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‘THIS IS THE GREATEST DAY EVER, YOU GUYS’ AFGHANISTAN

No ‘rapid exit’
from fight,
Trump says
In change of mind, he declares
war against terror must continue
By Brian Bennett
and Noah Bierman
Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Presi-
dent Donald Trump, admit-
ting he came into office want-
ing to pull all U.S. troops out of
Afghanistan, said Monday he
had changed his mind and
MONICA CABRERA/THE MORNING CALL
had approved what amounted
Paul Abeln of Breinigsville gazes in amazement at the eclipse outside Da Vinci Science Center in Allentown on Mon- to an open-ended military
day. Despite some partly cloudy skies, sky watchers were able to get a good glimpse of the partial solar eclipse. commitment to prevent ter-
rorist safe havens there.
“My original instinct was to
pull out, and historically I like
following my instincts. But all
of my life I heard that deci- “A hasty with-
sions are much different
when you sit behind the desk
drawal would
in the Oval Office,” Trump create a vacuum
said, in a rare acknowledg-
ment of the unique pressures that terrorists —
and vantage of his office.
“The consequences of a including ISIS
rapid exit are both predictable
and unacceptable,” Trump and al-Qaida —
said, adopting the rationale
that his predecessors, Presi-
would instantly
HARRY FISHER/THE MORNING CALL
Watching the solar eclipse along Hamilton Street in downtown Allentown are, from left: BB&T Bank employee Susan
dents George W. Bush and fill.”
Barack Obama, had used to
Green; Lehigh Valley Health Network Program Manager Caleb Schwarzbach; BB&T Bank employee Eftefany Deleon. justify 16 years of U.S. military — President Trump
involvement in Afghanistan.

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“A hasty withdrawal would
create a vacuum that terror-
ists — including ISIS and Al
Qaeda — would instantly fill,
troop levels nor timetables for
deployment. But his military
advisers are seeking 4,000

ON THE SKIES
Solar eclipse brings out sense of wonder,
spirit of community among area sky watchers
By Daniel Patrick Sheehan
and Sarah M. Wojcik
Of The Morning Call
The chance of storm clouds
eclipsing the eclipse seemed dis-
tressingly high Monday as crowds
gathered at the Da Vinci Science
Center in Allentown to watch the
slow, exquisite passage of the moon
in front of the sun.
But the atmosphere by and large
cooperated, and while the dimming
sun ducked behind the clouds once
in a while during the more than
two-hour event, it was visible often
enough to elicit squeals and breath-
less exclamations of wonder from
the crowd of sky watchers.
“Look at the yellow,” said Paul
Abeln of Breinigsville, 78, a marvel-
ously well-informed watcher who
knew that the yellow wave moving
across the edge of the crescent sun
was its corona — the outer atmos-
phere, millions of degrees hotter
than its surface and generally unob-
servable from Earth except during
eclipses.
“I like the aurora borealis better,”
Abeln confessed, recalling the heart-
stopping beauty of those colored
waves of charged particles that
sometimes fill the skies in the far
north. But an eclipse, he added, is
undeniably a thrill.
“Better than a poke in the eye with
a sharp stick,” he said.
In Bethlehem, hundreds turned
out to Payrow Plaza between City
Hall and the public library for an
eclipse watch party.
The Burke family of Upper
Saucon Township — Liz, 16, Andrew,
13, and Chris, 11, — waited about an a
hour and a half to snag a pair of
viewing glasses with their friend
Jonathan Riker, 17, of Allentown.
All four are Moravian Academy
Please see ECLIPSE NEWS 4
just as happened before Sept.
11.”
Trump’s speech — a tele-
vised prime-time address be-
fore an audience of troops at
Fort Myer, across the Potomac
River from Washington in
Virginia — marked a shift to a
much more traditional Re-
publican foreign policy by a
president who ran for office
disparaging what he often
referred to as a the “stupid”
decisions of the past.
Although he campaigned
on pulling back U.S. involve-
ment overseas, Trump’s green
light to send additional troops
to Afghanistan means the
president has now increased
the military’s role in every
combat theater he inherited —
Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Soma-
lia as well as Afghanistan.
Trump, reading from a tele-
prompter in sober tones, did
not provide details for in-
creased involvement, saying
he would publicize neither
more troops, a 50 percent
increase, and stepped-up
counter-terrorism operations.
He said he would not pro-
vide a “blank check” for U.S.
support to Afghanistan’s gov-
ernment. But he also said he
would not adhere to any
pre-set timetable nor specify
benchmarks for when U.S.
involvement might end.
Committing thousands
more troops to the nation’s
longest war presents a new
political challenge for the
president at a time when his
public approval has been
damaged by a succession of
missteps and misstatements
in his young administration.
With his decision, Trump is
in the awkward position of
taking ownership of a conflict
he has criticized.
His shift signals the influ-
ence not just of Pentagon
commanders, led by retired
Please see TRUMP NEWS 2

AMERICAN ICON 31st Annual

Chinese automaker sets sights on Jeep Pocono

Fiat Chrysler is interested
in selling the popular
and profitable brand.
By Brent Snavely,
Eric D. Lawrence
and Nathan Bomey
Of The Detroit Free Press
Chinese automaker Great Wall
Motors is interested in buying Jeep,
an iconic American brand, from Fiat
Chrysler Automobiles, a move that
likely would face political opposition
in the U.S. and create angst among
workers.
Great Wall told trade publication
Automotive News it is “deeply inter-
ested,” in buying the Jeep brand and
has “indirectly expressed interest.”
The Chinese automaker has yet to
formally declare its interest in Jeep,
but a possible acquisition would be in
line with Chairman Wang Jianjun's
goal, announced in February, of
ROBERT DUFFER/TNS
Jeep's sales have climbed from less
than 500,000 in 2008 to more than
1.4 million last year. The goal is 2
million in 2018.
becoming the top specialty SUV
producer by 2020.
Great Wall “has this intention,” the
public relations director for Great
Wall's Haval SUV brand, Zhao Lijia,
told The Associated Press when
asked about Jeep. An employee of the
press office for the company head-
quarters, who would give only his
surname, Zhang, said, “Yes, we are
State
interested in Jeep.”
Fiat Chrysler, in a statement, said Craft
Festival
no discussions have occurred with
Great Wall.
“Fiat Chrysler Automobiles con-
firmed that it has not been ap-
proached by Great Wall Motors in
August 26 & 27, 2017
connection with the Jeep brand or Saturday & Sunday 10am-5pm
any other matter relating to its
business. FCA is fully committed to Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm,
its 2014-18 plan, having achieved each Stroudsburg, PA
one of its targets to date and with only www.poconocrafts.com
six quarters left to its completion.”
Nevertheless, Fiat Chrysler CEO Sponsored by The
Sergio Marchionne said earlier this Pocono Chapter
year the Jeep and Ram brands could of the PA Guild of
be spun off into a standalone com- Craftsmen &
Pocono Arts
pany. Marchionne also has been
Council
signaling he is interested in discus-
sions with other automakers about a
sale of the company, partial sale or
Please see JEEP NEWS 6
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cal to sending him to the
White House.
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percent of Pennsylvania
adults do not approve of his
job performance. In Michi-
gan and Wisconsin,
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also are below 40 percent.
Among his core constitu-
encies, the president has
retained stronger support,
with 71 percent of Pennsyl-
vania Republicans and 81
percent of state voters who
supported him in the No-
vember election reporting
their approval.
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down in regions of the state
critical to his victory last
year: In northeastern Penn-
sylvania, 43 percent disap-
prove and 40 percent ap-
prove, and in the western
part of the state, 45 percent
disapprove and 41 percent
approve.
More Pennsylvania vot-
ers think the economy has
strengthened under Trump
than believe it has weak-
ened. But a majority say he
has not shown signs of
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2x our own $50 billion The troop increase in manship in the life-and-
annual federal highway Afghanistan is supposed to death matter could be
spending!” create more time for train- undercut by reminders of
Lawmakers may have dif- ing Afghan forces and bol- his own past views on Af-
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funding for the new strategy institutions. Yet the admin- “We have wasted an
if the administration sends a istration is ill-equipped for enormous amount of blood
restore manufacturing jobs, Forty-seven percent of supplemental spending re- the enhanced mission: The and treasure in Afghanistan.
and say America’s standing Pennsylvanians said they quest to Capitol Hill this fall. State Department has not Their government has zero
on the world stage has been would prefer next year’s Senators, in particular, have filled key senior positions appreciation. Let’s get out!”
weakened during his ten- congressional elections to made it clear they will that would be in charge of Trump tweeted in 2013, in
ure. shift control of Congress to require a more fully devel- handling the Afghanistan one of several similar state-
Asked how Trump’s con- Democrats, while 37 per- oped strategy before com- and Pakistan portfolios. ments he made that year.
duct as president makes cent would prefer that Re- mitting to more troops; the Trump still has no U.S. The U.S. has spent more
them feel, 62 percent of publicans maintain control question now is whether ambassador in Kabul, the than $840 billion on the
Pennsylvania adults re- and 16 percent were unde- Trump’s remarks meet that Afghan capital. conflict in Afghanistan since
sponded that they are “em- cided. test. “No amount of denial, 2001, according to the analy-
barrassed,” 26 percent said One of those federal law- Congress is also under exaggeration and obfusca- sis by the Center for Strate-
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were unsure. will be Democratic U.S. Sen. 16-year-old authorization substitute for a concerted ies. Other estimates put the
The three NBC/Marist Bob Casey, who drew a for the war, approved after effort to deal with the civil cost of the conflict in Af-
polls released Sunday were positive impression from 37 the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist side of the war,” Anthony ghanistan at more than $1
conducted between Aug. 13 percent of Pennsylvanians, attacks. Backers of a new Cordesman, a former civil- trillion.
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in Charlottesville, Va., and were unsure or had not have increasing momentum said in a new report for the Lisa Mascaro and Tracy
were conducted in the heard of him. amid concerns about Center for Strategic and Wilkinson in Washington
midst of Trump’s responses The pollsters asked about broader military entangle- International Studies. “Put contributed to this report.
to that unrest. The Pennsyl- only one of his potential ments abroad — concerns bluntly, half a strategy is not
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NEWS 4 TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2017
LOCAL NEWS Solar eclipse
Brady McGuire, 11, mother Michelle Morcombe and Hanna McGuire, 15, all of Coplay, clad in their viewing glasses, look at the solar eclipse at the Da Vinci Science Center in Allentown.
Photographer Andrew Charles Price of Bethlehem looks towards the sun as he shoots the
eclipse outside the Bethlehem Public Library.
Isaac Smith, 7, of Whitehall plays a game of eclipse twister outside the Bethlehem Public Library.
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students and had embraced the nation’s
obsession with the celestial phenomenon.
“Everyone can get excited about science,”
Riker said. “We’re all looking at the same
event.”
“And it’s a reminder that we all live on this
same planet,” Liz Burke added.
Total eclipses happen somewhere in the
world every two years or so, but the last time
one was visible from coast to coast in the
United States was 1918. A 1979 eclipse was
visible in the Pacific Northwest. Hawaii was
treated to one in 1991.
“I think it’s wonderful,” said Matthew
Rothfuss, an information technician at the
Bethlehem Area Public Library. “Maybe this
is going to kick-start our fascination with all
the things above us.”
This time around, only people in a
70-mile-wide band between Oregon and
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South Carolina got to see the totality. The rest
of us had to settle for a portion, which in the
Lehigh Valley was about 75 percent.
But that seemed to be more than enough
for most as the sky dimmed. By the peak of
the eclipse, a little before 2:45, the sky was
dusky and the temperature had dipped a
couple of degrees.
“This is the greatest day ever, you guys,” a
woman at Da Vinci told her boys as they
gazed skyward with solar viewing glasses
pasted to their eyes and their mouths agape.
Liam MacDougall of Nazareth, 6, among
the amazed watchers on Payrow Plaza, was
certain he’d remember the day.
“Oh I think I will,” he answered confi-
dently. “Science is my favorite subject.”
The first-grader’s bespectacled face was
fixed on the sky as he rattled off every detail
he could about the partially obscured sun —
color, shape, second-by-second cloud cover.
Liam’s grandmother and summer car-
etaker, Pat MacDougall, 65, of Bethlehem,
said the library is a regular stop for the two of
them. When she heard about the eclipse,
Sean Jeon, of Upper Macungie Township, views the eclipse through a telescope with a
filter on it outside the Da Vinci Science Center.
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Millions of sky watchers gazed heavenward as
the moon blotted out the sun in a grand
celestial show that had not been visible all
across America in nearly a century. News 9
MacDougall knew where they’d go.
“And it feels good because he’ll always say
that he got to go see this with his Nana,” she
said.
Nancy Voelker, 54, of Bethlehem, wan-
dered around the plaza offering her glasses to
anyone who didn’t have them so they could
peek at what was unfolding above.
“You get more community spirit that way,”
Voelker said.
She revealed, a little later, what she found
to be an even more remarkable sight than the
eclipse: the little ones, like 4-year-old Gian-
nina Galimi, craning their necks skyward,
wide smiles from ear to ear.
“When the little ones put on the glasses,”
Voelker said. “You just see their cheeks go big.
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Henry Hamant (front) and John Patrick
Hamant of Hellertown watch the eclipse
outside the Da Vinci Science Center through
their customized cereal box viewer. Accord-
ing to their mother, ‘They woke up this
morning all excited about solar eclipse day,
went on NASA’s website, watched the video
and made the pinhole viewer themselves.’
It’s special.”
In this dance of sun and moon, more than
a few saw an opportunity for a blessed
moment of unity in a nation that sorely needs
it. Except for places beset by bad weather, the
eclipse was visible everywhere in the con-
tiguous United States.
“That’s what it’s all about, isn’t it?” said
Julie Urland, an American living in England
but back home with her son for a visit to her
parents in South Whitehall Township and a
jet-lagged foray to Da Vinci. “Having every-
one together and having a common thing to
enjoy. We don’t have that very often.”
Indeed not, said Fran Kleckner, a retired
physician watching nearby with family and
reckoning the value of the eclipse in human
terms.
“It helps everyone forget for a moment all
the bad things,” he said. “Maybe we should
marvel at the good things.”
The next total eclipse visible in the U.S.
will be April 8, 2024. That isn’t very far off,
though it seemed so to Paul Abeln’s grand-
son, also named Paul Abeln, who earnestly
posed a question to his grandmother, Mil-
dred.
“Will you be alive for that?”
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Grants give businesses more security
Allentown can pay up to
$3,000 to offset costs of
surveillance cameras.
By Manuel Gamiz Jr.
Of The Morning Call
A year ago, a burglar broke into a work
van at Shafnisky Electric in east Allen-
town, taking about $7,000 in equipment
and other items, some of them a techni-
cian’s personal belongings.
If that happened now, business owner
Tom Shafnisky would have crystal clear
video from his new surveillance system
ready to hand over to city police that could
help lead to a quick arrest of the burglar.
“Had that been there, we would have
seen the movement and seen if they came
in a car, or if they just walked up and broke
in,” he said. “It would have shed some light
on who the person was.”
Shafnisky was one of the first Allen-
town business owners to take advantage of
the city’s security camera grant that helps
businesses by paying up to $3,000 for
surveillance equipment.
“I read about it on a Saturday and I
Forfeiture ARTSQUEST COMEDY WEEK
Time for laughs at SteelStacks program
nets more
than $132K
Comedian Tom Green will headline the first ArtsQuest Comedy Week in October. Green is known for his wild show on MTV, as well as
other appearances in movies and in person.
Tom Green, ‘Mystery Science
Theater 3000’ hosts to
headline first comedy festival.
By John J. Moser
Of The Morning Call
Former MTV comedian Tom Green, two
original “Mystery Science Theater 3000”
hosts and Internet-inspired parody “Blogo-
logues” will highlight Comedy Week at the
ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks, it was
announced Monday.
The Comedy Week, a first at the Art-
sQuest Center, will run Oct. 22-28.
Tickets to all nine of the week’s shows go
on sale10 a.m. Aug. 22 to ArtsQuest members
and 10 a.m. Aug. 25 to the public at
www.steelstacks.org and 610-332-3378.
You can enter to win a pair of tickets to
every Comedy Week show at www.steel-
stacks.org/comedyweek/.
Actor and comedian Tom Green will
bring his edgy and absurd stylings to
Musikfest Cafe at 8 p.m. Oct. 22. Tickets are
$29-$34.
Green is best known for his innovative,
anything-goes run as the least-predictable
personality on MTV. He also starred in the
movies “Road Trip” and “Freddy Got
Fingered.” He also has since appeared in
“Workaholics,” “Comedy Bang! Bang!” and
“Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High & Unem-
ployed.”
Green, a veteran stand-up comic, has
performed at Edinburgh Comedy Festival,
Snow Jam and the Wilbur Theater in Boston,
where he filmed his 2013 Showtime special
Man pleads guilty to deadly hit-and-run
By Laurie Mason Schroeder
Of The Morning Call
A South Whitehall man will serve at least
three years in a state prison after pleading
guilty Monday in Lehigh County court to
killing an Allentown woman with his car
then leaving the scene of the crash.
Joshua Stockman, 35, apologized to Ruby
Marrero’s family, his lawyer said.
“He is very remorseful about what
happened,” said attorney Scott Wilhelm. “He
certainly didn’t intend it to happen, and he
himself is suffering from post-traumatic
stress.”
Stockman pleaded guilty to one count of
called first thing Monday,” he said. “I
jumped right on it.”
Since announcement of the program in
February, 11 businesses have been quick to
jump on the program.
City officials say they have awarded
$24,054 in grants to those 11 businesses to
pay for surveillance equipment, and are in
the process of reviewing a few more grant
applications for the remaining $6,000.
The SCAN program — Security Camera
Assistance Network — pays up to 50
percent of the total cost of the surveillance
equipment and installation, with a cap of
$3,000 for an individual business.
So far, Mayor Ed Pawlowski said he’s
happy with the response to the program
and hopes it can be extended when more
funds become available.
The cameras do more than protect
employees, customers and property. They
also help police solve and deter crimes.
In many Allentown police investiga-
tions into crime that takes place out of
view of the city’s camera network, officers
go to business owners who have cameras
pointing outside to see if they’ve captured
any crucial evidence.
That was another reason Shafnisky
“Tom Green Live.”
In 1999, he made a video of a novelty song,
“Lonely Swedish (The Bum Bum Song)” for
MTV’s “The Tom Green Show” that he
released as a single. It topped MTV’s “Total
Request Live” song chart for several weeks.
“The Mads Are Back” will be 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 24 and 25 in the Frank Banko Alehouse
Cinemas. Frank Conniff and Trace Beaulieu,
The Mads from “Mystery Science Theater
3000,” will screen some of the worst movies
ever made and riff about them live in the
same style as the Peabody Award-winning
TV series.
Each night will feature a different film and
short, as well as a question-and-answer
session. Ticket are $21.50 for ArtsQuest
members and $24 for the public.
Conniff is a comedian, actor and producer
who has appeared on “Totally Biased with W.
Kamau Bell,” “The Drew Carey Show,” “The
New Tom Green Show” and “Invader Zim.”
Beaulieu is a comic actor, writer and
performer who wrote for ABC’s “America’s
Funniest Videos” for nine seasons and has
appeared in “Freak and Geeks” and “Ar-
rested Development.”
Comedians Allison Goldberg and Jen
Jamula will bring “Blogologues” to the Blast
Furnace Room at 8 p.m. Oct. 27. Tickets are
$18 for ArtsQuest members and $20 for the
public.
Inspired by community forums, Craigslist
Missed Connections, Yelp reviews, profiles,
fan fiction, tweets and comment trolls,
“Blogologues” is the internet being per-
formed, word-for-word, live onstage. The
duo has written, produced and performed
more than 30 versions of the show.
accidents involving death or personal injury
— commonly called hit-and-run. The charge
carries a mandatory minimum sentence of
three to six years behind bars.
On Feb. 21, Stockman was driving on North
Sixth Street in Allentown when his car hit
Marrero, 32, as she crossed near Liberty
Street, then backed up and drove around the
fallen woman to flee the scene, according to
authorities. He abandoned his car about a
half-block away and ran off, police said.
Marrero was walking to a corner store
around 8:30 p.m. near her home in the 400
block of North Sixth Street when she was hit.
When officers arrived, they found her on
the street and a car with a dented hood and
spent $9,000, with the city paying $3,000,
on a quality surveillance system.
Besides the van break-in and a few acts
of graffiti, Shafinsky Electric is across the
street from Mosser Elementary School on
South Dauphin Street.
“Being around the school, I wanted to
help as much as I could,” he said.
Like Shafnisky, Donald Newhard,
owner of LLS Graphics, said he always
entertained the idea of purchasing surveil-
lance, but never pulled the trigger because
of the price.
He said he wanted something profes-
sional, not equipment that would cost a
few hundred dollars and could be found at
any electronics store.
Newhard said he never expected his
business to be targeted by burglars
because it’s a print shop.
“What are they gonna do, steal my
paper?,” he said.
But in 16 years owning the business in
the 600 block of North Eighth Street, he’s
seen his fair share of car crashes and crime
around him, including a fatal shooting a
few years ago at the North End Republican
Club at Eighth and Tilghman streets,
which is a half-block away.
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DETAILS
ArtsQuest Comedy Week
What: Nine comedy shows headlined by former
MTV comedian Tom Green, original “Mystery
Science Theater 3000” hosts Frank Conniff and
Trace Beaulieu, internet-inspired parody
“Blogologues”
When: Oct. 22-28
Where: Musikfest Cafe, Blast Furnace Room
and Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas; ArtsQuest
Center, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem.
How much: $5 to $34 per show;
www.steelstacks.org, 610-332-3378
Other shows during Comedy Week are:
Spoiler Alert: Batman Returns, 8 p.m.
Oct. 23, Alehouse Cinemas. Tickets: $8; $7.50,
students and seniors; $7, ArtsQuest mem-
bers.
The Associated Mess, 8 p.m. Oct.26,
Alehouse Cinemas. Tickets: $8; $7, students
and seniors; $6.50, ArtsQuest members.
ManDudeBro, 10:30 p.m. Oct. 27, Blast
Furnace Room. Tickets: $6; $5, students and
seniors; $4.50, ArtsQuest members.
Kyle Ayers: First Comes Love, 8 p.m.
Oct. 28, Alehouse Cinemas. Tickets: $15; $14,
students and seniors; $13.50, ArtsQuest
members.
Improv Comedy Power Hour featur-
ing Kyle Ayers, 10:30 p.m. Oct. 28, Alehouse
Cinemas. Tickets: $5; $4.50, students and
seniors; $4, ArtsQuest members.
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Twitter @johnjmoser
610-820-6722
badly shattered windshield nearby.
Marrero suffered life-threatening injuries,
but police were unable to identify her or
notify loved ones because she was carrying
no identification and nobody in the area at
the time came forward to say they knew her.
Marrero, an assistant teacher at a child
care agency, died a week later. Stockman
turned himself in a day after the crash.
Stockman pleaded guilty before Judge
Kelly L. Banach. He’ll be sentenced Sept. 26
and remains free on bail.
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Twitter @LehighCourts
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A friend told Newhard about the city’s
security camera grant soon after it was
announced and he signed up immediately.
He went through the application process,
which requires that businesses be in good
standing with the city with no pending
litigation, have matching funds available
and be up to date on city taxes, fees and
licensing.
After approval, technicians come to his
business and went through several op-
tions available to him. Newhard agreed on
a Honeywell security system that uses
four infrared cameras, two in the front and
two in the back, along with one camera to
monitor the inside of the store. The system
came out to $4,800, the city covering half
of that amount, and was installed last
month.
Newhard said he can monitor the
cameras on his phone and they can be
accessed by police, if needed.
“It’s excellent,” he said. “It adds more of
a secure feeling for me and my employ-
ees.”
mgamiz@mcall.com
Twitter @mannypantalones
610-820-6595
Northampton County reports
seizing about its yearly
average from drug cases.
By Riley Yates
Of The Morning Call
Northampton County’s drug forfeiture
program seized more than $132,000 in the
past year, on par with other years despite
heightened scrutiny of the practice nation-
wide.
In the fiscal year ending June 30, the
program brought in $122,000 in cash, plus
$9,900 from the sale of forfeited vehicles,
District Attorney John Morganelli an-
nounced.
The proceeds represented an increase
from the $112,000 averaged in the four
previous years. But they were well short of
the program’s record in fiscal 2011, when
$283,000 was seized.
“Our numbers are pretty much the same
this year,” said Morganelli. “It’s an average
year.”
Pennsylvania law allows prosecutors to
seize money, vehicles, real estate and other
valuables that were used for the drug trade
or bought with drug profits. The forfeitures
are done through civil suits that run outside
of the criminal process.
As a result, forfeiture programs have
faced criticism across the United States and
in Pennsylvania from groups such as the
ACLU, who say they are being misused by
prosecutors to take homes, cars and cash
without charging or convicting someone of
a crime.
In May, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
limited the forfeiture law, ruling that
prosecutors must prove the property they
are seizing played a significant role in illegal
drug activity. The justices also said the
courts must consider whether the value of
the property is proportionate to the gravity
of the crime.
Northampton County’s highest forfei-
ture last fiscal year was $19,450, according to
the district attorney’s office. It was from an
Easton man who is a fugitive on 2016
charges that allege he was selling heroin
and cocaine out of his mother’s Butler
Street home.
The lowest forfeiture was $69.
The proceeds pay the salary of an
assistant district attorney who prosecutes
drug cases. They are also used for under-
cover drug purchases, police equipment
and training, and grants to local police
departments and civic groups.
Unlike some jurisdictions, Morganelli
said Northampton County typically pur-
sues forfeitures only against those who have
been found guilty in a criminal case.
“Generally speaking, we have an arrest
and a conviction,” Morganelli said. “We try
to stick with that.”
That wasn’t the case in one forfeiture
petition that was recently thrown out at the
courthouse in Easton. It was filed by the
state attorney general’s office — and not
local prosecutors — and sought to seize
$49,120 in cash from a New York driver who
was stopped on Interstate 78 in Lower
Saucon Township.
Norman S. Alsaidi of Queens was never
charged with a crime in the March 2015
stop that came as he changed lanes. But
state police nonetheless tied Alsaidi to the
drug trade, saying he looked “extremely
nervous” and had the bag full of cash on his
passenger seat, though a search of his
rented minivan uncovered no drugs or
other illegal contraband.
In June, Judge Paula Roscioli dismissed
the forfeiture, ruling that troopers had no
legitimate reason to stop Alsaidi. As a result,
the stop violated constitutional protections
and any evidence it garnered must be
suppressed, she wrote.
Morganelli has run Northampton Coun-
ty’s forfeiture program since 1992. In that
time, it has taken in more than $2 million.
NEWS 6 TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2017
LOCAL NEWS
Boy found in
lake expected
to recover
By Michelle Merlin
Of The Morning Call
An Allentown boy found submerged in a
Carbon County lake Saturday is expected to
recover, according to a park ranger investi-
gating the incident.
Ranger Frank DeMatto said he spoke to
the boy’s father, who said his son woke up
several times, was responsive, and is
expected to make a full or near to full
recovery after being pulled unconscious
from under the water on Saturday after-
noon at Mauch Chunk Lake Park. DeMatto
estimated the boy was submerged for at
least five minutes and probably close to six
or seven minutes.
The boy, 9, was airlifted to Lehigh Valley
Hospital-Cedar Crest, where he’s listed as
in critical condition.
“This is a truly a tragic accident that
happened,” DeMatto said. “He got caught in
a tough situation and unfortunately he
remained under water.”
DeMatto said several beach visitors
pitched in to save the boy to both get him
out of the water and give him medical
attention on land.
Park Director Dave Horvath said inci-
dents like this are uncommon at the park,
although earlier this summer another child
was taken to the hospital after being
submerged.
“This isn’t something that happens
normally,” he said.
LOWER SAUCON TOWNSHIP
Teen says he was jumped
near South Mountain Park
A 16-year-old boy told officers that a
group of teens attacked him Saturday night
near Lower Saucon’s South Mountain Park,
according to police.
The boy told police that he was walking
about 9:20 p.m. toward the park when three
people he knew attacked him. According to
police, a 17-year-old boy put the victim in a
chokehold until he passed out while two
15-year-old boys repeatedly punched him.
Police said the victim was treated at St.
Luke’s Hospital.
According to police, three teens are being
charged with harassment and a fourth is
being referred to juvenile court to face
charges of simple assault, harassment and
strangulation.
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Jury picked for ‘street singer’ case
Man claims Allentown officer
used excessive force during
arrest near city restaurant.
By Peter Hall
Of The Morning Call
An eight-person jury has been selected to
hear self-described wandering minstrel
James W. Ochse’s claims that an Allentown
police officer used excessive force while
arresting him two years ago in front of diners
in downtown Allentown.
Lawyers for Ochse and officer Robert
Busch took about two hours to select the
panel of four women and four men Monday
in federal court in Philadelphia. Opening
arguments are set for today in Reading. The
trial is expected to last two or three days.
Ochse, 63, claims Busch violated his rights
JEEP
Continued from NEWS 1
partnership of some kind for more than two
years.
The potential sale of Jeep to a Chinese
automaker is sure to raise political ques-
tions and present a challenge to President
Donald Trump's America First mantra.
One potential way around such concerns
would be for Great Wall, or any other
Chinese automaker, to purchase a minority
stake, said Michael Dunne, an automotive
analyst who specializes in China.
Chinese companies have shown a will-
ingness to buy some or all of a company,
invest in that company and allow the
existing management teams to continue
managing the company, said Dunne, found-
er of Dunne Automotive.
“I believe that all parties — Chinese and
American — are acutely aware of the
political atmosphere right now. I would
watch for a nuanced or slightly gradual
approach,” Dunne said.
China's Dongfeng Motors and the
French government each invested about
800 million euros, or $942 million, into
French automaker PSA Groupe in 2014 in
return for a 14 percent ownership stake.
Dunne also said the Chinese government
is encouraging Chinese automakers to
expand globally and to spend money on that
expansion rather than on investments
inside the country.
“The government is giving the signal.
They are giving management a lot of leeway
to decide how to manage their profits for
future growth,” Dunne said. “[Chinese
automakers] have ambition. They have
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by using excessive force when Busch ar-
rested him in response to a disturbance
complaint Aug. 14, 2015. U.S. District Judge
Jeffrey Schmehl last week threw out a claim
the officer violated Ochse’s First Amendment
right to sing.
According to court documents, Ochse was
walking near N. Seventh and Hamilton
streets singing an a cappella version of the
Beach Boys’ “Barbara Ann,” when he caught
the attention of an off-duty police officer
dining outdoors with his wife. Officer Taldan
Cashatt called his colleague Busch, whom
Cashatt knew was on-duty in the area, and
reported Ochse for causing a disturbance.
Ochse claims in court documents that
Busch approached him and told him to stop
singing. When Ochse complied and started to
walk away, Busch grabbed his arm and
slammed him to the ground, the lawsuit
alleges.
Chinese carmaker Great Wall Motors, shown here at the Auto China 2012 car show in Bei-
jing, signalled its intention to make an ambitious acquisition deal with car maker Fiat
Chrysler Automobiles following a report that it wants to buy the Jeep brand.
money. And they are looking for the
smartest way in.”
A sale or partial sale of Jeep that is
separate from the remainder of the com-
pany also would raise concerns about the
future of the Dodge and Chrysler brands.
Fiat Chrysler has focused far more atten-
tion on the development of Jeep, Ram and
Alfa Romeo in recent years while invest-
ment in the Dodge and Chrysler brands has
languished.
Jeep, the rugged SUV known for helping
the U.S. Army during World War II, is Fiat
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Busch’s lawyers say in court documents
that when the officer approached Ochse, he
immediately became hostile, yelling and
pointing at Busch. When Busch tried to stop
Ochse to get his identification, Ochse flailed
and pullled away, so Busch took him to the
ground where Ochse continued to resist,
according to court documents.
Lawyers on both sides say that in addition
to Ochse and Busch, as many as 10 other
police officials and expert witnesses on
police use of force will testify. They also plan
to play security camera and bystander video
of the incident for the jury.
Ochse later pleaded guilty to disorderly
conduct but a charge of resisting arrest was
dismissed.
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Chrysler's most successful brand.
The brand has been growing rapidly in
recent years and its growth has accounted
for a large percentage of Fiat Chrysler's
sales and profit growth. Jeep's sales have
climbed from less than 500,000 in 2008 to
more than 1.4 million last year.
Marchionne set a goal in 2014 for Jeep's
annual sales to exceed 2 million SUVs
annually by 2018, and the brand is on track
to meet that goal, Fiat Chrysler Chief
Financial Officer Richard Palmer said
earlier this year.
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Easton apartment complex plans rejected
With only 1 member left to
make decision, zoning board
denies 22-unit proposal.
By Christina Tatu
Of The Morning Call
Plans for a 22-unit apartment complex
on Easton’s Northampton Street were
denied Monday during an unusual zoning
board hearing for which only one board
member was present.
The project in question involves a former
Easton Area School District administration
building at 811 Northampton St. which is
under contract to be purchased by devel-
oper Manny Makhoul.
The units would range from 350-square-
feet to about 900-square-feet, drawing
concerns from some city officials, including
Easton Mayor Sal Panto Jr., that the units
are too small.
The meeting started off with members
Stephen White and Pam Panto. Members
Michael Civitella and Micheal Brett were
absent. When it came time for the hearing
on the apartments, Makhoul asked that
Panto recuse herself because she is the wife
of the mayor.
After learning about the project, the
mayor previously said he planned to look
BASD BILL COSBY SEX ASSAULT CASE
New attorney for the retrial reduces
charged
meal level
Bill Cosby has hired Tom Mesereau, once an attorney for singer Michael Jackson, to represent Cosby at his November retrial on sexual
assault charges in Montgomery County, according to Cosby’s spokesman. Mesereau successfully defended Jackson in 2005 against child
molestation charges, and will lead a three-lawyer team for Cosby’s retrial.
Additional details emerge in hit-and-run
Members of family who
helped save man provide
more information on case.
By Manuel Gamiz Jr.
Of The Morning Call
When his three children got to their
Emmaus home early in the morning two
Sundays ago, they were shaken up by what
they had witnessed on their drive home,
Brent Labenberg recalled.
He said his children were heading home
early Aug. 13 on a foggy, rural road in
Weisenberg Township when they wit-
nessed Scott Becker get run over by a sport
utility vehicle, which then fled the scene.
His sons tended to Becker, 21, and called
for help, staying with the badly injured man
until help arrived.
Labenberg is making the additional
details public in hopes of helping police
track down the driver in last week’s hit and
run on Holbens Valley Road, and to help
Becker’s family find justice.
Becker suffered several internal injuries
that required the removal of a spleen, a
kidney and parts of his intestine. The list of
injuries also include bleeding in his brain,
fluid in his lungs, fractures to his spine and a
shattered pelvis, Becker’s mother said last
week.
Labenberg said his oldest son, Drew, was
driving home at 1:30 a.m. that night with his
brother Darren in the passenger seat and
sister Dylana asleep in the back. They had
been with friends earlier, he said.
As they headed down Holbens Valley
Pa. must start freezing spending, top senator says
By Marc Levy
The Associated Press
HARRISBURG — Democratic Gov. Tom
Wolf should start freezing spending on
various programs because the deficit-
strapped state government soon will not be
able to pay every bill on time, Pennsylva-
nia’s ranking state senator said Monday.
Since the recession, the state Treasury
Department has reliably supplied cash
infusions into the state’s tattered bank
account during low-flow periods of tax
collections. But Senate President Pro
Tempore Joe Scarnati said it would be
irresponsible for the Treasury to loan more
money while the state government lacks a
into an ordinance that would prohibit
apartments in the city from being under a
certain square footage. He also believes 22
units are too many for the 17,456-square-
foot building.
The board’s attorney Robert Nitchkey
said a provision in the municipal planning
code allowed Monday night’s meeting to
continue with White making the decision
as long as there was no objection from
Makhoul.
Makhoul decided to move forward be-
cause he said the project is time sensitive
and the exterior work must be done before
winter.
The project required a special exception
to convert a previously commercial build-
ing into a residential mid-rise.
It also required a variance, because under
current zoning only 14 units would be
allowed.
White agreed to the special exception,
but denied the variance.
Makhoul and his lawyer Ron Corkery
told city officials the project isn’t economi-
cally viable unless there are 22 units.
Converting the building to 22 units
would cost between $500,000 to $700,000
and involve installing new plumbing, elec-
trical, heating and insulation, Makhoul said.
“It’s a large building that needs a lot of
work. The roof leaks, the ceiling is falling
Road, near Route 100, Drew spotted some-
thing in the middle of the road, which he
assumed was an animal, his father said.
At the same time, an SUV with bright
LED lights was coming from the opposite
direction and started to slow down, but
instead of going around the object, it went
right over it and fled the scene, he said.
Labenberg said his son drove closer and
realized it wasn’t an animal that had just
been hit, but a young man in dark clothing.
The brothers got out of their car while
Dylana stayed inside.
Drew stayed with the injured man and
Darren ran about 150 yards to the nearest
home to call for help because he couldn’t
get cellphone service in the area, their dad
said.
The brothers stayed until emergency
crews arrived, providing police with details
of what they saw.
State police have only said it was a
light-color Mercedes Benz that struck
Becker, but Labenberg said it was a metallic
blue Mercedes SUV with LED lights
around the front lights and also shining
through the emblem.
Labenberg first shared the story on
Facebook hours after it happened because
he had a hard time sleeping after his
children told them what they had just been
through.
“When they came home, my wife woke
up and we couldn’t go back to sleep,"
Labenberg said. “The next day, we went to
church as a family.”
“It’s been a rough couple of days, that’s
for sure,” he said. “Not knowing if he
survived, not knowing who he was.”
balanced budget seven weeks into its fiscal
year and unconstitutional for the state to
spend it.
“He’s got to start putting things in
reserve now because you can’t pay the
bills,” Scarnati, R-Jefferson, said. “You
can’t pay the bills. The checking account’s
empty. So as money comes in, what bills
does he decide to pay?”
Pennsylvania state government is run-
ning on a nearly $32 billion budget bill that
lawmakers approved June 30, the day
before the current fiscal year began, even
though it is badly out of balance. Wolf let
the bill become law without his signature.
Taxes still are being collected, and bills are
being paid by the Pennsylvania Treasury,
CHRISTINA TATU/ MORNING CALL FILE PHOTO
Plans to turn the former Easton Area
School District administration building into
a 22-unit apartment complex were denied
Monday at a zoning board hearing.
inside...it hasn’t been maintained,” Makhoul
said.
The vacant two-story building at 811
Northampton St. was purchased by devel-
oper Abraham Atiyeh from the Easton Area
School District in 2013.
Following the hearing, Makhoul said he
isn’t sure if he will appeal. He said it’s
possible Atiyeh may want to move forward
with a 14-unit project, though Atiyeh hasn’t
moved forward with any development in
REED SAXON/AP FILE PHOTO
“My gratitude goes out to
the kids who stopped and
did what I wished the
people who hit him would
have done.”
— April Partington, mother of injured Scott
Becker
Becker’s mother, April Partington, reac-
hed out to his family days after his Facebook
post and thanked them for what they did.
Partington told the Morning Call last
week that she doesn’t think her son would
have made it if the Labenberg children
hadn’t helped her son.
“All the internal bleeding, he wouldn’t be
here,” she said. “My gratitude goes out to
the kids who stopped and did what I wished
the people who hit him would have done.”
Since that day they helped save Becker,
the Labenberg brothers have left home.
Drew, 21, shipped off to Army boot camp at
Fort Sill in Oklahoma on Monday, and
Darren, 20, returned Sunday to Elizabeth-
town College, where he also runs cross
country.
Dylana has kept in touch with Becker’s
family.
“We hope to visit Scott when he gets a
little better,” Brent Labenberg said.
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but the Republican-controlled House of
Representatives has been unable to pass a
plan to fully fund it.
On Monday, a couple dozen House
Republicans met behind closed doors in
the Capitol as they try to develop a
response to the Republican-controlled
Senate’s $2.2 billion budget-balancing
package, passed narrowly last month.
Wolf supports the Senate’s plan, which
revolves around borrowing $1.3 billion
against Pennsylvania’s future proceeds
from the 1998 multistate settlement with
tobacco companies, raising $400 million
worth of taxes on consumers’ utility bills
and mounting another huge expansion of
casino-style gambling.
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LOCAL NEWS
the years he’s owned the building.
Nitchkey said Makhoul has 20 days from
receipt of a written decision to appeal.
Makhoul told the Easton Planning Com-
mission last month that the project would
include six units in the basement level of the
building, eight units on the first floor and
eight units on the top floor.
The units would be a mix of loft-style
apartments and single bedroom units
geared toward single people and couples.
Last month, Makhoul said rent would
range from $625 per month for the smallest
units to $700 a month for a one-bedroom
and $725-$750 for the larger unit.
In addition to the apartments, the
building would have included a laundry
facility for residents. It already has 33
off-street parking spaces on the sides and
behind the building. Makhoul said parking
spaces will be numbered with one for reach
resident, and several set aside for visitor
parking.
Makhoul recently completed a similar
project in Allentown where he converted
the former W.H. Hunsicker School on Sixth
Street into 17 apartment units with a coin
operated laundry on the first floor.
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610-820-6583
Students with overdrawn
accounts now can charge
2 fewer meals than previously.
By Jacqueline Palochko
Of The Morning Call
The Bethlehem Area School District is
reducing the amount of meals students can
charge when their accounts are withdrawn.
At Monday’s school board meeting, the
board voted 8-0 to change the policy
regarding its school lunches. School Director
Rogelio Ortiz was absent.
Under the new policy, an elementary
student could receive up to three meals
when the student’s account is overdrawn.
Those three meals will be charged to the
account. After the third meal, if a student’s
account is still overdrawn, he or she will
receive an alternate reimbursable meal.
Previously, elementary students were al-
lowed to charge five meals.
At the secondary level, middle and high
school students can charge one meal to their
account when they have negative accounts.
Under the old policy, sixth- to 12th-graders
could receive up to three meals with
overdrawn accounts.
Superintendent Joseph Roy said before
the meeting the new policy aligns with what
the district has recently been practicing.
If a student still has a delinquent debt by
senior year, he or she will not be allowed to
participate in commencement activities.
How schools handle meal debt has
become a topic of discussion across the
country. A 2014 federal report found 39
percent of districts nationwide hand out
cheap alternative meals with no nutritional
requirements and nearly 6 percent refuse to
serve students with no money.
In July, the U.S. Department of Agricul-
ture announced it will require districts to
adopt policies this month addressing meal
debts, including coming up with a better way
to inform parents about the rules at the
beginning of the school year.
The agency is not specifically barring
tactics such as serving cheap sandwiches in
place of hot meals or sending students home
with conspicuous debt reminders, such as
hand stamps.
But it is encouraging schools to work more
closely with parents to address delinquent
accounts and ensure children don’t go
hungry.
Pennsylvania has no law regarding how
districts handle meal debt.
Free and reduced-price meals funded by
the Agriculture Department’s National
School Lunch Program let children eat for
free if a family of four earns less than about
$32,000 a year or at a discount if earnings are
under $45,000. Almost 60 percent of Bethle-
hem Area’s students receive free or reduced-
price lunches, which means they don’t have
overdrawn account issues.
Still, Roy said before the meeting that
overdrawn accounts are an issue. House-
holds with slightly higher incomes are more
likely to struggle, experts on poverty and
nutrition say.
Other districts have recently updated
their policies, too.
Northampton Area School District
amassed $10,305 in school meal debt last year
— the equivalent of more than 4,000 unpaid
lunch entrees.
In the spring, Northampton Area updated
its policy. Elementary and middle school
students would continue to get alternate
meals that meet nutritional requirements
after five non-paid lunches. But high school-
ers would be cut off altogether after five
non-paid meals.
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Obituaries
TODAY Donald D. "Pop" Easton Ronald L. Moxey Olga Harbove
Donald D. ”Pop” Easton, 89, of Walnutport, formerly of Ronald L. Moxey, of Emmaus, died August 20, on his Olga Harbove, 89, of
Durkay, Adela Coplay, died Sunday, August 20, 2017 in his home. He was birthday. Born in Philadelphia in 1936, he was the son of Whitehall passed away
Easton, Donald the husband of the late Florencia (Ongais) Easton and Bea- Louis and Myrtle (Stehlig) Moxey of Doylestown, PA. He peacefully Saturday, August
Harbove, Olga trice (Crick) Easton. Born in Mattoon, IL, October 9, 1927, was married to Jayne (Kuntzleman) Moxey for 56 years. He 19, 2017 at Lehigh Valley
Heil, Lorraine Donald was the son of the late Don and Virgie (Eveland) was a graduate of Central High School in Philadelphia and Hospital, Salisbury Town-
Koziel, Paul Easton. He was employed as a terminal manager at Agway Muhlenberg College where he earned a BA in English. He ship. She was the wife of
Manesis, Dimitrios Petroleum Corp., formerly Phillips Petroleum Corp. in ran cross country and track in both high school and col- the late Michael “Benny”
Miller, Charles Macungie for 12 years before retiring in 1989. Prior to that, lege. Following graduation from Muhlenberg, he served 3 Harbove who died No-
Moxey, Ronald he worked on the Phillips Petroleum Pipeline in various years as an officer with the Armed Forces Security Group vember 15, 2004. Born in
Serencsics, Emma states for 15 years. He faithfully and honorably served his in Norfolk, VA, where he was the officer in charge of the Egypt, she was the daughter
Strong, Carol country in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He volun- Courier Station. Upon his release from the Navy, he was of the late Raymond and
teered in the social hall of NOVA EMS, Coplay. Donald was assistant editor of COMPRESSED AIR MAGAZINE (Ingersol Suzanna (Hudsco) Koche-
Toczek, Stanley a member of Life In Christ Church, Bethlehem. Rand Co) and later joined Lieberman Associates Advertising nash. Olga worked at the
Wigfield, Carol Survivors: Children, Clinton D. Easton and his compan- Agency in Allentown as a copywriter and account executive. former Richards Sportswear
Zipprodt, Bradley ion, Carol A. Farole of Walnutport, Ronald R. Easton of He then became a vice president and account manager. in Allentown for several
Illinois, Michael L. Easton and his wife, Jocelyn of South Upon retirement Ron worked as a groundskeeper at Lehigh years. She was a volunteer
Obituary Notice Policy Carolina, Robert N. Easton of Walnutport, Rebecca A. County Club—a job he loved. An avid reader and writer, and very dedicated mem-
Obituaries and/or corrections Mangas of California, Sandra A. Mack of Florida; stepson, Ron enjoyed woodworking, gardening and running, even ber of St. John the Baptist
will be accepted from and Michael A. Owen of Danielsville; stepdaughters, Cynthia completing his first marathon at age 58. He was a member Ukrainian Catholic Church,
billed to the funeral home R. Martnick of Bethlehem, Deborah S. Grimm of New of The Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit and served on Northampton.
handling the arrangements; Ringgold, Donna I. White of Walnutport; 19 grandchildren; the church council for 10 years. Survivors: sons, Mi-
we will also accept obituaries many great grandchildren. Survivors: In addition to his wife, Jayne, he is survived chael R. Harbove and wife,
from families handling their Services: Family and friends may pay their respects from by his son Andrew (Allison) of Emmaus, son Timothy (Liz) Nadine, David P. Harbove
own arrangements. 6:30 – 8:30 pm. Thursday, August 24, 2017, followed by a fu- of Chestnut Hill and daughter Beth (Jim) of Allentown, and wife, Anne; 6 grandchil-
neral service at 8:30 pm. in the Heintzelman Funeral Home, his brother, Richard Moxey (Lorraine) of Doylestown, PA, dren, Daria, Michael, Sherri,
Obituaries will be accepted by Inc., 4906 Route 309, Schnecksville with Pastor Norman brother-in-law, Charles Kuntzleman and wife Beth and Christopher, Megan, and
fax at: 610-820-6755; or via
Carlisle officiating. Interment with military honors will be grandchildren, Tyler, Ashley, Todd, Timothy, Clare and Benjamin; brothers, Paul,
email at obits@mcall.com.
held 9:30 am. Friday, August 25, 2017 at Woodlawn Memorial Thomas. Harold, Edward, Joseph,
For more information, contact
Park, 1500 Airport Road, Allentown. Online expressions of Services: Funeral Services Friday, August 25, 2017 at Dennis and Stephen Koche-
The Morning Call at
sympathy may be recorded at www.heintzelmancares.com. 11:00 AM in The Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 3461 S. nash; sisters, Margaret and
610-820-6565.
Contributions: In lieu of flowers, memorial contribu- Cedar Crest Blvd., Emmaus. Visitation 10:00 to 11:00 AM in Virginia; and many nieces
OBITUARY DESK HOURS: tions may be made to Life In Christ Church, c/o the funeral the church. Interment with military honors will follow in and nephews. Olga was pre-
Monday-Friday - 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. home, P.O. Box # 196, Schnecksville, 18078-0196. Emmaus Moravian Cemetery. Schantz Funeral Home, P.C., deceased by sisters, Anna
Saturday - 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Please sign Guest Book on themorningcall.com/obits Emmaus is handling arrangements. and Rose.
Sunday - 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Contributions: In lieu of flowers, contributions may be Services: A viewing will
Holidays - 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. made to Lehigh Valley Hospice, 2024 Lehigh St., Allentown, be Friday, August 25th from
In order to guarantee PA 18103 or to Leukemia – Lymphoma Society, P.O. Box 4072, 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. with Pan-
publication in the next day’s Pittsfield, MA 01202 or online at donate.lls.org. ikhida service at 9:15 a.m. in
paper, an obituary needs to be Please sign Guest Book on themorningcall.com/obits the Reichel Funeral Home,
submitted by 2 p.m. 326 E. 21st St., Northampton
Emma (Faustner) followed by Divine Liturgy
Serencsics at 10:00 a.m. in St. John the
Emma Serencsics, 91, Baptist Ukrainian Catholic
formerly of Moore Town- Church, 1343 Newport Ave.,
Dimitrios Manesis ship, passed away on Northampton. Burial will
Paul M. Koziel Dimitrios “Jimmy” Mane- Saturday, August 19, 2017, follow in the parish cem-
Paul M. Koziel, 48, of sis, 85 of Bethlehem died on at Country Meadows in etery. Online condolences
Hometown, formerly of August 19, 2017 at St. Luke’s Bethlehem Township. She may be submitted to www.
Hazleton died suddenly Hospital in Fountain Hill. was the loving wife of John reichelfuneralhome.com.
Saturday at Wayne Memo- Dimitrios was the husband Serencsics, with whom she Stanley J. Toczek Contributions: Memori-
rial Hospital, Honesdale. He of Angeliki (Malitsis) Mane- shared 60 years of marriage Stanley J. Toczek, 60, of als may be presented to the
Adela A. Durkay was born in Hazleton son sis, they were married for prior to his passing in 2012. Whitehall Pennsylvania, church c/o funeral home in
Adela A. Durkay, 90, Born in Ormrod, on March passed away Wednesday,
of Sophia (Gorski) Koziel, over 65 years. lieu of flowers.
formerly of Coxeville died 06, 1926, she was a daugh- August 16th in his home.
Hazleton and the late Dimitrios was born in Please sign Guest Book on
early Saturday morning at ter of the late Charles and He was the husband of Lisa themorningcall.com/obits
Michael Koziel. He was a Othoni (Damaskatika-5)

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Hometown Nursing Home Bertha (Keppel) Faustner. A. Toczek (Bednar). Born in
Police Officer for the City of Corfu, Greece on May 1,
were she had been a guest. She attended Parkland Allentown he was the son
Allentown joining the force 1932 son of the late Nicho-
She was born in Hazleton High School. A member of Frieda (Bruckner) Liberda
in 2003, advanced to Detec- las and Angeliki Manesis.
daughter of the late Stanley of the International Ladies’ and the late Henry Toczek.
tive, Criminal Investigations He was the owner the Blue
& Louise (Matuella) Yackera. Garment Workers’ Union, Stanley was a graduate
in 2012, Member of the Anchor Restaurant for a few
She was a member of Ss. Emma was employed in the of Louis E. Dieruff High
Crisis Negotiation Team in years, then he owned the
Peter & Paul B.C. Church, garment industry for many School. He served honor-
2016 and in 2017 Detective- Greek Island Coffee House
Beaver Meadows. Prior to years before retiring as a ably in the United States
Lehigh County Insurance and later he owned Manesis
retiring she was employed floor lady. She was also an Marine Corps and was a
Fraud Task Force, during Painting in Bethlehem.
in the Local Garment active member of Sacred Correctional Officer for
his time on the force he He was a member of St.

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Industry. She was a lifetime Heart of Jesus Parish in Lehigh County Corrections.
received two Merit Com- Nicholas Greek Orthodox

member of the Women
of the Moose, an ILGWU
member, served a brief time
as Greek Catholic Union
Athletic Director, Ss. Peter
& Paul Ladies Auxiliary, and
was an avid bowler. She is
preceded in death by her
Husband Joseph Durkay in
1996 and a brother Walter
Yackera.
Survivors: She is survived
by her 3 daughters: Joanne
Shimanski and her husband
Joseph, Hazleton, Mary
Boyle and her husband
Joseph, Bethlehem and De-
nise Durkay and her com-
panion Todd Zimmerman,
Hummelstown, Pa., 3 grand-
children: Joseph Shimanski,
Jr., Shawn Joseph Boyle, and
Erin Michael Boyle, 1 great-
granddaughter Brittany
Ann Shimanski and several
nieces and nephews.
Services: The Funeral will
be held on Wednesday at
9:30 A.M. from the Frank J.
Bonin Funeral Home Inc.
Divine Liturgy with Office
of Christian Burial at 10:00
A.M. at Ss. Peter & Paul B.C.
Church. Interment in the
Parish Cemetery. Friends
and relatives may call on
Tuesday evening from 6:00
to 9:00 P.M. Parastas will be
held at 7:00 P.M.
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Bradley B. Zipprodt
Bradley Zipprodt, 54, of
Allentown died at Lehigh
Valley Hospital on July 14,
2017 as a result of injuries
mendations and a Bravery
Commendation. Previously
he served as a police officer
in Kline Twp. from 1998 to
2000 and West Hazleton
from 1999 to 2003. He was
a member of the Fraternal
Order of Police Lodge 10.
Paul was an avid music fan
and was very proud of his
Polish Heritage.
Survivors: He is survived
in addition to his mother by
his wife the former Susan
Laudeman and the follow-
ing brother and sisters:
Mary Koziel, Lakeworth,
Florida, Julia Koziel, Ber-
wick, Dorothea Saksek, west
Hazleton, Michael Koziel
and his wife Beth Logan,
North Chelmsford, Mass.
Several nieces, nephews,
uncles , aunts, cousins and
his faithful pet companions:
Josey wales, Lily, Dirty Harry,
Julius, Coco, Pixie, Vera and
Gypsy.
Services: The funeral will
be held on Friday at 9:30
a.m. from the Frank J. Bonin
Funeral Home Inc. 542 N.
Wyoming St. Hazleton, PA.
Mass of Christian Burial at
10:00 a.m. at the Parish of Ss.
Cyril and Methodius at the
Church of St. Joseph 604 N.
Laurel St. Hazleton, PA. In-
terment will be held at the
convenience of the family
in St. Stanislaus Cemetery.
Friends and relatives may
call on Thursday from 5:00
to 9:00 p.m. at the funeral
home.
Contributions: In lieu of
Cathedral in Bethlehem.
Survivors: His wife An-
geliki, their sons Nicholas,
husband of Doris and
Aristidis, husband of Isa-
bella all of Riegelsville; five
grandchildren Gino, David,
Ariella, Dimitrios and Ales-
sia; sister Ioanna Pappas
and brother Kostas both of
Athens, Greece and many
nieces and nephews.
Services: Funeral service
on Friday August 25, 2017 at
11 AM, viewing 10AM to 11
AM in St. Nicholas Greek
Orthodox Cathedral 1607
West Union Blvd, Bethle-
hem. Burial in Nisky Hill
Cemetery, Bethlehem. Fu-
neral arrangements are by
the John F. Herron Funeral
Home in Bethlehem.
Contributions: To the
Cathedral.
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Charles P. Miller
Charles P. Miller, 75,
of Upper Macungie Twp.,
passed away Saturday,
August 19, 2017 in St. Luke’s
Hospice House, Lower
Saucon Twp. He was the
husband of the late Jeannie
E. (Klass) Miller. Born in
Bath, and the Ladies Altar
Society.
Survivors: She is sur-
vived by her loving nieces,
nephews and their fami-
lies. In addition to her late
husband, John, she was
predeceased by her three
brothers, Joseph, Frank and
Charles, as well as her two
sisters, Stella and Bertha.
Services: Her Mass of
Christian Burial will be
celebrated on Thursday,
August 24, 2017, at 10:30
A.M. in Sacred Heart of
Jesus Catholic Church, 210
E. Northampton Street,
Bath, PA 18014. Friends and
relatives are invited to call
on Thursday morning from
8:45 A.M. to 9:45 A.M. in
the GEORGE G. BENSING
FUNERAL HOME, Inc., 2165
Community Drive, Route
946, Village of Moorestown
- Bath, PA 18014. Interment
will follow in Sacred Heart
Parish Cemetery, Bath.
Contributions: In lieu of
flowers, contributions may
be offered in memory of
Emma to the Alzheimer’s As-
sociation, 617 Main Street A,
Hellertown, PA 18055.
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Carol E. Strong
Carol E. Strong, 89, of
Bethlehem died Sunday, Au-
gust 20, 2017 at the St. Luke’s
Hospice House in Lower
Saucon Township. Born De-
cember 26, 1927 in Bethle-
of
Stanley was an avid long
distance runner and was
in training for what would
have been his fifteenth full
marathon.
Survivors: Mother, Wife,
Daughter Valerie Toczek-
Reinhart and Son in Law
Patrick of Bethlehem,
Granddaughter Caroline,
Sisters- Suzanne Lagler,
For
Marianne Hoffman, and
Wanda Benkovic, Brother-
Michael Liberda, many
nieces, a great niece and
great nephews.
those
Services: The family will
have a celebration honor- who
ing Stanley's life on Sunday,
gave
August 27th from 1-6 pm
at Northampton Municipal
Park (off of Laubach Ave.)
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Carol N. Wigfield during
Carol N. Wigfield, 77,
of Emmaus, passed away
in her home on August 21, these
2017. She was the wife of
difficult
Edward C. Wigfield and they
would have observed their
60th wedding anniversary
next month. Born in Bryn
Mawr, she was the daughter
times.
of the late Lawrence A. and
Ruth D. (Powell) Altemus.
Carol was self employed as
a piano and vocal teacher.
She was an avid quilter and
she was a member of Bethel
Bible Fellowship Church,
Emmaus.
Survivors: Survivors:
Husband; Children, Edward
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accident. He graduated 10 Fraternal Order of Police the late Oscar and Dorothy of the late Harry and Evelyn Cindy; Kathi L. Schlier and
from Nazareth Area High in Paul's Memory would be Miller. Charles was a weaver (Gottshall) Strong. her husband, David; Susan
School in 1980 and entered appreciated by the family. at Raxon Fabrics for 42 years Carol was a 1946 gradu- B. Wigfield; Janice E. Harris
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Survivors: mother Geor- themorningcall.com/obits was a member of First Pres- School. She worked and David P. Wigfield and his
giana, brother Kurt and his byterian Church of Hokend- retired from Sure-Fit in wife, Cheryl; Elizabeth
wife Lynne, two nephews. auqua. Charles enjoyed life Bethlehem. Carol was a Kuhns and her husband,
Jeffrey; 19 grandchildren; 3

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Services: Private. Ar- and loved spending time member of Rosemont Lu-
rangements by the Herron with his family. theran Church. In her free great-grandchildren.
Funeral Home in Bethle- Survivors: Daughter: time, Carol enjoyed to knit Services: Services: 11
hem. Share Heather J. Irwin and her
husband Warren of Upper
and crochet.
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P. Miller of Denver, CO; her nephew, William B. maus. Calling hours will be
Lorraine E. Heil Brother: Bill Miller and his Gill husband of Doreen, held 6-8 PM Wednesday at
Lorraine E. Heil, 91, died Bachman, Kulik & Reinsmith
August 20, 2017. She was the wife Karen of Wisconsin; great nephew, Patrick, great
Grandchildren: Cody Mur- nieces, Corrin and Kelli and Funeral Home, 225 Elm
wife of the late Harold Heil. Street, Emmaus, and 10-11
Services: Viewing 10 – 11 phy, Brayden Irwin, Aiden a brother-in-law, Thomas
Miller, Nick Irwin, Ryan Gill. Carol was preceded AM Thursday in the church.
AM, Service at 11AM, Thurs- Contributions: Contri-
day, August 24, Pennsburg U Irwin and his wife Brittany. in death by her sister, Joyce
Charles was predeceased by Gill. butions: In lieu of flow-
C C, 775 Main St., Penns- ers, contributions can be
burg. For a complete obitu- a brother Dennis. Services: Services will be
Services: At Charlie’s re- private and at the conve- made to Still Waters Baptist
ary see the Town & Country Church, 100 E. Driftwood
and visit falkfuneralhomes. quest, there will not be any nience of the family. Ar-
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U.S. basks in cosmic spectacle
Moment in shade
of total eclipse
lights up millions
By Laura King and
Matt Pearce
Los Angeles Times
NASHVILLE, Tenn. —
Millions of people gazed
skyward Monday as the
moon’s shadow raced east-
ward along a slender corri-
dor bisecting the mainland
United States, blotting out
the sun in a grand celestial
show that had not been
visible all across America in
nearly a century.
As if by the machinations
of some great astral clock,
the magic of the total solar
eclipse began right on
schedule, with the moon
taking its first “bites” from
the sun, to the enthrallment
of watchers in the Pacific
Northwest and swiftly be-
yond.
Darkness descended.
The air cooled. Birds fell
silent. Cicadas buzzed.
Watchers erupted in cheers.
In the eerie, failing light,
cattle lay down in the fields.
The stars came out. The
contrails of passing jet
planes jumped into sharp
relief.
The eclipse, moving
along a 2,600-mile, 14-state
swath starting in Oregon
and ending in South Car-
olina, seemed to bring out
everyone’s awe-struck
inner poet — or curious
amateur scientist.
All too soon, it was over,
and its passing left some
feeling almost bereft.
Watching, some embraced.
Others wept.
Outside Nashville’s
Grand Ole Opry, the wonder
of it was still in the voice of
Lisa Wilbanks, 57, of
In wake of
collisions, a
naval pause
Navy puts fleet’s
operations on hold
for safety review
By W.J. Hennigan and
Jessica Meyers
Washington Bureau
AMMAN, Jordan — The
Navy said Monday that the
world’s largest and most
powerful armada will im-
mediately pause operations
for a fleetwide safety review
following the pre-dawn col-
lision of a guided-missile
destroyer and an oil tanker
that left 10 sailors missing
near Singapore, the fourth
naval accident in the Pacific
this year.
Chief of Naval Opera-
tions Adm. John Rich-
ardson announced the rare
“operational pause” in a
video posted to social media
Monday. He did not say how
long it would last.
He also ordered a com-
prehensive review into
causes of the recent colli-
sions, saying “more forceful
action” is needed to deter-
mine why trained crews on
U.S. warships carrying
radars and other high-tech
Judge shot by father of Ohio football player convicted of rape
By Andrew
Welsh-Huggins
Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A
man who shot and
wounded a judge outside a
county courthouse before
being gunned down by a
bailiff was the father of a
high school football player
who was convicted of rape
in 2013, authorities said
Monday.
Jefferson County Judge
Joseph Bruzzese Jr. was
shot Monday morning near
the courthouse in
After their wedding , Nathan Mauger and Connie Young toast the eclipse with family and friends in Spokane, Wash.
GEORGE FREY/GETTY
The sun in full eclipse over
Grand Teton National Park
outside Jackson, Wyo.
Louisville, Ky., after light
returned to the sky.
“I felt a sense of awe
about nature ... the whole
totality of the universe,” she
said.
At Lake Jocassee in
South Carolina, water and
surrounding hills were
slowly engulfed in a shad-
owy, pink 360-degree sun-
sensors failed to avoid
crashes while underway.
“I have directed fleet
commanders to immedi-
ately conduct an opera-
tional pause with com-
mands and leaders across
the fleet, to ensure we are
taking all appropriate im-
mediate measures to en-
hance the Navy’s safe and
effective operation around
the world,” Richardson said.
The orders come as ten-
sions with North Korea
again notched upward.
Thousands of U.S. and
South Korean troops began
11 days of joint drills Mon-
day and Pyongyang warned
that it could lead to the
“uncontrollable phase of a
nuclear war.”
U.S. warships in the west-
ern Pacific are crucial to
South Korea’s defense.
The fleetwide stand-
down was announced hours
after the U.S. guided-missile
destroyer John S. McCain
collided with the Alnic MC,
a Liberian-flagged oil and
chemical tanker nearly
three times its size. The
collision occurred at 5:24
a.m. local time at the en-
trance to the Strait of Ma-
Steubenville, across the
Ohio River from West Vir-
ginia’s northern panhandle
and just west of Pittsburgh.
Authorities identified the
gunman as Nathaniel
“Nate” Richmond, the fa-
ther of Ma’Lik Richmond.
Authorities say suspect
Nathaniel Richmond was
fatally shot by the judge’s
bailiff during the alterca-
tion. The judge also fired
shots.
Ma’Lik, then 17, served
about 10 months in a ju-
venile lockup after being
convicted with another
set. “Whoa,” said a woman
on a paddleboard, leaning to
kiss her girlfriend. “I didn’t
think it would be so drama-
tic.”
The path of totality, it
turns out, is a pretty person-
al thing. Among young and
old alike, a sense of childlike
wonder awakened as the
clock ticked down to what
many saw as a once-in-a-
lifetime cosmic spectacle.
“Make the most of the
day!” said gallery owner
Bonita Shipman, in Brevard,
N.C. Hours before eclipse
time, vendors in a parking
lot were gearing up to hand
out free Moon Pies and
hawk their crafts.
“I felt like I couldn’t pass
it up,” said Oregon State
Rep. Rob Nosse, who hap-
pily rose before dawn to
catch the Solar Eclipse Spe-
cial train from Portland to
The hobbled USS John S. McCain rests Monday at Changi Naval Base in Singapore.
lacca.
Ten sailors were missing
and presumed dead, and
five sailors were injured,
after water poured into a
huge gash in the McCain’s
port hull, flooding crew
berthing, machinery and
communications rooms, the
Navy said.
Defense Secretary Jim
Mattis told reporters trav-
eling with him in Jordan on
Monday that he has reached
out to families of the miss-
ing sailors.
“My thoughts and
prayers are with the sailors
and families of the USS
John McCain,” he said. “We
obviously have an investiga-
tion underway, and that will
Steubenville High School
football player of raping a
16-year-old girl during an
alcohol-fueled party in
2012.
Investigators are looking
for a motive in the shooting
and haven’t found a connec-
tion to the rape case, prose-
cutor Jane Hanlin said.
A visiting judge from
Hamilton County handled
the majority of the rape
case.
Records show Bruzzese
was overseeing a wrongful-
death lawsuit that Nate
Richmond filed in April
COLIN MULVANY/THE SPOKESMAN REVIEW
the state fairgrounds in the
capital, Salem, which was in
the path of totality.
The stretch of enveloping
darkness as the moon fully
blotted out the sun was the
longest in Southern Illinois,
where totality lasted nearly
three minutes. Elsewhere
on the route, the show was a
few seconds shorter.
The most devoted
eclipse-watchers had pre-
pared for these fleeting mo-
ments months or years ago,
devouring accounts of the
fear and awe eclipses in-
spired in ancient times, and,
turning to modern-day pre-
occupations, scouring web-
sites for flights, rental cars
and hotels.
Some rural highways and
byways, as well as major
highways, were hit by chok-
ing vehicular jams. The Na-
tional Weather Service in
determine what happened.”
Despite the extensive
damage, the hobbled de-
stroyer arrived at Changi
Naval Base in Singapore
under its own power.
Search-and-rescue opera-
tions were underway using
Navy Seahawk helicopters
and Ospreys as well as
Singaporean tugboats, Navy
and coast guard vessels.
The Strait of Malacca is
one of the world’s most
congested shipping lanes.
Much of Asia’s oil imports
traverse the choke point on
the way to the South China
Sea, where China is build-
ing artificial islands in wa-
ters that its neighbors also
claim.
against the Jefferson
County Metropolitan Hous-
ing Authority.
A hearing on a motion by
the housing authority to
dismiss punitive damage
claims was set for Aug. 28.
Messages were left for
Richmond’s attorneys.
Richmond several years
ago he was arrested on
various domestic violence
and assault charges, court
records show.
The prosecutor said
Bruzzese was shoved to the
ground during Monday’s at-
tack.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2017 NEWS 9
Cheyenne, Wyo., tweeted
out a shot of a long, zig-
zagging line of car head-
lights lighting up the
predawn sky.
In South Carolina, traffic
before 9 a.m. was light on
many of the two-lane roads
winding through the hills in
the west of the state. Day-
trippers in sun hats walked
along the side of Cherokee
Foothills Scenic Byway,
hauling folding chairs, cool-
ers and umbrellas to Table
Rock State Park.
Even in cities where the
eclipse was only partial and
the sky barely darkened,
office workers clustered on
street corners, using protec-
tive spectacles to look at the
fiery corona. In Washing-
ton, D.C., outside the totality
path, President Donald
Trump, together with wife
Melania and son Barron,
JOSHUA FULTON/U.S. NAVY
With geopolitical ten-
sions at play in the region,
China’s Foreign Ministry
earlier this month de-
nounced the United States
after the McCain passed
close by a South China Sea
island that China claims.
The state-run China
Daily used the latest colli-
sion to note “the way U.S.
warships tend to sail with-
out observing maritime
traffic rules and the sloppi-
ness of their crews.”
The Alnic was damaged
in front of its hull, but no
crew members were in-
jured, according to Singa-
pore’s Maritime and Port
Authority.
Richardson said the com-
DARRELL SAPP/PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE
Officials in Steubenville, Ohio, work the scene of Monday’s
incident, in which a bailiff shot and killed the gunman.
came out onto the White
House’s Truman Balcony,
gazing skyward with pro-
tective lenses in place —
although the president
briefly looked up after re-
moving his glasses.
Most total eclipses,
which come around every
one to three years, take
place in inaccessible areas,
far out at sea or over the
poles, darkening the planet
in places where few are
around to see it. There
hadn’t been a coast-to-coast
total eclipse in the United
States since June 1918, as
World War I raged and
Woodrow Wilson sat in the
White House.
Eclipse mania suddenly
became a pop phenomenon
as well as a scientific bonan-
za.
NASA star-gazers and
reams of other astronomers
kept watch from ground
telescopes and outer space.
Animal behaviorists and
botanists had a literal field
day. Zoos and museums
hosted viewing events;
campgrounds and open
fields fell silent with awe, or
erupted in whoops of won-
der.
For anyone who missed
the show: Just wait until
2024. That’s when the next
total solar eclipse will be
seen in the United States.
But there won’t be another
coast-to-coast one until
2045.
Laura King reported from
Washington and staff writer
Matt Pearce from Nashville.
Special correspondents
Thacher Schmid contributed
from Portland, Ore., Kay
Manning from Brevard, N.C.,
and Jenny Jarvie from
Salem, S.C.
laura.king@latimes.com
prehensive review will in-
clude “operational tempo,
performance, maintenance,
equipment and personnel.”
It will be on a “tight time-
line” and also look into
“tactical and navigational
proficiency” of sailors, he
said.
The latest collision
comes three months after
the McCain’s sister ship, the
guided-missile destroyer
Fitzgerald, collided with a
much larger Philippine-
flagged container ship, the
ACX Crystal, on a calm,
clear night about 50 nauti-
cal miles from the Japanese
port of Yokosuka.
Seven sailors were killed
in the June 17 collision, and
the commander and his
executive officer were re-
lieved of command last
week after a Navy investiga-
tion.
A guided-missile cruiser,
Lake Champlain, collided
with a South Korean fishing
vessel on May 9 off the
Korean Peninsula. Another
guided-missile cruiser, An-
tietam, ran aground on Jan.
31 and gushed oil into Tokyo
Bay.
All of the U.S. ships are
part of the Navy’s 7th Fleet
based in Yokosuka.
When asked by reporters
about the collision late Sun-
day, President Donald
Trump initially said, “That’s
too bad.”
He later tweeted
“thoughts & prayers” for the
sailors aboard the ship.
william.hennigan@latimes.com
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NATION & WORLD
Au revoir to the Macron honeymoon
French president’s
popularity quickly
takes stunning dive
By James McAuley
The Washington Post
PARIS — At home and
abroad, the name Emman-
uel Macron elicits vastly
different reactions.
In many countries, the
39-year-old French presi-
dent remains a symbol of
youthful dynamism, a dar-
ling of social democrats
shocked by Brexit and the
ascent of President Donald
Trump. But in France, the
man whose landslide vic-
tory in May marked the end
of Europe’s populist surge is
falling out of favor — and
fast.
In view of the sky-high
expectations for Macron,
his initial slide in the polls
was to be expected, political
analysts say. After little
more than three months in
office, however, he faces a
full-fledged nose-dive in
public opinion. According
to the latest YouGov poll,
published at the beginning
of August, just 36 percent of
the French now approve of
their president, roughly the
same as the percentage of
Americans who approve of
Trump. On May 7, some 66
percent of French voters
supported Macron.
That steep decline — es-
pecially given the relief that
followed Macron’s trounc-
ing of the far-right Marine
Le Pen — has baffled politi-
cal operatives and pollsters
here. And although poll
numbers fluctuate, the lat-
est figures also have many
wondering about the viabil-
ity of the president’s newly
established political party
and his ambitious economic
proposals.
In an interview, Antoni
Minniti, a research director
at YouGov France, attrib-
uted the unusual drop to a
“convergence of elements”
after Macron’s first 100 days
in office. Among the fre-
quently cited factors his
team noticed, he said, were
reactions to the president’s
The cost of protecting the president and his family has strained the Secret Service.
Secret Service: Will run
short of money in Sept.
By Lisa Rein
The Washington Post
WASHINGTON — The
Secret Service said Monday
that it has enough money to
cover the cost of protecting
President Donald Trump
and his family through the
end of September, but after
that the agency will hit a
federally mandated cap on
salaries and overtime un-
less Congress intervenes.
If lawmakers don’t lift
the cap, about a third of the
agency’s agents would be
working overtime without
being paid, agency officials
said.
“The Secret Service esti-
mates that roughly 1,100
employees will work over-
time hours in excess of
statutory pay caps during
calendar year 2017,” Direc-
tor Randolph “Tex” Alles
said in a statement. “To
remedy this ongoing and
serious problem, the
agency has worked closely
with the Department of
Homeland Security, the
Administration, and the
Congress over the past sev-
eral months to find a legis-
lative solution.”
The spending limits are
supposed to last through
December, but the cost of
Emmanuel Macron is more unpopular at the three-month point of his first term than were any of his immediate predecessors, a French polling firm says.
perceived lack of respect for
the French military and the
relative inexperience and
lack of discipline shown by
his party’s parliamentary
deputies.
Others say the decline
can be explained in part by
France’s system of govern-
ment, in which the presi-
dent enjoys far broader
powers than many of his
Western peers — including
the power to dissolve Parlia-
ment. As a result, he re-
ceives all the credit or all the
blame whenever either is
due.
“It’s a pitfall of the presi-
dential system,” said Sudhir
Hazareesingh, an expert on
French politics at the Uni-
versity of Oxford. Haza-
reesingh also noted the
damage done by lawmakers
in Macron’s party, whom he
described as “a complete set
of novices.”
“They haven’t got used to
parliamentary procedure,”
he said, “and the group
really isn’t as cohesive as
might be hoped.”
Established last year, the
party — Republic on the
protecting the president
and the extended first fam-
ily, who have traveled ex-
tensively for business and
vacations, has strained the
Secret Service, local gov-
ernments and at least one
other federal agency, the
Coast Guard.
Presidential travel for
Trump and the first lady —
who fly to their oceanfront
Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm
Beach, Fla., or to their golf
club in Bedminster, N.J., on
many weekends — has add-
ed costs for taxpayers and
complications for the gov-
ernment. The Secret Serv-
ice also must provide pro-
tection for Trump’s four
adult children.
Alles cited overall in-
creases to his agency’s staff
levels, which grew by 800
this year, as a factor driving
the extra costs, calling the
issue “not one that can be
attributed to the current
Administration’s protec-
tion requirements alone.”
He noted that the Secret
Service in recent years has
frequently received per-
mission from Congress to
exceed the overtime and
salary cap. This occurred as
recently as 2016 during
President Barack Obama’s
final year in office.
Move — is a new force in
French politics. While Mac-
ron made headlines for cre-
ating a diverse coalition of
deputies — with as many
women as men, and from a
wide range of professional
backgrounds — the brief
summer session before Par-
liament’s August recess was
marked by infighting and a
degree of administrative
chaos.
For many, though, it’s
Macron’s personality that
has done the most to alien-
ate ordinary citizens.
In three months in
power, the new head of state
has been reluctant to grant
interviews, preferring to de-
liver lengthy orations in the
halls of Versailles, France’s
historic seat of absolute
monarchy, and such regal
optics have not played well
with the media or the pub-
lic.
Macron is more unpopu-
lar at the three-month point
of his first term than any of
his immediate predecessors
— François Hollande, Nico-
las Sarkozy and Jacques
Chirac — were at the same
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Alles called the agency’s
current predicament, first
reported by USA Today, “an
ongoing issue for nearly a
decade due to an overall
increase in operational
tempo.”
Without question, how-
ever, the agency’s workload
for security personnel has
grown under Trump. The
Secret Service now pro-
tects 42 people around the
clock, 11 more than it did
under Obama. The Trump
protection number in-
cludes 18 members of the
president’s family.
The cap has been ex-
ceeded by at least some
amount in recent years, but
fewer agents were affected,
usually 300, compared to
1,300 in 2016, when agents
protected Obama, Hillary
Clinton and Trump during
the campaign, according to
the office of Rep. Elijah
Cummings of Maryland,
the top Democrat on the
House Committee on Over-
sight and Government Re-
form.
The Secret Service, beset
by years of budget short-
falls and leadership shake-
ups, requested $60 million
more for the next year to
protect the Trump entou-
rage.
point, according to Ifop, the
Paris-based polling firm.
Of late, any attempt by
Macron to act as the
“Jupiter of the Elysee,” as he
has been dubbed, has run
into fierce opposition. A
vague proposal to make his
wife, Brigitte, an “official”
first lady — a title that would
have come with a separate
taxpayer-funded budget —
was abandoned after an
online petition garnered
more than 300,000 signa-
tures. Brigitte Macron told
Elle Magazine in her first
public interview that she
would serve only in an
informal capacity.
Macron’s treatment of
the military has also helped
cement his emerging image
as an aloof, kinglike figure.
After his inauguration,
the new president quickly
set his sights on military
expenditures, a not-unex-
pected move given his
promises to slash govern-
ment spending as a way to
keep France in line with
European Union budgetary
guidelines.
Although he pledged to
U.S. halts issuing Russian
tourist visas for 8 days
By Nataliya
Vasilyeva
Associated Press
MOSCOW — In a step
that could affect hundreds
of thousands of Russian
tourists, the U.S. Embassy
in Russia said Monday it
would suspend issuing
nonimmigrant visas for
eight days from Wednesday
in response to the Russian
decision to cap embassy
staff.
The embassy made the
decision after the Russian
Foreign Ministry ordered a
cap on the number of U.S.
diplomatic personnel in
Russia, it said in a state-
ment, adding that it would
resume issuing visas in
Moscow on Sept. 1, but
maintain the suspension at
consulates in St. Peters-
burg, Yekaterinburg and
Vladivostok indefinitely.
Nearly a quarter of a
million Russian tourists
visited the U.S. last year,
according to Russian tour-
ism officials.
Earlier this month, Rus-
sia ordered the U.S. to cut
its embassy and consulate
staff in Russia by 755, or
two-thirds.
Moscow’s move was a
long-expected response to
former President Barack
Obama’s move to expel 35
Russian diplomats and shut
down two Russian recre-
ational retreats in the
United States following al-
legations of Russian inter-
ference in the 2016 U.S.
presidential election.
President Vladimir
Putin said Russia felt forced
to reciprocate after the U.S.
Congress approved sanc-
tions against Russia for
meddling in the 2016 elec-
tion and for its aggression
in Ukraine and Syria. He
dismissed the new package
of sanctions as based on
“unfounded accusations.”
The vast majority of the
more than 1,000 employees
at the various U.S. diplo-
matic missions in Russia,
including the embassy in
Moscow and the three con-
increase military spending
by next year, he plans to go
ahead with previously an-
nounced cuts of almost $1
billion to the 2017 defense
budget.
That amount represents
a small fraction of the
French military’s total an-
nual budget of $37 billion.
But against the backdrop
of France’s efforts to com-
bat terrorism at home and
abroad, Macron’s decision
was seen by military offi-
cials as a betrayal.
In mid-July, the coun-
try’s top-ranking general,
Pierre de Villiers, resigned
in protest.
“The French army is in a
very difficult state because
of the budget cuts that have
characterized the last 25
years,” said Vincent De-
sportes, a retired French
general, in an interview.
“Fundamentally, we need
support. Macron said he
would provide that support,
but the first thing he did
was to walk back on his
word.”
Separately from the
budget arguments, conser-
The U.S. Embassy made the decision after Moscow or-
dered a cap on U.S. diplomatic personnel in Russia.
sulates, are believed to be
Russian nationals.
The U.S. Embassy said
Monday that Russia’s deci-
sion to cut its staff “calls
into question Russia’s seri-
ousness about pursuing
better relations.” However,
it insisted that it would be
able to maintain adequate
staffing “to carry out es-
sential elements of our mis-
sion.”
The U.S. State Depart-
ment said the decision to
suspend visas was not re-
taliation for Russia’s cap-
ping of U.S. diplomatic per-
sonnel, noting that having
fewer personnel inevitably
results in a reduction in the
services they can provide.
Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov described the U.S.
move as “another attempt
to fan Russian citizens’
discontent with the gov-
ernment” and a contin-
uation of positions taken
under the previous White
House.
“It’s a well-known logic
of those who stage revolu-
tions,” Lavrov said in a
reference to Moscow’s
long-held claims that the
U.S. was fomenting unrest
in Russia and other ex-
Soviet nations. Washington
has denied the accusations.
Asked about a possible
Russian reaction, Lavrov
said that unlike the U.S.
government, Russia “is not
going to take it out on U.S.
citizens.”
Also Monday, Putin
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vatives and other support-
ers of the military objected
to what they saw as the
undiplomatic way Macron
conveyed and defended his
decisions to the armed
forces. The young presi-
dent, who has never served
in the military, dismissed
the protests of his troops,
telling them in a widely
discussed public speech last
month, “I am your boss”
and insisting that he needed
“no pressure and no com-
mentary.”
The speech was poorly
received by military fam-
ilies, Desportes said, adding,
“He knows nothing.”
Hazareesingh, though,
sees Macron’s lack of trans-
parency as perhaps his big-
gest public relations prob-
lem.
“He’s adopted a very
clear strategy of not talking
to the press,” he said, noting
that Macron has so far
preferred to appear in the
spotlight only alongside
other world leaders or pop
stars.
That can’t last, Haza-
reesingh said.
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named a career Russian
diplomat, who gained the
reputation of a hawk dur-
ing his earlier tenure at the
Defense Ministry, as the
new ambassador to the
United States.
Anatoly Antonov, 62,
succeeds Sergey Kislyak,
who found himself in the
center of controversy amid
claims of Russia’s inter-
ference in the U.S. presi-
dential vote. Kislyak’s con-
tacts with members of
President Donald Trump’s
team have been part of
congressional and FBI in-
vestigations into possible
collusion between the
Trump campaign and Rus-
sia. Russia has denied any
interference in the U.S.
election.
Antonov joined the For-
eign Ministry in 1978 and
gradually rose through the
ranks to take the job of the
chief of the ministry’s secu-
rity and disarmament de-
partment in 2004. As part
of his job, he led negotia-
tions on various interna-
tional agreements, includ-
ing the 2010 New START
nuclear arms reduction
treaty signed by the United
States and Russia.
In 2011, Antonov left the
Foreign Ministry to be-
come a deputy defense
minister in charge of inter-
national ties.
The European Union
and Canada have sanc-
tioned Antonov for his role
in the Ukrainian crisis.
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Federal contractors:
Please fill open jobs
By Aaron Gregg
The Washington Post
Top executives at four of
the nation’s biggest govern-
ment services firms have
publicly griped in calls with
investors about the slow
pace at which key federal
leadership positions are be-
ing filled, saying the vacan-
cies are causing a slow-
down in the pace of con-
tract awards and making it
difficult to plan for the
future.
They alternately blamed
the White House for failing
to offer up candidates and
Congress for failing to ap-
prove those who have been
appointed.
Science Applications
International Chief Execu-
tive Anthony Moraco
sounded the alarm on
March 30, when he told
investors that his Reston,
Va.-based business was be-
ing negatively affected by
“award delays due to on-
going administration tran-
sitions.” Leidos Chief Exe-
cutive Roger Krone, whose
Reston company employs
33,000 people and services
$6.8 billion in federal IT
contracts, raised the issue
in early May when he said
his company was seeing
“more slowness than ex-
pected in the acquisition
organizations of our (gov-
ernment) customers.”
General Dynamics Chief
Executive Phebe No-
vakovic said July 26 that
she has seen “very slow
execution” on contracts in
some agencies. And L3
Technologies Chief Execu-
tive Ralph D’Ambrosio said
the vacancies have “defi-
nitely resulted in a slow-
down” even at the Defense
Department.
The comments come as
federal contractors face an
uncertain future. Many saw
their stock prices soar
when President Donald
Trump prevailed on Elec-
tion Day, as the prospect of
Republicans controlling
both the White House and
NEWS BRIEFING
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Iraqi forces close in on
ISIS-held town west of Mosul
HALABIYAH, Iraq —
Iraqi forces made signifi-
cant progress as they
closed in on the Islamic
State-held town of Tal
Afar, west of Mosul, the
U.S.-led coalition and an
Iraqi military spokesman
said Monday.
Army Col. Ryan Dillon,
a coalition spokesman,
said Iraqi forces have re-
taken some 95 square
miles from the extremist
group known as ISIS since
the operation began early
Sunday, though they have
60 immigrants found inside
refrigerated truck trailer
FALFURRIAS, Texas —
Sixty immigrants have
been found in a load of
ice-covered broccoli in a
refrigerated trailer that
was searched at a Texas
border checkpoint, fed-
eral officials said Monday.
A U.S. Customs and
Border Protection state-
ment said nobody was
hurt and the trucker was
arrested at the Falfurrias
checkpoint.
Agents on Saturday
opened the padlocked
Teen pleads guilty to lesser
charge in Slender Man attack
MILWAUKEE — One
of two Wisconsin girls
charged with repeatedly
stabbing a classmate to
impress the fictitious hor-
ror character Slender Man
pleaded guilty Monday,
but she still faces a trial in
the case next month fo-
cused on her mental
health.
Anissa Weier, 15,
pleaded guilty to at-
tempted second-degree
homicide as a party to a
crime, with use of a deadly
As of Friday, only 15 Defense Department appointments
had been filled, lagging the previous two presidents’ pace.
Congress raised expecta-
tions for a defense buildup.
Since then, the GOP-led
coalition has struggled. An
early effort to repeal and
replace the Affordable Care
Act revealed deep rifts
among lawmakers, and
some industry officials
worry that approaching
deadlines to deal with the
debt and budget could lead
to another government
shutdown.
Meanwhile, Trump lags
behind the previous three
administrations in getting
qualified candidates ap-
pointed and confirmed for
key government jobs, ac-
cording to data maintained
by The Washington Post
and the Partnership for
Public Service.
As of Friday, only 15
Defense Department ap-
pointments had been filled,
half of which were con-
firmed by the Senate within
the last few weeks. That’s
compared with 22 and 33 at
the same point in the
Barack Obama and George
W. Bush presidencies, re-
spectively.
Appointments at other
agencies are behind even
more: Only 9 percent of
political appointments at
the Energy Department
have been filled; 8 percent
at the Agriculture Depart-
ment; 13 percent at the
Education Department;
and 18 percent at the State
Department.
In the meantime, the
work is generally being
picked up by interim man-
not yet pushed into the
town itself.
Dozens of civilians have
fled the area.
The spokesman for the
Joint Military Command,
Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool,
said militants deployed
suicide car bombers, road
side bombs and mortars to
slow down the advancing
troops.
Citing intelligence, Ra-
sool estimated the number
of ISIS militants inside the
town at around 2,000
fighters.
trailer and found the im-
migrants amid pallets of
broccoli lined with ice.
Customs officials say the
temperature inside the
trailer was 49 degrees.
Some immigrants wore
hooded heavy coats.
The immigrants — from
Guatemala, Mexico, El
Salvador and Hondurans
— were detained and be-
ing processed for entering
the U.S. illegally. The
trucker faces immigrant
smuggling charges.
weapon. She initially
faced a charge of at-
tempted first-degree in-
tentional homicide in the
2014 attack in Waukesha,
a city west of Milwaukee.
Prosecutors allege she
and her co-defendant,
Morgan Geyser, stabbed
Payton Leutner 19 times in
a wooded area following a
sleepover, then left her.
Both suspects were 12
at the time of the attack
and were charged as
adults.
U.S. AIR FORCE
agers who are filling in on a
temporary basis. Business
executives praised their
hard work but expressed
concern that the stand-ins
tend to lack the agenda-
setting authority more per-
manent political appoint-
ees have.
“Without the political
appointee in position to
drive reform, it just doesn’t
happen,” said Dan Stohr, a
spokesman for the Aero-
space Industry Association,
which lobbies on behalf of
aerospace and defense
manufacturers.
Former government
managers echoed that con-
cern. Frank Kendall, who
was the undersecretary of
defense for acquisition,
technology and logistics in
the Obama administration,
said temporary Defense
Department managers are
less likely to reverse initia-
tives begun by their prede-
cessors.
“They will keep the
trains running,” Kendall
said. “Appropriately, how-
ever, they will generally not
make major policy changes
nor proceed with question-
able programs that new
politically appointed lead-
ership might reverse.”
The result, some say, is a
slower contracting process.
“Without these appoint-
ments, it is difficult to
process contracts and get
authorized and appropriat-
ed funds obligated to con-
tracts,” General Dynamics’
Novakovic told investors
last month.
Confederate statues are secured to a trailer Monday after they were removed in Austin.
University of Texas in Austin
removes Confederate statues
AUSTIN, Texas — The
University of Texas quickly
removed statues of Robert
E. Lee and other prominent
Confederate figures from
the main area of the Austin
campus early Monday, just
hours after the school’s
president ordered they be
taken down.
University President
Greg Fenves abruptly an-
nounced late Sunday that
the statues would be re-
moved, saying such monu-
ments have become “sym-
bols of modern white su-
premacy and neo-Nazism.”
Crews worked through the
night amid a heavy police
presence.
The school blocked off
the area, and some argu-
Judge orders Mont. lawmaker to be fingerprinted
HELENA, Mont. — A
judge has ordered Montana
Rep. Greg Gianforte to be
photographed and finger-
printed for assaulting a
reporter, opening the pos-
sibility of political oppo-
nents using the congress-
man’s mug shot next year
when he is up for re-
election.
Spain police kill fugitive
wearing fake bomb belt
Driver from attack
in Barcelona found
hiding in vineyard
By Joseph Wilson,
Aritz Parra and Lori
Hinnant
Associated Press
SUBIRATS, Spain — The
lone fugitive from the
Spanish cell that killed 15
people in and near Barcelo-
na was shot to death Mon-
day after he flashed what
turned out to be a fake
suicide belt at two troopers
who confronted him in a
vineyard just outside the
city he terrorized, author-
ities said.
Police said they had “sci-
entific evidence” that
Younes Abouyaaqoub, 22,
drove the van that barreled
through Barcelona’s
crowded Las Ramblas
promenade, killing 13 peo-
ple on Thursday, then hi-
jacked a car and fatally
stabbed its driver while
making his getaway.
Abouyaaqoub’s brother
and friends made up the
rest of the 12-man extrem-
ist cell, along with an imam
who police said died in a
botched bomb-making op-
eration.
After four days on the
run, Abouyaaqoub was
spotted outside a train sta-
tion about 33 miles west of
Barcelona on Monday
afternoon. A second wit-
ness told police she was
certain she had seen the
man whose photo has gone
around the world as part of
an international manhunt.
Two officers found him
hiding in a nearby vineyard
and asked for his identifica-
tion, according to the head
of the Catalan police. He
was shot to death when he
opened his shirt to reveal
what looked to be explo-
sives and cried out “Allah is
great” in Arabic, regional
police chief Josep Luis
Trapero said.
A bomb disposal robot
was dispatched to examine
the downed suspect before
ments occurred among
those gathered.
But all the statues of Lee,
Confederate Gen. Albert
Sidney Johnston and Con-
federate Postmaster Gen-
eral John H. Reagan were
taken down.
The university’s classes
don’t begin until next week.
Fenves said the statues
would be moved to the
Briscoe Center for Ameri-
can History on campus.
As the statues were be-
ing taken down, less than
30 people, both supporters
and opponents of Fenves’
order, congregated behind
barricades near the statues.
Among them was Mark
Peterson, 22, who identi-
fied himself as a University
Justice Court Judge Rick
West ordered Gianforte, a
Republican, to report by
Sept. 15 to the jail in Boze-
man to be booked for the
assault charge.
“Greg remains focused
on meeting with Montan-
ans from all of the state’s 56
counties and being a strong
voice for Montana in Wash-
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Police patrol Monday near Subirats, where officers shot
and killed the lone fugitive from last week’s van attack.
police determined the
bomb belt was not real,
Trapero said. A bag full of
knives was found with his
body, police said.
A police photo of the
body seen by The Associ-
ated Press showed his
bloodied face, bearing sev-
eral days’ stubble on the
chin.
With Abouyaaqoub’s
death, the group responsi-
ble for last week’s fatal van
attacks has now been bro-
ken, Trapero said.
“The arrest of this per-
son was the priority for the
police because it closed the
detention and dismantling
of the group that we had
identified,” he said.
Four are under arrest,
and eight are dead: five shot
by police in the seaside
town of Cambrils, where a
second van attack left one
pedestrian dead early Fri-
day; two others killed on
the eve of the Barcelona
attack in a botched bomb-
making operation; and
Abouyaaqoub.
The Islamic State group
has claimed responsibility
for both the Cambrils and
Barcelona attacks.
Roser Ventura, whose
father owns a vineyard be-
tween the towns of Sadurni
d’Anoia and Subirats, said
she alerted the regional
Catalan police when they
spotted a car crossing their
property at high speed.
“The police told us to
ERIC GAY/AP
of Houston student. He was
seething at the removal of
the statues.
“I hate the erasure of
history and my people’s
history — people of Euro-
pean descent who built this
country,” he said. “It burns
me to my core.”
Mike Lowe, 37, an activ-
ist for the removal of Con-
federate statues, also at-
tended the removal.
“They have no other
reasons than ‘you are eras-
ing our history.’ ” Their
reasoning is flawed, he said.
“These monuments repre-
sent white supremacy, and
black lives haven’t mat-
tered in this county the
same as a white man’s
matters.”
ington,” Gianforte spokes-
man Travis Hall wrote in an
emailed statement. “Attor-
neys are reviewing the or-
der and considering op-
tions for appeal.”
The judge issued the
order last week, and it was
first reported Monday by
the Bozeman Daily Chroni-
cle.
EMILIO MORENATTI/AP
leave the premises and go
home. We heard a helicop-
ter flying around and many
police cars coming toward
the gas station that is some
600 meters from the prop-
erty,” Ventura said.
The search for
Abouyaaqoub ended on the
same day that Catalan po-
lice confirmed that he was
the last remaining cell
member thought to still be
at large and provided a
timeline of his movements.
Authorities said earlier
Monday they had evidence
that pinpointed
Abouyaaqoub as the driver
of the van that plowed
down the Las Ramblas
promenade, killing 13 pe-
destrians and injuring
more than 120 others.
Trapero said that after
abandoning the vehicle,
Abouyaaqoub walked
through Barcelona for
about 90 minutes, through
the famed La Boqueria
market and nearly to Bar-
celona University.
The Spanish newspaper
El Pais published images
Monday of what it said was
Abouyaaqoub leaving the
van attack site on foot. The
images show a slim man
wearing sunglasses walk-
ing through La Boqueria.
In a parking lot often
used by university students,
he then hijacked a Ford
Focus belonging to Pau
Perez, stabbing Perez to
death and taking the wheel.
McConnell:
‘Zero chance’
debt limit
won’t be raised
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell says
there is “zero chance”
Congress will allow the
country to default on its
debts by voting to not
increase the borrowing
limit.
McConnell spoke dur-
ing a public event Monday
in his home state of Ken-
tucky with Treasury Sec-
retary Steven Mnuchin,
who minutes before had
implored Congress to fo-
cus immediately on rais-
ing the debt ceiling when
members return after La-
bor Day. Mnuchin said the
debt ceiling must be in-
creased to ensure that the
U.S. government can pay
its bills.
The government has
enough to pay its bills until
Sept. 29. After that, Con-
gress would have to give
permission to borrow
more money to meet obli-
gations, including Social
Security and interest pay-
ments.
A family hike around a
New York state gorge
turned tragic when a
mother and father fell off a
cliff and were killed and
their 4-year-old son was
seriously hurt, authorities
said. The bodies of
Amanda Green, 35, and
William Green, 33, both of
Buffalo, were discovered
Sunday along with their
injured son, Alexander.
Three Afghan prison
employees who went
missing over the weekend
from a Colorado training
facility weren’t believed to
pose a threat, a state pris-
on official said Monday,
and authorities remain
most concerned about the
visitors’ welfare.
The three failed to re-
turn Saturday night after
an organized trip.
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NATION & WORLD

When forensics bears false witness

Judges still admit evidence based on methods
now denounced as unscientific, unreliable
By Denise Lavoie
Associated Press
BOSTON — Two hairs
that looked like the victim’s;
some dirt on a truck like
that taken from the crime
scene; a pattern on the
bumper that resembled a
design on the victim’s popu-
lar brand of jeans. The case
against Steven Barnes in the
rape and murder of a 16-
year-old girl seemed cir-
cumstantial, at best.
So the guilty verdict
shocked him.
“I was saying, ‘This can’t
be happening. You can’t
convict somebody on simi-
larities, perhaps or may-
bes,’ ” Barnes said.
He spent the next 20
years in prison before DNA
testing exonerated him, be-
coming one of hundreds of
people convicted in whole
or in part on forensic scien-
ce that has come under fire
methods are the very tools
that have for decades
helped win convictions.
And such evidence can be
persuasive for jurors, many
of whom who have seen it
used dramatically on “Law
& Order” and “CSI.”
Rulings in the past year
show judges are reluctant to
rule against long-accepted
evidence even when serious
questions have been raised
about its reliability:
■ A judge in Pennsylvania
ruled prosecutors can call
an expert to testify about
bite marks found on a mur-
der victim’s body, despite 29
wrongful arrests and con-
victions nationwide attrib-
uted to unreliable bite mark
evidence since 2000.
■ A Connecticut judge al-
lowed prosecutors to pre-
sent evidence that a foot-
print was made by a specific
shoe belonging to a man
accused of murder, despite HEATHER AINSWORTH/AP 2008

during the past decade.
Some of that science —
analysis of bite marks, latent
fingerprints, firearms iden-
tification, burn patterns in
arson investigations,
footwear patterns and tire
treads — was once consid-
ered sound, but is now
being denounced by law-
yers and scientists who say
it has not been studied
enough to prove its reliabili-
ty and in some cases has led
to wrongful convictions.
Even so, judges nation-
wide continue to admit
such evidence regularly.
“Courts — unlike scien-
tists — rely too heavily on
precedent and not enough
on the progress of science,”
said Christopher Fabricant,
director of strategic litiga-
tion for the Innocence Proj-
ect. “At some point, we have
to acknowledge that prece-
dent has to be overruled by
scientific reality.”
Defense lawyers and civil
rights advocates say prose-
cutors and judges are slow
to acknowledge that some
forensic science methods
are flawed because these
a 2016 finding by the Presi-
dent’s Council of Advisors
on Science and Technology
that such associations are
“unsupported by any mean-
ingful evidence or estimates
of their accuracy.”
■ In Chicago, a federal
judge rejected a request to
exclude testimony of gov-
ernment experts to describe
firearm and tool-mark com-
parisons they performed on
bullets collected at crime
scenes in the trial of Hobos
gang members. The judge
reasoned that defense law-
yers were free to cross-
examine the government’s
experts.
Two reports by scientific
boards have sharply criti-
cized the use of such foren-
sic evidence, and universi-
ties that teach it are moving
away from visual analysis
and toward more precise
biometric tools.
But some defense law-
yers fear any progress on
strengthening forensic sci-
ence may be lost under
President Donald Trump.
In April, Attorney General
Jeff Sessions announced the
Steven Barnes hugs family members after his rape conviction was overturned and he was freed from prison in Utica, N.Y.
“At some point, we have to acknowl-
edge that precedent has to be over-
ruled by scientific reality.”
— Christopher Fabricant, director of strategic litigation,
Innocence Project
When the reliability of sion on Forensic Science
forensic evidence is chal- wants “to change the sys-
lenged through DNA test- tem from the ground up to
ing or other new evidence, it make it virtually impossible
often results in the granting to convict anybody,” said
MANUEL BALCE CENETA/AP 2015 of a new trial, even if there is William Fitzpatrick, a pros-
Kirk Odom, who was convicted of a 1981 rape based on hair other strong evidence. ecutor in Syracuse, N.Y.
evidence, was exonerated by DNA testing after 22 years. “More often than not, it Kirk Odom was 18 when
undermines confidence in he was charged with raping
Justice Department would one-fourth list “false or mis- the verdict, which is enough a woman at gunpoint in
disband the National Com- leading forensic evidence” to get a new trial,” said Washington, D.C. An FBI
mission on Forensic Scien- as a contributing factor. Daniel Medwed, a law pro- agent testified that a hair on
ce, an independent panel of And a report last fall from fessor at Boston’s North- the woman’s nightgown
scientists, researchers, the president’s council criti- eastern University. was “indistinguishable”
judges and attorneys that cized several “feature-com- Many prosecutors scoff from Odom’s.
had been studying how to parison” methods. The at the notion that long-used Odom spent 22 years in
improve forensic practices. council said those methods forensic evidence is not prison but was exonerated
The National Registry of — including analysis of shoe scientifically valid, saying after DNA testing of the hair
Exonerations at the Uni- prints, tire tracks, latent groups that have criticized and other evidence ex-
versity of California at fingerprints, firearms and the techniques were too cluded him as the rapist.
Irvine has documented spent ammunition — need heavily influenced by de- “I just kept saying,
more than 2,000 exonera- more study to determine fense attorneys. ‘They’re lying,’ ” Odom re-
tions since 1989. Nearly reliability and error rates. The National Commis- called. “That ain’t my hair.”

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Foot in mouth: Magi-

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

Poet Graham wins “Predator” actor dies:

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

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

New app a ‘crowdcast’ pleaser

But people rental
for promotion
raises questions
By Peter Holley
The Washington Post
Pretend for a moment
that you’re walking through
your neighborhood and no-
tice a line of people
wrapped around the block
outside a newly opened
restaurant.
Local food bloggers
haven’t written about the
venue, so you assume the
trendy-looking crowd must
be the result of contagious,
word-of-mouth buzz.
There was a time when
that may have been un-
doubtedly true — when you
could trust that a crowd of
people was a naturally oc-
curring mass of individuals.
But that time may be
passing thanks to Surkus, an
emerging app that allowed
the restaurant to quickly
manufacture its ideal crowd
and pay the people to stand
in place like extras on a
movie set. They’ve even
been hand-picked by a cast-
ing agent of sorts, an algo-
rithmic one that selects
each person according to
age, location, style and
Facebook “likes.”
They may look excited,
but that could also be part of
the production. Acting dis-
engaged while they idle in
line could tarnish their
“reputation score,” an iden-
tifier that influences
whether they’ll be “cast”
again. Nobody is forcing the
participants to stay, of
course, but if they leave,
they won’t be paid — their
movements are being
tracked with geolocation.
Welcome to the new
world of “crowdcasting.”
Surkus raises new ques-
tions about the future of
advertising and promotion.
At a time when it has
become commonplace for
individuals to broadcast
polished versions of their
lives on social media, does
Surkus give businesses a
A Surkus event in Los Angeles draws a crowd eager to sample food and mingle. Casted crowds help promote businesses.
formidable tool to do the
same, renting beautiful peo-
ple and blending them with
advertising in a way that
makes reality nearly indis-
cernible?
Or have marketers found
a new tool that offers them a
far more efficient way to
link brands with potential
customers, allowing indi-
viduals to turn themselves
into living extensions of the
share economy using a
structured, mutually bene-
ficial transaction?
The answer depends on
whom you ask.
Stephen George, Surkus’
30-year-old chief executive,
said he considers his app an
online matchmaker, one
that pairs companies with
the people who want to
hear from them. If success-
ful, he said, Surkus threat-
ens to disrupt the expensive
role that promoters and
public relations firms have
traditionally played in ad-
vertising and brand-build-
ing.
“So many companies
know their core demo-
graphic, but they don’t
know how to get a hold of
those people,” George said.
“They hire promoters
and marketers and PR agen-
cies to connect, but it’s a
one-sided interaction that
involves blasting out a mes-
sage to get people engaged,
but they don’t necessarily
know if that message is
being received.”
Not everyone, however, is
convinced that Surkus —
which makes it easier for
promoters and marketers to
filter crowds according to
people’s attractiveness —
will improve that reception.
“I understand the need
for quick results and attend-
ance and that sometimes
brands need people lined up
at their door,” said Kerry
O’Grady, a professor at New
York University’s School of
Professional Studies who
teaches courses on public
relations.
“OK, you have a bunch of
pretty faces at a party, but
what does that do?”
O’Grady said. “It’s not going
to do anything if they just
want to get paid to party and
have no attachment to the
brand itself.”
George, a Chicago native,
got his start working with
Groupon as a sophomore at
DePaul University. He went
on to make millions from
the company’s stock before
investing $250,000 in
Surkus in 2015.
The company’s tagline:
“Go out. Have fun. Get
paid.”
George said the company
has amassed 150,000 mem-
bers in Los Angeles, New
York, Chicago, Miami and
San Francisco. Anyone can
download the app. The
members are of all ages and
backgrounds, George said,
noting that people are
drawn by the chance to be
social and get paid.
SURKUS
After quietly launching
two years ago, Surkus mem-
bers have attended 4,200
events for 750 clients, in-
cluding big-name brands,
hospitality groups, live-tick-
eted shows, movie castings
and everyday people who
want to throw a party.
George said users can be
paid as little as $5 and as
much as $100, though the
average for most events is
between $25 and $40. Pro-
lific users, he said, can earn
as much as $4,000 a year.
And Surkus takes a portion
of the client’s budget for
each event.
The app is supposed to
help with these trans-
actions.
Once an event has been
scheduled, Surkus’ algo-
rithm sorts through users’
profiles using the client’s
desired search criteria. For
example: A gaming com-
pany throwing a launch
party might ask Surkus to
find men and women 18 to
32 who like comic books,
day parties, dance music
and the company’s product.
Once potential attendees
have been identified from
Surkus’ user profiles, the
app sends “availability re-
quests” to users’ phones.
Participants are paid
within 24 hours via PayPal.
During events, participants
are asked to remain discreet
about the origin of their
invitations. Oftentimes,
women are paid consider-
ably more than men.
Caroline Thompson, 27, a
contributing writer for Vice,
said she downloaded
Surkus and attended an
event last year at a Chicago
club full of “finance bros”
on a Thursday night.
“It was a little weird that
probably 80 percent of the
women at the club were
there because of the app,”
she said.
Thompson said she was
paid $40 to attend the
event.
O’Grady called the sys-
tem “scary” and said it
raises ethical questions for
companies that turn to the
app for crowds.
“Good PR is all about
transparency,” she said.
“But in this case you’re
telling people to be discreet,
but you’re also telling us the
events are organic and that
people want to be there, and
that’s not OK.”
George rejected the idea
that Surkus allows brands
to create fake events that
manipulate consumers.
“We want to know as
much as possible about you,
so we can make sure we’re
on target with your interests
and what you love to do, so
that you just can’t say no to
an invitation,” he said.
Entertainment compa-
nies aren’t the only ones
turning to Surkus for
crowdcasting. George said a
research company recently
used the app to find 750
people to fill movie theaters
in Los Angeles and New
York to compare how reac-
tions varied from city to city.

Jury awards $417M in suit that alleged J&J baby powder cancer risk
Science backs
product’s safety,
company says
By Michael Balsamo
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — A Los
Angeles jury on Monday
ordered Johnson & John-
son to pay $417 million to a
woman who claimed in a
lawsuit that the talc in its
iconic baby powder causes
ovarian cancer when ap-
plied regularly for feminine
hygiene.
The lawsuit was brought
by a California woman, Eva
Echeverria, who alleged
Johnson & Johnson failed
to adequately warn con-
sumers about the potential
cancer risks of talcum pow-
der.
Echeverria developed
ovarian cancer as a “proxi-
mate result of the unreason-
ably dangerous and defec-
tive nature of talcum pow-
der,” Echeverria said in her
lawsuit.
Echeverria’s attorney,
Mark Robinson, said his
client hoped the verdict
would lead Johnson &
Johnson to include addi-
tional warnings on its prod-
ucts.
“Mrs. Echeverria is dying
from this ovarian cancer
and she said to me all she
wanted to do was to help
the other women through-
out the whole country who
have ovarian cancer for us-
ing Johnson & Johnson for
20 and 30 years,” Robinson
said.
“She really didn’t want
sympathy,” he added. “She
just wanted to get a message
out to help these other
women.”
Johnson & Johnson
spokeswoman Carol Good-
rich said in a statement that
the company will appeal the
jury’s decision.
She says while the com-
pany sympathizes with
those impacted by ovarian
cancer, she says science
supports the safety of John-
son’s baby powder.
A St. Louis, Mo., jury in
May awarded $110.5 million
in May to a Virginia woman
who was diagnosed with
ovarian cancer in 2012.
She had blamed her ill-
ness on the company’s tal-
cum powder-containing
products, which she used
for more than 40 years.
Besides that case, three
other jury trials in St. Louis
reached similar outcomes
last year — issuing awards of
$72 million, $70.1 million
and $55 million, for a com-
bined total of $307.6 million.
Goodrich said the com-
pany is preparing for addi-
tional trials in the U.S. and
will continue to defend the JEFF CHIU/AP
product’s safety. The lawsuit targeted the
talc in J&J’s iconic product.
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Areas of fog this morning;
Monday Normal Record otherwise, hot with a mixture of
High . . . 86° . . . . 82° . . . . 95° in 1937 Towanda clouds and sunshine and near-
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Low . . . . 61° . . . . 60° . . . 45° in 2000 90/68 with a shower or thunderstorm
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89/65 88/65 clouds and sunshine. Increasing
Wilkes-Barre clouds tonight with a strong
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NEWS 16 TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2017
Grammar Police launch raid on familiar slang
T
oday’s Grammar Police column
begins with my alma mater.
Lehigh University made an
error early this summer that I
found particularly ironic, under the circum-
stances.
It occurred in an emailed invitation to an
event that took place Aug. 5 at Musikfest.
Lehigh and Lafayette alumni were invited to
what Lehigh was call-
ing Rivalry Platz at
SteelStacks.
The invitation was
fine, until it hit this
line:
“Cost: $40 per
alumni (classes ’07-
’17) ONLY.”
An individual grad-
uate is an alumnus or
alumna, depending Bill
on whether the per- White
son is a man or wom-
an. A group of gradu-
ates is covered by the gender-neutral term
“alumni.”
This confuses the heck out of many
people, obviously, because individuals rou-
tinely are referred to as an alumni, as they
are here. It’s wrong. You are not an alumni.
I’ve suggested before that if this distinc-
tion confuses you, stick with “alum.”
A fellow Lehigh alumnus sent this to me.
“This makes me ‘sic,’” he wrote. “And I’m
just a stupid engineer.”
This particular common error seems to
know no generational bounds, but I’ve
found over the years that many of the pet
peeves — grammatical and otherwise — that
people complain to me about are strongly
influenced by age. Mostly it’s older people
annoyed by the way young people dress, act
and speak.
I suspect that’s been true forever. Older
cavemen probably stewed over the way their
kids wore their animal skins and how much
bear grease they used in their hair.
I’ll put this next pet peeve in that category,
although the reader is complaining about
something I’ve been hearing for years, and I
don’t think I’m inordinately hip.
“I think I have found ground zero of the
newest misuse of our language,” he wrote.
“Sometime back we had a Super Bowl party.
The neighbors had a young man from China
staying with them, and I invited him.
“In the course of the night the young
Strengthen state laws
for second-hand smoke
There is a need to protect employees and
other individuals from second-hand smoke
in certain workplaces, such as bar-restau-
rants and casinos. Our state laws are
definitely lacking in these protections in
these places and fall far short of other state
laws such as New York.
The Pennsylvania Clean Indoor Air Act
has too many exemptions. It is time to
eliminate these exemptions in these public
workplaces and provide a smoke-free and
healthy environment for employees and
those who frequent these places. I urge the
state Legislature to support a more compre-
hensive smoke-free law.
Joe Huxta
Lower Macungie Township
Bias seen in story
about Robert E. Lee
Not content with the moving of a
monument to Gen. Robert E. Lee, Associ-
ated Press reporter Russell Contreras has to
try to tear down Lee’s reputation as a man
and soldier. Why have a monument to so
base a man and so mediocre a soldier as Lee,
his reasoning must be.
The headline on The Morning Call story
was “Digging for the truth in the Robert E.
Lee myth.” Keep digging. A more unbal-
anced, biased account of Lee would be hard
to find.
In opposition to legions of Civil War and
military historians, the story would have us
believe that Lee was successful only against
incompetent Union generals. It is easy to
write an unflattering account of a promi-
nent figure if you select only those sources
that support an ignorant bias.
Thomas K. Tate
North Whitehall Township
The dumb thing
about smartphones
We’re blessed to live in a time with the
technology we have today. Telephones are
becoming obsolete. Instead of reaching out to
talk to someone, you can just text them on a
smartphone (even if they’re sitting next to
you). When people go out to eat, they’re so
busy on the phone or tablet, they don’t have
time to talk to each other.
Unless you use a computer and text, most
organizations, activities, and even some
people, want little or nothing to do with you.
It looks like we live in a world where being in
touch with people is no longer important.
Call a business and you’ll see how much
people really matter. Most times you end up
talking to a computer.
It’s hard to imagine that we aren’t more
importantthanabunchoflettersornumbers.
Dale C. Zellner
North Whitehall Township
Alicia Silverstone, who played Cher in the 1995 movie ‘Clueless,’ helped popularize the phrase,
‘my bad,’ after saying it in a scene while learning to drive and nearly hitting a bicyclist, ac-
cording to The Phrase Finder website. The phrase is among today’s Grammar Police topics.
visitor spilled something and promptly said,
‘My bad’ and helped clean up the mess. I
took his misuse as learning the language, but
since then I have heard this phrase at least10
times. I mentioned it to my son, who pointed
out that it is in wide usage (another example
of how out of it I am.)
“I wanted to warn you of this insidious
plot. I know good Sister Marie Sinister broke
at least one pointer on my head to teach me
what kind of violation this is. It is at least an
adjective acting as a noun. Just wanted to
prepare you and wonder can you name the
error.”
It’s just very common slang. I found one
semi-scholarly writeup on it, at the English
Language and Usage Stack Exchange site, in
answer to a question much like the one
posed to me. They wrote:
“The authoritative discussion of the
phrase ‘my bad!’ ... says it originates in
pickup basketball as a phrase used by young
urban players when admitting to an error. It
has spread to other domains and is now used
LETTERS
President Donald Trump steps out of the elevator Aug. 15 to speak to the media in the
lobby of Trump Tower in New York.
Progressive left displays hatred of Trump
Based on the level of visceral hatred for
President Trump and factual misrepresen-
tations spewed forth in articles and letters
to the editor over the past eight months, it
appears as if one of the favorite slogans of
the progressive left, “Love trumps hate,” is a
complete lie.
Recent letters implying that Trump
supports the hatred espoused by neo-Nazis,
Ku Klux Klan and other radical elements of
the extreme right are patently false. No
evidence to support those opinions are ever
offered; they just regurgitate the false
narrative provided by the extreme left.
Apparently, Trump can say or do nothing
Use intelligence, not instinct, to make decisions
The media are filled with versions of the
cause and effect of the Charlottesville, Va.,
fiasco. The arguments get very complex, but
all of them miss the simple underlying
causes. Two natural instincts that we share
with animals and birds cause the same
conflicts that they do in animal and bird
land.
Our tribal urges are more complex than
animal packs and bird flocks, but they have
the same effect. They give us a degree of
loyalty to our family race, ethnicity, religion
and to the local sports team.
We also have a territorial imperative, just
like our furry and winged friends. The
combination of tribal and territorial urges
Hate group statistics in article misleading
Peter Hall’s article reported on the
existence of numerous white supremacy
groups in Pennsylvania. However, the
article, based on a report from the Southern
Poverty Law Center, lacked one significant
statistic: the number of people who actually
belong to these groups.
Numerous chapters of hate groups do not
necessarily translate to numerous mem-
bers. In the1920s there were approximately
2 million Americans in the Ku Klux Klan.
A place to be heard
ELLIOTT MARKS/PARAMOUNT PICTURES
widely to mean something like ‘I admit that
I have made a mistake.’ It was nominated for
‘word of the year’ (not that it’s a word, it’s
clearly a phrase) in 1999, but in fact it was
already at least 20 years old by then.”
Quite a good online discussion ensued,
with British participants clearly appalled
that Americans might consider this accept-
able. “It’s proper English slang,” one of them
wrote. “I wouldn’t go so far as to say it was
proper English.
“It will certainly be effective in irking
English teachers, haters of textspeak and
other grammar purists!”
My feeling is that it’s pointless to try to
analyze the grammar in colloquial expres-
sions like this. Yes, you’re using an adjective
as a noun, but it’s basically just street talk
that caught on. I’ve heard it at least twice
just since I started working on this column.
As long as you’re not in a formal setting, I
don’t see a problem with it.
Here’s another colloquial usage that you
hear a lot.
PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS/AP
that will ameliorate these emotionally
driven positions embraced by the prog-
ressive left. If progressives really believed
that “Love trumps hate,” they would be
looking for ways to find some common
ground with the president. While he did not
say there was a moral equivalency between
the extreme right and the extreme left, he
was factually correct when he said that
there were bad people on both sides.
Denying that fact won’t make it less
truthful.
Jerry Collarini
Salisbury Township
were the basic causes of World War II and
most every conflict in history, and on the
globe now. This includes last weekend in
Charlottesville.
Of course, there are some other shared
urges, like the desire to move up the status
ladder in whatever human, animal or bird
society we happen to live in.
When are we going to use that God-given
intelligence that is supposed to make us
smarter than some of the other occupants
of our earth? That intelligence is needed to
evaluate and control our natural instincts.
Marlin Reinhart
Mahoning Township
Today there are roughly 8,000.
We are the most diverse and accepting
country on earth, and anyone painting
America, or our state, as a cesspool of racists
is simply ignorant of the facts or discreetly
crossing their fingers and hoping anyone
listening is ignorant as well.
Keith Rippey
Lower Macungie Township
THE MORNING CALL
TOWN SQUARE
“Well, along with sagging pants and
backward-facing ball caps [check my blog
for an essay on that subject], we must accept
the misplaced preposition ‘at.’ I know that
English is a fluid, ever-evolving, rule-
bending language but from the street
question ‘Where you at?’ to professional
parlance, I cringe when I hear it spoken or
when I read it in the newspaper.
“I have heard it from lawyers, clergy and
other public speakers. I have read it in
advice columns and general reporting, so I
must suppose that it is appropriate gram-
mar. However, supposition is not accept-
ance.”
I’ll point out that whereas the admonition
never to end a sentence with a preposition is
questionable at best, “where you at?” is a
good example of something you shouldn’t
do, at least in a formal context. But again, it’s
just a slangy way of saying, “Where are you?”
The Grammar Girl site, in pointing out
that “no preposition at the end of the
sentence” is one of her Top 10 grammar
myths, notes that some sentences wouldn’t
make sense if you dropped the preposition
from the end, unless you turned it around
into something really clunky — say, switch-
ing “what did you step on?” to “on what did
you step?” — that no one would say in real
life.
But that’s not the case with “where you
at?” or, if you want to get a verb in there,
“where are you at?” she writes.
“The problem is that ‘Where are you at?’
doesn’t need the preposition at the end. If
you say ‘Where are you?’ it means the same
thing. So the ‘at’ is unnecessary. You should
leave it off.”
By the way, as the Grammarphobia blog
points out, there are two versions of “where
it’s at,” and one of them is fine.
“He really knows where it’s at” and
similar uses of “where it’s at” are considered
acceptable. That idiom goes back to the
early 1900s.
But when you say, “Where are my keys
at?” instead of “where are my keys?” that’s
bad grammar, for the same reason Grammar
Girl explained above. The “at” is unneces-
sary.
So if the Grammar Police call you on it,
don’t argue. Just say, “My bad.”
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Leading off Say what?

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

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ted ways as Christie is reportedly considering other options.
spend more time as a political activist.

Inside
Colonial girls soccer preview
Will Solehi be able to extend its success
into another postseason run? Sports 3

PENN STATE FOOTBALL

Lions in top 10 first time this century

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

EAGLES PRESEASON IRONPIGS 4

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

Phillies management has been

consistent in recent years about
encouraging players to be capable
fielders at multiple positions.
So, the only real question is how
do top prospects Scott Kingery and
J.P. Crawford feel about moving
from their comfort zones at second
base and shortstop, respectively?
“I don’t care what position I play
if I get the call,” Crawford said
Monday before playing third base
for the second time as a profes-
sional.
“I’ll be ready. I’ll play wherever,
whenever.”
MITCHELL LEFF / GETTY IMAGES Crawford played third base once
Eagles running back LeGarrette Blount (right) has been smothered in both preseason games at least partly because he hasn’t had in his life before Sunday’s game in
much blocking in front of him. Charlotte. It came during the

A REAL NEED
summer leading up to his ninth-
grade season at Lakewood (Calif.)
High School.
He was back at shortstop the
next game that summer.
Kingery took grounders at third
base last month and again Monday,
but has yet to play another infield
Recent play proves the Eagles must find a real fullback position as a pro. The University of

T
he Philadelphia Eagles need a full-
back.
Yesterday, if not sooner.
Not an offensive or defensive
lineman that they can plug in at fullback. Not a
tight end who can pull double duty there when
needed.
They need a good, old-fashioned, honest-to-
goodness fullback. A player who works full-
time at his craft, cleaning up what the offensive
line can’t get to or what the tight ends often
miss.
They need a player who can line up as the
lead back in the I-formation and react organi-
cally after the snap, blocking on a run or
hovering near the line as a dump-pass outlet for
the quarterback.
No longer can they get by without one. That
was proved throughout the course of last
season, when they couldn’t get a half-yard
whenever they really needed it. The evidence
continues to mount this summer, with the failed
DeMarco Murray sign-
ing of 2015 repeating in
the form of LeGarrette
Blount, who has proved
that he can’t get to the
perimeter, which really
is the only option for
Eagles running backs
these days because …
they don’t have a full-
back.
Nick
Fierro This wasn’t part of
coach Doug Pederson’s
original plan, either.
Right after being re-hired last year, he made it
clear that he would carry a fullback. That plan
changed when they couldn’t find anyone
worthy of making the roster and then tried to
get by with a bunch of part-timers like Beau
Allen and Matt Tobin and Trey Burton.
But perhaps because they were fooled by the
totally misleading statistics that had them
ranked higher than four playoff teams, includ-
ing Super Bowl champion New England, with
an average of 4.1 yards per carry last year, they
thought they could continue to get by without
one.
At the NFL meetings last March, Pederson
basically admitted that, when The Morning Call
asked him about his plans for fullback.
“It’s something that obviously, my history,
even as a player in the West Coast system, we’ve
always had that position,” he said. “We’ve
always had that player. You’ve always been able
to get in the I-formation and run downhill.
“The game has changed so much now. That
position, we can use a tight end. You saw last
season we used a defensive tackle. Beau was in
that position a little bit. The game has changed.
If you’re not adjusting to, say, the times, those
positions can sometimes be filled by other role
players.”
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Arizona product has never caught a
game in his life, but if asked:
“I wouldn’t know what to do
behind the dish,” he admitted, “but
I’d give it my best.”
Crawford, Kingery and former
IronPigs teammate Rhys Hoskins
know that a position change at this
point in their careers is not perma-
nent. It is a way to get where they
want to be sooner rather than later.
Hoskins is the Phillies’ future
first baseman. Despite a pretty
good road block in National League
Gold Glove candidate Freddy
Galvis, Crawford appears to be the
organization’s shortstop for the
next decade.
Kingery’s case may be a little
different, though he’s shown this
season at Double-A Reading and
Triple-A Lehigh Valley that his
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NFL NOTES

Ex-Eagle confident
he’ll play in Week 1
By Jay Skurski
Of The Buffalo News (TNS)
with a helmet on while the rest of his
teammates were in pads.
“The thing that gave me confidence
Dolphins
hit town,
Jordan Matthews takes pride in being about it moving forward was that I was able
there for his team. to finish practice,” Matthews said. “If it was
The Buffalo Bills’ newest wide receiver an injury, where I immediately had to stop,
played in 46 of a possible 48 games the past and they would have just had to take me off

football
three seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles. and I was done, I would have been way
So when he was hurt on the very first play more worried. But because of the nature of LYNNE SLADKY / AP

the ball came his way during his first the injury and what happened afterwards, I Former Eagles CB Byron Maxwell (41) on
practice with his new team, Matthews was felt confident that I’d be able to make a good Monday returned to Philadelphia and ad-

ensues
in denial. recovery.” mitted to some hard feelings following
“It’s extremely frustrating because I’ve Matthews’ injury is an uncommon one in trade that sent him to the Dolphins.
been consistent in my career — with being football. One of the doctors who treated
at practice, being there for my team, not him said the only other time he had seen it place, a year after he signed a monster
missing games and everything,” he said. “I was when a hockey player got hit by a stick. free-agent contract with the Eagles when
was in disbelief. That’s why I finished the “It’s definitely a unique injury,” By Nick Fierro former coach Chip Kelly was in charge of
whole practice because I was like ‘there’s no Matthews said. “I’m a person that believes Of The Morning Call personnel.
way I just hurt myself my first day as a Bill, that all these types of things happen for a “I would be lying if I told you I don’t want
just not possible.’ When I got done with reason, so it must have been because I PHILADELPHIA – Not only were the to do better than the Eagles do,” he said. “I
practice I realized my chest and arms needed more time to get acclimated to the Miami Dolphins in town for the first of two do. I want to win more games than them. I
started stiffening up a little bit. At that point playbook, get to know the guys. Even open joint practices with the Philadelphia want to prove them wrong.
I kind of knew.” though it was unfortunate, it gave me a Eagles on Monday, but the action was pretty “… You could call it petty. I don’t know
The diagnosis was a chip fracture in his chance to get in my playbook and learn the much nonstop. what it is. That’s what I do. That’s how I feel.
sternum, an injury that has him classified as Buffalo environment a little bit, without Unlike even how most joint workouts are I mean, that’s just realistic. I know what it is,
“week to week” but doesn’t accurately having the add-on of having to practice, and conducted, with intermittent breaks in but I still want to do better than my old team.
describe the pain involved. In the days after physically go out there and perform. scrimmage sessions for various position I don’t think any player wants to … when the
he was hurt, any activity that involved using “Obviously, I’m a competitor, I want to groups to do individual work, this was team gets rid of you and then they do better,
his upper body caused a significant amount get back out there. I was excited to get back almost all Eagles offense vs. Dolphins to be honest with you.”
of pain. out there a little bit and run around. I’m defense on one field and Dolphins offense vs. The Dolphins’ offense also was sharp,
“There was a funny movie that came out really looking forward to getting back out Eagles defense on another, with occasional however, as their speedy receivers gave the
and I didn’t go see it because I was like ‘I there and playing.” breaks to work on special teams. Eagles’ cornerbacks fits.
don’t want to laugh right now.’ I knew it was Matthews said he is “extremely confi- That made things much more interesting Perhaps a reason why the first team had
going to hurt,” Matthews said. “It’s some- dent” that will happen by Week 1 of the for the fans, as training camp has been so much trouble is because it lost defensive
thing that you have to monitor in that regular season. extended through Tuesday. end Brandon Graham and middle linebacker
aspect. Breathing has gotten better; the “I had an injury last preseason, unfortu- The players also didn’t mind. Jordan Hicks to injuries early in practice.
hardest part is sneezing and coughing. For nately, it kept me out some time when I was “We did eight minutes of individual work The Eagles have released no details on
the most part, the regular things in life are with the Eagles, but I was able to come back and then the team stuff from there,” Eagles either.
getting a little bit easier, and that’s why I’m Week 1 and have a very productive game,” safety Malcolm Jenkins said. “It’s definitely a
extremely excited about it.” he said. “I know how to take mental reps, I different style of practice than what we were Roster move: The Eagles on Monday
Matthews’ recovery took a step forward know how to stay in shape, and I know how used to, but I thought it was good. A lot of our shipped tackle Matt Tobin and a seventh-
Sunday as he participated in some individu- to make sure that I’m on top of the ones got a lot of reps — more than we usually round draft pick to Seattle for Seattle’s
al drills during practice, catching passes playbook.” get in practice. So I think it was good for us.” fifth-rounder in 2018.
Added Eagles center Jason Kelce: “It’s That’s the second offensive lineman
always good in my opinion to break up the they’ve traded since camp began. Allen
EAGLES December of 2015, owner Jeffrey Lurie has
been banging the drum about how Roseman
monotony. You get to go up against different
guys who play differently, have different
Barbre was the first.

has been charged with building the best moves. Even though it’s a similar defense to Injury update: As already mentioned, Gra-
Continued from SPORTS 1 personnel department money can buy. our own, it’s always good to see some ham and Hicks left practice with unidenti-
So to hear “there’s just not that many out different players, see some different styles. fied injuries. However, ESPN reports that
A month later, immediately after they there” as the reason for giving up the fullback And it was really just fun to play football.” Graham has a triceps strain that is not
wrapped up the NFL Draft, Pederson once chase has to be awfully disconcerting at best Dolphins quarterback Jay Cutler, coaxed believed to be serious.
again was asked about the fullback spot. and downright disgraceful at worst. out of retirement when starter Ryan Tan- LB Najee Goode also left with an
He winced, almost as if in pain, and again That’s because the premise simply isn’t nehill was lost for the season with a knee unspecified injury.
spouted off some similar mumbo jumbo true. There’s plenty out there. They’re just injury earlier this month, was in favor of the WRs Bryce Treggs (leg) and Paul Turner
about how the game has changed, finally harder to find these days because they idea as well. (shoulder) and OL Josh Andrews (hand)
admitting that the team had given up on sometimes have to be mined from other “I think it’s good,” he said. “It’s good for remained out, but DE Derek Barnett re-
trying to find a fullback because “there’s just positions and coached up. everybody on the team. It’s just a change of turned after missing a day with a leg injury.
not that many out there.” Develin, a Philadelphia area native, is a pace. You see different faces, a little bit
Of course, nobody can be sure if it those perfect example. He was a defensive lineman different defenses, different tendencies. I Treggs fined $25,000: Treggs on Monday
words really were Pederson’s or he was at Brown who bounced around in the UFL think it’s good for me just to get more game learned he had been hit with a $25,000 fine
simply parroting what executive vice presi- and AFL before Jay Gruden, then the simulations out there and just play more for a crackback block on Green Bay’s
dent of football operations Howie Roseman’s offensive coordinator of the Bengals, con- football.” Damarious Randall, who suffered a concus-
personnel crew told him, because Pederson vinced him that fullback would be the way to sion on the play.
doesn’t control personnel. go. Observations: Eagles quarterback Carson Treggs tweeted that he would start a
Nevertheless, it was an incredibly stupid He’s not the typical super NFL athlete, and Wentz enjoyed a superb day against the GoFundMe account to help him pay it off.
thing to say, even if it’s true. there’s not a lot of speed there. In four full Dolphins. His deep-ball accuracy, not always That elicited an angry response from
There’s also not that many Super Bowl seasons with New England, he’s had just 20 a strength of his, was spot-on in this practice. Randall, who tweeted: “Yo broke ass
contenders out there either. But pretty much total touches (seven carries, 13 receptions) He routinely hit receivers in stride 30 and 40 shouldn’t play dirty then”
all of them still carry fullbacks. and no touchdowns. But he’s smart and big yards down the field, befuddling the Dol- Treggs has since removed his tweet about
Like both of last year’s Super Bowl teams, (6-3, 250) and craves contact. phins’ cornerbacks, including former Eagle starting the GoFundMe account.
for example. There’s lots of players like that in this great Byron Maxwell.
You might remember the Patriots, who gene pool that is America. Speaking of Maxwell, he admitted to nfierro@mcall.com
won, and how they leaned so heavily on That said, getting someone like that on this some lingering bitterness following the trade Twitter @nickfierro
Blount and his NFL-high 18 touchdowns to roster wouldn’t necessarily fix the problems that sent him to the Dolphins in the first 610-778-2243
get there? the Eagles have with their running game. But
Well, also remember this: On 14 of those it’s become clear after nearly two calendar
TDs, he had James Develin on the field with years that the other way isn’t working.
him. Not some lineman they moved into the Time to go back to Plan A. #Eagles trade T Matt Tobin and sev-
role. An actual fullback. Time for the supposedly best personnel enth-round pick to Seattle for fifth-
And remember this: if getting by without a department in the game to go out and find a round pick in next year's draft. Sounds
fullback is something that can be achieved fullback or a player that coaches who are like a good deal for Birds.
with true success in today’s NFL, Patriots advertised as innovative can develop into
coach Bill Belichick, who is at the forefront of one.
using players at multiple positions, would Yesterday.
have thought of it first. If not sooner.
He didn’t. And for good reason. Because Love these joint workouts. Teams can .. Now if only Howie can position the
unless you’re absolutely super in other areas, nfierro@mcall.com get so much more accomplished with #Eagles to draft Saquon Barkley next
you can’t. Twitter @nickfierro offense and defense working on sepa- year ...
Ever since “releasing” Chip Kelly in 610-778-2243 rate fields. #eaglescamp

LV IRONPIGS TRANSACTIONS H.S. GOLF

MONDAY’S RESULT Rodriguez RF 4 0 1 0 1 .220 BASEBALL SOUTHERN LEHIGH 383, SAUCON VALLEY 443
IRONPIGS 4, CHIEFS 3 Eshelman P 2 0 0 0 2 .353 AMERICAN LEAGUE WEDGEWOOD G.C., PAR 71
Mariot P 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Baltimore: Placed RHP Miguel Castro on the bereavement list. Recalled SL: Jimmy Golf 71, Roman Lisicky 76, Tom Smith 78, Matt Palmer 79, Charlie
Syracuse AB R H RBI SO AVG Gomez PH 1 0 0 0 1 .242 RHP Alec Asher from Norfolk (IL). Strohl 79, SV: Tom Gallagher 82, Justin Kyra 84, Gage Steelier 86, Brad Yeahl
Turner SS 3 0 0 0 1 .000 Fien P 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Minnesota: Placed INF Miguel Sano ion the 10-day DL, retroactive to 91, Robert Mateff 100.
Gonzalez SS 2 0 0 0 1 .235 Beato P 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sunday. Optioned LHP Nik Turley to Rochester (IL), then recalled him as NORTHWESTERN 396, WILSON 553
Falu 2B 5 0 1 0 1 .282 Cozens PH 0 0 0 0 0 .214 26th man for Monday’s doubleheader. Recalled INF Kennys Vargas from MORGAN HILL G.C., PAR 70
Werth LF 3 0 1 0 0 .333 TOTALS 34 4 7 4 12 .251 NW: Tyler Wiik 76, Luke Hallman 78, Joe Frey 80, Mason Vogwill 80, Jake
Rochester (IL). Selected the contract of RHP Tim Melville from Rochester
Huffman LF 1 0 0 0 0 .182 Syracuse .............................................. 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 7 0 (IL). Dellicker 82; WIL: Rob Webb 95, Tristan Altenbach 97, Ethan Haas 108,
Robinson 1B 2 1 1 1 1 .249 New York: Optioned RHP Bryan Mitchell to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Alexandra Deitrich 124, Matt Glovas 129.
Soto RF 4 1 1 0 0 .292 Lehigh Valley ....................................... 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
- 4 7 1 Seattle: Released 2B Danny Espinosa. Recalled SS Taylor Motter from
Adams P 0 0 0 0 0 .000 SYR: HR: Robinson, C (18, 4th inning off Eshelman, 0 on, 0 out); RBI: Tacoma (PCL).
Ramirez P 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Robinson, C (72); Bautista, R (8); Snyder, B (67). Tampa Bay: Placed RHP Jacob Faria on the 10-day DL, retroactive to
Skole 3B 4 1 1 0 1 .237
Kieboom C 4 0 1 0 0 .293
LV: 3B: Moore, L (1, Fedde); RBI: Moore, L 3 (25); Kingery (20).
Syracuse IP H R ER SO ERA
Thursday.
Toronto: Released LHP J.P. Howell. Optioned RHP Tom Koehler to Dunedin LOCAL GOLF
Bautista CF 4 0 1 1 1 .250 (FSL).
Fedde P 2 0 0 0 1 .000 Fedde 6.0 4 3 3 5 4.76 NATIONAL LEAGUE
Snyder PH 0 0 0 1 0 .258 Romero 1.0 0 0 0 3 3.00 Arizona: Optioned RHPs Silvino Bracho and J.J. Hoover to Reno (PCL).
Romero P 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Adams 2.0 0 0 0 4 2.29 Recalled RHPs Jimmie Sherfy and Braden Shipley from Reno. LEHIGH C.C.
Collier RF 1 0 0 0 0 .248 Ramirez (L) 0.0 3 1 1 0 8.38 Los Angeles: Claimed RHP Jordan Jankowski off waivers from Houston. Husband-Wife Championship—Gross:1. Robert Beck, Jackie Beck 67; Net:1.
TOTALS 35 3 7 3 7 .252 Totals 9.0 7 4 4 12 5. Milwaukee: Optioned RHP Brandon Woodruff to Colorado Springs (PCL). Michael Beattie, Madonna Beattie.
Lehigh Valley IP H R ER SO ERA Reinstated RHP Chase Anderson from the 10-day DL. Junior Club Championship—Overall: 1. Peter Chiaradia 153; 13-14 years old:
Lehigh Valley AB R H RBI BB AVG 1. AJ Janis 217; 11-12 years old (18 holes): Zach Yenawine 114; 9-10 years old
Eshelman 6.0 3 1 1 5 2.52 New York: Sent RHP Matt Harvey to Binghamton (EL) for a rehab
Kingery 2B 5 0 1 1 1 .313 assignment. (10 holes): Boden Rainford 63; 8 and under (4 holes): Evan Scagliotti 26.
Crawford 3B 4 0 0 0 2 .243 Mariot (BS) 1.0 4 2 2 0 4.78
Fien 1.0 0 0 0 1 1.64 Philadelphia: Recalled RHP Ben Lively from Lehigh Valley (IL).
Tocci CF 4 0 0 0 1 .158 Pittsburgh: Recalled C Jacob Stallings from Indianapolis (IL).
Stassi 1B 3 1 1 0 1 .265 Beato (W) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2.92
Totals 10.0 7 3 3 7 3.80 St. Louis: Recalled OF Stephen Piscotty from Memphis (PCL).
Pullin LF 3 1 1 0 2 .227 San Diego: Sent RHP Miguel Diaz to Lake Elsinore (Cal) for a rehab
Mora SS
Moore C
4
4
1 1
1 2
0
3
0
1
.268
.237
Pitches-strikes: Fedde 92-61; Romero 16-10; Adams, A 22-17; Ramirez, N
13-8; Eshelman 78-55; Mariot 17-11; Fien 23-16; Beato 22-14; Umpires: HP:
assignment. LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES
CAN-AM LEAGUE
Robert Moreno. 1B: Chris Graham. 3B: Dan Merzel; Weather: 82 degrees, Quebec: Released LHP Trevor Caughey. Signed OF Charles Demers.
partly cloudy; First pitch: 7:04 PM. Sussex County: Released OF Daniel Rockett.
FOOTBALL 2017 Little League World Series Glance
H.S. TENNIS NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
At South Williamsport, Pa.
All Times EDT
Detroit: Waived/injured DT Bruce Gaston. Signed TE Scott Orndoff. Double Elimination
Green Bay: Signed DT Calvin Heurtelou. Monday, Aug. 21
Tennessee: Waived DE Mehdi Abdesmad. Removed WR Tajae Sharpe from Grosse Pointe (Mich.) 11, Emilia (Italy) 7
SCHOLASTIC GIRLS Weckeeshan/Emily Fisher 6-0, 6-0; Chloe Getz/Triselle Samuels (JT) def. the PUP list. Tamaulipas (Mexico) 1, Seoul 0, Seoul eliminated
SALISBURY 5, WILSON 0 Sabrina Moyer/Jocelyn Rega 6-1, 6-0. HOCKEY Jackson (N.J.) 12, Rancho Santa Margarita (Calif.) 9, Rancho Santa
Singles – Lilia Crouthamel (SAL) def. Jenna Galvin 6-1, 6-2; Anna Bishop STROUDSBURG 6, LIBERTY 1 Margarita eliminated
(SAL) def. Mollie Veres 6-4, 6-1; Vivian Rogers (SAL) def. Jesse Galvin 6-2, Singles—Sara Denny (S) def. Paige Simmons 6-1, 6-2; Delaney Pinson (S) NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Anaheim: Signed D Francois Beauchemin to a one-year contract. Game 19: Pontezuela (Dominican Republic) vs. Maracaibo (Venezuela), 6
6-0; Doubles – Bryn Kubinski/Paige Gizbons (SAL) def. Mia Cain/Christine def. Julia Zheng 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; Vasilia Briegel (S) def. Angelique Ronca 6-2, p.m.
Szubiak 6-0, 6-0; Katie Denver/Sara McGee (SAL) def. Samantha 6-0; Doubles—Emily Traub/Sydney Runkel (S) def. Maren Drake/Caroline AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
San Antonio: Signed G Sam Brittain and D Josh Atkinson. Game 20: Walla Walla (Wash.) vs. Fairfield (Conn.), 8 p.m.
Nutter/Sarah Mengel 8-1. Hawk 8-6; Gabrielle Harvilla/Kendra Siegfried (L) def. Mercedes Bator/
NOTRE DAME GP 3, MORAVIAN ACADEMY 2 Hannah Boback 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Erin Hunt/Blanca Zhang (S) def. Shivoni Patel,
Singles—Logan Lencheski (ND) def. Taylor deCastro 6-0, 6-1; Emma Bradon Drake 6-0, 6-2; Annelise Knauf/Julissa Garcia (S) def. Margeaux
Anmolsingh (ND) def. Miranda Gibson 4-6, 6-4, 7-6; Sara Medei (ND) def. Donchez/Gabriella Palermo 6-2, 6-0.
Grace Nixdorf 6-7, 6-2, 7-5; Bailey Hancharik/Liliana Nino (MA) def. Jules
Rosko/Caitlin Maloney 6-3, 6-1; Kyla Manga/Dierdre Hoffman (MA) def.
EASTON 4, CENTRAL CATHOLIC 3
Singles— Elessa Jacobs (E) def. Emma Gordon 6-0, 6-0; Kaitlin Grogg (E) def.
LOCAL CYCLING
Jaimee Schurra/Lexi Latzanich 6-0, 6-0. Olivia Luchetti 7-5, 7-5; Hiu Ling Kwok (E) def. Lauren Minutella 6-0, 6-1;
EMMAUS 6, ES SOUTH 1 Doubles— Quinn Fantozzi/Gordon (CC) def. Quinn Langen/Tyra Burgess
Singles – Tina Zhang (EMM) def. Kaitlyn Semon 6-3, 6-1; Mia Columbus 8-1; Jess Davis/Kiki Wang (CC) def. Morgan Glover/Emma Strano 5-7, 7-5, VALLEY PREFERRED CYCLING CENTER— Jesse Stauffer, 7; 2. Matthew Mech, 5; 3. John Hostetter, 3; 4. Nicholas
(EMM) def. Lindsay Serbo 8-6, 5-7, 7-5; Sonya Boukengolts (EMM) def. 6-1; Emma Sweterlitsh/Hannah Sarmia (CC) def. Giavanna Williams/ Master & Rookies Series Roberts, 2; 5. Chris Consorto, 1; Event 13—Women 9 Lap Snowball Points: 1.
Zarya Tom Wing 6-1, 6-4; Doubles – Krissy Heilenman/Julia Marks (EMM) Rachel Frey 6-1, 6-2; Tajiana Oladapo/Ashley Keane (E) def. Mally 08/19/17 Vanessa Romano, 7; 2. Elizabeth Hukki, 5; 3. John Hostetter, 3; 4. Becca
def. Elena Boyer/Hannah Owusu-Afriye 8-2; Cindy He/Shannon Stewart Sayech/Katie Gearis. Place, Name, Omnium Points Brown, 2; 5. Danielle Shumskas, 1; Event 14—Junior 3 Lap Hanidcap: 1.
(EMM) def. Madison Malsch/Valeria Osorio 6-3, 6-1; Misa Hollinger/ FREEDOM 7, NORTHAMPTON 0 Event 1—Category 5 6 Lap Point A Lap: 1. Jim Levi, 7; 2. Dakota Stein, 5; 3. Reagan Pattishall, 7; 2. Grayson Hauck, 5; 3. Zac Olszewski, 3; 4. Divik
Sanbhya Sriram (EMM) def. Tamara Davis/Delaney Robbins 6-1, 6-3; Shayla Singles— Natalie Sinai (F) def. Liz Hozza 6-2, 6-0; Rebecca Packo (F) def. Andrew Mergan, 3; 4. Trevor Olexy, 2; 5. James Cardillo, 1; Event 2-Category Verma, 2; 5. Anson Wright, 1; Event 15—Masters Elimination: 1. Lucas
Powell/Meagan Vandermark (ESS) def. Caroline Sampson/Katherine Rose Sharga 6-0, 6-0; Jessika Klo (F) def. Amelia Casanek 6-0, 6-0; Doubles— 410 Lap Scratch:1. Sean Mooney, 7; 2. Kenneth Englert, 5; 3. Matthew Mech, Koehler, 7; 2. David Igelwicz, 5; 3. Gary Brown, 3; 4. Nao Yamashita, 2; 5.
Erickson 10-1. Christina Chen/Abbi Badman (F) def. Grace Tepes 8-2; Anjah Chhugani/ 3; 4. Nicholas Roberts, 2; 5. Blane Maddox, 1; Event 3—Women 9 Lap Points Robert Kowal, 1; Event 16—“B” Feature 20 Lap Points: 1. Nao Yamashita; 2.
JIM THORPE 4, TAMAQUA 1 Olivia Chhugani (F) def. Jess Grello/Syd Schmarl 6-0, 7-5; Twinkle Race: 1. Elizabeth Hukki, 7; 2. Vanessa Romano, 5; 3. Becca Brown, 3; 4. Brian Gristick; 3. John Hostetter; 4. Paul Incognito; 5. Chris Consorto; Event
Singles— Brooke Williams (TAM) def. Leanne Van Essendelft 6-3, 7-6, 10-8; Gupta/Megan Smith (F) def. Shannon Reinhard/Liz Moore 6-1, 6-0; Danielle Shumskas, 2; 5. Mante Ho, 1; Event 4—Juniors 6 Lap Scratch: 1. Zac 17—“A” Feature 20 Lap Tempo Points—1. David Igelwicz; 2. Brean Shea; 3.
Christ McLean (JT) def. Alexis Breiner 6-4, 6-1; Kaitlyn O’Neil (JT) def. Molly Margaret Cavanaugh/Hanna Nicholls (F) def. Regan Hobby/Kasey Zelienka Olszewski, 7; 2. Divik Verma, 5; 3. Jonah Hover, 3; 4. Anson Wright, 2; Divya Blane Maddox; 4. Jesse Stauffer; 5. Frank Negri; Ominum Masters—1. Lucas
Clemson 6-3, 6-1; Doubles – Angelica Uza/Evelyn Flores (JT) def. Madison 6-2, 6-1. Verma, 1; Event 5—Masters 10 Lap Tempo Points: 1. Brean Shea, 7; 2. David Koehler,11; 2. David Igelwicz,11; 3. George Sherman, 8; 4. John Chambers, 7;
Igelwicz, 5; 3. George Sherman, 3; 4. Gary Brown, 2; 5. Lucas Koehler, 1; 5. Brean Shea, 7; 6. Gary Brown, 7; 7. Nao Yamashita, 2; 8. Robert Kowal, 1;
Event 6—Category 5 8 Lap Scratch: 1. Andrew Mergan, 7; 2. Dakota Stein, 5; Omnium Category 4—1. Jesse Stauffer, 12; 2. Matthew Mech, 9; 3. Blane
3. James Cardillo, 3; 4. Eamonn Carroll, 2; 5. Trevor Olexy, 1; Event Maddox, 8; 4. Sean Mooney, 7; 5. Kenneth Englert, 7; 6. Nicholas Roberts, 4;
COLLEGE WOMEN SOCCER 7—Category 4 12 Lap Tempo Points: 1. Blane Maddox, 7; 2. Jesse Stauffer, 5; 7. John Hostetter, 3; 8. Michael Barkasi, 3; 9. Chris Consorto, 1; Omnium
3. Michael Barkasi, 3; 4. Kenneth Englert, 2; 5. Matthew Mech, 1; Event Women—1. Vanessa Romano, 19; 2. Elizabeth Hukki, 15; 3. Becca Brown, 10;
8—Women 10 Lap Scratch: 1. Vanessa Romano, 7; 2. Becca Brown, 5; 3. 4. Danielle Shumskas, 4; 5. Jenna Davis, 3; 6. Elodie Burlet, 2; 7. Mante Ho, 1;
Elizabeth Hukki, 3; 4. Elodie Burlet, 2; 5. Danielle Shumskas, 1; Event Omnium Catgory 5—1. Andrew Mergan, 17; 2. Dakota Stein, 13; 3. Jim Levi,
SIENA COLLEGE 3, LAFAYETTE 1 LAF: GOALS: Katie Brannigan; SHOTS: 10; Shots on GOAL: 6; CORNERS: 5; 10—Masters 5 KM Scratch: 1. Jon Chambers, 7; 2. George Sherman, 5; 3. 12; 4. James Cardillo, 4; 5. Eamonn Carroll, 4; 6. Trevor Olexy, 3; 7. Alexander
GOALIES: Maggie Pohl 0 Saves; Kelly O’Brien (45’) 4 Saves; REC: (0-1) SIE: Lucas Koehler, 3; 4. Gary Brown, 2; 5. David Igelwicz,1; Event11—Category 5 Gudenkauf, 1; Ominum Juniors—1. Zac Olszweski, 17; 2. Divik Verma, 10; 3.
Lafayette 0 1 —1 GOALS: Michele Tremblay, Madison Vazquez, Lindsay Mulligan; ASSISTS: Win-N-Out:1. Andrew Mergan, 7; 2. Jim Levi, 5; 3. Dakota Stein, 3; 4. Eamonn Anson Wright, 8; 4. Reagan Pattishall, 7; 5. Grayson Hauck, 5; 6. Jonah Hover,
Siena College 1 2 —3 Darby D’Angelo, Gabby Albano, Ashley Carpenter, Tremblay; SHOTS: 13; Carroll, 2; 5. Alexander Gudenkauf, 1; Event 12—Category 4 Miss-N-Out: 1. 5; 7. Jacob Evans, 1; 8. Divya Verma, 1.
Shots on GOAL: 7; CORNERS: 5; GOALIES: Taylor Dorado 5 Saves; REC.(1-0).
Game played 08/20.
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SPORTS
COLONIAL LEAGUE GIRLS SOCCER PREVIEW

Can Spartans extend ‘golden era’?

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

PSU PENN STATE SCHEDULE 5. Jacksonville St

6. South Dakota St (1)
7. Richmond
10-2
9-4
10-4
493
479
474
6
7
8
Louisiana-Monroe at Memphis, 9 p.m.
Austin Peay at Cincinnati, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Miles at Alcorn St., 7 p.m.
E. Kentucky at W. Kentcuky, 7 p.m.
Georgia S. at Auburn, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 2 AKRON 12 p.m. ABC 8. Youngstown State 12-4 450 2 E. Illinois at Indiana St., 7 p.m. S. Alabama at Mississippi, 7:30 p.m.
9. Villanova 9-4 413 13 Elon at Toledo, 7 p.m. Vanderbilt at Middle Tenn., 8 p.m.
Continued from SPORTS 1 Sept. 9 PITTSBURGH 3:30 p.m. ABC 10. North Dakota 9-3 412 12 Rhode Island at Cent. Michigan, 7 p.m. Tuskegee at Alabama St., 8 p.m.
Sept. 16 GEORGIA ST. 7:30 p.m. BTN 11. Wofford 10-4 381 11 Duquesne at S. Dakota St., 8 p.m. Florida St. vs. Alabama at Atlanta, 8 p.m.
12. The Citadel 10-2 333 9
Sept. 23 at Iowa Time/TV TBA Ohio St. at Indiana, 8 p.m. Ball St. at Illinois, Noon
Tyler Davis. Sept. 30 INDIANA Time/TV TBA
13. Chattanooga
14. Charleston Southern 7-4
9-4 330
261
10
14
Tulsa at Oklahoma St., 7:30 p.m. Bowling Green at Michigan St., Noon
Penn State opens the Oct. 7 at Northwestern 12 p.m. TV TBA 15. Central Arkansas 10-3 251 16
Florida A&M vs. Arkansas at Little Rock,
Ark., 8 p.m.
Missouri St. at Missouri, Noon
Wyoming at Iowa, Noon
16. New Hampshire 10-3 244 17
season against Akron at Oct. 14 Idle 17. Lehigh 9-3 177 18 N. Dakota at Utah, 7:30 p.m. Temple at Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m.
W. Oregon at Idaho St., 8:30 p.m. Nevada at Northwestern, 3:30 p.m.
noon on Sept. 2 on ABC. Oct. 21 MICHIGAN Time/TV TBA 18. Illinois State
19. Samford
6-6
7-5
149
144
—
23 Sacramento St. at Idaho, 9 p.m. MVSU at N. Dakota St., 3:30 p.m.
The Crimson Tide re- Oct. 28 at Ohio State 3:30 p.m. FOX 20. Northern Iowa 5-6 136 — New Mexico St. at Arizona St., 10:30 p.m. Hampton at Ohio, 7 p.m.
Nov. 4 at Michigan St. Time/TV TBA SEPT. 1 S. Dakota at Drake, 7 p.m.
ceived 52 of 61 first-place 21. Grambling State
22. Weber State
12-1
7-5
133
102
15
24 Fordham at Army, 6 p.m. SE Missouri at Kansas, 7 p.m.
votes from media members Nov. 11 RUTGERS 12 p.m. TBA 23. Cal Poly 7-5 85 21 CCSU at Syracuse, 7 p.m. Cent. Arkansas at Kansas St., 7 p.m.
in the poll released Monday. Nov. 18 NEBRASKA Time/TV TBA 24. N.C. Central 9-3 83 19 Washington at Rutgers, 8 p.m. Louisville vs. Purdue at Indianapolis, 7:30
25. N.C. A&T 9-3 78 20 Navy at FAU, 8 p.m. p.m.
Nov. 25 at Maryland Time/TV TBA
Ohio State was No. 2, edging Dec. 2 Big Ten title (Indy) 8 p.m. FOX
Others: Fordham 63, Albany 62, Western Charlotte at E. Michigan, 6:30 p.m.
Utah St. at Wisconsin, 9 p.m.
Butler at Illinois St., 7:30 p.m.
Arkansas St. at Nebraska, 8 p.m.
Illinois 54, Montana 51, Northern Arizona
No. 3 Florida State and 42, McNeese State 34, San Diego 33, Boston College at N. Illinois, 9:30 p.m. N. Iowa at Iowa St., 8 p.m.
preventing the first 1 vs. 2 Tennessee State 26, Kennesaw State 17,
William & Mary 16, Harvard 16, South
Colorado vs. Colorado St. at Denver, 8 p.m.
SEPT. 2
Maryland at Texas, Noon
UTEP at Oklahoma, 3:30 p.m.
opening game since the Dakota 14, Saint Francis 8, Southeastern Akron at Penn St., Noon Michigan vs. Florida at Arlington, Texas,
preseason poll began in for Alabama? The Tide has 9. Wisconsin
10. Oklahoma St.
11-3
10-3
926
889 11
9 Louisiana 7, Dayton 7, Nicholls State 6,
Princeton 5, Prairie View A&M 5, Colgate 5,
Dayton at Robert Morris, Noon
Lock Haven at St. Francis (Pa.), Noon
3:30 p.m.
E. Washington at Texas Tech, 4 p.m.
1950. Alabama opens the failed to win the national 11. Michigan 10-3 881 10 Towson 2, Eastern Illinois 2, Southern 2, Villanova at Lehigh, 12:30 p.m. Houston at UTSA, 7 p.m.
season against the Semi- championship the three 12. Auburn
13. LSU
8-5
8-4
880
784
24
13
Southern Utah 2, Mercer 1. Youngstown St. at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
Merrimack at Bryant, 3 p.m.
Stephen F. Austin at SMU, 7 p.m.
Houston Baptist at Texas St., 7 p.m.
noles in Atlanta on Sept. 2, previous times it was pre-
just the fourth opener in- season No. 1 under Saban.
14. Stanford
15. Georgia
16. Louisville
10-3
8-5
9-4
695
690 NR
629
12

21
FBC SCHEDULE Lafayette at Monmouth (NJ), 3 p.m.
Marist at Bucknell, 6 p.m.
Stetson at Sacred Heart, 6 p.m.
Lamar at N. Texas, 7 p.m.
Morehouse at Ark.-Pine Bluff, 7 p.m.
Liberty at Baylor, 7 p.m.
volving top-five teams and The last team to start and 17. Florida
18. Miami
9-4
9-4
624
492
14
20
AUG. 26 Miami (Ohio) at Marshall, 6:30 p.m. Jackson St. at TCU, 8 p.m.
Kent St. at Clemson, Noon Prairie View at Texas Southern, 9 p.m.
the first pitting teams ran- finish No. 1 was USC in 19. South Florida 11-2 327 19
Hawaii at UMass, 6 p.m.
Texas S. at Florida A&M, 6 p.m. California at N. Carolina, 12:20 p.m. BYU vs. LSU at Houston, 9:30 p.m.
ked in the preseason top 2004, and the Trojans were 20. Kansas St.
21. Virginia Tech
9-4
10-4
317 NR
240 16
Oregon St. at Colorado St., 2:30 p.m. Bethune-Cookman at Miami, 12:30 p.m. VMI at Air Force, Noon
Portland St. at BYU, 3 p.m. NC St. vs. S. Carolina at Charlotte, N.C., 3 Portland St. at Oregon St., 2 p.m.
three. ranked No. 1 the following 22. West Virginia
23. Texas
10-3
5-7
207
173 NR
18
Colgate at Cal Poly, 7 p.m. p.m. Valparaiso at Montana, 3 p.m.
Southern California, season — the last team to do 24. Washington St. 8-5 133 NR S. Floria at San Jose St., 7:30 p.m. William & Mary at Virginia, 3:30 p.m.
Alabama A&M at UAB, 3:30 p.m.
Troy at Boise St., 3:45 p.m.
W. New Mexico at San Diego, 5 p.m.
Stanford vs. Rice at Australia, 10 p.m.
which finished last season it before this year. 25. Tennessee 9-4 114
Others: TCU 98, Utah 85, Notre Dame 65,
22
AUG. 27 Stony Brook at S. Florida, 4 p.m. W. Michigan at USC, 5:15 p.m.
on a nine-game winning Boise St. 37, NC State 26, Northwestern 25, Richmond at Sam Houston St., 7 p.m. Charleston S. at Mississippi St., 4 p.m.
Kentucky at S. Miss., 4 p.m.
Cal Poly at San Jose St., 7:30 p.m.
Abilene Christian at New Mexico, 8 p.m.
AUG. 31
streak and No. 3 in the The Morning Call Pittsburgh 23, Oregon 21, Houston 19,
Colorado 18, UCLA 9, San Diego St. 9, BYU 5, St. Anselm at Wagner, 6 p.m. Morgan St. at Towson, 6 p.m. Montana-W. at Weber St., 8 p.m.
country, starts at No. 4. contributed to this story. Appalachian St. 4, Nebraska 4, Tulsa 4, Delaware St. at Delaware, 7 p.m.
Maine at New Hampshire, 7 p.m.
Newberry at Citadel, 6 p.m.
James Madison at E. Carolina, 6 p.m.
S. Utah at Oregon, 8:15 p.m.
UC Davis at San Diego St., 8:30 p.m.
Defending national cham- Kentucky 3, Texas A&M 3, Michigan St. 1.

pion Clemson begins the AP TOP 25 Holy Cross at UConn, 7:30 p.m.
FIU at UCF, 6 p.m.
Virginia St. at Norfolk St., 6 p.m.
Albany (NY) at Old Dominion, 6 p.m.
Howard at UNLV, 9 p.m.
Incarnate Word at Fresno St., 10 p.m.

post-Deshaun Watson era RK, TEAM W-L PTS LW FCS COACHES Kentucky Christian at Morehead St., 6 p.m.
Presbyterian at Wake Forest, 6:30 p.m.
N.C. Cent. at Duke, 6 p.m.
Furman at Wofford, 6 p.m.
Montana St. at Washington St., 10:30 p.m.
N. Arizona at Arizona, 11 p.m.

POLL
NC A&T at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m. W. Carolina at Hawaii, 12 mid.
at No. 5. Florida State re- 1. Alabama (52)
2. Ohio St. (3)
14-1
11-2
1513
1414
2
6
Clarion at UT-Martin, 7 p.m.
Jacksonville at Mercer, 7 p.m. Appalachian St. at Georgia,, 6:15 p.m. SEPT. 3
ceived four first-place votes, 3. Florida St. (4) 10-3 1396 8
RK, TEAM W-L PTS LW
Kennesaw St. at Samford, 7 p.m. UMass at Coastal Carolina, 7 p.m. Virginia Tech vs. W. Virginia at Landover,
4. USC (2) 10-3 1325 3 Grambling St. at Tulane, 7 p.m. Md., 7:30 p.m.
Ohio State got three and 5. Clemson 14-1 1201 1 1. James Madison (20) 14-1 642 1
Kentucky Wesleyan at Murray St., 7 p.m.
Methodist at Campbell, 7 p.m. Northwestern St. at La. Tech, 7 p.m. SC St. at S. U., 2:30 p.m.
USC two. 6. Penn St.
7. Oklahoma
11-3
11-2
1196
1170
7
5
2. North Dakota St (2) 12-2 618 3 Tennessee St. at Georgia St., 7 p.m. SE Louisnaia at Louisiana-Lafayette, 7 p.m. Texas A&M at UCLA, 8:30 p.m.
3. Sam Houston St (3) 12-1 577 5 W. Illinois at Tennessee Tech, 7 p.m. Brevard at Davidson, 7 p.m. SEPT. 4
The one bit of bad news 8. Washington 12-2 1150 4 4. Eastern Washington 12-2 525 4 McNeese St. at Nicholls, 8 p.m. Limestone at ETSU, 7 p.m. Tennessee at Georgia Tech, 8 p.m.

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SPORTS 4 TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2017
SPORTS
WHAT’S
ON TV?
MLB
4 p.m.
G1: Marlins at Phillies CSN
7 p.m.
Cubs at Reds or Dodgers at
Pirates MLB
7:30 p.m.
G2: Marlins at Phillies CSN
10 p.m.
Rangers at Angels ESPN
LITTLE LEAGUE W.S.
11 a.m.
Australia vs. Sioux Falls (S.D.)
ESPN
3 p.m.
Teams TBA ESPN
7:30 p.m.
Teams TBA ESPN
RUGBY WORLD CUP
WOMEN
12 p.m.
New Zealand vs. United States
NBCSP
MINOR LEAGUE
7 p.m.
Syracuse Chiefs at IronPigs
SECTV2
LOCAL COVERAGE
2 p.m.
St. Luke’s Sports Round Up
SECTV2
6 p.m.
LV Sports Scene SECTV2
WHAT’S
HAPPENING
TODAY
TENNIS
SCHOLASTIC GIRLS
Stroudsburg at Allen (11 a.m.)
Emmaus at PM West (11 a.m.)
Easton at Northampton (3:30)
ES South at Nazareth (3:30)
ES North at Liberty (3:30)
Central Catholic at Dieruff (3:30)
Easton at Northampton (3:30)
Parkland at Freedom (3:30)
PM East at Bethlehem Catholic (3:30)
Whitehall at Pleasant Valley (3:30)
Quakertown at Pennridge (3:30)
MMI Prep at Tamaqua (4)
GOLF
SCHOLASTIC
Whitehall, Central Catholic, Liberty at PM
West (12)
Nazareth, Emmaus, PM East at ES North
(12)
Stroudsburg, Parkland, Easton at Free-
dom (2)
Northampton, Bethlehem Catholic, ES
South at Pleasant Valley (2)
Salisbury at Moravian Academy (2:45)
Quakertown at Upper Dublin (3:30)
Kutztown at Tulpehocken (3:30)
ON THIS
DATE ...
BILL JANSCHA/AP
In 1989, Nolan Ryan of the
Texas Rangers becomes the
first pitcher to strike out
5,000 batters in a 2-0 loss
to the Oakland Athletics.
Ryan fans Rickey Hender-
son swinging on a 3-2, 96
mph fastball for No. 5,000.
1950 — Althea Gibson becomes
the first black tennis player to
be accepted in competition for
the national championship.
1961 — Roger Maris becomes
the first player to hit his 50th
homer in August. He connects
off California's Ken McBride in
a 4-3 loss to the Angels.
1984 — Evelyn Ashford sets the
world record in the 100-meter
dash with a clocking of 10.76
seconds in a meet at Zurich,
Switzerland.
1999 — Jenny Thompson
breaks Mary T. Meagher's
18-year-old 100-meter butterfly
record at the Pan Pacific swim
championships. Thompson
with a time of 57.88 seconds
lowers the mark of 57.93 set by
Meagher.
2005 — Maria Sharapova is the
15th player and the first Rus-
sian to be No. 1 since the WTA
tour began its computer rank-
ings in 1975. At 18, she's the fifth
youngest to hold the top spot,
following Martina Hingis, Moni-
ca Seles, Tracy Austin and
Steffi Graf.
2008 — Usain Bolt helps
Jamaica win the 400-meter
relay final in 37.10 seconds for
his third gold medal and third
world record of the Beijing
Games. Bolt becomes only the
fourth man, and the first since
Carl Lewis in 1984, to win all
three Olympic sprint events.
Bryan Clay wins the decathlon,
the first American to win the
10-discipline event at the
Olympics since Dan O'Brien at
Atlanta in 1996.
THE MORNING CALL
AUTO RACING NOTEBOOK
Igdalsky’s
WAIT A SECOND
happy with
Pocono’s
2017 season
Raceway CEO says sun was only part of
the reason for track’s success this summer.
By Keith Groller cluding the installation of
FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP
Of The Morning Call Wi-Fi which will be impor-
tant to fans staying for the
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (left) and Conor McGregor have been given an exemption to the rule
LONG POND — Unlike weekend on the infield or
requiring 10-ounce gloves for the 154-pound fight so that both fighters can wear 8-ounce
the three Mondays last sum- those just wanting to con-
gloves. And just like that, the fight appeared more competitive — at least to some.
mer when he was preparing nect with their devices dur-
Smaller gloves?
to host races postponed ing one-day visits.
from the day before, Pocono “I have two little kids and
Raceway CEO Nick Igdal- the kids want to be able to
sky spent this Monday watch stuff on their Kindles,
More hype for the fight
morning basking in the glow but without Wi-Fi, Kindle is
of a successful summer at not effective,” Igdalsky said.
the Monroe County track. “If I was coming to the race,
Three major races went I’d be looking for ways to
off without a rain delay or keep my kids occupied for a
By Tim Dahlberg said. adopted regulations that postponement and seem- little bit of time here and
Of The Associated Press Unusual, well, yes. The call for 8-ounce gloves in ingly without any other there when mom and dad
fight matches an Irish UFC fights 147 pounds or glitches. need a break. “
LAS VEGAS — It’s only 2 champion in his first pro- smaller, and 10-ounce Igdalsky, who took over Another improvement
ounces of foam, 4 if you fessional boxing match gloves for anything above his new role from his will be a new public address
count both hands. against a fighter who was that. brother Brandon last system.
Still, it was enough to throwing punches before In the 11 years since, that
make Conor McGregor he could walk and who won has been the rule. Until
month, along with new
president Ben May and the
He wouldn’t reveal a
third major improvement
quite happy. Floyd May-
weather Jr., too, because it
all 49 of his pro fights
before announcing his re-
Wednesday, there had been
no exceptions.
rest of the Pocono staff are that’s coming, saying it
already thinking about 2018, hasn’t been officially ap-
likely means more sales for tirement. But tickets and pay-per- which will see the return of proved yet.
what could be the richest But commission mem- view had to be sold. More NASCAR and IndyCar and However, he offered a
fight ever. bers — who regulate both people had to be convinced perhaps much more. significant hint about it.
Nevada boxing regula- UFC and boxing in Nevada that McGregor actually has “We had a terrific sum- “It’s going to be some-
tors went out of their way to — are charged with protect- a chance in the ring with mer and saw tremendous thing that’s spectacular,
give a gift to both fighters, ing the health and safety of Mayweather. growth with all three of our good for all ages and some-
approving an exemption to fighters. Their No. 1 job is to And convinced they national touring events,” Ig- thing that no other track has
the rule requiring 10-ounce make sure as few fighters as were, at least the ones dalsky said. “Part of that can yet,” Igdalsky said.
gloves for the 154-pound possible get their brains betting at William Hill. be attributed to the weather, The way he looks at it,
fight so that both fighters scrambled in the ring or in Oddsmakers there lowered but we’ve had good weather Pocono Raceway is not just
can wear 8-ounce gloves. the octagon. the lopsided odds favoring before in 2014 and 2015. a race track, it’s an enter-
And just like that, the And in this case, they Mayweather from mi- That’s not the correlation tainment facility. A variety
fight appeared more com- failed. nus-600 to minus-550 be- here. We feel it’s more of a of diverse events are held
petitive — at least to some. It was bad enough that cause they will be fighting correlation to the direction beyond the three major race
Oddsmaker William Hill the commission approved a with smaller gloves. in marketing and advertis- weekends.
immediately boosted the novice boxer to go 12 McGregor himself pre- ing and over-delivering the A “Warrior Dash” event is
odds of McGregor winning, rounds with one of the best dicted the smaller gloves fan experience. coming up this weekend
though they are still low. fighters of all time, no would make the night even “We’re trying to give the that will feature 10,000 par-
And UFC chief Dana White questions asked. But com- easier for him. utmost value and experi- ticipants and a Chinese
didn’t wait long to trumpet mission members lost any “I believe now that ence for everybody’s hard- lantern festival is coming
the smaller gloves as a game remaining credibility when gloves are eight ounces, I earned entertainment dol- Sept. 9-10 that will bring
changer. they agreed to change the don’t believe he makes it lar.” 30,000 people to the track
“It affects the fight big glove size for no real reason out of the second round,” Igdalsky said that people over two days.
time,” White said. “When other than the two fighters McGregor said. “I do not coming to Pocono this past “Our bread and butter is
we were in our original asked for it to help build the see him absorbing the weekend got more than just motor sports, but by no
negotiations it was some- hype. blows in the first two practice runs, qualifying means are we just a motor
thing they would not even In doing so, they ignored rounds.” and a 500-mile IndyCar sports facility,” Igdalsky
talk about. I don’t know a letter from the Associ- Most in boxing scoff at
what changed, but I’m glad ation of Ringside Physi- that, saying the size of the
race.
‘”You had four divisions
said. “We consider our-
selves an entertainment
it did. It makes it so much
more fun.”
cians asking them not to.
“We hated to see them
gloves would matter only if
they were both forced to
of racing going on through- destination. This property
out the weekend,” he said. lends itself to any event.
The underlying school of break their own rules and fight in 4-ounce UFC “You had USAC quarter- We’re still entertaining of-
thought is that McGregor regulations kind of arbi- gloves that are open past midgets running an event fers to do air shows and
will have a better chance of trarily,” said Dr. Larry Love- the knuckle. There’s also a behind the grandstands. music festivals.”
knocking Mayweather out lace, who heads the associ- school of thought that You had the TQ midgets No matter what event is
with smaller gloves, though ation and is also on the smaller gloves will actually setting up temporary short held at Pocono, people at-
Mayweather has fought all Oklahoma State Boxing help Mayweather by mak- track event. You had vintage tending should figure on
but three of his professional Commission. “It seemed al- ing his hands even quicker. cars and well over 300 being able to get in and out
fights with 8-ounce gloves most capricious to change But by allowing smaller classic racing and sports relatively quickly. Igdalsky
and has never been from10 ounces, which is the gloves, commission mem- cars on display in our pad- said track patterns were
knocked out in any of them. prescribed weight of gloves bers did more than just try dock area and on top of that back to normal in less than
But the fight needed an- for that weight class.” to lure a few more people to the Formula V’s were doing an hour after the end of
other selling point, and Ne- To be fair, there is no Las Vegas next week. They laps on our road course. Sunday’s race.
vada State Athletic Com- solid medical evidence made a decision that, in There were quite a few “We’re setting records on
mission members were about the effects of getting theory at least, could affect things going on here.” time spent on traffic getting
happy to give it one. hit with smaller gloves. But the outcome of the fight. And there was extra value in and out of the track,”
“It’s an unusual contest there was enough anec- And by any standard, for IndyCar fans who got to Igdalsky said. “It still takes
for us as a commission,” dotal evidence that the Ne- that’s a bad decision to purchase tickets that al- time to improve the infra-
chairman Anthony Marnell vada commission in 2006 make. lowed them open access to structure of the roads
the garages in addition to around here and PennDOT
the paddock and the pits. has a plan in place to have
PRESS BOX Igdalsky has made it clear additional lanes of traffic
EDITED FROM NEWS SERVICES that it’s all about the fan coming in and out.
IN BRIEF
experience and more im- “We know everybody
provements are coming be- wants to get home after an
COLLEGES: Alabama is No. 1 in the league’s highest-paid player. Stafford in- tween now and the first event in timely fashion. I
Associated Press preseason Top 25, the sisted he hasn’t decided if he’ll allow talks NASCAR Monster Energy know that from being a
first program in 12 years to take the top spot to continue into the season, adding he Cup race next year, which is Philly sports fan and going
two years in a row. The Crimson Tide doesn’t know when or if the call will be set for the weekend of June to games and getting stuck
received 52 of 61 first-place votes from made to stop negotiations. He’s entering 2-3. in traffic. I get frustrated,
media members. Ohio State was No. 2, the last season of his three-year, $53 The second NASCAR too. We’re doing everything
edging No. 3 Florida State. USC, which million deal. ... Jets coach Todd Bowles will follow July 28-29. Indy- in our power to improve the
finished last season on a nine-game said he’ll announce the team’s starting next Car will release its 2018 time and if we do that, we
winning streak and No. 3 in the country, week. Veteran Josh McCown is widely schedule later, but the Po- can hold even bigger events
starts at No. 4. Defending national champi- expected to be under center when the Jets cono race will likely be in here.”
on Clemson begins the post-Deshaun open their season Sept. 10 against the Bills. the same August spot.
Watson era at No. 5. ... Tennessee WR Josh ... Eagles WR Bryce Treggs was fined When those races are kgroller@mcall.com
Smith is expected to miss the start of the $25,000 by the league for his high hit on held he said fans can expect Twitter @KeithGroller
season after injuring his collarbone. Packers DB Damarious Randall on Aug. several improvements, in- 610-820-6740
10. ... Jets LB Darron Lee and DE Leonard
CYCLING: Vincenzo Nibali won the third Williams were cleared of any violations of
stage of the Spanish Vuelta, and Chris the league’s personal conduct policy fol-
Froome took the overall lead after a strong lowing a review of an incident at a festival
run in the first mountain stage. in June.
NFL: A deadly, racially charged conflict in NHL: D Francois Beauchemin agreed to
Charlottesville, Va., caused Bills WR An- an incentive-laden one-year contract to
quan Boldin to reassess his priorities and return for his third stint with the Ducks. It
led him to retire after 14 seasons. In an probably will be his final season. Beau-
interview on SiriusXM NFL Radio, Boldin chemin, 37, has 73 goals and 198 assists in
said he’s “uncomfortable” with how di- 836 career games.
vided the nation is and wants to dedicate
his entire focus to humanitarian and SOCCER: Raheem Sterling scored an
criminal justice causes. ... The league is 82nd-minute equalizer as Manchester City
working on a five-year contract extension fought back to draw with Everton 1-1 while
for Commissioner Roger Goodell. Sports playing with 10 men for more than half in
Business Journal first reported the con- the English Premier League game. Ever-
tract negotiations. Goodell’s contract is up ton’s Wayne Rooney scored his 200th
after the 2019 season. Goodell replaced Premier League goal.
Paul Tagliabue as commissioner in 2006.
... Coach Vance Joseph named Trevor TENNIS: Two-time Australian Open
Siemian the Broncos QB job for the second champion Victoria Azarenka withdrew
straight year. Siemian beat out 2016 from the U.S. Open because she was unable
first-round draft pick Paxton Lynch. ... to resolve a custody dispute with her infant MATT SLOCUM / AP
The agent for Lions QB Matthew son’s father. Azarenka, 28, gave birth to her Will Power wins the IndyCar race Sunday at Pocono Race-
Stafford and the team are negotiating first child in December and she returned to way, the third major race of the summer at the Monroe
terms of a contract that may make him the the tour in June. County track.
THE MORNING CALL TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2017 SPORTS 5

BASEBALL

PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE

NATIONAL LEAGUE 2017 TEAM LAST 3 STARTS
TEAM PITCHER TIME W-L ERA REC W-L IP ERA CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STR HOME AWAY CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STR HOME AWAY
Mia Straily (R) 7-8 3.80 11-14 0-1 16.1 3.86 Cleveland 69 54 .561 — 8-2 W-1 32-27 37-27 Chicago 66 57 .537 — 7-3 W-3 34-28 32-29
Phi Nola (R) 4:05p 9-8 3.26 10-10 1-1 19.0 3.79
Minnesota* 63 60 .512 6 6-4 L-1 31-35 32-25 Milwaukee* 65 60 .520 2 6-4 W-2 35-30 30-30
LA Stewart (R) 0-0 1.64 1-1 0-0 7.2 2.35
Pit Taillon (R) 7:05p 7-5 4.64 9-9 1-0 17.1 4.15 Kansas City 62 61 .504 7 5-5 W-1 33-29 29-32 St. Louis 63 61 .508 31⁄2 5-5 L-2 35-27 28-34
Chi Lackey (R) 10-9 4.67 14-9 2-0 16.1 3.31 Detroit 54 69 .439 15 2-8 W-1 30-30 24-39 Pittsburgh* 60 64 .484 61⁄2 4-6 W-2 34-28 26-36
Cin Bailey (R) 7:10p 4-6 8.44 4-7 1-1 14.0 11.57
Ari Corbin (L) 10-11 4.25 12-13 2-1 21.1 1.27 Chicago* 48 74 .393 201⁄2 4-6 W-2 26-31 22-43 Cincinnati 53 72 .424 14 5-5 L-1 29-31 24-41
NY Milone (L) 7:10p 1-2 7.91 1-5 0-2 12.0 10.50 EAST W L PCT GB L10 STR HOME AWAY EAST W L PCT GB L10 STR HOME AWAY
Mia Urena (R) 11-5 3.61 14-6 2-0 16.1 2.20 Boston 71 53 .573 — 6-4 L-1 40-22 31-31 Washington 74 48 .607 — 7-3 W-1 35-25 39-23
Phi Pivetta (R) 7:35p 4-8 6.25 5-13 0-2 12.1 11.68
SD Richard (L) 6-12 4.84 9-16 1-0 21.0 1.29 New York 66 57 .537 41⁄2 6-4 L-1 35-22 31-35 Miami 60 62 .492 14 7-3 W-1 32-29 28-33
StL Lynn (R) 8:15p 10-6 3.05 13-12 1-0 18.0 2.00 Baltimore 61 64 .488 101⁄2 4-6 W-1 37-25 24-39 Atlanta 55 68 .447 191⁄2 4-6 L-1 27-33 28-35
Mil Nelson (R) 9-6 3.74 13-12 0-1 18.0 6.50
SF Samardzija (R) 10:15p 8-12 4.79 11-14 2-1 18.1 4.91 Tampa Bay 61 65 .484 11 2-8 W-1 32-32 29-33 New York* 54 68 .443 20 3-7 L-1 27-36 27-32
Toronto 59 65 .476 12 5-5 L-3 34-29 25-36 Philadelphia 45 77 .369 29 3-7 W-2 24-31 21-46
AMERICAN LEAGUE 2017 TEAM LAST 3 STARTS
TEAM PITCHER TIME W-L ERA REC W-L IP ERA WEST W L PCT GB L10 STR HOME AWAY WEST W L PCT GB L10 STR HOME AWAY
Oak Blackburn (R) 3-1 3.46 5-4 1-0 16.1 4.41 Houston 76 48 .613 — 5-5 L-1 36-27 40-21 Los Angeles* 87 35 .713 — 8-2 L-1 51-14 36-21
Bal Jimenez (R) 7:05p 5-8 6.47 10-10 1-1 15.1 5.87
NY Tanaka (R) 8-10 4.92 11-12 1-1 18.0 2.00 Los Angeles* 64 60 .516 12 8-2 W-2 33-26 31-34 Colorado 68 56 .548 20 3-7 L-2 38-25 30-31
Det Boyd (L) 7:10p 5-6 5.70 8-9 0-1 14.0 7.71 Seattle 64 62 .508 13 5-5 W-1 34-32 30-30 Arizona* 67 57 .540 21 3-7 L-3 39-23 28-34
Bos Fister (R) 2-6 6.39 3-4 2-1 18.1 4.91 San Diego 55 69 .444 33 5-5 L-1 33-30 22-39
Cle Carrasco (R) 7:10p 12-5 3.76 17-7 2-1 18.2 2.89
Texas* 61 62 .496 141⁄2 7-3 L-1 35-29 26-33
Tor Rowley (R) 1-0 2.61 2-0 1-0 10.1 2.61 Oakland 54 71 .432 221⁄2 4-6 L-1 34-31 20-40 San Francisco* 50 76 .397 39 4-6 L-2 29-34 21-42
TB Archer (R) 7:10p 8-7 3.84 14-12 0-1 18.1 3.44 *-Late game not included *-Late game not included
Min Gibson (R) 6-10 6.05 10-11 0-2 14.0 5.79
Chi Giolito (R) 8:10p 0-0 0.00 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.00
Tex Ross (R) 3-2 7.02 6-3 1-0 13.2 6.59 TIGERS ON THIS DATE
LA Nolasco (R) 10:07p 6-12 5.16 8-17 1-0 14.2 7.36
INTERLEAGUE
TEAM PITCHER
Was Roark (R)
Hou Morton (R)
TIME

8:10p
2017 TEAM
W-L ERA REC
9-8 4.70 12-11
10-5 3.69 11-7
LAST 3 STARTS
W-L IP ERA
1-1 19.1 3.26
1-1 19.0 3.32
Kinsler fined $10K for ripping ump 1917: Pittsburgh’s Carson Bigbee set a
major-league record — since tied — with
11 at-bats in a 22-inning game against
Brooklyn. Pirate Elmer Jacobs pitched 16
2-3 innings in relief. The game was also
Col Gray (R) 5-2 4.74 8-4 2-0 18.2 2.89 Tribune news services writing that the wristband pro- urday. “So I don’t want to hear — I the fourth consecutive extra-inning
game by the Pirates for a total of 59 in-
KC Duffy (L) 8:15p 7-8 3.82 9-11
TEAM REC-Team’s Record in games started by today’s pitcher. VS OPP-Pitcher’s
0-2 17.0 6.35
test would lead to fines. don’t want them to minimize — nings, a National League record.
1961: Roger Maris, en route to his 61-
record versus this opponent 2017 statistics. Tigers second baseman Ian On Sunday, the umpires ended that he’s not being punished.” home run season, became the first play-
er to hit his 50th homer in August. He
Kinsler was fined $10,000 for his their protest. When Hernandez heard connected off California pitcher Ken Mc-
comments about umpire Angel Commissioner Rob Manfred Kinsler’s comments immediately Bride in a 4-3 loss to the Angels.
1984: New York Mets right-hander
RESULTS, SCHEDULE Hernandez, ESPN reported offered to meet with their union’s after the game, Hernandez said Dwight Gooden, at 19, fanned nine San
Diego Padres to become the 11th rookie
MONDAY’S RESULTS Washington at Houston, 8:10 Monday. governing board. he didn’t care what Kinsler said to strike out 200 batters in one season.
G1: CHI WHITE SOX 7, Minnesota 6
BALTIMORE 7, Oakland 3
Colorado at Kansas City, 8:15
San Diego at St. Louis, 8:15
On Aug. 15, Kinsler called Kinsler never backed down and was only concerned about MOST HITS
SINGLE SEASON
Seattle 6, ATLANTA 5 Texas at L.A. Angels, 10 Hernandez a bad umpire who is from his comments, saying Fri- doing the best job he can.
CLEVELAND 5, Boston 4 SUNDAY’S RESULTS Player (age that year) HITS YEAR
L.A. Dodgers at Pittsburgh, late DETROIT 6, L.A. Dodgers 1 “messing with baseball games, day that he was fined but that he The next night, when Hernan- Ichiro Suzuki (30) 262 2004
Arizona 3, N.Y. METS 2 (10)
G2: Minnesota at Chi White Sox, late
Miami 6, N.Y. METS 4
TAMPA BAY 3, Seattle 0
blatantly. He needs to find anoth- had no regrets about what he dez was working second base in George Sisler+ (27) 257 1920
Lefty O'Doul (32) 254 1929
Texas at L.A. Angels, late
Minnesota at San Francisco, late
BOSTON 5, N.Y. Yankees 1
L.A. Angels 5, BALTIMORE 4
er job, he really does.” said. the finale of the Rangers-Tigers Bill Terry+ (31) 254 1930
WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE ATLANTA 8, Cincinnati 1 On Saturday, some umpires Tigers manager Brad Ausmus series, the umpire and Kinsler Al Simmons+ (23)
Rogers Hornsby+ (26)
253 1925
250 1922
Oakland at Baltimore, 3:05
Milwaukee at San Francisco, 3:45
MINNESOTA 12, Arizona 5
Oakland 3, HOUSTON 2 across Major League Baseball called the fine the biggest he has shook hands when Kinsler took Chuck Klein+ (25)
Ty Cobb+ (24)
250 1930
248 1911
Miami at Philadelphia, 7:05
L.A. Dodgers at Pittsburgh, 7:05
KANSAS CITY 7, Cleveland 4
CHI CUBS 6, Toronto 5 (10)
wore white wristbands as a show seen during his career. his position in the first inning. George Sisler+ (29) 246 1922
Ichiro Suzuki (27) 242 2001
Boston at Cleveland, 7:10 Chi White Sox 3, TEXAS 2 of solidarity after Kinsler was not “To act like Ian Kinsler just got They shared a few words, and Babe Herman (27) 241 1930
N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, 7:10 Milwaukee 8, COLORADO 4
Chi Cubs at Cincinnati, 7:10 Philadelphia 5, SAN FRANCISCO 2 suspended. fined ... it’s the biggest fine I’ve Hernandez briefly put his hand Heinie Manush+ (26)
Wade Boggs+ (27)
241 1928
240 1985
Arizona at N.Y. Mets, 7:10
Toronto at Tampa Bay, 7:10
Washington 4, SAN DIEGO 1
PITTSBURGH 6, St. Louis 3 Major League Baseball report- ever seen Major League Baseball on Kinsler’s shoulder after the Jesse Burkett+ (27)
Darin Erstad (26)
240 1896
240 2000
Seattle at Atlanta, 7:35
Minnesota at Chi White Sox, 8:10
Home team in CAPS edly notified the umpires in give a player,” Ausmus said Sat- handshake. Rod Carew+ (31) 239 1977
Willie Keeler+ (25) 239 1897
Ed Delahanty+ (31) 238 1899
NL LEADERS AL LEADERS Don Mattingly (25)
Ichiro Suzuki (33)
238 1986
238 2007
Hugh Duffy+ (27) 237 1894
BATTERS G AB R H AVG BATTERS G AB R H AVG AROUND THE HORN Harry Heilmann+ (26) 237 1921
JuTurner LAD 96 341 57 116 .340 Altuve Hou 120 473 84 171 .362 Joe Medwick+ (25) 237 1937
Blackmon Col
Harper Was
122
106
500 115 168 .336
402 92 131 .326
Hosmer KC
Segura Sea
123
94
470
395
76
60
148
124
.315
.314
■ Dodgers: Clayton Kershaw games and producing the first Eduardo Rodriguez in the sixth Paul Waner+ (24)
Jack Tobin (29)
237 1927
236 1921
DMurphy Was 112 424 76 138 .325 AGarcia ChW 97 376 51 118 .314 will make a rehab start for chant of “Bruuuce” from Indians inning of the Red Sox-Indians Rogers Hornsby+ (25)
Kirby Puckett+ (28)
235 1921
234 1988
Posey SF 111 390 50 125 .321 Gregorius NYY 99 392 53 121 .309
Goldschmidt Ari 123 439 92 139 .317 MaGonzlez Hou 103 345 53 106 .307 Triple-A Oklahoma City on Sat- fans. The Indians won 5-4. game. Wendelstedt stayed in the Lloyd Waner+ (23)
Shoeless Joe Jackson (23)
234 1929
233 1911
Votto Cin
LeMahieu Col
125
117
435 87 137 .315
461 74 144 .312
JoRamirez Cle
Springer Hou
119
104
460
412
80
86
140
125
.304
.303 urday before returning to the ■ Miller hurt: Andrew Miller ag- game for the rest of the inning but Earl Averill+ (34) 232 1936
Arenado Col
CTaylor LAD
121
103
475 79 148 .312
370 69 115 .311
Pedroia Bos
ERosario Min
86
113
340
393
37
57
103
119
.303
.303
Dodgers’ starting rotation, man- gravated a right knee injury and left before the top of the seventh. Nap Lajoie+ (26)
Matty Alou (30)
232 1901
231 1969
ager Dave Roberts said after was pulled from a game days 2B umpire Alan Porter took Earle Combs+ (28)
Freddie Lindstrom+ (22)
231 1927
231 1928
HOME RUNS Arenado, COL 148
LeMhieu, COL 144
HOME RUNS Altuve, HOU
Betts, BOS
35
35
Kershaw’s successful four-inning after the Indians’ relief ace re- Wendelstedt’s place behind the Freddie Lindstrom+ (24)
Tommy Davis (23)
231 1930
230 1962
Stanton, MIA 45 Judge, NY 37
Bellinger, LA 34 DOUBLES Gallo, TEX 35 TRIPLES simulated game in Pittsburgh. turned from the disabled list. plate. Stan Musial+ (27) 230 1948
Votto, CIN
Blackmon, COL
32
29
Arenado, COL
Herrera, PHI
38
36
Moustakas, KC
KDavis, OAK
35
33
Castellanos, DET 9
Sanchez, CHI 6 “He’s getting close,” Roberts said Miller threw seven pitches in the ■ Twins: All-Star 3B Miguel Sano Pete Rose (32)
Joe Torre+ (30)
230 1973
230 1971
Bruce, CLE
Duvall, CIN
29
29
Murphy, WAS
TRIPLES
36 Smoak, TOR
RUNS
33 STOLEN BASES after Kershaw threw 55 pitches seventh inning before leaving the was placed on the 10-day disa- Willie Wilson (24)
Rogers Hornsby+ (33)
230 1980
229 1929
Gldschmidt, AZ
Harper, WAS
29
29 Blackmon, COL 14 Judge, NY 91
Altuve, HOU
Dyson, SEA
29
28 to test the strained lower back game against the Red Sox. It was bled list with a stress reaction in Kiki Cuyler+ (31)
Stan Musial+ (25)
228 1930
228 1946
Zimmrmn, WAS 29 Hamilton, CIN
STOLEN BASES
9 Springer, HOU 86
Altuve, HOU 84
RDavis, OAK
Maybin, LA
26
26
that put him on the disabled list his second appearance since his left shin bone. Jim Bottomley+ (25) 227 1925
RUNS
Blckmon, COL 115 Hamilton, CIN 51
Ramirez, CLE 80
RBI
PITCHING July 24. spending two weeks on the DL ■ Mets: Steven Matz needs an- Charlie Gehringer+ (33)
Billy Herman+ (25)
227 1936
227 1935
Stanton, MIA 94
Gldschmidt, AZ 92
Gordon, MIA
PITCHING
43
Cruz, SEA 100
Sale, BOS
Vargas, KC
14-5
14-7 ■ Indians: Jay Bruce, acquired with patellar tendinitis in his other elbow operation, almost Rogers Hornsby+ (28)
Lance Johnson (32)
227 1924
227 1996
Harper, WAS 92 Kershaw, LA 15-2
Upton, DET
Schoop, BAL
90
88
Santana, MIN 13-7
ERA
from the Mets on Aug. 9, went right knee. certainly ending a miserable 2017 Nap Lajoie+ (35)
Sam Rice+ (35)
227 1910
227 1925
RBI
Arenado, COL 105
Wood, LA
ERA
14-1 KDavis, OAK
HITS
86
Sale, BOS 2.62 1-for-4 in his Progressive Field ■ Umpire injured: Plate umpire season for the LHP. The team Jesse Burkett+ (32) 226 1901
Stanton, MIA 97
Gldschmidt, AZ 96
Kershaw, LA 2.04 Altuve, HOU 171
Kluber, CLE 2.67
Stroman, TOR 2.99
debut against the Red Sox in a Hunter Wendelstedt left a game said Matz was diagnosed with Ty Cobb+ (25)
Shoeless Joe Jackson (24)
226 1912
226 1912
Lamb, AZ 95
Schrzer, WAS 2.25
STRIKEOUTS
Hosmer, KC
Abreu, CHI
148
144
STRIKEOUTS battle of division leaders. Bruce after being struck on the mask by irritation of the ulnar nerve in his Chuck Klein+ (27)
Bill Terry+ (30)
226 1932
226 1929
Ozuna, MIA
HITS
93
Scherzer, WAS 220 Andrus, TEX 144 Sale, BOS
Archer, TB
250
207 lined a single to right off Eduardo a warmup pitch from Red Sox left elbow. Matz, 26, was 2-7 with Jose Altuve (24)
Jesse Burkett+ (26)
225 2014
225 1895
deGrom, NY 191 DOUBLES
Blckmon, COL 168 Kershaw, LA 168 Ramirez, CLE 39
Kluber, CLE 196
Severino, NY 175
Rodriguez in the second inning, reliever Joe Kelly. Wendelstedt a 6.08 ERA in 13 starts this Ty Cobb+ (30) 225 1917
Inciarte, ATL 152 through Sunday Lowrie, OAK 38 through Sunday extending his hitting streak to 11 was hit after Kelly replaced season. source: baseball-reference.com

IRONPIGS
Orioles 7, Athletics 3 MOST DOUBLES MOST TRIPLES Mariners 6, Braves 5
OAKLAND AB R H BI AVG.
SINGLE SEASON SINGLE SEASON
SEATTLE AB R H BI AVG.
26 home runs, 27 stolen bases) are
R.Davis lf 4 0 0 0 .233 Player (age that year) DOUBLES YEAR Player (age that year) TRIPLES YEAR Segura ss 4 1 0 0 .311 impressive. His .988 fielding per-
Semien ss
Olson rf
3
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
.249
.230 Earl Webb (33) 67 1931 Chief Wilson (28) 36 1912
Alonso 1b
Cano 2b
5
5
2
0
3
1
3 .273
1 .274
centage in 2017 is even better when
Lowrie 2b
K.Davis dh
4
4
1
0
1
0
1
0
.271
.234
George Burns (33)
Joe Medwick+ (24)
64 1926
64 1936
Dave Orr (26)
Heinie Reitz (27)
31 1886
31 1894
Seager 3b
Haniger rf
5
4
0
1
2
0
0 .255
1 .252
Continued from SPORTS 1 you consider his range and instincts.
Healy 1b
Pinder rf-ss
4
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
.264
.247
Hank Greenberg+ (23)
Paul Waner+ (29)
63 1934
62 1932
Perry Werden (31)
Harry Davis (23)
29 1893
28 1897
Gamel lf
Zunino c
4
3
0
0
1
0
0 .295
0 .220
He believes those traits would
Chapman 3b 3 0 1 1 .225 Charlie Gehringer+ (33) 60 1936 Sam Thompson+ (34) 28 1894 Martin cf 2 2 1 0 .175 glove work at second base is as good help him at any defensively position.
Garneau c 2 0 1 0 .193 Todd Helton (26) 59 2000 George Davis+ (22) 27 1893 Albers p 1 0 1 1 1.000
a-Maxwell ph-c 2 0 0 0 .214 Chuck Klein+ (25) 59 1930 Jimmy Williams (22) 27 1899 Pagan p 0 0 0 0 .000 as anyone the Phillies have under “If you have the versatility to go to
Powell cf
TOTALS
1
30
1
3
1
7
1
3
.273 Tris Speaker+ (35)
Carlos Delgado (28)
59 1923
57 2000
Sam Crawford+ (34)
Kiki Cuyler+ (26)
26 1914
26 1925
Heredia lf
TOTALS
1
34
0
6
0
9
0 .279
6 contract. He played the outfield in the outfield, play third, short, sec-
BALTIMORE AB R H BI AVG.
Billy Herman+ (25)
Billy Herman+ (26)
57 1935
57 1936
Joe Jackson (24)
John Reilly (31)
26 1912
26 1890
ATLANTA AB R H BI AVG. college and can handle himself at ond,” Kingery said, “there’s a better
Beckham ss
Machado 3b
5
5
0
1
1
0
0
0
.294
.263
Garret Anderson (30) 56 2002 George Treadway (27) 26 1894 Inciarte cf
Phillips 3b
5
5
0
0
3
1
1
0
.299
.289
shortstop. opportunity to get up there, maybe
Craig Biggio+ (33) 56 1999 Roger Connor+ (36) 25 1894
Schoop 2b
Jones cf
4
4
1
3
1
4
3
2
.302
.281
Nomar Garciaparra (28) 56 2002 Sam Crawford+ (23) 25 1903 F.Freeman 1b
Kemp lf
5
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
.323
.287
Though no player wants to em- not stick [at that position], but if it’s
Mancini lf 2 0 1 0 .283
George Kell+ (27)
Joe Medwick+ (25)
56 1950
56 1937
Larry Doyle (24)
Buck Freeman (27)
25 1911
25 1899 Markakis rf 4 1 3 0 .282 barrass himself in the field, all of for that first shot, why not figure out
C.Davis 1b 3 0 1 0 .225 Suzuki c 4 1 1 1 .268
Trumbo dh 3 0 1 1 .239
Brian Roberts (31)
Lance Berkman (25)
56 2009
55 2001
Tom Long (25)
Ty Cobb+ (24)
25 1915
24 1911 Albies 2b 4 2 2 2 .224 them have the same goal. that [position]?”
Castillo c
S.Smith rf
4
2
1
1
1
0
1
0
.281
.267
Matt Carpenter (27) 55 2013 Ty Cobb+ (30) 24 1917
Swanson ss
Foltynewicz p
3
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
.220
.056 “All I care about is about getting Crawford’s name is in the Sep-
Ed Delahanty+ (31) 55 1899 Ed McKean (29) 24 1893
Gentry rf
TOTALS
1
33
0
7
0
10
0
7
.241
Gee Walker (28) 55 1936 Dan Brouthers+ (36) 23 1894
L.Adams ph
S.Freeman p
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
.277
.000
out of here,” Crawford said. tember call-up conversation thanks
Oakland 010 001 010—3 7 1
Mark Grudzielanek (27)
Todd Helton (27)
54 1997
54 2001
Ty Cobb+ (25)
Earle Combs+ (28)
23 1912
23 1927
M.Adams ph
TOTALS
1
36
0
5
0
12
0
5
.271 Kingery is a stellar defensive to what he’s done since July 1: .296
Baltimore 010 140 01x—7 10 1 Hal McRae (31)
John Olerud (24)
54 1977
54 1993
Adam Comorosky (25)
Sam Crawford+ (33)
23 1930
23 1913
second baseman, something he batting average, .949 OPS, 29 extra-
Seattle 011 301 000—6 9 4
a-grounded out for Garneau in the 7th. E: Magglio Ordonez (33) 54 2007 Curtis Granderson (26) 23 2007 Atlanta 020 003 000—5 12 1 prides himself on as much as base hits, 34 RBIs and 37 runs in 56
Dustin Pedroia (24) 54 2008 Nap Lajoie+ (22) 23 1897
Chapman (7), Schoop (12). LOB: Oakland
5, Baltimore 7. 2B: Chapman (15). HR: Alex Rodriguez (20) 54 1996 Dale Mitchell (27) 23 1949 E: Segura (13), Alonso (8), Haniger (4), anything he does at the plate. games entering Monday.
Lowrie (11), off Miley; Powell (1), off
Brach; Jones (23), off C.Smith; Schoop
Jeff Cirillo (30)
Jonathan Lucroy (28)
53 2000
53 2014
Mike Smith (25)
Harry Stovey (27)
23 1893
23 1884
Zunino (6), Foltynewicz (1). LOB: Seattle
7, Atlanta 7. 2B: Alonso 2 (20), Seager The 23-year-old’s strong arm and “It feels great,” Crawford said.
(27), off C.Smith; Jones (24), off Dull;
Castillo (13), off Brady. RBIs: Lowrie (43),
Don Mattingly (25)
Stan Musial+ (32)
53 1986
53 1953
Sam Thompson+ (27)
John Anderson (24)
23 1887
22 1898
(29), F.Freeman (23). 3B: Albies (3). HR:
Suzuki (14), off Albers. RBIs: Alonso 3
athleticism allow him to be a versa- “I’m finally seeing some results. I’m
Chapman (25), Powell (3), Schoop 3 (91), Lyle Overbay (27) 53 2004 Jake Beckley+ (22) 22 1890 (57), Cano (78), Haniger (29), Albers (1),
Inciarte (44), Suzuki (38), Albies 2 (9),
tile option whenever the Phillies comfortable knowing what I can do
Jones 2 (63), Trumbo (55), Castillo (38). Freddy Sanchez (28) 53 2006 Bill Bradley (25) 22 1903
SF: Trumbo. SO: R.Davis (1), Semien (2), Al Simmons+ (24) 53 1926 Earle Combs+ (31) 22 1930 Swanson (41). SB: Martin (6), L.Adams
(7). SO: Alonso (2), Haniger (1), Zunino
deem him ready to handle major is finally showing up on the field.”
K.Davis (1), Healy (3), Chapman (1),
Beckham (1), Schoop (2), C.Davis (1),
Grady Sizemore (23)
Tris Speaker+ (24)
53 2006
53 1912
Roger Connor+ (29)
Sam Crawford+ (22)
22 1887
22 1902 (1), Martin (1), Heredia (1), F.Freeman league pitching.
(2), Foltynewicz (2).
Castillo (1), S.Smith (1), Gentry (1). Paul Waner+ (33)
Albert Belle (28)
53 1936
52 1995
Birdie Cree (28)
Jake Daubert (38)
22 1911
22 1922 SEATTLE IP H R ER BB SO ERA Kingery’s combined stats at Read- thousenick@mcall.com
OAKLAND IP H R ER BB SO ERA
C.Smith, L,0-3 41⁄3 6 5 4 2 3 5.56
Miguel Cabrera (31) 52 2014 Elmer Flick+ (30) 22 1906 Albers,W,2-0 5 6 4 3 1 3 3.60 ing and Lehigh Valley (.314 average, Twitter @TomHousenick
Johnny Frederick (27) 52 1929 Willie Keeler+ (22) 22 1894 Pagan, H, 4 ⁄3 2 1 1 0 0 2.86
.929 OPS, 26 doubles, eight triples, 610-820-6651
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Dull 2
⁄3 2 1 1 1 0 5.26 Lou Gehrig+ (24) 52 1927 Tommy Leach (24) 22 1902 Rzepczynski 1 3 0 0 0 1 2.63
Hendriks 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.19 Luis Gonzalez (38) 52 2006 Bid McPhee+ (30) 22 1890 Vincent, H, 24 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 1.88
1
Casilla 1 1 0 0 0 2 4.37 Edgar Martinez (32) 52 1995 Mike Mitchell (31) 22 1911 Diaz, S,28-32 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.67
Brady 1 1 1 1 0 1 4.56 Edgar Martinez (33) 52 1996 Hi Myers (31) 22 1920 ATLANTA IP H R ER BB SO ERA
BALTIMORE IP H R ER BB SO ERA Tip O'Neill (29) 52 1887 Kip Selbach (23) 22 1895
David Ortiz (31) 52 2007 Tris Speaker+ (25) 22 1913 Foltynewicz 5 ⁄3 9 6 6 2 3 4.95
2
Miley, W,7-10 6 5 2 2 4 6 5.11 Winkler 1
⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
O’Day 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.02 Enos Slaughter+ (23) 52 1939 Snuffy Stirnweiss (26) 22 1945
Brach 1 2 1 1 0 1 2.92 Tris Speaker+ (33) 52 1921 Joe Visner (30) 22 1890
S.Freeman
Ramirez
1 0 0 0 0 0 3.20
1 0 0 0 1 2 2.45
Scott Kingery
Asher ⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 5.46 Tris Speaker+ (38) 52 1926 Honus Wagner+ (26) 22 1900
extended his
2
Vizcaino 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.18
Britton, S, 11-11 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 2.88 Michael Young (29) 52 2006 Paul Waner+ (23) 22 1926
Loss: Foltynewicz, (L, 10-9). Albers
Miley pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. In-
Beau Bell (29)
Craig Biggio+ (32)
51 1937
51 1998
Home Run Baker+ (26)
Tom Brown (30)
21 1912
21 1891 pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. Inherited hitting streak
herited runners-scored: O’Day 1-0, Brit-
ton 2-0. HBP: Casilla (Mancini). WP:
Wade Boggs+ (31) 51 1989 Earle Combs+ (29) 21 1928 runners-scored: Pagan 2-2, Rzepczynski
1-0, Vincent 2-0, Winkler 1-0. HBP:
to 19 games
George Burns (34) 51 1927 Sam Crawford+ (32) 21 1912
C.Smith. Time: 3:12. A: 16,020. source: baseball-reference.com source: baseball-reference.com Foltynewicz (Martin). Monday with a
10th-inning,
MOST WALKS MOST HIT BY PITCH White Sox 7, Twins 6 MOST AT BATS walk-off single.
SINGLE SEASON SINGLE SEASON SINGLE SEASON
GAME 1
Player (age that year) WALKS YEAR Player (age that year) HIT BY YEAR MINNESOTA AB R H BI AVG. Player (age that year) AT YEAR HARRY FISHER /
PITCH BATS
Barry Bonds (39) 232 2004 Dozier 2b 4 1 2 0 .262 MORNING CALL
Barry Bonds (37) 198 2002 Hughie Jennings+ (27) 51 1896 Mauer dh 4 1 1 0 .290 Jimmy Rollins (28) 716 2007 FILE PHOTO
Barry Bonds (36) 177 2001 Ron Hunt (30) 50 1971 Buxton cf 4 0 1 1 .240 Willie Wilson (24) 705 1980
Babe Ruth+ (28) 170 1923 Hughie Jennings+ (28) 46 1897 Escobar 3b 5 0 2 1 .257 Ichiro Suzuki (30) 704 2004
Mark McGwire (34) 162 1998 Hughie Jennings+ (29) 46 1898 Gimenez c 2 0 0 0 .201 Juan Samuel (23) 701 1984
Ted Williams+ (28) 162 1947 Dan McGann (26) 39 1898 Adrianza ph-lf 2 0 0 0 .267 Dave Cash (27) 699 1975
Ted Williams+ (30) 162 1949 Dan McGann (27) 37 1899 Rosario lf-rf 3 1 1 1 .303 Juan Pierre (28) 699 2006
Ted Williams+ (27) 156 1946 Curt Welch (29) 36 1891 Garver 1b-c 3 0 0 0 .125 Matty Alou (30) 698 1969
Barry Bonds (31) 151 1996 Don Baylor (37) 35 1986 Kepler rf 3 0 0 0 .252 Woody Jensen (28) 696 1936
Eddie Yost (29) 151 1956 Craig Biggio+ (31) 34 1997 Vargas ph-1b 0 1 0 0 .243 Jose Reyes (22) 696 2005
Curt Welch (28) 34 1890 Polanco ss 3 2 1 3 .245 Alfonso Soriano (26) 696 2002
Babe Ruth+ (25) 150 1920
TOTALS 33 6 8 6

4 3
Jeff Bagwell+ (31) 149 1999 Tommy Tucker (25) 33 1889 Omar Moreno (26) 695 1979
Eddie Joost (33) 149 1949 Hughie Jennings+ (26) 32 1895 CHICAGO AB R H BI AVG. Ichiro Suzuki (32) 695 2006
Barry Bonds (38) 148 2003 Steve Evans (25) 31 1910 L.Garcia lf 4 0 0 0 .287 Maury Wills (29) 695 1962
Eddie Stanky (29) 148 1945 Brandon Guyer (30) 31 2016 Moncada 2b 3 1 0 0 .176 Bobby Richardson (26) 692 1962
Jim Wynn (27) 148 1969 Jason Kendall (23) 31 1997 Abreu 1b 4 2 2 1 .302 Ichiro Suzuki (27) 692 2001
Jason Kendall (24) 31 1998 Kirby Puckett+ (25) 691 1985
LEHIGH VALLEY SYRACUSE
Jimmy Sheckard (32) 147 1911 Delmonico dh 2 2 0 0 .349
Ted Williams+ (22) 147 1941 Anthony Rizzo (25) 30 2015 A.Garcia rf 4 1 3 2 .318 Michael Young (29) 691 2006
Mickey Mantle+ (25) 146 1957 Craig Wilson (27) 30 2004 Neifi Perez (26) 690 1999
IRONPIGS CHIEFS
Sanchez 3b 3 1 1 4 .251
Barry Bonds (32) 145 1997 Chief Roseman (33) 29 1890 Anderson ss 4 0 0 0 .242 Michael Young (27) 690 2004
Harmon Killebrew+ (33) 145 1969 Tommy Tucker (23) 29 1887 Narvaez c 2 0 0 0 .268 Sandy Alomar (27) 689 1971
Babe Ruth+ (26) 145 1921 Tommy Tucker (27) 29 1891 Engel cf 2 0 0 0 .185 Lou Brock+ (28) 689 1967
Ted Williams+ (23)
Babe Ruth+ (31)
145 1942
144 1926
Curt Welch (26)
Don Baylor (38)
29
28
1888
1987
TOTALS 28 7 6 7 Jimmy Rollins (27)
Jose Reyes (25)
689 2006
688 2008
Attendance: 8,478
Eddie Stanky (34) 144 1950 Craig Biggio+ (35) 28 2001 Minnesota 100 001 130—6 8 0 Dave Cash (26) 687 1974
Ted Williams+ (32)
Joey Votto (31)
144 1951
143 2015
Pete Gilbert (23)
Fernando Vina (31)
28
28
1891
2000
Chicago 200 320 00x—7 6 1 Tony Fernandez (24)
Horace Clarke (30)
687 1986
686 1970
Tom Eshelman’s performance this also against Syracuse. Monday’s triple
Babe Ruth+ (29) 142 1924 Craig Biggio+ (30) 27 1996 LOB: Minnesota 8, Chicago 3. 2B: Dozier
(23), Buxton (10), Escobar (12), Abreu
Alex Rodriguez (22) 686 1998 season is one of the best by a Phillies extended his hitting streak to six
Gary Sheffield (27) 142 1996 Craig Biggio+ (37) 27 2003 Ichiro Suzuki (34) 686 2008
Eddie Yost (23) 141 1950 David Eckstein (27) 27 2002 (34). HR: Polanco (4), off Holland;
Sanchez (6), off Melville; Abreu (25), off
Nomar Garciaparra (23) 684 1997 minor-leaguer. It continued Monday games. He also drove in a run with a
Frank Thomas+ (23) 138 1991 Hughie Jennings+ (25) 27 1894 Ian Kinsler (32) 684 2014
Roy Cullenbine (33) 137 1947 Chase Utley (29) 27 2008
Turley. RBIs: Buxton (28), Escobar (43),
Derek Jeter (38) 683 2012 night with six solid innings. He allowed second-inning fielder’s choice and
Rosario (51), Polanco 3 (44), Abreu (77),
Jason Giambi (29)
Ralph Kiner+ (28)
137 2000
137 1951
Shin-Soo Choo (30)
Ron Hunt (29)
26
26
2013
1970
A.Garcia 2 (60), Sanchez 4 (38). SB: Dozi- Aaron Hill (27)
Lance Johnson (32)
682 2009
682 1996
only Clint Robinson’s 18th homer of the scored the winning run on Kingery’s hit.
er (12), Delmonico (2). SF: Buxton, Rosa-
Willie McCovey+ (32) 137 1970 Ron Hunt (31) 26 1972 rio, Sanchez. SO: Dozier (1), Mauer (1), Alfonso Soriano (27) 682 2003 year and left with a 3-1 lead. Game notes: Centerfielder Carlos
Babe Ruth+ (32) 137 1927 Tommy Tucker (28) 26 1892 Buxton (2), Escobar (1), Gimenez (1), Ro- Jo-Jo Moore (26) 681 1935
Babe Ruth+ (33) 137 1928 Eddie Burke (26) 25 1893 sario (1), Garver (2), Kepler (1), Polanco Jose Reyes (24) 681 2007 The 23-year-old is a combined 11-3 this Tocci’s diving catch and double-up at
Eddie Stanky (30) 137 1946 Fred Clarke+ (24) 25 1897 Lloyd Waner+ (25) 681 1931
Jack Clark (31) 136 1987 Kid Elberfeld (36) 25 1911
(1), L.Garcia (1), Moncada (3), Abreu (1),
Sanchez (1), Anderson (1), Engel (1). Kirby Puckett+ (26) 680 1986 year at Double-A Reading and Triple-A second base saved at least two runs in
Jack Crooks (26)
Ferris Fain (28)
136 1892
136 1949
Andres Galarraga (37)
Ron Hunt (27)
25
25
1998
1968
Runners left in scoring position: Minne-
sota 5 (Mauer, Escobar 2, Garver,
Pete Rose (32)
Ichiro Suzuki (36)
680 1973
680 2010
Lehigh Valley with a 2.65 ERA and a 1.01 the seventh inning. … J.P. Crawford
Babe Ruth+ (35) 136 1930 Ron Hunt (28) 25 1969 Polanco); Chicago 1 (Moncada). RISP: Frank Taveras (29) 680 1979 WHIP in 21 starts. made clean plays on both balls hit to
Frank Thomas+ (27) 136 1995 Jason Kendall (29) 25 2003 Minnesota 2 for 8; Chicago 3 for 6. Curt Flood (26) 679 1964
Ted Williams+ (35) 136 1954 F.P. Santangelo (29) 25 1997 MINNESOTA IP H R ER BB SO ERA Harvey Kuenn (22) 679 1953 Hitting streak: Scott Kingery extended him in his second game at third base.
Jeff Bagwell+ (28) 135 1996 Tommy Tucker (26) 25 1890 Bobby Richardson (28) 679 1964
Brian Giles (31) 135 2002 Chase Utley (28) 25 2007
Melville, L,0-1 31⁄3 4 5 5 3 4 13.50
Ichiro Suzuki (29) 679 2003 his hitting streak to 19 games with a Up next: RHP Jose Taveras (2-1, 1.17 ERA)
Turley 32⁄3 2 2 2 1 3 12.51
Joey Votto (29)
Eddie Yost (32)
135 2013
135 1959
Fernando Vina (29)
Rickie Weeks (27)
25
25
1998
2010
Busenitz 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.83 Ichiro Suzuki (31)
Doug Glanville (27)
679 2005
678 1998
10th-inning, walk-off single. It is the faces Syracuse RHP Jacob Turner (1-5,
Ferris Fain (29) 133 1950 Brady Anderson (35) 24 1999 CHICAGO IP H R ER BB SO ERA Dick Groat (31) 678 1962 longest single-season hit streak in 5.85) in a 7:05 p.m. start.
Mark McGwire (35) 133 1999 Don Baylor (36) 24 1985 Rodon, W,2-4 61⁄3 4 2 2 3 9 3.88 Juan Pierre (26) 678 2004
Jose Bautista (30) 132 2011 Dan Brouthers+ (33) 24 1891 Farquhar 1 1 1 1 2 0 4.14 Ichiro Suzuki (33) 678 2007 IronPigs history.
Barry Bonds (42) 132 2007 Derek Dietrich (26) 24 2016 Holland ⁄3 2 3 3 1 1 6.28 Vernon Wells (24) 678 2003
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Jack Clark (33)
Lou Gehrig+ (32)
Frank Howard (33)
source: baseball-reference.com
132 1989 Bill Freehan (26) 24 1968 Petricka, H, 2 1⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 8.14 Matty Alou (31) 677 1970 Moore is better: Logan Moore’s two-
132 1935
132 1970
Brandon Guyer (29)
source: baseball-reference.com
24 2015 Minaya, S,3-3 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.50 Don Mattingly (25)
Jim Rice+ (25)
677 1986
677 1978
run triple in the fourth inning was his Twitter @TomHousenick
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■ Extra innings: Adam Jones hit a pair of HRs, Jonathan Schoop added a three-run shot and the Orioles beat the Athletics 7-3 in Baltimore. Jones tied a career high with four hits and is
one home run shy of reaching 25 for the seventh consecutive season. ... After going more than four years without a big league win, Andrew Albers has two in less than a week as the
Mariners held off the Braves 6-5. The Mariners got the call on a disputed play at home plate to preserve the win.
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LIFE:HEALTH
HEALTHY
SCHOOL YEAR
Prep work
1
Don’t wait till the night
before to get on a better
sleep routine. Try to get your
child to reset at least a few
days ahead of time, getting
her to bed and up earlier.
Sleep routine
2
Children need a consistent
bedtime routine. Enforce a
rule of no electronics usage
(phones, computers, TV,
video games) well before
bedtime. A lack of sleep is
associated with lower
academic achievement in
middle school, high school
and college. A guideline:
Young children should get
10-12 hours per night;
adolescents (13 to 18 years
old) should strive for 8-10
hours per night.
In the bag
3
Send your kiddo to school
with a sturdy backpack with
wide, padded shoulder
straps and a padded back.
Don’t allow that bag to
collect so many items that
it weighs more than 10 to 20
percent of your child’s body
weight.
Wheels on the bus
4 Remind young children to
wait for the bus to stop
before approaching it. Go
over the rules about
crossing a street (looking
both ways before crossing).
Stand out
5 Consider having your kids
wear bright colors to be
more visible to drivers
(especially when they are
leaving for school in the
dark). And add reflective
tape to their backpacks.
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choices. If they will be
packing, plan out lunches
ahead of time. (Opt for
healthy lunch items such
as fruits, lean protein and
vegetables.)
Snack attack
Have healthy snacks
available when the kids 8
10 tips for a healthy
come home from school.
String cheese, fruit and
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school year
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Getting organized
9
While some kids are
Of The Morning Call organized by nature,
others are not. If your child
falls in the “not” category,
It’s that bittersweet time when you realize summer work with him on ways to
is nearly over and the kids will soon go back to keep track of assignments.
school. Most Lehigh Valley school districts open
their doors next week.
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American Academy of Pediatrics, on helping kids
A homework plan
Establish a designated
spot in your home to do 10
have a healthy, happy and safe school year. homework, free of
electronic devices and
other distractions.
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HEALTH
DNA blood test can detect Would ketamine infusion help
rare, deadly sinus cancer an older adult with depression?
By Dennis Thompson
HealthDay
A new DNA blood test
can detect a rare but deadly
form of cancer that occurs
in the sinuses, researchers
report.
The test, which looks for
DNA evidence of Epstein-
Barr virus in blood sam-
ples, was 97 percent accu-
rate at detecting the pres-
ence of nasopharyngeal
cancer, according to the
results of a clinical trial.
“I believe that the test is
technologically ready for
use for screening nasopha-
ryngeal cancer in high-risk
areas like Hong Kong,” said
senior researcher Dennis
Lo. He’s an associate dean
of research and director of
the Li Ka Shing Institute of
Health Sciences with the
Chinese University of
Hong Kong.
The nasopharynx is the
upper part of the throat
that lies behind the nose,
just above the soft part of
the roof of the mouth and
just behind the nasal pas-
sages, according to the
American Cancer Society.
It serves as a passageway
for air between the nose
and the throat.
Nasopharyngeal cancer
is relatively rare, with less
than one case for every
100,000 people in the
United States and many
other parts of the world,
the American Cancer Soci-
ety says. However, it is
much more common in
southern China and other
parts of Asia and North
Africa, making a test for
early detection an impor-
tant way to potentially save
lives there, according to the
American Cancer Society.
Nasopharyngeal cancer
is closely related to the
Epstein-Barr virus, a mem-
ber of the herpes family, Lo
said.
“The Epstein-Barr virus
genome can be found in
more than 99 percent of
tumor cells of nasopharyn-
geal cancer,” Lo said. “It is
believed that the virus is
Instagram may offer snapshot of depression
Posted photos
can offer clues
you have malady
By Dennis Thompson
HealthDay
The photos you post on
Instagram can contain
telltale visual clues that
help predict if you’re suffer-
ing from depression, a new
study reports.
Computer software
designed to scan photos for
these hidden signals accu-
rately diagnosed people
with depression 7 out of 10
times, said lead researcher
Andrew Reece, a graduate
student with the Harvard
University psychology
department.
“Depressed individuals
in our study posted photos
that were bluer, darker and
grayer compared to the
posts of healthy participa-
nts,” Reece said.
“Depressed people also
tended to prefer Insta-
gram’s Inkwell filter, which
turns a color image into
black and white, whereas
healthy participants pre-
ferred the Valencia filter,
which gives photos a
warmer, brighter tone,” he
noted.
In other words, people
with depression were more
likely to choose a filter that
drained all the color out of
the images they wanted to
share, the researchers con-
cluded.
Photos posted by de-
pressed people also con-
tained fewer faces, possibly
because they aren’t as likely
to engage in lots of social
interaction, the report
pointed out.
The computer program’s
detection rate proved more
reliable than that of pri-
mary care doctors, accord-
ing to the study authors.
Earlier studies have shown
that general practitioners
correctly diagnose depres-
sion in patients about 42
percent of the time.
“It’s clear that depres-
sion isn’t easy to diagnose,
and the computational
approach we’ve taken here
A test for the Epstein-Barr virus was 97 percent accurate
at detecting nasopharyngeal cancer in a clinical trial.
one of the causative factors
for this cancer.”
Based on this, Lo and his
team developed a test to
detect fragments of Ep-
stein-Barr virus contained
in tumor DNA that’s re-
leased into the blood-
stream as cancer cells die
in a patient’s body.
Test screening of more
than 20,000 people de-
tected Epstein-Barr viral
fragments in more than
1,100 people, or about 5.5
percent. Of those, 309 had
persistent positive results
when tested repeatedly,
the researchers found.
The DNA test wound up
accurately detecting naso-
pharyngeal cancer 97
percent of the time. It
accurately ruled out heal-
thy people 98 percent of
the time, study results
showed.
The study was pub-
lished in August in the
New England Journal of
Medicine.
Dr. Richard Ambinder,
professor of oncology with
the Johns Hopkins School
of Medicine in Baltimore,
said, “By surveying the
blood and looking for the
fragments of the viral
DNA, you could pick out
people who needed a more
careful look to see if they
had an early cancer, and
very often they found that
they did.”
Ambinder said the test
A new study found that depressed people often preferred Instagram’s Inkwell filter, which turns a color image into black and white.
may end up assisting, rather
than competing with,
health care professionals as
they seek to make accurate
mental health assess-
ments,” Reece said.
Years of prior research
have established that de-
pressed people are more
likely to prefer darker or
paler colors, said Dr. Igor
Galynker, associate chair-
man for research at Mount
Sinai Beth Israel’s psychia-
try department in New
York City.
“There are reasons why
depression is called blue,
and why people associate
red with raging, and why
people say depression is
like a dark or black cloud,”
Galynker said. “Patients
with depression choose to
wear darker colors. They
generally avoid bright
JACQUELINE LARMA/AP
will be of greatest value in
Asian countries and likely
will not be pursued in the
United States.
“We don’t have the same
incidence of nasopharyn-
geal cancer that Hong
Kong and southern China
have, so I don’t have any
idea whether someone is
pushing for approval here,”
Ambinder said. “I don’t
think it’s going to be high
on anyone’s priority list as
a screen.”
But this new report does
point to new ways in
which other virus-related
cancers can be identified
early, said Ambinder, who
wrote an editorial accom-
panying the study.
“What’s leaking out
from the tumor cells here
is tumor DNA that in-
cludes with it viral DNA,”
Ambinder said. “There’s a
lot of interest and progress
made in diagnosing other
tumors by the presence of
tumor DNA in blood.
There are some things
about finding the viral
DNA that make it a little
easier to find.”
“I expect that there are a
lot of cancers that we’re
going to be able to diag-
nose by the presence of
these fragments of DNA,”
Ambinder added. “This is
only the beginning, but it
wouldn’t surprise me at all
if this applied to many
common cancers.”
stimulation altogether.”
Given that, it makes
sense that such visual clues
would show up in the pho-
tos people post on social
media sites like Facebook
or Instagram, reasoned
Reece and his co-author,
Chris Danforth, a professor
at the University of Ver-
mont College of Engineer-
ing and Mathematical
Sciences.
To test their theory,
Reece and Danforth asked
166 people to share their
Instagram feed and their
history of mental health.
The team wound up col-
lecting almost 44,000 pho-
tos from these volunteers,
as well as responses to
individual questionnaires
assessing their level of
depression.
The investigators then
PEOPLE’S PHARMACY PRESCRIPTIONS AND HOME REMEDIES
By Joe Graedon
and Teresa Graedon
King Features Syndicate
Q: Is ketamine infusion
safe for the elderly? My
son’s mother-in-law, who
is 69, has been diagnosed
with major depression.
She has made two suicide
attempts.
I am not sure what she
is taking now, but she
seems apathetic, worries
about everything and
interacts inappropriately
with family. She is almost
completely unresponsive
to her grandchildren.
This is a total change
from her personality five
years ago, when she was
devoted to her family and
engaged with the world.
A: Major depression
takes a terrible toll on the
individual, family and
friends. Suicide attempts
are a clear signal that your
son’s mother-in-law is
desperate and requires
expert medical interven-
tion.
Ketamine (Ketalar) is a
fascinating drug that has
been used since 1962 as a
general anesthetic. Over the
past several years, research-
ers have discovered that
this medication has pro-
found antidepressant activ-
ity that kicks in within
hours instead of the usual
weeks of standard drugs.
A recent meta-analysis
found that ketamine is
effective in reducing suicid-
al ideation within four
hours (Neuroscience and
Biobehavioral Reviews,
June 2017). Unfortunately,
research has not yet shown
how long this effect may
last.
There is inadequate
research on ketamine infu-
sion in older patients (Ex-
pert Opinion on Pharma-
cotherapy, April 2017).
Since this medication may
alter blood pressure and
heart rate, the latest recom-
mendations from the
American Psychiatric Asso-
ciation call for monitoring
evaluated the photos using
software programmed to
look for known visual signs
of depression.
“We were looking for
subtle patterns associated
with depression, and that
required sifting through a
lot of data to be confident
about what we were see-
ing,” Reece said.
“Humans just aren’t very
good at keeping track of
information over many
thousands of data points, so
a computational approach
was really the only feasible
option for scalable and
efficient analysis.”
The program wound up
accurately assessing de-
pression in Instagram users
70 percent of the time, the
findings showed.
“Our results suggest that
depression quite literally
JOSE LUIS PELAEZ INC/BLEND IMAGES
Ketamine has antidepressant activity that kicks in quickly.
so that immediate care may
be provided if necessary
(JAMA Psychiatry, April 1,
2017).
Q: My cholesterol is
elevated (268). For years,
my doctor has been try-
ing to get me to take a
statin. I finally gave in
and am on pravastatin at
bedtime.
I really am against
taking a statin. Is it OK to
take red yeast rice in
addition to the pravas-
tatin? I hope eventually
to take the red yeast rice
instead of a statin.
A; You should not take
both red yeast rice and a
statin. There is no signifi-
cant benefit to adding red
yeast rice, but the combina-
tion might be more likely to
cause side effects.
Why not try the pravas-
tatin to see if you tolerate
it? Many people do. If you
want to switch to red yeast
rice later, be sure to discuss
your plans with your physi-
cian.
You can learn more
about this and other ways
to reduce your cardiovas-
cular risk in our “Guide to
Cholesterol Control and
Heart Health.” Anyone
who would like a copy can
download one for $2 from
www.peoples
pharmacy.com.
Q: My mom, who is 81,
has taken a cough syrup
makes people see their
world through a darker,
grayer lens,” Reece said.
However, Reece warned
that the program still needs
a lot more fine tuning.
“This is preliminary
work, and it needs to be
more thoroughly tested,
vetted and replicated be-
fore we can safely claim
that an algorithm can truly
identify markers of depres-
sion in Instagram posts,”
Reece said.
The real promise held by
this line of research could
be in suicide prevention,
Galynker said.
“It is nearly impossible to
predict suicide,” Galynker
said. “If machine learning
could predict who is poten-
tially suicidal — based on
what they say, what colors
they use — that would be
THE MORNING CALL
containing promethazine
and codeine for several
years to treat a persistent
cough. Last week her doc-
tor said she’s been on it
too long and refused to
renew her prescription.
She woke up in the
night with severe nausea
and diarrhea and has not
felt good since she ran out
of syrup. She has chronic
back pain, and her back is
also bothering her more
than usual.
I’m wondering whether
she could be experiencing
withdrawal symptoms.
Might the codeine have
been accidentally helping
her back pain? She says
“no way,” but I think there
might be a connection.
A: Your explanation
sounds plausible to us.
Codeine is a relatively weak
opioid, after all, which might
explain why her doctor
didn’t want her to continue
on it. Stopping suddenly
may have triggered her
symptoms. Your mother’s
doctor should investigate
the cause of her long-lasting
cough.
In their column, Joe and
Teresa Graedon answer let-
ters from readers. Send ques-
tions to them via
www.peoplespharmacy
.com.
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incredibly important.”
However, the research
also opens up thorny ethi-
cal questions revolving
around privacy.
More than 500 participa-
nts initially were recruited
for the study, the research-
ers noted, but many
dropped out because they
would not consent to shar-
ing their social media data.
“Who is going to be
accessing the data? Who is
going to be scanning the
data? How will it be used?
These are really incredibly
difficult questions,”
Galynker explained. “Who
is going to be giving permis-
sion to study what is sup-
posedly private informa-
tion?”
The new study was pub-
lished in August in the
journal EPJ Data Science.
THE MORNING CALL
My fuzzy friend
Bandit, a boxer/St. Bernard mix, is owned by Janet and Allen Haddad of Bangor.
Bandit chases birds,
gets along with sheep
■ Name: Janet and Allen Haddad
■ Hometown: Bangor
■ Type of pet: Dog
■ Name: Bandit
■ Age: 11
■ Breed: Mixed boxer and St. Bernard.
■ Gender: Male
■ Why he is my friend: True blue.
■ In four words: Truly awesome in so many
ways.
■ Best trait: Loving.
■ Personality: Energetic.
■ A funny story: Bandit chases and follows
birds as they fly overhead. When he was busy
chasing the birds and running and looking up,
he misjudged how close he was to the pool and
fell in. The look on his face was priceless.
■ Loves: Patrolling our farm proper, making
the rounds.
■ Tricks: Stay, sit, paw, down, catches treats
from a sitting position, fetches tennis balls
when we throw them.
■ Exercise: Running after the birds in the sky.
■ Nicknames: Bandy.
■ Shows affection by: Putting his head or
paw on our laps; kisses.
■ Can usually be found: Front and back of our
home patrolling.
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Adult Coloring Club: 11 a.m. Whitehall
Township Public Library, 3700 Mechan-
icsville Road. 610-432-4339, whitehallpl.org.
Allentown Area Swing Dance Society
Dance: Main lesson 7-8:30 p.m.; East Coast
Swing with Con Gallagher. 8:30-10:30 p.m.
Fearless Fire Company, 1221 S. Front St.,
Allentown. $10; $5, students 21 and under
with ID, 610-220-8157, allentownswing.org.
American Legion Band of Bethlehem
Rehearsal: New members welcome. 7:30
p.m. Northeast Middle School, 1170 Fern-
wood St., Bethlehem. 610-262-8762.
Block Party: Fun building with blocks for
ages 2 and up. 9:45 a.m. Kutztown Commu-
nity Library, 70 Beiber Alley. 610-683-5820.
Bridge: Players 50 and up. 9:30 a.m. The
Salvation Army, 521 Pembroke Road, Bethle-
hem. 610-867-4681.
Cribbage: Learn to play and enjoy the
game. 1-5 p.m. Lehigh Valley Active Life, 1633
W. Elm St., Allentown. 610-437-3700.
Groovy Movers Exercise Program: 11
a.m.-noon. Lower Saucon Township Senior
Center, 3700 Old Philadelphia Pike. 610-625-
8744.
League of Literaries Writer’s Group: For
grades 6 and up. 6-7:30 p.m. Tamaqua
Community Arts Center, 125 Pine St. 570-
668-1192.
Line Dancing: Beginner lesson, 7:15 p.m.,
open dancing follows. 7-9:30 p.m. Tatamy
Fire Company, 164 Bushkill St. $5., 610-759-
2786, purecountrydancers.com.
Mah Jongg: Learn to play and enjoy the
game. 1-5 p.m. Lehigh Valley Active Life, 1633
W. Elm St., Allentown. 610-437-3700.
Master Gardener answers Gardening
Questions: 10 a.m.-noon. Penn State Ex-
tension Office, 529 Lentz Trail, Jim Thorpe.
570-325-2788.
Memoir Writing: Join others to reminisce
and write about your life. 1 p.m. Emmaus
Public Library, 11 E. Main St. 610-965-9284.
Northern Lehigh Recreation - Chair Yoga:
10-11 a.m. St. John’s Lutheran Church, 40 S.
Second St., Slatington. $5 per class, 484-
633-0093.
Open Art Studio: Instruction by Fran Rose-
man. 1 p.m. Lower Saucon Township Senior
Center, 3700 Old Philadelphia Pike. 610-625-
8744.
Pinochle: 1 p.m. Lower Saucon Township
Senior Center, 3700 Old Philadelphia Pike.
610-625-8744.
Rachel’s Music Together: Music and
movement class for ages birth-5 and adults.
10:30 a.m. Palmerton Area Library, 402
Delaware Ave. Call to register., 570-778-6128.
Storytime: 10-11 a.m. Dimmick Memorial
Mt. Holly
Library, Springs
54 Broadway, Elementary,
Jim Thorpe. 570-325-
Carlisle Area School District
PETS
JANET HADDAD/CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
■ Likes to be rubbed: Behind his ears, neck
area.
■ Favorite toy: Tennis ball.
■ Favorite treat: Johnsonville Farm and Gar-
den peanut butter treats.
■ Afraid of: Leaf blower.
■ Worst habit: Begs for pizza crust when we
have pizza.
■ Health scares: No, thank goodness.
■ Favorite sleeping spot: Family room area
by the wood stove.
■ Favorite animal friend: Sheep.
■ Strange but true: Bandit is a sky bird
chaser.
■ Comments: Bandit is a rescue dog from
Hurricane Katrina, and when we found his
picture online we knew he belonged with us. He
had been transported many miles and was so
beat down when we went to get him. We all
found each other.
Tell us about your pet
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Tai Chi Exercise: Led by Bob Donnelly.
12:30-1:30 p.m. West Catasauqua Communi-
ty Center, 2301 Pine St., Whitehall. Call for
registration and fees., 610-437-3700.
Teen Tuesday: 2 p.m. Kutztown Community
Library, 70 Beiber Alley. 610-683-5820.
Trinity Thrift Store: Benefits the food
pantry. 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Trinity Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Third and Iron streets,
Lehighton. 610-377-4303, tlclehighton.com.
Weekday Lunch Meal: Call day before by 9
a.m. for reservation. 11:30 a.m. Lehigh Valley
Active Life, 1633 W. Elm St., Allentown. $2.50
per person for 60 and over., 610-437-3700.
Weekly Lunch: Hot entree every day. Call
before 9 a.m. for reservation. 11:30 a.m. West
Catasauqua Community Center, 2301 Pine
St., Whitehall. $2.50, for 60 and over., 610-
437-3700.
WEDNESDAY
Acrylic Classes: Led by Judy Peters. 9-11:30
a.m. Lehigh Valley Active Life, 1633 W. Elm
St., Allentown. Call for registration and fee,
610-837-3700.
Adult Coloring Club: 6 p.m. Whitehall
Township Public Library, 3700 Mechan-
icsville Road. 610-432-4339, whitehallpl.org.
Adult Coloring Group: 1-3 p.m. Lower
Saucon Township Senior Center, 3700 Old
Philadelphia Pike. 610-625-8744.
Allentown Northeast Kiwanis Club Meet- Allentown. $2, members; $4, non-members.
ing: noon-1 p.m. Denny's Restaurant, 1871
Catasauqua Road, Allentown. 484-232-
7568.
Arts & Crafts Group: Led by Trisha Baker.
9-11:30 a.m. Lehigh Valley Active Life, 1633 W.
Elm St., Allentown. Call for registration and
fees., 610-437-3700.
Beginner Computer Classes: 10 a.m.-
noon. Lower Saucon Township Senior Cen-
ter, 3700 Old Philadelphia Pike. 610-625-
8744.
Bible Study: All adults welcome. 11 a.m. The
Salvation Army, 521 Pembroke Road, Bethle-
To build a healthy community,
hem. 610-867-4681.
Bridge: 1-3 p.m. Lower Saucon Township
Senior Center, 3700 Old Philadelphia Pike.
start small.
610-625-8744.
Bridge at Phillipsburg Area Senior Cen-
ter: All players welcome. 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Phillipsburg Senior Center Inc, 310 Firth St.
908-859-2423. Happy,
Ha y, healthy kids1 p.m.
Computer Lab: 30 minute appointments
for individual help. Call forEd
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1-4 p.m.
Lehigh Valley Active Life, 1633
we canW. Elm
laySt.,
a solid foundation
Allentown. 610-437-3700.
Explorers Club: A variety of books and
activities for grades K-3. 4 p.m. Emmaus
Public Library, 11 E. Main St. Registration
required, 610-965-9284.
Family Storytime: For grades 1-3. 6 p.m.
Catasauqua Public Library, 302 Bridge St.
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ASK AMY
Unhappy husband finds his
lies catching up with him
Dear Amy: I have been married for
almost 40 years. My wife and I have three state than her. She’s always had issues
grown children. There is nothing left in
the marriage, except for my kids and
grandchildren.
The only reason I am still in the mar-
riage is because of them.
I caught my wife cheating on me a
couple of times, and after that I decided to guy in the world and it would still be a
do my own thing, but keep the
family together.
I met a beautiful woman
on a dating site and we fell in
love.
My problem is that I have
lied to her about my age. I
told her I am 50 (I am 60, and
she is 42). I’ve also lied about
my marital status. It was
only supposed to be for some
fun at the beginning, which is
why I thought the lies would
not matter. Amy
When we met, she said she Dickinson
didn’t want to go out with a
married man, so I lied about
it.
I think the only thing to do is break it decision I am quite excited about!
off with her, which will leave a big hole in
my heart when she is gone.
— Torn
Dear Torn: You present your lies as a
matter of circumstance — almost as if you
have been forced to fabricate everything
about yourself by outside forces, but all of
your lies represent individual choices you
have made.
I fail to see how the way you are living
your life honors the thing you claim to want
to protect, which is your family.
I am sorry that you will have a hole in
your heart when you break off your adulter-
ous relationship, but I believe this hole is
already there, and has been for a long time.
You are attempting to fill this void in your
life with a series of fabrications. Very little in
your life seems “real” or authentic.
The way out is to start to deal with what
is real. You could start with your marriage.
Either you should end it or commit to it. A
therapist could help guide you through your
many choices, but nothing in your life will
change until you change.
Dear Amy: My boyfriend lives inter-
nationally, and I am willing, able, and
excited to move to another country to be
with him in six months. However, my
mother, who is unaware of these plans, is
constantly making manipulative com-
ments about my potential move so far
away from her.
610-264-4151.
Fogelsville Senior Citizens Meeting:
Games and refreshments. 1 p.m. Fogelsville
Volunteer Fire Company, 7850 Lime St.
610-756-6291.
Game Day: Light refreshments. 10 a.m.-
noon. Lower Saucon Township Senior Cen-
ter, 3700 Old Philadelphia Pike. 610-625-
8744.
Guided Walk at Tannersville Bog: 2 1/2
hour journey into the bog. Meet at parking
area. Wear appropriate footwear. 10 a.m.
Tannersville Cranberry Bog, Cherry Lane
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I already live on my own in a different
with boundaries and control, so I typi-
cally just give a vague answer and change
the topic.
The last time we talked, she directly
asked me if I’m planning on moving to be
with him. She said he could be the best
mistake. I responded that
she was getting ahead of
herself and wasn’t putting
my happiness first. My
mother said that, of course,
she wasn’t putting my hap-
piness first, and that I
would regret leaving when I
got older!
Her comments have had
no effect on my decision, but
I am wondering how to field
her comments over these
next six months and, even-
tually, tell her that I am
moving. I’d like to make this
process as painless (for me)
as possible, as it is actually a
— Moving Far Away From Mom
Dear Moving: I hope you are doing your
homework in terms of moving internation-
ally. You should make sure that any legal or
visa issues are understood and dealt with
before you go. It could be challenging for
you to find work, for instance, unless you
work for a company that would provide a
work visa for you.
Continuing to dodge this question with
your mother might not be the best course.
She already suspects you are moving, and
she will likely continue to needle you about
it until you leave. Carry on with your plans,
and with your good boundary regarding
your mother’s opinion, but it might be best
to tell her now.
Dear Amy: I felt sorry for the woman
who signed her letter “Not a Sister.” She
seemed to resent her friends for harboring
sisterly affection to her.
She is so lucky! My friends are indeed
like sisters to me, and fortunately, they
seem to embrace this.
—Sister-friend
Dear Sister-friend: Many of us feel
special kinship toward our closest friends,
who hold the advantage of not having had to
grow up with us.
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South’s blast to slam another trump. Ducking crossed back to his hand
was a good shot as a heart would work if with the ace of clubs,
word GAMe north might well have East held both the king cashed the ace of hearts,
a high card outside of and queen, but that was and then led the 10 of
Can you find 25 or more words in
LYRATE spades for his bid. There against the odds. South diamonds. had West cov-
(LYRATE: LYE-rate: Having a form suggestive of a lyre.) was no high card there decided to work on dia- ered this, South would
Average mark 19 words. Time limit 30 minutes. The list will be today, but the 5-5 distri- monds first. have ruffed and then
republished tomorrow. bution made up for it. Declarer won the hoped to get lucky in
YESTERDAY’S WORD — MORTIFY West picked a good opening spade lead hearts. When West was
time to lead a trump, cheaply in his hand, unable to cover the 10,
miry motif omit rift rimy riot tiro trim trio troy tyro firm as there would be no cashed the ace of dia- South simply discarded
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chance for the defense monds, and led the dummy’s last heart and
on any other lead. South nine of diamonds. he lost the trick to East.
needed to ruff four was hoping to discard Knowing that East had
cards in the dummy to dummy’s low heart on no-trump to lead, South
RULES OF THE GAME:
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get his total to 12 tricks, this play, but he had to claimed the rest of the
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either “pose” or “posed,” not both. 4. Proper nouns are not used. 5. Slang words are not used. without allowing West West covered the nine ruff. Making six after a
to gain the lead to play with the queen. South thoughtful play!
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1 Biting Horner’s dwellings one
remark prize 9 Completed 27 Diarist
5 Tide type 36 Days gone transac- Anaïs
9 June by tions 28 Actor Julia
ACROSS 34 Fire 8 Early tie 25 Humbles honoree 37 Bridal path 10 Pop’s 29 “Ditto”
1 Stepped remnant score 26 Steal 12 Goya’s 38 Cuba’s sister 31 Sophisti-
down 35 Paid 9 Irritate cattle duchess Castro 11 Conks cated
5 Western player 11 Purify 27 Breathe in 13 Slugger 40 Foundered out 34 Nemesis
evergreen 36 Book 14 Road- 29 Track Moises 42 Baton 16 Evergreen 35 Tightwads
10 Lute’s before runner, athlete 14 French Rouge tree 37 Moreover
cousin Esth. for New 30 Shirt part “yes” sch. 20 “A 38 Soared
12 Ridiculous 37 White Mexico 33 Low digit 15 Woman 43 “Act now!” spider!” 39 “Money —
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19 Travel 35 Signing
Hazzard 49 Lummox ous sci-fi 40 Comfy-
quest event papers needs
County 50 The villain cozy
15 Twisty fish 40 TV’s 20 Gets up 38 TV’s
17 Away from Eternal
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bases: 41 “Super- Bathers” 39 Tennis twin 44 Tic-tac-toe
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mammal pan
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YESTERDAY’S ANSWER 19 Borscht 52 Meditative
lion chow 24 Conks on 46 Docs’ org.
base practice
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buys agents, in 33 Rude 7 Fine, to
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HorosCope
By Jeraldine saunders
TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES
ARIES (Mar 21-Apr. 19)
Put the pedal to the metal. The
time for planning and delibera-
tion is passed. You should get the
ball rolling by taking definitive
action.
TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20)
Don’t count your chickens before
they hatch. A little patience may
be required to prevent you from
acting on events that haven’t
occurred yet.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
Compliments and praise will only
take you so far as the recipients
may be quick to doubt your
sincerity. Show your true colors
by simply being honest.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
Even the truth may have some
spin on it. Be careful to consider
the source in regards to disclo-
sures as personal agendas may
be in play.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Stick to the plan. Do what you
set out to do and don’t allow dis-
tractions and detours to derail
you from your goals.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Believe it when you see it. Just
because someone makes a
promise doesn’t mean they’re
going to keep it. Don’t expect
anything until the deal is done.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22.)
Keep your values straight. There
may be a tendency to gravitate
toward the wrong people for all
the wrong reasons when, in fact,
you already know better.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Don’t spread yourself too thin.
Trying to please too many people
at once could weaken your posi-
tion. Find your strong suit and
stick with it.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Don’t take it too seriously if
someone challenges your perfor-
mance or integrity as it may be
an attempt to shake you up. Stay
above it all by being pleasant and
upbeat in all situations.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
You may find you are much more
comfortable working quietly in
your own private corner rather
than trying to be part of a group
today.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Don’t let a smooth talker catch
you off guard. Someone who
showers you with charm and
flattery may have ulterior mo-
tives, so stay alert.
PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20)
The only thing to be sure of is
there are no “sure” things. Be
wary of those who approach you
with can’t-miss opportunities.
IF AUGUST 22 IS YOUR BIRTHDAY:
You have the whole world in your
hands as the next three to four
weeks unfold. Late October is
another time when you are most
likely to make sound decisions
and shrewd changes. You may
need to buckle down in Decem-
ber and address your obligations
in a businesslike manner.
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FAMILY

What’s in a name? Plenty HELP FOR PET OWNERS

for those who change it Wait until after baby

By Leslie Mann
Chicago Tribune

Before Christopher
Frank of Niagara Falls, N.Y.,
researched his family tree,
he knew his ancestors did
not immigrate here by
choice. “They were slaves
who were shipped here
from Africa,” he said, “and
recorded as cargo, along
with livestock and barrels
of rum.”
Sure enough, Frank
learned the DNA on his
mom’s side matches the
DNA of members of the
Tikar Tribe in Cameroon.
He already knew the links
on his dad’s side, thanks to
a memoir by an ancestor.
The deeper he delved
into his family’s history, the
more he wanted to change
his name, said Frank, who
chose “Saladin Allah.” It
was common for slave
owners to give their slaves
their last names, said Allah,
thus blacks in his (and
other) families had “white”
names. “A name should be
a reflection of who you
are,” he said.
No one keeps a tally of
how many people change
their names each year, said
Bruce Lansky, author of
several books about names,
including “100,000+ Baby
Names,” though he esti-
mates it’s about 50,000 a
year.
Marriage and divorce
are the most common
reasons for name changes.
Eighty percent of brides
change their last names to
their husbands’ names, said
The Knot’s 2016 Real Wed-
dings Study of women with
an average age of 29.
Because most states
allow spouses at least one
free name change per
marriage, with no expira-
tion date, some spouses
take their time.
“We had one client who
was 84 and had never
taken her late husband’s
name,” said Jake Wolff,
co-founder of hitchswitch
.com, which takes the
legwork out of your name
change by creating a
packet of documents to
sign and send. “When he
died, she couldn’t get the
payout from his life insur-
ance policy because it had
to go to her with his last
name. So after 62 years of
marriage, she changed her
name.”
Others just need some
incentive. “I had one client
who paid his wife (whom
he was divorcing)
$100,000 to stop using his
last name,” recalled Anita
Ventrelli, a Chicago family
law attorney.
Another common rea-
son is wanting a name
that’s easier to pronounce
or spell. That’s why Lau-
rence Tureaud became
Mr. T and why Tom
Dlabola of Briarcliff Man-
or, N.Y., took his wife’s last
name and became Tom
Cameron.
Debt collectors were
reason enough for Gary
Thomas Adams II of Kan-
sas City, Mo., to change his
name to Thomas Fredrick
Adams. His name was too
similar to that of a relative
who was not paying his
bills.
Judges understand why
you want to change your
name if it is the same as a
bad guy’s. “When Saddam
Hussein became the most-
wanted man on the planet,
there was a rush on the
courthouse,” said Kenneth
Boulden, clerk of the
peace, in New Castle
County, Del. “There are a
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lot of people named ‘Hus-
sein.’ ”
Changing your name
and gender is difficult. Only
about a third of people who
identify as transgender
change their names legally,
said the National Center
for Transgender Equality.
Others use a new name
socially but keep their birth
name legally.
The cost of changing
your name varies by state,
from less than $100 to
more than $1,000, not
counting legal fees. If
you’re on a budget, ask
your county bar association
if there are attorneys in
your area who volunteer
their time for low-income
clients.
Transgender people can
ask the Name Change
Project (transgender
legal.org) to match them
with lawyers who work pro
bono.
For an overview of the
name-change law in your
state, go to namechange
.uslegal.com. Then, be-
friend the folks at your
county courthouse, who
will tell you how to file a
petition and schedule a
hearing with a judge.
Make lots of copies of
the document the judge
gives you, so you can
change your driver’s li-
cense, passport, Social
Security card, tax records,
voter registration card,
bank accounts, credit
cards, insurance, etc.
Leslie Mann is a freelancer.
is born to adopt a pet
Q: My son and daughter-in-law are
having their first baby in October. They
have informed us that they plan on
adopting a pit bull from a rescue. My
wife and I are against it. We will fear not work. In fact, they often report the same or
only for them but the baby. I know peo-
ple say it’s how the dog is raised. How do
you know how a dog is raised if it’s a
rescue?
There must be a reason why the pit
bull is a rescue. The dog could
have been mistreated. I do know
that any dog can bite and cause
harm. While vacationing in
Denver, we found out that if you
move into the area with a pit
bull they will destroy the dog. It
is illegal to own one. How
should this be handled? Also,
the apartment they live in is
about 500 square feet.
— Carol N., Syosset, N.Y. Cathy M.
Rosenthal
A: Before I address your ques-
tion about pit bulls, let’s talk about
the adoption of a pet right before the ar-
rival of a new baby. I see this happen a lot
with expectant couples. They want their
child to grow up with a dog, or they are
“nesting” and think now is the perfect time
to add a pet to the family.
Both are bad ideas. First, kids can begin
growing up with a dog at any age. They
don’t need to rush things. My son didn’t get
his first dog until he was 8 years old.
Second, adopting a dog right before a
baby arrives is unfair to the dog. New par-
ents are often exhausted and don’t have the even a habit formed by anxiety or bore-
time or energy to train a new dog and help
him or her succeed in the home.
If they can wait to adopt a dog until after some dogs.
the baby arrives, I think they will be in a
better position to know what kind of time,
energy and financial resources they will
have to devote to a new pet — and the dog
will benefit more from waiting too.
As for your question about pit bulls — a
term than encompasses about 20 breeds of
dogs — they are no different than any other
dog. It’s not about how they were treated — other healing creams online and at pet
almost all of Michael Vick’s fighting dogs
got adopted into homes, and some even
served as therapy pets during their lives.
It’s about how they are being treated and
socialized now.
If a dog is raised in a home around peo-
ple and with training, things are generally
fine. If a dog, regardless of breed, is ne-
glected or relegated to a back yard with
little to no contact with people, he is more
likely to bite or become aggressive. Shelters
and rescue groups can behavior test and
make a personality determination before
putting a dog up for adoption.
As for breed-specific legislation, many
communities realize that breed bans don’t
increased number of dog bites, perhaps
because resources target dogs based on
appearance rather than on behavior.
So far, 20 states have passed provisions
prohibiting cities from enacting breed
discrimination provisions, and I
expect this trend to continue.
Ironically, pit bull dogs were
once America’s sweethearts,
owned by several presidents,
many celebrities, and even the
children’s author Dr. Seuss.
If you are getting ready to
become grandparents, you may
remember Petey from the Little
Rascals. He was a pit bull dog.
With any pet, no matter how
sweet and lovable, new parents
must remember to never leave a
baby or small child alone with
that pet for any reason. Regardless of
breed, that’s the single most important
thing for new parents to remember with a
dog.
Q: My 10-year-old dog gnaws occa-
sionally on places on his front legs that
end up looking bare of hair and in-
flamed. How do I treat that?
— Ann P., Moyock, N.C.
A: Dogs chew on themselves because
they itch, either from fleas, allergies or
dom. That means flea preventatives, and
allergy and anxiety medications can help
But dogs itch so much, there is now a
new monthly injectable that stops their
itch for up to a month. Talk to your veteri-
narian about it. Regardless of the reason,
you will need to treat the hot spots — the
irritated skin lesions that result from repet-
itive biting chewing, licking and scratching.
You can find hydrocortisone sprays and
stores. If that doesn’t work, your veterinari-
an can prescribe something stronger.
Cathy M. Rosenthal is a longtime animal
advocate, author, columnist and pet expert
who has more than 25 years in the animal
welfare field. Send your pet questions, stories
and tips to cathy@petpundit.com. Please
include your name, city, and state. You can
follow her @cathymrosenthal.

Cookbook blends
activism, recipes
Author says food tied to involvement in community
By Joseph Hernandez
Chicago Tribune
After marching in the
national Women’s March
the day after President
Donald Trump’s inaugura-
tion, cookbook author Julia
Turshen found a need to
become more active in her
community.
A regular volunteer for
hunger relief organizations,
food pantries and other
programs, Turshen wanted
to take it a step further. She
chronicles this in her forth-
coming book, “Feed the
Resistance: Recipes and
Ideas for Getting Involved.”
“A silver lining of this
new administration is the
transformation of so many
folks, myself included, from
being sometimes activists to
being fully committed
members of the resistance,”
she writes in the book’s
introduction.
Turshen, who published
the acclaimed “Small Victo-
ries” cookbook just last
year, took baby steps into
local activism by first at-
tending immigrants-rights
meetings in a local church,
around the time of the
administration’s first travel
ban. Soon after, she began
volunteering at Citizen
Action, a grassroots politi-
cal organization with local
branches throughout the
country.
It was at Citizen Action
that Turshen saw a way to
weave her skills as an au-
under a month, “Feed the
Resistance” is more than
just a cookbook. Inter-
spersed with essays from
contributors like Mikki
Halpin (author of “It’s Your
World: If You Don’t Like It,
Change It”), Callie Jayne
(organizer, Citizen Action
of New York) and Tunde
Wey (writer and cook), the
book features resources for
community building and
political engagement.
“Making this book was a
true community effort,”
said Turshen in an inter-
view with the Tribune. “I
value the range of voices
who have contributed. It’s
such a wonderful mix of
powerful writing and inclu-
sive recipes.”
“So much of the book is
providing a framework for
the people who have had
the privilege — like me — of
not being part of the resist-
ance until the current ad-
ministration,” she said. “It’s
new activists. Three sec-
tions break down the reci-
pes: for those too busy
resisting to cook; feeding a
crowd; and baked goods
and portable snacks — “for
the activist on the go,”
joked Turshen.
“I wanted the recipes to
be really useful,” she said.
“Everything leans toward
affordable, and you can
make something that will
make you feel good. Activ-
ism begins with self-care —
like putting on your oxygen
mask on a plane before
your neighbor. Before you
can show up anywhere and
stand up for someone else,
you need to be nourished
with healthy food.”
Many of the dishes have
stories rooted in communi-
ty too. Take the large-for-
mat Filipino adobo sa gata
or Brazilian fish pie soup,
both of which speak to a
legacy of breaking bread
with your neighbors and
feeding dozens of people.
Baker Cheryl Day’s choco-
late espresso pie bars are
inspired by the Club From
Nowhere, a group of wom-
en who sold baked goods to
offset transportation costs
during the 1950s bus boy-
cott in Montgomery, Ala.,
started by Rosa Parks.
For Turshen, food is
deeply tied to activism and
community. “What we eat,
where we buy groceries,
what restaurants we visit —
all these things have mean-
ing and potential impact,” GENTL AND HYERS

thor and recipe developer
into her personal brand of
activism, and the idea for
“Feed the Resistance” was
born. “I realized the work I
was doing in my own com-
munity could be exponen-
tial if I put some of it down
on paper and shared it with
you so that you can better
feed your own resistance,”
she writes.
Put together in just
a guide for what to do that’s
sustainable — very practical
advice to avoid being over-
whelmed.”
A handful of essays
speak of intersectional
politics, creating a safe-
space for discussion, and
how food can build com-
munity, while Turshen and
her contributors provide
practical recipes for nour-
ishing both veteran and
she said. “Food can inspire
us in our daily lives to be
more active and inclusive.”
In the book, she writes,
“to think deeply about food
is to also think deeply about
the environment, the econ-
omy, immigration, educa-
tion, community, culture,
families, race, gender and
identity. Food is about
people, all people. It is the
most democratic thing in
“To think deeply about food is to also think deeply about the environment, the economy,
immigration, education, community, culture, families, race, gender,” Julia Turshen writes.
the world, lower-case ‘d,’ of buying the book sup- “There’s no need to start
and affects all of us.” ports something impor- something new. You don’t
The book won’t be pub- tant,” said Turshen. have to reinvent the activ-
lished until October but is “There’s a lot of solidarity ism wheel — it’s sometimes
now available for preorder in these pages.” best to find a wheel that
on Amazon, with all pro- As for parting advice for works for you and just help
ceeds from the book di- those new to and grassroots spinning it.”
rectly benefiting the Ameri- activism, Turshen says to
can Civil Liberties Union. find a cause you believe in jbhernandez@chicagotribune.com
“I love that the simple act and start there. Twitter @joeybear85
THE MORNING CALL
An age-old driving question
It’s not easy to
take keys from
elderly parents
By Stacey Burling
The Philadelphia Inquirer
STRATFORD, N.J. —
Dolores Munson, 85, got
tired last winter of waiting
behind a police car that had
made a traffic stop about a
mile from her home. She
swerved into the next lane
to pass but couldn’t help
looking to see who had
gotten in trouble.
“I was nosy,” the Strat-
ford, N.J., woman said.
Distracted, Munson
slammed into the front of
the police car, hard enough
to break an axle on her VW
Passat. The cruiser was
unharmed.
This might be good
news, Joan Smeraski
thought when she got the
call from her mother’s
Jitterbug. Maybe the police
would make her mother
stop driving. Smeraski had
been trying for months to
take the keys away, but her
mother wanted the free-
dom that only your own car
can give.
Smeraski’s hopes were
dashed. The police didn’t
even ticket Munson. Her
insurance company was
also understanding and
helpful. So was the body
shop. Smeraski asked her
mother’s doctor to write a
note telling Munson, who
has “mild to moderate
cognitive decline,” not to
drive. She put it on her
mother’s refrigerator.
Munson is still driving.
“If you live to be my age,
you will see,” she said in
June as she sat in her favor-
ite chair, the one with a
view of the gloriously green
backyard she won’t leave to
live closer to Smeraski.
“You’re in the house all the
time. You sit in a chair, and
sometimes you wonder
why you’re living. You can’t
do anything. You can’t go
anywhere. ... Sometimes
you need a change of sce-
nery.”
Smeraski and her sib-
lings wondered if they
might be liable if their
mother hurt someone.
They talked about going
above their mother’s head
to the state’s motor vehicle
commission but haven’t
been able to take that step.
Thousands of families
across the country are all
too familiar with scenarios
like this, which will grow
more common as car-loving
baby boomers reach old
age. Especially for people
who live in suburban and
rural areas, driving is not
Gym-going seniors benefit from more than exercise
Camaraderie, social
activities may be as
effective for health
By Ben Opipari
The Washington Post
Until an injury temporar-
ily sidelined him recently,
Burt Abramowitz, 81, and
his 76-year-old workout
partner had a standing
commitment three times
each week. They’d work
out at the Gold’s Gym in
Rockville, Md., then go out
to eat afterward, usually at
the Dunkin’ Donuts or
Silver Diner.
Abramowitz jokes that
sometimes the food would
negate any benefit from the
workout, but the food was
never the point. It was the
camaraderie he cherished.
Abramowitz’s experi-
ence mirrors that of an
active senior population,
where the gym has become
a place to build not just
muscle but community.
Perhaps unsurprisingly,
studies have linked strong
social relationships to a
longer life span. In one
British Medical Journal
study, researchers wrote
that social activities may be
as effective as fitness activ-
ities in lowering the risk of
death. They followed more
than 2,800 people over the
age of 65 for a 13-year pe-
riod. The researchers con-
cluded that active people
were more likely to be alive
Dolores Munson of Stratford, N.J., gets in her car in June. Her family is increasingly worried about the 85-year-old Munson’s ability to drive.
CHARLES FOX/PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
Munson has been reluctant to heed the cautions of daugh-
ter Joan Smeraski and her other children to stop driving.
only a psychological
marker of independence
but also a skill that allows
seniors to stay in their
homes and avoid asking for
— or paying for — help.
Feeling trapped in a
house is depressing for
people of any age, and it can
make health problems
worse. Adult children don’t
want to make their parents
miserable, but they also
at the end of the 13-year
period.
But they also noted that
social activities “conferred
equivalent survival advan-
tages compared to fitness
activities.” According to
researchers, this means
“activities that entail little
or no physical exertion
may also be beneficial.”
In 2010, three research-
ers conducted a meta-
analysis of 148 studies
from 1990 to 2007 that
examined the connection
between social isolation
and mortality. They found
that “individuals’ experi-
ences within social re-
lationships significantly
predicted risk of mortal-
ity.” In other words, peo-
ple with stronger social
relationships were likely
to live longer.
Addressing the direc-
tion of the effect —
whether socialization has
a positive effect on health
or whether people who
are sick simply have fewer
social relationships — the
authors said that the data
“provides stronger evi-
dence for the influence of
social relationships on risk
for mortality rather than
vice versa.”
Based on their meta-
analysis, researchers
found that in its influence,
social isolation compares
with risk factors such as
smoking and alcohol
consumption, and it might
even exceed other risk
factors such as physical
fear accidents. Figuring out
when and how to stop an
elder from driving is one of
the toughest challenges
families face, and it’s made
even tougher by the fact
that they often don’t get
much support.
People age differently,
which makes it challenging
for lawmakers and insurers
to create effective, nondis-
criminatory rules. Police
inactivity and obesity.
The problem is that
social connections, the ties
that bind us to our commu-
nity, slowly weaken as we
age. Friends and family
retire, some move away and
others die. A retirement
community is a salve for
some. But for seniors who
age in place, this means
living alone in a changing
community as familiar
faces disappear.
That’s why many find
the health club a good place
to strengthen social bonds.
It’s a natural gathering spot,
pulling people together to
engage in a common activ-
ity. And working out with a
partner is a commitment;
you’re more likely to show
up if you’re meeting some-
one. That’s what Abram-
owitz found so appealing.
“The motivation for Jay
and me was the camarade-
rie,” he says. “It was the
friendship, someone to
kibbitz with.”
Nick Crossley, a profes-
sor of sociology at the Uni-
versity of Manchester, has
researched community-
building in health clubs. He
says that these places are
particularly effective be-
cause they encourage so-
cialization on a routine
basis, often with the same
people, even if by chance.
Studies have borne out
the role that fitness centers
play in maintaining social
bonds in seniors. In one
study published in the
journal Preventing Chronic
have less power than you’d
think. Families are likely to
find their most powerful
allies in doctors and driving
evaluators who are trained
to test older or disabled
drivers.
State laws vary widely.
Regular vision tests and a
requirement that drivers
renew licenses in person
seem best at reducing fatal
accidents, but only for the
oldest drivers. Experts say
many older drivers decide
on their own to stop night
and highway driving when
they have trouble with
vision or response times.
Despite a growing senior
population, fatality rates for
older drivers have dropped
in recent years, likely be-
cause cars are safer, and
seniors are in better health.
Older drivers don’t drive as
much as younger drivers, so
their per-capita crash rates
are low. However, the rate
of crashes per mile for
people 80 and older is
twice as high as it is for
those 35 to 54. The risk of
being in a crash where
someone dies starts to rise
around 70.
Smeraski and her sib-
lings probably wouldn’t
need to worry about being
sued unless their mother
had been declared inca-
pacitated by a court, said
elder lawyer Jerry
Rothkoff.
“Legally, I do not believe
the child is under any spe-
Many people find the health club a good place to strengthen social bonds, which can be
an important factor in prolonging life, studies show.
Disease, which conducted
focus groups of participa-
nts in a fitness program for
older adults, one woman
said that “being able to
socialize with people and
to laugh helps the body
become better and the
mind stronger.”
The researchers noted
the strong sense of cohe-
sion among members, “a
dynamic process reflected
by the tendency of a group
to stick together and re-
main united in pursuit of
its objective.”
TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2017 LIFE 7
ELIZABETH ROBERTSON/PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
cial legal duty to prevent
the parent from driving,”
Rothkoff said. “However,
there clearly is a moral
obligation.”
It’s not as easy as taking
the keys or moving the car.
Experts say they know of
cases where seniors or-
dered new keys, bought
new cars or accused an
adult child of stealing the
car.
Police can’t just yank a
license, much as they might
want to. Mike Fergus, a
program manager for the
International Association
of Chiefs of Police, said
many departments could
use more training to help
older people use their cars
safely and to recognize
when drivers have demen-
tia or other problems that
could affect their driving.
The Laurel Springs
Police Department, which
handled Munson’s acci-
dent, did not respond to
requests for comment.
Auto insurance compa-
nies might be among the
first to see an uptick in
claims that signals declin-
ing driving ability.
But even The Hartford,
which produces useful
educational materials on
older drivers, sidestepped a
question about whether
insurers could do more to
identify problem older
drivers.
Family members are
usually the first to notice a
The post-workout re-
covery offers another
opportunity to socialize.
It’s easy to meet because
everyone’s already in the
same place. In his report,
“(Net)working Out: Social
Capital in a Private Health
Club,” Crossley noted that
the intimacy of a gym’s
sauna, “where people are
often squashed together,
sitting in the eye line of
others,” makes conversa-
tion almost a necessity.
Stan Ginsberg, 73, works
out at a D.C.-area LA Fit-
HEALTH
problem, said Jodi Olshev-
ski, a gerontologist who is
executive director of the
Hartford Center for Mature
Market Excellence. If sen-
iors won’t listen, family
members can take them for
a special driving test.
“We really think that
comprehensive driving
evaluations are the best
way to go,” Olshevski said.
The company will even pay
for evaluations if an insured
driver was injured in an
accident.
Michael Barry, a spokes-
man for the Insurance
Information Institute, an
industry group, said age is a
factor in setting insurance
rates, but companies
weight it differently. Acci-
dents typically make rates
go up. Insurers can decide
not to renew policies for
drivers with particularly
bad records, but they do it
with “great reluctance”
because “they want more
customers,” he said. “They
don’t want to send them
away.”
Smeraski and other
family members, as well as
her mother’s paid caregiver,
have made a point of taking
Munson on outings.
Smeraski took her moth-
er’s car to the mechanic for
maintenance and parked it
in the garage, where it has
mostly stayed put.
She noticed that Munson
has seemed less interested
in driving recently.
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ness and says that after his
water aerobics class, the
group often heads right to
the hot tub, where it’s easy
to socialize.
“We talk about that
day’s class, but we usually
like to talk about things
outside, like our travels,”
Ginsberg says.
In Abramowitz’s case,
the socializing afterward
was just as important as
the workout.
Ben Opipari is a freelance
writer.
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