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No injuries reported in fire at The Lutheran Home
By Ted Lutz
Staff Writer
No injuries were reported in a fire early Monday
morning in the kitchen at
The Lutheran Home at
Kane.
As a precaution, 28 of
the 113 residents at the
complex on High Point
Drive were evacuated from
the building for about 35
minutes.
More than 45 volunteer
firefighters from Kane,
Mt. Jewett and Wilcox
responded to the call at
12:58 a.m. Monday.
Kane Fire Chief Tim
Holt said he observed
"heavy smoke" in the
kitchen area when he arrived at the scene.
"I never saw an actual
fire," the chief said.
Firefighters kept the
kitchen doors closed to
slow the spread of smoke
Photo by Amy Geer
Several pieces of firefighting equipment arrive early Monday morning for a fire at The Lutheran
Home at Kane. No injuries were reported. More than 45 volunteer firefighters responded to the call.
to other parts of the complex.
Wearing masks with air
tanks, firefighters entered
an exterior door to the
kitchen and doused smoking PVC pipes, the chief
said.
An electrical problem in
wiring at the rear of the
dishwasher in the kitchen is blamed for the fire,
Holt said. He estimated
the damage at between
$30,000 and $40,000.
"Our concern was for the
spread of smoke," the chief
said in explaining the call
for an evacuation of a portion of the Lutheran Home
complex. "Smoke was the
major danger for residents,
especially for those with
respiratory problems."
Jim Airgood Busing of
Kane had a bus at the
scene in case it was needed
In Alaska, Obama depicts stark
future without climate action
ANCHORAGE, Alaska
(AP) — Submerged countries, abandoned cities and
floods of refugees await
the world barring urgent
action on climate change,
President Barack Obama
warned Monday, painting
a doomsday scenario as he
opened a historic visit to
Alaska.
In a bid to further his environmental legacy, Obama
brought the power of the
presidential pulpit to Anchorage and called on other
nations to take swift action
as negotiations for a global
climate treaty near a close.
In a speech to an Arctic
climate summit, Obama
sought to set the tone for
a three-day tour of Alaska
that will put the state's liquefying glaciers and sinking villages on graphic display.
"On
this
issue — of
all issues —
there is such
a thing as being too late,"
Obama said.
"And
that
moment
is
Barack
almost upon
Obama
us."
During his tour of Alaska, Obama planned to hike
a glacier, converse with
fishermen and tape a reality TV show with survivalist Bear Grylls — all part
of a highly orchestrated
White House campaign
to illustrate how climate
change has damaged Alaska's stunning landscape.
The goal at each stop is
to create powerful visuals that show real-world
effects of climate change
and drive home Obama's
message that the crisis is
already occurring.
Evoking ominous consequences, Obama said
that climate change left
unchecked would soon
trigger global conflict and
"condemn our children to a
planet beyond their capacity to repair." In the Arctic,
which is warming faster
than any other corner of
the globe, Obama said
melting permafrost and
disintegrating sea ice risk
floods, fires and unimaginable economic damage.
"It's already changing
the way Alaskans live,"
Obama said.
Obama has two audiences in mind as he traverses Alaska this week:
Alaskans, who are hungry
for more energy develop-
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for an off-site evacuation,
Holt said.
Ed Keys, the interim
administrator at The Lutheran Home, said the
evacuated residents "did
not leave the premises."
Some residents left the
building in wheelchairs,
Keys said, as fire alarms
loudly sounded in the complex.
Holt said firefighters
and ambulance personnel
helped Lutheran Home
staff bring the residents
outside.
It was a mild night with
temperatures in the mid60s and no rain.
Keys said the precautionary
evacuation
"couldn't have happened
on a better night."
"It could have been
much worse had this occurred in January," Keys
said.
Holt said the Kane Fire
Department
responded
with the rescue truck,
three engines, the "tower"
truck and 28 firefighters.
Mt. Jewett and Wilcox
each sent an engine and
manpower, Holt said.
Emergycare ambulance
from Kane and ambulances from Mt. Jewett and
Wilcox also responded to
the scene, the fire chief
said. The Sheffield Volunteer Fire Department and
its ambulance stood by at
the Kane Fire Hall, the
chief said.
Kane firefighters returned to the fire hall at
3:30 a.m. Monday.
Kane Police Officer Bill
Nichols also responded to
the call.
Holt said he recommended the evacuation of
some of the residents due
to the "toxic" smoke from
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Discussing response to fire
Photo by Ted Lutz
Erin Hammerbeck (standing), director of nursing, and Ed Keys (seated), interim administrator,
discuss the response to a fire early Monday morning at The Lutheran Home at Kane. Both
officials praised staff and volunteer firefighters for their actions, which included a short-time
evacuation of 28 of the 113 residents at the complex.
Thompson talks mental health support for military Legal experts see no criminal
WASHINGTON – U.S.
Representative Glenn ‘GT’
Thompson (R-55) on Monday joined with stakeholders from across the Erie
region in discussing mental health issues affecting
service men and women,
along with veterans. Specific areas of discussion
included
post-traumatic
stress disorder among the
region’s veterans, along
with suicide prevention
programs for those who
have served our nation.
“These are issues which
are very important to me,
both as a member of Congress and as the father of
a son who has served in
Iraq and Afghanistan,”
Thompson
said. “I am
so appreciative of the
feedback
provided by
these groups
Barack
who are truly
Obama
on the front
lines in helping our service
men and women.“
Those in attendance
included
organizations
which deal with veterans,
including Boots on the
Ground and the Veterans
Miracle Center of Erie,
along with the V.A. Medical Center of Erie. Local
officials also contributed,
in addition to veterans coordinators from multiple
universities and veterans
themselves.
Thompson
also provided an update on
legislation, some on which
he authored, intended to
help veterans and those
who are still serving in the
military, including:
„The Medical Evaluation Parity for Service
Members (MEPS) Act,
which was amended into
the Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2016.
This legislation is intended
to improve military suicide
prevention by instituting a
mental health assessment
for all new recruits, to be
used as a baseline through
their military careers.
„The
Veterans
EHealth and Telemedicine
Support Act of 2015, which
would allow Veterans Affairs health professionals
to practice telemedicine
across state borders, improving access to mental
and behavioral health services, especially in rural
areas. This builds upon
previous Thompson legislation, the STEP Act,
which was signed into law
in 2013.
„The Veteran Wellness
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DEATHNotices Feds charge Pennsylvania liquor board
Jean M. Hickey,
87, of 106 Hickey Rd.,
Kane, died Monday
morning, Aug. 31, 2015
at the Kane Community Hospital.
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ex-official with taking kickbacks
HARRISBURG (AP) —
A man who once played
a major role in deciding
what showed up on the
shelves of Pennsylvania's
state-owned system of liquor stores plans to plead
guilty to a criminal charge
for taking cash and gifts
from suppliers, federal
prosecutors said Monday.
James H. Short Jr., 50,
of Harrisburg, has signed
an agreement to plead
guilty to honest services
mail fraud.
Short is the former
marketing director of the
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.
Short's defense attorney,
Chris Hall, said his client
"accepts responsibility and
he'll appear before Judge
(Sylvia) Rambo at the appropriate time and make
that clear."
Federal prosecutors said
Short accepted golf trips,
gift cards, dozens of meals,
sports tickets, alcohol and
other gifts over about a
decade from an unnamed
manufacturer
outside
Pennsylvania and a distributor from within the
state. They said he filed
false ethics reports to conceal the freebies.
Short spent three decades at the liquor board,
and was making about
$114,000 when he retired
in March 2014, according
to the board.
His dealings with vendors were outlined in a
February ruling by the
State Ethics Commission
that described gifts and
hospitality the commission said Short received
because of his government
position.
The commission said
Short took golf trips to
Pebble Beach, California,
and Bonita Springs, Florida, paid for by vendors. He
also received free tickets to
the Philadelphia 76ers and
to attend a showing of the
musical "Wicked" in New
York.
He got free food or drinks
at some of the state's nicer
establishments,
including Amis restaurant and
the Four Seasons Hotel in
Philadelphia and Alfred's
Victorian in Middletown,
according to the ethics
board. One vendor delivered to his home a 12-bottle case of wine, valued
at $40-$50 per bottle, the
ethics board said. Another
gave him a bottle of champagne and a golf flag autographed by Arnold Palmer.
The State Ethics Commission figured Short collected more than $13,000
in gifts, transportation,
lodging and hospitality
from PLCA vendors.
The liquor board noted
in a statement that it has
changed its employee conduct code and rules for
vendors to avoid having
the same thing happen
again. All of its workers
must review ethical rules
annually, and the agency
conducts online training.
Short's lawyer and the
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trouble for Clinton thus far
WASHINGTON
(AP)
— Experts in government
secrecy law see almost no
possibility of criminal action against Hillary Clinton or her top aides in connection with now-classified
information sent over unsecure email while she was
secretary of state, based on
the public evidence thus
far.
Some Republicans, including leading GOP presidential candidate Donald
Trump, have called Clinton's actions criminal and
compared her situation to
that of David Petraeus, the
former CIA director who
was prosecuted after giving top secret information
to his paramour. Others
have cited the case of another past CIA chief, John
Deutch, who took highly
classified material home.
But in both of those
cases, no one disputed
that the information was
highly classified and in
many cases top secret. Petraeus pleaded guilty to a
misdemeanor; Deutch was
pardoned by President Bill
Clinton.
By contrast, there is no
evidence of emails stored
in Hillary Clinton's private server bearing classified markings. State Department officials say they
don't believe that emails
she sent or received included material classified
at the time. And even if
other government officials
dispute that assertion, it is
extremely difficult to prove
anyone knowingly mishandled secrets.
"How can you be on notice if there are no markings?" said Leslie McAdoo,
a lawyer who frequently
handles security-clearance
cases.
Clinton's critics have
focused on the unusual,
home-brew email server
Clinton used while in office and suggested that she
should have known that
secrets were improperly
coursing through an unsecure system, leaving them
easily hackable for foreign
intelligence agencies. But
to prove a crime, the government would have to
demonstrate that Clinton
or aides knew they were
mishandling the information — not that she should
have known.
A case would be possible
if material emerges that is
so sensitive Clinton must
have known it was highly
classified, whether marked
or not, McAdoo said. But no
such email has surfaced.
And among the thousands
of documents made public,
nothing appears near the
magnitude of the Top Secret material Petraeus and
Deutch mishandled.
Trump, last week, argued differently, saying
Petraeus' case involved
"far less important documents." Clinton's documents, he told Fox News,
"were more highly secret,
they were more important,
there were more of them.
It's really General Petraeus on steroids."
Petraeus, a married former four-star general who
headed the CIA from 20112012, admitted he gave
his biographer and lover,
Paula Broadwell, journals
containing Top Secret information. These included
"the identifies of covert
officers, war strategy, intelligence capabilities and
mechanisms,
diplomatic
discussions, quotes and
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the smoldering PVC pipes.
Firefighters set up six
large exhaust fans to remove smoke from the
building, Holt said.
"The fire department
did a great job bringing in
fans," Keys said.
Keys said the evacuation involved just one wing
of the complex.
"Our staff did exactly
what they were trained
to do," Keys said. "Everything worked as it should."
Erin Hammerbeck, director of nursing at The
Lutheran Home, said a
staff of 10 was on duty at
the time of the fire call.
She said at least 10 off-duty employees responded to
the complex to assist with
the short-time evacuation.
She said the evacuation
"went extremely smooth."
"Our staff did an awesome job from start to finish," Hammerbeck said.
"I'm proud of them."
Keys praised the fire department for "responding
very quickly."
"They took charge of the
scene and did a fabulous
job," Keys said. "We're extremely grateful for our
firemen."
The interim administrator said an electrician has
been contacted to inspect
the dishwasher and the
wiring.
Keys, who has 41 years
of leadership experience
with nursing homes, estimated that the dishwasher
would be out of service for
"three or four days."
He said the kitchen area
is being "totally scrubbed"
and disinfected. He said
food carts and other equipment are being sanitized.
Meanwhile, Keys said
paper plates and plastic
silverware would be used
for meals for the residents.
"It's a relatively minor
inconvenience," Keys said.
Keys said The Lutheran
Home, which includes a
nursing home and personal care unit, has a fire drill
"every month" to prepare
for such events.
He said the complex undergoes health and safety
inspections on a regular
basis.
"A federal inspector was
here just last week," Keys
said.
Although the fire call
created a high level of
anxiety among firefighters and staff, most elderly
residents at The Lutheran
Home never felt they were
in immediate danger.
"Residents joked and
told us it was the most excitement they've had in a
long time," Keys said.
Austria inspects trucks for
migrants, creates 18-mile backup
BUDAPEST,
Hungary
(AP) — Austria stepped up
vehicle inspections Monday
at its Hungarian border after 71 migrants apparently
suffocated in a truck, creating a huge traffic jam on
the main Budapest-Vienna
highway.
In addition to the gridlock
at the Hegyeshalom border
crossing — about a 30-kilometer (18 1/2-mile) backup
at its peak — traffic was
slower than usual at other
spots along the HungaryAustria border, the traffic
monitoring firm Utinform
reported.
Traffic appeared to be
flowing fairly smoothly by
late afternoon and Austrian
Interior Ministry spokesman Karl-Heinz Grundboeck said they would
continue to conduct "spot
checks" of vehicles at all
main border crossings.
At Budapest's Keleti
train terminal, meanwhile,
hundreds
of
migrants,
many saying they were
from Syria, boarding trains
headed west to Austria and
Germany, without apparent
police intervention.
In past months, Hungarian police, sometimes acting with colleagues from
Germany and Austria, often
removed migrants without
the necessary travel documents from the trains.
On Monday afternoon,
there were long lines of
migrants at the terminal's
ticket windows and police
said a statement on the situation there would be forthcoming.
Two of the express trains
that left Budapest, however, were stranded on the
Austro-Hungarian border
after the Austrian Federal
Railways refused to allow
them to proceed into Austria, citing "overcrowding."
Austrian police spokesman
Roman Hahslinger said
some of those on the trains
subsequently disembarked
and continued into Austria
with regional trains.
A train with around 400
migrants from Budapest arrived in Germany on Monday evening, first stopping
in the southern Bavarian
city of Rosenheim where
some were offloaded, while
others then carried on to
Munich, the dpa news agency reported.
Border police said 190 of
the migrants were taken in
Rosenheim to a former military barracks to be registered. They included a family with five small children
from Afghanistan who had
fled three months ago, and
others from Pakistan saying
they had fled the Taliban.
Another 200 traveled
on to Munich where police
went through the process
of registering them in a hall
at the main train station.
Passers-by spontaneously
handed out water and candy to the new arrivals, dpa
reported.
It was not immediately
clear where these migrants
would be taken, but typically refugees are put into
temporary housing until
they can apply for asylum,
including in former military
barracks, container villages
that have been built, and
even tents.
Earlier, the state government in Bavaria, which
has all of Germany's border
crossings with Austria, said
it also had launched special
traffic checks on highways
near the border.
Despite the apparent easing of restrictions, the Hungarian government maintained its tough stance.
"People at Budapest's
Keleti railway station demanding to be allowed free
passage are demanding
something which is not possible under European legislation," government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs said.
Still,
Austrian
police spokesman Roman
Hahslinger said at least several hundred but "possibly
1,000 refugees" had arrived
from Hungary at Vienna's
Westbahnof station by evening. Many scrambled to
get on to trains headed to
Germany.
All three countries are
part of the EU's Schengen
zone of passport-free travel,
where under normal circumstances vehicles are
rarely inspected at the border anymore.
Austria's increased controls "prove that no European country is going to allow
illegal migrants, including
refugees, to reach its territory without control," the
Hungarian
government
said.
As evening fell, an estimated 20,000 people protesting the hardships faced
by the migrants staged a
peaceful march through
downtown Vienna. There
were no reported incidents.
About 160,000 migrants
have been detained already
this year in Hungary, more
than triple the figure recorded in all of 2014. Many
apply for asylum but quickly leave the financiallystrapped European Union
nation for richer EU countries like Germany and Austria before their requests
are decided.
In Vienna, senior police
official Konrad Kogler told
reporters that since Austria
began the increased checks
Sunday they have resulted
in the arrests of five human
traffickers and the interception of 200 migrants.
KABUL,
Afghanistan
(AP) — Defying warnings
from Washington and the
fury of Afghanistan's government, Pakistani authorities are turning a blind eye
to a meeting of hundreds
of Taliban supporters in a
city near the Afghan border
aimed at resolving a dispute
over the group's leadership
following the death of figurehead Mullah Mohammad Omar.
The gathering in the Pakistani city of Quetta, where
the Taliban's leadership has
been largely based since
they were pushed from power by a U.S.-led invasion
in 2001, has drawn some
1,000 Taliban adherents
who have openly descended
on the city for a "unity shura," a meeting intended to
resolve the leadership crisis and reunite the group,
whose divisions have been
publicly aired since Mullah
Omar's death was revealed
in late July.
Afghan President Ashraf
Ghani has accused Pakistan of harboring groups
that are waging war on his
country. His deputy spokesman, Zafar Hashemi told
The Associated Press that
Pakistan was failing to take
action against "those groups
holding gatherings in public
and declaring war against
the Afghan people," a reference to the Taliban meetings in Quetta.
The Taliban's struggle to
overthrow the Kabul government is nearing its 14th
year. Thousands of U.S.
and NATO soldiers, along
with many more thousands
of Afghan civilians, troops
and police have been killed
in the fighting, which has
intensified following the
drawdown last year of most
foreign combat troops. The
Taliban are clearly testing
the Afghan forces as they
take on the insurgency
alone, though their fighters
have made little significant
progress on the battlefield.
The leadership struggle
became public after the
Afghan government announced in late July that
Mullah Omar had been
dead since April 2013. His
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deputy, Mullah Akhtar
Mansoor, was declared
his successor, but Mullah
Omar's family objected, saying the vote to elect the new
leader was not representative of the group. The unity
shura — essentially a dispute resolution committee
— was established in early
August to deal with the crisis and shura leader Ahmad
Rabbani says its decision
could be reached in days.
In an indication of what
is at stake, the Taliban published a biography Monday of Mansoor in a clear
attempt by his backers to
shore up his support among
the Taliban leaders, religious scholars, battlefield
commanders and rankand-file supporters as deliberations come to a close.
They have met at various
spots around Quetta — in
Chaman near the Afghan
border and in tribal areas
of Pakistan's Balochistan
province, troubled by its
own insurgency.
With impressive organizational skills, the Quettabased Taliban have taken
on the task of hosting hundreds of visitors from Afghanistan, billeting them
in madrassas, mosques and
private homes, ensuring
they are fed and that transport is arranged so they
can get to their meetings
on time. Many attendees,
including religious scholars and commanders, traveled from remote regions of
Afghanistan. Many of the
fighting men have already
departed, shura leaders
said, having made their
preferences clear.
Rabbani said that Mansoor has yet to inform the
shura that he will adhere to
whatever decision is made,
although Mullah Omar's
brother, Manan, and son,
Yaqub, have done so. Mansoor has been given until
Tuesday to state his position, Rabbani said, adding:
"We don't need his permission to announce our decision, and have made contingency plans for whether he
says he will follow our decision or not."
He said the committee's
decision on the leadership could come as early as
Wednesday.
The meetings appear to
have been untroubled by
the Pakistani authorities,
who habitually deny that
they sponsor the Taliban or
other terrorist groups, such
as the Haqqani Network
whose leader, Sirajuddin
Haqqani, is one of Mansoor's deputies.
"Yes, our officials have
contacts with them. Our officials have ability to contact
and bring them to the negotiation table. That doesn't
mean that our intelligence
agencies have control on
each and every thing," said
Pakistani security analyst
Zahid Hussain.
Ghani's
condemnation
of Pakistan's support for
the Taliban boiled over in
early August after a series
of deadly attacks on the
capital, Kabul, that left 50
people dead and hundreds
wounded. After almost
a year of trying to mend
fences with Islamabad, the
Afghan leader went on live
TV and accused Pakistan of
being the source of violence
in his country. Relations between the neighbors have
suffered, with an Afghan
delegation returning empty-handed from a visit to
Pakistan meant to hammer
out a way of dealing with
the insurgency.
"The decisions the Pakistani government will be
making in the next few
weeks will significantly affect bilateral relations for
the next decades," Ghani
said in his TV address.
"We can no longer tolerate
watching our people bleeding in a war exported and
imposed on us from outside."
Peace talks between
Ghani's administration and
the Taliban, which had been
supported by Pakistan,
were indefinitely postponed
after the announcement of
Mullah Omar's death. Analysts and diplomats say it
could be years before they
are revived and that in the
meantime the war could get
worse as the new Taliban
leader consolidates power
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and tries to win over all elements, including extremists
who have been disaffected
by the Taliban's lack of
progress towards it goal of
retaking Kabul.
U.S. National Security
Adviser Susan Rice met
with Pakistani leaders on
Sunday to discuss efforts
to revive peace talks. In a
statement, the White House
said she "underscored the
U.S. commitment to an Afghan-led peace process, and
urged Pakistan to intensify
its efforts to counter terrorist sanctuaries inside its
borders in order to promote
regional peace and stability."
In recent days, gunmen
loyal to Mansoor and to a
powerful supporter of Mullah Omar's family in the
leadership contest, Mullah
Mansoor Dadullah, have
fought openly in Zabul province in southern Afghanistan. At least five fighters
were killed in battles on
Saturday, Rabbani said.
Dadullah
condemned
the release of Mansoor's
biograhy, accusing him of
being "desperate" for power
"and using every tactic to
increase his popularity."
The 5,000-word document, emailed to journalists
in five languages, describes
Mansoor, who was born in
1968, as a tireless holy warrior, good listener and ardent protector of civilians,
who was appointed as the
insurgents' leader "in full
compliance with Islamic
Shariah law."
Mansoor "never nominated himself for leadership, rather he was selected
as the only candidate ... by
members of the leading
council of the Islamic Emirate and religious scholars,"
the biography says, using
the name of the former Taliban government.
"Mansoor is trying to
show that he is the leader
and no one can reach him
on that level," said Mohammad Ismail Qasimyar, the
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the Afghan government's
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ment to boost the state's
sagging oil revenues, and
the broader public, whose
focus Obama hopes to concentrate on the need for
drastic action to combat
global warming, including
a climate treaty that he
hopes will help solidify his
environmental legacy.
Whether Obama can
successfully navigate those
competing interests — energy and the environment
— remained the prevailing
question of his trip.
The president has struggled to explain how his dire
warnings and call to action
to cut greenhouse gases
square with other steps
he's taken or allowed to
expand energy production,
including oil and gas. Environmental groups took
particular offense at the
administration's move to
allow expanded drilling off
Alaska's northwest coast
— just a few weeks before
Obama arrived in Alaska to
preach on climate change.
Even Alaska Natives,
who have echoed Obama's
warnings, have urged him
to allow more oil and gas to
be sucked out of Alaska's
soil and waters. Alaska
faces a roughly $3.5 billion
deficit this year as a result
of falling oil prices, forcing
state budget cuts that have
wreaked havoc on rural
services.
"History has shown us
that the responsible energy
development which is the
lifeblood of our economy
can exist in tandem with,
and significantly enhance,
our traditional way of
life," leaders of the Arctic
Slope Regional Corporation, which represents Inupiat Eskimo shareholders,
wrote Monday in a letter to
Obama.
Walking a fine line,
Obama sought to portray
the U.S. as doing its part
even as it develops energy
resources it will need during the longer-term transition to cleaner, renewable
fuels. He ticked through a
list of steps he's taken to
cut greenhouse gas emissions and said America is
doing its part.
"We're proving that
there doesn't have to be a
conflict between a sound
environment and strong
economic goals," he said.
Obama's first stop after arriving in Anchorage
was a listening session
with Alaska Natives, who
relayed concerns about
crippling energy costs and
uncertainty about hunting
and fishing rights. Highlighting what he described
as progress for Alaska Natives on his watch, Obama
said he hoped to be setting
a new pattern of cooperation that would extend beyond his presidency.
His tour continues Tuesday with a boat tour Kenai Fjords National Park
and a hike to Exit Glacier, a sprawling expanse
of ice that is retreating
amid warming temperatures. In southwest Alaska on Wednesday, Obama
will meet with fishermen
locked in conflict with miners over plans to build a
massive gold and copper
mine in Bristol Bay, home
to the world's largest salmon fishery.
Obama will close his
trip by becoming the first
sitting president to travel
north of the Arctic Circle.
In Kotzebue — population
3,153 — Obama planned to
address the plight of Alaska Natives, who face dire
economic conditions amid
some of the worst effects of
global warming.
"They don't get a lot of
presidents in Kotzebue,"
quipped Alaska Gov. Bill
Walker, who joined Obama
for the flight to Anchorage.
The White House unveiled a new National
Park Service map bearing
the name Denali on the
former Mount McKinley.
Before departing Washington, Obama announced
that North America's tallest mountain was being
renamed using its traditional Athabascan name.
The move drew applause
from Alaska's leaders and
harsh condemnations from
Ohio politicians angry that
the name of its native son,
former President William
McKinley, will be erased
from the famed peak.
before the Justice Department could file the case.
Another Clinton administration official, Samuel
"Sandy" Berger, pleaded
guilty to a misdemeanor
in 2005 after admitting
to removing five classified documents involving
a terrorism study from a
National Archives facility.
Berger served four years
as Clinton's national security adviser.
Hillary Clinton, the
Democratic
presidential
front-runner, now says her
use of home email server
for government business
was a mistake. Last year
she provided about 30,000
emails to the State Department, which is public
releasing another batch
Monday. The department
is only publishing documents after scrubbing
them of any classified or
sensitive information.
Two government inspectors have told Congress
they found material in the
emails was secret at the
time it was sent to Clinton
and "never should have
been transmitted via an
unclassified personal sys-
tem."
The State Department
and the Clinton campaign
dispute that the material
was classified at the time.
At least one email involved the CIA drone
strikes, government officials have told the Associated Press. The counterterrorism program is a
poorly kept secret, but a
secret nonetheless. Another email appeared to reference a highly classified
matter, the officials said,
though there was some
question about whether
the information came in
through classified or open
channels.
Emails posted on the
State Department's web
site, made public under
the Freedom of Information Act, show diplomats
commonly slipping and
discussing classified information over email. Unlike
an intelligence agency, the
department seeks to operate in the open when it
can.
But arguing that violations are common isn't a
valid defense for ordinary
government
employees,
said Bradley Moss, a lawyer who often represents
such people. They face
discipline "all the time, in
far more nuanced disputes
than this," he said.
Although political controversy has centered on
Clinton's use of private
email instead of an unsecured government account, the distinction matters little in the context
of classified information.
Clinton says State Department rules allowed her to
use private email and officials knew about it.
But another law could be
relevant. Under the Federal Records Act, destroying official records can be
a crime. Clinton ordered
around 32,000 emails deleted from her server because she said they were
personal. The server was
then wiped, making the
emails unretrievable.
"If one person has a copy
of one of those deleted
emails, and it was about
government business, the
whole game changes," said
Kel McClanahan, a lawyer
and expert in government
records.
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deliberative
discussions
from high-level National
Security Council meetings
. and discussions with the
president of the United
States," according to court
documents.
Petraeus also admitted
lying to the FBI, while his
emails showed he knew
the journals contained
highly classified information.
He pleaded guilty to
one count of unauthorized
removal and retention of
classified material, a misdemeanor. Though eligible
for up to one year in prison, he was sentenced to
two years' probation and
a $100,000 fine. Broadwell
didn't publish the material.
Deutch ran the agency
from 1995-1996. He took
Top Secret information
home and stored it on computers connected to the Internet, something he also
did when he worked at
the Pentagon. In January
2001, he agreed to plead
guilty to a misdemeanor
charge of mishandling
government secrets, but
Bill Clinton pardoned him
Suspect in Houston-area deputy's death had mental evaluation
ficers that he was not involved in the case," Osso
said in a telephone interview.
In 2012, the Travis
County District Attorney's Office charged Miles
with aggravated assault
with a deadly weapon after he got into a fight at
a homeless shelter over a
remote control, prosecutor
Joe Frederick said. Miles
was found to be mentally
incompetent in October
2012 and he was sent to
North Texas State Hospital in Vernon, Texas.
"From this case, you
could never tell what
would happen" in the future, Frederick said, adding prosecutors treated
the case as a "very serious
offense" and had offered
Miles a plea agreement
of seven years in prison.
Miles was declared mentally competent in February 2013, but the charge
was dropped after the victim could not be located,
Frederick said.
Jon Evans, Miles' attorney in the Austin case,
said medical privacy laws
prevent him from offering
any details about Miles'
mental illness history.
But he was told by Miles'
mother that her son had a
lifelong history of mental
illness.
At the time of the case
in 2012, Miles "suffered
from severe mental illness," Evans said.
Miles also has three
convictions for resisting or
evading arrest, as well as
convictions for disorderly
conduct with a firearm,
criminal mischief and giving false information to
police. Records show he
was sentenced to several
short stints in jail, anywhere from six to 10 days.
In court Monday, Anderson read the probable
cause statement, which
said police first received
a call at 8:20 p.m. Friday.
Responding officers found
Goforth's body face-down
at the gas station in the
Houston suburb of Cypress.
Surveillance video from
the gas station showed the
10-year law enforcement
veteran had just come
out of a convenience store
when Miles got out of his
red truck, she said. "He
runs up behind Deputy
Goforth and puts the gun
to the back of his head and
shoots. Deputy Goforth
hits the ground and then
he continues to unload his
gun, shooting repeatedly
into the back of Deputy
Goforth," Anderson said.
Goforth was shot 15
times, Anderson said,
and shell casings match
the .40-caliber Smith and
Wesson handgun found at
Miles' home. Miles' next
court date is Oct. 5.
The
killing
evoked
strong emotions in the area's law enforcement community, with Hickman
linking it to heightened
tension over the treatment
of African-Americans by
police. Goforth was white
and Miles is black.
The nationwide "Black
Lives
Matter"
movement has sought sweeping reforms of policing.
Related protests erupted
in Texas recently after
Sandra Bland, a black
woman, was found dead
in a county jail about 50
miles northwest of Hous-
ton three days after she
was arrested on a traffic
violation.
"We've heard Black
Lives Matter, All Lives
Matter. Well, cops' lives
matter, too," Hickman
said Saturday.
President
Barack
Obama on Monday said
targeting police is completely unacceptable and
"an affront to civilized society." Obama spoke with
Goforth's wife, Kathleen,
conveying his condolences and telling her he will
keep highlighting the uncommon bravery of police
officers.
From fall 2003 to spring
2004, Miles attended Prairie View A&M University,
which is the same school
Bland went to, though the
two didn't attend at the
same time and there is no
indication they knew each
other. He also attended
the University of Houston
for a time.
Osso said Miles' defense
team is distancing itself
from the sentiments expressed by the sheriff, the
district attorney and others.
"What I want to do is
investigate the case and
defend my client based on
the facts of the case," Osso
said.
Houston Police Lt. Roland De Los Santos, a
childhood friend of Goforth's, called the deputy
a "simple guy" who was
focused on providing for
his family, noting that
Goforth's wife is a teacher and the couple has a
12-year-old daughter and
a 5-year-old son.
Goforth's funeral is
scheduled for Friday.
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Ahead of a historic trip
to the Arctic, President
Barack Obama erased a
former Republican president's name from North
America's tallest peak in a
move applauded in Alaska
and derided more than
3,000 miles away in Ohio.
More contentious matters
concerning climate change
and Arctic drilling awaited.
Obama departed Monday morning to Anchorage
for the start of a three-day
visit, bringing the American leader up close to
shrinking glaciers, Arctic
temperatures and a mix of
messy energy politics. His
tour of the nation's largest state is closely choreographed to call attention
to the ways Obama says
climate change is already
damaging Alaska's stunning scenery.
Showing solidarity with
Alaska Natives, Obama
announced Sunday that
his administration would
rename Mount McKinley
as Denali, its traditional
Athabascan name. Alaska's governor and congressional delegation praised
the long-sought change.
But stripping the mountain of its name honoring
former President William
McKinley, a son of Ohio,
drew loud condemnations
from Ohio lawmakers.
"You just don't go and do
something like that," said
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a
Republican
presidential
candidate.
Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio,
said he would work with
the House Committee on
Natural Resources "to determine what can be done
to prevent this action."
Added House Speaker
John Boehner, R-Ohio,
"I'm deeply disappointed
in this decision."
In renaming 20,320-foot
mountain, Obama was recognizing the moniker Alaskans have informally used
for centuries. The name
means "the high one" in
Athabascan.
The peak was named
Mount McKinley in 1896
by a prospector exploring
mountains in central Alaska, the White House said.
Upon hearing the news
that McKinley was the Republican presidential nominee, the prospector named
it after him. The name was
then formally recognized.
The Obama administration will work with officials
in Ohio "to find an appropriate way to acknowledge
President McKinley's contributions to our country,"
White House press secretary Josh Earnest told
reporters. On the plane
to Alaska, he showed off
new National Park Service
maps with the mountain
designated as Denali.
Obama's
excursion
north of the Arctic Circle
will make him the first
sitting president to step
foot in the Alaska Arctic,
home to Alaska Natives.
They've received less attention than others amid
Obama's recent efforts to
improve conditions for Native Americans.
Yet the primary focus on
the trip is global warming.
By showcasing thawing
permafrost, melting sea
ice and eroding shorelines,
Obama hopes the trip will
underscore the urgency to
combat climate change in
the U.S. and overseas.
But in Alaska, the president's message has been
met with skepticism by
leaders of a state that is
heavily dependent on oil
revenues that have fallen
precipitously.
At the same time, environmental groups argued
in the lead-up to Obama's
trip that he hadn't done
enough to protect Alaska
and the climate. They took
particular offense at his
administration's decision
just a few weeks ago to
give Royal Dutch Shell a
final permit for expanded
drilling off Alaska's northwest coast.
"I share people's concerns about offshore drilling. I remember the BP
spill in the Gulf of Mexico
all too well," Obama said
in his weekly address. But
the economy, he said, still
relies on oil and gas while
it transitions to cleaner renewable fuels. He said his
administration was minimizing the risks.
Obama will touch down
in Anchorage in the afternoon. He'll then hear from
Alaska Natives before
speaking at the climatefocused Arctic summit,
which involves leaders
from Arctic and non-Arctic
nations. Setting the stage
on Sunday night, Secretary of State John Kerry
told reporters in Alaska
that climate change skeptics won't be remembered
kindly. Obama and Kerry
are seeking a global climate treaty this December, bolstering the president's
environmental
legacy before leaving office. Obama has pledged a
U.S. cut in greenhouse gas
emissions of up to 28 percent by 2030, compared to
2005 levels, and planned
to use the Alaska visit to
press other nations to commit to similarly ambitious
measures.
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man accused of shooting
and killing a suburban
Houston officer has a history of mental illness and
once lived in a homeless
shelter, authorities said
Monday.
Harris County Sheriff's
Deputy Darren Goforth
was ambushed and shot
15 times, Harris County
District Attorney Devon
Anderson said in a court
hearing for Shannon J.
Miles, who is charged
with capital murder.
Miles, a 30-year-old
Houston resident who
said little in court, is being held without bond.
His criminal history dates
back to 2005 and includes
an arrest in Austin in
2012 that led to Miles being sent to a state mental hospital for several
months.
Anderson would not
comment on a motive, saying investigators were still
trying to figure that out.
When asked if it might
be connected to heightened tensions around the
country between law enforcement and civilians,
Anderson said, "I have no
idea whether it does or
not." This weekend, Sheriff Ron Hickman said the
attack was "clearly unprovoked," that authorities
believe the 47-year-old
deputy was targeted because he was in uniform
and there is no evidence
Goforth knew Miles.
Anthony Osso, one of
Miles' two court-appointed attorneys, told The
Associated Press that his
client intends to plead not
guilty. "He had indicated
to the investigating of-
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O PINION
Letters &
Guest Commentary
Carly Deserves
To Be In Debate
In the unwieldy Republican presidential
field, where attention is
as important as money,
there was supposed to be
a formula for an underappreciated candidate to
break out.
It went like this: Excel
in the second-tier, undercard Fox debate early in
August, get a bump in the
polls to break into the top
10 candidates, and arrive
on the main stage for the
next debate, hosted by
CNN in September.
Carly Fiorina, the
former Hewlett-Packard
CEO, unquestionably has
done the first two, but
the last may be beyond
her power. It requires
overcoming CNN debate
criteria that couldn't be
more harmful to her if she
had shot CNN honcho Jeff
Zucker's dog.
CNN tried its best back
in May to come up with
fair, transparent standards for who will occupy
the 10 slots in its primetime debate. It's just that
in the real world they
make no sense.
Consider the perversity
of the CNN criteria. They
will almost certainly exclude Fiorina, even though
she is seventh in the
current RealClearPolitics
national polling average,
ahead of John Kasich,
Mike Huckabee, Rand
Paul and Chris Christie,
among others; even though
she tied for seventh in
CNN's own national poll
in mid-August; and even
though she has been surging in the early states,
popping up to third place
in the latest Iowa and New
Hampshire polls, ahead of
both Jeb Bush and Scott
Walker.
At this rate, Carly Fiorina will hold the dubious
distinction of being the
strongest primary candidate excluded from a
presidential-nomination
debate in recent memory,
although she will get the
consolation prize of the
CNN undercard event.
What happened? CNN
decided to use polls going
all the way back to July
16, weeks before the first
Fox debate on Aug. 6
scrambled the field. This
reaches back to a period
when Fiorina was routinely polling at 1 or 0.
On top of this, CNN is
only considering polls from
select organizations. Some
of these polling outfits or
news organizations aren't
doing national tracking
polls of the Republican
race; one of them -- McClatchy-Marist -- hasn't
Rich
Lowry
Syndicated
columnist
done a poll since it said it
doesn't want its surveys
used to determine debate
eligibility; and others
seem likely to wait until
after the CNN debate to do
their next survey.
All of this means,
perversely, that there will
probably be more polls
from before the first debate included in the CNN
formula than after the
debate. So, in effect, Fiorina's performance in the
first debate is wiped out.
She won the undercard
event by acclamation with
a sharp, forceful performance, but she could have
done somersaults on stage,
recited Daniel Webster's
"Second Reply to Hayne"
from memory, beaten Rick
Perry in an arm-wrestling
contest and played Mozart's Violin Concerto No.
3 in G Major -- and still
be left out in the cold by
CNN.
There is an easy fix for
this, which is for CNN to
acknowledge its criteria
have played out differently
than it expected and to put
more emphasis on recent
polling. Other candidates
on the bubble will cry foul,
but who can object to a
debate that features the
current top candidates
now, rather than the top
candidates from five weeks
ago?
There is no good way to
handle a field of 17. If it
were up to me, I'd have the
candidates draw straws
and randomly split them
up into two debate groups
appearing back-to-back in
prime time. Admittedly,
even this arrangement
would have a downside in
throwing no-hope candidates together with the
candidates who have built
serious campaigns and
gained a following.
What is manifestly
unfair is to watch a candidate rise from the very
low single digits into more
serious contention as she
begins to catch on with
voters, and then leave her
out of the main event regardless. That is what will
happen to Carly Fiorina,
unless CNN relents.
–
Rich Lowry can be
reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com (c) 2015 by King
Features Syndicate
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Guest Commentary
Yoga Pants, Leggings, and Stretch Pants
A new school year has
started or is about to start
and once again public
schools across the U.S.
are clamoring to control
girls’ bodies. The offender
this time: my alma mater
in Midwest Michigan As
of Aug. 18, the district
decided to prohibit the
wearing of yoga pants,
leggings and stretch
pants when students
return to the middle and
high schools on Sept. 8.
The previous dress codes
allowed these items as
long as they were covered
by another garment that
was at least finger-tip
length when students
held their arms straight
at their sides—basically,
you could wear form-fitting pants as long as you
wore something over top
of them. Not surprisingly,
students did not all follow
that rule, which takes me
back (way back) to my
high school days when we
thought it was imperative
to wear shorts over our
leggings. As is so often
the case, the justification
for such policy changes
is framed as though it
helps teachers and staff
maintain an appropriate
educational climate. The
superintendent commented, “We are not trying to
impart style on our students … We just want to
eliminate disruptions and
distractions." In reality, it
seems these decisions are
typically because someone
or a vocal group alleges
that “hormonal” boys
cannot control themselves
if they have to attend
classes with girls who
dare to show that they actually do have legs under
their pants.
This district is by no
means the first to adopt
or consider adopting
such a policy. Earlier
this year, a North Dakota district determined
that yoga pants were a
“distraction,” noting that
they might prompt boys
to “focus on something
other than schoolwork.”
Evidently the school
even asked students to
watch the film “Pretty
Woman” and compare
their attire to the prostitute character played by
Julia Roberts. Hundreds
of middle school girls in
Evanston, Illinois wore
leggings to school in
protest of a similar policy
change. Students also
held signs with slogans
asking “Are my pants lowering your test scores?”
More than 500 students
signed a petition against
the dress code.
In fall 2014, a group of
students in New Jersey
started the hashtag #Iammorethanadistraction to
highlight the problems
with school district
policies that focus on girls
alone. In spring 2015,
Montana Republican state
Rep. David Moore went
so far as to propose HB
365, which was an effort
to prohibit nudity as well
as "any device, costume or
covering that gives the
appearance of or simulates the genitals, pubic
hair, anus region, or pubic
hair region." At a hearing about the bill, Moore
announced “Yoga pants
should be illegal in public
anyway." In Missouri,
state legislators decided
that the problem was in
that institution as well.
They announced they are
considering instituting a
dress code for interns, ostensibly to “protect them”
from sexual harassment.
This type of victimblaming couched in
paternalism is deeply
problematic. We can oppress you, it says, but it’s
for your own good. It’s
not a matter of whether
schools should be allowed to institute dress
codes. Of course, they can
and should. But these
policies are not about
students, they are about
girls. And they reinforce
a dangerous logic that if
a girl looks a certain way
then she is the problem.
Let’s be clear – like all
human beings, the bodies of women and girls
vary dramatically. So,
yes, some girls will fill
out their pants differently than others, or their
shorts will be shorter
because, hey, imagine
that, they are taller. This
human diversity should
not be policed, especially
not in a culture in which
many girls already suffer
from dramatic self-esteem
decreases in these years
due to concerns about
their bodies. Schools (and
other institutions) should
indeed be concerned about
sexual harassment, but
requiring that the wouldbe victims change their
behavior instead of the
would-be offenders merely
allows the perpetrators to
absolve themselves from
responsibility.
–
Laura Finley, Ph.D.,
teaches in the Barry
University Department
of Sociology & Criminology and is syndicated by
PeaceVoice.
Today in History
Today is Tuesday, September 1, the 244th day of
2015. There are 121 days
left in the year.
Today's Highlight in
History:
On September 1, 1715,
following a reign of 72
years, King Louis XIV of
France died four days before his 77th birthday.
On this date:
In 1807, former Vice
President Aaron Burr was
found not guilty of treason. (Burr was then tried
on a misdemeanor charge,
but was again acquitted.)
In 1905, Alberta and
Saskatchewan
entered
Confederation
as
the
eighth and ninth provinces of Canada.
In 1914, the last passenger pigeon in captivity,
"Martha," died at the Cincinnati Zoo.
In 1923, the Japanese
cities of Tokyo and Yokohama were devastated by an
earthquake that claimed
some 140,000 lives.
In 1939, World War II
began as Nazi Germany
invaded Poland.
In 1945, Americans received word of Japan's formal surrender that ended
World War II. (Because of
the time difference, it was
September 2 in Tokyo Bay,
where the ceremony took
place.)
In 1951, the United
States, Australia and New
Zealand signed a mutual
defense pact, the ANZUS
treaty.
In 1969, a coup in Libya
brought Moammar Gadhafi to power.
In 1976, U.S. Rep.
Wayne L. Hays, D-Ohio,
resigned in the wake of a
scandal in which he admitted having an affair
with "secretary" Elizabeth
Ray.
In 1983, 269 people
were killed when a Korean
Air Lines Boeing 747 was
shot down by a Soviet jet
fighter after the airliner
entered Soviet airspace.
In 1985, a U.S.-French
expedition located the
wreckage of the Titanic
on the floor of the Atlantic
Ocean roughly 400 miles
off Newfoundland.
In 1995, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held
for the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame and Museum
in Cleveland. (The hall
opened to the public the
next day.)
Ten years ago: New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin
issued a "desperate SOS"
as his city descended into
anarchy amid the flooding
left by Hurricane Katrina.
Al-Qaida's
number-two
made the terror group's
first direct claim of responsibility for the July 7
bombings in London in a
videotape.
Five years ago: President Barack Obama convened a new round of
ambitious Mideast peace
talks at the White House
as he hosted Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas in the first face-to-face
negotiations in nearly two
years. A man upset with
the Discovery Channel's
programming took two
employees and a security
officer hostage at the network's headquarters in
Silver Spring, Maryland;
police shot and killed the
gunman, James Jae Lee,
and all three hostages
escaped safely. Cammie
King Conlon, 76, the former child actress who'd
played the doomed Bonnie
Blue Butler in "Gone with
the Wind," died in Fort
Bragg, California.
One year ago: President Barack Obama, addressing a union crowd
in Milwaukee, renewed
his push for Congress to
raise the minimum wage
in a buoyant accounting
of the economy's "revving"
performance. The U.N.'s
top human rights body
overwhelmingly approved
the Iraqi government's request for an investigation
into alleged crimes against
civilians committed by the
Islamic State group in its
rampage across northeastern Syria and parts of Iraq.
Cole Hamels and three
Philadelphia Phillies relievers combined to pitch a
no-hitter, the fourth of the
season, beating the Atlanta Braves 7-0.
Today's Birthdays: Former Defense Secretary
Melvin R. Laird is 93. Actor George Maharis is 87.
Conductor Seiji Ozawa
(SAY'-jee oh-ZAH'-wah) is
80. Attorney and law professor Alan Dershowitz
is 77. Comedian-actress
Lily Tomlin is 76. Actor
Don Stroud is 72. Conductor Leonard Slatkin is 71.
Singer Archie Bell is 71.
Singer Barry Gibb is 69.
Rock musician Greg Errico
is 67. Talk show host Dr.
Phil McGraw is 65. Singer
Gloria Estefan is 58. Former White House Press
Secretary Dee Dee Myers
is 54. Jazz musician Boney
James is 54. Singer-musician Grant Lee Phillips
(Grant Lee Buffalo) is 52.
Country singer-songwriter
Charlie Robison is 51. Retired NBA All-Star Tim
Hardaway is 49. Rap DJ
Spigg Nice (Lost Boyz) is
45. Actor Ricardo Antonio
Chavira is 44. Actor Maury
Sterling is 44. Rock singer
JD Fortune is 42. Actor
Scott Speedman is 40.
Country singer Angaleena
Presley (Pistol Annies) is
39. Actor Boyd Holbrook
is 34. Actress Zoe ListerJones is 33. Rock musician
Joe Trohman is 31. Actress
Aisling (ASH'-ling) Loftus
is 25.
Thought
for
Today:
"There is little that can
withstand a man who can
conquer himself." — King
Louis XIV (1638-1715).
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The Kane Republican
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
R EGISTER
Republican
POLICEReport
State Police at Kane
Liquor law violation
HIGHLAND TWP. –
The Kane-based state
police are investigating
a liquor law violation
that occurred from Jan. 1
through June 12, 2015 in
Highland Township.
The location is filed as
David Keith Plants, 13106
Route 948, Highland Twp.
According to reports,
the citation was issued
Aug. 26. The business, by
their servants, agents or
employees, failed to maintain records in conformity
with the provisions of the
liquor code and Title 40 of
the Pennsylvania code.
These charges will be
brought before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ)
who has the authority to
impose penalties ranging
from $50-$1,000 for minor
offenses and up to $5,000
for more serious offenses.
In addition, the ALJ can
also impose a license suspension or revocation of
the license based on the
severity of the charge
brought. The ALJ can also
mandate training for the
licensee in an effort to educate them on the requirements of being a licensee.
Domestic-harassment
LAFAYETTE TWP. –
The Kane-based state
police is investigating a
domestic-harassment that
occurred Saturday, Aug.
29 at approximately 11:30
p.m. on Big Shanty Road
in Lafayette Township.
According to reports,
the victim is a 43-year-old
of Lewis Run. The accused
is a 40-year-old of Kane.
Police say the victim
confronted the accused
about some change that
was missing from a piggy
bank. The two argued
about the subject and the
accused proceeded to pick
up a dog bowl and hit
the victim over the head.
The accused then fled the
scene. A non-traffic citation for harassment was
filed against the accused
before District Court 483-04.
Aggravated indecent assault, unlawful restraint,
simple assault, indecent
assault
LIBERTY TWP. – The
Kane-based state police is
investigating a report of
aggravated indecent assault, unlawful restraint,
simple assault and indecent assault that occurred
on or about Friday, Aug.
28 at approximately 12:30
a.m. at 14 Simar Dr. in
Liberty Township.
According to reports, the
victim is a known 34-yearold. The accused is Claude
Butler, 55, of Turtlepoint.
Police say the victim was
visiting with the accused
at the above address. An
investigation into alleged
sexual abuse by the victim
resulted in the arrest of
the accused on the above
charges. Charges were
filed at Magisterial District Todd's, accused was
arraigned and bail was set
at $75,000 straight.
The investigation continues.
HOSPITALReport
Kane Community
Hospital
Monday
Admissions
1 undisclosed
Discharges
None
REPUBLICANObituaries
Today's Weather
Local 5-Day Forecast
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cloudy. High
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Winds light
and variable.
More sun
than clouds.
Highs in the
mid 80s and
lows in the
upper 50s.
Slight
chance of a
thunderstorm.
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clouds.
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low 80s and
lows in the
upper 50s.
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the afternoon.
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Pennsylvania At A Glance
Erie
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Kane
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Scranton
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Allentown
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Pittsburgh
90/65
Harrisburg
91/69
Philadelphia
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Scranton
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ing to session in September, I am looking forward
to taking what I learned
today in Erie back to my
colleagues,”
Thompson
added. “We need to make
sure those who have bravely served our nation have
the support they need
when they return home.”
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federal prosecutor's office
both declined to say how
a guilty plea might affect
Short's government pension.
The future of Pennsylvania's system of state-owned
liquor stores is currently
uncertain, as Republican
lawmakers are pushing to
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privatize it but Gov. Tom
Wolf and his fellow Democrats prefer a modernization approach. The liquor
Monday's Drawings
privatization
dispute,
Pick 2
Pick 5
along with potential cuts Midday 4 1
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in public-sector pensions, Evening 8 2
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are playing out as part of
the state's budget standoff,
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Treasure Hunt
now two months old.
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PENNSYLVANIALottery
State Dept. to release 7,000
pages of emails, 150 censored
WASHINGTON (AP) —
The State Department will
release roughly 7,000 pages
of Hillary Rodham Clinton's
emails Monday, including
about 150 emails that have
been censored because they
contain information that is
now deemed classified.
Department officials said
the redacted information
was classified in preparation for the public release of
the emails and not identified as classified at the time
Clinton sent or received the
messages. All the censored
material in the latest group
of emails is classified at the
"confidential" level, not at
higher "top secret" or compartmentalized levels, they
said.
"It's somewhere around
150 that have been subsequently upgraded" in classification, State Department spokesman Mark
Toner told reporters.
formation from Clinton's
email history as secretary
of state will surely prompt
additional questions about
her handling of government secrets while in office and that of her most
trusted advisers. The Democratic presidential frontrunner now says her use
of a home email server for
government business was
a mistake, and government
inspectors have pointed
to exchanges that never
should have been sent via
unsecured channels.
Toner insisted that nothing encountered in the
agency's review of Clinton's
documents "was marked
classified."
Government employees
are instructed not to paraphrase or repeat in any
form classified material in
unsecured email.
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FUNERALNotices
HICKEY – A service for Jean M. Hickey will be held
Thursday, Sept. 3 at 1 p.m. at the Ronald McDonald II
Funeral Home, Inc. in Kane with the rev. Dan Reigel,
pastor of the Johnsonburg United Methodist Church,
officiating. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane.
Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday, Sept.
3 from noon until the time of the service at 1 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Kane
Community Hospital, 4372 Route 6, Kane, Pa. 16735.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.ronaldmcdonaldfuneralhome.com.
EVENTS&Announcements
„On Thursday, Sept. 3, the AOC will ride bikes in the
Akeley area. Participants will meet at the Jamestown
Audubon Center at 5:30 p.m., ride to Akeley then stop for
ice cream on the return to the Center. For more information call Pat Spicer at (814) 757-8331, evenings.
©2010 American Profile Hometown Content Service
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Thursday, Sept. 3 at 1
p.m. at the Ronald McDonald II Funeral Home,
Inc. in Kane with the
rev. Dan Reigel, pastor of
the Johnsonburg United
Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane.
Friends may call at the
funeral home Thursday,
Sept. 3 from noon until
the time of the service at
1 p.m.
Memorial
contributions may be made to the
Kane Community Hospital, 4372 Route 6, Kane,
Pa. 16735.
Online
condolences
may be expressed at
www.ronaldmcdonaldfuneralhome.com.
„On Wednesday, Sept. 2, the Allegheny Outdoor Club
(AOC) will ride bikes around Lake Wilhelm in Goddard
State Park in Mercer County. Participants will meet at
the car wash on Railroad Street in Youngsville at 9 a.m.
For those who want to drive directly to the lake, meet at
the parking lot on the right at 11 a.m. Lunch will be at a
local restaurant. For more information call pat Spicer at
(814) 757-8331, evenings.
SF UPPORT
1
Act, which will create a
grant program through the
Department of Veterans
Affairs for Veteran Service
Organizations to assist
with the modernization
and improvement of facilities to be used for wellness
activities.
“With Congress return-
Jean M. Hickey, 87, of
106 Hickey Rd., Kane,
died Monday morning,
Aug. 31, 2015 at the Kane
Community Hospital.
Born Dec. 31, 1927 in
Shaker Heights, Ohio,
she was the daughter
of Joseph and Barbara
Wildman Kvet.
On June 26, 1961, she
married David Hickey,
who survives.
Mrs. Hickey was a flagperson for a union highway construction company for 12 years. She
enjoyed gardening and
going to the casino.
Surviving, in addition
to her husband, are three
daughters, Gina Ryding of Kane, Dawn Cirko
of Emporium and Kelly
Ghani of Pittsfield, Mass.;
three sons, David Hickey
Jr. of Kane, Patrick Hickey of Columbus, Ohio and
Jesse Hickey of Dalton,
Ga.; a brother, George
Kvet of Wadsworth, Ohio,
plus five grandchildren
and several nieces and
nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in
death by a sister, Betty
Riding.
A service for Jean
M. Hickey will be held
Reservoir
Data
Pool Level: 1,326.20 feet (Falling)
Temperatures:
Reservoir - 73
River - 72
Outflow Rate: 1,350 cubic ft./sec.
„On Sunday, Sept. 6, the AOC will kayak or canoe on
Chautauqua Lake in Jamestown, N.Y. Participants will
meet at the Celoron Boat Launch at 1 p.m. then float to
McCrae Point and back. For more information call Dennis Anderson in Jamestown at (716) 969-9772 or Debra
Young at (814) 730-8388.
Chapman State Park beach
season draws to an end
The summer may be winding down, but you can still
cool off at Chapman State
Park over Labor Day weekend. The beach at Chapman State Park will remain
open for swimming through
sunset on Monday, Sept. 7.
Swimming hours are 8 a.m.
to sunset every day. Chapman’s beach operates under
the open swim policy, no lifeguards are on duty. Children
must be supervised by an
adult at all times. Parents,
please watch your children.
For more information,
please contact the park office
at 814-723- 0250.
“Early Canada Goose
Hunting”
Chapman State Park will
again allow Early Canada
goose hunting beginning
Tuesday, Sept. 8. The statewide season, designed to
reduce local nuisance geese
populations, runs through
Friday, Sept. 25.
Complete details regarding hunting seasons and bag
limits can be found on the
Pennsylvania Game Commission’s website: www.pgc.
news.state.pa.
Non-migratory Canada
goose populations have increased drastically in recent
years, causing crop damage
and nuisance problems in
residential neighborhoods.
Park visitors often complain
about goose excrement on
state park beaches and other
facilities, and water quality
at some state parks has been
adversely affected.
Resident Canada geese
have been among the suspected cause of high fecal
coliform counts at some
Pennsylvania state park
beaches, forcing swimming
restrictions during peak use
periods.
Many state parks have
taken measures, including
anti-goose fencing and/or the
use of loud noisemakers, in
attempt to deter the waterfowl or scare them away.
All Game Commission
rules and regulations governing the early Canada
goose season will apply at
state parks. Park information can be found at: www.
dcnr.state.pa.us.
Persons with disabilities
wanting to hunt geese in the
early season should contact
the park office for further information.
What: Early Canada
Goose Hunting
When: Tuesday, Sept. 8
through Friday, Sept. 25
Where: Chapman State
Park, 4790 Chapman Dam
Rd., Clarendon, Pa. 16313
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The Kane Republican
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
THE KANE
REPUBLICAN
SPORTS
Email: krsports@zitomedia.net
www.kanerepublican.com/sports
Dutch golfers edge Kane Bills cutting Jackson surprises safety Williams
Photo by Becky Polaski
Wes Cleer watches his shot after teeing off on No. 1 during a
match against St. Marys Area on Monday afternoon at the Bavarian Hills Golf Course in St. Marys.
By Becky Polaski
Staff Writer
ST. MARYS – The St.
Marys Area golf team
picked up their first win
of the season on Monday afternoon when they
edged Kane 222-225 in a
match played at the Bavarian Hills Golf Course.
Jeffrey Wehler was the
medalist for the day with
a 39.
The low scorer for Kane
was James Rook with a
41.
In addition to Wehler,
Nick Wendel shot a 43 for
the Dutch, while Brendon
Rolley carded a 44, and
Matt Bellina and Nate
Beimel each finished with
48s.
Also for St. Marys,
Ryan Bressler and Adam
Snyder each shot a 49 and
Jesse McKee had a 53.
For the Wolves, Connor Crowley carded a 43,
Christopher Park shot
a 44, Wes Cleer finished
with a 47, and Dylan
Keller recorded a 50.
Also for Kane, Alex
Rezzelle shot a 50, Devon
Bright shot a 61, and Ben
Holt shot a 68.
Wednesday Night
Horseshoes
Week 18
Standings:
**1.Olsen/Olsen
**2. Beane/Hanson
**3. Kinney/Cecchetti
**4. Hannah/Risinger
**5. Danielson/Wolfgang
**6. Danielson/Aiello
*7. Hannah/Pierotti
*8. Ishman/Wilson
*9. Wilson/Rich
*10.Eckstrom/Swanson
*11.Williams/Mikelonis
*12.Fitzpatrick/Kribbs
13.Raught/Beane
14.Hetrick/Campbell
15.Swanson/Benek
16.Bergman/Anderson
17.Payne/Jolly
18.Haight/Hartzell
19.Garris/Fuller
20.Lindstrom/Murphy
Record
46-8
46-8
37-16-1
37-17
34-20
34-20
34-20
31-23
28-26
28-26
27-27
26-28
26-28
25-29
21-33
18-36
14-40
12-41-1
8-46
7-47
Playoff Tournament to begin:
Wednesday, Sept. 2 6 p.m.
**Championship Bracket
*Consolation Bracket
High Ringers
Steve Danielson-50
Jeff Kinney-47
Chris Wilson-38
Ortiz hits career No. 495;
Red Sox beat Yankees 4-3
BOSTON (AP) — David
Ortiz hit his 495th home
run and Jackie Bradley Jr.
had three hits and threw
out a runner at the plate to
lift the Boston Red Sox to
a 4-3 victory over the New
York Yankees on Monday
night.
Mookie Betts hit a tworun homer for the Red Sox.
It was their ninth win in
13 games.
Didi
Gregorius
had
four singles for New York,
which had scored 20 runs
on Sunday to complete a
three-game sweep over Atlanta. He flied out to the
warning track with the
bases loaded and two outs
in the top of the ninth.
The Yankees remained 1
½ games behind AL Eastleading Toronto, which lost
4-2 to Cleveland on Mon-
day.
Ortiz lined a shot into
the first row of Green Monster seats off Ivan Nova (57). It landed about 10-15
feet to the right of three
new changeable white
numbers on signs with
red trim that were affixed
to the stanchion of a light
tower, signifying his countdown to 500.
In his next at-bat, Ortiz
had the crowd on its feet
again when he lined a 3-0
fastball halfway up the
wall in left for a double.
Eduardo Rodriguez (85) labored through five innings, allowing two runs
— one earned — and seven
hits. Jean Machi escaped
the bases-loaded jam for
his fourth save.
Betts' homer made it
2-1.
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y.
(AP) — Bills safety Aaron
Williams had tears welling
in his eyes and wore his
emotions on his back upon
learning the team had cut
Fred Jackson.
Rather than wear his
blue No. 23 jersey for practice, Williams hit the field
wearing Jackson's No. 22
white jersey — with Jackson's name printed on the
back — to pay tribute to
the veteran running back,
who was among 11 players released by the Bills on
Monday.
"It's just like having a
brother be gone," Williams
said.
"To me, Fred was the
Governor of Buffalo. Everybody looked up to him,"
he added. "It's a deep blow
for us in the locker room
and people in the community. But at the same time,
we can't dwell on it. I can't
dwell on it. Nobody else
can dwell on it. We've still
got a season to get ready
for."
For the first time in nine
years, the Bills will open
the season minus Jackson,
a respected team leader
whose
blue-collar
approach and perseverance
made him a fan favorite.
The Bills' decision was a
mild surprise after Buffalo
restocked its group of running backs by acquiring
LeSean McCoy in a trade
with Philadelphia this offseason. And yet that didn't
make it an easy decision
for general manager Doug
Whaley, who referred to
Jackson as "the heart and
soul of the Buffalo Bills."
"A decision like this
doesn't
come
lightly,"
Whaley said, noting he
even consulted with team
owners Terry and Kim Pegula. "Everybody was on
board, reluctantly, because
of the magnitude of this
player, and what he means
not only to the Buffalo
Bills but to the community
of Buffalo.
Whaley said Jackson
was expendable in part because of the Bills depth at
the position, and the $2.35
million base salary he was
scheduled to make in the
final year of his contract.
Jackson didn't return
a message left on his cellphone, but did post a message on his Twitter account
in which he thanked Bills
fans for their support.
He ended the note by
writing: "The Old Man
isn't done yet!!"
Rex Ryan called it one
of the toughest cuts he's
made in seven seasons as
a head coach. And he acknowledged that the Bills
roster is weakened without Jackson.
"I'm not going to say
that we're a better team
because Fred Jackson's
no longer here. I certainly
don't believe that," Ryan
said. "But it's part of the
process. ... Sometimes you
can't everybody you want
to keep."
The Bills' depth chart at
running back includes Boobie Dixon, Bryce Brown
and hard-hitting rookie
fifth-round draft pick, Karlos Williams.
The cuts were made two
days after Jackson made
his preseason debut in a
43-19 preseason win over
Pittsburgh on Saturday.
After missing three
weeks with a hamstring
injury, Jackson was greeted by loud chants of "Freddie!" when he was introduced among the starters.
On the first play from
scrimmage, Jackson broke
off on a 41-yard run, and
scored on a 1-yard dive two
plays later.
The offseason additions
left Jackson aware that his
days in Buffalo might be
numbered.
"You have to prove yourself every time you step
out on the field, and I'm
included in that," Jackson
said Saturday. "I wanted
to go out and make some
plays today. And I was able
to put up something that I
could be happy about."
Jackson was the NFL's
oldest active running back
last season. He was an undrafted free agent out of
Coe College, and playing
in a second-tier arena football league when the Bills
signed him to their practice squad in 2006.
Jackson made the active
roster the following season
and proceeded to win the
starting job in 2009, when
he had a career-best 1,062
yards rushing, added 371
yards receiving and combined for four touchdowns.
Injuries slowed Jackson's productivity over the
past few seasons.
Also cut by Buffalo were
defensive backs Ross Cockrell, Kenny Ladler, Ellis
Lankster and Wes Miller;
defensive linemen Michael
Buchanan, Justin Hamilton and Cedric Reed; offensive linemen Terren Jones
and D.J. Morell; linebacker Andrew Hudson and
running back Ricky Seale.
Receiver Austin Willis
was placed on the waived/
injured list. Cornerback
Cam Thomas, who opened
training camp on the active/physically unable to
perform list was transferred to the season-ending reserve/PUP list.
The Bills returned to
practice and prepare to
play at Detroit in their
preseason finale on Thursday night.
Colon throws 8 shutout innings, Mets beat Phillies 3-1
NEW YORK (AP) —
Bartolo Colon breezed
through eight snappy innings and the New York
Mets got homers from
Curtis Granderson and Michael Conforto, extending
their dominant run against
the Philadelphia Phillies
with a 3-1 victory Monday
night.
After throwing seven shutout innings last
Wednesday at Philadelphia
during New York's fourgame sweep, the 42-yearold Colon (12-11) was one
better this time. He struck
out nine, walked one and
yielded four harmless singles, pushing his scoreless
streak to 16 innings.
The beefy right-hander
tossed an inning Saturday against Boston on his
regular throw day to spare
a tired bullpen, his first relief appearance since April
2011 with the Yankees.
And he even helped himself at the plate Monday,
hitting a two-out single in
front of Granderson's 23rd
homer.
New York improved to
13-1 against the last-place
Phillies this season (7-0 at
home) with its 10th consec-
utive win over its division
rival. The NL East leaders
have won 24 of 29 versus
Philadelphia.
Colon was lifted for a
pinch-hitter after throwing
73 of 100 pitches for strikes
— and closer Jeurys Familia immediately loaded the
bases with no outs in the
ninth. But he broke Jeff
Francoeur's bat on a runscoring double play, then
won an eight-pitch standoff
with Andres Blanco.
Blanco nearly hit a tying homer, but threw his
head back in disappointment when his drive curled
just foul in the right-field
corner. Familia fanned
Blanco with a 99 mph
fastball for his 36th save
in 41 attempts, ending a
crisp game that took only 2
hours, 23 minutes.
Conforto hit a solo shot
off fellow rookie Jerad
Eickhoff (1-2) in the fifth,
an opposite-field drive to
left-center. Colon singled
for his career-best seventh hit of the season, and
Granderson homered to
right.
Eickhoff, acquired from
Texas in the trade for Cole
Hamels, allowed four hits
over seven innings in his
third major league start.
He's lost the past two to
Colon, who has won all
four of his outings vs. the
Phillies this year and is 7-1
against them in two seasons with the Mets.
Trainer's room: Phillies:
Oft-injured RHP Chad
Billingsley (flexor strain)
has been shut down for the
season, assistant general
manager Scott Proefrock
said. Billingsley went 2-3
with a 5.84 ERA in seven
starts. He has been on the
DL since July 19. "We took
a flyer on him," Proefrock
said. "It just didn't work
out." No surgery was recommended for Billingsley
at this point, Proefrock
said. ... The team plans to
call up three players from
the minors when rosters
expand Tuesday. Some of
the September call-ups will
likely be pitchers brought
in to eat innings and help
preserve
Philadelphia's
top young arms at the major league level, Proefrock
said. "I don't think you're
going to see a lot of moves
made because the guys
that are here are the ones
that need to continue to
play and get reps," he explained.
Mets: 1B Lucas Duda
(lower back) has yet to
begin swinging a bat and
there is no target date for
his return, manager Terry
Collins said. The team initially thought Duda would
be able to come off the DL
when he's eligible Sunday. ... Rookie LHP Steven
Matz (partially torn lat
muscle) also silenced Phillies hitters, allowing one
hit over 5 1-3 shutout innings against their Reading affiliate for Double-A
Binghamton. Matz threw
78 pitches in his fourth
rehab start. The next step
for him is a return to the
big league rotation. ...
Matz and RHP Erik Goeddel (strained right elbow)
will be activated from the
DL before Tuesday night's
game, the Mets said.
Up next: Mets LHP
Jonathon Niese (8-9, 3.95
ERA) starts the middle
game of the series against
RHP Aaron Harang (5-14,
4.79), who is 0-3 in five
outings since beating Atlanta on July 30. New York
has won Niese's last eight
starts vs. the Phillies.
Williams into U.S. Open 2nd round when injured opponent stops
NEW YORK (AP) —
Even before Serena Williams set foot in Arthur
Ashe Stadium on Monday
night, her path through
the U.S. Open to complete
a true Grand Slam became
a lot easier thanks to losses
by other top women.
And when it was the
No. 1-seeded American's
turn to play her first-round
match, she was not tested
one bit by a woman who appeared overwhelmed by the
opponent, the occasion and,
to make matters worse, an
injured left foot.
So Williams moved a
step closer to tennis' first
calendar-year Grand Slam
since 1988 without much
of a workout, reaching the
second round when 86thranked Vitalia Diatchenko
of Russia stopped playing
while behind 6-0, 2-0. Williams was out there for only
27 minutes and took 32 of
the 37 points that were
played.
"It was definitely different and bizarre," Williams
said. "But at the same time,
I was still focused. I kept
thinking: Just stay focused;
don't lose it. You never
know what can happen."
The 33-year-old American told the crowd she appreciates the support she is
receiving "on this journey
and this milestone that I'm
trying to take one match at
a time."
Diatchenko, who wore a
walking boot to her news
conference, said she hurt
herself running sprints before the match and that she
felt "sharp pain" chasing a
backhand during a point.
When she was drawn to
face Williams, Diatchenko
was happy to finally get a
chance to meet a player she
grew up admiring, but the
experience turned out to be
"terrible."
"So painful, every step,"
Diatchenko said.
Next up for Williams is
Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands, who is ranked
110th, only once made it
as far as the fourth round
at a major, and picked up
just the second U.S. Open
match victory of her career
by eliminating Mirjana
Lucic-Baroni 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
Monday. Bertens and Williams have never played
each other.
Williams is 22-0 in Grand
Slam matches in 2015, with
championships at the Australian Open in January,
the French Open in June,
and Wimbledon in July. If
she adds the title at Flushing Meadows, she would be
the first player since Steffi
Graf 27 years ago to win all
four Grand Slam tournaments in a season.
Williams also can equal
Graf's
professional-era
record of 22 Grand Slam
singles titles — Margaret
Court is the all-time leader with 24 — and can become the first woman since
Chris Evert in the 1970s to
win four consecutive U.S.
Opens.
As good as Williams has
been, it doesn't hurt to
face less-challenging opposition, and several who
might have offered a test
are gone. On her half of
the draw, four top-10 seeds
were gone by the end of Day
1: No. 3 Maria Sharapova
pulled out Sunday with an
injured right leg, and No. 7
Ana Ivanovic, No. 8 Karolina Pliskova and No. 10
Carla Suarez Navarro lost
Monday.
Three
other
seeded
women in Williams' side of
the bracket departed. No.
29 Sloane Stephens, who
beat Williams at the 2013
Australian Open and was
a potential third-round
opponent in New York,
lost to CoCo Vandeweghe
6-4, 6-3. No. 30 Svetlana
Kuznetsova, a two-time
major champion, and No.
21 Jelena Jankovic, who
lost to Williams in the 2008
U.S. Open final, were beaten, too.
"I'm not a person that
usually looks at the draws,"
Williams said. "I just take it
as it comes and as it goes."
If
Williams
defeats
Bertens, she would face
the winner of an all-U.S.
matchup between Wimbledon
quarterfinalist
Vandeweghe — whose uncle Kiki is a former NBA
player and now a league
executive — and wild-card
entry Bethanie MattekSands.
"I don't look ahead. I
just look at the next opponent," Vandeweghe said
when asked about a possible showdown against
Williams.
"If you don't get by your
next opponent, you have no
chance of making a third
round."
The only real surprise
in men's action was 2014
runner-up Kei Nishikori's
6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4 loss
to Benoit Paire, who never
before had beaten someone
ranked in the top five.
It's the first time since
1999 that a man who
played in the previous
year's U.S. Open final exited in the first round.
7
Danny Salazar fans 10, Indians beat Jays 4-2
TORONTO (AP) — Jerry Sands singled home the
go-ahead run in the seventh inning, Danny Salazar struck out 10 and the
Cleveland Indians won
their sixth straight game,
beating the Toronto Blue
Jays 4-2 on Monday night.
Salazar (12-7) allowed
two runs and six hits in
seven innings. He reached
double digits in strikeouts
for the fifth time this season and the first time since
fanning 10 against Baltimore on June 6.
Bryan Shaw got two
outs in the eighth and
Cody Allen finished for his
28th save.
Ryan Raburn doubled
home the tying run as the
Indians matched their longest winning streak of the
season and halted Toronto's run at four.
Toronto's Edwin Encarnacion, who was named
AL player of the week after batting .391 (9 for 23)
with six home runs and 17
RBIs, extended his hitting
streak to 26 games with a
leadoff single in the sixth.
Encarnacion's streak is
the longest in the majors
this season, and baseball's
longest since a 28-game
run by Colorado's Nolan
Arenado in 2014.
Encarnacion
finished
2 for 4 with a double. It's
the ninth straight game he
has recorded at least one
extra base hit, matching
Shawn Green's 1999 team
record. However, Encarnacion failed to record an
RBI, ending an eight-game
run.
Cleveland's Jason Kipnis hit a leadoff double in
the first, moved to third
on a fielder's choice and
scored
when
Michael
Brantley grounded into a
double play.
Toronto responded with
a two-out rally in the fifth.
Ryan Goins and Ben Revere singled and both run-
ners scored on Josh Donaldson's triple. Donaldson
leads baseball with 108
RBIs.
The Indians reclaimed
the lead in the seventh.
Carlos Santana walked
and tied it on Raburn's
double, with Raburn taking third on Goins' relay
throw to the plate. One out
later, Sands grounded an
RBI single through the left
side.
Left-hander David Price
(13-5) allowed three runs
and six hits in seven innings, losing for the first
time in six starts since
joining Toronto. He walked
one and struck out nine.
Toronto threatened in
the eighth but left the bases loaded. Jose Bautista
singled, Encarnacion doubled and Troy Tulowitzki
was intentionally walked
to bring up Justin Smoak,
who struck out on Allen's
2-2 curveball.
Cleveland made it 4-2 in
the ninth when Yan Gomes
scored on Donaldson's
throwing error.
Hitting with men at first
and second in the ninth,
Donaldson struck out on
a checked swing for the
game's final out.
Trainer's room: Indians:
Manager Terry Francona
said RHP Gavin Floyd
(elbow) and INF Chris
Johnson (left index finger) would be activated off
the DL when rosters expand Tuesday. Cleveland
also intends to recall RHP
Shawn Armstrong from
Triple-A Columbus.
Up next: Indians: RHP
Cody Anderson (2-3, 4.30
ERA) is winless in five
starts. He's the third rookie starter the Blue Jays
have faced in their past
five games.
Blue Jays: RHP Marco
Estrada (11-8, 3.19 ERA)
has allowed two earned
runs or fewer in 11 of his
past 13 starts.
No settlement: Goodell, Brady await 'Deflategate' ruling
NEW YORK (AP) —
NFL Commissioner Roger
Goodell and New England Patriots quarterback
Tom Brady attended lastminute settlement talks
between the NFL and its
players union Monday before a judge announced he
would decide the dispute
over deflated footballs with
a ruling in a day or two.
Everyone
involved
"tried quite hard" to reach
a deal in the controversy
that has hung over professional football since New
England easily won the
AFC title game in January,
U.S. District Judge Richard Berman said in federal
court in Manhattan.
However, Berman said:
"We did not reach a settlement. ... In some cases, it
doesn't happen and this is
one of those cases."
Absent a compromise,
Berman will have to either affirm or throw out
Goodell's decision in July
to uphold a four-game sus-
pension of Brady. The NFL
concluded the quarterback
colluded with two Patriots
ball handlers to deflate
footballs to gain an edge
in a 45-7 victory over the
Colts. The NFL Players
Association has accused
the league of handling
the discipline unfairly for
Brady, who has denied any
role in the scandal nicknamed "Deflategate."
Speaking at a hearing
that lasted less than five
minutes, Berman noted
that senior executives
from the league and the
players union who had not
attended several previous
settlement talks joined
more than an hour of negotiations Monday morning.
Giants president and
co-owner John Mara took
part, as did free agent
kicker Jay Feely, Berman
said. Feely is a member of
the union's executive committee and Mara is chairman of the NFL's executive
committee that oversees
labor matters.
"For us it reinforces the
desire and the need for an
independent arbitrator in
these matters of personal
conduct," Feely said outside court. "But we understand Tom's position and I
think the process will work
itself out."
Berman said he's putting the final touches on
his decision.
"It won't be today, but
hopefully tomorrow or the
day after," he said of a written ruling. Berman said
previously that he hoped
to rule by Friday, giving
the Patriots enough time
to prepare for their Sept.
10 season opener against
the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Berman had ordered
Goodell and Brady to attend Monday's hearing.
Both arrived 90 minutes
early to participate in
talks in the judge's robing
room. Neither spoke inside
or outside court.
Berman has said a set-
tlement would be "rational and logical" but also
cited weaknesses in the
way the NFL handling of
the controversy. The judge
has also suggested that
the league's finding was
too vague, that Brady was
generally aware that game
balls were being deflated.
At a court hearing this
month, Berman told the
NFL there was precedent
for judges to toss out penalties issued by arbitrators.
On Monday, courtroom
artist Jane Rosenberg returned to court after taking heat on social networks
for a sketch that critics
said made Brady look like
an aging cartoon villain.
Outside court afterward,
she smiled as she posed
with a new drawing that
put Brady in a more flattering light, perhaps capturing the more relaxed
demeanor he displayed in
court during his second
trip there.
Rays back Archer with 3 HRs in 6-3 victory over Orioles
BALTIMORE (AP) —
Chris Archer pitched six
shutout innings, and the
Tampa Bay Rays hit three
home runs in a 6-3 victory
over the fading Baltimore
Orioles on Monday night.
Asdrubal Cabrera and
Evan Longoria connected
off Wei-Yin Chen (8-7), and
Tim Beckham added a solo
shot against Brad Brach.
Logan Forsythe had three
hits for the Rays, coming
within a home run of the cycle. Archer (12-10) gave up
four hits, walked three and
struck out six to earn his
first win against Baltimore
in seven starts since June
7, 2013. The right-hander
finished the month with 50
strikeouts, tying the club
record for August held by
Scott Kazmir (2007).
Archer left after throwing
113 pitches and with Tampa
Bay ahead 6-0.
Brad Boxberger, the third
Rays reliever, worked the
ninth for his 33rd save.
The defeat was the 11th
in 12 games for the Orioles,
who have been held to three
runs or fewer in each of
those losses. Manager Buck
Showalter put together a
revamped lineup in an effort to shake the team out of
its funk, but moving Manny
Machado to shortstop and
starting all three catchers
failed to achieve the desired
result.
Machado, a third baseman who won a Gold Glove
in 2013, started at shortstop
for the first time in the big
leagues. He made an excellent play in the sixth, ranging far to his right to make
a backhand pickup in the
hole before making an offbalance, one-hop throw that
retired Rene Rivera.
Showalter got his three
catchers in the lineup by
placing Caleb Joseph behind the plate, shifting
Matt Wieters to first base
and using Steve Clevenger
as the designated hitter.
Clevenger drove in two
runs, but Baltimore stranded 11 and was 3 for 11 with
runners in scoring position.
Chen allowed five runs
and nine hits in 4 2-3 innings. The left-hander was
4-0 in seven starts since
July 21. Forsythe singled
with two outs in the fourth,
and Cabrera followed with
his 10th home run to make
it 3-0. A bases-empty drive
by Longoria capped a tworun fifth, and Beckham led
off the sixth with his seventh homer for a 6-0 lead.
A two-run single by Clevenger highlighted a threerun seventh against Matt
Andriese.
Trainer's room: Rays: CF
Kevin Kiermaier left in the
third inning with a mild
right ankle sprain. He leapt
for a sensational, home-runrobbing catch of a drive by
Machado in the bottom of
the first. Before the game,
manager Kevin Cash called
Kiermaier "the best center
fielder in the game."
Orioles: Pitching prospect Dylan Bundy has been
cleared by Dr. James Andrews to start a throwing
program. Bundy has a calcium buildup in his right
shoulder.
On deck: Rays: Drew
Smyly (1-2, 3.82 ERA)
makes his fourth start since
returning from the 60-day
DL on Tuesday night. He's
2-0 with a 1.00 ERA lifetime
against Baltimore.
Orioles: Chris Tillman (99, 4.58 ERA) takes a third
stab at his 10th win of the
season.
Miller's hard-luck streak reaches 19 starts without a win
ATLANTA (AP) — Martin Prado and Justin Bour
each had an RBI double in
the eighth inning and the
Miami Marlins extended
Shelby Miller's winless
streak to 19 starts with
a 4-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday
night.
Miller, an All-Star with
a sparkling 2.56 ERA,
began the night with the
worst support in the majors, and the Braves, losers in six straight and 13
of 14, stayed true to form.
Beginning the night
with the worst average
(.227) in the NL with runners in scoring position
since the All-Star break,
Atlanta has scored two
runs or less in 20 of Miller's 27 starts.
Miller (5-12) gave up six
hits and struck out seven
in seven innings.
After getting blown
out by an aggregate 3811 score in a three-game
series sweep by the New
York Yankees, the Braves'
offense was no match for
journeyman Chris Narve-
son, a journeyman making his second start since
2012.
Narveson (2-1) allowed
two hits, two walks and
struck out three in 5 1-3
innings. He left the game
with a blister on his left
middle index finger.
Miller's 19-star streak
is the longest in the majors this year and an inseason Atlanta record.
Carl Morton has the longest franchise streak at 22
starts from Sept. 10, 1975July 18, 1976.
Miller, pitching on his
usual five days' rest, was
moved up one day in the rotation when Mike Foltynewicz was scratched three
hours before the game
with viral symptoms.
The Marlins went up
1-0 in the second on Cole
Gillespie's second homer.
Prado and Bour drove in
runs against Matt Marksbury. Peter Moylan gave
up Christian Yelich's RBI
single in the ninth.
Miller pitched out of
a jam in fifth. J.T. Realmuto singled, stole sec-
ond and advanced to
third on catcher Christian
Bethancourt's
throwing
error, but Miller struck
out the next three batters
he faced.
Miller is 0-11 with a
3.13 ERA since beating
the Marlins 6-0 on May
17.
Atlanta's
disastrous
weekend against the Yankees was its worst threegame series since Cincinnati's Big Red Machine
lineup scored 35 runs
against the Braves in
1977.
Nice knowing you: The
Braves traded LF Jonny
Gomes to the Kansas City
Royals for minor league
shortstop Luis Valenzuela
during the game. Gomes
went 0 for 2 and left after
the fifth. He hugged his
teammates in the dugout and began packing
up his belongings in the
clubhouse. The 34-yearold Gomes has been in
the postseason four times
since 2010.
Trainer's room: Marlins:
Manager Dan Jennings
said RF Giancarlo Stanton, who broke his left
hand June 26, will make
his first rehab appearance
in Tuesday's doubleheader
for Single-A Jupiter. Monday's game was rained out.
... Yelich, still bothered by
a sore right knee, was out
of the starting lineup for
the fifth straight game but
entered as a pinch-hitter
in the eighth.
Braves: SS Andrelton
Simmons was scratched
with right ankle inflammation about 15 minutes
before the first pitch. Pedro Ciriaco took his place
in the lineup and went 1
for 3. ... Manager Fredi
Gonzalez said the team's
medical staff diagnosed
Foltynewicz with fever
and soreness.
Up next: Marlins: LHP
Justin Nicolino (2-2) will
face Atlanta for the first
time. He has a 3.65 ERA
in six career starts.
Braves: Gonzalez said
he would wait until after
Monday's game to announce the starter for
Tuesday.
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NFL Preseason
Friday's Games
New England 17, Carolina 16
Kansas City 34, Tennessee 10
Detroit 22, Jacksonville 17
Saturday's Games
Buffalo 43, Pittsburgh 19
Minnesota 28, Dallas 14
Cleveland 31, Tampa Bay 7
Miami 13, Atlanta 9
N.Y. Jets 28, N.Y. Giants 18
Cincinnati 21, Chicago 10
Washington 31, Baltimore 13
Seattle 16, San Diego 15
Philadelphia 39, Green Bay 26
Indianapolis 24, St. Louis 14
Denver 19, San Francisco 12
Sunday's Games
Houston 27, New Orleans 13
Arizona 30, Oakland 23
Thursday, Sep. 3
New Orleans at Green Bay, 7 p.m.
Baltimore at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Cincinnati at Indianapolis, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Miami, 7 p.m.
Jacksonville at Washington, 7:30
p.m.
Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.
Buffalo at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at New England, 7:30
p.m.
Minnesota at Tennessee, 8 p.m.
Cleveland at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Houston at Dallas, 8 p.m.
Kansas City at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Arizona at Denver, 9 p.m.
Oakland at Seattle, 10 p.m.
San Diego at San Francisco, 10
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This Date In Baseball
Sept. 1
1906 — The Philadelphia Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1
in 24 innings. Jack Coombs of the
Athletics and Joe Harris of the Red
Sox pitched all 24 innings. Coombs
fanned 18.
1930 — Wes Ferrell of Cleveland
beat the St. Louis Browns 9-5 for his
13th straight victory.
1931 — Lou Gehrig hit his third
grand slam in four days as the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 5-1.
1958 — Vinegar Bend Mizell of the
St. Louis Cardinals set a National
League record by walking nine
batters and tossing a shutout. Mizell
beat Cincinnati 1-0 in the first game
of a doubleheader.
1963 — Curt Simmons of the St.
Louis Cardinals allowed six hits,
drove in two runs with a triple and
stole home plate in a 7-3 victory
over the Philadelphia Phillies. Simmons' steal of home is the last by a
pitcher.
1975 — Tom Seaver struck out
Manny Sanguillen in the seventh
inning to become the first pitcher
to strike out at least 200 batters in
eight consecutive seasons. Seaver
recorded 10 strikeouts in the Mets'
3-0 triumph over Pittsburgh.
1998 — Mark McGwire broke Hack
Wilson's 68-year-old National League
record for home runs in a season,
hitting his 56th and 57th in the St.
Louis Cardinals' victory over the
Florida Marlins.
1999 — Twenty-two of baseball 68
permanent umpires found themselves jobless, the fallout from their
union's failed attempt to force an
early start to negotiations for a new
labor contract. Under the deal mediated by U.S. District Judge J. Curtis
Joyner, the union agreed the 22 "will
provide no further services."
2001 — Rafael Palmeiro drove
in three runs for Texas, including
a two-run homer in a 8-7 loss to
Kansas City. Palmeiro became the
fourth player in major league history
to record seven straight seasons of
at least 35 home runs and 100 RBIs.
The other three are Jimmie Foxx
(1932-40), Babe Ruth (1926-32) and
Sammy Sosa (1995-2001).
2002 — Miguel Tejada hit a gameending three-run homer to power
Oakland to a 7-5 win, Oakland's 18th
straight victory, over Minnesota.
2007 — Clay Buchholz threw a
no-hitter in his second major league
start, just hours after being called up
by the Boston Red Sox. Buchholz
struck out nine, walked three and
hit one batter to give the Red Sox
a 10-0 victory over Baltimore. He
became the 21st rookie to throw a
no-hitter.
2008 — Stephen Drew and Adrian
Beltre became the first players to hit
for the cycle on the same day since
Bobby Veach of the Detroit Tigers
and George Burns of the New York
Giants did it on Sept. 17, 1920. Beltre homered in the second off Texas
Rangers starter Matt Harrison, then
singled in the fourth and sixth off
Harrison. He doubled in the seventh
off Luis Mendoza and tripled in the
eighth off Josh Rupe to become the
fourth Mariners player ever to hit for
the cycle. Drew singled in the first,
tripled in the third and homered in
the fifth against St. Louis Cardinals
starter Joel Pineiro. Drew then added
a pair of doubles.
2014 — Cole Hamels and three
Philadelphia Phillies relievers
combined to pitch a no-hitter, beating the Atlanta Braves 7-0. Hamels
pulled after six innings. He struck out
seven, walked five, hit a batter and
threw 108 pitches on a hot afternoon
at Turner Field. Relievers Jake Diekman, Ken Giles and closer Jonathan
Papelbon each pitched a hitless
inning to finish off the fourth no-hitter
in the majors this season.
Today's birthday: Sean O'Sullivan,
25.
MLB Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct
GB
Toronto
74 57 .565
—
New York
72 58 .554
1½
Tampa Bay
65 66 .496
9
Baltimore
63 68 .481
11
Boston
61 70 .466
13
Central Division
W L Pct
GB
Kansas City 80 50 .615
—
Minnesota
67 63 .515
13
Cleveland
64 66 .492
16
Chicago
61 68 .473 18½
Detroit
60 70 .462
20
West Division
W L Pct
GB
Houston
72 59 .550
—
Texas
68 61 .527
3
Los Angeles 65 65 .500
6½
Seattle
61 70 .466
11
Oakland
57 74 .435
15
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct
New York
73 58 .557
Washington
66 63 .512
Atlanta
54 77 .412
Miami
53 79 .402
Philadelphia 52 80 .394
Central Division
W L Pct
St. Louis
84 46 .646
Pittsburgh
79 50 .612
Chicago
74 55 .574
Milwaukee
55 75 .423
Cincinnati
53 76 .411
West Division
W L Pct
Los Angeles 72 57 .558
San Francisco 69 61 .531
Arizona
63 67 .485
San Diego
63 67 .485
Colorado
52 76 .406
GB
—
6
19
20½
21½
GB
—
4½
9½
29
30½
GB
—
3½
9½
9½
19½
Sunday's Games
American League
Toronto 9, Detroit 2
Tampa Bay 3, Kansas City 2
Cleveland 9, L.A. Angels 2
Minnesota 7, Houston 5
Chicago White Sox 6, Seattle 5, 11
innings
Texas 6, Baltimore 0
Interleague
N.Y. Mets 5, Boston 4
N.Y. Yankees 20, Atlanta 6
Oakland 7, Arizona 4, 11 innings
National League
N.Y. Mets 5, Boston 4
Colorado 5, Pittsburgh 0
Washington 7, Miami 4
San Diego 9, Philadelphia 4
Milwaukee 4, Cincinnati 1
St. Louis 7, San Francisco 5
Chicago Cubs 2, L.A. Dodgers 0
Monday's Games
American League
Tampa Bay 6, Baltimore 3
Cleveland 4, Toronto 2
Boston 4, N.Y. Yankees 3
Seattle at Houston, 8:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.
Interleague
Texas at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.
National League
Miami 4, Atlanta 0
N.Y. Mets 3, Philadelphia 1
Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 8:05
p.m.
Washington at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.
Arizona at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.
San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers,
10:10 p.m.
Tuesday's Games
American League
Tampa Bay (Smyly 1-2) at Baltimore
(Tillman 9-9), 7:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Co.Anderson 2-3) at
Toronto (Estrada 11-8), 7:07 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 9-8) at Boston
(Porcello 6-11), 7:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Sale 12-7) at
Minnesota (Duffey 2-1), 8:10 p.m.
Detroit (Verlander 2-6) at Kansas
City (Cueto 2-3), 8:10 p.m.
Seattle (Elias 4-7) at Houston (Feldman 5-5), 8:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 6-9) at Oakland (Co.Martin 0-0), 10:05 p.m.
Interleague
Texas (Gallardo 11-9) at San Diego
(Cashner 5-13), 10:10 p.m.
National League
Arizona (Corbin 3-3) at Colorado
(Flande 3-1), 3:10 p.m., 1st game
Miami (Nicolino 2-2) at Atlanta
(Undecided), 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Harang 5-14) at N.Y.
Mets (Niese 8-9), 7:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (DeSclafani 7-10) at Chicago Cubs (Haren 8-9), 8:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (G.Cole 15-7) at Milwaukee (Nelson 10-10), 8:10 p.m.
Washington (J.Ross 5-5) at St. Louis
(Gonzales 0-0), 8:15 p.m.
Arizona (R.De La Rosa 11-6) at Colorado (K.Kendrick 4-12), 8:40 p.m.,
2nd game
San Francisco (Bumgarner 16-6) at
L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 14-3), 10:10
p.m.
Wednesday's Games
American League
L.A. Angels at Oakland, 3:35 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 4:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.
Cleveland at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota,
8:10 p.m.
Detroit at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.
Seattle at Houston, 8:10 p.m.
Interleague
Texas at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.
National League
Miami at Atlanta, 12:10 p.m.
Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 2:20
p.m.
Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.
Washington at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.
Arizona at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.
San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers,
10:10 p.m.
HS Football
Friday, Sept. 4
AML
Sheffield vs. Ridgway, at Johnsonburg, 7 p.m.
Cameron County at Kane, 7 p.m.
Port Allegany at Curwensville, 7
p.m.
Smethport at Brockway, 7:30 p.m.
KSAC Large School
Karns City at Brookville, 7 p.m.
Moniteau at Punxsutawney, 7 p.m.
KSAC Small School
Clarion at A-C Valley, 7 p.m.
Clarion-Limestone at Redbank Valley, 7 p.m.
Keystone at Union, 7 p.m.
Non-Conference
Bradford at St. Marys, 7 p.m.
Mifflin County at DuBois, 7 p.m.
Fort Hill (Md.) at Clearfield, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 5
Non-Conference
Otto-Eldred at Sharpsville, 1:30
p.m.
AML
Coudersport at ECC, 7 p.m.
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Steelers wideout Martavis Panthers wide receiver position remains in state of flux
Bryant suspended
PITTSBURGH (AP) —
The list of key players the
Pittsburgh Steelers will
have to do without early
in the 2015 season keeps
growing.
Add second-year wide
receiver Martavis Bryant.
The NFL suspended Bryant
for four games after Bryant
violated the league's substance abuse policy.
The NFL denied Bryant's
appeal on Monday, leaving
one of the league's most
dynamic offenses without
another playmaker heading into an already difficult
opening month.
Pittsburgh will also be
without All-Pro running
back Le'Veon Bell for its
opener on Sept. 10 at New
England. Bell also is serving a two-game suspension
under the same policy and
All-Pro center Maurkice
Pouncey is out indefinitely
with a left ankle injury.
Bryant became a key target for Ben Roethlisberger
toward the end of the 2014
season. After spending the
initial six games on the inactive list while he learned
the playbook, he made his
debut in a Monday night
game against Houston and
the Steelers took off, finishing with an 8-2 kick to win
the AFC North with the
league's second-ranked offense. The 6-foot-4 Bryant
finished with 26 receptions
for 549 yards and eight
touchdowns,
averaging
21.1 yards per catch and
making opponents pay for
focusing too much attention on All-Pro teammate
Antonio Brown.
Bryant's
confidence
soared during the offseason, with the former fourthround pick adding 20
pounds of muscle, almost
all in his upper body to help
him better attack defenders
at the line of scrimmage.
Bryant showcased his rapid
development in Saturday's
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catching three passes for
138 yards and a touchdown
while also drawing a pass
interference penalty.
Now it will be up to
Brown, Markus Wheaton,
Darrius Heyward-Bey and
rookie Sammie Coates to
carry the load for an offense that doesn't look
quite as explosive as it appeared when training camp
opened a month ago.
"It is a disappointment to
our entire organization as
well as our fans, but we will
continue to support Martavis during his suspension,"
Steelers general manager
Kevin Colbert said. "It is
very unfortunate his actions have put our team in
this situation to begin the
year, but we are confident
he will learn from his mistake and return in excellent shape in Week 5."
That would be for a game
against San Diego. Bryant
can rejoin the team on Oct.
2. The Steelers were able
to overcome a 3-3 start last
season after Bryant worked
his way onto the active list,
but have little margin for
error as they try to separate themselves from Baltimore and Cincinnati in
the ultra-competitive AFC
North.
Veteran DeAngelo Williams will fill in for Bell
while Bell is suspended two
games for his DUI and drug
possession arrest last August. Bell says the absence
of two players who combined for 21 touchdowns a
year ago will hurt but remains confident Pittsburgh
won't slow down.
"You got Wheaton from
the outside. You got AB
(Antonio Brown) on the
outside, you got HeywardBey on the outside," Bell
said. "We got all types of
play makers."
Just not perhaps their
most electric.
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to give a boost to a wide receiving corps that remains
in a state of flux less than
two weeks before the season opener.
So the team acquired
wide receiver Kevin Norwood from the Seattle Seahawks on Monday in exchange for an undisclosed
2017 draft choice. The
6-foot-2, 200-pound Norwood was a fourth-round
draft choice by the Seahawks in 2014. He caught
nine passes for 102 yards
in nine games as a rookie.
"Kevin gives us another player to compete
at the wide receiver position," general manager
Dave Gettleman said in a
press release Monday. "He
has the size you look for
along with toughness and
smarts."
Panthers coach Ron Rivera said earlier Monday
he hasn't decided who'll
start at either receiver position in the wake of the
injury to Kelvin Benjamin
nearly two weeks ago.
Philly Brown can't seem
to hold on to the ball —
he's dropped five passes
in the last two preseason
games, including a pair
of would-be touchdowns
— while veteran Jerricho
Cotchery injured his groin
last week and remains
out of practice and rookie
Devin Funchess felt his
hamstring tightened up on
him late in practice.
Outside of Pro Bowl
tight end Greg Olsen, Ted
Ginn Jr. has been Carolina's most consistent player in the pass receiver, although the eight-year NFL
veteran is certainly not a
lock to start.
"We're still working
through a lot of things
right now," Rivera said before the trade.
Rivera has been high
on the Panthers depth at
wide receiver throughout
the offseason, but that has
been tested with Benjamin
out with a torn ACL in his
left knee.
The Panthers had hoped
the 5-foot-11, 185-pound
Brown would be ready to
step in and replace Benjamin, but the former
Ohio State standout has
been targeted nine times
and has only one catch
for 5 yards. He dropped
two more balls in practice
Monday.
Rivera said he hasn't
lost faith in Brown, who
had 21 catches for 296
yards and two touchdowns
as an undrafted rookie last
season.
Brown has been working closely with wide receivers coach Ricky Proehl,
a former NFL player, to get
back on track.
"Ricky pointed it out
after watching film that
Corey needs to attack the
ball," Rivera said. "If you
look at the drops he had,
he was waiting for the ball
to come to him."
Normally Rivera rests
his starters for the final
preseason game, but said
Brown and a few others
will play Thursday night
at Pittsburgh because they
have something to prove
with roster cuts coming.
Ginn said earlier in the
day before the trade that
he felt Carolina's wide receiving corps had plenty of
talent, but added "we have
to use it."
"We are all good in our
own ways," Ginn said. "I
think we're all number one
(receivers). We have to go
out and play like number
ones."
Funchess is the guy
the Panthers really want
to see emerge, but Rivera
acknowledges the team
simply hasn't seen enough
of him to get a good evaluation. He missed a large
chunk of training camp
and hasn't played in the
preseason due to the hamstring problem.
Dealing with anxiety disorder, Fish wins in U.S. Open return
NEW YORK (AP) —
This, Mardy Fish said
afterward, is what ran
through his mind during
his first U.S. Open match
in three years — and the
first match of his last tournament as a tennis pro:
"I'm going to be OK. Everything's going to be OK.
You're going to be fine."
Helped by medication
and therapy, Fish has been
dealing with severe anxiety disorder, a condition
that led him to abandon
his career. He returned
to competition briefly this
summer for a farewell tour
of sorts, and his final visit
to Flushing Meadows as a
player began Monday with
a 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 victory over 102nd-ranked
Marco Cecchinato of Italy.
"A lot of sort of internal
talk," is the way Fish described his state of mind
Monday. "That comes from
you just learning from ev-
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It could have been
quicker, but Fish wasted a
chance to close out the first
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all aspects of this tournament, because it is so
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very often since ... 2012. I
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three hours in practice at
all," Fish said. "You look at
the clock and you're a bit
worried that, 'Can I last
this long?' That just sort
of spirals and snowballs
into the other issues that I
have to deal with."
But he managed to contain the difficult thoughts
against Cecchinato, who is
0-7 in tour-level matches.
"I got through it," Fish
said. "I knew that I was
playing fine. It was just
a matter of getting going.
Was my body going to hold
up? Was I going to hold up?
So there is a lot of things
that most players out here
don't have to deal with
that I have to deal with in
those circumstances."
Fish turned pro in 2000,
won six titles in singles
and eight in doubles and
a silver medal at the 2004
Olympics.
Things
began unraveling for him
in March 2012, when his
heart started racing uncontrollably at night. He
returned to action that
June, playing until the
overwhelming episode at
the U.S. Open.
He played 10 matches
in 2013, then missed more
than 18 months before one
match this March.
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that I have had, struggle
that I have had, and what
I have worked so hard to
get myself to. Three years
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really tough. I have come a
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He faces 18th-seeded
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last match until I won,"
Fish said, "and then the
next one will be maybe my
last match."
In September 2012, Fish
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attack before he was supposed to face Roger Federer in the fourth round.
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not been back to the tournament since.
"I'm glad I got to come
back here one more time,"
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Dear Annie: My family has
lost their minds and is letting my
14-year-old nephew drive around
on open roads, sometimes in busy
areas. He drives with his mother
and grandmother.
I think this is beyond crazy.
He could hit, maim or kill someone, or drive off the road and hurt
himself. The consequences are
beyond unimaginable.
Is this a new trend in parenting? Am I wrong to think this
is extremely dangerous? Should I
say something? -- Scared Aunt
Dear Scared: Every state
has different rules for when a
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the type of vehicle and whether
or not a responsible adult is present. Being young doesn’t necessarily make him a reckless driver.
Since you are concerned, however, we recommend you check the
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is not in compliance, talk to the
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see whether they understand the
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into an accident. If they refuse to
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Dear Annie. Here’s a topic
I don’t remember ever seeing in
your column. It’s what a husband
should be able to do if his wife
is incapable of doing common
household tasks:
1. Grocery shopping: I have
seen so many men following their
wives around the stores like lost
puppies. If you don’t know how
to shop for your household, then
pay attention to what your wife
is doing. Learn to use coupons.
Check eggs for breakage and
fresh produce for spoilage. Make
a list before going to the store
and cross off items as you find
them. Write down UPC codes for
items that come in different flavors so you know what to get for
next time.
2. Load the dishwasher, add
detergent and start it. Don’t use
it to wash plastic containers that
might melt. (Don’t ask me how I
know this.)
3. Cook a meal. The Web
has an infinite supply of recipes.
Choose one that calls for common
ingredients and is easy to follow.
Learn how to use the mixer and
the oven. Figure out how to have
all the separate foods ready to
eat at the same time.
4. Use the washer and dryer
so you know how to set the load
size and temperature, how much
detergent to use and how to clean
the dryer filter.
5. Thread a needle and sew
on a button.
6. Pay the utility bills, balance the checkbook and use a
calendar to schedule doctor appointments, important meetings,
upcoming family events, etc.
7. Change the sheets and
pillow cases.
8. Operate the vacuum
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or female, should be able to do
the things you have listed. For
every man who doesn’t know how
to load the dishwasher, there is a
woman who has never paid the
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generally knows these things al-
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This is a good day for business and
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they exist. You also might improve your job.
TAURUS
(April 20 to May 20)
The Moon is in your sign today,
dancing beautifully with lucky Jupiter. This
makes you feel happy, upbeat and energetic. It also can make you a bit luckier.
GEMINI
(May 21 to June 20)
Things are unfolding today as you’d
hoped they would, especially at home or
with a family member. Be on the lookout
for real-estate opportunities or ways to improve your home.
CANCER
(June 21 to July 22)
Make a point to schmooze with others, because your relationships with them
will benefit you. All kinds of group activities
are blessed today.
LEO
(July 23 to Aug. 22)
You can make a great impression
on bosses, parents, teachers and VIPs today -- no question. Because of this, go after
what you want. Make your pitch.
VIRGO
(Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)
Be on the lookout for travel opportunities or ways to make headway in
publishing, the media, medicine and the
law. Things to do with higher education are
positive as well.
LIBRA
(Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)
This is a great time to negotiate
with others, because you will come out on
top. It’s also a good day to ask for a loan or
mortgage.
SCORPIO
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Relations with partners and close
friends are friendly and optimistic today.
Discussions about future travel plans will
go well.
SAGITTARIUS
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Work-related travel is likely today.
Whatever you do will be enjoyable because
you have the support of others. You look
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This is a fun-loving day. Enjoy
sports events, the arts, movies, parties and
playful activities with children. Romantic flirtations might surprise you. Today you will
rank pleasure above work.
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)
You feel richer and happier where
you live today, and some of this good feeling is based on your dealings with family members. What you can do to improve
your home today, or perhaps improve family relationships?
PISCES
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This is a good day for business discussions. It’s also a good day to talk to siblings and improve things on the home front.
People are in a good mood, thankfully.
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Obama offended by attacks on Jews who back Iran deal
Illinois' history museum is
latest target in political fight
SPRINGFIELD,
Ill.
(AP) — The skeleton of a
massive mastodon, thousands of Native American artifacts and a giant
shark could be the next
casualties in an increasingly ugly fight over Illinois' state budget that
has dragged on for months
with no sign of ending.
The pieces are among
millions held by the Illinois State Museum, a
favorite stop for school
groups and scientists
looking to learn the history of a state that, millions of years before it
went broke, was literally
underwater.
Now Republican Gov.
Bruce Rauner is targeting the 138-year-old museum and four satellite
sites for closure, the latest in a series of cuts the
former businessman says
are needed to manage Illinois' finances as he battles with Democrats who
run the Legislature.
The move is also designed to put pressure
on lawmakers by ensuring more voters feel the
impact of having no state
budget.
Among the first items
to get the governor's ax
were the state airplanes
that lawmakers often
used to make the 200-mile
trip between Chicago and
Springfield.
Then low-income parents and seniors took a
hit through cuts to subsidized child care and inhome care. Now the museum is on the chopping
block, in a highly visible
step that could either
force lawmakers to the
table or backfire on the
rookie governor.
Rauner's decision comes
even as other states spend
millions to expand museums to lure more visitors. The locations that
could be closed by the end
of September include an
archaeological site where
Native American remains
were unearthed and later
reburied.
"We are so sad," said
Twila
Cline,
whose
7-year-old granddaughter chose to spend her
last free day before starting second grade visiting
the Springfield museum,
where kids can get their
hands dirty in a faux archaeological dig or come
eye-to-eye with a shortfaced bear. Cline takes
her two grandkids to the
museum, where admission is free, every month.
"It's what we do."
Rauner says Democrats
have forced his hand by
not agreeing on a budget
or accepting anti-union,
pro-business priorities he
wants. Closing the museum would mean about
65 workers would lose
their jobs, and collections
boxed away.
"I don't like to make
cuts," he said.
Democrats, who want
Rauner to sign off on a tax
increase to help close a
multibillion-dollar budget
gap, say his requests will
destroy organized labor
and hurt the middle class.
The standoff is sending Illinois into the third
month of the current fiscal year without a budget.
A vocal band of supporters has pushed back,
starting a "Save the Illinois State Museum" Facebook page and handing
out flyers outside the governor's office, dressed in
bright yellow shirts emblazoned with the outline
of a mastodon.
After Rauner visited a
summer camp at the museum, the kids sent him a
thank-you note with personal messages.
Rauner's office says
closing
the
museum
would save Illinois about
$4.8 million. Supporters
say that's pocket change
in a state facing a deficit
of roughly $4 billion, and
could actually cost Illinois
money because some research grants require access to items entrusted to
the museum, said Guerry
Suggs, a museum board
member.
Republican state Rep.
Tim Butler, who lives in
Springfield, is breaking
with Rauner and supporting legislation to keep the
museum open, citing the
tourism that would be
lost. His district is also
home to Abraham Lincoln's presidential library
and
multiple
historic
sites.
Across the U.S., places as diverse as Colorado, New York City and
North Carolina are making heavy investments
in museums, often as the
centerpiece of cultural areas and ad campaigns to
attract visitors and new
businesses.
In Illinois, the state
museums saw 387,000
visitors last year, who
spent an estimated $33
million, Suggs said.
He's hopeful the House
will pass the bill, though
the fight won't end there
because
the
measure
doesn't include money to
cover operations.
"The museum doesn't
belong to the governor.
It doesn't belong to the
Legislature," he said. "It
belongs to the people of Illinois."
WASHINGTON (AP) —
President Barack Obama
said people who attack
Jews who support the
Iran nuclear deal are like
African-Americans
who
differ with him on policy
and then conclude he's
"not black enough."
Obama, in an interview
with the Jewish newspaper The Forward, was
asked whether it hurt him
personally when people
say he's anti-Semitic.
"Oh, of course," Obama
said. "And there's not a
smidgeon of evidence for
it, other than the fact that
there have been times
when I've disagreed with
a particular Israeli government's position on a
particular issue."
The president added,
though, that he's "probably more offended when
I hear members of my administration who themselves are Jewish being
attacked. You saw this
historically
sometimes
in the African-American
community, where there's
a difference on policy and
somebody starts talking
about, 'Well, you're not
black enough,' or 'You're
selling out.' And that, I
think, is always a dangerous place to go."
Obama didn't mention
any specific critics or targets by name.
Asked to whom the
president was referring,
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest on
Monday mentioned former Arkansas Gov. Mike
Huckabee's charge that
the nuclear deal was like
"marching the Israelis
to the door of the oven,"
a reference to the Holocaust. Earnest added, "It's
certainly not the only example of the kind of political rhetoric that certainly
the president and others
find objectionable."
Obama's Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, who
is Jewish, was heckled
this summer at a Jewishthemed conference in New
York when he defended the
nuclear deal and spoke of
the administration's support for Israel.
Obama, in the Forward
interview, said that while
those who care about Israel have an obligation to
be honest about what they
think, "you don't win the
debate by suggesting that
the other person has bad
motives. That's, I think,
not just consistent with
fair play; I think it's con-
sistent with the best of the
Jewish tradition."
Secretary of State John
Kerry, the chief U.S. diplomat in the negotiations
with Iran, is to make a
speech in Philadelphia on
Wednesday on the importance of the agreement
to U.S. national security,
State Department spokesman Mark Toner said
Monday.
On a lighter note,
Obama was asked about
his bagel of choice.
He described himself as
"always a big poppy seed
guy." As for toppings, he
added, "lox and capers OK,
but generally just your basic schmear," referring to
a smear of cream cheese
on the bread.
The interview was conducted Friday and released Monday.
Afghan airfields built for war seen as economic hubs
KANDAHAR
AIR
FIELD, Afghanistan (AP)
— It is a striking vision for
a country torn to pieces by
war and jihadi insurrection: a series of airports,
built by NATO to fight the
Taliban, are being handed
over to the Afghan government in a civil aviation upgrade that optimists hope
will fuel not only regional
trade but even tourism.
The
eight
airfields,
worth an estimated $2 billion, are scattered around
a landlocked and mountainous land whose lack
of rail transport or decent
roads makes almost every
intercity journey a perilous
adventure — even without
factoring in attacks from
Taliban militants.
Ex-lawmaker Mohammad Daud Sultanzoy, who
is overseeing the project
for the government, said
the airfields — self-contained cities that housed
thousands of foreign troops
who are now pulling out —
will amount to a latter-day
"Silk Road" that "will connect Afghanistan internally and to South Asia and
Central Asia, and beyond."
The billions of people
living in Asia and the Middle East "can constitute a
huge number of tourists
and related other activities: cargo, passenger and
export/import," Sultanzoy
said.
Pessimists will have
little
trouble
imagining the Taliban trying to
shoot down planes as they
land, but officials say the
militants do not currently
have that ability, making
air travel a reasonable and
safe option.
U.S. Maj. Gen. Todd Semonite, who oversees $5
billion in funding to Afghanistan's security sector, said the decision to
transfer rather than close
the airfields was made in
conjunction with President
Ashraf Ghani's government after he took power
last year, in the belief they
could help "jump start the
economy."
Military teams are upgrading them ahead of an
international
roadshow
organized by the Afghan
and U.S. governments due
to be held in Dubai next
month.
Under an agreement
with the United States,
only the top-drawer facilities are being transferred,
while small, remote military bases and airfields are
being dismantled.
Afghanistan has an
aviation infrastructure in
place already, but it is rickety. Many of the country's
27 airports — four of them
international — are little
more than a shack at the
end of a tarmac.
About 130 domestic and
international flights land
and take off weekly in
these existing fields, said
Qassim Rahimi, spokesman for the Civil Aviation
Authority of Afghanistan,
itself a new operation. He
said that with the establishment of the CAAA, regulation and service have
improved
dramatically,
and that change has fueled
a leap in both passenger
numbers and revenues.
Up to 45,000 passengers
now fly domestically each
month, already a sharp
rise compared to 12,000
monthly in 2013. The sector generated $2 billion in
revenue last year, and Rahimi estimates a 25-percent rise this year.
Challenges
aplenty
stand in the way of further
progress.
One is the country's inexperience with air traffic
control. Afghanistan will
take over air traffic control
starting in 2016; the U.S.
government ended its contract in June after controlling Afghan air space since
2001, and Japan's government will run it to the end
of the year. The CAAA has
expressed confidence it
will be ready to take on the
responsibility starting in
January.
Corruption is another is-
sue.
"Corruption will increase if these airports are
under the control of the
government, and the government does not have the
capacity to run these airports," said former Transport and Civil Aviation
Minister Daoud Ali Najafi. He also cited a lack of
trained staff, as many who
had been trained had left
the industry for higher incomes in the private sector.
Privatization of the new
fields will be key, he said.
Among the modern airports on offer is one at
Kandahar in the south,
with a 20-kilometer (12mile) perimeter. At the
height of the Afghan war,
in 2009-2010, Kandahar
Air Field was one of the
world's busiest in terms of
frequency, with an aircraft
taking off or landing every
minute. KAF has two airports— one military, one
civilian — both with air
traffic control towers.
There are warehouses
alongside the runway,
hangars for aircraft and
vehicles of almost any size;
power generation and water purification plants; cold
storage units for perishables with temperatures
ranging from chilled to
minus-20 degrees Celsius.
There are 36 guard towers.
More than 35,000 mostly military people were stationed at KAF, with cafes,
restaurants, banks and
fast food outlets around a
wooden boardwalk, which
also had carpet, computer and cell phone shops.
Hockey, basketball and
touch-football were played
on the grassy pitches in
the middle. .
There are also airfields
at Shindand and Herat in
the western Herat province; Mazar-i-Sharif in
northern Balkh province;
Bagram, 50 kilometers (30
miles) northeast of Kabul;
Jalalabad in eastern Nangarhar province; and Kabul, adjacent to Kabul International Airport.