-45), $13.91; Trifecta (6-2-4), $16.75; Off: 01:12 PM Final: 1:48.32
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9 Cute Boy (Houghton, T.)
$3.40
$2.40
$2.10
6 Twice With Ice (Fadlovich, M.)
$3.60
$2.80
7 Statehood (Pilares, C.)
$3.40
$8.00; Off: 01:40 PM Final: 1:44.07
RACE 4 — $20,300 - 3 yo’s & up, 6F, AOC $16,000
3 City Slammer (Houghton, T.)
$13.20
$6.40
$4.60
7 Sin N Sail (Gonzalez, L.)
$7.20
$5.60
8 Hehaz Given (Fadlovich, M.)
$8.00
Exacta (3-7), $89.00; Superfecta (3-7-8-4), $215.39; Trifecta (3-78), $240.55; Pic 3 (6-9-3), $13.60; Off: 02:08 PM Final: 1:15.45
WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS
BOYS BASKETBALL
Brookfield 47, Campbell 45
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Austintown Fitch 64, Warren Harding 55
Bristol 49, Mathews 39
Canfield 45, Howland 32
Cardinal Mooney 64, Lakeside 17
Lakeview 74, Edgewood 29
Newton Falls 48, Girard 38
Poland 65, Jefferson 44
West Branch 53, Canton South 42
SUMMARIES
AUSTINTOWN FITCH 64,
WARREN HARDING 55
HARDING (3-3) — Gariana Becheni 3-0-6,
Shymara Dykes 2-0-4, Clarissa McKinney
3-0-9, Taya Binford 1-0-2, Chelsea Dipaolo
5-2-16, Alasjia Dykes 8-2-18. Totals: 22
4-7 55.
FITCH (4-2) — Aaliyah Sadler 3-2-10,
Taylor Franczkowski 1-1-3, Alysoun
Mukaabya 5-6-16, Sarah Obradovich 5-215, Natalie Lynn 2-2-6. Allexis Sallee 5-012, Gina DiFrancesco 0-2-2. Totals: 21
15-26 64.
Harding
19 18 10 8 — 55
Fitch
23 11 20 10 — 64
3-point goals: Harding 7 (Dipaolo 4,
McKinney 3); Fitch 6 (Sadler 2, Obradovich
2, Sallee 2). JV: Fitch 43-27.
BRISTOL 49, MATHEWS 39
BRISTOL — Hailee Elza 4-1-9, Autumn
Miller 1-0-2, Kaylie Rowland 0-1-1, Kim
Michael 3-0-6, Kylie Stoneman 14-3-31.
Totals: 22 5-14 49.
MATHEWS — Katarina Schubert 2-2-6,
Morgan Williams 4-0-8, Maddie Williams
8-1-17, Paula Sponsler 1-0-2, Bryanna
McClurg 3-0-6. Totals: 18 3-11 39.
Bristol
14 9 10 16 — 49
Mathews
11 14 8 6 — 39
3-point goals: Bristol 0; Mathews 0.
JV: Mathews 42-23.
CANFIELD 45, HOWLAND 32
HOWLAND — Trisha Ginnis 1-0-2, Victoria
Rappach 4-0-12, Sara Price 6-1-14, Alexis
Ross 1-0-2, Jada Pagan 0-1-1, Amber
Rodriguez 0-1-1. Totals: 12 3-15 32.
CANFIELD — Ashley Kaleel 1-0-3, Lynrae
Whitehead 2-1-5, Erin Risner 6-3-15,
Savannah Barko 1-0-2, Emily Ellis 0-44, Alexandra Stanic 5-6-16. Totals: 15
14-17 45.
Howland
9 5 11 7 — 32
Canfield
9 10 6 20 — 45
3-point goals: Howland 5 (Rappach 4,
Price); Canfield 1 (Kaleel).
JV: Howland 25-17.
CARDINAL MOONEY 64, LAKESIDE 17
LAKESIDE — Oliverri 1-2-4, Kelly 0-2-2,
Pollard 1-1-3, Cruz 1-0-2, Morton 1-0-2,
Presciano 1-0-2, Farr 0-2-2. Totals: 5 7 17.
MOONEY (4-1) — Jami Difabio 4-0-8,
Samantha Ellis 2-0-4, Taylor Martin 2-1-5,
Maggie Monahan 2-1-5, Tiffany Rosenburg
0-3-3, Renee Santisi 2-2-7, Hannah Welsh
1-0-2, Kelly Williams 6-0-12, Jaclyn Yankle
8-0-18. Totals: 27-70 7-21 64.
Lakeside
2 2 4 9 — 17
Mooney
13 14 20 17 — 64
3-point goals: Mooney 3 (Yankle 2,
Santisi); Lakeside 0. JV: Mooney 48-24.
LAKEVIEW 74,
ASHTABULA EDGEWOOD 29
EDGEWOOD (1-5, 1-5) — Ashley Evans
4-0-9, Amanda Amsdell 2-0-5, Taylor
Diemer 1-0-2, Katie Boomhower 0-22, Kaileigh Sloan 2-0-4, Jillian Dix 1-1-3,
Bronte Adams 2-0-4. Totals: 12-55 3-8 29.
LAKEVIEW (6-0, 5-0) — Jensen Silbaugh
4-2-10, Annie Pavlansky 8-0-17, Madison
Meeker 2-4-8, Cammie Becker 3-0-6,
Abby Pavlik 2-0-4, Lindsay Carnahan 1-02, Addie Becker 9-7-25, Kylee Mann 1-0-2.
Totals: 30-65 13-14 74.
Edgewood
5 10 5 9 — 29
Lakeview
28 16 14 16 — 74
3-point goals: Edgewood 2 (Evans,
Amsdell); Lakeview 1 (Pavlansky).
Rebounds: Edgewood 25; Lakeview
43 (Becker 11). Assists: Edgewood 8;
Lakeview 18 (Pavlik 7). JV: Lakeview 2619.
NEWTON FALLS 48, GIRARD 38
NEWTON FALLS (6-0, 5-0) — Autumn
Hutson 2-1-5, Hannah Harnichar 0-2-2,
Destinee Hutson 2-2-7, Kayla Barreca 2-26, Gabby Kline 7-3-17, Sadie Sutton 2-1-6,
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1 Watchin the Babes (Houghton, T.)
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9 El Pocho (CHI) (Gonzalez, L.)
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4 Broker Brett (Lagunes, G.)
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6 Duke of York (Stanley, A.)
$3.40
Exacta (10-8), $23.60; Superfecta (10-8-6-5), $54.90; Trifecta (108-6), $24.10; Off: 03:32 PM Final: 1:09.44
RACE 8 — $5,500 - 3 yo’s & up, 5 1/2F, CLM $3,500
9 Ace Rich (Stanley, A.)
$6.60
$3.60
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7 Flat River (Houghton, T.)
$5.20
$3.60
11 Out Drinkin’ (Fadlovich, M.)
$4.80
Daily Double (10-9), $16.60; Exacta (9-7), $19.80; Superfecta (9-711-5), $32.61; Trifecta (9-7-11), $24.40; Pic 3 (3-10-9), $53.25; Pic 4
(5-3-10-9), $385.90; Off: 04:00 PM Final: 1:08.79
Tia Harris 2-1-5. Totals: 17 12-19 48.
GIRARD (3-2, 2-2) — Megan Payich 1-13, Makayla Trebella 3-3-10, Ali Ciminero
3-0-6, Dakota Naples 4-2-11, Alexia PageBoyd 1-0-2, Camille Stoffick 3-0-6. Totals:
15 6-11 38.
Newton Falls
7 22 8 11 — 48
Girard
12 15 9 2 — 38
3-point goals: Newton Falls 2 (D. Hutson,
Sutton); Girard 2 (Trebella, Naples).
Rebounds: Newton Falls 41, (Barreca 15);
Girard 34. JV: Newton Falls 43-9.
POLAND 65, JEFFERSON 44
JEFFERSON — Emily Smock 6-2-14,
Jessica Becker 3-1-7, Madeline Bean 2-37, Raquel Fularz 1-4-6, Shawna Dull 2-0-4,
Giovanna Dibble 2-0-4, Colleen Hurst 1-02. Totals: 17 10-15 44.
POLAND (6-1) — Emily Melnek 9-222, Theodora Constantine 6-0-12, Bella
Gajdos 5-0-11, Libby Rubesa 4-0-9,
Maggie Sebest 2-0-4, Joelle Abi Habib 1-13, Jillian Penman 1-0-2, Laiken Maurer
1-0-2. Totals: 29 3-4 65.
Jefferson
8 5 18 13 — 44
Poland
16 22 20 7 — 65
3-point goals: Jefferson 0; Poland 4
(Melnek 2, Gajdos, Rubesa). Rebounds:
Jefferson 45, (Becker 8); Poland 37
(Melnek 8).
JV: Poland.
WEST BRANCH 53, CANTON SOUTH 42
WEST BRANCH (6-0, 3-0 NBC) — Melinda
Trimmer 8-10-25, Emily Menegay 1-0-2,
Kaylee Manning 1-0-2, Pavin Heath 4-111, Erica Johnson 4-2-10, Lea Bock 1-1-3.
Totals: 19 12-16 53.
CANTON SOUTH (2-4, 1-2 NBC) — Megan
Harris 3-0-6, Emily Mitchell 1-0-2, Beth
Myers 3-3-9, Kamryn Tharp 6-0-15, Emily
Thompson 3-0-6, Erin Thompson 2-0-4.
Totals: 18 3-8 42.
West Branch
21 5 16 11 — 53
Canton South
4 14 13 11 — 42
3-point goals: West Branch 3 (Trimmer,
Heath 2); Canton South 3 (Tharp 3).
Rebounds: West Branch 20, (Johnson 11);
Canton South 28 (Myers 7).
JV: West Branch 45-21.
WRESTLING
CANFIELD 54, POLAND 18
106: Francisco won by forfiet; 113: Frisbie
(C) def Costello, Pin; 120: English (C)
def Ginnetti, Med; 126: Goodin (P) def
Dunlap, Pin; 132: Pollas (C) def Mrakovich,
Pin; 138: Morucci (P) def Joseph, Pin;
145: Esarco (P) def Madison, Dec; 152:
Crawford (C) def Spotleson, Dec; 160:
Whithead (C) def Peretti, Pin; 170: Cooper
(C) def Audi, Dec; 182: Duffet (C) def
Schaal, Pin; 195: Hofsess (C) won by forfeit; 220: Esarco (C) def Ellis, Pin; 285:
Ricottilli def Giordano, Dec.
BEAVER LOCAL 39, BOARDMAN 25
106: Quinton Bookman (BL) Over James
Vaughn Fall 0:00; 113: Vince Mancini (B)
Over Jack Dawson Dec 8-5; 120: Colton
Bookman (BL) Over Derek Slipkovich Fall
0:50; 126: James Sferra (B) Over Dustin
Martsolf Dec 2-0; 132: Jason Keyes (BL)
Over Sam Varga Fall 0:00; 138: Conner
Kochansky (B) Over Clayton Davis Md
10-2; 145: Daniel Hasson (BL) Over Tyler
Dempsey Dec 12-8; 152: Austin Adams
(BL) Over Zach Hodges Dec 12-6; 160:
Carlo Deniro (B) Over Charles Knecht
Fall 4:47; 170: Anthony Mancini (B) Over
Logan Bobby Fall 1:31; 182: Nick Patoray
(B) Over Tyler Kelly Sv-1 6-4; 195: Josh
Barber (BL) Over Adrien Ocasio Fall 0:17;
220: Cody Riddle (BL) Over Nick Caraballo
Dec 8-3; 285: Tristen Clendenning (BL)
won by forfeit.
JACKSON-MILTON 46, JEFFERSON 24
106; Double forfeit, 113; Mitch Tikkanen
(JM) pin over Joshua Baitt 2:41, 120;
Terry Stockton forfeit, 126; Devin Seka
(JM) dec. Bryce Cox 5-0, 132; Chris Bailey
(JM) pin Dylan Kato 1:11, 138; Nick
Vergallito (JM) pin Austin Simmons 3:12,
145; Clay Smock (Jefferson) pin over Karl
Sarver 2:56, 152; Tyler Jefferies (JM)
dec. Chrstian Saunders 10-3, 160; Mason
Swiney (Jeff) pin Nick Goodlin 1:45, 170;
Zach Collins (Jeff) fofeit, 182; Double forfeit, 195; Anthony Italiano (JM) major dec.
Daniel Gillespie 13-1, 220; Colton Nitzsky
(JM) forfeit, 285; Brandon Hagerdom
(Jeff) pin Bryan Hopper 1:50.
JACKSON MILTON 54 BROOKFIELD 18
106; Double forfeit, 113; Mitch Tikkanen
(JM) pin Gavin Migelts 1:53, 120; Terry
Stockton forfeit, 126; Devin Seka (JM)
forfeit, 132; Chris Bailey (JM) dec Dacota
Randall 10-8, 138; Karl Sarver (JM) pin
David Edwards :43, 145; Nick Vergallito
(JM) dec. Luke Bender 8-3, 152; Tyler
Jefferies (JM) pin Ethan Crecraft 4:28,
160; Nick Goodlin (Jm) pin Isiah Crzyston
:42, 170; Bryce Randall (B) forfeit, 182;
Anthony Italiano (JM) pin Kyle Huey :59,
195; Hunter Baumiller (B) forfeit, 220;
Zach Hackett (B) pin Kolton Nitzsky :40,
285; Bryan Hopper (JM) pin Tanner Bowen
:40.
BOYS BOWLING
HUBBARD 2,609, BROOKFIELD 1,988
Hubbard — Mitch Cohol 204-173-377,
Caleb Johnson 188-244-432, Ralph Streb
215-188-403, Dylan Dobay 266-229-495,
Mitch Meyers 168, Seth Valentino 126.
Brookfield — Michael Katko 192-204-396,
Jacob Ratliff 198-159-357, Nelson Swartz
106-173-279, Bryan Anderson 120-106226, Eli Yereb 198-151-349.
CHAMPION 2575, HOWLAND 2253
HOWLAND — Kenny Dungan 412, Matt
Hardaway 376, Zach Criss 302, Zack
Campbell 301, Nick Dejanovic 356. Game
one: 1747. Baker game 506.
CHAMPION — Zachary Johnson 376, Joe
Martin 487, David Yenchocic 464, Sammy
Adya 421, Jake Fritch 359. Game one:
2107. Baker game: 468.
GIRLS BOWLING
HUBBARD 2,104, BROOKFIELD 1,752
Hubbard — Machaila Dudley 212-189401, Sabrina Romano 175-218-393, Kinsey
Dipietro 167-112-279, Jessie Narkum 98161-259, Emily Davis 189-124-313.
Brookfield — Christine Lowers 174-118292, Jessica Neral 154-110-264, Kayla
Haywood 115, Kourtney Husnick 147-129276, Kayla Curry 124-132-256, Samantha
Neral 132.
HOWLAND 1938, CHAMPION 1454
HOWLAND — Maggie Carpenter 231,
Jaime Martinek 341, Morgan Reed 158,
Madison Funaro 127, Jessica Guesman
317, Holly Sparklin 268. Game one: 1442.
Baker game: 496.
CHAMPION — Desiree Morrison 276,
Kimmie Pless 200, Jordan Willforth 212,
Karen Ravotti 227, Alena Rakijasic 172.
Game one: 1087. Baker game: 367.
THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Boardman at East, 7 p.m.
Youngstown Christian at Brookfield, 7 p.m.
Wellsville at Columbiana, 7:30 p.m.
East Palestine at Crestview, 7:30 p.m.
Jackson-Milton at Lisbon, 7:30 p.m.
South Range at Mineral Ridge, 7:30 p.m.
Springfield at United, 7:30 p.m.
McDonald at Western Reserve, 7:30 p.m.
Sebring at Lowellville, 7:30 p.m.
Southern at Leetonia, 7:30 p.m.
BOWLING
Boardman vs. Warren harding, Boardman
Lanes, 4 p.m.
WRESTLING
Alliance at Salem, 7 p.m.
Canton South at West Branch, 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
BOYS BASKETBALL
Ursuline at Gilmour Academy, 7 p.m.
Austintown Fitch at East, 7 p.m.
Boardman at Poland, 7 p.m.
Canfield vs. Cornerstone Christian at
Massillon Perry, 7:30 p.m.
Hubbard at Struthers, 7 p.m.
Niles at Lakeview, 7 p.m.
Brookfield at Newton Falls, 7 p.m.
Liberty at LaBrae, 7 p.m.
Crestview at Jackson-Milton, 7:30 p.m.
East Palestine at Springfield, 7:30 p.m.
South Range at Columbiana, 7:30 p.m.
United at Lisbon, 7:30 p.m.
Lowellville at Leetonia, 7:30 p.m.
Mineral Ridge at Western Reserve, 7:30
p.m.
Sebring at Wellsville, 7:30 p.m.
Southern at McDonald, 7:30 p.m.
Salem at Louisville, 7:30 p.m.
West Branch at Carrollton, 7:30 p.m.
SWIMMING
Cardinal Mooney, Alliance at Warren
Harding
Massillon vs. Boardman, YSU, 5 p.m.
WRESTLING
Jackson-Milton at Hudson, 4 p.m.
Columbiana, Crestview at Waterloo
Tournament
West Branch at North Canton Hoover
Holiday Tournament, 5 p.m.
y-Denver
11
3
0 .786
Kansas City
8
6
0 .571
San Diego
8
6
0 .571
Oakland
2 12
0 .143
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W
L
T Pct
Dallas
10
4
0 .714
Philadelphia
9
5
0 .643
N.Y. Giants
5
9
0 .357
Washington
3 11
0 .214
South
W
L
T Pct
New Orleans
6
8
0 .429
Carolina
5
8
1 .393
Atlanta
5
9
0 .357
Tampa Bay
2 12
0 .143
North
W
L
T Pct
Detroit
10
4
0 .714
Green Bay
10
4
0 .714
Minnesota
6
8
0 .429
Chicago
5
9
0 .357
West
W
L
T Pct
x-Arizona
11
3
0 .786
Seattle
10
4
0 .714 339 242
San Francisco
7
7
0 .500 251 285
St. Louis
6
8
0 .429 291 297
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Today’s Game
Tennessee at Jacksonville, 8:25 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Philadelphia at Washington, 4:30 p.m.
San Diego at San Francisco, 8:25 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Baltimore at Houston, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at New Orleans, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Miami, 1 p.m.
Cleveland at Carolina, 1 p.m.
Green Bay at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
New England at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at St. Louis, 4:05 p.m.
Buffalo at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.
Indianapolis at Dallas, 4:25 p.m.
Seattle at Arizona, 8:30 p.m.
Monday’s Game
Denver at Cincinnati, 8:30 p.m.
407 303
322 254
303 294
213 381
PF PA
381 328
416 347
317 339
257 370
PF PA
364 374
288 358
348 369
254 367
PF PA
281 238
436 325
277 297
296 409
PF PA
287 244
OKLAHOMA CITY
Penn State is looking to repeat
as the national champion in women’s volleyball.
The Nittany Lions will have to
get by No. 1 Stanford in a national
semifinal Thursday at Chesapeake Energy Arena to advance
to Saturday’s final.
It’s a true matchup of blue
bloods —— both schools have
won six national titles and are
tied for the most NCAA tournament appearances all time with
34. Penn State has won five of the
past seven titles. Stanford (33-1)
defeated Penn State (34-3) on
Sept. 5.
In the other semifinal, Texas
(27-2) plays BYU (29-4). Texas
has reached the national semifinals for the third time in six years,
and the Longhorns won it all in
2012. BYU upset Nebraska in the
regional final.
49ers release troubled
DL Ray McDonald
SANTA CLARA, CALIF.
Defensive lineman Ray McDonald has been released by the San
Francisco 49ers amid an investigation by San Jose police into
McDonald on suspicion of sexual
assault.
San Francisco 49ers general
manager Trent Baalke says he informed McDonald and his agent
by phone at 11:30 a.m. PST that
the defender is “terminated”
Baalke says, “This is a situation
that we can all learn from.” Baalke said CEO Jed York and coach
Jim Harbaugh also were involved
in the decision.
Wire reports
BASKETBALL
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W
L Pct
GB
Toronto
20
6 .769
—
Brooklyn
10
14 .417
9
Boston
9
14 .391 91⁄2
New York
5
22 .185 151⁄2
Philadelphia
2
22 .083
17
Southeast Division
W
L Pct
GB
Washington
18
6 .750
—
1⁄2
Atlanta
18
7 .720
Miami
12
14 .462
7
Orlando
10
18 .357
10
Charlotte
6
19 .240 12 1⁄2
Central Division
W
L Pct
GB
Chicago
15
9 .625
—
Cleveland
14
10 .583
1
Milwaukee
13
12 .520 2 1⁄2
Indiana
8
17 .320 71⁄2
Detroit
5
21 .192
11
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W
L Pct
GB
Memphis
21
4 .840
—
Houston
18
5 .783
2
Dallas
19
8 .704
3
San Antonio
17
9 .654 41⁄2
New Orleans
12
12 .500 81⁄2
Northwest Division
W
L Pct
GB
Portland
19
6 .760
—
Oklahoma City
12
13 .480
7
Denver
10
14 .417 81⁄2
Utah
7
19 .269 12 1⁄2
Minnesota
5
19 .208 131⁄2
Pacific Division
W
L Pct
GB
Golden State
21
3 .875
—
L.A. Clippers
17
7 .708
4
Phoenix
13
14 .481 9 1⁄2
Sacramento
11
14 .440 10 1⁄2
L.A. Lakers
8
17 .320 131⁄2
Tuesday’s Games
Washington 109, Minnesota 95
Miami 95, Brooklyn 91
New Orleans 119, Utah 111
Memphis 105, Golden State 98
Dallas 107, New York 87
Oklahoma City 104, Sacramento 92
Wednesday’s Games
Phoenix 111, Charlotte 106
Atlanta 127, Cleveland 98
Utah 105, Miami 87
Dallas 117, Detroit 106
Boston 109, Orlando 92
Toronto 105, Brooklyn 89
Memphis 117, San Antonio 116,3OT
Milwaukee at Portland, late
Indiana at L.A. Clippers, late
Houston at Denver, late
Today’s Games
New York at Chicago, 8 p.m.
New Orleans at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
HAWKS 127, CAVALIERS 98
ATLANTA — Carroll 5-9 0-0 13, Millsap
7-11 0-0 14, Horford 10-14 0-0 20, Korver
1-3 1-1 4, Schroder 4-6 2-2 10, Scott 5-7
3-4 15, Sefolosha 1-3 0-0 3, Antic 4-6 2-3
11, Mack 7-8 4-4 24, Bazemore 3-7 1-2 9,
Muscala 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 49-76 13-16 127.
BLACK
SCOREBOARD
MAHONING VALLEY RACE COURSE WEDNESDAY RACING RESULTS
HIGH SCHOOL
YELLOW
CLEVELAND — James 8-16 5-7 21, Love
4-10 3-3 13, Varejao 2-4 0-0 4, Marion
2-5 2-2 6, Irving 4-9 1-1 9, Thompson 3-3
1-2 7, Dellavedova 2-7 0-0 6, Waiters
9-18 2-2 21, Harris 1-2 0-2 3, Jones 2-5
0-0 6, Amundson 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 37-82
16-21 98.
Atlanta
26 39 30 32 — 127
Cleveland
34 26 15 23 — 98
3-Point Goals—Atlanta 16-28 (Mack
6-6, Carroll 3-6, Bazemore 2-3, Scott
2-3, Sefolosha 1-1, Antic 1-2, Korver 1-3,
Millsap 0-1, Schroder 0-1, Horford 0-2),
Cleveland 8-30 (Jones 2-5, Love 2-6,
Dellavedova 2-6, Harris 1-2, Waiters 1-3,
Price 0-1, James 0-2, Marion 0-2, Irving
0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—
Atlanta 41 (Millsap 8), Cleveland 39
(Love 10). Assists—Atlanta 36 (Schroder
10), Cleveland 24 (Love, Irving 6).
Total Fouls—Atlanta 17, Cleveland 17.
Technicals—Atlanta defensive three second, Waiters. A—20,562 (20,562).
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Men’s Wednesday Scores
Pittsburgh 65, Manhattan 56
St. Francis (Pa.) 67, Duquesne 52
Arkansas St. 69, Mississippi St. 55
Auburn 80, Winthrop 62
Florida St. 93, North Florida 77
Jacksonville 68, Gardner-Webb 65
Louisiana-Lafayette 115, Milligan 76
Memphis 83, SC-Upstate 73
NC State 83, Tennessee 72
Old Dominion 58, Georgia St. 54, OT
UCF 75, Detroit 70
Cent. Michigan 80, Northwestern 67
Green Bay 66, Morehead St. 50
Illinois 73, Hampton 55
Illinois St. 64, UT-Martin 54
James Madison 72, Ball St. 52
Kennesaw St. 90, Youngstown St. 84
Miami (Ohio) 71, Longwood 60
Michigan St. 66, E. Michigan 46
Ohio St. 97, NC A&T 55
Toledo 83, Robert Morris 57
Baylor 66, New Mexico St. 55
SMU 67, Ill.-Chicago 46
Texas Tech 101, SC State 39
Tulsa 74, Missouri St. 70
Incarnate Word 82, Grand Canyon 80
Stanford 67, Loyola Marymount 58
KENNESAW ST. 90,
YOUNGSTOWN ST. 84
KENNESAW ST. (4-7) — Pruitt 8-14 7-9
29, Coleman 4-12 0-0 8, Love 9-17 2-3
24, Brown 7-12 3-3 18, Jones 3-5 0-1 6,
Morena 2-2 1-1 5. Totals 33-62 13-17 90.
YOUNGSTOWN ST. (7-6) — Amiker 8-14
5-6 21, Hain 12-19 2-5 26, Keene 5-14
2-2 14, Cole 6-11 5-6 18, Umude 1-1 1-2 3,
Larson 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 33-67 15-21 84.
Halftime—Kennesaw St. 46-41. 3-Point
Goals—Kennesaw St. 11-25 (Pruitt
6-10, Love 4-9, Brown 1-5, Coleman 0-1),
Youngstown St. 3-12 (Keene 2-7, Cole
1-2, Plummer 0-1, Hain 0-1, Stewart
0-1). Fouled Out—Amiker. Rebounds—
Kennesaw St. 33 (Coleman 12),
Youngstown St. 37 (Hain 17). Assists—
Kennesaw St. 15 (Brown 8), Youngstown
St. 17 (Keene 7). Total Fouls—Kennesaw
St. 17, Youngstown St. 18. A—1,229.
NO. 12 OHIO ST. 97, NC A&T 55
NC A&T (1-11) — Bremers 5-11 0-0 14,
Beckford 11-20 0-0 26, Burrough 1-1 0-0
2, Simmons 1-1 0-0 2, Whitaker 1-3 0-0 2,
Keyes 3-5 3-4 9. Totals 22-58 3-4 55.
OHIO ST. (9-1) — Russell 7-14 5-5 21,
Loving 4-5 4-4 15, Scott 4-7 0-0 8,
Thompson 4-7 0-0 8, A. Williams 1-3 5-5 7,
Tate 3-5 0-1 7, K. Williams 6-11 2-2 15, Lee
2-2 0-0 4, Bates-Diop 1-4 1-2 3, McDonald
3-4 3-3 9. Totals 35-62 20-22 97.
Halftime—Ohio St. 39-26. 3-Point Goals—
NC A&T 8-26 (Beckford 4-8, Bremers
4-10, Whitaker 0-1, Hamilton 0-1, Doby
0-2, Williams 0-2, Reese 0-2), Ohio St.
7-19 (Loving 3-4, Russell 2-5, Tate 1-1,
K. Williams 1-4, Thompson 0-1, Scott
0-2, Bates-Diop 0-2). Fouled Out—Lee.
Rebounds—NC A&T 32 (Beckford 7),
Ohio St. 32 (Tate 6). Assists—NC A&T
16 (Williams 10), Ohio St. 21 (Scott 12).
Total Fouls—NC A&T 15, Ohio St. 10.
A—14,585.
Womens’ Scores
American U. 60, Manhattan 52
Quinnipiac 74, Drexel 50
Siena 75, Sacred Heart 65
Vermont 63, St. Francis (NY) 61
Yale 90, Wagner 65
Youngstown St. 73, Robert Morris 65, OT
Akron 73, UCF 64
Auburn 62, Savannah St. 56
Chattanooga 54, Stanford 46
Duke 92, Oklahoma 72
Florida Gulf Coast 91, Bethune-Cookman 46
Georgia Tech 77, Alabama St. 53
Mississippi St. 66, Louisiana-Lafayette 51
N. Kentucky 66, Cincinnati 52
NC State 67, Liberty 64
Richmond 77, UNC Wilmington 67
South Carolina 69, Hampton 49
South Florida 84, N. Colorado 43
DePaul 109, Loyola of Chicago 84
Oakland 61, Texas A&M-CC 54
Texas 76, McNeese St. 59
YOUNGSTOWN STATE 73,
ROBERT MORRIS 65
YOUNGSTOWN STATE (9-0) — Schlegel,
Heidi 4-17 14-15 22; Walker, Latisha 6-12
2-2 14; Benjamin, Indiya 3-12 6-6 13;
Hirsch, Jenna 3-5 2-2 10; Arbanas, Nikki
1-5 6-6 8; Newman, Kelsea 1-6 0-0 3;
Cash, Sarah 0-1 2-2 2; Jackson, Janae 0-3
1-2 1. Totals 18-61 33-35 73.
ROBERT MORRIS (2-7) — Stamolamprou,
Anna N 7-18 0-0 16; Mulrain, Mikalah 3-4
2-5 8; Smith, Megan 3-7 0-0 8; Navarro,
Rebeca 2-11 0-0 6; Brown, Janee 3-6 0-2 6;
Mataly, Lou 2-4 0-0 6; Ravelli, Ashley 1-6
4-4 6; Sole, Judith 2-10 0-0 5; Jones,
Jocelynne 0-2 2-2 2; Jackson, Randi 1-4
0-0 2. Totals 24-72 8-13 65.
Youngstown State
20 41 12 — 73
Robert Morris
33 28 4 — 65
3-Point Goals — Youngstown State 4-20
(Hirsch, Jenna 2-4; Newman, Kelsea 1-5;
Benjamin, Indiya 1-5; Arbanas, Nikki
0-3; Schlegel, Heidi 0-3), Robert Morris
9-31 (Navarro, Rebeca 2-9; Mataly, Lou
2-3; Smith, Megan 2-3; Stamolamprou,
Anna N 2-5; Sole, Judith 1-2; Jackson,
Randi 0-2; Jones, Jocelynne 0-1; Ravelli,
AshLey 0-4; Brown, Janee 0-2). Fouled
Out — Youngstown State-None, Robert
Morris-Sole, Judith. Rebounds —
Youngstown State 52 (Walker, Latisha
12), Robert Morris 43 (Stamolamprou,
Anna N 9). Assists — Youngstown State
10 (Newman, Kelsea 3; Arbanas, Nikki
3), Robert Morris 15 (Brown, Janee 4;
Stamolamprou, Anna N 4).
TV & RADIO
TODAY
7 p.m. (CBSSN) College basketball:
Seton Hall at South Florida.
7 p.m. (ESPN2) College volleyball:
NCAA Tournament semifinal.
7 p.m. (ESPNU) College basketball:
Cleveland State at Virginia.
7 p.m. (Root) (WNIO-AM 1390)
(WLLF-FM 96.7) NHL: Avalanche
at Penguins.
8 p.m. (ESPN) College basketball:
Connecticut vs. Duke.
8 p.m. (STO) NFL: “Browns Red
Zone.”
8 p.m. (TNT) NBA: Knicks at Bulls.
8:25 p.m. (NFLN) NFL: Titans at
Jaguars.
9 p.m. (ESPNU) College basketball:
LSU at Alabama-Birmingham.
9:30 p.m. (ESPN2) College volleyball: NCAA Tournament semifinal.
10:30 p.m. (TNT) NBA: Thunder at
Warriors.
FRIDAY
10:40 a.m. (WNIO-AM 1390) College
women’s basketball: Ohio Valley
at Youngstown State.
1:10 p.m. (WKBN-AM 570) College
basketball: Wilberforce at
Youngstown State.
2:30 p.m. (FSN Ohio) NBA: “Access
Cavaliers.”
3 p.m. (ESPNU) College football:
THE LINE
NFL
Points (O/U)
Underdog
Thursday
Tennessee
JACKSONVILLE 31⁄2 (40)
Saturday
SAN FRANCISCO 1 (41)
San Diego
Philadelphia
71⁄2 (50) WASHINGTON
Sunday
MIAMI
61⁄2 (42)
Minnesota
TAMPA BAY
Green Bay
10 1⁄2 (48)
Detroit
61⁄2 (46)
CHICAGO
NEW ORLEANS
6 (56)
Atlanta
New England
10 (47)
NY JETS
PITTSBURGH
3 (46)
Kansas City
x-CAROLINA
OFF
Cleveland
Baltimore
51⁄2 (41)
HOUSTON
ST. LOUIS
5 (43)
NY Giants
OAKLAND
Buffalo
51⁄2 (39)
DALLAS
3 (56)
Indianapolis
Seattle
8 (37)
ARIZONA
Monday
Denver
3 (48)
CINCINNATI
x-Carolina QB C. Newton is questionable.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Favorite
Points (O/U)
Underdog
Saturday
New Orleans Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Superdome-New Orleans,
LA.
UL-Lafayette
1 (61)
Nevada
New Mexico Bowl
University Stadium-Albuquerque, NM.
Utah St
10 (47)
Utep
Las Vegas Bowl
Sam Boyd Stadium-Las Vegas, NV.
Colorado St
Utah
31⁄2 (58)
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Bronco Stadium-Boise, ID.
Air Force
1 (57)
Western Mich
Camellia Bowl
Cramton Bowl-Montgomery, AL.
South Alabama
3 (53) Bowling Green
Monday
Miami Beach Bowl
Marlins Park-Miami, FL.
Memphis
1 (57)
Byu
Tuesday
Boca Raton Bowl
FAU Stadium-Boca Raton, FL.
Marshall
10 (67)
Northern Ill
Poinsettia Bowl
Qualcomm Stadium-San Diego, CA.
San Diego St
3 (54)
Navy
Wednesday, Dec 24th.
Bahamas Bowl
Thomas Robinson Stadium-Nassau,
Bahamas.
Central Mich
W. Kentucky
31⁄2 (66)
Hawaii Bowl
Aloha Stadium-Honolulu, HI.
Rice
2 (59)
Fresno St
Friday, Dec 26th.
Heart of Dallas Bowl
Cotton Bowl-Dallas, TX.
Louisiana Tech
6 (59)
Illinois
Quick Lane Bowl
Ford Field-Detroit, MI.
North Carolina
3 (66)
Rutgers
St. Petersburg Bowl
Tropicana Field-St. Petersburg, FL.
NC State
Central Florida
1 1⁄2 (49)
Saturday, Dec 27th.
Military Bowl
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Annapolis, Maryland.
Cincinnati
3 (51)
Virginia Tech
Sun Bowl
Sun Bowl Stadium-El Paso, TX.
Arizona St
8 (67)
Duke
Independence Bowl
Independence Stadium-Shreveport, LA.
Miami-Florida
3 (61) South Carolina
Pinstripe Bowl
Yankee Stadium-Bronx, NY.
Penn St
Boston College
2 1⁄2 (40)
Holiday Bowl
Qualcomm Stadium-San Diego, CA.
Nebraska
Southern Cal
61⁄2 (62)
Monday, Dec 29th.
Liberty Bowl
Liberty Bowl-Memphis, TN.
Texas A&M
West Virginia
31⁄2 (67)
Russell Athletic Bowl
Florida Citrus Bowl-Orlando, FL.
Clemson
Oklahoma
31⁄2 (54)
Texas Bowl
NRG Stadium-Houston, TX.
Arkansas
6 (45)
Texas
Favorite
BASEBALL
FREE AGENTS
The 41 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 sources:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BOSTON (4) — Re-signed Koji Uehara,
rhp, to an $18 million, two-year contract;
signed Pablo Sandoval, 3b, San Francisco,
to a $95 million, five-year contract; signed
Hanley Ramirez, lf, Los Angeles Dodgers,
to an $88 million, four-year contract;
signed Justin Masterson, rhp, St. Louis, to
a $9.5 million, one-year contract.
CHICAGO (4) — Signed Zach Duke, lhp,
Milwaukee, to a $15 million, three-year
contract; signed Adam LaRoche, 1b,
Washington, to a $25 million, two-year
contract; signed David Robertson, rhp,
New York Yankees, to a $46 million, fouryear contract; signed Melky Cabrera,
of, Toronto, to a $42 million, three-year
contract.
CLEVELAND (1) — Signed Gavin Floyd,
rhp, Atlanta, to a $4 million, one-year
contract.
DETROIT (1) — Re-signed Victor
Martinez, dh, to a $64 million, four-year
contract.
HOUSTON (2) — Signed Luke Gregerson,
rhp, Oakland, to an $18.5 million, fouryear contract; signed Pat Neshek, rhp, St.
Louis, to a $12.5 million, two-year contract; signed Jed Lowrie, ss, Oakland, to a
$23 million, three-year contract.
KANSAS CITY (3) — Re-signed Jason
Frasor, rhp, to a $1.8 million, one-year
contract; re-signed Luke Hochevar, rhp, to
a $10 million, two-year contract; signed
Kendrys Morales, dh, Seattle, to a $17
million, two-year contract.
MINNESOTA (2) — Signed Torii Hunter, of,
Detroit, to a $10.5 million, one-year contract; signed Ervin Santana, rhp, Atlanta,
to a $55 million, four-year contract.
NEW YORK (4) — Re-signed Chris Young,
of, to a $2.5 million, one-year contract;
signed Andrew Miller, lhp, Baltimore, to a
$36 million, four-year contract; re-signed
HOCKEY
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W
L OT PtsGF GA
Tampa Bay 33 20 10
3 43110 87
Montreal
32 20 10
2 42 87 80
Detroit
32 17
7
8 42 92 80
Toronto
31 19
9
3 41109 87
Boston
32 16 13
3 35 81 83
Florida
29 13
8
8 34 66 75
Ottawa
31 13 12
6 32 82 86
Buffalo
32 13 17
2 28 62 100
Metropolitan Division
GP W
L OT PtsGF GA
Pittsburgh
30 20
6
4 44 98 71
N.Y. Islanders 31 21 10
0 42 99 89
N.Y. Rangers 29 15 10
4 34 89 79
Washington 30 14 10
6 34 86 81
Columbus
30 13 15
2 28 72 95
New Jersey 33 11 16
6 28 74 96
Philadelphia 30 11 14
5 27 80 90
Carolina
30
8 19
3 19 62 87
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W
L OT PtsGF GA
Chicago
32 22
9
1 45100 64
St. Louis
31 21
8
2 44 94 72
Nashville
30 20
8
2 42 81 59
Winnipeg
32 16 10
6 38 78 75
Minnesota
30 16 12
2 34 86 78
Dallas
29 11 13
5 27 85 103
Colorado
30 10 13
7 27 78 98
Pacific Division
GP W
L OT PtsGF GA
Anaheim
33 21
7
5 47 97 89
Vancouver
30 18 10
2 38 89 86
San Jose
32 17 11
4 38 90 82
B2 - 12/18/14
CYAN
NAIA Championship.
6:30 p.m. (ESPN2) High school basketball: Simeon vs. St. Rita.
7 p.m. (ESPNU) College football:
Mount Union vs. Whitewater, Div.
III championship.
7 p.m. (FOXS1) College basketball:
St. Mary’s at St. John’s.
7 p.m. (NHLN) Hockey:
Peterborough at Kingstown, OHL.
7 p.m. (STO) College basketball:
Tennessee at Tennessee.
7 p.m. (WPIC-Am 790) High school
basketball: Franklin at Grove City.
7 p.m. (WBBW-AM 1240) Hockey:
Team USA at Youngstown
Phantoms.
7 p.m. (WLLF-FM 96.7) High school
basketball: Hickory at Slippery
Rock.
7:30 p.m. (FSN Ohio) (WBBG-FM
106.1) NBA: Nets at Cavaliers.
8 p.m. (ESPN) NBA: Trail Blazers at
Spurs.
8 p.m. (ESPN2) College football: FCS
semifinal.
9 p.m. (FOXS1) College basketball:
Alabama A&M at Marquette.
9 p.m. (Root) College basketball:
Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Texas
Tech.
10 p.m. (MyYTV) College basketball:
Wilberforce at Youngstown State
(recorded).
10:30 p.m. (ESPN) NBA: Thunder at
Lakers.
Tuesday, Dec 30th.
Music City Bowl
LP Field-Nashville, TN.
Lsu
71⁄2 (52)
Notre Dame
Belk Bowl
Bank of America Stadium-Charlotte, NC.
Georgia
7 (56)
Louisville
Foster Farms Bowl
Levi’s Stadium-Santa Clara, CA.
Stanford
14 (48)
Maryland
Wednesday, Dec 31st.
Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl
Georgia Dome-Atlanta, GA.
Tcu
31⁄2 (56)
Mississippi
Fiesta Bowl
University of Phoenix Stadium-Glendale,
AZ.
Arizona
31⁄2 (69)
Boise St
Orange Bowl
Sun Life Stadium-Miami Gardens, FL.
Mississippi St
7 (61)
Georgia Tech
Thursday, Jan 1st.
Outback Bowl
Raymond James Stadium-Tampa, FL.
Auburn
61⁄2 (62)
Wisconsin
Cotton Bowl Classic
AT&T Stadium-Arlington, TX.
Baylor
3 (72)
Michigan St
Citrus Bowl
Florida Citrus Bowl-Orlando, FL.
Missouri
51⁄2 (48)
Minnesota
College Football Playoffs
Rose Bowl
Rose Bowl-Pasadena, CA.
Oregon
9 (72)
Florida St
Sugar Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Superdome-New Orleans,
LA.
Alabama
9 1⁄2 (58)
Ohio St
Friday, Jan 2nd.
Armed Forces Bowl
Amon G. Carter Stadium-Fort Worth, TX.
Pittsburgh
3 (53)
Houston
Taxslayer Bowl
Everbank Field-Jacksonville, FL.
Tennessee
31⁄2 (51)
Iowa
Alamo Bowl
Alamodome-San Antonio, TX.
Kansas St
1 1⁄2 (59)
Ucla
Cactus Bowl
Sun Devil Stadium-Tempe, AZ.
Washington
51⁄2 (56)
Oklahoma St
Saturday, Jan 3rd.
Birmingham Bowl
Legion Field-Birmingham, AL.
Florida
7 (57)
East Carolina
Sunday, Jan 4th.
Go Daddy.com Bowl
Ladd-Pebbles Stadium-Mobile, AL.
Toledo
3 (68)
Arkansas St
NBA
Favorite
Points (O/U)
Underdog
CHICAGO
10 (194)
New York
a-HOUSTON
OFF
New Orleans
b-SACRAMENTO
OFF
Milwaukee
GOLDEN ST
3 (210) Oklahoma City
a-Houston center D. Howard is
questionable.
b-Sacramento center D. Cousins is
doubtful.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Favorite
Points
Underdog
IRGINIA
181⁄2
Cleveland St
RICHMOND
131⁄2 South Alabama
Seton Hall
7 SOUTH FLORIDA
Temple
12
DELAWARE
c-Duke
11
Connecticut
CHARLOTTE U
13
Appalachian St
EVANSVILLE
10 1⁄2
Ohio
Lsu
31⁄2 UABIRMINGHAM
PACIFIC
5
Nevada
OREGON ST
41⁄2
DePaul
World Vision Classic
Dee Glen Smith Spectrum-Logan, UT.
First Round
South Dakota St
81⁄2
Idaho St
UTAH ST
10
CS Bakersfield
Wright St
2 1⁄2
W. CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
8
Montana St
SAN FRANCISCO
9 1⁄2
Portland St
c-at IZOD Center-East Rutherford, NJ.
NHL
Favorite
Goals
Underdog
Washington
Even-1⁄2
COLUMBUS
Toronto
Even-1⁄2
CAROLINA
1⁄2 -1
PITTSBURGH
Colorado
PHILADELPHIA Even-1⁄2
Florida
MONTREAL
Even-1⁄2
Anaheim
LOS ANGELES
Even-1⁄2
St. Louis
SAN JOSE
1-1 1⁄2
Edmonton
HOME TEAM IN CAPS
Chase Headley, 3b, to a $52 million, fouryear contract; re-signed Chris Capuano,
lhp, to a $5 million, one-year contract.
OAKLAND (1) — Signed Billy Butler, 1b,
Kansas City, to a $30 million, three-year
contract.
SEATTLE (1) — Signed Nelson Cruz, dh,
Baltimore, to a $57 million, four-year
contract.
TEXAS (2) — Re-signed Colby Lewis, rhp,
to a $4 million, one-year contract; signed
Kyuji Fujikawa, rhp, Chicago Cubs, to a
$1.1 million, one-year contract.
TORONTO (1) — Signed Russell Martin,
c, Pittsburgh, to an $82 million, five-year
contract.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
ATLANTA (3) — Signed Jim Johnson, rhp,
Detroit, to a $1.6 million, one-year contract; signed Nick Markakis, of, Baltimore,
to a $44 million, four-year contract; signed
Alberto Callaspo, 3b, Oakland, to a $3 million, one-year contract.
CHICAGO (2) — Signed Jason Hammel,
rhp, Oakland, to a $20 million, two-year
contract; signed Jon Lester, lhp, Oakland,
to a $155 million, six-year contract.
LOS ANGELES (1) — Signed Brandon
McCarthy, rhp, New York Yankees, to a
$48 million, four-year contract.
MIAMI (1) — Signed Michael Morse, of,
San Francisco, to a $16 million, two-year
contract.
NEW YORK (1) — Signed Michael Cuddyer,
of, Colorado, to a $21 million, two-year
contract.
PITTSBURGH (2) — Signed A.J. Burnett,
rhp, Philadelphia, to an $8.5 million, oneyear contract; re-signed Francisco Liriano,
lhp, to a $39 million, three-year contract.
ST. LOUIS (1) — Signed Mark Reynolds,
1b, Milwaukee, to a one-year contract.
SAN DIEGO (2) — Signed Clint Barmes,
ss, Pittsburgh, to a $1.5 million, oneyear contract; signed Brandon Morrow,
rhp, Toronto, to a $2.5 million, one-year
contract.
JAPAN PACIFIC LEAGUE
FUKUOKA (1) — Signed Daisuke
Matsuzaka, rhp, New York Mets.
Los Angeles 32 15 11
6 36 84 78
Calgary
33 17 14
2 36 97 90
Arizona
31 11 16
4 26 72 100
Edmonton
32
7 19
6 20 66 106
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
overtime loss.
Tuesday’s Games
Columbus 1, Detroit 0, SO
Florida 2, Washington 1, SO
Nashville 3, Boston 2, SO
Tampa Bay 3, Philadelphia 1
Toronto 6, Anaheim 2
Montreal 4, Carolina 1
St. Louis 5, Los Angeles 2
Winnipeg 5, Buffalo 1
Chicago 5, Minnesota 3
N.Y. Rangers 5, Calgary 2
Arizona 2, Edmonton 1, OT
Wednesday’s Games
Ottawa 2, New Jersey 0
Boston 3, Minnesota 2, OT
Dallas at Vancouver, late
Today’s Games
Florida at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Washington at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Anaheim at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Edmonton at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Anaheim at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Boston at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Calgary, 9 p.m.
MAGENTA YELLOW
BLACK
CYAN
SPORTS BY THE NUMBERS
10.8
Source: ESPN
The career total quarterback
rating of Jimmy Clausen, who
will start for the Chicago Bears
on Sunday in place of the
struggling Jay Cutler.
WRESTLING
Canfield Duals
set to feature
top competition
CANFIELD
Ross Duffett knows it’s
tough to look past a name
on paper.
But he knows the Canfield wrestling team will
have to do just that as they
host their Holiday Dual
Tournament Saturday.
Among the teams participating will be St. Paris Graham who is ranked the No.
1 team in the nation.
The Falcons have won the
last 14 Ohio state individual
team titles in Division II.
“You got to look past the
name,” said Duffett, a senior and returning letterman. “You just got tell [the
younger guys] that they are
a high schooler just like you.
You just got to go out there
and believe that you have a
chance to win.”
The tournament also will
feature Parkersburg (last
year’s West Virginia state
tournament runner-up),
Reynolds (last year’s Pennsylvania state tournament
runner-up) and Richfield
Revere.
Duffett, who weighs in at
182 pounds, says the meet
always helps him improve.
“It helps me realize how
good some of the best guys
in the country are,” Duffett
said. “It makes you realize
how hard you have to work
if you want to compete with
those guys and achieve
your goals.”
The Division II Cardinals (7-0) believe that this
will be the best competition they face until the state
tournament.
“We think we have good
young kids that want to be
good,” said Canfield head
coach Dean Conley. “We
want to be the team that
can wrestle with Graham,
so we are glad that they
come every year.”
Conley says the event as
been happening for at least
10 years and he likes what it
does for his wrestlers going
forward.
“Our guys seem to be
incredibly coachable after
this event every year,” Conley said. “You have some
success, think you are OK
and then you wrestle those
guys and realize there is
still a huge gap there. So
then you have to go back to
the drawing board.”
The Cardinals went 12-3
Associated Press
begin at 9:30 a.m.
UAdmission/tickets: Free
MATCH SCHEDULE:
URound One (9:30 a.m): Reynolds vs. Revere, St. Paris Graham
vs. Parkersburg
URound Two (11 a.m.): Canfield
vs. Revere, St. Paris Graham vs.
Reynolds.
URound Three (12:30 p.m.):
Canfield vs. Parkersburg, St. Paris
Graham vs. Revere.
URound Four (2 p.m.): Canfield
vs. St Paris Graham, Parkersburg
vs. Reynolds
URound Five (4 p.m.): Canfield vs. Reynolds, Revere vs.
Parkersburg
last season and nine lettermen from last year’s squad.
Jacob Esarco (220) credits
the coaches for the team’s
success.
“I love it,” said Esarco
about the team atmosphere.
“What I find great is that
they treat us like adults and
they talk to us like adults.”
C on le y bel ie ve s h i s
unique coaching style improves team morale.
“I think the environment
here is that guys will ask
questions,” Conley said. “I
think we have the kind of
kids and parents that value
this and they are an incredible support group.”
C.J. Frost (138) is very excited for Saturday’s opportunity.
“I know there is going to
be a lot of important people
there who are going to be
watching,” Frost said. “I’m
just going to show them my
talent and maybe they will
see something in me.”
Esarco knows Saturday
gives his team a great preview of what to expect in
late February.
“Every year we try to win
more [individual’ matches
against Graham,” Esarco said.
“Hopefully we will see them
in the team state finals.”
Conley feels that his team
can only learn so much
from Saturday’s meet.
“There are some things
that you can’t overcome,”
Conley said. “But we ultimately train for the best
kids in the state.”
West Branch 53,
Canton South 42
B3
WEDNESDAY’S OTHER
NCAA BASKETBALL GAMES
Staff reports
Wrestling Tournament
UWhere: Canfield High School
UWhen: Saturday; matches to
BLACK
“Earlier in the year we were getting used
to guys, guys didn’t really know how each
other are playing. Guys are feeding off
each other now and getting into the right
places. I think it’s all coming together.”
JARVIS JONES,
Pittsburgh Steelers
LB, on the team’s
defense:
CANTON
Melinda Trimmer scored 25
points and broke the career
scoring record for the Warriors
(6-0, 3-0 Northeastern Buckeye
Conference). Kamryn Tharp led
Canton South with 15 points.
Austintown Fitch 64,
Warren Harding 55
AUSTINTOWN
Four players scored in double
figures for Austintown Fitch
in a win over Warren Harding.
Alysoun Mukaabya had 16, Sarah
Obradovich had 15, Allexis Sallee
had 12 qnd Aaliyah Sadler had
10 for the Falcons (4-2). Alasjia
Dykes scored a game-high 18
points for the Radiers (3-3)
and Chelsea Dipaolo added 16
points.
Cardinal Mooney 64,
Lakeside 17
YOUNGSTOWN
Jaclyn Yankle outscored
Lakeside on her own in Cardinal
Mooney’s big victory. Yankle
scored 18 points, while Kelly Williams added 12 for the Cardinals
(4-1). The Mooney defense held
Lakeside to single digits in each
quarter.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Brookfield 47, Campbell 45
CAMPBELL
Davon Sims scored 19 points
and Mark Kraml added 11 for the
Warriors (2-1). George Billiris
scored 11 and Mike Williams had
10 points, 10 rebounds and four
steals for the Red Devils (1-2).
IF YOU GO
WEDNESDAY’S PREP RESULTS
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Lakeview 74, Edgewood 29
CORTLAND
Addie Becker led Lakeview with
a double-double — 25 points and
11 rebounds — as the Bulldogs
remained unbeaten. Freshman
Annie Pavlansky added 17 points
and Abby Pavlik recorded seven
assists for the Bulldogs (6-0,
5-0 AAC White). Ashley Evans
had a team-high nine points for
Edgewood (1-5).
Canfield 45, Howland 32
CANFIELD
Alexandra Stanic scored 16
points and Erin Risner added 15
for the Cardinals. Sara Price had
14 points and Victoria Rappach
added 12 for the Tigers.
Poland 65, Jefferson 44
POLAND
Emily Melnek had 22 points
and eight rebounds, Theodora
Constantine had 12 points and
six rebounds and Bella Gajdos
added 11 points for the Bulldogs (6-1). Emily Smock led the
Falcons with 14 points.
Newton Falls 48, Girard 38
GIRARD
Gabby Kline scored a gamehigh 17 points to help Newton
Falls keep its perfect record.
Destinee Hutson scored seven
points and Kayla Barreca added
15 rebounds for the Tigers (6-0,
5-0 AAC Blue). Dakota Naples
scored 11 points and Makayla
Trebella added 10 for the Indians
(3-2, 2-2).
Bristol 49, Mathews 39
VIENNA
Kylie Stoneman scored 31 points
to lead Bristol. Maddie Williams
led Mathews with 17 points.
QUOTABLE
MEN
No. 12 Ohio State 97,
North Carolina A&T 55
COLUMBUS
D’Angelo Russell scored 21 points
and Marc Loving had 15, leading
Ohio State. Shannon Scott added
12 assists, while Kam Williams
had 15 points in the second half
for the Buckeyes (9-1) in the game
played before an announced
crowd of 14,585 at Nationwide
Arena. Ohio State hit 69 percent
of its shots in the second half to
finish at 57 percent (35 of 62)
from the field. Bruce Beckford
had 26 points and Arturs Bremers
14 for the Aggies (1-11).
Cincinnati 71,
No. 19 San Diego State 62, OT
CINCINNATI
Farad Cobb hit a 3-pointer
that put Cincinnati in control
in overtime, and the Bearcats
pulled away. The Bearcats (7-2)
were coming off a 56-55 doubleovertime loss at Nebraska on
Saturday night that underscored
their season-long struggle to
hit shots. Cobb made the one in
overtime that made the difference and finished with 12 points.
San Diego State (7-3) lost for
only the second time in its last 20
overtime games.
No. 25 Michigan State 66,
Eastern Michigan 46
EAST LANSING, MICH.
Bryn Forbes scored 14 points
and Travis Trice added 13, and
Michigan State dispatched
Eastern Michigan, denying the
Eagles their second straight
upset win over an in-state foe.
Eastern Michigan beat Michigan
in Ann Arbor last week, but the
Eagles (8-2) never led against
Michigan State. Eastern Michigan
shot 23 percent from the field,
and although its 2-3 zone caused
the Spartans (8-3) to look ragged
at times, Michigan State did not
seem especially troubled after
the first few minutes.
WOMEN
No. 1 South Carolina 69,
Hampton 49
HAMPTON, VA.
Tiffany Mitchell made six 3-pointers and scored 20 points, helping
South Carolina beat Hampton.
The Gamecocks (10-0) had a
54-39 lead when they scored the
next 12 points to put the game
away. Bianca Cuevas started and
finished the burst with a 3-pointer. Cuevas, Alaina Coates and
A’Ja Wilson each had 12 points
for South Carolina. Malia TateDeFreitas led Hampton (3-6) with
19 points, and Kyani White had
11. The Lady Pirates, winners of
the last five Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference tournaments, shot
just 34.6 percent (18 for 52) and
were outrebounded 48-21.
No. 3 Texas 76,
McNeese State 59
AUSTIN, TEXAS
Nneka Enemkpali had 18 points
and 14 rebounds, powering Texas
to the win. Kelsey Lang added 18
points and nine rebounds for the
Longhorns (9-0). Texas led by
27 early in the second half, but
McNeese State (5-4) sliced the
deficit to 10 at the midway point.
Chattanooga 54,
No. 7 Stanford 46
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
Chelsey Shumpert scored a
career-high 18 points, including
five 3-pointers, and Chattanooga
earned its second home victory over a top-10 opponent this
season. Chattanooga (7-3) won
despite being held without a basket after Keiana Gilbert lifted the
Mocs to a 44-34 lead with 11:26
remaining. The Mocs went 7 for
8 at the free-throw line in the last
50 seconds to seal the victory.
No. 13 Duke 92, Oklahoma 72
DURHAM, N.C.
Elizabeth Williams scored 26
points and grabbed a career-high
20 rebounds to help Duke get
the win. It was the third 20-point,
20-rebound game in Duke
women’s basketball history, joining Chris Moreland and Barbara
Krause. Azura Stevens had 17
points for Duke (6-3), Sierra
Calhoun had 14, and Rebecca
Greenwell added 11 points and 10
rebounds. Gabbi Ortiz and Derica
Wyatt had 14 points apiece for
Oklahoma (5-4).
No. 21 Mississippi State 66,
Louisiana-Lafayette 51
LAFAYETTE, LA.
Morgan William hit 11 of 14 free
throws and scored 21 points to
help Mississippi State stay undefeated. Mississippi State (12-0)
is off to its best start in school
history after its 12th consecutive
win. It’s the first time the Bulldogs
have ever won 12 straight.
No. 25 DePaul 109,
Loyola-Chicago 84
CHICAGO
Jessica January scored 25 points
for DePaul, and Megan Rogowski
added 21. It was the most points
for DePaul since scoring 111
against Appalachian State on
Dec. 30, 2007. Brittany Hrynko
had 15 points for DePaul (7-3).
UWhat: Holiday Dual High School
YELLOW
SPORTS
E-MAIL: SPORTS@VINDY.COM
By CURTIS PULLIAM
cpulliam@vindy.com
MAGENTA
KATIE RICKMAN | THE VINDICATOR
Youngstown State’s Sidney Umude (5) drives to the net against Kennesaw State’s Nigel Pruitt in the
first half of their game Wednesday at YSU’s Beeghly Center. The Penguins fell to the Owls, 90-84.
YSU MEN
Continued from B1
rebounds, while Shawn
Amiker notched 21 points
and D.J. Cole scored 18.
“No disrespect to them.
They made some tough
shots and they came in
playing loose and playing
well,” Slocum said. “But we
were horrific.”
With the loss, YSU —
which entered Wednesday
coming off a loss at Texas
A&M on Saturday — fell to
3-2 at home. However, two
of the Beeghly Center wins
have come against Divison
III opponents.
“We have not played at
home well,” Slocum said.
“We have not played with
the same intensity that we
play with on the road. That’s
a group tonight that did not
have much heart.”
Kennesaw State jumped
on the Penguins and led 4641 at the half. Pruitt scored
17 early points and knocked
down four of his game-high
six 3-pointers in the first 20
minutes. He was assisted by
Brown’s 14 first half points.
The Owls then built its
lead to 74-63 with 7:27 remaining in the contest. A
Marcus Keene 3 cut the YSU
deficit to six points with
3:08 left, but KSU immediately pushed its lead back to
10 a minute later. Keene, the
Penguins’ leading scorer,
finished with just 14 points
on 5 of 14 shooting.
Cole connected on a
3-pointer with 17.6 seconds left to make it 88-84,
but a Pruitt free throw and
missed Cole 3 ended YSU’s
comeback attempt.
“Sometimes we played
bad defense, but t hey
knocked down some tough
shots as well, so give them
credit,” Hain said. “And
they outworked us at our
positions and came up with
the rebounds.”
The Penguins host Wilberforce at 1:30 p.m. on Friday. The YSU women host
matchup with Ohio Valley
at 11 a.m. in the first game
of a doubleheader.
Women remain perfect with
OT win over Robert Morris
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take its largest
lead of the half
at 29-15 with
Next: YSU vs.
3:47 left.
Ohio Valley,
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n ia ls led by
13 at halftime, and they
maintained a double-digit
lead until Schlegel hit two
free throws with 12:19 left.
Robert Morris held the Penguins off and upped its lead
to as many as 15 when Anna
Niki Stamolamprou hit a 3
at the 9:22 mark.
YSU scored the next nine
points to get within six
points, and it got within
six three more times before Hirsch caught fire. The
sophomore guard hit 3s on
back-to-back possessions to
trim the deficit to four with
2:54 left, and she offset a
Stamolamprou bucket with
another jumper to make the
score 61-57. Schlegel went
4-for-4 from the free-throw
line in the final two minutes
to tie the score at 61, and
Robert Morris missed twice
on game-winning attempts
in the final three seconds.
Hirsch’s free throws with
3:44 left in overtime gave
YSU its first lead, and a
bucket by Schlegel put the
YSU
MOON TOWNSHIP, PA. RMU
Heidi Schlegel scored 22
points and grabbed 11 rebounds and the Youngstown
State women’s basketball
team closed out regulation
on a 12-4 run and went 33-of35 from the foul line to beat
Robert Morris 73-65 in overtime on Wednesday night.
Jenna Hirsch scored eight
points during that 12-4
stretch, and the Penguins
found a way to win despite
trailing for more than 38
minutes in regulation.
Hirsch hit two free throws
with 3:44 left in overtime to
give YSU a 63-61 advantage,
its first lead of the game, and
the Penguins stayed ahead
the rest of the contest.
YSU improves to 9-0,
and Robert Morris, the
preseason favorite in the
Nor t heast Conference,
dropped to 2-7.
The Penguins were in a
hole from the beginning as
Robert Morris scored the
first 12 points of the game.
YSU got within five points
on a Latisha Walker layup
with 5:31 left in the first half,
but Robert Morris scored
the next seven points to
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Penguins up 65-61 with
2:24 to go in overtime. Indiya Benjamin countered
two RMU free throws with a
bucket to push the lead back
to four, and that’s as close as
the Colonials would get.
YSU was 16-for-17 from
the free-throw line in the
second half and 8-for-8 in
IT. The Penguins made their
final 18 foul shots to offset
a season-low 29.5 percent
shooting from the field.
YSU’s 33 free throws tied
for the fourth-most in a
game in program history,
and the 94.3 percent effort
from the line was the fifthbest mark in a game. Schlegel went 14-of-15, and her
14 makes tied for the thirdmost in a game by an individual. She finished with
22 points and 11 rebounds,
and Walker also had a double-double with 14 points
and 12 rebounds. Benjamin
finished with 13 points, and
Hirsch had 10.
The Penguins will host
their second annual kids
“Field Trip” game, presented
by Chick-Fil-A of Boardman,
on Friday against Ohio Valley. Tipoff will be 11 a.m.
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guys to get it.
“Really, if you fall into the funnel of development for hockey in
the U.S. or Canada, you do qualify for it.
“But I like that Aafke’s promoting me well,” he said with a smile.
Whichever the case, the Stanley Cup will be on display Friday in Youngstown. It’s been to
Boardman twice before, but this
will be its first stop in the city.
Ingrained with a rich history
and by now a seasoned traveler,
there are certain things you can
and can’t do with the Stanley
Cup. For instance, you can promote it for youth hockey and it
can be placed around the Phantoms logo, however sponsor logos are not allowed and, in this
instance, Loney is the only one
that can pick it up.
“That’s the one thing the Hockey Hall of Fame is pretty [stingy]
about,” Loney said. “If you’ve
won it, you can pick it up, if you
haven’t, you’re not allowed to.”
It’s still scheduled for a busy
visit, nonetheless. It’s day will
start with a sponsor event Friday
afternoon, followed by private
time with Phantoms season ticket holders.
The Cup will then be displayed
inside the Covelli Centre on the
concourse shortly before the start
of the Phantoms game against
Team USA. It will remain there
through the first period, before it’s
taken up to the suite level. After
that, it’s back down on the concourse for the second intermission
and will stay there for as long as
fans want to take pictures with it.
“We wanted to make sure we
optimized our time that we had
with it,” Loney said. “We wanted
to make sure the people in the
community — the youth hockey players, the fans, the media,
politicians, our sponsors — had
a designated time with it and we
were able to do that.”
to have made about Nebraska athletic director Shawn
Eichorst. Pelini met with
his Cornhuskers players on
Dec. 2 — two days after his
firing — at a Lincoln high
school. He was reportedly
recorded making vulgar
comments about Eichorst
and accusing the AD of a
lack of support for the Nebraska football program.
Pelini, who was fired at
Nebraska last month after
going 67-27 in seven seasons, takes over a program
that has made the FCS
playoffs once in 14 seasons.
His hiring surprised nearly
everyone — even Pelini
admitted, “I don’t know if
I would have envisioned
this a month ago” — but he
made it clear he’s not starting this job with an eye on
the next one.
“This is not a stepping
stone for me,” said Pelini,
who said he spent the last
two weeks sorting through
se ver a l oppor t u n it ie s
across the country. “If I was
looking to move, I would
have taken one of the other
opportunities.
“I don’t have a crystal ball.
It would be crazy for me
to say I’m going to be here
for this long or that long. I
don’t even know how long
they’d want me. But at the
end of the day, I didn’t come
here to pick up my kids and
move after a year or two.”
Both Pelini and YSU athletic director Ron Strollo
said they haven’t worked
out the framework of his
contract, although Pelini
joked he “signed about
a 20-year deal.” The Penguins’ previous coach, Eric
Wolford, made just under
$260,000 in his last season
and Strollo said it’s possible Pelini could make a
smaller salary, with more
money going to his assistant coaches.
Pelini is already guaranteed $150,000 a month
for the next 51 months as
part of the buyout from his
Nebraska contract. That
amount will be offset by
whatever he makes at YSU.
Pelini said he’ll spend the
next few days assembling
his staff, meeting first with
the current coaches who
are signed through the end
of February. When asked
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“Play better, plain and simple,”
Manziel said. “This position here
is about results and getting the
job done and you have to do that
to be on the field in this league.”
Manziel said the bad first start is
something he’ll remember forever.
“Unfortunately it leaves a sour
taste in my mouth, but at the same
time I’ve had bad games in college
and had bad games in the past,”
he said. “It’s part of football.”
Manziel threw a pair of interceptions and generally looked lost
in the 30-0 defeat to the Bengals.
Little went as planned in Cleveland’s biggest game this season.
Manziel said he got himself in
trouble by second-guessing himself.
“I’m still continuing to work on
that and have trust in the system
and have trust in what my eyes
are seeing,” he said. “I’m seeing it
right, now it just comes down to
executing.”
A frequent theme this year,
quarterbacks continue to be a daily discussion as the Browns cling
to all-but-extinguished playoff
hopes. On Monday, former Browns
QB Bernie Kosar, a living legend to
Cleveland fans, condemned the
club’s front office for not showing
patience at the position and said
there’s a losing culture at the top
of the organization.
Coach Mike Pettine, who had
the Browns at 6-3 before their recent slide, said Kosar is off base
and his comments were “a little
dramatic.”
“He was one of my favorite guys
growing up — heck of a quarterback — and he’s entitled to his
opinion,” Pettine said. “But being
here on the inside of it and seeing
what we’re building and the interaction we have ... the commitment
is all there for us to be successful.”
He’s certainly not the first
Cleveland coach to think that,
even though the Browns last went
to the playoffs in 2002 and are
on their 21st quarterback in the
expansion era.
“You’ve got to build the right
way and make sure it’s rock solid,” he said. “We’re in the middle
of that. I get people are going to
have their opinions, but a lot more
of that happens when you’ve lost
three in a row. I didn’t hear a lot of
that when we had just gotten our
seventh win. “
NOTES
Pettine finally addressed the
release of K Billy Cundiff, waived
last week after he hurt his right
knee practicing at FirstEnergy
Stadium and his knee stiffened
the next day. “There’s nothing
below the surface with Billy,” Pettine said. ... The Browns are expecting Panthers QB Cam Newtown to play Sunday. He practiced
Wednesday for the first time since
sustaining two back fractures in
an auto accident. ... Browns CB
Joe Haden remains day-to-day
with a shoulder injury.
VINDICATOR FILE PHOTO | OCT. 11, 2014
Youngstown State sophomore tailback Martin Ruiz takes off downfield during a game against
Western Illinois at YSU’s Stambaugh Stadium. Ruiz is one of several players encouraged by
the university’s hiring of Valley native Bo Pelini to replace Eric Wolford as head coach. The
Penguins finished last season 7-5 under Wolford.
Players encouraged
about Pelini’s hiring
By JOE SCALZO
scalzo@vindy.com
FINAL CANDIDATE LIST
YOUNGSTOWN
Over the last few days, as rumors swirled
around Youngstown State hiring Bo Pelini,
sophomore running back Martin Ruiz had
one thought: I hope they’re true.
“Having him as head coach, I know he’s
gonna come in and take care of business,”
said Ruiz, a second team all-conference selection this fall. “Youngstown, we’re about
to get back on the map.”
Youngstown State’s players
aren’t on campus this week
because of the winter break,
but based on interview and
tweets from the last few days,
the Penguins are excited
about Pelini’s arrival.
“It’s like a breath of fresh
Kromah
air,” junior defensive lineman Emmanuel Kromah
said. “It feels like he’s going
to bring something different, something we haven’t
had in a long time.
“He has the experience
to take this team to the
next level and I can’t wait to
Nwadiogbu
meet him personally.”
Junior linebacker Dubem Nwadiogbu,
who earned honorable mention All-Missouri Valley following a breakout year, said
he’s looking forward to playing for a defensive-minded coach.
“Offense is important and offense wins
games, but I feel like defense wins championships,” he said. “This is part of a big
change at Youngstown. It’s going to put
Youngstown on the map.”
All three players said they liked playing
for Eric Wolford and were disappointed by
his firing. But after narrowly missing the
playoffs over the past few years, they’re
hoping Pelini can get them over the top.
YSU loses just 11 seniors from last year’s
team, which finished 7-5 after losing its last
three games.
“We’re still a young team and we’re
gonna be a good team,” Nwadiogbu said.
“With the right coach, we should make the
playoffs. We might even make it all the way.
You never know.”
Pelini was one of eight candidates
who received on-campus interviews,
according to a compliance report
obtained by The Vindicator.
The others were Akron RB coach Trent
Boykin (who played and coached at
YSU), Kansas State WR coach Andre
Coleman (a former assistant under
Wolford), Eastern Kentucky coach Dean
Hood, Purdue DB coach Taver Johnson
(who coached with Jim Tressel at Ohio
State), Waynesburg coach Rick Shepas
(a Mooney graduate who played at YSU),
Michigan State LB/special teams coach
Mike Tressel (Jim Tressel’s nephew) and
Florida Atlantic offensive coordinator
Brian Wright (who was an assistant at
YSU from 2001-09).
BO KNOWS FAUX
While most people know Pelini
because of his seven-year stint as Nebraska’s head coach, he’s also become
famous because of the popular Twitter
parody account “Faux Pelini,” which
features a Photoshopped picture of
Pelini holding a cat wearing a Santa
hat.
Faux Pelini’s Twitter page describes
him as a “former Nebraska coach,
yeller, philanthropist, anger manager.”
It features tweets like this one from
Dec. 11: “Sometimes when I can’t sleep
I think about how I’m getting paid
$150K/month not to work, then I still
can’t sleep but I’m in a better mood.”
Pelini has (occasionally) embraced the
account in recent years, famously leading the Huskers onto the field for last
year’s spring game while holding a cat.
When asked about the account
Wednesday, he laughed and said, “I
don’t know if it’s had any effect on my
life. I don’t follow it as much. I know a
lot of people do. It’s pretty funny, at
my expense a lot of times.”
When Pelini was hired at YSU, the
anonymous person who manages the
account briefly changed the name to
“Yo Pelini” and retweeted a photo of
Pelini holding Pete the Penguin.
“I guess he was looking to resurrect himself and he did,” Pelini said. “Cats and
penguins, they got along well, I’m sure.”
Strollo
Wolford
if he’ll consider his brother
Carl, who resigned as Florida Atlantic’s head coach
last November following
allegations of cocaine use,
Pelini said “I haven’t talked to Carl about it since I
took it yet, but yeah, there’s
always a possibility that
could happen.”
Pelini said he hasn’t had
a chance to review YSU’s
roster, but credited the previous coach, Eric Wolford,
with leaving the program
“in pretty good shape.” He
plans to recruit the Mahoning Valley, but will also
pursue players from across
the country, including FBS
transfers and junior college
transfers “as long as they’re
the right fit.”
Pelini said the job was attractive because it will allow him and his wife (who
is also a Mooney graduate)
to be around family and
friends and for his children to attend Mooney.
Pelini said he also wanted
the chance to work for YSU
president Jim Tressel.
“I’ll have a president who
understands football, who’s
gonna support me, and
that’s something I don’t
know if I’ve ever had,” he
said. “Having Coach Tressel come back, that’s pretty
special. He’s in a role where
he really understands what
kind of needs to be done.”
Since graduating from
Cardinal Mooney in 1986,
Pelini has spent just one
year in Youngstown, coaching the Cardinals’ quarterbacks in 1993. But while he
may have left Youngstown,
Youngstown never left him.
“I’ve said it before and
I’ll say it again, I wouldn’t
be here if I didn’t have the
experiences and the people surrounding me that I
had growing up,” he said.
“That’s a tremendous thing
and that’s why it feels so
great to have the opportunity to come back home.”
RESULTS OF WEDNESDAY’S NBA GAMES
Grizzlies 117, Spurs 116, 3OT
Jazz 105, Heat 87
SAN ANTONIO
Marc Gasol scored 26 points, including a
banked-in 3-pointer as regulation expired, and
the Grizzlies overcame blowing a 23-point lead
for a triple-overtime victory. Zach Randolph
had 21 points and 21 rebounds in the Grizzlies’
sixth straight victory. Vince Carter added a
season-high 18 points for Memphis (21-4).
Danny Green scored 25 points, and Tim Duncan
had 23 points and 16 rebounds for San Antonio.
His jumper rattled in to force the third OT, but
he finished just 5 for 15 on free throws. Manu
Ginobili added 21 points, but shot an airball on
a 3-pointer in the final seconds for the Spurs.
San Antonio made a season-high 17 3-pointers
but was 13 for 27 on free throws, including 5 for
15 by Duncan.
Suns 111, Hornets 106
CHARLOTTE, N.C.
Reserve Isaiah Thomas scored 23 points,
Goran Dragic had 20 and the Suns snapped a
six-game losing streak with a victory over the
struggling Hornets. Thomas was 7 of 13 from
the field and had two key free throws in the final
minute as Phoenix erased an early 17-point
deficit. Dragic, who missed the last two games
with a back injury, played 38 minutes and shot
8 of 17. Gerald Green had 16 points off the
bench and Eric Bledsoe chipped in with 15 for
the Suns. Al Jefferson had 28 points and 10
rebounds for Charlotte, while Kemba Walker
scored 27 points before going cold in the final
three minutes. The Hornets have lost four
straight games. Charlotte fell to 1-11 against
Western Conference teams.
Raptors 105, Nets 89
TORONTO
Kyle Lowry had 20 points and 12 assists, Jonas
Valanciunas added 16 points and 10 rebounds,
and the Raptors used a big fourth quarter to
beat the Nets. Amir Johnson and Patrick Patterson each scored 13 and Lou Williams had 10
in the first meeting between the teams since
Brooklyn’s one-point win in Game 7 of the first
round of the playoffs last May. Patterson and
Williams each scored eight points in the fourth
and Lowry had six as Toronto outscored the
Nets 29-16, taking advantage of six Brooklyn
turnovers. Mason Plumlee scored a careerhigh 23 points, Joe Johnson had 17 and Mirza
Teletovic 14 for the Nets.
MIAMI
Gordon Hayward scored 29 points, Enes Kanter
added 18 and the Jazz overcame 42 points
from Dwyane Wade to beat the Heat. Alec
Burks scored 12, Derrick Favors added 11 and
Dante Exum had 10 for Utah, which won for just
the second time in its last 14 games. Those
two wins have come against last year’s NBA
finalists, San Antonio and now the Heat — who
are simply reeling at home. Wade shot 12 of 19
for Miami, which has lost seven of its last eight
home games and has dropped four straight
on its floor for the first time since 2011. The
Heat trailed by 17 in the first quarter and never
recovered.
Mavericks 117, Pistons 106
AUBURN HILLS, MICH.
Chandler Parsons scored a season-high 32
points and Monta Ellis added 25 as the Mavericks beat the Pistons. Parsons fell two points
short of a career high as he helped the Mavericks win a second road game in two nights.
Dirk Nowitzki contributed 18 points and 10
rebounds, including seven points to help stem
a late Detroit rally. Andre Drummond had 19
points and 24 rebounds, but couldn’t help the
Pistons end an 11-game losing streak at home.
Detroit’s last win at the Palace came on Nov.
7 against Milwaukee. Drummond dominated
the first half with 11 points and 13 rebounds,
although he missed five of his six free-throw attempts. His teammates only shot 40.5 percent
from the floor, but that was enough to keep
Detroit within 53-51 at the half.
Celtics 109, Magic 92
BOSTON
Rajon Rondo had 13 points, 15 assists and
seven rebounds to lead balanced scoring that
carried the Celtics. Brandon Bass scored 18
points, and Jeff Green and Jared Sullinger each
finished with 16. Kelly Olynyk added 15 points
for Boston, which won its second in a row after
a three-game losing streak. Nikola Vucevic had
18 points with 13 rebounds, and Tobias Harris
scored 17 for the Magic, who have lost four of
five. The game was tied at 63 early in the third
quarter, but the Celtics went on a 14-6 spree
over the ensuing 6 minutes en route to a 78-73
lead heading into the fourth. Green scored
eight points during the run.
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U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown,
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group of eight senators
in a letter urging the U.S.
Department of Commerce
to stand up for Mahoning
Valley jobs in the aluminum
extrusion industry they say
are threatened by unfair Chinese trade practices.
The Commerce Department is conducting an administrative review of the
antidumping and countervailing duty orders against
Chinese imports of aluminum extrusions.
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ALBANY, N.Y.
Handing environmentalists a
breakthrough victory, New York
plans to prohibit fracking for natural gas because of what regulators
say are its unexplored health risks
and dubious economic benefits.
New York, which overlies part of
the gas-rich Marcellus Shale formation that has led to a drilling boom
in Pennsylvania and other nearby
states, has banned shale-gas development since 2008, when the state
began an environmental review of
the drilling technique also known
as hydraulic fracturing.
Wednesday’s announcement,
though not final, means a ban is all
but etched in stone.
“Never before has a state with
proven gas reserves banned fracking,” said Deborah Goldberg, an attorney with Earthjustice, adding
that the decision “will give courage
to elected leaders throughout the
country and world: Fracking is too
dangerous and must not continue.”
Industry and its supporters expressed outrage at the decision.
“We are very disappointed that
it appears the governor is unwilling to be a leader and is going to
pass the buck at the expense of New
Yorkers,” said Jack Gerard, president of the American Petroleum
Institute.
“This technology has been used
for over 65 years in the United
States. It’s been demonstrated repeatedly after drilling millions of
wells that we’re able to do it while
protecting the environment and
protecting the people.”
Environmental Commissioner
Joe Martens said Wednesday that
he is recommending a ban, and
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat,
responded that he would defer to
Martens and Acting Health Commissioner Howard Zucker on the
decision.
The Department of Environmental Conservation will put out
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YOUNGSTOWN
Job s Oh io i s g i v i ng
$300,000 to the city with
the money going to VAM
USA for its $80 million expansion on Ohio Works
Drive.
The board of control is
expected today to approve
the grant agreement with
JobsOhio, the private, nonprofit economic-development organization for the
state, said city Finance
Director David Bozanich,
the board’s secretary.
VAM, a Vallourec Star
subsidiary, is building a
steel-pipe-threading facility about a mile from the
company’s $1.1 billion mill
that opened last year.
The company expects
to create 71 f ull-time
posit ions, generat i ng
$3.2 million in annual
payroll, at the Ohio Works
Drive location.
The project is about
80 percent complete and
is expected to open in the
second quarter of next
year.
VA M received a ta x
credit earlier this month
from the Ohio Tax Credit
Authority for this project.
The $300,000 from JobsOhio was part of the incentive package the state
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expansion.
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tens of billions of dollars in industry profits and landowner royalties,
and has reduced energy bills and
fuel imports. But it also has brought
concerns and sparked protests
over air and water pollution, earthquakes, property devaluation and
truck traffic.
Zucker said he had identified “significant public-health risks” and
“red flag” health issues that require
long-term studies before fracking
can be called safe. He likened fracking to secondhand smoke, which
wasn’t fully understood as a health
risk until many years of scientific
study were done.
Martens noted the low price of
natural gas, the high local cost of industry oversight and the large areas
that would be off limits to shale-gas
development because of setback requirements, water supply protections and local prohibitions. Those
factors, he said, combine to make
fracking less economically beneficial than anticipated.
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a final environmental impact statement
early next year, Martens said, and after
that, he will issue
an order prohibiting
fracking.
A bout 30 a nt iCuomo
frack ing activ ists
cheered the decision
at a rally outside Cuomo’s New York
City office, chanting “Thank you,
Governor Cuomo, for saving our
air!” and “New York banned fracking — and next, United States!”
Zucker and Martens on Wednesday summarized environmental
and health reviews that concluded
fracking carries risks that haven’t
been studied enough.
The drilling boom in the Marcellus Shale, which also runs under
Ohio and West Virginia, was made
possible by high-volume hydraulic
fracturing, which releases gas from
rock by injecting wells with chemically treated water at high pressure.
The technique has generated
Charter One and parent
company, Citizens Financial
Group Inc., announced the
expansion of its HealthCare
Practice Banking Group to
Ohio as well as Michigan and
New York.
The specialized health
care banking group serving
medical, dental and eye care
practices and professionals
was first introduced in January 2013 in New England and
expanded to Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Delaware
earlier this year.
Selected local stocks
BLACK
NY to ban fracking; environmentalists cheer
Expansion into Ohio
Vindicator staff/wire reports
YELLOW
Associated Press
COLUMBUS
JEFF LANGE | THE VINDICATOR
Bryce Veon, president and CEO of Autosoft Inc., speaks about his software company’s newly renovated
technology center in West Middlesex, Pa., at a Wednesday news conference.
Software company expands
campus in Mercer County
By BRANDON KLEIN
bklein@vindy.com
WEST MIDDLESEX, PA.
Like many software companies, Autosoft Inc. started
in someone’s garage back in
1988.
More than two decades
later, the company expanded its campus, 61 Executive
Court, with a second building as its new technology
center, and has created more
than 60 jobs over the past 18
months. The company intends to employ more than
200 by the end of 2015.
Autosoft develops and
supports software to simplify business operations for
automotive dealers across
the nation. About 2,000 car
dealerships use the service.
The company also operates
a satellite office in Dayton.
WE ARE VERY
ENERGIZED BY
OUR COMPANY’S
RECENT GROWTH, AND THAT
IT ENABLES US TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THE ECONOMY
IN MERCER COUNTY, WHERE
WE ARE PROUDLY BASED.”
Bryce Veon,
Autosoft president, CEO
“We are very energized
by our company’s recent
growth, and that it enables
us to positively impact the
economy in Mercer County, where we are proudly
based,” said Bryce Veon ,
president and CEO of Autosoft, whose father started
the company.
Veon was part of the business after graduating from
high school in 1994, but ventured into real estate and
construction work in 2002.
He returned to Autosoft two
years ago.
Veon said there are nearly
150 employees at its campus with almost half of them
from the Youngstown area.
The two facilities total up to
30,000 square feet with the
technology center featuring
a younger, “more hip” environment, he said.
The technology center features graffiti and art-covered
walls, a sports-themed room
for break-time activities and
a new kitchen with refreshments and snacks.
The on-site perks are part
of retaining talent, Veon
said.
Port-authority members meet
with Aerodynamics president
By ED RUNYAN
runyan@vindy.com
VIENNA
Western Reser ve Port
Authority members met in
private Wednesday with the
president of the company
trying to begin daily air
service at the YoungstownWarren Regional Airport,
but not to quiz him on his
financial challenges, the
board’s chairman said.
“It was all positive. It was
how positive things are with
the proposed flights from
Youngstown to Chicago,”
chairman Ron Klingle said
of the discussion the board
had with Scott A. Beale of
Aerodynamics Inc. (ADI) of
Beachwood, Ohio, and Atlanta.
“We’re keeping our fingers
crossed and hoping in the
next couple of weeks we’ll
be learning that they’ll be
starting up flights. At the
moment, things look real
good,” Klingle said after
the 20-minute exec utive session
at the end of
the port authority’s regular monthly
meeting.
Hanni
B e a l e’s
company has
been providing the U.S. Department of Transportation
with information since June
about its fitness to operate
the service.
ADI has proposed offering daily flights in 50-passenger aircraft between
Youngstown and Chicago’s
O’Hare International Airport.
The service could begin
as early as March and bring
daily air service back to the
Mahoning Valley for the first
time in more than a decade.
But the DOT’s Air Carrier Fitness Division asked
ADI last month to provide it
with additional information
about a civil suit decided by
a jury in Virginia earlier this
year, that found that Beale
defrauded a business partner when he convinced him
to invest $500,000 in ADI.
Klingle says the civil suit
and Beale’s bankruptcy,
which was completed earlier this year, are “all behind
us, and I’m pretty sure that’s
all behind the Department
of Transportation.”
Klingle said the only reason for the meeting with
Beale was to meet him. “And
we’re very impressed,” he
added. “I think he’s a good
gentleman, and I think it’s
a perfect company to begin
this service.”
Don Hanni III told his
fellow port-authority members Wednesday’s meeting
will perhaps be his last because the Mahoning County commissioners have not
appointed him to another
term.
A natural-gas fracking
well that is leaking uncontrollably has kept 25 families from their homes for
three days in eastern Ohio.
T he Mon r o e C ou nty well had been temporarily plugged while work
was done elsewhere onsite. But when workers
tried to resume production operations Saturday, the well began to flow
uncontrollably.
The families were evacuated from houses within a 1.5-mile radius of the
well, located near the Ohio
River, about 160 miles east
of Columbus, the Columbus Dispatch repor ted
today.
The well is not on fire,
but the gas could be explosive, sa id Bet ha ny
McCorkle, a spokeswoman
for the Department of Natural Resources.
The well is operated by
Triad Hunter, a subsidiary
of Houston-based Magnum Hunter Resources
Corp. that also has offices in Marietta in Southeast
Ohio.
The well had been temporarily plugged about
a year ago while three
more wells were drilled
and fracked on the site,
the company said in a
statement.
“Despite numerous prec aut ion a r y me a s u r e s
taken in connection with
the temporary plugging
and abandonment operation, the well began to flow
uncontrollably while recommencing production
operations,” the company
said.
CD RATES
The table shows the annual percentage yield as of Wednesday. All yields given in percent.
Balances required vary, and some banks offer lower yields if certain balances aren’t met.
28
91
6
12
18
36
60
INSTITUTION
DAY
DAY
MOS
MOS
MOS
MOS
MOS
Associated School
Cortland Bank
Farmers National Bank
Talmer Bank
Home Savings & Loan
Edison Financial Credit Union
717 Credit Union
NA
NA
NA
0.11
0.05
—
0.05
NA
0.05
0.03
0.15
0.05
—
0.10
0.15
0.15
0.10
0.15
0.10
—
0.15
0.20
0.20
0.15
0.20
0.20
—
0.23
0.25
0.30
0.20
0.25
0.25
—
0.30
0.50
0.55
0.35
0.75
0.50
—
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.65
1.26
1.00
—
1.15
Source: Individual banking institutions
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REGIONAL FORECAST
CL: Clear
Detroit
31/22
8 a.m.
27 Sn.
11 a.m.
29 Sn.
2 p.m.
31 C.
5 p.m.
31 Sn.
8 p.m.
29 Sn.
11 p.m.
28 Sn.
2 a.m.
9 a.m.
28 Sn.
12 p.m.
30 C.
3 p.m.
31 Sn.
6 p.m.
30 Sn.
9 p.m.
29 Sn.
12 a.m.
27 0
3 a.m.
7 a.m.
26 Sn.
10 a.m.
29 Sn.
1 p.m.
34 Pc.
4 p.m.
34 Pc.
7 p.m.
29 Pc.
10 p.m.
27 0
1 a.m.
8 a.m.
27 Sn.
11 a.m.
30 Sn.
2 p.m.
34 Pc.
5 p.m.
32 Pc.
8 p.m.
28 Pc.
11 p.m.
26 Pc.
2 a.m.
9 a.m.
28 Sn.
12 p.m.
32 Pc.
3 p.m.
34 Pc.
6 p.m.
30 Pc.
9 p.m.
27 0
12 a.m.
25 Pc.
3 a.m.
26 Sn. 26 Sn.
4 a.m.
5 a.m.
26 Sn.
6 a.m.
25 Pc. 25 Pc.
4 a.m.
5 a.m.
25 0
6 a.m.
26 Sn. 26 Sn.
26 Sn.
25 0
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MONDAY
Cloudy
32/26
Pittsburgh
Indianapolis
34/25
32/23
Cincinnati
34/26
Louisville
50
3
Thu
Nicholas Tufaro, Grade 4
Good
Xxxxxx
GradeSchool,
X, XxxxPoland
Xxxxx
DobbinsXxxxxx,
Elementary
BRIDGE
Both vulnerable. South deals.
NORTH
WA Q J 6 2
TQ 9 6 4
UA K
VA 4
WEST
EAST
WK 10 9 7
W5 4 3
T8 5
TJ 10 7 3
U10 9 6
UJ 8 7 4 3
VJ 9 5 2
VQ
SOUTH
W8
TA K 2
UQ 5 2
VK 10 8 7 6 3
The bidding:
SOUTH WEST
NORTH EAST
Pass
1W
Pass
1V
Pass
2T
Pass
2V
Pass
4V
Pass
3V
Pass
4NT
Pass
4T*
5T**
Pass
6V All pass
*Cue bid
**Two key cards, no trump queen
Opening lead: 10 of U
Sylvie Willard has been a mainstay on the French ladies’ team
for many years. She was South
in today’s deal, from the recent
World Championships held in
China.
Willard won the opening diamond lead in dummy perforce,
and cashed the ace of clubs.
100
TODAY'S NATIONAL FORECAST
H
H
H
H
Showers
SKYWATCH
ALMANAC
High 42/Norm 36 . . . . . Low 30/Norm 23
150
200 Records: High 60/1984 . . . Low -10/1989
Sunrise
Sunset
7:42 a.m. Moonrise
4:55 p.m. Moonset
The fall of East’s queen made
her pause for thought. Should
the queen be from queen-jack
doubleton, life would be good,
but Willard judged that a singleton queen was far more likely.
She cashed the ace of spades
and ruffed a spade, then led a
diamond to dummy and ruffed
another spade. Next came the
ace and king of hearts. Decision
time!
Willard read the position perfectly. She ruffed dummy’s good
queen of diamonds and ruffed
another spade back to her hand.
She now exited with her remaining heart. West was forced to ruff
and lead a trump into South’s
K-10 for the last two tricks. Wow!
Willard was the only declarer
in her event to bring home this
slam, although it was a common
contract.
Note the defense missed a
couple of opportunities to mislead declarer. West, needing to
protect her second trump trick,
might have false-carded the king
on the third round of spades.
Also, East might have followed to
the second heart with the jack or
10, trying to convince Willard that
the hearts were splitting 3-3.
They were too honest!
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NATIONAL FORECAST
WORLD FORECAST
CITY
Thu
Albuquerque 45/28/pc
Atlanta
56/38/pc
Atlantic City 44/27/pc
Baltimore
43/28/pc
Billings
38/23/pc
Birmingham 54/40/c
Bismarck
25/13/c
Boise
45/30/c
Boston
43/30/pc
Brownsville 77/61/pc
Buffalo
32/26/sn
Casper
36/16/pc
Charleston SC 63/39/pc
Charlotte
54/35/pc
Cheyenne
38/20/pc
Chicago
31/22/pc
Cincinnati
34/26/pc
Cleveland
33/28/sn
Columbus
34/26/pc
Dallas
61/47/c
Daytona Beach 67/46/pc
Denver
39/23/pc
Des Moines 31/23/sn
Detroit
32/28/c
Fairbanks
7/-6/pc
Greensboro 49/33/pc
Honolulu
83/70/sh
Houston
71/53/t
Indianapolis 32/23/pc
Kansas City 36/28/i
Las Vegas
55/39/pc
Lexington
36/26/c
Little Rock
46/38/r
Los Angeles 63/50/pc
Louisville
36/28/c
Memphis
47/37/r
Miami Beach 76/62/pc
Milwaukee
32/23/pc
Minneapolis 24/18/pc
Myrtle Beach 59/38/pc
Nashville
41/31/i
New Orleans 66/54/pc
New York
45/33/pc
Oklahoma City 44/37/r
Omaha
32/25/i
Orlando
70/48/pc
Philadelphia 43/30/pc
Phoenix
62/45/sh
Pittsburgh
33/26/c
Portland Me 41/26/sn
Portland Or 49/44/pc
Raleigh
50/34/pc
Rapid City
39/17/pc
Reno
44/27/pc
Sacramento 57/46/fg
Salt Lake City 46/28/c
San Antonio 68/59/pc
San Diego
63/52/pc
San Francisco 61/53/pc
Seattle
50/44/r
St. Louis
36/29/i
Tampa
70/51/pc
Topeka
33/28/i
Tucson
59/37/sh
Wash, DC
45/33/pc
CITY
Athens
Baghdad
Beijing
Berlin
Cairo
Copenhagen
Helsinki
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Madrid
Mexico City
Moscow
New Delhi
Paris
Rio de Janeiro
Rome
Seoul
Singapore
Sydney
Tokyo
Toronto
Fri
45/27/pc
58/38/sh
43/25/pc
44/30/pc
38/27/pc
53/46/sh
32/15/pc
42/31/r
38/29/pc
77/54/t
30/23/pc
32/19/pc
63/45/pc
54/37/pc
38/20/pc
33/27/pc
38/31/pc
35/28/c
36/29/pc
51/38/sh
69/54/pc
40/23/pc
35/27/c
34/27/pc
6/-5/pc
50/34/pc
83/69/s
68/48/t
34/27/pc
37/28/c
56/39/pc
40/30/pc
45/36/r
65/52/pc
41/30/pc
47/37/r
75/65/pc
33/25/pc
29/25/c
57/45/pc
47/36/c
68/53/t
41/29/pc
42/34/sh
37/27/c
71/55/pc
42/27/pc
63/46/pc
34/27/c
35/23/pc
49/40/r
50/34/pc
42/20/pc
45/32/r
56/47/r
48/31/pc
61/46/t
65/54/pc
62/53/r
49/42/r
37/30/c
72/59/pc
36/29/c
60/36/pc
48/33/pc
Sat
48/26/pc
49/44/sh
40/31/sh
40/32/pc
42/26/pc
53/42/sh
33/17/pc
43/34/pc
38/34/sn
66/56/pc
32/26/pc
36/19/pc
56/46/r
43/34/r
41/23/pc
34/26/c
37/28/sn
36/29/pc
37/27/sn
53/39/pc
73/59/pc
44/24/pc
37/29/c
35/26/pc
6/-5/pc
39/33/r
82/70/s
60/44/pc
36/25/pc
40/29/pc
56/41/pc
37/27/sn
47/33/pc
67/52/pc
39/28/sn
45/33/r
78/68/pc
35/28/c
33/27/c
54/43/r
44/33/r
61/46/pc
42/36/pc
49/33/pc
38/28/c
76/60/pc
39/32/sh
65/46/pc
37/29/sn
33/25/pc
50/45/r
42/34/r
44/22/pc
46/32/sh
58/47/pc
47/32/pc
57/45/pc
64/53/pc
61/53/pc
48/45/r
40/29/pc
73/62/pc
40/32/pc
61/38/pc
41/33/sh
9 pm
9:30
10 pm
Thu
62/51/pc
66/46/s
37/15/s
44/42/c
71/57/c
42/37/pc
39/28/sn
62/51/s
68/55/pc
57/51/pc
59/33/s
69/48/s
37/32/pc
66/46/s
53/51/r
86/73/pc
59/44/s
21/8/pc
87/77/t
75/64/pc
46/32/s
41/32/r
Fri
62/51/pc
60/48/c
37/17/s
51/51/r
71/55/c
46/41/r
37/37/pc
64/55/s
69/51/c
57/48/pc
59/33/s
73/51/pc
33/24/pc
69/46/pc
55/50/pc
91/71/pc
60/39/s
24/13/s
86/77/t
77/64/r
46/33/s
35/28/c
Movies
10:30
11 pm
Sat
62/50/s
66/48/c
37/17/s
53/41/r
71/53/pc
44/39/c
41/33/pc
62/53/pc
66/51/c
53/39/pc
60/33/s
73/55/pc
35/33/pc
69/46/c
53/41/r
86/73/pc
59/44/s
32/24/c
87/75/t
73/60/pc
50/42/s
33/28/c
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Austrian police investigating a grenade
blast were less puzzled by the explosion and
more by where it took place — inside a wood
stove that appeared to contain nothing but
firewood.
The woman who owned the wood burner
also had no clue at first. After all, she only
put firewood inside.
Or so she thought.
Police spokeswoman Petra Datscher said
recently that a World War II grenade apparently landed on a tree during fighting. It was
then enveloped by wood growing around it to
the point that it was invisible when the tree
was chopped down for firewood and sold
to the supermarket where the unidentified
22-year-old woman bought it.
The blast, which happened Nov. 30 in the
lakeside town of Gmunden, shattered the
stove’s glass panel, but the sturdy wroughtiron stove prevented injuries.
were taken into custody. The older boy was
charged with aggravated robbery with a
deadly weapon.
Texas teen carjackers are
thwarted by car’s stick shift
Boys dial 911 in search of Santa
MAYVILLE, WIS.
Two young brothers from southeastern
HOUSTON
Wisconsin are likely hoping they haven’t
Authorities say two teenagers attempting
landed on Santa’s naughty list after police
to carjack a vehicle in Houston were foiled by
showed up at their doorstep.
a stick shift.
The boys, ages 3 and 6, thought the best
The pair held the motorist at gunpoint
way to get in touch with the North Pole was
earlier this month and demanded that he
by phone. And for youngsters of that age,
tell them how to drive the vehicle. After the
their Christmas lists could be considered an
driver provided a few instructions, the teens emergency.
ordered him out of the vehicle. He then
So, the brothers used their Dad’s cellcalled police.
phone to place a 911 call, hoping to be conA brief police chase ensued. Stefan Happ, nected with the North Pole and the big guy
an officer for the University of Texas at Hous- himself.
ton, told KPRC-TV the teens “had issues opThe Beaver Dam Daily Citizen said that
erating the vehicle.”
brought police to their Mayville home where
The pair opted to flee on foot and were
officers gave the boys some advice. If you
later apprehended.
want to talk to Santa, do it in person.
Associated Press
The suspects are 15 and 17 years old. They
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THURSDAY
DECEMBER 18, 2014
THE VINDICATOR | C1
‘UGLY SWEATERS’
Quirky family fun
at Rust Belt. C2
EASY STREET’S
HOLIDAY REVUE
IT’S A ‘MIRACLE’
C6
CODY GIBSON
Country singer
is on the rise. C9
ENTERTAINING THOUGHTS
Benefit concert raises money for food pantry. C2
C2 THE VINDICATOR | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2014
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INDEX
MUSIC
GCody Gibson
QUID PRO QUO
Singer-songwriter puts
his back into benefit show
Kenny Greco’s back is fine
now, two days before his annual benefit Christmas show.
Not that it would have mattered if it wasn’t. The singersongwriter said he would play
this show even if he was on
crutches.
Saturday’s event at Bean’s
Petri Club, 3650 Shady Run
Road, Youngstown, will mark
the fifth year Greco has done
the show. All proceeds benefit
God’s Warehouse, a food pantry on Western Reserve Road
in Poland that feeds 450 local
families each
month.
Greco had
some minor
spina l d isc
surger y a
few week s
ENTERTAINING a f t e r l a s t
THOUGHTS year’s beneGuy D’Astolfo fit show. The
Youngstown
native is all
better now, but even if he was
still sore, this show gives him
such an adrenaline rush that
he would have felt no pain.
As always, Greco will go on
at 9 p.m. Saturday and play for
three, maybe four, hours. He’s
the kind of performer who
you’ve got to remind to take
a break.
Admission is free. Guests
are encouraged to donate, by
cash or check, to God’s Warehouse. Many people also
donate nonperishable food.
Kenny Greco’s benefit show for
God’s Warehouse food pantry will
be Saturday at Bean’s Petri Club.
“One of the reasons I have
been so supportive of [God’s
Warehouse] is that I know for
sure that 100 percent of the
money raised goes directly
to food to those who need it,”
said Greco. “No salaries, no
rent, no utilities. All food.”
A total of $20,000 has been
raised at the four annual
shows he’s done so far, dating back to 2010. That figure is
kind of astounding, but it no
longer surprises Greco.
“This area, for all of its bad
press, has the most generous,
giving people in the country,”
he said. “I have been witness
to it. A lot of the money comes
from everyday people.”
Jim Hughes, owner of the
Petri Club, offers his room
to Greco every year for the
JeffChrystal Catering
C9
MOVIES
At the Movies
C8
IN THE CORE
“Miracle on Easy Street”
Michael Stanley
C6
C7
TELEVISION
Best Bets on TV
C4
Christmas Dinners To Go
Ham Dinner
Turkey Dinner
Double Smoked Ham
Au Gratin Potatoes
Steamed Vegetables
Crisp Romaine Salad
Cherry Pie
Feeds 12-14 guests $245.00
Cherry Wood Spit or Slow Roasted Turkey
Sage Stuffing
Whipped Potatoes with Pan Sauce
Steamed Vegetables • Candied Yams
Cranberry Sauce • Salad w/Vinaigrette
Homemade Bread • Pumpkin Pie
Large feeds 12-14 guests $275.00
Small feeds 6-8 guests $195.00
Beef Selections
Slow Roasted Beef - by the pan $65.00
Prime Rib - Half pan
approximately 8 Lbs. $195.00
Prime Rib - Whole w/Ajus
approximately 16 Lbs. $375.00
Additional Items
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Rust Belt 2015 schedule
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fundraiser and puts out food
for the guests. Local radio
personalities Viking Jim and
Dan Rivers also get involved
every year in promoting the
event.
Gr e c o do e s t he s how
alone, although some musical friends usually sit in with
him for a song or two. He has
even contacted the management of his musical idol,
Bruce Springsteen, the past
two years to extend an invite.
Maybe this year ...
Saturday’s set list will include most ly covers that
Greco makes his own, as well
as a few of his originals, including some new songs.
You’ll definitely hear “Southside Girl,” his popular ode to
the girls in his old neighborhood.
For Greco, Saturday’s show
is much more than music.
The annual Christmas benefit has become the highlight
of his music, if not personal,
calendar.
“Basically, this show is my
everything,” he said. “Not a
record, a song, a moment
or anything good I’ve experienced in my music comes
close to what I personally get
out of this show. I see faces
I haven’t seen in years, and
I get a front-row seat to see
the good and generosity in
the Valley come out in people
from all walks of life to help
out their neighbors.”
‘Ugly Christmas
Sweater’ wraps
Rust Belt year
Staff report
YOUNGSTOWN
The Rust Belt Theater Company will close its 2014 season with
“The Ugly Christmas Sweater
Revue” this Friday, Saturday and
Sunday at 8 p.m.
The quirky, family-friendly musical revue features locally written comedy, music, poetry and
dance, performed by actors clad
in ridiculous holiday attire.
“All of the cast members try to
outdo each other with these ugly,
ugly sweaters,” said Robert Dennick Joki, director. “I’ve seen everything from neon fish wearing
Santa hats to the Last Supper in
rhinestones. It gets pretty outrageous.”
T he ca st i ncludes Ma r isa
Zamary, Nicole Zayas, Michael
Deutschlander, Tyler Hanes, Joki,
Jennifer Caventer, Murphy Sharp,
Jada Beasley, Deja Beasley, Erica
Perna, Mary James, Hunter Thomas, Spencer Farkas, Starr McClure
and Monica Beasley Martin.
At each performance, the audience member selected as having the ugliest sweater will be
awarded free tickets to upcoming
Rust Belt productions. There also
will be a gourmet soup and bread
reception at intermission each
night for patrons.
Tickets are $15 ($10 for students and seniors). For reservations, call 330-507-2358. Rust Belt
Theater Company is located in
Calvin Center, 755 Mahoning Ave.,
near downtown.
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TODAY
ACTIVITIES
Cookbook Club,
6 p.m., Austintown
Public Library, 600 S.
Raccoon Road, Austintown; 330-744-8636.
Sci-Fi Book Group:
“Promise of Blood”
(The Powder Mage
trilogy book one) by
Brian McClellan, 6:30
p.m., Warren-Trumbull
County Public Library,
444 Mahoning Ave.,
Warren; 330-3998807.
MUSIC
Pittsburgh Sym-
phony Orchestra Holiday Pops concert,
8 p.m., Scottish Rite
Cathedral, 110 E. Lincoln Ave., New Castle,
Pa.; 800-743-8560.
THE SOURCES
Ticketmaster: At Giant Eagle stores in Austin-
town, Boardman (Doral Drive), Hermitage and
New Castle. Call 866-448-7849. Web
address is Ticketmaster.com.
Covelli Centre, 229 E. Front St.
Youngstown: Tickets are also available at the
box office or at Ticketmaster.
SCHOOLS
Boardman High
School Holiday Jazz
Concert, 7 p.m.,
Boardman Performing
Arts Center, 7777 Glenwood Ave., Boardman;
330-758-7511.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Senior Fun Day
at Boardman Park
(RSVP required),
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
Boardman Park,
375 Boardman-Poland
Road, Boardman;
330-965-0428.
Blackburn Home
retirement center
holiday open house,
2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Blackburn Home, 6 Botsford
St., Poland; 330-7572240.
Thursdays at Main,
6 p.m., Warren-Trumbull County Public Library, 444 Mahoning
Ave., Warren; 330-3998807.
See WTG, C4
C3
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Last-minute art market this weekend
Staff report
YOUNGSTOWN
Artists of the Rustbelt’s
Last-Minute Market will be
Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6
p.m., and Sunday from noon
to 5 p.m. at B&O Station, 530
Mahoning Ave. Admission
is $1.
The annual sale, now in its
sixth year, will feature the
works of more than 40 local and regional artists and
artisans.
One-of-a-kind pieces will
be sold for gift buyers, including pa intings, ha ndcrafted jewelry, prints, potter y, photography, homemade fudge and chocolates
by Dana Dunnavant, rum
cakes by Aunt Sadie’s Kitchen, Avalon Pizza and seasonal craft beers by Rustbelt
Brewery.
Santa will pass out candy
both days from 3 to 4 p.m.
WTG
Cont. from C3
Writing Workshop
“THE COLBERT REPORT”
(11:30 P.M., COMEDY CENTRAL):
Can you handle the truthiness?
Sadly, “The Colbert Report” closes
out its hilarious late-night run as our
host begins preparing to take over for
David Letterman.
TV LISTINGS, B6
Call Today to Win
Great Tickets to
with Jim Villani, 7
p.m. to 9 p.m., Pig Iron
Press, 26 N. Phelps
St., Youngstown;
330-747-6932.
FRIDAY
COMEDY
Chris Barnes,
8 p.m., Comedy Cellar
at Mojo’s Pub and
Grille, 6292 Mahoning
Ave., Austintown;
330-793-6656.
MUSIC
B.E. Taylor Christ-
mas Concert, 7:30
p.m., Scottish Rite Cathedral, 110 E. Lincoln
Ave., New Castle, Pa.;
800-743-8560.
ONSTAGE
“Christmas My
Way: A Sinatra Holiday Bash,” 7 p.m.,
Winner and Arts
Culture Center, 98 E.
State St., Sharon, Pa.;
724-983-8222.
Produced by:
Tuesday, January 13, 2015 • 8 p.m.
Packard Music Hall, Warren, Ohio
(group will also perform on Wednesday, Jan. 14, tickets are for Tues. night only)
“Miracle on Easy
Street,” 8 p.m.,
by Easy Street Productions, at Powers
Auditorium, 260
W. Federal St.,
Youngstown; 330743-8555.
“Ugly Christmas
Sweater Revue,”
8 p.m., by Rust Belt
Theater Company,
at Calvin Center,
755 Mahoning Ave.,
man’s, 1025 S. State
St., Girard; 330-5458995.
SPECIAL EVENTS
3 p.m. to 7 p.m.,
Bessemer Croatian
Club, 601 E. Poland
Ave., Bessemer, Pa.;
724-667-8997.
Holiday Party at
the Brentford House,
6 p.m. to 11 p.m.,
Brentford House, 737
Myron St., Hubbard;
330-534-1323.
Blackburn Home
retirement center
holiday open house,
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.,
Blackburn Home,
6 Botsford St., Poland;
330-757-2240.
Del Sinchak Band,
DISCUSSION
Reader’s Film
Club, 2:30 p.m.,
Youngstown Public
Library, 305 Wick
Ave., Youngstown;
330-744-8636.
FILM
Holiday Classics
Movie matinee,
Storytime, 7 p.m.,
Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 381 Boardman-Poland Road,
Boardman; 330-6299436.
Movie matinee, 2
Life-Sized Candy
Land, 10 a.m. and
2 p.m., Warren-Trumbull County Public
Library, 444 Mahoning Ave., Warren;
330-399-8807.
SATURDAY
2:30 p.m., Austintown
Public Library, 600
S. Raccoon Road,
Austintown; 330-7448636.
p.m., Newport Public
Library, 3730 Market
St., Youngstown;
330-744-8636.
Family movie,
12:30 p.m., Liberty
Public Library, 415
Church Hill-Hubbard
Road, Liberty; 330759-2589.
COMEDY
MUSIC
Chris Barnes,
8 p.m., Comedy Cellar at Mojo’s Pub and
Grille, 6292 Mahoning
Ave., Austintown; 330793-6656.
DANCES
Del Sinchak Band,
7 p.m. to 11 p.m., Kuz-
Meredith Andrews
Christmas concert
featuring the New
Life Choir, 7 p.m., New
Life Baptist Church,
3414 Pa. state Route
208, New Wilmington,
Pa.; 724-946-2816.
See WTG, C5
To Enter, all you have to do is call
1-877-934-7994
Call Sunday, December 14 thru Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Doors Open
p at 7:30
Hors d’Oeuvres
• Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail
• Stuffed Mushrooms w/ Crabmeat
• Much Much More
RING IN
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YEAR!
Premium
Cocktails
included
all evening
With Two Live Bands!
Entrees
4 Winners
Drawn!
Winners will be notified
Thursday, January 8th
Grand Prize - 4 TICKETS Valued at $50 each
2nd, 3rd & 4th Prize - 2 TICKETS each
Courtesy of
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older. All calls will be offered a subscription special. Proper ID required to claim prize. Prize must be picked up at The Vindicator. Complete rules at Vindy.com
The Sensations
& Red Line
Carved Filet Mignon w/ Wild Mushroom
Wine Sauce • Chicken Alexandria
Sole Francaise w/ Shrimp and Crab in
White Wine Sauce • Pork and Sauerkraut
Tortellini w/ Pink Vodka Sauce
Much Much More
Breakfast Buffet at Midnight
Champagne Toast at Midnight
8578 Market Street • Boardman
Book Reservations!
(330)726.2454
or antonesbanquetcenter@gmail.com
Free DD for hire available for all guests
No Breaks
$
Only
7995
Per Person
Inclusive of tax
and gratuity
WHERE TO GO
WTG
Cont. from C4
The Elegant
String Quartet
holiday concert,
5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.,
St. James Meeting
House, Boardman
Park, 375 Boardman-Poland Road,
Boardman; 330726-8105.
ONSTAGE
ing Thunder” autograph session,”
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.,
Eastwood Mall
center court, 5555
YoungstownWarren Road, Niles;
330-652-6980.
Community
Christmas Dinner,
2 p.m. to 5 p.m.,
Gospel Temple
Baptist Church,
279 Whipple Ave.,
Campbell.
“Christmas My
Country Christ-
Way: A Sinatra
Holiday Bash,”
7 p.m., Winner and
Arts Culture Center, 98 E. State St.,
Sharon, Pa.; 724983-8222.
mas, noon to 9 p.m.,
Hotel Conneaut,
12382 Center St.,
Conneaut Lake, Pa.;
814-213-0120.
“Miracle on
Easy Street,” 2:30
p.m. and 8 p.m., by
Easy Street Productions, at Powers Auditorium,
260 W. Federal St.,
Life-Sized
Candy Land,
10 a.m. and 2 p.m.,
Warren-Trumbull
County Public Library, 444 Mahoning Ave., Warren;
330-399-8807.
SUNDAY
MUSIC
“Ugly Christmas
Sweater Revue,”
Theater Company,
at Calvin Center,
755 Mahoning Ave.,
SALES, SHOWS
Artists of the
Rustbelt’s LastMinute Market,
11 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
B&O Station, 530
Mahoning Ave.,
SPECIAL EVENTS
The cast of “Fat
and Furious: Roll-
Cortland
Community
Band, 3 p.m., Eastwood Mall, 5555
330-652-6980.
Mahoning Valley
Chorale presents
“Home for the
Holidays,” 3 p.m.,
Disciples Christian
Church, 565
BoardmanCanfield Road,
Boardman.
“O Come, All Ye
Faithful — A Musical Celebration of
Christmas,”
PATSY’S BAR & GRILLE
Annual
Christmas Party
Sat. Dec. 27th
5PM - Close
Last Chance
Order Holiday Seafood
New Years Eve Party
Thurs. Dec. 31st
“The Original Place to be is Patsy’s”
Corner Wilson & Coitsville Rd. 1/8 mile Center St.
Campbell, Ohio 44405 • 330-747-2178
7 p.m., First Presbyterian ChurchNew Castle, 125 N.
Jefferson St., New
Castle, Pa.; 724652-7706.
Warren; 330-9808794.
Road, Boardman;
330-726-8105.
Winter Nights
at the Gardens
2014, 5 p.m. to
7 p.m., Fellows
Riverside Gardens,
123 McKinley Ave.,
TUESDAY
CHILDREN
Country Christ-
Happy Birthday, Rudolph, 2
p.m., East Branch
Public Library,
430 Early Road,
mas, 10 a.m. to
5 p.m., Hotel Conneaut, 12382 Center
St., Conneaut Lake,
Pa.; 814-213-0120.
ONSTAGE
“Christmas My
Way: A Sinatra
Holiday Bash,”
2 p.m., Winner and
Arts Culture Center, 98 E. State St.,
Sharon, Pa.; 724983-8222.
MONDAY
Happy Birthday, Rudolph,
5 p.m., Newport
Public Library,
3730 Market St.,
DANCE
“Miracle on
Easy Street,”
2:30 p.m., by Easy
Street Productions,
at Powers Auditorium, 260 W. Federal
St., Youngstown;
330-743-8555.
Happy Feet
Dance Productions dance lessons, 6 p.m. to 10
p.m., Weathersfield
Fire Station 40,
2229 Gardenland
Ave. SE, Niles;
330-518-8891.
“Ugly Christmas
Sweater Revue,”
Theater Company,
at Calvin Center,
755 Mahoning Ave.,
Movie matinee,
2:30 p.m., Youngstown Public
Library, 305 Wick
Ave., Youngstown;
330-744-8636.
SALES, SHOWS
SPECIAL EVENTS
Life-size Candy
Land game,
10 a.m., Boardman
Public Library,
7680 Glenwood
Ave., Boardman;
330-744-8636.
FILM
Rustbelt’s LastMinute Market,
noon to 5 p.m.,
B&O Station, 530
Mahoning Ave.,
American Red
Cross Holiday
Blood Drive,
11 a.m., Stambaugh
Auditorium,
1000 Fifth Ave.,
The Solstice
Artisan Gift Market, 1 p.m. to 5
p.m., DNA Studios,
137 S. Park Ave.,
Cookies for
Santa, 5:30 p.m. to
7:30 p.m., Boardman Park, 375
Boardman-Poland
Artists of the
DISCUSSION
“Anglophiles
Unite!” book discussion club, 6:30
p.m., Youngstown
Public Library,
305 Wick Ave.,
Youngstown;
330-744-8636.
WEDNESDAY
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THE CORE
Stanley’s
music
continues
to resonate
Easy Street Productions’ annual holiday revue returns
IF YOU GO
What: “Miracle on Easy
By JOHN BENSON
treet” by Easy Street
Street”
roductions
Productions
When: Friday
att 7:30 p.m.;
aturday at 2:30
Saturday
nd 7:30 p.m.; and
and
unday at 2:30
Sunday
.m.
p.m.
Where: Pow-
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60 W. Federal St.,
260
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Youngstown
Tickets: $28 ($23
or seniors/students,
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ren 12 and under).
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all 330-743-8555
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Above and at right, dancers and Santas perform at last year’s
“Miracle on Easy Street” by Easy Street Productions.
By GUY D’ASTOLFO
dastolfo@vindy.com
bringing their kids.’”
The show is a choreographed revue
YOUNGSTOWN of festive music that features a full
band and up to 100 performers on
odd Hancock and Maureen
Collins of Easy Street Produc- stage at each show. It returns for the
26th year this weekend for four shows
tions have been staging their
at Powers Auditorium.
annual holiday spectacular, “MiraEasy Street created the show in
cle on Easy Street,” for more than a
1989, when it was at the old Uptown
quarter of a century.
Theater. “Miracle” was a hit from the
It keeps getting bigger, but its
start, packing the theater for show
essence remains unchanged.
after show.
“It’s a family tradition for a lot of
As always, Hancock and Collins will
folks,” said Hancock. “When I take
host “Miracle” with a dependable
reservations, I hear comments like: ‘It cast. Returning are Easy Street
wouldn’t be Christmas if we didn’t see alumni and singing siblings Eric
it’ or ‘I brought my kids to see it when McClellan, Janeen Williams and
James McClellan, along with featured
they were little, and now my kids are
T
cast members Colleen Chance, Candace Campana, Natalie Sprouse and
Cortney MacKay, who starred in Easy
Street’s production of “Annie” two
years ago.
McKay will sing “Let It Go” from
“Frozen,” the blockbuster Disney
animated movie. “I know every kid
is going to be singing along when she
sings ‘Let It Go,’” said Hancock.
Musical director Jeff Sanders also
will return with the Easy Street Little
Big Band. Dancers from studios
across the Valley will perform routines in tap, jazz and hip-hop style by
choreographer Megan Cleland.
In all, this year’s spectacular will
make use of more than 150 singers,
dancers and Little Rascals, the youth
group of Easy Street.
In fact, there are so many Little
Rascals this year that Easy Street had
to double-cast them to get them all on
stage.
“There are close to 100 Little Rascals this year because the workshops
are so popular,” said Hancock. “They
each get to be in three performances
[splitting the four public and two
school shows]. There are also two
groups of 4- and 5-year-olds, which
we call the Rascals in Waiting, in the
show this year. We also have the Easy
Street Dancers, who range in age from
7 to 20. That’s 50 to 60 dancers on
top of all the Little Rascals. There are
more than 150 people total involved,
including singers and musicians, and
80 to 100 on stage any given night.”
Hancock had high praise for Cleland,
who has been rehearsing the dancers
since October.
“The show is one dance number
after another,” he said. “Megan lives in
Nashville, but she stepped into the role
and commutes in for it. It’s her fourth
year, and she is fantastic.”
Every year, Easy Street swaps in new
segments, but the anchor numbers —
including the Toy Soldiers and Elvis
Claus — remain constant.
“We add three to five numbers each
year,” said Hancock. “We juggle around
the favorites and add new ones.”
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The calendar says 2014, but you’d
T
thi it was 1984 considering the year
think
Michael Stanley had.
Mi
IIn addition to new album “The Job,”
Sta
Stanley recently released career-retro
rospective “The Solo Years — 1995 to
20
2014.” Then there’s the little business
a
about his annual holiday shows with
b
backing band the Resonators.
Eyebrows weren’t ra ised when
St
Stanley
booked a Friday show at the
Ha
Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield. What
did come as a surprise, especially to
Stanley, was the gig sold out so fast
Sta
th
that another date was added for Sunday at the same venue.
da
““It’s kind of a mini version of the old
da
days,” said Stanley, laughing, referrin
ring to three decades ago when the
Mi
Michael Stanley Band sold out four
nig
nights at Blossom Music Center (an
att
attendance record of 74,404 tickets
we
were sold, which stands today). “I
tthink it’s a little bit of the casino has
that new thing going on, and it’s a
nice room to play.
“And for whatever reason, there
w a confluence of things this year,
was
h
t hings
Michael Sta n ley-oriented.
Th
There’s
also a certain amount of people who think nothing happened since
19
1987,
so it’s like, ‘Oh my God, he still
do play? Maybe we should go check
does
thi out.’”
this
I that’s the case, there’s plenty to
If
ch
check
out with Stanley being prolific
of late. His newest studio effort, “The
Job is his third in as many years. StyJob,”
lis
listically,
the project is more of a quintes
essential
solo effort, while previous
alb
albums
varied from dealing with loss
(“T Ride”) to just having fun (“The
(“The
Ha
Hang”).
A for the three-CD set “The Solo
As
Ye
Years
— 1995 to 2014,” Northeast Ohio’s
fav
favorite
son cherry-picked through two
de
decades
of music divided between the
en
energetic
tunes on “The Rousers,” the
ba
ballads
“The Weepies” and the fanfa
favorite
“Crispy’s Critters.”
“It was an interesting trip to sit
dow n and listen,” Stanley said.
“There were a lot of things I haven’t
IF YOU GO
Who: Michael Stanley and the Resona-
tors with Donnie Iris and the Cruisers
When: 8 p.m. Friday (sold out) and
7:30 p.m. Sunday
Where: Hard Rock Rocksino,
10777 Northfield Road, Northfield
Tickets: $47.50 to $59.50 (Sunday
only) at Ticketmaster outlets
heard in a long time. It was like we had
some good music during that time
period.”
At 66, Stanley admits age is a consideration. He points to the title behind
Neil Young’s “Rust Never Sleeps” as a
motivating factor to keep moving. Still,
the question regarding retirement is
valid. However, the Cleveland rock
icon sounds like he’s not ready to strike
up the band for the last time.
Stanley said, “There are two things
I think about: Do you still want to do
it? The answer is yes. And the second:
Can you still do it? And that’s always
up for interpretation. We don’t run
around on stage as much as we used to
in the old days. but we’ve gained some
panache and a little savvy and that
sort of thing.
“As far as songwriting goes, every
time I sit down and write a song, I’m
hoping it’s going to be the best one I
ever wrote. It usually isn’t, but it might
be a good one, and that’s all you can
ask at this point.”
MOVIES
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AT THE MOVIES Bargain shows are in parenthesis. Movies are Friday through Thursday, unless noted. 5= Excellent, 1= Poor
NEW THIS WEEK
Annie (PG)
A hard-nosed tycoon running for mayor
of New York City takes in a down-onher-luck orphan in a bid to boost his
popularity in this update of the Depression-set stage and screen musical.
Cinema South: Fri.-Wed. (11,
1:50) 4:40, 7:20, 10:10
Regal Austintown: Fri.-Wed. (1)
4, 7:30; Fri.-Tue. 10:20; Fri.-Sun.
(noon)
Regal Niles: Fri.-Tue. (12:10,
3:40) 6:50, 9:40; Fri.-Sun. (12:40)
6:20
Shenango: Fri.-Wed. (11, 1, 3:45)
6:30, 9:15
Westgate: Fri.-Wed. (10:30, 1:15,
4); Fri.-Tue. 6:45, 9:30
Wild (R)
A struggling woman finds her way
hiking the Pacific Crest Trail.
Cinema South: Fri.-Wed. (11:20,
2:10) 4:50, 7:30, 10:15
Night at the Museum: Secret of the
Tomb (PG)
A museum security guard travels the
globe on a quest to save the magic of
an ancient artifact that brings history
to life.
Regal Austintown: Fri.-Wed.
(11:45, 2:10) 4:40, 7:10; Fri.-Tue.
9:55; Fri.-Sun. (2:45) 5:10, 7:40
11:40, 1:40, 2:10) 4:10, 4:40, 6:40,
7:10, 9:20, 10
Tinseltown: Fri.-Th. (12:15, 1:30,
2:45, 4, 5:15) 6:30, 7:45; Fri.-Wed.
(11); Fri.-Tue., Th. 9, 10:15
Salem: Fri.-Wed. 4:30, 7; Sat.Wed. 2; Fri.-Sat. 9:15
Shenango: Fri.-Wed. (10:35,
1:50, 4:15) 6:45, 9:10
Westgate: Fri.-Wed. (10:40,
11:55, 2:20) 4:50; Fri.-Tue. 7:15,
9:40
COMING DEC. 24
AREA THEATERS
Boardman Movies 8,
469 Boardman Poland Road,
Youngstown, 330-259-8946
Encore Cinema, 930 Great East
Plaza, Niles; 330-652-3456
Hermitage Cinema 8,
2461 E. State St., Hermitage, Pa.,
724-981-7180.
The Gambler (R)
Regal Austintown: Wed. 7
Regal Niles: Wed. 7
Into the Woods (PG)
Regal Niles: Wed. 7
Unbroken (PG-13)
Regal Austintown: Wed. 7
Regal Niles: Wed. 7
Regal Austintown Plaza 10,
6020 Mahoning Ave., Austintown,
330-793-7067.
FIRST-RUN
Salem Twin Cinema,
2350 E. State Street, Salem,
234-575-7081.
Regal Boulevard Centre 14, 24
Boulevard Center, Niles, 330-6520933.
Regal Cinema South 10,
7420 South Ave., Boardman,
330-758-0503.
Big Hero 6 (PG) Regal Austintown: Fri.-Wed.
Shenango Valley Cinemas,
(11:50, 2:20) 4:50; Fri.-Tue. 7:20
2996 East State St., Hermitage,
724-983-7737.
Regal Niles: Fri.-Tue. (11, 1:50)
4:25, 7:20, 10:05
Tinsel Town USA, 7401 Market
Shenango: Fri.-Wed. (11:05, 1:40,
St., Boardman, 330-965-2335.
4:30) 7:05, 9:40
Westgate Cinemas, 2000 West
State St., New Castle, Pa.,
4:50) 7:30; Fri.-Tue., Th. 10:10
724-652-9063.
4:30); Fri.-Tue. 7:10
Cinema South: Fri.-Wed. (11:30,
Birdman (R) 3) 6:30, 10)
Shenango: Fri.-Wed. 9:30
Cinema South in 3-D: Fri.-Wed.
Dumb and Dumber To (PG-13) (noon, 1, 3:30) 4:30, 7, 8, 10:30
5) 7:40; Fri.-Tue., Th. 10:20
(12:30, 3:40) 7; Fri.-Tue. 10:15
Regal Austintown in 3-D: Fri.2:20, 4:55) 7:30, 10:15
Wed. (11:30, 2:55) 6:30; Fri.-Tue.
Westgate: Fri.-Tue. 9:50
8, 9:45
Regal Niles: Fri.-Tue. (noon,
Exodus: Gods and Kings (PG-13)
3:30) 7, 10:20
Cinema South: Fri.-Wed. (12:15)
Regal Niles in 3-D: Fri.-Tue.
4, 7:10, 10:20
(11:30, 1, 3) 4:30, 6:30, 8, 9:50
Cinema South in 3-D: Fri.-Wed.
Salem: Fri.-Sun. 5; Mon.-Wed.
(11:15, 2:45) 6:15, 9:40
2:30
Salem in 3-D: Fri.-Sun. 8; Mon.(12:10, 3:30) 6:50; Fri.-Tue. 10:10
Wed. 6:30; Sat.-Sun. 2
Regal Austintown in 3-D: Fri.Shenango: Fri.-Wed. (12:40,
Wed. (11:40, 3) 6:20; Fri.-Tue. 9:40
3:50) 7, 10:10
Shenango in 3-D: Fri.-Wed.
11:50, 2:50) 6:25, 9:55, 10:25
11:35, 3) 6:15, 9:25
Regal Niles in 3-D: Fri.-Tue.
Westgate: Fri.-Wed. (11:40,
(12:50, 3:20) 4:20, 6:55, 8:10
12:40); Fri.-Tue. 6:15, 7, 10:10
Shenango: Fri.-Wed. (12:50, 4)
Westgate in 3-D: Fri.-Wed.
Shenango in 3-D: Fri.-Wed. 6:40,
(3:05); Fri.-Tue. 9:25
9:50
Horrible Bosses 2 (R) Westgate: Fri.-Wed. (3, 3:50);
Fri.-Tue. 9:35
10:05; Mon.-Wed. (noon, 2:45);
Westgate in 3-D: Fri.-Wed.
Mon.-Tue. 7:40
(11:50); Fri.-Tue. 6:25pm
Regal Niles: Fri.-Tue. (3:50) 9:45;
Mon.-Tue. (12:40) 6:20
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five
Armies (PG-13) 4:10) 6:50, 10:05
Tinseltown: Fri.-Th. (1:40, 4:20)
7; Fri.-Wed. (10:50); Fri.-Tue., Th.
9:40
Westgate: Fri.-Tue. 9:45
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay,
Part 1 (PG-13) Cinema South: Fri.-Wed. (11:40,
3:15) 6:40, 9:50
(12:50) 4:05, 7:35; Fri.-Tue. 10:30
Regal Niles: Fri.-Tue. (12:20) 4,
7:30, 10:30
3:35) 6:25, 9:20
Westgate: Fri.-Wed. (1:05, 3:55);
Fri.-Tue. 6:50, 9:20
Interstellar (PG-13) Tinseltown: Fri.-Tue., Th. (1,
4:40) 8:20; Wed. (11:10, 2:50) 7:05
Penguins of Madagascar (PG) Cinema South: Fri.-Wed. (11:10,
2) 4:20, 6:50, 9:20
(11:35, 2) 4:15; Fri.-Tue. 10:25
Regal Niles: Fri.-Tue. (11:25, 2)
4:50, 7:15, 9:30
11:55, 2:10, 4:25) 7:10
4:45); Fri.-Tue. 7:05
The Theory of Everything (PG-13)
Cinema South: Fri.-Wed. (12:30)
4:10, 7:40, 10:25
1:30, 4:20) 7:15, 9:35
Top Five (R) Regal Niles: Fri.-Tue. (11:55,
2:30) 5, 7:40, 10:10
4:50) 7:25, 9:55
Tinseltown: Fri.-Th. (1:55, 4:30)
7:15; Fr.-Wed. (11:15); Fri.-Tue., Th.
9:55
Westgate: Fri.-Wed. (noon, 2:30,
5); Fri.-Tue. 7:30, 10
SECOND-RUN
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (PG)
Encore: Fri.-Tue. (1:40, 3:30,
5:30)
Hermitage: Fri.-Tue. 5; Sat.-Wed.
1:20
Movies 8: Fri.-Tue., Th. 7:20, 9:45;
Fri.-Tue. 1:10, 3, 5
The Best of Me (PG-13)
Hermitage: Fri.-Tue. 3:30
The Book of Life (PG)
Movies 8: Fri.-Tue. 2, 4:20
The Boxtrolls (PG)
Encore: Fri.-Tue. (4:40)
Dumb and Dumber To (PG-13)
Encore: Fri.-Tue., Th. 7:20, 9:45;
Fri.-Tue. (2:10)
The Equalizer (R)
Movies 8: Fri.-Tue., Th. 9:55; Fri.Tue. 4:10
Fury (R)
Encore: Fri.-Tue., Th. 6:50; Fri.Tue. (1:50)
Hermitage: Fri.-Tue. 3:35, 6:35,
9:35; Sat.-Wed. 1:40
Movies 8: Fri.-Tue., Th. 7, 9:55;
Fri.-Tue. 1:20
Gone Girl (R)
Encore: Fri.-Tue., Th. 6:40, 9:50;
Fri.-Tue. (1:40)
9:45; Sat.-Wed. (1:25)
Movies 8: Fri.-Tue., Th. 6:50,
9:50; Fri.-Tue. 1, 3:50
Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13)
Movies 8: Fri.-Tue., Th. 7:10; Fri.Tue. 1:15, 4
Hermitage: Fri.-Tue. 4:10, 7; Sat.Wed. 9:55
Interstellar (PG-13)
6:15, 9:30; Sat.-Wed. 9
John Wick (R)
Movies 8: Fri.-Tue., Th. 7:30, 10
The Judge (R)
Movies 8: Fri.-Tue., Th. 6:40; Fri.Tue. 1:25
Maze Runner (PG-13)
Movies 8: Fri.-Tue., Th. 7:15, 9:50;
Fri.-Tue. 1:50, 4:30
Ouija (PG-13)
Hermitage: Fri.-Tue. 7:15, 9:50
Movies 8: Fri.-Tue., Th. 10; Fri.Tue. 4:40
Polar Express (PG)
9:25; Sat.-Wed. 2:25
St. Vincent (PG-13)
9:40; Sat.-Wed. (1)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
(PG-13)
Hermitage: Sat.-Wed. 1:35
MUSIC
Aspiring country singer
puts in work for a party
Cody Gibson was like a giddy kid on Christmas morning
last month when his debut CD,
“That’s My Home,” was finally
released.
“It’s actually pretty crazy
because you work so hard for
something and you see your
songs develop from writings
on a piece of paper to a melody
to being in the studio, and now
it’s on iTunes,” said Hanoverton resident and country music artist Cody Gibson. “It’s like,
‘Holy crap! I’m on iTunes.’ You
can even Shazam me, which is
pretty cool. I’ve never been able
to Shazam myself before.”
Just for the record, Gibson
Shazamed himself twice, yielding two different reactions.
“The first time it was like,
‘Wow,’ and the second time it
was like, ‘Yeah,’” Gibson said,
laughing.
“Wow” and “Yeah” is something Gibson has become accustomed to hearing over the past
two years when the construction worker went from karaoke
singer to aspiring country music artist. He’ll play a show this
Saturday at Cricket’s Lounge in
Youngstown.
As for the debut album, Gibson said it sounds like a mix
between Jason Aldean, Eric
Church and Florida Georgia
Line. He points to lead single
“Tailgate Buzz” as defining his
style.
The song, which is somewhat
self-explanatory as a party tune,
was written while he was on a
hunting trip and a buddy said
he was going to get his tailgate
buzz on. The upbeat and loud
tune even has its own video.
Gibson said shooting it was a
blast.
“A professional production
company came down, and we
did all of the shots in one day,
running around everywhere,”
Gibson said. “It was scorching
hot that day. I tried to keep it
and catering
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Cody Gibson will perform his party tunes Saturday at Cricket’s Lounge in
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IF YOU GO
Who: Cody Gibson
When: 9 p.m. Saturday
Where: Cricket’s Lounge, 1733
E. Midlothian Blvd., Youngstown
hometown so all the places we
shot, people around here would
be like, ‘Oh, that’s cool. That’s
the gas station I go to everyday,
and it’s in a music video.’ You
don’t see that everyday.”
Considering the theme of the
track is, well, cracking open a
cold one while sitting in a truck
bed, did the video shoot use
near beer or apple juice?
“Well, it wasn’t supposed to be
alcohol,” Gibson said. “My buddies who let us shoot a party on
their farm said, ‘We can’t do this
without alcohol.’ So we ended
up drinking. The great thing
about the music video is nobody
is pretending to have fun. They
are having fun, so it was awesome.”
One album track that is unexpectedly reaching fans is called
“Too Drunk to Care.” Gibson
said he added the song to the
track list in the last minute.
W hen asked what does it
say about his fans that they all
gravitate to drinking songs, he
said, “That they like to get loud
and rowdy. They like to party.”
Up next for Gibson is the hard
work, which involves spending
the next year or two touring the
project with the hope, eventually, he lands an opening gig for
a Music City star.
No matter what the future
holds, Gibson said he’s going to
remain humbled.
“I’m a hometown boy and I
love music, man,” Gibson said.
“The album will show people
how much I love music. Everything comes from my heart.”
For more information, visit
codygibsonmusic.com.
IT’S LIKE, ‘HOLY CRAP! I’M ON ITUNES.’ YOU CAN EVEN SHAZAM ME, WHICH IS PRETTY
COOL. I’VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO SHAZAM MYSELF BEFORE.”
Cody Gibson, Hanoverton resident and country music artist
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AJ’s Place, 1375 Logan Ave.,
Youngstown; 234-855-1372
Fri: Baby Brother Band, 9 p.m.
Eintracht Club, Mill Street,
New Castle, Pa.
Fri: Steve Vuich, 8 p.m.
Backyard Bar and Grill, 8942
The Fireplace, 2075 E. Western
Youngstown-Pittsburgh Road, Poland;
330-757-2476
Reserve Road, Poland; 330-757-4043
Sat: After Hours, 9 p.m.
The Brickhouse Tavern,
958 E. Midlothian Blvd., Youngstown;
330-782-6000
Fri: High Noon, 9 p.m.
Buckeye Elks, 421 North Ave.,
Sun: The Yo Band, 8 p.m.
Cedars West End, 702 Steel St.,
Youngstown; cedarsyoungstown.com
Thu: Swing Night, 8:30 p.m.
Sat: Jones for Revival, 10 p.m.
Tue: Demos Papadimas Band with
Nate Jones, 10 p.m.
Cricket’s Lounge, 1733 E. Midloth-
ian Blvd., Youngstown; 330-788-0028
Sat: Cody Gibson, 9 p.m.
Dash Inn, 2716 Mahoning Ave.,
Sat: Old Goats Band, 8 p.m.
Donna’s Diner, 10 W. State St.,
Sharon, Pa.; 724-346-7373
Fri: Terry Leonard, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Fri: Youngstown’s Total Package
Band, 8:30 p.m.
Sat: Kyle Primous and K Street
Band, 8:30 p.m.
Frieda’s, 381 W. Rayen Ave.,
Fri: Howard and the Point Five
Band, 6 to 10 p.m.
Fri: DJ EZ D, 10 p.m.
Sat: Howard and the Point Five
Band, 6 to 10 p.m.
Sat: DJ EZ D, 10 p.m.
Grist Mill, 1741 S. Raccoon Road,
Austintown; 330-792-1949
Sat: TrainWreck, 9 p.m.
Groggy Monday, 8 1/2 Sycamore
Drive, New Middletown; 330-542-2500
Sat: John Grahovac and friends,
7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Halliday Winery, 2400 NE River
Road, Lake Milton; 330-654-9463
Fri: Uncharted Course, 7 p.m. to
10 p.m.
Sat: Skillet Lickers, 7 p.m. to
10 p.m.
Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning
Valley Race Course, 655 N. Canfield-
Niles Road, Austintown; 330-423-1112
Fri: Dominic Tocco and Brotherhood, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Jupiter Studios, 346 E. Main St.,
Alliance; 330-581-5272
Thu: Celtic music jam, 6 p.m.
Fri: The Old Hippies and the
Unknowns, 8 p.m.
Sat: Cold Shot with Kevin Phillips,
8 p.m.
Petri Club, 3650 Shady Run Road,
Tue: Wyatt Turner, 9 p.m.
Wed: DJ, 10 p.m.
Sat: Kenny Greco, 9 p.m.
Tangier Bar & Pizza,
Quaker Steak & Lube,
101 Chestnut St., Sharon, Pa.; 724-981-
9464
Thu: Tim Litvin, 9 p.m.
Fri: Holiday cocktail party with
James Willaman, 10 p.m.
Sat: Twisted Wires (now the Bootleggers), 10 p.m.
880 Youngstown-Poland Road,
Struthers; 234-855-0847
Sat: Groove Clinic, 9:30 p.m.
Vintage Estate Wine & Beer,
7317 South Ave., Boardman;
330-629-8080
Thu: Steve Vuich, 7:30 p.m.
JW’s Other Club, at the Park Inn by
Radisson, 3377 New Castle Road, West
Middlesex, Pa.; 724-906-6162
Sat: Dominic Tocco & Brotherhood, 9 p.m.
The Little Wing Cafe, 2750 Mahoning Ave., Warren; 330-399-5896
Sat: The River Saints, 8 p.m.
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Fri: Donnie Richards, 7 p.m. to
10 p.m.
Sat: Sounds Around Town, 7 p.m.
to 10 p.m.
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Warren; 330-392-3020
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YOUNGSTOWN
Rust Belt Theater Company
has announced its 2015 season.
The schedule includes updated
versions of its annual productions and two new ones as well.
The theater company, founded and directed by Robert Dennick Joki, is based in Calvin
Center, 755 Mahoning Ave. It
specializes in original plays and
musicals.
Its season follows the calendar
year and not the fall-to-spring
season that most theaters use.
For ticket information, call
330-507-2358. Evening performances typically start at 8 p.m.
Here is the lineup:
“Dating sucks: The Musical!,”
by Robert Dennick Joki, Feb. 1314, 20-21, 27-28: This outrageous
musical revue is inspired by the
pitfalls of modern dating.
“Fundraising is a Drag!,”
March 20-21: Drag queen Starrlet O’Hara and friends return for
a night of drag and debauchery.
“Godiva: A Burlesque Musical,” by Joki and Josh Taylor,
April 17-18, 24-25 and May 1-2:
This new production tells the
story of a group of everyday
housewives who put together
a burlesque show to show their
husbands and their hometown
that they are anything but
ordinary.
“When I Knew and How It
Saved Me,” May 15-16: Designed
to put a face on the local LGBT
community, the show is an evening of art, music and dance,
celebrating the gay community
and its allies.
Annual Actor Showcase, featuring Bernadette Lim, June 5-6,
12-13: Each year, Rust Belt spotlights a deserving performer in
a one-person show.
“Forbidden Youngstown!,”
July 10-11, 17-18, 24-25: A noholds-barred musical parody in
which theater people poke fun
at theater people.
“A Night of Sketchy Comedy,” Aug. 14-15, 21-22: Local
playwrights Michael Dempsey,
Mary James, Roger Jones and
Joki team up for an evening of
ridiculous sketch comedy.
“Emily Dickinson: Vampire
Slayer,” by Joki and Taylor, Sept.
11-12, 18-19, 25-26: Another new
original musical. This dark, offthe-wall period piece centers
on the poetry of Emily Dickinson as she battles the undead.
“Living Dead: The Musical,”
by Joki and Taylor, Oct. 16-17,
23-24, 30-31: A send-up of popular horror movies, with new
characters and plot twists.
“How The Drag Queen Stole
Christmas,” by Joki, Dec. 4-5,
11-12: Now in its 10th year, this
raunchy, risque musical parodies Dickens’ “A Christmas
Carol.”
“The Ugly Christmas Sweater Revue,” Dec. 18-20: A quirky
musical revue for the whole
family.
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
This year First Night Youngstown celebrates its 15th anniversary of ringing in the New
Year Downtown! Again this year there will be a variety of entertainment for the whole
family. The Kids’ Zone in 20 Federal Place is bigger and better than ever. The Covelli Centre
is again opening their ice rink to the public – and this year from 6-7pm, you get to skate
with Phantoms hockey players! Get tips on your skating techniques and autographs! Old
favorites will be part of the event, including:
• Two Fireworks Shows
• Swimming at the YMCA
• The Midnight Ball Drop
• Free WRTA Bus Rides to Venues
• A Variety of Entertainment Performers To Choose From!
FIRST NIGHT YOUNGSTOWN 2015 PERFORMERS
Jim Frank Trio
Ronnie Navarra
Davis & McKay
OH WOW!
Variety dance-Swing to Polka
Elvis tribute artist
Hands-On Activities for Kids
Ed O’Malley
Edelweiss
Vocals and guitar music from the
60s to 90s and originals
Caricatures
Cirque de Paper
at 20 Federal Place
Origami show
Trinity United Methodist Church
Magic/Comedy
Short selections of familiar music
with interactive activities for
children and adults
Just Us
Storytelling with Mrs. B.
The Youngstown Connection
Prayer for Peace Labyrinth Walk
for adults and kids
Song/Dance
singers of 60s and 70s music and
a few current songs
Magic & Comedy of Eric
Interactive stories/Puppetry
Terry & Diane McCabe
Boy Scout Troop #55
Balloon animals
Accoustic folk rock, duets
arcade game
Rev. Eleanor & Cindy
Dottie Reynolds
Jazz-n-Dazzle
Psychic readings
Patsy Cline tribute artist
face painting by Maria Jones
Libby’s Tamburtzians
Jan Ross
Dave Glik’s Photo Magic Express
Country/pop/duet
with Roy Orbison
Photo Booth
Harambee
Ice Sculpture Demonstration
African dancing and drumming
County Mayo
Jot the Clown
Slovak music
Hugs the Clown
Balloons
Steve Dorsey
Roy Orbinson/Take 2 tribute artist
Conjunto Riquena
Jeff Kaiser
Irish Band
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FOR THE BIRDS
Saturday: All day
What: Christmas Bird
Count. Our area has been
participating since 1904.
The National Audubon Society administers the bird
count and chapters organize local counts. Volunteers are invited to help
census birds within the
count circle, which encompasses the Greater
Youngstown Area.
Contact: CBC Coordinator Gary Meiter at 234-5647900.
SNOW FOX
Saturday: 4:30 to 5:30
p.m.
Creative Creekers: Age
8-12. Discover the habits
and behavior of the snow
fox in winter. Learn about
different types of sculpture
and building techniques as
you create your own small
snow fox-inspired piece.
Call: Ford Nature Center,
330-740-7107, for costs.
GO GREEN
Saturday: 10 to 11:30
a.m.
Ages 7-12: Go Green this
season as youngsters create festive holiday ornaments and decorations
using recycled materials.
Where: Mill Creek
MetroParks Farm Classroom A, 7574 ColumbianaCanfield Road, Canfield.
Cost: $7 residents; $10
nonresidents.
Register: Ford Nature
Center.
WINTER SOLSTICE HIKE
Sunday: 5 p.m.
What: Astronomical-
ly speaking, winter begins
at 6:03 p.m. Sunday. Night
arrives early on this shortest day of the year. Meet
at sunset and hike to celebrate our new season.
Rating: Moderate, 2
miles.
Where: Lower Bears Den
parking lot, off Old Furnace
Road, Youngstown.
Call: 330-740-7107
GINGERBREAD TREE
Sunday: 2 to 4 p.m.
What: Spend the day
at Fellows Riverside Gardens with your family, enjoy
making a gingerbread tree.
Enjoy creative family time,
winter treats and gingerbread tips from gardens
staff.
Where: Fellows Riverside Gardens, 123 McKinley
Ave., Youngstown.
Cost: $15 per gingerbread creation.
Register: 330-740-7116.
WINTER NIGHTS
When: Sunday and Dec.
28, 5 to 7 p.m.
What: Enjoy the festivi-
ties of Winter Celebration
and stroll in the gardens
for an expanded light display. Share and bring a nonperishable food item for the
Second Harvest Food Bank
of the Mahoning Valley.
Where: Fellows Riverside
Gardens.
Cost: Free.
Call: 330-740-7116
WINTER CELEBRATION
When: Tuesdays-Sun-
days, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
through Jan. 4.
What: Winter Celebration: The Gingerbread Garden. Visit the Davis Center
at Fellows Riverside Gardens to see the area’s premier holiday plant display
along Gingerbread Lane;
Delphiniums Gingerbread
Shoppe, the children’s bakery; and more than 46 trees
decorated by local nonprofit organizations. Closed
Christmas Day and New
Year’s Day.
Cost: Free.
Call: 330-740-7116.
For a complete listing of OSU Extension programs: go.osu.edu/MahoningCalendar
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Are poinsettias poisonous?
Need help with that amaryllis?
The sap may be irritating, but according
to research at Ohio State University, this
plant is not poisonous. For a list of houseplants which are safe — and the ones
which really are poisonous — go to:
go.osu.edu/thehouseplants
If you purchased an amaryllis, or someone already
has given you one for the season, fear not. This plant
is simple to grow and to get to bloom. Keep it out of
the warmest room, water it without keeping it wet,
and enjoy the wonderful blooms for the holidays.
go.osu.edu/amarylliscare
SEE MORE GARDENING STORIES, LANDSCAPING TIPS & VIDEOS ONLINE AT VINDY.COM/VALLEYGROWS
Tools make great gifts for the gardener on your list
By ERIC BARRETT
OSU Extension Educator
Every gardener has a favorite tool
they use in the garden.
This could be a family heirloom
that is irreplaceable or a new-age
device that saves time and effort.
Whatever the choice, be sure it is
something they will use.
Here is a list from our OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers of
things to consider getting your favorite gardener this holiday season:
High-quality bypass pruners with
a good closer. Something in the $20
range, versus the $5 range.
A multiuse garden knife or multifunction planting tool. It looks like
a hand digger, only better. This is
the favorite tool of many, whether it’s called a Japanese hori-hori
knife or a 7-in-one planter buddy.
$20 range.
A spading fork, which is similar to a pitchfork, but with a shorter handle and wide tines. This tool
has four heavy-duty tines to use for
spreading mulch, mixing compost,
lifting plants for transplant or turning the soil. $20 to $40 range.
A long-handled digging shovel with extended metal up the handle. Most gardeners have a shovel
with no handle. This one survives
lots of gardening projects. $20 to
$40 range.
A scuffle or loop hoe requires a
little less effort for someone with
small weeds. $25 to $35 range.
FORCE BULBS
INDOORS
paper covering, choose ones with
the paper intact, no mold, and no
sign of decay.
Cooling is a necessary process
hat do I mean
for your bulbs to bloom if they
when I use the
have not been cooled or “pre(so-called hardy bulbs).
word “forcing?” chilled”
To chill your bulbs, put them in
the refrigerator for 12 to 16 weeks
Making a bulb flower at a time
to force the blooms. If your bulbs
other than its normal time is
have been planted outside in
called forcing. This practice is
the garden, this chilling process
commonly used on daffodils,
would naturally occur. Prehyacinths tulips, crocus, tulips,
Dutch iris, netted iris, snowdrop, chilled bulbs are available for
grape hyacinth, and star-of Beth- forcing into bloom for Christmas.
When planting your bulbs, add
lehem. Daffodils and hyacinths
enough
planting material so they
are usually the easiest bulbs to
are
at
the
correct level. When you
force.
fi ll the pots with your medium,
Several types that are considleave about one-half inch at the
ered difficult to force are Alliums, Camassia, Lilium and Scilla top for watering.
Tulips and hyacinths should
species. These bulbs require
be
planted with the tip of the
techniques used in professional
bulb
above the soil line. Daffogreenhouse conditions.
dils
should
sit in the medium so
According to a 2012 Rutgers
half
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the
bulb
is above the soil
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line. The smaller bulbs (crocus,
a direct effect on happiness.
grape hyacinths and snowdrops)
Flowers can bring positive feelshould be one inch below the soil
ings when they light up a room.
line. Allow at least 1 to 2 inches of
Imagine seeing a bowl or pot of
bright red flowers when it is cold soil beneath the bulbs.
Commercial potting soil is adand snowy outside.
equate.
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To be successful, you will need
is
a
mixture
of equal volumes
large, good quality bulbs, pots
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Just take this list to your local garden center and ask for some help
in choosing the perfect gift so they
can keep making the home garden
beautiful and bountiful.
For an overview of some of the
best tools for the practical vegetable
gardener, go to: go.osu.edu/besttools .
ASK OSU EXTENSION
Winter blues?
By LINDA C. DOLAK
OSU Master Gardener Volunteer
A book of certificates from you for
ready have enough food for the
developing roots and flowers.
The potting mixture must be
well-drained, have adequate
moisture, and be capable of holding the bulbs.
Do not press bulbs into the soil
because you will compress it, and
the roots will not be able to grow.
Some people have good luck using some type of pebbles, coarse
sand, or pearl chips. This can be
fun because you can watch the
roots grow.
If you plan to use clay pots,
soak them in water overnight so
that they do not take the moisture from the bulbs. Plant bulbs
in clean pots that have adequate
drainage. Plant them closely together in the pot. The flat side of
the tulip should be placed next to
the rim because the largest leaf
will emerge fi rst and grow on that
side, making a nicer looking pot.
Add water until it drips through
the drainage hole. The blooms
will last longer if the pot is moved
to a cooler place at night.
After the cooling period, you
should have a pot of beautiful
bulbs in anywhere from two to
four weeks depending on what
types you choose. After the
blooms are gone and the tops
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Solving
tree
problems
have a problem tree, I
Q. Ithink.
How do I know
if it needs cut down? Will
someone come out and look
at it?
Bill from Boardman
Large trees that may
A.
have some dying limbs,
thinning canopy and a multitude of other possible signs
of problems should be a concern to any homeowner.
I’m glad Bill decided to get a
tree doctor to look at his tree
versus just cutting it down or
allowing it to be a potential
hazard to property and people in his neighborhood.
Tree problems are like human illnesses: Sometimes
the problem is not obvious.
A tree could have a rotted
center with the homeowner
thinking the tree is in perfect condition. The remodel
done on the house two summers ago could have led to
compaction in the yard (over
the roots of the tree) from
construction vehicles and
equipment. This compaction might have reduced the
available oxygen to the roots
or otherwise damaged them,
causing future problems for
the tree.
Sometimes cutting the tree
down may be a quick answer
to the potential problem, but
it is not a solution.
This is why we recommend
homeowners call the experts.
Simply hire a certified arborist to do an assessment
of the tree. An arborist is
trained in all aspects of tree
care from sapling on through
maturity. They have the credentials necessary to assess
the health of a tree and any
potential issues it may have
in the future.
The International Society of Arboriculture lists
15 certified arborists in the
Youngstown area, with many
more listed as serving other
areas of the Mahoning Valley.
Proper tree care involves
not only an assessment, but
proper care throughout the
year.
One of the most-common
problems we see through
our clinic is the overuse of
mulch. “Volcano mulching,”
as it is called, is a bad tactic
of piling mulch like a mini
volcano around the tree. This
practice encourages stemgirdling roots which eventually kill the tree. Another
common issue is using the
area around tree trunks as
flower beds. This causes similar problems.
To find a list of certified
arborists in our area, go to:
go.osu.edu/arborists.
Eric Barrett is OSU Extension Educator
for agriculture and natural resources in
Mahoning County. Call the office hotline at
330-533-5538 to submit your questions.
Clinic hours vary this time of year due to the
winter season.
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Annie’s
Mailbox
When
pacemaker
battery
dies, so
will mom
Dear Annie: My mother is 95 years old and in
OK shape. She has been
diagnosed with dementia, and her physician
recommended a full-time
caregiver because Mom
is confused most of the
time. She still lives in her
home, refusing to leave,
and my two siblings and
I take care of her the best
we can.
When we were growing up, Mom was mentally abusive to us and
physically abusive to my
father. She was not a
good mother. When we
go to her home to clean
and cook, she yells and
screams about the same
things over and over to the
point where I often have
to leave. She is not a happy
person, always focusing
on the negative things in
her life. Mom refuses to go
to a nursing home, and we
cannot force her. Our lives
are in a constant state of
turmoil and severe stress
with no end in sight.
Here’s the real problem:
Mom’s pacemaker is due
for replacement. If we
don’t act relatively soon,
the batteries may die and
the pacemaker will cease
to function. Obviously,
that means Mom could
die from heart failure. My
two siblings don’t want
to have the maintenance
done. They say her mind is
deteriorating so quickly, it
would be pointless. They
are willing to throw caution to the wind. But, Annie, I don’t think I can live
with myself if we don’t replace the batteries. I need
your help.
MAGENTA
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Take reading material on trips to pass the time
Dear Readers: The big
travel season is here, and
t hat mea ns t i me spent
waiting in line or sitting on
a train, plane or bus, or in
a car. My late father (Mike
Cruse, 1920-2006) would always save small-size magazines, ideal for “pass-thetime” reading, to take along
— lightweight, and you can
leave them behind on the
plane or train for others, or
in the sitting area for someone else to use.
I still do the same, and
give them to flight attendants and other passengers
if they want them.
Heloise
Dear Readers: Want a
fun and cute way to show
that Santa has visited your
home? Using an old pair of
Heloise
slippers, place them on the
floor, sprinkle baking soda
over them, and then move
to a new spot to make footprints.
Go from the fireplace to
the Christmas tree — Santa
footprints! Afterward, just
vacuum up the baking soda,
and the carpet (or floor) will
smell fresh. Baking soda is
one of my favorite household helpers; it works everywhere while cleaning
and deodorizing. I have
compiled a pamphlet of my
favorite money-saving uses.
If you would like to receive
a copy, send $5 and a long,
self-addressed, stamped
(70 cents) envelope to: Heloise/Ba k ing Soda, P.O.
Box 795001, San Antonio,
TX, 78279-5001. Don’t forget to keep a box of baking
soda handy in the kitchen
to scrub the sink, sprinkle
onto burned gunk in a pan
(just cover with water) and
to use in baking, of course!
Heloise
Dear Heloise: I am a tour
guide and got this idea from
someone at a tourist attraction. She suggested it after
an elderly client got lost on a
tour, but it works with small
children, too.
Ever y morning, take a
cellphone picture of the
person in the clothes he or
she is wearing for the day.
If someone wanders away, a
picture, as they say, is worth
a thousand words. In addition to providing information to those in the area, the
picture can be sent to law
enforcement, if necessary.
After you are settled for
the night, delete the picture
and take a new one the next
morning.
Eileen F., Rapid City,
S.D.
Dear Heloise: To safely
store smaller knives and
kitchen shears in the drawer, slip them into an empty
paper-towel core. I fold over
the end and seal it with
tape. Makes reaching into
the drawer less dangerous.
A.R., via email
D e a r Heloi s e : W h e n
changing comforters each
season, if you find that one
that was stored away has
become wrinkled, put it on
the bed. With your steam
iron, simply iron the wrinkles right out. Be careful of
the iron settings.
Roberta in
Live Oak, Texas
Dear Heloise: To keep
the end of the tape easy to
find, stick a penny under the
end of the roll. This is really
good, especially for larger
rolls, such as masking and
duct tape.
Julie W., via email
Send a money-saving or timesaving hint
to Heloise, P.O. Box 795000, San Antonio,
TX 78279-5000, fax it to 210-HELOISE or
email it to Heloise@Heloise.com.
© 2014 King Features Syndicate
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support
Operation
Holiday
Cheer
Pictured are students
from the fourthgrade student council
at E.J. Blott Elementary in Liberty. They
sent holiday messages to those serving in the military
whose names were
provided by Operation Holiday Cheer
in The Vindicator.
Their teacher is Melissa Gagliardi.
Outvoted
Dear Outvoted: Please
don’t have regrets when
your mother dies. These
choices can haunt you forever. Ask to speak to Mom’s
doctor about the pacemaker and her dementia. Even
outpatient surgery may be
too much for her to handle.
Let the doctor advise you.
Then look into pooling
your resources and getting
a caregiver, at least part
time, in order to give the
rest of you a break. Eldercare Locator at eldercare.
gov (1-800-677-1116) and
the Alzheimer’s Association
(alz.org) can also provide
resources and support.
Dear Annie: My second wife and I have been
married for four years.
She has two sons from
her previous marriage,
and I have one daughter and three sons from
mine. The problem is how
much we spend on them
at Christmas.
I say we spend an equal
amount on all of the kids.
She thinks we should
spend twice as much on
her two children because
I have four. I want to be
fair and equitable about
this, but cannot seem to
convince her that her logic
could backfire. These children are all adults in their
20s, and two of them are
married.
If I am wrong, I will
concede. If I am correct,
please help me get this
across to her.
Lost in Love
Dear Lost: If you and
your wife have separate incomes, she can spend what
she likes on her kids, and
you can spend what you
choose on yours. However,
assuming you are pooling your money and buying gifts together, we say
that you should spend the
same on all of the children.
This isn’t a competition between your kids and hers.
They are all your children
now and should be treated
equally.
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SPECIAL TO THE VINDICATOR
St. Christine student gives lesson in awareness
Fifth-grade student Konnor Patris takes diabetes awareness to the classroom. Patris helped organize a dress down at St. Christine School
on Nov. 14. The event raised $328. Half will go to the Diabetes Partnership of Mahoning Valley and the other half to Juvenile Diabetes
Research. Patris and school nurse Suzie Cavalier demonstrated how his insulin pod delivers regular injections and explained the process
of testing his blood sugar. Showing off the results, from left, are Cavalier, Patris and Marguerite Hassay, right, advocate and board member
of the Diabetes Partnership.
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three locations: Austintown,
1300 S. Canfield-Niles Road,
Suite 1; Boardman, 7010 South
Ave., Suite 3; or Warren, 3820
Elm Road. The shoes will be donated to the needy in the area;
the deadline is Jan. 1.
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A Wonderful
Selection
Of
YOUNGSTOWN
Western Reserve Amateur
Radio Club will offer an amateur
Podiatrists sponsor
radio entry level technicians liannual shoe drive
cense class weekly from Jan. 14
AUSTINTOWN VFW Post 6488 plans
through Feb. 18 at ITT Tech, 1030
Austintown Podiatry AssociN. Meridian Road.
Christmas
party
ates, Drs. Larry Karlock, CatheThe classes are free and will
YOUNGSTOWN
rine Karlock, John Flauto, Joseph
prepare participants for the
VFW Post 6488 is having a
Arters and Darlene Abadco, are
entry-level amateur radio techniChristmas party from 8 p.m. to
announcing their annual shoe
cians license exam.
1
a.m.
Friday
at
the
post
home,
drive.
2065
Coitsville-Hubbard
Road.
Contact Allan Avnet, AB8AA,
New or gently used shoes can
330-207-3296
or AB8AA@arrl.
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will
be
a
band
and
be donated to any of the offices
refreshments.
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TOWNHOME
COMFORT
2-Bedroom, 1.5-Bath
Energy efficient furnaces,
appliances included.
Starting at $500 + utilities.
330-799-7684
Boardman
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Hitchcock Square
2 Bedroom, 2 Bath
Gas Heat & Water
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330-758-6729/758-7745
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incl. Quiet road, close to
mall, $600/mo. + gas &
elec. Partially furnished.
Call 330-770-4067
Fax your ads Monday through
Friday to (330) 747-0399.
Apartments
Unfurnished
Boardman - Bonnie Place,
1200 sq. ft., 1.5 baths,
formal dining, fireplace,
balconies, 2 bdrm., $590+
elec., no pets. 330-565-7825
Boardman
1 bedroom starting at $425
2 large bed starting at $495
Heat & Water paid
Bus line/elevator
Call 330-788-2202
Newport Glen - Elevator
Service
4071 Glenwood
BOARDMAN/Poland - apts.,
lofts, townhouses, price reduced. Pets welcome, Senior Discount. 330-758-5916
BOARDMAN/POLAND
330-565-0590 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom apts. & townhouses.
Pets Welcome. Senior Discount. Starting at $450.
Boardman: Chelsea Ct Apts.
$99 Special! 1 & 2 bed, 1
story. Call 330-758-4695.
Canfield - St. Andrews.
1-2 bed. Pd. heat & water.
Carport. $99 Special!
Call 330-533-7100
Canfield
1 bedroom starting $475
2 bedroom starting $550
CANFIELD SCHOOLS
HEAT & WATER PAID
Sr. Discounts
330-533-5454 - Carriage Hill
386 Fairground
Apartments
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Cornersburg
BRANDYWINE APTS.
Large 1 bdrm. apt.
Spacious living at
740 sq. ft.,$500/mo. with
ALL utilities
included!
330-799-0611
Girard
Liberty Park
HEAT & WATER PAID
Call 330-545-3975
210 Elruth Ct.- Sr Discounts
Howland - spacious 2 bdrm.
1 bath, covered parking, patio, $495/mo. 1/2 off 2nd.
mo. rent. 330-530-8606
Liberty: 1 bed, $475;
2 bed from $515,
heat/water pd. Timber Ridge, 330-759-8811.
STRUTHERS 330-565-0590
2 bedroom duplex. Pets
Welcome. Senior
Discount. Starting at $350.
Yo. East: ESA Park accepting applications for 2 bedroom, regular rents only.
Call 330-747-7400
Houses For Rent
Sales/Marketing
Sales/Marketing
SALES POSITION
AVAILABLE
Liberty - 4127 Logan Way
3 Bdrm. + den, newly remodeled, a/c, $650/mo. +
utilities. Call 330-727-8984
McDonald - 2 bdrm., 1 bath,
garage, private setting,
$650/mo. + util.
Call 330-530-8606
Retail promotional booth sales.
Great earnings potential without
the long hours. Must have
reliable transportation and be
able to work weekends.
Prior sales experience helpful
but not necessary.
McDonald - 3-bdrm., 1-bath
ranch, $650+util. & dep.
Call 330-646-1948.
CALL 330-233-3443
Yo. - 2000 sq. ft., 3 bdrm.,
basement, beautiful, $625.
330-881-8866/330-397-8166
Niles/Warren - houses and
apartments available.
330-369-2071
Struthers - 125 Perry St.,
2 Bdrm., 1 bath, basement,
nice neighborhood,
$450/mo. Call Miranda,
330-259-5688
Asphalt Paving
Handyman
Plumbing
W.R. CADE PAVING
Insured ~ Free Estimates.
800-275-4581 or
330-270-5830 - PA6516
Appliances, Electrical,
Plumbing, Hot Water
Tanks and Furnaces.
330-782-8105/330-788-0449
Frank’s Plumbing - heaters,
gas leaks, toilets, disposals
& faucets. 330-301-6876
Electrical Work
Baths & kitchens, electrical,
plumbing, flooring, carpentry. Call 330-235-4969.
Roofing
A Better Free Estimates
Breaker boxes, rewiring,
lic., insured. 330-758-7074
Hauling
Gulu Electric breaker boxes,
rewire. Lic. #12329. Bonded/Insured. 330-743-6510
A&A&A Hauling-Moving
Free Est. 330-974-4191
Lowest Price!
Kirkner Electric New Breaker Boxes & Rewiring. City
lic./bonded. 330-747-5055.
A + A Hauling & Moving
Anything • Anytime • BBB
Accredited. 330-788-0579
Gutter Cleaning
& Installation
AARDVARK Hauling. $0 &
up. Basement/cleanouts.
References. 330-518-5342.
A Seamless Gutter Co.
Made at your home to fit
your home! 330-793-5646.
VALANTINE ROOFING
330-793-3493
Tree Service
A AND A FIREWOOD
Seasoned, Split, Stacked &
Delivered. 330-792-4925.
Clean Cut Tree Service - We
bring beauty back to your
trees. Removals/trimming.
Sr. Discount. 330-787-2955
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TODAY’S HOROSCOPE
Happy Birthday! In the next
year: Are you ready to be adored?
Your January makeover puts stars
in someone's eyes. If friends take
paths you don't understand, your
independence will be empowering. In February, buy and sell
what's needed to make a better
living. May brings family events
and important new connections.
Cancer and Taurus people adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 20, 5,
44, 16 and 32.
CELEBRITY PROFILES: Australian
pop star Sia Furler has become
an international hit-factory with
her own chart toppers and songs
she penned for Beyonce, Rihanna,
David Guetta and more. Famously
private, Furler has been known
to cast others in her videos and
perform with her back to the audience. The Sagittarian powerhouse
singer has Venus and Uranus in
private Scorpio.
a ARIES (March 21-April 19).
When plans snag, you might
wonder whether your intuition is
off. It's not. Believe it or not, the
snag is for the best. Eventually, all
will work out in an unexpected and
fortuitous way.
b TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
You don't need to measure up to
anyone else's standards, only your
own. It will be good luck to listen
to the person who is, for some
reason, often ignored.
c G E M I N I (May 21-June 21).
If there's a better way to make
money, you're likely to notice it
today. That person performing a
task you find fascinating is doing
the thing that you could be doing
and being paid well for it, too!
Investigate.
d CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Those ideas about wrong and
right may look good on paper, but
they play out in such nuanced and
complicated ways that in the end
the moral stance doesn't settle so
neatly.
e LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Start
the conversation. Whether or not
things take off, you'll be glad you
took the initiative, if only for the
education of it. Saying interesting
things isn't necessary. The point is
just to get the other person talking. It's about rapport.
f V I R G O (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
In recent days, your heart song
has been a hummable, pleasant
melody. Today it has operatic
force. The affection you feel is a
gift, whether or not you choose to
do anything about it.
g LIBR A (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
People will communicate to you
messages that you already knew
but maybe weren't supposed to.
Regardless of how good of an actor
you are, your kindness will not allow you to deflate anyone's ego.
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h SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
You're inclined to share freely
all that you've learned, but first
consider where your parents are
coming from. Some people aren't
ready for your knowledge, and it
will be wasted on them.
i SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). Make a resolution for yourself
and stick to it. This will be good
practice for New Year's. Even if you
stick to it for only a day, you'll be
building your "stick to it" muscles.
j CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). The older folks will do the
"these kids today" talk, and the
younger ones will feel annoyed, but
not as annoyed as a middle group
who realize that the minute they
say "these kids today," they are
not among them.
k A Q U A R I U S (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). It's been said that just because you own a hammer doesn't
mean you can build a house. However, you're a lot closer to being
able to build one than the person
who doesn't own a hammer. Have
faith and get more tools.
l P I S C E S (Feb. 19-March
20). Most people don't like to feel
controlled, and the strong-willed
creative types absolutely hate it.
Anyone trying to impose a view or
a timeline on you will automatically go on your "watch list."
ASTROLOGICAL QUESTIONS:
"My boyfriend is a Pisces, and I'm
a Scorpio. Are these signs a good
match? I want to know whether I'll
get married again. Thank you."
Yes! Pisces and Scorpio are both
water signs, which indicates deep
emotions, soulfulness, empathy
and a profound need and ability
to connect with others. Where
these two can miss is in dealing
practically in real-world problems.
You can't live on love alone. Make
friends and advisers out of earth
signs who can keep you two
grounded and on track. Earth signs
are Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn.
''When I'm with co-workers or
talking to the boss, I get super-nervous. Either I shake, drop things or
lose my train of thought. Will I ever
get better? (6/30/49)"
With so many Cancer influences in
your chart, you're hyperaware of
your surroundings and the moods
of others. Uranus conjunct with
your sun makes you somewhat of
an eccentric thinker, and therefore
your solutions on the job are brilliant -- just not the norm. Being
afraid you won't fit in could be the
main problem. Learn to celebrate
your uniqueness, and this problem
goes away. A career coach, counselor, hypnotist or improvisation
class will help.
Visit Holiday Mathis online at
www.creators.com.
© 2014 Creators Syndicate Inc. 12/18
Yo. West - 1942 Russell,
2 Bdrm., 1 car garage, $475.
Call 330-369-2071
6000
STUFF
Appliances
Condos For Rent
Appliance Sale
Boardman - 2 bdrm., garage. Heat & water included, $800/mo. 724-730-9805
Refrigerators, $238; gas or
electric stoves, $198;
washers, $238; gas or
electric dryers, $148.
All with 90 day Warranty
Commercial/Industrial
For Rent
Economy Furniture
2828 Market, Yo. 782-0331
30-Day Lay-A-Way
Boardman -
Hitchcock Park
833 Boardman Canfield Rd.
(Rt. 224)
700 sq. ft. at $500/mo.
No Steps!
We pay all utilities!
330-550-5393
4000
REAL ESTATE
Houses For Sale
Hubbard (TRU966095BELL)
3 Bdrm., ranch on 120x320
lot, 1.5 bath, vinyl sided, attached single garage plus
detached 24x35 garage. Inground pool.
REDUCED! $74,900
S. T. Bozin & Co., Realtors
330-759-4100
Mobile Homes
NILES-Westwood Lake
Park-Florida type livingnew/used Homes, Beach,
Swimming, Lakefront lots.
330-544-1825; M-F, 11-5
Manufactured Homes
Columbiana - Southern
Terrace Manufactured
Housing - 330-482-9209
www.umh.com
nmls 200331 Lic. by The
Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Financial
Institutions
SOUTHINGTON ESTATES
OPEN HOUSE 12-2PM every Sun. Approx. $450$650/mo. FOR SALE: Beautiful 16x80, $14,900; Doublewide 24x40, 3 bdrm.,
$18,000. 330-898-6489
Cell: 330-221-8218
MEADOWOOD - A Retirement Manufactured Housing Community. New Middletown, OH 44442. Mon. &
Wed., 2-5; Tues. & Thurs.,
9-5; Fri. 9-1. 330-542-3312
www.umh.com
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requested to check the
first appearance of ads
for accuracy. This
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responsible for only one
incorrect insertion, the
first one. ANY ERROR
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Farmers Market
Apples,
Pears,
Cider,
Squash, Tomotoes. Huffman Fruit Farm, 1 mi. S. of
Greenford on Lisbon Rd., 95, Mon.-Sat. 330-533-5700
Furniture
* Bedding *
Mattress Sale
Queen mat & box set, $98;
King set, $128; full set, $88;
Twin mat & box set, $68
Economy Furniture
2828 Market, Yo. 782-0331
CHAIR - Plank bottom.
Made of hickory, in PA,
in 1906. Hand carved,
no
nails
or
glue,
$7000/best offer. May
refuse any or all offers.
Call 330-743-2062
or 330-501-3855
after 12:00pm.
D5
Medical Equipment
Wheelchair - electric, state
of the art, reclines, good
condition, Hoyer pad, charger, $19,000 new, asking
$5000/offer.
330-727-2823 Leave msg
Wheelchair - Jazzy Select,
like new, $2000.
330-747-1663
Miscellaneous
Portrait - oil of Tupac Shakur, over 5’ tall, great gift
for die hard fan, one of a
kind, $1300/offer.
Call 216-536-3053
Snow Blower - 28”, elec.
start, excellent condition,
$475. Call 330-533-3274
TRAILERS & HITCHES
bennetttrailer.com
330-533-4455
Treadmill - Proform, like
new, $300.; Toro Power
shovel, new, $75.
Call 330-782-2143
Musical Instruments
Organ - Sm., 28”, elec., table top, keys & chords, #35.
330-799-1219
Sporting/Exercise
Equipment
Gun - Springfield Armory
Range Officer 1911, 9mm,
excellent, $600.
S-O-L-D-!
GUN SHOW
Dining Room Set - 10 pc.,
60” round table, with pineapple base, 4 side & 2 arm
chairs. Buffet, 5 drawers, 2
doors, with lighted hutch,
mirrored back & glass
shelves. Lighted curio, mirrors & glass. Reduced to
$2900. Call 330-716-3277
Ski Boots - men’s, Nordica,
size 9, excellent condition,
$75. Call 330-757-7136
Dining room table, (extra
leaf), 6 chairs, 2 king, lighted curio cabinet, buffet table, cherry, like brand new,
$950 firm. 330-318-3423
TV - 19” digital Sansui,
good condition, $50.
Call 330-398-5722
Dining table - Solid Cherry,
three extra leaves, custom
table pad, four chairs,
matching lighted Hutch,
moving, $525 for all.
Leave msg. 330-799-1908
AAA MATTRESSES on sale
now, $89, any size. 6534
Market St. 330-758-3217
Sleepy Hollow Outlet
Mattresses starting $88!
330-782-5555 4931 Market
Garage Sales Winter
Boardman - Estate Sale
7441 West Blvd., Apt. 4.
Thurs. & Fri., 9am-4pm. Antiques, collectibles, household, furniture & more!
Lisbon - 39600 Center Ave.
Lot 22, Tues.-Thurs., 10-5.
Oriental rugs, Amish made
furniture, misc. & more!
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Sell That Unwanted Item
for QUICK CASH
Using The Family Rate Plan
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
• Private party only
• Only one item per ad
• Excludes pets, garage • Must include price
sales, real estate &
• Prepayment required
commercial items
• Rate is non-refundable
3 Lines - 3 Days - $5.00
3 Lines - 7 Days - $9.50
3 Lines - 14 Days - $15.00
Call Classifieds - 330-746-6565
classifieds@vindy.com
Dec. 20, 9-5 & Dec. 21, 9-4
Eastwood Mall Expo
Rt.422, Niles
Adm. $6 - 330-539-4247
TV/Stereo/Video
Wanted to Buy
Wanted: #1 Copper, $2.40;
Motors, 15¢; Stainless, 40¢.
Cash pd. J&L Metals
2000 Old Butler Rd.
New Castle, 724-654-9669
7000
PETS, ANIMALS
Pets Found
Large mixed breed dog, long
brown hair, neutered. Lake
Milton area. 330-654-5215
Cats
Hymalayian kittens
10 wk. old, shots, ready for
Christmas. 330-787-6119
Dogs
Puppies on Sale
www.ohiopuppy.com
Exit 229 off I-80, 1560 E.
Liberty St., Girard, Ohio, off
Belmont (Rt. 193), Youngstown, Ohio, behind Denny’s.
$100 Off with cash plus extra $50 off a few 10 week &
older male puppies. Maltese, Yorkie-Poos, Yorkies,
Shih-Tzu, Doberman Female, Yorkie-Poms, ShihTzu-Poo, Brussel-Maltese,
Yokie-Chon, Toy-Fox, Cavaliers, Poo-Chon & Mal-Chon,
$349; Cavachon, Bichon
AKC, $349 & More. All very
cute & priced right! Wags
Easy Finance, CC or Cash.
Shots, wormed & guarantee. A suburb of Youngstown, Ohio. 330-259-1286
Free Pets
NOTICE: Screen
respondents carefully when
giving away animals.
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